Dinosaurs @ Plaza Singapura (28 May 2009)

Hi folks, Gavin and I went to Plaza Singapura for dinner after work on 28 May 2009 (Thursday).

Actually I wanted to settle for a light dinner at the food court Kopitiam. I had a filling beef burger at Biopolis's "Oh Carol". Yum. However, we headed for the Japanese restaurant Ichiban Boshi for a sumptous meal. We ordered the same dishes as we had the last time we went there. Take a look at the food pictures...

Here's the Agedashi Tofu, that's Gavin's fav. Not too bad. A little too soggy le.

Then there's the Hotate Sushi. Good. Chewy and slightly spicy.

Then here's my Main Dish - Gyoza meal. I like the Chawanmushi. The hot sauce on the gyoza is spicy~ there's tang-oh in the simmering hotpot. And the tempura (lady's finger, sweet potato and fish) is light to taste. Good!

Next is Gavin's Scallop Salmon Teriyaki chicken meal. So much variety. Good value!

And the highlight there at P.S. was the Dinosaurs display. I'm not sure how to upload videos. My phone's video files are not playable on the work-place computer. Have to download some program, I guess. Too bad.. Oh well, I took a couple of photos of the built-to-actual-size models. One's a dodo, one's a dinosaur..

Do go to P.S. to take a look at the marvelous displays!!

Hi all, I'm going to write about dinner on 27 May 2009.

Just to set the blog straight - I intended to have a daily showcase of mom's delicacies and food adventures. Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner / and everything in the middle (oh, we eat and eat alot but that's because mom says "来吃了" far too often)

Anyway, back to dinner that day. After a long day at work and having finished my last guitar lesson at Delphi Orchard's Le Classique Music Studio, my stomach was really grinding when I got to the dinner table. Already 8.45pm. What awaited me was good stuff.

This was critically acclaimed to be the BEST chicken dish so far. (side-note: Mom went on CHIX frenzy spree. 4 for S$9.90 then she got 16 in all. That's just slightly less than S$40 total. Cheep. Another offer at S$0.50 each and she got 4 for total of S$2. Cheep Cheep. Refer to the Carrefour incident.)

This stew has Too's fav celery and Jape's fav mushrooms and my fav mu-er. Hmm.. wonder if anyone ate the chicken bits..

Definitely palatable (=delish) but just a bit will do~

Don't be deceived by this next dish's main ingredient. It was Lovely~ Bittergourd's not bitter at all! I loved the Prawns too~ De-shelled and de-gutted~ I love Mom~

But I am not too keen on the eggy sauce. High cholesterol. Bad for me and everyone else.

After a satisfying meal, as usual, Mom forgot her stuff lying silently in the dark toaster.

She was nagging that she had taken the time to slice the bacon, placed it nicely in the toaster tray. And well, she didn't even toast the entire batch of fatty pork. Well, no harm done. Hungry souls (and mortals) will settle that some day. See you next round at the dining table someday. One of those pieces will find its way into becoming my bodily lump eventually. Chikers...

Bowling at SP

I'm adding one more entry in Chippy's exhaustive list of "ICANDO"-activities: BOWLING (for a more detailed story, hear it from the horse himself!!)

Being infected by his bowling bug, I, too, was hyped up about the sport, and was SO CRAZY that I actually went to his school (SP) to bowl!!! Yeap.

Once in the campus, I headed first to the french fries stall. YESH. It's that legendary $1/pack fries. Having been cheated by Chippy with the 50cents/pack fries shop at Joo Seng (still feeling super chikers about it), I geared myself up for disappointment (it's 6pm when we got to the canteen. So I was half ready to accept the probable fact that it's been sold out.) But woohoo!! The stall's still open, and the fries were waiting to be eaten.. YEAP! They're waiting for me!!!

LOOK AT THOSE STEAMY FRIES!!!
The fries were.. DELISH!! Yumyum.. However, coz our main aim of the trip was to bowl, I had to gobble my fries real fast so that Chippy doesn't melt under the heat (it's a super hot n humid day today, and he had to wear his white, long-sleeved top.) hmmph... For what it's worth, though.. the fries were... SUPER!

When we arrived, no other players were in sight. The only people around were the cleaners, the guard, and a little boy who was in snoozing mode while waiting for (maybe) his parent to knock off. MUAHAHA.. The whole place was ours to play! Which also means that there's no one to mock me at how badly I'd fare in the game! PHEW!

