Category: Living
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Thanks to lifts, my face is planted
Maybe, just maybe, Clarins Singapore‘s marketing people have gotten it wrong by getting Fiona Xie to be their new face. A friend of ours was shopping for facial products, and Clarins was on of the options she was considering before she stepped out to shop, but when she saw the new face of Clarins adorning…
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Hearty Halloween
There are many Singaporeans who cannot pronounce the word ‘pumpkin’. But Naomi and I love a good pumpkin soup, and there are several restaurants here that serve a really good bowl, even if the waiting staff repeats your order, telling you that you’ve ordered two ‘Pungkim Shoop’ Picture via Bits and Pieces iTunes is playing…
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Mr Miyagi can catch fly with chopstick, can do anything
If you’re not too busy this weekend, try hypnotising some flies to, um, do stuff. Or you could try this. Or not. iTunes is playing an illegal copy of The Spider and the Fly from the album “Michael: Music from the Motion Picture” by James Cotton/Kenny Wayne Shepherd of which I have the original CD.…
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Viva Vivo City
I have seen the future of retail in Singapore and it is big. And looks like any other mall in the U.S. or Australia. Or Malaysia. Or Taiwan. Or Thailand. Or every other country in the world I’ve been to. But no, just because it’s big doesn’t mean Vivo City is soulless. It’s got a…
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In case of emergency, break glass, take key, unlock cabinet, take out fire extinguisher, and, hey, where da fire go?
Because our friendly bank tells us to look out for, among other things, suspicious objects attached to the card slot of their ATMs which may be used to ‘skim’ your ATM card details, me and my wife noticed this cabinet attached (or merely adjacent) to the ATM I was withdrawing our dinner money from. Above…