La Mariposa @ 35 Mangis Road 424970 by Lakeview-LR Pte Ltd

[Cecil Lee]

A new kid on the block...

Within Joo Chiat and bordering between Tanjong Katong and Katong..

What is unique about this area are the roads named after tropica fruits: rambutan, langsat etc... 

(Below) Photo taken along Still Road.. whilst I have a leisurely morning brisk walk... "makan anging". (Malay = eating air.. Lol...)

By the way... Katong is where I live.. Lol...

[Cecil Lee]

A small development with only 17 units. Freehold.

Expected T.O.P. is in 2022. Period 8, Flying Star Feng Shui.

The plot is odd shaped and there is also a straight path coming from Joo Chiat Lane...

****** Location, location, location: 2.5 Stars *******

********* Site Plan:  3 Stars *********

 

[Cecil Lee]

Case Study: Whats in a name? Plenty...

Google for La Mariposa yields:-

a. Hotel La Mariposa Costa Rica (Manuel Antonio)
b. Hotel La Mariposa Maritius

Apparently, this hotel chain has a facebook page...

P.S. Costa Rica is known for its beaches, volcanoes and biodiversity.

No, it does not belong to USA. It is a sovereign nation in Central America. It shares a border between Nicaragua and south of Panama.

[Cecil Lee]

Case Study: Aiyoh! Not too late to change the name to Grand Mangis, lah!

La = "That one" in Italian

Mala = This word is composed of a combination of two Mandarin characters 麻 = numbing and  麻 spicy (hot).  Mala goes together with the word sauce = Mala sauce = this flavours the food with a combination of Sichuan peppers and dried chilli peppers. In recent years, many local food courts and kopitiams sell this dish.

Puasa = Malay word for fasting..

Thus this elderly lady calls her new condo: "That spicy one .. so better puasa, instead" Huh?

P.S. Si-beh (Hokkien) means "a crude way of describing" Very difficult

[Cecil Lee]

O'Dear.. mum's missing, again!

 

See lah! Until I now write wrongly! Should be pronounce.. LOL

[Cecil Lee]

"As your commission Agents, we also rejoice for US! (Ourselves)" Lol..."

[Melon]

Is the feng shui good. It’s beside a new church. 

[Cecil Lee]

Less common Yellow variety of rambutans… usually is red

 

Bottom of photo is the Duku fruit…

Duku fruit still fresh… as often just a few hours later has a blackish bruise colour…