My my, what an experience today. Yes, it’s exactly what the title says – dining in complete darkness. Imagine eating something with only 4 working senses. Imagine slurping a cup of juice without visual cues. Just imagine completing a 3-course Western meal without your eyes guiding your every action. The visually handicapped people in our midst [...]
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Dining in the Dark at Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped
Posted: 1 June 2012 in life, singaporeTags: Association, dark, dining, eye, eyes, handicap, handicapped, savh, sg, sight, singapore, vision, visually
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Physical lighting consoles: they’re almost dead
Posted: 18 May 2012 in reviews, singapore, technologyTags: board, byron, console, engineering, jands, lighting, lights, martin, sound, vista, xciter
Apart from just doing sound, I have discovered another interest of mine. This ‘job’ requires a whole new skillset, set of ideas and thinking. Mixing a live band requires good ears and some experience, designing a stage lighting setup requires creativity and an eye for detail. The workflow and SOPs for operating a sound board [...]
Car Spa after 5 long years: System 6
Posted: 11 May 2012 in avante, cars, reviews, singaporeTags: 6, avante, hyundai, kote, paint, pps, protection, sg, singapore, system, tuff, wash, wax
Just got back from a 1411km drive to and from Malaysia for a family (grad) trip. And it was wonderful. More details about the trip to Malaysia another time. Now, about the trusty workhorse that brought us safely back to Singapore after a long long drive up north (and it has been serving us well [...]
Starbucks: Embargoed information that was released too soon?
Posted: 25 April 2012 in food, life, singaporeTags: coffee, national, nus, offer, offers, sg, singapore, starbucks, university
Starbucks Singapore posted this at around 21:30 on 25 april 2012 (see image below). NUS Students’ Union posted a Starbucks-related offer slightly earlier at 21:00 on 25 april 2012 (see below). Somehow, I think that the offers are somewhat related. Or are they not? If it were to be the same offer, some one is going [...]
New angle? SMRT’s rail safety systems are in working order
Posted: 25 April 2012 in life, singapore, technologyTags: breakdown, LRT, mass, rail, rapid, sg, singapore, smrt, train, trains, transit
Firstly, I am not discounting the fact that our train systems have been acting up in the recent months, that electrical faults are reportedly the cause of rail disruptions and that SMRT’s maintenance processes have to be re-evaluated and reinforced. I also desire to have breakdown-free, hassle-free rides in this efficient island nation. However, looking [...]
Luncheon Meat: 50-cent (1.50RM)
Posted: 23 April 2012 in food, life, singaporeTags: luncheon, meat, mili, nitrite, preserved, rice, salt, sg, singapore, vegetable
There is a photo floating around social media now. You will understand the title of this post when you see it. Okay, back to the main topic. Here’s a simple question. Where can you find the cheapest portion of a dish of cooked meat? Where else but a mixed vegetable rice stall! Or is it. [...]
In another 50 years…
Posted: 22 April 2012 in life, singaporeTags: art, Benjamin, city, flyer, landscape, museum, sg, sheares, singapore, skyline
Similar to how we love to look at and comment on the photos from the past, the generation(s) to come will look at this photo and can only do just that. (The photo above was taken at the highest, pedestrian-friendly point of Benjamin Sheares bridge.) When the MRT system in Singapore launched in 1987, it was [...]
TSK takes on a new meaning
Posted: 20 April 2012 in food, singaporeTags: delivery, food, foods, kee, seng, sg, singapore, tan, tsk, van
I think ‘TSK’ has got to be one of the uniquely-singapore sounds we make or we hear on a daily basis. Step on someone’s toes, you get a ‘tsk’ Knock into someone, you get a ‘tsk’ Forgot to hand in your homework, a ‘tsk’ flies over Tailgate others, you ‘tsk’. Kena tailgated, you ‘tsk’ also [...]
