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Had a Leap Year celebration on 29 Feb 2012 @ Lenas (Bugis Junction). Well, it is only once in 4 years we can celebrate a leap year. Yeah! Be happy, for life is too short. Had a 'Super Supreme' 12 inch thin crusted pizza, pint of Hoegaarden, apple & caramel dessert. All food items shared among two persons. So Nice, Nice, Nice!

Had a wonderful lunch at the Straits Kitchen @ Hyatt Hotel Singapore. All thanks to the good folks of History Asia Channel. Never been to the Straits Kitchen @ Hyatt Hotel, the buffet lunch spread was fantastic. We had so much food in our bellies. There were Indian cusine, Japanese food, fresh fruit juices, nonya cakes, local stir fry delights, grilled seafood, meats, wonderful desserts and all food items very, very, very nice. Burp! Think i just take the photos and let you enjoy the food spread with your eyes.

Went to visit the Intan - a Peranakan House Museum which holds many personal collections of the Peranakan culture. Peranakan culture is created due to the inter-marriages of Chinese immigrants with Malay or Indian races. Peranakan culture can be found in parts of Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The visit to the Intan was complementary for me due to the good folks in History Asia. The Intan is a special museum as it serves as a residence for the owner and private useum to hold all the Peranakan artefacts which are of a high value. The Intan contains many Perankan artefacts on display - beaded shoes, special furniture, exquisite bowls, antiques of high craftmanship and special historical artefacts that are not commonly found in the Perankan culture. The Intan Peranakan Museum is located at 69 Joo Chiat Terrace, Singapore, and needs special permission from the owner to visit the place. Its ok, I took some photographs of the Intan for your viewing pleasure.

Well, there is a Japanese Soba shop at Nex Mall - Shimbahsi Soba. Shimbashi Soba is located within Shokutsu 10 at basement 1 in Serangoon Nex Mall. They specialise in Japanese Soba noodles handmade from freshly ground buckwheat. We had a set meal which comes with soba with 'mochi' pieces inside the soup, japanese rice, japanese cucumbers, mushrooms, radishes and orange slices. Its a pretty healthy meal.

Spent a nice evening wandering around the Chang Beach Park area. Its was nice to see people fishing, enjoying the breeze, looking at planes from Changi Airport and children playing in the sea. The day was beautiful in the Changi Beach Park area. Fishing boys Chang Ferry Point Sunset at Changi Beach Children playing and being happy Walkway along Changi Point Changi Point Changi North Road to Changi Beach Park

At Liang Court Singapore, there is the Japanese Curry Shop at the Meidi Ya Supermarket. The Japanese Curry Shop serves value for money japanese curry sets. Had the pork curry set and the shrimoni fish curry set, both sets come with tasty curry, rice and a bottle of mineral water. The sets are now on promotion at $8.80. Nice, Nice! Shrimoni Fish Curry Set Pork Curry set

Captured some photographs of the Sky in Singapore. It is all round bright sunshine in tropical Singapore. The sky above with the bright sunlight shows off the wonderful 'blue'. Just take time and look up at the masterpieces painted above. 

Tried the Dessert Story shop for their Chinese desserts . Had the black sesame hot dessert and the mango pomelo child dessert. Had the nice desserts at the outlet located at Simon Road. Nice And Sweet stuff!

Well, got invited to a free preview movie screening of the 'Man on the Ledge'. It is a movie about 'literally' a man on the ledge. The ledge was on the Roosevelt Hotel in USA. Pretty good movie about a man (an ex-cop) trying hard to clear his name in a robbery case by trying to commit suicide from the ledge of the Roosevelt  Hotel. Love the movie for it had a good story line.  Nice! The movie will open in major cinemas on 1 March 2012 in Singapore.

Nanyang Old Coffee Cafe located at South Bridge Road in the heart of Chinatown Singapore serves nice old style coffee. The place has an 'old-school' vibe to it with its 'old fashion' coffee cups for the hot drinks, and love the distinct red colour to the cafe facade. Enjoy the robust coffee with good friends. Thanks to the History Channel folks for the coffee treat. Nice!

Well, thanks to the people at History Channel - had a nice 'Duck Tour'. The 'Duck Tour' consists of a ride in an unique vehicle that can travel on land and swim on water. The 'Duck Tour' took us from the Suntec area to the waters of Singapore River and back. It was really fun! Totally enjoyed it! Quack, Quack!  On Land - All ready to go  On water- Swimming along  Along the Merlion  Quack Quack! Sound Another 'Duck'

Tiong Bahru Estate in Singapore is filled with old style buildings which can be quite interesting. Took several photographs of the area. If you like architecture, do visit Tiong Bahru estate which is a lot different from Singapore's main HDB housing skyscrapers.  The place is now filled with lots of cafes, arts shops and eateries. Great place to discover old style Singapore which is fast disappearing. Old style staircase Australian King Crab for sale in a famous Chinese restaurant in Tiong Bahru Galicier Cake Shop - nice cakes Long Corridor Tiong Bahru Estate with modern buildings in the background Coffeeshop Provision Shop Unique Housing Type Bicycles under the stairs Three nice tall trees Slow down in Tiong Bahru Windows and plants