I guess a bit of an introduction is necessary to figure out WHAT this blog aims to do.
I currently live in Singapore, which means that I have been exposed to Singaporean food (as well as other ones from my many travels for business) for a few months now. I am totally in love with it. Yes, I know that there are other websites dedicated to Singaporean food (I can recommend yum.sg, for one), but I was a bit dissatisfied with my options, so why not try my hand at making my own blog about Singaporean food?
Please keep in mind that:
1. I am no professional food taste tester. I wouldn't know truffles from mushrooms, but I will know ketchup from mustard.
2. I only like things that make me happy. Delicious food (not necessarily "good" or "healthy") makes me happy.
3. I tend to enjoy unhealthy food more than healthy food (this means that I do not share Karl Lagerfeld's view that cheese and icing are "plastic").
4. Sometimes I may cheat and talk about food that I've had in the past. The date usually will correspond, but if it doesn't I will mention it.
5. I hate labeling posts. I will try...and fail.
At the end of the day, I hope that I share with (perhaps impart on) you some sort of appreciation for [Singaporean] food.
Love!
P.S. This URL does not mean to imply ANYTHING other than that, simply put, I love to eat food.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
123people.com
123people.com scares the bejesus out of me. It is a website where you go and search for information on anyone. Baby is lucky because there are lots of clueless people out there like her. But Bunny is special, and she cannot hide as well. So bunny deletes her other accounts that she doesn't use. la.
so yeah I just heard about the German Film Festival in Singapore (www.goethe.de/singapore), and I'm really excited about some of the films that they are showing starting next week! Of COURSE, most of them stem from WWII and the Holocaust, which sadly I am history illiterate and ...not necessarily turn a blind eye at all but just that I don't like to watch depressing movies. Or, for that matter, any type of scary film.
But there are a few I am keen to see: (oh shoot, I just used the word "keen" o_o) [summaries taken from the goethe.de website]
1. The Counterfeiters (which won the 2008 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film)
Written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, it fictionalizes Operation Bernhard, a secret plan by the Nazis during the Second World War to destabilize the United Kingdom by flooding its economy with forged Bank of England currency. The film centers on a Jewish counterfeiter, Salomon Sorowitsch, who is coerced into assisting the Nazi operation at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. The film is based on a memoir written by Adolf Burger, a Jewish Slovak typographer who was imprisoned in 1942 for forging baptismal certificates to save Jews from deportation, and later interned at Sachsenhausen to work on Operation Bernhard. It won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 80th Academy Awards in 2008.
Source: 57. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue) / www.wikipedia.com
2. The Wave ("loosely-based" on a short book that I recommend reading)
The Wave is loosely based on the real experience of an American high school class in 1967. History teacher Ron Jones (Jürgen Vogel, in a standout performance) attempted to teach his pupils the realities of fascism and how easily an ideology of superiority can take root. The movement became so popular that the life of the whole school was affected. Director Dennis Gansel fashions an energetic, gripping drama that goes straight for the veins--the human psychologies and individual behaviours that contribute to collective movements. In unpeeling the emotional layers and contradictions of his characters, Gansel offers a humanistic perspective on the terrifying irony that these students may welcome the very things they denounce.
Source: Sundance Festival
3. The Vow
The Vow was inspired by the old sentimental ballad of the same name. Stripped to its essentials, the story concerned the "forbidden" romance between a monk and a nun. Though the monk never declares himself, he writes innumerable love songs dedicated to the nun. Upon his death, the songs are discovered -- and, out of respect to the sacred vows taken by both hero and heroine, those songs are buried in the same coffin with the love struck monk. When originally presented in New York, The Vow was provided with a "live" accompaniment by baritone Raymond Ellis, violinist Adi Duam, and organist Nelson Spreckling.
