tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29970499667914221722024-03-13T09:50:36.622+00:00My CrAzY thoughts.... ^^V~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.comBlogger406125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-58516873725456696022021-06-27T13:30:00.002+01:002021-06-27T13:31:45.555+01:00Partially Vaccinated<p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;">18 June 2021</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So I've gotten my first dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 Vaccine. In contrast to all the apprehension and nervousness I felt earlier, the actual event was kind of underwhelming!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I managed to get it before they opened the vaccination to people in my age group thanks to a corporate policy =)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Grabcar trip to the vaccination centre was quite uneventful. I had chosen to go to Serangoon Community Centre for my jab as I did not want to visit a clinic and also because the locations nearer to me were out of slots. This was partly due to my procrastination during registration as there were slots available in Sengkang and Punggol when I checked at about 10pm once I received my sms. When I woke up the next day, all the slots had disappeared like magic (I </span><span style="font-family: arial;">actually</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">registered after waking up the next day -____-) </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57joTS4lR5Pv4EM2i_hvFT8LeGU_A4EPXAOjsfO_4gk-S5lQJPxusIHdZCkZjgxOqyx49hin342HqlAjUcWtGD7fnNB3pX2Vpr6qs1xKm3b74quDoDe6cyQKR3tFS_XmLRGfHXUnt47jT/s2048/20210618_184141.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57joTS4lR5Pv4EM2i_hvFT8LeGU_A4EPXAOjsfO_4gk-S5lQJPxusIHdZCkZjgxOqyx49hin342HqlAjUcWtGD7fnNB3pX2Vpr6qs1xKm3b74quDoDe6cyQKR3tFS_XmLRGfHXUnt47jT/s320/20210618_184141.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHYsW_fCwfpDw0Uj5NQzWVbkP_0krvQeEiVfWPnKjSkdLSDKwLG9aK6HvxCCg8UdKiBYU5hb_n6SR2JfzIBM6ZJ2TZOC-qLlznDIOLFueyxiOCm0WvDW00IxzYpVs7ZQFbh39KEH7WbzG/s2048/20210618_184316.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHYsW_fCwfpDw0Uj5NQzWVbkP_0krvQeEiVfWPnKjSkdLSDKwLG9aK6HvxCCg8UdKiBYU5hb_n6SR2JfzIBM6ZJ2TZOC-qLlznDIOLFueyxiOCm0WvDW00IxzYpVs7ZQFbh39KEH7WbzG/s320/20210618_184316.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyway, the first thing you do once you arrive at the vaccination centre is to get a ticket to wait your turn for registration (after taking your temperature and checking-in as usual). I got number S684 and there were about 20 people before me when I first sat down in front of the screen. Before I could even sit down and get my bearings straight, it was my turn within 5 minutes!!! </div></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7u-0RHbuv0FomxuBkIfezdsmMrhJIGSShKCtWhf-slxStefkXS9th7lIgnTn7xC7QxBujKEnnj3msV5f19WvSYCVSshokV7lFC9z8tdhxOqY05QchH3jOCcFhyyEW_7zF6QJlKL1FZfoU/s2048/20210618_184216.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7u-0RHbuv0FomxuBkIfezdsmMrhJIGSShKCtWhf-slxStefkXS9th7lIgnTn7xC7QxBujKEnnj3msV5f19WvSYCVSshokV7lFC9z8tdhxOqY05QchH3jOCcFhyyEW_7zF6QJlKL1FZfoU/s320/20210618_184216.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The next step was registration at the counter. All you need is your NRIC. After some general questions for identification, I was told to head to a partitioned area. I actually thought there would be some more waiting involved but nope, it was straight to the injection area @@! The nurse then provided some information (rattled off more like). I only managed to squeeze in one question before she told me to pull up my sleeve and it was done in just one wink, seriously like 2 seconds! I had just turned my head to look away and it was done. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju24d0lDYRUCBuGt9gxGOmIMYvZ6fLvxkKD2drC1m4Pz8IIbBdngKY7uOUiwhfbyNnBEnlF263LkneLT6_E-bMyzw2e8kgXA-Lo8MWiDcXce0lAyc760Kt7ceo1iwvGpxqYWelWmfi_XzH/s2048/20210618_185309.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju24d0lDYRUCBuGt9gxGOmIMYvZ6fLvxkKD2drC1m4Pz8IIbBdngKY7uOUiwhfbyNnBEnlF263LkneLT6_E-bMyzw2e8kgXA-Lo8MWiDcXce0lAyc760Kt7ceo1iwvGpxqYWelWmfi_XzH/s320/20210618_185309.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Right after the injection, I was ushered to the observation area to rest/sit around and wait for 30 minutes. It seriously looked like some kind of examination hall lol. I finally had time to get my head around the situation and look around me. The 30 minutes passed by really quickly, it seemed like I only had time to send a few whatsapp messages and settle down before my name was called.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NxAag1JoihwlIYyXrSOofi_O51cpcvFeCUxPKixi5PU-CM2hpJiUXWpBrDj7umVToqwK5NSNuaFn90y3m_mApdk-r6w5NN8HAJxRhS4uOrAwHofBaR8ohaEaaFpwfCW93RxfO9nF7klK/s2048/20210618_190447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NxAag1JoihwlIYyXrSOofi_O51cpcvFeCUxPKixi5PU-CM2hpJiUXWpBrDj7umVToqwK5NSNuaFn90y3m_mApdk-r6w5NN8HAJxRhS4uOrAwHofBaR8ohaEaaFpwfCW93RxfO9nF7klK/s320/20210618_190447.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next up was the discharge counter where they checked if I was feeling unwell and I was then given a slip showing the date for my next dose, and then that was it! Super underwhelming!!! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHL6cx6tNyvW4xfEArJJMpjH3sOTBRUo3DfAAY5d6KyBGA_trAgaFhY5vfVdzAbiy5HhFJAZ6zWYzv1XnwX_jLLEBp4ll1tqKDb-3VI1fVB66jG1y2Q52AOqz8bKBhHlJs8F1PaHGYS3M/s2048/20210618_184702.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHL6cx6tNyvW4xfEArJJMpjH3sOTBRUo3DfAAY5d6KyBGA_trAgaFhY5vfVdzAbiy5HhFJAZ6zWYzv1XnwX_jLLEBp4ll1tqKDb-3VI1fVB66jG1y2Q52AOqz8bKBhHlJs8F1PaHGYS3M/s320/20210618_184702.jpg" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was feeling A-Ok and hence went to do some grocery shopping after that (and kept forgetting not to use my left arm to carry stuff). In anticipation of some side effects, my plan was to go for the jab in the evening (I picked the 7pm timing) and go to bed early to sleep it off. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho63_x7NBInzuyFFNpjBg_QTRFhtkWaR-s3-9SJTrjihNaFB1yULP-W6fToqYYUM8vZ-EPFIqJFTePy_MjVi-ppVicbxitEunACtw0khzhg1ijajyeU8-0-Xt0x2Ka1lTcsAJUxSBiUn3Z/s2048/20210618_205347.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho63_x7NBInzuyFFNpjBg_QTRFhtkWaR-s3-9SJTrjihNaFB1yULP-W6fToqYYUM8vZ-EPFIqJFTePy_MjVi-ppVicbxitEunACtw0khzhg1ijajyeU8-0-Xt0x2Ka1lTcsAJUxSBiUn3Z/s320/20210618_205347.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ended up buying supper (can't remember the last time I ate after 7pm) as I was somehow feeling ravenous @@ After a couple of days of observation, I think the only side effect I got was that hungry feeling after the jab and having a slightly longer afternoon nap than usual the next day (though that might be due to laziness.. no idea.. hahaha). I was slightly disappointed to be honest, since I thought that healthy people would experience stronger side effects. Seriously wondering if my immunity is not as good as I thought before? Although it seems that most people did not feel anything after their first dose of Pfizer. So I'll wait for the next dose and see if there is any difference.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiX3D0dihZLix0f8DDIylDuBC_usir3UxDhRctpSyeD5brCHBfFj0YXYS-w5LOnXQNqH5pegutXHKFrIq1mrdSIp26IQExWpKx32hYn8oGvjDOCWTk3urX8cm_NPmTIlfjsUY8Jju7n1Ns/s536/Capture.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="446" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiX3D0dihZLix0f8DDIylDuBC_usir3UxDhRctpSyeD5brCHBfFj0YXYS-w5LOnXQNqH5pegutXHKFrIq1mrdSIp26IQExWpKx32hYn8oGvjDOCWTk3urX8cm_NPmTIlfjsUY8Jju7n1Ns/w266-h320/Capture.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1wGEjPRqrZyyWyCpRcZxS3sOXscedDE7g40Vj-KqfvD15_uS__8_EW1po-VOtEEDPC-_JSsmP3yuXWvbq0T0SH3voPenYbyJO8T0eGkB2rMz68x_8ppF2gYX3_LxJvi3KzKzY73d967tR/s2048/20210619_095300.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1wGEjPRqrZyyWyCpRcZxS3sOXscedDE7g40Vj-KqfvD15_uS__8_EW1po-VOtEEDPC-_JSsmP3yuXWvbq0T0SH3voPenYbyJO8T0eGkB2rMz68x_8ppF2gYX3_LxJvi3KzKzY73d967tR/w240-h320/20210619_095300.jpg" width="240" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So I had prepared 2 items that I usually never buy in case I would be out of action after my jab. Ended up having the porridge for breakfast and it was nicer than expected. Porridge to me = sick people food and I usually won't think of it; and unlike normal people, I actually don't keep a stash of painkillers at home XD</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><u>Important Note:</u> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The only question I managed to squeak out to the nurse before my jab was when I heard that we can only take normal Panadol after the vaccination and<b> </b>asked why.<b> <span style="color: red;">Do not take Panadol Actifast if you have any side effects after your vaccination as it is considered a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) due to its ingredients. </span></b>So I guess my 20 caplets are going to get thrown out after they live in my fridge long enough to expire.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you are planning to get any souvenirs from the vaccination centre, they give out pamphlets on the vaccine hahahaha. My colleague said that they provide free face masks and sanitizers too, but I didn't pick them up. There should be people who would need such freebies more than me I guess. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next dose is again on a Friday, on 30 July 2021. Let's see if it can be as smooth as my experience for the first dose. Looking forward to getting my vaccination certificate, then I can think about going home for the first time since March 2020!!!!! </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p></div>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-61629231352344611532021-03-21T09:00:00.006+00:002021-06-27T13:32:44.608+01:00An Afternoon at Bearded Bella<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">7 March 2021</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In this day and age, just a blink and you find that almost a month has mysteriously passed by.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As part of my exploration of new places in Singapore, I have got to put on record this awesome cafe that I wouldn't mind revisiting ~ BEARDED BELLA.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So this happened to be the cafe that I mentioned in a <a href="https://tadtadyenny.blogspot.com/2020/12/15000-steps.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> that had a constant queue outside so it was kind of funny that I already had an impression of this place without knowing so, quite a pleasant surprise XD</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The amazing thing was that we did not manage to make a reservation and yet were lucky enough to score a perfect table after a short wait! The table was outdoors but in a nook near the entrance to go indoors, so we didn't get splashed on even though it started raining heavily halfway through our meal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Why such a positive impression to make me want to write a post you ask? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Doggies!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. I love me a creative menu</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3. The food was interesting and tasty too =)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Good service </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(we kind of overstayed as it was raining to heavily to leave and the staff only politely prompted us to after close to 3 hours even though there was still a constant stream of customers coming in despite the thunderstorm @@)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtngTGr9w8cMe9uMnBY_PJZIocbB-2B2IUAyWtPBtYgeMYVX31vNluPkJeTfhpaMtVbRvwiNJ_oILW7-yZFTW514xlFf5JD9Qb1UWYjauR4OnTeoZVgVt7A-Wq36VlAYm3i18GE2YdYn-/s2048/20210307_121427.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtngTGr9w8cMe9uMnBY_PJZIocbB-2B2IUAyWtPBtYgeMYVX31vNluPkJeTfhpaMtVbRvwiNJ_oILW7-yZFTW514xlFf5JD9Qb1UWYjauR4OnTeoZVgVt7A-Wq36VlAYm3i18GE2YdYn-/s320/20210307_121427.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqpQJIMT6u6JjfDtXF_FKTpwyfU8YMMDi-VKLNkPL0m034zR5Ir2AHxthtRlosD6jBifm7KlPZpvx8k_PRVMDphT4EB9kkG4IjEjzsgMH2lUBn__Zu_DcXfXYLbpodTjIFlkAb4iCKjYR/s2048/20210307_122323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOqpQJIMT6u6JjfDtXF_FKTpwyfU8YMMDi-VKLNkPL0m034zR5Ir2AHxthtRlosD6jBifm7KlPZpvx8k_PRVMDphT4EB9kkG4IjEjzsgMH2lUBn__Zu_DcXfXYLbpodTjIFlkAb4iCKjYR/s320/20210307_122323.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The first thing that catches your eye once you enter are these 2 lovely chow chows owned by the cafe. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">They were so obedient, just minding their own business and letting random strangers pet them from time to time. We were glad that we didn't take the seat next to them though, as they started trying to hide under the table when it started to rain and almost tipped the furniture over, causing quite a commotion when a water pitcher fell over.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhka4raBjuYR9wkm5vO7SqYZvJcwViTJONOJjQ_y_zl9FQ32R2JW41EJBCPLvskcAVzcng8uBVAew-yiSoBspH_h-rOjvU0e9rQI3-KMBPz19-aqSaz7sOt_oCWB31i0us0HykCySzw8L2g/s2048/20210307_122352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhka4raBjuYR9wkm5vO7SqYZvJcwViTJONOJjQ_y_zl9FQ32R2JW41EJBCPLvskcAVzcng8uBVAew-yiSoBspH_h-rOjvU0e9rQI3-KMBPz19-aqSaz7sOt_oCWB31i0us0HykCySzw8L2g/s320/20210307_122352.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Awww... just awww...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next up was the awesome food:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfc7RXfgeedfbwL5mQFJs3BOZmd7oAvbuCdIgZEBwv7bbOA9vVyZmiTtBpgKK77G4pq91T_AQAptlLSJ_JRtcqvVuPb0rmEpRZcssI3Dw-mVZyHMzD4KlhyDpD9CEeJiUcBnkaQ4a1mciZ/s1535/IMG-20210307-WA0010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1535" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfc7RXfgeedfbwL5mQFJs3BOZmd7oAvbuCdIgZEBwv7bbOA9vVyZmiTtBpgKK77G4pq91T_AQAptlLSJ_JRtcqvVuPb0rmEpRZcssI3Dw-mVZyHMzD4KlhyDpD9CEeJiUcBnkaQ4a1mciZ/s320/IMG-20210307-WA0010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bearded Bella has quite a diverse menu to satisfy every palate. I seriously had no idea what to try when I first saw the menu as everything seemed so interesting from the descriptions. Every item we ordered just looked amazing and I couldn't wait to tuck in!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDAijqAOwnT2HvnRFvedCr7-73nljQ7PaR3nDMMMiDTLZjnt9-QMah1nNkggzR0f1V-ZO0FUJ0Ng-IQvY5vUBIWjgJwk1n4QUeD7j06RIrNuljy2wkcbmPpzQ05M2eJFRsAmQdx7eDucCs/s2048/20210307_122128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDAijqAOwnT2HvnRFvedCr7-73nljQ7PaR3nDMMMiDTLZjnt9-QMah1nNkggzR0f1V-ZO0FUJ0Ng-IQvY5vUBIWjgJwk1n4QUeD7j06RIrNuljy2wkcbmPpzQ05M2eJFRsAmQdx7eDucCs/s320/20210307_122128.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="menu-item-title" style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.24px; line-height: 1.2em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #424242;">BIG BREKKIE OUR WAY</span></div><div class="menu-item-description" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.24px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-right: 3em; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #424242;">Herb & garlic crusted tomato, homemade luncheon meat with pistachio, scrambled eggs, pickled enoki, bok choy, hasselback baby potato with smoked sour cream, sourdough toast, bacon bits</span></div><div class="menu-item-description" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.24px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-right: 3em; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #424242;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3 people out of 4 at our table ordered this due to the quirky description which is quite far from your usual big breakfast. Bok Choy and Enoki instead of baked beans, hee~ I tried the homemade luncheon meat and it was GoooooD!</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistBNetZERei879i4C5gWzuzYwyQnGzNmyiMk7Y53ueSnukAGxD0xDpaKBivHnq3MXKgJGro0PfZVkpqmP9NlMY8wE7gK4TV6PVp7edyOlngbV7aA7tLr5pWjn_eKhPKWNLwXHHYa5JXgB/s2048/20210307_122201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistBNetZERei879i4C5gWzuzYwyQnGzNmyiMk7Y53ueSnukAGxD0xDpaKBivHnq3MXKgJGro0PfZVkpqmP9NlMY8wE7gK4TV6PVp7edyOlngbV7aA7tLr5pWjn_eKhPKWNLwXHHYa5JXgB/s320/20210307_122201.jpg" /></a></div><div class="menu-item-title" style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.24px; line-height: 1.2em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: arial;">NO BS BREKKIE</span></div><div class="menu-item-description" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.24px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-right: 3em; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: arial;">Australian grass-fed ribeye, kombu, scrambled eggs, arugula, parmesan, potato crisps, served on English muffin buns</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I was the only odd one out as I wanted to try something else in the menu for diversity XD Don't be fooled by the appearance, this was amazing too! The potato crisps were made fresh, not poured from a packet <3 <3 <3</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZEtZbWdjDWFkDTgbwGheyTvAe95NjS8dTejQvrzmbybxWqiUhTT_51M6hzLhEDHW7A2TzgdcFxE1So6MeMMC0mMHf603s6M83F9UkhpCz7fhQcrFPhv77xhwTg5XXouh9Huas6KzT4LG/s2048/20210307_125810.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZEtZbWdjDWFkDTgbwGheyTvAe95NjS8dTejQvrzmbybxWqiUhTT_51M6hzLhEDHW7A2TzgdcFxE1So6MeMMC0mMHf603s6M83F9UkhpCz7fhQcrFPhv77xhwTg5XXouh9Huas6KzT4LG/s320/20210307_125810.jpg" /></a></div><div><div class="menu-item-title" style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.24px; line-height: 1.2em; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: arial;">PANCAKE. BACON. FLIGHT. MAGIC.