New IC & Passport

Deadline approaching. Have to apply for my new IC already. Got motivated to do it partly because my passport was expiring. Can use the same photo. I don't know when I'll get to travel again but, just do it.

$70 for the passport! So expensive! I thought it was $50 last time? *grumbles*

Gold Food Thai Chinese Cuisine

Sunshine Plaza, dead on a weekend except the food.

Gold Food is an eatery with outdoor and aircon seating. The aircon was quite weak lah... no deco to speak of. The place felt more like the dining room of a really old HDB.

Food portions are huge here. The mango salad is an honest plate full of mango shreds. Tomyam soup came in a bowl with a flame. Not too spicy, sweet-tasting. We also ordered a stir fried (forgot what) meat and pineapple fried rice. I tried Thai milk tea for the first time. Eh... so sweet one?

Stuffed!

While we were eating, the owners brought out their own lunch and started tucking in. If our portions were huge, theirs were huger, humongous! There were like around 5 of them, eating an equivalent of 1 huge rice cooker of rice!

Just a few minutes ago, I was complaining full. Then we went next door for ice-cream... Yummy~

Buffet Town

Annual CNY dinner with Father's friends. This year, we went to Buffet Town. Finally gonna try it, after being put off by the queues in the past!

Farewell @ Pastamania

Farewell lunch for a Vietnamese colleague whom I have only met once. Today, we will meet for the second time, to say goodbye.

Is He Interested At All?

It's not the kind of person you are probably thinking about.

Bliss Restaurant, Goodies Shopping

CNY is coming like soon, yet we haven't bought our goodies! Here's an excuse to go out for dinner too.

By Brother's recommendation, we tried Bliss Restaurant @ Cheng San CC. I have never heard of a restaurant in a CC!

Lots of outdoor seating. Rather quiet, aircon was cold. Looks more high-class than expected. Actually, we are here because Brother said they sell white beer.

Food prices are cheaper than a regular restaurant, but still not up to my cheapo expectations.

Quality-wise, not bad for the price! Didn't try the desserts coz they looked expensive.

9+ already! So, the primary objective has been relegated to optional objective. NTUC haven't close yet, still can shop!

Ended up just viewing the CNY goodies available as a catalog as it's cheaper to buy from Ang Mo. So we bought everything BUT CNY goodies.

Bed Bugs Relapse

19/1
During spring cleaning, Mother found bed bugs and eggs on Brother's mattress! We threw it out immediately. That explains the find on my table.

Hope this ends the episode.

Bedsheets & Yummies

Mother told me to buy bedsheets, so here's an excuse to go shopping!

Rurouni Kenshin

るろうに剣心

It's great that they have finally made a movie of this manga! I wasn't sure of the male lead Takeru Satoh. Thought he looked too thin and scrawny. Eh... could be apt for a jobless assassin lah. After finishing the movie, I thought he pulled it off.

Enjoyable, and I spy a rising star!

8/10. I don't like the signature Japanese 拖拖拉拉 I stare you, grimace and you stare back scenes.

Priceless

How down on one's luck can a person get?

Very, very low, apparently. And losing your mobile phone was the nail in the coffin when you didn't have your contacts backed up in Google. Uh... actually having backup doesn't help when you have no money to buy a new phone.

So... in order to make a fortune and get out of his current situation, he decided to make an ultra premium thermoflask priced out of reach of the commoners, partly because his partners and he decided to manufacture it labor-expensive Japan instead of outsourcing to China.

Luckily for him, his half-brother was too hell bent on destroying him and caused too many of his own workers to defect, resulting in his own downfall.

Too unrealistic for my liking.

6/10.

Triple Three @ Mandarin Orchard

A team gathering at somewhere impressive since... 2008?!

We are going to buffet lunch at Triple Three @ Mandarin Orchard! Somewhere on my radar! Yay yay yay!

So nice to see everybody! But why do I have to sit at an unhappening table? These guys are too quiet! And a few faces that I don't know. Not sure which project they belong to :X

The buffet spread is really extensive. I would have enjoyed it more if I had a personal caretaker to help me cut meat, shell prawns, eat happening stuff to inspire me... luckily it's free.

Lots of team lunches going on. I even bumped into a university friend, B. AHHH! LONG TIME NO SEE!

When are we going to THE LINE? :D

Menya Musashi

Outing to Ion Orchard. Sister wanted to try Menya Musashi. I have eaten it before, but I can always try another flavor. The red soup was TOO HOT! No more!

My black soup!

Hmm... the soup is thick yes, but it's also very sticky. But also not the starchy kind of sticky. Can get a bit 腻 due to that.

My siblings ordered white soup. Not sure if they are different though.

The waiter very kindly passed me a bib when he saw me making a makeshift bib out of the serviette.

Ordered gyoza too. Stuffed to the max! Really old liao.

End of Chapter

A the private OT was supposed to be back since 9 Oct, but he never contacted me. I decided to break the silence. He replied that he was about to text me actually, like how people who were supposed to take the initiative do.

He came by this evening. He showed me some exercises that I could do with the therabands and some help. He also set the electrical stimulator and showed me where to stick the electrodes. Ouch ouch so painful! To think I thought I could play Diablo while doing it :( Totally disabled.

I paid W $2850, after deducting $150 rebate from the original sum of $3000.

So this concludes the hospitalization chapter. Wow like 1 year later.

Universal Studios Singapore

Finally got a chance to go! Brother has a pair of adult passes and I think $100 F&B vouchers too? By topping up 3 more tickets, we can have a family outing.

Samsung Galaxy S3

2/10
I have been waiting for this day for the longest time!

Private OT

Some Time In June
Got to do something about the leave-taking.

Long Weekend

Ok, so I brought the HKAFO along with me to my appointment with Dr L. Wore my sports shoes too. He has time to watch me wear and use it meh? So bulky lor.

China Mooncake

Delicious! Very fragrant. So satisfied that we didn't buy any branded mooncakes this year.

Back to Normal Fees

26/7
As informed last month, there was going to be a revised fee schedule for my therapy, which would unfortunately, result in an increase in my fees. Wham!

True Colors

28/6
Got Mr ST to drive me to my hair stylist after therapy. Thanks!