Good Deal Alert!

I came across a product on promotion on iHerb.
MRM, FreshOmega, Pure Extra Virgin Norwegian Salmon Oil, 90 Pesco-Veggie Softgels

$10.68

Travel Insurance

With flights and settled, the next important item to check off is travel insurance. Tenet TravelJoy has been our pet for years, but their competitors have upped their game. Following M's suggestion, I bought MSIG TravelEasy Elite Group. This plan covers all 6 of us for $245.70, which worked out to be $40.95/pax. Coverage and compensation are very similar to Tenet.

Brand loyalty is for the lazy.

Australia Visa Application

Sotong wanted a final holiday before being stuck in Singapore for perhaps forever.

Leathercare

Having bought my first (and possibly last) luxury bag, I want to take the best care of it. A friend has ever complained that her bag's moisturizer cost more than her face's. I thought that was so silly of her. Why buy something that's so expensive and expensive to maintain to boot?

Well, so here I am, doing the same thing. I resolved never to use my bag unless I protected it. Did my research and concluded that I had to buy Leather Honey Leather Conditioner and Apple Brand Garde Rain & Stain Repellent. I didn't plan to get a leather cleaner, coz I figured if I used a stain repellent, I shouldn't need to clean it, right?

First Malay Wedding

For the first time in my life, I got invited to a Malay wedding! It's an intern from the Jurong days. Got e-invite somemore, even Malay weddings are going high-tech! Not sure if anybody else I know will be coming, but nevermind, Brother is with me.

HERA Aquabolic

Sample products from SIL's cosmetics purchase.

The products are very strongly-fragranced. They also contain alcohol and evaporate damn fast. I think most of your product will simply evaporate. Gives an illusion of quick absorption. That could be why they had to provide such a generous sample. I think they caused comedomes. Used them on my feet instead.

HERA is supposed to be a high-end Korean brand. If that's the standard of high-end brands, I'm sorely disappointed. My drugstore products fare better.

Ajumma's @ The Cathay

Super late for dinner and shops were closing for the day liao!

Wanted to eat Eighteen Chefs, but SIL wanted to eat ramen, so she decided on Ajumma's. Fine with it also. I try to avoid ordering Korean ramen though, because it tastes like instant noodles. I promised myself to try it if the authentic version is really different from the foodcourt/fastfood/cheap restaurant standard.

Spectre and Foods

Lunch was Coco Ichibanya because I missed Japanese curry rice. So glad for the less rice option. I was still stuffed.

Sister and I had Nana Green Tea for snack while Brother went to meet SIL. The layout of the restaurant is so stupid. They designated an opening with 2 steps as the entrance/exit. Sister bounced me down the steps. We thought we would have to get Brother to carry me out later.

Interest Rate Increased

Boohoohoo! Paying more soon.

FULLY Hair Fibers

Buying a different type of makeup! Shake-on hair that promises to transform a botak into a full crown! I had first-hand experience with it for Brother's wedding, when the makeup artist used it on me. It was marvelous and came off easily during shampooing. I remember seeing advertisements for a similar product a couple of years ago, going at about $50 per bottle?! Just have to be patient for a made-in-China version. Check out FULLY HAIR FIBERS from Buy Sell Supply @ Qoo10 for $10. Not sure if it's the same as what the makeup artist used and what was advertised, but $10 is cheap enough to find out for myself.

Balenciaga Classic Mini City

When somebody is going to France, you do NOT just ask them to bring back beauty products and food only! It's a chance to get my first luxury bag!

I am looking for a slingbag, that's easy to maintain and not too expensive. It should be large enough to hold my Agnes B wallet (yeah it's still around), phone, tissue paper and comb.

Nikunohi

Hanging out with Brother at Suntec City after its renovation. Checking out the new cluster of Japanese restaurants, Eat at Seven. It's not fully-opened yet, but the current choices are adequate.