</span></div><div class="menu-item-description" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.24px; line-height: 1.3em; margin-right: 3em; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: arial;">Maple infused pancakes, barbeque butter, onion jam, bacon three-ways (maple glazed, paprika spiced, bacon back)</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: arial;">Cute presentation! Got greedy to try more and ended up not being able to finish this. The pancakes were quite solid and take up quite a lot of stomach space but the jam and butter were mind-blowing, flavourful and not something you see everyday definitely~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: arial;">We also ordered a Chia Pudding with fruits and yoghurt, great for health freaks. Something new for me too, I immediately googled how to make it (seems quite simple, might try it someday)</span></div><span style="color: #424242; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikcyAqIiZxrsZBsse9bEy93aPtfoa6k0kQ02BJKaPanaMAqa_Y8pS2VzKMjLGdWRnEqMlnECocWoJaWnqejQfEP3S2BFAuntnOj1CfSm3WEk_CnDbn0QylE-47ZWVWx1WX4Rvpo6p_KY3G/s2048/20210307_135122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikcyAqIiZxrsZBsse9bEy93aPtfoa6k0kQ02BJKaPanaMAqa_Y8pS2VzKMjLGdWRnEqMlnECocWoJaWnqejQfEP3S2BFAuntnOj1CfSm3WEk_CnDbn0QylE-47ZWVWx1WX4Rvpo6p_KY3G/s320/20210307_135122.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We ordered a second round of beverages as we were there for so long. A shoutout to my first drink, the lychee lemonade, genius! My second drink was the Dominican Republic 72% Hot Chocolate which was smooth, creamy, hearty, everything you would expect from a hot chocolate. I'm not a fan of bitter drinks but there's an 80% Ugandan version for people who are into that.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Link to full menu: </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">https://www.beardedbella.com/menu</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikiOIHd3UEYKMQo9-pCzSCNFN-dZ8q93VGPcEW1tvYzCwi7w8FGmAIbYHX8Lc2_ZYoKgApXhhCAOzWcoG-lY8TlOXmUFEEJZC_FHyCrhAxSKxS57B5HWBWeQ6jBNViwlMfwC1VIvLbvd-/s2048/20210307_150206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikiOIHd3UEYKMQo9-pCzSCNFN-dZ8q93VGPcEW1tvYzCwi7w8FGmAIbYHX8Lc2_ZYoKgApXhhCAOzWcoG-lY8TlOXmUFEEJZC_FHyCrhAxSKxS57B5HWBWeQ6jBNViwlMfwC1VIvLbvd-/s320/20210307_150206.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Little lemon tree~</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We ordered quite a lot, with 2 beverages per pax, and total damage was about $50 per pax including taxes. Considering that we were there for several hours and the food was quite extraordinary, I would say it was worth it. Perhaps no extra orders next time though since we weren't able to finish the pancakes. </span></div> <p></p>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-25473868732223179662021-01-04T03:24:00.009+00:002021-01-04T03:27:42.285+00:00New Weekend Activity<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3 January 2021</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />My legs are hurting today for the first time since I started my new weekend routine. Actually I have no idea why since it's the 4th week that I've gone for a morning walk from Punggol Settlement, round Coney Island and back via the Lorong Halus red bridge. It might be because we pounded more pavement today and walked a few thousand steps more after taking a detour just to avoid a muddy shortcut.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The funny thing about nature is that everything sort of looks or feels different each time you pass by. It could be the different direction of the breeze or the changes in position of the plants; but it was just so easy for me to enjoy each walk. This week, we decided to go ahead even though it was raining heavily enough to require an umbrella @@ It was more of an adventure this week due to the many fallen trees and some flooded areas due to the 2.5 days of continuous rain we had since New Year's Day. Some parts of Coney Island were eerily quiet as well due to the much smaller crowd compared to normal.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WVcsYORwHwXN67q3ZkiIG2MQEf_cEw5zNY-y_j39OLh8cSyy-_GJU5fBSzcclnJMoa-rFntFpaSr37ZcyMt5-2qOP2OiO51PRvxyZq0UGokerogMHhugYObEEWW0b_ajVPluR7Bgo7sj/s2048/20201213_075224.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1WVcsYORwHwXN67q3ZkiIG2MQEf_cEw5zNY-y_j39OLh8cSyy-_GJU5fBSzcclnJMoa-rFntFpaSr37ZcyMt5-2qOP2OiO51PRvxyZq0UGokerogMHhugYObEEWW0b_ajVPluR7Bgo7sj/w253-h190/20201213_075224.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVt-7I7-4KZWE5c_oeu4warn3rxkF61Ft0xS0h0bRP1GYUPAVH_aaGccjg5pRHxU95whgoj-jRn0iKYMI_sKwIXpJKtrvpowIlEBTaUphB3l8QzyCy_znVJqyvrNP2RlylXcalvgmHYzKb/s2048/20201213_075218.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVt-7I7-4KZWE5c_oeu4warn3rxkF61Ft0xS0h0bRP1GYUPAVH_aaGccjg5pRHxU95whgoj-jRn0iKYMI_sKwIXpJKtrvpowIlEBTaUphB3l8QzyCy_znVJqyvrNP2RlylXcalvgmHYzKb/w247-h187/20201213_075218.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These were taken the first time I went for the walk. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Apparently this is Pasir Gudang in Johor, a tiny glimpse of home turf</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6A2O8yG8hesiR97xTKWK9A2dRcSVqCOQqQC-NHiX3PJWu-S6A6vTCPYLBB2OPuydz8wAH6zi_LiNFHvoDbR4kK5HuSGIILUY9-DtRE9X57_gkSHhL0s8hmJr4KlyX9k-ICCNc7ScEXSmZ/s2048/20201227_094052.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6A2O8yG8hesiR97xTKWK9A2dRcSVqCOQqQC-NHiX3PJWu-S6A6vTCPYLBB2OPuydz8wAH6zi_LiNFHvoDbR4kK5HuSGIILUY9-DtRE9X57_gkSHhL0s8hmJr4KlyX9k-ICCNc7ScEXSmZ/s320/20201227_094052.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This was from last week when we spotted a handsome monkey. This week we saw a tortoise, a squirrel and some stray dogs. No wild boar or crocodile sighting as yet though..</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_GvlJiWwzmiWdeu56D0_H9kHALB806cIOm6bs1gDvU5O7-H_gDAweXhRC0wT-viCo9fq5jbuYN8y0PifaEJxdNfs2wbzCTMPFBKOWwCRiqRiK7lc_FcIxtXdLJ3xmZFWWfy-tUwe1pBB/s1600/IMG-20201227-WA0005.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_GvlJiWwzmiWdeu56D0_H9kHALB806cIOm6bs1gDvU5O7-H_gDAweXhRC0wT-viCo9fq5jbuYN8y0PifaEJxdNfs2wbzCTMPFBKOWwCRiqRiK7lc_FcIxtXdLJ3xmZFWWfy-tUwe1pBB/w253-h190/IMG-20201227-WA0005.jpg" width="253" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKw0U3RC_8TPclJes1IuAWHYMBVUopO1QIC9e7hxYy2lcKboKYUOjCFVh-ZLYe8MTG2zeE0nmm4ZUwreYJMPvnwZHY0-XPoXOhOFRHPro6EZnGAFBhK2rP-t-vtyYwIBidJonulPT5R6Xi/s1600/IMG-20201227-WA0002.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKw0U3RC_8TPclJes1IuAWHYMBVUopO1QIC9e7hxYy2lcKboKYUOjCFVh-ZLYe8MTG2zeE0nmm4ZUwreYJMPvnwZHY0-XPoXOhOFRHPro6EZnGAFBhK2rP-t-vtyYwIBidJonulPT5R6Xi/w250-h189/IMG-20201227-WA0002.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The first 2 weeks, we started out with 2 of us on the left, and we never once thought of taking a photo together. Luckily, with the addition of a professional photographer from last week onwards, we at least have some photographic proof of our weekend meet-ups.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjez4BtIazt3UcFxAr_l0-RwH0-MLKmZuFozuLue1946AOKa3IJeGmIb7KLj4QlbTjWdqLelpigETIQHOsQZrtEuVu_N-SBlskDb-tNamPbe5sprF6qcn5zG2E3yHItcNaK8-pXwjwp1VYk/s1600/IMG-20201227-WA0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjez4BtIazt3UcFxAr_l0-RwH0-MLKmZuFozuLue1946AOKa3IJeGmIb7KLj4QlbTjWdqLelpigETIQHOsQZrtEuVu_N-SBlskDb-tNamPbe5sprF6qcn5zG2E3yHItcNaK8-pXwjwp1VYk/w320-h240/IMG-20201227-WA0006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I seriously look like I'm glowing in this one XD</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Usually we would have reached around 8,500 steps by the time we arrive at the bridge for some stretching and a drink of water. Due to the detour we took, my fitbit had recorded 12,000 steps by the time we got to the bridge XD </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-7MakzzqWnnbPBu4UnnEXwAVfXK5CCtcYxByT8x5jo9kt3ncMMYCRrzOtHaZz9ieafdTDa_mwDCIOdQN6YfmoYW8T-gYzoU_ZS2W9DkQwFeT3A1fxyGbJkl7CmPTLW8ktSxl0F_w9SzP/s1600/IMG-20201227-WA0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-7MakzzqWnnbPBu4UnnEXwAVfXK5CCtcYxByT8x5jo9kt3ncMMYCRrzOtHaZz9ieafdTDa_mwDCIOdQN6YfmoYW8T-gYzoU_ZS2W9DkQwFeT3A1fxyGbJkl7CmPTLW8ktSxl0F_w9SzP/s320/IMG-20201227-WA0004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With the Coney Island signboard that I think I only saw once or twice out of 4 outings. Seriously, even though we keep to a policy of always taking the left fork, we always end up walking a different route. I wonder if someone can explain to me why @@</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I might need to go alone next week. Not sure if I am motivated enough to go it alone though, might end up lazing in bed if the weather forecasts shows clouds/rain next weekend XD</span></div><p></p>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-27918061997697334432020-12-23T15:20:00.002+00:002020-12-23T15:21:23.256+00:00Once Upon a Time on the Orient Express<div class="separator"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">20 December 2020 </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Finally did something interesting again during the weekend. Had a late late lunch (at 4.30pm to be exact) at Canton Paradise at Marina Bay Sands before heading to West Lawn next to Bayfront Plaza for the 'Once Upon a Time on the Orient Express' Exhibition at Gardens By The Bay. Speaking of West Lawn, the directions to the exhibition were basically non-existent and none of the people we asked could point us the right way. I would have written in to complain if I wasn't so lazy, ha! Anyway, we thought we would have plenty of time having after meeting for lunch at 4.30pm to catch our reserved timeslot for the exhibition at 6pm but ended up having to brisk walk/slight jog to get there right before 6pm @@.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCZ5S5hm4OkM2NWocsBZgJFfKlfXpRQ7Za4Gd3_ndep6Jd4XnepyeeaaQ3t26rtJS3MO1Q3GbdeDif7Q2NEkUuAZCZ2iViLNZqJ-1LjjE9IFpr_wh3sXz5jyGmIjJwZ0qCoYobLvZ1yNG/s2048/20201220_175935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCZ5S5hm4OkM2NWocsBZgJFfKlfXpRQ7Za4Gd3_ndep6Jd4XnepyeeaaQ3t26rtJS3MO1Q3GbdeDif7Q2NEkUuAZCZ2iViLNZqJ-1LjjE9IFpr_wh3sXz5jyGmIjJwZ0qCoYobLvZ1yNG/s320/20201220_175935.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Joined the queue to climb aboard the train - the last step was really high!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(which is actually made up of 2 carriages from the original Orient Express back from the 1930s and shipped here from France)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The reason for having to book timeslots is because it's quite narrow in the carriages and you kind of have to queue through the entire first part of the exhibit. Each lounge seat had a reenactment of possible scenes and placards with information on the likely passengers on the Orient Express (both fictional or real):</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UaOBikfFvOUFcgjORA8QDIn_j_xF7QjQYruMulmgfsBH4MUamvxVqciFSBNrurCv8mT8pbPf5VKTkDDrc5nX3OtKwSByD23_HI6zjZhon7WSHKwqniMNznL_qw7iHHh_dNJ7UAac6qgn/s2048/20201220_180408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6UaOBikfFvOUFcgjORA8QDIn_j_xF7QjQYruMulmgfsBH4MUamvxVqciFSBNrurCv8mT8pbPf5VKTkDDrc5nX3OtKwSByD23_HI6zjZhon7WSHKwqniMNznL_qw7iHHh_dNJ7UAac6qgn/s320/20201220_180408.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdafvvdE32NS7veK0Lxzo2sr9vhgDuHOUv0jhQzmyAAS9SYbNoSft831D7gEMZi2oQXzP4VOMCQC1I2xARPXTF3nb6qx_dlhUpltdu0SJuQR_2kofIdiOgZrZHxDkgyHNRUMv6jpr6cVt5/s2048/20201220_180536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdafvvdE32NS7veK0Lxzo2sr9vhgDuHOUv0jhQzmyAAS9SYbNoSft831D7gEMZi2oQXzP4VOMCQC1I2xARPXTF3nb6qx_dlhUpltdu0SJuQR_2kofIdiOgZrZHxDkgyHNRUMv6jpr6cVt5/s320/20201220_180536.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapjIv3NO5kEYRx9YG-hhwOODwybjj-77VAGQYaylK9RHzpKRFB9SB3GNcJAnTd99D9RBB-YF991lOP1VMM-3unp_GGQISJAp3I1MwRNohxA8yQZUGTp3r9IVUgimGSkQcN7DMaPOA-DLA/s2048/20201220_180619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjapjIv3NO5kEYRx9YG-hhwOODwybjj-77VAGQYaylK9RHzpKRFB9SB3GNcJAnTd99D9RBB-YF991lOP1VMM-3unp_GGQISJAp3I1MwRNohxA8yQZUGTp3r9IVUgimGSkQcN7DMaPOA-DLA/s320/20201220_180619.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyXBAMPxoTDyDAr4iu0PwM0OoqhTfz1h-iksrt9F9K6b0YR2A87RsatdjT-s7IIgJEoWtAqyzZtuqgPWcgNVf6eXwtCqEkxtOsp_DttQfY6wwr2IstiNv2OMYXNRY5uQlkawR0n4Bkgau/s2048/20201220_180456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyXBAMPxoTDyDAr4iu0PwM0OoqhTfz1h-iksrt9F9K6b0YR2A87RsatdjT-s7IIgJEoWtAqyzZtuqgPWcgNVf6eXwtCqEkxtOsp_DttQfY6wwr2IstiNv2OMYXNRY5uQlkawR0n4Bkgau/w240-h320/20201220_180456.jpg" width="240" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">~A gorgeous Remington typewrite and wine with a 1933 vintage~</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I spotted the newspaper dated 1906 once inside the train and upon asking, the lady on duty informed us that the items on display were mostly originals. She then asked us to look out for an even older newspaper from 1883 (see both below): </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD30bUcIA5qluomJvgLV0m2v0jhGb5MqILyMOSXEPfuc5cU4mKP2-IusJH_TLxPFCS4PfFSHIGlksQ3RquSz0YCU0NvPbI5R87VaGNXxkCAEkRjkeLXkUUcAq2CWffVUGNNtWY40RGd-Kc/s2048/20201220_180340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD30bUcIA5qluomJvgLV0m2v0jhGb5MqILyMOSXEPfuc5cU4mKP2-IusJH_TLxPFCS4PfFSHIGlksQ3RquSz0YCU0NvPbI5R87VaGNXxkCAEkRjkeLXkUUcAq2CWffVUGNNtWY40RGd-Kc/s320/20201220_180340.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Oqgj2vSqJeb5fVAHZr2j8WIoQ_Z5irpdqgnzuAl8DO85LYei78kDYPIgZl_MeKnFpLTl3vWbH86_ehBS6wzl0iJ4y6Oc7-AtUix5SZ9bMj3rOJ0mVcjfU4HDCA8nqi-PwuY17NOpvRUv/s2048/20201220_180627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Oqgj2vSqJeb5fVAHZr2j8WIoQ_Z5irpdqgnzuAl8DO85LYei78kDYPIgZl_MeKnFpLTl3vWbH86_ehBS6wzl0iJ4y6Oc7-AtUix5SZ9bMj3rOJ0mVcjfU4HDCA8nqi-PwuY17NOpvRUv/s320/20201220_180627.jpg" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOAEsvc58clzwu3hvBbrrJp9tNZocgKIbGnCLMJNNMm0qx_6IqDvmhOK2k06751rF8AEL6c2zBzkau9kR7GFdmsl7VrEN8t2sRVksgDDflNz5PdUnO795RqleqxQrEHvM_-B8rLzXQSic/s2048/20201220_180921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOAEsvc58clzwu3hvBbrrJp9tNZocgKIbGnCLMJNNMm0qx_6IqDvmhOK2k06751rF8AEL6c2zBzkau9kR7GFdmsl7VrEN8t2sRVksgDDflNz5PdUnO795RqleqxQrEHvM_-B8rLzXQSic/s320/20201220_180921.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So apparently James Bond was also on the Orient Express as a fictional passenger</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYy6iOnoh9DB2OXFwSUHQ-xKbZkG4Kkr4NLshEdyBRUCHHdhspnuBWziTXkBIjHkLSfVC7IUJSOuMoPuYMP7Lj3pQ2KI3DXpWT2j9e7jN6eMxmWx3knxSgsQB0acTi6sIUvD1cIhVUvseC/s2048/20201220_181053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYy6iOnoh9DB2OXFwSUHQ-xKbZkG4Kkr4NLshEdyBRUCHHdhspnuBWziTXkBIjHkLSfVC7IUJSOuMoPuYMP7Lj3pQ2KI3DXpWT2j9e7jN6eMxmWx3knxSgsQB0acTi6sIUvD1cIhVUvseC/s320/20201220_181053.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another famous fictional passenger whom I know from the 2017 movie even though I've never read the book by Agatha Christie</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGvaWjhrhfvaXwRhM5jTMNAmyqhFE6W70N0xL-giaSjLnRvZEm1Oy3Tvz7P-q09Qq0OQqgVMW6FuKcxnwcCuwL8yW6-FIIb2UMkjh43-bLjYtBUS438y8_LFJ5rDApHyfOdjj-Q-Jn-UH/s2048/20201220_181014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGvaWjhrhfvaXwRhM5jTMNAmyqhFE6W70N0xL-giaSjLnRvZEm1Oy3Tvz7P-q09Qq0OQqgVMW6FuKcxnwcCuwL8yW6-FIIb2UMkjh43-bLjYtBUS438y8_LFJ5rDApHyfOdjj-Q-Jn-UH/s320/20201220_181014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">A significant part of the exhibition was dedicated to 'The Murder on the Orient Express'</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After walking through both carriages, we came to Part 2 of the exhibition, which had displays of the suite rooms, dining car, etc. Some exterior shots of the carriages:</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Us9w4talF_KZjsz1K-mJsBAJ4Og2Zi-SKzC2x6iPX-V4hpNo29wpP7smlJbDux6WisybbxhND69iSgqdddLqi4OQrUV8k5oe0tk8fwMMwxHQhYZ06MPlhAY0fIdzU7ENV5Hxi8BXWenv/s2048/20201220_181257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">The second part of the exhibition was more 'museum-like' with more information to read through. The most interesting thing to me was that Palmolive soap existed back in the 1930s, I never knew!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJjm5hzYcyKZk0ztq_nrL3u2rPCWmk7Ui8YwKnPxgj7uNZPnQ3FwiDuGTNvzJFmAfLOL4iajdqf7QbGPFdEItPTW-K3nMwoD5AIwQvGwbzoPTsmQCBWf8JdXvl7RbZcRYSgEQveTKbeoU/s2048/20201220_181813.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvJjm5hzYcyKZk0ztq_nrL3u2rPCWmk7Ui8YwKnPxgj7uNZPnQ3FwiDuGTNvzJFmAfLOL4iajdqf7QbGPFdEItPTW-K3nMwoD5AIwQvGwbzoPTsmQCBWf8JdXvl7RbZcRYSgEQveTKbeoU/s320/20201220_181813.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJTK20hYZY4ME0JK12jSVHDnN3Y0muww8TBzJy__9RdTRe6wQNN2jy3SGIKHlHe3p4AfsDi1jOutwAU4cngkTh3aXSQ2N1vM44NoKHE2tmPIJbCi-TfEGUqZmNV6NdXHtHyMye1wumW_l/s2048/20201220_181831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDJTK20hYZY4ME0JK12jSVHDnN3Y0muww8TBzJy__9RdTRe6wQNN2jy3SGIKHlHe3p4AfsDi1jOutwAU4cngkTh3aXSQ2N1vM44NoKHE2tmPIJbCi-TfEGUqZmNV6NdXHtHyMye1wumW_l/s320/20201220_181831.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3oodU4MVWVThzUDD8O2x2v7TtrafcwFzc5KGCYoLMFxO2ldYkvS5QP72p3OeCngMWKnlkjeBA3Z1c0KG9LXDo6z3BMj3v8doC4wOBqn3BZ5jbrzD7K3VKkhWwwdz-Pxapl2YtZEejZ28/s2048/20201220_181937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3oodU4MVWVThzUDD8O2x2v7TtrafcwFzc5KGCYoLMFxO2ldYkvS5QP72p3OeCngMWKnlkjeBA3Z1c0KG9LXDo6z3BMj3v8doC4wOBqn3BZ5jbrzD7K3VKkhWwwdz-Pxapl2YtZEejZ28/s320/20201220_181937.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExjEvrP60FHERB3-tfAhtPQOcMpujyh1LIw7fWn5QR0_8t206GEyZZfgx7b8jNWsGzvX7viNbbR2zEhxSbassc_OSbia9B6w5gFvgisRAh6bpU0fC_Tr8P0mTvy3bVHvc-J59K7z2BnoO/s2048/20201220_181933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiExjEvrP60FHERB3-tfAhtPQOcMpujyh1LIw7fWn5QR0_8t206GEyZZfgx7b8jNWsGzvX7viNbbR2zEhxSbassc_OSbia9B6w5gFvgisRAh6bpU0fC_Tr8P0mTvy3bVHvc-J59K7z2BnoO/s320/20201220_181933.