lazy lazy me will equate to a long long quite/very long entry...
Sunday: woke up late. then got my dad to drive me to the supermarket to get some ingredients for baking a xmas fruit cake minus the alcohol. whn i came back, i started to chop the cherries, walnuts and apricots. by the time i finish, it was already dinner time. so dinner first thn bake cake! cake took a total of 4+ hours to finish baking including preparation. by the time we finished it was already abt 12 midnight.
the cake turned out not bad. it had the taste and oomph of a fruit cake, but all fruits sinked to the bottom! i reckon the batter was not heavy enough, thus must add a bit more flour. the top of the cake was also very very dry. so either must add more apple juice or cut down baking timing...
Monday: dear took leave again. but it was a bad day. not as happy as the other days dear took leave to accompany me. we left the house to have lunch at food republic. all was fine till we reached food republic about 1pm...
i wanted to try the noodles at one of the restaurants there. it was the chinese restaurant n i was quite gian on the soy sauce chicken noodle. since there wasn't any seats in the "common" area, we decided to sit in the restaurant itself n dear would get somthing from the restaurant. as we enter, we simply sat down n i went to get my food first while dear remained in out seats to reserve the place. i ordered hor fun instead, got my food, carried my tray n made my way back to the seat. on the way back, i saw the lady captain ushering dear to another seat saying the place we were occupying was actually for a place for 4. n after we shifted seats, she started to place towels n our tables and said it was complusory for these and drinks. at this point, dear asked if there was service charge, i knew what he was thinking... cos i was thinking the same too.
when we entered the restaurant n sat down, NO ONE bothered to come and serve us, asking how many people, blah blah like how normally restaurants would. i bought the food n carried the tray MYSELF, even after being ushered to new seats. NO ONE bothered to carry the tray for me. after sitting down, no apologies nothing, just shoved us the towels n drinks. if i wasn't hungry almost to the gastric extent, i would have gave the tray to the lady captain n walked off with me dear.
so since there was no service charge, i n dear open one eye closed one eye. dear started to order his duck noodles and a dumpling soup for us to share. that's when dear got a bit pissed. i was pissed too, but had to act nothing, cannot add fuel to fire... hehe... i'm a very very slow eater, exteremely slow. i can be the first to start eating but the last to finish. i took at least 25 minutes to finish my plate of noodles. when i was having my last few bites, dear's food came... my goodness...
dear refused to accept the food, making the manager to bring back to the kitchen. in the end, we did not use the towels too and the manager took them back. in the end, we were only charged for the drinks.
we made our way to cineleisure to collect the tickets n walked around to find a place for dear to eat. i got distracted by zhuan zhuan again... this time round, it was chicken little. there were 2 machines, one on 3rd floor which was empty, one at basement was could not accept any coins. by the time we settled down at the sushi place in cineleisure, it was already 2pm. it was such a coincidence that Jen was there with her frd too, and were seated opposite us with the converyer belt in between. the movie was at 2.30. so dear quickly ordered udon, a handroll and tempura. while waiting for his orders to come, i mouth itchy, n grabbed 2 plates to eat. chatted a bit with Jen too. we waited n waited till 2.25... no sign of food. so we got the pple to count the 2 miserable plates n got out fast. suggested we get popcorn or nachos or something, but dear said he was not hungry. i bought drinks while dear we to the toilet. when we entered the cinema, it was already pitch black. less than 5 trailers later, the movie started showing...
so excited to watch the movie! so excited to c chicken little! soooooo cute! the movie wasnt as good as the chicken itself. basically i only enjoyed watching the cute fella, not watching the movie. the incredibles was better... after the movie, i bought LJS shrimps and fries and we made our way home. dear went home for dinner only coming over again to look for his newspapers.
Tuesday: went walk walk with my sis. first stop, cineleisure, main focus, to zhuan zhuan for chicken little! haha... but we had lunch first. i had chicken chop spaghetti. a bit regret, chould have asked for the rice instead. anyway, after lunch, tried to zhuan zhuan again, but the 2 machines still out of order. my sis tried for other stuff as well.
next stop, plaza singapura to look at mickey mouse tees and to check with starhub regarding the free tv giveaway... on the way, we stopped at OG orchard point to buy snacks! at plaza sing, no nice tees, so din buy anything. but mouth itchy, bought a box of double cheese takopachi and share with my sis. yummy! loads of bacon wrapped in flourball! loads of cheese too! but i think they accidently switch off the power for the heater for the cheese cos the cheese was cold n lumpy...
