Singapore Fireworks Festival 2008

2nd and last dae of the Singapore Fireworks Festival 2008...
todae... by the Koreans
weather was... bad...
but despite bad weather raining down... it does not dampen the Singapore spirit...
many still crowd around the Marina Bay...

went down to The Esplanade to catch a moment wif the pyrotechnics the whole Singapore is crazy abt...
rain slowly started to die down...
it's a bit sian to watch fireworks in the rain...
but it's also thanks to the rain we found a panoramic view of the bay...
rain made the floor wet...
so not many ppl will wanna wet their butts...
so we found a spot...
get a few newspaper... lay on the floor...
and there... we got seats... XD

a bit of drizzle here and there...
and 7 mins past the start of the fireworks...
heavy drizzle started falling...
Zzz...
everybody beared with the heavenly tears till the end of the fireworks b4 scurrying off into shelter...

took a video of the spectacular night event...
please enjoy... :P

Singapore Fireworks Festival 2008 (Korean Team)

Pirated Rigatoni

Went East Coast for cycling todae...
heard from WL dat The Vista Bistro @ Big Splash kitchen staff was previously from Le Papillon...
and that they replicated the rigatoni pasta recipe over there...
so we decided to go try it out...

on the menu... there's a small print that said "Signature Dish"
lol... alright...
so i ordered it...
food came...
the dish looked almost the same...
less the botarga and the shrinkage of prawns...
well... other dan the 2 not so significant differences...
it really looked like the rigatoni pasta from Le Papillon...

then i tasted it...
-_-
immediately i knew the answer...
it couldn't compare to the rigatoni pasta served in Le Papillon...
the taste is way too mild and do not have the "specialness" of LP...
the whole thing juz dun taste right...
i still think LP served the best rigatoni pasta...

Period.

Dead?

I kinda guess so...
been lazy blogging recently... XD
like nothing much to blog...
posts getting lesser and lesser...
guess i'll be blogging once in a blue moon now... :P

Predator Countdown?

Caught my eye a few daes ago...
suddenly recalled the movie Aliens VS Predator...
the symbols of the Predatian language... XD
a countdown for the final explosion?
BOOM!!! and there goes the hotel...

BOOM?

todae VERY busy...
even though last nite was fireworks dae...
yesterdae ain't as busy as todae...
coz maybe todae got last minute walk-in of 9 pax...
maybe...

it all ended wif a bang...

Butchery?

Urgently need minced chicken meat todae...
so was told to go down to butchery to collect...

down at butchery...
asked if our minced chicken is ready...
"nope... not ready yet..."
den he looked at me...
"eh? i remember u... u got work butchery b4 rite?"
"come come... u mince urself..."
-_-
diaoz...
lol... so wat to do?
mince myself loh...

dinner time...
got a big table of 19...
cut down to 15... and finally to 14...
all eating menu de couverte...
so easy to do...
if 14 ppl all eat a là carte... confirm die until jialat jialat...

this new chef here...
is... one spoon rule all dishes...
y?
coz he taste every single dish wif dat one and only spoon...
normal?
yep...
but not when he taste liao den put into his pocket...
and taste another and another till the rest of the service...
without washing the spoon in between... O_o
eeeeeeee... i find it kinda disgusting... XP
maybe dat's his secret to his fantastic dishes... LOL!!!

news in the hotel travel VERY FAST...
news from lvl 71 can reach down to B2 so fast...
even the pastry noes...
wow...

Vacuum Lamination

They printed out the photos for the new dishes...
to be put up for Mr. G to see when he starts work...
coz he haven seen the plating of the new menu yet...

with fear dat the stewarding will destroy the photos when they are washing the kitchen...
or maybe dampen the photos...
we decided to "waterproof" it...
they are printed on A4 paper btw...
we got no laminating machine...
so how?
all we have is a vacuum packing machine...
so we used dat anyway... LOL!!!

TA-DA!!!
looks almost like laminated...
another use for our vacuum packing machine...
cheers!!!

Turned Carrots

Turned baby carrots todae... Zzz...
turn until my hand cramp liao...
fingers locked into a manner dat however i turn the carrots...
it stays in the exact positions... LOL...

so long never turn carrots liao...
never turn baby carrots b4...

the new chef suddenly changed...
from a devil into an angel... O_o
lol...
baybe coz 2 of our staff cannot take it and complained...
den "threatened" to leave...
oh well...
we'll see how it lasts... :P

Food Feasting

Todae wasn't actually a very busy dae...
but it's only made busy coz of some clearing matters to settle...
tomoro will be the start of the new menu...
so watever is left todae have to be cleared...
those can be used will be used for certain purposes...
those which can't be used... clear away...

left a lot of things... but too sayang to throw away...
so...
we cooked all of them and ate it...
LOL!!!
from lobsters to foie gras and truffles...
not to mention desserts too...
wow... eat until my stomach a bit cramp... Zzz...

Food Tasting

Worked 12½ hrs straight todae...
11am - 11:30pm...
y?
coz got food tasting for the new menu from our new chef Andre starting on 1st July...
so stayed till 5:30pm den finally go down for dinner and start work at 6pm again... -_-
took a lot of photos of the new dishes...
didn't wanna upload so many photos...
so i juz combined all of the photos into one using photoshop... XD

All the new menu dishes...

FOOD!!! GLORIOUS FOOD!!!

dinner was VERY busy...
non stop new orders keep coming in...
work until so tired todae... phew...

Record breaking release

A very slack dae todae...
not many customers...
Edmond Ho came to our kitchen todae... wif 2 of his crew...
not taking food photoraphs...
but the photographs of our new chef...
lol... so funny...
some of our staff act like extras...
"acting" like they are talking in the background...
or walking around behind the chef...
everything looks so comical... LOL!!!

he still remembers me... XD
he said hi to me...
and told one of the staff there...
"this guy used to work in my previous restaurant"
:P

anyway...
dinner not much ppl...
so ended quite early...
very early in fact...
9:30pm we started clearing up the kitchen...
10pm... we're out of the kitchen... LOL!!!

Get Smart

Went for out unit's cohesion at Tampines SAFRA todae...
a very boring dae actually...
soccer... archery... pool... snooker...
they actually booked the entire snooker room juz for out unit...
and play is FOC... :P
we also have free popcorn and balloon sculpting... -_-
some of us brought our families...
but most went alone...
we had lunch there...
which was a bento each...
so fusion sia...
never seen such bento b4...
nope... it's not those japanese rich wif teriyaki or sashimi wif watermelons...
it consisted of fried rice... -_-
oat meal prawns... O_o
baby idako...
and a few grapes... Zzz...
wow... and u call this a bento...

after the prize giving ceremony...
we were finally allowed to out-pro... Zzz...
after which... went home rest a bit b4 going down to Marina Square to meet my dear...

watched Get Smart...
a lame spy movie...
it's lame...
but funnily lame... LOL...
cool lame gadgets...
it's not like "Meet the Spartans" or "Scary Movie"
those are stupidly lame...
Get Smart actually brings in quite a few laughs...
i like the movie...
4/5

Home Sweet Home

I'M HOME!!!!!!!!!!!
i miss my PC...
i miss my HP...
i miss my bed...
i miss my air-con...
i miss everything...
and most importantly...
i miss my dearest...
haven't seen her for 5 daes...
it's already like 5 mths... :(

carrying all my barang barang...
looking out of the moving cab...
looked at familiar places...
Chong Pang...
the McDonalds across my street...
made me realise how much i missed home...
army life is so sian... Zzz...

ok... anyway... abt these 5 daes...
quite lobo...
a very slack low key ICT...

Day 1.
reported to Jurong Camp II @ 7:30am
1st stop... in-pro
RSM standing in front of the in-pro centre checking and approving hair lengths...
those who passed gets a chop on their hand bearing the crest of Jurong Camp II...
lucky i cut my hair not long ago...
so i passed...
those who failed... gets a hair cut from the barber for a fee of $5
$15 for dying it back black...

checked into bunk and slack a bit...
nothing much on the 1st dae actually...
juz a few briefings and so on...
and familiarizing wif the SAR 21 rifle...
and technical handling test...
nite time... Zzz...

