Hip Diner

I just came back from an outing with my cousins. After wondering about on where we are going to have our dinner, we ended up in Cineleisure and found ourselves inside Hip Diner restaurant by Billy Bomers. I order a chicken soup and sausages. The soup is not bad but I cannot say the same to the sausages. I feel they have a kind of taste I dun know how to describe. Any way, I have tasted the German sausages before so I can only say Americans one need to put in more hardwork. Overall, I feel it is ok only. 3 of us ate about $65.

Ratatouille

I just came back from watching Ratatouille. This Pixar movie retains the same standard as the previous Pixar shows. The drawing is a good and some parts are rather funny. But it just dun give me the same good feeling like Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. The story does not have any big climax. The characters just looked like those in The incredibles. But overall, it is still watchable.

Lcd monitor

Whenever a pc show is around the corner, I will tell myself that I will buy a lcd monitor to replace my current crt monitor. But everytime, I will not buy cos I feel my crt is working fine and dun have the heart to replace it. But lately I found my crt monitor a bit crazy. I need to hit it for it to work fine. Hmm.. So will it be really the time for me to change? Haha....

Fireworks

I just came back from the fireworks celebration. I wanted to get a good view but at the same time I dun want to be in the crowd with other people. I am sure that esplanade area sure very crowded. I tot of going to Padang but felt it is far as I wanted to have my dinner in Marina Square area. But I end up having dinner at Millenia Walk as everywhere is crowded!! Lucky for me, after dinner I stumbled upon a piece of open area in between Millenia Walk and Marina Square. It is not crowded and has a very good view of the fireworks! The fireworks is very beautiful! Really different from watching TV. Haha.

Golf

Today I feel a bit bo liao and decided to go attend a golf session. It is just teeing at a driving range off my work place. 120 golf balls for $6 at.I am not experts and so I just play for fun. After a few hits, I am getting really tired. I think I should practice more so I can get the feel of hitting the ball. Haha!

Hot weather

Lately the weather becomes hot again. Now at night I cannot sleep without my air con on and fans full blast at me at the same time! In the afternoon also quite bad when walking for lunch. Only when back in my office I feel normal. Hurray for those who invented aircon.

Takashimaya toys sale

I just came back from Orchard. I was just wondering around and saw Takashimaya having this toys sale. I think it is a yearly event and today is the last day. I walked in and see got any nice things to buy. I found that there are many nice cool things not only for the kids but also for the adults. In the end, I bought a cool gadget. Hoho...

Phuket

I just came back from my short holiday. Over the weekend, I flew to Phuket to relax. I took a Jet Star Asia. Air ticket plus tax cost me around $170 only. I stay at Patong Merlin resort which is a four stars rating which costs about $105 per night for a room. This resort is quite good. Service wise is tip top. I feel almost 90% of the tourists are caucasians and arabians. Out of them, I think a large percentage are old people. I wonder why. Any way, I feel Phuket is quite nice to relax though nothing much to do there. I think I will go again in one of the weekends.

Hard sell

Today I received a phone call from someone trying to promote a dining membership to me which costs $588. After she introduced the privileges of the card, I feel it dun really suit me. I told her I am not really interested. But she dun gives up and trying to tell me it is good. I told her repeatedly that I dun foresee myself using it. But she very insistent and dun intend to hang up. So I use my last ultimate move. I told her I might be interested and wish to see the details. Ask her to email me. Haha! After hearing that, she pretends to take down my email and then hang up. So far I have not received her email. Hoho.

Young looking

Today got a supplier came to my company. I never met him before and only communicate to him thru phone. So when I went to the company lobby to meet him, he looked at me with big eyes and asked:"You are a Dr?". I said:"Yes. Why?". Then, he asked me how old I am. I told him I am 30+. He said:"You look like 23 only!". Then, I joked with him that I have to buy something from him liao. Haha!! Any way, he said he is serious and not to make me happy so I buy things from him. Hoho.. So must take care some more.

