6 Mar ’16 : Tim Ho Wan with family

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Back for a second visit! This time with my dad! This time we will order more thought to our heart’s content since there’s more people to finish the food today.

The Char Siew Pau is a must order of course.

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My dad who never stops playing his phone.

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Mom playing Tsum Tsum again. What’s wrong with adults sia? They also obssessed with their phones.

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Malay cake which is very special from other malay cakes bought elsewhere. Maybe because it’s fresh?

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This sauce is great but ribs are mostly bones and hardly any flesh. So I think it’s not worth to buy this again.

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Congee again. What is my mom without congee HAHA!

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This time we bought this steamed chicken mushroom rice. I liked it a lot. You get this at food courts at $4-5 and this only $6~. It is very worth it considering outside selling also around the same price. I liked this because steamed chicken was very smooth and the rice had soy sauce (at the end of the day seasoning wins) on it.

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Tried siew mai for our 2nd round of ordering. Siew Mai is nice but I think it’s very expensive? I know outside selling cheaply because they don’t usually put a few whole prawns in each. But Sheng Kee sells this exact tasting siew mai at a cheaper price. Okay fine maybe it’s about the same price but my heart aches everytime I buy such expensive siew mai that I can eat in a few bites.

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Fried Hor Fun but it’s spicy…

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Ee Mian! But is not that delicious for the price they selling for in my opinion.

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This is Prawn and Pork wrapped in beancurd skin. It’s nice but I prefer Siew Mai over this.

Tim Ho Wan is nice when you know exactly what to buy. But since it’s only our 2nd trip we are yet to try everything. But now, I know more or less what to buy if I ever come back for another meal at Tim Ho Wan.

I will definitely get the Char Siew Pau which is very cheap (if you compare it to bakery items). Malay cake and Siew Mai as well! Steamed chicken rice if I am feeling hungrier.

Hope next time I will come spending lesser yet able to eat the dishes I really like!


And I am  feeling very nervous as my intern starts the next day. Thank god Flora kinda made me less nervous with her skype call.

My eye started to hurt so bad at night I could not sleep. I kept tearing and opening my eyes was such a painful task. Kinda felt bad for my dad who had to go to the supermart few blocks away to get me eye wash at 12am. It did feel better after the wash but it still hurt. My eyes was clear of dirt already. Then I went to check the inner part of my right eye and saw a white lump. I was guessing it’s a sty and it’s already infected. So I went to sleep hoping the pain will be gone next day which it did! Or else I had to go report for intern with a swollen red eye.

1 Mar ’16 : Visiting intern place

Met Renice, my cousin Vanessa and my aunt at the market. I got myself a lot of skirts for intern today at Bendemeer market. My aunt knew them since she visits that market every single day so I got discounts thanks to her.

I guess this is how important kinship is? It’s not because of the discount I got but I really saw her taking time out to follow me to different shops, and asking for a discount is really not an easy thing to do because of ego issue. No matter you detest the person’s usual attitude but no matter what is still your family and they still will help you when you need it. I kinda feel bad but an attitude is still an attitude though I should not treat them so coldly. She may not be well liked by others in the family but really though, we are still kins and I can really see they still contact and help each other out very often despite past conflicts.

After that, we went up to visit the other 2 cuties whose daddy brought them home from school. He did not see my camera before so he was curious. In fact he advised me on which camera to buy depending on my needs and it was me using his camera that really made me want to buy one. So he gave me a lesson on how to operate the camera which really helped. He also told me to put on the strap so it won’t drop and break. HAHA He said his children can be my models today so no formalities ah. No need pay modelling fees to you ah HAHA.

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Eh~ What’s that black colour thing Ah Yi is holding?
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Puppy Eyes~
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“Aw~!! What happened there?”
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You know you slept too well when your cheeks have prints.
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Excuse my feet and just look at the beauty in the pic!

 

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Cutie baby~ Long eyelashes to plump sweet lips~
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If only I had a F/1.8 lens and macro lens…
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Drooling
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HAHA this was 1 second before she pasted that sticker on my poor lens… Got marks on it now HAHA but she’s so cute sia she know she did something she shouldn’t she cheekily laughed.
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I really think she looked like Amabel, my cousin as a baby but they all insist she looks like me more.
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My favourite shot among all the photos but her mom told me not to take photos of her with her messy or else we start comparing her to…

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Ugly background but whatever as long the subject is pretty hehe
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Cherry blossoms and Shanell
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Can they stop making such faces? HAHA

 

 

 

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Photogenic I agree? He looks good in both photos and in reality.
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Cheeky but cute
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Against the light…
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Cheese~
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One more?

We then set off for my intern place at Wilkie Edge building! We walked to Boon Keng MRT taking to Little India MRT. I actually found buses I can take from the MRT to Peace Centre which is just beside Wilkie Edge but my mom is like “walking isn’t that much la”. Ya sure it is much. I sweat so much walking under the sun. And when in a rush I don’t think I can walk wiithout feeling the urge to just run when I can actually take a bus if I don’t have to wait long for it.

After a long walk, we reached the building. I saw cafes such as Hans and Starbucks! But cannot afford to have it so frequently. We tried going to the 3rd floor but it wouldn’t let us go up unless we scan a lift card which employees are all given.

So we ended up just eating at Hong Kong Kitchen which sold very cheap food. I think I can see myself lunching there every noon. We got watercress soup and century egg porridge.

We then walked our way to Dhoby Ghaut MRT and took note of all the bus stops along the way. We saw many food outlets nearby which really tempted me especially the bingsoo store selling either personal sized or couple sized bingsoo.

I think we got too tempted we ended up having Tim Ho Wan since I never tried before.

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This is the best dish among what we ate. This really lived up to its reputation.

 

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Glutinous rice wrapped in pandan leaves.

 

 

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This is a disappointment though. Maybe my expectations are too high but I find this quite normal.

 

 

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Siew mai is best when whole prawns are in it.

 

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My favourite kind of congee. Must add soy sauce haha!

After that, we shopped around for some intern necessities. I got myself a brown sling bag for intern which I thought was a little casual but I went for the gamble. It is quite expensive but I thought it really is of good quality and it looks nice too. It can be used for long rather than the black bag I used for school.

We went back to my cousin’s house since we promised we will come back after visiting my intern place. The kids already bathed by the time we went there so haha they were warned not to run around.

 

 

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Got the Romeo Tan feels? I am an aunt to such a handsome boy!

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But handsome boys always have to make such ugly faces don’t know for what?

 

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My cousin came back from work!

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Look who got kit kat from his mom!

I tested him on his spelling but he ended up asking me for anyone’s number so I gave him my mom’s and mine. End up he went to memorise it and spam call us. No wonder his mom warned me not to. But smart sia at his age he can easily memorise a few string of numbers in just few minutes. So it became a number memo test rather than spelling test.

These kids are just too cute. Thanks to their dad we got a car ride home since we all lived in Sengkang! Thanks ah!