www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

Some folks have told me over the years that golf courses deserved to be taken away because golf is elitist, why should so much land to used by so few and why don't they build more parks so that more people could use the parks?  Well, the questions that people asked are all wrong in the first place.  Golf is not elitist, it is only that some people make it so. Others, having spent so much wanted it elitist. Authorities leased out land currently not in use or suitable for use for golf courses. There are so many parks in Singapore even more so if you consider park connectors as part of the parks. People who complain about needing more parks themselves do not go to the parks! I know because I go to both golf courses and especially to the parks all the time. You only see the same old suspects every time. Same as the swimming pool at my place, same people who swim. The rest are armchair critics. There are hawkers, taxi drivers and  sales people who golf and public golf cou...

Chelsea are in prime position and could not ask for better favours from the chasing pack. Liverpool has everything - home ground against the worst team but lost. Manchester United nearly lost but drew. Manchester City and Tottenham made no new ground with a draw. Arsenal scraped a last gasp winner. Chelsea are now clear favourites and another exciting week lies ahead but no matches during the Lunar New Year and only from 1 February. Sigh. Bournemouth v Crystal Palace - The Cherries have been rather poor in their last three outings and saw them dropped to 12th place. The consolation is that they are playing host to Palace who have not won a league match nine games ago in early December. Sam Allardyce and his Palace were really unfortunate to concede a late goal in the 87th minute to Everton last week. While Bournemouth is good their current form suggest that Palace could get a bit of reward here with a point. Perhaps Callum Wilson and William Zaha could score one apiece.  1-1 ....

I read that they had wanted to revamp Little India so that the place becomes and looks neater and more orderly perhaps. Horrors! What is with these people and planners? Why are they obsessed with so much tidiness? Don't they know anything about soul? Why make everything the same? Our Chinatown has lost its colours, smell and noise. Please spare Little India. The in place during my youth was like Peninsula Shopping Centre where we got our cheaper jeans and other clothes such as Lee, Lea, Texwood and Wrangler. Even Giordano started from there. Now the Peninsula area is like Little Myanmar and Golden Mile is our Little Thailand. Meanwhile Singapore remains little Singapore as China confiscated little Singapore's toys. All the above being the case, Lucky Plaza at  Orchard Road is Pinoyland. I hardly go to Lucky Plaza and have never really seen or known what they have inside until recently. Few buildings in SG has such a name and actually there are people with this name. Bu...

After a breather from the Cup, we are back to quite a critical stage of the EPL having just crossed the half way mark. It is still Chelsea's title to loose but it is hard to tell what happens in the forward fixtures but they look solid and really good. Tottenham have bounced back and showing how good they really are and are certainly in there with a shout, hey! They have even beaten the leaders. Liverpool have stopped winning in a few matches, a dry spell but they should get better especially with Coutinho and Mane back. Arsenal lost some zest but are coming back quite strong. Manchester United are on a good run and playing a lot better. Manchester City are finding the going really tough!  Liverpool v Swansea - After beating Manchester City 1-0, Liverpool have not won a single match in both league and cup games. The 2-2 draw at Sunderland was unnecessary after they have led. Mane is away in Africa playing for his country. Matip faces club/country dilemma but the good news is Co...