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

They called Bangkok the city of angels and Thailand the land of thousand smiles. The Kingdom has always been a great place to visit for many reasons - the people, the food, the shopping, the vibrancy and the close proximity. Talking about proximity, I have yet to find a reason to stay at another hotel other than my usual favourite - the Novotel Bangkok at Siam Square and December was a good season. Bangkok itself has been undergoing constant changes just like Singapore and it has been getting more and more rapid. Just look at the Novotel Siam lobby now.  Totally changed. At the other corner, you and your children could even sit down on the floor for a few rounds of games at t he Xbox station. Even the lobby washrooms have been upgraded.  This is heavy metal rock. For lunch, we had to go to this popular joint for good food at reasonable prices.  Inter has been around for such a long time and the regular crowd is still there.  ...

Real Madrid 2 Barcelona 3, Man-Of-The-Match (MOTM) - Lionel Messi. What else is new? This is why he is the best player in the world. I even dare say of all time and in history! Messi not only delivered with two goals with the winning one at the death and Ramos sent off was for a bad two legged tackle. Messi was even left bloodied with blood pouring out from the mouth. That was the warrior spirit in a small frame. There is little adjectives to add.  Back home on the FAS election, it is a sad day for Singapore soccer. At one time in the 60s, were were fourth only behind Myanmar, Iran and Japan in Asia. Now our position in FIFA ranking is a joke. We were playing friendlies with Cambodia and Timor Leste and struggled playing the rest of the Asean countries. In other words, we are in total decline while others shave improved. If the top is right, we will go places. That is the whole point. Only those with the best interest with Singapore soccer at heart should run the place. Otherwis...

Rather than always going for buffet meals so as not to over eat, we can settle for something different. Like the education system, eating is the same. Less is more. Less teaching more learning. Less food, more taste and quality. Less waste, less over eating, less gluttony. So a Kaiseki meal would be ideal. It is a traditional multi-course Japanese meal. It refers to a collection of techniques and skills in the preparation of such meals. It is analogous to Western 'haute cuisine'. It is an art form that balances appearance, texture, taste and a myriad of colours in the food with only the freshest seasonal ingredients used. Even the plates and bowls make the food even more enticing. The food is then prettily arranged and well garnished to the extend of using edible leaves and flowers. It comprises as starters an appetiser just like in French food. The second course would be a seasonal theme and could be sushi or several small dishes followed by the freshest seasonal sashi...