What do you get when you put 3 Ting sisters (and a Wong) together?

---A bad case of indigestion, IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) detected, an ongoing cough and totally broke from shopping from the last 2 days in Singapore.

If anyone has ever been to Singapore, you'll understand that 3-4 days stopover for shopping and eating is sufficient. And with the Tings and Wong being here, that was just the plan, not forgetting that the meals were planned at least 3 weeks before arrival. The few days started out with an extensive selection of yum cha at Takashimaya's Imperial Treasures (Nan Bei), which included peking duck, soya chicken, white carrot yam dumplings and 'siao long bao'.

An afternoon spent shopping and into the evening, dinner of Singapore's local 'tze cha' (cooked dishes) with 16 friends. Pepper crab...finger-licking good!

Followed bythe next day of breakfast at Tiong Bahru market, more shopping and a huge Penang buffet dinner at Penang Palace Restaurant all the way out in Jurong for ONLY S$20.80 (A$16) !!! It's worth the 'long' (in Singapore terms) 30 minute drive.

All this time we've been staying with Mark and Patsy's place in Balmoral Park. They have been extremely hospitable - Pats who continuously (force) feeds us with local delights, Ben and Jerry's ice cream and leftover champagne in the fridge; Mark(with much difficulty) who ended up hanging up all our washed (tasteful, transparent) undergarments. Anyone who can handle the Tings (not Wong) in the full three-fold capacity deserves much recognition.












Off to Kuching, Malaysia to join Daddy and Mummy Ting and the other extended Tings and Chews.