Bowling pins...

Saw a lot of bottles on the ground after a recent 'party' nearby.

I was a bit naughty and wanted to roll a ball or something towards it.
They look like an overcrowded set of bowling pins.
No, I was do it, the mess would be disastrous!



Have you ever wondered why wines cost so much in Singapore?
Well, there is a excise duty of $70 per litre of alcohol.

So say, you buy a 750ml bottle of wine with an alcohol content of 13.5%, you will pay $7.09.
Don't forget you still need to pay 7% GST on whatever amount the wine costs.

Solar panels on the roof

While on the road, this caught my eye.
14 solar panels and a solar hot water panel.



I wonder the wind turbine is a workable unit.

I got curious and did a search on what this building or company is about.
It sells recycle t-shirt, skirts, organic cotton bags, bamboo made materials.
It also sells solar cells like the one in the photo, energy saving kits, and even an organic food stall.

It looks interesting, I shall visit that shop one day.



I wonder if those of us living on public housing, can hot water panels be installed on the shared roof. That would save us lots of electricity in the long run.

The Navy

I saw the latest advert by the Singapore Navy and I thought I should take a photo of it!
Part of the advert was 3D!



The rocket blasted off!
Somehow it makes a career with the Navy so cool!

Legal Loan, Illegal Notice?

I noticed that there's been a surge of these 'legal loans' notices popping up everywhere. I am wondering how legal can this 'legal loan' be?

Don't all money lenders needs to have a license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)?
Even if they really are legal money lenders, putting up that sign on the divider on the road is illegal right?



Anyone wants to call that number to find out?

If you are mean, try calling them say at 3AM or 4AM when you can't sleep. You will be counting money instead of counting sheep.

hey boy, that's not a real chocolate bar!

Saw this at Candylicious at Resorts World Sentosa.
This little boy must LOVE chocolates!



Candylicious is the biggest candy shop in Singapore.

Playing Monopoly again...

I know quite a few people who are quite excited when the fast food restaurant with the golden arches reintroduced Monopoly yet again!



Did I follow the arrow? No, I went straight to jail, bypass Go and did not collect the $200 (or $80,000 here). :-p



Many folks in Singapore will definitely go for it. (One of the reasons why the casinos are doing well). Folks here love the thrill of having a change of winning something though the chance is very slim. I have friends and colleagues who always say this: we want to 'buy a hope'.  买一个希望. (Mai3 Yi2 Ge4 Xi1 Wang4.) Are you in that category?

Free Detergent

If you do your groceries in supermarkets in Singapore, there's always sign that says 'please be gracious' / 'please be considerate', do not take bring our shopping trolleys away from the supermarket.

These people must be inconsiderate and ungracious? haha. They stole a trolley!



The crowd in Orchard Road did not mind though. In fact, they were quite happy. People were given sample packets of liquid detergent. 

Hmm... I wonder these folks have criteria before they give them out to people.
Do they only give it to people whose clothes looks dirty?

Follow That Fire Engine!

Last Saturday, Momo noticed a fire engine behind our car on the road. She asked me look at the fire engine behind us! It looked different!

As a courteous driver, when you notice a fire engine behind you, you give way!  Momo quickly changed lane so that the fire engine can pass. (the real reason was so that we can take a photo of the fire engine! haha..)

The reason we wanted to take photos of the fire engine was because we noticed the license plate is not the usual Singapore license plate. Also, it was not the usual civil defence fire engines we see in Singapore!

We saw the license plate and noticed the stickers all over the truck and guessed it must could from the UK! Oh yes it was! This fire engine had traveled all the way from UK!



What was the UK fire engine doing in Singapore?
It was a real hazy day (as you can see from the photo below), we were wondering if they were here to prepare themselves to get ready to help Indonesia put off their forest fires! haha...

This grand dame can move really fast! So sorry for the a bit blur of the next photo.



You want to read more about them? Visit http://www.followthatfireengine.com/

The old style cloth coffee strainers.

I took this photo at around 3AM in a 24 hour coffee stall some weeks ago.
These coffee strainers were being hung out to be air dried.



They are used to make the traditional style coffee in Asia. Coffee powder is put in the strainer and hot water poured into the bags and strained a few times.

So different from say a Nespresso machine!



I think new bags are needed. These looks well used.
I wonder each time new bags are used, can the regular coffee drinkers taste a difference?


p/s they reminds me of dirty old socks! LOL...

