Did some research on recent year expenditures and was amazed to find out that our entire household expenditure has been rising 10-15% year on year. This shows that Singapore is really getting to become a more and more expensive place to live in..
It becomes worse when you own a car, why? When there is a new shopping mall opening, new place for prawn fishing etc...the urge and temptation to get out of the house never fail to pound on us especially when the weather gets hotter these day, staying at home on a saturday afternoon seem like mission impossible for us.
Of course, taxi is always the replacement if one does not own a car but it is never as convenient as owning a car when you can choose to leave the house and hop on the car anytime of the day.
As petrol prices has risen towards the $2.50 per litre mark, SGFemale and myself resolve to stay at home more often now especially during weekends. Difficult as it is, we shall give it a try and find out this weekend..hehehe;)
-SGMale
Friday, May 16, 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Hoegaarden Beer
Was in the mood for a drink and I decided to try out HoeGaarden White Beer for the first time. Our friend A recommended it to SGMale long ago but I have not got the chance to try out till today.
We saw it on promotion at the supermarket last Sunday and SGMale decided to buy a pack of 4 bottles to try it out.
Its a belgian white beer with a light blend of 4.9% alcohol. Not too strong for non-beer lover, It's the tastiest non-ale I've ever enjoyed; looks light but tastes solid. It's also an ideal introduction to non-beer drinkers. Nice!
-SGFemale
We saw it on promotion at the supermarket last Sunday and SGMale decided to buy a pack of 4 bottles to try it out.
Its a belgian white beer with a light blend of 4.9% alcohol. Not too strong for non-beer lover, It's the tastiest non-ale I've ever enjoyed; looks light but tastes solid. It's also an ideal introduction to non-beer drinkers. Nice!
-SGFemale
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Scratch It Again!
The "next time" mood dropped by today! So I bought another 5 SCRATCH IT tickets when we passed by the supermarket.
My 5 pcs of "hope"
Example of my "hope" (just win one time of the below will do!)
I scratched the tickets one by one, slowly and carefully! Done with the 3rd pcs, but still no luck!
Then I told SGMale, is it so difficult to even win $1? SGMale laughed at me for having such small "hope".
Ignoring him, I continued scratching till the last ticket. Oh....my god! I shouted again!
What? What? SGMale asked. You won the big prize of $10,000? He asked. I replied, no lah, just got a damn $1 that I "hoped" earlier. SGMale congratulated me and said that my dream had came true and my prayer has been answered. He also said today is my lucky day as it's Mother's Day and I should have "wished" for a higher prize!
My 5 pcs of "hope"
Example of my "hope" (just win one time of the below will do!)
I scratched the tickets one by one, slowly and carefully! Done with the 3rd pcs, but still no luck!
Then I told SGMale, is it so difficult to even win $1? SGMale laughed at me for having such small "hope".
Ignoring him, I continued scratching till the last ticket. Oh....my god! I shouted again!
What? What? SGMale asked. You won the big prize of $10,000? He asked. I replied, no lah, just got a damn $1 that I "hoped" earlier. SGMale congratulated me and said that my dream had came true and my prayer has been answered. He also said today is my lucky day as it's Mother's Day and I should have "wished" for a higher prize!
My 1st winning ticket, $1. (the smallest winning amount of all amount!)
Winning ticket and "rubbishs"<--fate for non-winning tickets.
Nevermind, I won't be defeated so easily! I will try again soon!
Wish me luck!
-SGFemale
Mother's Day - 11 May
SGFemale gets to celebrate Mother's Day for the 3rd time today. We went over to IMM and got a cake from Crystal Jade Bakery.
As usual, our 26 months old son could not wait to blow the candles and cut the cake.
As usual, our 26 months old son could not wait to blow the candles and cut the cake.
