Last night

Today is the last day in SG before I leave for my month long trip to the faraway land of Europe. So many things happened during this time of preparation, and now finally we leaving on a jet plane, don't know when we'll be back again. Okie, just kidding, I do know when I'll be back, thats on the 11th of July. Quite a long time away from home. My mama will be back tomorrow!!! but I won't see her because her flight will only touch down at about 10 plus. So take care mama.

Went to Raffles to change our Euros today, For the first time in my life I was holding on to 15k of $50 notes. And if ya thinking that its gonna look like some mafia gathering, exchanging money in classic brief case, think again. 15k only came to about a stack that is less than 5 cm thick.

I changed 1000 Euros, will be taking out more $$ tmr from the bank. Also went to the agency to get our Eurail passes, thats another $1000 gone. Still have quite a bit to do, gotta return my library books, get money from bank, pack my bags (yes, I know I've said this many times, but I'm still not finished with my bag). Okie, now its up, up and away.... Goodbye people, see you all soon!

First

For the first time in my life today (I mean yesterday), I am really faced with financial difficulty. Haiz, I went to top up my diesel tank, as usual I topped up $20, after discount its $19. So I went ahead to swipe my card, but alas the most hated things has to happen, my card cannot be used. The counter staff told me that my card is sort of locked and that I may want to check with the bank, but I guess it should be because I do not have money in the account already. This is the first time such a thing has happened. Damn sad man. Luckily I took my mama's atm card with me today (before my mama left, she had purposely left her atm card behind together with her card no. so that I could take money if I need it), else I would not have enough to pay the cashier. Haiz, it does make me look back and think to myself whether the decision to go on this trip is really worth it. I have never been on a trip this disorganised, and with this much problems. Initially after looking at the way they book the hotels and stuff, I already expected some problems to occur, but the problems just seem to be piling and for a moment I did regret accepting the offer to go on the trip. Why am I putting myself in such a situation where I am in such a bad shape. If I had gone to another place, this would be so much easier, and my life would not be this terrible. Right now I am looking forward to the trip, and at the same time hating the trip. It has reached a 50-50 situation, especially the money issue. I am trying my best to accommodate the money problems. As in, if I have to fork out a little bit more, then I try to say its ok with me. But I don't know if the rest realise that I am already pushing my accounts to their limits already. I cannot push myself any further. This is pretty bad, well since its already a fact that I'll be going there then I guess I will have to make the best of it. But I really can't afford anymore hiccups. Going deeper into my piggy bank is a big no no, I'll just work with what I have and try my best to enjoy the month. My mama is now in HK, I hope she is enjoying herself. I miss my mama, I really do. How I wish I can see her right now. Its times like this that I really really miss her, just feel that there are so many things that I can talk to her about. And when she's around, I just keep quiet and sometimes make her mad. I'm trying my best to be a good child, but I'm not up to the mark yet. At 25, she still has to worry about me. Mama, I'm sorry, I will work towards being a better child. But in the mean time, you still gotta help me with my trip. =)

Taiwan goodies

Vivian just came back from Taiwan and she bought some food stuff for us, and this had got to be the most interesting stuff she got for us, hahaha

The packaging is pretty cute right, hahaha.

Inside there are packets of boobs, they are actually white citrus chocolates

Deli Moroccan

Hmmm... I can't remember if I've already mentioned this, but anyway the main point of interest of this entry is the photos...

