One day, a wittle Fwench Wabbit fwom Pwaris, decided he wanted to visit his furry little fwends in the Lion City.
So he packed his suitcase, kissed his wittle wabbit babies and waved au revoir to Mrs. Wabbit to go far, far away to the other side of the world, for yes, the Lion City where all the other wittle wabbits and fwenchmaids lived was very, very far away.
Wabbit took with him all his gifts for his fwends, and his wittle suitcase with all his wabbit clothes, and boarded an airplane for his wong journey.
Weaving the cold wintery burrows of Pwaris, he eagerly looked forward to the sunny twopical burrows of the Lion City.
He cwossed gweat rivers. He cwossed gweat mountains. He even cwossed gweat oceans on his way to visit his wittle fwends in the Lion City....
And so begins the adwentures of the Fwench Wabbit.... What will the wabbit do in the Lion City? Will he get to meet all his wittle wabbity fwends? Will he get used to the stwange foods of twopical wabbits?
Ohh, nice. =)
ReplyDeleteHey, there are lights in my hair.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you guys had fun!
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, the pictures just don't show up when browsed individually ...
ReplyDeleteI had the same problem as well. Use the slideshow function - that worked for me
ReplyDeletehmmm....still back facing the camera...
ReplyDeleteWomen always show their best sides ... :-P
ReplyDeletehmm... that is why Francios found me back familiar, and with the bits and pieces, he managed to piece me up into... it must have been such a picture... haiz!
ReplyDeleteWell, seeing the centaur in person was like finishing a puzzle... a very rewarding moment !
ReplyDeleteAh-ha! I spot Snowy.
ReplyDelete*sigh* Kit, could you keep this album private ...? Would appreciate it a lot.
ReplyDeletelol. K. Done-ded.
ReplyDeleteMuchos gracias.
ReplyDeleteUpdates on Wabbit's little adwenture.
ReplyDeleteMonday Wabbit visited the Merlion and heard the true legendary tale of how the Merlion came to Singapore and then had dinner with wabbity MKY! Yay!
Tuesday Charlotte took Wabbit to Bras Basah, making Wabbit spend too much green lettuce on too many books! Naughty Charlotte!. Then at night Wabbit's wabbity fwends took him to New Asia Bar at the top of the Swisshotel the Westin! Clap clap clap!
Wednesday night Wabbit made his first forays into Little India and went shwopping at Mustapha Center! Yippee!
... stay tuned for the next Wabbit's Little Adventure in the Lion City!
strange... received this only today...and wa already 13 replies.. not the first time, definitely something wrong with my system.
ReplyDeletenice... browsing again. ;-)
Me naughty??
ReplyDeleteFrancois is the one who is buying the books and he is " losing out of control ". ....Francois, pls clarify.
I confess, I wuld love it were not so, but I have to plead guilty on all counts... After the first buys (Qing commentaries of the Shangshu and Lunyu), Charlotte did try to prevent me to enter the stores, but I insisted that we should come in... so yes, it is all my fault
ReplyDeleteSound very familiar.... and yes, Charlotte do exercise control over her purchase, just that sometimes when she goes overseas, it can get kind of overboard, especially those books you will never get at home... I understand, I had the same experience when I was in Hong Kong, worst still, it cost a bomb, and people are wondering what I am doing with old movie magazines... sigh... they are so valuable... tsk tsk tsk.
ReplyDeleteNo worries Francios, make sure you get to the airport early, and check the books in first, doubt you would face any problems with it... go on, and buy more books, especially those you cannot get in France.
And, yes, it is nice to actually see you in person, now I know the pink wabbit is not very pink yet... we need to get him his costume... AB, what are you ready to chose a new costume for him?
Another update.
ReplyDeleteOur dear wabbit was spotted looking decidedly dashing in suit and tie at GZ's wedding. He has also been to the zoo, tried pepper cwab, tasted duwians and nasi lemak, found that he wuvs beef noodle (dry) and has been doing some pwetty serious shopping for pwesents for Mrs. Wabbit and all the wittle wabbit-kins back home.
