2009 (Summing Up)

Time passes real fast, especially this year. I dunno why. Probably because I was away in Singapore for over a month. This has been a breezeful year, passing thru obstacles without much difficulties.

This is probably the year I get to understand the world better, having travelled to Japan, Hong Kong and USA, getting to know the cultures of various societies better.

It has been a fruitful year and I hope all the years following would be as good as this year. =)

Next year would be my next stage in life, from student to working adult. Oh mine.... I hope I can pass the next year breezefully too.... =)

10 Wishes For The New Year
- Find a job I really like with high income.
- Win Toto. I don't fancy $10 million anymore, can you let me strike $1 million?
- Another overseas trip with friends, probably Taiwan.
- Let me get DI for the last 4 modules before I graduate. =)
- Lets hope bet what win what huh? LOL... =)
- Wish Everyone Safe and Healthy =)
- Lets hope Singapore's customer service improves... =)
- Lets hope Singapore's economy improves... =)
- Hope I can be more thrifty. Spend less than $500 a month. =)
- Let everyone have what they wished for =)

Tsian Hwee's Birthday / Dairy Farm Nature Park Visit and Randoms (15 Dec - 20 Dec)

Celebrated Tsian Hwee's belated birthday two weeks ago when I came back. LOL... We went to Asia Grand Restaurant. Had lunch last year during ORD treat by Darian last year... Remembered the peking duck's skin was nice.... and always on promotion at $38 per duck... Back then I had a nice dim sum lunch then...



today was dinner meal.. dinner wasnt tat nice... and i guess their standards have dropped a little... the duck doesnt seem as nice as the one i tasted the 1st time... probably because the chevrons brilliant garden restaurant has taken over its place for nice peking duck skin... quantity was pretty little.. kinda disappointed...



the other dishes tat came werent tat good too.. the abalone was too small and not tat tasty ... tsian and zen's "pang" was good... according to them... the noodles was ok only... the rest... some tzi char can do better....




kinda disappointed... give it 4/10... the price wise i guess it was $60 per person.... really paiseh... i recommend something tat is not value for money.. haix..
RATINGS: 4/10




We walked over from Bugis to Orchard Cineleisure to watch "Storm Warriors" after tat... Enjoyed Christmas lightings on our way.... kinda disappointing oso.... The movie, according to zen, wasnt as nice as the 1st episode.... anyway,... its juz plain fighting and fighting.. not much storyline... and some of the graphics were horrible....
RATINGS: 4/10














The next day, my family and i headed down to Dairy Farm Nature Park, the park about 15 mins walk from my house and 3 mins drive away from my house. It's more to do with allowing me to walk more, lose more weight...haha...

Nothing much about the Dairy Farm Nature Park.... except for the defunct Singapore Quarry tat has no become a new conservation site by NParks.... the view is pretty spectacular...


to save all the walking, i recommend walking in from car park of Rail Mall.... it would take you about 5 minutes walk to reach the nice Quarry and have a nice picture taken.... in fact, if it is countries like Australia, this would have become a tourist attraction liao... lol.. Maybe its called Dairy Farm Creek. LOL...












Also went out with family one of the weekends.... We went to Toh Guan Road trade centre for lunch..... They have this Lam's Abalone Noodles... and it comes with 2 pieces of real abalone... for $6 a bowl.. pretty worth it and the abalone was ok too... we also ordered their special carrot cake and avacado ice cream which was good too... =)




On stand alone outings, I personally went down to IKEA Tampines... Had their swedish meatballs and turkey meal..... portion quite little... tink is about $18 for everything including coffee and all.... Once in a while can eat.... portion is too little for $18. =X Wanted to buy a display cabinet but didnt buy in the end... =X ...




Also went down to Ang Mo Kio tat day.... Jubilee Centre at Ang Mo Kio opens a Popeyes liao... next time no need go down Esplanade or Changi Airport for Popeye's liao... Tink they have a newer name... Louisana Chicken... lol... but its under Popeyes... =) I love their chicken breast meat.. lol.. =) Its juicy tender!

Christmas Week (21 Dec - 25 Dec)

Met up with Shaun on eve of Christmas eve to celebrate in advance Shaun's Birthday.... we met at Bukit Panjang Plaza.. our usual hangout place.... we had Ichiban Sushi for lunch..... the meal was pretty ok.... the beef meal we had was above average....






Went out with Zhenhui for $9.25 lunch deals at Bishamon Bukit Panjang Plaza last week.... Like to have a nice ramen... though portion not too big... a nice gyoza and hot green tea....



Met Weida on Christmas Eve.... Went to Great World City to watch Avatar with him... before that we went to eat at Crystal Jade Cantonese Cuisine...



Had their crispy roast duck.... the skin is perfect...nicest i ever had... but they didnt pay much attention to their quality of duck.. the duck was plain normal... but the skin is the best one i ever had...

We also ordered other dishes such as the promotional abalone and sharks fins.... lol.. and egg pudding as dessert...

Overall Ratings: 7/10






For the movie Avatar, i would say its quite a good movie.... quite touching story.... worth the $8... except tat i would not advise you to watch 3D...
2D pictures are good enuff as there arent many scenes where the cartoon characters "pop out" of the scenes..



So an extra $5 to watch would be quite a waste... i watched the 3D version... 2D is enuff.. lol... but overall i did enjoy the movie..... those who havent watched it... YOU SHOULD GO AND WATCH! ITS NICE! =)

Ratings: 8/10




The following day, went out with my parents to eat Fig and Olive..... this time round the food wasnt tat nice...probably bcos its a set meal tat i ordered.. their ala carte food seems better... avoid rice whenever possible... they have poor quality rice...



But overall i am still tempted to eat back the steak i had the other time... it was nice... set meal wise can avoid. the crepe was good... quite a big portion and overall tastes great....

RATINGS: 6.5/10


Met up with Pengyong in the late evening... We went to Junction 8 to watch "Sherlock Holmes" .... Movie full of British Humour.. may not be funny to us at all.. overall... can be funny sometimes when we understand.... and it comes with a huge amount of suspense... so the movie was worth watching... can be a little too draggy at times however with all tat conversations....

RATINGS: 7/10





I brought him to eat coin prata at Upper Thomson Road after which... drove there... the long wait was terrible... its like 1 hour wait... they simply have too many customers... but i kinda like their prata a lot... eating it in the afternoon seems better.. the food is warmer.... =)

RATINGS: 7.5/10






Met out with my tekong buddies last week too.... we met at marina square... and i suggested eating at my favourite lamianxiaolongbao outlet at Marina... Imperial treasure.... I SIMPLY LOVE THEIR XIAOLONGBAO... ordered 2 crates of xiaolongbao to eat personally... lol...




Had a nice time doing some catching up... we havent seen each other for a year plus... and its great we had an opportunity to meet, though not everyone was there... some working, some studying... we then went for a pool session.. wich i suck of cos... haha... i am a novice k.. lol....




Lastly, we settled down last at gloria jeans to chill out with some coffee... the coffee sucks... it was some gingerbread coffee wich i found it weird... lol.. tot it'll be nice.. the lemon tart attracted me... but the taste is "so-so"