I wonder if there are other families like ours…

Who also go fountain hunting almost every other weekend?

This week we headed towards Far East Square which has numerous water features to please him. 

And a good selection of eateries and restaurants to whet our appetites. 

But to suit the boy’s palate, we ended up ordering standard fare at Beng Hiang Restaurant in Amoy Street and gave their more popular dishes like fried prawn roll and oyster omelette a miss altogether. 

Oh well.  Accomodating to his preferences is always our topmost priority. 

For now at least.

We didn’t plan to eat this but as soon as I saw it, I went MUST EAT! Even though it was just 4pm and I was still burping from lunch.

I remember reading or hearing raves of this place somewhere. Newspaper? Blog? Comments? Friends?  Okay, whatever.

Actually when I saw the word BLACK PIG, I was like, errrrh, GROSS!

But still, I braved the challenge and ordered the Black Pig Ramen while he ordered Kyushu Ramen which also uses the black pig stock. In fact, on the menu, it says they take two days to cook the stock.  So the soup must be rocking good right?

And I tell you, this potent stuff is OIISHI NEH!!!  UBER DELICIOUS!  Even better than Ichibantei which I raved about.  And a tad better than Ah Pui Ramen at Cuppage which I used to patronised but has since closed shop.  绝世好面! 名不虚传!

The Black Pig Ramen comes with chilli which I had asked him to put aside.  But I later found out that the chili powder actually enhances the taste.

*GULP*  MUST. GO. BACK.

Black Pig Ramen is served at Tampopo, 177 River Valley Road #B1-50, Liang Court Shopping Centre.  Tel: 6338 3186.

Got this weird tag from MsFairFace.  

These are the rules: Each player of this game starts out by giving 6 weird things about themselves. People who get tagged need to write in a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state the rules clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. After you do that, leave them each a comment letting them know you tagged them and to read your blog!

So what’s weird about me?

1. I can eat plain rice with soup thrown in and no other accompliments.
2. I cannot leave home without a hairbrush.  Everything else I can still do without. 
3. I like to twirl the left side of my hair whenever I’m thinking or reading.  Like now.
4. I have many moles on my body and they keep multiplying.  When I was pregnant, I had 4 new moles on the back of my right calf.  If you join all the points, it takes the shape of a rectangle.
5. These days when I’m at home, I always put on my glasses, then place a folded tissue paper to support the nose pad so that they don’t leave a mark on my nose bridge because I ran out of the silicon pads.  I look damn weird.
6. Everytime I make appointments with my friends, I wish my friends would cancel our meeting appointments at the last minute so that I don’t have to leave the house. (Okay, doesn’t apply to our coming meeting Ashes!)

So I tag Wtpg, Evan, Irene, Ally Bean, Niceheart, and Black Belt Mama. 

Have fun ladies!

A couple of days ago, our 10-year-old fridge failed on us.  Well, I don’t know about others but it was a mini crisis for me.  I DIDN’T QUITE KNOW WHAT TO DO!

I thought about calling the service man but didn’t know who to call.  I called my mum but her phone was transferred to the answering machine.  I couldn’t get my brother either.  And no, I definitely didn’t want to consult my MIL.  No, not her for sure.

So I was like, DIE!  What should I do with the food in the fridge?  It was mid afternoon and I needed to keep my boy’s fish and meat cold and fresh before cooking them for his dinner.  

Lucky, my man was around then.  He waited for me to run around a bit and then suggested we head to the stores to buy a new one as repairing a 10-year-old fridge  wasn’t worth it.  So despite the sentimental value attached to the fridge which was a gift from my mum, I heeded his advice.

It took us two stores to finally find one that fit the space we have, but the bad news was that it could only be delivered the next afternoon.  In the meantime, our frozen food found their way to my MIL’s fridge and everything was more or less back to normal by the time the new fridge arrived.

Looking back, I have to say thank goodness the man was around that day.  If he was away, seriously, I’m not sure if I can handle buying a fridge myself.  It’s laugable to think that a middle-age woman who is usually independent can suddenly become a damsel in distress when her fridge doesn’t work.  Yeah, I feel kind of embarrassed just putting this down even. 

Well, I have to say that when it comes to the crux, he’s always the one who is cooler, calmer and more collected.  In fact,  in my memory,  there was only one time when he appeared really flustered.  And that was the night my amniotic sac broke and he realised that our son was going to pop.

I admit. I’m snobbish when it comes to certain things. I tag quality to price. If it’s cheap, I think it’s dubious. Of course I understand that there is a price to pay for branding and marketing. Take that away, the quality could really be the same…well for some things I guess.

Yet I’m pretty sure this cheap set of necklace and bracelet is going to disintegrate sooner than I hope. But hey, I’ve bought one bracelet costing $200+ from a branded goldsmith which disintegrated the very next day.  So price and brand aren’t necessary relative to quality all the time.  At least not THAT time.

Still, I’m willing to take a gamble that I can don this set a couple of times.  Even two is good.  I mean, face it.  At FIVE freaking bucks for the entire set, I cannot expect too much.  Anything more is TOO MUCH value for money.  Yeah?