Hot Weather

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The earthquake-less singapore have one seriously bad point which is to be hot 365days! Though that we may have the monsoon season, but the unpredictable weather makes me crazy. Last year this time, we have weird May-June Rain that cause Orchard Road to be flooded, but now it is like damn hot! I can't even wear any of my jacket to work, worrying of getting a heat-stroke..

But i love the picture above. That is taken during a super hot day.

I love seeing clouds like this. Remind me of the time when i was young and drawing clouds on drawing board.

Such scenes are rare. At the same spot, this is what i usually see.

Republic of Steak

I love this place!! It is a few bus-stop away and i always wanted to go as i always passed by the place when i on my way home. I went twice, both with my colleagues. 1st time i had angus steak, 2nd time i have pork chop!


Yummy Mushroom soup



Though yummy, but i think it taste better during the 1st time i go.


Pork Chop with sausage combo!



I had it with black pepper sauce. The pork chop taste pretty fine but normal. Half of it was tender, and the other half is tough. 2 pieces which makes a generious portion, not advisable for a lady to eat. I only manage to finish a piece (Though i'm a big eater!)



The sausages were damn good! There are 4 pieces and i finish all. It is so good that i wanted to ask if i can tabao. I think it will be very suitable for a morning breakfast with nice scrambled eggs!!

Every set comes with 2 side. I have tried pasta (soso), potato salad(pretty good), fries(how bad can it be), fried onion with potato (see below)



The potato taste very normal but the onions are heavenly. No taste of raw onion, instead just sweetness of onion that blend very well with the pork chop. I wonder if i can just order the onion by itself.

The next time, i think i will try cow girl ribeye. =D

Lovely Hot Sunday 22 May!

I woke up at 11am, by a call from hubby. Super stunned coz i was suppose to meet my supplier for goodies at 12noon at Bishan MRT.
So i quickly shower, make-up, click abit of game and rush out of my house at 11:40am. (Steady right?)

End up, my supplier reached at 12:25pm. Basket! I arrange to meet hubby at 12:20pm lor!!

Hubby wanna treat me to Taste Paradise, probably due to the guilt that he is going hongkong alone (though for work), but the taste paradise was fully booked, and table only available at 2pm, while paradise dynasty queue was like crazy, so i decided to try those japanese food at ion B4. =D


okonomiyaki. suppose to be good, hubby like, but cabbage too hard for me


freaking good takoyaki. I'm drooling~


freaking good takoyaki with another topping. i prefer the one above


yakisoba. pretty good!

After lunch, we went shopping for bak kwa, for him to bring to hk, buy his shoes, buy my concealer, bread from sun moulin, and home sweet home. =D

Last Saturday 21 May

Daikon that i don't like

Stupid me planned 3 activities on the same day forgetting about the dates. While my co have a free movie on that day, i arrange to meet the zhss gers in the noon for lunch. Pretty rushed day. (See previous post on lunch & movie)

Later in the evening, i meet up with my pretty cousin, evadne for dinner, gossip and chit-chats.

It was at itacho. The food is so-so. The fatty salmon sashimi was good though.

I decided to be a good ger to take mrt + bus home that day. Especially when i wasn't tired, and was in flats.

And what happen? I fell down, knock my bone and bled like hell.. !@&*^%$#@

Marutama Ramen - How do you eat yours?

I have been totally a fan of marutama. Thought i prefer pork bone base, i still appreciate the chix taste for a change.

It has been a case that we often had marutama for lunch. weekly, fortnightly or at least monthly =)

I love my marutama ramen with garlic, sesame and lots of chilli flakes. Like below~


Yum Yum!!

In fact, the main reason that i go marutama is for the daikon!!! =P
Love the way the bonito taste immersed in the daikon, and the daikon were so soft and yummy!!

<3<3<3



This is one that i always wanted to bring hubby to eat but my little team always eats it on friday. ^^

Favourite corner taken! =(

Cheap Chilling

Sometimes i love spending my afternoon alone, over a little dessert and a cup of nice coffee.

Thanks to Natura Loft etc, i'm damn broke. So broke that i cannot afford a cup of good coffee.

But well, there is always McCafe. *smile*



I quite like the cinnamon-melt except that i can never finish a box by myself. Prefer to share among 2-3 ppl. I tried to have one by myself. Ate 4 pieces and gave up. Very nice, but too much is also too ...... eh....


With extra cinnamon. <3

Maybe the next time, you can also grab some friends to chill at McCafe, especially when the times you are broke. =D

Fire Drill

I love fire drill during sch time coz it means away from lesson and a nice 15-20 mins of chit-chatting. But not the case during work... coz the weather is freaking hot. Why would I wanna move out of my cooling office and shift under the sun instead?

