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Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 10:40 pm :

It's 10.41pm now and there is still a clanking ceremony going on at a wake below my opposite block. Are they supposed to be still banging away at the gong even at this hour? It's not that I'm not understanding, I'm just curious. The longest funeral ceremony I had known was an hour or so. This has been going on since about 7.30pm. 3 hours!

So many things happening in the office. Too many for me to believe and too many for me to keep track of. Talk about office politics. You would think that things would be better in an environment where everyone is highly educated and supposedly more cultured. Wrong! Not so simple. In fact, I'm convinced that it's worse than in normal companies. I should just deal with it. Over time, I'm going to be so numb and immune to all these nonsense that I'm going to be jaded! Goodness, jaded at 25. Life's still a long way to go. :(

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Tuesday, July 06, 2010, 11:38 pm :

Have been trying some new stuff of late. New not meaning anything adventurous or novel, meaning getting my butt out of my house and going out to do something different, other than reading, sleeping, facebooking and playing mahjong.

Some time back, I tried out one of the massage place at Thomson and it's pretty nice to have someone kneading the kinks out of your muscles. The only disadvantage is that you could fully feel your muscles protesting after that because they are so over-used!

Before our public transport system decided to charge according to distance, putting out the claim that fares will be cheaper (ya, right!), me and bf decided to randomly take the Circle Line to somewhere. So we attempted to explore the stations that we would otherwise not think twice about - Nicoll Highway and Stadium Stations.

Not fantastic though.

At Nicoll Highway Station, we were probably the only one who got off the train. I bet those people in the train were thinking what the hell were we doing there. And we realised that within the vicinity of the station, there is probably only Golden Mile that is worth taking a look. We gave up and hopped onto the next train and went to Stadium station.

When we got there, it was drizzling and we didn't want to go to Kallang Leisurepark. So we just peeked out of the station and went back downstairs to take the train elsewhere.

So we stopped trying to be funny and got off at Bras Basah. Walking around, we chanced upon the National Day Rehearsal! And we were right behind the cannons! So cool! Ok, I'm on the verge of sounding very bimbotic but I was really quite excited. We then stood around for about an hour or more and caught the firing of the cannons and the display of military vehicles. Oh, and we caught the flying segment too. All the parts that I like about the National Day Parade! Sorry to the performers but I really don't care about the second half of the Parade, other than the fireworks.

I got quite sick for a while and soon after, I'm up and running again!

Tried a few new eating places with relatively positive experiences.

Met the girls yesterday and we went to Applebee's at Triple One Somerset. They did their steak pretty well (they had to, for the price) and service was good too. The service staff were attentive to details and friendly. Xpr found something that didn't belong in her dish and she feedback to the manager, resulting in her dish being cancelled off the bill. That is what service is.

Subsequently, we went to ~~a cafe/pub-like place~~ Oriole Cafe and Bar at Discovery Walk at 313@Somerset ~~(I swear I tried to find out the name of the cafe but after poring through Google sites, it seems that it is the 'cafe-that-should-not-be-named'. Can't find nuts!)~~. Anyway, kutu and pr ordered some picollo latte which is supposedly famous and made by the Singapore's National Barista Champion, or his protege, or his head barista (at least, according to the ieatishoot blog). We were contemplating if we should force kutu to order the chili chocolate mocha, which probably sounds more interesting than it taste? Anyway, I ordered my usual cappuccino instead.

Hmm, I'm not sure that I like their coffee though. Maybe I should try something else the next time we go but the picollo latte and cappuccino, maybe not. So, the alleged famous picollo latte taste like soya sauce in my opinion!! Yes, I'm dead serious. Even after they added sugar, I could still taste that soya sauce-like taste. The coffee wasn't strong enough for me and I think the crema probably is the culprit of the soya sauce-like taste. But hey, the story of the Oriole place is pretty intriguing, as in they are fellow coffee-lovers so I'm going to give them a few more chances.

