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Sunday, April 29, 2007 Waraku 和楽  Big G's return came with the craving for unWestern food. And thus i recommended us go to this place that i had always wanted to go. The outlet at marina, besides being newly opened, was also most convenient for us all, so there we went. A mistake not to have made a booking. We had to wait one hour plus before the waiter could welcome us in.Whilst we waited, we looked at the display case showcasing the food in HUGE bowls and ENORMOUS set meals. Naive it was to dismiss them as scale models. When we looked through the menu we saw petite waitresses toting the same huge bowls and sets. The set meals at around $19.80 each, were huge and looked really good, so the two Gs ordered a Beef Kaminabe Wazen (Beef paper hotpot jap meal literally) whilst i had the Beef Houba Yaki Wazen (Maple leaf BBQ beef jap meal)  Here comes the awesome looking set meal. First off, the salmon sashimi. Thick slices of really fresh and oily sashimi with bite but not gooey, as fresh salmon should be. However good the sashimi was, it ended up being dwarfed by the other items. The tempura moriawase was really inviting. Crispy and fluffy, although the prawn was slightly oily, the prawn meat was fresh and clear. There was also jap pumpkin tempura which was not too sweet and very appetising, and a weird jap leaf tempura (forgot the name) which was there i think, for you to sample the quality of the tempura flour....-_-''' This is the Miso Beef Kaminabe. I apologise for the photo's quality. The white balance was off. I had no time to adjust it as the two of them were impatiently waiting to start, eyes flickering with gold stars. That just tells you how delicious the hotpot looked. First off, the miso soup was made with specially blended akamiso (red miso). Amazingly this miso soup will not make you incredibly thirsty after the meal nor will it make you sick of it after a while. Just nicely blended to the correct saltiness and flavour. The heavy miso taste complemented the beef as well, and the beef was sliced thin and each slice had a nice layer of fat. The two of them clearly enjoyed the beef very much. There were other vegetables and mushrooms in the pot as well. At the end of the meal both pots were almost empty. Mine came rather late, guess they had to dry the leaf before they could use it. Here the side dishes are clearly presented. The tempura comes with a ginger daikon mash which lends some refreshing taste to offset the oil of the tempura. Of course, no one touched the poor umeboshi. It was meant to go with the rice. The sauce in the middle is for the tempura. Houba Yaki, a mini furnace at the bottom heating the dried maple leaf which had a generous quantity of special red miso on top on which rested 4 thick cuts of beef. The miso paste was not normal miso paste, it had special spices and other flavours added to it, which made it complement the BBQ theme really well. The beef, left to cook on the miso actually absorbs the taste. Although it got abit overcooked near the end, the flavour was just great. The very fragrant miso taste stays in your mouth after the meal and the beef's full meaty flavour was brought out too. There was also one cute little shiitake mushroom which also absorbed the miso taste really well. Wished there were more. This dish actually requires abit of skill to eat. You have to watch for areas where the miso has dried up, where the leaf will start burning. The beef actually keeps the miso there when it lies on the miso. But generally, the meal was superb. Everyone left feeling really full and satisfied.Food: jap enthusiasts shouldn't miss this place. It offers more than the limited items i presented above. The menu is really extensive. It even has beef tongue! Tried it on my second visit and I can never forget the wondrous bouncy yet tender texture of the beef tongue... Cost: 7.5/10 most of the menu that are not sets are rather manageable. But the food is worth the money. Location: 9/10 Most outlets are easily accesible. One at katong, one at east coast, one at cuppage. Ambience: Rather japanese. The waiters and etc all can't stop shouting stuff in japanese. And the deco is wood themed, very alike the restaurants of the Meiji era haha. Address: 6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square # 01-213 Singapore 039594 Tel: 6883-1123 Business Hours: 11:30am - 11pm ( Last order 10:30pm ) Saturday, April 28, 2007 Shi Le Yuan Teochew Porridge  Balmy April morning, the family went to Redhill Market to eat. We were clueless about what to eat as the market doesn't have much delectable food