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Me and the said Palmolive Soap</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIxWz-fD0vdA4c2dgN1ZrOWnxwRYMh4Jj62LsTlUaz9be96KbTjbPP2ZKx_K74iHyAca7jakCUya5kE7ZDwVJQHAFdTYhF11yuX8YAMApbyTSKA4813Z0IHLbvOjuBqKF_COXi4u5Pt7i/s2048/20201220_182330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUIxWz-fD0vdA4c2dgN1ZrOWnxwRYMh4Jj62LsTlUaz9be96KbTjbPP2ZKx_K74iHyAca7jakCUya5kE7ZDwVJQHAFdTYhF11yuX8YAMApbyTSKA4813Z0IHLbvOjuBqKF_COXi4u5Pt7i/s320/20201220_182330.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZ7-lwdabl68qKq0d-ExVei3Wkv3d1oWG8YF_K73QbCPsDMmpe5-faqvNzuyYE_Lgqnjyg7uam-ll9AUpjVUKYX_ogKMKjBPsBoV-4RGR-tm8VgQEy6qmH5V1v79FRqfqHbHp5j83IiKa/s2048/20201220_182420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZ7-lwdabl68qKq0d-ExVei3Wkv3d1oWG8YF_K73QbCPsDMmpe5-faqvNzuyYE_Lgqnjyg7uam-ll9AUpjVUKYX_ogKMKjBPsBoV-4RGR-tm8VgQEy6qmH5V1v79FRqfqHbHp5j83IiKa/s320/20201220_182420.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another interesting thing was the vintage Louis Vuitton luggage on display. They really got me wondering how much they cost now</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnszw3Y9pLprqkOYk2ztYvyFcYm6biUweUconJZOHKyHZoGXrmzwox4CtlCuwAApUMwLrxYVtoTXtZlAblUdnb2vEevo-f9I-gkH7ZTRVUrRLtCKju5U1AsUzZ5K5i8Ta5_Uv62lEaVJ7N/s2048/20201220_182445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnszw3Y9pLprqkOYk2ztYvyFcYm6biUweUconJZOHKyHZoGXrmzwox4CtlCuwAApUMwLrxYVtoTXtZlAblUdnb2vEevo-f9I-gkH7ZTRVUrRLtCKju5U1AsUzZ5K5i8Ta5_Uv62lEaVJ7N/s320/20201220_182445.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In case you don't trust me when I say these are from LV!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCszx40o1_4lVXftGLGeKU6KkEoahqGvHxkqecr42uIvxPij0pT9hX1FAaWLR_wQJ60XbKWQZS69RYO_E7pm5ihwYkdyG638hyphenhyphen6m2jz4nlI2UVvhyaWlvglTBHo8ul8unxUCyJav21zJM/s2048/20201220_182126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCszx40o1_4lVXftGLGeKU6KkEoahqGvHxkqecr42uIvxPij0pT9hX1FAaWLR_wQJ60XbKWQZS69RYO_E7pm5ihwYkdyG638hyphenhyphen6m2jz4nlI2UVvhyaWlvglTBHo8ul8unxUCyJav21zJM/s320/20201220_182126.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVoczGPpb5nN93jnqtoI5VbctwWj7GzlgVpSqNemrS1WXBegwyzZcf7xSUDQHilox0dJSuOuKJoZjFv_G05jES1MPWc-F8fnaJ017owhnyIvHxJQ3Fdga_Sve8S9o99HzjusMFAw6IhpS/s2048/20201220_182156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVoczGPpb5nN93jnqtoI5VbctwWj7GzlgVpSqNemrS1WXBegwyzZcf7xSUDQHilox0dJSuOuKJoZjFv_G05jES1MPWc-F8fnaJ017owhnyIvHxJQ3Fdga_Sve8S9o99HzjusMFAw6IhpS/s320/20201220_182156.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXl3iVBb8_k4sHbsGYS7Q_kK7Oq_x3OMd6FZ1JQF9gFAvpCKsjY5zstmEs3Tcki3mELvk11SXqITU5uygD1VlBGTwQUWLAPiGPWx5jYovebHlv90xLm9SUUgHfX86z6hP8JyEu2TNPCtc0/s2048/20201220_183850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXl3iVBb8_k4sHbsGYS7Q_kK7Oq_x3OMd6FZ1JQF9gFAvpCKsjY5zstmEs3Tcki3mELvk11SXqITU5uygD1VlBGTwQUWLAPiGPWx5jYovebHlv90xLm9SUUgHfX86z6hP8JyEu2TNPCtc0/s320/20201220_183850.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89z8HquDE6f_D6LXEsjNvSZz5_rEdhGfbiCwXn93eTjSV46AcLnipS4cvepTvW0htSD3NkpIPghubRZTnjMZ7au3TgAAKpzDxGehjBXw0roeNr4aZXz_XHbMl2yf0ZVGuRrW7PdwY2Bj6/s2048/20201220_182145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg89z8HquDE6f_D6LXEsjNvSZz5_rEdhGfbiCwXn93eTjSV46AcLnipS4cvepTvW0htSD3NkpIPghubRZTnjMZ7au3TgAAKpzDxGehjBXw0roeNr4aZXz_XHbMl2yf0ZVGuRrW7PdwY2Bj6/s320/20201220_182145.jpg" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Advertisements for the Orient Express from yore</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There were also travel brochures for places where the Orient Express stopped by such as Egypt and Turkey. It was amazing to see photographs of people climbing up the sides of The Great Pyramid and a clear view of the Sphinx - a reminder that such historical places should be visited as soon as possible so that you can see a less eroded version @@</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tickets for the exhibition are S$25. Was it worth it? For me, kind of, as I like museums and culture and it is sort of my little contribution to the preservation of history. The meals available at the carriage restaurant though are another matter. I dropped by to kaypoh about the dinner menu and the 2 options were priced at S$298++ and S$398++ respectively with things like black truffle and king crab and also something called a celeriac extract lol.. I think I rather use the money to have 10 nice meals or 100 canteen meals XD</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After that we dropped by Tong Shui (yes <a href="https://tadtadyenny.blogspot.com/2020/12/15000-steps.html" target="_blank">that same Tong Shui</a>) to have glutinous rice balls since 20th was the day before winter solstice. Any excuse for some sweet stuff XD (and I really needed a break after that, after 2 consecutive days of walking close to 18k steps - more on 19th December when I have the chance~)</div></span><p></p>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-49800319904194731382020-12-06T13:49:00.002+00:002021-01-04T03:32:04.505+00:0015,000 steps<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5 December 2020</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I had a long fulfilling Saturday filled with lots of good food and laughter. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Started with a productive morning where I managed to do a huge load of housework, including sweeping, mopping and laundry. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Met my colleagues at Lad & Dad, which bills itself as selling authentic UK style fish and chips. The beer-battered kind that comes with mashed peas similar to what I had at <a href="https://tadtadyenny.blogspot.com/2009/08/day-66-dim-sum-bbq-meteor-rain.html" target="_blank">Lobsterpot</a> and the oh so famous one at <a href="https://tadtadyenny.blogspot.com/2009/07/day-30-trip-to-whitby-on-sunday-day-29.html">Whitby</a>. All of us being lovers of food, we just could not be satisfied with only one main per person, so we got a couple of sides too ~</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkm3L7bgJI1JhPtOJsm4_HrPWlzgfiIrzKcviHSrgWT7_-XqXJkP6H670MZHFdUx8LbmN7u7LbaU2rB-cyfsnEZFX3EWNFtrfiqml256fEqSe5uFnDE_ckUpN0ORc919J4RDL-XRrLf0a/s2048/20201205_142851.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkm3L7bgJI1JhPtOJsm4_HrPWlzgfiIrzKcviHSrgWT7_-XqXJkP6H670MZHFdUx8LbmN7u7LbaU2rB-cyfsnEZFX3EWNFtrfiqml256fEqSe5uFnDE_ckUpN0ORc919J4RDL-XRrLf0a/s320/20201205_142851.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Oyster Nuggets (S$16)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From the menu: Beer battered oysters, gherkin tartar sauce</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3SjY6mMkkoynNCfNQ9YOvougBTifQQ4NzsL3VUERRCrqppzx-JS499YhGA-9y3FsM43RBvlmzYWum8GIN5L8osW93NaxyO2R4NWSTAQN2VgjO7k4aJLZH0H6aslTKBszild_TCOXQM8R/s2048/20201205_143001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3SjY6mMkkoynNCfNQ9YOvougBTifQQ4NzsL3VUERRCrqppzx-JS499YhGA-9y3FsM43RBvlmzYWum8GIN5L8osW93NaxyO2R4NWSTAQN2VgjO7k4aJLZH0H6aslTKBszild_TCOXQM8R/s320/20201205_143001.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Posh Chips (S$12)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From the menu: Coated thick cut chips, beef & ale gravy, aburi mozzarella & cheddar cheese</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLspbKnjTsamsnc6hAw-TbfC6s4HOJuDiKxwAFQUVeg0hJimQXT4rCoCA7iGFxaqy-YiX4UQBApvDP0tfawqMMMrzZFB_Frm16jZSpU1ldbIKrU9kM-crpswF-l8it72J1TRg40fFhJ9v7/s2048/20201205_143656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLspbKnjTsamsnc6hAw-TbfC6s4HOJuDiKxwAFQUVeg0hJimQXT4rCoCA7iGFxaqy-YiX4UQBApvDP0tfawqMMMrzZFB_Frm16jZSpU1ldbIKrU9kM-crpswF-l8it72J1TRg40fFhJ9v7/s320/20201205_143656.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Small fish & chips 150g (S$18)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From the menu: Beer battered Atlantic haddock fish, coated thick cut chips, gherkin tartar sauce, mushy peas</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Everything was on point, there's nothing like some crispy deep fried food to put you in a good mood. In fact, we were all so happy that even the rainy weather couldn't do anything to dampen our spirits, haha. If anyone asks for a fish & chips recommendation from me in future, I'll know where to point them to now.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After lunch, it was time to look for a place to sit and chat, with a nice beverage in hand. While we were at Lad & Dad, we noticed a cafe opposite (8 Craig Road) that had a constant queue outside. Just to satisfy our curiosity, we went over and found a pet-friendly cafe but didn't end up there as there was a time limit given of 45 minutes XD</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was lucky that there was a time limit as we ended up somewhere much better in my opinion - Tong Ah on Keong Saik. My goodness, the Horlicks there was so awesome. So was the toast, which had the pale green-grey coloured kaya that is so rare nowadays. It was so good that I immediately made plans to visit the place again XD </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZZQXI4daGAEXCEehNPpCIS2UpO2-whhvlETkK8q9_TeF2HnEwJU-yz74QUCdaCt4IdyfL4Gv7QqkMTOXQGk36geaTjECGa6LIcExsUQrcXAJikFSfzomc_Bj2uKC5j-pPUmOJFle3ASH/s2048/20201205_154848.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZZQXI4daGAEXCEehNPpCIS2UpO2-whhvlETkK8q9_TeF2HnEwJU-yz74QUCdaCt4IdyfL4Gv7QqkMTOXQGk36geaTjECGa6LIcExsUQrcXAJikFSfzomc_Bj2uKC5j-pPUmOJFle3ASH/s320/20201205_154848.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">According to my kopi loving friends, the coffee there is perfect as well. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I think I will try the tea next visit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSngj_yQ7SR8SLCLW2K8_pwqkej-tygvcWKjS94_sQ264InZsbfnNYbZZTSjV2jlMQW61UyybOL79C9wlQ3KlRXboVNyHegBuxhgS1z54pLYmUloI7Z0eGXLqe_AnsPW36o3cnJL5diW5/s2048/20201205_162331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSngj_yQ7SR8SLCLW2K8_pwqkej-tygvcWKjS94_sQ264InZsbfnNYbZZTSjV2jlMQW61UyybOL79C9wlQ3KlRXboVNyHegBuxhgS1z54pLYmUloI7Z0eGXLqe_AnsPW36o3cnJL5diW5/s320/20201205_162331.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The iconic building on Keong Saik that tourists love. </div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was raining so no way was I going to stand in front of the building for a photo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Why is the title 15,000 steps you ask? Well, we met up at Outram Park, walked to Tanjong Pagar Plaza for lunch, went to Keong Saik for tea then ended up at Chinatown for shopping XD It was a long long day as we ended up having afternoon tea twice LoL</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1__1G2V83NsMlml-mSnxoKBZ-x4O_rcw_jKt0yc0RRPCUYbkGPMmOYHdRc8NdvJEp81fhyD_laTP2WENSgy6r9p3jFl6VA_lXItTQooshRYdZYIWGelgI2YiPcxVhOoRi19h52V8bgOl/s2048/20201205_184909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF1__1G2V83NsMlml-mSnxoKBZ-x4O_rcw_jKt0yc0RRPCUYbkGPMmOYHdRc8NdvJEp81fhyD_laTP2WENSgy6r9p3jFl6VA_lXItTQooshRYdZYIWGelgI2YiPcxVhOoRi19h52V8bgOl/s320/20201205_184909.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tong Shui at the aptly named Tong Shui at People's Park Centre. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The almond paste was divine. Maybe it was the company too, but somehow everything we had that day was just perfect!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ended the day by dropping by Waterway Point to collect the personalised gifts I got for my colleagues as xmas presents. Plus managed to pick up something below S$10 for my not so nice colleague who I allocated a lower budget to compared to everyone else. Hah! At least I still got something of quality that she can still give away if she wants to. XD</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6pkPZscvUafHfQyR0K-hUW0iR22G7907rByKkvy4_hf__ahh2LBuy2w4knfCUpG2VLDpHdWOCJIi1n6OXpd-MPGo-Z4PanAOwpPUxeKLyYQq_k3mu3uZ5GNlQ_IGCdcD40jYovqWPWxy/s2048/20201205_200107.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe6pkPZscvUafHfQyR0K-hUW0iR22G7907rByKkvy4_hf__ahh2LBuy2w4knfCUpG2VLDpHdWOCJIi1n6OXpd-MPGo-Z4PanAOwpPUxeKLyYQq_k3mu3uZ5GNlQ_IGCdcD40jYovqWPWxy/s320/20201205_200107.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-14728004958599006422020-12-02T15:36:00.003+00:002020-12-02T15:37:32.519+00:00부자?나?<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">28 November 2020</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For the first time in my life, someone has asked for my help to lend some money. I was quite flattered to be honest, since I portray such a miserly image that no one has ever thought to pose this question to me before XD</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">First things first, I weighed the reason (gap of a few thousand to cover the down-payment for an HDB flat) against my ability (I would never risk my hard earned money so the amount lent would be an amount that will not affect me whatsoever even if it, in the worst-case scenario, is not returned). As I know very well the feeling of getting a helping hand when you need it, I ended up lending this friend of mine a couple of thousand dollars, which I hope helped to cover a bit of the shortfall. One thing of comfort is that I have been promised that the money would be returned to me by January 2021. Separately, when I checked my fortune for the coming year, I was told that I would not be having money worries and any money lent would be returned to me for sure - hope that's true - heh~</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, I don't think this friend of mine will be fleeing the country or going into hiding any time soon since she agreed to meet me for lunch XD To be fair, I paid for lunch while she paid for dessert. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We headed to this Korean restaurant called Dal-In on Boon Tat Street to satisfy my craving for Jjampong aka Korean Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup. I haven't been there since changing jobs, which was a whole 2-years ago! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfsjlGsdlCp9jx9foWALNi_3qaHrsTmwX14Hn4mnIG_Xq2bFAYGmxBwa7fJIfNx1zaUJp922czhrdcjqILY5rBT24ADzyrFbJLJw6gHdDMnH1D_Ee5p7wHOACoDkrBLraJcMF3voW1pbL/s2048/20201128_122944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfsjlGsdlCp9jx9foWALNi_3qaHrsTmwX14Hn4mnIG_Xq2bFAYGmxBwa7fJIfNx1zaUJp922czhrdcjqILY5rBT24ADzyrFbJLJw6gHdDMnH1D_Ee5p7wHOACoDkrBLraJcMF3voW1pbL/s320/20201128_122944.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Jjampong that has been occupying my thoughts since some time ago - full of squid, prawns, clams and lots of veggies~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxLK4-GxTyCGIUY6TDQEmYrpsRmhCe7whvz-NGsQT6wn5jw6C-Etbu5y18GAkyy4-3pkUK-lVv9CeDiWGLzWbjKCuOnBhGAGO8E78UdwNvom2oa3GDymsRdaoB0BRpvPBQMxdFV7bAlQW/s2048/20201128_122921.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxLK4-GxTyCGIUY6TDQEmYrpsRmhCe7whvz-NGsQT6wn5jw6C-Etbu5y18GAkyy4-3pkUK-lVv9CeDiWGLzWbjKCuOnBhGAGO8E78UdwNvom2oa3GDymsRdaoB0BRpvPBQMxdFV7bAlQW/s320/20201128_122921.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As is customary, there were several side dishes to accompany my Jjampong</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnmUpgeXAEcOzF8j2ER_EoBQ69K6e1WTjNMl3544JlXt-RzXtjo0DEhyphenhyphenW091civ_4fptKRuHgsfvesxWXD3bINsS9CdNGwKrrr0QecCW5eMhcI4_O9InRu2US8nUWZbhmbvwg33O2SXBd/s2048/20201128_123116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnmUpgeXAEcOzF8j2ER_EoBQ69K6e1WTjNMl3544JlXt-RzXtjo0DEhyphenhyphenW091civ_4fptKRuHgsfvesxWXD3bINsS9CdNGwKrrr0QecCW5eMhcI4_O9InRu2US8nUWZbhmbvwg33O2SXBd/s320/20201128_123116.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Also free Gyeran Jjim (Korean steamed egg)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pretty glad to report that the standard of the food at Dal-In is the same as I remembered. It is the closest to the taste that I had in Korea so far. One thing weird was that I didn't find the Jjampong as spicy as I did last time. Not sure if they adjusted the spiciness or it's me who has leveled up?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dessert was at Luna Patisserie, another place that I've been curious about but was thwarted quite a few times when I wanted to try, either due to timing or logistics. We ended up having to queue (about half an hour!) for a table. Luckily we were only 2 as there is limited space and the tables are mostly for tiny groups only. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2aVIUl7ZV1ylt5sdDs5sEnlw0kLWFgp6DwrBzSivyKbya4omYxhY94wuCnJ47aYU6aGJGozUQKZxu9JQV371jzHToSZmDfDt8oDFyAnf0l-dWD1WziO6-RiughCGw8t3ZpGLBNDcZ0Mf/s2048/20201128_140348.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil2aVIUl7ZV1ylt5sdDs5sEnlw0kLWFgp6DwrBzSivyKbya4omYxhY94wuCnJ47aYU6aGJGozUQKZxu9JQV371jzHToSZmDfDt8oDFyAnf0l-dWD1WziO6-RiughCGw8t3ZpGLBNDcZ0Mf/s320/20201128_140348.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The famous orh nee (yam paste) cake that I have been so curious about. Looks prettier in those review posts though. It wasn't sweet at all and came with chunks of actual yam. I liked it, but I think the coconut milk did give me a tummy ache later in the day. The one in the background is matcha white chocolate, which luckily was not my order, as I don't really like having bitter stuff in my desserts.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYvKHnyUrnc8pIVs8od88f-XV_Rd2w4kFJtpEqYZ1WpW_oAf6W0v-F-deUfAVNioicMMKHVJkZPqe3E-6WYlgJmGsaMpVxSdHlyxIShm2Yl_LGM-XEfbny7v1gbE-FNw6QtGXb1u76CK5/s2048/20201128_140601.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYvKHnyUrnc8pIVs8od88f-XV_Rd2w4kFJtpEqYZ1WpW_oAf6W0v-F-deUfAVNioicMMKHVJkZPqe3E-6WYlgJmGsaMpVxSdHlyxIShm2Yl_LGM-XEfbny7v1gbE-FNw6QtGXb1u76CK5/s320/20201128_140601.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My cake and ginger tea</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I think Luna is a 'try once enough' kind of place for me. The wait is kind of long for a tiny slice of cake, the drinks menu is very limited, plus you can't really enjoy your time there as the queue outside is very visible from where you are seated in the cafe.