A Blast from the Past

I found this while I was in the midst of organising my things in my new office. 
What a blast from the past!! 

This particular document really shows how LONG I have been with my workplace, Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice. Haha. :P

Childhood Memories: Sweets & Toys

Isetan is having Children's Day Celebration from 27 September till 9 October 2014. 
It brings forth many happy memories of my childhood with its large display of sweets and toys of yesteryears! :)

The huge array of simple toys that gave us many hours of pleasure :)

Marbles, five stones, card games, tops, washable tattoos, etc

Chinese chess, pick-up sticks, wind-up vehicles, pull-back vehicles, etc

A wide selection of candies, sweets and snacks :)

Biscuits and cookies in tins :)

Sodas in glass bottles :)

Look at the size of that White Rabbit milk candy! :P

Can you remember playing with and eating these? :)

I think our childhood of yesteryears are so much more hands-on, interactive and fun as compared to children of today lol. :) 

Backstreet Boys

My primary school student was posting on her facebook of her nostalgia about Backstreet Boy songs lol. That got me nostalgic too and started listening to my favourite BSB songs. :P Much to my surprise, my girls knew who the BSB are and could even sing along to the song I was listening to! I seriously swear that I have never in my life introduced them to BSB. My student thought my girls are so not their generation haha. :P Here are some of the BSB songs that are meaningful to me (memories of my love in Australia lol) 

Shape of my Heart (uploaded by BackstreetBoysVEVO)

As Long As You Love Me
 

 Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely
 

Childhood Memories: Cream Cake

Another one of my childhood memories: cream cakes (which is old school now lol). But during my childhood, it is the only kind of fancy cakes that we have. I recall my mother used to buy such cakes from Robinsons as we lived in the Orchard area, on Devonshire Road. Yes, you heard right, I said Robinsons. Robinsons used to have a cafe when it was housed in The Specialists' Shopping Centre which has been torn down to make way for the new development.

Now you can still find such cream cakes in neighbourhood bakeries and they are very reasonably priced too. Occasionally I will indulge myself with a piece or two lol. :)

Nostalgic Dining @ British Hainan

Found a quaint, cosy, nostalgic eating place in Joo Chiat Road area. (When I was born, my parents used to live in Joo Chiat area. Double nostalgia for me. :P)
British Hainan is located at the junction of Carpmael and Crane Roads. Not wishing to contend with the weekend dinner crowd, we arrived early at 6:30pm for dinner.

We tried the recommended dishes - IPA Baby Back Ribs ($25) and IPA Chicken ($12.90).

Both dishes are highly recommended! Tender, juicy and tasty. Most importantly for me, no use of MSG! :)
We sat indoors and while waiting for our food to come, we browsed through the curios and vintage collectibles displayed around the restaurant. All are for sale unless otherwise stated. :) It brings back a lot of wonderful memories seeing some of the antiques and vintage collectibles.

My new mobile phone haha :P

Will definitely return to British Hainan to try out its other dishes. The place is cosy and unpretentious and the prices are very reasonable. :)