Oh-pzy: January 2011

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Mixed feelings

28th January 2011, Friday

Another meet up session with Ah Tard. Oh man, I guess she's famous for being Ah Tard. I even have friends who called her Ah Tard directly in my msn. We had lessons in the morning, it's just so tiring. As usual, we cancelled all the afternoon schedules for this meetup. Wow, sound like some busy woman suddenly. In fact, we were damn free most of the time. It's the most truthful comment.

When 1230 strucked, I ran out of the ctr immediately without further hesitation. I'm in a big rush to meet my darling. I boarded 190 and picked the front seat. The one right behind the driver where you got to face the wall. I deliberately picked that auspicious seat so that I could close my eyes and rest in peace. Else, I'll be sitting right behind with eyes on me when I sleep.

Unfortunately, I'm not born a sleeping beauty. My asleep look can be sort of unglamourous.

Who knows?

I might just drool once in a while.

*Just kidding*

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Ah Tard love me the most. It was drizzling, eh eh no, it's raining actually. I had no umbrella and Ah Tard walked from Somerset to Heeren's bus stop just to pick me up. It's like a mother picking up children from school. Too bad, I'm not really an umbrella person. I hate heavy bag and I dislike folding umbrella. It's just damn irritating especially when the umbrella was wet. Ah Tard was my saviour for the day.

We wanted to sing @ kbox for the day. Well, our kala card was about to expire. Since it's free, we intended to had the last session before Chinese New Year. Our plan for the day was to smuggle fries and drinks into the room. So we stocked up at 7-eleven or Cheers (Forgotten what it was). We patronized Best Fries Forvever.

Oh I nearly typed Best Friends Forever.

Best Friends Forever eating Best Fries Forever.

Sound good, isn't it?

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We went to the Kbox at Scape. Holy great, Kbox pissed us off again. As usual, they enjoyed irritating us. It's either they slammed the door on us, displayed terrible attitude or cocky face that you can't resist slapping on. We were so red with anger that we no longer felt like communicating with them any further.

Hey hey, this is not about COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN.

There wasn't any communication going on.

I called this CHEAT.

It's as good as cheating your loyal patrons.

And yeah, FUCK YOU then.

Let me share with you what's going on out there just in case you are clueless.

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Kala Card

Yann and I purchased Kbox's Kala Card. We thought we were frequent patrons, so we decided to purchase it since there's an offer going on. They had this stupid promotion that Starhub's user would get a $3 discount off for the card. They just verbally asked Tard and me without verifying. I mean they should have checked the billing record, or even contact number.

They just randomly said that no discount for M1 user. I mean what if the customer knew about this long ago and claimed to be a Starhub's user to get the discount. It's just so unfair. They should have considered about this.

It was later on when we both visited Lot 1 outlet, we were told that the Kala Card was meant to be a member card. It's just so Whathafuck. This was as good as incurring extra cost for the people who were already Kbox member. Poor Tard ended up having 2 member cards which was so pointless. Fortunately, we enjoyed our time at Lot1 outlet. Although there were yes(s) and no(s) at times, but there were polite afterall. Basic greeting and advise, rather than slamming of doors and shutting us behind the wall as if we were non-existing. Lot1 outlet were times better, and it's brand new.

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Kala Card's promotion was supposed to end on the 31st January 2011. It's only the 28th on our visit. The staff shamelessly told us that it was festive season, so we weren't allowed in when WE PAID FOR THE PACKAGE.

Are you able to feel the rage now?

We were damn angry over it. We looked at each other speechlessly, wondering whathafuck was that. It's freaking ridiculous. I found their words insensible and senseless.

Festive Season?

Like how?

Yes, we knew that Chinese New Year was around the corner. So what? It's in February and it's January now. It's still a week away from it. They shamelessly told me that Kala Card is not acceptable from 21st January 2011.

What's the logic here then?

I called this bully and cheating.

They tried to persuade us into taking Happy Hours. Oh, I don't mind paying, money is not a problem but moral and integrity. Happy Hours starts from 2 - 7pm.

Guess what?

The staff said we were only allowed in till 4pm and it's already 1 plus almost 2pm.

She then suggested taking Lunch Package instead.

So we asked her what time it ended. She told me 3pm only.

It's about 2pm only, and she expected us to end at 3pm.

What does that mean?

It mean, we'll have to SING, EAT AND DRINK within and hour.

It's not our first time patronizing Kbox, we knew how snail (I mean slow) they were/are. They easily took 1 hour to serve a drink or 2 hours to serve a dish. Even when you told them the microphone was down, it gonna took 45 minutes before they came to your rescue when there were little customers. A simple request to change a room gonna take a day. Basically a day was never enough. They can't be bothered. If I were you, moving over to another room on your own could be much more faster.