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwNBgIJB2Srmlk6JeSn9H1xEBoWzXSQK9eH2MbGk15F89M4t09eX2MLlYHt7xIQEPnPtkQa_Nckr7_nMTl52vS2vPYAm7omkZ1v4TUmMrbUMOX1L2uJPiqzM8fp_Ovszqh6KPWg5a9MLc/s2048/Inked20201128_145118_LI.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwNBgIJB2Srmlk6JeSn9H1xEBoWzXSQK9eH2MbGk15F89M4t09eX2MLlYHt7xIQEPnPtkQa_Nckr7_nMTl52vS2vPYAm7omkZ1v4TUmMrbUMOX1L2uJPiqzM8fp_Ovszqh6KPWg5a9MLc/s320/Inked20201128_145118_LI.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Red arrow shows where Luna is</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The queue was definitely more than double ours when we left, winding down to the end of the street (meaning more than an hour to wait?!) I don't think I would be willing to queue for that long! </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Kind of surprising, considering CBD used to be deadly quiet during weekends. Guess everything is weirder now that we are in 2020. @@</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-18326786742736544882020-10-25T09:34:00.004+00:002020-11-16T12:50:10.876+00:00I'm Gonna Miss you - uHall LKC Wing #06-01<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <span style="font-family: arial;">What weird year 2020 has been. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Some reasons why:</u></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">- The Johor- Singapore border closed for the first time in history</div></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">- It's weirder to walk around without a mask than it is to be wearing one</div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">- I haven't seen my annoying colleague that I'm not very fond of in person since February</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That last point delights me the most as it is in line with my goal to stay away as much as possible from people who give off negative vibes. The reason that I have not seen her much this year is because we have been on alternate teams since February (for the record, I am on blue Team A while she is on orange Team B). Then there was this thing called the 'Circuit Breaker' (I seriously can't being myself to call it CB like some other people do) which spanned from April to June, when the entire office was closed as a measure to curb the spread of COVID-19. We are now back to alternate weeks, which suits me perfectly.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The first day I went back to office after about 4 months was 31 August 2020. First, let me wax lyrical about my office for a bit. When I first saw my new desk when I started working here in October 2018, I couldn't help but think that it exceeded my expectations. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is spacious and has a nice view of the garden on the 6th floor of one of the wings in University Hall. Due to the fact that there is glass all around, I can actually see people before they reach my space but they are not able to see me clearly as my door is frosted, how perfect is that?! In fact, it is so nice that management has decided to evict me to convert the room into a dining space for visitors. Boohooo.... I think I should be moving soon, to #06-03, and since I haven't seen the new place yet, I don't know what kind of environment it would be. I know though that I won't be able to see whether it is raining or not for sure. =(</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrqnnZ34wBK9nfXs2ZxLHn4xcPhyRx44Q7uWxplxt_IvCngOerQQ6KR8mtuXoGgc6eD7dmhuOR2gJDHbRz9P7nY2CDzBBFmllREtWhIyUa_8M_kM7e2SBx9cEK1Zu8mD8Kzp_FB43GVqR/s2048/20200831_092827.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZrqnnZ34wBK9nfXs2ZxLHn4xcPhyRx44Q7uWxplxt_IvCngOerQQ6KR8mtuXoGgc6eD7dmhuOR2gJDHbRz9P7nY2CDzBBFmllREtWhIyUa_8M_kM7e2SBx9cEK1Zu8mD8Kzp_FB43GVqR/s320/20200831_092827.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After months of working with a laptop screen, I came to work on 31 August and got a shock at how pampered I had been previously, with this nice, huge screen. I swear it was like looking at words through a magnifying glass and it took me a bit of time to get used to the huge font at first, hahahaha.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJId4hHC6t1WBYGgadlbMNBPXWXMPsX39v7OCiA-j_DS1U9d2dTap818qtWi3Ruc90JmqpWaGIfBOCQjK437Bm0ArbuCD0IFdH3GQtb6vEYs5h0NqPxCAJGTjnZyEPnc5SQPa4EmjTuSw/s1600/IMG-20181023-WA0000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJId4hHC6t1WBYGgadlbMNBPXWXMPsX39v7OCiA-j_DS1U9d2dTap818qtWi3Ruc90JmqpWaGIfBOCQjK437Bm0ArbuCD0IFdH3GQtb6vEYs5h0NqPxCAJGTjnZyEPnc5SQPa4EmjTuSw/s320/IMG-20181023-WA0000.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I think I took this ugly, dark photo not long after I first joined, hence the very bare space. I have not managed to fill up the shelves but there is definitely more items on the desk compared to when I first started.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhml28amUX7wEgBi8JyflngeWfTFkeuReh81WjyAcFYInc5I-XbHyDuY16iRT68ef3z8MJarbSETsKl5BOdFsi_dEuGSF6Jl_V8SkXkaQTflxEJBYgaRGU8vn6aH53zYIWLQ0QWbu8W4rr/s1600/IMG-20181204-WA0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhml28amUX7wEgBi8JyflngeWfTFkeuReh81WjyAcFYInc5I-XbHyDuY16iRT68ef3z8MJarbSETsKl5BOdFsi_dEuGSF6Jl_V8SkXkaQTflxEJBYgaRGU8vn6aH53zYIWLQ0QWbu8W4rr/s320/IMG-20181204-WA0002.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">View of the rooftop garden on a sunny day. I like it that I can look outside when my eyes get tired and there are sometimes birds around to keep me entertained as well. Actually, it also gets quite hot sometimes so moving to a new office might result in fewer sun spots for me, to think on the bright side @@</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguovRJkC_PpXGedgAPxXEJHo9YPa9NlHpGTVdCz_nlzoNVbbmovHfrecIkMYO7e8x1hK5FzewZb85LcR-Urp9ebPZqlrGkvkYaPTaNt_8rI_GLpp6KjK4QVeW2-nPcq3ZQNeVXgBcZwSUy/s2048/20200903_140722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguovRJkC_PpXGedgAPxXEJHo9YPa9NlHpGTVdCz_nlzoNVbbmovHfrecIkMYO7e8x1hK5FzewZb85LcR-Urp9ebPZqlrGkvkYaPTaNt_8rI_GLpp6KjK4QVeW2-nPcq3ZQNeVXgBcZwSUy/s320/20200903_140722.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">View on a rainy day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the not so nice points of working on alternate weeks is that I for the most part have to eat lunch alone. Apart from about 3 or 4 days since 31 August up till now, I have been having relaxing, contemplative lunches on my own XD </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For memories sake (so that I can remember some of the stuff I had while working here 50 years from now), here's a record of what I had for lunch for the first 2 weeks I was back in office:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(31 August 2020 to 4 September 2020)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8T1F8s_bqoptLv-EHP1YGIpV1lGd_MdKrfas6hmhqeXh6LfYC8KTfkD3Qgob1qkHq4utSJKY-aXgk4rsVuFRNQ87cCQFbnkL6NlAtks40pgtCxcqzFG50TFl7y35Org5dlhMJn7sp_e84/s2048/20200831_124850.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8T1F8s_bqoptLv-EHP1YGIpV1lGd_MdKrfas6hmhqeXh6LfYC8KTfkD3Qgob1qkHq4utSJKY-aXgk4rsVuFRNQ87cCQFbnkL6NlAtks40pgtCxcqzFG50TFl7y35Org5dlhMJn7sp_e84/s320/20200831_124850.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On day 1, I had yong taufu at the Science Canteen, with laksa soup instead of my usual clear soup. It is a frequent lunch option as it is tasty, healthy, filling and cheap at S$2.80 for minimum 6 items + noodles (did I mention cheap? ;)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTscABxIftMK7HZ5hsER2SXdibFnR7Z9XcAdmdaj_cAunVMJl9CuoQiImqQ_J2dV7g5IiQrhFqYTDKULkgobb1CSOYU4lKrq3Zxwi35Z38oYMKc8o-tfYxUJjlrcxtYv80gtGtKO7pVIJx/s2048/20200901_120811.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTscABxIftMK7HZ5hsER2SXdibFnR7Z9XcAdmdaj_cAunVMJl9CuoQiImqQ_J2dV7g5IiQrhFqYTDKULkgobb1CSOYU4lKrq3Zxwi35Z38oYMKc8o-tfYxUJjlrcxtYv80gtGtKO7pVIJx/s320/20200901_120811.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On Tuesday, I had lunch with a friend from another zone (the campus has been segregated into 3 zones and since we couldn't meet any where within campus, we had to go to a neutral place) at Kopitiam at Kent Ridge. This is tomato ban mian with extra vege~</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm27LzrajwDejoeNULKRn82-e6puAwVUQTrYhGn0lE9tBs6ThQK54cQH6vSa9cc0eGQOxGEbTiVAgPsDGGHsCG5WbkZvojhxfkDEaok8yDnR_v6CUzO4b0LZfzQ4VvpYalFI1a6zsKFdYb/s2048/20200902_124259.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm27LzrajwDejoeNULKRn82-e6puAwVUQTrYhGn0lE9tBs6ThQK54cQH6vSa9cc0eGQOxGEbTiVAgPsDGGHsCG5WbkZvojhxfkDEaok8yDnR_v6CUzO4b0LZfzQ4VvpYalFI1a6zsKFdYb/s320/20200902_124259.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On Wednesday, it was back to the Science Canteen, the side with air-conditioning this time, for Ayam Penyet + curry vege. This is one of the nicer penyet around, the chicken is always fresh and crispy as business is so good. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiTFC4RA4jaaoxlU5KtF5gzjZFXVOMI18YhVbJjd4UfTnNRJUpte6W1p20w3K3ILxyam1Ys6ABpATUaENym8AFGklMDAvLyqZ5dOGUYmFkfkHXacwOeA51Z4cTkUj_TGIdRTK7CZc_xF__/s2048/20200903_122631.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiTFC4RA4jaaoxlU5KtF5gzjZFXVOMI18YhVbJjd4UfTnNRJUpte6W1p20w3K3ILxyam1Ys6ABpATUaENym8AFGklMDAvLyqZ5dOGUYmFkfkHXacwOeA51Z4cTkUj_TGIdRTK7CZc_xF__/s320/20200903_122631.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thursday was go crazy day, where I ordered McDelivery. May I add that this was one of the very rare times that I ordered in as I abhor expensive delivery fees! This was a Big Mac set with regular fries, drink changed to hot Milo (as it was cold that day) and the highlight of the meal, a Yuzu Pie (which was limited edition for September 2020 only). The Yuzu Pie must make a comeback in future! It was so so good, I ended up having it again the next day, hahahahha.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipff1q2AkxqqXlcY7IIhYJb02V53xp_3nFmzoHFXUSZjiLFGwJuTZrrRY4MFArPJxCD244E4dxDjvfry_f0UPxSD-ZsbbY1KT4Co8H1t0TkY9hW4QFmqJ-8rk8QAyUifA8vyTgh4WA3FZw/s2048/20200904_120713.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipff1q2AkxqqXlcY7IIhYJb02V53xp_3nFmzoHFXUSZjiLFGwJuTZrrRY4MFArPJxCD244E4dxDjvfry_f0UPxSD-ZsbbY1KT4Co8H1t0TkY9hW4QFmqJ-8rk8QAyUifA8vyTgh4WA3FZw/s320/20200904_120713.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On Friday, I went for lunch with Aunty Minah, who cleans our office. She's super sweet and is the only one around our floor who seriously compliments me on how I look on a regular basis =) She bought me lunch before when it was her birthday so it was my turn to reciprocate. This was nasi goreng kampung at Al Amaan Restaurant on Clementi Road.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(14 September 2020 to 18 September 2020)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh886wxvKWBy7AgGDGyPjPjUez-NgSt2X-Lz6xBRZ5Rof6MGDr2JnfIfd2MMs-A-s43FjYDY0_N2iAcUo8088hcBv44YykTiG2pOVit9XnzSvYW8hyKtgD89cQcvgE0ETG6gxF4okDTqJrB/s2048/20200601_123934.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh886wxvKWBy7AgGDGyPjPjUez-NgSt2X-Lz6xBRZ5Rof6MGDr2JnfIfd2MMs-A-s43FjYDY0_N2iAcUo8088hcBv44YykTiG2pOVit9XnzSvYW8hyKtgD89cQcvgE0ETG6gxF4okDTqJrB/s320/20200601_123934.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYySL5ciB9tbXOjmajIukYMhvLAExkOqrQOn4tXbzcKRoj6x7Pn37WGpwUzsROC0esoWwJukEtNxMyGxMoalE1-fAPsiJMXhsELk30CoX5bmRqTrnyK17gJpoJcRuvhemu6qWyNKRLKMC/s2048/20200925_130539.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYySL5ciB9tbXOjmajIukYMhvLAExkOqrQOn4tXbzcKRoj6x7Pn37WGpwUzsROC0esoWwJukEtNxMyGxMoalE1-fAPsiJMXhsELk30CoX5bmRqTrnyK17gJpoJcRuvhemu6qWyNKRLKMC/s320/20200925_130539.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On Monday, I brought some leftover Kimchi Stew that I made over the weekend (yes, I made that). It is one of the fail-proof dishes that I discovered during the Circuit Breaker period, and henceforth I shall never order this dish at overpriced prices in Korean restaurants ever again as it is so simple to make!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vTYvd-4LDtoQZtG8VN-zXjdxDencx344frid6lSiZ5TZTBTMhYnZ3tpG4BQC3Jq7RLvenGyPxp3J-8iVIVLL339MRZxEj3nCs7Ltru_vTRLtQTyWG_Cuw7OmG6rqahPKR6Z-eCniEo2F/s2048/20200914_130122.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vTYvd-4LDtoQZtG8VN-zXjdxDencx344frid6lSiZ5TZTBTMhYnZ3tpG4BQC3Jq7RLvenGyPxp3J-8iVIVLL339MRZxEj3nCs7Ltru_vTRLtQTyWG_Cuw7OmG6rqahPKR6Z-eCniEo2F/s320/20200914_130122.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>On Tuesday, I tried out the new Thai stall at the Science Canteen. The pork knuckle rice definitely exceeded my expectations, whether in terms of taste or presentation. The second time I ordered this, I had to go for reduced rice and still couldn't finish. I think I need to go with reduced, reduced rice next time. Haha.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAM_9c0FisI_LoyqDu9ThiN_jxUMEydaBKYqwpFJFuR3qwnIXyEnkwK7zIDOoh39rfoVo9mXjGVmAh3T0J2GU_cIzToSC0yf3skqga6pB8yy-ahdCTcI0l4uh2I-z-GZ-Cq7ux8sGyZvDb/s2048/20200916_124139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAM_9c0FisI_LoyqDu9ThiN_jxUMEydaBKYqwpFJFuR3qwnIXyEnkwK7zIDOoh39rfoVo9mXjGVmAh3T0J2GU_cIzToSC0yf3skqga6pB8yy-ahdCTcI0l4uh2I-z-GZ-Cq7ux8sGyZvDb/s320/20200916_124139.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Given the success of the pork knuckle rice, I decided to try another dish from the same stall on Wednesday, this time it was fried fish. Although it was not bad, it did not wow me the same way as the pork knuckle did, so it will probably be awhile till my next time ordering this. Downed lunch with sugarless Teh C from the canteen drinks stall. This tea is amazing, it is the only place so far where I drink milk tea with no sugar as the milk tea already tastes smooth and fragrant enough on its own.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDLO2QnodEXNEbbkU4cC39I8HuNCd9A8LZ_wAusGPNaiBH69W8fk3PsYyui7apuWHmX6iC7DF-gBzBqdcMvJHGkKr0rB0TAnsOoUSmdc98NqNrkv7DozRHIgZ2HvK9an0hbtFJ76f-1Lm/s2048/20200917_130503.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDLO2QnodEXNEbbkU4cC39I8HuNCd9A8LZ_wAusGPNaiBH69W8fk3PsYyui7apuWHmX6iC7DF-gBzBqdcMvJHGkKr0rB0TAnsOoUSmdc98NqNrkv7DozRHIgZ2HvK9an0hbtFJ76f-1Lm/s320/20200917_130503.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On Thursday, I visited Kopitiam @ Kent Ridge again. Unfortunately, the chicken rice I had been craving for had closed down, which kind of threw me off balance as I then had no idea what to eat @@. Ended up trying the fried prawn noodles, which was not bad but required a long wait =( The prawns were not very nice too, sad.. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1bEdvNoCyetQ7aumxz0OkXp29bbNrBhvkmtq8zhmhLZlbM_UIF0XHjUnx-2uh1CH9X060abDDxFEmAIMsBIayvuz7p3wQM9qLeny6CSxzNmXnYXEnZWPBYRXKv7MIpZGiu7O3SbpS0Ym/s2048/20200918_122650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1bEdvNoCyetQ7aumxz0OkXp29bbNrBhvkmtq8zhmhLZlbM_UIF0XHjUnx-2uh1CH9X060abDDxFEmAIMsBIayvuz7p3wQM9qLeny6CSxzNmXnYXEnZWPBYRXKv7MIpZGiu7O3SbpS0Ym/s320/20200918_122650.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Friday was Grab Food day as it was raining heavily and I ended up feeling lazy to leave the office. I was also thinking about chicken chop, so this is one from Collin's Grill which cost me S$14.85 after including delivery charges of S$4. Luckily the mushroom soup was awesome and I fixed my craving, so it kind of offset the inflated price.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Whew, finally done. Can't believe it can take me an afternoon to record 2 weeks worth of lunches XD The photos below are kind of random, but they are from a brand called H&N naturally sweet strawberries from Australia. I was shocked when I opened the box to find strawberries as big as my palm and same size as my mouse! Repurchased once then stopped as I am kind of paranoid that they have mutated genes. XD</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8aD_-9nA5LlxQcX7AcZUezZ_Wxzdg5_zP0ldrIDrQyoGtawK1U0GBzYiiUzwcw-Y_G7TWiluQZ59VoQV2NZU6ozx65mIlWhbYI8nOIeQUujy41zixDcNJ1G350ZDUqCd-2Tje4ApiU0V/s2048/20200907_091841.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8aD_-9nA5LlxQcX7AcZUezZ_Wxzdg5_zP0ldrIDrQyoGtawK1U0GBzYiiUzwcw-Y_G7TWiluQZ59VoQV2NZU6ozx65mIlWhbYI8nOIeQUujy41zixDcNJ1G350ZDUqCd-2Tje4ApiU0V/s320/20200907_091841.jpg" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVQKtjhParG8FxwYD3R-4xx34aK5gs3KDzJEb6hWQbX-_GgpKzm5IMYHCgMfciugCWhbAFmePpZTOrilOZ2VT43xpUxOoaoioBXeVtzzZcxEYu8WC27OO43ErZVJMFn82Y-D7Tmbs67gv/s2048/20200831_200402.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVQKtjhParG8FxwYD3R-4xx34aK5gs3KDzJEb6hWQbX-_GgpKzm5IMYHCgMfciugCWhbAFmePpZTOrilOZ2VT43xpUxOoaoioBXeVtzzZcxEYu8WC27OO43ErZVJMFn82Y-D7Tmbs67gv/s320/20200831_200402.jpg" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Update: Officially moving to my new office space on 17 November 2020. Since I will be working from home on that day, I cleared my desk on 13 November 2020 and the space now looks empty and sad T___T</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1-jsY-6y-nuFk7tVONnZhCLzU_rY0PCYKwQD0ebHm4nzkQSl2Ca_oAz_xhk4XScfinYZtZlQ8kpRRmZyW_MYRNkHyh_cSX2qUxMevLTmATSwmfrjLW7FCAF0vrsAuApGYfjkrfoQMofV/s2048/20201113_175309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1-jsY-6y-nuFk7tVONnZhCLzU_rY0PCYKwQD0ebHm4nzkQSl2Ca_oAz_xhk4XScfinYZtZlQ8kpRRmZyW_MYRNkHyh_cSX2qUxMevLTmATSwmfrjLW7FCAF0vrsAuApGYfjkrfoQMofV/s320/20201113_175309.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-50470753287517685842020-10-07T10:12:00.002+01:002020-10-18T08:50:08.938+01:00Cheapskate got free membership for a year! =)<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">29 August 2020</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In conjunction with Singapore National Day, the National Gallery was giving out free memberships to citizens and permanent residents up to the end of August 2020. (<i>Update: The promotion has been extended to 31 October 2020</i>). Being a super cheapskate, I just couldn't give up the opportunity even though I might not be have the best understanding of South East Asian art or even call myself an art enthusiast in general XD.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The day started with lunch at Funan just a couple of streets away. A little place called Fireless Kitchen specialising in sous vide cooking.