Moving on!

Went to Cafe Ti Amo along Thomson Road for dinner today. Had actually wanted to try out Cheeky Chocolates but didn't realise that it had been replaced by this new cafe place. Well, the menu wasn't extremely extensive and choices were pretty limited. However, food was not too bad. I had the mushroom soup, chicken chop with mushroom sauce, tiramisu and coffee.

The mushroom soup was surprisingly good. It was creamy enough with large chunks of mushroom floating inside. There were no chunky flour-like thing that are usually present in creamy mushroom soups. The only complaint I have for the soup is that it is a tad too salty.

The chicken chop was quite tender and the mushroom sauce also have relatively big pieces of sliced button mushrooms in it. There were a truckload of baked beans which I left untouched. And of course, fries and salad. Fries were tasting a little weird. Probably the oil. But at least it was crunchy. Oh, and the chili and tomato sauces tasted a little funky too. I am guessing that their customer flow is not enough to keep the sauces fresh. Tiramisu was brought out from a display case, explaining its dry texture and lack of creaminess. No hint of alcohol too. Coffee was normal though.

Ok, long enough post to satisfy myself. My only regret is the lack of photos. After bringing my camera for servicing, I haven't used it since. Don't know why but somehow don't feel like using it. :(

But looking on the bright side, my dad who is going Shanghai later this month says that he wants to buy a better camera to bring over. His Samsung camera is terrible because it's battery life is probably equivalent to the attention span of a baby (lack of a better analogy). And guess what, he said that he was thinking of giving me the new camera after that, and he will pay half of it! Yay!

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Friday, April 23, 2010, 11:51 am :

Skinny/Fat/Tall Presidents

I hate Blogger! I just typed an entire post and it was gone!

It refused to publish the post by claiming that my URL contains illegal characters. Like seriously? Does it mean the URL has characters that committed some crime or are illegal immigrants or something?

Ok, I know it's obviously not the case that I've put forward above but hey, allow me some rambling space and time. It's irritating to have an entire post lost just because of some illegal thingy.

Anyway, I'm going to try to regain my thoughts and reconstruct as much as I can remember from the lost post.

So, I stumbled across an article written in 2008 from The Wall Street Journal, about the US Presidency election.

It was sort of discussing the chances of Obama in the election, relating it to his healthy lifestyle and skinniness.

"...in a nation in which 66% of the voting-age population is overweight and 32% is obese, could Sen. Obama's skinniness be a liability?"

Seriously! Is it really cause for concern if he is skinny or fat? How does that impact the way he does things and perform his duties?

Of course, now that everything has passed, we can safely say that his skinniness did not impede his chances of winning the election.

I mean I understand that people want their leader(s) to be someone whom they can relate to and whenever they see him/her, they can say "hey, I think he/she is just like me!" But having someone who feels like he/she can relate to you does not necessarily equate to capability.

I'm not saying that ~~fat~~ not-skinny people are not capable. I'm fat myself but I don't think it is of any direct relation to my capabilities.

"These days he (Obama) stays away from junk food and instead snacks on MET-Rx chocolate roasted-peanut protein bars and drinks Black Forest Berry Honest Tea, a healthy organic brew. (Sen. McCain is said to have a weakness for Butterfinger candy bars, jelly beans, and coffee and doughnuts from Dunkin' Donuts.)"

But what I can have in consolation is that the US society will most probably welcome me with open arms. Look, I have a soft spot for all things that walk or fly (at least most of it), and I usually intensely dislike things that are green or are sprouting from the ground or hanging off trees.

I may probably one day be able to make it for the US election but will definitely not make it for the SG one. Height is the precedence. Fat or skinny, that I can control. Height-wise, not much I could do, unless I break my bones to allow them to grow back and cross my fingers and hope that they grow better. *ouch*

Quotes from The Wall Street Journal

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Friday, April 09, 2010, 2:59 pm :

We had lunch at Pizza Hut today and nearing the end of the meal, I suddenly realised the problem of service in Singapore. At least in the F & B industry.

