Share Your World: a Singaporean Nightscape

The Marina Bay area is stunning at night.  Loving Husband and I had a stroll on the promenade on Saturday while waiting for Darling Daughters who were at the Esplanade: Theatres by the Bay, watching the Stuttgart Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet.  It was a balmy evening, rather festive with cyclists, pedestrians & live music from an al fresco cafe, enlivening our walk.

In the spirit of further sharing my world, here are this week’s questions & my answers to Cee’s Share Your World .

What do you consider is the most perfect food for you? (It can be your favorite food to something extremely healthy.)

I think the perfect food is the one I am enjoying at any point in time, whether it is a hearty bowl of steel cut oats laden with fruit, or a decadent croissant, buttery, flakey yet chewy, or a mess of colourful stir-fried vegetables, or a scoop of the creamiest ice cream chock full of nuts & dried fruit & marshmallows & assorted goodies. I endeavour to enjoy every mouthful!  I try not to eat when I’m rushed, or to feel guilty when I’m eating potato chips.

Steel cut oats topped with chestnuts, blueberries, dried cranberries & chia seeds

Croissant with lemon curd & blueberries

Stirfry of red cabbage, yellow zucchini, green leafy veggies

Purple potato & salted caramel soft serve with waffles & assorted goodies

 

Are you focused on today or tomorrow?

I’m better at living in the moment these days, so my answer is Today.

If you could interview one of your great-great-great grandparents, who would it be, and what would you ask?

I’ve never had adult conversations with any of my grandparents.  I would love to speak with each of them and get to know them.

What did you appreciate this past week?  

I had a good writing week, and several interesting conversations with WordPress Friends.  I feel invigorated and inspired.

 

Feature Photo: Fullerton Hotel (on the right) on Marina Bay, in response to Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge, Scale.

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Five Minutes with a Mother & Child

One of Singapore’s most popular tourist sites is in my backyard; well, it is just across the street.  So, I fortunately find myself there a couple of times a week.  One of my favourite features in the Botanic Gardens is this sculpture, Swing Me, Mama, sculpted in serpentine (spring stone) by Dominic Benhura (1995).  

Share Your World: Inspired by Nature

Many of us find inspiration in Nature.

Singapore may be a city, but there are many wonderfully green places for pedestrians to wander about, mull over life’s mysteries and be inspired.  I love exploring the Park Connector network when I have the chance; these dedicated walkways/cycle paths run between parks to allow one to park hop,  providing safe passage for pedestrians & cyclists.  The Alexander Canal Linear Park is a beautiful and particularly lovely example, running alongside several housing developments.

Share Your World: Inside Out, Outside In

Inside Out: This is what you will see when you look out my kitchen window: a small portion of the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

Outside In: Cee’s Share Your World is a window I enjoy looking through into the worlds of some of the WordPress community.  Cee posts a new set of questions every Monday.  Follow the above link for instructions if you would like to join in.

Oh Look!

We snapped a shot of this little guy at MacRitchie Reservoir after our morning run, in response to Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge, Danger

100% Chocolate

Loving Husband & Older Daughter love dark chocolate, even the very bitter 100%. Younger Daughter and I prefer ours much sweeter and perhaps, milkier.

In considering where bitter fits in my life, I think our taste buds have it right: sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and for the new gourmand, umami.  It all contributes to our experience of food, and in a larger sense, of the world around us.  It is about finding the right balance, the right combination, the right amount.

Bangkok’s Night Sky

Travelling is …

… family time

… new sights, sounds and smells

… the people

… the food

… a whole new world!

Feature photo: taken from Above Eleven, where we sampled Peruvian- Japanese cuisine and enjoyed the view.    In response to Daily Post’s Challenge: Wanderlust

Thinking on Earth

This week’s Daily Post Challenge “Earth” & the celebration of Earth Day has given me much opportunity to think about the world we live in: during my runs, visiting the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum , culminating in National Geographic’s Earth Day Run.

Sisters, Sisters

Nothing gives a sense of security like sisters ….

This snapshot makes me smile, just like this song does.

Feature Photo: taken in Bangkok, 4 April 2017, of Older & Younger Daughters, by Loving Husband, as we were walking to yet another delectable meal.

 

Running in Bangkok

This is the picture I have in mind when I think of Bangkok traffic: a dense conglomeration of vehicles!  The pedestrian walkways are not much better during rush hour: people thronging on the uneven pavement, stopping occasionally amidst the push & pull of the crowd to buy food or knick-knacks from carts which line the busier streets.