我居住在私人公寓有一段时间了。之前的旧居是坐落于蔡厝港的政府租屋（在哪里住了5载才离开）。
公寓内的景象这十年来没有多大的变动。倒是公寓外的运动设施与跑道断断续续的修补，以及即将竣工的租屋，导致邻里的外观改变了不少。
公寓范围内。。。
A few old blocks of HDB housing units have been knocked down, and replaced with a brand new HDB Built to Order (BTO) apartment building. The BTO housing units are going to be completed soon...
Within the confine of our condominium, there is not much changes (apart from some structural changes in the BBQ pit at one end of the condominium).
日常生活，没有豪车豪宅的衬托，也没有日穿时尚服装，也没有不时出入高档餐馆用餐的时刻。现实的生活习惯，是需要打扫卫生，收洗衣服，也须要为五斗米而日出而作，日落而息，挤挤公共交通。不是每个人都能炫富。
For most people, daily living is far removed from those depicted in movies.
Most people have to work hard to earn a living.
Not everyone stays in luxurious dwelling places, carries branded bags, takes meals in fancy restaurants, or goes travelling in exotic places...
After work, one have to cook, clean etc. One have to spend time on exercises to maintain one's health.
前几天‘护送“老婆大人去白沙综合诊疗所做乳房x光检查，把她落脚在诊疗所外的巴士车停车场后，我便驾车到附近的白沙公园拍照。
很意外的发现公园里有很多只公鸡在窜动。
因为阴天又刚下了一场大雨，公园里只有零星几个人在亭内休息，或撑着伞步行，或跑步。。。
Drove to Pasir Ris Park after dropping my wife off at Pasir Ris Mall for her last minute mammogram appointment (in polyclinic that was located inside the mall).
It drizzled as I arrived at the park.
Pleasantly surprise to see there were many roosters roaming the place.
Took a quick walk in the park, before it started to pour again...
没有读过琼瑶的言情小说“窗外”，只知道林青霞当年就因为出演了这部电影一炮而红。
我拍到的窗外景象，是即将竣工的组屋；没有雪花飘飘的景象，也没有人影窜动。
The HDB flat next to my condominium is going through it's last leg of touch up - looks like it will be completed and ready for key collection soon. Painting of external facade is ongoing, and the surrounding fence is being demolished partially.
The balcony and window face the river ... a pretty decent /charming river view.
上个月我与家人往大阪熊野县旅游时，购买了一树植物。奔波了11天，终于顺利把它带回新加坡。到家时，那颗植物的树叶已凋零，花瓣早就凋落， 原以为已经回天乏术了。虽然如此， 我们还是不时给它浇水。上个星期·，惊奇的发现它居然开花了！它的韧性真的是可喜可贺，没得说！
We bought a pot of plant on our first day of Osaka/Wakayama tour last month. We carried the pot in a plastic bag throughout our 11 days' journey.
At the end of the trip, the flower had dropped off and the leaves had withered somewhat; I thought the plant would perish gradually in the next few days. We left the plant in our balcony and continued to water it on-off.
It was truly a pleasant surprise to see it blossom again last week! This is truly an excellent example of "resilience" - never give up in the face of adversaries!
最近我与家人频频在淘宝网购。因为这几个星期有0付费的运输推销活动。连续下单买了鞋架，运动器材，厨房用具等等。。。
货物送到家时，得“开箱”验货。
We have been buying quite a number of items from Taobao recently - taking full use of the "zero" courier fees for item purchased from the website.
Undeniably, majority of the items purchased online from Taobao are very "cheap"; of course, sometimes the quality is of dubious standard, or the items sent may not be what we had ordered/purchased. Fortunately, the mistakes can be amended amicably in most cases.
I could understand why local retail shops may not be able to compete with online purchase from China!
民以食为天。早餐，不是在家里泡杯咖啡，啃面包，便是到小贩中心买早点吃。
这家位于裕廊西的“四美槟城炒果条“是我家的最爱。我们往往不厌其烦的驾车从新加坡东部，直奔西部去。往往那里的小贩中心人潮汹涌，很难找到坐位。
We usually have our breakfast in the hawker centre in the weekends.
Common places we frequented are - Pipit Road Hawker Centre, Macpherson / Circuit Rd Hawker centre, Bedok Hawker Centre, or Jurong West Hawker centre.
Many years ago, each bowl of noodles cost between $2.30-3. But gradually with inflation, the minimum charges for each bowl of noodles /plate of rice is at least $4 in most places.
But this is still cheaper than in restaurants or Kopitiam.