They have not much problem with the basic service standards like smiling and getting your order right, at least most of them. But their problem is their clueless-ness.

They have probably no idea of proper dining etiquette.

They do not understand that when I place my soup spoon on the soup platter (like in the photo), it means that I'm done with the soup.

They do not understand that when I place my utensils together in the middle of the plate (like in the photo), it means that I'm done with my food and please clear my plate! Ok, to be fair, clearing of plate is quite subjective so I shall not touch on that.

But then as service staff in the F & B industry, you should at least have some basic knowledge of dining etiquette right? If not, no matter how much you smile, how much you offer your best service to the customers, something will always be missing and in this case, ignorance is not an excuse!

*Photo credits to 'Etiquette with Miss Janice'

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9:20 am :

Smooth traffic to work ends TODAY!

From what I heard (as I don't know for sure), Ngee Ann Poly starts their new school term again next week. From experience, I know that the roads to work are going to be congested again!

For some really strange reason, it seems like the congestion on roads is caused by poly and SIM students. Of course we know that many of SIM students drive, just look at the cars parked on campus everyday! But does it also mean that poly students drive to school too??

The world is changing! The kids these days are so pampered and living such a good life!

Albeit they have to attend tons of classes teaching them about phonetics, speech and drama, art and craft, piano, violin and the list goes on but they get to choose! They get to choose which kind of stuff they like and their parents will send them there. Over time, they can also choose to give it up if interested had waned and parents will pull them out of the class, willingly or grudgingly.

When I was young, no such things. Piano lessons were sort of forced onto me. Even when I attempted to tell my parents that I don't want to learn anymore, I wasn't given a choice. Well, its alright because they are all in the past.

Anyway, I need to justify my reading speed for my current book. It is close to 1 month since I first started on this book! It's terrible! And to think that my new year goal was to read more books. BUT, there is a reason for this lethargy! There is ALWAYS a reason.

Contrary to the book synopsis which looked pretty interesting, the actual storyline is sadly not. It is not very engaging or compelling to read. There is no hook in the story to entice me to fervently plow through it. In fact, I find that it is actually quite a chore to pore through the book. I can't really wait to finish it and start on the next book.

And of course, there is the external factor/distraction of the new Ace Attorney game on my Nintendo DS.

And also, these months have been busy and pretty hectic. Last month had all the school events and so on, this month is the turn of performing arts.

On 10 Apr, I'll be attending Liao Zhai Rocks, 17 Apr is the Mayday concert at the National Stadium, 22 Apr will be the day for Chicago and last but not least, Animal Farm on Labour Day, 1 May. If Sistic has some sort of loyalty reward thingy, I'm sure I'll be up there somewhere.

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Sunday, January 24, 2010, 12:38 am :

Book #6

When we should be rejoicing, or at least in high spirits, something has to happen to dampen everything else.

Everyone is afraid of death right? I think I'm more afraid of the process of death.

Book #6 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell - Susanna Clarke

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Saturday, September 12, 2009, 12:46 am :

Lalala, the concert disease is spreading.
Lalala, the zoo disease is spreading too!

I now have new kakis to go to the zoo and concerts!

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 11:59 am :

Part II of Updates

Friday at work was rather relaxed because most of the exam stuff are settled and all that was left was to return the scripts back to the exam department. The entire Friday morning was dedicated to counting scripts, tons and tons of scripts. And that depleted all our energy and brain cells for counting and we just slacked for the entire afternoon. Oh, and I caught a movie on Friday - Land of the Lost.

It is the most brainless comedy that I have seen for a very long time. Some of the parts are really funny I have to say but the rest are just brainless humour. Its like plain, dumb humour. I don't really have much to say about the show but part of the reason why I caught the movie was because they did a promotion with Bear Grylls on Man vs Wild and it was super hilarious. Link is here although I haven't had the chance to watch it. Didn't want to be too blatantly skivving at work but it looks damn hilarious la.