SGFemale rarely cooks. But she did it today since she was in an extremely good mood. ;)
- Grilled cod fish, steamed prawns and butter baked potatoes
She was very moved and touched while she found the below card when clearing our son's bag from Childcare centre. It was made by our son during one of the Childcare activities for Mother's Day. She was especially moved when our son gave her a heart-warming hug after that.
This year must be the best Mother's Day for her.
-SGMale
Dinner at Sunset Grill Restaurant
Since this place was recommended by Makansutra website, we decided to give it a try. And thanks to the below address, it took us almost 2 hours to find this place. The actual address is 140B, Piccadilly, Seletar Airbase, East Camp <-- the KEY WORD to finding this palce. 
Nice Ambience, perfect for first dates..;)
No GST & Service Charge here..
Nice Ambience, perfect for first dates..;)
Very packed even though the place is so "ulu" and hard to find.
Nevertheless the food was great and it was worth the journey.
Striloin Steak
Striloin Steak
Calamari
Buffalo wings - "level 2 " (available from level 1 to level 10 of spicyness)
For 1st timer, they recommened us to start with level 1 or level 2.
No GST & Service Charge here..
-SGMale
Marina Country Club
Wanted to make a second attempt to JB today but was again forced to abort the trip due to heavy jam despite going via the 2nd link.
While deciding where else to go, we saw a van advertising about prawn fishing at Marina Country Club. Since we have nowhere to go, we decided to go there to see see look look.
Even though I use the GPS to help navigate our way there, it took us sometime before we reach our destination.
Old building
Yacht repair & maintenance facility
Lots of yacht..average price : S$700,000
Prawn Fishing - Was tempted to try out...but did not have the mood to do so
Punggol Seafood Restaurant is also here
Nice view at the pier over seeing Coney island
Parking fee was $3.15, would probably be our first and last time here.
-SGMale
While deciding where else to go, we saw a van advertising about prawn fishing at Marina Country Club. Since we have nowhere to go, we decided to go there to see see look look.
Even though I use the GPS to help navigate our way there, it took us sometime before we reach our destination.
Old building
Yacht repair & maintenance facility
Lots of yacht..average price : S$700,000
Prawn Fishing - Was tempted to try out...but did not have the mood to do so
Punggol Seafood Restaurant is also here
Nice view at the pier over seeing Coney island
Parking fee was $3.15, would probably be our first and last time here.
-SGMale
Thursday, May 8, 2008
SCRATCH IT!
Bought 3 SCRATCH IT tickets yesterday during lunch time with SGMale. I got excited when I saw it on sale again, it's back after 2 years or so. This time, it's only $1 for a ticket, I remembered clearly that it was $2 last time. Anyway, isn't it better when it's cheaper now! Hee...;p
Below are some information for the SCRATCH IT! :
SCRATCHIT! - TICKETS: THE RACE QUEEN (RED) SERIES
The Race Queen (Red) Series Scratch on the game panel to reveal 8 symbols. If you find 3 matching symbols, you stand to win up to $10,000!
I scratched the first ticket, oh my god..... I shouted! Got chance, got chance! I told SGMale who was driving. I then told him that I have got two "$2000" value on the first line, and if I got another "$2000" value then we will win $2000. Yeah! Then I scratched the second line, but there's no value of "$2000" at all, very disappointed! I went on scratching the other 2 tickets, no luck as well!
1st ticket - with two "$2000" value
2nd ticket - with two "$40", two "$500" and two "$10,000", why?
3rd and last ticket: with two "$40" and two "$10,000".
3 pcs of "rubbish" now!!!
Hopefully I can have better luck next time.
Cheers!
-SGFemale
Below are some information for the SCRATCH IT! :
SCRATCHIT! - TICKETS: THE RACE QUEEN (RED) SERIES
The Race Queen (Red) Series Scratch on the game panel to reveal 8 symbols. If you find 3 matching symbols, you stand to win up to $10,000!
