Recently, I visited a toilet located in a shopping mall in Japan and was so impressed with the cleanliness of the toilet that I decided to take some photos of it.
In Singapore, the toilets in the shopping malls are generally filthy even with the cleaners around to clean them periodically. Of course, the cleanliness of public toilets here are worse and no different from a third world country.
We went back to this restaurant for the Tim Sum and was surprised to find the prices of the items were up by $1 per dish. We ordered that same 5 dishes 2 weeks ago and the bill came to $30 but today the damage was $35!
What a shame because they did not even display the price list of each item.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
There is so much fuss about the MCs thing in cabin crew following the death of a leading stewardess while stopping in SFO. Some cabin crew and ex cabin crew placed the blame on the lss's death due her reluctance to report sick for her flight due to fear of being penalized by SIA.
SIA does not penalize its crew for reporting sick unless it is excessive like more than 28 days per year. Each crew are allowed up to 28 days of MCs per year without being penalized (without pay deduction). But for promotion, one who has lesser days of MC has a better chance of promotion if all things being equal. I hope this would clear any doubt about whether SIA penalizes it crew due to MCs.
A reporter got in touch with me regarding theMCs thing in cabin crew. If you may recall a leading stewardess of 16 years with the airline died in her SFO hotel room recently and many believe she was sick but too scared to resort to taking MC due to the company's policy. Ever since her death, there has been a spate of talks and discussions in the social media regarding SIA's attitude towards crew who report sick for work. The reporter wanted to verify whether all that had been said about SIA regarding the MCs were true or not. Please visit the other blog for more information.
Had lunch with my RI cohorts at City Square Mall this afternoon. On the right hand side is our ex-school teacher. He has been living in Canada for a couple of years.
Both the braised duck rice and fried kway teow are sub-standard. The duck dish was $12 and kway teow was $4. The stalls are at block 409 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10. The name of the duck stall is something like Leng Kee and the kway teow is Bendeemer Road (side by side to each other).
I will not recommend anyone eating from those 2 stalls.
Due to eating of CNY treats and heavy meals, I put on almost a kilo in my weight. However, after slowing down on the heavy intake and having a simple meal yesterday like the one above, I lost all the weight that I picked up. Now it is back to 72.6 kg for me.
My friend in Sydney bought this Australian made Holden 1.6 for S$16,000. It was a demo car,6 month old and clocked 1,000 km.
A brand new one cost S$19,000. It was sold at a discount of $3,000. In Singapore, a similar Japanese car would have cost $120,000 which includes a coe of about $60,000. Ridiculous is the word. Cars,houses and apartments are so costly here that one have to work a life time to pay for these 2 necessities.
Had a meal with my former schoolmates and our ex-teacher. He is seated second on the left next to me (standing). He is now 85 years old and is our role model even now as we aged. His recipe for a healthy and long life is "eat whatever you like and keep busy meeting friends". He was RI's discipline master in the 1960s. Currently, he lives in Canada with his wife. We will be lunching again after the Chinese New Year season.
We had our dinner at Din Tai Fung. None of the 4 dishes we ordered really satisfied us. We prefer the food at Crystal Jade which features Cantonese style of cooking. Din on the other hand is mainly Taiwanese cooking.
Above is the video of Dolly Parton performing "live" in London in 2009 at the age of 63. In 1999, Dolly Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. She has composed over 3,000 songs, notably "I Will Always Love You" (a two-time U.S. country chart-topper for Parton, as well as an international pop hit for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", and "9 to 5". She is also one of the few to have received at least one nomination from the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Emmy Awards. As an actress, she starred in films such as 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Rhinestone, and Steel Magnolias. Below is the lyrics for this touching and lovely song, "The Grass is Blue".
I've had to think up a way to survive Since you said it's over Told me good-bye I just can't make it one day without you Unless i pretend that the opposite's true Rivers flow backwards Valleys are high Mountains are level Truth is a lie I'm perfectly fine And i don't miss you The sky is green And the grass is blue
How much can a heart and a troubled mind take Where is that fine line before it all breaks Can one end their sorrow Just cross over it And into that realm of insanitive bliss
There's snow in the tropics There's ice on the sun It's hot in the arctic And crying is fun And i'm happy now And i'm glad we're through And the sky is green And the grass is blue
And the rivers flow backwards And my tears are dry Swans hate the water And eagles can't fly But i'm alright now Now that i'm over you And the sky is green And the grass is blue And i don't love you And the grass is blue
We had bak chor mee and some of the veggies and fried eggs which was brought from home for lunch. We thought since we wanted to eat out, we should supplement our meals with some fibre food.
The bak chor mee near our place is undoubtedly one of the best we had tasted. It's inexpensive ($3.50) and worth the money spent.
