First, second or third plate of chocolate desserts at the Chocolate Buffet on the 57th floor of Marina Sands where we celebrated Fulori's 21st
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All together again in Singapore
She had a choice of high tea at Raffles or the chocolate bar at Marina Sands. I don't think she was disappointed.
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| Singapore skyline from Marina Sands |
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| Rice mandala made by one of the Indian teachers on the front porch at my school for Deepavali. |
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| Xave playing with his team Balestier |
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| Mother and daughter time. |
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| Fulori & the gang down from KL for the weekend |
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| Chef Jordan with his berry tarts a la Stephanie Alexander. |
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| Dinner in Little India |
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| Deepavali markets in Serangoon Road |
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| Ollie came to visit & catch up for a week and we had dinner at Komla Villas |
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| Pomegranates and mangoes in Little India |
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| We went across the road to the temple where they were celebrating the 9 emperors of god festival. |
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| The street was decorated and it was a big deal with floats and a week of rituals and festivities. |
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| Everything was set out in 9s. Daoism has a complicated mythology with multi layered heavens and hells. |
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| 9 houses for the 9 emperors |
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| Maybe a few of the emperors - not really sure |
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| The emperors were each transported to the river in one of these. |
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| Saying goodbye to Indra before she headed back to Sri Lanka |
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| One Sunday arvo there was heaps of drumming going with this daoist ceremony . |
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| This whole shabang was going on in the street outside our condo. |
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| Don & Yati bought their new addition 'Hunter' around for a visit. |
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| Indra teaching me how to make her assam fish curry |
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| ...using these fantastic little brinjal (eggplants) they have here. |
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| Frying the brinjal and marinating the fish in curry paste. |
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| Then frying the fish. |
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| Finishing off the curry |
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