Confessions of a P. T. 30 November, 2009
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I am a public toilet, a very inconsiderate one at that.
I cannot understand how Singapore girls can pee till the toilet seat is drenched in pee. No, it’s not a dribble that probably dripped out while she was cleaning up. It’s definitely PEE ALL OVER ON THE SEAT. And believe it or not, this phenomenon is not only attributed from foreigners who probably are more used to the squatting pans than to toilet seats, but many often, I see pretty ladies, young and old, fashionable and who carry an expensive bag likely. So if these ladies are not the stupid kind, then why can’t they pee DIRECTLY into the bowl, and not OUTSIDE it!?
Fine. I can understand when I see footprints on my clean, white seats. Maybe these girls really prefer to keep their butts off the dunno-used-by-how-many-umpteen people daily, where I believe that the public toilet seat is much much much dirtier than a hawker centre seat or bus seat, after all, it’s bare skin (butt) and bare skin one after another. But but but, can you please be more considerate!? Your shoe prints, carrying dunno-how-many millions of dirt and bacteria from thronging through roads and paths and EVERYWHERE, now passes these germs to my seat, and then to the next unfortunate, poor lady. Pity the next girl…
It doesn’t help that the Singapore OK program, though perhaps has already improved the overall quality of our public toilets, but are still lacking in many ways. Don’t the people behind this program use public toilets at all? Or perhaps they are all of the male gender who cannot appreciate the woes of the female population who butt-to-butt with NUMEROUS strangers every time they need to answer the call of nature? In times of H1N1 pandemic, we ask people to wash their hands frequently, sanitize, and as a good practice, not use your hands to touch your face if you are at a function shaking multiple hands. But what about the poor lady who wishes to sanitize her toilet seat before use? Nope. Toilet seat sanitizers are still a thing NOT-in-Singapore public toilets, and you are definitely better off carrying your own toilet seat sanitizer wipes or disposable toilet seat covers, provided you can even find them easily available on the retail shelves!
I also cannot understand how girls likes to use the toilet cubicle as a phone booth/ music booth, sometimes hogging this public facility all to themselves. I can understand if you have to answer an incoming call while performing a call of nature, but there are some girls who chat or listen to music in the cubicle as if it is indeed a phone booth or a music pavilion…. Even of you dun find the public toilet filthy with all the germs flying around, at least the constant stench of urine should remind you that THIS IS A TOILET AND NOT SOMEWHERE THAT YOU SHOULD BE SEEKING LEISURE FROM!?
My comrade next door, the squatting pan toilet, also has much to say about Singapore users. True, the female genitals may not produce a water sprout as precise as a male (hmm, perhaps the urinal may have some comments on this also, we female toilets wun know, haha), but a splash a good 15cm away from the HUGE pan is too incredible! ………………….. Haiz, we just dunno what to say about this anymore…. It’s no use telling people to treat public toilets as if your home’s, cos they never do, so we will continue to live the fate of an inconsiderate public toilet.
- P. T.
Shopping Panic Attack! Week 26 29 November, 2009
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Panic attack! Time is running out, yet we have not gotten much of baby stuff yet. Gotto buy buy buy very soon, hurry!
Dear1 and Dear2 are really stingy people – we want to get all the baby stuff from the Christmas sale, so we really waited until recently to decide to commit to the purchases. By right, with 4 more months to go, we can still leisurely walk walk see see and buy the stuff, but hey, week 26 is not 6th months, it is in fact already 7 months into the pregnancy! Dear2 got a rude shock when she realised that 26/4 = 6.5, and 6.5 doesn’t mean 6th month of pregnancy, but it actually means that 6.5 months have already passed, and that leaves us at 7th month into the pregnancy. No wonder Dear2 keeps having mathematical errors: 40 – 26 = 14 weeks, which means 3.5 more months to go. With 3.5 months to go, how can you still be in 6th month? Haiz, the 1/3 brain is indeed causing my interpretation skills to deterioate…
Baby kicks are very much more pronounced now, I know cos sometimes, 1 spot will feel very hard, and shortly after, the ‘lump’ will move over to the other side of the tummy. It’s so vivid now that the hand can distinctively feel the hardness, keke… Hmm… It seems that baby is a late sleeper – she usually kicks and pushes more from the afternoons onwards while mummy is typing away after lunch, keke…..
