OK, TOTALLY unofficially. Lulu Guinness doesn’t even know my mother. But when I was given one of her beautiful purses at Christmas this year from my lovely and most generous friend LPJ…

There is a saying in England that people trot out from time to time when men announce any one of the following: that they are running off with their mistress, buying a boat or buying a helicopter or plane (as you do): ‘If it f**ks, floats or flies…hire it.’
On the whole, probably pretty good advice. If, however, you are not of this persuasion then the Singapore Yacht Show is for you.

I’ve been going to see the lymphatic drainage guru that is Sally Hew for an hour a week for about six months now. I first wrote about her here; she’s amazingly skilled at detoxing your system, clearing your skin and really making a difference to how you feel (and, as an added bonus, how you look).
She regularly scolds me for various things each week (in fact this week’s scolding is coming up this evening) including drinking too much red wine, not drinking enough water, not getting enough sleep and so on. Rather annoyingly she does seem to be able to tell. Instantly. Read More

Yup, there really is a leggy blonde English girl who lives in Chip Bee Gardens and who turns all who meet her into golden goddesses.
I first heard about Spray Tanner Hannah (such a great name) when one of my lovely readers commented on a post I’d written about spray – and pray – tans here in Singapore. Read More

I love hawker food and can regularly be heard extolling the virtues of char kway teow (there aren’t any…except for the fact it tastes delicious). However, my confidence in ordering this dish of fried noodles has been well and truly shattered recently after I failed to pronounced teow with a clear enough ‘t’ sound. What I said sounded (according to my friend Mae) like a mixture of ‘char kway chee-aw/char kway gee-aw’. This meant that what I was actually asking for was roast penis.
Nice. Thank goodness it wasn’t for sale and my plate of noodles arrived with only a raised eyebrow.



