choices, but then we saw the long queue at this stall with a garish purple signboard saying 实叻园潮州粥. Decided to give it a go, as many old people were eating it. When old people crowd at a stall most likely the stall is good. Old people are foodies, foodies who take delight in the cheap but good hawker fare.The spread came, and only $15 for 4 persons. Right in the middle is the very well steamed Red Garoupa fish head $3. The fish cheek was so large, and the fish meat behind the fin (you have to push it out or you can't get it. Elusive piece of heaven) were so tender and fresh i just ate and didn't say a word. Dip the fish meat into the white vinegar chilli sauce, and the sourness complements the fish very well. Another highlight was the spicy minced meat $1. Minced pork cooked in black bean sauce mixed with chilli oil. Very fragrant and tasty. Stir some into your porridge to spice things up and add bite to the porridge, must try. Yong Tau Foo $1 was fantastic too. It comes with a variety of er, stuff. But the stuff is fried first then cooked in the yong tau foo sauce, which makes it very flavourful and slightly crispy. Comes with this nice chilli sauce too. The braised fatty pork $1 was quite fragrant too. There was egg and vegetables too but these are rather normal. Both are around $0.50 each. Last dish was the fishcake, which you dip into this special bean sauce. Not very special, but i liked it. The highlight of this stall i realised, was that all the dishes were piping hot. As we sat close to the stall, we realised the stall owners actually take the trouble to cook dishes in small batches so that the dishes don't turn stale and cold from sitting there too long. Especially for fishes, the fishes came with steam swirling out of it. Compare this to most teochew porridge stalls where they cook large batches before they start business. As you can see from the price, everything is darn cheap. Steam small bream costs $2 and is another popular item too. As Teochews love fish too, the stall has a variety of fish and fish heads to choose from. When we left the pomfret just came out =(. Of course, them cooking in small batches means that your favourtie dish might be unavailable when you get to order, but i rather this than having to eat stale and cold dishes! Food: Retro cheap and good teochew porridge. Teochews and Hokkiens will love this, especially the fish. Cost: 10/10 super cheap for a teochew porridge! Location: 8/10 it's near Redhill MRT, accesible by buses 64, 145, 63 and some others. Getting to the market needs walking into the HDB estate though. Ambience: Hawker Centre... Address: #01-41 Redhill Market Food Centre Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Got tagged by G... Rules of the game: each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own 10 weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly. At the end you must choose as many people as you like to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks! 1. I was born damn thin. Parents got paranoid and started finding some chinese fattening babies stuff and stuffed me with it. I expanded, then when they stopped feeding me that i erm, lao hong, and became severely underweight, which plagued me till sec3. 2. My favourite beverages are totally old man and uncle-like. I bet many people of my generation may not even noe these drinks existed. Try Tonic water one day, or Oldenlandia Sparkling water. haha. Absolutely refreshing and nice flavours. Childhood memories 3. I hated Kway Chap last time when i was young. I tot the kway looked gooey and scary. The pig intestines were worse. I totally shunned them. Then suddenly when i grew up, i think around upper primary, i loved kway chap. Other quirky sudden food shifts include kaya, and braised pork(kong ba pau) 4. I like insects. I pick them up by hand alot. However, if im in a bad mood....They suffer. That time when i was in camp, there was a huge rain and the bunk area was infested with flying "ants" those black insects that are retarded and can't fly to escape. I will pick them by the wings and throw against the wall...But when i see chafer beetles i melt...i will try and rescue them when they are in trouble...Spiders are fun too, esp jumping spiders. 5. I always hated how i looked. Although i'm more or less fine with it now. I get people saying i look evil, sadistic, perverted, unfriendly etc. =( It was the largest factor in my JC inferiority complex days. Now i'm more or less fine with it, and i like to use my looks to confuse people about my true heritage. Am i chinese, malay, thai, eurasian or what? 6. I adore my nails. Ok it sounds sick, but i love my large smooth healthy nails. I get very upset if there are scratches on it. I rub them alot to keep them smooth and shiny, as well as make sure there is no dirt under them.. But i do not take pains to polish them. My toenails are super hard. The big toenail is about 0.1cm thick and has a few layers! 