Wakashachiya Curry Udon

It's Central again. We celebrate KS's bday @ Wakashachiya CURRY UDON. To end the day, green tea+red bean azabu sabo icecream by the steps.

Marutama らーめん まる玉

Went to Marutama on a Thurs night some weeks ago for Fio's birthday.

It's ramen again =P Enjoyed the Aka Ramen (left). As described on the menu, the soup base is made of 7 kinds of nuts topped with coriander. I am fascinated by the 7 nuts indeed & chose this. The rich brew is delectable, even without sprinkling the fried garlic chips. A wring of lemon gives an invigorating twist to the soup. The meatballs which come in nice pinkish colour are my fav. The springy thinner version ramen noodles complete the bowl.

Yummy & satisfied=)

HaPPy BirthDAY, Singapore!

On the 18th floor, masses of red, blue skies, water bay, esplanade, hotels, skyscrapers, singapore flyer, cranes. It seems like a nice painted pic which is definitely more complete with magnificent fireworks. A pity my phone cam is only 2 megapixels with reflections..nonetheless Enjoy!

Happy 43rd Birthday!

Niece Therapy

Met mum @ amk hub on fri. We went to MOSBurger for dinner. She asked me to order rice burger for her. I ordered one of my fav for her - Kakiage Rice Burger...quite surprised that my mum actually likes MOSBurger as she is quite a no fastfood, no mayo person. Yeah I have one more dearie to share MOSBurger cravings with:)

Seeing my niece as always is a therapy. Much better than retail therapy:P

With no jap classes on sat now, sis & I decided to walk from sk to my aunt place at seletar hills in the late morn. The morn breeze was nice. While we were 2 junctions away from sk new sports complex, a bus uncle driving an empty coach with kallang leisure park graphics printed signalled to us. The route ahead was straight & empty. He winded down his windows & said he cld give us a ride. We were hesitant but didnt know how to reject his offer. Onboard the empty bus, we realised he thought we were on our way to the sports complex for swimming. Nope, we told him we were heading towards jalan kayu area. He was indeed a kind-hearted soul, saying he wld drove us further up so we did not have to walk so far. Though our exercise plan is half-spoilt, we felt grateful to bus uncle.

Having not seen my beloved niece for close to 2 mths, she is beaming all the way. She has grown a little taller with longer hair & knows how to call yiyi now. I am offically "Yiii" to her. Snds old but guess I hve to accept it with grace. Her fav action with me is hug hug with arms wide open. Fav action with sis is knocking shoulders. We brought her to the nearby park for a walk. A sat filled with such simple joy:) Blissful (",)

Shape Run 08

Are we READY?

Sun Dinner

Dinner on Sunday evenings are fantastic with mum's homecooked dishes:)

ST, Happy Birthday!

My dear fren, Happy Birthday!!!

Hope you enjoy Miss Saigon & the little pressie.

Bday girl! Pardon my shaky hands:P

May all wishes come true in work, life & everything:)

Refer XQ's blog for more...

Santouka らーめん 山頭火

I prefer soba all these while. However, have a sudden crave for some good ramen.

All set to go for either Marutama or Santouka @ Central. Looking at the snake queue @ Marutama, we settled for Santouka.

Fio & I had the set meals of ramen in shoyu (soy sauce) & miso (soybean paste). She chose fried rice while I chose the mountain grated yam rice. SJ ordered toroniku shoyu ramen. The soup base is strong & good but too saltish. Found out from waitress that shio (salt base) is the popular & least saltish among the 3 bases. Maybe will try the next time.

No drinks. We settled for azabu sabo hokkaido icecream in the end. Had my usual green tea with red bean. Just nice to end it off with my sweet tooth:)

TIme to get going on my jap hw:P

3D2N Macao

Mum, Sis & I purchased Tiger Airways tics to Macao way back in late Apr as the rates were quite enticing. A short get-away:) Dad decided he'll join us a week ago & he flew in via HK to meet us in Macao on the 1st day. A fam bonding trip:)

Wedding Bliss

My first fren from college to get married. It seems only yesterday when we were in the ndp cheerleading & singtel advert 2gether:) *Wedding bliss*

犬と私の10の約束

Trailer: http://www.shochikufilms.com/movie/inu.html

Opens on 26 June!

Nice combi~

The combi of yoplait forme yogurt with Jacobs Craks Orginal flavour is fantastic! Dip some yogurt on the cracker & all goes well:) Strongly recommended!

Friday The 13th

Dept dinner @ Minori tonight. Our whole team of 19 pax turned up. Fun night indeed! The last time I was here was during the grad prog when the coy paid for the executive set lunch. Sat around the same area this time. Think the tatami room will be nice, but it can only accommodate smaller grp. Service wise, rooms for improvements though.

The gang decided to head for drinks after tt...thinking of following to chill out initially. But didnt in the end haha. Hitched a ride with ju to clarke quay...we had to walk thru the clarke quay stretch to reach Central CQ stn. Ju's 1st time so while we passed Clinic, she said sick also come here? Haha told her the concept & she burst out laughing:P Always like some Nectarine desserts but as usual it was crowded...

Accompanying grandpa to bank tmr morn. Gotta feast again tmr @ PPS HTL brunch buffet. Sadly, hve to leave latest by 2pm to head for Jap class:( Looking fwd to Sun's blading, hopefully can kill off some calories from the buffets:)

Happy weekends!!!

of Roces & Puma

Tempting GSS period. Taking stock before overspend.