Yunnan Garden Restaurant

I went to Yunnan Garden Restaurant at One North in the afternoon. It is a quiet place where no queue and no crowds. I think this is due to the fact that it is located inside NTU club where no many people know. I went for their dim sum lunch. As there are not many people, the service is quite good as it is fast. The staffs that attended to me are quite polite. The food serve up quite fast too.The setting is typical chinese style and the aircon is rather cold. I ordered porridge, dumpling etc.. where I feel you can find it elsewhere. The food is nice but I feel not much diff as compared to other dim sum restaurant. The good point is it is quiet and no kids to disturb when I was there. Overall, not bad but price I feel might be on a high side. NTU members get 20% discount.

Uncle

Today 2 primary school kids approached me and asked me for the time. After telling them, the first kid said:"Thank you.". The second kid said:"Thank you, uncle.". Though my age qualifies to be uncle, I feel kind of not used to it. Haha. Any way, the first kid quickly told the second kid:"It is better to say sir than uncle." Then, they quickly said:"Thank you, sir." So who say kids nowadays no discipline? These two kids show that they are well-mannered though I was called an uncle. Hahaha...

Nearly scare to death

Today something happened to me. It is due to my negilgence. But luckily nothing is damaged or injured. Or else I dunno how. This is really those never happen before incident and should not happen one. Well, now I will be more careful.

Ikea

I was at Ikea Alexandar at around 11+am and surprising it is not crowded. Gone are the queues towards the carpark. The carpark is also very empty. I guess many now turn their aim towards the Tampines outlet. Free parking and more spacious. Any way, now Ikea having sale and I bought a few good things. If only got 3rd Ikea stall. Haha!!

Sushi Tei

Today I went to Sushi Tei at VivoCity outlet for my dinner at around 8.45pm. Though there is a queue, I got my seats within 5 minutes. The setting and lighting in this outlet I feel is quite nice. There is a corridor that leads to the inner restaurant so people walking by wun see u. The service there is quite ok. They are not particularly very friendly but the response is prompt and fast. Food is served rather quick too. The food is rather tasty. It is served hot and smell really nice. The sauces are all there. Take whatever u want. Some of the food is quite exclusive meaning I did not find it in other Japanese restaurant. One fine example is their cheese scallop. The pricing there is affordable. A ramen is about $10 and chicken stick is about $6. Overall, I think it is worth a try.

Transformers

I just came back watching Transformers. I am looking forward to this show ever since it started showing here. Finally I caught it on the cinema. I, a non Transformers fan, went to watch this with a Transformers fan. The verdict is that if you are a fan, you will feel the movie somehow did not manage to capture the essense of the original show. For non-fan, I feel quite nice. Overall, I feel the flow is good and special effects are very nicely done. The transforming are very detailed. However, the fighting is a bit messy and ending I feel a bit stupid. Overall, still a nice try.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

I just came back watching Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This time round the story is darker and has lesser jokes. Maybe it is to unfold more details, the show is a bit slow throughtout which tends to be a bit boring at times. I am not a Harry Potter fans but I am fans of special effects. The effects I feel is quite nice. On the whole, I feel ok. The best grace saving part I feel is the showdown at the end of the show.

Friday the 13th

Today I got a presentation and everthing looks well until the Q and A part. The questions throw to me actually not difficult but somehow I just answer stupidly. Must be Friday the 13th at work!

Friend's wedding

I just came back from a friend's wedding. She specially chose today cos the date consists of all 07. Her wedding is held at Suntec City and today has National Day rehearsal. So I decided not to drive as I scare got traffic jam. My friends and I took a train down to City Hall. It is quite fast actually. But one thing no good is have to rush to take the last train. So cannot stay back late. My friends also too stingy to catch a cab. Any way, sometimes taking a public transport is not bad too. Ho ho..

My specs is ready!

After waiting for a day, my specs is finally ready for collection! This time I called them up to make sure. Any way, the specs fits quite nicely to my face structure. The lenses which I told them to shape it more nicely are very nicely done. Overall, quite satisfied. Heee...