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📷Ride with me seeing Year of the Dragon decoration in Chinatown | 跟我乘公车去牛车水看龙年装饰😎 Decided to take a bus to work a few days ago. Saw my previous workplace along the way. Then into Eu Tong Sen Street where the main Chinese New Year decoration was. Here comes the year of the dragon. Moving along. The streets were decorated too More dragon on the road divider. Then another section of the street. Lastly, a pair of dragons. Here is a video I recorded.…
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📷Chinese New Year Flowers Market at Genting Highlands | 云顶高原农历新年花市😎 Affter a bit of gaming at Genting Highlands a few weeks ago, I headed to the Chinese New Year Flowers Market The entrance was nicely decorated but it wasn't crowded on a late Thursday night. There were number of stalls selling different products inside. However, the flowers were only this part that is mostly orchids. So, was a little disappointing. There were some freezers for frozen food but I wonder if…
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📷Chinese New Yeaar decorations in Crockfords Hotel at Genting Highlands | 云顶高原Crockfords酒店的农历新年装饰😎 Happy New Year to all. 4th February is the first day of spring (Lichun) so I took this photo a few weeks ago when I was at Genting Highlands. It was a Thursday night and I was going around looking for Chinese New Year decoration. Came to Crockfords Hotel (not one where I was staying. It is too luxurious price). Outside the hotell, there was God of Fortune to welcome the guests.…
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📷Sentosa Island Underground Dragon | 圣淘沙岛地头龙😎 Was at Sentosa for site visit for an event couple of weeks ago. Affter that, took a bus to go the the Beach Station to look for lunch. The bus went a long way round the island and passed this roundabout where I saw a dragon when I first came into Sentosa Island in the morning. The tail of the dragon came out of the roundabout. The head was on the slope making the long body underground. When I reach the Beach Station, there was…
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📷Chinese New Year market near Bencoolen Street | 明古连街附近的年货市场😎 A bit of household chores on Sunday morning including putting up Chinese New Year decoration and changing a LED bullb for a kitchen lamp. Then went to the Buddist Temple near Bencoolen Street. Stopover at the Indian Temple next to that. Then went to take a quick walk through the Chinese New Year Market. Spotted the monkey king there. The God of Fortune was at the far end. I braved my way through to greet him. Here…
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📷Going back to hotel after dinner at Genting Highlands | 云顶高原晚餐后回酒店😎 A few weeks ago, I was walking back to my hotel after dinner at Genting Highlands. Passed by this long corridor of another hotel. First World Hotel is the world largest hotel by number of rooms. There was this dragon decoration at a casino. But the biggest dragon decoration must be this one in the mall. Passed by this part of the mall which had many eateries but many were closed since it was already late.…
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📷Running around for Joy the day before Chinese New Year Eve | 除夕前一天奔波欢乐😎 Working from home today but took half day leave to go to the bank to get new notes. Reached the Marina Bay Financial Centre. First, went to look for lunch and decided to try this fish soup place. Watied for the two bowls to come out. Ordered a bowl with rice and a bowl with bee hoon. Each cost $9.50. Satisfying enough. After lunch, walking around and saw this Ji Xiang stall. I went to check the price of…
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📷Reunion dinner | 团圆饭😎 Happy Chinese New Year to all. Went out after working from home in the morning on Chinese New Year eve to pick up food for reunion dinner. The supermarket near by was having 1 for 1 sale for their mandarin orange. I went up to the Swatow Restaurant. Look at their lanterns on the wall. I thought it looks quiet as I entered. But there were people eating, some leaving and also others coming in. Plus lots of packed food waiting to be picked up. Brought the…
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📷Going out on Chinese New Year Eve + a supper | 除夕夜出去逛+吃夜宵😎 Wanted to go out for a walk but not to fight the crowd at Chinatown. So, just took a train to Novena expecting many stores to be closed. Don Don Donki was opened and not very crowded. They were also selling yusheng. D'Life a vegetarian restaurant has people eating reunion dinner there. Jollibee had some diners having their fried chicken. The open space at Novena Square had be cleared and there were no popped up…
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📷What's open on day 1 Chinese New Year | 年初一，啥有开😎 Went out to the inlaws on day 1 of Chinese New Year. Passing by Lorong 7 Toa Payoh greeted by the God of Fortune. Saw the coffeeshop was opened. Decided to buy some hokkien fried noodle back. It was a long wait even though it wasn't cheap. There was another roast meat stall opened. 3 muslim food stalls were opened at the nearby food centre. The noodle wasn't a big pack but at least no complain with the taste. Here is a video…
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📷Dinner at Fu Lai Lai on Chinese New Year Day 1 | 年初一在福来来享用晚餐😎 Went out to Chinatown on day 1 of Chinese New Year expecting it to be less crowded. I was wrong looking at the people in Chinatown Point. Wanted to eat at this vegetarian restaurant for lunch but went in and didn't like the two tables they showed me to and decided to walk out. There were other restaurants opened too which was another surprise. There were also Paris Baguette and Starbucks. We decided to try this…
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📷Which lunch is more worth it on Chinese New Year Day 2 | 大年初二哪个午餐更值得😎 Sunday was day 2 of Chinese New Year. Went to the food court nearby and hoping a stall I wanted to get lunch from was opened. Although half the stalls there were opened, the one I wanted was not. Out I go to the nearby sushi take out place. I downloaded their app recently and got a voucher for $2 with minimum spend of $10. I took two packs of sushi totalling to $10 but paid only 8 bucks. Sweet. My wife…
