I met my sister near her workplace at Tanjong Pagar during lunch break to have an early birthday meal with her before she gave me a brief tour of her office.
Drury Lane serves all-day brekkies though we only had their pasta specials so I can't comment on the brekkies there:(
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I'm sure everyone has seen these little ornamental dolls somewhere sometime in their lives before, but most don't actually know what they are called!
These are called Matryoshka Dolls, also known as Russian nesting dolls :) While waiting for our pastas to come, i decided to take photos of these cutesies.
The place has a really chill atmosphere to it - perfect if you just wanna sit round and talk to friends over coffee. They apparently serve interesting flavours of tea as well, like Creme Brulee-flavoured ones.
Near the entrance they have a large section of the wall decorated with used coffee packages - kinda like a hall of fame. It's mostly for decor though, because i highly doubt people would actually stop and take a look at them.
My pasta : Smoked Salmon with avocado, spinach and mushrooms with a cream base. I confess it's actually my first time trying smoked salmon. I'm not a huge fan of raw delicacies like sashimi (yes I know I'm missing out on life) so it took me some time to get used to smoked salmon since it tasted a little like sashimi salmon. But it was pretty good though I kinda got scared - they were really generous with the salmon.
My sister's pasta: Beef salami with asparagus pasta tossed in truffle-oil aglio olio style. When it first arrived we were kinda unimpressed since the presentation wasn't too inviting and the pasta portion seemed small even for relatively small Asian eaters like us. The taste was okay and the portion was filling enough, though it was disappointing that it was a little cold by the time it arrived. Stacey didn't finish the last few strands of pasta because it was all drenched in oil.
This area has shophouses EVERYWHERE. Literally everywhere I went there would always be shophouses around. There is an endless variety and number of cafes and restaurants here to try - a great haunt for cafe-hoppers who enjoy the vintage or hippie concept of cafes, or authentic Jap ramen and Korean cuisine lovers.
As my sister walked me to Outram MRT after lunch and a tour of her workplace, I saw this row of shophouse office that caught my eye. What i find really interesting are the fire escape ladders attached to each balcony. I wonder if they actually work.
I was also happy that I got to see my sister's workplace at the productions company Free Flow Productions. Think creative, fun, spontaneous and colourful yet classy as the concept for the interior of the office - pretty important for a bunch of people who need a working environment full of inspiration to get those creative juices and sprightly ideas flowing, kinda like Google albeit less exuberant. I didn't get to take a picture of the birthday girl (or lady, because 26 isn't that young anymore!) so :(
Anyway!
Recently there has been so many issues surfacing on social media like Twitter raising controversy as people all around voice their aghast opinions about LGBT, the MH17 etc.
I beg to differ.
While it's seen as being rational and morally sensible to question the seemingly unreasonable like
"How can you limit the freedom to love!"
"What,your religion says love the sinner and hate the sin, but you're just contradicting yourselves because it's how they are!"
"Humans killing humans!"
I beg to differ.
A whole fucking big bunch of whywhywhy. But it's inherent in human nature to question, to feel a sense of discomfort towards injustice and inequality. I don't mean to say that curiosity and a well-working moral compass is bad.
I just have an issue about people - too many people in fact - jumping to conclusions and stands, being strongly opinionated about what is deemed as fair and justified. Exactly how many of these people actually bother to understand both sides?
Think about it - nobody (most of the time) would do things that are unreasonable to themselves. So while you go all being righteous and talk big about human rights to this "freedom" and basic sense and reason, you fail to understand that the opposition actually understands where you're coming from but choose not to agree with you simply because they have their own reason as much as you do your own.
I do not have a stand with regards to LGBT, but being someone raised in a Christian family attending church services every Sunday, I at least understand why Christian (and maybe Muslim groups) are against LGBT even though I have not yet made a dedication or choice to accepting Christianity and therefore sometimes wonder if LGBT was indeed that serious. It would be too lengthy to just attempt to explain why.
But there are more people out there who have not made much of an effort to understand the religious rationale and therefore follow the masses or just their moral compasses to voice disagreement. And this is also just because they want to keep matters secular.
Many people mistake "secular" for "reasonable". If I were a strong Christian with true faith (Note: not those who lightly introduce themselves as Christians and are just saying that for the bloody sake of it), I'd probably also be supporting the Wear White campaign even if my consciousness is the same as when I'm writing this post. That's only because as a Christian, I would have dedicated my life to God and therefore since it is implied in the Bible that it is Man and Woman and not otherwise, I would follow on his Word and reject the idea (NOT the people I strongly emphasize) of LGBT because MY reason now is simply God.
LGBT controversies and debates will not end very soon - no one can see the end as of yet I assume. Every single one of us are animals following our instincts to survive in the world. The hopes and dreams of a free-loving community or a religious and God-loving people will remain as wishes. Just because you assert that your argument makes sense and is reasonable doesn't mean that your opponent would agree humbly and back down. THEY think the same as you in that aspect.
In the end no one is willing to back out and thus you see such animalistic behaviour.
I just have an issue about people - too many people in fact - jumping to conclusions and stands, being strongly opinionated about what is deemed as fair and justified. Exactly how many of these people actually bother to understand both sides?
Think about it - nobody (most of the time) would do things that are unreasonable to themselves. So while you go all being righteous and talk big about human rights to this "freedom" and basic sense and reason, you fail to understand that the opposition actually understands where you're coming from but choose not to agree with you simply because they have their own reason as much as you do your own.
I do not have a stand with regards to LGBT, but being someone raised in a Christian family attending church services every Sunday, I at least understand why Christian (and maybe Muslim groups) are against LGBT even though I have not yet made a dedication or choice to accepting Christianity and therefore sometimes wonder if LGBT was indeed that serious. It would be too lengthy to just attempt to explain why.
But there are more people out there who have not made much of an effort to understand the religious rationale and therefore follow the masses or just their moral compasses to voice disagreement. And this is also just because they want to keep matters secular.
Many people mistake "secular" for "reasonable". If I were a strong Christian with true faith (Note: not those who lightly introduce themselves as Christians and are just saying that for the bloody sake of it), I'd probably also be supporting the Wear White campaign even if my consciousness is the same as when I'm writing this post. That's only because as a Christian, I would have dedicated my life to God and therefore since it is implied in the Bible that it is Man and Woman and not otherwise, I would follow on his Word and reject the idea (NOT the people I strongly emphasize) of LGBT because MY reason now is simply God.
LGBT controversies and debates will not end very soon - no one can see the end as of yet I assume. Every single one of us are animals following our instincts to survive in the world. The hopes and dreams of a free-loving community or a religious and God-loving people will remain as wishes. Just because you assert that your argument makes sense and is reasonable doesn't mean that your opponent would agree humbly and back down. THEY think the same as you in that aspect.
In the end no one is willing to back out and thus you see such animalistic behaviour.
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