Bad end to the year; Bad start to the year

The year had concluded on a bad note, with the last two weeks of it being very depressing. It will continue to the start of the new year.

Strangely, where work is concerned, there wasn't any feel at all during the last working day of the year (for me, it's 30 Dec). It totally did not seem like holiday is coming. I felt like any other normal working day, rushing things, trying to complete things. It's just like starting work in the new year already.

I thought that shouldn't be the way but that was the way I had felt.

I do hope the next year will bring more light, more direction and make more good things happen.

7.22am

Happy Boxing Day

Somehow forgotten to have a Merry X'mas post yesterday.

A belated Merry Christmas and Happy Boxing Day!

Missing Xiaohei - One year

Last year today, Xiaohei was taken away by the town council folks (while we were away from home) who had claimed had took her to another lot of blocks. I still cannot find her to date and am still very sore with them.

That had spoilt my festive season thoroughly.

Am missing her lots and hope she is happy wherever she may be.

Here were my earlier posts:

20 Dec 08
21 Dec 08 (1)
21 Dec 08 (2)
25 Dec 08
26 Dec 08


7.18am

Been slacking lately

I have not posted for about a week. My brain seems to be a little empty of late, again. Though I was supposed to post some Melaka photos, but the thought of my computer hanging on me each time I upload puts me off!

Am trying to get my energy and some brain juice back.

I will be back!

5.35pm

Dinner at Imperial Herbal Restaurant (11 Dec 09)

As a belated celebration to our wedding anniversary, dinner was at Vivocity's Imperial Herbal Restaurant. Movie plan was earlier cancelled as there weren't any shows we wanted to watch. So makan's the best thing to have - at least for me.


The view was very nice as it is on the 3rd level of Vivo with a garden, sentosa view, whatever you call it. The moment I stepped into the restaurant, the first thing that caught my eyes were the special sofas - in the design of palms.

This is the deco near the entrance. Mmmm...the statue must be that of Hua Tuo.

While waiting for our food to arrive. The table appetizer (long beans and toufu fried with dried shrimp chilli) was very nice and appetizing!

Laying back, enjoying the comfort of the sofa while waiting for food to be served. Very hungry!

This was the recommended appetizer by the captain. It's fluffy egg white with dried scallop. It's served in a deep fried potato nest base. A very delicious appetizer, esp with pepper (as recommended) but got a little gelat three quarter way down. Overall, it's a nice dish.

What's eating in a herbal restaurant without some herbal stuff? Hubby ordered some fish soup. We flipped through the menu, there were so many kinds of herbal soup which we were not very sure how to get the right one. So whatever we ordered were recommended by the very helpful captain.

This is my cordyceps soup with lean meat, lotus seeds, dried longans and some roots thingie (which i don't know what that was). Nice soup.

Aside from herbal stuff, they do have normal restaurant menu like fried rice. We ordered a Yang Chow Fried Rice to share and the pic above was our Cereal Prawns. Forgotten to take a pic of our fried rice in our excitement and hunger. :)

Attacking the cereal prawns!

Yummy, good stuff. Should go back there to try other things. Their desserts looked cool! But I didn't try, due to some reasons. :)

Our 4th Anniversary

Today's the 4th year of my customary wedding. A Happy 4th Anniversary to myself and I wish for more good and happy years ahead.

Melaka trip over the weekend

Was in Melaka on 5 Dec for a 2 day 1 night tour. 6 of us went. It was a very enjoyable trip. I will definitely go back again.

Er....will try to post the pics up later this week. I believe it will take me a while and LOTS OF PATIENCE. So shall do it when I have ample time to sit at my computer.

Had take over a hundred photos but will post those I think are nicer here. The rests can be found on my facebook for friends. :)

你有吃过湿卤味吗？

这摊位于珍珠坊熟食中心的<湿卤味专家>是老爸常会去光顾的摊位。我估计这摊位已在这儿营业有十几来年或更久了。从我还是学生时，就发现老爸一来到 珍珠坊，一定会吃“卤味”（他常称为Loh Mei）。当时，我真是不太习惯这汤的味道。但不知为什么这几年也开始喜欢上它了。几天前还主动跟老爸提议去吃Loh Mei。

摊名叫〈湿卤味专家〉或〈Loh Mei Specialist〉。特点是在它的汤底-南乳汤底。不时很多人能适应南乳味吧。料有：豆卜，尤鱼，猪肚，鸡翅，嗡菜，猪皮，豆皮等。配着白饭和辣椒，真是没话说。一份汤$4，饭$0.50能吃得我饱饱！要想吃面，它也有旦旦面。汤底是同样的，只不过料比较少。一碗$2.50。

想尝一尝吗？它就在珍珠坊大厦熟食中心#01-1106。去试一试吧。

10.51am

Dad's furry friend

This cat recognises dad and will run from nowhere to this bench when he whistles and curled up beside him. I witnessed this today. It was so cute. Hahahaha....

Scary Lift

I wonder what has happened to cause this glass pane that will splatter any moment. While in the lift, I was so worried that the glass might just decide to fly. God. Is it human, or environment?

This is the normal look of the glass.

8.26pm

Three men in action!

Tin Swan with his super whack!

Kian Peng next on the board

Hubby;s turn...

Dou Dou in action!

Enjoying his meal of sunflower seeds.

Has started to bite cage. Sigh...

Lunch @ Sakura International Buffet

Recently got to know that the famous Sakura International Buffet has an outlet at the Yio Chu Kang stadium. Been trying to find a good time to go and try since I have been hearing about this buffet restaurant. So, today's the day and we've made reservation at about 10am for 8 pax for today's lunch at 12pm (their opening time).

Here's the leaflet I got from them the day before when I went to racky the place.


The Japanese stuff. Salmon sashimi, prawnie sushi, shishamo, etc...

Here's uncle and dad.

Mmmmm....a good start.

Two gals enjoying their food.

Happy eating and chatting away. That should be the 'principle' of a buffet meal. Right?

Yam paste (orh nee). The paste itself is nice but the coconut is a little disappointing.

Durian paste! My god. I haven't had durian for eons. My first mouthful was heavenly. Simply shiok. You can eat it with the waffles too.

The meal continues...the baked prawn with some roe and creamy sauce is really nice!

The restaurant seems a little squeezy. A lack of space feeling.

Yummy, the nice prawns again!

And again...

Fruity time.

The black chicken (with danggui) soup is nice! Gotta try.

Lamp Chop. Forgotten to take a pic of my chicken chop.

A reminder: DO NOT WASTE FOOD. We didn't really though.

Fruit salad, fresh scallop and a second helping of salmon sashimi.

Second serving of durian paste. I can't help but snap it a second time! Really nice!

Don't keep focusing on the scallop. Must give kudos to the shell too! I flipped it over and took a pic.

Dessert time. These were some of what we had taken. There were more.

Finally, my two scoops of choc mint. I added the choc fudge myself. There were many other flavours - ice cream and sorbet.

Looks like limited variety? No, no. There were a lot more of other things which I had not taken a pic of! Too excited with eating. We sat through till about 2pm.

I don't mind going there again!

9.24pm

Christmas mood is building up in places

Christmas deco is sprucing up at many many places. Due to the APEC Meeting a fortnight ago, some places has actually completed the deco much earlier. Was at Tanglin Mall and Suntec Convention over the weekend and got some shots for display.

Happy shopping for your Christmas!