It's school holiday today and it's also my birthday. I've taken leave from work and brought Jerlene and Javier to try out some VR games at Hologate @ Funan. Javier had tried it once (Beat Saber) in Korea but it's Jerlene's and my first time trying out VR games. It's an amazing experience.
It's time for our annual event once again, CNY reunion dinner. Though this year's CNY is going to be quite different in terms of visiting, this particular event will not change. So everybody, HUAT AH!
It's Chinese New Year Eve today and we were greeted with a nice morning sky.
We had our dinner at Boat Noodle @ ORTO this evening. It's located at Yishun (the old bottle tree park) and this place has been very popular, especially with youngsters. As we were there early, we managed to get a seat straightaway. We could see an extremely long queue waiting to be served while we left the place.
What's special at this dining place is its $0.80 boat noodle. It's served in a small bowl and most people will order all the different combination with choices of noodles (glass or rice), soup (tom yum or herbal) and toppings (prawn, beef or pork in ball or slice forms). For info, this is traditionally sold at floating market.
Tomorrow is Jerlene's birthday. As it is a normal school day, we decided to go for an early birthday lunch today at Tamago-En @ Nex.
It has been raining non-stop in the past 2 weeks. On one hand it was good because the weather was very cooling. However, when I went up to my roof terrace this afternoon, I saw the "damages" caused by the wet weather. About 6 months ago, I had installed a fire-rated board underneath the trellis in order to comply to the Fire Safety Act. Due to the non-stop rain, the outer paint started peeling off and I can see rust forming around.
We had our breakfast at Fong Sheng Hao (豐盛號) @ PLQ Mall. It is popular for its Charcoal Grilled Signature Toasts. Fortunately we were slightly early and soon after we ordered, the queue behind us started to build up. The toast is very filling and tastes real good. Highly recommended. :-)
We were at Ci Yuan CC around noon time today to attend the Edusave Merit Bursary Presentation. This is the first time both Jerlene and Javier are receiving the awards together. The arrangement this year is slightly different from past years as the organizer will need to ensure all safe measures are properly in place. Firstly, each award recipient can only have one family member to accompany him or her to the presentation. So for us, since both Jerlene and Javier are recipients, we were allowed to attend the presentation all together. Secondly, only a small group of families are allowed to enter the theatre at any one time. Also, the speech by our MP, Mr Darryl David, was shortened. And if you see the photo below, each family will have to keep a safe distance away from Mr Darryl David during photo taking. Masks must be put on at all time. Regardless, I appreciate the fact that despite the difficult situation now, Mr Darryl David and his grassroot members still put in effort to organize this award presentation to recognize the students' achievement. Thanks!
We went for our first movie of the year tonight. Though there isn't much actions, "Wonder Woman 1984" is still quite a nice show. Actually it's good to watch movies during the current situation because there will not be anybody sitting beside, at the back or in front of you. Only thing is you will need to wear a mask throughout the show, except while drinking or taking a quick bite.
Finally, year 2020 has come to an end. This is really a "special" year for most of us all around the world. Though challenging for some, there were also opportunities for others. However one thing that really affected most of us is that we were unable to go on any leisure overseas trip for the entire year. That is the main reason why this blog has the least number of posts this year throughout my 14 years of blogging. Wow......I have been blogging for 14 years. Earlier, I was reading some of my posts in the past and they always put a smile on my face. Hopefully I can have the discipline to continue for many more years to come.
Jerlene and Javier have "grown" a bit during the current year end school holiday. As such, I thought of buying a new set of uniform and shoes for both of them. While driving past the school uniform shop, we saw a long queue of people "snaking" outside the shop. Seeing that queue, we decided to give up and return home. Later in the evening, I saw an article on social media saying another school uniform shop at AMK actually called in the police to manage the huge and frustrated crowd outside the shop. Sigh.....looks like Jerlene and Javier had to wear their existing uniform and shoes when school opens.....despite the slight "tightness".
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Merry Christmas to ALL!
Tracy and I went out for lunch without the kids as they preferred to stay at home to do their own things, especially when they realized that school is about to start in a week's time. We drove to Suntec City and had our lunch at Aburi-En Japanese Restaurant.
