Can Toast Box please explain ??

Toast Box kaya butter set which cost $4.90 is now 50c more ($5.40). The reason, I was told was that the hot drink (coffee or tea) is now served in a bigger cup (bottom pic). It was revised due to "complaints" from customers the original white cup (top pic) was small. But what about customers who do not want such a big cup?...."Oh you still have to pay $5.40 instead of the usual $4.90" said the staff.

Curry yong tau fu for brunch

I am fortunate that the famous Lim's Yong Tau Fu has a stall near my home. The Q is usually long and the waiting time is about 20 minutes during meal hours. I would usually be there before or long after lunch period so the Q is shorter. The YTF is good and this morning I had the curry YTF for a change. Six pieces and a bowl of rice or bee hoon or noodle etc cost $4. Add $1 more if you like to have the curry gravy or the Thai tom yam soup.

More on the MC saga

Men's toilet in Japanese shopping mall

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.

Prices up almost 20% in 2 weeks

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.

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.

Cabin crew MCs or medical leave

A reporter got in touch with me regarding the MCs 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.

A sumptuous meal in Johor Bahru with my friends

Stewardess's cabin bag was taken by her passengers when disembarking at Changi Airport Terminal 3

Had lunch with my school cohorts and teacher

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.

Below average hawker food in Ang Mo Kio, SG

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.

Simple meal = weight loss

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.

Good and cheap,relatively speaking

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.

CNY greetings

CNY Eve's dinner on video

Chinese New Year Eve Reunion Dinner with Family

Lunch with ex- schoolmates and teacher

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.