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I'm not really sure if this is really the way to go for me. I mean, writing the proposal, the only thing that is confirmed is the next 2 years. What about thereafter? Is there a possibility that I will be needed? Or maybe I will be dumped when another brighter one takes on the next 4 years phase? 2 years can be an added experience, but it also can mean advancement in alternative places. Do I have 2 years to lose? I guess I won't really know until after tomorrow friday night when the final event unfolds.

 

"How dreadful...to be caught up in a game and have no idea of the rules." - Caroline Stevermer

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Even after looking at the picture for so many times, I still feel that it's a really nice scene. I think sun-rising and sun-setting has a very calming effect on the mind. Just taking some time off the daily routine to admire the whole process could really help one in destressing. At least that's what I think. Yup, and the other time, my family went to celebrate my sister's bday, and we went to somewhere near the Bird Park to have dinner, and I saw this, the sun-setting scene...

Where to find such pretty pictures in real life right? Here lorh, in Singapore. But you'll have to be at the right place at the right time I guess.

 

Okay, then this is a random picture. The other time we went to a resturant which looked like a mini Japanese market just beside the super nice Japanese bbq place, and tried their salmon and scrimps. The salmon tasted good, but I still like sushi tei's one better because they're much colder and temperature is one criteria that will make it or break it for me. The scrimps are really interesting because they kinda melted in our mouths, something like how ice creams melts in the mouth, but they're not ice cream. It's a dish to try, and try again ;)

Aha! This then is the real ice cream. This shop's ice cream an all time favourate for me (certain flavours only), and I like to put the rainbow toppings which is free flow for customers.

So over the weekends, we went to the zoo! We brought the little one along the excursion and I think she had a blast. It was a really tiring but fun day because me and my sis had to carry the many goodie bags and rush here and there, but it's always fun to see how kids react when they go to the zoo and see the variety of animals for the first time. I remebered during the younger days, my dad also brought us to the family day (which is also at the zoo), and we made friend's with his friend's daughter. In those days, they still had the spider web playground and we could climb up and down the tangled ropes. It was super fun then.



For now, there's still the water playground for kids which is really fun too. And I took this picture in which my niece is super cute! Haha! My sis was helping her to remove the pampers and she was still posing the thumbs up sign and oblivious to the kao-wei-ness of the removal. The playground must be super good!

And here's another shot of them running through the water tunnel. I think this is a very nice shot taken by *waves waves* \o/ Of course, what I won't say is the 99 other shots that 'could have' been taken at the time but not shown, which is of course not true...

And then we had our second helpings at the nearby KFC and b&j, where we witness something interesting. Well, all I can say is that we shouldn't do bad stuff cause we might never know who we will bump into around the corner, esp in Sgp cos it's sooo small. Anyways, it was a fun day at the zoo and I guess we'll be doing this again when the little boy grows older also. The end!

"My parents used to take me to the pet department and tell me it was a zoo" - Billy Connolly

Okay now here's a very good alternative to saving money, heh heh heh.

Anyways, I had fun seeing my sis open the presents, and I think my niece had the most fun too...cause she just imagined (maybe she really believes) that the toys are hers haha...

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We went to this place, kinda centralized but hidden, and tried out their burgers. It's really funny cause it was me who suggested this place, but in the end, it was him who knew more about this place then me. What is this right, chey! Okay, so we ordered 3 courses, one drink and two mains. The drink is really special because they freeze up the tea and serve them in cubes before pouring hot hot water over them. Taste wise, hmmm...not our cup of tea looo...

I ordered the salmon burger & he chose the B burger. The fries are the skinny ones which I don't really enjoy as much as the fat ones. And I chose the original flavour which is really plain, so there's no plus point there. But I had to say the salmon is nice.

Here's the other one...

-----The little fishes with a dollar osyters-----

We also tried a new restaurant at nex because they were having some osyter offer and he wanted to eat back the osyters he missed out on during his ippt gotta-restrain-from-over-eating period, and so we went for this deal. We ate a total of 12 osyters, not really our record but I felt that the osyters tasted weird (he said it was okay). As usual, the salmon dish stood out for me and I chose a char-grilled salmon which tasted really good. He took the yellowfish tuna which looked like steak and misled me on few occasions. But all in all, I still think salmon tasted best sashimi and non-sashimi wise. One interesting thing about this place is that they provide crayons to draw on the paper-covered table. I didn't really know about this concept until he gave me the crayon holder and asked me to doodle, and so I did (see photo below). It was something very basic and necessary at a seafood restaurant. What's more, I drew my missing spoon out too. But I have to say I don't really like the way the paper is placed. Because when it was time to leave, I almost got myself a paper cut trying to maneuver out of the tiny spaces between tables and between the table & my seat. 

Then we walked out of the seafood place and into this dessert place. I don't like yogurt but I don't know why I like this version of "it". It really taste like ice cream to me but I'm not sure why it's advertised as the former. Anyways, I had the usuals with my fav rainbow toppings. Yummy!

