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| One of the nicer, more curvy showcase gardens.
| A awesome trunk/log. (It's living but it's sideways... what would you
call it?) I wanted to sit on it in the shade for a while but Di Yin
wanted to continue on.
| A large grassy area in HortPark. I love how green it is.
| Greenhouses near the end of the park. Di Yin didn't even want to peek
in them. I can understand. At this point, around 10:30am, it was
definitely hot.
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| The elevated Canopy Walk. It's shorter and less involved than Forest
Walk and therefore less impressive.
| The view from Canopy Park back toward HortPark. It looks like they
spend a lot of the land cultivating flowers for sale.
| A path in Kent Ridge Park.
| I like the spacing and angled spread of these trees.
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| The shipping harbor in the distance.
| A huge sand flat?
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As we approached N.U.S., a university that borders Kent Ridge Park, we
spotted a family of monkeys (not invited / encouraged to be there) and a
dragonfly habitat (created to support the species).
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| Lunch at Maxwell Hawker Centre
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| A cool outdoor sculpture (plus fountain) near Maxwell Hawker Centre.
| I got my usual, delicious chicken rice from the stand I've been to
before. I also ordered a sugarcane juice.
| We shared a so-called fried carrot cake (in reality a daikon omelette).
I love the taste and texture of this dish; I declared it great as usual.
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We also tried a pear-banana drink (too banana-starchy for me) and the
same pandan cake as on our previous visit to this hawker centre.
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| View from Company's Office
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| A very high resolution panorama of the part of Singapore's harbor
that can be seen from my company's offices. It's neat to view the
full-sized image for the details on the crates and individual cars.
| Another high resolution view from my company's office, this one toward
the marina, the lotus-shaped ArtScience Museum, the Singapore Flyer, and
the tip of the Marina Bay Sands hotel.
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| Dinner at Two Chef's Eating Place
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| We ate dinner at Two Chef's Eating Place, a bustling outdoor restaurant.
| Another shot its bustling, crowded, lively dining area.
| From our seats (!), we could see Beijing Opera performed at an open-air
stage in an area in the center of the nearby housing complex.
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The public housing here, by the way, consists of old buildings that look
nice and seem peaceful.
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Sambal belachan kang kong - pretty darn great. Perhaps the favorite of
the meal.
Artificially brightened.
| Butter ribs. We think the powder is a combination of butter, condensed
milk, and salt. I liked the pork and the powder separately. Di Yin
couldn't deal with the combination of sweet and salty.
| Crusty yams. They were a bit savory but mostly sweet (from the yams). I
couldn't wrap my head around them. Di Yin liked them. Also, they had a
strong oil flavor or something.
| (Quaker) oat prawns - good. I could eat most of the shell; it was soft
due to being fried. We also thought the oat were probably fried as
well.
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| Scallops in tofu & snap pea sauce. I thought they were nothing
special but Di Yin liked them a lot.
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A review of the restaurant by the door had the title "Get drunk on their
cold cockles." I wrote down the name to look it up later. Sadly, it
doesn't appear to be online.
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| Fodder for Panorama from Company Office
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