又病了……

今年我好像一直病，病假都请得七七八八了，很“显”。

以前上课都不怎么生病，最多也是伤风（鼻子很敏感）。现在，大病小病一起来。有时候是泻肚子，有时候发烧，有时候感冒，有时候肚痛……很多事就是了。

那天无聊，看看朋友转发的电邮，原来猪仔今年犯太岁，我惟有安慰自己，一定是犯了太岁咯！可是，我不是在三月的时候，在桂林拜过太岁了吗？怎么还是这样？

问题就在这里。我不相信。因为不够虔诚，所以太岁不高兴了。

希望开年有好的一年，不要再常常生病了！

Orchard & Fondue

After the meal at Itacho, we took a stroll along Orchard Road with Christmas mood.

A picture taken at the huge Christmas tree outside Ion Orchard.

And that's the interior of the walk-in Christmas tree. It was so bright I thought I need a pair of sunglasses.

My weaknesses when I go shopping, jackets, hats, sunglasses. I like this hat, it feels like MJ :P

I saw the fondue set on offer, so I bought one and immediately shopped for the necessary ingredients. I can't even wait any longer, I started to make one immediately after I got home. And it was a success >.<

Chocolate does make one happy, doesn't it?

(PS. I tried to make one for my friends last night and it failed, I was so sad and so Paise...)

Itacho Sushi

To cheer the naggy-moody-braces-patient like me, Yee Hau said we should go out to walk walk after work on Friday. So we went to Orchard, to walk around with all the X'mas lights and have some soft food that I can dine in with.

Walking around ION Orchard, we realized there wasn't much choices, and Japanese food appeared to be the most suitable choice. Yee Hau had heard about Itacho from his friends and so we decided to give it a try.

The queue was very long but since I wasn't too hungry yet (ever since the tooth extraction, my tummy was very well trained to be not hungry), we followed the crowd. There are some crazy promotion going on like: Toro sushi $8 per piece (I had once in Miraku in Penang that cost Jie Jie's bill RM30 per piece), and some salmon sushi $0.40 per piece! Yum, I'm hungry now!

We had mostly very soft food:

1. Crab meat chawanmushi

2. Crab meat salad

3. Salmon sushi

4. Salmon fried with soy sauce sushi

5. Japanese egg roll

Yum, I was satisfied. The sushi cut wasn't too thick, which is just nice for th salmon texture. And the Salmon was actually bigger than the rice roll, just like the size of sushi I had in Narita Airport. Man, how I missed that >.<

And the happiest thing of eating at Itacho, is the bill. Having around 14 pieces of sushi in total, and so many other side dishes, the bill was only $28. Of course, we ordered a lot from the promotion items, because we're very clever consumers :P

For the price and its quality, Itacho deserves to be in our star list. Lets hope it will continue running business with the same quality in the long run.

When the torture begins...

不好意思，并不想吓死你，让你晚上发恶梦。可是不这样拍照，你是看不到我的改变的。

我，绑牙了！

我生命中有两个男人，是我不痛苦他们不快乐。第一就是我爸爸，从我很小开始，爸爸就老是唠唠叨叨说我和姐姐不肯绑牙（还好弟弟听话，不用怎么说服就绑牙了）。第二就是我的牙医男友……

我在十一月五日下班后，拔去我右边的上下两颗牙。一周后，我拔了左边上下两颗牙（左边的很痛，我哭哩！）在一周后，既是11月19日，我便了铁齿姑娘。

原以为可以回来写写部落公告天下，哪知道实在是非常极度不舒服，周四晚上，我发了整晚脾气，生了毓豪一整晚的闷气。虽然不是他绑的牙……

结果拖着拖着，今天才“公布”咯！

感觉怎么样？

说话还是不习惯。（慢慢适应）因为上排牙的左右边的大齿，此刻是靠着一根东西联系着。就是说呢，我的口腔那里有一支东西长期档着我的舌头。（发脾气最大的原因就是这个！）下排牙不怎么样，一切正常。

吃东西呢，太硬的还是不能吃。面条也不敢吃。话说有天，我一心想吃面条没关系，软软的不会影响。可我咀嚼方面还是不太习惯，结果面条没咀嚼好就往下吞……那面条悬挂在喉咙，还有一半挂在我的牙套……差点横死食堂~所以现在，我都不吃面。煮Pasta也只煮Penne或Spiralli，短型的。

12 月10日，还要再去看牙医。这一次，可能上排牙就会变铁齿了。

Black/Grey Listed #1

Yee Hau and I have been talking about creating a list of black listed eat outs in Singapore. Ever since we started to cook, we find that a lot of food outlets in Singapore are just unacceptably pricey and not serving the good food.

We have a few in mind like:

• Pastamania (seriously, I'm cooking better pasta that this franchise do)
• Secret Recipe in IMM (we saw cockroach there and we also find that the cheesecakes are no longer smooth and soft as long ago)
• Ikea fried chicken wings (We used to order this every time we visit Ikea but no more. It's no longer as delicious as it used to be)
• Barcelos (Not really a black listed item, but it's pricey and not as good as Nando's Chicken)
• Shokudo (A japanese restaurant that is not serving japanese food, pricey and not delicious)
• Sakae Sushi (the grilled items in the menu are not really grilled, they simply put into the oven)
• Nasi Lemak at Food Republic Vivo City (super pricey, simply a 3 dishes nasi lemak can cost you up to $6-8)
• Red Lacquer Penang Peranakan (Char Kuay Teow that doesn't taste like one)

The latest outlet that came into the list is Wong Kok Cha Can Ting. Yes, they have celebrity that advertised for them, they have interesting menu like Ku Tin Lok. Seriously, they have Ku Tin Lok!