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The 12-Hours Sous Vide BBQ pork belly was really good but I was slightly disappointed with the sweet potato mash, which was purple instead of the orange that I was expecting. The texture was also baby-food mushy instead of mashed potato mushy - totally not what I was expecting. T___T</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFfFfBGvo4QA8MewfcBfN1d8L5wGkLI5ePx3iOfCFWxL3oV7t1MzdsDp0oUlhic1oFcQE7DyBWxx00R2_vblr3hDVE6d4VskANBqgv6GbrR5DBSSqG-yru__dr3YFVRN28Gyy6U4Bvcoa/s2048/20200829_130627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJFfFfBGvo4QA8MewfcBfN1d8L5wGkLI5ePx3iOfCFWxL3oV7t1MzdsDp0oUlhic1oFcQE7DyBWxx00R2_vblr3hDVE6d4VskANBqgv6GbrR5DBSSqG-yru__dr3YFVRN28Gyy6U4Bvcoa/s320/20200829_130627.jpg" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21-_5MWbysS8yftehJFRMFtb0Uo_zdxM5eOp_zwZGfXjB4bH4D25RA-PWNXZnF3zaGzgWEgf-pzJ6l_xLao8KjaVX0anMEF5EmriQ76ecjzs_gN4oCxsq8xQOJ2O7gkpLwwHeVFhJKr3r/s320/20200829_130632.jpg" style="text-align: left;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWi1WxqeEdnWePNPwesBpMso9eR1qYvjjAz8xVCssG4pEUGVByUNhyphenhyphenjMXHiSoCYml8WAgNKy53PSdEGc9iVGfI06bVoMw-UqZV4PVccp-WIj72JUW6EzpWHOcYDMiARPVs2RzmFgCP6df/s2048/20200829_132248.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEWi1WxqeEdnWePNPwesBpMso9eR1qYvjjAz8xVCssG4pEUGVByUNhyphenhyphenjMXHiSoCYml8WAgNKy53PSdEGc9iVGfI06bVoMw-UqZV4PVccp-WIj72JUW6EzpWHOcYDMiARPVs2RzmFgCP6df/s320/20200829_132248.jpg" /></a><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77YwPqGtT6rq27wIZmWGdQMozODaiQCAHWFXSqbYbS2riWYYVqaRy_ZobVVXirxrbDDehGV0ZfDKYcGPAuqWhTFNaHaC_QLUOC4xFBApVtEc_Cn909vUTec5HzZ8Y_l3HUtGXmyNwR9iM/s320/20200829_132424.jpg" style="text-align: left;" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bought my after lunch dessert from Yanmie which was conveniently located next door - Mango Yoghurt. The shop's decor just makes you feel all cheery. I tried the recommended purple rice yoghurt the last time and this was just as good. Too bad that I couldn't take my time with it since I was feeling self conscious walking around without a mask while sipping on my drink.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Finally, my first time to the National Gallery~</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruKEcGV_J8mhehpLCAZzvEUSrEuRq1Bnwm17IfwTWx0TYAjau8riMEx7mEZ1YoV3y4wc9d6aF6w74cY_K5B0GcYy1GTthz7C7e6f779MfzjLADBLMB3GHKHNuzzXyUKAGaHqYyNwtfQjV/s2048/20200829_140313.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruKEcGV_J8mhehpLCAZzvEUSrEuRq1Bnwm17IfwTWx0TYAjau8riMEx7mEZ1YoV3y4wc9d6aF6w74cY_K5B0GcYy1GTthz7C7e6f779MfzjLADBLMB3GHKHNuzzXyUKAGaHqYyNwtfQjV/s320/20200829_140313.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was quite crowded so either people here are big on culture or there's really not many places you can go to in Singapore. Apparently a lot of people go to there just to check-in and take profile shots (while also giving people the impression that they are very artsy and cultured?)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After redeeming our free memberships, we being non-conformists, went in the opposite direction </span><span style="font-family: arial;">to the Supreme Court Wing first, with the intention to circle over to the City Hall Wing later. We </span><span style="font-family: arial;">also didn't bother to join the winding queues for some of the exhibitions.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YbTfNDBttIIYqKFRVJsAUwbwtJkrp30IyRBdB-KiAYfXWhaJkA_w3Gcp-TAYGvIomyzmgIAZr8E4iq3lVPXTso0TUxQ8-lDLMagI1jkjP6acsdbRg6-dTs7vJsfptT6Y3s7oZVtejj3X/s2048/20200829_150242.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6YbTfNDBttIIYqKFRVJsAUwbwtJkrp30IyRBdB-KiAYfXWhaJkA_w3Gcp-TAYGvIomyzmgIAZr8E4iq3lVPXTso0TUxQ8-lDLMagI1jkjP6acsdbRg6-dTs7vJsfptT6Y3s7oZVtejj3X/s320/20200829_150242.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The foundation stone of the building was laid in 1937</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56GXPaowXp-oLfDHRbLW8L9sdv4Ih5UB5Dng3QZcN1Hsdr8yuiQjA0QxaImWaSTlrfu4Xlk8Q1P65RHN77fWdCXyAsvXIy2_CnbT4xaPjyYdgAxc1r7uf2JtTpDwPEVILOXK70cIfPz79/s2048/20200829_141636.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56GXPaowXp-oLfDHRbLW8L9sdv4Ih5UB5Dng3QZcN1Hsdr8yuiQjA0QxaImWaSTlrfu4Xlk8Q1P65RHN77fWdCXyAsvXIy2_CnbT4xaPjyYdgAxc1r7uf2JtTpDwPEVILOXK70cIfPz79/s320/20200829_141636.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A plaque to show that the Supreme Court was declared open in 1939</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTc1B5qtbFYM5XUJ_nZFkf7mCMk0r6w26J3GCIT90CgNR0DEyg-473Y8kto67HRn2RrBOQCs4BhpM5Gq0htHlwjgNX4-spLd95sKvomZO_tLoe4vGkEZ5qA7WmY97CJ_W6uWnv_tgterj/s2048/20200829_142648.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTc1B5qtbFYM5XUJ_nZFkf7mCMk0r6w26J3GCIT90CgNR0DEyg-473Y8kto67HRn2RrBOQCs4BhpM5Gq0htHlwjgNX4-spLd95sKvomZO_tLoe4vGkEZ5qA7WmY97CJ_W6uWnv_tgterj/s320/20200829_142648.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnpji0Y0y8LBnO9L-lkcmJXBeXDjeiTB6U2sbFWxfcGKhS-kQLsdlrGqqdWQ09vAM3Xz5l3sCQiuc9f4xSSikPHjQbPsMTEh19Ae1QkikZHXJUjdal4oaQ8xpwcAoq3YTJGDd-TD_RD1m/s2048/20200829_142642.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsnpji0Y0y8LBnO9L-lkcmJXBeXDjeiTB6U2sbFWxfcGKhS-kQLsdlrGqqdWQ09vAM3Xz5l3sCQiuc9f4xSSikPHjQbPsMTEh19Ae1QkikZHXJUjdal4oaQ8xpwcAoq3YTJGDd-TD_RD1m/w320-h240/20200829_142642.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">It is well worth a visit to the building just to admire the lovely architecture and feel the grandness of the space.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DrsTdag3XCaXXGrIj6oYmR1GU0_eTYDZuEAzjdzam-kXPRyDokbGkqTOTEBcktfwbnoltP8GtRFA4cIfqx2_z4vYb_jCXKX9BCRUU1t326KdhG9f9AEGPhBG7gwxyl6X-yqNWB_JyqOY/s2048/20200829_142230.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1DrsTdag3XCaXXGrIj6oYmR1GU0_eTYDZuEAzjdzam-kXPRyDokbGkqTOTEBcktfwbnoltP8GtRFA4cIfqx2_z4vYb_jCXKX9BCRUU1t326KdhG9f9AEGPhBG7gwxyl6X-yqNWB_JyqOY/s320/20200829_142230.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Wandering through the exhibits and saw this artistic depiction to remind me of Negaraku.. Scary yet attention grabbing. Some parts of the Supreme Court Wing had that eerie feeling you sometimes get in old buildings, but still nowhere close to the holding cells at <a href="https://tadtadyenny.blogspot.com/2009/06/day-18-st-georges-hall.html" target="_blank">St George's Hall in Liverpool</a> or the Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh (oh, I have not put that on record have I? One day, I shall catch up recording my memories #crossfingers).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaONeuSf_ZAaVykzHcwZXBk_qHJpmEJh0tYSirMbzZCQSwek2YsGnSICXfswlSeDGrUnVYVY1DUu-z_vpkY3lUR_9pcA3BIPEsJtjtf63-5-g7WOO_StbgnbsJwEFI2vhWfFaCOLSVBszn/s2048/20200829_144257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaONeuSf_ZAaVykzHcwZXBk_qHJpmEJh0tYSirMbzZCQSwek2YsGnSICXfswlSeDGrUnVYVY1DUu-z_vpkY3lUR_9pcA3BIPEsJtjtf63-5-g7WOO_StbgnbsJwEFI2vhWfFaCOLSVBszn/s320/20200829_144257.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">the Proclamation of the Republic of Singapore is on display</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxoobB0Miomr1dLyidNwU6m0g8PnifA1FrT9itoshL12RtyjeXloBz3B-NOyyppXvWxWu_5LFQb9xxgO8eSrCGpewnELmGdsuf0jPn1b3Vsnaza2Y35pgBSn4Hg6IlgEScrw7dGzFr_Rn/s2048/20200829_144424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxoobB0Miomr1dLyidNwU6m0g8PnifA1FrT9itoshL12RtyjeXloBz3B-NOyyppXvWxWu_5LFQb9xxgO8eSrCGpewnELmGdsuf0jPn1b3Vsnaza2Y35pgBSn4Hg6IlgEScrw7dGzFr_Rn/s320/20200829_144424.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So is the Proclamation of Malaysia</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(bila boleh balik kampung?????)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOQR8_c4A17MN_R2A2DNugwgj5yFOL2l1erIdaRzqBqcaYp6pqimYtiCJEC_7gWuk0tbSOK5x6XB-vMD5WtFuy0ceE6Peu0StNr8gP63UpKu9sJ8gAX0zaMUrK0DpbwlWjEb4PinO5Hqt/s2048/20200829_144355.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOQR8_c4A17MN_R2A2DNugwgj5yFOL2l1erIdaRzqBqcaYp6pqimYtiCJEC_7gWuk0tbSOK5x6XB-vMD5WtFuy0ceE6Peu0StNr8gP63UpKu9sJ8gAX0zaMUrK0DpbwlWjEb4PinO5Hqt/s320/20200829_144355.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Also saw a handwritten letter from Tunku Abdul Rahman</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3wW097aWU3yyDMoUukkOnbGL0d7T-cERAS7JE4A9tJa5Aoal25Ctq4UyjqAVUG3acL3Cx2Fy1HG3SmtGlUb5OPTn4X021lzuJwqTYvhSvmRw6TJT5FujUITVa-kNi-jWfq4Lt3-iqrhN/s2048/20200829_144721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3wW097aWU3yyDMoUukkOnbGL0d7T-cERAS7JE4A9tJa5Aoal25Ctq4UyjqAVUG3acL3Cx2Fy1HG3SmtGlUb5OPTn4X021lzuJwqTYvhSvmRw6TJT5FujUITVa-kNi-jWfq4Lt3-iqrhN/s320/20200829_144721.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Too bad the Rotunda Library was cordoned off to the public due to limited space for social distancing (stupid COVID-19), I was told it is quite beautiful inside.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I honestly found the Supreme Court Wing to be much much more interesting compared to the City Hall Wing, but it was more crowded at the latter due to more open and bright spaces for people to take their glamour shots. There was a lady there who spent more than half an hour at the same location on the steps posing for photos. How do I know? She was there when we entered the place and still there when we left after going through several exhibitions!</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbvwsFEL7JPIVuuZvE5wqcAgl2qJ1aluJ3xAoYQjzKntYPUgAfx_lEOHHKE3yWZSUiIpMzVOwfMygggpVZSqaeLRoCQocFaY5A-ijUG6tiuFNCkGxY6a1RbJOMDG_q4i_IXIFWRKtQHJ2/s2048/20200829_154607.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNbvwsFEL7JPIVuuZvE5wqcAgl2qJ1aluJ3xAoYQjzKntYPUgAfx_lEOHHKE3yWZSUiIpMzVOwfMygggpVZSqaeLRoCQocFaY5A-ijUG6tiuFNCkGxY6a1RbJOMDG_q4i_IXIFWRKtQHJ2/s320/20200829_154607.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You can get a nice view of Esplanade, Singapore Flyer and MBS from the City Hall Wing</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After a whole afternoon of walking, we wanted to go somewhere for a tea break and faced the same issue that I had during National Day weekend - every single place was full, even the atas places like P.S. Cafe -____- </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BaPxoBFguS5kauL9NBALHV1gaIVmeKY8gymG_KIKAOvoywsT0VOC9vCw5LldbZ2rpIsfYztxUOtKojwTn4RJkU3v-wWpB7MhWfdcq9M6p5I0uQTzAvHtunTJPrO7FbWLSiPi9KKbQ_ou/s2048/20200829_161516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9BaPxoBFguS5kauL9NBALHV1gaIVmeKY8gymG_KIKAOvoywsT0VOC9vCw5LldbZ2rpIsfYztxUOtKojwTn4RJkU3v-wWpB7MhWfdcq9M6p5I0uQTzAvHtunTJPrO7FbWLSiPi9KKbQ_ou/s320/20200829_161516.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ended up at Godiva with a tasty but not very thirst-quenching - Oolong Tea Dark Chocolixir - kind of regret going with no whipped cream since it would have added to the aesthetic value. oh well...</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra6KNDbDdq3q8a-4Ys7MhBtth03RqLkiMT7xlheSpJlK-UsI86G4zvnUHWqgjO3WoDsMTWQ3t7E-nR53ZfrPAVYq80hjX72xnDLrus7XE52JTr3IJMnPX2-o74P1mOJU7LtBAWRo_w9mj/s2048/20200829_235009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra6KNDbDdq3q8a-4Ys7MhBtth03RqLkiMT7xlheSpJlK-UsI86G4zvnUHWqgjO3WoDsMTWQ3t7E-nR53ZfrPAVYq80hjX72xnDLrus7XE52JTr3IJMnPX2-o74P1mOJU7LtBAWRo_w9mj/s320/20200829_235009.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Put this here to remind myself of my one-year National Gallery membership lest I forget and totally fail to use it at least once within the next year (which is quite likely unless they suddenly have some super interesting exhibition that would pique my interest - they once had Monet and Renoir on display, no idea why I missed that!).</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-25451469756149442472020-10-02T04:58:00.007+01:002020-10-02T05:07:52.634+01:00Craving Not Satisfied<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> 23 August 2020</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Wowowow time really flies, can't believe it's already one month since my last post, where did all my days go?!)</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">It has been 6 months since I've been stuck in tiny Singapore. There are numerous others in the same situation and like dutiful Malaysians, we all crave the Malaysian taste. Although the names of certain dishes are the same in Malaysia and Singapore, they look and taste totally DIFFERENT!!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Case in point:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Example 1: Bak Kut Teh 肉骨茶</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96v7oFW5ARA02l-5ASKUmCnvBBQoPiL1WXU_c3INRlgvb3Pzh8pf43b2k_Th-ELvb0MZwRRfsg142d45sjqpEzq9e8J2OPMZrkyI7f-oWsrxe6tT_oKSzJusweVFBA03Iar2AdMjyrKYQ/s526/1.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="526" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96v7oFW5ARA02l-5ASKUmCnvBBQoPiL1WXU_c3INRlgvb3Pzh8pf43b2k_Th-ELvb0MZwRRfsg142d45sjqpEzq9e8J2OPMZrkyI7f-oWsrxe6tT_oKSzJusweVFBA03Iar2AdMjyrKYQ/w251-h185/1.JPG" width="251" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrhPw3uxcMPptagh1a5Juj4vjF6Bz7DTTJjfJ_mRX_R_oZqSFkzzimbHWsHLTbd-R9tdYnsGEfDML5YHWYFUDVLY5M9CnWZKPjsedNrybjUQUpVM52Wh6Y10fW7Hj1d5fNEjZ2KP_YwFq/s469/Capture.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="469" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrhPw3uxcMPptagh1a5Juj4vjF6Bz7DTTJjfJ_mRX_R_oZqSFkzzimbHWsHLTbd-R9tdYnsGEfDML5YHWYFUDVLY5M9CnWZKPjsedNrybjUQUpVM52Wh6Y10fW7Hj1d5fNEjZ2KP_YwFq/w229-h186/Capture.JPG" width="229" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="font-size: small; text-align: justify;">(pics from Sethlui-Sg one on the left and RavingPanda-Msian one on the right)</i><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Malaysian version looks much tastier to my Malaysian tastebuds XD</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Example 2: Char Koay Teow 炒粿条</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="918" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwA4aEKfCj0YXTAqznWCzResuVqN1IKmZJBj0zCcPoSMZaOt4nJSBGgZZ8e7Ncwics7KvKVP63XP_ckAWzHP7TfKIEAuLZF0a8AnJKUws44st2D7-xK8bS3ZIT69YodTaNwXYaElYFMEod/w244-h161/Capture.JPG" style="text-align: justify;" width="244" /> <img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="836" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiFOXlVlfh1713MXgP8eGv8Mg04DRm00qdjH0uNFongIoTm-oUKRMZrMYCar4kxXdH_sADffXd83TMaTFZwH7cvBqOYUwB59IR1-uautSR6J0mV9vOTuewINFSS8tQxUXG9fseKFNn6I0D/w251-h152/1.JPG" width="251" /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i style="font-size: small;">(pics from Bearnakedfood-Sg one on the left and Friedchillies-Msian one on the right)</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tell me why fried koay teow must have noodles mixed in?? why?? I personally don't really like yellow noodles but the stall owner told me he couldn't not put noodles in (true story of my first and last time ordering char koay teow in Singapore -____-)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyways, to search for that authentic Malaysian taste, I took a one hour+ bus ride all the way to Kallang to meet my friends for some Ipoh chee cheong fun, asam laksa and hor fun. 2 hours+ of travelling just to eat lunch @@ Plus it was raining heavily as well so you know how desperate we are.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anyways the main point of my story is that the meal wasn't really satisfying. We all agreed that somehow, the taste seems to have been tweaked to match local requirements so although it tasted alright, it just wasn't the same as what we were expecting. I wonder if someone could explain to me why?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAR13sOYEO47FxssURThC_WZx8_pQlANNNwBF8V_LDtIx9qOBtfPPm2hw5VOxmImkaECN0ea2uTTBB26VtCN6dGc5lX7OQ5CPISUfyzr3U9f8qiOQSVhP7gy1KK3fe3h1mtT7bhxWFk-r/w320-h240/20200823_122415.jpg" width="320" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What we had between the 3 of us. Clockwise from top - dry hor fun, asam laksa, fried fu chok and turnip, curry chee cheong fun and hakka yong taufu</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaygOEJaU6yRhOB-8I2h3RNtaElvYU38hAxxligur8teLPokVSkt4UHhbTVmNIquPQLNulppsCVKjiTHmEtmPyQBNngXQaDYKf5cZ4R0IfoPoGfC-HA5nhnORT9En32vV-AUxdwYCM5g0y/s2048/20200823_122439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaygOEJaU6yRhOB-8I2h3RNtaElvYU38hAxxligur8teLPokVSkt4UHhbTVmNIquPQLNulppsCVKjiTHmEtmPyQBNngXQaDYKf5cZ4R0IfoPoGfC-HA5nhnORT9En32vV-AUxdwYCM5g0y/s320/20200823_122439.jpg" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Since I have the authentic one in penang on an annual basis, this was frankly so-so to me. D'Laksa has a better soup I think</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXdRxINKQyx6vwyh12EpCoRpm8DsZedssydr4B0w_wDVqemnK2gRT0BQIzwczTHwq1dUMk0n43VskB_2B3CSUxCbi8b896iVE2SwBF29YcR_QNzckT2P7Wpq4OFO605vM6GGG-ulEtiXz/s320/20200823_122447.jpg" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This was satisfying due to the weather but my usual chee cheong fun go to place - G Cheong Fun Restaurant in Tun Aminah, JB wins hands down. That restaurant is a chee cheong fun lover's dream come true as it serves various kinds of chee cheong fun and has the most amazing curried cockles and pork skin!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghYKsCd4tKI-NdG7On2a3YwZOApnL2G8E2-mDJx2ip0K-wYHvBZ_Uz0DlJqHO0BuIG_W4AzKxtptC7Yj6zl8TPW9it3LRG_4rIcPFzjjrwwA4vWWG5OcaaRkvjtSx08Oy6qiERA4mFcbk/s320/20200823_122450.jpg" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This was the best in terms of authenticity, but this is kind of fail proof anyway =S</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5BzRCb1eaNJ26BZDfz6DQRMTwthaQA4BhCu4xgwMGh9pyEF0I0Fue9ARDKN7P-cNn6R_In084N6JtkOWgZ8_me5NLBvMLXOFFYajRP-QmpIgDL6S9vez2iPwbq_evc_QHa0F7FmQDuyM/s320/20200823_125154.jpg" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ok, we had high hopes for this (maybe too high cos we were expecting Ipoh Tuck Kee standards) and oh well... When it was served, we were like "why so dry wan huh?", "why is there mock char siew?", "eh, egg yolk broken edy!". Seriously, when you have seen and tasted the Tuck Kee one... haih....