Source: All Movie Guide
4. Rabbit without ears (GASP!!!!!!)
Blessed with virile bravado and unshakable self-confidence, muckraking reporter Ludo (Til Schweiger) usually gets the interviews. All goes well until he lands in big trouble in the midst of a celebrity party and is sentenced to 300 hours of social work in a pre-school nursery. Expecting it to be child's play, Ludo is in for a big surprise when he discovers that the place is run by Anna (Nora Tschirner), whom he enjoyed making malicious fun of in their primary-school days. Now Anna is ready to take revenge. Mercilessly. Resolutely. Adorably.
Source: http://thecia.com.au
So there are a total of about 30 movies (some are shown twice because they are more acclaimed).
So the fourth one is definitely a romance of sorts, I suspect. It's good to have laughs once in a while. And a good cry, but that is for another time :)
And over the weekend I got a TON of sleep ^.^ and watched Max Payne (which is just OK).
And I was sad to hear that Terrence Howard has been DROPPED!!!!!!! from Ironman 2. what the heck? OH MAN. That is sad.
I'm thinking about starting a blog specifically about the food I eat in Singapore. I'm not sure yet. And what about one where I make comments about celebrities? Haha.
Oh yes, and Friday is Halloween, which really isn't celebrated in Singapore. :( But it's all right. I was never one to dress up once I hit that certain age anyways.
I had a dream that I was back in high school. Weird. Out of the blue!
OK WHAT ELSE? I started taking gymnastics classes again, and my body has not forgiven me yet. I am going again tomorrow night, but at least I make new friends ^.^!!!!!
OK adventures.....this weekend I hope that I can get some sort of TAN because I am a pale pale girl who uses Clarisonic (which keeps your face uber pale man........UBER PALE). But since it has been especially cloudy, we'll see.
I'm thinking about going to Bali (Indonesia) around Christmas time ^.^ with some friends! YIPEE!
love,
sansies
so yeah I just heard about the German Film Festival in Singapore (www.goethe.de/singapore), and I'm really excited about some of the films that they are showing starting next week! Of COURSE, most of them stem from WWII and the Holocaust, which sadly I am history illiterate and ...not necessarily turn a blind eye at all but just that I don't like to watch depressing movies. Or, for that matter, any type of scary film.
But there are a few I am keen to see: (oh shoot, I just used the word "keen" o_o) [summaries taken from the goethe.de website]
1. The Counterfeiters (which won the 2008 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film)
Written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, it fictionalizes Operation Bernhard, a secret plan by the Nazis during the Second World War to destabilize the United Kingdom by flooding its economy with forged Bank of England currency. The film centers on a Jewish counterfeiter, Salomon Sorowitsch, who is coerced into assisting the Nazi operation at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. The film is based on a memoir written by Adolf Burger, a Jewish Slovak typographer who was imprisoned in 1942 for forging baptismal certificates to save Jews from deportation, and later interned at Sachsenhausen to work on Operation Bernhard. It won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 80th Academy Awards in 2008.
Source: 57. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue) / www.wikipedia.com
2. The Wave ("loosely-based" on a short book that I recommend reading)
The Wave is loosely based on the real experience of an American high school class in 1967. History teacher Ron Jones (Jürgen Vogel, in a standout performance) attempted to teach his pupils the realities of fascism and how easily an ideology of superiority can take root. The movement became so popular that the life of the whole school was affected. Director Dennis Gansel fashions an energetic, gripping drama that goes straight for the veins--the human psychologies and individual behaviours that contribute to collective movements. In unpeeling the emotional layers and contradictions of his characters, Gansel offers a humanistic perspective on the terrifying irony that these students may welcome the very things they denounce.
Source: Sundance Festival
3. The Vow
The Vow was inspired by the old sentimental ballad of the same name. Stripped to its essentials, the story concerned the "forbidden" romance between a monk and a nun. Though the monk never declares himself, he writes innumerable love songs dedicated to the nun. Upon his death, the songs are discovered -- and, out of respect to the sacred vows taken by both hero and heroine, those songs are buried in the same coffin with the love struck monk. When originally presented in New York, The Vow was provided with a "live" accompaniment by baritone Raymond Ellis, violinist Adi Duam, and organist Nelson Spreckling.