What next in our Wabbit's adwenture? Sentosa perhaps?
You left out the games he played, Citadels, Iliade...
ReplyDeleteDue to the heavy gastronomic bombardment ravaged on our Gallic visitor on Saturday night, the valiant efforts of Indonesian cuisine on Sunday noon was unable to make much of an impact. Alas, next time, we must make the effort to do justice to sacred food fit for the gods ...
ReplyDeleteUploaded more photos of the Wabbit.... having seafood.... having durians.... and then there must have been something in the durians or perhaps in the crab dinner because he started acting very girlie and queeny the whole night while playing citadel and was wont to hog the crown the whole time... no wait, maybe its the root beer he kept downing throughout the night....
ReplyDeleteoh wow, someone was the King/Queen most of the time? this is good. Well done... but did he had assassinated most of the time, or was it the Architect who still holds the record for being most assassinated?
ReplyDeleteWait till LJM uploads the video we took of our Citadels session, then you will understand why our French friend is... the Queen.
ReplyDeleteWe will be taking the Wabbit to Sentosa tomorrow morning at 11am (meeting at Vivo city). Anyone who wishes to join us is most welcome.
ReplyDeleteOoooh... this sounds very good... if only I could getaway!
ReplyDeleteAh, so this is zee queenie.... :-)
ReplyDeleteOui. She iz so... "nnfffffff I am zee Queen."
ReplyDeleteHave fun! ;-)
ReplyDeleteok. I'll join you . Meeting at the 3rd level Sentosa ticket office near the Food Republic?
ReplyDeleteLeave your hp on. I haven't decided if I'll drive in or not.
ReplyDeleteok. Francois have my number or u can ask Centaur to sms u my number. Drive in? How many of us?
ReplyDeleteDonno yet. At the moment its just Fransuah, Baobei, myself and you.
ReplyDeleteSo what else did the Fwench Wabbit do?
ReplyDeleteHe went to Siantosa,
He went to the Zoo.
He did it at Haw Par Villa,
He did it while stinky like poo.
He fed us saucisson 'n foie gras,
Which tasted a little like glue.
All over the city,
Our bwave wabbit twamped,
With his camewa,
And humour undamped.
But soon his missed his Pawis,
And all his little, wee wabbits.
And yes, he missed his missus,
And all his Fwenchy habits.
So with a heavy heart,
But with a twinkle in his eye,
He bid farewell to his twopical fwiends,
And boawded the flight back home.
This is Francois favourite piggy. I wonder why? Why don't he choose the Monkey King?
ReplyDeleteSo zee Fwench wabbit returned safely to his burrow in Pawis?
ReplyDeleteSafe and sound, recovering from his Singapore trip. Expect him online anytime now.
ReplyDeleteHe's probably so sick of us that it'll be awhile (oh a year or two perhaps) before he'll show up here again.
ReplyDeleteI better find out where those darn tree-top trails are in Singapore before his next visit ...
ReplyDeleteNo, I'm neither sick of singapore nor of you... but I must catch up with a lot of things I only pretended to do while I was in the Lion City... so, expect to see a little less of me these days.
ReplyDeleteLet's build a list of thing Francois HAS to visit the next time he comes.
ReplyDelete1. Hilltop Walk (from Mt. Faber to Kent Ridge)
2. Changi Boardwalk
3. Pulau Ubin
4. Bintan Seafood
5. Siantosa IR
6. Marina Bay IR
7. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
8. Sungai Buloh Nature Reserve
9. Mt. Faber & Jewel Box
10. Johor Bahru
11. Changi Beach...
12. Kranji War Memorial
13. Singapore History Museum
14. Singapore Flyer
15. Southern Islands (Kusu)
16. etc.
Ah really ah? wow, Francios, you did not go anywhere when you are in Singapore tsk tsk tsk... AB, and Ur, thought you guys are responsible for him jumping from one tree to another... what happened?