Artichoke

It's Sister's birthday. This year, she picked a hipster restaurant, Artichoke.

I took a cab there with parents. As usual, I was held up by work. We passed by this place in the dark:

Just imagine it's dark, ok?

Laman's Delight

Sister's birthday cakes of the year. Russian homemade cakes from Laman's Delight.

4 types of cake. Bottom right might be Drunken Cherry

Drunken Cherry is chocolate cake with rum and cherry cream filling.

A313 Pommade

Brother and SIL were going to France for their honeymoon. Since I couldn't tag along, it made sense to make them bring back some French products.

Other than Klorane Dry Shampoo with Oat Milk which costs like 1/3 there (I think), I ordered a cheap retinol cream, A313. Need to start fighting wrinkles! It works by stimulating collagen production. I have read about people using Retin A, but that requires a prescription and I'm too lazy and cheapo to do that. Retinol is available OTC, but I haven't seen any product that's purely retinol, without other ingredients that I'm not interested in. A313 is the answer! The original hot product is Avibon, but it's now extinct. A313 is the closest match.

Supplements on a Budget

When I saw my neurologist this year, he wanted to start me on "nerve vitamins", so he prescribed them to me.

I was dismayed to find a massive queue at the pharmacy. I should have known better - late morning is the peak hour. And I'm in a hurry to meet my friend for lunch!

Let's try to get express queue...

Pharmacist at the counter not auto ley. Screw it, I shall get it another day. I asked the pharmacist to give me the name of the item. It's Neurogen-E. I was told it's sold in the retail pharmacy as well. Is it... let me scout for it outside first.

USS: Halloween Horror Nights 5

Singtel lucky draw for complimentary Universal Studios tickets again! I entered the family and again, Father won. Seems like only old birds will win ley? Lol! It's for Halloween Horror Nights. According to Brother's, it's a nightmare of crowds and queues, so I shall pass. Sister went with her friend.

Department BBQ @ ECP

What! This month's department gathering is BBQ @ ECP?? Damn, cannot siam liao! I better go, else got to standby like last time!

The haze has been very bad these days, but today, the air has improved by leaps and bounds. In the morning, the organizers sent confirmation email that we will proceed and they have prepared masks for all of us.

Yeah, I think the haze is nothing compared to BBQ smoke lah.

Lioele Auto Eyebrow

I'm tired of sharing the eyebrow powder with Sister! And the applicator is broken. And it's difficult to achieve the thick eyebrow look that's in fashion these days because layering the powder doesn't seem to work.

So I'm getting the Lioele Auto Eyebrow! Rave reviews everywhere.

S$8.50

And it's so cheap on Qoo10! I got it from sweetbox.

It sure didn't disappoint. It's so easy to apply and didn't take long for me to get the hang of it. Look achieved easily!

But I suspect that this batch of pencils is defective. The cap for one side doesn't stay on.

I broke the pencil lead already. So fragile. Probably inherent. Still usable lah.

AHA by Cleansing Research Gel Cleansing

Introducing my latest favourite facewash!

$16.90 from Tokyu Hands

This is a random facewash that I picked from Tokyu Hands in March. Ok, not really random. It's the cheapest gel facewash that didn't look too gimmicky and didn't have pungent fragrance. I'm into my second tube now!

It did help with my clogs to a certain extent, but it didn't like penetrate my pores to lift them out like what those animations claim. I suspect you have to rub for minutes and I'm lazy for that. I like that it didn't leave my skin dry and tight.

What I didn't like was the slippery film left behind.

Grab iHerb

I have been very bothered by the build-up on my scalp. Normal shampooing was inefficient at removing it. Using brushes caused too much hairloss. If there's facial scrub for face, why isn't there scalp scrub?

Then, I read about exfoliating shampoo containing salicylic acid. It softens the build-up for easy removal. Neutrogena has such a product, but it strangely does not seem to exist in Singapore. Many other brands were of a more upmarket range.