Source: All Movie Guide
4. Rabbit without ears (GASP!!!!!!)
Blessed with virile bravado and unshakable self-confidence, muckraking reporter Ludo (Til Schweiger) usually gets the interviews. All goes well until he lands in big trouble in the midst of a celebrity party and is sentenced to 300 hours of social work in a pre-school nursery. Expecting it to be child's play, Ludo is in for a big surprise when he discovers that the place is run by Anna (Nora Tschirner), whom he enjoyed making malicious fun of in their primary-school days. Now Anna is ready to take revenge. Mercilessly. Resolutely. Adorably.
Source: http://thecia.com.au
So there are a total of about 30 movies (some are shown twice because they are more acclaimed).
So the fourth one is definitely a romance of sorts, I suspect. It's good to have laughs once in a while. And a good cry, but that is for another time :)
And over the weekend I got a TON of sleep ^.^ and watched Max Payne (which is just OK).
And I was sad to hear that Terrence Howard has been DROPPED!!!!!!! from Ironman 2. what the heck? OH MAN. That is sad.
I'm thinking about starting a blog specifically about the food I eat in Singapore. I'm not sure yet. And what about one where I make comments about celebrities? Haha.
Oh yes, and Friday is Halloween, which really isn't celebrated in Singapore. :( But it's all right. I was never one to dress up once I hit that certain age anyways.
I had a dream that I was back in high school. Weird. Out of the blue!
OK WHAT ELSE? I started taking gymnastics classes again, and my body has not forgiven me yet. I am going again tomorrow night, but at least I make new friends ^.^!!!!!
OK adventures.....this weekend I hope that I can get some sort of TAN because I am a pale pale girl who uses Clarisonic (which keeps your face uber pale man........UBER PALE). But since it has been especially cloudy, we'll see.
I'm thinking about going to Bali (Indonesia) around Christmas time ^.^ with some friends! YIPEE!
love,
sansies
Monday, October 20, 2008
I Love Lorie Line!
Goodness me! It’s been a while. So Wednesday I went to a “programme” by the Singapore International Photography Festival to Jim Orca’s talk “21st Century and Beyond: Images Transcending Culture”, which was quite a name for a half interesting/half boring talk. But he has done a lot for the community. He is a commercial photographer by trade, but he’s used his photography to help himself connect to people – as well as use his photography to connect different worlds together.
One of his projects is for the World Toilet Organization, which is for promoting sanitation (and buying toilets, I presume) for the poorest parts of the world. Another project was for a school that is for ex-convict/juvenile delinquents that want a second chance and go back to school. He had a model who actually was a student, and he did a lot of “breaking free” motifs as well as interesting (sometimes a tad more obvious than suits my personal tastes, but it’s ok) schemes. I wish that he sold some of the pictures as t-shirts promoting a good cause while supporting it as well. I really like how he has a ‘resurrection’ theme while the body actually made the outline of an up-arrow.
The other thing (while bringing up the movie Born in Brothels) was going to teach Indian children of various ages to shoot photography (and I believe how to use the Internet as well) with use of a translator.
Even though another talk I went to (Institute of Critical Zoologists) was quite creative and definitely an eccentric perspective, I think that Jim Orca’s work has moved me more. I actually decided today to try to be a nicer person (but only to strangers). I helped a girl (who later turned out to be Korean, who knew?) get her tray for lunch today. Small, but I guess since I had nothing else to think about during lunch, why not?
This weekend was pretty pretty crazy. Friday night I met up with some of my friends for dinner. Then I met my Indonesian friend (who was here for a wedding) and we hung out first at New Asia Bar (VIPs again....^.^) and then we went out to ButterFactory as well.
