View of Singapore City from National Gallery of Singapore

Yesterday I went to National Gallery of Singapore to view local arts and special exhibition Minimalism with my elder cousin. We ventured to the top floor as she wanted to explore the gallery outdoor. I was excited to see another city view and took photo of the view. 

For Singapore, admission to local art gallery is free. 

Nearest MRT: Cityhall MRT  

View of Central Business District with major financial institutions and Victoria theatre and concert hall and Padang field.

View of Marina Bay Sands and Gardens by the Bay behind the ArtScience museum aka the lotus inspired architecture.

 My favourite place in Singapore! Esplanades theatre by the bay that looks like hornet from the top.

 National Gallery of Singapore

Spring Cleaning and Assembling Billy Bookshelf

Last week I went to Ikea to purchase Billy bookshelf with my cousins. I first brought Billy bookshelf about 6 years ago and it is able to withstand 30kg per shelf. Till now it is still working well. Billy bookshelf is the most resilient Ikea bookshelf.

As I brought more books, I need more space so this time I brought a 2m tall Billy bookshelf. I  must stop buying new books as my bedroom is filled with five bookshelves. 

I enjoy spring cleaning  my bookshelves as it reminds me of what I have. Its kinda like taking stock of what we have and be thankful and count our blessing. Sometimes I forget what I already have and just buy. For example, I have many files that I purchased in past BookFest. This year, I'm not going to buy files and pens as I already have so many. 

I also keep magazines that I like especially Lonely Planet Magazine Asia which is no longer in print in Singapore. I keep many Lonely Planet with Switzerland and Europe on cover as I want to travel to Switzerland in this life. I told myself if I'm still single by 40 years old, I will travel there alone. 

 I have many Lonely Planet Magazine Asia especially on Switzerland and other travel magazines on Switzerland.

 When I was a student, I used to do cross-stitch.

 I brought and assembled Ikea bookshelf last week. 

 I think Dare magazine is quite informative and inspiring but it is no longer in print for many years already. I'm glad I keep it.

I have many clear files. It reminds me to stop buying new file.

Planning to go to Taiwan in 2019

From 2013 to 2016, I went to Taiwan for a total of five trips. I think its time for me to visit Taiwan again next year since Kuomintang  国民党 gained many seats in recent election. 

Taiwan Cingjing

Something Just Like This by Coldplay

Simply love this song by Coldplay. 

Vegetarian Oriental Meal at Singapore Airlines

I just came back from Perth and had vegetarian oriental meal at Singapore airline flight. The rice is yummy and good but I don't really like the dessert as I don't like banana. In the future, I will try vegetarian lacto-ovo meal which serves western style.

 Vegetarian Oriental meal

 Banana 

 Flight stewardess offered me ice cream

Back to Singapore

After a fun week in Perth, I'm back to Singapore this week. Perth is quite a beautiful city with countryside attractions but I find the sun really harsh and air very dry. I had to apply lip balm every few hours in Perth. Singapore has high humidity and my body is used to the condition here already. 

After returning to Singapore, I asked my cousins to join me in singing. Initially we planned to sing at Manekineko karaoke but the price is steep on weekend so we decided to go to Tampines Hub Teo Heng karaoke. The karaoke system is quite good and it is so much cheaper. I will go to Teo Heng to sing in the future if I want to sing with my cousins or friends.

Now in Perth

Glad to be in Perth though the sun is harsh.

 Kings Park

 Busselton Jetty

2018 Christmas Lighting at Orchard Road Singapore

This year Christmas decoration along Orchard Road is filled with Disney characters in blue tinge lighting. If you are a fan of Disney, you will love this year theme. For me as long as the decor is beautiful, I love it. 

I'm looking forward to trying the beautiful carousel outside Ngee Ann city.

Yummy Lion Mane Mushroom with Turmeric Rice

Finally I had the delicious lion mane mushroom with turmeric rice at Green Dot vegetarian eatery at Bedok Mall. It was really delicious with spicy lion mane mushroom (it really taste like meat) and crispy papadum and cucumber and carrot. I can eat this every week. 

 This yummy dish costs $8.90.

I also had fruity salad

Truffle Dishes at Elemen

Elemen is currently offering  8 course truffle set meal priced at $42.80++. After 10% service charge and 7% GST, I paid about $50 which is very expensive for me. But since its not in their main menu, I decided to try this set menu at Millenia Walk  as I like truffle. 

Dishes come in very small portion like the salad and noodle. So it was not very filling for me. This truffle menu will end on next Wed, 31 Oct. 

Fruit salad with beetroot, berries..

Really light and refreshing beetroot with feta cheese.

Smoked monkey head mushroom with truffle honey and sour sauce really taste like sweet and sour pork.

Soft Truffle noodle in rather small portion

Piping hot collagen soup with crispy wanton skin.

Unique Architecture in Singapore

I saw a unique architecture near Bishan road. It is a condominium Sky Habitat. It reminds me of Hong Kong buildings which have holes in the centre for Feng shui purpose. Its a really eye-catching architecture. I hope to visit it one day.

The architect of this building is the famous Moshe Safdie who also designed Marina Bay Sands.

The World's Longest Flight by Singapore Airlines

I'm really looking forward to travel in the world's longest flight with Singapore Airlines to New York to watch Broadway musicals and explores museums. I last visited New York in 2011 to watch Jersey Boys, Wicked and Spiderman broadway musicals and explore art and design museums alone. It was a very long journey with stopover in Dubai and I had to wait for about 3 to 7 hours for stopover. 

There are so many places I want to travel. Especially Switzerland and maybe New York later since I already went there. However I read that if I wait for 3 to 4 years later, Singapore Airlines might be dethroned by others airlines. Most probably I travel to Switzerland to explore various museums and hiking next year or the year after. I'm really mesmerised by the natural beauty of Switzerland.

Cool and Rainy Days in Singapore

It has been raining cats and dogs and temperature drops to cool 24 degrees celsius lately. I really like this cool temperature in Singapore and hope it will stay at low temperature. 

I'm looking forwards to November and December when the Orchard Road will be dazzled with Christmas decorations. 

U Weekly Magazine in Singapore

With the the ending of iWeekly magazine, there is only 1 Chinese entertainment magazine, UWeekly magazine left in Singapore. Perhaps the only good thing is I can save money on magazine. I appreciate the presence of physical magazines. I'm really not a fan of online magazines and is now planning to cut down online usage time. 

Somehow, I think its really a bad strategy for iWeekly to stop magazine prints. Not sure if they print annual magazine to summarise the year entertainment news.

I like the new print UWeekly magazine layout design. It looks very refreshing and modern!