Day 2.
stupid chop still on my hand...
like those pork u see sold in the wet market... -_-
had IPPT in the morning...
thought i would fail...
if fail... i gotta retake it another time outside... Zzz...
but luckily...
i passed...
went for an outing to my mother camp - Khatib Camp
for a refresher course on calling for artillery fire...
air-con room... woot...
go back...
dinner...
Zzz...

Day 3.
went for 300m range...
hated it...
y?
coz it's group combat shoot... -_-
in order for marksmanship...
ur detail of 6 members must have a total of 80% hit
day shoot... out of 15 rounds... i hit 12... missed 3...
6 members... 2 marksman 4 average shooter...
passed... as for now...
den came the nite shoot...
this is the nightmare...
vision not very clear... so grades drop by a bit...
2 average shooter... and...
4 bobo shooter!!!!!! O_o
and by bobo... i mean BOBO...
each of them... hit 2 out of 15... 3 out of 15... etc... Zzz...
OMG!!!
out of 90 rounds (15 each × 6) we scored only 27...
talk abt boboness...
i hit around 10+ out of 15
so in the end if by judging by individual shoot...
i couldn't get a marksmanship... missed by a bit...
but got a pass...
but wif 4 bobos in the team... i failed... -_-
rarrr...

range very boring... juz shoot... wait... and eat... and shoot... and wait... and eat again...
den go back... Zzz... so sian...
even more sian is $200 fly away... boo hoo...

Day 4.
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Support company went for their shoot todae...
so we went for a mini map planning excercise...
in the OPs planning room...
air-con again...
happiness...
officers listened and did their planning...
us? sleeping in the air-con room... LOL!!!
at abt 3pm... we're done...
went up to bunk to clean our stupid rifles...
we were allowed to book out todae for nights off...
so we tried to clean our rifles fast...
let the armourer check...
fail... -_-
clean again...
let him check again... fail again... Zzz...
clean until very clean le... and let him check...
FAIL!!! O_o
kaoz... u want black rifles become silver rifles den u happy izzit? Zzz...
so pek chek...
din bother to book out anymore...
coz by the time we book out and reach home...
it's time to leave home le... -_-
so went for dinner...
and cleaned one last time b4 letting the "bird" man check again...
and finally i passed...
i think he purposely de... Zzz...

Day 5.
Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie company went out for their ASO training...
us?
not involved...
so?
slept in bunk...
slacked in bunk...
until abt 12pm... went for lunch...
slacked in bunk again...
went to mess...
canteen...
bunk again...
all the way until abt 4pm... were de-kitted...
went to Auditorium for AAR and post ICT survey...
book out...
stuck at guard room...
coz orders not passed yet for our unit to be released... Zzz...
coz A, B and C company haven clear all their things yet...
so we waited until abt 9pm den we can go off... Zzz...
sian...

tomoro gotta go Tampines SAFRA for unit cohesion...
and will out-pro there... Zzz...
sianz... gotta wake up early again...

ICT : Incoming

Will be going for ICT tomoro...
so i'll be MIAing for a week...
dun miss me too much...
XD

went home... started packing for my ICT...
searched high and low for my SAF ID tag (AKA dog tag)...
can't find it...
opened every single box and rummaged through EVERYTHING in hope of finding it...
but to no avail...
couldn't recall where on earth i put my ID tag 4 yrs ago... -_-
duh...
and when i almost gave up...
searched every where le...
and when i searched the last place...
THERE IT IS!!! O_o
it's sitting in my SBO all along... Zzz...
argh...

Q. Why is it that you always find what you are looking for in the last place you search?

A. Because once you found the item, you stop searching anymore!!! LOL!!! XD

working is sian...

So sian...
work so sian...
come home nothing to blog...
everydae is the same...
so wat's special to blog abt?
nothing's special to blog...
so i guess i'll only blog once in a blue moon then...

was supposedly a relaxing night for tonite...
until some crazy ppl came in at 10:45 to eat... -_-
helloooooooo......
our last order is at 10:30?
Zzz...
ppl juz dun understand dat we need to go home huh?
the whole kitchen is closed...
and we gotta open it back up just for ur order... -_-
haiz...

how i wish time flies faster...
July...

Sex and the City

Watched the movie - Sex and the City todae...
nothing much to blog though...
so i'll keep it short... :P
nice movie actually...
very touching...
go watch...
LOL!!!
dat's it... ciaoz...
4/5

Will you marry me?

One thing u get to see sometimes when working in a fine dining restaurant and a romantic setting is...

u get to see marriage proposals once in a while... :P

the music is nice...
in the dimly lit restaurant...
savouring food - fine dine
the ambience is great...
the breathtaking night view of the city scape...
a perfect setting 71 storeys on Singapore's tallest hotel...
a romantic evening...

in the kitchen...
we were preparing the "special" dessert for the guest...
a chocolate sphere on a bed of rose petals and dry ice...
and in that sphere...
a diamond ring...
glitters ever so brightly as we held it to the light...
my guess is it costs no less dan a 5-digit sum...

everything look so dreamy...
dessert is served...
this guy here is going to be the happiest person on earth...
as she opened up the chocolate...
in lies the stone of every girl's dream...
the guy knelt down facing her...
in front of every single guests in the restaurant...
and said the most sacred words...
"will you marry me?"
which girl would say no?
it's like a fairy tale to all...
everything is so perfect...
what could go wrong?

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EVERYTHING!!!

the girl said NO... O_o
ouch...

from the perfect night for the guy...
turned into his greatest nightmare...
i dunno where he's gonna put his face...
the entire kitchen was conversing abt them...
hot topic of the night...

well... wat's the conclusion?
doesn't mean dat u r rich and u treat a girl to a fancy restaurant means she'll marry you...

- Money doesn't buy love

Once in a blue moon

Wow...
1st time in Jaan i see so little reservations...
lunch not busy...
left kitchen at 2:30pm...
by far the earliest... XD

dinner even earlier...
4 pax...
8pm+ no new orders liao...
rot in the kitchen...
doing watever mise-en-place for tomoro...
though there is nothing left to do...
by 10pm... kitchen already cleaned up...
left the kitchen at 10:15pm... LOL...

heard tomoro nite will be a very busy nite...
coz Equinox Restaurant closed for private functions...
so all walk-in guests dining in Equinox will be pushed to Jaan... O_o

anyway... saw Alvin in the changing room todae...
todae his 1st dae of orientation... hahaa...
will see him in Prego soon... :P

Doneness Test

Todae so busy lah... Zzz...
so tired... haiz...
anyway...
during dinner...
got a big table order 6 wagyu steaks...
plus a few other main courses...
and guess wat doneness they ordered?
1 well done...
2 medium well...
1 medium...
1 medium rare...
AND... 1 RARE!!! -_-

kaoz...
challenging sia... Zzz...
y can't they all eat the same doneness?... -_-
so crap...
oh well...
wat to do?...

Narnia 2 : Prince Caspian

Watched Narnia 2 todae...
wif Kars... Naq and Sabrina...
quite nice...
though i prefer the 1st movie more...
has more originality...
3.5/5

i also need to really thank Kars and Naq for the impromptu post bdae celebration for me...
lol...
so sweet of them...
this is the 1st time friends actually celebrated my bdae for me...
really appreciated their effort...

Happy Birthday to me...

Yep... it's my bdae todae... XD
and thanks everyone for their bdae wishes... :)

and becoz it's my bdae todae...
we finish work early...
y?
coz todae is Mondae...
and very few ppl eat todae... LOL!!!
so last dessert fire at abt 10:15pm...
clear the kitchen...
etc etc...
leave the kitchen by 10:30 liao...
wahahaha!!!

happiness...

Busy Sunday

So busy todae... heezzz...
restaurant full house sia... -_-
and i grill like crazy... Zzz...
jumping here and there...
stress...

for the past few daes... business was booming...
busy almost everydae...
but it was exceptionally busy todae...

if everydae so busy...
i'll die... XP

Broiler Station

Todae is my official dae of standing at the broiler... alone...
the usual broiler was on off todae...
so i took his place...
wooo...
though business quite good todae...
i managed to pull through...
got a bit of forgetting this and dat...
but still... no cock ups...
so i'm happy...

a brand new concept from LP...
LP i can stand at the hot station wif no problems...
but here... i need some time getting used to...

- Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Late customers

Stood at Broiler todae...
smell oily fumes until i wanna vomit... XP
now my stomach a bit churning inside... Zzz...

lunch only 3 pax... LOL...
but dinner quite busy...
30+ pax
den got one table of 12 come so late... Zzz...
come at 10:30pm... RARRR!!!
make us finish work at 11:30pm...
thought i would miss my last train...
luckily didn't...
sometimes i really dun understand y ppl can come dine at 10:30pm... -_-
they like to be ordering their food when kitchen abt to close hor?... Zzz...
so sian...

whole of todae feeling a bit down...
like everything so sian...
times in Le Papillon were the most fun daes in my life...
i miss LP a lot...
how i wish it didn't close down...
i'll never forget the daes we had in LP...

it all seems like yesterdae...

I'm BACK!!!

Ok... i'm back due to popular demand... LOL...
2 weeks of inactive blogging...
finally back to blog all happenings in the past couple of weeks...
had a tough time trying to recall details and wat exactly happened...
but anyways... already posted up all missed out posts...

yes... went to Fish and Co. for dinner todae...
to visit Naq while she's working... LOL...
had Seafood Platter...
compared to Manhattan's Fish Market's Seafood Platter...
this has more variety...
and the fried calamari is nice...
though i prefer MFM's flaming prawns and rice more...
both has it's strengths and weaknesses...
and ya... not to mention...
F&C's after meal mints are better dan MFM's mentos...
XD

Boring dae at work

Rushed to work todae at 3pm only to find out dat todae low reservations...
so everybody came in at 4pm - 6pm... Zzz...
coz they dun have my HP no...
so i couldn't be informed... -_-
make me rush for nothing...
rarrr!!!

from 2pax reservation increase to 8 pax...
boring night...
nothing to do...
all mise-en-place done...
so juz sit around and chat...

when during service...
i stood at the "garnish" section...
AKA entrémettier...
watever orders i cook watever vege or garnish which is needed...
need time to get used too... :P

not much ppl come eat...
yet go home late...
y?
coz got guests come in at 10:15pm... -_-
kaoz...
so late liao still come eat fine dining...
go Lau Pa Sat eat supper till 3am lah... Zzz...

oh well...
off yesterdae... work 1 dae... off tomoro again... LOL!!!
they should have given me my PH todae...
no business also...
den at least i can get LWE...
haiz...

Made of Honour

1st off for the week...
watched Made of Honour in Cineleisure todae...
a love story...
all lovey dovey...
nice for couples to watch...
though i feel it's a bit average...
3/5

after movie... wanted to eat Fish and Co...
but Naq not working todae...
so decided to have Manhattan Fish Market instead...
ordered Grilled Salmon and Seafood Platter...
i love the flaming prawns and the rice...
so nice lah...
yummy yummy...

Her's

His

we'll have Fish and Co. on Tuesdae... XD

Parking lots info

Saw a rather cool device todae...
they actually erected an electronic device dat tells u of the available parking spaces of the parking lots...
it's not only showing the lots available for only the building...
but for the entire area!!! O_o
COOL!!!

Parking lots for the area...

2nd dae at work same as yesterdae...
boring...
helping out and looking...
haiz...
i hate new environments...

1st day in Jaan

Start work todae in Jaan...
nothing much to sae actually...
juz look around...
trying to familiarise around the kitchen...
helping out wif the cold side...
doing appetizers and desserts...
other dan dat... pretty much it...

we'll see how the rest of the week goes... :P

The Helipad!!!

Final dae of orientation...
talk talk... den went for tour in the Equinox Complex...
from Introbar to New Asia Bar to City Space to Equinox Restaurant and Jaan...
nice...
was scheduled to go for a tour on the helipad...
BUT......
it's raining!!! :(
so sad... so cannot go...

Gloomy clouds cast over the sky

went back to meeting room for stupid talks again...
we can only go up to the helipad if the rain stops...
gotta pray hard...
if by 3pm... and there's still even one drop of rain from the heaven...
we can't go up... :(

went for lunch...
came back...
talks and talks again...
waiting and waiting...
1pm...
2pm...
2:30pm...
FINALLY!!! the rain stopped...
so we went up to the helipad...
it's not dat i've never been up there b4...
but the feeling is juz exhilarating...
this is the 2nd time i've been up on the helipad...

Gateway to heaven

after the tour up on the helipad...
and all the photo taking sessions...
we finally got to go home...
after a few final talks...

tomoro will be the start of a new beginning...

2nd day of orientation

hmm...
as usual... continued from yesterdae...
all the boring talks...
but todae is worse!!!
all talks... and nothing else...
at least yesterdae got tour...
todae is juz talk talk and talk... Zzz...
seriously trying to keep myself awake after lunch...
wat else?
tomoro last dae of orientation liao...
we'll be going up to the helipad tomoro!!!
woohoo!!!

What Happens in Vegas

Official start of work todae...
1st 3 daes is orientation for new birds...
compulsory for all new employees though i don't really need it... XD
i was juz looking forward to going up to the helipad... that's all...
:P

the talks bored me...
telling us on the vision and values of the hotel...
then tea break...
then bring us for a hotel tour...
show us where the different outlets are...
show us the hotel rooms... suites...
show us the swiming pool... spa...
everything... except for the Equinox Complex...

went to one of the Presidential Suites in Fairmont Singapore...
$4,600 per night if i remember correctly...
it's a helluva BIG for two persons...
it's like 3 deluxe rooms combined into one...
and wat did i like most abt the room?
THE TOILET!!!
OMG!!! the toilet itself is bigger dan my room!!! O_o
wif white tiles... glass panels... and a bathtub in th middle of the toilet...
it also have a shower room... and a mini sauna!!! *gasp*
i is so loving the toilet...

after the tour...
lunch... and talks again... Zzz...
full stomach + boring talks = not a very good combination...
i almost fell asleep... -_-
and then... they finally finished...
time's 5:30pm...

rushed out of the hotel...
caught a movie...
What Happens in Vegas...
a bit funny and crappy at the same time...
guy and girl met overnite...
got drunk... got married...
next dae wanted to pretend nothing happened...
won $3 million
don't wanna split...
got officially married...
trying to get hold of the full amount...
trying all means to make the other party file for divorce...
sparks fly...
true love sets in...
girl dun wan the money...
guy not happy...
back together again...
happily ever after...

3.5/5

East Coast

Went East Coast Park todae...
1st time cycling on a couple bike...
hahaha...
so fun...
never tried b4... though i've always wanted to ride on it so much...
cycle for a couple of hours...
backside pain pain... LOL!!!

we saw Fang Yi working in Vista Bistro todae...
at the Big Splash area...
erm...
wat else?
LOL!!!
i guess that's all ba... :P

It's official...

Went to Swissôtel for final interview at 10am todae...
or should i sae... a stupid "personality" test...
asking u questions like...
wat u would do if u see an unhappy guest...
and how confident r u...
all those crap questions...
to find out if u are suitable for the job...
well... apprently... i passed... LOL!!!
so proceeded to test my uniform and shoes...
go for medical checkup...
take thyphoid jab...
run here and there... finally finished everything at abt 3pm+
Zzz...
waste so much time...

was supposedly intervied for Equinox...
but ended up going to Jaan...
oh well...
so be it...
fine dining is fine for me... LOL!!!
XD
will be starting work next Mondae...
well... not exactly work...
but orientation...
yay!!! helipad!!! :P

Carousel

Had dinner in Carousel todae @ Royal Plaza on Scotts Road...
food there was ok...
in terms of spread...
i think The Line is better...
but it's still nice though... :)
they have very unique table setup...

Very nice cutlery holder... XD

We tried ALL of the desserts!!! WAHAHAHA!!!

Our table after war...

