12-hour leisure

As they say, "Mai3 Dong1 Xi1, Chi1 Dong1 Xi1, Mai3 Dong1 Xi1, Chi1 Dong1 Xi1..." Yeah, Hubby and I, together with Beebee, did just that last Saturday-- we met in town at 9am plus, and ended our day of leisure about 12 hours later... but we had quite a bit of fun, so the time just seemed to fly by!

Actually, I had an appointment with Dr Yap, which was why I had to be in town so early in the morning. Am happy to be given a clean bill of health based on the previous blood test results that I took six months ago. :) Oh, but after all the restaurant food we had that day (and the Cornetto ice-cream that Hubby rewarded me with for battling the flu bug recently), I'm feeling kinda guilty and have resolved to go back to a lighter diet for the next few days so as to compensate for all the guilty pleasures over the weekend. Heh.

Here's all the food we had out that day for all 3 meals. They're all not bad but I didn't get that yummy satisfaction that I hoped to get after eating at a restaurant. Breakfast at Delifrance was expensive lor -- I had the second set with the chicken patty (think MacDonald's Big Breakfast tastes better) while Hubby and Beebee each took half of the first set. Portion's not big although these 2 sets cost like $20! That could have gotten us three breakfast value meals at Mac's. So I think this'll be the last time we eat breakfast at Delifrance.

Then after a bit of shopping, we stopped for lunch at The Pasta Shop by Sakae (Wheelock Place). Same thing happened -- price of each pasta item we ordered was about $15-$16, yet the portion's no big deal actually. We each finished eating our meal within minutes of its arrival after waiting quite a while for the food! Only Hubby was happy with his cold pasta that consisted of raw salmon slices and salmon roe. :p But at least we were served by this really gentlemanly manager who spoke impeccable English and treated us like VIPs as he led us to a table and offered to place our bags on a vacant seat for us.

And finally, dinner was at this small Japanese eatery at the basement of Bugis Junction. The spicy miso ramen I ordered failed to impress me -- noodles were quite stiff, and for almost the same price as a bowl of ramen there, I could have ordered a value set with a side dish and drink at Ajisen Ramen, where the noodles taste better! But I was the only one with complaints about this meal though. :p

Oh well, at least now we know which are the better places to visit. Hee.

Oh yeah, and there's the story of the G-shock that Beebee was eyeing...

Beebee first saw this at a watch store at Bras Basah (think she's got good taste!),but wasn't willing to pay the amount it was retailing for. So Hubby, being the valiant BIL who's so passionate about watches, brought her to Bencoolen Street to see if she could get any good deals from there. Unfortunately, this watch is pretty limited in stock, and they'd all been sold out from the stores there before we arrived. Thank goodness the watch was on sale at a 20% discount at a store at Bugis Junction, so Beebee was able to get the watch there. But hehe... Hubby had to persuade her to get the watch by offering to pay $20 since Beebee was so adamant about not forking out any amount greater than what she could have gotten the watch for at Bencoolen. So funny... Beebee's really that firm when it comes to $$$ and Hubby's really that passionate about watches, so much so that he'd gladly pay for Beebee to own a watch she liked! Haha...ok la, spirit's worth admiring... ;)

It's also good that we managed to buy birthday gifts for both Papa and Mummy -- Beebee and I decided on a Goldlion reversible belt with 2 changeable buckles for Papa and a pashmina and silk shawl from India for Mummy. But we also need to think of where to take both of them out for their birthday meal soon...

Sigh. After that full day of leisure, it's certainly hard going through the motion at work today...such a long week ahead...