ReplyDeleteOh... did I mention we took him to see the neon-lit sights of Geylang? Down the curvy roads we went, along the smooth contours of the sidewalks, barely lit by the dimming evening light, too short, too brief, too tantalising was the encounter, along bouncing bumps and dipping valleys, through the back streets we went... eyes too wide, jaws too slack, breaths too shallow, mouths unusually full of drool...
ReplyDeleteohhh... ummm, then, I truly understand the situation...
ReplyDeleteOui. It was very, very fun! An absolute sensory delight! So yummy, so creamy, so stimulatingly orgasmic.
ReplyDeleteI know, I know.... what do you expect from the experience of eating the durain in the most primitive way?
ReplyDeleteThere was this Tibetan temple at Geylang. Two weeks ago, I went there at 6pm for dinner , there were already a lot of young and sexy girls standing and waiting inside a big car park..If you are a single guy without a lady , they will immediately approach you. There were at least more than 10 of them....
ReplyDeleteohhh.... AB, sounds like you missed a spot... kekeke.
ReplyDeleteThe prettiest (and they really ARE very pretty) are to be found along just one stretch of sidewalk....
ReplyDeletetoo bad they were not standing near us, most likely when they saw woman in the car, they will move away.
ReplyDeleteI managed to see two young and quite pretty girls, wearing shorts, low-cut top and high heels crossing the road near Geylang one morning.
Maybe they start work at 6pm, who knows?
No I am not going anywhere near there, risk of being mistaken as one of them..
ReplyDeletehey next time when francois is in town, got to have a detailed itinerary prepared for him. eg..
1 Nov 2008
7am to 9am. Hilltop Walk (from Mt. Faber to Kent Ridge)
10.30am to 12.30pm Changi Boardwalk
12.30pm to 2pm Lunch at Changi Jetty
2pm to 5pm. Pulau Ubin
?? what is going on here? sigh!
ReplyDeleteIt's called "Appreciating Art". Even better than going to the Singapore Art Museum. It's not only one-off Originals, it's also FREE!
ReplyDeletesigh! I thought it was durian appreciation night, but I guess it became something else...
ReplyDeletehuh? We ARE talking about durians... or at least I am. Ain't the thorny hides of durians with their "seed-bumps" sooo sexy? You can only find the prettiest looking fruits along the centre stretch of Sims Ave.
ReplyDeleteWell, yes, better when u have pretty and sexy looking girls standing by your side and help you to select durians???
ReplyDeleteAnd maybe the durian will taste even nicer??
So, it is still Durian after all, and I am sure you took him to the Mother of all durains yah?
ReplyDeletehey its been a long time I had durians...
ReplyDeleteWhat... and be forced to share my durian with the girl too? Noooo.... don't need extra people to hog my "durian-space".
ReplyDeleteso we know now where is KM's favorite hang-out.
ReplyDeleteah... you wanna to eat durain? maybe should get AB together with the rest and go for a durain party... I know we speak enough about it... we would have a craving for the king of fruits... teeheehee
ReplyDeleteya on lar!
ReplyDeleteumm, this coming weekend can or not? anybody, anything to do? Wait, let me check my calendar first hor .. cannot, have Graduation Ceremony to attend, for my school children... so next week lah.... 24th Nov... ok or not?
ReplyDeleteyou guys have a good durian party, I'm out. Anyway this weeks have talks on ACM ( Thu-Sat )
ReplyDeleteoh... sigh... I am missing it again... 24th got ACM? maybe could go and then, go later for the durian party?
ReplyDeleteno it's this Thursday 15 to Sat 17th
ReplyDeleteah... could not go either... have the Graduation ceremony for the schoolers...
ReplyDeletehaiz, no lah no lah. cannot, cannot, cannot. Not durian season.
ReplyDelete1. too expensive
2. its off-season Thai durian
yikes, so no go... sigh... and I was hoping to see each one of you.. tsk tsk tsk..
ReplyDeleteYeah I cant either.. my mu-qing-da-ren's 60th birthday.. we planned to take her to Long Beach... yes, for chilli crabs (again).. I kinda sick of chilli crabs alreadi.. and no more snow crab. haha!
ReplyDeleteso TM, KM., when is the next durian season?
