Dining with old friends

 It's not often that I dine with friends but last night we met and had dinner. We chatted about old times as most old people do. We had a great time together. A Korean couple was supposed to join us but did not turn up. 

We visited Northpoint City, the biggest mall in the north. It is situated next to the Yishun MRT station, linked by an underpath walkway. We headed for the south wing which was opened recently. It has more than 100 restaurants,cafe and eateries. Since we were not so hungry, we decided to try the mee rebus ($3) and the nasi lemak ($3.50) from a Malaysia Chiak stall. We were attracted to Malaysia Chiak because of the long queue. MC sells all Malaysia dishes. The 2 dishes that we ate were delicious and satisfying. Malaysia Chiak sells coffee/tea at 50 cents a cup from 3pm till 5pm on a weekday.

We bought 18 pieces of medium size prawns for $6.70 and made tempura ebi. They tasted superb perhaps due to my wife's cooking. I could not have done the same as I am still a novice at cooking Japanese dishes. Wonder how much will it cost to eat the above at a restaurant in SG?

My daughter and my grandson had the premium seafood bowl and salmon don (below pictures) for $49 and $17 respectively at Bonta Bonta (too expensive for us retirees)
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Fried Hokkien Mee and Congee

Had the above at Ang Mo Kio... the congee is the best at $3 w/o the egg but with a yu char kway.

Maid murder charged

Invited for lunch by ex ground staff colleague at his house along East Coast. Most if not all are retired and in their 70s. He was a traffic supervisor with SIA.

After the lunar new year it's back to basic

Ebi (prawn) tempura ++ for our lunch after several heavy meals and snacks following the Chinese New Year. It is good to be back! lol.

A scuffle during the Lunar New Year

A fight broke out between these 2 fellows. I was a bit late to video the whole incident. Don't know why they fought but it's isn't surprising at all for this sort of things to happen in a highly pressurized state like Singapore.
Last year I read of one incident whereby a small guy was confronted by a bigger guy over some small matter. The small fella grabbed a chopper from a nearby hawker stall and butchered the bigger guy for allegedly bullying him. The case should coming up short. I was told it was a case of self defence rather than murder.
People in SG are under a lot of stress. The island of only 719 sq km houses 5.6 million. SG has a million vehicles on the road. There are many road works along the highway and on most roads. Traffic jams are common here. The shopping malls, shops and restaurants are filled with people especially on weekends and public holidays. I tried to have a cup of coffee at a coffee shop yesterday (2nd day of Lunar New Year) but the queue was so long that I went without my coffee. It was the same story at Ya Kun, Toast Box etc.
Once, I overtook a car and the driver chased, cut into my lane and jammed his brake right in front of my vehicle, which almost caused an accident. He came out of his car holding a crowbar and challenged me to a fight. He was half my age. To fight me, an old man he doesn't need a weapon. He was a coward.
Two years ago, a retired ifs (aged 68) was beaten badly by a young man of 22 for supposedly trying to get "fresh" with his girlfriend. The ifs was a fella whom I knew all these years not to be interested in women, let alone get "fresh" with a girl. The perpetrator was sentenced to a few weeks in jail.
SG is not a bad place to live but the people aren't gracious and nice. I feel like leaving this place and migrate to Japan or Australia.

Washioku for Lunar New Year

Had the usual CNY eve reunion dinner with my siblings this evening. Spent 3 hours with them chatting about old times etc etc. The dinner this year was not so delicious as my sister-in-law who was the cook resort to cooking mostly healthy stuff. The dishes either lacked salt or spices etc. Nevertheless, she is still a great cook!