My Favourite Things: Success and Happiness Personified
During the week, I had the privilege of speaking with two very distinguished guests who’ll be on My Favourite Things this week: Li Cunxin, best-selling author of Mao’s Last Dancer and Vikas Malkani one of the world’s leading teachers of personal growth and self-development. What do they have in common? Well, the way I see it,…
My Favourite Things: The World’s Largest Giant Observation Wheel
Remember a song that goes like this? When I was small and christmas trees were tall we used to love while others used to play Don’t ask me why, but time has passed us by, some one else moved in from far away Now we are tall and christmas trees are small And you don’t ask the…
My Favourite Things: Polished to Perfection
Korie Cull My first experience of getting my nails done at a nail bar was 31 December 2006 – a day before my wedding day 3 years ago. My two sisters and I hurriedly booked an appointment – the last one of the day to be precise. And when we got there, we were chided for…
My Favourite Things: Make Up Forever
I started using make-up in adolescence. I remember we were all, as a school, going to watch George Orwell’s Animal Farm being played out in some drama centre. Our Literature teacher had given us permission to dress up and be a little different that night although on hindsight she might have used it more as an incentive to ensure that…
My Favourite Things: 12 little black dresses
Last week, we talked about the significance of the number 8 to Chihuly Lounge. For this coming week, it’s the number 12! So, what’s so significant about that? Well, for a start, you have 12 stalks of red roses, 12 months that make a complete calendar year, 12 jurors in the American jury system, the once-12…
My Favourite Things: To the Ritz and back
Tucked away in the corner of Raffles and Temasek Avenues and embraced within the posh interior of the Ritz Carlton Millenia Singapore is the Chihuly Lounge, the next stop for My Favourite Things and our focus for the week: an 8-course high tea set. While buffet meals avail to us many choices, they often leave us none the wiser. Attention to quality tends to get smothered by sheer quantity. Besides, how…
My Favourite Things: Flo of the Rings
When it comes to jewellery, I’m usually pragmatic. So, evergreen designs that don’t wear out with time are usually top of the line for me. Occasionally though, I’d splurge on the unconventional, using the price as a proxy indicator of quality, although I’ve learnt over the years that the stated price isn’t always commensurate with quality. At Charlotte Ehinger-Schwarz 1876, however,…
My Favourite Things: U.d.d.e.r.s-ly creamy
Recognise this man? You may not now, but you certainly can’t forget that bright-orange logo in the background, much less his famous self-created rum rum raisin and mao shan wang durian ice cream. Yes, he is Mr David Yim – the brains behind U.d.d.e.r.s – the premium ice cream parlour that has within a short…
Malacca: Chicken riceballs, chendol, and gula melaka
What better way to spend a long weekend than to go for a short overseas trip? And being the nearest and quite possibly the most value-for-money, Malaysia would be the best bet for most Singaporeans! That is of course assuming you’re willing to suffer severe traffic congestion across the causeway and long, snaking queues at…
Fare thee well, Victoria Concert Hall
So it was a weekend of concerts. It was Mozart’s the Magic Flute on Saturday and Victoria Concert Hall Closing Gala Concert (VCH) on Sunday. The more significant date to remember? 25th July 2010. The final concert at the VCH. She was going to be closed for a 3-year refurbishment. What would she look like afterward? Will it ever be the same? Where’s the…