Some SG doctors can't even do a simple job like withdrawing blood

 3 years ago, I went to Changi Hospital for cataract ops & this was what a doctor did to me when withdrawing blood from my hand↓

Recently, I went to Sengkang Hospital and this was what happened when a doctor withdrew blood from my arm ↓

Fried Bee Hoon Fast & Simple

Memories of CNY ang pows and goodies

 

The CNY goodies always brings back fond memories of my childhood days. The above goodies was a gift from our Residents' Committee to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

For many years, I have not eaten any of the CNY goodies as they are usually high in calories and unhealthy.

I vividly remember my mother, aunty and my grandma making and baking the CNY goodies days before the Lunar New Year. As a child, I love the CNY as I would have lots of nice goodies and food to eat plus ang pows to collect from my relatives. Each ang pow or red packet would contain less than 30 cents but the amount was good enough for a small boy. Collectively, I would have about $2 for each CNY.

CNY lunch @ home

 

Lunch @ 5 by Sans Facon French Restaurant

 

The meal was average. The beef steak ($29) was a little tough. The cheese cake was not worth the $9 paid. The lamb shank ($29) lacked the lamb taste and the Salad Burrata ($19) was so so.

The service was good and the ambience nice.

CNY goodies for senior citizens

 

Our residents' committee has generously distributed the above Chinese New Year goodies to all senior citizens. There was also an ang pow containing a $10 note.

This is my first time getting the goodies as most time I was not in SG during the CNY season.

Our MP is none other than Mr Lee Hsien Loong, our Prime Minister.

Many thanks to the committee and our beloved PM!

Are Singaporeans able to do this?

 

These are foreign workers. Besides the construction of HDB flats, MRT lines etc they can also paint tall buildings like the one above. The jobs come with big risks like falling off the gondola etc.

We need these workers because we don't have the expertise or guts to do the job like the above. Yet, these workers are paid less than S$1,000 per month.

Home cooked fries

 

 

                           How to prepare click here

Home cooked laksa with ready made paste

 

I bought the above ingredients from Sheng Siong supermarket. The brand name of

the laksa paste is Hai's. You may also add a bit of dry shrimps  (pound) and fry it with the paste in hot oil. After that add about 600 to 800 ml of water and 200 ml of coconut milk. Boil the mixture with some tau pok. Then pour the gravy into a bowl of cooked laksa noodles and towgay. You may add some sliced fish cake and cockles plus a teaspoon of sambal. To enhance the flavour, you may also put in some laksa leaves. The end result is the laksa is as tasty as the famous Yishun 928 laksa. It is very simple and convenient to make your own laksa with ready made paste. Try it and probably you won't want to eat the hawkers' laksa anymore.

Laksa@Yishun 928

Cooking Fish Curry

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Singapore beef noodles

 I can be anywhere in the world but one dish I really miss is the Hwa Heng Beef   Noodles. The stall is located at the hawker centre next to Boon Keng MRT Station.

 It is operational from Wednesday to Saturday from morning (not sure of the time)   till 2.30 pm.

 A bowl of soup or dry noodles with beef, towgay, tendon etc cost from $5 to $7. The one in the photo is $6 with beef and beef tendon.

Harvesting Broccoli and Turnips

 

Finally, the above vegetables are harvested. The broccoli tasted as good as the turnips or daikon as it is known in Japan. 

Winter vegetables

 

The broccoli, cabbage and daikon are doing well even when we left them alone for the last 2 months. These are winter vegetables and needed minimum water and care. The cold winter is able to sustain them.

The bottom picture are vegetables from our garden except for the carrots and meat. They are pressured cooked and had it for dinner.

A New Year in Japan

 

It is sunny but quite cold in the afternoon with a temperature between 4 and 5 the whole day. I kind of like the slightly cold weather but does not like the chilly wind.

As far as Covid 19 goes, it is bad in the big cities like Tokyo and Osaka. Fukuoka is not as bad although it is worse than in SG. Tokyo record and average of 1,000 new cases a day. Japan as a whole record around 3,500 to 4,000 a day in recent months.

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