They made us so angry that we suffered terrible headache. We went to Sakae Sushi instead so as to finish our fries. We knew that no outside food were allowed, but we need a good spot to finish our food too. Apparently, there were no customer in the restaurant. We asked for a back seat and we were told that they were reserved. Mmm, well, no idea who made the reservation. No one I guess.

Ghost?

Oh, that's creepy.

Upon sitting down, an ant crawled across the table. The surprised me exclaimed loudly without realising the manager was about to serve us stood beside me.

"Eh, got ant lei!!!"

The manager used his bare finger, pressed the ant to death and took it away.

WTH???

Haha.

The guilty us were hiding our fries with cups, soya sauce and plates. We were so afraid that they might confiscate our food. Obviously, our fries were well-protected. It looked as if it's been surrounded by an army.

Anyway, the staff and manager were awared that we smuggled outside food in. They were watching us closely, but they did not confiscate our food. Tard and I were so paranoid that we started Bbm-ing each other on the phone. The tension was really strong at the moment.

Aiya, my hair has not seasoned. Mmm, it should be seasoned by CNY. I requested to cut it really layers and thin this time round. As you know, my hair is really black and thick. It grows really fast like green bean plant. Trust me, give it a month or less, you gonna see it big again. Haha.

We played pool forsaking Kbox, that hopeless creature. We were irritated by surrounding tables. They had 4 to 6 people at a table and it's just so hard to "excuse" them. We changed table for 3 times in total and we played for 4 hours. We were just so awesome this time round.

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It's a happening day, I guarantee you.

We bought Nachos combo and happily set off to our 7.15pm movie.

Wrong Tickets, Wrong Timing

We went into Theatre 1 and realised that our seats were taken and the movie had already started when it's only 7pm. We sensed something fishy and went out of the theatre immediately. Upon exiting the theatre, we realised that our tickets stated 4.10pm.

What the hell???

We asked for 7.15pm tickets and paid with Nebo Card. The staff even repeated it once or twice that it's 7.15pm, The Green Hornet.

How the hell did the tickets ended up stating 4.10pm?

*Rub rub*

*Spit saliva*

Eh eh, it's magic.

The tickets turned into a 4.10pm ticket.

What a miracle!!!

IT'S NOT MAGIC OF COURSE!!!

The in-charge approached us, it was then we were told that there might be some mistakes and miscommunication.

Yann exclaimed...

Are we really that jinx mah?

In my mind, I thought to myself...

Quite actually, predictable.

*Disappointed*

Unfortunately, we had this bull living in us. Never tried to psycho a bull, because it's not going to work. The in-charge tried to persuade us into watching other movies. I just said "No". I wanted to watch The Green Hornet, why should I change. Yann and I stated very clearly that if there wasn't any Green Hornet for us, we wanted refund for not just the tickets but the 2 Nachos Combo as well; plus, we'll never take front seats, not even the 4th row from the front that the in-charge had suggested.

The in-charge sensed our bull temper totally. She immediately got us tickets for The Green Hornet.

Not the 2D one, but the 3D one.

Wow, we weren't that unfortunate afterall.

PLUS IT'S FREE!!!

Guess how much we each paid for the movie ticket?

It's $6.

6 bucks only as I'm a Nebo member.

The 3D movie cost $12 per person.

Isn't that a great deal?

Awesome moment.

We watched The Green Hornet and I rated it 4.5 popcorns.

Satisfied totally.

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We went to chill out at T.G.I Friday beside Heeren.

It's neither a restaurant, not really actually.

Nor a bar, not really actually.

I had no idea what it was. Haha, I prefered to call it a restaurant and bar. More appropriate.

Mango and Strawberry Magaritas.

We walked all the way to 7-Eleven for poker cards. We entertained ourselves by talking nonsense and gambling for the next few hours. Trust me, you got to love gambling. It's the best entertainment. Haha.

We were so obedient to take a Night Rider home this time round. No more cab rides home, we were learning to control. We talked and crapped all kind of nonsense till we were both reluctant to leave. What a happy day!

Have a nice day.

Good night.

Cheers,
Jeanne

Day 7 in Korea, Seoul (Part 2)

6th December 2010

Here we were, at the Wax Museum.

This picture (above) reminds me of Lin Jun Jie. If you had not forgotten him, I believe you do remember he had an album named 曹操. The background reminds me of that with the soldiers standing beside.

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Do you love Mozart's music?