Mineral Fusion was raved as an affordable and effective product. And guess what, iHerb carries it!! Haha I thought stuff like salicylic acid is chemical and frowned upon! Does it qualify by virtue of being paraben-free, cruelty-free and vegan? Like trying very hard lor!

But it's out of stock :(

New Therapy Centre

Some People Died decided to change their targetted group of clients. Each centre would only provide transport to clients living in the centre's area. In other words, I was to leave this centre. I was given 2 choices nearer my house, or I could go somewhere else of my choice.

Shinkei Japanese Restaurant

Our property agent has promised to give us a treat once she gets her commission for selling us our new home. Guess what, she only got it recently?! So a newbie will have to eat air for one year?? Tough life man.

Since our agent is treating, we let her suggest the place. Later if we quote too atas, very paiseh one mah. She suggested Shinkei at Toa Payoh Central. Never been there or heard of it. People chia then go try lor haha.

I asked her to give me a ride, which she gladly obliged. She said she saw a durian on the road!! Dangerous object sia!

We waited for Brother to meet us at the carpark so he could help me out of the car.

Today, we have our agent and her husband, Brother and SIL and me. Great for sharing food, as it's an ala carte Japanese buffet! The food was ok for the price, I think ~$40/pax?

Waiting time for the cooked dishes can be very long, so it's advisable to order all you want at once. Sometimes it's sooo long that we suspect that the kitchen was waiting for a minimum order of the same dish before prepating. The serving size of the cooked dishes are very small, but that's fine, prevent overeating/overordering mah.

According to HGW, this place has closed down. What a pity.

KL Trip - Day 4

How do you spend 4 days in KL? Well we just did, with the help of bad flight timings.

Woke up super early, checked out and took our hired ride to the airport.

Reached too early. Walked around, but nothing much to see. The airport was spacious and clean. Felt comfortable there.

Brunch at Be Lohas Vegetarin Cuisine. I stay away from vegetarian soup noodles. I think my fried rice was the best choice :P Mother didn't like their food either. Too modern I guess.

Teh before we all died of a headache. A couple was kind enough to exchange tables with us so we could have more space outside.

Finally can check-in. Toilet break and off we went.

店小二 for lunchner when we landed. We were given the false impression of choice, when in reality, it's X's favourite around.

And the end of the most regrettable trip in years.

KL Trip - Apartment

With 6 people, it would be a good idea to get a whole apartment. No more bunking in with relatives!

KL Trip - Flight

14/3
Upon the announcement of 7 August as a public holiday for the SG50 Public Holiday and a Jubilee Weekend, I thought that would be a good opportunity for the KL leg of Brother and X's wedding. There would be time for us to sashay there and back, and even time for some sightseeing. Afterall, I have not been to KL for at least more than a decade. We will miss the Jubilee celebrations, but it's not like I will be participating in anything.

KL Trip - Day 3

Hi, Chuai Heng Restaurant, we are here again! Yumcha brunch this time! Real yumcha, eating dim sum! After the dinner, Brother realized that it was the same restaurant that he had roast duck with X from a previous trip. He ordered it again. The dim sum was not bad, but the fried noodles were meh. We dapaoed it, but I really don't think we will be eating it.

KL Trip - Day 2

Today's the reason we were here. It's supposed to be just a dinner, but it still ended up more chaotic than the AD.

KL Trip - Day 1

We embarked on a trip that only Mother was looking forward to. The last time we have travelled as a family was 8 years ago, for Grandmother's funeral.

I left my phone behind. SIGH.

iHerb New Hauls

After Mother complained that the last of her Now Foods vitamin B-12 have the problem of dissolving in atmospheric moisture, I'm getting another brand for her.

21st Century Health Care, B-12, 500 mcg, 110 Tablets

USD3.54

With lower dosage, since she has been on 1000mcg for quite some time. Let's see how this goes.