Last thursday Imran brought me to Haji Lane for Moroccan food at Deli Moroccan. Its along the walkway towards the Sultan Mosque. I'm beginning to like Haji Lane. The ambiance is good, its very ethnic, very middle eastern. I think it a pretty nice place to relax and chill out with a bunch of friends. And the best part is, it is not crowded. Unlike the city area and some dance clubs where there is limited space, many a times we are stuck in a 1 by 1 foot square; and the only type of dance that you can engage in is hopping up and down vertically like a lost bunny. And thats not the worst part, the worst is when there are people inside who (1) stink, (2) sweat like hell, (3) might have stood at an area for too long and probably thought that they have become a fossil, standing beside you. Number 1, trying to maneuver through this groups of people can be quite a daunting task. You have to try to hold your breadth for very long (because the line is stagnant, if it was water mosquitoes could like breed there), and then you have to be sharp enough to spot small openings between people and try to squeeze through without getting touched or touching any of the sweating bodies. A bit of sweat and stickiness is alright, but I have come across people who look like they've just came out of a shower. Then there are the group called the fossils, who just stand there and don't move or attempt to give way no matter how many excuse mes you shout into their ear. I have no idea whether they are deaf or visually handicapped, but they are standing there just like a pillar. Utmost irritating. Lets see, did I also mention about the group of people who just think they are most beautiful creatures that god has created. Yup, they think they are damn good looking, and then just try to pose as if the whole world is looking at them. Come on, get a life dude. And then there is the group of young kids and ah bengs who probably values the past. They might be try to revive the glory period of the days of clubs like fire and centro. Because they not only dress like the past, they behave like the past. Kids who think they are old enough just because they add a few fucks and chee byes into their speech, it just irritates me. Sorry if you are one of them, I'll probably hate you. To me, if you are 16, act like a 16 year old. If you are a 26 act like a 26 year old. enough said. Well, having said that, I do like to go clubs once in a while. The frequency is getting lower now, probably I just feel that I've passed that phased. Now I'd rather sit in a pub and have drinks with my friends, playing silly pub games, or just to have a nice meal together. I value that time together more than having a million friends in clubs who you probably recognise their faces but deep in your heart you are asking yourself ,"where the fuck have I seen this guy before" and "what the hell is his name"... and the next thing to do is to give that colgate smile and say ,"Hi, long time no see". Yup, the fake-o days are probably over for me, although I do use this tactic once in a while. I'm pretty bad with names, It'll take some time for me to register your name in my pea-brain.

Okok, I realise that I'm getting out of point with all that clubbing issues I have. Well back to the main point - Deli Moroccan. The food there is pretty authentic, we had the Tajin (I think my spelling is wrong here) chicken with potatoes and a pita bread; and also ordered the Moroccan mint tea. The chicken was great, tasted fabulous. The portion don't look big, but together with the pita bread, it was a pretty filling combination. The service was also commendable. The staff were friendly, half-way through our meal, the boss came out and just talked to us for a while. The mint tea was also pretty special, it tasted a little like bubble gum, I think its because they use spearmint. Yup, but it was really quite nice. So all in all, I think that place is pretty nice place to check out.

Sultan Mosque

The menu

Imran - my 2mp camera is actually pretty clear at night, erm at least better than I had expected
Tajin chicken with super lot of potatoes

Mint tea - they even served it in there authentic steel tea cups

诈胡

Haiz, as it turned out, it was a big mistake. Erm or you could call it a beautiful mistake, as Benny put it, at least we were happy for a night. Yup, the winner on Sheng Siong show last night was not my mama. It was someone with the same name, haiz. But nevermind, whats not meant to be yours will never be yours, life still goes on with or without the cash prize (of course it will be better with it, hahaha). Anyway, I figured that I've been talking about my love for my family a lot lately. Getting a little lovey-dovey with my family. but really I can only express my love for them on my blog (probably because they won't be reading this), when in a face to face situation, I just don't have that courage to say it out loud that I love them. So for all those that can't stand all this I-love-my-family shit, sorry, I think there will be more to come, especially before I leave on my holidays. I miss my family, even before I fly....

Sad dayz

This has to be one of the sad days in my life thus far. My bro left for holidays in Vietnam in the morning, and my mum left for holidays in HK in the afternoon. And by the time she returns, I'll be out of SG already, which means that I won't be able to see her till July. Just after she checked in, I was already missing my mama, hmmm. Never knew that I would miss my mama so much, love ya mama. It wasn't that bad when I drove my bro to the airport, because he'll be back before I leave, I'll still be able to see him before I leave. When my mama walked into the transit area, and waved goodbye to me, I just felt like crying, it just feels so sad. Although I know that she's going to have fun there, but maybe its because I'm leaving SG for more than a month, so I won't be able to see her for a long period of time; and she won't be able to see me off. So when she left I felt so sad, but still I wish her fun in HK, and enjoy herself. Take this period to relax and get her mind off work, she's been working so late recently.