On Saturday...yes I spoiled myself like crazy. I got a massage and then a facial at this cute little place in Adelphi (it only cost $113 for three hours!!!). I am definitely going back!! And bringing my friends!! Then I bought a bunch of makeup (because I need to start wearing makeup for work...oh man)...from Make Up For Ever (used by lots of make-up artists, apparently). We had a lot of fun with the make-up artist, and I will need to go back (though I did spend a whopping amount there) do learn how to do more fun eyes (i totally just bought one nude colour...color...color.....:p).
So then met up at Supper Club (which was completely amazing) with my friend + his “indo” friends for some fun; then I went home, and slept like a log.
Sunday was more subdued. Met SH at Orchard to buy some art supplies at Art Friend in Takashimaya (after sharing some Jampong(?) [spicy Korean seafood noodle soup] and japchae [my favourite]) that favourite was intentional ok?! Then we went back to her place, and i painted like there was no tomorrow, and my painting is ok, but I learned two important things: (1) paint the background first and (2) sketch or else everything looks lopsided. Don’t worry, I have no chance at becoming the next amazing painter because definitely cannot paint fine details like them. I don’t have an inherent grasp of color and light yet.
My husband ^.^ (good friend) drew me a picture with watercolour pencils....i laughed a lot, but it actually is very nice because he used the Chinese calligraphy strokes. Then Sunday night we went out to eat some CRAB (OH SO DELICIOUS ......drool.........droooooooooool.......-wipe-) and then play some pool (my ‘husband’ played with me and made me feel better about myself, so i played better this time than last time :p.
Don’t worry, my so-called husband is not my boyfriend. No boyfriend for me! He is a very good friend though (we go to the bookstore together because I cannot go with my tinkers anymore...) (tear). I tinkled my friend’s piano, and I’m about to go buy some sheet music I think (from some place in Orchard sometime later this week) so that I can have a good time running the fingers around. The tone is vaire close to m. Hasbrook’s old one. But out of tune as well. :p just old and antiquey...
I’m looking for something to fill the bottom portion of my painting though. It’s complete except that I want to put a poem or something else there. (maybe even in Chinese, if the husband consents) lol.
I’m about to sign up for gymnastics classes as well. Oh dear. I know I am going to be a log the next morning, but I need things to keep my body in better shape. Blah. Everything is a little tighter now that I am in my old ways.
Gotta run! Going to see a movie with a friend tonight My Magic by Eric Khoo.
Love, love, love
Sansie
One of his projects is for the World Toilet Organization, which is for promoting sanitation (and buying toilets, I presume) for the poorest parts of the world. Another project was for a school that is for ex-convict/juvenile delinquents that want a second chance and go back to school. He had a model who actually was a student, and he did a lot of “breaking free” motifs as well as interesting (sometimes a tad more obvious than suits my personal tastes, but it’s ok) schemes. I wish that he sold some of the pictures as t-shirts promoting a good cause while supporting it as well. I really like how he has a ‘resurrection’ theme while the body actually made the outline of an up-arrow.
The other thing (while bringing up the movie Born in Brothels) was going to teach Indian children of various ages to shoot photography (and I believe how to use the Internet as well) with use of a translator.
Even though another talk I went to (Institute of Critical Zoologists) was quite creative and definitely an eccentric perspective, I think that Jim Orca’s work has moved me more. I actually decided today to try to be a nicer person (but only to strangers). I helped a girl (who later turned out to be Korean, who knew?) get her tray for lunch today. Small, but I guess since I had nothing else to think about during lunch, why not?
This weekend was pretty pretty crazy. Friday night I met up with some of my friends for dinner. Then I met my Indonesian friend (who was here for a wedding) and we hung out first at New Asia Bar (VIPs again....^.^) and then we went out to ButterFactory as well.
On Saturday...yes I spoiled myself like crazy. I got a massage and then a facial at this cute little place in Adelphi (it only cost $113 for three hours!!!). I am definitely going back!! And bringing my friends!! Then I bought a bunch of makeup (because I need to start wearing makeup for work...oh man)...from Make Up For Ever (used by lots of make-up artists, apparently). We had a lot of fun with the make-up artist, and I will need to go back (though I did spend a whopping amount there) do learn how to do more fun eyes (i totally just bought one nude colour...color...color.....:p).
