no, not the George Michael song; but how time flies.
30th June 2008, i was at Singapore Changi Airport to take my flight to Brisbane, Australia. after 7 hours of flying, i arrived in Brisbane. i still remember the time, 7am. winter, 10 degrees.
just like that, 2 semesters and exactly 1 year swept by.
30th June 2009. i'm at Toowong train station with 3 luggage, waiting for the train to head to Brisbane International Airport.
while i waited for my ride, "Take Me Home, Country Roads", a song by John Denver, was playing on my ipod.
i quickly grabbed a Chambord from the duty free, and went to the boarding gate.
when the plane finally left the runway, they turned on the entertainment.
and i was greeted with this.
so the air stewardess came over and rebooted the system.
it took forever to load. so in the mean time, i had to peek thru the seats and watch whatever the person infront was watching, Confessions of a Shopaholic.
soon, the first meal came. requested for a bottle of chardonnay.
lamb stew with potatoes and long beans.
after the meal... still loading...
so i rested.
and the second meal came even before i had the chance to digest the first meal.
this vanilla mousse with chocolate shavings is very nice.
i can't remember what this meal was. but everything in it was nice.
at the end, when the plane was just about to arrive in Singapore in 30mins. they showed me, this is the spirit of Australia. and i still hadn't manage to watch anything.
30th June
for a whole year, i was feeding myself with oats and bread daily.
and when you've deprived yourself of singapore local food for a year...
you hit straight for the hawker centre to fill your bloodstream with hawker food.
yessss..... at chomp chomp, serangoon gardens.
1st July
ok. the story goes like this.
apart from both my parents, no one knew i was gonna go back to Singapore.
not even my best friends...
so Tuesday night, they were still happily chatting with me over msn thinking i was still in Brisbane, asking me to skype with them on Wednesday night.
little did they know, that i was already planning to go to their place to surprise them.
and Howard managed to still put up his most suave surprised look.
actually, both howard and mandy was stunned and stoned. first time in my life, i see the priceless expressionless look on their faces. damn... should've taken a picture.
that night, after they reeled back from surprise, we headed out to surprise someone else. but i got surprised myself by the scream when she saw me.
we quickly headed out to have late night supper, something impossible to achieve while living in Brisbane. while i was ordering, they fooled around.
introducing my favourite 阿里山 teochew porridge.
located... somewhere along kovan. near SRJC.
2nd July
helped someone to cam whore. and then edited the photos, such that they look more presentable. hahaha....
4th July
they brought me to a food wholesale centre, Ben's food. at Tuas, fishery port road.
it is a place open to public only on saturdays, from 10am to noon.
a place to buy damn cheap meats.
initially i chose the normal beef ribeye. but i found out they sell angus ribeye.
so....
i bought a 4.5kg piece.
made my own red wine sauce. has celery, carrots, onions, butter and red wine
goes marvelously well with the steak. i mean, angus steak.
5th July
Dim Sum. the only place i'll go for.
at night, steak for dinner. again.
salmon sashimi
salad greens
cherry blossom tea.
7th July
i'm on my way to steamboat dinner at Tampines.
always had me wondering what these 2 buildings are.
10th July
there was an Arts event for a few days while i was back in Sg.
and all the museums were open for free admissions.
there were also performances at some of the museums.
i only passed by SAM and the flea market outside.
Dinner! at purvis street. mini steamboat...
and hainanese chicken rice.
after dinner stroll at National Museum of Singapore.
they have this interesting exhibit right in the middle of the foyer once you enter the museum. it's a stack of pink floral print tanks; i think the exhibit is called Love tank.
when something or somewhere is free in Singapore, expect crowds.
and idiots.
settled at Starbucks for refreshments.
11th July
at the Soup restaurant.
ate chicken again. it's not just any chicken, it's the Samsui chicken. with absolutely delicious ginger dip.
and then desserts.
and then we all went kbox for 歌神 to 大展歌喉。
and he turned the place into his own concert.
i forgot what song he was singing. but that's timberlake on the screen
soon, his craze spread to other audiences.
especially with this 草蜢 song.
帅！
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i want to take this chance to thank howard, janeiro, mandy, jia jun and sardi.
thank you guys so much for buying such a hip and trendy crumpler camera bag.
so trendy, so hip, my grandfather looks like he's ready for school.
i really liked the color on its own, but a tad difficult to match with certain clothes.
so eventually i got this.
18th July
organized a steamboat and BBQ at my grandma's.
the 浪子, finally posing for a picture.
but what that always amaze me, is the amount of prawns he can clear.
thanks weiting. for making the berry tart i wanted to eat.
oh ya.... and also the tiramisu... simply the best.
after so much food, there's a tendency that people tend to be delirious.
the sane ones play a mind boggling game that involves unique tiles, 4 players and a square table.
23rd July
there's this new Japanese restaurant located inside the new Tampines One.
it's kinda like Marche but Japanese food.
most of the food are nice. the sushi is great, very fresh and tasty.
here's a little something of their dessert.
24th July
2 days before i head back to Brisbane.
meeting the guys for Brazilian buffet this evening.
decide to head to City to take some photos and kill time.
went to the TCC at Suntec to murder more time.
i've never been to one at all. pretty impressed by the furnishings of the place.
we made reservations for dinner at casa do churrasco brazil, a restaurant situated at katong village. they have a salad bar that serves Brazilian food.
Brazil national cocktail, the mojito.
according to them, they are the first authentic Brazilian restaurant in Singapore. those who have been to Carnivore would see that it is the same style of food and serve.
they would come to your table, with a huge parang-like knife and a lump of meat on a skewer. they'll tell you what the meat was, and if you want it, they'll slice one for you.
i daresay all the meats they serve is fantastic.
very well grilled and seasoned. brazilian food is on the salty side, so for those who don't take salty food, watch out.
best dish that night is in this picture.
the pineapple, seasoned with cinnamon sugar and grilled to perfection...
and the small thing there is chicken heart. very chewy... i like!
the 4 gluttonteers!
26th July: 2am.
apart from all the food seen in this post, there's much much more i didn't manage to show.
within the first 6 days back in Sg, i gained 3kg. what's more is that the previous month i already stopped going to the gym due to exams.
and now?
2 o'clock in the morning. due to fly at night. and i'm out, munching chicken rice.
yes, the main culprits seen in photo below.
hahaha.... actually by going back to Sg for 3 weeks, everyone around me have to suffer the fate of getting fat and gaining weight. because they all had to company me to eat. eat. and eat.
by the time we finished chicken rice at 2+am in the morning...
shifted to having desserts... and they were actually very good.
this place is somewhere along katong.
yam paste with coconut milk.
姜汁汤圆.
then we went to Bedok reservoir for a stroll... about 3am i think.
dead tired... thanks guys!
26th July: 6pm
my flight back was at terminal 1.
funny thing is that i reached there and felt like having KFC for dinner.
but we ended up having dinner at the foodcourt. damn expensive.
after dinner, the guys came to send me off.
checking in.
till next time... see you guys. in a year.
