Thai Fair

Going to be busy again in my work. Just been given a new permit to restart my project work. But there are a lot of things to be sorted out. For those who do not know what I am talking about, don't bother.

Okay. The Thai fair is on, at the Royal Thai Embassy. I went there with Margaret in the evening. It was pretty crowded. The set-up was like any other pasar malam except that traditional thai music was played live. As usual, they sell ladies' accessories, blouse, skirt, fruits, cooked food, etc. A massage corner was created for stressed out bodies charging $25 for half an hour of rub down.
We bought assorted preserve mangoes. When we were at the ladies' clothing stall, I heard someone calling me from behind. To my surprise, Pipi Lee my ex-colleague appeared out of nowhere. Believe we were happy to see each other as it's been quite some time since we last met.

Ninja turtles and the beauties

Ninja turtles and the beauties. It was the craze during Smily's chlidhood days. No prize for guessing. Smily played the younger ninja.











I like this photo a lot. It was taken at Clarke Quay in 1993. Both Smily and Fyn blended in very well with the embience of the '60s warehouse. It reminded me of my humble childhood days living in that area.

Mind your manners!

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Oh.......no! Thierry Henry, the captain, is leaving Arsenal for good. It's going to be a tough, tough coming season for my favourite football club. Let's hope that it is a blessing in disguise.

Bye Serene!

Serene is leaving for home (Melbourne) tonight. Believe her time here is enjoyable and meaningful especially with her family members and good friends. She said she will be back at the end of the year. Meantime it's adios and hope to see you again.
P.S. Knowing that you are such an emo, please do not flood the departure hall tonight. LOL.

Younger days with Margaret

Well, that's me and Margaret during our younger days. She was in her teens when this photo was taken. Looking back with envies, we were slim, healthy, energetic and youthful. Ahh..... those were the days.
Tell you a secret. One of Margaret's favourite food was hamburger. It was considered a luxury during our time. Once, I packeted paus and siew mais for an evening cinema show. She was surprised that I didn't catch up with the latest craze, McDonalds. In the end I got what she wanted, Big Mac. Poor me got to finish up those paus and siew mais.
Today, it's the opposite. She enjoys dim sum and I like Mos burgers. So, who is keeping up with the times? Confusing, right?

Duan Wu Jie 2007

Today is Dumpling Festival. I had my first dumpling of the year for breakfast. Fyn enjoys eating these dumplings from Ho Kee Pau which belongs to Margaret's cousin and her husband. It's been quite some time since we last pratonised their Tim-Sum store at Geylang Lorong 27. Yum yum!

I was talking to 'ultimate hhg survivor' the other day and understand that Win is back from the US. Win, if you are reading this, I apologise for failing to tell you not to get any present back for me. Thx in advance. FOCL (Falling Off Chair Laughing). Btw, when is our next gathering?

Happy Father's Day

Celebrated this special day with a family dinner at HK Kim Gary restaurant (Vivocity). Went there at Smily's recommendation. In fact, he and Sheryl queued for the table and we arrived just in time for the order.
It's a hip eating place for the youngster. They serve combination of East meet West set meals like pork chop bake rice with cheese, etc. The set also comes with a drink and soup. What a experience!

Tebrau City, Johore

Oh shit! Ohh...........SHIT!!!!!!!!!!! Not again. The last time, we queued for 2 hours to clear this Johore custom. Luckily for this afternoon, it took an hour. You see, we were on our way to Tebrau City, Johore. It is a twenty five minutes taxi ride from the Causeway Checkpoint.
We had our lunch at Kenny Rogers Restaurant there. After that, we headed towards Jantzen Hair Salon to have our haircut. Margaret had her hair permed too. She proceeded to the Foot Spa after her hairdo. As for Fyn and me, we bought an unfinished Naruto to paint on it. Understand the money collected goes to charity. Before we left, Fyn bought Dunkin Donuts. We took a taxi to City Square for dinner.


















Moshi moshi. I promised Fyn to have dinner at this Japanese restauarant, Nippon Yataimura, the next time we come to City Square. It is such a posh yet traditional restauarant. We ordered the bento set. For a moment, I thought I was in Tokyo. Arigato!