I Wonder Wonder Wonder

I thought I would dedicate a post to some of the things I see happen around me and for which I have no explanation, hence the title of this blog.
If anyone has an explanation, please enlighten me.

1) Double Vision

Am I seeing double?

There seems to be an initiative to give estates names. I guess this is equivalent to upgrading for private estates. They are welcomed to install a lift at my house but I guess that will never happen.
Work around this area, at the entrance to our estate, took many months. It seemed almost a year. Nobody knew what was going on and when it was unveiled, it turned out to be 2 signs with the same name - Thomson Hills.....duh? Why 2 signs? I guess it is their way of saying they care :) What a waste of .... money. My son thought one of them could be a banner post. What banner? The only time we see banners is once in 5 years.
Note : On 13 March, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that a banner had been put up. Yes ! We now we have our own banner :) Thank you for remembering us.

2) Slow Lift

They actually installed a slow lift :)

I spotted this at a car park lift at a major building in Singapore. Interesting that they took the trouble to explain so politely that this is a hydraulic lift and it will be slow. You have been warned. BTW, I rode the lift and indeed, it is extremely slow....faster to walk. Hmmm....maybe that was the idea.

3) Bangkok
If I had to use an adjective to describe Bangkok, it would be eclectic. This Lamborghini and motorised tricycle were spotted on the same street :) Love the creativity of this buzzing city.

Baby blue?

Love the creativity

4) Food for Thought
I spotted this signage along the driveway of an office building. No prizes for guessing where this building is located.

I checked and I am sure there is no car .....

5) Ronald in Thailand
So refreshing to see the adaptation of western culture for the Asian market. That's respect :)

Sawadeekap

Life is a Bowl of Noodles !

Yum yum ......

The curtain fell on my favourite kway teow dry at Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 at the end of January 2012. Two  weeks after the fateful day, we searched and sampled possible replacements for this void in our lives. You see, I am at a stage in life where calories cannot afford to be wasted :)
We tried fishball noodle and fried bee hoon at this food court but it does not bring the same sense of satisfaction. The yearn for a really good bowl of noodles is so strong that my wife and I have decided that we will no longer have breakfast at this Ang Mo Kio food court. Instead, we will proceed to another food court nearby (Jalan Leban Food Court) after our weekly marketing for the best (IMHO) fish ball noodle in Singapore.
This stall has fed 3 generations of my family :) It started out (probably in the 1960's) as a street hawker stall perched over a drain with wooden planks as a floor. Sometime in the early 70's, as the government relocated what they deemed "unhygienic" street hawker stalls to food courts, this stall moved to its present location at Jalan Leban and has been there ever since. The uncle who ran the stall retired last year and his children now run the stall. Just as he has seen me evolve (sideways), we have seen his children and grandchildren grow up as well. He is at his stall at 4:00 am every morning to start boiling the stock for his soup from scratch. By 6:30 am, when the stall is ready for business, the soup is tasty and flavourful. Truly to die for. He also prepares his special chilli for the dry noodles. Such dedication is admirable. It is all about quality and putting calories to good use.
It is more than a worthy replacement for the one we miss at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4. With this arrangement, and all is well with the world once again :)

ahhh......shiok !