I really adore his music pieces. To me, he's a great talent in music. Just take a look at the numerous music pieces that he had wrote. Piano Sonata No. 16, K545, Mozart considered it as one of the beginner piece. It's a music piece that required skills to play well. It's not just technically, but the softness and story that merged together.

Majority of the pianist only got famous after they had passed away, leaving their music pieces famous ever since then. But Mozart was already famous when he was young. He wrote music pieces for the Queen and was adored by people.

My piano teacher always shared interesting stories about famous musician with me when I was young. She tried to motivate me with different stories and shared many untold stories as well. She told me that Mozart was very rich as he wrote songs for the Queen. Being rich, made him a spendthrift as well. He could easily spend a million a day when he was young and had declared bankruptcy. He was penniless when he passed away.

That was 裴勇俊 (below), and his wig looked realy weird. I guess the the wax statue at Hong Kong Wax Museum of him looked times better than this (below). Haha, funny wig.

The witch that gave Snow White a red apple.

Photo with the King who brought prosperity to his people. He was the one who invented Korean words and brought the Korean to a new centure. An amazing person that worth respecting.

Look at these Disney notes. They are so cute and nice. I wonder if it could be used afterall.

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I want to be a millionaire. Who doesn't?

Santa Claus is coming to town...

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We had our dinner at a restaurant called Teriyaki. Oh my god, I'm dying to promote this restaurant because their food was awesome and the price was absolutely reasonable. Our meal cost less than 40 bucks. I would rather have this than to pay the same price for Sakae Sushi.

We ordered:

Kimchi Fried Rice
Cheesy Pork Cutlet
Sushi with Alaska Crab

The ambience made everything so soothing and comfortable.

We ordered a set meal and it served with Udon. I'm not really a fan for Udon. I prefered dried Udon with egg, it tasted really good when I had it in Japan.

The corn soup was really appetising.

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Kimchi Fried Rice.

You can request for less spicy if you can't really take hot stuff. We had the least spicy one and it tasted differently from our usual fried rice. It was served on a hot plate.

I totally had no idea what was that below. I'm so addicted to it. Can anyone tell me please? It tasted like some fruits. Sweet, juicy and crispy like mad.

Cheesy Pork Cutlet.

They fried the cutlet till golden brown and wrapped cheese and vegetable within it. You can see the melting cheese that oozed out by the side. It was served with pineapple salad. Simply dipped the cutlet into a specially made dark sauce, it's gonna taste heavenly. Haha, one of the most recommended dish.

California Roll.

Sushi with Alaska Crab

Remember the sushi we had in Sakae Sushi. They had this stupid crab meat sushi which I hate it to the max. It's not the real crab meat, it's crab stick. This restaurant used the real crab meal for it's ingredient. The manager introduced the dish and informed us that it was Alaska Crab.

Weird thoughts then came to my mind. I thought they might be saving the ingredients by putting less Alaska Crab meat. In fact, I'm wrong. The entire sushi was topped with crab meat. Upon taking a small bite, I could vividly see thick inches of crab meat wrapped in the rice. The fish roe was absolutely fresh and you and taste it's freshness. The sushi came in a slightly bigger size compared the usual ones I had. It's yummilicious, I swear.

Bf busy eating.

That marked the end of our day. We took a bus back to the Subway Stn and trained back to our apartment. A day with satisfaction from food. Love Building 63, great place and food.

Have a nice day.

Cheers,
Jeanne

Day 7 in Korea, Seoul (Part 1)

6th December 2010

Have you heard of Building 63?

Actually the name sounded kind of dumb to me when I came over it during a research on internet. I mean, why would some one name a building called 63. It was the first time ever I thought that Sentosa sounded 10 times better than 63.

I thought that Building 63 was worth visiting afterall. They got Aquarium, IMAX Theatre, Wax Museuam, Art Gallery (Some arts that I can't understand), restaurants and many more. Of course, everything cost money. Seoul Guide 100 ( A booklet that you can get from the Airport) would tell you ways of getting there. Due to STM (Short term memory), I can't really remember which stop to alight for the subway. You got to take a shuttle bus to Building 63. We took another bus instead. We initially thought it's a paid trip when we tapped the card, it was then we realised the balance remained the same. Therefore, I assumed that it's free then.

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As I've said, Ujiro Co-op is a great location. You can easily spot great restaurants that appear on tv. As for me, I love to visit Uncle Soy. Haha, it's not the name of a restaurant. We love the Soy Bean Paste and Soy Bean soup really much. Every morning, we'll report at the restaurant for our breakfast. It's almost like daily routine. The boss was a famous chef and you can easily see newspaper articles with his pictures.

