19 Feb 2016- met up with Fran for a movie called 13 hours, it was actually pretty good, not as intense as Black Hawk Down... and then went for teppanyaki at wisma atria foodcourt with Fran and Pongie... after that, we had free movie tickets from Huimin, so Pongie and I went to Lido to watch Deadpool... kind of awkward with Huimin and her new boyfriend sitting beside us... after that, it was pouring with rain on the way home...
20 Feb 2016- temple hopping day with nainai, mum, pongie and I... nothing much after that, and mum got me hooked on this chinese singing show called Sing my song... the show format is pretty good actually, the contestants have to be able to sing and write their own songs... I am still watching the show on repeat now... yup, that's how sad I am....
21 Feb 2016- went with Mum to chinatown early in the morning, decided to queue for bak kwa at Lim Chee Guan, it was only like 0900 in the morning already there is a mini queue happening... after that, went to PS to buy some disposable panties, after that, nothing very much happening...
22 + 23 Feb 2016- one of the highlights of the trip home this time... MBS! uncle thomas came in the pm to pick us up, nainai, pongie and I checked in first, the place was so crowded, full of China tourists, some Korean ones... but mostly China... blah! our family room was situated at tower 2 on the 3rd level... facing Gardens by the Bay... not a bad view actually, too bad about the low height... after that, michelle and co came to join us, took some pics, the room was really nice of course... and then decided to have dinner at Din Tai Feng at the Shoppes... Michelle was still doing her photoshoot after we all finished dinner, so we left early cos we wanted to catch the light show... after that, uncle jeffrey and co decided to come hang at the room for abit... and then after that, michelle, pongie, prisy and I changed and headed for the infinity pool... the problem was each person needed to have a swipe card to enter the premises... it was so crowded despite it being like 2200 at night... took ALOT of pics, people was taking selfies everywhere... left, right, and centre... after that, pongie was not feeling well, so did not join us at the bar for some cocktails, it was pretty crowded in the bar despite it being a monday night... the night scenery was pretty amazing... of course, took lots of pics again... by the time I slept, it was like 0200, and then I decided to wake up early to catch the sunrise at like 0630... after that, we went for another swim again in the pool... and then went for breakfast at the foodcourt in the Shoppes... Pongie contracted gastro, probably from the tuna croissant she ate the other day, so did not join us for breakfast, severely disappointed in the zha yu mee fen... did not even finish the food... after that, went up to the skydeck, it was free for guests, more pics taken... after that, uncle jeffrey came and picked us up... went home, slept for abit, cos there were so many us sharing the bed, did not really sleep well... maybe we should go back again next time, with just us, and then we can actually fully enjoy ourselves... prisy and I decided to go check out suntec and pasar bella... the food was actually not bad, especially the chips and korean fried chicken... the burger not so much, the cocktail was not too bad as well, minus the mint... bought a pair of going out shoes each... and then slowly made our way back to bugis for swensen's ice-cream... and then met up with Michelle and her friend... and then it's room escape time again, this time with Sharon, her friend, Michelle and her friend, and Ernest and his fiance... pretty weird, seeing as how we never really hang out in the past... the game was called Tomb Raider and it was hard! both physically and mentally... although some of the clues were pretty ambiguous... and even after we failed, the staff did not even debrief... don't think I am going back there again! after that, Ernest dropped us back home...
24 Feb 2016- met up with Jo at wisma atria foodcourt for lunch, and then we went taka to check out the basement goodies, thought we could buy some snacks for ktv later, but I was so full after lunch, and the jap fish pancake and ice-cream, there was no way I could fit any more food in... then went to teo heng ktv at hotel rendezvous... huimin joined us in the last hour as well as her boyfriend, and then met up with fran and her boyfriend for dinner, decided to eat at mos burger near peace centre... another room escape game, mel also joined us... and we failed again! this was really challenging, mentally, some crawling involved, but even with 7 brains, we could not make it out in time, the good thing about this place is that even though you ran out of time, they still allowed you to stay on and figure it out... and then it was goodbye to everyone... we walked with mel back to her car and had to go through the really dodgy ktv place, the whole peace centre is pretty creepy, especially at night...
25 Feb 2016- went to Wisma Atria to eat the teppanyaki again, ok the grilled fish is super yummy... after that, went to far east plaza to cut my hair, did not turn out like I wanted to in the end anyway, and went for the first real pedicure experience in my entire 30 years of life... pretty good feeling... I also quite liked the colour I picked... but pretty expensive though... the gastro virus must have spread to nainai cos she started vomiting and had diarrhoea one morning, and in the end, had to go see a doctor and take medications... poor nainai
26 Feb 2016- went to this travel expo thing at MBS... got so many brochures, bags, so tempted to go travelling... definitely not to Taiwan after hearing about what happened there to Michelle and co... Gross! it will probably be Japan and Korea... after that, we went to do our health screening review, and then decided to go check out the little prince cafe at Toa Payoh, it is quite obscure, hidden amongst the HDB flats... we were the only ones there, nothing very exciting actually... went for dinner at swensen's again at City Square Mall with mum... Uncle and co's flight was delayed for quite abit, but uncle jeffrey came and picked them up anyway...
27 Feb 2016- went for breakfast again at Whampoa market, this time I queued for chai tau kway... had soya bean drink of course... and also detoured to buy dou sha bing... yummy! after that, did cleaning, and packing and then hung out at home the whole day until had to go to the airport at approx 0030 to pick papa up, cos his flight also was delayed...
28 Feb 2016- last day :( went for breakfast yum cha at this serangoon country club, the food was not really nice actually... it was pretty weird, cos this was the first time we actually went out for a meal with auntie tina and her husband, turned out uncle phillip was hilarious... like everything he says is food-related... he started telling me all these food lobang places, and I got so tempted that pongie, uncle phillip and 8th uncle and I went for second round of eating at this neighbourhood hawker centre at Toa Payoh, actually, when we got there, I realised that it was the place we used to go for you zheng yu... so we ate bao and chai tau kway again... I was sooo stuffed... he even gave me his mobile number to call him in advance the next time I go back so he can locate all the good food lobangs... he is funny, 8th uncle was of course his usual self... after that, hung at home until it was time to head to the airport... it's always sad to leave nainai and mum, had a abit of a crying bout the night before actually... the flight was on time, but as usual, I felt pretty sick the whole time, did not eat at all, did not even watch any movies, what a waste! turbulence at some points...
29 Feb 2016- landed back in sydney, and it was also hot... the good thing was that we cleared quarantine pretty smoothly, was abit worried there, cos we did bring quite a few "banned" stuff... anyway, got home, unpacked, slept for abit, and it's back to work the next day :(
