Batam here I come!

I am going for a short trip to Batam tomorrow! Going with Dear and Dawn, and 2 of our friends.  Will update more with photos when I am back!

Chao~

First encounter with Hampi

Watch how Dawn became so excited with Hampi!

Oh, Hampi is Dear’s sis’s hamster.

Sleepy Dawn … again

How many of you remembered the video about how Dawn was so sleepy and nodding off to sleep?  The post can be found here. 

We saw her doing the same thing again, but this time she “leveled up”! She was dozing off while sitting up .

Check this out!

P/S : It can be quite boring in the beginning of the video but I am lazy to edit the video lah..so bear with it :p

Arnold’s Fried Chicken

Read many many entries about this Arnold’s Fried Chicken (City Plaza) and most had gave good reviews about the yummy fried chicken. We decided to check it out!

We ordered the meal which consist of 15 pieces of chicken, 5 drinks, 1 bowl of coleslaw, 1 bowl of whipped potato and 1 “packet” of fries.

Maybe it was the reviews which I had read and my expectations were set too high, I was rather disappointed with their fried chicken.  Or was there something wrong with the kitchen that day?  The chicken were tasteless (like unmarinated meat), meat were too dry instead of juicy, and they are not at all crispy to me. Even though I agree that their chicken were not as oily as those in KFC, I still prefer KFC’s chicken

However, the coleslaw in Arnold’s is so much better than those in KFC.  They are so finely chopped and they do not have the vege raw taste and smell, which the coleslaw in KFC has that.

And the meal that we ordered was way too expensive as compared to what we can get from KFC and the quantity for coleslaw, fries and whipped is too little to share among 5 people.  吃得不够爽啦！

Random

Guess who did this?

Nope, it’s not Dawn’s work.

It’s her grandpa. (aka my dad).

Sights

On my way home from work today, in that span of 1 hour, I saw :

In a crowded train, a father carrying a pink barbie doll bag on his back, with his girl sitting somewhere in the cabin.

At the traffic junction, a father on a bicycle, with his son at the back in the child seat.  It was raining heavily, and the son was sitting quietly in his seat, and seemed not bothered by the rain drops hitting on his face.

On the pavement, a father carrying his girl in his arms with 1 hand and the other hand holding an umbrella over their heads.

Very common sights, issn’t? But it meant alot to me.

To the father who carried that pink bag, you are awesome.  You carried that pinky stuff on your back boldly because it looks heavy on your daughter’s shoulder.

To the father on the bicycle, you are the man.  You taught your son how to be a man and is a total opposite from worrying mothers who over-protect the kids and deprive them from the simple joy of playing in the rain.

To the father with the umbrella, you are wonderful. Balancing an active child, a small schoolbag and an umbrella sounds like the job of a clown but you did it pretty well, and you didn’t look like a clown at all. 

Apart from these, I saw another sight.  A woman, whom could be the mother or the grandmother (or nanny?!!), exclaimed this to her son / grandson :

“每次带你出来吃饭都下大雨！很麻烦！你不要吃啦!”

[it means : It always rain when I bring you out for dinner. It's so troublesome! You don't eat dinner (next time it rains)!] 

I was in shock. Rain also the poor kid’s fault meh?!!