Monday, October 31, 2016

The Hand That Wields The Chalk

There are chalks and chalks a plenty. The bar-cum-cafe owner even told me that I could get some from downstairs. But, alas, it would be of no use to an untrained user like me.

These are a tribute to the man or woman who has wielded the chalk with a commendable degree of finesse:-






Terrific MINI Smile

A MINI is a good-looker with a look that has timeless appeal. When it wears a smile, you can't help but cheer up. 

Here's one smile that is hard to come by:-




If you are interested, feel free to click here to view some sleek MINIs, and maybe make some new friends, as well.



Don't Give Up On Your Quest

"Rock bottom, became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life." – J. K. Rowling

"Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve." -- J.K. Rowling

In spite of the loss of her mother, a failed marriage and having to raise her daughter as a single mom living on welfare, Joanne Rowling kept on writing and completed her first Harry Potter book after 5 years... before she found rolling success.

Bob Dylan, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, has this to say, "Everything worth doing takes time. You have to write a hundred bad songs before you write one good one. And you have to sacrifice a lot of things that you might not be prepared for. Like it or not, you are in this alone and have to follow your own star.”

For someone was considered too small to play tennis (at 1.61m), Dominika Cibulkova kept at her game to overcome Angelique Kerber the world No. 1 and win the WTA Finals 2016. The "Pocket Rocket" went all out for every point in the finals ... sweet victory after 640 matches played.

You've got the verve too. Stay refreshed, and work on your quest.






Saturday, October 29, 2016

Fried Carrot Cake

Further to my post on "Great Taste Comes to Those Who Wait'' on 24 September 2016, I am glad to share the the following heart-warming snippets on Clementi Market & Food Centre located at Block 448:

http://video.toggle.sg/en/series/tuesday-report-where-we-connect-4/ep1/446505 


Fret not if you are not conversant with Mandarin as there are subtitles provided in English.

The clincher is that the Fried Carrot Cake that I had covered in my blog post was the first hawker stall to be featured in this video, and you get the scoop of seeing the retired grandmaster of fried carrot cake in his elements working the wok in a frenzy.