When in Melbourne, how could I not go take a gander at the Crown Casino, the casino and entertainment precinct on the south bank of the Yarra River, said be to attracting on average 16 million visitors a year (!!!!!)
This is specially when it was just a short tram ride from Prahran where I was staying.
And so [...]
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4 Dec
Melbourne easy access to casino
30 Nov
With wine so cheap, why drink water?
I’m a real sinkek (country bumpkin) where Australia’s concerned (OK, OK, I know those who know me would retort, “why confine to Australia?” but that’s another story).
Anyway back to Australia, or Melbourne where I’ve just spent a week to be precise. It’s my 3rd trip to that continent in my whole life-time to date and [...]
3 Nov
Over-charged 39X @ Fairprice
I had a bit of a shock when I heard the cashier announce my total bill at Fairprice @ HDB Hub today, Nov 3.
Yes, my trolley was full to the brim but I had bought no expensive meat or wine; mainly veggies, instant noodles, a few low priced cans of fish and peanuts, four packets of biscuits, [...]
20 Oct
Breakfast at Blu dinner
Things weren’t that topsy turvey at Shangrila Hotel’s Blu Challenge dinner on Oct 10 as implied by the title of this post.
It’s just that chef Kevin Cherkas named the dessert Breakfast (pix below) even though what he served wasn’t a poached egg sitting on a muffin, with the usual accompanying fried sausages and grilled tomato. [...]
15 Oct
Challenging dinner at Blu – for starters
My usual dining companions and I went to Blu on the 24th floor of the Shangri La Hotel to try their $139 +++ Challenge dinner on Saturday, Oct 10. If the diner got all the ingredients right from the tasting menu of six courses in a multiple choice quiz, he/she got to dine free.
The date wasn’t chosen because of [...]
11 Oct
Make Jobs Credit Scheme a PR
Please, please, please, pretty please, PAP Government, please make your Jobs Credit Scheme a permanent resident in Singapore. This is because Jobs Credit is the best invention since sliced bread.
Not because I’ve benefited directly from it; nor anyone else whom I know still in the workforce. But indirectly, everyone must have.
Let me list the beneficiaries.
The employers:
those in a [...]
17 Sep
Cheap & good eat: fast to fix
LW is full of ideas for making great meals and consequently is often sought for her recipes. She doesn’t write them down, giving pointers whenever she’s asked.
Perhaps that’s the way to go for which cook, good or bad, follows recipes slavishly anyway, given the mnany things that can’t always be replicated — ingredients, size of kitchen, adequacy of [...]