I scratched the first ticket, oh my god..... I shouted! Got chance, got chance! I told SGMale who was driving. I then told him that I have got two "$2000" value on the first line, and if I got another "$2000" value then we will win $2000. Yeah! Then I scratched the second line, but there's no value of "$2000" at all, very disappointed! I went on scratching the other 2 tickets, no luck as well!
1st ticket - with two "$2000" value
2nd ticket - with two "$40", two "$500" and two "$10,000", why?
3rd and last ticket: with two "$40" and two "$10,000".
3 pcs of "rubbish" now!!!
Hopefully I can have better luck next time.
Cheers!
-SGFemale
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Son had a fall!
Our 2 years old had a fall today at the childcare centre. He got a bruise on his left cheek, making him less cute and handsome now.
His grandma noticed that when she fetch him and she went back to the centre immediately and confronted the teachers. She was told that our son fell when he was running about. How could they let it happen? How could they let a kid run about without due guidance from the teachers? Moreover, they didn't even inform the parents about it! What kind of childcare centre is this? This is simply outrageous!!
When SGMale learn about it, he was very mad! How could the centre be so irresponsible! Anyway, we are thinking of changing to another "better" centre once I got a job. Meantime, just have to bear with it for another 1 or 2 months.
-SGFemale
His grandma noticed that when she fetch him and she went back to the centre immediately and confronted the teachers. She was told that our son fell when he was running about. How could they let it happen? How could they let a kid run about without due guidance from the teachers? Moreover, they didn't even inform the parents about it! What kind of childcare centre is this? This is simply outrageous!!
When SGMale learn about it, he was very mad! How could the centre be so irresponsible! Anyway, we are thinking of changing to another "better" centre once I got a job. Meantime, just have to bear with it for another 1 or 2 months.
-SGFemale
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Mother's day pre-celebration
In order to avoid the crowd, we had our Mother's Day dinner tonite at Choon Seng Hng Restaurant with both my parents, brother, sister-in-law, niece and my sister.
I chose to have our dinner here because this restaurant was recommended in TV by Makansutra not long ago. As both SGMale and I are food lovers and we loves to try new food, we came to try their food 2 days after they air the show. However, we aren't lucky that day, the restaurant was very packed. And we waited 1 hour for our recommended crab bee hoon, but luckily it's worth the wait.
We were lucky that the restaurant is not pack today unlike the last time we came. In order to feed 9 hungry tummies, we ordered cereal prawns, sweet and sour red grouper with green apples, fried asparagus with scallops, fried beancurds, coffee pork ribs, chilli crabs and buns.
Another highlight is their corn juice, too bad it's not available today!!! I wanted to recommend it to my mum. Aiya... nvm, there's still "next time"! Giving me an excuse to ask SGMale to treat me and my mum here again.
As for my son, of cos, he was enjoying himself, he ate a lot even though he had one big bowl of "home-cooked porridge" before we set off.
The bill came up to $185 with fully satisfied customers leaving the restaurant with big smile on the face and bloated tummy below. Hahaha....;p
- SGFemale
I chose to have our dinner here because this restaurant was recommended in TV by Makansutra not long ago. As both SGMale and I are food lovers and we loves to try new food, we came to try their food 2 days after they air the show. However, we aren't lucky that day, the restaurant was very packed. And we waited 1 hour for our recommended crab bee hoon, but luckily it's worth the wait.
We were lucky that the restaurant is not pack today unlike the last time we came. In order to feed 9 hungry tummies, we ordered cereal prawns, sweet and sour red grouper with green apples, fried asparagus with scallops, fried beancurds, coffee pork ribs, chilli crabs and buns.
Another highlight is their corn juice, too bad it's not available today!!! I wanted to recommend it to my mum. Aiya... nvm, there's still "next time"! Giving me an excuse to ask SGMale to treat me and my mum here again.
As for my son, of cos, he was enjoying himself, he ate a lot even though he had one big bowl of "home-cooked porridge" before we set off.