And Finally... the cast...

after a monster dinner...
we went to "Lau Pa Sat" for "Supper" wif Kars and Naq... LOL!!!
my holidae is gonna end soon!!! :(

Kallang Entertainment Center

Ok... saw the advertisement on MRTs a while back...
wanted to go see how Kallang Entertainment Center has evolved from wat was previously known as Kallang Leisure Park...
so went down todae...
hoping to see a grand entertainment complex wif lots of fun and everything...

reached there... haiz... so sian...
was so disappointed...
after opening for so long...
so many shops not open yet...
nobody go there too...
VERY inaccessable too...
walked a while...
got bored... so left for Suntec...

and ya... we had dinner wif Sabrina's parents todae... :)
at Thai Express...
have blogged abt Thai Express food b4...
so dun think i'll be repeating it... XD

Interview @ Swissôtel The Stamford

It's funny how after one big round... i end up working back at the hotel...
it sure is different wif connections...
go back in... chef comes interview...
no need any résumés... no need any certs or papers...
juz go there... talk some crap...
and you're hired...
still unknown when will my official working dae will be though...
have to wait till HR calls...
so in the meantime...
i'll juz enjoy my holidae... :P

went 4 an interview at 10am todae...
finished at abt 11am...
a lot of ppl interviewing...
coz hotel open for walk-in interviews...
waited 3 hrs for Alvin to come for his interview...
Zzz...
played "Advance Wars : Days of Ruin" while i waited...
i am such an AW fan...
when he arrived...
O_o
i had the laugh of my life...
he actually got short hair!!! O_o
LOL!!!
looked quite funny in dat hairdo...

anyway...
had lunch wif him...
and later brought him for an interview...
chef ain't free to interview him...
so he gotta come again for a 2nd interview...
most probably tomoro...

i hope this is wat i really want...

Harold and Kumar : Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Yep... went watching movie b4 dinner todae...
Harold and Kumar 2...
i personally preferred the 1st movie though...
more originality and humourous...
Escape from Guantanamo Bay is nice though...
i love both of them guys...
they are simply jokers...

and uh... ya...
didn't notice the restrictions b4 buying the tickets...
only when i saw something (ahem)
b4 i realised this movie had restrictions...
if it's M(18)... it's cool...
if it's R(21)... hmmm...
someone went in illegally... XD
but still... nobody stopped us or checked our age...
so all's well... :)
highly resommended to go watch...
though i must stress...
i prefer Harold and Kumar and the White Castle more...
4/5

1st month - 1 day

Tomoro is the actual dae...




need i sae more?

Over Her Dead Body

Celebrated Li Qiu's Bdae @ Downtown East todae...
newly built multi-storey carpark cum shopping centre - E!HUB
new Cathay cinema in the building...

we had dinner @ Fresh Bulgoggi... a Korean steamboat...
food was so so though... not dat fantastic...
oh well... i'm not really a fan of steamboats... XD
had frozen durian bdae cake... -_-
LOL!!!
nice...
but better thawed... hahaha
i is loving durians...

after dinner...
went for a movie...
"Over Her Dead Body"
erm...
it's a bit crap though...
comedy wif some humour and lameness...
abt how a girl died lamely...
and ghost meets human...
and argh...
3/5

Com finally repaired!!!

Finally... went down to Sim Lim to repair my stupid com...
power box gone... fan gone...
need to change new one...
$160
haiz...
oh well... at least it's working fine now... :)
delayed posts due to inoperable PC...
now ok le... so here come all the posts... XD

carried the heavy bulky CPU all the way to the MRT and to Sim Lim...
sweat...
took them a couple of hours b4 repairing the com...
well... in the mean time...
went Bugis Junction for lunch...
dined in Hip Diner by Billy Bombers...
ordered Lamb Shank...
1st bite was nice...
gravy + the part wif the fats was real nice...
but as i ate more...
i realised dat it wasn't really dat nice...
dun get me wrong...
the gravy is nice...
but it's juz dat...
it isn't braised till it's soft...
so the meat was kinda tough for a stew...
3/5

The menu wrote Lamb Shank Tenderloin?????? O_o

ah... and yes... my darling got lollipops for me... XD
so long never had these type of lollipops b4 liao lah...
sure brings back memories...

Cute rite?

k... now i'm officially jobless...
Jaan or Muse?

Iron Man

Closing of Le Papillon...
went to work todae to clear the kitchens and watever dat's left for us to clear...
throw away all the useless rubbish...
transfer usable store to Muse Bar...
etc etc...
till abt 12pm we went for lunch @ No. 3 Crab Restaurant (if i remembered correctly...)
boss drove us there...
nice food...
ate lotsa crabs... XD

What's left over of our crabs... XD

after dat we went back to LP to complete all unfinished business...
including moving furnitures and stuff back to Edmond's Studio...
after we finally finished...
watched Iron Man...

nice movie...
i like it...
kinda humourous actually...
and cool gadgets...
how i wish i got an Iron Man suit too...
HAHAHA!!!
4/5

Le Papillon's Last Dinner

The final wave of orders just ended...
desserts all out...
clearing the kitchen...
prepared our last dinner...
watever's left of the food in the restaurant...
fried all the fish...
grilled all the beef and lamb...
cleared all the sausages...
took out all the desserts...
beverages...
it's a buffet in LP tonite...
coz by tomoro... it will be Le Papillon no more...

Food!!! And there's even more at boss's table... O_o

Caught stealing food...

China girl Xiao Xiong

Our Tables

Our fun days in the kitchen will never be forgotten...



Memories of Le Papillon and her No. 1 Rigatoni Pasta in Maxwell Road will live on forever...

New Oven

Finally my oven arrived!!!

woo hoo!!!

New oven

With the door open

2 strike offs in my wish list now... :P

I broke my com... :(

Great... just excellent...
something wrong wif my power button...
so took the whole com apart...
den when i finally managed to get my com to power up...
i kae kiang...
placed the cover back without turning off the com...
den the next thing i knew...
PIANG!!!
the cover touched the fan...
and 2 blades flew out... :(
now my fan is 2 blades short... boo hoo... :(
my com now vibrates vigorously and VERY noisy...
i seriously need to get my com repaired... haiz...

Crazy madness dae @ LP

Woke up late again todae... Zzz...
10am to be precise...
LOL!!!
so rushed down to work in a cab...

looked at the reservation book...
woah...
50+ pax...
full house sia...
*faint*
todae is the busiest dae in my time in LP for so long...
work work work...
again... not much time for resting...
todae worse dan yesterdae...
though not as much mise-en-place...
boss came and helped again todae...
his wife and her dad and son came for lunch too...

Dick didn't have enough manpower todae...
coz some problems happened to one of the staff...
so had to come late...
time is 11:15am... and he's all alone working outside...
came in and called for reinforcements... hahaa...
WL and me went out to help him...
WL did the table setup while i folded the napkins...
1st time see Dick so flustered... XD

dinner was very busy todae too...
worked all the way till 12am... Zzz...
den boss told us to take a cab home...
claim from Robert tomoro... LOL!!!
wow... if everydae so busy... we can die sia...
sure shag us to death... :P

had a glass of ice water during work at dinner...
taste so so sweet... :P

Final support

Restaurant closing soon...
many ppl come support for the last time...
so very very busy...
todae so busy until no time to rest...
even during split-shift break oso need to work... Zzz...
whole dae work until dun even have chance to properly sit down and rest...
got an ½hr sleep... -_-
so sad...
non stop crowd...
keep coming in...

boss was here todae...
to"help out"
but still... we did most of the work... lol...
4 more working daes...
den i'll most probably go back to my hotel...
depends...
we'll see... XD

tomoro will still be another busy dae...
i can't wait for next week to come...
:)

Definately Maybe

Got 2 GV movie tickets...
courtesy of Sabrina's mum... :)
so went PS to catch a movie...
watched Definately Maybe...

when the movie started...
it was very boring... seriously...
i almost fell asleep...
maybe due to the delicious curry chicken rice i had for lunch todae... XD
but anyway...
as the movie progressed...
it got slightly better...
still boring though...
it was then i wondered...
y the hell did we watch this movie in the 1st place... -_-
the movie then ended wif a very powerful ending...
which really reached into u and touch ur heart...
very touching...

the whole movie juz keeps u thinking and thinking...
wondering who his wife was...
though a few part was a bit exaggeratingly lame...
wif a few decent humour...
very nice movie...
though u really need to understand the boring initial to actually feel the great ending...
4/5

after movie...
went Swensons for dinner...
the word "Chilli Crab" caught my eye...
so i ordered the spicy chilli pasta wif soft shell crab...
came wif wat looked like a deep fried tarantula on a bed of pasta...
LOL!!!
took a bite...
hmmm... initially was not bad...
but after many mouthfuls...
it really sucked...
taste of plain spicyness... nothing else...
i think the soft shell crab tasted nicer...

