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A 'Wet' Singapore II: Thunder Birds & Stuffed Wolves

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_3020677bw copy Swiped from mingthein . Got up early on Friday to catch the MRT to Boon Lay. Our destination: Jurong Bird Park . It was a long ride down from Simei. Upon reaching Chinatown, it started to rain heavily and we nearly turned back. Seeing that it let up a bit, we continued our journey. We took a bus from the interchange at Boon Lay. The interchange was impressive. Completely-covered with air-conditioning! Just line up and when the bus arrives, go through the auto-doors to the waiting bus. Orderly and comfortable! Unfortunately, it was still raining heavily when we arrived and several other tourists were stranded at the bus stop. Some of the Indian and PRC nationals just ran for it. KH and I however decided to call it off. I was a bit dejected, but the weather can be unpredictable. So we headed back to the city. Before lunch, we did some window shopping at Wheelock Place and The Ion. Walked into a bag shop that sold many types of novel bags at very fantastic prices.

A 'Wet' Singapore I: One After Another

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Baikohken Swiped from williamnyk . Of my whole Singapore trip, the first day was the most gruelling. KH bought me the 8:40am Jetstar to Singapore, so I woke up at 6:00am to prepare and SK was nice enough to drop me off at KLIA. Unexpectedly, even such an early flight was delayed, so I arrived at Changi T1 twenty minutes later than scheduled. The whole gang was there to greet me, KH, JJ and Bunny. Took the cab home, I freshened up a little and we immediately headed out to Circular Road for lunch with Eskay at Baikohken . They serve quite an amazing ramen . KH and I shared a shoyu and miso based ramen . The full-sized order really bowled us over. Huge! And sooooooo many pieces of char siew the size of pork chops! Next time if you're there, just order the half-size ( but I did see a girl finishing one by herself, but not everyone has a gremlins appetite ). And do go early. Eskay was his usual fabulous self. Was nice seeing him again. Next, KH and I headed for the Tanjung Pagar K

The Rambutan Trimming Accident

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rambutan / nephelium lappaceum Swiped from neo studio . I am not a hairy person, but I do need to trim the nether regions once in a while. Especially true when anticipating sexual encounters with dear KH. Not so nice la welcoming him to an unkempt forest and having him coughing up hairballs after working his way through. So before my trip to Singapore, I whipped out my pair of safety scissors and started trimming my pubes. I'm definitely no Vidal Sassoon, but I think I did quite a great job. But when I started on my balls, I think was a little bit too zealous. Metal collided with delicate skin and ouch! Saw a drop of red blood forming on my left scrotum. Eeeeek. A near-Bobbit experience! Out came the tissues. Boy, that place sure can bleed. Put some Betadine on it and finished the job. Pheww. Perhaps I should consider a Boyzilian next time. Hehe.

LRT Celebrities: Guitar Gary

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Guitar Gary works in KL Sentral. He sports loads of yakuza-style tattooes on his arms. Whenever I see him on STAR LRT, he'd have his headphones on and his HTC Smart would no doubt be blasting guitar riffs. He'd be tapping his foot and his air guitar would appear. And when his air guitar is deemed insufficient, his hands would go for the stainless steel poles. His fingerwork would bring him snaking up and down. Reminds me of Jackie Chan in the movie "Snake in Eagle's Shadow". Itchy hands he has. Syok tak ? Do you have moments when you get carried away on the LRT? Raise your hand if you've pulled off any Matuatama stunt. Hehe.

A Simple Sunday?

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Precious Mother's Milk Swiped from fesign (in Rome July20-26) . Church as usual on Sunday. Was ambushed to buy raffle tickets again! 42" LCD TV and Canon DSLR. Pray that I win. Lunch was at Restoran Chi Kar Yin at Bandar Puteri Puchong. Hakka cuisine. According to SK, the place has many positive reviews on the internet. More than ten actually. Sad to say, it was a disappointment. We ordered Hakka Salted Chicken, Vinegar Pig Trotters, Pepper Stomach Soup and blanched lettuce. The salted chicken was the best dish. Big portion. Full-bodied herbal fragrance. Use of free range chicken. The pig trotters were completely wrong. The vinegar they used was of sub-standard quality. And the pepper stomach soup at the foodcourt near my house tastes better than their's. For MYR8.50, they mixed in lean meat. My goodness. I'm not going back there. On our way to get the car, saw Taiping Mali just a few shoplots away. A healthy crowd. Wanted to ta-pau their yellow sticky rice, but

The Bomb

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129/365 - I'm the bomb like...tick tick Swiped from Emabearrr . Foreword: In case you didn't notice that I'm missing my regular blog postings, I'm currently having my conjugal visit in Singapore. I'm trying my best to enjoy myself with KH, but things are getting a bit out of hand back home. First things first, I must start digging out a bundle of cash to pay for my condo down-payment. Secondly, mum is having one of her drama moments regarding house renovations. Thirdly, even SK is not spared as her family is currently in a big tug of war regarding money. Sigh. Cares, cares go away! Come again... like never? Pray for us, people. Thanks.

Losing Sight

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Over the Red Roofs Architecture - Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany Swiped from Batikart . SK's housemate never fails to entertain me with her flip-flop mentality in buying her dream house . "We don't wanna buy at Taman A because it's too far from my in-law's place." "Am now checking out Condo B cause we heard that the rental return is very good!" So confusing right? From the first statement, you'd think that she's buying for own use. But her second statement is a complete U-turn! I thought she wanted landed property! It's difficult enough trying to find a property that fulfils our specific criteria, but if those criteria keep on changing, I think one should just stop looking altogether and think things through. "Erm, I've decided to buy Taman A after all." "What changed? Your in-laws moved closer to Taman A?" Oh well.