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27/8/2006: "tanjong pagar + chinatown walk, and more things to read"
Courtesy of CW, this info nugget on where sesame seeds come from. (If I were stuck answering a question on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire", there's nobody I'd rather call.)
An annual herb, Sesamum Indicum, cultivated in Central and South America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Several varieties are known, growing 50-250 cm high and bearing small purplish flowers. The seeds are used in confectionary and as food flavouring. Oil extracted from the seeds is used as a cooking and salad oil and in margarines and other products; the residue (sesame cake) is used as cattle feed. Family: Pedaliaceae.
Went to MAAD, the artists' market place at Red Dot design museum, today. Some promising stuff, but on the whole, the "art pieces" are a little too commercially oriented. Yet, despite this, and unlike the youth market behind Orchard Cineplex I browsed through, nobody really seems to be buying anything at MAAD.