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Went to watch a concert not too loong ago (yes actually it happened yesterday only =P) and I think the band was not bad. The opening band wasn't too bad either but I had no idea what words they were singing. The place wasn't super crowded (which was super good) and we stood at the end of the first tier so we wasn't squashed like mad. But there were like the tallest people in front of us sparsely situated which made the whole trying-to-catch-a-glimpse of the band quite tough. Haha, and I found myself jumping exceptionally high during the high points of the songs to try to see whats up in the front (I guess I grew like a few cm taller after the show too). The best of the concert was when the lead came down to mingle with the crowd and did some human wave thing. I think this cannot be experienced in huge scale concert and the personal touch is really a huge plus point. I really like the bracelet entry "tix" they gave too as it will be a good souvenir, better than the paper tickets concerts usually gives. In short, we had fun at the concert =)

And yeah, on top of all the tibits and stickers I koped, I got an additional orh cheh as a souvenir plus some blue-black cream that I had to apply...

It was an interesting experience and I will encourage people to donate at least once to have a feel of how blood donation drives work: the donors who give the extra time to save someone else's life, the free food/lunch you can take after donation (win-win both ways), the cool sticker one can be proud to wear without being judge negatively, and of course the cute sponge souvenirs (which the woman never give me -.-) that they give to donors as an appreciation. So what are you waiting for? Go to a drive and say "I want to donate blood!" today ;)

I'm pretty excited about an event that will be coming up (not that soon, but well, time flies) =D. But on the other hand, my work is draining alot of my mental powers which makes me tired by the end of it all. Of course, I wouldn't want to live my life where I just work and sleep and work and sleep. However, I think my discipline has been lagging because I have been reaching home quite late where my day doesn't end there : I still have to bathe which takes around 20 mins and wait for the hair to dry naturally (about 2hours) or blow dry it (give it 45 mins). So that's a minimum of a one and a half hours before I can proceed to brush my teeth and call it a day. Putting this in mind, the ideal time to reach home will be 9pm where I get just enough time to prepare and sleep a full 7 hours. But in this case, I'll only have 3 hours after work ends and supposedly curfew rime, and 1.5 hours have to be dedicated to travel. This leaves me with what....1.5 hour to get a life? What a joke =( anyways,  I guess I should try to learn how to mange time better and get home earlier cos my parents have not been seeing me for abit now =X well that's all for now, gotta go catch up on the precious sleeping time now. Tata!

Moving on to another heartland (not too sure if this area is considered heartland or not), we came to this restaurant that has a super nice exterior. They have a few branches across the city but we came here because it's on our way home and also the least 'popular' area (= less crowded). Amazingly, we were the first customers for dinner time for the day, although the restaurant didn't get overcrowded over the time we were there too. It was definitely a good thing because we managed to get our grills changed quite regularly which makes the meat much nicer to eat! Being a fussy me, changing of the grills is actually one of the significant factor that affects my consideration whether to go back to the place again or not. So this place, is definitely a go-back-to place in terms of grill management. Of course, service is another thing and this place has really good service (he says), which I agree although I find it quite weird having 2 person stand by the table throughout the whole meal. Although this also translates into a never empty water cup, which is good in a way ;) One thing which is not favorable is the steep pricing of the meats. We ordered over a $100 worth of food, so I think the basic fare for one will be not below $50 for a decent meal. But what you pay for is what you get I guess, cause this has got to be the best bbq (perhaps even meal) that I have ever eaten in ma life! Every piece of meat that we got was really good looking and delicious tasting *yums* man! See, I even went to search for the Japanese delicious word because it's that good!

On another hand, I also liked the design and classic black & white concept because it makes everything look so classy and atas. The only things not black and white are the charcoal and meats, which also comes in intricately cut slices (yes! the charcoals too!) that makes it feel like the whole thing was prepared with alot of heart, and maybe that's why they taste and cook so good too! Heh heh heh...So the first thing we got was a trial platter. Yep you read it right, it's a trial only. I don't understand how do people trial this amount, and decide to call the main platter, and then still go on to call other types of food. Won't full one meh?

Moving on, we got to eat beef tongue - I dubbed the most dangerous dish of the meal. Most of the time when I was eating, I didn't really know its my tongue or the beef's, so that's why I think it's a really dangerous dish. Order on your own risk. The taste was unique though, maybe just be careful can already.

This dish is interesting in a way that I have never eaten bacon that looked like this before. All the bacon I ate before came as long this slices, which are exact opposites of these small fat chunks below. I find them rather peppery for my liking, but luckily (as mentioned above), I didn't worry at all because I could drink all the water I need. *thumbs up*

The following 2 dishes came from pigs so they aren't exactly beef, but other than that, that taste really good too! This next dish is pretty interesting to eat and the waitress told us that they are taken from the pig chins-area and is quite thick. It's called smth smth smth jowl.

The last meaty dish is this, although I can't rmb the name of it, but I remembered that they're thin slices and abit hare to cook. Okay to eat and my least favourite of the lot though.

 Aha! There's this very cool lemon squincher that is available there too!