1 colleague says that she can tell that baby is a girl, cos mummy’s nose is larger now; another colleague says confirm is girl cos mummy likes to eat sweet stuff more than savory foods now. Haha, what’s the scientific explanation behind these observations!?
During the week, Dear2 was also experiencing water shortage. Lethargyness and moodiness at work was making Dear2 so xian that she doesn’t want to drink water, in the office or at home. Feet became swollen, and Dear1 even commented that Dear2’s skin feels bad to the touch….
On Thur and Fri, Dear2 even experienced such severe hip pain that she can barely stand while showering. Usually as long as the body weight is not rested on the pain side, which is the right hip, then it’s still bearable. This week’s pain is so excruciating that just the act of standing itself may cause winching pain. Huhuhu, we really dunno what is the cause of it…..
Finally finally comes the much anticipated weekends, yeah. At 3pm on the dot on Sat, we drove our OPC car and headed for the Taime warehouse sale directly. It was really a nerve-wrecking Sat afternoon, cos the sale had started on Thur, but we absolutely had no chance of visiting on Thur and Fri as by the time our OPC can come out at 7pm, and by the time we reach Chai Chee Industrial Park, the opening hours will long be over… And so, it was a now-or-never to catch de sale before it ends at 7pm on Sat. Luckily the Capella stroller which we wanted was still in stock, with a 20% discount some more, haha. We grabbed a few more items including the ABC mats, swaddle me blanket and stroller fan, and went home with a total loot costing less that the original price of the stroller. It was really like ‘buy a stroller and get everything else free’, haha.
On Sun, it was sterilizer hunting at Orchard Road. After a wedding lunch, we walked up to Plaza Singapore to check out the Carrefour, Mothercare, and Aussino, and walked back down to OG Orchard and Metro at Paragon. The Metro was especially disappointing – the baby section comprises of a miserable Mothercare section and a few more shelves, so it has none of the cot and sterilizer that we want. :( By the time we finished Metro, the 3 hours walk was costing Dear2 such severe feet ache and hunger, so it was home for dinner fast!!
A very tiring week and weekend, and there’s still a lot of things to buy. :(
- Dear2
One and a Half more Months to end of 2009 18 November, 2009
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It’s mid November already, when stores are starting to put up their Christmas decorations and shoppers are coming out onto the streets of Orchard Road to view the Christmas lightings or just to get into the festive mood (we can all do with some nice mood now, don’t we, after the past year’s of economic downturn and grimy employment conditions).
But hey, this also means that you have only 1.5 more months till the end of the year to accomplish those goals that you have set out to achieve earlier this year! Remember those things called New Year Resolutions!?
Dear1 and Dear2 reviewed our 2009 New Year Resolutions during the Penang trip, aka, our ‘retreat’, and discovered that there are still some things not done yet. Of course, the whole point about making new year resolutions does not mean that you have to ‘die die’ stick to them, because circumstance do change along the course of the year. Rather, these goals, if still applicable till now, are not yet done, or worse still, had long been forgotten already, remind yourself that you have something that you want to achieve, so, BETTER GET YOUR BUTT MOVING AND WORK ON IT NOW.
Working hard for something does not only begin on 1 January and ends when the clock strike 12 on 31 December, so even until the last day or 2009, don’t give up on your dreams and goals, but continue to work hard and reach for them. As this Chinese saying goes, 人因梦想而伟大, so 加油, 加油, 加油!!
- Dear2
Nuggets of Week 25 17 November, 2009
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- The running nose that started from last week continued into week 25, making every work day a dread. Despite that lethargy-ness, Dear2 still manage to survive a 5 day work week, kudos! Haha…
- Since Dear2 feels faint most mornings, especially if the weather is hot, we decided to try taking a cab to the MRT station instead of taking the feeder bus. Oh gosh, our place to Chinese Garden MRT costs about $5 to $6.50, depending on traffic light conditions. That’ll be about $30 per week, $130 per month!! Let’s monitor the situation and see how it goes….
- Is the bump getting big now? Dear2 can’t seem to get a good sitting position on our sofa. The next best posture will be to put the 2 sofa throws at a V behind the back. Even with that, Dear2 usually needs Dear1 to pull her up from the sitting position.
- Baby kicks are more frequent now. Baby was constantly kicking during mummy’s msn chat throughout the afternoon, keke..
