730 Days of My Life

Friday, October 8, 2010

Eat Out - Dainty Sichuan Restaurant (Spicy Sichuan Food)

Day 67

Today we had a farewell dinner for Yilin who has ended her 3 month secondment here and will be heading home on Sunday. The dinner was at Dainty Sichuan Restaurant, a place where Jasmine, Jiaqi and Allison, went to last weekend for dinner. Prior to the dinner, we were joking about bringing milk to dinner to ease the spiciness and how we will all end up with natural blush.

Sichuan food isn't really my cup of tea, too oily and spicy and you can't really taste the food except the spiciness. But it is a good place to go during cold winter as you get 'heated' up pretty fast! We ordered the Spicy Fried Crab and the crabs are supposed to be stacked on top of one another, like a tower. The waiter who was carrying it was walking so slowly and he had an "escort" to clear the path for him. But when he placed it on our table, the tower toppled and Mr Tan immediately used his hands to catch the falling crabs! The crabs were really hot and he burnt his fingers a little. My hero!

The only dish that I like was the Pork Ribs and Fish. The Pork Ribs was tasty and being non-spicy, it was something to calm the hot tongue. The fish was very tender! Although it was swimming in the chilli oil, it was so tender that I couldn't help but go for it even though the chilli and pepper was really hot. Other than these 2 dishes, the eggplant was a favourite among the girls.

At the end of the dinner, everyone was still coping fine because Janice, Diego, Allison (the Canadians) and Alex (the Australian with Italian roots) didn't really eat much of the dishes but they certainly polished up their rice. We did see 1 "Jolie" though. Haha.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

I'm flying back to Paradise!

Day 65

After days of deliberation, we've finally booked our tickets! Tickets are very expensive so we are going to stay for the max time possible! 3 weeks! Woohoo~

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

I'm proud of Papa and Mama Goh!

Day 64

Papa and Mama Goh are dinosaurs when it comes to IT. Handphone is the furthest they had explored. Even for handphones, it is just to make calls. No photos, no videos, no music, too complicated they say. But they have been taking little steps. Last year, they learnt how to take pictures using a digicam and it took us so many attempts to show them how to use it before they finally took the plunge.

Before I came over, they were bugging me everyday to show them how to use Skype so that they can talk to me EVERYDAY. Yes, everyday. If I'm not home, I need to tell them beforehand or leave them a msg on Skype to let them know. Otherwise, Papa Goh will be 'bombed' by Mama Goh and he has to call me on my handphone to check on me. Mama Goh seems to think that something must have happened to me if I'm not on Skype. (Choy! Touch wood!)

Papa and Mama Goh can now switch on my desktop and log on Skype and video chat with me. Not an easy feat for 2 dinosaurs but Mama Goh wrote down every step on her notebook and I even pasted a sticker on the "on" button in case they can't find it. Recently, Papa Goh started typing messages to me over Skype and I am very impressed! Of course, he needs to work on his Spelling and Grammar but he is no longer a Dinosaur. :) One of his messages had me laughing all night. Haha.

2 weeks ago, I got another surprise! They are now on Facebook! They got Mei to set up an account for them and now, they want to learn how to use FB! All because I am away from home, they want to be able to see the photos I took and be updated with my life. Thank you, Papa and Mama Goh. You are the best! I am so proud of you! Next, I am going to introduce Bejeweled to them and get them hooked on the game! Haha.

This had me laughing all night

Sunday, October 3, 2010

6th Month Anniversary / 2nd Month Anniversary

Day 62

Today is our 6th month wedding anniversary. :)
It also marks our 2nd month away from home.

Daylight saving started last night at 2am and we were up to see the jump in our computer clocks. After 1.59am, it didn't go to 2am but instead, went forward to 3am! We woke up late and went to the city. The weather has warmed up and it was 24°C today! Woohoo~ Finally no more thick winter wear! The people here have started wearing shorts, spag tops and slippers! Time for my sunglasses, shorts and Birkis to make their appearances! =)

We decided to cook Mee Siam for dinner today and I must say, this mix is the best we have tasted so far. We have tried Laksa, Vegetable Curry, Chicken Curry and Prawn Mee. This tasted the closest to what we have back home and Mr Tan said it is the best Mee Siam he's ever had. Bon Appetit!