Sunday, August 10, 2008

You've Got Mail

I was cleaning my wardrobe to make space for my bags & clothes when I came across this ....

My box full of letters from my secondary school days. There is still another box that is 3/4 filled. Wa, looking through these stuff really brings back fond memories.... Let the journey begins here (in no particular order)

1. Kaijie - He contributed to 80% of this box and 95% of the other box .... I managed to dig out the first letter that he wrote to me.

It all begin with this letter (I took me 1 hr to search through the pile for the "unstamped" letter) that slowly evoked into 10 yrs of letter-exchanging (and counting) which translates into
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This pile is only for the 2 yrs which I were in Sec 3 & 4. The rest are all in the other box :P Lots of "secrets" were being revealed throughout history, haha ...

I found this little bunny cute while searching for the 1st letter and couldn't burst out laughing when I read the content ....

四大俊男! OMG, those were the days :P

2. Viperboy aka Ryan Leong - close buddies cuz of a particular Ms C.

Still rem the days whereby you would pass me your "diary" along the stairway, so that I will be up-to-date with your happenings. Plus, we continued to exchange letter when you went to Malaysia for your studies, but somehow, it stopped halfway. You even sent me my V-day card, for being your part-time... :)

PS: I still have the rainbow pic that you took from your balcony in KL & the Beckham figurine ...if you still rem; not sure if you are reading this :)


3. Wanling - my buddy since Sec 1/2. She is the only person who dare to "scold" me in her letters, telling me matter-of-fact why she is unhappy with me/my behaviour.

I cherish all those that she wrote, for that made me reflect and change for the better. She is the only one which I wont dare to fight back, in case she stare at me with her big and round eyes! One of the few frens whom I am willing to sacrifice my sleep to accompany her to MOE. She is now back @ our alma mater; good luck to the students!

4. Bert-ge - a member of 四大俊男.

Close buddy cuz of Ms C & Viperboy. Haha, complicated relationship :P Ms C - you have made me a very busy person those days by listening to their stories. Luckily I didn't fail any of my papers :) My Scout senior who nv fail to shout "Hong-mei!" all the way from the end of the corridor whenever he sees me walking past....

5. YuXin - my buddy since P4

His handwriting is still the same after 10 yrs! Ivan & him are my oldest pals to date, since primary school and we're still in touch, though not that often. In fact, Yuxin and I were rumoured to be dating during our sec days, cuz the guys just cannot comprehend that people of the opposite sex can be close buddies, haha, but we managed to prove them wrong! I still rem our dance competition, the "save-me" look on your face when you had to do project with the "witches" and many many more! Wishing you all the best in your final yr k!

6. Mr Y - a fren from TCHS. Till now, only Leecher and me know the content of this letter :) not going to reveal any information here

7. Mr X - a NACLI fren from TCHS. Kinda surprised when he sent me a postcard all the way from Perth and left a kangaroo souvenir at my doorstep. Hope you're well no matter where you are :)

8. 傅老师 - my chinese teacher for Sec 3&4.

Ya, surprised that I even exchanged letters with my teacher rite? No lah, this was supposed to be a holiday assignment (Nov/Dec holidays) whereby we were supposed to write letters to him,"reporting" to him what we have done for the wk. I wrote 5 letters and I topped the hall of fame, haha.

9. Kelvin - my brother during NJC days

Surprised that he still remembered my bdae even though we were no longer studying in the same school :) He sent me my biggest bdae card to date ...

10. MiaoLi - sister since Sec 1. 12 yrs of our friendship, been through a lot. I still remembered there was a point in time whereby we had lots of misunderstandings and I wrote you a 7 pg long letter, venting all my unhappiness and stuff etc. From then on, we cleared up a lot of stuff and this Chinese New Yr card signifies a new beginning of our new-found friendship :) (Miao, you still can rem what you wrote? haha)

And she sent me a card last yr on my bdae :) Till date, she is the only one who writes "Darling" or "同志" on the cover of the letter. Her handwriting has improved slightly through the yrs, not forgetting her chinese!

11. Qianhui - sister since Sec 3. Though we were in the same class during lower sec, somehow, she has the hostile face and we hanged out with different cliques of frens. Not only till Sec 3, den we sort of got together and formed the sister clique till now.

My roomie during my short stint in Hall 3. She nv fail to announce to the world that I was bathing in the shower room when she called "Hong mei mei" even though we went to the shower room together. She was also Leecher's supporter when she sensed that he was interested in me when we studied together, wa ha ha. Though you have found your old man, but do rem, the 4 of us will continue to 三八 in the next 50 yrs to come!

12. FongLing - sister since sec 3. Fling, how come u nv write any letters to me ar? not even a xmas card leh, haha. However, I decided to include you in my journey too .... see, I am so good to you! So you shld know what to do this yr okie? :P

13. JinLian - the role model that I look up to.

She was the chairman of Sec 204 and the Councillor president. Composed and calm, she is like wonder woman, able to solve all situations. She is like the elder sister that I nv had :)

PS: Jinlian, as I was reading the card, you wrote that I got abuse you ar? Since when huh? I totally cannot rem leh :P

14. Mike - my ex colleague in NTU

Thanks for remembering the occassion and sending your warmest greetings. I love the precious moments figurines & the winnie the pooh photo frame :) hope you're enjoying your work & marriage life!