We are finally at the weekend! This should teach me not to update together an entire week's happenings all at once!

OK, Saturday was Museum-day again. Thinking that the Kangxi exhibition was going to end that Sunday but upon reaching ACM, right there on the banner in front of our eyes, it was printed clear as day - EXHIBITION EXTENDED TILL 28 JUNE 2009! All that rush for nothing! Anyway whatever interesting stuff that happened on that day wasn't that. It was something before.

While I was waiting for the bf, I went to the Starbucks at Raffles City Shopping Centre. The smaller one, not the big one out at the entrance. I went in, got myself a seat and went to get myself a coffee. At the counter, there were 2 girls in front of me and the man behind the counter was happily talking to them. So I patiently wait and queue. However, who knows what the stupid man was thinking. I was standing there, behind those girls and he didn't even bat an eyelid at me. In fact, I don't think that he even knows of my existence. He was happily chatting to the girls about some mundane stuff and from the snippets of their conversation I picked up, it sounds like a classic pick-up conversation. He was saying things like "Oh, so you are a morning person, or an all-day person? Hahaha.." It sort of got worse when the girls got down to their orders proper. Its like they have been standing there for ages and they haven't even ordered?!?! Was the guy even doing his job?!?!??? I was mildly irritated and quite amused. He even gave the girls 2 extra teabags and said something that sort of made me cringe slightly. He said, "I wish that I could stay with you till midnight but I can't."

Who says things like that to your customers?!?!?!?? And when it finally came to me, he just did the usual of taking my order and he sort of walked away. Ookkk... The girls were not exactly pretty so it's really weird. I understand that Starbucks values their services standards blah blah but this is kind of overdoing it right? I think it sort of borders on harassment. So strange. And the girls actually stood there and entertained him. What is the world coming to??

Yay, another long post. -.-"

Sunday was SIM Family Day and the venue was at the Singapore Zoo! Of course I went! It is the company's family day and we as staff, should support such activities! :) The only issue I had was that activities started damn early. Like 10am. Well, we reached around 10.30am and registered myself for a goodie bag (which only had an umbrella and a bottle of mineral water) and for the early bird lucky draw. Woo! How many opportunities do I have to qualify for anything that is early-bird? I'm like the last person who would qualify for such things. But I think Providence is trying to convince me otherwise. It is trying to convince me that the early birds really do get the worm because I won! I won $10 Coffee Bean voucher. And the final overall lucky draw, I won too. That was $30 NTUC voucher.

I did take some photos on Sunday so photos will be up soon, hopefully (cross fingers). Getting too tired to blog.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 12:45 am :

'Tis the season to be attached, fa-la-la-la la-la-la-laaaaa...

Seriously! I met a boyfriend yesterday and met a girlfriend today. It seems like everyone is getting attached these days, suddenly! So strange. Well, hope that they are happy though. Waiting for more updates along the way...

In a mood to blog these days so here are today's photos! Extremely fast, I would say. Now lh has no excuse to say that I don't upload my photos fast enough! Today confirm damn fast.

Today, or rather yesterday, was supposed to be meeting a friend's girlfriend for the first time. Actually the initial plan was to spy on them before we appear before them so that we could secretly observe how they behave when they think that they are alone. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, the gf wasn't working at where we thought she was and she didn't knock off at the time we thought she did too! The plan was a disaster fail!

Well, as much as the plan failed, we still need to fill our tummies so smart cw decided to go to Raffles Marina to try to catch the sunset. After much travelling and almost reaching the Tuas Checkpoint, in which both me and lh lamented that we didn't bring our passports and will be caught and quarantined and forced to work for them without sleep..., we finally reached Raffles Marina with 1 inch of sunset left before it rests for today. So we frantically took photos then worry about our grumbling stomachs.