The bill came up to $185 with fully satisfied customers leaving the restaurant with big smile on the face and bloated tummy below. Hahaha....;p
- SGFemale
Monday, May 5, 2008
Job Agencies in Singapore
I never know there are so many job agencies in Singapore until I did a search today. SGFemale has been a 'Tai-Tai' for a few month's now and it is high time for her to return to the workforce. ;)
The following URL [http://www.jobs.com.sg/career-jobs.php] kind of link up all job agencies in Singapore and it is a great resource for people seeking employment opportunties out there.
When it comes to interview, it is always good to go prepared for both the interviewer and interviewee. The following URL [http://www.datsi.fi.upm.es/~frosal/docs/25mdq.html] will link you to some of the typical questions asked during job interviews. Hope this will provide some tips to those going for job interviews.
SGMale
The following URL [http://www.jobs.com.sg/career-jobs.php] kind of link up all job agencies in Singapore and it is a great resource for people seeking employment opportunties out there.
When it comes to interview, it is always good to go prepared for both the interviewer and interviewee. The following URL [http://www.datsi.fi.upm.es/~frosal/docs/25mdq.html] will link you to some of the typical questions asked during job interviews. Hope this will provide some tips to those going for job interviews.
SGMale
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Air-con compressors are faulty
The weather nowadays are getting so hot and humid that it is almost impossible to sleep at night without turning on the air-con. And it so happen that most of our air-con units at home are already not in use due to a faulty air-con compressor. Even the barely working ones are getting from bad to worse, we could hardly feel any cool air coming out from it recently.
Since my brother-in-law works for an air-con repair company, SGFemale arranged for his people to come down and a check was conducted. We were told that both the compressor units need to be replace as well as there could be a possible leakage of cooling gas somewhere and also most of the air-con units need a full-body cleansing and all these amount to almost $1.5K.
Still hesitating whether to get them repaired or to leave them as it is since we are planning to sell the flat soon..probably in 2009...still considering the options..
SGMale
Since my brother-in-law works for an air-con repair company, SGFemale arranged for his people to come down and a check was conducted. We were told that both the compressor units need to be replace as well as there could be a possible leakage of cooling gas somewhere and also most of the air-con units need a full-body cleansing and all these amount to almost $1.5K.
Still hesitating whether to get them repaired or to leave them as it is since we are planning to sell the flat soon..probably in 2009...still considering the options..
SGMale
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Dinner at Suki Village
We decided to have dinner at Suki Village since SGFemale needs to collect some brochure for a friend at the place where this Japanese restaurant is located.
There was quite a fair bit of crowd tonight, not sure if business is this good everyday.
Apart from the usual sushi on conveyor belt concept, this restaurant has a unique concept for food ordering. They have all drinks and food names written onto ice-cream sticks and customers just need to pick up the ice-cream stick for the food and drink they want and place them onto the black color container on their table and the waiters or waitresses will pass by and pick up all the ice-cream sticks [orders].
Below are some of the food we ordered for tonight and you will notice most of the dishes are seafood/squid related as they are SGFemale's favourite! ;)
SGMale
There was quite a fair bit of crowd tonight, not sure if business is this good everyday.
Apart from the usual sushi on conveyor belt concept, this restaurant has a unique concept for food ordering. They have all drinks and food names written onto ice-cream sticks and customers just need to pick up the ice-cream stick for the food and drink they want and place them onto the black color container on their table and the waiters or waitresses will pass by and pick up all the ice-cream sticks [orders].
Below are some of the food we ordered for tonight and you will notice most of the dishes are seafood/squid related as they are SGFemale's favourite! ;)
SGMale
Visit to 'Qian Hu' Fish Farm
We decided to drop by Qian Hu which is located at somewhere Sungei Buloh since we have an hour or so before sending our son to my mum's place. Our son was very happy and amazed by the wide variety of fishes over there. We almost wanted to get him a mini-fish tank and get a few fish for him but decided not to after considering the fact that he is very very mischievous and we are not sure how long the fishes can survive under his 'care'.
