Yesterday’s Straits Times (Dec 21) carried what seemed like a timely letter, considering that this is the season for giving to one’s loved ones. Why not extend that largesse to a needy stranger suggested the letter written by a Peter Loon.
Among many of the usual utterances against conspicuous consumerism, he popped this proposal:
While we plan our [...]
Archive for the ‘food’ Category
22 Dec
Buy a needy stranger a meal? Be practical!
14 Dec
What I ate in Melbourne 2
The first question an old (in terms of age, not length of friendship) friend asked me when we met for lunch after I returned from my first visit to Melbourne last month was:
“Do you think it’s true Singaporeans migrate to Australia because of the cost of living?”
Hah? Didn’t think I heard right. So he cited [...]
8 Dec
What I ate in Melbourne 1
Other than breakfast and three home cooked meals, we ate out all the time we were in Melbourne and I would agree with LW that in Australia, more precisely Melbourne, it’s difficult to eat a bad meal eating out.
I would also add that given average prices per meal were equivalent to what’s charged at Les [...]
4 Dec
Melbourne easy access to casino
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 [...]
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 [...]
27 Nov
What it should have been
One discovery of note that I made while visiting a friend in Melbourne over the past several days is this: I made a grievous mistake with this post on Aug 8 about the nasty behaviour of some shoppers.
Back then, I had griped about buying a packet of organic beverage only to find on taking the cap off, that someone had already punched thru the [...]
17 Nov
Co-incidence or is there a pattern?
Something happened within the space of one week at three lunches with three different parties made me wonder whether it was sheer co-incidence or there was a pattern to those incidents.
The first ”event” occurred at our regular group lunch at the American Club on Nov 6. There was something of a celebratory nature to it. A roast suckling [...]
16 Nov
Once more with feeling
How time flies! It seems like only yesterday that I had posted this in this blog as part of an omnibus of the various dishes I ate while eating out:
Nov 13 being the death anniversary of a good friend, one of the dearly departed’s good friends has been holding a lunch in dearly departed’s memory ever since [...]
