Down with Cold Today... Again...

Yeah, down with cold... finally my turn again (after my family took turns to catch it...) ... a heartwarming picture first... a piece of cake made from students... and I have not taught most of them since Sec 2 last year, only a few this year in the 1st semester... but still chit-chat with them sometimes... so guess they did not forget me... and this is not the top class nor even Express class, its a N(A) class, who remembers... Cake is cold, but warms the heart when eaten... Thanks folks!!!!


Ok, my breakfast after visiting doctor today... At Bedok Central, Block 216, there is this stall that sells duck rice, porridge and noodles. The name of the stall is "沈记" if I'm not wrong... Very nice food served... My mum ordered the kway teow soup, while I got the dry noodles, and ordered some beancurds and egg...


First, I must comment on the SOUP! Very very very very tasty, full of chinese herbal flavour, but not bitter, and sweet, with a hint of spiciness of pepper... NICE!!!! * Caution: May not be suitable for those who hate chinese herbal taste* To me, the soup is power enough, as I expect chinese herbal soup for duck noodles MUST be sufficiently strong (of course also not TOO strong), else it will not make a good soup for duck noodles...

Then the duck meat... not dry, but tender! a little bit of the "duck-smell", if you know what I mean, if eaten alone, but when stirred together with the noodle sauce, its still ok... in fact, its almost on par (or even slightly better) than the You Kee version... Not bad....

The sauce, the sauce... well, its a bit salty... *looks around, hope no angry chef comes storming out*... other than that, still quite ok... its not the super thick one that makes your noodles gluey, viscosity is just nice...

Noodles are springy but thoroughly cooked... quite good skills in cooking the noodles...

Overall, it has been a long time since I had eaten such good duck noodles elsewhere...


Now it will be a shame to not mention the beancurd... its simply done with heart! Why do I say so? Because most of the time, braised duck rice sellers will only sell the beacurd (and any quality beancurd) by only braising with the sauce... now this stall (I believe) deep/shallow fried the beancurds first, before braising them... This gives some chewing texture when eating... and the beancurds they used are of good quality, very full of soy beans flavour... egg is quite normal... at least, it is fresh, not undercooked nor overcooked, and has no foul "eggy" smell...

I am not related to the stall, but do try it if you are free...


Gotten this funny linkage toy too, for teaching aid, so nostalgic...

No Eating & Drinking in the MRT, Understand, Baby in Pram???

Wow, amazing, staff / inspector are carrying out their jobs with a no-nonsense attitude... Yes, just watch on the news, the SMRT inspectors spot-checks those drinking / eating in the MRT trains. Yeap, 100% support the no eating-drinking rule in the train... especially some jokers who will be inconsiderate to dirty the place... I understand, because before I drive, I also use to take trains and buses... BUT... hey!!!!! The inspector is seen trying to tell the parent(?)/guardian (or to the toddler???) that the little fella cannot drink (what looks like plain water in the baby bottle) in the train, if they want, can go to the station to drink... and then it shows another similar scene again... WTF!!!! As like...HELLO????!!!! THAT IS A BABY, OK???, HELLO????!!!! Even the Army has long ago been moving towards the "thinking" soldier way, and now this inflexibility is still here??? Sigh, SMRT...

Congratulations Bro MZ, Sis SC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey MZ and SC, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! Your little daughter is so cute, eyes really resembles that of mum's... On hearing of SC's "torture", I once again reaffirms that being a mother is one of the most sacred post in the world... Salute to all mothers in the world!!!

Once again, keong hee (no, not a pastor's name, read properly... ) to MZ and SC!!! Really happy for you both...

My DIY Breakfast

My breakfast yesterday or was it Saturday???... DIY breakfast... Decided to give myself a better treat... due to... (i) MRI over.. (ii) super tough busy sad disillusioned life recently...

Well, whatever...

Anyway... Bird's Eye Cod Fish Fingers are bland!!!!! (Or did they forget to add salt for this batch???) Healthy choice...

X-Ray, MRI and... Operation???

Today went down to CGH for 1st-time specialist consultation, for my ankle... after some fiddling of my ankle/foot here and there, the "bo-chap"-faced doctor said that I need an MRI, as I may have 3 types of issue with my ankle + tendon... He explained briefly, but I still can't remember... anyway, he also mention may need operation to repair the damage, pending MRI scan 2 weeks later & result weeks later... heck, never thought 1 sprain could be so complicated...

Sick... again....

Caught slight cold & throat infection last night... went to Bedok polyclinic today, and 顺便check on my freaking-still-swollen-after-6-months ankle... Doctor suggested to go take X-ray, and I went down to TP polyclinic to do it... man, should not have drove, groggy... anyway, learned that x-ray results can be read on-line (by doctors) !!!! Went back to Bedok polyclinic, doctor assured that my bone is ok, so likely ligament or some other injured, and caused the slight swelling... which I assure you my injured ankle never went down to its normal size since December' fateful day.... Anyway, lucky to get an appointment this coming Thurs, else the nearest will be in November... but this means got to take time-off... sigh, what would my boss think??... hmmm...

To myself: Take good care!!!!

New Gadget - Holux GPSmile 62F TMC

Bought this GPS yesterday in the Gain City Expo Sale. Did not plan to buy anything initially... as I was walking from Hall 5 to 6B, there was a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG queue to the redemption for $8 goodie bag or something... Walk and happen to see this few stalls selling GPS, and remembered I do always talk about wanting to get a GPS... so bought 1... then remembered that this may not be a good brand... but nevermind lah, try out 1st then make comment... Price? $289 with the TCM device...

Next IT item? Probably a SIM dongle, or iPhone 4, or projector screen... or nothing, since boh lui liao, hahaha....

Edit:

WARNING: To all users of this piece, DO NOT USE IT TO NAVIGATE TO "CITY SQUARE MALL", it will lead you to a dead-end road... hahaha... perhaps updating the map will help, if it has an update, that is... Oh, and couldn't find a way to set it to route WITH HIGHWAYs if possible...

Anyway, quite fun, hahaha.... now just need to find a micro SD card to test out the media player function...