Angry Drink

They are truly milking the franchise to the max. I wouldn't buy a drink simply because an Angry Bird picture is on it. But that's just me ... would you?

Thai Style Steamboat

At Golden Mile today for Thai Style Steamboat. Whole place filled with young and old Ah Beng and Ah Lians. Everyone was stinking after dinner. Note: Never have steamboat in an enclosed place.

Ding Ding - Smoke Free Year 2 Complete!

Ding ding, Level completed! (ala a computer game) I've reached the 2 year milestone. The past year was pretty good in terms of my ex-addiction. No more dreams of smoking, no more urges to smoke. Even when things are sour or truly bad, there were no thoughts of escaping to the world of nicotine.

I'm pleased with myself for kicking the habit. But also mindful to watch that I never return to it. So I will continue to commemorate the anniversary to remind myself that I will hold up against the temptation to smoke.

HK Trip 2014 - 10th to 13th May

We made a short trip to Hong Kong this year to celebrate Meimei's 奶奶's birthday. Not sure her exact age this year but sure she is 90 plus. It's nice to see that she is still healthy at this age. For me, meeting the family is always one of the highlights of the Hong Kong trips.

I travelled in the late afternoon on Saturday and flew back on Tuesday afternoon, so I really only had two days to walk around. This trip was not so much of a holiday as is one to attend the birthday celebration dinner on Sunday since all of the uncle and aunties have specially made the trip. The dinner was excellent, by far the best dishes I've had in a Chinese restaurant anywhere. Roast pig, fresh fish and prawn, the soup and its ingredients, the gigantic fried oyster, the ginger and red dates kueh desserts ... I'm drooling just thinking about it. Sadly I didn't get any pictures of the dinner dishes. *sob sob

Meimei had some banking matters to attend to on Monday, which meant I was on my own. I spent the morning browsing through the entire DVD collection at HMV. We met up noonish for lunch at Honolulu cafe and getting my egg tart fix. Sis then brought us in search of another cafe which had good sweet butter toast and scrambled eggs toast. It was a nice find, the toast was crisp, butter at the right sweetness, egg was flavourful. 

Overall it was an uneventful trip compared to the other years. It bordered on boring for me but then again it was a nice break from Singapore. We did come back with a lot of luggage though, which actually comes from Papa and Mama's US trip. My luggage on the way back was a whopping 32.8kg and the check-in counter tied a 'Heavy' tag on it.

I'm excited to hear that Meimei wants to go HongKong again in Dec. Let's hope we can find the time to do so.

爸爸去哪儿超棒！

Meimei introduced me to a very interesting and heartwarming variety show about celebrity dads and their daughters going on holiday together, without their mother. The kids range from 3 to 6 years old and are a handful for any dads, specially the celebrity ones as they are away from home many months of a year for work commitments. 

From the show, I've learned a little more about how kids react, what are the good things that a dad should do to cultivate the right attitudes and perception for a kid. Amongst the kids, I love Angela the most. She is so cute and amazingly eloquent for her age. I can say I've become her 粉丝.

The entire first season is available in HD on youtube 爸爸去哪儿1st episode and I highly recommend everyone, dads especially, to watch. You really don't want to miss this.