Kimchi Cup Noodles for supper

Water heater and a traffic fine !

Finally, bought a water heater tank 15 litre from Jalan Besar for $320 inclusive of installation. Uncle Benny, the manager is a courteous man unlike the sales woman from Poh Seng a few doors away who was rude and unhappy serving us yesterday.

I kena fined $130 and received a 4 demerit points for speeding. WTF !...Lentor Ave is a 3 lane road and the speed limit is 60 KM/P. Below 60 KM/P one has to literary crawl like a snail. I was probably going at 70 KM/P....this whole thing sucks!!

Indian food at Rowell Road

Since we were at Jalan Besar hunting for a water heater, we stopped by at the corner of Rowell Road to have our lunch. It was an Indian stall selling those yummy spicy food. The teh halia was superb and the meals were satisfying. Total cost was $12.40 inclusive of 2 glasses of teh halia (ginger tea)

Passengers who were good to us, especially me ..part 2

Roy Cowdroy from Sydney:

Roy was an Australian whom I met on a flight from Singapore to Sydney. He loved drinking beer and I made sure that his beer was chilled whenever we served him. Roy was so pleased with my service that he invited me to his luxurious apartment at Elizabeth Bay, a posh harbour side suburb in Eastern Sydney during my 3 day stay.
I met his lovely Japanese wife. We became good friends and most of the time while I was in Sydney, Roy and his wife would invite me over to their place for dinner. Roy passed away a few years ago.

Leena and Cathy from Hong Kong:

These two wonderful ladies were my passengers. Leena and Cathy were on the flight to London when it was delayed for 12 hours in Bahrain. There were no hotel rooms available and so the passengers including Leena and Cathy had to spend the night in the aircraft. Fortunately, the weather was cool and comfortable as it was near winter.
My crew and I took good care of our passengers and Leena and Cathy were impressed.
They invited me to have dinner with them the next time I nightstop in HK.
A few months later, I had dinner with the two beautiful ladies. After dinner, they invited me to a night club known as "The Eagle's Nest".
The three of us became good friends.

Jasmine:
She was from Melbourne and we met on a Singapore/London flight. I was the inflight supervisor on the flight.
I can't remember what happened to her hotel room reservation. It seemed the hotel did not have her name on the booking list and since it was summer, all hotels were fully booked. To cut a long story short, Jasmine bunk in with me. At the time, I had a 3 day stay in London.
We became good friends and I visited her once in a while when I was in Melbourne.

There were other nice passengers too but I can't remember them at this stage. If I do, I will blog about them.

Part 1 was here

Rain, rain come again, wash away the darn haze

This is what it looks after a short heavy down pour this evening around my place. At 7pm, the PSI is 42 which is in the "Good" range.

I cooked this chicken curry and you can too

Buy one of those medium size chicken (1.2 kg) from the supermarket. You may get a pkt of Earthen Pot dried curry powder or an A1 Curry Sauce (above).

• Cut the chicken into small pieces
• Saute the chicken parts and potatoes with the A1 curry sauce for about 10 minutes (medium heat) after adding 400 to 600 ml of water
• Add okra or ladies fingers,curry leaves and stir gently in medium heat for another 5 minutes
• Lastly add the cut tomatoes and 100ml of coconut milk or half of the pkt shown in the picture. Simmer the curry and contents for 5 more minutes over low heat

             
Now you may start eating the curry with white rice or bread .

Cooking curry is simple and can be fun. I believe anyone who is passionate can cook a reasonably nice curry. Cooking can also de-stress a person and that includes me too.
All the above including the whole chicken cost only about $10. The amount of chicken and curry could easily cater for 4 people. Cheap and good !

Passengers who were good to us especially me ..part 1

Besides the late Tan Sri Eric Chia and a few others whom I have mentioned in my other blog, I would be doing injustice to some others who were nice to us especially me if I do not mention about them.

Uncle Robin from Indonesia:

Robin often travelled Business Class with us. He was about 10 years my senior. He was a businessman and a generous one too.
I had served Robin a few times before we became friends. He told me he wanted to apply for PR in Singapore because he felt it was a safe place to live with his family.
I was invited once to have dinner with him in Melbourne. It was many years ago. I was night stopping in Melbourne then. Robin brought me to an exclusive Chinese restaurant in Mel China Town. On entering the restaurant, I noticed that Robin was a well known customer and a likable one too. All the waitresses and waiters welcomed him with opened arms, addressing him amicably as "Uncle Robin". After dinner, Uncle Robin tipped the staff generously. I was truly impressed.
I have lost contact with Robin but I hope he reads this blog.

Denis from Adelaide:

He was flying in the economy from Singapore to Melbourne. He asked for permission to visit his business partner in the first class cabin for a short while.
I agreed and he and his partner were very please with us.
On arrival at Mel, Denis and his partner invited me and my crew to a party in the latter's cabin cruiser (the next evening). We accepted the invitation and had a lovely time at the party. There were half dozen sexy blondies clad in bikinis serving us booze and seafood on the boat.

A few months later, when I was in Sydney, Denis invited me and my set of crew to a Chinese dinner. Denis drove a mini bus to the hotel and picked about a dozen of us. He gave us a nice dinner treat.

I've also lost contact with Denis and his partner. I hope all is well with them.

Rude staff pissed me off/ fruits, dessert and chicken rice

Went to a shop called Poh Seng that sells water heater at 153, Jalan Besar. A plump lady of 50+ years old reluctantly attended to us. From the very start she was unhappy serving us. When we asked a few questions about the water heater, she pulled a long face and answered rudely. I was so pissed off with her attitude that I left the place without buying anything.

Since it was raining, we proceeded to a stall that sells Indian food near Rowel Road off Jalan Besar. We ordered the roti prata and teh halia. After that we went to a coffee shop that sell the crispy handmade noodles. Curious, I ordered the noodles (3rd picture from top) and was disappointed with the taste ($5.20).
Many hawkers these days are amateurish and can't even cooked decent food. Some even employ China people to cook and sell local fares. In Penang, the government does not allow foreigners to cook and sell the local dishes.

Fruits,desserts and chicken rice@ Chong Pang

We were at Chong Pang around 5pm to buy some fruits but found ourselves eating desserts and Hainanese Chicken rice. We ordered the chicken rice because we were curious. The queue was rather long at 5pm+  and so I queue up to get a plate of chicken breast meat with rice. We think many patronised this stall because the food is cheap and good. The chicken rice I ordered was $2.50 which is one of the cheapest in Singapore. It was tasty, value for money and the staff was nice and polite.