ReplyDeletehmm... by time ok, I would be flying over to Hong Kong already lah.
ReplyDeletewhen? i thought oct next year?
ReplyDeleteumm... two times next year... one in Feb/Mar, and another time... in Oct... ok call me crazy... anyway someone already beaten all of you to it... Yes... I am crazy...kekeke.
ReplyDeletethats good. u should go, why not? nah you're not crazy, i am.
ReplyDeletewhy you crazy?
ReplyDeletefor fear of flying.................... mad right?
ReplyDelete;-) otherwise today, I would have been to Beijing's Forbidden City, Tibet, Silkroad, Mongolia, JiuZhaiGou, YunNam etc..
haiz.....................................
well you could take the slow boat to China....
ReplyDeleteumm, nope, each one of us have different fears... yup, you kind of missed out on somethings, but hey, like TM KM said, you can always take a slow boat to anywhere.... kekeke.
ReplyDeletehaha! You must be kidding, SM KM. yeah I take bum boat see fire flys.. not bad too. I get to star gaze.
ReplyDeleteI will fly if ET fly with me. ;-P
Oooo..... like Superman and Lois Lane! Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLike what our ancestor, Zhenghe used to do, right.................? How many years he took again to tour around back to China?
ReplyDeletewahahaha!! why didnt i think of that? yeah, step on his toes and fly.........
ReplyDeleteAB whips out his mic and starts crooning.............On A Slow Boat To China, written by Frank Loesser (1910-1969)
ReplyDelete"I'd like to get you
On a slow boat to China,
All to myself alone.
To get you and keep you in my arms evermore,
Leave all your lovers
Weeping on the faraway shore.
Out on the briny
With the moon big and shinny,
Melting your heart of stone.
Darling, I'd love to get you
On a slow boat to China,
All to myself alone."
Wow nice.. really from FL or is it just one of your sentimental moods?
ReplyDeleteNope. It's a real song, and that expression "Get you on a slow boat to China" is a real expression. It was used by US poker players to refer to players who keep losing money at the poker table... ie. the only way to get to China from the US at the time was by boat and it took a loooooong time... so if you keep losing money at the poker tables, they would like to get you on a slow boat to China so they can play with you and keep taking your money all through the journey.
ReplyDeleteZheng He cannot possibly be our ancestor...
ReplyDeleteMaybe he adopted....
ReplyDeleteWell, literally speaking... as long as he is a Chinese.. like we call ourselves tang-ren.
ReplyDeleteArent we all brothers and sisters, brother Ur?
No, no, no! That is not ET's style. Get a bicycle, put ET in the front basket, Moon gets on the bike and start pedalling and before you can say "ET phone home!", up, up you go.
ReplyDeleteDuh! Silly, silly AB! How could I forget! *smacks own head*
ReplyDeleteOoooooouuuuuch...............
haha yeah yeah! XD!
ReplyDeleteHey dont be so hard on yourself! I am fine stepping on ET's toes to fly, for a change, for once. Really!
ReplyDeletegrinnnnn...................!
okie, i gotta fly off now.
ReplyDeleteCheers! ;-)
!!! Your mother is so young?? but... but... how old was she when she had you?
ReplyDeleteYou should bring her to a prata place, get some real food. Enough with the silly crabs.
ReplyDeletehmm, Zhenghe... wasn't he a eunuch?
ReplyDeletehehehe ...yes or maybe not, who knows?
ReplyDeleteah... no eunuch? oh dear me...
ReplyDeletehaha good question, but I guess u already knew the answer.
ReplyDeleteokie now u know my mu-qin-da-ren is 60 this year, and if u do (roughly) know my age, u can easily guess at what age she had me.
Try, guess. Clue is she was definitely a teen when she had me.
oh yeah!!!! shucks I have completely forgotten, completely out of my mind!
ReplyDeletemaybe he was not. ;-P
...and he travelled to far off places leaving a piece of himself behind...
ReplyDeleteIts a family dinner, though I have enough of crabs, my other family members have not... got to respect their choice too.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, its going to be fun! ;-)