So then met up at Supper Club (which was completely amazing) with my friend + his “indo” friends for some fun; then I went home, and slept like a log.
Sunday was more subdued. Met SH at Orchard to buy some art supplies at Art Friend in Takashimaya (after sharing some Jampong(?) [spicy Korean seafood noodle soup] and japchae [my favourite]) that favourite was intentional ok?! Then we went back to her place, and i painted like there was no tomorrow, and my painting is ok, but I learned two important things: (1) paint the background first and (2) sketch or else everything looks lopsided. Don’t worry, I have no chance at becoming the next amazing painter because definitely cannot paint fine details like them. I don’t have an inherent grasp of color and light yet.
My husband ^.^ (good friend) drew me a picture with watercolour pencils....i laughed a lot, but it actually is very nice because he used the Chinese calligraphy strokes. Then Sunday night we went out to eat some CRAB (OH SO DELICIOUS ......drool.........droooooooooool.......-wipe-) and then play some pool (my ‘husband’ played with me and made me feel better about myself, so i played better this time than last time :p.
Don’t worry, my so-called husband is not my boyfriend. No boyfriend for me! He is a very good friend though (we go to the bookstore together because I cannot go with my tinkers anymore...) (tear). I tinkled my friend’s piano, and I’m about to go buy some sheet music I think (from some place in Orchard sometime later this week) so that I can have a good time running the fingers around. The tone is vaire close to m. Hasbrook’s old one. But out of tune as well. :p just old and antiquey...
I’m looking for something to fill the bottom portion of my painting though. It’s complete except that I want to put a poem or something else there. (maybe even in Chinese, if the husband consents) lol.
I’m about to sign up for gymnastics classes as well. Oh dear. I know I am going to be a log the next morning, but I need things to keep my body in better shape. Blah. Everything is a little tighter now that I am in my old ways.
Gotta run! Going to see a movie with a friend tonight My Magic by Eric Khoo.
Love, love, love
Sansie
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Weekend Treats!
Saturday morning I went off to the URA Gallery. Then we went off to buy a duffel bag at Peninsula Plaza, then to buy The Three Kingdoms (two volumes) at a second-hand bookstore for me and look at art supplies We might have stopped for ice cream along the way in ArtHouse (near the Asian Civilizations Museum)! Then we met up with the gang and went to see a Portuguese movie about police in Brazil. Very intense and violent movie. I think the guys liked it a lot, but I think the effect was more fun for Sunday's adventure. Afterwards we watched a soccer match. The taxi home didn't really know the area where I live, but we worked it out in the end. I was just so tired.
Sunday, I woke up later because I got home really late. Mommy called me...I was so tired :(. Anyways, then I got a text waking me up. HP and I met up in Bugis to go through Arab St and the surrounding area. Then we ran around looking for Arabic calligraphy (of an ostrich or a lion are the prints I want). So we ate REALLY good food at an Egyptian restaurant; I had been there before but not ordered anything except hummus. Then we walked all the way to the Malay Heritage Centre (and talked to an artist there drawing orchids with some sort of liquid gold. Very nice!!! And the tools were very unique...melted gold? Mixed with some sort of medium...or at least gold-colored liquid that spread like ink. I guess ink that had to be heated up...ok. I give up trying to determine what it is.
We pretended to be a SWAT team today. We even made a stop into Parkview, which they call "gothic" here, but I don't think it's gothic at all. It's ...I don't know what is the appropriate term. Let me see if I can find it online. ok no. so then what...