7. I like to shop. As in, it's fun to shop with female friends and discuss fashion with them and look at stuff to try on. But with my kinda looks, i feel awkward accompanying them sometimes. I get weird stares. And i don't know what the ladies i accompany are thinking either. =( It's fun to discuss how to layer clothes, how to choose shoes that fit the shape of someone's feet and all that. However, i pay little attention to myself. It hurts to try clothes you like and have no money to buy. Especially that nice pink and white striped shirt at Esprit... 8. I like to observe people, and group them into groups according to the colour of their aura. OF course everyone is unique, but people share similarities. It's fun to guess people's character from lookin at their auras and listening to a few sentences from them, then have your guesses proven later on when you know them better. Of course there are limitations to this. 9. i play with my hair alot. it's my little calm-me-down. I play with it especially during exams, but because my hair is thick sharp and hard, sometimes my hand suffers slight cuts from my hair and i get occasional "splinters" lodged in my hand from small strands of hairs. I'm always in search of the best hairstyle for my weird hair which goes in U shapes at right angles. The hair on the right side of my head is thicker and more tough than the left side. FYI, my hair started curling in pri 5. I had straight hair before that. 10. While some people say i look perverted, i hold the notion of romance with very high respect and sincerity. Some say i look like someone who plays girls. I can proudly say that i stand at the opposite extremity, maybe to a fault even. My idea of commitment is very conservative as well, and i can't accept liberal ideas about it because i feel such liberty befouls the sanctity of the relationship as well as showing non-consideration for the other party. Consequently i feel very out of place many times. Sianz, back to proper work! I tag - No one. Haha. Saturday, April 14, 2007 春雨 春季里的雨 乌云遮盖了夕阳 反映着心灵的黑暗 春气中生气昂昂 抵挡不住忧郁的暴风雨 无人能理解的心 选择孤独也许是种解脱 Saturday, April 07, 2007 I Is Insultedz Since i posted that last post, i have had some friends coming up to console me. I appreciate it but don't worry, i am not as down in the dumps as i sound. When you already understand a certain phenomena, it doesn't affect you as greatly than if you totally don't get why it happens. I was a student before, although i wished for a teacher who would take a more proactive role in inspiring as well as teaching, there are definitely peers who wished for a slack teacher, a teacher who would leave them to sleep slack and not do tutorials. Anyway, enough about this topic. I was thinking about talking. Yes, talking as in everyday person-to-person conversations. It isn't difficult to realise how loose people are using words nowadays, and i'm sure G might surely agree with me. Words used without responsibility. Words that are used and immediately forgotten, only to express disgust and surprise when people take those words into consideration. Words used without prior consideration of the effect they would have on the person who is on the receiving end . It's appalling how often people do that nowadays. I won't even say that i'm totally not guilty of it. But to me, words shouldn't be used loosely. First, when you say something that is significantly impactful to others, make sure you remember it. It's hateful when you absolutely heard someone saying something and the next moment they warp their own memories to make themself innocent. It's like a hit-and-run case. Especially when your words hurt someone in the process. Next, using certain words of a degratory nature but failing to clarify what you mean, leaving the person to intepret, usually with bad results. Worse is when you call the person something after they remarked on the previous point. Third, using words without thinking amounts to you becoming a tactless person. Never thinking of what happens to others. That is being inconsiderate. 