Queen Helene, Aloe Vera Scrub, Sensitive Skin, 6 oz (170 g)

USD3.40

A customer asked for facial scrub, so Mother decided to stock some. The only affordable brand that people might have heard of, is Queen Helene. I don't think it's wise, as facial scrub is a product that takes a long time to finish. We take a few years to go through ours! And I can't vouch for whether this product will move, as it's not well-known here. O well, let's give it a try.

Owndays

Sister has some eyecare allowance for claiming before she quit her job. Good chance to get new spectacles! My frames are 3 years old liao lor, so outdated sia.

KL Trip Preparation - Leaving KLIA

Going to KL in a few days. The first time I'm travelling to Malaysia on our own without transport from my relatives. First and foremost, how do we get out of the airport?

Sister highly-recommended the KLIA Ekspres, which costs RM35/pax. It is a comfortable 28min ride into the city, no traffic jam. Sounds great, except the city is not our final destination.

Mother's Rush-Rush Birthday Cake

Today is Mother's birthday, but we have not prepared anything since she wanted to celebrate in KL. But cannot take her words seriously one!

X was tasked with getting an eggless fruit cake from Emicakes.

And it all went well.

The cakes tastes alright. I would eat it again.

天皇の料理番 Tenno no Ryoriban

What drove me to watch this dorama, was the hope of seeing delectable food since it's supposed to be about a French-trained chef who cooked for the emperor.

Birthday Cake 2015

Hey hey check out this year's birthday cake!

NAO from Kki Sweets!

New Therapy Fee Schedule

Received a scary letter. *Gasp* What new fee schedule!

Reading on, I was relieved to know that fees will remain unchanged for now.

Reminder about the damn means-testing...

Can I tell them Brother doesn't live with us anymore?

Higher Interest Looming Ahead

More shocking letters today! We got a letter from Maybank informing us of the higher interest rate, but installments will remain unchanged for now.

Pre-KL Banquet Haircut

Brother's KL wedding banquet was coming up, so Sotong needed a haircut.

What! Really! Not an excuse!

Holland V again. Lunch first. The weather was scorching-hot! Found a random restaurant with set lunch, Madrinaa Italiano.

Worked out to $28.25/pax. The food was delectable! Special mention to the tiramisu!

After my haircut, we headed to Jurong again. Does that mean we have to come here for the post-haircut walk-walk forever?

We had a hard time deciding what to have for dinner. X suddenly decided that she wanted to have ramen, so here we are at Ippudo. Not that I don't like Ippudo, but I'm trying to diversify my meals!

Still, nothing like a good bowl of ramen.

You must be thinking... how come everytime the post about cutting hair, end up talking about food one...

Automatic Sensor Dustbin

I have been lemming for an automatic sensor dustbin for some time. And I have been wanting to change my dustbin to something heavier so that it can no longer topple when parents mop/vacuum, coz they like to whack the current plastic dustbin to move it out of the way. Sometimes I really wonder how come they don't know that action will topple the dustbin?!

Brother bought one for himself.
Autobins SG

$33.90

And it promptly became mine :)) So convenient! Everybody should get one!

Blackhat

Just wanna say... I have no idea why Tang Wei's character is even necessary. Seems that all she does is kiss and bed Thor.

I’m Home

Takuya's dorama is so early this year!

He plays an asshole who lost his memory.

Generally, the show doesn't make sense lah. But let's just play along.

Takuya's condition is clearly out of his doctor's specialty, but somehow, his doctor is still seeing him. Improper neh.

Ehh Japan allows family members to oversee the PT of a patient? Without a gait belt??

Quite surprised that they got Aya Ueto to play his wife. I thought they would use the opportunity to promote a newbie.

Second Attempt at Father's Day Dinner

Hot Sunday afternoon. 2 humans and 1 sotong looking for food at Marina Square.

Random pick: Three Bistro. Because there was a set lunch menu and I was in the mood for western food.