But the food are extremely pricey, a toast bread that cost me $5.40! That's outrageous. And the toast bread wasn't toast enough. A simple lunch that both of us wasn't too full, cost us more than $24! So, it's a No No!

Of course, we'll have a Star List too. So stay tuned~

(Disclaminer: This is not an advertisement. The comments are made based on personal experience.)

Shall we rely so much on networking website?

Have you ever started a conversation like this?

"Hey, do you know A & B are getting married? I just saw that on Facebook today!"

or

"Hey, do you know C had already gave birth to her first child? I saw her photos on Facebook"

or

"D & E just broke up recently... I saw their relationship status"

or.... The list just goes on and on. I bet anyone of you must have some conversation that is somewhat similar to one of these mentioned.

A few of my friends were talking the other day, feeling the same thing about how bad it feels when your good friend, though not the closest and not the bestest friend, decided to announce their "ROM" or "wedding banquet" or "engaged status" through networking websites. We would like to be informed with the good news, even with an email or just a simple sms would do, it just feels more personal. We don't really bother if we're not invited, as a lot of time we're so far away from home, it could be inconvenient. But we really want to share the good news.

Lately, Chun Sin had just asked us out to have a lunch gathering, to announce to us her wedding on March next year. We're so excited for her, we started "wedding planning" on the spot like nobody business. I really appreciate that she announced to us, personally.

All of us, felt the simple joy for her.

Maybe all the networking website had taught us how to forget a bit of personal touch. So friends out there, please, if you are getting married, at least send me a text, I'll be jumping with joy for you!

Sexiest Man Alive

Johnny Depp has claimed his sexiest title again!

There was a few years, they gave the title to Matt Damon, I was like "what?!", how can Matt Damon beat Johnny. I mean, seriously!

We know that impossible, right?

BUT

We know the judge must have missed this photo :P

(Yea, he's kinda weirdo, but I like it :P)

是生是死？

大概是上周吧，我回家的时候发现门外不远处有只鸽子“死”在那里，旁边还有一堵屎。它“死”在那里，一动都不动，我走到很靠近了，它还是死死的样子。我没有法医的训练，就这样宣布它死亡。

我走入屋内，毓豪当时还没回家，只好吩咐钦祥把它处理掉。他如往常一样敷衍我，以为我一会儿就会忘记。我待他把碗饭吃完，又再一次提醒。他被我这个唠唠叨叨的屋友烦到不行，只好硬着头皮准备去拾尸。

做好所有实施的准备，垃圾袋报纸一大堆，走出屋外，鸽子竟然飞起来。我还以为它起死回生，吓到魂飞魄散，喊到要命，还搞到邻居阿伯出来鸡婆。

原来还没有死哦……而且还跛脚，怎么办？

我和钦祥回到屋子里，又再讨论一番。该让它吃什么？盛在哪里？等等。结果因为不能决定鸽子吃什么，我们把一堆食物洒在报纸上。有面包碎、米、饼干碎，还有一杯水。

“死的我搞，活的你搞”，钦祥这样吩咐，可我当然拒绝，担心什么事情我又再大喊大叫。所以里，不管死活还是钦祥的事。

钦祥一面走去救鸽子，一面想吃烧乳鸽。还大声说出来，结果这只会听福建话的鸽子吓青了脸，竟然跛着脚逃走了。

我们很无奈，想救它却救不到，还害它跑到酱远，真可怜。唯有在不会惊吓到它的距离把食物摆下就匆匆溜走。

毓豪回来的时候，我又带他去看鸽子，那时鸽子已经躲在更远的梯级。隔天早上，鸽子不见了。

究竟是变了烧乳鸽，还会被人救了我也不知道。好可怜的它。

This Is It

或许在电影院里看演唱会后台花絮，是件很奇怪的事。或许以前我会说，傻的，在家看不能吗？可如果，那歌手逝世了，留在世上的，只有演唱会彩排的花絮，而他是MJ，我也就“傻傻”到电影院去了。

是为了“骗钱”也好，我情愿被骗。

这场演唱会未能实现，实在是非常可惜的事。很佩服MJ和所有演唱会团员，把每首百听不厌的歌曲，演出过无数次的舞蹈，创新再创新。其实即便他重演一切，我还是觉得一样好看。可是，MJ是完美主义者，怎么可能让自己如此谢幕。很多歌曲，The way you make me feel, Black or White, They don't really care about us, Thriller 都玩了好多效果。Choreograph好得不得了。Jackson 5的旋律响起的时候我不能置信，不是吧，很老了唱了会不会奇怪？答案是不会。

我想，如果演唱会真的实现，那真是一场不得了的表演。

可惜……可惜……

舞蹈员是从世界各地飞奔到英国audition的。当他们知道自己赢得舞蹈员一席之后，都哭成泪人。仿佛苦练一辈子，就是为了和MJ同台演出。真不能想象他们该如何接受歌神离世的消息，怎么接受明明健在台上一同练习的，教导他们的MJ，就这样走了。所有努力，烟消云散。

我看着看着也很想哭。就像当初一个人傻傻在Boise的酒店房里，呆呆的看着CNN流泪。

怎么能忘了表哥录下MJ的MTV和我们一起在客厅观赏？怎么能忘了表哥画一幅MJ的画像给我？怎么能忘了表哥疯得连MJ的采访也录下？我也一直傻傻得跟着表哥看，跟着表哥追。哪个男孩不想象MJ那样跳舞？MJ的歌曲是这样陪我们长大。

MJ的离去，是一个时代的结束。

下一个传奇，是几时？

(后记：今天弟弟也带着爸爸妈妈到电影院看MJ。MJ在我家可是跨时代的偶像。爷爷也很喜欢MJ，或许他会在天堂看到MJ跳舞)