Was at Hougang Mall for Penang Laksa when we spotted a shop called Valu$. In this shop the things were so cheap that you can't believe it. Everything was in the price range of 50 cents to a few dollars.
We bought a tin of Danish butter cookies that cost only $1, 3 pieces of Lux soap at $1 and  2 packets of moist tissues at $1.
It was fun shopping at Valu$. There are many of such shops but none sell their items as cheap as Valu$.

Left for Chong Pang market in the late morning to do a bit of marketing and had chicken rice lunch. These days the fruits and veggies are quite expensive even in the heartland like Chong Pang. The green papaya is $2.30 which is at least 80c more than the ones at Ang Mo Kio. The Jack fruit is at $6 per kilo.
Must admit the chicken rice was very good. We ordered half of a chicken and it was only $12. A plate of chicken rice was 50c which was reasonable. Besides, the food was superb.

Since the toto first prize was not won in yesterday's draw, the jackpot prize is now at $7 million plus. The draw will be on this coming Monday and I will place a small bet on it.
The last jackpot prize of $8 million was won by a single ticket. Each ticket cost $1 and I will spend $10 on this coming draw. I hope to strike it and if I do I will tell you about it.

Had whole wheat pita bread for breakfast. The bread stuffing are cheese,ham, fried eggs and lettuce.
It was quite nice but I still prefer white bread or ciabatta.
Dinner was light. The fried mackeral cutlet was superb. We also had cherry tomatoes and diakon or white radish.

Our ex-teacher

My ex school teacher flew down from Canada a few days ago and wanted to meet some of us here, in Singapore. He is 86 years old. His wife, a professor is currently in UK visiting their son. She should be here in the next few days to join him.
Six of us, his ex RI (Raffles Institution) students in the early 1960s were invited to his apartment and had lunch with him.
We had a wonderful time together this afternoon, reminiscing the past. He was a discipline master in RI but none of us got into trouble with him. He was a very strict teacher and disciplinarian. He has even sacked a classmate of ours for mistreating a female teacher in 1963.
Today, he treats us not as his students but friends. We wish him good health (which he has) and promised to meet up with him and his lovely wife before they return to Canada.

At Ikea this afternoon

Combo 1 ..$2.00

Combo 2 $2.50

Hot chicken dog $1

We were at Ikea Tampines this afternoon to do some shopping. After paying for our stuff at the cashier, we noticed this was a fairly long queue at Ikea Bistro. People were buying hot dogs and drinks. Out of curiosity, I joined the queue and after 10 minutes, I got what we wanted, all the above.
The hot dogs, ice cream and drinks were deliciously cheap. The drinks were refillable without extra charge and so were the chili sauce, ketchup and mustard.
We will definitely drop by at Ikea Bistro when we next visit Ikea store.

Yummy dinner but lousy roasted meat lunch

The above was our dinner which was yummy and nutritious. We had roasted meat lunch at Sengkang Happy Hawker coffee shop. The meat was surprisingly not tasty as expected. We suspect the meat, including the roasted duck was not well roasted or cooked. We didn't finish our lunch and left with a bad taste in our mouth. Fortunately, we didn't suffer any food poisoning. My wife suggested that we do not post pictures of the roasted meat.

My parent-in-laws' neighbors gave them 3 baskets of persimmon fruits. Their neighbors had so much fruits on their tree that they started to distribute them to their friends and neighbors. The persimmon fruits are sweet and juicy, I was told. We should have been in Japan this autumn but due to work commitment were unable to be there.

Sunday meals 

Had ba-chor-mee for brunch and home-cooked food for dinner (nikujaga, salad, fried sambal long beans, sambal goreng and white rice).

My breakfast of ciabatta with generous portion of ham and cheese plus fried egg on a slice of ham. We are trying to finish the ham because according to instruction the ham, once opened should be consumed within 3 days.
Dinner was lasagna prepared by my wife.

Met Hong the ex IFS

Was at Hougang and bumped into Ah Hong, an ex IFS. Haven't seen Hong for a few years and he looked thinner and older. Hong is 71 years old.
He was very chatty and told me he has degenerative spinal conditions. He has stopped drinking alcohol but still smoke a lot.
Hong drank himself silly after his pet dog died recently. He is still grieving at the loss of his pet. He told me he has one Jack Russel and a cat at his home.
Hong is a Chinese martial art exponent. He participated in the Chinese lion dance for his clan in his younger days.
After 30 minutes of chatting, he excused himself, saying he had to go home and practise his kung fu exercises. We bade farewell to each other.

Darci Lynne Farmer winner of AGT 2017

I am glad the Darci won the 2017 America Got talent show. She walked away with US$1 million and a chance to have her own show in Las Vegas. Darci is only 12 years,one of the youngest to win this prestigious contest. She will be performing from 2 November till 5 November this year at Planet Hollywood, Las vegas. If I can find the time, I will fly to Vegas and watch her perform in November.