MrUpUpUp's Blog

Wow, Parkway Parade was really busy today. Mrupupup thinks Parkway Parade is an evergreen mall with few competitors on the eastern part of Singapore. Today, Mrupupup wandered around Parkway Parade. The old shops were still there like Giant, MPH, Photography shop at its basement, and the many fashion shops. Mrupupup kind of missed the food court, after the renovation, the whole place is now taken up by 'boring' Food Republic. The old food court of Parkway Parade had Mrupupup's favourite mee rebus and herbal jelly stall.  Kind of missed that food stall. Singapore has too many 'Food Republic' food courts, kind of boring. Anyway, Mrupupup went to eat at Putien. The Putien had very good wait staff and they were a courteous bunch of people. The food ordered Putien dry Bee Hoon and Lor Mee were as usual simply yummy. Mrupupup always wondered how this Heng Hwa Chinese type of food had some form of attractiveness to the style of cooking that one must go to savour it. Y

         On a rainy day, Singapore's night became cooler. Thanks for the rain. The smell of fresh rain coming through the 'pigeons holes' of my lodging refreshed my soul and injected new perspectives of vigour.           Mrupupup wondered the fresh rain of this night's tropical storm would it helped people in troubles? Hopefully, rain brought new feelings of hope to people in hospitals, special homes, sad homes or a lonely hawker needing to wake up early.          There was much to think about. Singapore covered in rain and the morning would bring happiness to her people with coolness and freshness. Anyway, rains springs out much reflections in Mrupupup's brain.         Pit-pat-pit-pat, the rain hits on the window pane. Good night.

Mrupupup went to Jeju Island, South Korea. Along the coast of Jeju Island, there are female divers that dive into the waters off Jeju Island to bring fresh catch of fishes, sea cucumbers, oysters and all sorts of fresh seafood. The female Jeju divers are tough and capable to dive in deep waters with just basic equipment. Along the way, Mrupupup managed to catch a group of female divers singing and serving their fresh seafood to their customers. The singing was spontaneous and the Korean people were so happy. Pretty impressed with their lives and happiness all around in the video clip below. If got time, do travel to Jeju Island to enjoy the beauty of this island.

It was a normal work day. Mrupupup could smell the morning rain on sunny Singapore. The rain brought fresh relief to this country's hot weather.          The walk to the train station was uneventful. How come the pavement was so grey? Sometimes, Mrupupup would encounter strange people walking on the pavement. Strange as in why people would rush to work with their children in tow. Guess Singapore is a busy place and people need to work to survive.          Oh, the train is coming! Mrupupup fancies Singapore's train system. The train are clean and better maintained than city like Paris. Have you been to Paris? Oh my, the trains just creek along the way and not clean.          People on the train. What do they do? How the world has changed in our mobile phone world? Everybody would just look into their small screens on the handphone. The train ride would be uneventful.         Reached the stop, alight and walked again on the pavement. However, this time there would be a sm

Westlake Restaurant is one of the old-school restaurant in Singapore with lots of traditional Chinese dishes. Mrupupup was at Westlake over the weekday evening (please don't go on a weekend because got many people).  Food here is a pretty good especially its signature dish - Kong Bak Pau (braised pork with buns). Braised Pork with Pau ($13) was yummy!! Westlake is synonymous with Kong Bak Bao. Taste-wise, it was a yummy and 'melt in the mouth' pork meats with hot buns. The crisp lettuce was good to bland in the salty taste of the braised sauce and meats. Westlake Steamed Beancurd ($10) was an interesting find for dinner. Coins of smooth and plain beancurd were topped with a shrimp ball, dotted with a small amount of salted egg yolk, and in a starchy egg-drop gravy. This dish was done very well with a delicate and clear touch. Hokkien Mee in claypot ($7) was a value for money dish with lots of noodles and ingredients like squid, prawns and pork. Two persons took some tim

Fury is a nice movie. If you like American war stories, this is a movie you can watch.     The movie is about Brad Pitt - code name 'wardaddy' leading his men to war against the Nazis towards the tail end of War World II in Germany.   The movie was good because of the great acting, solid story, great action scenes with a tank and nice shots of inside of a tank.   If you like Brad Pitt, well he did a great job in this movie. He tends to play down in his roles, but for this movie, he was the leading man. In this movie, Mrupupup would remember Brad Pitt's line "Idealism is peaceful, however history is violent." So profound.   In the end, this movie is about American heroes. Guess, too much Hollywood movie just make one feel good for a while in their lives. The movie was intense and one would feel time flew past very quickly in this 2 hour movie.   Ok, enjoy Fury. By the way, Fury is the name of the tank also. 

Wow, Singapore is the top place to visit in 2015 as nominated by the Lonely Planet. Guess - Mrupupup knows why - because Singapore celebrates its 50th birthday next year in 2015. There will be many celebrations and parties to attend to remember a small red dot on the map as Singapore survived for 50 years in the world stage. Impressive small little country. There are many things to do in Singapore. The country has 'quirky' attractions like the Singapore Gardens by the Bay (the expensive Gardens with two cool conservatories), multi-culture and many religions in harmony with each other. The Sports Hub attracting big sports events. However, Mrupupup hopes that the Sports Hub fixes the sandy field in the stadium. There many sporting events to look forward like the Southeast Asian Games. Singapore is 50 years old. Time to celebrate and remember the progress the country made.