The view of the horizon from the swimming pool

I like how the tree looks

I like how calm the water looks

The boardwalk-like place looks so out there

After frantically taking photos like some tourists, the sun finally set and we went to settle our growling tummies. Had dinner at this place upstairs called Captain's Table and had ala carte buffet. The food was pretty good and we binged like we hadn't ate for 10 years. As I took a picture of every dish that we ordered, we found out that we ordered 15 dishes, and there were only 3 of us. And the amazing thing was that we finished everything!

The view taken from the restaurant

Menus

Spy conspirator #1

Spy conspirator #2

Taken while the sun was really going down and the sky is kind of grayish-orangey-blue

Look! Spy #1 will be good spy because she can be almost the same size as my teacup!

Dish #1 - Some toufu and mushroom thingy.

Not the best dish we had.

But upon a closer look, it does look quite yummy.

Dish #2 - Crispy Chicken.

The skin was crispy enough and the portion was not too big for us to get sick of it.

Dish #3 - Char Siew.

Normal tasting too.

Dish #4 - Fried Wanton.

It is exactly the stuff that I had in Primary School every recess. I would bite off the fat round part and then crunch on the top part. Sorry for the blurry picture though, I must have been too hungry and no energy to keep my hands stable!

Dish #5 - Netted Spring Roll.

Initially I was wondering why is it called "Netted Spring Roll" but when the dish came, I understood perfectly. The skin was netty. What a creative name!

Anyway, it tasted good. Instead of the usual spring roll fillings, it was yam. But the yam wasn't too much and wasn't too overwhelming too. Perfect balance.

Dish #6 - Garlic Stir-fried Beef

This is fantastic too. It was cooked to a right balance, not too hard and not too chewy. Even after we left it alone for awhile and left it to cool, it didn't taste horrible when it was cold too. The beef was still tender and the taste was not covered by all the garlic and onions.

Dish #7 - 3 types of egg dish.

Its the typical Chinese egg dish in which they used eggs, salted eggs and century eggs and mix them together. Kind of like 水蛋 but with more substance. Not too watery and you can still taste the eggs. Even the century eggs didn't taste too awful. Coming from someone who doesn't like century eggs, that's good enough.

Dish #8 - Deep fried Garoupa (I think)

We actually had one whole fish, although there was only flesh on one side. The fish didn't taste very very fresh though but it wasn't too bad. Just that maybe after frying, the flesh was a little too hard.

Dish #9 - Papaya mu-er Soup

It was individual servings and lh had some crab stick spinach thingy that after drinking, made her spoon looked like it just came out of a swamp filled with moss.

Not much comments on the soup though. Not very memorable.

Dish #10 - Siew Mai

Dish #11 - Guo Tie

Dish #12 - Sauteed Prawns (or sau-tee prawn according to lh)

After taking this picture, I thought that the prawns' colour looks damn good! Its looks really yummy because the prawns look so whole and complete and orangey!

It definitely lived up to its image. It was really yummy. And of course, thanks cw for peeling the prawns!

Dish #13 - Scallops with mushrooms and tons of celery

Dish #14 - Garlic stir-fried gailan

I've never had such yummy tasting vegetables. And the secret to that? Use tons of oil. Each piece of the vege was really shiny looking, meaning that it was coated with a layer of oil!

Dish #15 - Gong Bao Diced Chicken

This dish was a super hard dish to take a picture of. In lh's camera, it just looked like a pool of black stuff. It is not much better here too BUT! It tasted fantabulous!

Dish #16 - Fruit Sago

So while I was busy trying to take a decent photo of this dessert, lh and cw had already started on theirs. When I finally started on mine, lh has already finished her. So, I said that the pineapple was sweet and cw popped a piece into his mouth. Then I asked him what was the orangey thing in the bowl and he said that it was peach.