Jurassic World

Today's plan: Go walk walk, join family for Jurassic World, then early Father's Day dinner.

In the mood for pasta. Went to nex as I haven't been there for a couple of years and I wanted to be near our movie place.

Installments Up and Up

Always open your property-related letters promptly!

Brother did not open this letter dated 30 April, until today, when we received another letter.

We have missed the deadline of 20th of each month to adjust the CPF installment! The cool thing about housing loan payment in Singapore is, the bank will automatically deduct the balance from the bank account you have with them, if your CPF payment isn't enough. Brother had to top up the Maybank account with some cash due to the $2 monthly service fee incurred if we just paid with the sum used to open the account, as that would have caused the account to hold less than $1000.

Wow, and gonna have to pay double 1 month later.

Huge-sum Cashier's Order 2

Back in October 2014, we received a lawyer's letter which was a copy of a huge-sum cashier's Order. We got one again today.

Mother's Day @ Yes Natural

Mother-gets-to-decide-day.

She wanted to try a restaurant opened by one of her suppliers. With her vague directions, nobody will be able to find the place.

Don't believe me?

Ok, try "restaurant near Aljunied MRT"?

We got the actual address after Mother went to recce and we googled the restaurant name.

Taobao Level Up!

My commode chair has become unsafe to use. The seat has cracked, causing me pain when I sit on it with my bare butt. Water seep in during my bath and out after my bath. Father had to drill holes at the bottom to allow water to drain out. The brakes are barely functioning for the longest time. The rubber handles fall out. It's a matter of time before a bad accident happens.

A new one costs $355 in Singapore. Is there an alternative?

Of course!

Enter Taobao!

Liquid Coconut Oil

Mother has finished selling the coconut oil I got her the last time. This time, she wanted pure liquid oil, not the semi-solid type. Ok, let's try something else. On to iHerb please.
Jarrow Formulas, Organic, Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, 16 oz (454 g)

USD10.45

I could not tell the state of the product from the opaque container. Let's hope it's liquid.

Yup, it's liquid, and smells nice. Mother liked it.

Handicapped Brother/Sister Relief

!!!

No exclusions! No income cap! How could all of us have missed it for the past 10 years???

Avengers: Age of Ultron

When did I start chasing superhero movies franchises?

It's Avengers time!!!

My Beauty Diary - Black Obsidian Moisturizing Black Mask

Free sample!

But I didn't use lah. No effect if you don't use regularly.

Triple Three and JC Friends

OMG? It's been 3 years since we the time we went to Triple Three @ Mandarin Orchard? My team's back here again!

Wilder Mann

It's Brother's birthday, so it's time to try some place with meat and beer. How about a German restaurant since I won't be going to Germany any time soon?

Found Wilder Mann off the internet. Looks affordable. But they don't do pork knuckles on weekends. Tried requesting for it and they were so accommodating. Yay!

In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew Exhibition

Fresh queuing opportunity! The National Museum was running an exhibition In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew until 26 April. Kiasu Singaporean shall not miss it!

The exhibition includes personal items used by Mr Lee such as a barrister wig he wore for his admission to the Bar and a Rolex watch that the Singapore Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers gave to him after he successfully represented it in arbitration proceedings over a wage dispute.

Mr Lee's famous red box - where he kept his working documents - was also on display.

Paying Respects to Our Founding Prime Minister

On 23rd March, Singapore woke up to the news that our founding Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew has passed away.

Restocking

My Sierra Bees Pomegranate Beeswax Lip Balm has run out after 1 year. So annoyed that iHerb has done away with the free gift system! As if it's not enough, they have stopped giving out random small gifts too. Now I have to buy my own lip balm :(

Brother's Wedding

Today is the big day! Like FINALLY. I'm so glad we just have to put up with 2 months' worth of crankiness from Mother instead of the usual 2-3 years for most Singaporeans.