- This week marks the 8th last week of 2009. Counting this week in, it’ll be 2 full work weeks, 2 long weekends, 2 full work weeks and 2 long weekends for Dear2 before 2009 comes to a close. Just gotto grit your teeth, hang in there….
- After the APEC summit this weekend, I believe that the Christmas sale season will begin!! Aussino was already starting a Baby & Bath Fair, and very soon it’ll be time for us to start sale-shopping for baby stuff!! Yeah!! Hmm… Gotto clear out more space to store all these baby’s stuff though. Haha…
- Dear2
Waking up Early on a Sunday Morning 16 November, 2009
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Dear1 and Dear2 were up early again this Sunday morning. Dear1 and Dear2 were up early on the previous Saturday morning as well, but as the NEA’s weather forecast spelt that it was gonna be a rainy morning in Bukit Batok, we decided to go wake up and just go for breakfast at the market. On this Sunday morning, though the weather forecast still predicted a rainy morning, we again went out for breakfast after taking a 1 round walk in the park before heading to the market since the sky didn’t looked that bad after all.
Eat, went market to buy $4 worth of vege, went NTUC to get our milk supply, and we were back home before 9.30am. It was still early in the morning…. Thinking back just a couple of weeks ago, Dear2 was feeling such so lazy and lethargic. 5 days work days are already depriving me of my beauty sleep, so all the more I need to sleep in during weekends. And, as the pregnant mummy gets especially hungry after a night of sleep, it was Dear1 who had to so poor-thingly go dabao breakfast for Dear2. After breakfast, Dear2 will doze off to sleep again, and it’ll be until noon time when she wakes up for lunch, again, Dear1 who had to go dabao for her….
Was it because of the expansion of more energy needed to fuel baby’s growth, or was that just a reflection of Dear2’s xian-ness towards work, I don’t know. But that was really a disgusting kind of feeling to feel so lobo and worthless…
On this Sunday, Dear2 woke up to a new morning with a fresh start again, just like the earlier weekend. 7.30s are usually the time on weekdays when Dear2 bargains another 5 more minute of sleep from Dear1, but on this Sunday morning, we were already having a nice stroll in the park at 7.30am.
It’s all about what we want. I want to cook a nutritious pot of vegetable soup for daddy and mummy and baby today so I was able to drag myself out of the cosy morning bed. Conversely, there’s nothing that I want on weekdays when it’s all dread and gloom in the office, so it’s ‘another 3 more minutes, another 5 more minutes..’
Is there anybody who is truly happy doing what they do for a living? Probably just a handful, I guess, and lucky are these people. As for the rest of us, people who dread work for whatever reasons there may be, it’s time to get ourselves wanting something out of it. Want to be a jawe – I am just a wage earner, or want to make the best out of this wretched situation. Maybe if I can identify clearly what I want, waking up early on weekdays mornings will be just like waking up fresh on a Sunday morning….
- Dear2
Aussino Baby & Bath Fair!! 15 November, 2009
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Our loot from Aussino.
Aussino is having a Baby & Bath Fair now, with up to 50% off selected items!!
Dear1 and Dear2 are starting to buy baby essential stuff now, so Dear2 make it a point to get a copy of Thur and Fri’s Today during her lunch break, to spot any departmental store or warehouse weekend sale for that week. But alas, the Fri’s Today was not there, either there was late delivery or that it was already all given out, so no choice, Dear2 had to make do with a MyPaper instead. Flip flip flip, articles are not as nice, and there seems to be very few advertisements except for mostly furniture sales…. Hmm…. Oh, Aussino is having a Baby & Bath Fair with up to 50% discount, until 29 Nov. Gotto let Dear1 know fast, haha!!
On the same evening, we headed into the Aussino branch at Westmall, and bought the following items, all at 50% off:
- Baby Comforter set (comes with fitted sheet, pillow case with fill, bolster case with fill, bumper, comforter), UP $79.90. Free: Matching Bib, UP $5.90
- Cuddle Bath with Face Washer Set, UP $14.90
- 6 piece Baby Face Washer Set, UP $11.90
- 2 Deluxe Bath Towels, each UP $19.90
Total Damage: $73.25
Expensive! But considering the number of items (2 bagfuls!), and that everything were at half price, it was a steal for mummy and daddy and baby, haha!