All the while, we didn't notice that lh didn't participate in our conversation. Then suddenly she said something, "Why you all got so much things inside one? I only had 3 types of fruit and there were only 3 pieces in total!"

No wonder she was so quiet.

All in all, the place is not too bad a place to visit. Their buffet is only applicable to dinner and after adding everything in, it was about $30 per person. I think you get a 10% discount if you are a member of the club. Honestly speaking, for the price I'll rather go to Peony Jade. The quality of the food is almost on par and it has a bit more variety than this place.

Now, back to the objective of today's meetup: seeing a friend's gf. In the end, we did manage to see her. We made the effort to drive down to IKEA and meet them for coffee at Holland V subsequently. She is pretty nice and maybe a little innocent and naive. Well, it seems like she does genuinely care for my friend. Hopefully the feeling is mutual.

While we were sitting in Starbucks, we started asking her about all sorts of stuff. Stuff about herself and stuff about her and him. It was so hilarious when we asked her what she saw in him and she replied that he had a kind heart. At that moment, me lh and cw was just dumbfounded. I mean, its not that my friend was unkind, its just that despite knowing each other for 10 million years, its very very strange to hear someone say that he is very kind. Her exact words were “我觉得他很善良”. OK... All the best to them!!

Now just waiting to mx mx mx mx mx to update us.... :)

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Monday, June 08, 2009, 4:07 pm :

For the past week I have been driving to work since my dad was away, and my mum wanted someone to fetch her to work. Everyday I drove to work and cursed at the stupid drivers on the road. I hope no one else is cursing me along the way too. I like to think that I can drive pretty well, my only problem was my parking. But with some practice, I think that my parking is pretty swell now too. ;)

Work has been pretty hectic because we gotta tie up the exams loose ends and prepare for the final exams meetings which will conclude this round of exam craze. Hopefully there will not be crazy students coming to appeal for their marks and give all sort of crap like "I've studied really hard and I'm convinced that I got an A!" Come on, what you think in your head is usually drastically different from reality.

On another note, I rotted at home throughout the weekend and finished ANTM Cycle 12. Yes, I did mention to kutu that I would not watch the cycles anymore because it was getting stale and cliched and everything else you could imagine from a show which had exhausted everything in their imagination after maybe 6 cycles. However, due to some unforeseen and strange reason, I began to search for the episodes in Youtube and the rest is history! It is still cliched and cheesy and weird and strange and nothing good about it but somehow I felt more complete. Shit! ANTM has became a part of my life! Tyra Banks had poisoned my mind! I felt strange knowing that there is a new cycle out there but I wasn't watching it! I felt like I was betraying the show! God help me!!

What went worse over the weekend was me going to fetch my mum from work. Not that the act itself was bad, it was the process. As usual, she spoke to me while I was still in lalaland and asked me to fetch her after work, time to be confirmed again. Soon, she called me and told me that she would end around 4.25pm. So I set out for lunch, went home for a few episodes of ANTM and around 4.20pm I drove out to JCU to wait for her. So I waited and waited and waited. I called her and she said she had just finished work, asking me where was I, and I replied that I was at the carpark near the entrance, in front of the basketball court. Then she asked the golden question: "Where are you? I am at SIM."

I tell you I almost fainted. Luckily I had great driving skills (",) and immediately rushed over to SIM.

Moral of the story: Do not try to tell other people things when they are sleeping and make sure that you state the time and venue clearly!

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Sunday, August 03, 2008, 4:49 am :

Yes, I've changed my blogskin.

Although I don't feel the need to announce that fact since it is quite in-your-face, but to prevent people from thinking that they had stumbled upon the wrong blog.

Have been thinking of changing the blogskin for some time but I have a rather soft spot for procrastination, hence the change is only happening now although I have been thinking about it before my sister left for Disneyland, which was about 3 months ago.

Well, went for the Sodagreen concert just now. Some photos and thoughts will be posted soon.