I will be omitting the gushing about how handsome and pretty everybody is and how happy I am for the couple. Obvious things no need to say :)

I skipped my morning PT and took half day leave for the afternoon instead. No thanks to the fucking last minute CR with ever-changing requirements where I had to create a monthly batch job pulling massive results. I couldn't participate in the morning activities as I was working. I know it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing and he's my brother, but seriously... there's nothing much for me lah. Even if I have taken whole day leave, I would be stoning most of the time. Leave is a scarce resource.

Shapewear From Taobao

After being wheelchair-bound, my waistline has exploded. I thought my body above my waist don't look fat, but maybe if it were, my pouch wouldn't be such an eyesore. And it's gonna expand on Brother's wedding because I'm not going to waste all the food just to look good!! :P

Still, I think I should do something about that pouch of mine.

Enter the shapewear!

The Dress From Taobao

O...k... So, Brother and X are getting married. I couldn't think of any pants that's suitable for attending a wedding as a family member, that is NOT leathery (too cool for Mother).

Dulcet & Studio

Meeting up with my dear friends today! J was driving and could go to town, so I suggested that we go to Liang Court because I wanted to check out the cakes at Dulcet & Studio. Brother wanted to get X a birthday cake, so the cafe's proximity to the dinner venue made it the perfect choice.

步步高升

Haircut and Star Vista

Thank goodness CNY is very late this year, giving us more time to do our preparations.

Death of a Friendship

I kind of missed JM, so I whatsapp him to find out how he has been.

Suddenly, the conversation felt kind of empty. Is there nothing else to holding us together?

I don't think I will take the initiative again.

Exploring New Products

I felt Mother has to sell more unusual stuff in order to differentiate herself. Something hip that OLs might like.

Sparkling Sotong Ears!

Following last year's happy purchase from the Qoo10 shop, miniart korea, I decided to reward myself for my hard work for the past year.

Interest Rate Revision

O no!!! The first dreaded letter!

Which way, other than up!

But the monthly installments remain the same. Why huh?

Sands SkyPark Observation Deck

Brother got a room at MBS. He offered to let me visit the Sands SkyPark Observation Deck while he's out for dinner. Onz ah! Now that the observation deck is restricted to guests only, I have all but given up hope of ever visiting it. No way am I letting this chance go!

JM's Farewell

Where else can we go, other than Swensen's!

Damn boring can!!!

Anyhow Buy From iHerb Again

New products from iHerb!

るろうに剣心 伝説の最期編

Wa wa this one most power lah! Just look at the cards! 10/10!!!

Seriously, this is a good movie lah!

Olay Regenerist Advanced Cleansing System

Brother bought me an Olay Regenerist Advanced Cleansing System. Sounds so high-tech? Well, it's a facewash brush again.

Picture stolen from www.weloveshopping.com...

Christmas Present

My one and only Christmas present this year, from Some People Died.

Took photo because I'm feeding the inedible items to the dustbin.

るろうに剣心 京都大火編

The long-awaited second installment!

2 years already?!

Yay Takeru Satoh, I like! Villains looked like the manga, good!

9/10. Still draggy Japanese-style. Feel sorry at how stupid the non-leads were.

Department Christmas Party 2014

Department Christmas party coming up at office! I asked Brother to buy Poppy Cock so I could share them with my colleagues. He didn't manage to buy them :( Saw his bag suspiciously drum-shaped, but I thought he would have told me if he did buy them. I asked Father to use Brother's bag to carry my laptop, but he insisted on using his own. Hope my laptop won't die from all the jumping around.

Universal Studios Singapore Again!

I entered the family into the Singtel lucky draw for complimentary Universal Studios tickets to a private Singtel night event, the SingTel Rewards Exclusive Christmas Night Out @ Universal Studios Singapore.

Guess what, Father won!

He thought it's a scam, but luckily he asked me! Tickets for 4, so generous of Singtel!! It's kids' playtime~~ I really wasn't expecting to visit USS again in the near future.