I went for a nice cool break instead. =P

Pirates of the Carribean <3

Went for a free movie trip with hubby. We have not been watching movie for a long time due to my lack of interest in movies except Japanese related. But since it is free and i have watch all the Pirates of the Carribean so far, it is good to watch it for free. =D

Thanks to company benefits, this is what i get.


Movie Tickets


Free popcorn & Drink

I was happily thinking that i can have my salty popcorn while hubby have his sweet one, but only to realise that, they are ...


pre-packed.. and sweet =(

Drink are Can coke. and not cold enough. *dissappointed*

But well, a good movie!

This big banner was welcoming us that day



tata!

Meetup with the gers~

Time flies and it is almost 10 years since graduating from Secondary School. Saturday, we organise a meetup coz we have not seen Delphine for a LONG LONG time.
We had our meals at Everything with Fries, relatively cheap, but it also mean compromising of taste.


My pork katsu with curry fries. Pretty dry for katsu. Maybe i expect too much. Curry fries was nice but nth close to fabulous


miya's har jeong kar with garlic fries. The har jeaong kar is flavor-ful. Better than the pork. Garlic taste is mild.


mayu's tandoori chicken with sour cream fries. Best Burger of the 3, but the fries is so-so.


Some miso nuggets. cannot taste the miso at all.

Food portion is very big, i din even finish the fries, ate half of the pork, less than a quarter of the bread. Good for guys, but bad for gers stomach. A place to go when you are broke & hungry.

Our Difference..

.. can be seen from the drinks we order.



Left mine, right his.

But both are the same type of drink. So though difference, you can pour them together and blend it as one cup. <3

Fish & Co Day

I haven eat Fish & Co in the Fish & Co for long. Usually hubby will ta bao from AMK Branch to satisfy my cravings at home. That day, i finally pick my lazy butt to go to Glass House for a meal. Surprisingly, Fish & Co is not crowded that day. Perhaps it is lunch, but i remember AMK Branch is generally packed.


Starter Platter that come with 4 items


Fried Calarmari & Fish Nuggets


Prawn Fritters


Nacho Chips

The Fish Nuggets is really good!! The rest are generally normal, or just as expected of Fish & Co. It is quite a big platter, so we used it to replace a main. So 2 of us, 1 more set to go.


Seafood Platter for One

What else? but the seafood platter. In fact, we are really tempted to try those huge platter but we know 2 of can never finish. Who wants to try the huge platter with me? Recruiting more ppl!!

By the way, if you are a Fish & Co Member, this is for you.



Tomorrow is Monday! Good deal!! And it is for Monday & Tuesday!!

Terms & Conditions apply (i think).



Have Fun Eating!!

Last Saturday = Oldies... =D

It was a day hubby need to work. Was suppose to be a lonely day for me. But well, maybe not. I went to remove my gel nails in the morning and got a fresh set of pretty nails



Ok, i admit, it was a copied design.. hahahaha. Go guess who i copy from. =P

The mani + pedi was from 11am - 1:30pm for me. Was suppose to meet HSBC Financial Planner at 2:30pm, so i had about an hour for a good lunch. Was crazily hungry as Froniterville was all i had for my breakfast.


Shark Meat Lor Mee

Never a fan of shark meat, but i always patronise this stall when i go Tiong Bahru Market (Alternatively is the curry rice diagonally opp to TBM. It was a good combi to have fried stuff in the Lor Mee. Double the sin, double the happiness.

I board this oldie bus toward Tiong Bahru Plaza.


Can you feel the oldies-ness?


Old style of door bell that i bet my nieces never seen before


Old seat

I haven seen such an old bus/old seats since graduating from NUS, as 93 is the only bus that i knew with such old design. Pretty interesting, but was only a 2 bus-stop ride for me.

After the meet-up with the Financial Planner, i make my way to buy Hor Fun from Serangoon North for my dad. At the bus-stop in front of Tiong Bahru Plaza, i met our NUS vice-dean aka Lecturer for CS1101X! He remember my name!! But the heartless me took ages to recall his name, and it was hubby who told me then i "Oh Yes! Aaron Tan!!" =P

This day is a money-saving day for me. Apart from the taxi trip back from Serangoon North (with like 5 box of food), i took bus & MRT through-out the day. I think i'm freaking guai!!

Hahahaha~

I finally finished entertaining a child. I was telling 999 that day that i suspect it is a fake account with someone trying to fool around. But nvm, coz recently work is light so i thought i would play around with her.

In summary, the email came saying that she is getting married etc and asking for some advice. Of coz, it includes alot of stories like her rich hubby-to-be or her migration to europe.

well well, when did i think something was wrong? a bride-to-be will never be asking questions from no-where. We all have very precise questions to ask. The 1st email seems strange, but i was trying to be angel for once.