then we made out way to suntec. also to zhuan zhuan. we at last got out chicken littles and other charmy kitties and my melody handphone accessories. we spent about 45 bucks, damn our luck was bad... bought a scoop of ben n jerry's coffee ice cream which was so yummy yummy and crossed the road to milenia walk to candy empire. there, i got a box of chocolates for my thai ex-colleauges and proceeded to our next stop, marina square.
at marina we shopped ard, walked ard. i bought a t-shirt and a keychain that had a glove, baseball and bat on it. then we sat down to wait for our parents to join us for dinner. i had a cup of tea while my sis looked thru her zhuan zhuans... when my parents came, we had dinner at sakae sushi. Dunno if its just for marina square outlet, but its quality has gone up. after dinner, i showed my mum a top i saw at esprit but she had no confidence of altering it, so did not buy in the end. thn i bought a pair of shoes too. by the time we reached home, it was already 9+.
after online for a while, watch tv, blah blah, i tried to take a nap to wake up to watch the chelsea liverpool match. but i cloudnt sleep so stayed up all the way. it was a boring 0-0 draw. thn i went to sleep... or rather nap... cos...
Wednesday: woke up late. too sleepy i guess. it was already 8.45 when i woke up. rushed to bath. just then, my sis woke up too n says she wana come along. by the time we left the house for the clinic, it was already 10. had to go clinic for blood test although it was rest week.
time spent at the clinic this time round was longer then usual cos the nurses were very bz. when i was walking ard, i realised why they were so bz cos it was almost full house, so many people have their chemos. after my bood test, as usual, my white blood cell count was low... so i was given a booster. went for lunch at food republic again... hehe... this time round i had economical rice. mum had yong tau foo n sis tried the kway chap. the kway chap was not bad but my economical rice was just the avg, the kind where u eat, but not comment cos there are no comments at all. the moment i drank my sis kway chap soup, i was like, "quite good leh", now tt's the difference...
after lunch, walked ard at isetan a bit thn walked over to the post office at taka to post the chocolates to thailand. after that, we made our way to the supermarket to get some stuff cos my mum wanted me to bake a cheesecake for her ex-colleagues. then mum went home on her own first while i n sis went to bugis to get her bag.
upon reaching home, i went straight into action. took out the cream cheese n butter to thaw. did the base and let it set in the fridge. measured the rest of the ingredients, blend blend, bake bake. timing was just nice, cheesecake done by dinner time. left to cool down at room temperature while having dinner. when grocery shopping was done in the afternoon with mum, i forgot abt the canned peaches and strawberries. so after dinner, i left the cheesecake in the fridge to chill n dad drove us out to buy. n of cos, since i was doing the shopping, we ended up with things not targetted for! haha... anyway, the strawberries were 15 bucks for a 250g pack and apprently from korea. not that we have a choice, they are the only strawberries avaliable.
upon reaching home, i started to place the fruits on top of the cheesecake. and while cutting the strawberries, i knew why they cost 15 bucks! they were so damn bloody sweet! i told my mum, from now onwards, we shall buy only 15 bucks strawberries and she laughed. within 5 minutes, the strawberries were in our stomachs. the usual strawberries would not be done in 5 minutes. maybe 3 days instead, cos we would only eat about 2 at a time, too sour...
stayed up again for the man u match. called dear to wake him up. damn disappointing. lost 2-1 to benfica, ended up last in the group and exited from the champions league. since man u placed last, cannot even quali for uefa. the most disappointing european competition from them since i supported them when i was in secondary 2, about a decade already... scholes put us ahead in the 6th minute, but we could not hold onto the lead... sigh sigh...
Thursday: quiet day today... continued with the cross stitch for my mum's frd while watching tvb serials. dun think i have ever mentioned abt tvb actress, myolie wu hang ee, hu xin er in chinese.
all along, i preferred to watch tvb cantonese dramas in cantonese not chinese but would never spent money renting or buying vcds or video tapes. then i started to like her after watching her act as a girl who's low in iq. from then now, i started to buy the vcds of the serials she's in n watch them in cantonese. usually these vcds are only avaliable after the serials starts showing on cable. so i would watch in chinese first on cable, then in cantonese on vcds. then finally the serial would be on a hong kong channel, tvbj on cable, and i would watch again... haha... its only after i started to like her, then i got crazy over the tvb serials vcds...
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