Ultimate Hawker Fest 2014 + L'Entrecôte

Sister won $50 food coupons for Ultimate Hawker Fest 2014. Eh? So heng? Dragged Brother to go eat!

Review: Pobling Facewash Brush and Kingdom Face Steamer

12/10
On Brother's recent trip to Hong Kong and Shenzhen with X, I took the opportunity to ask him to buy me a face steamer if he ever came across a cheap one. There are many available on Taobao, I'm sure he could find one!

And he did!

A Day of Many First-Times

Gonna try out Sister's hair stylist for the first time. The salon is near Holland Village, so it's a chance for me to eat there since I haven't been there since... many years ago.

More Letters

Received letter from CPF for Use of CPF For Monthly Instalments. Letting us know that it will commence on 1 Nov 2014. Which is like 3 days later.

Letters, Letters

Received from lawyer the copy of mortgage-in-escrow - the document where we signed away our house to Maybank and yet still have to continue to pay for it.

Also a copy of stamped deed of assignment dated 13/10/2014 and letter of confirmation of property loan amount dated 15/05/2014.

No need to do anything, right?

Jurong Bird Park

We are visiting another Singapore tourist attraction! This time, it's Jurong Bird Park. With the corporate pass of course.

JBP is so ulu that the F&B options look worse than SAD. Not wanting to spend on food that already look unappetizing on the menu (mostly due to the tourist-oriented pricing), we made our own sandwiches. As a kid, I have always yearned dining out and viewed eating home-made food outside with disdain. Now I'm doing it willingly. How growing up changed me!

Waiiit! I Wanna Pay!

Finally CPF e-services are completely up. The process of filling up the request form was quite straight-forward, but there were still a few glitches.

I was prompted to print a copy of the form before submitting. Ok, so I clicked the Print button provided. The lousy button didn't allow me to print to Google, and printing to PDF got scrollbar. I should have tried changing the paper size, but I didn't think of that then. Fed up, I screenshot it.

Ok, done with the diversion and back to submission, but the Submit button disappeared! WTF, now must I redo the whole form????? Not that I had a lot to fill in, but just boey song lor. I tried the Back button. Phew, everything was still filled in. Carefully get it done without repeating my mistakes~

Successfully setup the payment with 1 day to go! Phew!

First Instalment Letter

I think I understand liao. When we were informed that the 10% for foundation is due, our lawyer got Maybank to disburse the money and passed it to the developer's lawyer. Now Maybank is going to get the money back from us slowwwly.

Haha Sotong finally connected the dots!

So now, Sotong has to go to the CPF website to submit the request to Commence CPF Monthly Instalment. But the lousy CPF website was down! Payments are due on November, now October liao wor!

Huge-sum Cashier's Order

Ok, I received another chim lawyer's letter. This time, our lawyer has sent the developer's lawyer a cashier's order for a huge sum of money.

What does this mean ahh, do I need to do anything?

iHerb - Vitamins, Hair, Face

iHerb shopping again! Mother was going to restock on flaxseed oil, so it's an opportunity for me to buy some personal care stuff too!

My Beauty Diary Vanilla Moisturizing Aroma Mask

I responded to a facebook promotion by My Beauty Diary to redeem a free sheet mask. Because no need to share, write fake posts, invite friends or go down to collect it!

It took so long that I thought I have been forgotten, but the promised mask eventually arrived in my mail.

Austerity Time?

First bombshell has landed!

Tomi Sushi

Sister chose this Tomi Sushi for her birthday celebrations this year. X was ill, so she didn't join us.

Conveniently-located at Novena Square. I was able to get to our table without much trouble.

Food is rather pricey. But since we were celebrating a birthday, I decided to splurge on some sashimi and a few pieces of sushi.

We ordered bottled beer. When the waitress served the beer, she brought us an appetiser-sized food... some fish skin I think, saying that it went well with the beer. So nice to give us complimentary dish for ordering beet! And it's tasty!

