Monthly Archives: June 2009

Going to a new home

Heading off to Shanghai and my final post in Singapore. It feels different this time round compared to the last time I was on an extended trip to Shanghai. This time round is indefinite. No matter, I know that whenever I return to Singapore, I know that family and friends will be here for me [...]

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Flat Battery

I forgot to turn of the headlights this morning and the car battery went dead! My mum was trying to get into the car at Tiong Bahru but was unable to open the car with the remote control. She thought it was the remote control at fault, however, later when I joined her from my [...]

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Flour, eggs, tea, ginger and milo

2 egg prata, 1 cheese prata, 1 ice milo, 2 teh halia cost S$ 8.40 at an Indian eatery near my office. I knew Indian food was expensive, but it is increasingly becoming high-value food! The cost of the food is pathetically minimal, yet the amount they charge is so high. Perhaps, we are paying [...]

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Dispense with peanuts

I woke up this morning with the weirdest dream … I was drawing money from an ATM machine … it was an ICBC ATM machine … I drew a big sum of money and the machine started to dispense coins … I was shocked and wondered if I had pressed a wrong option. I used [...]

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The whole jing gang

had only 6 people turn up in the end. moreover, the supposedly delicious zhu chao place at Tiong Bahru has been replaced by this empty coffee shop which also sells zhu chao and zha chai fan (! teochew porridge as corrected by the serving auntie) as a starter/side dish, we ordered prawn paste balls (hei [...]

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