We ordered Ginseng Chicken and Bibimbap for the day.

I love Korean Kimchi. They taste awesomely. Unlike what we had in SG, they are usually soggy with weird taste. Apparently, majority of SG restaurant failed to use the correct and right way of marination. Of course, because Korean serves authentic ones of their own recipes.

The Ginseng Chicken was great. It came in a big portion, serving for 2 or 3. The chicken was so tender that you can pull the bones apart from meat easily. No force is required. By the way, the rice came with Ginseng Chicken, not seperately but together. The fluffy white rice was stuffed in the chicken and you can taste it with the hot soup.

Here I am, on the bus to Building 63. Well, the bus condition was a little disappointing. Buidling 63 is not really within city. Therefore it's quite a distance. The bus ride lasted for about 10 minute.

Upon alighting, we couldn't spot Building 63. All the names of building were all in Korean. Haha, only bf managed to find the way to the place. Before entering, we came across a mobile stall by the street. They were selling Red Bean Fish Cake. It's so cheap. We bought 3 pieces for 2 bucks only. It's so hot and crispy, and kept us warm under the cold weather. Yums.

We bought package tickets that included Imax, Aquarium and Wax Museum.

First stop, IMAX Theatre.

It's an educational film on Dinosaur Extinction. We got to put on 3D glasses while watching. Hey hey, their 3D glasses were different from the usual one I wore in SG. The usual one we had looked like normal geek specs with shade. This is so much different. The specs was big heavy itself and it's really thick with green shades.

That's bf with the humongous 3D glasses.

By the way, the film was in Korean. Therefore you might not be able to understand a single word. If you do, I'll be really amazed. Haha. We asked for translation instead. They gave us a translation device that looked like a walkie talkie(above). You got to switch on by yourself and tuned it to your desired language. For us, we tuned in to English of course.

A really interesting Dinosaur Show.

Busy packing my heavy coat.

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You must be dreadful about carrying heavy bags and coat around. No worries, do approach the friendly staffs, I'm sure they would be able to direct you to somewhere for your belongings to be placed at. Well, you got to bear with it a little because the local can't really speak English. They can only understand simple english. Bf approached one of them and enquired about locker.

Bf said, "Locker?"

Staff said, "Hawker?"

So it goes on and on and on.

Locker

Hawker

Locker

Hawker

Locker

LOCKAH

There weren't any lockers. You got to register and check in your belongings at a counter.

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Next stop, Sea World.

The foolish us were busy chasing after the big turtle. It was swimming left and right non-stop as if it was really busy. It took us really great effort capturing it's existence in our photo. Finally, we got it. YAY!

Look at Mr. Penguin.

I thought that it was a statue for photo-taking. It stood so upright without moving at all and it's really big. Mmm, let me think of how to describe it's size. The usual ones we see in Singapore Zoological Garden were 5 times smaller. This penguin size was 2 times my rubbish bin. Oh no, wrong description. I'm so sorry. My rubbish bin happened to be right infront of me. It's almost as big as half of my luggage. Nono, bigger I think.

Bf never understood why I love to visit such places. I enjoy watching colourful fishies swimming lively in the water. I love clown fish the most, they just look so cute all the time. Watching them swim happily in the water brightens my mood. I always thought that fishies should not be kept in a tank. They belong to the sea. Freedom is the route to happiness.

Bf buying drinks again.

How do you feel when you see a gigantic crab?

Sense of appreciation for it's size.

What about me?

Great appetitie for meals.

They just made me hungry at all times. I love to eat Alasaka Crab...... Oops. My true colour revealed.

We stood on the glass floor. It's kind of scary as you could see fishies swimming underneath. I hated the glass floor. Each time the sensor detect someone, it would create a loud crashing sound. *Ah Pang scared scared lah*

I got something interesting to share with you.

Are you ready for it?

I guess so!

TADA!!!

What a disgusting big fish head! Eew. It made me turned off each time I eat Curry Fish Head (A local delicacies).

Can you spot the tiny fish?

Off it jumped into the water.

So many fishies above.

They had this section where you can interact with the fishes. These fishes feed on dead cells. Bf happily stucked his fingers into the tiny tank and told me that he was feeding the fishes.

He seemed to be engross with what he was doing, switching from fingers to fingers.

He then told me he got alot of free food for the fishies.

So I said, why don't you stuck your toes in as well.

He then answered...

"I wish to, but the openings were too small."

They had this 15 to 20 minutes animal show. It's short and simple yet interesting. The trainers came up with a play to entertain yound children and the sealions were really cute.