Monthly Archives: November 2024

King of Fruits

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Are You a Tightwad?

Any time there’s a long weekend, more than 500,000 from Singapore will flee across the border, to Johor Bahru, Malaysia, despite the fact that it often takes up to six hours to get across. (By the way, Johor reported 16 … Continue reading

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Goose Meat

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Smallest Library in the World?

Driving through Four Mile Creek around this time in 2022, I came across this unusual sight – a tiny library! Four Mile Creek – population 96, according to the most recent census – is a rural locality in the North-east … Continue reading

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Today – Our 40th Wedding Anniversary

 Ruby Wedding Anniversary 40 years 480 months 2,087 weeks 14,610 days 350,640 hours 21,038,400 minutes 1,262,304,000 seconds

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Blood in Taiwan

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Cuttlefish Kang Kong

Dried cuttlefish is soaked till it becomes soft and swollen to several times its original size. It is then cut up, blanched and mixed with boiled kangkong aka water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) and then drenched with a sauce of primarily … Continue reading

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