My Lion City - Singa-pore
In a nutshell, I have lived here for 4 decades since 1966 when I first set foot in Singapore after London. I wanted to run off but had to make Singapore my matrimonial home.
Like London which grew on me after one year, Singapore became more livable with the revolutionary changes taking place after gaining independence in 1965; so I am 1 year younger than Spore!
Within 10 years of inspiration (10%) and perspiration (90%), I could not have believed how Singapore without any natural resources except a hard working and educated people, could transform herself into a beautiful clean and green city with good infrastructure and a financial centre.
Now that Singapore has evolved into a first world country, our government finds it is time to inject creative energies into our city to become a mega-city.
Hence, the birth of the Esplanade , where I produced a benefit concert “L’Enfant Sauvage ” in 2004 , with great success.
Singapore to me is my ideal city, with an open mind to keep on improving to attract the talented to come and join us to sustain this amazing city, I now call home.
Sent by Ana Wang from Singapore
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:57 am
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July 17th, 2008 at 2:49 am
Pen this date August 9 on your diary for the live telecast of NDP on Channel NewsAsia:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/360770/1/.html
August 1st, 2008 at 9:48 am
Nostalgia : August 9
http://awanginvest.com/?p=616
August 1, 2008 – 9:14 am
Dear Fellow Singaporeans & All who know Singapore
For the first time ever, you will get to view the entire National Day Parade (NDP) LIVE on the Channel NewsAsia (CNA) International on TV!
This means that you will be able to celebrate this National Day with your family members and fellow Singaporeans in ‘real-time’. Isn’t that great news?! Not only that - almost the entire Asia will get a chance to view how Singaporeans celebrate our National Day as CNA is available in 19 million homes and hotel rooms in 22 countries.
LIVE Telecast Details
Date: 9th August 2008, Saturday
Time: 1745 - 2015 hrs (Singapore time)
Countries with CNA broadcast
South Asia East Asia Southeast Asia Others
Bangladesh China Brunei Australia
Bhutan Hong Kong Cambodia Papua New Guinea
India Macau Indonesia UAE
Maldives Taiwan Malaysia
Nepal Philippines
Pakistan Singapore
Sri Lanka Thailand
Vietnam
Be sure to watch NDP on CNA International! Click here to find out which are the hotels where you could catch NDP LIVE! on CNA International.
Can’t find your city on CNA’s list? You can always catch the LIVE webcast of the National Day Parade on http://www.ndp.org.sg.
Warm regards,
The Overseas Singaporean Portal Team
http://www.overseassingaporean.sg
Songs for Singapore:
http://www.ndp.org.sg/downloads/video/current.php
Past songs for Singapore:
http://www.ndp.org.sg/downloads/audio/pastyear.php
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:27 am
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August 28th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Meeting of the Minds or Ad Idem @ Via Mar, Esplanade Mall
What a better place to let our minds meet than at the Esplanade, Singapore’s art and convention centre.
We have the leading minds of Dr Brett Steenbarger and Ray Barros to pick while Mic and I took in the sea breeze, sipping our drinks , enjoying and sampling Spanish dishes especially paella.
Mic the comic related some local stories of how hawkers push for their fares – by shooting a picture of a celebrity eating at their stalls. This must have raised Dr Brett’s eye-brows! So we warned him in local dialects not to put off our honoured guest with such stories, which may be true but may not be the done thing. Mic the quick former trader from the Pit is always ready with a repartee: only joking!
Now it is my turn to relate my ‘diplomatic jokes’, only to break out into giggles before I could tell, which has to be finished by my mentor Ray. It must have struck our guest how stress could have turned us into funny creatures in order to release tensions.
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