Kiddo Talk & Pic Aug 2023

Elixir Haul #13

 

阳阳's Airport

阳阳 is on airplane craze these days. He wants to be a fighter pilot so we've been telling him that he needs to take care of his eyes to be one. He dug out all of the planes from the toy stash and made an airport complete with a tower.

Work Travels: One And Half Week In Bangalore

Back in Bangalore again for another workshop. As with the other travels, the kids fell sick when I'm away from home. First it was 阳阳 who tested positive for Influenza A and then 萱萱 caught it after that. Poor Meimei had to manage this alone in Singapore.

On my trip, for some odd unknown reason all the good hotels in the area were fully booked for the first week. It was meant to be a 2 week workout but I refused to be there earlier because I insist to be there for 萱萱's piano recital. Plus I've spent 2 weeks going through the decks that SAP was going to present and it's largely just training slides which you can go through online.

Due to the lack of hotels, I had booked 3 nights at Four Points by Sheraton. After that on Sunday I move to Marriott Whitefield which is just 5 minutes walk to the GE campus. Obviously Four Points can't compare to Marriott but it's not all that bad. Jason was with me at the hotel and he was complained about the service and amenities. I shared my take that this is the quality of the hotels we stay in when we go to Cincinnati.

I caught something on the first day and had a coarse voice the entire trip. I wonder if it's the water or the food that triggered the reaction. Whatever it is, I struggled to talk in the workshops. Thankfully I made it through and left on Friday morning.

Love Letters: Buying Sensibly

Lunch At Dondonki Jewel Changi Airport

We usually pack our Dondonki sashimi and sushi sets to go. But the outlet at Jewel has an area for customers to sit down and have their meals. They also have a deli-ish area where they serve sushi sets that comes with soup and salad. So we were here today for lunch and I decided to splurged on a sushi set. It turned out pretty good with no frills which kept the price slightly lower than if we had the same in a restaurant. I'll definitely do this again for lunch.