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lesson learned, do not have too high expectations when dining in Singapore...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The funniest part of the day was that we just went straight home after lunch, so all that butt-numbing bus rides for nothing much </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">T___T</span></div>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-39197437299348773892020-09-05T17:10:00.003+01:002020-09-09T07:16:18.394+01:00Dalmore > Monkey Shoulder<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">22 August 2020</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I went all the way to Square 2 @ Novena just to have dinner. Before that I was grumbling all the way that it would take me a whole hour and 2 transport changes to get there just for dinner, plus I hadn't met my fellow diners in months and wasn't sure if dinner would be at all awkward.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyways, dinner would be on me and Sharon since we were celebrating the birthdays of 2 people and we were the ones who picked the venue - Tunglok Teahouse at Square 2 (as it had a cheaper ala carte dinner buffet compared to Tunglok Seafood XD) - so couldn't really complain much. A big plus was that the ala carte menu had mini abalone, 'sharks fin' soup and soft shell crab as complimentary dishes, quite grand and fitting enough for a birthday ha!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqBW4iEMit6xkXjGfGstCwlnkxxuWoY2cdpeoTTesrinPup-OjK5gsn19Mpu7rX41sKap7kLad161WusNKwj2bKHrTdh9NA_ayHqindHf7cG-zHBwo8OzkBeoD-1thMcGnIiXaXqu0_8E/s2048/20200822_180925.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqBW4iEMit6xkXjGfGstCwlnkxxuWoY2cdpeoTTesrinPup-OjK5gsn19Mpu7rX41sKap7kLad161WusNKwj2bKHrTdh9NA_ayHqindHf7cG-zHBwo8OzkBeoD-1thMcGnIiXaXqu0_8E/w240-h320/20200822_180925.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The food at Tunglok Teahouse is served on an automated belt, similar to what you get at sushi restaurants, including the choo choo sound when there is food arriving, how cute!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgArjshOwGzpgTY7vCbUW0zJoR_DlwNXTcvVY-09gKpMiWXIwU_IWqWRjDF35g44zZeMTr5E9gCIUDjqS_hOpQ4wSmaezQqIvwkaX3gllmyKEmXHDT2e15O9tqq4ZSlVmB0SZVvkn0xgFKf/s320/20200822_181044.jpg" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The braised mini abalone that thankfully looks quite sizeable in photos, but is quite petite in real life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VM8DoxS_ERHVcaCy4znWsNkl0aN7xaFDqSaFs8XoPylz_t7ZsmUcXswHiubQmohDRFebhok9ylHUsK9NgtUWTe0tWrVfcltFb4XYOBx4JoHKwnn_fm7p_9ZfU2HOpqhEvgjlqoDrGOu4/s320/20200822_181516.jpg" width="320" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A small portion of the food we had.. Remember it was an ala carte buffet? Of course have to eat more to get our money's worth!! hahahaha. We had everything from prawns to squid to clams to mango sago pudding. Total damage was S$146 for 4 pax.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeBxEI_dzRD0W0927UO8bZyGO41PAueUx8vJUBy8I0NRw-orc6BT7iyLG-X-ohXtE-tK6Vwt92xx9ItLa4cAxPgUlq4tVKHlxU_0OoAmGU5QlJ3UMoxvDyOzolV7HybuYNbyMqHckxMW7/w192-h256/20200822_194334.jpg" width="192" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUk-PZtxjy1nnf7tVMi_krOu8h5QPlfqI_0Ciul_8M65UCsEThDmoqBgXHw9SSjlra2HqMMJP5N3y90RqW3Pdbs8uCl5MA6twZW17cSqmnyPJx8fu6cLttUdK9O_uqTVhArHmurjTahe8/w192-h256/20200822_194247.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="192" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_ZssoE4P7BBxQHAZiNAMxiQXiII7sYyA_87y_CHIBSnL9V2CsPwlAwheAbO17AJvL8olPUm7DdH73vtMsl21vFdrwQ8mpxmi8Yw4_7mUOcNzuG6eoDzWTQsXawPYqrsXBAsYC9ltoo36/w192-h256/20200822_194532.jpg" style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;" width="192" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnjbZfGYhVru_iQUCUxzdmll_PV-0VtVdGrudc2BNXf0lB2ge0SEMdWoE6VARjQpsqpi0mEzc4xFdJUhohYGL1XqSYXxgJBdWt-jF0t6ZPxm8OsgsHr7lmE9POOPZ-lFiJBS3Dbi-2BE6/w192-h256/20200822_194527.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="192" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Birthday people, one turned 28 on 20 August and another uhmmm.. the big </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(</span><span style="font-family: arial;">number below 5)0. XD</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9LFLqyOTGJUrOgTptIiKUWRa7EYT-avlCBPRfUThiGQ7LXRl1dwctJqRx-UwZ2lnt78SlRWJ4riekQyS5YpGZr2PBcl9kbJr5LpOxpymJg9sUc1q2L_sxVxbRQVnrcMhtZnpQ_aw_4Uk/w192-h256/20200822_173852.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "times new roman"; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; widows: 2;" width="192" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRF2-mOLcKlD4BV69qWN8wyKLG01C0aCPGWmxysu-ed0eUMGb6DLEFF0igSMVKHnxUdP87FzuE5Em1gdQz5XrligYvS1oK0kOcEU7xL-apDavn02gKZo_AN1oTcZW21wNOYLSZ86CiNsA/w192-h256/20200822_194638.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="192" /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yes, yes, we had 2 cakes. Why? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The chocolate one was a delivery from another ex-colleague of ours (intended for one person, my goodness) which the birthday girl brought along so that we could share the calories. For tradition's sake, we got one cake for the birthday guy too, ironically named Mango Princess (what to do, he was the one who wanted something with mangoes). The funniest thing was that just as I was making up my mind whether to get the mango princess or something more masculine sounding, another customer came along and the cake was taken out from the chiller right before my eyes, the one and only one on display (some of the other cakes had several on display). I seriously broke out in sweat on the spot! Thankfully, they had some more in stock in another chiller in the back. Phew..</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After dinner, we went to look for a place to have a drink to chit chat and in a kind of a repeat of the situation on 8 August, we ended up going to a few malls before locating a place with seats available. Oh and before that we dropped by Takashimaya as Sharon wanted to go to Braun Buffel to purchase a wallet. I ended up finally getting a replacement for my beloved Beanpole which I've been using since I got it in 2015 during my Korea trip. It's been looking a little worse for wear for quite awhile and I had been meaning to replace it even though it worked really hard for me. T___T</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvEEnGgpJk9271X_oJu9bwFH7UVOGkavy1lJCqBER15-E7kCW8NXekunmFxWYtW_zDq9XHN-a8FmO_zWYVljSptfCbFYfsjdXtcKfq5UlVxJw97AeiP2VivuRMO4aaYhMemNmRFowpDeR/s320/20200822_233238.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Beanpole Dearest and my new cardholder in pretty black leather</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(S$143 after a 10% discount)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTKu5gBK5Xbn_XNK6hR4QK8qGRM2kG1DJ-3vsItpqqBT053LcE8wmdYFxZmfUXYE-IeWKqNWvp4BCxnzOpPwGgVGtkrX7_pavqW-PDi2NHyPlom2ohnsPP4qWwLOSuR1uIbMWbJrC3jlx/s320/20200822_233216.jpg" style="text-align: left;" /><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUTKXmNSvjtqz6X90OHiwEVhVv4-rdrGaKVQ0q7EqRZhyphenhyphen30AeHeZpCFA4lwqGLCcGozfcAZZJqWkKTaN4NsWChyphenhyphenYywjLKucFI_jRzXIbjbLov29Z2M7PTLxisyW8Hu8WkmPI5Mq7TLLB9j/s320/20200822_233228.jpg" style="text-align: left;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Not sure if RFID protection is a good or bad thing, some say it removes convenience?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOERjhvf5eNrgSOdE2HNiuVdVVEIHZzsUFxVB9H1UBTYheWTVk5zKYyxrYVg_zSny3EYxehhl10keaEPQsd9TggVug7y5YmSfgntRXHSoRh-MKgcoB9oA0ByrtTZwPLHrCxJXsKRNYLiO/s2048/20200822_205348.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIOERjhvf5eNrgSOdE2HNiuVdVVEIHZzsUFxVB9H1UBTYheWTVk5zKYyxrYVg_zSny3EYxehhl10keaEPQsd9TggVug7y5YmSfgntRXHSoRh-MKgcoB9oA0ByrtTZwPLHrCxJXsKRNYLiO/s320/20200822_205348.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We also dropped by Tiffany & Co as birthday girl wanted to take a look. I took the opportunity to take a look around as well and my goodness, I really, honestly cannot find any item that is worth the price tag. I suppose </span><span style="font-family: arial;">it really is meant for people who can earn faster than they can spend.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxhUiQLoJNeLA6FethLFcR263PM-4F1iYNk7ygnYkS7GpSLw3W-_JLEjZInaWKI-MoEMzrXbZoRfuWmq5FBCAxR-OujtPHVFG8IVZ6WxbRh2GKj83L6cY2H6bs9Ah8mz3XHweiSArirzF/s1600/IMG-20200822-WA0016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJxhUiQLoJNeLA6FethLFcR263PM-4F1iYNk7ygnYkS7GpSLw3W-_JLEjZInaWKI-MoEMzrXbZoRfuWmq5FBCAxR-OujtPHVFG8IVZ6WxbRh2GKj83L6cY2H6bs9Ah8mz3XHweiSArirzF/s320/IMG-20200822-WA0016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgknj50uzJyTtmqNVEUuXAgZ8ar_xeS8VDQqfIj8b4Q_VVbYrz6reB9Cg0mf9MaElgZHBG2zX3FQ1FacNxDhcQIpKBl9nfkYfMzHaPGC-GuEpHNci3_AJDazg_gg583GLaJxSRNwxajAMT/s1600/IMG-20200822-WA0017.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgknj50uzJyTtmqNVEUuXAgZ8ar_xeS8VDQqfIj8b4Q_VVbYrz6reB9Cg0mf9MaElgZHBG2zX3FQ1FacNxDhcQIpKBl9nfkYfMzHaPGC-GuEpHNci3_AJDazg_gg583GLaJxSRNwxajAMT/s320/IMG-20200822-WA0017.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At the end of the day we ended up at Harry's Bar along Cuppage Terrace since it was the only place where we could find a table for 4. We had to sit on one side only to avoid being too near other tables, funny but also convenient for a selfie XD</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I finally tried out the Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt and it can't replace the Dalmore 12 Years that I tried when in Shenzhen. I think I like the taste of whiskey more than wine now, shall try more (especially curious about the legendary Yamazaki) in future.</span></div></div>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-82343891311119337982020-08-29T15:37:00.001+01:002020-09-06T12:57:51.035+01:0040 Minutes is Too Long<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">15 August 2020</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Met a friend of many years today at Paya Lebar Quarter, my first time there (and it's not bad actually). Since my dream of visiting new countries every year has failed, I can only settle with visiting new places within Singapore *sobs*</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nothing much to be highlighted though, since it is a mall, not a big one at that, and everyone knows malls are more or less the same. The only things special was that I finally tried this tea brand called Chichasanchen 吃茶三千 that many people have been raving about lately. Being the curious cat that I am, I just couldn't pass off the opportunity to try. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Kind of disappointed though, for a drink that costs S$4.90</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> and a 40 minute wait (although I was told it would be a 50-60 minute wait when I purchased it). I normally wouldn't have waited but since I still had a couple of floors mall in the more to see, why not I guess. The roasted tea had a bit of a bitter aftertaste. I guess people here have not been spoiled by Chatto, much cheaper and tastier and less waiting!! Anyways, one try is enough then.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5kCgv8_rh7vzNAayNIfhiHMZZd01hIPkWxmC6nf3rPAY8vnxqj45cXbdpsgPOgRTgaLV5MSVQ-WvRmlTeKjH0_ThV3RLoyOZeh41b9rW52wPZt9eLLOhRJt_U7_54kXohGyWDXBBCxzo/w197-h262/20200815_121454.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="197" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwKOoHEldEXO2hV8q-LO4cFk7Vo3gdHm8m5ejH-FbND8BuU-A-NEdxTf5HtgT7Py4KYQdvVgrOyBdMQ5lojHF0Yzy8BIxINjKz0K9JqC6w9TPC8v-kwsVdvQypBeS7DPhgQpmqRFfWP_1/w263-h198/20200815_122323.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="263" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj36_0Hspd2TCywU6hwTwCxK_RZiFCZi-04nOULs5EmgpM2uebjYHynxkMk3L_WXZ9ts2mzGDwx6Xn1T55lCasqIwiHmUFUiKWo3kPc2i1jmRfqR-klXQFf9ypOztK_kmYL5OpmZ5kbpzuV/w262-h197/20200815_124754.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="262" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Had lunch at Collins, always worthwhile and true to expectations</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOq074baG35ENpeCTj762YAZkBYfd8LKs4u-yRTw2lrB3SIPWR8K3d4HMZ7kPgXSP58viYEkeSNDKXsFdkn7EcpYZI06guTrhF-zJ2A7Mf_mLGchE1x229Okt4mXHkZj7X6_7egMyrpq-/s2048/20200815_144309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcOq074baG35ENpeCTj762YAZkBYfd8LKs4u-yRTw2lrB3SIPWR8K3d4HMZ7kPgXSP58viYEkeSNDKXsFdkn7EcpYZI06guTrhF-zJ2A7Mf_mLGchE1x229Okt4mXHkZj7X6_7egMyrpq-/w307-h410/20200815_144309.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30JbImljEG4lrWr1rku1RQOEAoImcpVrztAuHRh7vtrBC7LqArFxHWiHMgGJAfEFGT3IdnWHdb9k-UsGG6GWqU-KLDtB1J5utpl5VLHEGs9qI6gzQctWNBM_QLpJ9F_x4PAiP3shpUozf/s2048/20200815_152021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30JbImljEG4lrWr1rku1RQOEAoImcpVrztAuHRh7vtrBC7LqArFxHWiHMgGJAfEFGT3IdnWHdb9k-UsGG6GWqU-KLDtB1J5utpl5VLHEGs9qI6gzQctWNBM_QLpJ9F_x4PAiP3shpUozf/w307-h410/20200815_152021.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0wxYvxOCs5HPW0wT6uisN2Q916FWTp7-WoYqSUUhIY6n0PIxLaBcxjLGcN7Imm7AMqrxqpJI2modZZ8_yoT3S7C73JaUnriE4CElfU_UJJbkSGiI-Q-ArBfrcmbu-kKFmSXw2nu13guo/s2048/20200815_152444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf0wxYvxOCs5HPW0wT6uisN2Q916FWTp7-WoYqSUUhIY6n0PIxLaBcxjLGcN7Imm7AMqrxqpJI2modZZ8_yoT3S7C73JaUnriE4CElfU_UJJbkSGiI-Q-ArBfrcmbu-kKFmSXw2nu13guo/w307-h410/20200815_152444.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The fabled 40 minutes tea, I have to admit that the packaging is cute though</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihge-JiXn0jzYKMWq60mnnDkvlYxEp2GRcKBlvQw_hPLBF8REPWLcDnGVGHw0MbIKb8fE97XnXrUZywGIUWYB1rSAua9W-Zxoua9GwwkiXl8h2QW_UffmaA58DCz9hKUUAEUuBcfVytkCI/s2048/20200815_154849.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihge-JiXn0jzYKMWq60mnnDkvlYxEp2GRcKBlvQw_hPLBF8REPWLcDnGVGHw0MbIKb8fE97XnXrUZywGIUWYB1rSAua9W-Zxoua9GwwkiXl8h2QW_UffmaA58DCz9hKUUAEUuBcfVytkCI/w307-h410/20200815_154849.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Had tea at this place called XiXiang Kaya Kopitiam, worth a revisit for the toast</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0aQ3KrRLWCqNgaY0EmLc-HFU-Rrj1pdqb1A4MzssX-fQKp3r9OiazHfrGOtUzETjCG74OmbezruwQ-mVaqnh3_RIlCV8aUlbgjWBdFiVhxu1xC1SZTW1XdltbsqjtFJu_qbpwvDFt4MH/s2048/20200816_180131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0aQ3KrRLWCqNgaY0EmLc-HFU-Rrj1pdqb1A4MzssX-fQKp3r9OiazHfrGOtUzETjCG74OmbezruwQ-mVaqnh3_RIlCV8aUlbgjWBdFiVhxu1xC1SZTW1XdltbsqjtFJu_qbpwvDFt4MH/w512-h384/20200816_180131.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">My happiest moment from that day was scoring 3 pieces of clothing, 2 pieces from H&M below $20 each and 1 piece from Uniqlo for only S$9.90!!!! El cheapo me super happy! I was so surprised when as I was ready to pay S$19.90 for it as stated on the sales label (in fact it was the only piece on the rack that had that label on)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">By the way, I have decided to only purchase basics from now on, can wear repeatedly and no need to pay as much. Let's see whether the new strategy works/lasts. lol</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So overall it was a happy Saturday for me =D</div></span>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-29475124141655882682020-08-17T15:26:00.001+01:002020-08-17T15:34:47.605+01:00Too Young to Die<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">A friend passed today. </span></div><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I considered her a good friend back in secondary school. I remember vaguely she was the first person that I ever baked for. We kind of lost touch after graduation. I checked my message history and realised that we had talked about meeting up back in 2016 but it never happened and now it never will. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So yeah, we have not been close friends for the past few years but it still hit hard when I heard the news today. She had been suffering from a weak heart and I know she had undergone a major operation before. So it is good that she can move on to a better place.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We are at this age where we are not that young but then also not that old, not old enough to die. There is so much more of the world to see, so many things to be experienced, so many things to learn. What a pity to have to leave at 33. It is too soon to go.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Although I do not keep in touch with many of them, I sincerely wish the best for every one of my ex-classmates. May we all live our lives to the fullest and have no regrets when it is time to go. At least a good 30 years later I hope.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">RIP Nurshela Bt Md Shariff (1987-2020) </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I shall keep you in my thoughts and prayers.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-75134793845345978602020-08-16T15:48:00.000+01:002020-08-16T15:48:09.170+01:00Sg National Day Eve 2020<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8 August 2020</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Met up with Jamie whom I went to Harbin with last year (argh, another interesting story to be noted down when I'm in the mood) to settle my Thai food craving at Ah Loy Thai. Note to self - next time set an even earlier timing to counter this chronically late friend of mine. I estimated that she would be 30 minutes late but turned out to be one hour. As the restaurant is constantly full, I ordered the food once I was ready and ended up spending close to 20 minutes pecking at the sides of the dishes so that it wouldn't be too obvious that they had been touched XD. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, we had a good time chatting about past, present, future. It's always a joy to be around people with 'glass half full' mindsets~</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhza01Yws6_cjg5RnyW3W-OojSVNUAL2CnTyfM5o_oklWlT_pD7LYSowHq5mU4uV8BKzO6tt-3N7YT5DVVqkmk6XP7Ps3afFE-03sb3X1zhOO7rtvnRl-2lglOfhJd9EgDGrG3P0IYFXDlo/s2048/20200808_124414.