So Depressed

I was so depressed today that I didn't eat lunch. I was hungry, but I didn't have the appetite.

I thought 32 months of being in Singapore has made me a toughie.. perhaps for awhile I was, but now I realise that I'm not.

Ack.. I couldn't even finish this blog.. I'm going to bed early tonight.

My parents and brother are coming tomorrow night. Something to look forward to! But come Jan 2, when they go back to Manila, it would be another depressing day for me.

Backlog!

I have so many new pictures stored and ready to be uploaded, it's just that I'm so fatigued lately, and so sleepy and so lazy... nothing new really, except I just don't have enough discipline this week to push myself to blog.

Anyway, a reminder to self to blog the following:
- Joe and Dough
- Dinner and Dance
- Food pictures from last week onwards
- New shoes after 2 failed purchases (it's 3 inches high!)
- Christmas shopping
- Stress on understanding FX

Mrs. P.I.

I'm sad. My favorite Singapore series is over.

Mrs. P.I. (Private Investigator) has been very helpful in uplifting my spirits at night when I watch it via xin.msn.

I don't know why, but I found the show very endearing and easy to watch.

It only had a total of 20 episodes. Sniff. I want more!

Summary of My Recovery Food

In my moment of weakness tonight, I bought M&S chips in sea salt & balsalmic vinegar. I liked it, the vinegar wasn't too overpowering.

6 pcs of chicken wing from Bonchon 4 Fingers. Friday night dinner.

Jologs- Filipino food

Longsilog - longanisa (Filipino style sausages)+ sinangag (garlic fried rice)+ itlog (egg).

Doesn't look appetising, but it was very nice, especially with the vinegar.

Nasi Lemak at The Rock by the Well.. at Caltex Building (or wherever), Raffles Place

Bah, not worth the calories. Nasi Lemak at basement of Lucky Plaza is sooo much better.

Jatz light, super crispy and tasty, plus it's 97% fat free.

Suddenly missed gummi bears.. tried this brand and found it super nice.

At Taste Paradise on Monday evening. Dinner with a dear friend.

Yup, that's 68 per person for the dinner set.. Which came up to SGD86 nett. Ouchy on the pocket, but really great for my recovering body (I was still in the recovering stage on Monday)

The appetiser - foei gras with strawberry (texture was a bit gross, but taste was nice. I prefer pan seared foie gras), wasabi prawns with watermelon and scallop.

Tiny roe, but super crunchy and responds well to each bite. Mmm...

Sharksfin soup with freshly de-shelled crabs (big fresh chunks!)

Another shot for this lovely soup.

Fillet with mixed warm salad (I think it was cod fish..anyway, the salad was a bit too sourly sweet for me)

Fried rice.

Vanilla Mousse.. (more like panna cotta). This was yummy.

Additional order of dumpling with custard filling in warm ginger soup (very good for my throat)

Summary of my Sickie Food

Vegetable Soup (canned but supposedly contains no MSG)

Lovingly cooked porridge with egg, pork floss and spiced pork

Maggie Mee

Patiently cooked porridge with Century Bangus fillet, pickled lettuce and pork floss

I'm 99% Recovered!

Hello! I'm back!

A week after, and my body has recuperated nicely. *Clap clap* to my body's antibodies. They've done a marvelous job! I don't think what I got was the common flu virus, it's something slightly stronger, but my body was able to fight it!

I know, I'm really stubborn.. I've been told to take leave from work, but I just can't.. and the real reason is: *getting red in the face*... my things and files are super messy! I cannot bring myself to call in and tell my work partner to look at my things. It's too embarrassing! There. Now you know.

The solution for that would be to clean up my things.. but, this is so much easier said than done.
I can work efficiently, but I'm really not good with filing.

Anyway, the most important thing for now is, I'm back to my old self!

How I Spent My Saturday

Maggi mee with egg... I missed this...

A big drop of blood and my injured middle finger.

5 deep cuts and my shriveled skin (caused by the plaster)

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I woke up before 10am still feeling flu-ish. Worse that what I've been feeling for the past week.

So I decided to cook myself a pot of porridge so that I could eat my bioflu medicine.