Tarantula Pasta?

ya... and btw...
went Best Denki... or is it called Best Connection now?
watever...
i finally bought myself a mini home combi-oven...
wahahah!!!
multi function oven...
includes baking, roasting, microwaving and even steaming!!! O_o
coolness...
but a big hole in my pocket though...
costed me $800... Zzz...
to be delivered to my home next Sundae...
woo hoo...

Dad's cooling tea

Reached home todae and there's cooling tea in the fridge...
my dad cooked it for me...
wahahaha...
he never add sugar... so the tea is tasteless...
but can taste the sweet after taste of the dried longans inside...

had a little running nose in the MRT todae...
i scared i might bleed through my nose again... LOL...
den i imagined...
wat if really bleed?
i really dunno wat to do loh...
i got no tissue... hahaha...
lucky it's juz a running nose... :P

I see red...

Red calls for celebration... lol...
i was at home todae...
when suddenly felt some liquid in my nose...
thought to myself...
maybe i'm having running nose... due to the installation of our new air-cons...
but doesn't feel right...
coz it's too watery...
and hard to control...
tried to sniff it back it... but it flowed down faster...
and the next thing i knew...
i saw it drip onto my bed... and i knew dat something is very wrong...
it is red...
MY NOSE IS BLEEDING!!! O_o

lol... seriously speaking...
this is the 1st time in my life my nose bled... XD
maybe due to the lack of sleep recently...
and busy workload...
on top of dat... little water intake...
causing severe heatiness...
and as a result... nose bleeding...

it was a painless affair which i thought was amusing...
i laughed throughout the bleeding...
and i showed my father...
who said "aiyah... it's nothing... u too heaty liao... later go buy cooling tea and drink..."
and my mum... "AIYO!!! wat happen??? O_o"

anyway...
lunch was very busy...
all came in at once...
lucky i didn't bleed in the restaurant... LOL...
if not i dunno wat will happen...
XD

counting down - 2 weeks...

Two man show again...

WL never come to work again todae... Zzz...
still remember the 1st time WL never come...
den i stood at the stoves...
was a bit kan jiong... lol...
now... it seems like natural to me liao...
2 person working in the kitchen...
still able to run smoothly...
dat's good news... :P

Aron oso never come...
worse still...
the washer oso never come... O_o
everything still not washed at 12pm... Zzz...
the cleaning company brought 2 china men to work here temporary...
i think they only work for todae only...
furthermore... they wash until very jialat...
everything not clean de...
like never use soap like dat... -_-
pans still oily...
i hope the usual steward comes back tomoro...

and finally... it's cooling...
ahhhhhhhhh~

Rouge Crocodile

Watched Rouge Crocodile todae...
an average movie to me though...
in terms of scary contents... so so...
plot a bit expected...
so not much surprises...
juz mainly a movie abt a giant killer crocodile in it's territory hunting it's prey one by one...
it suddenly came to light dat...
all killer creatures in movies are usually associated with water...
maybe becoz u can't see anything under the water...
like Anaconda... Deep Blue Sea... etc etc...
nothing much to sae abt this movie...
can miss it... can watch it...
2.5/5

after movie... went shopping for a bdae present...
anyway... happy birthdae to Sabrina's mum... :)
bought a pair of earrings together wif Sabrina...
looking at her choosing for SOOOOOOOOOOO LONG...
deciding on which earring her mum would like...
and finally decided on a pair...
but she was afraid her mum would not like it...

always hear her complain abt her mum...
but deep inside... she still loves her mum very much...
even though she doesn't sae it out...
i believe she noe her mum quite well...
coz when she gave her the earrings...
her mum got an exact same design for herself... LOL!!!
so it proves dat she noe's her mum's taste pretty well... :)

A Date to Remember...

Aron so sway

Todae VERY busy...
30+ reservations
suddenly all come in at the same time...
fire until heenz...
long time never busy until like dat liao...

Aron sway lah...
come work liao restaurant close down...
usually nothing to do become so busy...
LOL...

after work...
went Lau Pa Sat for satay wif Sabrina, XX, Aron and a mystery guest...
eat until too late liao...
send Sabrina home...
taxi not cheap loh... Zzz...
when cab fares increased... i thought to myself...
i'll never take a cab...
who on earth will take a cab sia?
so crazy lah... increase until so ridiculous...
but still... there will be ppl taking cab...
coz bo pian... LOL!!!

A fragment of my dream

Suddenly woke up at 5:18am todae...
and decided to blog my dream...
and also preparing to be doing something later...
this is the 1st time i'm blogging down my dream...
or at least recording it somewhere...
this is my dream... and don't come sue me for anything i've written here...
i was juz merely blogging my dream...

i was reading the newspaper...
i dreamt dat Fann Wong (or was it a game character? couldn't quite remember...) and quite a few others was drowned in a water tube and now in a coma in hospital...
Costa Sands have to pay Mediacorp millions in damages...
then i suddenly have a re-enactment of wat happened in the accident... (it's a dream remember? dreams make no sense...)
Fann Wong and Florence Tan and a about a dozen other Mediacorp artistes was moving through a water tube (those water theme park tubes but very very much bigger) with running water flowing under their feet... (i only remembered these 2 in my dream)
Florence slipped coz she panicked but they still continued...
the hatch was supposed to close up and water flooding in...
and they were supposed to traverse through the water pipe to the other side for some sort of charity...
i went past Florence and further in (now when did i get into the picture? LOL!!! it's a dream... wat do u expect?) and ended up in a bus... -_-
i was thinking... if the bus were to flood with water...
and everybody would drown...
i would kick the window open the let the water out...
and i would be the 1st to rush to the upper deck to save Sabrina...
OMG!!! wat kind of a dream is this? Zzz...
it didn't flood in the end... coz i woke up after dat... LOL!!!

well... i stress... the above is juz a fragment of my dream...
i dreamt of many other parts...
but this was the only one i could remember...
the more i type... the more faint my dreams get...
and i know if i don't record it somewhere... by tomoro... everything would be forgotten...

anyway... when i woke up...
i couldn't find my phone...
it fell onto the floor... AHHHHHH!!!!!! my baby!!! :(
i can see a few scratches on it... rarrr....
oh dear... i'm starting to show signs of Sabrinaness... Zzz...

k... it's 5:55am now...
i gtg shower... it's getting late...
buh bye...

Aron's 1st nite...

i forgot to blog on Tues...
someone actually ordered ta pau... O_o
pork rack... takeaway...
fine dining got takeaway 1 meh?
diaoz...
1st time i see such thing... -_-

anyway...
todae's Aron's 1st day nite...
cannot sae 1st dae... coz he never come at 10am...
lol...
was supposed to be here at 10am... but he tot 3pm...
3pm nobody working leh... Zzz...
so he came at 6pm...
lol...

Sundae coming again!!!
YAY!!!

Early Bird

Nobody could have guessed wat i did todae...
i woke up at 5:30am...
LOL!!!
1st time seeing 10,000 ppl walking against my direction...
sure caught their view... XD

reached LP very early todae...
9:30am...
lucky Robert open early...
if not i'll have to nap outside Skin liao...
since he's early... i took a quick nap in the restaurant...
so tired lah...

heard news from my cousin dat my uncle passed away todae...
my mum was at the hospital at dat time...
haiz...
life is ever so fragile at times...
appreciate everybody around you...
u'll never noe if it'll be the last time u see them todae...

