community service

well, not quite. but every saturday i try to expose this one to some local flavour. gotta keep it real! whilst it was hardly a heartland breakfast like last week, it was fun to check out the cool houses in the area. gotta love illegal parking, the ins and outs of parking behind a car that's got more swag than one's own (so it'd get summoned first, of course!) and how to smile sweetly at patrons just about to finish their meal so they beckon you over to their table and let you take over their seats without having to join the general table queue. all probably not kosher, but hey, singers is a small country and everybody is your uncle, innit!

the skyline

musters up more patriotism than any national day song (copyright infringing or otherwise) can.

faux pas

it is one thing to only carry $100 bills

and another to expect the coffee shop aunty who sells liang pian (2 slices) and kopi for $2 to be able to break your note.

so the guilty is left scrambling for small change

but while he manages to rummage $2 in coins, he has no "more" money for his bak chor mee.

awwww...

tiny domestic dispute

photo credits to the man-repeller, 

and thankyou ash for pointing me to her side-splitting tumblr

p/s: 

dear man-repeller, 

wasn't the ring on the right supposed to repel men? 

would you happen to know why mine endeavours to sport it as his wedding band? 

because i sure don't!

xoxo,

mysterymeatballs

emirates palace abu dhabi

 

had people to meet and things to do in abu dhabi and there was no better place to meet at than the emirates palace hotel. had a lovely lunch on the balcony, perfectly cool winter day with shade and breeze from the otherwise punishing desert sun. didn't hurt that we were overlooking the arabian sea ;) and there were camels to watch! fun! 

also, is it just me or are you equally gobsmacked by the marble driveway? i mean, most people drive on tar / gravel right? WHO DRIVES ON MARBLE?!! ohmyword. excessive opulence at its most obvious. possibly only surpass-able by streets of gold...