So, pop by your nearest Aussino branch now, and grab your baby and bath essentials while stocks last, haha!
- Dear2
Back from Penang and Sick, Week 24 14 November, 2009
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Dear1 and Dear2 returned from our Penang trip earlier in the week. It was a relaxing and yummy trip. Towards the end of the trip, Dear2 was just basically looking forward to meal times when the stalls open for business. There were lots of walking done during the trip as taxis are too expensive in the island, the rarity of public transport was not an option for us, and anyway we had all the makan places nearby to Tune Hotel within Georgetown itself. Dear2 concluded that the distance that she walked in that 4 days was much more than the total that she’d walked during the 5 months of her pregnancy (since discovering baby).
Dunno is it that work is just so xian, Dear2 fell sick almost immediately after coming back to Singapore. We even had to bring forward the scheduled gynae’s appointment 1 day earlier as Dear2 was just feeling too unwell and faint with the running nose and sorethroat. Though reluctant, gynae decided to prescribe Dear2 with iron pills, once every 2 or 3 days only as Thalassemic Dear2 cannot store iron very well anyway.
Dear1 and Dear2 were very happy to see baby in the scan again too. Baby is now about 735g, slightly larger for a 24 weeks baby. Previously, the scan always shows baby’s full view, now, gynae has to snap a few positions just to reveal the whole of baby. My, baby is growing so rapidly now!! Keke… (And yes…. mummy is growing rapidly as well. Dear2 has now officially crossed the 60kg mark, now at 60.4kg. Huhuhu…)
Amidst the lethargyness from the running nose (or back to work?) this week, Dear2 was busy arranging collection of the spree loots. Yeah, the breast pump, Papillo shoes, and Gymboree orders were shipped in and ready for collection, so definitely have to get my hands on the goods, after 3 weeks of excitement. So far so good, all the purchases were suitable. Dear2 was initially still apprehensive of ordering stuff online. What if it’s the wrong size or an unsuitable product? Luckily everything were good so far, so can be spared from Dear1’s scoldings, keke! Hmm…. What else can I buy next? Hahahahaha…
- Dear2
2009 Penang Trip 8 November, 2009
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Dear1 and Dear2 went on a 5D4N trip to Penang over the past few days. The trip was really intended to be relaxing, as well as to double as our yearly ‘retreat’. :p Actually, this trip was a bit hastily planned, cos Dear1 and Dear2 were deliberating whether to go for the holiday or not as Dear2 is carrying baby, but in the end, just 2 weeks prior, we finally decided to go ahead during week 23 and 24. Afterall, this will be the last chance in a long long while to come that Dear1 and Dear2 get to go on a holiday. With baby in tow next time, and baby #2 in plan, it’ll at least be 4 years later that Dear1 and Dear2 can go on a holiday. Hmm… OMG…
So here goes, our 5D4N itinerary in Penang, written as our trip unfolded.
Day 1
- At 5.20 am, took a cab to Chinese Garden MRT where we board the first East bound train (5.41 am) towards Changi Airport.
- Flight departed at 8.10 am, reached Penang International Airport at 9.10 am, on time. :)
- SQ flight served cheesy bread with marshy shrimp. Not nice, yucks.
Snacks for our 1 hr flight.
- Taxi to Georgetown had increased fare, not RM38 as resourced online, we paid RM42 at the taxi counter.
- Went to Komtar and Prangin Mall, but both malls at 10 am were very empty and no people around, all shops were closed.
The iconic but very very old Komtar.
- Discovered that the Komtar Observation Tower also closed for 6 mths due to renovation :(
- No shops, no tower, cannot check in yet until 2pm, so just loiter in Komtar.
- Got malay food fare and that’s the liveliest activity in Komtar, so funny.
- Ate KFC – ordered large wedges but very few pieces only. :(
Good old KFC potato wedges.
- Komtar very old, many shops not occupied (and Komtar is supposed to be Penang’s landmark…!?).
- Crossed the overhead bridge to Prangin mall, much better, got Cathay Cineplex wor.
- Around 12 noon, decided to try for early hotel check in.
- Road outside Prangin Mall is Jalan Dr Lim Chee Leong, cannot find it on the map…?
- Finally located the road on the map, and oriented ourselves.
- Walked down to Tune Hotel, very far even though it seemed to be very near on the map.
