13/10/21 Weds: Second round
of Nirvana Fitness but nope, I still
cannot hold my breath for 60 seconds at the end of it lol. *I’m not going to
rush myself for this.*
PotaTOHs cooked bibimbap for
dinner woohoo! We had marinated chicken thigh meat, Chinese spinach, carrot,
mushroom, onion, cherry tomato, ham, soy bean sprout and sunny side-up as the
“side dishes”. I realised lots of sesame oil and seed were used too. Added
honey and light soy sauce to the gochujang mixture and it turned out great. *I
really enjoyed the dinner, so much so I thought we did it better than the stall
at Koufu lol!*
14/10/21 Thurs: Took some
time to look into the summary of existing policies I have and it’s always a
headache when it comes to my financial planning lol.
Potato bought pig organ soup
for us for dinner, and he cooked rice and baked smoked duck meat, cherry tomato
and green coral lettuce. The latter tasted awesome when soaked in the soup.
15/10/21 Fri: Cooked herbal
soup滋阴补肺汤(replenish
blood and strengthen lungs) for dinner at night. Boiled and simmered the soup for
over 4 hours! Ingredients included玉竹、地黄、党参、枸杞、麦冬和茯苓. I threw in the whole chicken and虫草花as well.
17/10/21 Sun: Dinner with Potato! I drizzled sesame oil over the soya bean sprouts to go along with the marinated drumsticks and soup!
18/10/21 Mon: Impromptu hike
with Amelia at Southern Ridges. We met near Alexandra Arch and started walking
towards Telok Blangah Hill, Henderson Waves, Mount Faber Park and Marang Trail
at Harbourfront. The weather was not bad, and Amelia was video-calling her
coding bootcamp mates 2/3 of the way lol. *She learnt a new set of skills
and seems ready to plunge into the coding industry, and dreams of working
remotely from some seaside place in Thailand. I’m happy and somewhat envious of
her too… I mean at the age of 25, single and no commitments right? Come on!*
PotaTOHS baked sutchi fish
fillet with black pepper, salt and butter for dinner. I stir-fried the bok choy
with mushroom and carrot. We also air-fried some hash brown.Received a bottle of
Botanica reed diffuser (Fleur Diffuser Citrus) from YB as my 33rd
birthday present! It’s said to last for 1.5 to 3 months, and there are a
variety of scents in it, divided into top, middle and base three layers. The
top layer consists of citrus, lime and bergamot, middle layer has bay dingxiang
and basil thyme, and the base is made up of amber wood, fragrant grass roots
and patchouli. It has a sweet and welcoming citrusy smell, so I thought to
leave it by the TV in our living room!
19/10/21 Tues: WL and WS
dropped by to have lunch at my house. *WS got us a pack of chocolate from
Croatia!* I also received my Hyuuga nebuliser diffuser, santiser spray and
essential oil blands which I bought for myself for my 33rd birthday
hehe~
Mum bought zichar dishes for
my birthday dinner at night. There were har cheong gai, fried beancurd, fish
slices stir-fried with ginger and onion and her home-cooked四川菜汤! *Dad the birthday boy
was also the one who treated us to dinner~ thanks!* Went for my aerial yoga
class as usual and though the moves tonight were not difficult, they were
rather repetitive so I did not manage to do it that gracefully either haha.
20/10/21 Weds: *Always a
headache when it comes to updating my job resume and information~*
Did Nirvana Fitness and
besides the breathing part which I found difficult to follow through at times,
the moves were alright for me most of the time. Still, I always sweat a lot
after the entire workout.
I marinated the chicken meat
with honey, light soy sauce, cooking wine and white pepper. Stir-fried napa
cabbage and mixed the two into one plate. Also pan-fried gyoza and cooked cold
soba, in which the texture turned out just nice tonight!
21/10/21 Thurs: *Ian bought
“Lee Kuan Yew: Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going” for me! Yay to new reads!*
It’s the first birthday in my life that I have gotten so many cake deliveries
from my brother and friends! PH first sent me four slices of cakes and a latte
from Starbucks.
Next, I received the
Halloween set of sesame cakes and oreo drinks from Coffee bean that bro sent
(he was very sweet to ask the delivery guy to say “Happy birthday” to me LOL!).
Then, Ben sent me five pretty-looking
tarts from LUNA, in which I thought only the earl grey wild
strawberry-flavoured one got better as I ate more. None of the others among the
sesame, matcha, orh nee and Hojicha were outstanding.
I got two tubs of earl grey
lavender and roasted pistachio ice-cream from Creamier that Ahna sent as well.
Glad I could keep them and eat as and when I want!
While I was out, Potato told
me XY sent me a slice of orange chocolate cake and ice chocolate from Coffee
Bean too!
By the time I da bao-ed dinner
home, he said SS and Michelle delivered truffle fries and tandoori drumsticks
from Potato Lab from Jem!
WL came over to take eggs
from us and he and WS gave me a DIY Owl cardboard kit set too~ yes I love DIYs!
*XY wanted to
deliver food over too but I told her we better meet for dinner outside next
week instead haha!*
22/10/21 Fri: Attended Pilates
with Jean this morning and James delivered earl grey, butter and double
chocolate sea salt cookies from Sophie’s I Love Fluffy Bakes shop to my place!Also received a slab of
tiramisu cake from Jess from L’Atelier TiramiSu this afternoon, which looked
very beautifully done up!
Done up the DIY owl WL and
WS gave me in 15 minutes or so haha.
24/10/21 Sun: PotaTOHs went
over to WL and WS’s for lunch! They treated us to 933金枕头aka curry chicken bun. We also played two
rounds of Unstable Unicorns… quite fun.
Ian and PotaTOHS drove out
to get our dinner from Pho Street, Don Don Donki and to claim free drinks from
Mr Coconut. We had sashimi as my mini birthday celebration! Enjoyed it!
25/10/21 Mon: Worked with
the wooden pole in Pilates class with Chisa. I always enjoy her class, though
it meant I had to push myself many times throughout. LL came over to Le Quest during
lunch and she treated me to mhk at Lee Popo’s.
I cooked napa cabbage,
carrot and pork in soup and also baked sutchi fillet in salt , black pepper,
lemon and butter with Potato’s help. It was a simple dinner for us two, and
because he would be busy the next few weeks, I try to at least cook for them on
the days I am off!
*rRandom aAdulting: It's World Mental Health Day on October 10. We have our own sources of stress. It's always better to be able to be prepared for them and face it head-on, never avoid. I tell myself that as long as they are difficulties that we can work towards resolving, then it should not be an insurmountable level of stress on us mentally. Ultimately, our mental health-being can affect the physical side too.*
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