Along with my family, we reached here on Saturday evening, looking forward to dine in a seafood restaurant by the beach, but there was only a police post and a small weekend crowd enjoying family time, the sea breeze, the sand and ice-cream.
The restaurant is no longer there. But something else is, permanently, a nearby WWII memorial plaque, with this reminder:
On 28 February 1942, some 300-400 Chinese civilians were killed along the Punggol Foreshore by hojo kempei (auxiliary military police) firing squads. They were among tens of thousands who lost their lives during the Japanese Sook Ching operation to purge suspected anti-Japanese civilians within Singapore’s Chinese Population between 18 February to 4 March 1942.
The victims who perished along the foreshore were among 1,000 Chinese mates rounded up following a house-to-house search of the Chinese community living along Upper Serangoon Road by Japanese Soldiers.
What was known as the Punggol Beach Massacre happened along this beach, which is listed as one of Singapore’s historial sites by the local National Heritage Board.
My grandparents, mum and her siblings used to stay in Punggol (until the 70s) but none of her family members were harmed during the war.
We found the restaurant on another street not too far away.
Punggol is special to me not because of the food but because it was the hometown of my maternal side of the family and that one of the roads was named after my grandfather.
The ancient Roman aqueduct (about 25–13 BC) at Caesarea Maritima in Palestine, is a long aqueduct to channel water from the springs at the base of Mount Carmel, about 10 miles away from Caesarea.
In order to initiate water flow by the force of gravity, the arches and the gradient was meticulously measured.
As I was about to make my usual cup of tea, I got interested in the box divider…just wanted to see how simple (or precise) it is.
It is simply taking the inner length of the box multiply by 1.74 which is equal to A (variable for the total length of divider); divider is folded into 3 sections where the length of 1st and 3rd sections = 28% of A, middle section = 44% of A; the middle section is then folded into half to form the actual barrier. The height of the divider is 0.1″ shorter than the box’s height. Width is the same as the box.
Nothing like a little distraction for today. (^-^)
Fruit juicing is now part of the early morning routine.
Hub and I decided to revive this practice. Hence it’s time to buy more fruits.
If organic varieties are not available (we depend alot on imports) or if I’m unable to make trips to other specific supermarkets to hunt them down or if I’m feeling the ($) pinch, the regular ones will have to do.
So this weekend (and the one before) I met the gang from Blue Whale. Whether in flesh or juice, all were delicious and all came without dents. But I make sure they were soaked in here before consumption.
I have noticed that dents on some types of apples are strategically hidden beneath label stickers. I think it’s intentional. Umm…
On Sunday, I saw these broccoli sprouts too and decided to try them.
Remember this French author and illustrator whom I had mentioned earlier? I promised to show the postcards with his original art, so here are 3 from the set of 8:
Now, he’s well-loved not just in his home country but also in Japan (where else?!) and it’s only in this capital city of zakka that knicks knacks such as these can be found:
The final image I have is a little ski village, which is one of his latest works and it’s free to download! Just save/send/print a copy for yourself or for someone whom you know will thoroughly enjoy it!
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