天外天 (鸿记) 潮洲鱼头炉
(Tian Wai Tian Fish Head Steamboat)
1383 Serangoon Road
Tel: 6292 9982

天外天 is located just besides PIE at the Upper Serangoon road exit (near Serangoon Broadway). If you are taking train, then stop at Potong Pasir MRT on the North-East line.

There is no ambience to talk about because 天外天 is just a typical zi-char stall in a normal coffee shop. However. this place is so popular that they have seats in the coffee shop and at the back alley as well.

As usual, all of them camera shy and no-one wanted to take photos with me other than Maggie Jie and Luffs. Hahaha! But Luffs looked so tired in the photos!

This is 天外天’s famous fish head steamboat! They have two types of fish to choose from, the white promfet and the red groupa. The soup was full of vegetables, yam and of course fish. Also, the soup was yummilicious and you can topped it up for free!

The sweet and sour pork ribs were good - Not as hard as those I ate elsewhere - In fact, they are pretty tender. The overall taste was good as well!

Fried prawn sauce chicken has always been Luff’s favourite dish and the ones we had at 天外天 were pretty decent.

The sambal cuttlefish kangkong was nothing special but the taste was not too bad since I am a fan of cuttlefish! But some of them found it too spicy.

The prawn roll was typical and very similar to those that I have had. Grinded pork, prawns and water chestnut were used as the fillings and this can easily score a few notches higher if the fillings weren’t that finely grinded though it was still quite delicious.

The tofu prawn seemed a little strange because they added sambal to it but nevertheless the spicy taste was quite refreshing. I initially told that my uncle ordered chilli crab. Haha!

The sea cucumber with duck took so long to come and we were already filled to the brim when it was served. Haha! So we had to tabao the remainder home.

The total damage came up to $150 for 13 of us which we felt was pretty reasonable.

I cannot believe this!

MSN is telling me that I am outdated.

You cannot sign in to Windows Live Messenger because you are using an old version of Windows Live Messenger.

Note: To upgrade Windows Live Messenger, you need to log on to this computer as a local administrator.

The best thing is my GM has gone to our India office and no-one in the office knows the password.

ARGHH!

What a nice way to start my Friday!

On a side note, Omocha Land has came up with their second collection and it is totally awesome! Hurry now and get yourself a Rilakkuma bath towel / flip mirror / blanket / carpet / tissue holder etc...

It was a super wet day and I received a call from Maggie Jie just slightly after 6pm when I was still in office. "I met with an accident. Can you come pick me up?" was what I heard on the phone.

I wished I could reach Maggie Jie fast to find out what happened but the traffic condition was bad. Luffs and I will always take this same route home after work but the journey seemed exceptionally long just now.

The Expressway Monitoring Advisory System (EMAS) on the road kept showing

ACCIDENT VEHICLE ON SH
AFT JLN BAHAGIA

And I knew that accident vehicle was Maggie Jie's motorcycle.

Thank God Maggie Jie was ok and still smiling when we saw her. She only sustained minor injuries but her bike could not start. The EMAS Recovery crew came to tow the bike away from the expressway so that Maggie Jie's mechanic could fix the bike on the spot.

Luffs offered to ride because the right mirror was broken, so I drove Maggie Jie home.

Haha, see Luffs with Maggie Jie's Elmo helmet on a Elmo bike!

Many photos and videos were taken as we made our way home but the photos were very blur. So I will leave this entry as it is and hope that my sotong sister will be more careful next time!

Tickets are available at SISTIC!

Omocha Land = Toy Land in Japanese!

I cannot remember how I got to know Anne but somehow we have been 'cyber friends' for close to a year? Anne and her sister started Omocha Land because of their 'obsession' with Rilakkuma and Korilakkuma.

Look at the below preview that Anne has beautifully done up for their first collection! This collection consists of 2010 calenders and schedule books which are perfect gifts for your girlfriends since Christmas is not too far away.


What's more?

Omocha Land is now offering free local postage for all schedule books and discounted price for registered mail for calenders! And you are entitled to free registered mail if you purchase a calender together with a schedule book.

So visit http://omocha-land.livejournal.com/ now!

The PETRONAS Twin Towers were the world's tallest buildings before being surpassed by Taipei 101. However, the towers are still the tallest twin buildings in the world.

This is the view from the 42nd storey!

The meeting ended by 1pm and we went for dim sum lunch at Spring Garden before heading to the airport.

Photo taken from http://www.suriaklcc.com.my/

Note: Dev, lunch was with our client so I did not take photos of the food. Haha!

I had a wonderful birthday celebration with my family although it was not something very elaborate. And most importantly, I received the BEST present ever. Anyway, I will talk more about it at the end of this post.

Dinner was at Orchard Cafe!

Unfortunately I did not manage to take the whole buffet spread.

Everyone wants a photo with Chef Ming.

By the way, he is my cousin!

Sisters camwhoring together!

How can we forget the birthday girl?

Luffs bought my birthday dress and jacket for me!

And also, the cake was a surprise arranged by my cousin.

* Thank you, Luffs and Ah Ming Kor! *

Happy family photos!

Below are the gifts I received.

The two bouquets of flowers were delivered to my office.

[1] Flowers + Burberry Brit (30ml) : From parents-in-law and Kenny Boy

[2] Flowers + Sheep + Merci Chocolate : From Juu and Maggie Jie

[3] Capitaland Vouchers + Card : From colleagues

[4] Hong Baos : From parents and father-in-law

[5] Kate Spade Classic Noel Zippered Chrissy Wristlet : From Harald and Maggie Jie

[6] Taka Jewellery Pendant : From Chris Kor and Violet Jie

And last but not least, my BEST birthday present!

Luffs and I bought our house!

We went to view the house on 17 October.

The sellers agreed to our offer on 20 October.

We exercised the option to purchase on 24 October.

HOORAY! What a timely gift right?

That's not all!

Luffs gave me this interior design book!

This is how the pages inside look like!

I had a good time looking at the designs inside and we really have to start thinking what kind of theme / concept we want to have for our future house.

And this marks the end of my 25th birthday!

* I have lived a quarter of a century *

Look who got older!

I cannot believe how fast time has been going by ever since I turned 21 and I have been around for ¼ of a century (as of 0353 hours)!

It is interesting to look back and reflect on what has happened the last 25 years. I will not summarize my life here but I am just thankful to the Lord for seeing me through all these years even though I have failed Him on many occasions.

Psalm 118:29 "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever."

Anyway, I have some old photos to share below! Look how much Maggie Jie and I have grown, yah? Hehe... Hope she won't kill me after seeing these photos.

Okie dokie, that's all for now and I will update more about my birthday tonight.

Monday, October 26, 2009 @ 10:40 PM

Food Crisis!

The food crisis has moved from lunch and dinner to breakfast.

Tea, cocoa, sugar and coffee prices have hit multi-decade highs over the last few weeks, while the cost of orange juice has also risen sharply. Among “breakfast” commodities, only milk prices remain low.

Friday, October 23, 2009 @ 12:50 PM

I Want To Go For The Party!

Can someone tell me how I can be one of the first 50 members to spend $200 nett at Watsons?