- Hotel is surprisingly very new – tiles all new, but really cannot check in until 2pm. :(
We arrived at noon but can’t check in yet. Talk about strict rules.
- Went to New World Park food court which is just beside Tune. :P
- Char Hor Fun (RM4) very nice but wait very very long…
- Had 1 Ice Kachang, got ice cream on top, very refreshing for a hot day.
New World Park is right next to Tune Hotel.
Ice Kachang with ice cream is the standard. Yummy!
- Finally can check in. The room is very small – no cupboard, no fridge, basically everything is very minimum, and the water doesn’t flow down the drain if the tap was on just slightly larger! But for SGD94 for 4 nights, it’s a steal already lah, haha.
A very decent room for around SGD24 per night.
- Started to have slight rain shower around 4 pm even though it was very hot just earlier.
- Went to Jalan Selamat which is just across the road for an early dinner, ate Lor Eng Hoo coffee shop’s Char Koay Teow (RM6), oily but nice, and Ice Kachang, just like the earlier version at New World Park.
- Walked down along Jalan Macalister to GAMA, very disappointing, basically is just a supermarket with a departmental store in a 4 or 5 storey building.
- Walked further to Penang Times Square, haha, the shopping mall is opened but no shops, quite pathetic….
The empty Penang Times Square at around 5 pm in the afternoon.
- Saw some mock up models, actually this area will have further developments including tall and nice condos next time, maybe will be the next upmarket housing and shopping area in Georgetown in a few years time.
- Pass the time at Old Town White Coffee cafe, had Classic Old Town White Coffee and toast – iced coffee is nice and thick, yum yum.
- Cut thru Jalan Baru to New Lane Night Market, ate Hokkien Mee (RM3.50) – no prawn, only small shrimps; and Curry Mee – same price with lots of cockles, pig blood and beancurd. Hmm…. Haha…
New Lane Night Market just next to Sunway Hotel.
- Dabao Longan Soup (RM1.20) back and 1 packet Mixed Pork Porridge which Dear1 liked very much.
- Cut thru Jalan Madras back to hotel, of which the second half of the road was very dark with 3 churches side by side wor…
- Reached Tune Hotel, wanted to request for extra pillows, but dun have, not even available for rent…
Day 2
- Woke up, very tired, slept until 8+ am finally awaken by Halloween rehearsal music at New World Park.
- Went to Lorong Selamat but there’s nothing to eat, only T & t Hokkien Mee was opened.
The only opened breakfast place along Lorong Selamat.
- Bak Kut Teh stall which looks nice the night before at Lorong Madras not yet open.
- Buffet Dim Sum along Jalan Macalister got many people but we were not in the mood for dim sum buffet.
- Walked back to Lorong Selamat to eat Hokkien Mee (RM3 each) at T & t – 1 dry and 1 soup, haha.
- Wanted to go to Penang Hill. Did a check with Tune’s counter staff on the taxi fare but realized to our horror that Penang Hill is closed becos the tram is closed for renovation just a few days back. -_-”‘
- Went back hotel room to nap a while, woke up at 11 am to take free shuttle bus from Bus Stop 11 at Jalan Transfer, and stopped at St George’s Church at Stop 16.
The Hop On Free Central Area Transit (CAT) bus.
St George’s Church just beside Bus Stop 16 where we seeked shelter twice from the hot sun.
- Heritage walk to Goddess of Mercy Temple, passed by Penang State Museum, Cathedral of the Assumption, City Hall, T own Hall, Esplanade, Fort Cornwallis and some others.
- Chanced by a food market on the way to toilet near Fort Cornwallis, ate Mee Goreng (RM3.50) and Chicken Chop (RM6) – Mee Goreng saucy and spicy, got potato, and Chicken Chop was fried drenched in tomato sauce.
Food market near Fort Cornwallis.
- Tried to hail cab or take shuttle bus at Bus Stop 18, caught a cab quite quickly. RM35 to Batu Ferringhi!! Researched info said RM30 only. Research info was wrong about airport taxi too, maybe inflation.
- Stopped at Holiday Inn at Batu Ferringhi which is the beginning of 1km of night market which starts at 7 pm.
- Took off shoes and socks and walked along the beach, not many people or tourist on the beach leh, only a couple of local kids and their families…
Getting our feet wet at Batu Ferringhi.