While the cleaners were hard at work, Chippy and I went to select the balls for our game later.

Sidetrack: Don't these balls look like candies? Wanted to place my saliva on them!! Just like those super-smooth buttons!! LICK LICK!!

Chippy and I both chose balls with 6 printed on them. I'm assuming they're 6kg. Coz apparently, the larger the number found on the balls, the heavier they are. And guess what? Those 6kg balls were lime green! My fav colour!! LUCKY LUCKY! Good omen for later game! HUAT AR!!

Oh! We had funky shoes to wear too! I was quite pleased that my shoe came in my other fav colour -- gray! HUAT HUAT!!

Sigh.. if only I were that lucky with the actual bowling... I was a total klutz lah! CHIKALAMPAT! Had so many gutter balls!! And I broke a bit of my nail (my right thumb). sobs.. Only managed a 47-45-44 score for the three games I played.. Well.. At least I'm quite consistent huh!

As for Chippy, he scored 113-101-92. I think it's really a feat, man.. especially since bowling's a totally new sport for him, and he's not done it more than 10rounds in total. Kudos to him!

After the game, it was time to head home. Hee... And go back to the comforts of my TV... At the end of the day, I realise that I like bo(r)ing, not bo(wl)ing.. hehe..

Hanging at Hougang

All thanks to Chippy and his insistence on going to the arcade, him, mom and me spent sunday morning at Hougang, where one of TimeZone's outlets is. As it was just around 10am when we arrived, the place was relatively vacant. Woohoo! The arcade was (almost) all to ourselves!!

The lack of spectators around, plus the cajoling by Chippy led me to play my first game of the day: a shooting game. Nonetheless, I sucked at it. Killed many hostages, shot at my own teammates, and died fast. Chikalampat. We then went on to "bowl" and play "bball". Mom tried her hand at bowling. Not bad an effort, I must say! :) Haha.. As for the bball.. Chippy n I managed to set the highest scores on both the machines available! YAHOO!!!!

At about noon (look how time flies), we went to a hawker centre (called the Manhatten group Restaurant. Posh-sounding, eh?) nearby for lunch. All of us ordered meepok dry, and was disappointed by the meal.. Not very tasty.. Oops.

After the meal, we headed back to the mall itself to do some shopping. As usual, mom always has a way of deflecting us to a supermarket everytime we go out. Ended up buying yoghurt drinks and full cream milk for her pandan cake-making experiments. We did go look at some clothes, but I totally lost the mood to shop when I see her lugging her big bag around.. such a killjoy.. but oh well.. Less consumption = more savings for future consumption.

Chippy was still itching for more gaming, so we went back to the arcade. He and I played the shooting game another time (I was still horrible at it). This time round, Mom had more involvement. Us 3 played the drum game (which I thought was hilarious) and a throw-balls-into-Winnie-the-Pooh's-mouth game. Mom also had a go at the bball machine with Chippy! Hee.. Mom then left us two while she went to the library just one level below.

Chippy went to play more bball. Took a candid shot of him as he attempted to beat the highest score(468). Not bad. Lotsa ppl were actually looking at him play! HAHA!

I, on the other hand, got a shot of something really cute! Underage driving!! Look how tiny the kid is!!

Action bedeh boy Chippy went to try out this sniper game. Unfortunately, the machine was kinda faulty, and it ate up his money.. OOPSIE! But nvm lah, coz we got points out of the "hit-the-flashing-buttons" machine to make up for it!

Having earned so many points (how can you not if u've spent the last 3 hours or so in the arcade?), Chippy decided to exchange 6 cans of soft drinks, and a frisbee using the points. I guess we'd be going frisbee-ing often from today onwards!

After a long time spent in TimeZone, we decided to head home. On the way to the MRT station, we saw an outdoor event that sought to educate the public on preventing theft, burglary, dengue.. There were some cheesy game booths that were set up. Being free-of-charge (not forgeting the fact that freebies could be won), we found it harmless to just have a go at the games. Free "arcading" leh! Haha..

There was this game that caught Chippy and my eye. The aim is simple: roll 3 balls such that you land them in a particular slot (there were about 10 slots in the device). Previous players led me to believe that the game is rigged. Even Chippy couldn't get the balls into the slot lah! How can?! ANYWAY, I had a try at it, and on my 2nd throw.. VOILA! I got it in! HAHAHAHA!!! AT LAST!! there's one game where I beat Chippy in!!! (Chippy wanted to have another try at it, but the aunty tending to the stall said one try only. YESH!) Hee.. Got a prize for my triumphant win: a very chikas-looking keychain. Aiyah.. At least it doesn't have some logo that blatantly shows that it's a freebie lah. So ok. I'm happy.