There is really a huge varieties of fishes over there and we manage to take snapshots of a few. Depending on the type of species and it's rarity, price of the fishes range from as cheap as $2 to almost $5000.
Northern Pike - $15
Luo Han - $500
Hunchback JinLong fish - Not For Sale
-SGMale
There is really a huge varieties of fishes over there and we manage to take snapshots of a few. Depending on the type of species and it's rarity, price of the fishes range from as cheap as $2 to almost $5000.
Northern Pike - $15
Luo Han - $500
Hunchback JinLong fish - Not For Sale
-SGMale
Friday, May 2, 2008
My PlayGround at East Coast
After work, decided to drive down to My PlayGround for dinner as my son is already 90% recovered after taking the medication from Nam Seng.
We had Carl's Junior Burger for dinner and walked around after that to see what other new eateries are available. We have a Portobello Mushroom Burger , 5 pcs Chicken Breast Strips and a Fried Zucchini and a Strawberry Milkshake. I love the milkshake as it reminds me of a very nice milkshake I had very long time ago.
Portobello Mushroom Burger
5 pcs Chicken Breast Strips
Fried Zucchini
Strawberry MilkShake
The place is not big and after 15-20 minutes, we finish combing the place and decided to go home to catch up with some TV programs.
SGMale
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Prawning at Bishan Park
After sending our son to the in-law's house, we went Junction 8 for a bit of shopping and lunch. We shopped for about 2 hours before meeting up with a close friend of SGMale. He brought us to the prawning site at Bishan Park, the entire place was jam-packed with people from all walks of life.
As this is our 1st visit to Bishan Park Prawn Fishing Pond we walked around to see see look look. I noted that most of the people prawning there manage to hook up their prawns easily, I decided to try it out for an hour. This will be my 2nd prawning attempt, 1st attempt was at Farmart where I only 'catch' a giant prawn after an hour of prawning.
SGMale happily went to pay up and collect the fishing rod and bait while I 'chop' for a good nice spot to 'prawn'. After we settled down, we began our prawning ceremony. 15 mins passed, still no sight of prawn dangling at our line, whereas the people beside us managed to catch 2 to 3 prawns already. Why? I got a little disappointed, decide to take a break. I passed the rod to SGMale's friend and went toilet break with SGMale. Upon coming out from the toilet, we saw another 2 ponds behind, we went over to take a look, and return to our prawning seat after 10mins.
SGMale's friend told us that not long after we left, he caught a small prawn. I was very happy & impressed upon hearing that cos it is our 1st catch of the day. Feeling encouraged, I took over and try again, I checked the bait frequently and waited patiently. 30mins passed, still no luck! 5mins left before we need to return the rod, I begin to feel very disappointed with only a small prawn after 1 hr. As SGMale is packing up, I decided to refilled the bait and instead of putting a small piece of bait, I hooked up 4 pieces and covered the whole fishing hook this time, telling SGMale's friend that this time I should be able to get a big prawn. Haha..... I lower the hook into the water, and waited..... 2 mins passed, I saw the float moving abit, I told SGMale's friend happily that I finally got something. Yeah!
I pulled the rod up and saw a prawn. Yeah! I was very excited and I ran towards SGMale showing off my last catch. Although it was only a medium prawn, not a big one, but I am contented & happy. I tried to remove the hook but was bitten by the struggling prawn. Wow! It was damn painful! Luckily SGMale's friend helped to remove the hook for me after I cried out loud.
As we are not staying in Bishan, we gave the 2 prawns to SGMale's friend who stays at AMK.
What a wonderful experience!
Prawning track records:
1st time prawning @ Farmart - 1 giant prawn
2nd time prawning @ Bishan Park - 2 prawn (1 small and 1 medium size)
3rd time prawning - ????? - hope to have many many prawns! (at least 20 prawns per hr)
Anyone out there can tip me on how to prawn better?