- Nothing else to do since cannot do water sports, had a drink at cafe, RM3 for a can of sprite!!
- Walked along the road, crossed bridge to Ferringhi Tower but need access card to enter!? So it’s meant for hotel guests only…
- Went back to Holiday Inn, nowhere cool or nice to sit….. :(
- Finally decided to ditch Batu Ferringhi and took cab to Gurney Plaza, RM25!!
- Very cool got air con, nice shopping centre, ate Secret Recipe RM6.30 per slice cake.
The very modern Gurney Plaza shopping centre.
- 6 pm, went out to Gurney Night Market, ate Assam Laksa (RM3), Oyster Egg (RM6) and Wantan Mee (RM3), all very nice. :)
- Dabao Muah Chee (RM1.50) and Char Kway Teow (RM5) – Muah Chee very soft but a bit too sweet.
- Took cab back to hotel, RM15, very tired and dirty..
- Outside got getai, so noisy how to sleep!?
Day 3
- Woke up late again, 9+ am, whole body tired.
- Walked to Jalan Penang, wanted to go Lebuh Campbell Chinatown and Penang Bazaar – Penang Bazaar just opening; Jalan Chowrasta too crowded.
- Went Chowasta Market eat breakfast, Char Kway (RM2) with quite raw bean sprouts, Chicken Kuay Teow Teng (RM3), and thick Chee Cheong Fun.
Chowrasta Market in the morning.
- Wanted to walk Heritage Walk, but too hot, so skip everything except the Kapitan mosque.
- Walked in direction of Jetty, passed Little India, quite deserted, passed by St George’s Church again, went in to rest.
- Waited 20 min for shuttle bus at Bus Stop 16 in front of St George’s Church.
- Ferry to Butterworth is free! Got toilet and food stall on the ferry!
The ferry operating between Georgetown and Butterworth.
- Arrived in 15 min at Butterworth.
- Nothing there except bus terminal, market with nothing to eat also.
- Return ferry is RM1.20; tried to buy tickets at counter, but counter is for changing coins only, haha.
- Waited very long again for shuttle bus at Bus Stop 2 in front of Jetty, took shuttle bus back to Jalan Transfer. :)
- Went New World Park ate Tee Nya Kueh (RM2), no taste one, Orh Kueh with fried dried shrimp and very watery Otah with vege inside.
We’re back at New World Park food court.
Tee Nya Kueh! Tee Nya Kueh!
- Bought 2 boxes of Old Town 3-in-1 Instant White Coffee (RM9 each), 10 sachets per box only.
- Go back hotel sleep until 4 pm, zz….
- Went to Jalan Selamat’s ‘Goggle’ Auntie Char Kway Teow (RM6.50) at Heng Huat Cafe, waited very long, but nice, and if no order drinks have to pay 50 sens!
Char Kway Teow at Heng Huat Cafe.
Charge for not ordering any drinks is 50 sens only.
- Walked along Jalan Anson in search of Padang Brown which was opened until 6.30 pm.
- The first market we saw got no stalls and no chairs, thot closed liao even though it’s only 5.30 pm.
- Walked into the small road and saw another market, ate Lor Bak (RM2.20 for 2 pieces), Popiah (RM2) and Lok Lok (RM2.40 for 4 sticks!!), all recommended on website, but cannot find Nonya Kueh.
Padang Brown hawker centre.
The way of eating Lok Lok. Choose a skewer of food, dip in boiling soup till cooked, dip in satay sauce once only, enjoy.
- While returning to Jalan Anson, the earlier first market now got chairs and tables, and got people waiting in their cars looking at the stalls, so this market is actually not yet open….
- Had Bak Kut Teh (RM8.70) at Lai Lai Bak Kut Teh which is right opposite Red Rock Hotel, just ok with strong herbal taste.
- Too full to eat liao, so go to New World Park’s Old Town White Coffee to chill out.
Chilling out at Old Town White Coffee at New World Park in the evening.
- Bought a Pet Shop bag, UP RM59.90, boss give 10% discount, and the cart opens on Fri, Sat and Sun only, so must buy now!!! :)
- Return to hotel to digest and eat roasted chestnut (RM2.50) with slit and very burnt taste.
- Around 9 pm, walked to Lorong Selamat Night Market eat Kway Teow Teng and Wantan Mee, RM3 each only. Halfway rain, lucky was not at New Lane Market which got no shelter, hahahahaha.
