To be unafraid of colour

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I think that to be Asian is to be born into a whole part of the world which is unafraid of colour... you know the can do, easy going, we can do it, chilled out spirit of Asia - that is what i love the most. From mosques next to temples from Bhuddist shrines, next to tree worship, from Christian churches beside chinese restaurants - it is all a complete organic mess which somehow just WORKS!

It was Aid today and everyone was in the holiday mood...

Today we packed it in as usual... here are the highlights.

The trampoline park
There's this trampoline park in Katong and the kids and us spent an hour bouncing around it...





Man it was fun!

Then we had sushi!

The wasabi, the ginger, the shoya

The choya umeshu!

Ordering sushi like a boss

And the variety of food

Sukiyaki, endemame and salmon skin

Ikura shoya

Sushi with most of the ocean in it

Arab Street - the nicest thing about Singapore is that you never need to leave it
to experience the rest of Asia.
I got silk at Arab Street and Jac didn't get her rose oil, so we headed to... Little India....

How gorgeous is Little India! It my favourite place in Singapore 

And he is like my favourite baby god... Little Ganesh

Vegetable sellers

Clothes sellers


Such colour

That's Ganesh's dad, Shiva - Shamugam is another name for Shiva


Banana flowers and radishes
A merchant's house in Little India - he sold smoked rubber and sweetmeats

Then we headed for Dempsey, preteilligensia central

PS Cafe


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