After sending my mama off, I went to Sheng Siong to get stuff for Europe. Bought 7 big packets of instant noodles, some biskets and instant herbal tea. And it was then that I realise that the Sheng Siong show is back on TV. So with my receipt I filled up the contest form and dropped it into the contest bin. Of course deep in my heart I was thinking, "Pls, as if I'll win. In the past I've filled in so many forms and none of them ever got drawn. Even let me win $10 also good". But I still filled it up anyway. Then I went to get 4D, a few of us had agreed to buy 3430 together, 1 big and 1 small each, with hope to win something to supplement the Europe trip. After that I head home to pack my bag. Just to break down my baggage, my backpack is pretty big and the amount of clothes I have inside only take up about 10% of the entire backpack. And the other 90% is all food, hahaha, cheapo. But I don't care, I gotta try to save on food for this trip. I got limited cash remember. So now, my bag is almost packed. Still have to squeeze some stuff inside.

Then I headed to my grandma's place for dinner and to tell Da Gu about the insurance. And also to ask about photography. It was at my grandma's place that I checked the 4D. Armed with great hope that I'll win something tonight, at the back of my head already thinking of how I'm gonna spend the winnings. But of course, things did not turn out as expected, in fact the usual happened; which is I won nothing, sianz. So I left for home, gotta bring food back for my dad before going to meet Imran (Imran invited me to his family BBQ, so thought I'll drop by since its on the way) then Benny and gang (Andre's granddad just passed away, got knock down by a car, my condolences). While driving I got a call from my dad, and he told me that my grandma sort of heard my mama's name on TV, and that she might have won a lucky draw in ----- The Sheng Siong Show!!! Wow, just when I thought that my family would never win anything, haha. My grandma could not confirm if she heard correctly, but remembered that the host mentioned that the contestant had bought $40+ of stuff from Sheng Siong. They called the phone number but no one picked up, so the audience picked the boxes on my mama's behalf and guess what, its was x100. Which means that if the contestant is my mama, she had won $4000+, wow! hurriedly called my mama and she confirmed that she had bought $40+ of stuff from Sheng Siong not too long ago... So it does makes sense, see they called my mama and no one picked up (because she was on the plane and could not pick up the call. When my dad called, she just got off the plane), Then my grandma heard my mama's name. And She did buy $40+ worth of goods.... Well I'm keeping my fingers crossed, I really hope its her, she's given me much and I really do hope she wins something. I'm just waiting for the show to be uploaded on Mobtv to check tomorrow (usually it will be uploaded the day after, around noon time).

Will give my mama a call again if its confirmed! Good luck mama! You go gal! Have a good time in HK, I love ya! And of course the same goes to my bro as well, enjoy yourself and love ya! Erm as for my dad, ya still in SG, so drive safely and bring back more moo-lah pls, love ya too.

So now I'm alone at home, my dad's out driving taxi, and no one else is around. My grandma asked me to sleep over at her place, but I think its pretty late now, so maybe I shouldn't disturb them. Probably will be going over tomorrow again. Will be leaving for a long holiday soon, so I should spend some time with my family.

My family is away

Tomorrow, my bro will be going to Vietnam in the morning, and my mama will be going to HK in the afternoon. So I'll be here in SG with my Dad. But I'll be leaving next wed, wahahaha. hmmmm my whole family is flying these days. I'm gonna miss my family. Well as you all know, my bro is giving me $500 for my trip, well I don't have 500 for him, so I gave in 500 Dong instead, yup thats just like a few cents in SGD. But thats all I've left. And my mama is going to loan me a thousand plus, similarly I can't give her a thousand in SGD, so I gave her HKD$1200. See good exchange rate. Yup gave her all the HKD that I have left. Hope they enjoy themselves during their trips. Well you can see that only my Dad is a constant. He's the only one not flying, and he went to tell my grandma that when we're all away, he'll go to Batam. Huh?!? He want to go Batam for what, get second wife ah? The biggest problem with him is that he doesn't think before he says things. And then he doesn't save, remember for America I had to fork out an extra sum of money so that he could go also. Come on, its time to have a little savings, you have a family to feed you know, you can't like behave like a teenager/student, only working to ensure that you can feed yourself, and that you have enough to spend now. You gotta look further than that you know. Haiz, I don't know how else to let him know... he just doesn't get it. Nvm, anyway to my bro and mama, have fun and enjoy yourselves!!