Feel good meals

When I lunch out on my own, I like to sit down and enjoy my meal away from the crowd. Cedele @ United Square is one of the places I frequent. I either go for the sandwich & soup set @ $10, or, salad & soup set @ $9.50/80. Yesterday, I tried the Moroccan spiced chicken salad which cost a dollar more.

VeganBurg (located behind the bus stop opposite Eunos MRT station along Jalan Eunos) is convenient after my driving lesson in the morning and before I travel to office. Just now I had the orange marmalade burger again and made it a set with seaweed fries and apple & currant juice. The set cost $12.85. I like the burger more than the fries and juice. There was a black cat with left tipped ear outside the restaurant. I couldn't resist stroking his head and neck before I left :)

Green capsicum

Don't give me any other colours. I just like green capsicum as I find the taste of the other colours strange and sweet whether eaten raw or cooked. If there is a green capsicum sitting in the fridge, I like to stuff thin slices of it into my bread :)

Collection of cat stuff

I have a collection of cat figurines, pictures, etc that my friends gave me or I got them myself. Earlier today, a friend gave me a batik painting of 2 cats with the frame he made. I used one of my ribbons to hang it on the curtain railing in my room. Nice :) It reminds me of the batik cloth I got from Hua Hin some years ago during a worktrip. When I took it out to admire, Bob was checking it out too :)

Crazy about coriander

My breakfast today was a walnut bun stuffed with coriander :)

Lunching in

I like to lunch out and spent an hour or so away from the office. But when I have backlog of work like yesterday, I will buy from the office canteen. Yesterday, I used the container that parents got for me to take away the food from the economical rice stall. The stall assistant was quite amused by the cute container. Lunch was quite yummy and I managed to clear some work.

Warm up before swimming

Yesterday evening, my friend and I took a 15min bus journey from our workplace and another 10min walk to the swimming pool. We saw this lovely sight along the way.

ともだち friends

It's nice to catch up with the girls over lunch last Saturday. We have known one another from our volunteer work and have kept in touch even after we left the committee 3-4 years ago. Facebook, blogs, twitter and emails are also useful ways to know what are going on in their lives.

I'm also glad to have found the good friends from my secondary school, university and work. We are busy with work and other commitments, but we try to meet or occasionally SMS to check on one another. Sharing similar interests and/or values has helped us to bond and over the years, we still cherish the friendship.

野良猫のふくしのボランティアの仕事のとき、友達ができました。 先週の土曜日にこの友達と昼ご飯を食べました。会ってうれしい。

学校と仕事で、いいともだちもできました。忙しいですが、ときどき会ったり,SMSをしたりします。このともだがあってうれしいです。

New ginger cat

He has been bullying Fat Cat and Tombok. He growls at them and chases them away. But he's friendly to us and the kids who aren't afraid to stroke him. 2 residents even saw him resting near Cheers convenience store, enjoying the air con. I suspect he may be an abandoned home cat. I was glad to see him lying at one corner of my block's void deck. We quickly fed him before getting him into the carrier. Hopefully when he's back on Sat, he will no longer be a bully.

Responsible Pet Ownership Art Competition 2011

Check out the details on AVA website if you are interested.

Cooking lunch for myself & Sis

Last Sun, we had soba with egg toufu

Today we had cous cous with fish slices, zucchini and feta cheese.

 

Museum visits

The fun outing with the girls was more than dim sum lunch last Sat. We visited the Peranakan Museum and spent 2 hours there.

I don't remember liking my school excursions to museums much, but ever since I started working, museums with their interesting, colourful and interactive exhibits, are cool places to hang out.

Besides these photos, I have these activity sheets with the embossed images as souvenirs :)

Dim sum lunch @ Wah Lok

It was quite a few years since my last visit to Wah Lok Restaurant @ Carlton Hotel. Yesterday's experience was nice because I was with good friends and cute little companions. My favorite dishes are the polo bun (full of char siew) and the fragrant egg tart.

Feasting on Mommy's birthday

I took leave today to accompany mom at home. Mom is 63 already!

I had my usual breakfast of bread before joining Mom to feed the community cats. Back home, I cooled down by eating a sweet and juicy orange and a soursop.

Mom and I each had a maple syrup candy that cousin got from Canada. It was quite sweet but we like the aroma of maple syrup.


I did some workout by scrubbing the kitchen toilet shower area and shower curtain while waiting for the frozen spinach pizza to be baked. Dessert was sponge cake topped with our neighbour's homemade durian gelato.


Now mom and dad were cooking dinner while I was blogging away :)


I can't wait to eat dinner with my parents :)

Angel and chairs

Angel relaxing on the chairs with his eyes wide open. Hee.

Angel under the carpet

Peekaboo :)

Sky and clouds

I really like taking photos of the beautiful sky and clouds :)

Our feline friends in the estate

They are some of the cats we have been caring for the past 2-6 years.

Tombok


Fat Cat who still doesn't like being photographed :)


Oreo (who got his GI cut last month. His fur was very matted, so I sent him for grooming)


Cali


Patch whom we sent to the vet for sterilisation a few weeks back.


Three flickering her tongue like a snake


Shadow quenching her thirst in this hot weather

Last driving lesson?

The lesson this morning was quite interesting and enjoyable as it was my first time driving in heavy rain and the instructor was quite encouraging. He said I showed confidence in the circuit but he observed that I was more hesitant and less smooth outside on the road.

My driving test will be on Mon afternoon. I guess whether I will get my driving license after that will depend on my skills. And maybe some luck too. Haha. I hope this will be my last lesson. It has been fun but tiring too from all the time and money spent since 25 Jan. But I don't want to be one of those lousy or reckless drivers out on the roads, so I'm mentally prepared if the tester thinks I need more practice :)

Super hot afternoon

After the rainstorm and floods, we have to face the merciless sun again. We don't feel the heat in the air-con office, but today I took the afternoon off for my driving lesson. It was hot when I walked from the bus stop to the driving school and when I drove around the circuit and on the road. It was less hot around 4.15pm after my lesson and I could admire the clouds and sky when crossing the overhead bridge on the way home.

Lunch & dessert @ Holland Village

After the Haw Par Villa outing, we took a bus down to Buona Vista/Ghim Moh and walked down to Holland Villa. It's really convenient to get around Singapore :)

We had a simple lunch of noodle soup and rojak @ the food centre, followed by decadent waffle with 2 scoops of ice cream @ Daily Scoop @ Chip Bee Gardens!


Cute cartoons on the wall


I chose durian ice cream while my friend chose Guiness Stout. I like the durian one. The stout gave an interesting bitter aftertaste.

The above photo was taken by my friend, while the one below was by me.