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

There is something special about Changi Village. I have featured CV on a few occasions on fishing, visit to Pulau Ubin, hotel staycation and the hawker food here. When we used to visit Changi as a child it was a place so far away it seemed to take forever to reach as the infrastructure and even the bus services were so different then. Changi Village besides being so laid back, is a place that evokes nostalgia. The good old life of days gone by. It is the only place in Singapore where you will find countless numbers of wild parakeets and some cuckatoos giving you the bird's eye view of human life below them. There are also the occasional sightings of hornbills from Pulau Ubin. A couple of friends stumbled upon a place for a meal which inevitably led to beer. One thing led to another and then we have four. We found ourselves at Jacob's Cafe.  Air-conditioned setting on the inside lets you get comfy while the open space outside in a laid back setting gives you al f...

Pura Vida is "Pure Life" in Spanish. Literally translated in Spanish it should be "Vida Pura". A truer and closer meaning would be "plenty of life", "this is the living", "great going" or simply "cool and awesome!" It can be used as a greeting when you have just met or saying farewell when departing. It is an expression of satisfaction, to say thank you or welcome or to make an expression when you turned up late. Just say "Pura Vida" and you should be forgiven. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUUn3KgASA In places like Costa Rica, you can find this expression of "Pura Vida" used commonly in so many ways, from a casual greeting to a synonym for excellent. Costa Ricans are called "ticos" because they like to add a suffix to their words for example "blanquito" will be said as "blanquititico". They are some of the most wonderful people on planet earth. In simplicity, it is ...

Maldives became the 93rd country to have visited my blog. Cheers! Talking about cheers, people tend to equate that with clinking of glasses and then having a tipper. It is a way to relax like just having a beer. Beer is a social lubricant and lately there have been reports that having a beer or two each day can be good for health. Definitely not binge drinking. Maybe it's a guy thing when they say "Let's have one more then we'll go." Doctors need to be careful telling their patients that one or two glasses is okay especially to older folks. Three old guys were walking. One guy said: "Windy, isn't it?" The second one said: "No, It's Thursday!" The third one said: "So am I, let's go get a beer." There was this 80 year old man who has just seen a doctor for a health check. A few days later, the doctor saw him with a gorgeous young woman on his arm. The doctor spoke to him: "You are doing really great. What'...

There are bars and there are bars. Some have themes that attract crowds which come and go. I remember Peppermint Park and Atlantis. Lavish skyline filled with stars and underwater theme respectively. There used to be Studio M, Ridley's, Subway, etc. Good live bands can be interesting and niche clubs are places to see and to be seen. Been there done that. Check. Not every gimmick lasts. Few do. Those who know the Yard knew they have been around. Sometimes, maybe you just wanted a place to meet, to talk and to have good beers to chill out with good friends. Maybe you are a tourist and you wanted to experience several things at the same time then this is the place to be. B.B.'s The Bungy Bar. You can say the Best Bar or the Best Beer too. Where the happening place used to be at Boat Quay, Clarke Quay is now the more happening and Bungy Bar lies smack right in the corner where the Q-Max Reverse Bungy is. Many...