Sabrina came all the way down from sch to wait 4 me...
though i told her not to...
i noe she's tired...
but she insisted on coming down...
really appreciate her effort... :)

Special menu for boss

Was supposedly a very slack nite tonite...
coz zero reservations...
den suddenly boss called to make a last minute reservation for 8 wif his family...
WL took ½ day off...
so he's not working at nite...
i wasn't around when boss called...
so was asked to call him back by Robert when i returned to the restaurant...
since WL not around...
i'm the biggest in hot kitchen liao... LOL!!!
and dat's not exactly good news... Zzz...
so i called back boss...
he said he wanted a 5 course dinner for 8
diaoz...
so wat am i supposed to do?
-_-
juz think of any menu dat we usually do for special events loh...
dun care so much...

plus a couple of walk-ins...
and an unexpected guest...
Ben and Jasline...
lol...
ordered Duck Confit...
Seafood Nage Soup...
and Main courses
Lamb Rack...
and Chillean Seabass...
i threw in a plate of Rigatoni Pasta for them to share...
complimentary... XD
wow... Ben rich sia...
come LP and eat... LOL!!!

not bad...
2 person run the kitchen...
can still manage to pull through...
LOL...
WL can retire liao...
wahahaha!!!

sorry for letting u come all the way down yet no time for you...
these was all so unexpected...
:(
i feel so bad...

Steamboat @ Le Papillon

Todae is the 1st dae in my life i experienced two extreme opposite emotions an a single dae...
the best and happiest emotion anybody could ever feel...
and the worst and painful emotion anybody could feel...
all in one dae...
details - i shall not sae...

dinner todae was steamboat...
wanted to take photos...
but i didn't had the mood then...
so i shall juz describe wat we had...

since LP closing soon...
so many left over things in the freezer...
y not take them all out for dinner?
lol...
steamboat stock = real chicken stock...
not chicken cubes or MSG or watever form of artificial flavouring...
wahahaha... sure tastes different...
with ingredients...
pork loin carppaccio
raw salmon
sliced red grouper and snapper
crab meat
and lettuce
eat until too full...

later in the evening... ex LP cooks came to visit WL...
den they also joined in the steamboat 2nd round...
after dat... we do the orders...
WL went to the bar and chatted wif them...
after which...
we went home...
also my 1st time taking the same train back to Yishun wif Ah Hao...
after so many weeks of moving to Yishun
lol...

The meeting with Anderson...

Had a meeting todae wif boss...
there are buyers interested in buying the restaurant...
wat's left is actually the signature of both the buyer and our bosses...
if all goes through well...
i'd be jobless at the end of the mth... LOL!!!
dat's cool... XD
but if not... boss might still carry on till maybe October or so...
we'll see abt dat... :P

plans if the restaurant should close down?
i still dunno yet...
maybe go back to Swissôtel?
well... thinking in progress...

anyway... Sabrina's starting school next week...
so todae's her last dae in LP...
so wat's my farewell gift for her?
heh heh...
secret... XD

since restaurant closing soon...

might as well make something to eat... :P

Grilled Black Angus Ribeye Steak on a bed of Sautéed Mushrooms and Roasted Potatoes with Red Wine Sauce

i'll miss her...
she sure brought fun... joy and laughter into the kitchen...
i dunno abt the rest...
but i'll definately miss her... a lot...
it sure is hard to sae goodbye sometimes...

Aron's blunder

Aron was supposed to come work todae...
i reached the restaurant liao...
eh?
how come didn't see him...
only till close to 11pm den WL decided to call him...
it's only then we realised dat there was a major miscommunication...
LOL!!!
WL told him this Thursdae start...
Aron heard next Thursdae den start...
oh well... not a big problem...
haha...
see him next week ba...

LP is closing down soon... (i think)
having meeting wif boss tomoro...
see wat he saes...
if dat's really the case...
i'll really miss the LP gang...
this is the most funnest restaurant i've ever worked in... XD
if really close le...
i wonder... will i go back to Swissôtel?
i'll think abt it...
i miss the pastry ppl too... :(

Donut Factory

Went City Hall todae...
can't decide on wat to eat...
so decided on donuts... -_-
not an avid fan of the once ever popular craze...
but... since todae not many ppl queue...
i shall buy some...
and some = 2 dozens... Zzz...

b4 buying the donuts...
i need to withdraw some cash...
so off i went to the ATM machine...
noticed something queer...
there are 2 ATMs... yet only one queue...
all queued on the right side...
but nobody using the left one...
so i juz went and used it anyway...
press a few buttons here... press a few there...
and out came a $50 note...
i thought... the machine is working fine...
so how come nobody used it... Zzz...
anyway... after i took the money...
those behind came over to use the left machine...
then this guy was struggling at the left ATM for quite a while b4 he suddenly switched to the right ATM...
den i looked at the screen...
"This ATM is temporary unavailable"
diaoz... O_o
now dat explains the long queue on the right... and nobody using the left ATM...
can't blame it...
the ATM love me... LOL!!!
and the funny thing is...
after a while...
both ATMs are down...
hahaha...
so sad... now nobody can withdraw any money...

anyway... here are the donuts...
eat until almost wanna vomit...
shared wif the LP gang back at the restaurant too...

Donut Factory

2 dozens of assorted donuts... O_o

Aron's 1st dae tomoro... lol...

April Fool's 2008

Well... sent an April fool's SMS to quite a few of my frens todae...
and within a minute after sending...
most of them replied...
i instantly got 10+ SMSes back... lol...
one of the greatest April fool's joke i've seen thus far...
:P

went Sakae for buffet todae...
wif the LP gang...
to celebrate pay dae... lol...
other dan dat...
nothing much happened todae...
as usual...

oh ya...
Teck Guan bought his own website...
lol...
juz started not long ago...
so still needs lots of improvement...
anyway...
for all those who are interested...
please visit...
http://www.sgcookster.com/

a web site which he intends to put up recipes and give comments of food outside...
much like Makansutra and the like...
a web site where ppl share recipes and anything related to food...
a web site is up... dat's the 1st step...
devotion and dedication is needed to keep it running...
a lot of time will be needed to keep it up to date...
if not... ppl will start to forget all about it in time to come...
well... anyway... i wish him all the best on his success... :)
who noes one dae he'll own Singapore's no.1 food web site?

The Orphanage

Went out the whole of todae...
so feeling kinda tired...
so i shall juz skip all the way to the movie rating...

went to Cineleisure todae...
watched The Orphanage...
some kind of a horror movie...
great story... i felt...
everything seems so logical and linked...
excellent plot...
though the movie's in Spanish...
but still...
reading the subtitles is enough to let u understand the movie perfectly...
story's abt an adopted kid who is on the brink of death and his "imginary" friends...
the kids are not exactly scary...
all but one...
the one with the sack over his head...

this movie sure fits the bill for being a horror movie...
horror movies nowadaes dun really get to scare me much...
i didn't jump at most scary scenes from this movie...
only once...
it's been a long time since i jumped from watching a scary movie... LOL!!!

wat's really great abt this movie is actually how it's actually planned...
it shows u certain parts of the movie... yet hides certain details...
it makes the audience use their imagination to picture wat the scene is supposed to be...
nothing is more powerful dan ur audience's imagination...
coz they'll think of the most gruesome sight they've ever known...
more gruesome dan any make-up artist could ever replicate...
it's like... u imagine a very scary face... den the next scene show's "it's" face...
but it totally sucks and ain't scary at all...
u'll be like... diaoz... sibei sian... Zzz...
but if they left out the scary sight... ur imagination will carry on the fear...
keep putting dat fear into u...
the ending is both happy and sad...

i really feel like blogging down ther entire story...
but i shan't...
it's a really nice movie...
go watch it...
4.5/5

something made me ponder...
it somehow made sense...
it's not about seeing is believing...
but... believing... to see...

