Jack of all Fruits

I've rarely seen Jackfruits as big as these. And here, there's not one but a bunch stacked high. I wouldn't be able to carry one off by myself, not to mentioned the entire lot!

Torn fashion

Nowadays, it is not surprising to find women (and some men) going about town with very little clothes on the back, and their bums. But this must take the cake. This woman (actually, I couldn't tell if the person was a man or a woman) is going around with torn up hose. No, she/he was not a vagrant. It's just fashion, you know.

Ox'picious Year

2009 is turning out to be a terrible year, by all accounts, though we are only one month into it. For the Chinese, 2009 has just started and true to tradition, we wish everyone a 'Fat' year. Many pass red packets around, but you can buy an ox home, like the one above too. It is carrying sacks of faux gold ingots on both sides and the whole ox costs S$168. It isn't made of bronze or gold, just some plastic, I think. I saw this in a neighbourhood shop just before the Chinese New Year.

I wonder if someone bought it?

Lux Car

Seen, on Bintan Island's Port - the local head honcho's entourage. Everyone, Singaporeans included, is ordered to stand aside, while the chief and his wife and his family walks to their boat. Notice the license plate, BP 1. Well, it isn't Air Force One, but these chaps are big enough to command Singaporeans to stand aside while they walk past.

The only thing is, they are driving a Toyota whatever, and not a Toyota Lexus. So much for a display of royalty and power. Probably on a budget now that the economy isn't doing well?

Fiery bike

Tsk tsk tsk. Now the rider should have known better that a fire (water) hydrant is not for securing a bicycle. I believe this is illegal. Not only that, it may be fatal in a fire. I don't care about fatality to the bicycle. It's human fatality that I am concerned about.

This cyclist obviously thinks of his/her own convenience at the expense of risk to others. This person should be banned from owning a bicycle, or any vehicle, for that matter. No telling that he/she will not chain his/her car to a fire/water hydrant next.

Beefy meal

I don't know what the Physics is behind this. but the beef is being cooked - yes cooked. The beef is placed on a leaf, which in turn is held in a gauze container which in turn is being cooked in a 'live' flame. At first, the meat was tough - really rare, but as the cooking progressed, it became medium to well done, depending on when you want to eat it. Really tasty too.
Get it at Sakae Sushi.

p.s. You need to 'refuel' to get the mean cooked really well. Don't to shy to ask.

Scruffy the dog

Read this notice last Saturday. It was pasted at a Bus Stop just above Serangoon MRT station. I can't credit the English - its bloody awful, but I think the owner of the dog must have something more important on his/her mind.

Find the dog, please.

Lip on a teacup

A human was here. Notice the lip mark on the cup. Yes, this is your regular morning cup of tea in the Heartlands of Singapore. Retails for 90 Singapore cents, circa 2008.

Nothing less

Fashion is really exciting nowadays. Young teenagers walk around in anything and almost nothing. Some are confusing - you don't know if they are wearing anything or not. Is this a mini-blouse or is there a mini-skirt, or anything under? With that plunging sleeve-line, it is a very bold statement that swings heads.

Lovey dovey

Here's a teenage couple who insists on being in tandem, hopefully, all their lives. Both have on sweaters that are matchingly the same. They even have on the same footwear, which are flip-flops, but I could not take a clear picture because of the crowd.

Love is in the bus

You just cannot help not noticing when a teenage couple plays with each other on a bus. You are a captive audience, so to speak since it's not yet your stop, nor theirs. So I had some fun watching even though 'Just for Laughs' was simultaneously playing on the mobile TV in the bus. Lacking anything else to do, I recorded it for posterity.

Chain-locked

When you travel out of Singapore, you have to drop your expectations about service, efficiency, etc., quite a bit and hope that nothing untoward happens. The picture shows the holding area for departing passengers on Bintan Island's harbour. Way after the 'final call', passengers were trapped because the door leading to the boats was simply chain-locked. What made things worse was that the air-con had broken down, so everybody was literally hot and bothered. I just prayed that a fire would not break out. Otherwise, my companions and I will be on the front pages of regional newspapers.

Wanted in Indonesia

Mas Selamat Bin Kastari remains at large. Wanted posters of him are spread all over Singapore Island. Although not as pervasive as in Singapore, the Indonesia island of Bintan, which is 5 times bigger than Singapore, also has 'Wanted' posters for him, amongst others.

What is not is

A self-contradictory phrase, if there ever was one! How can something that is fresh be frozen, or vice versa? But in an effort to get people to buy frozen products (because really fresh ones are scarce and expensive), retailers, with the backing of the Singapore government, has turned vocabulary on its head.