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📷Changi Airport Terminal 3 on Chinese New Year day 2 | 年出2 去樟宜机场 3 号航站楼😎 Took a train to Changi Airport on day 2 of Chinese New Year on Sunday. I started going in at Terminal 3. The couple of restaurants which were opened were not crowded yet. It wasn't dinner time yet. Many children were are the playground. The supermarket was not crowded too. Decided to go the food court for coffee. Meanwhile, a train passed by outside. I saw the Frech toast set was $2.20. So I bought that…
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📷Happy Valentines Day | 情人节快乐😎 After lunch today, my colleague went to the Tiong Bahru market to buy flowers. I just tagged along to busybody. They have 3 flowers shops there so there is competition. Quite a good variety of flowers to choose from. He picked one of the bouquet with 3 stalks of roses and paid $30. Sound expensive for something that wither in a few days but I think something like that could cost $100 or more if you buy is online. So, it the florist who are…
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📷Walking tour Chinatown on Chinese New Year Day 1 Year of the Dragon | 龙年年初一游览牛车水😎 Went to Chinatown at night on Chinese New Year day 1 hoping it would not be crowded. I knew I was wrong when I saw the crowd at Chinatown Point. At the junction where the main dragon decoration was set up, there were lots of people taking photos and waiting to cross the road. I went closer for a look. Then crossed the road to look at it from the side. Further down, a pair of dragons facing…
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📷Buddha Tooth Relic Temple in Year of the dragon | 龙年的佛牙寺😎 After taking photos along New Brdige Road on day 1 of Chinese New Year, I made my way to the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple to check out the decoration there. It started to rain so I had to stay under the shelther to shoot the photos. Would have gone outside to take a wide angle shot of these dragons facing each other. Here is another decoration. Walking down the corridor for another one. This was the last one I took…
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Lohei after taichi practice | 太极拳练习后捞起😎 Back to the school for taichi practice after Chinese New Year holidays The basketball courts surface works is finished but they were still out of bounds. Under the skywell, the calligraphy groups were preparing some surprise for the visitors. The was yusheng made into a shape of a dragon for the lohei. Remember to watch the video. As I left, I hope "I made some progress today." and all. Here is a video I recorded.…
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📷Chinese New Year prayers at over 100 years old temple | 在一百多年历史的寺庙里新年祈福😎 Never know there was a entrance at the back of the over 100 years old temple Was going there on Sunday for Chinese New Year prayers and blessings. Waited a while at the registration queue. Next session was almost an hour away. Finally completed the documentation and went to join my wife who is queueing to go in but we still had to wait till almost 2.15pm. After the prayers, my wife wanted to make a…
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📷From Laptop Upgrades to Ramen Adventures: A Day in the Life | 换电脑到拉面晚餐😎 The new laptop at the office finally came. It was supposed to be replaced last year and the IT folks contacted me later that plan but I wasn't in a hurry. They made me put in the request but I still had to wait for a few months for it to come. Going to take a long time copying things back in and rewriting some scripts due to setup change but first things first. Change the lock screen. Heading to meet my…
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📷Walking after dinner with Chinese New Year mood | 饭后漫步新年情😎 Went for some Korean food at a coffeeshop nearby. My wife had a seafood tofu soup. The seafood was a couple of little prawns and a couple of clams. I had a bibimbap with pork. $12.60 for both of us. Went walking around and saw there was a big Chinese New Year celebration dinner near there. The dragon dance came as the dinners toss the yusheng. There were gods of fortune going around. There would be a full moon on…
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HTML 📷Chinese New Year at the pickleball courts with lohei | 匹克球场庆新年捞起😎 The courts construction had not complete and I still couldn't play because of my left eye but I was happy to go there on Wednesday after work. There was a Chinese New Year celebration with food from the club and our members. There was yusheng too. I was at another table with a different yusheng. Some people were quick to get back to the courts after the yusheng without eating other food. Hmm, I may have…
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📷Lohei on Yuxiao ending with 8888 | 元宵节捞起到8888😎 Spent the whole day at the Bird Paradise today but that's a story for another post. Today is Yuxiao Jie, or Chap Goh May, which Is the 15th and last day of Chinese New Year. Happy New Year to all. After visit to Bird Paradise, a train ride back to Toa Payoh and I went to The Soup Spoon to get yusheng. Cost about $30. Bring the pack to the inlaws place. The ingredients were nicely pack. We prepared the yusheng. Then do the…
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📷Get good luck at Tim Ho Wan | 去添好运为我添好运😎 It seems we ended up going to Tim Ho Wan during Chinese New Year period during different year. Last Sunday, we were at Marina Bay Sands and decided to go there because their name sort of means get good luck. Although the queue wasn't long, we wanted a while before getting a table. We ordered a few items. The sour sop juice came first. Then the baked BBQ pork buns which are more regularly ordered item. That was the first time we had…
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📷Going to Bird Paradise | 前往飞禽公园😎 I got tickets from office to go to Bird Paradise after the Jurong Bird Park moved to Mandai. Went there with my wife taking the train to Khatib to catch a shuttle bus for $2. After the bus ride, we got off and went up the escalator. There was a tiger sculpture there. I thought we would be there soon after the bend but it was still a while more There was a children playground on some decorations and I could see Starbucks further in. Reached…