Uncle Lim

Well...
i was on the train wif Sabrina todae...
and there was only one seat...
so she sat...
while i stood in front of her...
then the person beside her looked at me...
so i looked back...
but i didn't really bother much...
only after a stop... he suddenly stood up...
and gestured me to sit down... O_o
i was like... err... giving him a blur look...
huh? i'm neither old nor handicapped...
y give up ur seat to me?
diaoz...
i suddenly feel so uncle...
I GOT SO OLD MAH?!
-_-

such ppl are rare and hard to find...
u dun see many Singaporeans like him...
though i dunno if he's Singaporean or wat...
still... i thank him for giving me the seat...
even i dun really need it any more dan he does...

Permanent job scope change?

It all started when WL was sick on Mondae...
den i took over his position at the stoves...
now dat he's back...
it seems like i've become permanently attached to his section... -_-
i've been standing there for abt a week now...
lol... and now he seems to juz sit around unless it gets busy...
den comes over to help me...
whahaha!!!
but... i kinda enjoy standing at the stoves...
it's kinda fun actually... :P

2 daes to pay dae!!!
woot!

Fun @ Stoves

Standing at the stoves are kinda fun actually...
haha...
provided dat it ain't too busy until fun becomes stress...
u feel a great accomplishment when u can fire out a course or better still...
an entire order without help from others... :P

i is happy... :)

I wanna oven...

I WANT AN OVEN!!!!!!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......

and an electric beater too... :(

Pure Hot... hotness...

Well...
sleeping... Zzz...
*Beep* - SMS
read wif sleepy eyes...
diaoz...
WL sick todae... so wun be coming to work...
ahhh... watever...
went back to sleep...
*Beep* - Alarm
woke up... replied to his SMS...
went to work...

looked at reservation book...
not much ppl...
k... should be ok...
NOT!!!
juz when service was abt to start...
got a big table last minute reservation...
22 pax
O_o
so todae... kitchen only 2 ppl working...
and me need to run 2 stations...
look at order and take things... for myself to cook... Zzz...
busy busy...
but still able to cope...
boss came... coz his frens wanna dine here... for special menu...
he helped a bit...
but not much...
coz he long time never work here le...
so a bit blur blur...
so i did most of the cooking...

din realise todae lunch full house... O_o
50 pax
wow...
to think we managed to pull through...
2 ppl in the kitchen...
and these 2 ppl...
only joined the restaurant less dan 4 mths ago... LOL!!!
"old bird" sick... so kitchen run by only 2 new birds... :P

after service...
boss asked us out... O_o
huh...... can dun go out?... Zzz...
so bo pian... smile smile at the guests... (his frens)
so he introduced us to them...
as the ppl working in the kitchen...
and then... the gave the O_o face...
"What?! He's the chef? So young..."
lol... dat was wat one of the guests said to me...
Zzz...
nah... i'm not the chef... chef sick todae... LOL!!!
and then they took a photo of us wif boss...

dinner 20 pax...
so still able to cope...
even though still rushing abt... LOL...
now i really feel the heat...
standing at the stove area...
even though in an air-conditioned kitchen...
very hot lah...
can really sweat... XD
and not to mention... dehydrated...
tap water never tasted so heavenly... :P

Hurt badly... :(

Went East Coast todae...
Booked by Candace last week...
so couldn't sae no to her rite?

cycled all the way to the end...
almost reaching Changi Airport...
on our way back...
bike a bit unstable... so wat to do?
hit the brakes...
hit the wrong brake...
front wheel stopped...
front wheel jammed + bike unstable = fly forward...
broke fall wif hands...
knee knocked into the bike...
so hard i feel dat my knee got dislocated...
but actually... not a big deal...
juz some bruises...
sometimes i really hate my life...
seriously...

after dat...
legs tremble... like cannot walk...
too long never cycle so far liao...
den we went for dinner at Tung Lok...

Dinner @ Tung Lok

Fresh oysters @ $3.50 (so much cheaper dan Sakae Teppanyaki... and nicer too...)

Signature Deep Fried Prawns in Wasabi Mayo

White Shimeji Mushrooms with Asparagus

The much awaited Chilli Crab with man tous

And finally... part of our Yam Paste with Ginko Nuts

after dat...
went home...
took a looooooooong journey home...
1hr+ back to home...
haiz...

Raffles Place Joke...

Boss came to the restaurant to makan wif their families...
other dan dat...
only a few other reservations...
nothing much happened...

after work... went home...
while i reached Raffles Place MRT station...
as usual...
everybody ran to the opposite side...
the train stopped there for quite a while...
i knew the doors were abt to close... so i juz walked instead...
den as i've expected...
the doors closed...
then everybody stopped...
now here's the funny part...
the doors opened again...
and all those who stopped...
ran again...
LOL!!!!!!
if i had known... i'd have taken a video... LOL...
joke of the dae... XD

Step Up 2 The Streets

Well... Good Friday to all...
this post is gonna be long...
a lot of happenings todae...
so here goes...

woken up by an SMS...
time is 12pm...
went online... chat and surf a little...
unpack my things a little...
den decided to go out...
raining very heavily outside...
grabbed an umbrella and went out...
juz when i was about to reach downstairs...
the rain started to stop...
so in the end... i walked all over MS wif a stupid unused umbrella... -_-

went down to city hall wif Sabrina...
had lunch @ The Asian Kitchen inside City Link...
i had pork chop fried rice... while she had mushroom and duck noodles...
we shared a plate of guo tie too...
food there was so so...
my rice was a bit bland...
and pork... a bit dry...

Pork Chop Fried Rice

Mushroom and Duck Noodles

She bought her Charles & Keith shoes for work...
before we had durian hokkaido ice-cream... :P
yummy...
i is loving durians...

went GV to get tickets to Step Up 2 The Streets...
movie start at 9:25pm...
O_o
we got 4 hrs of free time...
so wat can we do?
try finding things to waste time... wat else?

so she decided to do her pedicure...
great... dat wasted 1 hr of our time... :)
3 more hrs to go... :P
went Secret Recipe to try the Chocolate Banana...
very huge...
seriously...
u need to share it...
if not... u'll get sick eating it...

Chocolate Banana

so much free time...
wanted to go Esplanade...
but suddenly remembered the Singapore Flyer...
den decided to go take a look...
walked down... past the Ritz Carlton Hotel...
and there it is...
the magnificent construction dat greeted us...
the largest ferris wheel in Singapore...
it's so big i couldn't fit the entire wheel into my photo...
so i took it in 2 parts instead...

Top of Singapore Flyer

Bottom of Singapore Flyer

we went into the building to take a look...
didn't board the Singapore Flyer though...
not todae...
maybe some other time... :)
it's $30 per person... O_o
wow...
when we were inside...
we took another photo of the boarding bay...
so nice lah...
we'll come back here again one dae...
and we will board it next time... XD

Boarding Bay of Singapore Flyer

den went down to the ½door park... dunno how i should call it...
coz it's both indoor AND outdoor at the same time...
so took quite a lot of photos...
and this is the 1st time i'm gonna post MY FACE in my blog...
so now everybody will noe who is the owner of this blog... O_o

Sabrina and me

after the visit to the Singapore Flyer...
we walked back to MS to catch our movie...
and here it is...
after so much blabbering...
i shall now rate Step Up 2 The Streets...

at 1st... the movie started out boring...
coz of all the boring introductions...
but if not for the boring start...
it wouldn't make it such a great movie...
this movie is mainly abt dance and music...
but the story and plot is great too...
the ending actually touched me...
really nice...
4/5

and wif dat...
we ended our dae...
11:15pm when the movie ended...
1 more dae and it's off dae again... XD
i seriously need to unpack my room... Zzz...

10,000 BC

Woke up late todae... O_o
9:40am...
kaoz...
by the time i take MRT to work...
i'd be late until dunno wat liao... Zzz...
so decided to take a cab instead...
went down...
no cabs in sight...
waited... waited...
still no cabs...
so tried my luck walking to North Point...
maybe got better chance there...
reached... kaoz... still no cabs...
so no choice... called for cab...
wait so long liao... if take MRT... i think i'll reach at service time... Zzz...
so total wating for cab... ½ hr... -_-
plus morning traffic jam... OMG!!!
haiz...
by the time i reach... i think i'd be faster if i took the train in the 1st place...
save me my $20 oso... -_-

went Vivo City wif the LP gang during split shift break...
caught a movie...
10,000 BC
it's nice actually...
nice plot...
nice story...
nice graphics...
though we missed the 1st 5 mins of the movie...
it's still nice...
ending quite touching...
abt how an average guy who is a bit cowardly became a hero...
4/5

Hot Hot Hot!!!

