Without a care

It's so rare to have a public pool almost to oneself,
Soaking away any problem;
Looking at the unshielded sky;
Watching the sunset as it cast its final glow onto the gentle ripples of the water;
Enjoying the Summer;
Whiling the time.
Ah, what a life.

Triple three

Triple three

Salad bar

Dessert! (The first thing that caught our attention)

Nonya Kuehs

Salad with smoked duck

Sashimi

From the tepanyaki section (The fish's not bad)

Herbal chicken soup & chawanmushi (in petit cups)

Roast duck (pretty good)

More dessert

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Monster

Rawr!

Involuntarily I will revert to the mean monster with sharp tongue and caustic breath.
A cynical creature that hurts people's feelings and criticise their opinions.
Aware of this, I told myself to take some time before responding.
Somehow, it didn't work and it got worse.
Argh!

Movie: Devil

Plot:
Legend has it that the devil will take on the physical body of a human to punish those who have sinned. With that, unsuspecting strangers boarded a lift to find themselves killed one by one, and one of them is the killer.

Review:
Not a huge fan of horror films, I closed my eyes mostly throughout the movie. This must be a proof of how scary the movie was. Not exactly. It wasn't a scary scary movie but rather, a really smart one. One that kept the audience guessing till the end on who is the killer and who has committed what crimes. It could have been better intertwined by providing a more convincing stories of why innocent people have to die other than them impeding the work of the devil. But I guess the moral of the story is that

Rating:
3.5/5

Mid-Autumn Festival

Champagne truffles mooncake

Lanterns

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
This is a festival that comes with the tradition of eating mooncakes, drinking tea, admiring the moon, carrying lantern and strolling in the park.
But more importantly, it is a time for family reunion.

Ah Ma's Bday

Happy Bday, Ah Ma

It's quite easy to remember Ah Ma's birthday since it falls on the mid Autumn festival. I remembered when I was a kid, Ah Ma's birthday always involved a feast followed by carrying our numerous lanterns while strolling in the park. Those were wonderful memories, especially the competition on who had the most lit candles. It's a pity that children nowadays are restricted to safer activities. Still, it's a time for reunion.

Farewell dinner with colleagues

Just had my farewell dinner with colleagues at Imperial Court Shark's Fin Restaurant. Even though it was a week after I finished my internship, they insisted on treating me. With a buffet spread of lots and lots of prawns and fish, we definitely ate (over-ate) our fill. I may have over indulged due to a friendly senior colleague who kept adding food to my plate, but I was really touched that they would take time off to meet up with me. With such a friendly culture, I'm really looking forward to working with them.

Tung Lok Seafood

Entree

Hot and sour bisque (Too spicy for my liking)

Jellyfish with garlic in spicy sauce

Century egg porridge with minced pork (prefer the gooey version)

Crispy soft shell crab with salted pepper (Nice)

Pan-fried carrot cake with sausage in spicy x.o. sauce (sausage?)

Crispy prawns with butter and cereal/ Tung Lok chilli prawns

Baked flaky barbequed pie with pork floss (Very nice)

California maki

Salmon sashimi

Fish maw bisque (I like!)

Sliced stewed beef brisket with turnip

Tung Lok Seafood is really a place for seafood. The prawns are so amazing that I almost forgot about the cholesterol. Diners looking for dim sum will be disappointed as their steam dim sum are not recommended (tough skin filled with lumps of meat!). Likewise for their dessert with its small selection.

K1 at Bishan Active

K1

Vroom!

As a prelude to the F1 night races in Singapore, Bishan Active held its K1 races. With the HDB houses as the backdrop, it sure is exciting for the heartlanders. The tracks may be short and the speed of the karts may be slow, but the residents queued up happily for their turn.
Sure is interesting with the myriad of activities held in Bishan Active.

Kichi Kichi

Small sized food on conveyor belt

Kichi Kichi, a revolutionary express steamboat tries to stand out with its conveyor belt of small sized food. I guessed that is all there is to it as there is nothing special. You get the usual food items: squid, fish fillet, beef, mutton and so on.
It will definitely be better if they work on their service as we had to wait for at least 15 mins before our soup refills or drinks come.
Will I recommend it? Well, maybe during the lunch special or if you stay near Farrer Park mrt.

Clouds

As I look at the clouds,
I forget about the flowers.
Will you remind me.

Happy Bday to me

9th September, my birthday, but just like any other day except for the presents.

Present!

Somehow, whenever I receive presents from friends, I will always feel awkward. It's not that I don't like the presents. Rather, it is the thought that I wasn't physically there to celebrate theirs. But I guess the right thing to do is to graciously accept their gifts with a heartfelt thanks.

This day is also my last day interning. Didn't tell my colleagues to avoid them spending any more money on me. They've been too good to me. I seemed like a birthday kid when I handed snacks to them. In the HR office, someone else was celebrating her birthday. As I sang the birthday song to her, it's almost as if they were celebrating for me as well. Lol...

'Happy' family

Out of all the birthday songs, only one stuck in my mind. 温岚's ‘祝我生日快乐’ seems to suit my current feelings.

If every birthday is entitled three wishes, I could only hope that my last one would come true.

A walk in the park

It's been a while since I visited the Botanical Garden and the opportunity arose from my CC's outing. With a concept similar to treasure hunt, each team was given a series of photos where they had to find the object within the picture. Of course we needed to take a photo with the object to prove that we found them. As the objects were scattered around the garden, it was a perfect chance to explore the different zones within. I must admit that I do not remember much of the old garden but the current one is amazing. There is so much open space, so many zones of so many types of plants. It will take more than a day to finish exploring the place.

Nice!

My team minus the photographer

Our pace didn't warrant a rush but the hot, humid weather forbid us an easy time. Some pictures were really difficult, such as a photo of a duck which we couldn't decide if it was real of a sculpture; a photo of a sign post.
In the end, mine was the last team and yet we didn't finish all the photos. However, the other teams waited for us before leaving and that was admirable.