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Monday, June 23, 2008, 11:33 pm :

It has been long. I should be blogging about more food!!

But before that, let me lament about my life a little.

Working for about a month has been ~~slack~~ relaxing to say the least. And tomorrow is payday! And I got a cute new watch that looked so cute that it looks like it can be eaten! (its so cute that even my sentence is quite incoherent)

It is ridiculously colourful and cute! And it looks edible!

Ok, on to food from Taiwan!
Some unglam photos of me but the food is good. So ignore my face k. Concentrate and focus on the food!

The huge sausage in Ximending. Which is not very nice by the way. Its just huge.

The ridiculously sweet strawberries from Shilin. And for some reason I'm looking really spaced out so...stare at the strawberries, not me. :)

And my favourite! Mushrooms! Fried! Double the sin! Glutton galore!

Of course, there is no escaping Starbucks ANYWHERE. I think my supposed budget trip was not exactly budget because I kept splurging on Starbucks coffee. But but but...I need my dose of coffee so that is not an expense. Coffee is a necessity!

We saw this vending machine at the 中正纪念堂. It is a really cute vending machine that supposedly vends lollipops! We were so amused that we wanted to try and turn something out of the silly machine BUT it cheated our money instead! It ate our NT$10 and no lollipop came out despite attempts to ~~kick~~ 'reason' with the machine to give me my due, which was an obvious failure since it can't understand me. :(

Pork chop with curry at some cafe along the street. I ate spaghetti. It wasn't exactly the best I've tasted and my spaghetti was not fantastic too. I guess Taiwan is all about street food.

The somewhat Thai food we had in Kending. For some reason, there are alot of thai (alleged) cafes in Kending and honestly speaking, the food was just normal. But the prawn (3rd picture) was great. It is fried prawns without shells (hooray!), doused with generous amount of mayonnaise and candy sprinkles that are usually used for ice cream! It was such a sweet delight. Thinking back on it makes me drool..

Delicious prawns we had in 旗津. Just look at the translucent colour of them, don't you just want to pick them up and suck them dry?! They were live prawns caught fresh and they are cheap. It was so sweet that I threw any reservations towards prawns with their blackish guts out of the window. It was the freshest-tasting prawn I've ever tasted! Of course, I didn't have to do the shelling. (I found out that when I am talking about food, my language somehow gets tangled up in funny structures. Must be the stomach doing funny things to my brain)

Back to street food. They may look bland but hell, they taste heavenly. The rice was so tasty that I think I don't even need the chicken or the pork as side dishes. 10x better than any of the 鸡丝饭 they claim to sell here.

Actually I forgot what this was. Something with mushrooms and pork and stuff. I think it is some dumpling-like thing which I wasn't really fond of. Maybe it was because of the incriminating cucumber-lookalike thing on top of it.

Some form of ji cha meal in Hualian. Fried rice (again!) with tau gay (obviously not ordered by me), some cabbage thingy and sweet and sour pork.

And I got this off the streets too! Some guy just walked up to me and gave me 2 packets of this mushroom-flavoured-mamee-like thing and told me I can give him any amount. I was too stunned to reject him and I thought that he was giving me food for free, it must have been the glutton in me taking control, and I just gave him NT$10, I think. On a side note, it actually taste quite good, just a tad too salty.

With all the Chinese food, I just HAD to indulge myself in some other forms of sausages, the Western- style. Hotdog bun with a generous dopping of cheese. Damn. I'm hungry already.

The enjoyable thing about eating in Taiwan was that I do not have to think at all when I order or buy anything. It is almost definitely to be affordable and cheaper than I've ever paid for anything here.
Well, ending off the post with some melons and fruits. :)

Look at the size of those melons!

Fruit galore! It makes our fruit stall looks like masak. And I think my mum will love this and most probably lug back boxes of *fill in names of fruits*, just like how she made me lug 2 boxes of peaches back from Chengdu the last time we went. -_-"

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