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September 26, 2008 Some Thing to Whet Your Appetitite

I am eagerly awaiting to post up pictures from my new D90 which will have to wait until this weekend. However, in the interim and as part of my Daily Lunch Special project, I managed to get a pretty decent food shot with my Nokia N95. Quite proud of that one myself, I am.

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September 24, 2008 Daily Lunch Special

Inspired by one of my former bosses, Allen Bukoff1 (albeit in the godsphere), I am initiating my own social experiment into a daily lunch time photographic exercise. Each day, depending on time, circumstance and me actually remembering, the world at large will have the privilege of seeing what I have for lunch. See the useless [...]

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September 23, 2008 7,107 Flavours @ Marina Square

Being adventurous, and inspired by my mate Tony who just came back from the Philippines, I suggested that we try out some Filipino food for a change. I remembered this dish called Crispy Pata that I had once with my maid and her family in Hong Kong for her birthday. Consisting of deep fried pork [...]

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September 6, 2008 Expat Fried Rice

This, ladies and gentlemen, is Expat Fried Rice. Also known in the West as Special Fried Rice. Known in Singapore as Yang Chow Fried Rice and known in Hong Kong as Yeung Chow Fried Rice. It is called Expat Fried Rice because most Chinese in Asia will look at the dish with some bewilderment, or [...]

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August 10, 2008 Avoid Being Sold at Newton Market

Trader Eyal has a very good post on how to avoid being sold something. In some ways I’ve seen him in action already in the computer marts of Hong Kong and Singapore, so I already know he knows his stuff. I think Rule Number 2 is his trademark where he cracks a joke which sends [...]

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