Vyjayanthi @ Singapore's Last Kampung

One of my finds while doing this show - This show has brought me to many places from Lim Chu Kang cemetery to the local farms to a kampung in Singapore city.

Yup, you heard me right. There IS still a kampung around. I'm someone who explores Singapore on my own a lot, and I wonder why I never knew about this place before.

It is SUPER old school!!!! Like, really really kampung!!!! OMGOMGOMG!!!! 

One thing not too fantastic - cat poop and mozzies EVERYWHERE!!!!! ARGH~

 The crew. Super candid weird expressions. Lol~

This is in my hometown - Singapore, okay? Don't play play. Who said we lost our history? =D

p/s. Check out the houses behind!!!!!

 Tying my saree~~~

 still tying~~~

 ...as my dear producer watched on with amusement...

 HEY!!!! ("MMM!!!~~~")

 WAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Yes you can tell it is a very very very very hot day. Life's candid moments. Gayathri, I love you. I do. And I think you look cute here~ ;)

 Director Venga~

 All busy at work. Credits to Malathi for taking these pictures. She's the prettiest AP ever, as I mentioned, and she somehow avoids cameras, so I can't show you how she looks like....

 The bike, my super chio helmet, and my Tamil script. And this weird Chinese girl was standing beside in a saree. Epic.

 With the extras and makeup artist (back) for that day. They were a really fun-loving bunch! =D

Meet Aunty Mui Hong! She always calls me "Thanguhcheeee~~~~" whenever she sees me. Lol. That means 'little sister' in Thamizh (Tamil).

She is one of the owners of this kampung, and the only one still residing there. Her siblings have moved out, so she lives there with her nieces. A carefree lady who can be seen tending to her plants or cycling around the kampung visiting houses, she's one rich woman~ It's estimated that the piece of land is valued at at least, get this straight, S$30 million~!!!!!! But I hope she doesn't sell it, ever. Because this is such a priceless piece of heritage, we want to see it live on, and let our children see it too. It is our past, what made Singapore it is today with its towering skyscrapers and amazing architecture. Just 30 years ago Singapore was so kampung~ Gosh we're moving way too fast! 

Keen to visit this place? It's called Kampung Lorong Buangkok, located at Gerald Drive (near Jalan Kayu), off Yio Chu Kang Road. 

There are plans, as URA mentioned, to bulldoze and flatten the land and develop this place. Why? I have no idea. I think the government is bonkers and totally out of their mind if they really do that. Throw me in jail for saying that, I don't care. What I feel is we should preserve this place, instead of getting rid of it. We don't have any more of this left in mainland Singapore, leave it alone! And for those of you who haven't seen it, go. Doors are left unlocked, fruit trees are abundant, and pet cats and dogs are free to roam the place. (Leave Aunty Mui Hong's dogs alone though, they can get quite fiercely protective of their territory.) This place is a gem, in every aspect. 

Oh, and if you do go, say hi to Aunty Mui Hong for me okay?  Tell her the Chinese girl who acted in the Indian show misses her! =D

Remember Your Mosquito Protection Kits!
*~Silver~*

Vyjayanthi @ Singapore's Last Kampung

One of my finds while doing this show - This show has brought me to many places from Lim Chu Kang cemetery to the local farms to a kampung in Singapore city.

Yup, you heard me right. There IS still a kampung around. I'm someone who explores Singapore on my own a lot, and I wonder why I never knew about this place before.

It is SUPER old school!!!! Like, really really kampung!!!! OMGOMGOMG!!!! 

One thing not too fantastic - cat poop and mozzies EVERYWHERE!!!!! ARGH~

 The crew. Super candid weird expressions. Lol~

This is in my hometown - Singapore, okay? Don't play play. Who said we lost our history? =D

p/s. Check out the houses behind!!!!!

 Tying my saree~~~

 still tying~~~

 ...as my dear producer watched on with amusement...

 HEY!!!! ("MMM!!!~~~")

 WAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Yes you can tell it is a very very very very hot day. Life's candid moments. Gayathri, I love you. I do. And I think you look cute here~ ;)

 Director Venga~

 All busy at work. Credits to Malathi for taking these pictures. She's the prettiest AP ever, as I mentioned, and she somehow avoids cameras, so I can't show you how she looks like....

 The bike, my super chio helmet, and my Tamil script. And this weird Chinese girl was standing beside in a saree. Epic.

 With the extras and makeup artist (back) for that day. They were a really fun-loving bunch! =D

Meet Aunty Mui Hong! She always calls me "Thanguhcheeee~~~~" whenever she sees me. Lol. That means 'little sister' in Thamizh (Tamil).