Anyway, a child is a child. Finally broke out of her fake skin (properly due to puberty), and replying something crazy. Which also means end of the conversation. (I'm happy too, since new requirements for work is coming in which means i will be busy too)

In my last email to her, i said.
"Thank you for the entertainment. I hope your dream come true."

By the way, i'm really happy if she happen to be a hater. You know, you only get haters when you are popular & famous. Such things will not happen to a nobody. =D

Have a nice weekend =)

T6IF

Thank 666 is Friday. But 999 spoil my day. T_T

I don't know why i having rough and sensitive skins for 2 night. Yesterday i had it covered with my foundation and nobody notice. Today i tried with BB Cream and it was pretty obvious by 10am. Sharks!

Now i'm contemplating if i should hit the drug store and get some foundation to cover up the redness of the skin. The redness make it look like red spot, hate it!

I wonder if the new sheet masks are giving me the issue. If yes, they are gg to get rubbish chute as their new home

!@#$%&*(*&^%$#@!

13 The Friday - A Free Dinner

I had a very nice + free dinner on that LUCKY FRIDAY. Some background if you don't know, i always find 13 The Friday freaking lucky for me. Like this day, i had super nice lunch (See previous post) and even had a free dinner.

The boss, aka the daikon of the day, wanted to pay for a meal at ootoya. But the queue is very long, so i missed my chance in eating my basil chicken. In the end, we went Tonkichi, which is more expensive. =P

Tonkichi, is good for their Tonkatsu. I had to eat that, definitely!!


Roasted Sesame


Grinded it


All ready to eat!!

The good thing when the boss is paying = eat without worrying for the wallet!! =P


Kurobuta Tonkatsu!!


Yummy!!

See the yummy juices locked in the meat... *drools as i type* As we had picked the kurobuta option, the price is like x2 of eating a ootoya tenshouku. =D

Though said so, i think i may prefer tampopo tonkatsu. Should go eat tampopo again and then compare.


Refillable Cabbage

I love such cabbages, but i was freaking full after eating the tonkatsu and abit of rice. My stomach cannot take in a 2nd portion of cabbage at all.

After dinner, there was an attempt for dessert/ice-cream. The fact that ice-cream was suggested instead of alcohol, amused me. Can't help but keep giggling, and got "stared" at.

Big Change in Cabinet!

After MM & SM, 3 more ministers will be retiring.

- Wong Kan Seng
- Mah Bow Tan
- Raymond Lim

The New Cabinet?

Mr Teo Chee Hean - Deputy Prime Minister & Coordinating Minister for National Security & Minister for Home Affairs

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam - Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for Finance & Minister for Manpower

Mr Lim Hng Kiang - Minister for Trade and Industry

Mr Lim Swee Say - Minister, Prime Minister's Office

Assoc Prof Yaacob Ibrahim - Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts

Mr Khaw Boon Wan - Minister for National Development

Dr Ng Eng Hen - Minister for Defence

Dr Vivian Balakrishnan - Minister for the Environment and Water Resources

Mr K Shanmugam - Minister for Foreign Affairs & Minister for Law

Mr Gan Kim Yong - Minister for Health

Mr Lui Tuck Yew - Minister for Transport & Second Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr S Iswaran - Minister, Prime Minister's Office & Second Minister for Home Affairs & Second Minister for Trade and Industry

Mr Heng Swee Keat - Minister for Education

MG(NS) Chan Chun Sing - Ag Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports & Minister of State, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts

PM Lee also appointed the following as Senior Ministers of State:

Ms Grace Fu Hai Yien - Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts & Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources

Mr Heng Chee How - Prime Minister's Office

The following were appointed as Ministers of State:

Mr Lee Yi Shyan - Ministry of Trade and Industry & Ministry of National Development

Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan - Ministry of Health

Mr Masagos Zulkifli - Ministry of Home Affairs & Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr Teo Ser Luck - Ministry of Trade and Industry

Mdm Halimah Yacob - Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports

Mrs Josephine Teo - Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Transport

Mr Lawrence Wong - Ministry of Defence & Ministry of Education

BG(NS) Tan Chuan-Jin - Ministry of National Development & Ministry of Manpower

?????

?Khaw Boon Wan not in Health, change to National Development?
?Ng Eng Hen not in Education?

BIG CHANGE INDEED!!

13 The Friday - Another Farewell.

I heard that it wasn't the last day for the ger. Monday is her last day. I wonder if it is becoz she is lunching with her team on the last day or they purposely choose 13 The Friday.

I'm not too close with the ger who said good-bye. Though said ger, she is actually much senior than me, be it age or working exp. I find her generally nice and we always say hi when we meet around the office, though we have no working dealings with each other.

Farewell lunch was at Pizza Hut.


My pasta.

The pasta is some new creation of pizza hut to celebration their anniversary.


YUMMY!

As expected, iPhone picture does not do any justice to the food. It is freaking good i feel!! I think i will be back to eat that again. =D