Chinese new year in Singapore 2023
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| Fountain in Jewel Changi Airport |
Finally Singapore has lifted all covid constraints and Bill joined me for a trip to Singapore for Chinese new year.
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Jewel Singapore
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It has been a couple of years of covid shutdown and my family hasn't gathered for 2 years.
Mum's family got together on the first day of Chinese new year
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| Ya, this is just half of my family =) |
Took about 3 tables to Lou Hei (see Wikipedia explanation for adult playing with food =))
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusheng
The idea is the higher you toss the salad, the more fabulous is the upcoming year. Needless to say, we all moved outside and gave plenty of room for the mess
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| 3 tables for Lou Hei fun |
This is my immediate family with my youngest uncle, minus my 2nd brother family as he was late.
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| The red color certainly stands out =) |
Bill and I also had a chance to take a trip to Singapore Republic Yacht Club to visit the facility as they have reciprocal privileges with San Diego Yacht Club. We also did a burgee exchange with them so that we can fly their burgee at Oasis.
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| Republic of Singapore Yacht Club |
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| Our Lunch with a view! |
Bill and I took lunch one day at Skar which is the 70th floor of Stanford Westin hotel
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| Our 3 course lunch |
https://www.skai.sg/
It gives a nice view of the Marina Baysands and Collyer Quay
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| SDYC Burgee at Marina Baysands and Merlion |
We also went to the science museum in the Baysands and it's pretty trippy. It's meant for kids but we had fun in there
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Science museum in Baysands
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In Singapore, one must visit the National Orchid Garden and we survived the humid trip through the botanical garden to get to the Orchid display.
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| Beautiful orchids |
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| Only picked a few out of my photo collection to showcase here |
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Hey it's a lawn mowing rebot!
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And seafood esp Chilli crab and Black pepper crab are national dishes that Bill has to eat before he leave Singapore
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Jumbo.. Yum
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The fried fritters, scallop yam ring
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I also took the chance to try all kinds of local food that I miss in Singapore. Japanese food is always a favorite of mine and going back to Singapore I try to get as much of it as I can
And yes.. a night out with Kim Hwee for wine
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| Kim at Paya Lebar for wine |
Meeting with my first HP team for our annual meet up after 3 years.
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| RoadRunner and Montmelo Team Meet up |
These are little local dishes that are not easily found in the US.
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Kao Yu with my brother's family
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Kway Chup.. and yes, it's braised pig intestines
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| Prawn noodle and Gor Hiang at Mosque street |
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| Beautiful little cafe |
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| Cakes and coffee places |
