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We’re breaking convention here by posting the minutes of our meetings online. It can be found on the ‘For Tutors‘ tab on the navigation header. Please do comment if I have left anything important out or if there is anything else that you want to add.
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2008: Filem-Filem-Filem by Ming Wong
From: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 To: Sunday, January 27, 2008
Inspired by the days of pioneering film exhibition in Malaya in the 1930s and 1940s, exhibition features a monologue by a Chinese film entrepreneur who goes into the rubber plantations in Malaya to show films to the Chinese and Malay families. Fictional and archival photographs of the rubber plantations and early film screenings and film posters by the artist will also be showcased. The Arts House, 10.00-22.00, Free.
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2008: Frozen in Time – by Nathalie Daoust (Canada)
On: Wednesday, January 23, 2008
A series of medium format photographic prints which investigate the role of photography as a documentary and art form. With talk by Natalie Daoust on 16 Jan, F202 LaSalle Campus, 19.30. Esplanade Tunnel, Free.
Source: http://singapore.angloinfo.com
” The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We’ve learned how to make a living, but not a life. We’ve added years to life not life to years. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We’ve done larger things, but not better things.
We’ve cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We’ve conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete.
Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side. Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn’t cost a cent.
Remember, to say, “I love you” to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again. Give time to love, give time to speak, and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.
HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. ” An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is God & ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it’s family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don’t take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
George Carlin
Credits: picture by Albino Rhino, taken from site Allrecipes.com
What can bring more joy than chomping down on your favourite food? tasting that much awaited morsel of food that you have waited with bated fervour for many days now. You can’t help but squeal in barely contained glee when that coveted dish is placed infront of you. If you do that then we are alike! There are many things I enjoy doing on my free days, catching up with old friends and bunking in to catch some of that elusive sleep, but there is a particular activity which I deeply relish and that is sniffing out good places to eat, and although this has become a slightly more expensive hobby in recent times, I feel a deluded sense of accomplishment when I find a place that neither my friends have ventured upon haha..
For starters, at the beginning of this year, my uncle brought us out for dinner. We drove from grey Toa Payoh to the likes and bustle of Simpang Bedok. At the farthest end of Simpang Bedok lies a restaurant called Sedap Corner, it had just opened then, and saw very few patrons on its premises. However the ambience and decor of the place was quite something- it generated a surburbia-zen like charm with its dimmed lights and concrete waterfall that were strategically placed outside the restaurant, and although it was easy to fall in love with the place, we were not easily swayed. As true connoiseur(s) of food tasters, we wondered if the food would live up to the ambience as they would like us to believe. The restaurant offers a pretty diverse menu- from Thai cuisine to Western delights and traverse a traditional menu of nasi belacan kampung and its compatriots.
For tastebuds that are game enough to try anything new, the Vietnamese Pho-Bo offers an electic taste, it is an acquired taste. Translucent rice noodles with beef balls mixed with a soup mixture, hints of coriander and fresh cilantro, the presentation of the meals is an art in itself, the Viet Pho-bo is placed on a wooden lacquered tray ,the noodles are placed in a huge bowl, they do serve large servings with a plate of fresh herbs on the side and a slice of lemon to adorn the plate as well. It also comes with a 3 compartmentalized dish, which consists 3 different paste that is to be dipped in to the Viet Pho-Bo soup. Pretty cool eh? But before any of you scurry to try this dish out, let me caution you-it is an acquired taste, if you are the type who thinks that i-like-my-noodles-fried- then stick to it. I can unabashedly admit, I’m p.r.e.t.t.y. adventurous with my food, but it took me some time to adjust to the taste of the Viet Pho, 2/3 of the way through the dish I felt like giving up (which rarely happens hahah..) this could be due to the large serving and the tangible taste of spicy notes of ginger and herbs on my tastebuds. Trust me the dish is not for the faint-hearted!
But there are favourites that you can enjoy, mee goreng mamak is an instant hit with the family. They added a new twist to an old classic, the serving were pretty generous, and the restaurant did not skimp on their ingredients, there were slices of squid, slivers of chicken, topped off with several flat shrimp wanton at the top.
The trip to Sedap Corner is not without its glamour quotient, if you enjoy watching Chef Bob Skuter strutting his stuff on the goggle-box, you can catch him in person (he’s not that hard to miss) as part of the 3 head chefs there. If you plan to head down to the restaurant, do head down in the late afternoon because you won’t have to wait for a seat, unlike its nights, where many expatriates and large families come to eat.
The prices are suitably priced for a set course, it is reasonably priced at $11-$15 dollars each and did i mention that its service is wonderful too? Kak Ju is one of the servers there and she prides herself informing customers of the daily specials with such candour and wit.
so if you are tired of eating at the run-of the- mill- kedai kopi, head down to:
Sedap Corner Restaurant (Singapore)
282 Bedok Road,
Singapore 469438
Tel: +65 6445 9987 (its at Simpang Bedok, its situated at the farthest end of road beside the Simpang Bedok Post office)
P/S: This eating establishment is run by Malays, isn’t it heartening to know 
so do your part and help spread the word , I am sure they could do with the additional business
Have you ever wondered where else can you go on this ubiquitous -ly small island? Are you tired of pounding your feet on the same old gravel pavement each time you go out? Fret not, there is a healthier solution and it comes with minimal cost. The newly launched 42-km long Eastern Costal Park Connector Network links up popular beach parks of East Coast, Changi Beach, Pasir Ris and other parks in the eastern part of Singapore, such as Bedok Reservoir Park and Bedok Town Park.
The Park Connector Network or (PCN) is an island-wide network of linear open spaces that link up major parks, nature sites and housing estates in Singapore. Built on drainage reserves, foreshore and road reserves, the PCN, lined with lush greenery and shielded from the hustle and bustle of traffic noise and exhaust fumes, provides additional recreational areas for activities like jogging, cycling and in-line skating. At the same time, they link up residential and urban areas, offering shady and convenient shortcut routes to bus stops, MRT stations and markets. When completed, the entire network across the whole island will make it convenient to travel from park to park.
And for those who would want to spend a day in the parks doing a spot of work, you’d be surprised at how “advanced” our parks are. Several of these green havens have FREE Wi-fi access, so you can surf the net while enjoying the cool breeze opposite Kallang Waterfront. So what are you waiting for? Grab some bikes, and bring your loved ones along for a ride.
Free Wi-Fi in Parks Visitors can now enjoy free wireless broadband access under the Wireless@SG programme at these parks and gardens in Singapore:
Singapore Botanic Gardens
Woodlands Town Garden Park
Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East Park
Toa Payoh Town Park
Pasir Ris Park
West Coast Park
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Woodlands Town Garden Park
Woodlands Town Garden Park
Woodlands Town Garden Park
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