To those whom wrote letters to me but wasn't mentioned - I will still rem all of you, dont worry :)

Leecher is not included, for Leecher got a box to call his own .... and it comes in my fave colour too :P its all P&C, hahaa...in case you all puke at his mushy words, LOL

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Blue Ginger

Meet up with FMQ for round 2 of our office lunch. However, this time, we were the ones making the painstaking journey and we have a new member: TYW.

Venue: An Atas restaurant that specializes in authentic nonya cuisines.

The atas table setting.

And while waiting for TYW to arrive, we ordered our drinks and dig in on the appetizer.

Pink guava and lime juice. (FMQ cautioned: it's more worth it to order juices than plain water since both cost about the same in this restaurant.)

The appetitiser: Ajar-ajar, preserved cucumbers, carrots, cabbage and other stuffs. Taste really different from the normal ajar u get from hawker centers. More fragrant probably cos they added some shrimp paste or something.

Nearly finishing the ajar, but TYW has yet to arrive. This was supposed to a meeting of the LV bags, cos Blamer had just gotten herself a new LV bag and FMQ here got hers recently too.

Showing off her "Doc's bag" aka Berkeley. However, as Blamer was suffering from an eye-infection, she wore her specs to work and I advised her not to bring her LV, in case ppl think it's fake.

Finally the arrival of TYW, look how matching we were. Black shirt and white specs. White shirt and black specs.

Just like the two ladies in blue.

Finally, lunch proper. Ordered their nonya otah otah. U can actually see and taste the chunks of fish meat amidst all the spices and paste. Though I would like it better if it was a tad spicier.

Beef rendang. Apparently, FMQ and Blamers heart this dish, but I think the one they serve at Bali Thai is better.

This one of their chicken dish. I think it tasted like satay chicken. I like this dish better than the rest though.

The last dish is prawns. I think I ordered this but can't remember the name. Taste like tomyam prawns. The prawns are really fresh with the poing~poing feeling when u bite into them. The sauce is tangy and spicy good to go with rice.

Time for desserts!

Me and TYW ordered the most expensive Durain chendol. Very power this dessert. Must try.

Since both FMQ and Blamer can't stomach the powerful king of fruits, they have to resign themselves to this coconut sugar dessert. Just plain coconut sugar and ice, hmm very bo hua in my opinion.

Friday, August 8, 2008

Fish & Co at The Glass House

Long day at work - caught Leecher on his way back home and cajoled him to alight at Dhoby Ghaut to have dinner with me :) came at a price too, cuz Leecher managed to reach the place earlier than me and ordered the seafood platter on my tab :(

My first time at The Glass House while Leecher came here quite often with all his flings.....

wow, nice collection of Vodka bottles; but I was more interested in the sports channel on TV

Our "free" drinks with 2 main orders - Citibank promotion :P

The decor of the place portrays the distinct nautical theme. Ever wonder why Fish & Co always serve their food in a pan? "This is an inspiration drawn from the simple practices of South African fisherman; who caught seafood fresh from the seas and cooked them immediately in the pan"

In The Glass House, there's even a stage for the band to perform their music. Audiences are welcome to submit your dedications to your friends or loved ones. While we were there, we witnessed 4 birthday celebrations, lots of cheering and laughters in the house.

Seafood platter for 2, oh no, it's not, it's the premium platter for 2 - platter of seasonal fish, calamari, king tiger prawns and scallops (instead of the usual prawns and mussels) in creamy garlic & lemon butter sauce. It's more than enough for the both of us :) no prizes for guessing who finished most of it, wa ha ha.....

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Tom Ton

Today is the first Friday of the month of August, hence Blamer and I decided to go for something better tonight.

TomTon at Central.
Supposedly this is a restaurant that serves the legendary black pig or Berkshire Pig. It is said that the meat of the Berkshire pig is much more flavorful compared with our normal pink pig and that the restaurant is famous for their Tonkatsu.


The restaurant is separated into three sections. There are the window seats, the sushi bar counter and lastly cosy partitioned rooms just opposite the sushi bar. I think someone reserved the whole window seats section and the partitioned rooms, poor me and Blamer could only sit at the sushi counter. However, while waiting for our orders, we got to see how the chefs prepared the food.

Like this poor crab which was being chopped up. But he looked sort of fierce right?

Finally, my order, black pig soba. Was thinking of eating ramen initially but since this restaurant specializes in black pig, reckon I should try it.

The soba was so-so, however, this soup tat contains the goodness of the thinly sliced black pig was... ...

Mmm... ... Very nice!

Blamer ordered their katsu don. The meat was really tender and I quite like the sweet sauce that they served together with the egg and rice.

Oh and Blamer's set comes with miso soup, which contains not ur nornal tofu and seaweed. This bowl came with bits of pork, radish, corrects and lotsa spring onions.

They even serve complimentary fruits.

Highly satisfied couple. Although next time, I'm will try out their sukiyaki or their shabu shabu.

Ha ha, the random full body pic. How come I dun hv such pics? Maybe I shld start taking them. Ha ha.
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