Chippy played 2 other games: the don't-touch-the-metal-wire game (where you move a metal hoop over a series of obstacles without touching the metal wire within the hoop), and the throw-the-hoops-on-the-pole game (I played this one too). Chey. In the end, Chippy got the keychain from the hoop game (I got another of that keychain too). Chikers. The metal wire game got Chippy an even better prize: a set of coasters!! wow.. My win at the ball-in-slot game seemed insignificant all of a sudden.. oh well.. wadeva..

When we reached our block, we were greeted by a blasting karaoke system at the void deck of the 1st storey. Apparently, there's a Malay wedding going on today. It's kinda hard to imagine anything blissful to happen around our area, especially when there's been this funeral "fad" going on for the last 2 months (with consecutive funerals happening at the blocks surrounding ours), and the fact that just 2 months ago, someone committed suicide by jumping off our block. I guess life has to go on, huh!

So that sorta sums up our day. In what DJ would always put it, we were tired, but happy. :)

Too's IN"(CARRE)FOUR"IATING monday morning

A trip this morning to Carrefour sure chased away the monday blues.. and replaced it with anger and frustration!! It all started when the supermarket organised a coupon-clipping-offer. And boy was it chikalampat CHEAP!! 50cents for a chicken leh! and the price of oil was CHEAPCHEAP too! Since the offer was only valid on monday, from 10-2pm, I didn't think there'd be a huge turnout (mon leh. ppl hafta work).

BUT.... 10min before the store's opening (at the 1st lvl), we already saw a super long queue that seemed impossible to find an end to. We decided to just hover around the metal shutters, waiting for the doors to open. Some other people were also hanging around the door area, wanting to buy other daily necessities. BUDDEN... there's this Carrefour staff who stood behind the shutter and was shouting, "you ppl queue up, or else I won't open the door!" INCREDULOUS! What if ppl simply wanted to go buy other stuff? Do they also have to queue up just to enter the shop too?? It totally made no sense to me! Anyway, pissed off, Mom and her quick-thinking got us to the basement lvl instead. The situation there was relatively less chaotic. Only about 30 odd pple were waiting patiently outside the vicinity. Yup. Then the moment arrived: the door to Carrefour opened... at last.

We rushed to the rice cooker section, coz they had an offer ($28 for a u.p. $98 rice cooker). Wah.. but those ppl before us were very chikers lah! Some carried 2 rice cookers out of the area! Do they NEED to eat THAT MUCH RICE? (ok. i'm just being mad here) And the Carrefour organisers are also to blame.. Less than 30 ppl got to buy the cookers lah! Why did they even publicize this offer if the stock is SO LITTLE? Secretly, I do hope that all the rice cookers that those chikers pple bought'd malfunction. muahaha...

Defeated, mom and I decided to head down to check on the chickens and oil. We got 4 bottles of oil, and were looking at the queue that formed at the poultry section.. the announcement then came on, saying that the chicken's out of stock le. Mom then looked at the queue, and her gut feeling told her that it's not over (her gut's often right). We went to the head of the queue, and the staff asked if we've gotten the ticket with a number. Apparently, only those who've lined up got a ticket. A feisty, red haired-woman then got all riled up, and made some horrible comments about the store that, to me, sounded quite sound! If this WAS a coupon-clipping-offer, why do we still need to queue up to get a ticket?? Wouldn't the logistics ppl have catered enough chickens to satiate customers for the timespan of the offer (10-2pm)? Somehow, I think such chikers offers are devised by sadistic staff that just like to, in some sick manner, see customers fight it out for cheap deals.

Anyway, mom immediately told me to go check out if they were still distributing numbers, and I did so. Fortunately, we were one of the last few to get a ticket, and was secured 4 chickens, since 1 ticket=2chickens (mom got 1 ticket by looking at the ground for dropped tickets. Kinda reminds me of a vulture, scavanging for food..) So, the morning ended with us getting wat we set out to buy. Thankfully.

Overall, this morning sure was an adventure, but it's an experience I'd rather not go through ever again.

chippy's news article review

Hello there... it's me again... CHIPPY!! I was reading the newspaper today and saw something which is connected to me! Here is the picture i took from part of the news article.