祸从口出. These 4 words have persisted through history simply because they are so applicable to people. When you speak, and you speak so fast, you tend to not consider people's feelings before you say something hurting. So everyone, let's all watch what we say, and when we say something hurting but did not realise it, don't modify your own memory because that doesn't change people's memories. It's just like hiding your head in the sand. Face up and admit it, and avoid saying more to add fuel to fire. Recognise the different meanings your words can mean to others and take the initiative to clarify. I am insulted. Thursday, April 05, 2007 Disappointment Today is the day when someone made me feel that I am putting unnecesaary effort into my word, the day when the Mentor's words rang clear in my head. 'The road to Hell is paved with good intentions'. Since i started work in school, i have tried to do whatever i can to help them understand this subject, despite knowing many of my flaws directly oppose my teaching career. Formulating funny analogies, making myself look stupid and childish, printing extra notes and doing extra research to whip up their interest and try to motivate them, yet today i was told that a teacher who does nearly nothing is the teacher he wants. Before i start, i shal iterate that i am not pissed or anything close. I am just resigned that a fact that i have been trying to deny has proven itself true. Even as a relief teacher, i tried to do whatever i can to be as close to the capabilities of a true teacher as much as possible, so that my classes don't lose out to others. I try to be personal to them, hoping to individually inspire them and motivate them to achieve and improve themselves, as i know my words carry no weight when spoken to many people. Then came this guy from elsewhere, with his hair and dressing undoubtedly announcing he belongs to the groups that i do not click with. I am not jealous of his debonair attitude or anything, i dislike this bunch because i sense little sincerity from these people. From what i hear, lessons by him are slack and he arrives late for lesson. And his motive in being here is solely for the cash. Alright, i am here for the money too, but i decided from the start that since i took up this job, i should put effort into it. Staying OT without pay doesn't matter as long as i see my actions taking fruit, and i see them improving, not for my sake, but with the realisation of the importance of their future. So how can i stand to see another of my batch, doing the same job but not having any passion in it. It isn't even a job forced on him, so why do something that will affect others if he wants to slack? Do something that won't harm anyone! Which brings me to my disappointment. Now it is simple to see why so many teachers are desensitised and jaded, just working for the sake of working. Someone commented that that guy is good because he slacks, and he doesn't care. And even went so far to say that it is easy to befriend him. I had thought that he would be able to see through these kind of people, looks like i'm wrong. It just makes you feel, the more i do, the more unappreciated and hated i am, the more i am being thrown to hell. It disappoints me, that someone who does his work with no passion actually is praised while i am being implied to be a spartan torturer. I always believd that if i were to do something, then i have to do it well. Did i go wrong anywhere? i believe not. I guess he can't recognise the effort till i'm long gone, maybe when they all grow up will they realise how they have sent teachers to hell even when they had a passion to impart the best to them. As for me, i won't quit, neither will i change my style, because it is in my principle. Let the students complain about me if they want to, i know what im doing is right, and i know that my heart is in the right place. Tuesday, April 03, 2007 懐かしさ 学校に通える時間は段々少なくなる。この間に、僕が計画したことはもうできたの？最初に僕はたくさん計画をつくったが、いままでいくつもできるかな。仕事が始まる先にＧＴＯと「ごくせん」というのをみたんだ。霊感をもらって先生としたら学生たちに人生のいろんな者を教えたい感じがしてた。高校生と兵役のごろに学んだ教訓を彼らに伝えて教えたいけど、確実に教えてみた時に僕は心のおくの話をよく表すことができないきがしてた。 何回も話したいことが浮いてるところを、なんて全部をはっきりと言い出せなかった。これでうんざりしてるよ。決してタンさまのように人に感奮させられることができないんだろうな。多分僕の霊圧が不足なんだとおもう。一人ずつにはできるかもしれないけど、大勢な人に対して大切なものを話すと彼らのこころにふれるどころか無意味と思わせるかな。しょうがないな。それなのに一人ずつに教えることも大丈夫だろう。だって、たくさん人に伸ばせなければせめて何名か人が僕の話をわかるのもいいだろうな。もしかしたら、僕は人生経験が不足によってほかの人に思いをよくあらわすことはまだ上手じゃないだろう。 それはそうと、学校で働くとたくさんの思い出がますます頭に浮かんできた。一番すきな教室や一番すきな恋人の場所やあの時にやった悪戯などの思い出も帰った。これで僕がたくさんのことの記憶を学校に置いた気が付いたんだ。なぜだろう、こんな多い大切な記憶を学校から卒業してから置いたの？わからない。別にあの記憶は悲しい記憶なんかじゃないし、嬉しい思い出もいっぱいあるし、ではなぜだろう。僕は、確実によく変わったんだね。これは大人になるというものか？たまに何かの思い出が浮かんでるとき、懐かしい感じがそんな強く、涙が溢れ出さんばっかりだ。覚えてるあの時僕がクラスメートにひどい悪戯をやった。意地悪じゃないさ、たった子供っぽいで楽しみたかっただけだ。結局何かの悪い果てもないで悔やむべきもないな。さあ、皆はあの時に無邪気で毎日毎日心配ないで遊んだ。懐かしいな。そろそろ学校の仕事のが終わろうよ。なんか残り惜しい感じがするよ。しょうがないな、人生は人の考えにもかかわらずに進んでゆく。僕も、来る日に大人になって、無邪気な学生生活を段々忘れてしまうとおもう。 |
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