08-Mar-2025
It's true... The fact that we don't yet have a long-term place to live means that I still feel a bit like I'm holiday... The medical-tourism type of holiday, perhaps, where you go off for medical appointments, and in between you swan around seeing the sites...
Anyway, we moved this week from one short-term place to another:
Farewell, Chonglin Park. We'll miss the birds (perhaps not so much the karaoke-loving neighbour...)
And this, viewed from across the river, is where we are now
We get fabulous river views, even in the rain
My would-be tourist eyes are always keen to drink in colour:
And like any tourist, we enjoy sampling the cafe scene:
This one, off Carpenter Street, is new to us, but it has apparently been around since July
Celebratory tuak at Kantin
Dinner with friends at the 1 Taste Food Centre
This, from Toast Bread, is a polo bun (aka pineapple bun, because of the way it looks). Comes with a slightly sweet, crunchy topping, and a wedge of butter inside. Delish...
Earthlings coffee is always a treat. This is their pandan coconut extravanza
I guess tourists are a little less able to check on the progress of things in the way we like to do:
St Peter's, showing off its windows
The gurudwara, beautifully renovated
The Natural History Museum. Not much is open at the moment...
Ramadan has now started. The mosques are working overtime (as we know very well from our riverside situation); the malls are pumping out the traditional tunes; win-a-car competitions seem de rigueur this year; and the decorations are going up apace:
Quite a fusion of cultures here...
So, it's all very pleasant. But next week, we need to knuckle down, and find a more permanent pad.