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

 Fish ball is in my memory ever since I first ate them as a child in primary school and we are still eating them now.  I am sure many of you love fish ball especially in a soup or served with noodles, vermicelli, etc.  A good friend in lower primary who was my classmate by the name of Watt Poh recommended that I must try the dry version of the  fish ball noodle at the "tuck shop" (canteen - I think even in Singapore today they don't call it tuck shop anymore). Watt Poh always seemed to have more money than anyone else but he was a generous boy and the version he recommended was $0.50c per bowl when the normal one was $0.30c. Sometimes, he would topped up the difference so we could enjoy it with him and he taught us that once we finished the dry noodles, we should go back to the noodle and ask them to fill our bowl with delicious ikan bilis (anchovies) soup. When everyone was using six or twelve colours "Staedtler" colour pencils, this boy was using some ex...

 Is fishing meant only for fish? Are you fishing for prawns or prawning? Fishing for crabs or crabbing? Fishing for sotong (squid) or sotonging? We have done that before at Bishan and they do have prawn fishing at  various location. But then conveniently located at Punggol, there have been a slew of activities coming up since last year or so at the stretch along Punggol East. I took a day off to be lazy, hang loose and destress, so we went prawning. In Singapore you have to pay to catch things. They always seduce you by putting a display to tempt you, whatever the business like a few huge prawns in a tank. These are river prawns with big blue claw-liked pincers. The picturesque Punggol Promenade is in the background. Taking a stroll or jogging and cycling along the river in the mornings and evenings is a very good idea. The picture you see is the entrance to the beer garden which is also operated by the prawn fishing owners and they start from 3pm till late. ...

There are all kinds of restaurants and restaurants everywhere ranging from the big hotels to big name ones but every occasion demands a certain preference out of convenience, location, budget or simply their specialty. The grass always seems greener on the other side. To some people, marriage is like going to a restaurant - you order your food and then when your food arrived at your table and when you look over at  the next table, the other guy's food seems more interesting and you wanted to order that. Although Singapore is a very small place, there are many interesting stuffs out there even for restaurants. Though I knew about the place, it was really the first time that I set foot there - Seletar Hill Restaurant. All the awards and write outs are there on the wall outside the restaurant. The menu is simple and they offer you set meals which includes most of their specialties. So if you haven't a clue what to eat, just order the set for t...