A section of the sheltered Lorong Selamat Night Market.
- Came back to hotel at 10 pm, 7-eleven all big mineral water sold out except for the RM7 Evian!!! So didn’t buy. :(
- Becos of the coffee, now cannot sleep, 12 midnight liao still not sleepy…. :(
Day 4
- Woke up 9 am, walked down Jalan Burma in search of Him Heang cos got no accurate source of exact location.
- About 15 min on side of Tune Hotel, after Seventh Day Adventist Church, is Him Heang!!
The one and only outlet of Him Heang.
- Bought 2 boxes of Tan Boon Biscuit aka Tau Sau Biah, 1 Chestnut Biah, 1 Sweet Tau Sau Biah, 1 Qing Tang Bing, total RM34.40, cheap and still piping hot!!
- Had breakfast at coffeeshop beside Him Heang, Hokkien Mee (RM2.20 – that’s less than SGD1!! Cos the exchange rate we used was 1SGD = 2.44MYR), Prata with egg and onions (RM3 for 2 pieces), Teh iced (RM1.20), all cheap!!!!
- Went back hotel to drop goods and did online flight check in.
- Booked morning taxi to airport for the next day at hotel’s taxi counter. Before 7 am will be RM55!!! Luckily our SQ flight was 10.25 am departure, so if set off at 7.15 am will still be in good time. And it’s only RM40!!
Car rental & taxi counter at Tune Hotel.
- Had Chendol along Jalan Selamat at 11.30 am.
- Hurried down to Prangin Mall to catch 12.25 pm’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatball, but the movie was cancelled because of no people!
- Bought 2.15 pm tickets, RM12 total and Popcorn Combo (RM6.10).
Weekday movie tickets at RM6!
- Walked around Prangin Mall until movie time.
- After 1.5 hr movie, still early for dinner cos New Lane only opens at 6.30 pm, so went Georgetown White Coffee at Komtar eat Jawa Mee and Classic White Coffee – coffee very milky taste like latte, not as nice as Old Town’s.
- Still a bit early, so went GAMA walk walk – really got 1 whole level sell all baby stuff, but the air very bad, made eyes dry.
GAMA shopping centre.
- Finally 6 pm, went New Lane ate Lor Bak (RM5 got 5 ingredients), and 1 Cheng Teng (RM2 with very sweet gingko nut and longan, and very soft nuts, nice!).
- Wanted to eat Assam Laksa but the stall was still opening slowly…
- Walked to Jalan Madras wanted to eat the nice looking Claypot Bak Kut Teh but the stall was closed!! :(
- Walked back New Lane to eat the Assam Laksa, RM3 only but very small bowl…
Assam Laksa auntie slowly opening her stall.
- Passed by Lorong Selemat Night Market, the stalls were all closed, lucky the night before we had eaten already, wahaha.
- Walked down to Jalan Rangoon to eat the recommended Hainan Chicken Rice which was the only opened stall, RM3.70, rice nice but chicken very tough.
- Went back hotel’s 7-eleven, still only got Evian!!!
- Went to New World Park’s Guardian to buy mineral water.
- Dear1 said friend said that New World Park’s Assam Laksa very nice, so we went to try, RM3 too, quite big bowl but super duper salty!!
- Returned to hotel to rest early.
- Realize that hotel still never change the bedsheet, second time already. Even though we put the ‘leaf’ on the bed! Same bedsheet for three nights!
They didn’t change our bedsheets for 3 days despite us putting the ‘leaf’ on the bed every morning.
- Got getai again! 2 nights ago also got. So noisy even though on air con and closed the window. Cheap hotel is like that one….
- Did our ‘review’ by going through the 2009 New Year’s resolution. 2 more months to go, so whatever undone/ uncompleted still got 2 months to accomplish, jiayou!
Day 5
- Woke up at 6 am, went down hotel nearby tried to get breakfast but both side stalls not open, so ate Tau Sau Biah for breakfast. Yummy but so poor thing.
- Check out and ‘taxi’ came at exactly 7.30 am, cos 7.15 am supposedly is the rush timing when all the parents drive their kids to school.
- Journey to airport quite smooth, except near junctions and gotto wait a while, abt 40 min road ride.
