This is what I felt so strongly.
Foolish, stupid, silly goose, dumb are what I can only describe myself as.
Work is NOT about being efficiently and knowing your things well. It’s about acting you are busy, care for your own survival and act as if you still have teamwork.
I’m disgusted. Very. Period.
It’s always my personal belief that kids need not be overly showered with those “branded” toys. Why are we teaching our own kids about BRANDED stuff from age 0? However, I cannot deny that most branded toys had more considerations on the safety aspect, but this is not my point today. We should buy moderate quantity of toys, and not all must be branded lah…
I myself did not buy alot of toys for Dawn, and even if I buy toys, I realised those “Ma Sa Ma Sa” from those neighbourhood shops are equally good. Yes, some toys had branded themselves to provide high education value…but, kids can learn words and their ABC from other settings too right? Anyway, branded toys are too expensive for me to buy them…I will go broke if everything she’s playing now are branded. The only good buy which I am satisfied with, is the Sesame Street Driving Simulator toy which I bought from Malacca at 70% off! It’s only about S$9 :p
I think most kids can turn the things which they see day to day as their fun toys. They are more curious in exploring such things rather than those toys which they get bored after awhile. At least this is very true for Dawn. So besides her toys in her big toy box, she likes the clothes pegs, the newspaper, the telephone, the remote controls, my water bottle, empty boxes, my mum’s house slippers and the list goes on…basically anything that can interest her in the house.
So, her lastest toy. Let me present, the Kung Fu Dawn Dawn.
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I remembered that I came to know about this restaurant at Tanglin Shopping Centre because of Dear. He brought me there last year, and I fell in love with the atmosphere and food there.
Just last month, we decided to have lunch with Jimmy & Novene at this restaurant, but when we reached Tanglin Shopping Centre, it was closed! They had stopped serving lunch over at this branch and we had to go to the other branch which is at Liang Court.
It seems alittle crowded when we reached, and we were told that they can only serve set lunches and very few ala cart dishes can be ordered. I was a little disappointed because I wanted to have the pork belly noodles but it was not in the set menu.
I ordered the Okinawan Noodle set, which came with a bowl of noodles with pork, a bowl of rice and a peanut beancurd. The noodles were not as good as the pork belly noodles I had before, and it was not well-cooked when it was first served to me. When we alerted the waiter, he was quite apologetic and went to exchange another one for me. The rice was yummy yummy! No other words to describe :p And what was worth mentioning, in my opinion, was the peanut beancurd. It was so soft, and it had this very unique taste. Very nice!
↑ Okinawan Noodle Set
Dear had his favourite Champloo, which is bitter gourd cooked with pork. It’s a signature dish in Okinawa.
↑ Champloo Set
The most important dish one must have when they patronised this restaurant is the stewed pork belly. Each slice is cut into that perfect size; the thickness is just nice to let you have that “shiok” feeling when biting onto it…heavenly!
↑ Stewed Pork Belly .. though the single vege display made it looks so funny… -.-;
↑ (From Left) Nirai Kanai All in One Set & Pork Belly Set ordered by Novene & Jimmy.
And how could we forget about having some Asahi with the meal? Even though it’s not the perfect ideal meal which I expected to have in Nirai Kanai, but the beer and the companionship made it good enough.
↑ Bucket of Asahi!
Took this when we went to Rine’s baby shower a month ago. Dawn is now very aware of the existence of cameras and she will usually pose for us to take pretty photos.
Pretty dress, pretty pose, pretty smile!
My Goodness! Half a month of no entries.. Not that I am having that “blog drought”…but I was too busy with everything else and ended up too tired at night to even log in to write.
I went away to Malacca for some work matters for a week too. Initially thought that I could have some time to upload some photos taken in Malacca, but I was so wrong. Had to work till late at night most of the days over there..for those slightly early nights (which is 9ish or 10ish pm), I would just want to hit the bed and snore..heh 
Just a note here that I am still around, alive and kicking. Will upload photos and write more about the trip, my little girl and everything else soon!
Dawn has reached the stage where she started to show interest with dolls and cute soft toys. When she was a few months old, soft toys had no effect on her. She showed no interest on them and will always reach for other toys first.
I bought her a bath tub play set the other day and inside the play set, there’s a naked doll inside. She loves the doll and will bath and feed the doll milk (with the fake milk bottle of ‘cos!).
Managed to capture this shot and I love it! Nice Shot!
Cindy sent me this link..very cute leh!
It’s not easy to create a nice flash…I learnt the basic and had done some simple animation before. Can make me become crossed-eyed de! Have to count the bars (aka the timeline), have to create the symbols, make them move…aiyo! But it’s quite fun actually.
Kudos to those who can do such beautiful and cute animation!
当 Dawn 听到雷声时，她就会用她的小手拍拍自己的胸膛，告诉我们她怕怕。看着她那美丽的小脸蛋，令我不知不觉的抱着她，口中重复着“不怕不怕”。
其实妈妈也一样在怕，只不过不是怕雷声。。。
妈妈怕您的安危，现在和以后。看着你乱跑乱撞， 看着你身上的撞伤，你真的让妈妈好怕哦！
妈妈怕将来。怕你的，也怕自己的。也许是看不到的未来，那种未知数已经变成一种不安。。。
妈妈怕没钱的日子。虽然有未雨绸缪，但是还是有那种莫名其妙的不安， 也许因为你是妈妈的宝贝吧。要给你吃的饱，穿得暖。一个人养你真的有点辛苦。但妈妈不后悔。。。现在不会，以后也不会。
妈妈怕黑暗的日子。 经过了那种黑暗，希望剩下的日子都是在阳光中度过。。。阳光带着彩虹，妈妈可以这样过下半身吗？不求过分的财富，只求快乐，健康。。不需要刺激， 平淡就好了。。与家人，与朋友，与你 和与他，妈妈就满足了。。
I had been to Tampopo a few times already. It used to be at the basement of Liang Court. This is the 1st time I visited Tampopo at its new location. They had shifted to the 1st floor of Liang Court. The new restaurant is bigger and somewhat looks better designed than before.
I didn’t know that Tampopo is also the name of a movie. A Japanese comedy!
The entrance of Tampopo.
Dear ordered the Black Pig Shabu Shabu Ramen and I ordered the Kyushu Ramen. The meat in the Shabu Shabu Ramen was delicious! As for the Kyushu Ramen, the cha siew was soft and when I bit it, the meat melted in my mouth. Shiok!
Shabu Shabu Ramen on the left and Kyushu Ramen on the right.
What I like best is the egg inside the ramen. The egg is hard on the outside, but the yolk is very semi-cooked. If you eat it once it’s served (when it’s hot), the egg is super nice! If you eat this kind of egg for the 1st time, you will start to wonder how they are able to make such eggs. Heh.. I am not a cook, so if anyone knows how to do this, kindly share?
If you want extra cha siew or eggs, you can order them as side dishes too.
Tampopo
177 River Valley Road
#01-23/24
Liang Court Shopping Centre
Tel : 63383186