She is one of the owners of this kampung, and the only one still residing there. Her siblings have moved out, so she lives there with her nieces. A carefree lady who can be seen tending to her plants or cycling around the kampung visiting houses, she's one rich woman~ It's estimated that the piece of land is valued at at least, get this straight, S$30 million~!!!!!! But I hope she doesn't sell it, ever. Because this is such a priceless piece of heritage, we want to see it live on, and let our children see it too. It is our past, what made Singapore it is today with its towering skyscrapers and amazing architecture. Just 30 years ago Singapore was so kampung~ Gosh we're moving way too fast! 

Keen to visit this place? It's called Kampung Lorong Buangkok, located at Gerald Drive (near Jalan Kayu), off Yio Chu Kang Road. 

There are plans, as URA mentioned, to bulldoze and flatten the land and develop this place. Why? I have no idea. I think the government is bonkers and totally out of their mind if they really do that. Throw me in jail for saying that, I don't care. What I feel is we should preserve this place, instead of getting rid of it. We don't have any more of this left in mainland Singapore, leave it alone! And for those of you who haven't seen it, go. Doors are left unlocked, fruit trees are abundant, and pet cats and dogs are free to roam the place. (Leave Aunty Mui Hong's dogs alone though, they can get quite fiercely protective of their territory.) This place is a gem, in every aspect. 

Oh, and if you do go, say hi to Aunty Mui Hong for me okay?  Tell her the Chinese girl who acted in the Indian show misses her! =D

Remember Your Mosquito Protection Kits!
*~Silver~*

Hello Diary~

I feel like I haven't really blogged in such a long time, and I'm not proud of it. I used to blog like, almost daily, sometimes even twice a day~ These days I'm finding myself guilty of neglecting this blog I call my inner sanctuary. It's a place I come to vent, to be happy, to record life's greatest moments. And I haven't been visiting my inner sanctuary as much as I would have loved to, for months. Today, I start anew.

So many things have happened this past few months that I really feel blessed. Yes you have seen countless posts of me giving thanks to all of you and all those who have made me, me, but today's post shall be slightly different. I want to be myself today, the Silver Ang that I know from inside.

Have been emotionally upped and thrown down the past few days. I guess with great achievement comes great setbacks along the way too. Vyjayanthi has really made me proud. It was something I never thought I would be given an opportunity to do, but I have been. My business venture is still underway, so fret not, you guys will see it very soon. I'll handle the stress. I will. =)

I've met a really eccentric 'big brother' lately, and I have to "thank" him for all the things that he has done, or may be doing for me in the future. As mentioned, he's a bit eccentric, and though I'm open to all kinds of people, I have my own tolerance levels for eccentricity. And more than once he has crossed the line and made me go into near depression. But never mind, I will settle that soon. And soon everyone can rejoice. Thanks to "Joel" (remember him from some posts long ago?) I am still sane and loved. I am grateful. No one is perfect, and I thank my blessings that he is trying to be the best he can for me. =D


Anyway, enough insight. I want to talk trivia now. For starters, I woke up lao-sai-ing. Kns. Foreseen though, cos I had Level 5 Hotness Buffalo Wings at Buckaroo yesterday. (Buckaroo is at Sembawang Park, Andrews Ave). Really comparable to the seletar one, and it's easier to get to Sembawang Park than seletar airbase for me. My sis wanted to try it. Have only tried Level 2, and jumped to Level 5. Total regret. It's just spicy-hot. Not like sibeh-nice hot. So unless you haven't pang sai for the past week and you need to clear, go take Level 5. If you want to lao sai for a week, take Level 10, if you can stand swollen lips and a painful tongue for at least 1 hour.

Sis, if you are reading this, next time we take Level 3 okay? I scared. Lol.

Alton hasn't ben getting enough coverage on my blog lately too so here's a shot~

He's started having this habit of sleeping in between my chair and the boxes uner my desk. And it annoys me cos I have to watch where I step and I can't roll my chair around in case I kena his leg/tail/fur.

Then my fish. Remember I bought Magic Fish like a month ago? Haven't grow leh. Dunno if it's because I kept shaking the tank due to some cloudy growth at the top layer which looked like dust. Maybe that was for the fish to grow and I cleared it. But I shall wait for another 2 weeks. Don't have I go buy new one and try.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

WAH I STILL REMEMBER MY PETS COURSEBOOK CONTENT!!!! (For the kids reading this now, I think they renamed your primary school English textbook to STEP.)

I did a photoshoot/interview with Manja Magazine a few days back, and you should be able to see me in May's issue (Don't ask me why I seem to be getting more coverage amongst other races and their productions/publications. I don't have an answer either.)