Asked for the bill. We were billed for the "complimentary" item. That's a sneaky way of shoving items down our throats, like the Chinese restaurant peanuts! Not happy!

Not gonna come again. Too pricey for no wow factor. Positive wow, I mean.

Hero 2

2014 Takuya dorama!

Hero 2

I wasn't expecting a 2 at all. Trust the Japanese to revive a franchise from 13 years ago! But I guess that was necessary with his crappy works these years. If a formula works, why not?

What a pleasant surprise that they managed to get so many familiar faces back! Even if it was just for a cameo. The previous female lead didn't return though. But I thought the bar owner who has everything, is more crucial than her LOL!

Like!

MAF 2014

Nobody bought specialty mooncakes this year. Eh... people who always go out, should go buy what...

iHerb Snackin'

Mother needed to restock her vegetarian glucosamine, so I bought something to top-up to USD60 to qualify for 5% discount.

So, You Wanted Some Feedback

18/8
Feedback form! Oh, you are so asking for it.

I just got a new PT, again. Obviously, there has been no handover done regarding my case at all. He's clueless about my HKAFO! Did he read my case notes? Or is there actually anything regarding it in my case notes?? I really want to know! It's unacceptable that everytime there's a new person seeing me, we have to go through the whole process again, wasting my time!

The usually no-comments me wrote a scathing essay (by my standards), lambasting the way they are handling me. Not accusing them of anything, I suggested that they start doing documentation in case even the last person with the know-how (and we are literally down to one last person; the rest were no longer working there) is not around, we could still proceed. How many times do they get to handle a HKAFO? Good learning experience ok?

Today
The manager came to speak to me. She confessed that my suggestion was good and wondered why they have not thought of documenting (!!! WHUTTT!!!)

The PT started my session earlier too. Hahaaha paiseh ahhh must have scared the boy :P

H's Baby Shower

Today is my JC friend, H's baby girl's baby shower. Ehh same name as another classmate's daughter.

Why do the angmohs call it baby "shower". Was it literally the first shower for the baby? :O

Mosquito Dropped Dead

On my table.

Means-Testing

Out of the blue in July, I got a letter asking me to submit a Means-Test Declaration Form. At first, I didn't want to, since it's a waste of time to fill in the form when my application is going to get rejected anyway. Even though Mother dumped her boss, we were still considered "rich"...

But hey, I discovered that the form already bore our family details, and all I had to do was to send Brother's payslip since everything pretty much remained the same. Ok lor I shall submit!

Today, we got the result. Zzz.

They sent the same reply to all members of my family. Waste paper lor.

Happy Realm Vegetarian Food Centre 素食林

Mother has been wanting to bring us here but I wouldn't come unless it's been verified by a credible person that the place is accessible. Finally the stars have aligned, so we were going there tonight.

iHerb, Our Supplier

iHerb is literally our supplier now. Mother has opened a shop at a neighbourhood market selling organic stuff. To her delight, there's still some margin left, and not too shabby at all, despite the shipping cost!

Zoo and River Safari

We are going to the Zoo and River Safari! Actually I think it's because he wanted to take his girlfriend, but might as well take his sisters too since a corporate pass admits up to 4 for free. At least he is still welcoming light bulbs! I'm not complaining.

カノジョは嘘を愛しすぎてる 她爱上了我的谎

Adapted from a manga, of the teen romance genre. The type that I'm not into. But I think I can still stomach a movie.

Talented but emo male lead. Innocent, normal-looking female lead. Somehow could not tell each other the truth about themselves. Disappearing acts. Random kiss scenes.

Although the storyline is cliche, the background of a music industry is still refreshing to me.

Ok lah.

6/10

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Wanted to catch Transformers: Age of Extinction, but the thought of having to watch it with Father... :( It meant that I have to sit in the wheelchair spot. Not so appealing. Maybe I should forget about movies for the rest of my life.