Just lots of foodie pics

A recap at what I have been clogging my arteries with in 2006.

1) The homecooked food

(Mexican) - Quesadilla






(Western) - Egg potato salad with ham



(Western) - Pan Fry Salmon + Egg Potato Salad + Garlic Mushroom




2) The "I'll BE BACK" list

Oosters
Raspberry Beer



Mussels in White Wine sauce


Frites to go with mussels


Menotti
Codfish Ravioli



Crabmeat Linguine


Creme Brulee



Sarawak Kolomee
Special Version

Char Siew Version



Fried Wonton




AZABU SABO
Cold Seafood Ramen



Red Bean & Green tea icecream


Mama Fudge cake from Chocobloc


Ice blended tea from cafe gallileo




3) The "The So-So" list

Tambuah Mas







Cafe 211







Brewerkz

For the sake of IMF meeting

I went Suntec City last sat (23 Sep) knowing that most people would be avoiding that place due to tight security and cordoning of certain areas. Indeed, I had to take a BIG roundabout to reach suntec from Cityhall MRT. Just outside the MRT, where they cordon off the areas, flowers were planted to decorate the place... even in orchard road, i also saw alot of colourful flowers.


catch it while its still there

It was a pretty sight indeed and many tourists posed for pictures. I wonder how long these flowers will be there... seems to be rented pots of flowers that will be collected back after the event.

CCHS (Main)

I hail from a secondary school that is older than Singapore’s age as an independent nation. CCHS (main), a chinese school that is easily about 60 years old. It has the privilege of being the only school in Singapore with a ‘main’ and a ‘branch’ school and I’m pretty sure the school pond is the biggest among all the other ponds in Singapore secondary schools. The pond’s estimated size is (in my opinion), 5? Basketball courts (minimum). It took 10-15 mins to walk its circumference in a strolling pace.

During my time, the school was pretty run down. Tree roots and plants grew out of the pavement, making it uneven, and tripping up many unsuspecting students much to their embarrassment. The pond was filled with murky water of an unknown depth and mysterious fish leapt out of the pond every so often in the early morning when we sing the national anthem. The Chinese newspaper Wanbao even reported before that the deepest part of the pond is easily 5 (HDB) storeys deep! On mid-autumn festival, the school held fund raising through fishing competition and encouraged the public to stroll its garden-like compounds while we students sell bookmarks to raise funds. I’ve seen really big fish caught from the pond. Due to its depth n murkiness, we students were usually banned from swimming in it. And I think no one really dared to jump in and swim right to the centre for fear of what lies beneath – monster fish? Quick sand?

Though I was disheartened by what I saw when I first joined the school – grey and dilapidated buildings, I have come to think otherwise. The buildings which house our old classroom, home-economics class, old auditorium, volleyball courts are all gone and in place, filled with spanking new stuff. The pond has been cleaned up and its size reduced drastically. Gone is the rustic charm, and in place, a neat-clean somewhat man-made environment. Just like what Singapore is. How I wish the school would be left on its own, without the usual ‘upgrading’. Now that I look back, those old buildings are filled with memories. Sitting by the pond on stone tables with weeping willows and big trees providing shade, I feel like I have been transported back to olden days (like Chinese period drama). With such a cultured environment, I’m sure the school would be able to churn out many poets steeped in Tang and Song dynasty Chinese poems, lyrics and Chinese history.
one of the new buildings - the magnificent pond is blocked by the building

one of the few remaining old buildings - where the science labs and staff room used to be