K...
todae 1st dae trying to stand at the griller cum entrémettier cum watever hot stuff section...
well... basically...
in our kitchen...
only got 3 sections...
garde manger...
the misc section which overlooks the calling of orders and salamander and microwave and preparing and getting of ingredients and plating and saucier and etc...
and finally... the hot side which takes care of all the stoves cum griller... and watever need be cooked...

so todae i tried the hot section...
and my...
stress sia...
need to jagar so many things...
and cannot cock up oso...
but luckily todae not much ppl...
20+ pax
if not... confirm die until dunno wat...
LOL!!!
grill meat lah... do pasta lah... fry vege lah... aiyo...
lucky never jam... XD

after work... went Lau Pa Sat for supper...
as usual... satay...
how can anybody go LPS without ordering any satay... XD
i still like mutton satay the most...
but if got pork satay...
dat'll replace my mutton satay anytime... :P

This is the day

17/03/2008

the day the seed has been planted

Lazy Sunday...

Went ECP wif Jane todae in the morning...
rained...
so sad... a bad dae to be at the beach...
ate at subway...
lazing... waiting for the rain to stop...
while watching scary movie 4 on my HP...

looking at the rain...
rain drops trickling down the window panes...
felt so lazy...
feel like sleeping...
Zzz...

den the rain stopped...
went cycling...
while she bladed...
after dat... she gotta go off...
and so did i...

went to PS wif Candace after dat...
on the way there...
felt sleepy again...
seriously having this lazy Sundae mood...

lazed wif her at TCC...
chatting abt past memories...
daes we had in Rosette...
sch...
and everything under the cloudy sky...

and yeah...
we went for dinner at Sakae Teppanyaki...
both of us ordered beef set... :P
new concept for Sakae though...
having a pure Teppanyaki restaurant...
BUT...
the food there really sucks...
it does not justify the price they cost u for it... -_-
freshly shucked oysters @ $5.99 each...
taste worse dan ½ dozen oysters at @ Jack's Place for $10+
Zzz...
the only thing nice in the set was the thinly sliced foie gras...
which is still far worse dan the foie gras i have eaten...

the garlic set we ordered...
err... i mean... beef set...
is tasteless...
-_-
but full of garlic...
garlic taste overpowered the main dish...
cuttlefish fried wif garlic...
beef fried wif garlic...
even the mushrooms are fried wif garlic... Zzz...
i eat nothing but garlic...
furthermore... garlic is roughly chopped...
wif quite a few big pieces...
so... not fully cooked...
and have dat raw garlic taste...
the kind of garlic taste dat bites ur tongue... -_-

chawamushi was cute...
they steamed it on the Teppan in an onion cup...
but it still tastes normal...
wanted to upload some pics in my blog...
but all of them look disgusting...
so i shan't post them up...

will i patronise them again?
definately NO!
end of story...

Home : Relocation

Todae is the lase dae i'm gonna wake up in Beach Road...
woke up todae...
movers moving our stuff out...
and i went for work while my family moved over to Yishun...

lunch and dinner was kinda busy...
but i shan't blog about this todae...

after work... went directly to Yishun... to my new home...
isn't it ironic...
dat one person going back to his own home...
yet looking at the map finding the location of his home...
LOL...
looking for my unit number...
almost couldn't find it...
coz i forgot old HDB flats have a connector on every floors wif a lift...
so i was wondering... how come 4th floor dun have my unit no? O_o
lol...
too long never live in old flats liao... :P

moving house is very sian...

especially the packing and moving part...

but once u get to the new home...

u feel kinda excited...

new environment...

and can unpack and redecorate ur room...

like so fun... :P

so finally found it...
and my!!!
the floorplan is triangular in shape... O_o
diaoz...
living room... kitchen... and even the toilet is triangular in shape... Zzz...
boxes littered everywhere...
went into my room... wow...
dat is one small room...
plus all the boxes... OMG...
i have no space to move abt...

My new crampped room

set up my PC...
unpack some stuff...
time to sleep...
Zzz...

Food Tasting?

Lunch busy like hell...
but was quite smooth...
i couldn't sae the same thing for service though... :P

dinner was... as usual... quiet...
a group of 4 came in...
all of them ordered different appetizers...
4 different main courses...
and 4 different desserts...
hmmm...
here for food tasting?
scarly they from Singapore Tatler... LOL!!!
come to rate our restaurant...
highly possible... XD

i'm so looking forward to good fridae... :P

Sun Vs Moon

As the sun rises...
the moon shall slowly fade away...
and as dusk falls...
the sun hiding away...
the moon shall reappear...
but... what if... it's a new moon?

Early release... again... XD

Lunch was so so...
dinner... haiz...
2 pax... LOL...

nothing much to do...
juz do a menu prestige...
den sit around and chat liao... XD
Ah Hao gave us some green tea pudding to try...
the set lunch dessert for this week...
kinda nice... actually... :P

Green Tea Pudding with Green Tea Sauce

i guess todae's the earliest we finish work...
9:15pm...
LOL!!!
oh well... :P

The Spiderwick Cronicles

After Rule #1...
went Imperial La Mian Xiao Long Bao @ MS Center Stage for dinner...
well... apparently... someone didn't noe hashima is a certain deliciously disgusting thing... LOL!!!
i like it though...
oh well... anyway...
my noodles ain't exactly nice though...
maybe lunch ain't digested yet ba... lol...

caught my 2nd movie at MS again...
The Spiderwick Chronicles...
and my... this is one nice movie...
about the hidden secrets of fantasical creatures...
protecting the secrets of wat lies in the book...

an overall great movie...
juz dat i dun like how the ogre died at the end...
like too fast and simple...
it's like... he comes... and suddenly dies...
-_-
a bit lame...
LOL...
but still...
4/5

watching 2 movies in a dae plus the IT show...
sure drained me off all my energy...
now so tired... Zzz...
think i'll be going to sleep liao...
hahaa...

tomoro working again...
so sian...
when will my next off dae come again?
ahhhhhhhh......

Rule #1

Well... after Keyaking...
and the IT show...
we decided on a movie...
Rule #1
a horror thriller movie...

well... as usual...
using same old boring scaring techniques...
using loud sounds to scare them audience...
without the sounds... the images ain't exactly graphic...
so a little note to all horror movie director wannabes...
touch up more on graphical effects...
coz it's so lame to scare ur audience mainly based on sounds...
up till date... the best horror movies i've ever came across are those from Japan and Thailand...

but still the scaring part failed...
there's still some decent plot lah...
so not too bad...
though the ending is a bit confusing...
and some details are a bit impossible...
and has a very sad ending too... :(
still... this movie is worth a watch...
but u can give it a miss at the same time...
XD
2.5/5

movie marathon #2 - The Spiderwick Cronicles

Movie Marathon

Very busy off dae todae...
so i shall split into 3 different posts to blog...

went to Keyaki for weekend buffet wif Ting and gang todae...
at Hotel Pan Pacific Singapore...
i'll jus let pictures do the talking... hahaha...
and also... 1st time i post pictures up taken by my baby... XD

Front entrance to Keyaki Restaurant

The menu which we used to order our a lá carte buffet...

SASHIMI!!!!!! :P

This lobster is kinda nice... a lot more food we ordered... but i never take photos of all of them... LOL!!! busily eating... :P

Big babies wearing bibs... XD

Teppan chef at work...

A little koi pond i took outside Keyaki... nice rite? wahahaha!!!

And finally... the internal infrastructure of Pan Pac... :)

after lunch...
went over to Suntec's IT show...
so many ppl... Zzz...
so sian...
walked one round we left... LOL...

went over to MS again...
and caught a movie...
which i'll be continuing in the next post... hahaha...