I did just that and thought I would feel better.

At around 330pm, I made an appointment with my friend to meet at the new Serangoon mall, but at 4pm, I was feeling weak.

In the end, I had to skip the whole mall-hopping thing and just force myself to sleep. It was difficult to fall asleep though, because of my scratchy throat.

Now at 12:54am, I'm feeling a bit better.. but just about 65% recovered.

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I washed my aircon's filter today because the red light on my unit was on, meaning it's dirty already. After putting back the cleaned filter, the red light was still one. So I tried to wipe off the dust on the unit itself.

I saw some dust on the grid thingy and tried to wipe off the dust with a downward stroke but my finger got cut by the metal which was pointing upwards. I shrieked and rushed to the toilet and put my finger under the running water. For about 3 solid minutes of pinching and pressing my finger, the blood kept oozing out. I was scared.. but thankfully, it eventually stopped.

I'm not usually afraid of blood, it's just that 3 minutes of blood dripping was just too long.

Anyway, that was my Saturday. I'm off to bed now, and looking forward to wake up to a great Sunday! (before it becomes Monday again... groan)

Food

Spicy tuna ciabatta sandwich at Romulus, Vivo City

Original pretzel with cheddar cheese dip. I think just go to Auntie Anne's.

Huuuuuge pizza from Peperoni Pizzeria at Greenwood Avenue, Hillcrest Park (Bukit Timah area)

Really huuuuuge! and so many flavours.. not just your regular hawaiian, supreme, meatlovers...

Bentendo Japanese Pasta & Cafe at Great World Mall. (Similar concept as Pasta de Waraku)

Hamburger pizza.. yum.

Salmon with salmon roe pasta in soy sauce. Quite yummy actually, and the roe was really crunchy and liquidy inside. Too bad I don't like smoked salmon. I mean I like salmon, but it has to be cooked.

Had lunch at this place before watching Harry Potter, for free! Thanks to our sponsor for sharing the tickets and its inclusive popcorn and drinks with us.

I'm just so happy to see that there's a big movie theater in Singapore.. not like the usual theater size in the other GV or Cineleisure cinemas.

Vanilla frosty.

Eggy rice at ION.. The resto near Burger King. The one you see when you get up from the escalator.

I love their eggy rice!

Jia Xiang Mien.

Noodle place at United Square

The suggested sauce combination.

Beef ball soup. Actually, it's not so bad.. it's just that it's too oily, and just when I'm supposedly on a diet.

Huh?

My Reuters screen.

There was a time when I would just stare at the screen not knowing how to interpret whatever I'm seeing...and then once I have my interpretation, I didn't know if I was interpreting it correctly.

Aaaaah.. imagine my frustration then.

Sometimes We Just Wait Too Long

Sometimes, we hold on to something, waiting for the right time.. only to realise in the end that it's already too late...

...such as my Watson's 5 dollar voucher! I was thinking of what to buy, and when to buy.. when I checked the receipt, it's already a day expired! I could've bought 2 bottles of body wash and my Darlie toothpaste using that 5 dollars!

Paradise Dynasty. Take Two.

Boiled pork with cucumber. Nice.

Fried rice. Okay.

Dumpling. Skippable.

Dumpling. Okay, I guess.

Eggwhites with crab meat. A bit too watery. If they can remedy that, then it would be a good dish.

Pork. Some portions were really tender.

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My second time to eat at Paradise Dynasty.

First time was a disaster.. all the food we ordered were not nice and we waited for sooo long.. But this time, it was a better exprience.

Would I recommend you to go? Well.. go after you've eaten at Din Tai Fung, Taste Paradise, Imperial Treasure, Tung Lok Restos, East Ocean and Crystal Jade.

I Have This Condition...

That's blood.

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This is my abnormal condition.. When I'm stressed, I scratch my head.

When you see me scratching my head, it's not because it's itchy, it's because I'm distracted, thoughtful or stressed.

Sometimes I scratch without realising that I'm already bleeding.

So Much Nicer This Year

The Christmas decoration along Orchard is so much nicer this year than last.

My camera couldn't capture its beauty, but it's definitely classier.