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Singapore Siesta III: Stay-At-Home Hubby

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basil_alcove7 Swiped from bomza . No plans for the day, so I just merempat at home. And I had morning "exercise", so I kinda slept in a bit. Had a simple breakfast and I later went out to tapau mixed rice at the club house. I was supposed to bring my own tupperware ( those guys are so GREEN ), but I forgot... so I'm guilty of using a styrofoam container. :P. The food was satisftying and the uncle was generous. Post-lunch, I did the ever-important IRONING. Turns out that my dear KH left the most challenging work shirts and pants for me. The material was like kiam chai and even spraying water and using the highest heat setting couldn't quite tame them. Luckily JJ didn't have any clothes for me to iron. After finishing my quota for the trip, I watched some episodes of Bleach. Then I went swimming before my dinner appointment with my brother. No cuties. :( Just as I wanted to go out, I found that my Starhub Prepaid had died. Couldn't make any calls. Sh

Singapore Siesta II: JJ Ponteng!

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SingaporeHols2009071 Swiped from williamnyk . Whenever I sleep over at KH's place, there's always a routine that we follow. Before snoozing, we always cuddle. And in the middle of the night, KH often wakes up to sip some water. I would still be half asleep and KH would be at the bedside, urging the cup to my lips. Back to sleep again. In the mornings, he would rouse me from my slumber with a kiss ( and more :P ). Then I would stumble groggily out to the toilet and find JJ already out to work. On that Tuesday morning, I found JJ's bedroom door still closed... meaning he ponteng ! After I had my breakfast of banana-walnut toast and sent KH off to work with a kiss, JJ ambled out looking all worn out. He had another rough night getting to sleep. Bad for him, but good for me-- I have somebody to teman me for the day! We left the house to meet KH, Mrs. H and Mdm. E ( KH's fag hag's from work ) at Paya Lebar. Lunch was at the food court. We had Ashton's -- ch

Mummy!

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Mother and joey Swiped from ѕhadowdancer . A couple of Sundays back, SK and I unwittingly ended up at a health fair organized by those dodgy clinic cum health care consultancies. Loads of people were there and there was some talk going on with lots of food outside. As I had to wait for my mum and her friends to arrive, we decided to go in and register ourselves. After walking past the crowds and posters of diseased female nether regions, we arrived at the registration counter. The woman in the lab coat passed SK a form to fill without hardly looking up. I was standing at ther side when the woman suddenly asked: "Your son ah?" I laughed out loud!!! "Err, your boyfriend ah?" I told her to speak no more. SK was fuming and did not even acknowledge she ever spoke. Hehe. Looks like I have a new mummy!

Singapore Siesta I: Cooking Up A Storm

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SingaporeHols200907 Swiped from williamnyk . Being the "slut" ( according to my son DanielH and ThompsonBoy ), I was in Singapore for another Ironing trip. Once again, I flew via JetStar ( compliments of KH ) and arrived in Changi at around 5:00pm. POD was there to greet me as the rest were working. In the cab: POD: You're cooking tonight, right? Moi: What?! I had the impression that YOU were cooking. Thought that I was playing a secondary role. POD: Errr.... KH told me YOU were cooking leh. Moi: I think KH pulled a fast one on us. So ganas, just arrived already immediately set me up to work in the kitchen. To cook for 6! Sniff. Sniff. Upon arrival at JJ's place, I put down my luggage and immediately brought POD to the nearby NTUC Fairprice at Eastpoint Mall for some grocery shopping. The menu was curry chicken, stir-fried vegetables and sweet and sour fish. There is an interesting story about the fish too: POD: Wei, JJ asked to cook his fish. He bought it s

Spur of the Moment

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x-ray image Swiped from wu.peng . Since before my Melbourne trip, mum had been complaining about a stiffness in her neck. Kinda brushed it off as salah bantal , but when it didn't go away for 2 months, mum got a bit worried. Chiropractors and sinseh 's failed to improve the condition. And so, we ended up at Tung Shin to see an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Low. Upon arrival at the hospital, our temperature was taken and a sticker was given to mark us as potentially H1N1-free. Amazingly, his clinic opens at 9:00am and he's actually there! After consultation and an X-ray, he declared that my mum has bone spurs at her fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae. They look like little protrusions from the edge of the bone. He prescibed some NSAIDs, painkillers and glucosamine and also encouraged her to do exercises to loosen her neck muscles. Mum's feeling better now and she does not touch her neck so often anymore. Hope it improves more!

The Lesser of Two Evils

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Celcom Broadband Swiped from Girllyen . When I see newspaper ads that proclaim TM the winner of "Best Internet Service Provider" awards and what not, I let out a bitter laugh. Meaningless as they are a monopoly. From all the problems that my sister and SK complain about and the multitudes of irate letters I see in The Star, it takes no genius to conclude that Streamyx is crap. Celcom being the subsidiary is also naturally crappy. I e-mailed them about Celcom Broadband coverage in my area and I must say that their customer service is impeccable. It took their automated system 11 minutes to reply my e-mail, promising a reply soon. After a week ( soon hor? ), they replied and asked me to furnish them MORE details although I already gave them my street address. And in the e-mail they even provided me with an alternative to check SMS. Text "BROADBAND HERE" kononnya . The number was rejected by DiGi. It took them another 2 weeks later to call me with the GOOD NEW

Ichiban

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Cyan's Birthday Tray Swiped from williamnyk . When I turned 1 ( some 28 years ago ), my mum cooked up a storm and invited the neighbours. I had a birthday cake in the shape of the numeral "1"! Back then, THAT was a big deal. Well, my nephew Cyan turned 1 lately and his parents threw him a party with about fifty guests. Got the caterers to handle everything. The food was quite good and there was even a satay stall. Being my sister's favourite, the birthday cake turned out to be a brownie from Secret Recipe. Each slice was completed with a giant scoop of vanilla ice cream. Sinful. An interesting part of the festivities included a ritual of "choices". Several items were put in a tray in front of him, and he was allowed to grab the stuff that caught his eye. Chicken drumstick ( aku suka makan? ) Ruler ( future engineer? ) Book ( scholar? ) Pencil ( writer? ) Rubber stamp ( official? ) Calculator ( accountant? ) Credit Card ( businessman? ) FYI, the fir