26/8/21 Thurs: PotaTOHs
cooked celery, carrot, mushroom and napa cabbage, and also teriyaki salmon for
dinner. We had extra fried chicken cutlets and pickled vegetables thanks to
leftovers from my mum’s. Felt like I haven’t had home-cooked meals in a while
because we’d been driving out to takeaway lunch or dinner, so that was yummy
for me!
27/8/21 Fri: Ian was so excited he could finally dine out today haha. I ended my Pilates Back-care class and as always, we tried hard in class and my legs were shaking by the end… but it’s always awesome to feel “reborn” after that lol.
We had lunch at Andes by Aston at IMM. I ate the grilled fish with herbs and spices, with potato salad and butter corn~ yup it was pretty shiok to dine out after all haha!
Finished work and PotaTOHs joined Ian at Gone Rogue Brewery for some drinks and dinner because TGIF! It was full house! We tried their Hawaiian pizza, bacon and cheese pizza, kimchi wings and seaweed truffle fries. The pizzas were nice, bacon and cheese was surprisingly not too much for me, but I guess the green peppers did balanced the pizza with spiciness. Kimchi wings was a disappointment though… sparse kimchi on top of fried wings erm.
James joined us later for drinks too. The guys had beer, gin and tonic, as well as whiskey. I finished one pint of beer myself, which is already a feat in itself for someone who doesn’t drink. Ian befriended the boss, Steven, since his first visit, so he was there to talk to us now and then. *Got home at 2am~ sleepy.*
28/8/21 Sat: PY cycled from
Bedok to our place… nearly 40km! She had lunch and did some work here. We
watched a documentary movie “The Octopus Teacher” on Netflix in the afternoon. Potato
made us lor bah and stir-fried Chinese spinach, napa cabbage, carrots and
mushrooms. Ironically, we had a bowl of green curry to go with during dinner
because Ian was so hungry he’d ordered that as “late lunch” haha.
Francine baked orange cake
for PY and brought it over at night… not bad I thought! The family then watched
“Bohemian Rhapsody” featuring the life of Freddie Mercury and the legendary
band Queen. We also watched “Bird Box”, a suspense thriller with an open ending
which most would have felt disappointing with. *”Love of my Life” is an
English song I like a lot.*
29/8/21 Sun: Bought the
fried buns, chilli crab sauce and rose oolong ice-cream from Mantou Daha via our
estate’s Group Buy. We thought the sauce was a tad too salty and there were not
as much crab meat. I found the buns alright, but the pairing of rose oolong
ice-cream with the buns were better than dipping them in the chilli crab sauce.
*I like their rose oolong ice-cream!*
We had lor bah from
yesterday and extra chilli crab sauce we have left for dinner. Potato cooked
celery, napa cabbage and carrot in chicken stock, as well as air-fried
marinated (paprika, garlic and soy sauce) chicken wings too~ happy meal!
30/8/21 Mon: Potato
marinated the seabass fillet in mirin and miso sauce for dinner… slightly salty
but still good. We also had Chinese spinach and celery with mushrooms as a
dish. *A pity the COVID-19 restrictions would not allow for more than 5
unique visitors into a household for a day, otherwise we could have most
probably featured our place in some film!*
2/9/21 Thurs: I helped
Potato as he cooked a few dishes for us. We stir-fried the potatoes with salt
and pepper, then the shrooms in salted butter, and added them into the eggs
mixture to do a final round of cooking! Not bad an idea by Potato after
watching Masa’s. Also, I enjoyed the butter clams mixed veggie rice even more
this time cos it was not as “buttery”. Celery, carrots and scallops as a side
was good too. Melvin, Potato’s classmate cum our neighbour came over for lunch
with some fried food too.
Finished watching 《全明星运动会2》！
My eyes were on林敬伦almost the whole time
because he’s good in almost all of the sports events! Well, the second season
was disrupted by COVID-19 and scandal, and overall, I’d still prefer the first.
Rating:
3.5/5
3/9/21 Fri: Washed my
clothes and vacuumed the floor on Fridays as usual. Marinated the chicken wings
with the teriyaki sauce (mirin, soy sauce and chicken) to air-fry, steamed some
xiao long baos and also stir-fried bok choy with mushrooms for dinner. I always
find it awkward to see myself doing the prep work in the kitchen and though it
was a little messy here and there tonight, I still managed to have dinner done
before Potato reached home after class! *felt a little bit proud of myself
hehe~*
He brought me out to
Cuppafield café for matcha latte and chocolate durian fudge at night… probably
to reward me for my “hard work” lol. *Oh no, he’d “bua” the bottom left of
the front bumper when making a U-turn and left some superficial scratches.*
We initially wanted to go to Whisk and Paddle, but by the time we got to their
carpark, there was already a long line of queue outside the café!
4/9/21 Sat: Potato and Ian
headed out to get the passionfruit meringue cake for James’ birthday from the
Patissier after lunch, and then they drove Fran over together with the
steamboat ingredients she’d bought from the wet market. Then, they went out to
Don Don Donki to get meat and more stuff for Farmily’s dinner at night.
6/9/21 Mon: Had Pilates
freestyle reformer with Chisa but I don’t know what’s wrong with my back the
past few days because I’d felt some pain there when I wake up. *Couldn’t endure a lot of moves that required core and back strength. And damn, my left calf
hurts now.* Ian came over to fetch
me and we dabao-ed duck rice for the three of us from Bukit Timah food centre.
Met XY and SS for dinner at丰盛号at Westgate for early
dinner. We tried their peanut toast, spicy chicken toast and black milk tea.
7/9/21 Tues: Collected dad’s
NRIC on his behalf and bought myself a new wallet after a few years, I guess?