2 major purchases this year:

1st pair of in-line skates from Roces & another new pair of Puma:)

Right Mood

GSS is here again! Many'll be in the mood for crazy shopping~late-night shopping~lunch shopping~weekend shopping...

Fri aftrn: Pop over to Vivo with Ju & YL to do some lunch shopping. Both managed to get stuff from Topshop. Was tempted to get sports gear from addidas but unfortunately those I like are only left with larger sizes. Mine was a failed attempt lunch shopping haha. We grabbed a quick bite to catch the bus bck to our island on time:)

Fri evening: Received dad's msg that grandma has been hospitalised @ ttsh. Took train down to novena to see her. Her blood pressure was low. Was teary. Doc & nurse attending to grandma are truly compassionate angels....

Sat aftrn: Jap Jap Jap!!! We got free cold drinks during break time today. Courtesy from the sch due to the non-functioning aircon. I chose the minute maid cranberry & was telling owl i dun mind @ all if aircon was down more often heee:P

Sat evening: Met XQ for cycling @ ecp. We had dinner @ MOS bugis. Took bus 167 to PP. Hmm guilty but we ended up shopping @ PP instead of going cycling. Maybe wasn't in the right mood though we seriously want some exercise. Did a pros & cons subconsciously. Why not save up the bike rental & engage in leg exercising instead? Shopping again! Took the 10pm free shuttle bck to SK. We were standing right at the end of the bus. After the bus exited from TPE, and was in the midst of turning right at the first junction, there was an emergency brake. XQ & the row of ppls standing after her fell:( Quite scary. Thankfully, no injuries. Apparently, we have to alight from there instead of compasspoint. Good for both of us cos my blk & XQ's busstop were nearby. We were still pretty puzzled on what happened exactly. There were policemen or maybe traffic police interrogating bus uncle. My guess was bus uncle was trying to make a right turn when he was on the middle lane and he was not supposed to do so.

hsh...

Mr Hottie

Sobs gotta miss my supposedly 2nd blading session tmr. A tough choice to make cos family plans hve been made for this treasured Labour Day PH: Fam bkfast, visiting grandma, getting the blades frm Ester to see if the size fits (she got a size 5 which might be a little too small but I shall try my luck:), seeing niece hopefully:P

Phew, this xtremely hot weather is giving me a piercing headache since aftern:( Give me some cool breeze...

Sin weather for the next few days:

Thu 32°C 26°C
Fri 34°C 26°C
Sat 32°C 26°C
Sun 33°C 26°C

Happy hottie MayDay!

Grapes!

Today, I realise that natural grape juice tastes real good. Mum marvellously turns the plate of fresh grapes we have in the fridge into glasses of juice for us. She nags that as the grapes are not seedless, we are all too lazy to eat them. Her freshly squeezed juice from the blender tastes real sweet & fresh..most importantly it is without any artificial flavouring or sweetener:) Good job!

Tampines - Siglap Park Connector

The Tampines - Siglap Park Connector, a 10 km coast-to-coast route from Pasir Ris Park to East Coast Park was conquered on Sat. Cycled through eastern Singaore via Sun Plaza Park, Tampines Town Centre, Bedok Reservior Park, Kembangan, Telok Kurau estates and reached ECP finally!

Yes, these 3 ladies without proper cycling gears (slippers, mobile music, cap) did met obstacles along the way, not big ones but enough to add some challenges to our cycling journey. Rain started to pour when we reached Tampines Town Centre. we decided to settle our lunch @ S11 while waiting for the rain to stop. We sort of got lost in Bedok North Rd where we couldn't find the Siglap PCN. After some detour, we managed to find it eventually:)

From ECP, we had to worry for the return journey cos we are on rented bikes! We continued to cycle to Changi Beach Park. Passing through Changi Village, the route continued to Loyang PCN and phew we were finally on the way back to Pasir Ris Park! Small incident when we were somewhere near Loyang Point on the way back to the park. Owl's bike chain got stuck and the bike refused to move. XQ & myself walked to Loyang Point to search for a bike shop but in vain. Owl ended up in a cab to ferry her bike & herself back while we continued to cycle bck...

We had a sense of accomplishment. Everything ended well, and the three of us are still in one-piece despite some oil stains, some bruises & more sweat on us..hsh..let's hope for less muscle ache tmr:P

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心情

心情不是很漂亮。。。

你会很想保护身边所有的亲人和所有相识过， 结识过的人， 不希望他们受到任何伤害。

但事实总是残酷，让人预想不到的。

希望婆婆能早日康复。至于已经失去的生命，只能默默的希望他能得到安宁。

须懂得珍惜。。。

Usually I'll prefer to dabble about light-hearted things...but bad news do disturb me to a certain extent.

Grandma was hospitalised this evening...i really hope things'll turn out fine for her. Praying for you.

When I thot this new is disturbing enough, my ex-coll messaged and informed that someone from PPS has passed away. EG & myself had went all the way to Kuching to hire him in. He was a v. honest and earnest person, someone who cares alot about his wife. He has rent a room in JB and was being assaulted by someone with a parang in JB. Will this happen to him if we have not hire him then and he has not come to Sin to work? I know I am being non-sensical, but can I turn back the clock?