Lousy Bo Sim Birthday Lunch...Yucks!

Well...its my birthday today...yup 34. Time really flies when you're enjoying yourself. My boss decided to bring me out for a birthday lunch with my team. However, she did not even ask me where I would like to go, but instead just decided that we would go to Swensens at Chinatown Point. First of all...no birthday greetings from her at all (like as though...she had to do this out of obligation). So we walked all the way to Chinatown Point (my office is at Robinson Road). The food was really lousy...everything was sweet. Even the main course was terrible...what a let down. What a terrible meal from a person like that.

On the flipside, my ex-boss remembered my birthday and even gave me Royce chocolates to enjoy. She even sent greetings...through one of my colleagues. Even my colleagues wished me....so you can imagine my disappointment when it came to my current boss.

If she did not have any good intentions at all to bring me out for lunch (which would have been cool and better), I could have enjoyed a nice meal with my friends instead.

Well at least I will have a nice seafood dinner with my family tonight....more details tomorrow.

Cheers

Big Birthday Bash!!!

We celebrated my elder brother's birthday with something special. We all went to dinner at St Pierre Restaurant at Central Mall. For those of you who may find the name of the restaurant familiar, its because the "Chef in Black" is there. We had a special private room to ourselves so it was nice and intimate. The menu was pre-planned for us as all the items were already specially selected for us. Here are some of the things that we had (forgive the photography).

Fricasse of Escargo petit gris with green asparagus graninated with bone marrow, organic herb jus casse, crispy bacon, edamame puree and parmesan foam

Classic pan fried foie gras with caramelised green apples and old port sauce

Grilled and roasted black angus beef tenderloin chateaubriand with piquillos, olives, mustard parsley and xeres dressing, home made oxtail croquette crusted with fresh almond and carrot rognonade

Roasted wild scottish salmon crusted with brioche crumb viennoise, caramelised orange zest, wild girolle mushrooms, edamame beans, green asparagus and roasted capon jus

Apricot-passionfruit iced soup with crunchy gianduja praline ice cream and lychee spherification

Chocolate birthday cake with oreo cookies and raspberry sorbet

There were other dishes but we forgot to take pictures....

1) Smoke salmon quenelle with white chocolate and oscetra caviar tuile and foam of vitellotte potato

2) Panfried hokkaido scallop with wild herb crust infused with imperial soy sauce, pistou of french coco beans, home smoked duck breast and veal jus

3) Wild mushroom soup with shavings of black truffle

In between courses, we had different sorbets to cleanse the palate.

What a day....

Yesterday my dear and I decided to go to Vivo City for meals and maybe catch a movie. Much to our surprise, half of Singapore also had that same idea. We were directed from one carpark to the next as all of it was full and had to queue to get out of the carpark lane to find somewhere else to park. We ended up parking at HarbourFront instead. When we walked over to Vivo City, the place was so pack and it really did feel like everyone was there too. The movie that we wanted to catch also was sold out. However we still had a nice time together as we were there with each other. Had food at "White Dog Cafe" which had a nice menu plus a view of the ships. All in all, it was a nice day together.

Horrified!!

I was really horrified when I read an article on animal abuse in Singapore.

This couple came to the rescue of an abandoned dog in Yishun Park on Monday after hearing its cries for help. The puppy was locked up in the carrier and left to die in the bushes. It was totally drenched from the rain and was all skin and bones. It was sitting in a puddle of its own urine with clumps of fur in the carrier. Apparently it had been eating its own fur to stay alive as it could also be found in its vomit. This poor puppy was also covered in maggots.

This incident really horrifies me to the bone on how in-human some people can be. Being a dog lover, this really sickens me on how they can abandon a life so easily especially when all it gives is itself to the owners. Dogs are one of the most loving animals in the world. They trust and love their owners and protect the home from intruders.

I really hope that the puppy will recover well with this couple. I will keep you posted on updates as this couple will put it up for adoption once it is ready.

Kinda Interesting

Joined Facebook not too long ago and its been a good place to stay in touch with friends that I have not seen or heard from in ages. Some of whom I'm surprised and happy of the developments in their lives.

I wonder if more of my old friends could be on Facebook too?

Why??

Today when I went out for lunch, to my horror I realised that all the trees along Cross Street have been chopped to a stump. It used to be nice cool downstairs with the trees shading the walkways, but now its very hot. In this day and age when global warming and greenhouse gases are a major issue, why is the government allowing these old trees to be chopped to a stump? It is really terrible and horrifying to see the stumps...worse of all, the workers digging under the stump to uproot what is left.

Its is really sad for an island state which claims to be the Garden City to do such a thing? Are they going to plant something else in its place? The trees there used to provide nice shade and a respite from the afternoon sun, now there is nothing there at all. I wonder what is really going on here.