So enough about that. Then I went into National Library with the intention to read Mirror Mirror (Gregory Macguire, I think...the author of Wicked for those of you who do not know), but I think I fell asleep instead...but only for 20 minutes or so :(
Then we went off to City Hall (Raffles City) MRT Station, but we stopped into Raoul for a bit (to look at some office wear for me...but I didn't like the way any of the cuts fit me, so I didn't buy anything). Then watched some people eat at Bishan coffeeshop near the station (I was quiet I think because I was so tired today)...then went off to walk to Bishan Sports Hall. I will try other stores for cuts.
Played ping pong and badminton. Jumped on the trampoline. (fun!)
Home now...talked to Co Bay. :) Miss the family...very much.
now time to recharge the energizer bunny. toodles!
Sunday, I woke up later because I got home really late. Mommy called me...I was so tired :(. Anyways, then I got a text waking me up. HP and I met up in Bugis to go through Arab St and the surrounding area. Then we ran around looking for Arabic calligraphy (of an ostrich or a lion are the prints I want). So we ate REALLY good food at an Egyptian restaurant; I had been there before but not ordered anything except hummus. Then we walked all the way to the Malay Heritage Centre (and talked to an artist there drawing orchids with some sort of liquid gold. Very nice!!! And the tools were very unique...melted gold? Mixed with some sort of medium...or at least gold-colored liquid that spread like ink. I guess ink that had to be heated up...ok. I give up trying to determine what it is.
We pretended to be a SWAT team today. We even made a stop into Parkview, which they call "gothic" here, but I don't think it's gothic at all. It's ...I don't know what is the appropriate term. Let me see if I can find it online. ok no. so then what...
So enough about that. Then I went into National Library with the intention to read Mirror Mirror (Gregory Macguire, I think...the author of Wicked for those of you who do not know), but I think I fell asleep instead...but only for 20 minutes or so :(
Then we went off to City Hall (Raffles City) MRT Station, but we stopped into Raoul for a bit (to look at some office wear for me...but I didn't like the way any of the cuts fit me, so I didn't buy anything). Then watched some people eat at Bishan coffeeshop near the station (I was quiet I think because I was so tired today)...then went off to walk to Bishan Sports Hall. I will try other stores for cuts.
Played ping pong and badminton. Jumped on the trampoline. (fun!)
Home now...talked to Co Bay. :) Miss the family...very much.
now time to recharge the energizer bunny. toodles!
Monday, October 6, 2008
ding dong = ping pong
Last week was a zoo/mess! Monday night I went to a Selamat Hari Raya Bazaar thingy with friends, then Tuesday night I went out again because we didn't work on Wednesday (which is the Muslim new year: Hari Raya equals public holiday).
Thursday went to work, then Thursday night some friends came over and helped me start my scrapbook. Then Friday night I stayed in to work on some stuff. Saturday was filled with a trip to the zoo, went to Mustafa to buy more photo albums, and then at night went to a friend's house to watch the Manchester United v. Blackburn game (2-0). Then Sunday woke up in the afternoon :) and went to a friend's house for a bit, then we went to Tampines for a massage (which really wasn't that good) and some dinner. Then we went to Tampines Sports Hall to play PING PONG (which I insist on calling instead of table tennis because table tennis is not as much fun to say) and BADMINTON (i got nothing here). I like trying to slam in badminton. It's fun :) even if the shuttlecock doesn't like to be slammed. la.
OK Here starts a new week. Hooray Mondays!
Thursday went to work, then Thursday night some friends came over and helped me start my scrapbook. Then Friday night I stayed in to work on some stuff. Saturday was filled with a trip to the zoo, went to Mustafa to buy more photo albums, and then at night went to a friend's house to watch the Manchester United v. Blackburn game (2-0). Then Sunday woke up in the afternoon :) and went to a friend's house for a bit, then we went to Tampines for a massage (which really wasn't that good) and some dinner. Then we went to Tampines Sports Hall to play PING PONG (which I insist on calling instead of table tennis because table tennis is not as much fun to say) and BADMINTON (i got nothing here). I like trying to slam in badminton. It's fun :) even if the shuttlecock doesn't like to be slammed. la.
OK Here starts a new week. Hooray Mondays!
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