Pink lights on the trees in Scotts Road where it joins Orchard road at the heart of Singapore. The centre of Singapore. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
On Monday Feb 13 I was at a wine dinner at the Tanglin Club's group, The Affordable Wine Society. They organizers wondered why they had fewer people than usual? Was it because they were serving white wine, Chardonnay, from France, South Africa, Argentina, and New Zealand?
I reckoned it was because many people, like us decided that they didn't not want to eat out at large, expensive meals with food and wine two nights running. The Tanglin Club has more than 4,000 members, and The Churchill Room restaurant was fully booked for the Valentine's Day evening dinner, costing 188 Singapore dollars (116.50 pounds sterling per couple, which is just over 58 pounds per person), without wine. The price was 228 Singapore dollars including matched wine, which was just over 141 pounds meaning about seventy pounds per person including wine. That was a multi-course meal.
We chose to go to the wine dinner instead. Others might have chosen to opt to go out and splurge on Valentine's Day. We treated our wine dinner as our Valentine's night and I wore hearts in black.
Angela in black heart top. Photo by Trevor Sharot.
Angela in an outfit featuring pink hearts for an online Zoom meeting with the them of love.
A Toastmasters International Club came up with a fun idea for those without a Valentine's Day Date Online
Shein blouse printed with small black hearts.
Tesco shortbread assortment, bought before Xmas 2002, a gift to Angela Lansbury.
DIY Valentine's Day pop card by Angela Lansbury. Heart shaped shortbread biscuit in tin box from Tesco, UK. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
BISCUITS
Tesco heart shaped shortbread biscuit. There were two of these in the box.
I made the card by drawing a heart and filling in the red with a watercolour pencil. You will find them in large stationery departments of book shops, supermarkets, art shops, department stores. I have bought them from Wilko in the UK, WHmith in Brent Cross, Mustafa's in Singapore. See my other posts on watercolour pencils.
TOASTMASTERS THEMED MEETINGS
Un-Valentined - A special meeting for Single Toastmasters who have absolutely no plans for Valentine's Day evening.
Eligibility Criteria:
1. Single
2. Valentine's Day evening plan is to sulk at home
3. Enjoys the company of Toastmasters
Date: 14th Feb 2023
Time: 9 pm (IST) | 3:30 pm (UTC) | 10:30 am (EST)
Zoom Meeting
POETRY MEETINGS
Poetry groups run the theme of Valentines or love.
See Facebook Groups. For example, the Fertile Brains. They have a WhatsApp group.
Useful Websites
Tanglin Club, Singapore
Toastmasters International Find a Club
UK
Berry Bouquets
12 chocolate covered strawberries. Twelve pounds.
USA only- cake petits fours
Box of little cakes in various colours and designs. Picture of cakes' insides on website.
Worldwide
Tesco Recipe
Edible Bouquets
Edible biscuits heart shape
Watercolour pens and pencils
