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Good service

Another nice day because I slept in, did some online reading and looked up stuff on Seoul. Then went shopping and had dinner with my family. Simple pleasures 🙂

Anyway we ate at Just Acia (Sembawang Shopping Centre outlet) and I haven’t been there in over a year. So I was really surprised because their food quality has improved quite a bit and even the portions are a lot more generous. They even have ‘homemade milk tea’ now which I really love. Oh and yogurt too.

Just Acia spicy chicken set meal

Spicy chicken and the serving is at least twice as much as it used to be.

Just Acia spicy chicken

We all ordered our own sets but shared everything. One of my favourite parts about eating as a family 🙂 Food is best when shared!

Just Acia sweet and sour fish

Sweet and sour fish which was pretty terrific because the outside is sooo crispy despite the yummy sauce. My bro took the last piece and I asked if I could have the crispy end. He said no but gave it to me anyway 😀

He had bulgogi beef ramen and the numerous beef slices were thick yet tender. Below is some spinach egg tofu. And we had free flow ice cream too.

Just Acia spinach egg tofu

I was really impressed by how much Just Acia has improved. Credit where credit is due so I gave positive feedback via Just Acia’s website.

I hardly ever post complaints unless I’m really angry but I do make an effort to commend good service because it always makes my experience so much more delightful. And who doesn’t like to hear nice things instead of bad ones? People these days complain way too much but are so stingy with kind words.

In terms of good service, I think one of my best experiences was at Northpoint’s Challenger. It’s over a year ago but I still remember it.

Basically the 300 files were all movies (500+ now) and entire cartoon series (he made fun of me for the latter lol). Imagine how upset I would be if they were forever gone after all the time I spent downloading them (which is a lot as I’m super OCD and will download multiple files just to compare quality and pick the better one).

He brought my hard disk home and spent three days out of his own time transferring the files over to my second hard disk. I thought he was a godsend when he returned me everything intact. Totally deserving of the five minutes I spent to leave feedback.

Anyway, here’s what service and the locals are like in the countries I’ve travelled to:

  • London: Impeccable manners. Everyone, male or female, called me ‘darling’
  • Taiwan: Impeccable manners. They bow 90 degrees even when you leave a store without buying anything
  • Bangkok: Mostly polite except for a few bitchy ones
  • Phuket: Rather rude and out to scam you as much as possible
  • Hong Kong: Quite horrible (still love visiting there though)
  • New Zealand: Nice but not accurate as I was a guest so it was like their job
  • Europe: Nice but I didn’t interact with locals much. Really surprised in Paris when this well-groomed guy whom I asked for directions was super helpful and all smiles because I assumed the locals were snotty
  • Dubai: Women gave me dirty looks for wearing shorts, local men were indifferent, foreign men were almost overly nice

Cheers to expanding this list by travelling more!


Work hard, party hard

Been awhile since I’ve felt this emotionally stable and content. Don’t know if I’m truly okay because my mood fluctuates and I do still think about stuff but at least now I feel like I will survive. Too crazy busy with work these few weeks so I don’t really have time to over-think and be emo anyway.

Lots of night shifts recently and aside from daily editorial work, there were events / campaigns / projects / tasks to work on concurrently, sometimes on my own time. Some days I was even in office from morning to morning. Been postponing my off days such that when I asked Noor how many off-in-lieus she owed me, she said, “Ten thousand days la, Cherlynn.” HAHAHA.

Not that I mind because I’m the kind who works well under pressure and the end result is always very fulfilling. Felt such a surge of pride upon seeing our logo at Super Summer last Thursday. That night was such a blast despite my drama hahahaha. Individual post and photos soon if I have time!

So many freebies, offers and activities this long weekend because of SG50 but I feel like I have barely made good use of them. No energyzzz. Limping everywhere due to my sprained ankle and I have the flu.

Solo morning shifts on Friday and Saturday (yeah, not everyone has a 4-day weekend, you know). But it’s okay, had a cinema marathon with Kumar, Kenneth and Baoying on Friday and a home movie marathon on Saturday. Stayed home all Sunday to recuperate.

Finally spent time with my mum yesterday (Aug 10) and we watched Ant-Man. I’d already seen it but I really like it and knew she would too. It’s sooo funny! Wanted to watch Fantastic Four but the reviews were worse than sucky. A superhero film being only 100 minutes long is enough to make me suspicious.

Rewatched Clueless and The Dark Knight aka two of my all-time favourite movies last weekend. Woohoo simple pleasures. Good movies that you never tire of are so rare nowadays.

We had dinner at Ofira Amazing Thai Food. A little corner stall at Far East Plaza that’s been there for years and years. I remember how Darilene and I used to eat there after our many shopping sprees.

Ofira Amazing pad thai

We shared pad thai but it was just very average.

Ofira Amazing tom yum soup

Tom yum yum yum yum (sooo tasty and it cleared up my blocked nose)

Ofira Amazing beef fried rice

Really fragrant beef fried rice. The meat is all inside.

See, I’m perfectly capable of blogging normal, non-emo things ok. Actually I have endless things to say but 1) I never know where to begin 2) my Twitter favourites and retweets speak more accurately than I ever can 3) is there really a point anymore because most people are just busybodies who are more curious than concerned and the one who should care doesn’t. And that’s okay too.

I wrote this in my mobile diary app few days back and I do mean it.
I wish you all the good and happiness in life. I really do.

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