SGFemale
As this is our 1st visit to Bishan Park Prawn Fishing Pond we walked around to see see look look. I noted that most of the people prawning there manage to hook up their prawns easily, I decided to try it out for an hour. This will be my 2nd prawning attempt, 1st attempt was at Farmart where I only 'catch' a giant prawn after an hour of prawning.
SGMale happily went to pay up and collect the fishing rod and bait while I 'chop' for a good nice spot to 'prawn'. After we settled down, we began our prawning ceremony. 15 mins passed, still no sight of prawn dangling at our line, whereas the people beside us managed to catch 2 to 3 prawns already. Why? I got a little disappointed, decide to take a break. I passed the rod to SGMale's friend and went toilet break with SGMale. Upon coming out from the toilet, we saw another 2 ponds behind, we went over to take a look, and return to our prawning seat after 10mins.
SGMale's friend told us that not long after we left, he caught a small prawn. I was very happy & impressed upon hearing that cos it is our 1st catch of the day. Feeling encouraged, I took over and try again, I checked the bait frequently and waited patiently. 30mins passed, still no luck! 5mins left before we need to return the rod, I begin to feel very disappointed with only a small prawn after 1 hr. As SGMale is packing up, I decided to refilled the bait and instead of putting a small piece of bait, I hooked up 4 pieces and covered the whole fishing hook this time, telling SGMale's friend that this time I should be able to get a big prawn. Haha..... I lower the hook into the water, and waited..... 2 mins passed, I saw the float moving abit, I told SGMale's friend happily that I finally got something. Yeah!
I pulled the rod up and saw a prawn. Yeah! I was very excited and I ran towards SGMale showing off my last catch. Although it was only a medium prawn, not a big one, but I am contented & happy. I tried to remove the hook but was bitten by the struggling prawn. Wow! It was damn painful! Luckily SGMale's friend helped to remove the hook for me after I cried out loud.
As we are not staying in Bishan, we gave the 2 prawns to SGMale's friend who stays at AMK.
What a wonderful experience!
Prawning track records:
1st time prawning @ Farmart - 1 giant prawn
2nd time prawning @ Bishan Park - 2 prawn (1 small and 1 medium size)
3rd time prawning - ????? - hope to have many many prawns! (at least 20 prawns per hr)
Anyone out there can tip me on how to prawn better?
SGFemale
Visit to Nam Seng
As our son is still down with flu, persistent cough and fever and has not recovered a bit even after a visit to a clinic called Ama Keng at Jurong West. And we decided to bring him to see the doctor at Beauty World Shopping Centre whose clinic is always swarmed with lots and lots of customers.
Got a queue number of 30 even though we called in very early in the morning. After getting the queue #, we decided to hop across the road to one of the eateries for our breakfast. After that we walked over to Courts to shop for about 45minutes. Called in to check on the queue number about 2 hours later and were informed that it is already 20. By the time we arrived back at the clinic, the queue number was already at 28. Just in time! hehehe..;)
Diagnostic result: Son's nostril is slightly infected and has hence caused the cough and fever and non-stop running nose. The doctor mentioned that there are yellow color phlegm inside ( how true, nobody knows)..anyway we were charged almost $40 for the consulation and medication.
Hope the medication can perform another round of wonders yet again on my son's persistent sickness.
SGMale
Got a queue number of 30 even though we called in very early in the morning. After getting the queue #, we decided to hop across the road to one of the eateries for our breakfast. After that we walked over to Courts to shop for about 45minutes. Called in to check on the queue number about 2 hours later and were informed that it is already 20. By the time we arrived back at the clinic, the queue number was already at 28. Just in time! hehehe..;)
Diagnostic result: Son's nostril is slightly infected and has hence caused the cough and fever and non-stop running nose. The doctor mentioned that there are yellow color phlegm inside ( how true, nobody knows)..anyway we were charged almost $40 for the consulation and medication.
Hope the medication can perform another round of wonders yet again on my son's persistent sickness.
SGMale
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