Looking Forward To Christmas Light-up At Orchard Road

 Counting down to Christmas light-up.

Lunch At Nan Hua Chang Fish Head Steamboat At Kaki Bukit

As a Teochew, I enjoy fish steamboat, a popular Teochew dish with my family. Recently I had lunch at Kaki Bukit, Nan Hua Chang fish head steamboat with my family. 

We are impressed with the tender red grouper fish. I also enjoyed the fried bee hoon and the cereal prawns. We be back for the steamboat as the price is reasonable at $108.00 with no gst charge. You can check out the menu below.

Red grouper steamboat

Oyster omelette

Cereal prawns 

Fried bee hoon

Signature tofu

Interesting Chinese Language Game For Secondary School Students

My friend Li Yan, a passionate Singaporean Chinese language educator came up with this interesting Chinese language game for secondary school students. This game is interesting and fun and I think it can inspire and motivate students to learn Chinese language. The younger generation prefer to converse in English and in time to come, the younger generation in Singapore might not be bilingual compared to earlier generations. When my young relatives speak to me in English, I replied back in Mandarin and explained so as to teach them Chinese. 

My friend generously let me share the game link but the link shared from WhatsApp is not able to be shared here and the other website showed my identification number. Maybe they have encrypted the link. A wonderful educational game should be easily shared. 

I had fun playing the game and also learnt a new word, 掰(bai). It is interesting to see how different combinations of Chinese characters produced new character and meaning. I need to recall the Han yu pin yin for the word which took some time. Thanks for sharing my friend!

A Joyous Day

Finally there is peace and hostages have returned back home. It must be a joyous day for their families! Peace can only be achieved through talks and not violence as it only lead to vicious cycle of revenge. May there be peace always.

Donald Trump really deserves Nobel Peace Prize! May his wish come true next year! Meanwhile Donald Trump can just make do with Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor. 

Forever Idol Aaron Kwok 永远的偶像郭富城

时光飞逝。没想到我喜欢郭富城也快三十五年了。当时我才九岁。他现在也快六十岁了。听说他的第三孩子在多几个月会到来了。 我的偶像真是宝刀未老！恭喜恭喜！

Time flies. Aaron Kwok has been my idol for the past 35 years. I was 9 years old when I first heard his iconic song, 对你爱不完 or Love for you never ends. He is definitely the best singer dancer.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

 Time for the mooncakes and pomelo with family. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

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Peace or War in Asia?

First published on 31 July 2022 (from 2nd paragraph onwards). Straits times should fact check and not publish false information from western media that Taiwan is not China. Officially, Taiwan is known as Taiwan Republic of China (ROC). Now I rarely buy Straits times. Politicians should be mindful and not create unnecessary conflict by retracting the One China policy that was agreed by both Taiwan ROC and China. Don't take peace for granted. I posted the following post 3 years ago.

I enjoy going to the National Palace Museum in Taipei to admire the exquisite antiques and arts. These antiques spanning from Shang dynasty to Qing dynasty were secretly transported from China to Taiwan when Chiang Kai-Shek realised that they might lose the Civil War (1927-1949) with the Chinese Communist party in China.

Chiang Kai-Shek served as the leader of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1949 in mainland China but retreated to Taiwan, officially known as the Taiwan Republic of China (ROC) and continued to serve as a leader there until his demise in 1975.  He and his Kuomingtang party had always dreamed of winning the civil war and return to China. That is history.  Both mainland Chinese and Taiwan leaders agreed on the One China policy. 

Nancy Pelosi is making the situation worse by going to Taiwan. What is her purpose?  They are already supporting the wars in Afghanistan and Ukraine, advocating democracy movement. Yet left them in tattered and leaving these countries in worse states then before. These countries are still mired in wars. They are repeating similar strategy- divide and conquer. The world needs to speak out and not keep quiet. 

It is just weird that she chose to visit Taiwan during the Hungry ghost festival period, also observed by the Taiwanese Chinese.

USA greatest threat will be from within. I don't think they will enjoy peace for provoking wars around the world. I would like to share the following poem ironically by US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
     Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

I brought this replica of Revolving vase with swimming fish in cobalt blue glaze in Taiwan National Palace Museum (Qianlong reign- 1736 to 1795, Qing dynasty). National Palace Museum houses these rich historical treasures spanning from Shang dynasty to Qing dynasty. These should be valued and not be secretly given away to other country.

超好听《一路生花》周深/张韶涵

Recently I heard this awesome performance by Zhou Shen and Angela Chang. I love how their beautiful pristine voices blended harmoniously. It's also an inclusive performance where the autistic boy played the ocarina (陶笛), a ceramic wind musical instrument confidently well. It's important that parents observe their children's strength and develop further from their interest and strength and high probability they grow up to be happy and confident. Do not force them to be what you want them to be. 

最近从《天赐的声音》听到这首动听的歌。分享给你们。 

最近我听了一首周深与张韶涵的精彩演唱。我特别喜欢他们纯净嗓音的完美融合。这是一场包容性的表演，其中一位自闭症男孩自信地演奏了陶笛，一种陶制吹奏乐器，技艺十分熟练。

父母应关注孩子的天赋，从兴趣与强项出发进一步培养，这样他们长大后更有可能成为快乐自信的人。切勿强求他们成为你期望的模样。