Thursday, February 26, 2009

Mellben Reloaded

It's really cool to have friends who love crabs and don't mind getting our hands dirty in a non-aircon place. W and J were having crab cravings, so it's time for Mellben again! Looking back, the last time I was there was 1+ years ago! This day is a perfect day since I will be on half day in the afternoon, can go earlier to queue :D

Things have changed drastically over the year. Now Mellben has bought over the whole coffeeshop.

Got water feature and renewable decoration on the walls! The place has a kelong-like feel, with wooden flooring for the seats outside. There's even a main entrance like a regular restaurant where you are supposed to queue for a table and order food, before they show you to your table.

Not sure what's the SOP, but the impression I get is that you get to sit down only when your dishes are on the way. So I played the compassion card to order my dishes seated. Hehe still quite caring lah, the people there.

I ordered the usual fare. When the waitress asked for the size of my crabs, I used my hands to form the size. She saw and said, "O, 中的har?" Wa, something considered large at Ah Yat, is medium here lor! Standard very high!

Got a card stating my waiting time after placing my order. Then someone came along to ask if I wanted any drinks.
Haven't had coconut for years, but not now, when I'm going to be filled with crabs shortly...

Got a hot drink since it rained in the afternoon, and it would have the whole night to cool down.

Barley. Forgot to ask if it's fresh before ordering. They serve the instant type! Yucks.

The purpose of this picture is to show the colored LCD CCTV above the guy's head.

The yummy crab beehoon with extra soup and noodles behind it! This time, it's as tasty as the first time!
The black pepper crab. Less spicy than Ah Yat's, so it's better for me.

The fried seafood tofu. Very nice when it's crispy and warm.

W and J ordered pear juice. Never heard of people ordering this! It's nice btw, that I wished I could have it. When their drinks were served, they had to pay. Funny I wasn't asked to pay for my barley.

Total damage was $93.

I want to go back already.

I never found the pear juice anywhere near my workplace. Sian.

Monday, February 09, 2009

I Know How Much's Inside This Angpow...

... without having to open it.

Sunday, February 08, 2009

その時、ハートは盗まれた (Sono Toki, Heart wa Nusumareta )

Chinese translation of the title would be "是谁偷走我的心". Found this extremely old dorama starring Takuya Kimura up for download. How old is extremely old? Check out the screenshots!




Look at that hairstyle! OMG right! So you see how old this is! When he was still young enough to play a high school student!

Downloaded it out of curiosity. It's only 5 episodes long. This was screened in 1992. Quality damn lousy, probably a videotape rip? It's so bad that I can't blow it up much beyond the default resolution.

It's very teen, probably a bit forward for its time for the hint of lesbianism. Overall, so-so lah, teen show what.

Synopsis here.

Friday, February 06, 2009

Busted My CC For The First Time

Reached home at 7pm to find a missed call from a withheld number on my handphone. Want to return call also cannot lah, too bad. Anyway, must be some cold caller trying to sell me something.

Over dinner, my father asked me if I had busted my card as he had problem with it at the petrol station just now. Nahhh how can? No matter how I spend, also not possible one! And I have just topped up $1000 recently. Lousy Caltex.

After dinner, my brother told me that the bank called him to confirm that he had indeed made some purchases like subscribing to a magazine from UK.

Wa suddenly so many doubts regarding my card. I logged in to check my card balance. With our efforts combined, we bought getaway air tickets, magazines from a faraway land and pigged out at Sakura for the equivalent of 23 pax, to name a few.

I busted my card alright.

Especially, the abovementioned activities happened within close proximity of one another. Looks like a card got stolen? Alert bank! Good! I like!

So how? Manually return $3000 first lor. Must show them it's not that I don't have money.

Lesson learnt: Pay up all credit cards before going for my holiday.