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Third time timeliness

Is it the new blog design or my recent good mood that makes me want to update on time? I’m trying to finish up this week’s and then keep going backwards but I think that’s probably too ambitious hahaha.

Myojo Spicy Lobster Hot Pot

Myojo Spicy Lobster Hot Pot cup noodles for lunch, courtesy of my mum. It’s actually quite good. Anyway, worked from home today and then went to take a long nap after my shift.

Yesterday (Oct 2) was funny. We were at lunch and I ordered sambal beef rice from the zi char stall. Told the chef there that I wanted the egg to be runny and half-cooked like “last time”. I think my Mandarin must really suck (he wasn’t even PRC and looks as young as me) because he was like, “Cut in half?” I decided to show him a picture instead.

beef fried rice toa payoh

This was the beef fried rice I ordered from the same stall weeks ago (Sep 23 to be exact). Takeaway because I was doing an afternoon shift and the lady boss showed me the perfect egg before packing it. She said it wasn’t peak hour (4pm+)  so they didn’t have to rush. Still perfect even after I returned to office and somehow it really made my day!

Anyway the chef laughed when I showed him my picture. He later brought my food over and asked, “Can?” It wasn’t as flawless-looking but still runny the way I liked it. Eggs are awesome… so is beef.

sambal beef rice toa payoh

Nazreen said, “Omg why he so shy like flirting with you?” I told her about my request then she said I stressed him out with my high expectations hahaha.

Anyway I really like their food! The stall is called Hua Jie Kitchen and located at 978 Toa Payoh North, Level 2 where Big Bern’s American Grill is. The air-conditioned kopitiam serves better teh peng than any of the other coffeeshops near my office.

gochapon hamster singapore

CK gave me this hamster gochapon a few days ago and it’s soooo cute!!! I was skeptical when he said it’s meant to cling onto your cups and glasses but I did a search and apparently it’s a trend in Japan. Now I want the whole set…

hamster gochapon cup

Can’t believe it’s $5 for one tiny thing like that though! The hamster gochapon machine is in Orchard and CK said it’s the only one in Singapore.

Love looking at my office desk 🙂 Featuring some of my favourite buys from my Europe trip: Eiffel tower from my tour guide, musical box from Switzerland, small Swiss army knife, coloured sand from Dubai, Paris cup from a petrol station, coin box from London.

Bought lots more till I had luggage problems but the rest are at home or given away. Oh and the wine was given to me when I was still an intern I think? I told the rest we could drink it on New Year when it turns a decade old!

smoothie king selfie

Smoothie King and dinner after work yesterday. I cannot take selfies with my own phone anymore ever since cracking the screen 🙁 This is from Yukai’s iPhone.

Oh and remember my previous post? Just Acia replied to my feedback. Hope I managed to make someone’s day at least.

just acia feedback


Fruitful day

Sooo happy over all the little things and because there’s so much to look forward to in the upcoming months! Been awhile since I felt this way.

Finally revamped my blog’s desktop layout. After nearly five years!! Oh my, has this website been around for that long?! So much less of an eyesore without the glaring pink font on black background. So proud of myself because I edited the CSS code all on my own.

It’s been a day of opportunities at work, all of which I’m extremely grateful for. Attended a workshop in the morning (knowledge is power), then a small cheese and wine-tasting event in the evening. Going for a food-tasting session by a celeb chef from Japan next Monday and it’s not something that comes by all the time so I’m really thankful to be chosen.

So much food too. Ate in the morning, then went to Din Tai Fung for lunch, then had all that cheese and wine, then chocolate cake because it was the intern’s birthday, followed by dinner at Sanpoutei Ramen and dessert at The Povidore.

Managed to make reservations for Parkroyal’s Lobsterfest Buffet next Wednesday too and I’m really looking forward to it! This is why I’m fat.

Can’t believe it’s October already. My birthday and Halloween. Seoul trip in November. Christmas aka one of my favourite holiday seasons in December. Australia trip in January. Hong Kong in February. I promise to enroll in school in 2016. Have dragged long enough!

Well, these are my plans at least. I don’t like mentioning plans before they are confirmed because I fear jinxing them but now I’m writing them down so that they actually take shape. Praying hard nothing goes wrong, especially my trips. I haven’t booked anything because I’m waiting for good prices.

Wanna punch myself because Scoot had tickets to Seoul for $200+ but I missed it. And I missed this easy Facebook contest that was giving out $1,000 travel vouchers too because I only saw it 10 minutes after it was posted. That is akin to 10,000 years on the Internet.

But it’s okay! Maybe life has something better in store.

See the grey stroke on the top left corner of both photos? It’s one of the cracks on my phone screen. My mum said she would pay for my rose gold iPhone if I’m getting it hehe. Waiting for SingTel to restock.

Don’t know why I have mustache syndrome today lol. And my nose is huge wtf. But whatever. I shall not be critical today.