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Okay this place is quite near my house, but I didn't try this restaurant until that day. The food was...let's start with the ribs and chicken first: the ribs were quite good, and the chicken tasted soft and tender. Potato was nice too. Hence, the double meat meal was not too bad. Butt! the nachos were quite terrible to me as I expected some crunchy, crispy crackers. It came out as soft, soggy biscuits joined together by the cold melted cheese. Eww. Photo doesn't look too bad, but erm, never again.

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Actually this wasn't backdated but it came last so I'll just follow the format heh heh...We ate at Sushi Tei again!! Whee, love the salmon here, and we ordered a double up salmon sashimimi. Looks good, taste good! Good good good! Type until my salmon craving is back already. Okay, let's stare at the yummy pictures now...

This time, we ordered the don too. I wasn't really paying much attention to the don so I can't really rmb how it tasted. Should be not too bad, but the salmon was just awesome to turn my attention away from. (*tada* the salmon appeared as backdrop for this photo too!)

Another salmon try and it was great! The top layer looks solid, butt actually it's a sauce made from roe. It's an interesting dish and I would love to eat it again! with the salmon sashimimi! Nom!

And we ended the date with our fav ice cream again, and I artified the image to make it look cooler heh heh heh...

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!

-----the Maine thing-----

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!

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It's always been that way and I doubt it'll change anytime soon. It's just so disappointing that it is happening again and it has already happened for so long. I still thought you were a nice person, now I know you appear to be one with your empty words where the actions never follow through. People say that these kind of stuff happen. Thought it could be different. Sadly after starting and experiencing it myself, it isn't and maybe you're worse than what they say;

 

Have you ever been in a place where you don't really know what you're doing? Well, I'm in that place right now. Actually, I knew what I wanted to do a long time ago, before I made (stupid) choices. Now, it may never be achievable again because of my circumstances. Can't totally blame the circumstances too, because my mind also faltered along the way. The urge is not as strong now, but if I could do it all over again, maybe I would have done it another way. For now, it could be the next nearest thing to it, but unless something starts to progress, it seems like a bleak place to be in. Perhaps the conventional choice is really the better choice;

 

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His lungs are strong. He's a hungry little one. Say hi to my nephew!

Ever since my first volunteer work, I can't rmb any once have I felt unhappy doing it. I believe that people who do not have the most are always the ones who appreciate the most - because they've lived the worse, and they know what is it like to have something, to even not have something. It's not everything you have means its good. Sometimes, when you don't have, it's better. Take for example, if you don't have to worry about getting a job you like, if you don't have to face bullying, if you don't have to worry about anything. This may be why I like helping them, cause they appreciate what you've done for them, and it really shows. They are much more sensitive towards others, much more thouhtful when the others don't even bother to think more about what they just blabber out of their mouth or commit an action. And more often than not, they don't expect reciprocation. They are okay with always being there when you want them to, but they don't expect you to be there when they want you to. From another perspective,  it could be because you feel they need and want you there, more than whatever place you could be at. Why would you stay at a place where there is no need of you, and not be at another where whatever you can contribute and help in another persons life. Honestly,  I don't find anything more satisfying than helping people, maybe perhaps doing something arty farty. Sometimes I dunno why I'm doing this, sometimes I dunno why I'm doing anything I'm doing at all. Anyway, its an internal conflict which only I can solve in time to come. Please don't dictate my life, I'm me, not you.

" if you want to do something that you want to hide, perhaps you can spare the extra effort to do it more discretely." - karma's a bitch

And the name says it all...

-----I went to a pub!-----

Okay, more like "pub" because it's not the drinking kind of place, more like an adaptation of it. The ambiance makes its quite homely and feels like we're overseas (although I have nv gone to an overseas pub before). Overall, the food was quite surprising and nice. It's quite ex too, with a set meal costing up to $60+. But they had the one-for-one offer and he bought the coupon, so just try lorh! haha =)

The appetizer : bread with special sauce which tasted quite nice

Ah! I like this : Salmon in a rose shape (the plate design is quite nice too)

The main thing : I like the potatoes best =P

-----the small meal----

Haha, we went back here because we had the wanna-eat-but-don't-wanna-eat-too-much kind of feeling again, and because we didn't had to order full meals, this place will be a good place to satisfy our tummys. This time round, we tried the polo buns. They're quite nice, crispy outside and meaty inside. But the only thing I didn't really like was that it wasn't hot from the oven. They're meant more for the takaways, so mass produced and place at the display there we guess...it's a good try though.

Since we don't come here often, we decided to get the things we haven't ordered before. Hence, we ordered the fried thingys (shiet i forgot what are they), and the yew char kway wrapped in chee jiong fan skin. The fried one is nice. Wouldn't order the yew char kway thingy again though, not that it's not nice, but it feels weird eating it that way and we can get the nice yew char kway under a dollar at elsewhere too.

Double boiled chicken soup. Hmmm it's not bad butt..I prefer the crystal jade one better =X

-----one month liao-----

Yes, it's been one month already. Money has been exchanged. And what comes in, will go out. But this is a happy lost I guess, cos' I get to eat them good food too! Yummy! 