So cool harh! Here is a picture of my "chow chow"

If there is anyone out there that have a "chow chow" too, don't be shy, even the psychologist say it is NORMAL!!

Comment by DJaku:

I've taken a look at the chow-chow blog --> http://www.mychowchows.blogspot.com/

Then I think to myself~ "Jape, yours looks much cleaner and lovable". Benedict's smell is quite terrible but I am thinking it probably might smell better than some of those mentioned in the posts. I love my Pillows and Bolster, Powerpuff, Pinksy, polar bear and white duck eating leaf. And to Too... Remember that very fateful evening of the attack of the *PONGY UNDIES*... I shall not further elaborate... Guffaws (=laughs)... I am capable of stunning olfactory (=smell) achievements~!

Hi Kay-Poh people who read this entry~

This is an account of what happened one angry night. Recall: Wednesday 13th May 2009.

I came home from a tiring long day at lab followed by having guitar lesson. I was really looking forward to mom's chicken drumstick. But guess what? I came home and only found THESE...

I can't really eat those. Chikalampat~ I checked the wok, the oven, toaster... Finally decided to reheat leftover rice and sprinkled some fried ikan bilis to call it dinner.

That's when you guys came home from the holy place (Toa Payoh swimming complex). Your holy scripts (swimwear and gear - goggles) were plentiful. Must have been rewarding huh. Refer to the following pictures below:

Here's one happy mom packing the lovely sun-dried chilli and stewed mushrooms. Jape, you better appreciate every dollop of hot paste in future. Even if it has table-sauce, also must eat.. hahaa.. i'll be watching~

But knowing Jape, as usual, always turns a deaf ear on me.. Look, he's positioned there every time I see him at home. And boy, can he stay there for an entire day. Maybe a week!

And Too, I didn't want to post this photo.. But only to be fair, I have to.. Well, no one would recognise you la.. it could even be me.. Such a good representation of a typical after-swimming episode.

I know, after all that's been posted and presented, I am going to get lots of chikerific comment from everyone involved. :) I have opened the doors to the burning world. I shall embrace the Sun. hahaa. ~Devils be Gone~

Counter attack by chippy: EH! chikalampat... i am cool man, i've got
nothing to do with ur chicken drumsticks... really appreciate mummy's chilli by
the way and never did i ever waste them. You want to eat drunmstick, go buy one
for yourself.. ahaha

About This and Me by chippy

This blog is chikers la!!! chikalampat man!!! lemme tell you how to use the chikalampat keyword: My 2 sisters are chikalampats for example. They do chikalampat stuffs. I personally have never blog(no history of blogging) before and this is the first time i have this PRIVILLEDGE to post posts as a co-owner of this blog. THANK YOU!!!. But i think i am going to talk crap if i continue to type. Anyone out there who ever come across this chikalampat.blogspot site, please take some time to look through and post some comments at the tag board. THANK YOU again.

Movie Review 1: Coming Soon

Too's review: In a sentence, this show didn't live up to my expectation. It'd probably be a good educational tool to deter people from being pirates... but as a horror film, it lacks originality. I mean, just blame it on ur poor acting lah, ghost (see how bad the show is? I didn't even remember the ghost's name). Her acts of vengeance are, to me, unjustified.. It's not our fault that she can't act dead u know.. So why haunt the living? I can't wait to see a sequel to this though.. All I can say is, the cast'll be super super strong (think about the many who would've watched the show "in the cinema" and had their eyes gouged out and bodies trapped in the movie after that). If only it were that easy to enter showbiz..

RATING: 2/5

Chippy's review: The only climax to this movie is when the "background filming" in this movis man! When the director actually noticed the safety wire is loose. However, the movie is not like any thriller movie such as SAW or HOSTEL(opps). On the whole, good effort for the thailand movie industry la. Keep producing scary shows to scare me!! HEH! By the way, I still haven't watch the legendary "The Ring" which my chikalampat sisters said. I really want to watch but i've got no time!!

RATING: 3/5

It's ALIVE!!!

After toying with the thought of doing up a blog for centuries (ok. exaggerated. But it's gotta be more than 1 mth since someone came up with the idea), I've finally gotten down to making it a reality!! And boy was it a tedious job!!! I practically sat in front of the com for 8 hours trying to find the PURRFECT skin lah! And what did I end up with? Cute dung (no offence to the creator tho. see I actually called them cute). SO you 2 co-owners (and you readers) better appreciate my effort hor!!

too