Shooting at Little India. 

See the garland on my right? That's your left. Yah. There were freaking MANY bees in that flower! And I had to meddle with it. I escaped unscathed, thank god. The dress is proudly sponsored by The Design Closet. (their new collection launches tomorrow!) More on that another time. ;) Blue is my lucky colour~ And since this year's fengshui lacks water, I've been wearing blues and blacks a lot.

Saturday I was at Shu Uemura (Taka counter) for the launch party of their Mika Ninagawa collection. Here's a sneak peek at me that day~

Wait for the Shu post sometime this week!

Oh, last 2 episodes of Vyjayanthi this week. Must watch ah~ ;)


OXOXOX (Love my zodiac sign cannot ah?)
*~Silver~*

Hello Diary~

I feel like I haven't really blogged in such a long time, and I'm not proud of it. I used to blog like, almost daily, sometimes even twice a day~ These days I'm finding myself guilty of neglecting this blog I call my inner sanctuary. It's a place I come to vent, to be happy, to record life's greatest moments. And I haven't been visiting my inner sanctuary as much as I would have loved to, for months. Today, I start anew.

So many things have happened this past few months that I really feel blessed. Yes you have seen countless posts of me giving thanks to all of you and all those who have made me, me, but today's post shall be slightly different. I want to be myself today, the Silver Ang that I know from inside.

Have been emotionally upped and thrown down the past few days. I guess with great achievement comes great setbacks along the way too. Vyjayanthi has really made me proud. It was something I never thought I would be given an opportunity to do, but I have been. My business venture is still underway, so fret not, you guys will see it very soon. I'll handle the stress. I will. =)

I've met a really eccentric 'big brother' lately, and I have to "thank" him for all the things that he has done, or may be doing for me in the future. As mentioned, he's a bit eccentric, and though I'm open to all kinds of people, I have my own tolerance levels for eccentricity. And more than once he has crossed the line and made me go into near depression. But never mind, I will settle that soon. And soon everyone can rejoice. Thanks to "Joel" (remember him from some posts long ago?) I am still sane and loved. I am grateful. No one is perfect, and I thank my blessings that he is trying to be the best he can for me. =D


Anyway, enough insight. I want to talk trivia now. For starters, I woke up lao-sai-ing. Kns. Foreseen though, cos I had Level 5 Hotness Buffalo Wings at Buckaroo yesterday. (Buckaroo is at Sembawang Park, Andrews Ave). Really comparable to the seletar one, and it's easier to get to Sembawang Park than seletar airbase for me. My sis wanted to try it. Have only tried Level 2, and jumped to Level 5. Total regret. It's just spicy-hot. Not like sibeh-nice hot. So unless you haven't pang sai for the past week and you need to clear, go take Level 5. If you want to lao sai for a week, take Level 10, if you can stand swollen lips and a painful tongue for at least 1 hour.

Sis, if you are reading this, next time we take Level 3 okay? I scared. Lol.

Alton hasn't ben getting enough coverage on my blog lately too so here's a shot~

He's started having this habit of sleeping in between my chair and the boxes uner my desk. And it annoys me cos I have to watch where I step and I can't roll my chair around in case I kena his leg/tail/fur.

Then my fish. Remember I bought Magic Fish like a month ago? Haven't grow leh. Dunno if it's because I kept shaking the tank due to some cloudy growth at the top layer which looked like dust. Maybe that was for the fish to grow and I cleared it. But I shall wait for another 2 weeks. Don't have I go buy new one and try.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

WAH I STILL REMEMBER MY PETS COURSEBOOK CONTENT!!!! (For the kids reading this now, I think they renamed your primary school English textbook to STEP.)

I did a photoshoot/interview with Manja Magazine a few days back, and you should be able to see me in May's issue (Don't ask me why I seem to be getting more coverage amongst other races and their productions/publications. I don't have an answer either.)

Shooting at Little India. 

See the garland on my right? That's your left. Yah. There were freaking MANY bees in that flower! And I had to meddle with it. I escaped unscathed, thank god. The dress is proudly sponsored by The Design Closet. (their new collection launches tomorrow!) More on that another time. ;) Blue is my lucky colour~ And since this year's fengshui lacks water, I've been wearing blues and blacks a lot.

Saturday I was at Shu Uemura (Taka counter) for the launch party of their Mika Ninagawa collection. Here's a sneak peek at me that day~

Wait for the Shu post sometime this week!

Oh, last 2 episodes of Vyjayanthi this week. Must watch ah~ ;)


OXOXOX (Love my zodiac sign cannot ah?)
*~Silver~*