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhza01Yws6_cjg5RnyW3W-OojSVNUAL2CnTyfM5o_oklWlT_pD7LYSowHq5mU4uV8BKzO6tt-3N7YT5DVVqkmk6XP7Ps3afFE-03sb3X1zhOO7rtvnRl-2lglOfhJd9EgDGrG3P0IYFXDlo/w307-h410/20200808_124414.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I knew about this restaurant back when it was located at Shaw Tower and it's become more and more popular since then (look at all the recommendation stickers on the door!). I once had to wait close to one hour to get a table during dinnertime. This time, I was lucky to get a table almost as soon as I arrived. 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However, it seemed like everyone had the same idea to be out and about during the long weekend and it was full everywhere (even Intercontinental Hotel which we tried out of desperation). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the end we decided to talk a walk to the National Gallery at City Hall station to take a look at the place (which we found out was closed to the public due to some conference after we arrived). 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Almost 5 whole years since I tasted the magic in Seoul! Oh, and also I had been craving cake for awhile (drastically reduced bread and cake intake during the past few months), so all the more reason to be happy!</span> </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">All in all, I had an enjoyable Sg National Day Eve =)</span><p></p></div>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-47688983415493186702020-08-05T16:10:00.000+01:002020-08-05T16:10:35.378+01:00Fort Canning Park<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I arrived at Plaza Singapura on Orchard Road at 8.30 am on a Sunday to have breakfast, how very unthinkable! There was hardly anyone in the mall at that timing and even the escalators were not switched on yet. I was doubting myself all the way whether breakfast would even be available.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, the reason for my being in town so early</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> was because of a planned outing to Fort Canning Park to 'hike' (walk would be more apt when <a href="https://www.nparks.gov.sg/gardens-parks-and-nature/parks-and-nature-reserves/fort-canning-park" target="_blank">Fort Canning Hill</a> is only 48m high) XD. Since it was my first time </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">to this park located right smack in the CBD</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">, it was a good opportunity to do some sightseeing at the same time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">An average sized park, 1.5 hours is more than enough to explore the area which consists of 9 historical gardens and several historical landmarks.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBH0VE2ZbZQf2QClrIKRm4bIa9z5k4GWOPDDXJiuMkMdohDDGBvVp-0rPP_anu6I8UdbZ3p89sftYp0-kiFb4CjbptQ80qRuIM-Z1Xe-6Bo5a0Ug1ZbOzr3C-61fSDgyGtYIWxGgPiYda/s320/20200802_092000.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: left;" width="320" /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3cv0R1kdEnvms8qU0qzAVXCIwRy-sUQp2gEBT8zR5vQC8JPyKWflGIzrNYhPF8K8H3NRDMJshg2xuR7i9tpLyzzsLA2WhcENuiqhoSnCLl8SmzyggqjFHQfnrBjztQGNwWxw_AptxzTA/s320/IMG-20200802-WA0013.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="240" /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">So apparently there's this spiral staircase near the entrance to the park where everyone is supposed to take a picture at. We actually had to queue to take a picture -______- </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfgZy2Vgq8qw-V002Z6DCIAYT5WsSOz31_hvxqV9aifAsjeA_4jFMI_IAcIdMRpSiGX6FZ0WnzRysQZ76Sd15oRItmceozW3C-wyMSZUdyvK64KCvKWflAuaQrIsk6NaKM9tWb6STrumH/s320/20200802_092910.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: left;" width="320" /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I was quite surprised to see chicks in the CBD.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYI-tzCYBK8BKufb_5A1JJG4UDJLeOZB4b4USOUmGxyGrXsG2l98UEFs2UHUTyMPFycmZoahr2YjPr07hLXdw_Q5Wf_yGFkSbshEWO8L2iACkxCZPNYUm0XlkOvst5jV0TIBw3bdcR0GRE/s1600/20200802_093649.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYI-tzCYBK8BKufb_5A1JJG4UDJLeOZB4b4USOUmGxyGrXsG2l98UEFs2UHUTyMPFycmZoahr2YjPr07hLXdw_Q5Wf_yGFkSbshEWO8L2iACkxCZPNYUm0XlkOvst5jV0TIBw3bdcR0GRE/s320/20200802_093649.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="">From afar I thought this was a remote control car belonging to some kid, turns out it's a robot lawnmower, don't think it's that practical though looking at the capacity XD</font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We ended up walking from Fort Canning Park to Havelock Road for dimsum brunch at Peach Garden @ Hotel Miramar. Google maps said 16 minutes but I swear it took us close to 30 minutes. I clearly remember leaving Fort Canning at around 10.45 am and it was around 11.15 am by the time we arrived at the restaurant. The funniest thing was that we had to enter through the staff entrance were led by the staff through a series of corridors like some secret hideout. Turns out the hotel was being used for quarantine purposes hence the main entrances were out of bounds.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial">Looks nice but actually so-so only. Luckily there's a promotion going on and we got a 30% discount so not so bad.</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><font face="arial">All-in-all I quite enjoyed my little Sunday outing since it is always a treat to explore new places. Poor old me had to go lie down for a bit in the afternoon after all that walking though. </font></div>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-67843404891580673612020-07-26T15:58:00.001+01:002020-08-02T12:28:04.221+01:0010 years 9 months<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's been 10 years and 9 months since I started working full-time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I met a friend for lunch today. A friend whom I first knew during my first job. We just only realised that we have known each other for around 11 years today. Who would have known? It is so hard to keep friendships nowadays, especially for me. I don't belong to any gang, to any group. I hardly feel connected to many of my primary, secondary school, college peers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Perhaps it could be due to my bluntness? My different background? My peculiar thoughts? My eclectic tastes? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don't really feel that strongly about my lack of a bustling social circle though. Perhaps only when I see people travelling or meeting up in big groups and then I would stop to wonder why I don't have that. Whenever I meet friends for meals, it is always only one or two people at once. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, to cut a long story short, we both came to the conclusion that after 10+ years, none of us managed to make any big ripples in our industries, haha. I think I'm kind of living out the song 小人物的心声.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today's lunch was at a cafe called Amber Ember which serves Jaffles (toasted sandwiches). The best part was that I had a direct bus from right in front of my block that stopped right in front of the cafe, how lucky! Despite the very limited menu, people still bothered to queue to eat there, how weird! </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For what it was worth, the Jaffles was pretty filling and flavourful but I </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">would probably not revisit since there aren't much food and drink choices available. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>18 hour braised pulled beef cheek, mozarrella (cheese), gruyere </i></span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(cheese)</i><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, emmental </i><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(cheese)</i><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, sliced tomatoes, poached egg, parmigiano reggiano </i><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(cheese)</i><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, salad with vinaigrette</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I recently read that journalling is a good hobby to have, but gosh, I seriously can't remember the last time I wrote something that wasn't a part of work. In fact, I have been doubting whether I would ever write again since I feel almost brain dead by the end of each work day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With 2020 being a such a crazy year and all, there is so much negativity going around, people falling sick, people losing jobs, people going mental from being cooped up at home (haha, definitely not me!).. Instead of feeling down in the dumps, now is a good time for me to reflect and be thankful for the stuff that is going on (or not going on) in my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One - I am grateful for my job in a sustainable and financially stable company (heard my previous co has decreed pay cuts for senior management @@) that allows me to be able to not only survive but also provides me with extra for savings and indulgences in life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Two - I am grateful for having a roof over my head and not having to worry about not having a place to stay (I love you to pieces for this my dear aunt). Living alone during this period might be slightly lonely but it in turn offers me tons of freedom and the ability to work from home without disturbances.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Three - I am grateful that my home did not burn down today. While using the kettle in the kitchen this morning, there was this horrible smell of burnt plastic. To my horror, the extension plug had a hole burnt through and the plastic at the back near the socket had melted. I had smelt the same smell yesterday and had dismissed it to something burning outside. Thank goodness nothing serious happened (I very well know a fire hazard when I see one). Due to 'One' (finances) and 'Two' (freedom), I could immediately head off to the mall to purchase a new kettle to replace the pitiful old one whose plug had also melted together with the extension plug.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Four - I am thankful for my brother being at home with mum at this point in time when I am stuck in another country. Even though they may bicker and argue all the time, at least they are there for each other. I think he deserves a nice present for this years birthday, hmm...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Five - I am thankful that I have a holiday booked and my biggest worry for this year is when would my trip be postponed to, which shouldn't count as a worry at all, heh. The weirdest thing is that I purchased a 'Plus' package that comes with free flight changes (no cancellation though) when all the while I have been purchasing the lowest tier ticket available. Oh well, I'm usually lucky when it comes to travelling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So yeah, quite a few nice, big, fat, good reasons to feel thankful today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Being thankful put me in quite a good mood and being in a good mood, I splurged and picked up this awesome giant chrysanthemum on the way back from electric kettle-buying:</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Aside from tasting good, it is even aesthetically pleasing until you feel kind of guilty for chewing up a piece of perfection. I really had that 不舍得 (unwilling) kind of feeling but I couldn't leave them for too long as the ones that I bought were already quite ripe.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The best strawberries I have ever had up till now. They have managed to convert me into a strawberry lover when I previously had the misconception that all strawberries are either sour or tasteless hahaha.. </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">I went crazy and spent S$30 on strawberries! </span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They were seriously calling out to me when I passed by the fruit stall. The only time I have gone crazy and bought expensive (to me) fruit is occasionally during cherry season. When the boss told me that these were a steal (I have heard that they are expensive and can cost up to S$29 a packet) I just grabbed the box, then I realised I didn't have any cash and since it was a roadside stall that couldn't accept Nets or credit cards, I had to cross 2 streets to withdraw cash and rush back for these babies. Siao liao. XD</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the end I shared 1 packet with my colleagues. I knew I wouldn't be able to finish all on my own as these huge babies are quite filling. Just eating 2 feels like you had a whole breakfast lol. Felt quite bad that after distributing, each colleague could only have 1 (max 2) of them. Sorry guys, would have bought more if they were cheaper, haha.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Whilst the above were the best fresh strawberries I have had (to-date), the one below is the best freeze-dried strawberry I have ever had:</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Rokkatei Strawberry Chocolate... Ooooooooo... I am so in love! <3</span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also made in Japan, this also gives you that terrible 不舍得 feeling, especially when you throw that sweet-looking flowery packaging into the bin.. Owww.. Sweet with a tangy taste, melty and crunchy and oh so pretty, please tell me how you can manage to not like this if you have tried and yet are not addicted yet! Too bad they are rare and hard to find like mountain mushrooms. The only way to get them is to 1) fly to Hokkaido or 2) beg your mum who is going to bring back as many packets as she can get her hands on, then pray they won't melt during her journey home. I am now down to the last 2 packets.. Please please someone else please go to Hokkaido soon!! hahahahha...</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyways, </span></span><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">just a short rambling about my recent strawberry craze. XD</span></span></b><b><br /></b>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-91668786481021157312017-10-28T08:38:00.002+01:002018-03-24T13:39:48.793+00:00Wondrous Wonders<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the blink of an eye, the dust on my blog seems a few metres thick, hahahhaa..</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just got inspired to blog after my recent awe-inspiring trip to the Great Wall of China, which has been one of my dream places to visit. Really need to blog about my trip to Beijing - Xi An when I have the mood and time.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyways, just to remind myself once in awhile how lucky I have been so far, I wanted to list out some of the places that I have visited to stem my saliva flow from looking at recent trip posts of some of my friends. Need to tell myself from time to time to be patient and there is still time to keep collecting trips, miles and memories. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Great Wall of China (Construction believed to begin in 771–476<span class="nowrap"> </span><span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">BC)</span></span></span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You really need to see it to believe it! Winding through the sloping mountains, a really amazing structure that makes you admire the tenacity of people of yore. Wow!</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Colosseum in Rome (Built in 70–80 AD)</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Didn't think much of this place when I visited as it was the latter part of my Europe Trip and the weather was hot! I may appreciate it much more if I visited now that I have read up more on it as a wonder of the world.</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The weather plus the architecture allowed me to capture a picture nicer than my skills deserved. The white marble was really really pretty =) </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Misty and cool when I went in early March with nice views and nice food, a very relaxing place! Currently listed as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature and a UNESCO World Heritage Site~</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Okay so I know this is not what people would expect when they hear the words Terracotta Army. I have pictures of the actual army too, but this was my favourite in the exhibit, Horse Chariot No. 2 that's made out of high quality bronze. It also has the meaning '平平安安' or safe and sound as it was located behind Horse Chariot No. 1 which protected the master riding in the covered compartment of No. 2 (plus any animals just tickle my fancy XD)</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Located along ocean road, there are less than 12 and they don't really look like apostles so I don't know where the idea for the name came from. One highlight of this place was that this picture was taken from a helicopter, woohoo, super fun ride! </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature, every corner is beautiful and a must visit place for nature and seafood lovers! Nice food and friendly people can also be found in abundance, well worth a visit (or more)!