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 ‘Value’ Category
22 Dec
Buy a needy stranger a meal? Be practical!
10 Nov
Short, sweet and wanting more
at the Ascott Raffles Place but as i had indicated in my Tweets, the “wotever happens” happened and it had nothing to do with the prize which lived up to all I had been expecting.
But I’m getting ahead of my story.
On Oct 30, the check-in was smooth, low-key and friendly. The receptionist and a bell boy [...]
5 Nov
Ascott Raffles Place here we come!
This time last week, I was all pumped up about “consuming” the prize I won in a Twitter contest by re-tweeting contest announcements by Ascott International.
To recap, I won a 3-day 2 nite stay at any of the Ascott Group’s residences in the Asia Pacific.
There were many to choose from, as the prize covered not [...]
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 [...]
20 Aug
Ion snapshots
Since all of Singapore and more have been thronging Ion Orchard, I, too, made a bee-line there a week ago. Fact is I like shopping malls, especially up-market ones because of their reasonably decent toilet facilities, for a start.
No, I’m not like Neil Humphries’ mum who passes more water than an elephant. I’m more like Lady Macbeth; need [...]
17 Aug
I’m an ungracious recipient?
I was forced to consider this possibility last Friday when J who presented me with something from a project she’s involved in appeared to take offence when I asked, without opening what she handed me, if I could return it, if I didn’t like it.
“U don’t have to pay,” she replied, somewhat miffed. “It’s a gift.”
“I know [...]