It’s the last remaining black Holly long wallet ($119.20) from Tocco Toscano at
Tangs that I’d been eyeing since last year or the year before. Though I heard
that their leather did not last as long, but the texture and design felt like
my old blue Guy Laroche wallet that lasted me for years! *The auntie told me
Guy Laroche went bankrupt and hence stopped selling their wallets long ago… a
pity.* I have come to the stage in life where I want my wallets to last for
as long as possible, so I don’t mind spending a little bit more for that one
wallet. *Auntie said I could use shoe polish for the wallet too, and never
to wipe it with wet cloth.*
Focused on hip key moves in
aerial class and at one point when I fold forward on the strap, I saw the floor
and thought: “whoa, so high up~” lol.
8/9/21 Weds: Potato
stir-fried the leftover pork collar meat we bought from Don Don Donki last
Saturday for lunch!
9/9/21 Thurs: Very happy to
have hot soba for dinner, cooked by hubby! He added in shimeiji shrooms,
crabsticks, bok choy, egg, fish roe fish balls and shrimp paste in the soup
cooked with anchovies.
10/9/21 Fri: Met up with
Jess over dinner at Izakaya Hikari while the two boys went out for fancy
Italian dinner at OSO with their Poly lecturer. She has been pretty busy with
work, so it’s been a while since we really sat down and talked. Really glad to
have her company tonight, otherwise I could be bored at home by myself haha.
It was her first taste of
raw squid too haha~ and she could accept it haha. I had unagi don while she
ordered the salmon mentaiko don. Thought the oden, chuka wakame and fried
stringray fins were not bad.
I was home by 11+pm. Potato
and Ian only got back at 12+am. Chit-chatted till 2+am~ omg.
11/9/21 Sat: The trio went
to Westgate because Potato craved for Tendon for dinner. We ate at Tokyo
Shokudo and I tried their chicken chashu yuzu ramen… quite refreshing and just
because I love yuzu, I’m slightly biased towards it. However, the portion was
not exactly filling.
Ian recommended “The Blind
Side” and I enjoyed the show!
Heart-warming true story
based on an American Football offensive lineman Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron),
of how this Black boy was adopted by a White couple, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy
and went on to play in the NFL.
I loved the cute
interactions between Oher and his younger adoptive brother Sean Tuohy (Jae
Head)!
Rating:
4/5
12/9/21 Sun: Potato and I
dabao-ed pratas and sardine murtabak from Enaq Prata at Jurong East,
recommended by Joshua. We all agreed it was good and very filling.
Vacuumed the house before
PotaTOHs left for Wunderfolks to pick up the whole duo fruit and chocolate
tarts ($45) for WZ’s 33rd and Vera’s 1st birthday! Took us two bus
rides and about 15 minutes of walk to their new store at Joo Chiat, and we had
to endure the heat for about another 10 minutes or so to take a bus over to
Joel and WZ’s.
Had been long since I last
saw WZ’s cousin, QY too. She’s still as straightforward and cute as ever. Had
some fried finger food and then pizza for dinner. We took quite a number of
photos together to celebrate the mum and daughter’s birthday too! *Thanks for
coming over to pick us up Ian!*
Bought Royce champagne
chocolate for our new neighbours Boyd, Angela and their son, and in return,
they got us tarts and lao po bing from Tai Cheong~
13/9/21 Mon: Could feel my
shoulders burning after some rather intense workouts using the maple pole during
Reformer with Chisa.
I cooked some simple dishes
for dinner at night!
Finally finished watching《펜트하우스 3》!
It’s quite a “torture”,
really. I mean, no regret since I chose to chase this into Season 3. I’d
thought Season 2 was quite a mess, but Season 3 was even worse. Many outrageous
storyline that is impossible in real life. I’m just glad the show ended and
those that should die, have died. Lol.
Rating:
1/5
14/9/21 Tues: Did a short 15 minutes of wheel yoga stretch session with kassandra on Youtube this morning to try to counter the DOMs after Pilates yesterday. It is a challenge to roll all the way back and have my legs flat on the ground but I will work slowly towards that goalHad assam
curry fish, Chinese spinach and herbal chicken soup at mum’s before going to my
aerial class. It was frustrating to not be able to bring my right leg over and easily
up in the straps as I was standing on my left leg on the strap at the same
time. Luck was on my side twice, so I managed to strike the final pose… though
a little awkward looking there haha. *Ouch I got a slight rope burn on my right
index and ring finger as I slipped down too fast without loosening the grip a
little.*
Also, I have used Fresh products
for the past few years, and much as I love the freebies that came with every bulk
purchases I made, their hefty price tags are not wallet-friendly in the long
run, so I was looking around at other alternative brands like Medicube, but
Yours Skincare had such heavy marketing on social media, so I “succumbed” to them
in the end lol~
Their products are cheaper
compared to Fresh, and I always have this thing for “customised” stuff. Took a
skin assessment test on their website to get their day and night serum and moisturiser
set ($115) which they stated could last for about 3 months. Since it was 9.9 sale,
I also bought their cleanser, toner, sunscreen, eye serum and one extra
moisturiser ($116) on Shopee.
I like their packaging, environmentally
green, cruelty-free concept with products from Switzerland. But ultimately, I
hope Yours work well for my skin so I can stick to one brand that’s affordable.
*I’m quite lazy when it comes to skincare, and I hate having to search for
different brands and products. I prefer to stick to a routine for as long as
possible, though Alina once said your skin would one day get used to the
product you’d been using, and then it becomes ineffective for the skin already.*
*rRandom lLaugh:
I heard “merlion” and then “orchestra” in my sleep yesterday… “3D stereo” omg haha~*
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