</span></span><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Dubai Desert, Christ the Redeemer, Machu Picchu, Icelandic Northern Lights, Petra in Jordan</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Seongsan Ilchubong - Seopjikoji - Seongeup Folk Village - Sangumburi - Jeolmul Forest </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>FYI, the optimal Jeju trip would be at least 3 days to cover all the major spots. Since we did not have the luxury of time, our itinerary was quite tiring as we also managed to squeeze in Dongmun market at the end of the day. According to Eugene, the spots she recommended were some of the best places to experience the natural beauty of Jeju and since the largest amount of time was spent at the must-go UNESCO heritage site which is Seongsan Ilchubong or Sunrise Peak, I will dedicate this entire post to it~ XD</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">We started off our journey with a mad dash at KLIA2 early in the morning.I'll admit, it was mainly my fault due to my bad habit of never remembering flight numbers or boarding times properly. This was actually not my first time experiencing such a boo boo XD</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">In my mind, we had to reach the airport by 6am but when the bf asked whether it would be necessary to arrive so early, I just went along with it and never bothered to double check the boarding pass. We arrived at 7am just to see on our flight flashing on the departures board. Turns out boarding time was 7am and not 8am as we thought, I had a brief blackout moment where my mind just went blank, but after being told that we could no longer check in out bags and there was only 20 minutes left for us to clear immigration, scan our luggage and reach the boarding gate, we immediately sprang into action. I immediately knelt on the floor and started stuffing everything from the large suitcase that wasn't going to Korea into any nook and cranny available - in my handbag, his laptop bag, sling bag and our one and only cabin sized suitcase, now that I think about it, I really have no idea how we managed to get on the plane, hahaha.. (If you want to know, we just left the 2 other pieces of luggage we brought along, L size and M size, in the middle of the departure hall, for the bf's brother to locate later XD)</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">Pictured above is part of my Longchamp handbag and the Barry Smith cabin luggage that saved the day. The stars in the pic however, are actually the 2 white fluffy towels that were carried like babies all the way from KL to Seoul and then to Jeju XD. The night before when the bf was packing, he as usual, packed a towel to bring along. I never have the habit of bringing towels since most hotels have them anyway, but this time my itchy mouth told him to "bring one more for me! there's plenty of quota for the luggage anyway since we have 25kgs available for check in!" At that moment, his mum happened to walk past and asked why he was bringing ugly old, thin towels and got us these 2 brand new hotel grade ones that were so fluffy, they couldn't be stuffed any where during our frenzied luggage stuffing performance on the KLIA2 departure hall floor. I ended up hugging them all the way to Jeju. Wasted our check-in quota for both the Air Asia and Jeju Air flights. We were like crazy people with all our carry ons.. T_T </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Extremely useful portable wifi device rented from Pocket Wifi Korea. I'll attach the link in case somebody needs to locate the counter in the airport, which is in an obscure corner that nobody seems to be able to direct you to (personal experience)...</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of the reasons why I love Korea, free unlimited drinking water at every single eatery!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">Flying over Seoul at night is a wonderful experience, all the light pollution is really beautiful to look at, hahaha.. Most airports are a distance away from the city so the surrounding area is usually not as bright. All in all, it was a nice 1 hour flight from Seoul to Jeju, with refillable juice and good looking flight steward to serve you *swoon* ( I swear I didn't notice until the bf mentioned it!)</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">We decided to take a cab to our accommodation from the airport instead of the public bus since it was almost 10pm by the time we made it out from the airport. Luckily we did, as our apartment booked via Airbnb was somewhat difficult to locate even via GPS and the lane leading down to the seaside apartment was really dark and quiet. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">This was my first time trying Airbnb and I found it to be a very good experience and I have already made another booking via them after my Jeju trip. No need to print anything unlike hotels as everything can be communicated with the host via chat apps beforehand. We owed our whole Jeju itinerary to our friendly host, Eugene, who speaks excellent English. She had everything you would need available in her cosy apartment including utensils, toiletries, microwave, fridge, hairdryer, full length mirror, super-speed wifi etc.... It was like going home after a very tiring day. I loved it!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">The listing: <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/555066" target="_blank">Spacious room for 2 near beach and airport</a></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">Just only realised that I actually did not take any more photos of the room, how strange. Anyways, it looked exactly the same as depicted in the listing, maybe that was my reasoning at the time, lol. </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0c343d;">I really hope that I have the time and willpower to record my memories during the trip in order to remember the little details in decades to come. 10 years my boy, no mean feat! =P</span></b></span>~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-36833017155219063062015-01-17T16:47:00.001+00:002015-01-17T16:47:16.477+00:00Milestones Unlocked<span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hi Blog, you may have missed me~</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We've had Dog (her actual name is Sandy) for two years+ now and I know I still haven't gotten round to penning down the story of how we came to have her. She's currently the most popular member of our household. Just look at the amount of Christmas gifts she received @.@ </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of the great things about owning your own home is that you can invite people for sleepovers any time. We had our largest number of guests to-date during Christmas and it was quite fun! First time seeing my living room all filled up like this. We also proved that our not so large kitchen actually has the capacity to cater to such a huge group, hehehe.. Just look at our spread for dinner~</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pretty proud of the completeness of our new kitchen. We have an array of gadgets and serving dishes which just encourages playing with your food. I think my homemade steamed buns were quite successful, can't wait to finish the second half of the ingredients that we did not finish. Happy that I got to start cooking from scratch. My other completed dish was sweet corn soup but didn't manage to take a photo of it.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think this is the first time I completed a new book in a long long time. I thought it would never happen, but I have been feeling sleepy everytime I read recently. Thank you to my awesome colleague for gifting me this John Green book for my birthday. I managed to finish it in one day while having my hair done at the hair salon.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I gratbbed the car keys and drove myself out for the first time. It may have just been nearby but it's still a first for me. While going to the Bank, I managed to park the car properly and I just had to take a picture to remember the moment. I think my parking is still hit and miss but at least I did it perfectly once. XD</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After completing my 2-year slave contract, I have been feeling the urge to leave the company but I held on until I obtained both my Associateship and Permanent Residency status. No picture taken with all my ex-colleagues but I did manage to take some with colleageus whom I was closer with. Definitely no picture with my hopeless bosses. While I was procrastinating on updating my resume, my new job came and fell right into my arms. Turns out getting a LinkedIn account wasn't such a bad idea after all. No doubt it has not been confirmed whether my new job is better or worse than my previous one but at least the benefits are waaaay better and I did try to change my environment. #noregrets.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My goal is to have new experiences each year. This year's first one was going on a test-drive. We visited the Volkswagen showroom and tried out the Tiguan, Polo Sedan and Passat. He drove while I just enjoyed the interior and new technology, haha. No Jetta available for test-driving but I will never forget how awesome it felt to sit in one while I was touring Scotland in 2009. Cross fingers that someone will get a new car soon so that I can enjoy the lovely smell of a new car.... By the way, I wouldn't mind the Passat now that I've tried it, even though I had mentioned before that the Jetta is my dream car. I am flexible like that, hahahhahaa.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Went to Chijmes with the two buddies I've known since Tricor days and we spent the whole night discussing our fears and aspirations. No alcoholic drinks on the table but it was great fun. I finally tried Nam Nam, the Vietnamese restaurant with the long queues. Frankly, the service sucked but the pho was the closest match to the real Vietnamese one that I have tasted in Singapore so far. I may or may not be back. =P</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2013 was quite fulfilling in terms of holidays for me. Besides Hong Kong and Siem Reap, I also made a trip down to Sekinchan in October. Nevermind that it was a local destination, for me, visiting any place that I have not been to is a new experience!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is no normal patch of grass ok, this is a tiny chunk of the Rice Bowl of Peninsular Malaysia, no joke. It just doesn't look very green since the weather wasn't very sunny when we arrived after our drive down from Klang. We had expecially chosen October since the paddy would be growing nicely. Do refer to the chart <a href="http://www.sekinchan.org/paddy-field-in-sekinchan.html" target="_blank">here</a> for the visiting schedule, you really don't want to go in the months when all there is to see is mud and dirt, haha..</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So where could we go next? Basically, there's nothing much to do in Sekinchan, just relax and enjoy the scenery, buy lots of local produce and have the must-try shark porridge for lunch. The portion was quite generous, so as advised by the lady who took our order, we only had 3 dishes to share.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">建旗海鲜饭店 (Jiann Chyi Restaurant)</span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">156, Bagan Sekinchan,</span></b>
<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">45400 Sekinchan, Selangor.</span></b>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Coincidentally we both wore red that day, matchy matchy :D</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Like I said earlier, there isn't much to do except buy buy eat eat and we ended up with a car full of mangoes, sweet corn, rice, prawn crackers, etc etc etc, it really seemed like we had gone to the market. Ended the trip with cendol while on the way back to Klang. I think our day trip was quite short compared to some itineries I have seen, since we skipped the fishing village altogether but nonetheless, my main reason to go was to look at a sea of green and have fun, so I was quite satisfied~ <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7YxaST3F1Rc58M8D5G2rEgWQjmB3vngEBDarNCsN6YyaGybBFL7OswTLVvoyW9NttLrqeY7rcmvqN-c8hqL44iiYmLczaiQLNjdMPJKADPT3YUPQBxO-2OR6OLcimaofr-WvACs3mHkHv/s1600/P1030236.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Ending this post with some funny pink stuff we saw all over the place. Really curious to know what kind of spawn it is? Frogs? Fish? Dragonflies? Hmm..</span> </span></b></span></div>
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~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-86316808017701189702013-11-10T12:51:00.003+00:002015-01-17T11:12:51.344+00:00Quite a Loyal Fan I Must Say..<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I always meant for this blog to be a way to track the things that I have done, so that I can remember little details of my life when I grow old and senile. However, time flies, like how all of a sudden, I realise that oh, I went to Vietnam last year and never recorded it, and I just don't feel that need to record that now since I already can't remember some of the little things that happened. >.<</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyways, this weekend is the first weekend that I stayed back in stuffy Singapore in a long long time. I think since we got Dog (more on her when I have the mood =D)..The reason for me being in Singapore this weekend was this:-</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I would say that I'm the kind of person who doesn't believe in spending money unnecessarily and I absolutely have no idea why I had decided out on the blue to treat myself to a concert. Partly it was driven by a wish to give myself a small reward after working hard throughout the peak season of my job and partly I was driven my the bf mentioning that he has never watched any concerts before in his life, but ultimately, if I was honest with myself, I kind of wanted to support this awesome and talented singer whose songs I first fell in love with 10 years ago, when I was still a blur kid in secondary school, when he debuted with his first album.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The concert did bring back lots of crazy memories, its kind of weird but JJ Lin was the only singer that I really wanted to see in person. I braved my first free standing concert for him, went to fan meetings to get his album signed and the one and only paying concert I had been to before was Just JJ World Tour in 2006. Anyways, I'm reminiscing and like what JJ also mentioned during his concert yesterday, it must be because I'm getting old.. T_T</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was a super satisfying concert - superb sound system, great live singing, guitar and piano playing, live band, hot dancing, Michael Jackson impersonation, beatboxing, everything you would expect from a JJ concert~ I did find his song choices a bit weird at some points since he sang quite a few songs that weren't that well known, but there were a few of my personal favourites as well, so it was all good in the end.. We even got a little something extra during the pinnacle point of the concert:</span></b></span><br />
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~Tr@cey~http://www.blogger.com/profile/04632154349691722564noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997049966791422172.post-31844677177610217642012-08-27T17:17:00.002+01:002012-08-27T17:25:21.103+01:00Thx :*<div style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<b>After an absolutely shitty week, I am desperately wishing the remaining weeks in 2012 to be as smooth and simple as can be. Since I've promised myself to be more positive this year and I think I had a pretty promising start to this week, I think its most fitting to have a random list of things of which I felt thankful for today :D Here goes~</b></div>
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<b>Dear Monday, 27 August 2012, thank you for:- </b></div>
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<li><b>The nice biscuits and chocolates that I got from my colleagues today without any particular reason. Made me feel a teeny bit greedy but it all tasted good so what the heck :P </b></li>
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<li><b>Giving me a seat on the MRT on the way home today almost immediately after I got on, something which rarely happens during rush hour~</b></li>
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<li><b>Fewer phone calls today which let me do more work than I had hoped since I could concentrate better without being harassed by phone calls all the time :)</b></li>
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<li><b>A nice lunch! We had something that I felt like eating today and we had enough time to enjoy our lunch instead of rushing to finish like a few times last week XD </b></li>
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<li><b>Not being scolded by my clients even after holding on to their work for so long, more than 2 weeks in fact because I've been spending the past two weeks furiously trying to catch up with my work that I just kept putting aside tasks that needed more time and research.</b></li>
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<li><b>Letting my boss agree with me to release 6 files full of documents to the client instead of asking me to photocopy every single document like they requested at first *phew*</b></li>
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<li><b>Getting runny sesame glutinous rice balls which I love so much and think I'm addicted to. This may seem weird but sometimes the balls just aren't runny or chewy enough. The soya milk was super warm today as well, so thank you!</b></li>
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<li><b>The internet at home which is working surprisingly well today, allowing me to indulge in my drama of the moment *Rooftop Prince Mansei!*</b></li>
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<li><b>Having people in my facebook friends list who actually answer my questions when I need advice, feels good to know that they are not just mere acquaintances whom I have only met once in my life @@</b></li>
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