will i am's delayed diary

The end of the January marked my 8th year with KH, so I was determined to get him something special. Woke up bright and early, had my breakfast and headed out to Orchard for some inspiration. I walked from ION to Isetan to Takashimaya to Robinsons to Sommerset 313. No luck. Didn't see anything that fit into wonderful and affordable. Lol. Shopping in Orchard is not for the faint-hearted. Looked for lunch at Taka's Food Village. Saw 1A Currypuffs and immediately went for it. Chose an uncommon variety-- chilli crab. Find the skin so much better than Old Chang Kee. Supplemented with char siew bao and a pan-fried meat bao from one of the seasonal stalls and that was it. Sat at one of the benches and read "Strange Tales from China" while I munched away on the hot snacks. Before I left, there was another must-eat that I had to revisit-- Rive Gauche Patisserie . Years ago, KH bought me a slice of Guanaja from there. But my eyes caught sight of a more beautiful option-- P...

Note: Believe it or not, there are no food pics in this post because all the photos were so bad! On my first day in Singapore for 2015, I arranged a dinner date with Finnegan. Such a coincidence that he was in town for some business. He asked me about food options but I kinda drew a blank. In the end, I remembered a recommendation from my brother about a messy burger at Orchid Hotel, so I looked it up. The joint was called Two Blur Guys . Perfect location cause my office was in the vicinity and Finnegan was hoped up nearby. Met up at Tanjung Pagar MRT and found the place with little fuss. Finnegan looked well, but a little bit thinner from the last I saw him before Christmas season. He assured me that he was well, but just worrying a bit more. When an investor worries ( I'm guessing it's about money! ) I guess 2015 will not be such a smooth year. The signature dish at that burger joint is the pulled pork burger which unfortunately was sold out by dinner time. Picked an altern...

Asked mum whether she was up for marketing on Saturday morning and she said yes. However, the next morning I had to knock on the door to check on her. Turned out she wasn't feeling feeling well. Body aches. Her cough had dragged on for three weeks and guess an infection had flared up. Despite her condition, we went to the market anyway. A short trip cause there basically wasn't much vegetables to buy due to the rainy season. CNY shopping was gaining momentum. One could hear the songs, see the red clothes, seasonal biscuits and decorative items for sale. Mum didn't seem very into it. Had our favourite breakfast noodles then went over to the GP's. According to him, her respiratory tract was infected and so prescribed some antibiotics. In the evening, met up KH at 103 Workshop Cafe at Seri Petaling. Not ventured to that part of the woods on a while due to the jams and chaotic parking. I have upgraded it to the status of Cheras, i.e. that ghost place Good thing is ...

I thought of going to work on the 2nd of January but that idea got scrapped when I found out that none of my colleagues were going. All of them took replacement leave for Prophet Muhammad's Birthday on Saturday. Thought that since I was considered based in Singapore now, I wasn't eligible. But since my boss approved it, what the heck. Brought mum out for breakfast at Restoran New Seaview at Taman Damai Utama. For some reason, kopitiam seem to favour that name. With that many seas out there, the Klang Valley would be underwater by now. But at least this shop actually painted blue skies on the ceiling. Went to do some chores too. Cut my unruly hair and did some banking. Not a pretty sight at the branches. It was the start of the month and the the previous day was a public holiday. To top it off, a whole bunch of people turned up to withdraw their ASB dividends. Chaos. I just wanted to update my phone number so that I could get a stupid security pin to register for internet ba...

What does one do on the first day of the year? Something meaningful to kick-start 2015? Of course I did nothing of the sort. Lol. First order of the day-- breakfast with mum, then brunch with the gang. Drove out all the way to Solaris Dutamas to eat at Whimsical . KH was working that day, but the year end closing could wait till he ate and saw his cute BF. Hehe. Was not impressed with the food at Whimsical. Mum and I just shared a Whimsical Pancakes cause we were still full from the wantan noodles . Nothing special except for the use of Cielo Dolci Gelato. And KH's cotton candy Affogato was just that, Affogato topped with cotton candy. Not necessary at all. Jalan-Jalan at Publika after that. They got some artists together to make their own interpretation of a Christmas tree. The paddy pyramid was downright ugly while I liked the one made of white metal bird cut-outs. Matched my T shirt prints! Didn't walk for long. Ended up on our butts again at Coffee Stain . Apollo was pis...

Stayed at home during New Year's eve. SK scheduled for her maid to come over for some OT at my place cause she basically didn't have much to do at her place. In the morning, she updated me on the ETA, which was 10:30 AM. Plenty of time for me to have breakfast first. Drove out to the nearby kopitiam and had a huge serving of nasi lemak with chicken rendang to which the guy remarked, "makan kenyang pagi ni dik". Cis! Cleaning didn't take long. Settled the grills, windows, toilets and the floor. Not eat-off-the-floor clean, but good enough for a free cleaning service. SK packed chicken rice for lunch and when I opened the box, it was bursting with roast chicken, charsiew, siew yuk , chicken liver and cucumber slices! Like last year, celebrated the coming of the new year at church. No fireworks, just some fellowship and snacks. With the floods and QZ8501, the church didn't feel quite appropriate to have the night flowers. At the stroke of twelve, mum, ...

Realized that I forgot to post about Dolce Tokyo Darren  from my last Singapore trip. Not a super cutie, but very pok pok chui if you like the student look. Only in Singapore do you get waiters wearing Hollister. Maybe they work part time just to buy a few expensive T-shirts. Scroll up and down fast enough and you get an animation of him looking at his watch. LOL.