CALLING CHEF THE GREAT, SEAN

Checking mail box and found these nice photos.

It's a celebration for Mg Phone getting his PR. It's our first ever gathering and outing at Seletar Reservoir too. Nice! With good companies, it turned out well and we had god time there. Just look at our smiles ha ha..

And guys..I will be making Shan Noodles this weekend at Hkay Mar's Hillview Apartment. Don't say I don't shout ok! But.. BYOB!..(it can be beer or bottles).. not empty bottles aha!

Hope you guys don't mind me for saying BYOB..As we all know, liquors are rather expensive here in Singapore and with our groups we always ended up 2 or 3 bottles plus dozens beers. I know and you know that Jon and Hkay Mar do not mind and always welcome us with smiles and ever so accommodating! So if we could BYOB it would be a lot more fun..

See you guys...

WEEKLY

I don't know my blog is being hacked.... Whenever I tried keying in a word and hit space it went awry and display strange characters... So instead of " Sean's weekly roundup it end up just "weekly".

Well my week was a simple one throughout and ended up in a high note at CLARKE QUAY, clubbing and dancing to the tune of Cuban. I was there by accident but was so amused to have a chance to celebrate the Singapore River Festivals..The Babes and the beautiful. The drinks and the musics! The crowds were oh so perfect to lift up any one's mood to party hard.
I think lots of people are in town for Singapore Formula 1 racing. Living and hiding in our heartland apartments, we hardly can feel the pulse of the world first ever "Night Racing". Thanks to myself, not knowing where to dine and for night out, I suggested we had our dinner at Funan IT Mall as it was not so crowded then planned to go elsewhere for a drink. Then I led my friends who were at lost as to where to go and detoured to Clarke Quay.

It seems the financial crisis in United States has little impact Singapore. Long queue snaking almost all the pubs and dining establishments at Clarke Quay. We gave up the idea of drinking at BREWERKZ after failing to grab a seat and end up at the CUBA LIBRE.

The singers and the dancers are superb but drinks here is a little bit steep though hahaa. But it was worth every single cent. I couldn't stop moving and jiving along with the musics.

SEPTEMBER SWEETNESS@ SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2008

September Sweetness is an art installation at Singapore Biennale 2008.

A temple, a sweet temple is 2.6m in height, 2.1m wide and made of 5 1/2 tonnes sugar by Myanmar artists Chaw Ei Thein, Aung Ko & Vietnamese Richard Streitmatter-Tran. Inspired by ruined pagoda in the Bagan region of Myanmar

For those have not already known, let me introduce a little bit about Singapore Biennale. It is the largest and the most provocative showcase of the comtemporary art by visual artists around the globe and it is the third running since 2006. For those who are interested to know more visit the official website of Singapore Binnale 2008 HERE.

I am art lover? May be but at the moment still struggling to make a living and did not have a luxury of heart and peace to enjoy and appreciate them. But on the front page of THE STRAITS TIMES and a figure of monk standing and appreciating the like of temple is prominent enough to draw my attention.

At first I thought it's a display of stolen antiques from ancient Myanmar Kingdom intercepted Singapore Custom.

But hey! September Sweetness has more meaning than what we can think of. It is an ironic tribute to those who lost their lives in the unrest in Myanmar in last September.

It is also a reminder of the state of decay that Buddhist temples in Myanmar are currently in.

The art piece is located at the South Beach Development along Beach Road and the artists will just allow the structure to erode over the course of exhibition, embodying a similar erosion of hope for a better situation in Myanmar.

Kudos Ma Chaw & Ko Aung Ko.
(ref: THE STRAITHS TIMES, 9th Sept 2008)