- Ate McDonald’s Big Breakfast Meal (RM13.10), taste weird….
- Dear1 went to SIA counter to enquire about Lost and Found, cos we left a NLB book on the flight to Penang. Got many books there but none was ours.
Waiting for our flight home. :(
- Counter check in but gotto paste security check sticker first, else they wun accept luggage.
- Got 3 flights back to SG in the morning – Jetstar, AirAsia and SQ in that order, but come Dec 09 and SQ will be taken over by Silkair. Haha, lucky we came this month so that we can redeem Dear2’s Krisflyer miles and paid only the airport surcharge and taxes. Keke… :)
- Forgot to inform the counter during check in that Dear2 is pregnant, so crew requested to see doc’s letter at the Gate.
- Served the same cheese bread but this time was pizza flavour, requested cold milk again, yum yum.
- Reached airport and went to the Lost and Found to enquire, counter says they keep arrival items only..
Why does every holiday end with this? Sigh…
- Few steps outside the Lost and Found office, Dear2 suddenly realised that there’s actually 1 more compartment in the luggage, and the book was there! Hahaha!
- Took MRT back to home sweet home. :)
- Dear2 (Photos uploaded by Dear1)
Waking up Early on a Saturday Morning 7 November, 2009
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7.00 am: Dear2’s alarm clock rings. Dear2 looked outside the window, it’s already bright. Yes, this morning we are going for a morning exercise for Dear1 and a morning walk for Dear2. Dear2 stopped the alarm clock (no need for snooze mode lah). Dear1 didn’t seemed to hear the alarm clock ring. Dear2 goes back to sleep.
7.10 am: Dear2 wakes up again. Yes, we are going for a morning exercise. Dear1 needs to start his exercise regime today. The day is still bright. Can hear Dear1’s slumber breathing. Maybe we should just go back to sleep and forget about the morning exercise….
7.20 am: Dear2 wakes up again. The day is still bright. Oh, we should bring out the laundry to dry. Use my handphone and check the weather forecast on NEA website first. It’s cloudy through out Singapore. Ask Dear1 to go and sun the laundry now. Dear1 jumps up pretty fast, and is back under the blankets once he is done. Oh, maybe we should forget about the morning walk….
7.30 am: Gotto wake up to go exercise, I want to go market to buy vegetables for lunch’s vegetable soup also. Dear1 is still sleeping. Gotto wake up…. Flipped my legs over the side of the bed, and reluctantly got out of bed. Dear1 is still sleeping. Nevermind, I’ll go change first…
7.32 am: Changed into my outdoor clothes. Went back to the room. “Dear1 wake up, let’s go exercise liao, I changed liao.” Seeing that I am dressed, Dear1 starts to stir. Kissed Dear1, and his small eyes opened more. 1 minute later, Dear1 climbs out of bed too.
7.35 am: Dear1 and Dear2 are out of the house. Dear1 has changed into his outdoor clothes, but not his running wear. It’s ok, at least it’s a good start. Today we managed to dragged ourselves out of bed, and we manage to at least do some walking. We’ll try to get Dear1 to run the next time round. It’s already a good beginning. :)
9.00 am: Back from walking down the park once, reached the coffeeshop and had breakfast, walked back down the park and to the market, bought $3.80 worth of vegetables and $1.10 worth of niang dou fu, and Dear1 and Dear2 are back at home. Not much walking done, and probably gained more weight from the breakfast, but we both felt good that the morning is still fresh. :)
- Dear2
I Know I Should 6 November, 2009
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I know I should keep my spirits up, for if mummy is sad, baby will feel it too.
But when you dun feel a passion in anything that you do, den what else can I look forward to?
I know that I should keep myself happy; I really hate this gloomy feeling every weekday!
But if work is crappy and bosses are sucky, den what can I motivate myself to make me stay?
I know I should motivate myself, cos no one else can solve my own problems except myself.
But long term low morale and discomfort all day long is creating a drain on my emotional health…
I know I should be grateful that I have Dear1 with me, such a nice and loving husband, what else can I ask for more.
Thank you Dear1 for being such a wonderful husband, you really are the most wonderful thing that happen to me and I so adore.
I know I should appreciate all the wonderful things in this world, that being just being is already a blessing indeed.
I know I will be happy with all the lovely things and people around, and that together with Dear1, we will create much more lovely deeds.
- Dear2
