will i am's delayed diary

On Christmas Eve, the kids got half a dozen of Christmas muffins from a neighbour. The kid had recently taken up a decorative cupcake class, so she had plenty of baked goods to distribute. In the evening, the kids followed mum and I to Christmas Vigil mass. Also brought them to see the Nativity scene. Little Monster was quite interested to meet Baby Jesus. Unfortunately, the cantata was kinda disappointing with not enough Christmas classics. Just felt weird. Ate a late dinner at Sweet Bean , Seri Petaling. Very rarely do I have their main courses. Got a fried rice with chicken chop and seafood spaghetti. The rice they liked, but unfortunately the pasta was spicy. Christmas morning breakfast was at Soon Hing , Taman Equine. The place was full of customers, so it was lucky that we a found a table fairly quickly. Popular choices for the kids were wantan noodles and chicken hor fun . I also gave heir siew mai and char siew bao a try. Not bad la. Typical Soon Hing fair. Wonder ho...

One the eve of Christmas Eve (:P), went to watch "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" at GSC Signature, The Gardens Mall. While buying tickets, bumped into a friend who was doing the same. The difference was that we were on leave and he sneaked out of the office. :D. Quite an end to the Hobbit trilogy, though the book didn't really have enough substance for three movies. But it was interesting to see Galadriel going all ape shit on Sauron. Went to Tim Ho Wan after that. We weren't expecting much cause we've already heard all the bad comments. Thank goodness there was no line. Sampled their signature baked bun with BBQ pork. I wasn't impressed. KH commented that the real thing tastes nothing like that. Ideally eaten in Hong Kong or alternately Singapore. The Osmanthus jelly was quite fragrant with premium goji berries. The beefballs were disappointing due to its lousy texture. Just three items and we were outta there. Don't think I will be c...

Right before Christmas, the Winter Solstice was celebrated. Had a reunion dinner at my sister's place and invited SK and Brian over too. And the tang yuan was special with a quad of homemade flavours: blue from Bunga Telang , green from pandan , yellow from pumpkin and purple from sweet potato . Not only different colours, but different textures due to the ingredients. I didn't do the rolling, left it to the kids to play. Hehe. Wouldn't want to rob a great childhood experience from them. And mum made the savoury variety for me, tang yuan in chicken soup! My favourite. I was a happy boy! Not sure if I ate 34 glutinous rice balls that year... huhuhu.

Scary looking fella ain't he? Like some pagan disco god. Found him being 'worshipped' at Taman Desa Medical Centre (TDMC) when I was there at midnight. I'm sure the staff meant it to be an angel. A guardian angel. For the second time in the final quarter of 2014, Little Monster visited TDMC's Accident & Emergency Department. Luckily it was nothing serious. The poor kids seems to be always caught in an 'accident' situation. May his guardian angels look over him and keep him safe.

To celebrate the closing of 2014, SK, KH and I went for a big Japanese dinner at Kaihomaru , Federal Hotel after work. Not many patrons at all, except for a bunch of smoking Japanese businessmen. Ordered a bunch of sashimi, sushi, unagi, tempura and some cha-soba . All were fantastic. The seafood was fresh because we came on the correct day. Every Tuesday and Friday, the restaurant gets their supply of air-flown seafood from Japan. And KH was very happy with the eel because its the flaky Japanese import and not the chewy China variety. The head waitress who took our order was a little too chatty for my liking. Kept on coming over to talk. At one point she remarked: "You guys must be siblings, eating off each others' plates and feeding each other!" A satisfying dinner indeed. Go give it a try. And they have another branch at Starhill Gallery with similar pricing. Before leaving, I went to the loo and when I pushed open the door, lo and behold, I stumbled upon a youn...

With 2014 coming to a close ( yes, yes, I am aware it's already past the first quarter of 2015... ), both Nic and Tater made dinner plans with me during my last trip to Singapore for the year. Starting from the 19th of December, I cleared 8 days of leave, effectively giving me a fortnight-long rest period. Met Nic and POD first at Kok Sen Restaurant after work. Took a short walk from Cecil St. to Keong Saik Rd. Passed several familiar gay lou landmarks like DYMK and Taboo. Kinda weird seeing them in the daylight. Feels quite different. Found the place with little fuss. It was actually just opposite Taratata Bistrot , the horrible French place. Kok Sen was pretty full at 6:15 PM which was a good sign. Nic was in his post-work cranky and hungry phase, so he ordered all the favourites in jiffy. His choices were spot-on. The Big Prawn Bihun was in a tomyum -like soup with more than 6 large prawns. The other special was the deep-fried frogs. So rare for me to have frogs in a dry di...

As an unrelated follow up from last year's gay-themed play "People Like Us", the producers presented "Long Term Relationship" and of course KH bought tickets. It was lovely to see so many gay lous congregate at KLPAC to catch some laughs and see some steamy action on stage. Last year we had Evan Siao, but this time we were only left with John Tan. In the previous play, John Tan played a guy who was swayed by Evan Siao's hotness. This time round, he played a flamboyant character. Must admit that his acting skills improved a lot. Much less wooden. A friend of mine commented that it was because he playing 'himself'. Haha. As the title suggests, the play revolves around a couple who had been together for years. However, infidelity, work pressure and lack of communication threatened to destroy the relationship. The story was narrated by Douglas Wong who played the super-loved tarot reader, Tata RoTata. Never a dull moment when he comes on stage. On a ...

Sunday was a rare day out with my colleagues ( I normally ditch them to meet my gay friends ). Went to mass at St Joseph as usual and was rewarded with the presence of the Apostolic Nuncio to Singapore. Also heard about their upcoming Christmas concert ( special allowance for carols in the season of advent ) which is to be attended by 22 ambassadors and the President of Singapore. Hope The Risen Christ choir will rise to the occasion singing carols in 22 different foreign languages. Before heading into Sentosa, we had lunch at Albert Centre. A horribly hot, chaotic and stuffy lunch. Then a quick train ride to Harbour Front station brought us to Vivo City. Used the monorail to get into Sentosa. Arrived just in time to enter the SEA Aquarium as the tickets were for after 2:00 PM. Saw some kids leading a blindfolded girl into the aquarium as a birthday surprise of sorts. Perhaps they were gonna feed her to the sharks. For some reason, there was an Admiral Cheng Ho exhibition there...