If you happened to be around VivoCity last evening, you will notice the many Congratulatory-Stands decorated with a lavish mix fresh flowers, standing tall in attention outside The Queen & Mangosteen establishment. Many curious passer-bys looked-on to witness the royal celebration happening right within… And yes, you might have guessed. It’s the 5th anniversary of the [...]
May 15, 2013
Darren Sim
Events, Food Adventures
Entrepreneurship has been on the rise in sunny Singapore over the past years with more and more youths having the guts to take the bold step to be different – stepping out of the comforts of a stable 9am to 5pm desk job to realize their dreams. Although I’m still fairly un-impressed with our startup [...]
I am pretty certain that Singapore can easily be hailed as the “Chicken Rice City of the World” given the variety of chicken rice options we have in a tiny island state. I have always wanted to try the Ipoh Lou You Bean Sprout Chicken (怡保老友芽菜鸡) after chancing upon it once at Bishan some week back. [...]
May 13, 2013
Darren Sim
Food Adventures
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd today announced the GALAXY Note 8.0; to introduce a new era of intelligent Note technology set to re-ignite the mid-size tablet category that Samsung established in 2010. Providing unrivalled multimedia performance within a compact one-hand-grip screen, the GALAXY Note 8.0 has the power and advanced technology to evolve the tablet experience [...]
What to eat for lunch is always a hard question for office workers when we’re all spoiled for choices, especially if you are working around town. Some will say “what to eat… too many options”, while others will go “huh! here nothing to eat one leh…”. Starting this week, I’d be posting lunch ideas (for [...]
Over the past two days, IT leaders and practitioners gathered together at the Asia-Pacific CACS/ISRM Conference 2013 held at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre to share and discuss on topics such as Computer Audit, Controls, Information Security and Risk Management. Taking center-stage at the event will be two special keynote addresses by Mr. John Ho Chi, [...]
I count myself a native to this area already having spent the past four year of my life here – going to school at SMU and working around the area. Finding food here is very troublesome; not because there’s no food, but there are too many options to choose from! I’ve passed by the Ma [...]
I really love traveling and one of the key reasons that I love my job as a conference speaker is that I get to travel around the world to meet new people and interact with them. For friends who know me and my travel habits, I really hate traveling on guided tours. I mean traveling [...]
May 7, 2013
Darren Sim
Food & Travel, Travel Folio
There’s no doubt that working / studying in Singapore is very stressful and this will only get worst in years to come. Bosses are expecting us to work overtime, lecturers / professors giving us unlimited amount of assignments (that we are not even sure were graded) and every one else are expecting so much of [...]
This year’s mother’s day is a very different one for me, as my mom will be in hospital during this time. Although it’s nothing life-threatening (an op on the leg), having to celebrate this special day in the hospital will definitely sink the hearts of many mothers. For my mom, this is one of two days [...]