It was just two lovers Sittin’ in the car, listening to Blonde Fallin’ for each other Pink and orange skies, feelin’ super childish No Donald Glover Missed call from my mother Like, “Where you at tonight?” Got no alibi
I was all alone with the love of my life She’s got glitter for skin My radiant beam in the night I don’t need no light to see you
Shine It’s your golden hour (oh) You slow down time In your golden hour (oh)
We were just two lovers Feet up on the dash, drivin’ nowhere fast Burnin’ through the summer Radio on blast, make the moment last She got solar power Minutes feel like hours She knew she was the baddest, can you even imagine Fallin’ like I did?
For the love of my life She’s got glow on her face A glorious look in her eyes My angel of light
I was all alone with the love of my life She’s got glitter for skin My radiant beam in the night I don’t need no light to see you
Shine It’s your golden hour (oh) You slow down time In your golden hour (oh)
As a Singaporean we are truly blessed. Our country is an anomaly on our planet. The safety, the peace, the prosperity, the multicultural integration, comparatively to the rest of the world it’s utopia.
However, within our society there are still those we struggle, those with needs. Our intellectually disabled, our homeless, our dysfunctional families, our lower income families who still have to battle with health and putting food on the table.
Me as auctioneer explaining the minimum wage in Singapore
2 years ago, with a bunch of friends we started LittleRedDrop a non-commercial wine community and now we have > 450 members and many are meeting up regularly to share wine and enjoy time friendship.
One of our members Kenneth felt as a community we are truly blessed and came up with the idea to run a charity drive within our community. After months of planning and several meetings with a small working committee including Angela, Bee Leng and myself, we pulled it off last night at 8.8 LRD Gives Back event at Porters Restaurant & Bar.
Everyone who came donated at least a bottle of wine and some even donated an entire case of wine. 27 came for the charity auction dinner and bided for the wines. Our target was $40,000 and since it was Singapore’s 57th National Day, we thought a stretched target of $57,000 would be nice.
We tried to take a group photo but to fit 27 people was kinda hardEveryone had a good timeHandsome dudesBeautiesCharming guysCHEERS!CHEERS!
With the generosity of the community we managed to donate on the spot through Giving.sg to several Charities in Singapore and donated $64,355. The morning after we had a few more donations and we landed at a final number of $65,050!!! How nice as Singapore is +65 and our independence was 1965.
Table 1Table 2Table 3Table 4
We donated to Singapore National Eye Centre, Autism Resource Centre, Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore, Babes Pregnancy Crisis Support, Animal Concerns Research & Education Society, Transient Workers Count Too, Clarity Singapore, Cancer Research, Epworth Community Services, World Vision, HealthServe, New Hope Community Services, TOUCH Community Services and more.
Auctioning an Italian 1970 Borgogno
It was such a meaningful way to celebrate Singapore by giving back to the needy amongst us. I’m truly blown away by our small wine community and their generosity. All I can say is a big thank you to all our generous donors.
At the end of the night there was simple too many empty bottles. lol.Work mode. I can’t even remember what I drank. I know my table did blind tastings but I can’t remember anything. The focus was on driving the number up.Final tally of donations amount
So Singapore Happy Birthday. Happy National Day. Maybe, just maybe 2023 we will do it again. Cheers! ðŸ·
How fast time passed. Our little wine community turned 2 end of April 2022 and it is awesome how many new friends I’ve managed to get to know. I think I’ve probably got to know at least 50 new friends. Some I’ve drank with at least 10 times now.
Here are some really nice group photos of the community coming together sharing good wine, good food and even better company.
Crab NightSteph’s Birthday at House of Peranakan PetitSteph JioKenneth JioLast minute Wednesday night at That Wine PlacePraelum NightAmerican Night at Rose Mead100 Pointer NightFirst Park90 for Pearl and AndrewFIRST GROWTH NIGHT!2021 year End Party at ArmouryMeeting Betty and RyanPearl Jio90s NightLRD at Wee’s Family Coffee ShopRhone night at Wah LokFirst LRD night at our place Fried Hokkien NoodlesChristmas 2020 at Empire also Pearl’s first LRD night
My wife is a great cook and for her special day this year, I decided that I needed to make it real special. She always cook for the family and also for lots of our friends as we love to host so I engaged Elizaa from sugarwhim and shared with her my desire to have a really special cake that really represents my wife Pearl.
After sharing with Eliza from sugarwhim about the favourite brand my wife loves in the kitchen, she got to work.
The outcome was SPECTACULAR! The attention to detail, the gradients, the rustic-ness really made it look like a real cast iron pot and the decorations around it was made of white chocolate and fondant.
That night I also surprised my wife as I secretly invited our close neighbours to come and celebrate this special day and mini party with her. But because of the government regulations of only being able to have 5 guests, I could not get a few more of our close friends to join us that night to share in the fun and celebration. Everyone loved the cake. It was Earl Grey and Honey, not too sweet and have a good texture when you eat it.
My wife’s birthday is a month long and she have received MANY cakes over the past week, I’m just glad the cake I got for her really stood out amongst the other cakes. lol…
One man on an island One drop in the sea All it takes to set a wave in motion
Is a single word, an action A hope that we can be The change that we’ve been longing to see
For our home, our land, our family It’s all within our reach
See this island, every grain of sand Hear this anthem, it’s the voices of our friends Come whatever on the road ahead We did it before, and we’ll do it again
When the moments turn to hours And the day’s last light is gone Look around us always and remember
There were times we were uncertain But we just kept walking on It’s always darkest just before the dawn
See this island, every grain of sand Hear this anthem, it’s the voices of our friends Come whatever on the road ahead We did it before, and we’ll do it again
Our home, the home we share Where the garden always grows toward the light Though the road ahead is daunting, I know we’re gonna be alright
See this island, every grain of sand Hear this anthem, it’s the voices of our friends Come whatever on the road ahead We did it before, and we’ll do it again
