How to tie a bow-tie

8 06 2009

Preparing for the exams can be stressful. Besides our regular Friday evening beat the stress get-togethers, the Pub on Campus proved to be a great place to escape to, not just for a pint with friends … sometimes there are a few new skills that can be picked up at the Pub as well …

How to tie a Budweiser Bow Tie (on the back of a drink coaster)

Afternote: If any is really looking for instructions on how to tie a bow-tie … this is possibly a clearer guide:

How to Tie a Bow-Tie (courtesy of Tie-Rack)

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Date : 8 June 2009
Categories : 1989, Scotland

Discovering Singapore’s Best Kept Secrets

Fenced off with “No Trespassing” signs on prominent display, many of Singapore’s State properties lie out of sight and out of mind. “Discovering Singapore’s Best Kept Secrets”, a series of visits supported by SLA, provides a rare opportunity to discover these restricted spaces.

Pasir Panjang ‘A’ PS (22 Apr ’18)

2018 schedule of visits:

2 Jun: Naval Base Housing
7 Jul : 5 Kadayanallur St.^*
4 Aug : 10 Hyderabad Rd^#
Sep (TBD)
Oct (TBD)
Nov (TBD)
Dec (TBD)

^*Fully Subscribed as of 1707 hrs, 22 Jun.

^#Registration tentatively from 20 Jul.

Updates will be posted on this site and also on my Facebook page.

Spaces in the 2017 series, 3 of which were revisited during the 2018 Singapore Heritage Festival :

Information on the series on various sites:

View Rd Hospital (21 Oct 2017)

Old Changi Hospital (9 Sep 2017)

The Last of the Dragons

At least nine Dragon (or Snake) Kilns were once found along the 13th to 18th Milestones of Jurong Road, attracted by the availability of Jurong White Clay - ideal material for clay latex cups. The cups were fired by the kilns to feed a huge demand from the rubber estates in the area. Over the years, most of the kiln closed due to the vanishing demand as the estates gave way to urban development. Only two, both of which have stopped operating commercially, have survived. The area the two, the Jalan Bahar and Thow Kwang kilns, are in is slated for development as a CleanTech Park, and the future for these kilns now looks bleak.

Articles relating to the Dragon Kilns:

Dec 2012 Post on Thow Kwang's Firing

Oct 2011 Straits Times article

Sep 2011 Article in Bridge (South-West CDC Newsletter)

Jun 2011 Post on Thow Kwang Dragon Kiln

Much Ado About Bukit Brown

Viva Bukit Brown

All Things Bukit Brown

Bukit Brown Cemetery

SOS Bukit Brown

NSS Position Paper on Bukit Brown

SHS Position Paper on Bukit Brown

Bukit Brown Voices

Trailer for BUKIT BROWN VOICES. The a short independently-made documentary tells the story of Singapore's oldest Chinese cemetery on the cusp of major change. Filmed during what is the last Qing Ming (grave sweeping) festival for some families whose ancestors are buried there, we hear their thoughts and memories about what the place and the customs they practise mean to them (a Film by Su-Mae Khoo & Brian McDairmant of Two Chiefs).

A Road, but not the End of the Road

9 Oct 2013 : Bukit Brown Cemetery named on global list as a site at risk (Melody Zaccheus in the Straits Times)

25 Mar 2012 : Bukit Brown and the soul of Singapore (Ignatius Low in the Sunday Times)

19 Mar 2012 : Announcement on Road Alignment through BBC

05 Mar 2012 : Speech by MOS(ND) Tan Chuan-Jin during Budget Debate

16 Feb 2012 : URA Reply to Letter to Today on Drainage Impact Assessment

20 Nov 2011 : Bukit Brown Road Project 'Can't Wait': LTA

12 Sep 2011 : Announcement on Construction of the Road

19 Jun 2011 : ST: An Uphill Struggle Saving Bukit Brown

18 Jun 2011 : URA Reply to Letter to ST on Destroying Natural Habitat

11 Jun 2011 : URA Reply to Letter to ST on Shutting Window to History

Gardens by the Bay

The out-of-this-world 54 ha. Bay South Garden of the massive Gardens by the Bay was officially opened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on 28 Jun 2012. It opening its doors to the public the following day attracted huge crowds on opening weekend. The series of posts here are from several media previews, opportunities to photograph the gardens before it was opened to the public, and of the official opening during which I had a better view of the completed Cloud Forest - one of two cooled conservatories at the garden. Two photographs that I took prior to the opening were among 20 that were selected for a roving exhibition.

Oct 2012 : An Autumn Harvest by the bay

Jun 2012 : Official Opening

Jun 2012 : Where Wonder Blooms

May 2012 : In the merry month of May

Apr 2012 : Ascent into the Clouds

Nov 2011 : New Light in the Old Harbour

Nov 2011 : Sneak Peek at the Gardens

Walks back in time with the NLB

Beyond the Slumber (Sembawang - 27 Mar 2011)

Highlights of a heritage tour of Sembawang, with a focus on the Sembawang that I was familiar with in the 1970s. The two and a half hour tour included a visit to the last kampung mosque in Singapore, as well as to several other points of interest in Sembawang. Information relating to the walk and some of what we saw or were transported to can be found in the post “Sembawang beyond the Slumber”.

One Hundred Steps to Heaven (Central - 26 Feb 2011)

I took participants on a walk with the NLB up a hundred steps to the heavenly world of Mount Sophia that was home to the fairy-tale like mansions such as Eu Villa (demolished in 1981). We also explored the neighbouring Mount Emily, the site of Singapore’s first public swimming pool and along with that, some of the areas that were once part of a Jewish and then Japanese quarter. Information relating to the walk and some of what we saw or were transported to can be found in the post “One Hundred Steps to Heaven”.

A Journey through Time (ToaPayoh - 20 Nov 2010)

I took an enjoyable walk back in time with several participants in a heritage trail at the Toa Payoh Library, to a Toa Payoh that was taking its first steps as the first planned satellite town. Details of some of the places we visited can be found in the post “A journey through time: a heritage trail through Toa Payoh”.

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Journeys through Tanjong Pagar

Journeys on the railway out of Tanjong Pagar and adventures in and around the railway corridor.

Preserving the memory of the railway through Singapore

The Green Corridor

Explorations through the railway corridor which the Nature Society (Singapore) proposes should be retained as a Green Corridor.

The Singapore of my younger days

A collection of posts related to that old Singapore that I grew up having so many wonderful experiences in.

The romance of the sea

My fascination with all ships big and small.

The Queen was in my kitchen

The day in 1972 when the Queen of England visited my humble HDB flat.

Remembering the National Stadium

Remembering the National Stadium which is in the process of being demolished to make way for the new Sports Hub.

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