[AMA] I am a Singaporean Woman

[Claire]

No worries.

I believe that there several individuals on this Forum who referes to Leong Sam as "Boss", so I am trying to address him as "Boss".

May be I will consider calling him Sam or the Administrator.

I used to be very blunt, but as I grow older, but not necessarily wiser, sometimes, I will sleep on it, and it usually becomes less of an issue.

No worries Charlie. I was just thinking and verbalising it aloud as I wrote my reply to you just now

 

[Claire]

wait till you get to know tonychat

Long, I seriously do not find anything wrong with Tony. Well, men are men and they are expected to misbehave and jump to false conclusions. His cancer videos are informative. In fact, (while I did not really sit down and watch them) my dad sent me an sms earlier today to say they were good.

 

[Agoraphobic]

Nothing against Tonychat, but s/he comes across as a deranged person. S/he is full of hate. S/he hates Singaporeans, s/he hates the elected government, s/he hates meat-eaters, s/he likes ladyboys, and has an national identity crisis, sometimes he's Ozzie, sometimes Thai, but many people here say s/he's from Johore. I don't think s/he is misbehaving, I think s/he need psychiatric help.

Cheers!

Long, I seriously do not find anything wrong with Tony. Well, men are men and they are expected to misbehave and jump to false conclusions. His cancer videos are informative. In fact, (while I did not really sit down and watch them) my dad sent me an sms earlier today to say they were good.

 

[Claire]

Nothing against Tonychat, but s/he comes across as a deranged person. S/he is full of hate. S/he hates Singaporeans, s/he hates the elected government, s/he hates meat-eaters, s/he likes ladyboys, and has an national identity crisis, sometimes he's Ozzie, sometimes Thai, but many people here say s/he's from Johore. I don't think s/he is misbehaving, I think s/he need psychiatric help.

Cheers!

Well, I am not defending him as I really do not think that he is so significant for me to despise him (at the moment). I generally ignore them if they become a pest to me, in real life and online as well. He is entitled to his views. If I don't agree, I either respond, and if I am busy, I just ignore.

In a real life scenario, if someone at work is being a pest, I just walk away and ignore them. So it is the same when I am online.

 

[zhihau]

I am sure you are overrating the need for a man to have a woman who knows how to cook.

You've surely underestimated our love for good food.

 

[Charlie99]

Poomer, if you intend to ask me if I am still a virgin, I can tell you - NO.

I had a boyfriend in university days. As we graduated and started work, he went to a small company, while, because I am a second-upper honours graduate, I joined a bigger and reputable company. I think income disparity became a "touchy" point for him and we drifted, though I really did not mind paying for meals (which I did) and did not expect expensive gifts from him. Maybe he had an inferiority complex, but I certainly did not have a superiority complex.

If you asking whether I did slept with him before, I did. Nothing to be ashamed about as we are all adults.

Following the breakup, I enjoyed a couple of years of singlehood and through introduction from some of my girlfriends, I got to know a Brit. Well, it lasted for half a year as I do not subscribe to the "western" kind of culture and food. I am a typical Asian girl who enjoys local Asian dishes. Perhaps, its my grandma and mother's cooking which I enjoy most, and hence my orientation towards Asian culture and music.

Nonetheless, having a Brit as a boyfriend was an eye-opener, not only for myself but for my girlfriends who came to know about it. They will ask me the most inane questions - for instance if he was better in bed; if he is rich and the most stupid of all conclusion is that I can become a UK passport holder through marriage with him.

Anyway, it did not work out as there were too many cultural differences. Perhaps, I have a strong character that he cannot accept.

Wildest thing I have done, I am not sure which angle you are coming from. If you are referring to the intimate angle, well, I have done what couples usually do. I guess there is no need for specifics unless you have a fetish for such information.

I am single because I have decided to concentrate on my career. Maybe someone will come along, maybe not. It is fate. What is mine will be mine and what isn't will never be.

I hope it answer your questions

Frank and forthright.
I hope you will find a gentleman who is caring and compassionate, and working at a comparable income to yours.
It will not be easy to have the opportunity to meet eligible men who are single and in your age group, and who meet your criteria.

 

[po2wq]

You've surely underestimated our love for good food.

best cooks r usually men ...

 

[zhihau]

best cooks r usually men ...

Our friend here said it that she cooks well mah :p:p:p

 

[rocket]

Hi claire...
U by any way know ah meng n flozzy?

 

[Claire]

You've surely underestimated our love for good food.

All of us whether men or women love good food. I really do not see the need to gain "proprietorship" over men likes good food while women don't.

best cooks r usually men ...

Our friend here said it that she cooks well mah :p:p:p

I have to agree with po2 that men are better cooks in food service industry. The best chefs are men.

However, if you are talking about home cooked food, I believe men and women are equally good. I once went for a cooking lesson and the instructor told me that men are better cooks because they are more process driven. The ability to prepare the ingredients well and the well thought plan on how to cook the dish and present it.

So I have trained myself likewise. For instance, if I do a steamed cod fish, I will structure the process in my head - codfish to be marinated with ShaoShing wine, chopped my spring onions into thin long curly stripes: prepare the dripping sauce - sugar, light soy sauce, shaoshing wine, water, and white pepper. Then I will steam the cod fish for 10mins, drained. Heat up the drip sauce to boiling and pour over the fish and garnish with the thinly sliced spring onion. I get a restaurant style dish.