100 hours movie indulgence

I was at the Dhoby Ghaut train station today and saw these people staring at this big screen.
You can see it has been 24 hours, 24 minutes since it started.



I was curious and did an online search. These folks are taking part in a 100 hour movie marathon. It will end 11 pm on Sunday night. The list of movie they are watching can be found here.

Will you be able to stay awake for 100 hours? The most I have stayed awake is 48 hours and I could not take it anymore!

Choke choke, so much smoke!

Some people are practicing open burning this month. *choke choke*

All around Singapore, if you have neighbors who believe in ghosts and spirits, they are burning joss papers in rusty oil drums like this one below. They also offer food by just leave them everywhere and it creates a mess when stray animals come and eat them.



Neighbors are choking with the smoke entering their houses. Many have resorted to closing their windows and turning on their air-conditioning to breathe!

Can't there be a more environmentally friendly way of doing it without causing so much air pollution?

Electronic way perhaps? If they can now tweet messages to the Wailing Wall, can't they tweet to the 'gates of hell'?

Hokkien String Puppet Show

I was around the Merlion Park and saw a group of people all congregating looking or admiring  something.
I was curious and walk towards it. Oh, they are having a Hokkien String Puppet Show.

Although Hokkien is my dialect, I only manage to catch half of what they were singing. 
Oh man, I need tuition for Hokkien lessons!




This is a dying art. You seldom see these anymore.
Look behind and you see this lady is manipulating the puppets and singing the story out at the same time!




Do you enjoy these 'shows'? Are you able to understand them?
Maybe we need 'subtitles'. hehe...

Aveo5 Levis

Saw these two cars at VivoCity few days ago.
I was wondering, was it a Chevrolet car promo or was it a Levi's clothing promo.



Then I realize it is both!
You can actually order the car with the Levi's design on it!

Check out http://chevroletsingapore.com/aveo5-levis

(No this is not an advertorial. I am truly surprised!)
My cousin said, that car does not look so nice. If it's a VW Golf, it would have looked better.  ;-p

Huge Ceiling Fans

I saw huge fans like this in one of the secondary schools halls in Singapore about a year ago.

A few days ago, I realize they are appearing at the Al Fresco dining area at 313@Somerset too!



The weather is so warm these few days. These fans sure come in handy!

Cam Am Spyder in Singapore

Saw this 3 wheel bike yesterday stopping beside the car I was in. Quickly took a photo of it with my iPhone.

It's the Cam Am Spyder! I did an online search and realise it has been in Singapore since mid 2009!
Retailing around $36K, and classified as a motorcycle by the Land Transport Authority (LTA).



Blanked the bike's number which happens to be a very very nice number too!

I am sure my dad would love it. Right dad?

Wheelchair access right ahead...

This sign on the road beside the bus stop is new. Recently I noticed some bus stops have this sign on the road now.



But it did not look very correct. Where they draw the sign, it is outside the bus stop and not sheltered.

Hmmm... Oh well, we shall see if they will correct it soon.

Bentley Continental GT

A few of us of spotted this Bentley parked on the side roads. Then we realise it's not only us. Almost everyone was staring at it!

I even saw a person from another building taking out his camera to take photo of it. I did the same thing. It's quite rare to see a Bentley in Singapore. It looks nice isn't it?



The front view of it. Very unique black and white Bentley Continental GT.



Is Archie's car a Bentley? I can't really remember. I have not read Archie comics for a long time now!

Houses that Dress Up

Following the 'paganistic' holiday in the US, some Singapore houses also decorate their house too.



Have you wondered how the name Halloween came about? According to Wikipedia:
The term Halloween, originally spelled Hallowe’en, is shortened from All Hallows' Even – e'en is a shortening of even, which is a shortening of evening. It is now known as "Eve of" All Saints' Day, which is November 1st.

Biker with Cam Helmet

Every now and then you see interesting things on the roads. Probably because Singapore now has more and more people living here coming from all over the world.

I saw this while I was in the taxi, so it is not a clear shot and both the cyclist and I are moving. ;-)



I wonder if anyone knows this guy and if we are able to view his videos online somewhere? It would be interesting isn't it?

Off to school...

Happens all around Singapore. Buses all waiting, the pre-school kids are preparing for an excursion. I wonder where they are going....



When was your last excursion or rather holiday?