-----tei & sushi-----

Recently, I had some salmon craving. It's a really expensive craving when a piece can cost up to $1.90 and you need much much much moore than a single piece to satisfy your craving. So one thing led to another and we ended up at this sushi place again. Here, we sat teppanyaki-style beside the chefs preparing the meals. It's actually not too bad this way cause firstly, we get to skip a queue, secondly, we get the freshest meat cause they will prepare and serve us directly (save the time taken to wait for the waiters/waitresses to get the orders and walk to our table), and finally, it's my first time sitting this way (although its not the authentic teppanyaki meal but it's good enuf!). Quite awkward at first cause it's not only a one-way customer stare at chef, but a two way thing. But along the way, I learned that the way to go, is to stare at the sashimi meat instead.

And to satisfy the salmon crave, we ordered mostly salmon dishes. I was still craving for salmon after that though...the troubles of a person with big stomach =/

-----tang lai liao-----

Need smth to fill your stomach for awhile but don't wanna wait for too long? Soup is the way to go. I still like home-cooked soups better though...

-----furniture food-----

Guess where we ate? Yes, ikea of course. The meatballs meal : made up of countless meatballs with side dishes such as chicken wings, mushroom soup, ebi sandwich, broccoli & of course, sa-sa-salmon. I seriously need a salmon buffet. (x.x) 

The End! That's all foods!

Yesterday, I went for a run in a super loong time, and it felt good. I didn't tire as easily like in the past which is quite surprising. I was also prepared for legs to be aching badly today but it didn't happen, and so I thought today was gonna be a good day....until this happened -.- There I was, taking the shuttle bus to my destination, and still thinking of whether or not to have breakfast before heading to my office when it happened. I alighted from the bus found my phone neither in my jacket pockets, nor in my pants pocket! It wasn't in my bag pocket either *lost*. Then I turned and I saw the bus driving away. ". . ." were the only thoughts I could think of at that moment because I tried seeing the but plate number but it was already too far gone. *PANIC ATTACK STARTS HERE* I sorta walk-jogged to my office and immediately dialed my number. I was thinking luckily my phone is password protected because the chances of it being not-returned will be reduced as the picker might give up hacking the phone and stuff. (Everyone rmb to password lock your phone ah!) The labtec gave me a number to call to report lost & found and when I called it, the speaker says she's under maintenance, and the lost  & found personnel can only be contacted after 830am by calling the same number. wts. I'm trying to get back my phone asap to avoid all the trouble of tracing and they're saying "sorry we can't help you until working hours". So things don't get lost on non-working hours? Why do school starts at 8am then? -.- Okay back to the part where I password-protected my phone, I recalled that I could answer calls w/o needing to unlock my phone. So I starting my call-my-own-number-spamming system using the office phone.Thank goodness someone picked up ah! I quickly contacted her and went to find her to get back my phone (thank you stranger!). Phew! It was a really bad experience. I rmbed I lost my phone once during the undergrad days on a public bus, and luckily it was also a student who picked it up & from the same school also, making the collection easier. Heng ah. Okay so in short, it's always good to: password-lock phone, put phone at places where it won't drop (like tight pockets where you can feel the presence of the phone), and if worse comes to worse, lose the phone only in school-related places cos you're more likely to get it back in that case. In some lost cases, it's actually quite interesting because the loser turned the event around to target the steal-er like in this case, a guy stole a tourist's phone and began taking images with it (read the link, it's a 'live' blog and it's really interesting). At the age of internet and connectivity, everything online or photographerble is no longer a secret. What's more, there's auto-sync function and some cloud in the air which has the capacity to store so much information. Takeaway point here, is return what you found. We don't lose anything, we'll help someone and better still we'll have good karma ;)

Alright, enuf of that. Here's one interesting article I read on yahoo news (here's the way I read it) :

Your brain is Team Coco(a) Click here to go to article

Harvard Medical School researchers published a study this week that suggests your brain may crave chocolate as much as your mouth does, especially as you get older.

Seniors that drank two cups of hot cocoa a day not only improved their times on memory tests, they saw an increase in blood flow to the brains of some of the participants who'd had decreased flow to start. Decreased blood flow is one of the hallmarks of a variety of cognitive diseases, such as Alzheimer's; reversing it can only mean good things for your grey matter.

Unfortunately the exact link between brain health and chocolate needs a lot more study before we'll get the green light from our doctors to go on a hot cocoa binge. Until then, cocoa flavanols — the primary suspect in chocolate's brain boosting ability — have already been demonstrated to help control blood pressure and improve cardiovascular health.

That'll have to satisfy our cravings for justification for now.

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Awesome! I guess it's time to schedule chocolate drinking into my daily routine...okay then, I'll end this post with a chocolatey statement "My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished 2 bags of M&M's and a chocloate cake. I feel better already." - Dave Barry

*scribble scribble* must go back finish tub of chocolate ice cream, sea shell chocolates, chocolate nuts...*scribble scribble*