 

[Claire]

Frank and forthright.
I hope you will a gentleman who is caring and compassionate, and working at a comparable income to yours.
I will not be easy to have the opportunity to meet eligible men who are single and in your age group, and who meet your criteria.

Charlie, thanks. As I said, it is fate. No point chasing what is not mine. Again, it must be lunch time for you in Toronto. So what's for lunch today?

 

[Charlie99]

All of us whether men or women love good food. I really do not see the need to gain "proprietorship" over men likes good food while women don't.





I have to agree with po2 that men are better cooks in food service industry. The best chefs are men.

However, if you are talking about home cooked food, I believe men and women are equally good. I once went for a cooking lesson and the instructor told me that men are better cooks because they are more process driven. The ability to prepare the ingredients well and the well thought plan on how to cook the dish and present it.

So I have trained myself likewise. For instance, if I do a steamed cod fish, I will structure the process in my head - codfish to be marinated with ShaoShing wine, chopped my spring onions into thin long curly stripes: prepare the dripping sauce - sugar, light soy sauce, shaoshing wine, water, and white pepper. Then I will steam the cod fish for 10mins, drained. Heat up the drip sauce to boiling and pour over the fish and garnish with the thinly sliced spring onion. I get a restaurant style dish.

Perhaps, you may wish to add dried mushrooms, and cilantro or Chinese parsley.

 

[Claire]

Perhaps, you may wish to add dried mushrooms, and cilantro or Chinese parsley.

Oh yes. I forgot. You must be a pretty good cook yourself. I do add cilantro but I have an aversion to mushrooms, primarily because I find it hard to digest.

 

[Charlie99]

Charlie, thanks. As I said, it is fate. No point chasing what is not mine. Again, it must be lunch time for you in Toronto. So what's for lunch today?

Today, I will make Italian made pasta, with some strained tomatoes (almost like a tomato sauce) from Italy.
Then fry some sliced zuchinni, red and yellow peppers, diced onions and minced or chopped garlic with basil, oregano, paprika (powder) ground red, white and black pepper corns, with some left over grilled boneless and skinless chicken breast.

p.s. from my earlier post, the word "find" is missing from "you will find a gentleman"

 

[Claire]

Today, I will make Italian made pasta, with some strained tomatoes (almost like a tomato sauce) from Italy.
Then fry some sliced zuchinni, red and yellow peppers, diced onions and minced or chopped garlic with basil, oregano, paprika (powder) ground red, white and black pepper corns, with some left over grilled boneless and skinless chicken breast.

p.s. from my earlier post, the word "find" is missing from "you will find a gentleman"

Yummy. But I can only take such food once in a while. It is not that I dislike western, perhaps I feel that Asian cooking requires more effort and hence the taste is more diverse and delightful as compared to western cuisine. Well, it is just my own likes and dislikes, just me

 

[Charlie99]

Yummy. But I can only take such food once in a while. It is not that I dislike western, perhaps I feel that Asian cooking requires more effort and hence the taste is more diverse and delightful as compared to western cuisine. Well, it is just my own likes and dislikes, just me

At our home, I prepare dinner for six (spouse and four children: daughter, son, daughter and son), and I have to prepare food so that those children who have allergies, are able to eat it, or sometimes, I have to prepare two kinds of pasta, or different food. I am the only person of "pure Chinese" descent, and accordingly, have grown used to eating mostly "Western" cuisine, although they do not mind non-Western cuisine, except that we seldom eat rice, may be one cup of uncooked rice a week.

 

[takashi]

Unable to determine at this time,
and may not be, unless there is other correspondence or meeting in person.

May I ask again, would YOU like to meet "Claire" in real life? :p

And because:

It will not be easy to have the opportunity to meet eligible men who are single and in your age group, and who meet your criteria.

would you like to be the:

...gentleman who is caring and compassionate, and working at a comparable income to yours.

 

[po2wq]

... if I do a steamed cod fish, I will structure the process in my head - codfish to be marinated with ShaoShing wine, chopped my spring onions into thin long curly stripes: prepare the dripping sauce - sugar, light soy sauce, shaoshing wine, water, and white pepper. Then I will steam the cod fish for 10mins, drained. Heat up the drip sauce to boiling and pour over the fish and garnish with the thinly sliced spring onion. I get a restaurant style dish.

alamak! ... u never use ginger ...

 

[eatshitndie]

At our home, I prepare dinner for six (spouse and four children: daughter, son, daughter and son), and I have to prepare food so that those children who have allergies, are able to eat it, or sometimes, I have to prepare two kinds of pasta, or different food. I am the only person of "pure Chinese" descent, and accordingly, have grown used to eating mostly "Western" cuisine, although they do not mind non-Western cuisine, except that we seldom eat rice, may be one cup of uncooked rice a week.

your kids still require you to cook? i have the impression that all your kids are grown up and out of the house.

 

[Claire]

At our home, I prepare dinner for six (spouse and four children: daughter, son, daughter and son), and I have to prepare food so that those children who have allergies, are able to eat it, or sometimes, I have to prepare two kinds of pasta, or different food. I am the only person of "pure Chinese" descent, and accordingly, have grown used to eating mostly "Western" cuisine, although they do not mind non-Western cuisine, except that we seldom eat rice, may be one cup of uncooked rice a week.

Charlie, you certainly sound "domesticated" (Sorry, no offence intended, but my ex-Brit boyfriend is a good cook as well).

As for rice, I do avoid it as well for obvious reasons.