Friday, April 24, 2009
Well, it's been ages since I last blogged. Freaking freaking busy. I guess I'll start again soon. There's so much happening, so much to talk about. Speaking of which, there's some places to review, some poems to spill... If there's even any one reading this. Well cept for... hmm..
Oh well's keeping this place on tab.
Tata'z
Diary of the Lost Guardian.[7:48 PM]
Friday, September 12, 2008
I was one of those unfortunate souls who suffered the imbecile advances of some mysterious stalker for a year. Labels: irritating people, phone calls, stalker
I'll recount the story, considering I'm quite curious to find out what happened to this bugger. Perhaps I didn't update a website forum which I suspect he frequented. I'm curious to know who this pig is anyway, he'll die a horrible death when I find him.
Thank god the Singtel staff were a gem on this, I couldn't say for the cunningly shrewd billing of so-called free Wireless@SG though. That will be a story for another time.
Back to this "Micheal" Guy as he called himself.
A year or so ago, this Micheal had called up claiming to be an interested customer to buy my darling's automotive product. I had dutifully entertained him and listening to his queries as I've always been doing. Half way into the conversation, he started asking me personal questions like; if I'd be free to meet him for a date. Thinking it was just harmless small talk, I replied that dates would usually entail meeting not just 1 but 2 persons. He changed the subject, asking if I was interested to work in his "so-called" newly opened pub at Duxton Road. Now hang on a minute.
I'm the one that's supposed to be doing the sale ain't it? I asked him why he was offering me a job. Guess what the joker said? "Oh I think you're very chio and all, so I think I want you as my beer-girl" EXCUSE ME? Are you insulting ME?
I can tell you, I was appalled. I asked him; "What makes you so sure you want to hire me? Are you sure you are trying to buy my product or what? Who gave you my number actually?" The truth starts to spill from his mouth that he'd gotten my number from someone in the car forums and blah blah... but he did insist that he was interesting in getting a gadget for his car. Or so I thought. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt if that pleases him.
I asked him how much was he paying for his beer gals on Darlin's request. He said he wanted to offer me $3k. I think he was just trying to lure me with $$? I'm not impressed. I simply asked him to liaise with the darling as he called the shots. Guess what this retard did?
Oh. He hung up. Surprise.
Thereafter, he started calling me every few days to ask about buying the product and in-between words asked if I'd meet him for a date. Sorry to burst your bubble buster. No thanks.
If not because darling insists that I should try to talk to you and get you to meet us so we can teach you a lesson, you jollywell can shoot yourself dead.
But I must commend this guy for his unfailing patience to keep calling me at ungodly hours. Perhaps he's an owl. But I simply couldn't fathom talking to him for any longer once he started his nonsense. I called Singtel up to complain after he continued for a period of time. But this guy, seems to get cleverer. From a few times a week to once a week to sudden phonecalls at least 1 month apart.
The lady at Singtel had advised for me to make a police report, but rationalising, the calls are rather far apart. What am I gonna bank on for harressment phone calls? Anyway. There are a few parts to this story. I'll get back to it again.
Watch this space for part II
Diary of the Lost Guardian.[8:44 PM]
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Unatakyu Maki:Unagi inside out with cucumber and tamago... Pretty good I say. This is interesting and tastes pretty good. This was the only other rice dish of the evening, the other being the Unagi Temaki. Tempura Moriwase:I'm anal when it comes to Ebi Tempura. The epitome of good Ebi tempura comes from the batter and of course the amount of transparency you see on the finished item. I grade good Ebi tempura based on the crispiness of the batter, even when left to stand for awhile, and on first glance the amount of orange you can discern through the batter. This passed with flying colours. 'Nuff said.The sweet potato was delicious. No pretentious frou-frou words for this. I don't eat lady's fingers, but darling polished them off... Then again, he likes his fried foods heh. Unagi Temaki:Yummy Yummy, this was chosen because there was no Unagi Kabayaki. Oh yes did I mention I'm an Unagi monster? This had a miserable slab of unagi in it. Sorry la, I must have LOTS of Unagi only then I'll not complain... _________________________________________________ I have a wish list: 1. 2nd Degustation at Les Amis - RESERVED - 2. Indulgz at Tan Quee Lan -RESERVED - 3. One Rochester 4. Dragon Pheonix Restaurant 5. Inakaya-Robatayaki @ Orchard Parade hotel - RESERVED- 6. Akashi @ Orchard Parade hotel - RESERVED - 7. Garden @ Sentosa 8. Whitebait and Kale 9. Les Brasseries 10. Villa Seafood Galleria 月楼海鲜 11. Santaro @ Amara Hotel 12. Rakuzen @ Millenia Walk 13. Tampopo (YUMMY SOUP!) Who wants to be my dinner date?
Enough of these whinny sob stories, let me delve into the now familiar blog roll of foodie reviews. I'm not the regular All-my-blog is about food types. So here's one that I absolutely find worth going to:
Darling's Pre-birthday Dinner at Hokkaido Japanese Restaurant 200 Turf City, #01-20
WAH PICOTIN NEARBY IS LIKE SO DAMN PACKED! Anyway, that's not the diner of the night. It's a quaint little place inside turf city duh.....Is that old man we see standing near the bar counter the owner or something? He has that distinctive Japanese uncle look. But once he open his mouth, he just sounds like some regular Chinese uncle from some neighbourhood.... Hmmm...Anyway, we reached the place at around 8:30pm and settled down to get some grub. No one thrust the drinks menu at us for chargable drinks though. We both went for Green Tea. I would say some of the wait staff were over zealous, like the one who die-die wanted to clear our plates before we could finish eating... And they also over-zealously re-filled our tea even before we finished 3/4 of it. Is this good service or a bit over doing it? Yes darling is sitting beside me while I'm writing this review and giving me pointers. Heh.
Food:Salmon Sashimi:Wah, I must say I'm quite sua gu. Both the darling and I went WAH when they set the dish in front of us. See the pictures... I know. I'm realy sua gu =.=It was damn fresh man. I think this has got to be a choice cut? Too thick for me though, I prefer those super thin slices. But darling digs the thick pieces so it was pretty good for him. Nice rifts of the fish meat that just slides down your throat with a dip of Shoyu and wasabi. I didn't really like their wasabi I must say. It's quite powdery for me... 
Cheese Chawanmushi:This is pretty nice but I still prefer the regular ones. I'm fine with the water bubbles at the top unless it's inside, spoiling it's smoothness. This cheesy chawanmushi was quite a refreshing change from the regular. We had 1 cup of this and a cup of the regular one, just to compare. I am ok with both I guess. It was rather nice to have the smooth regular chawanmushi sliding down ur throat and a nice melted cheesy one that made me feel like I was having some sort of mozzie dish, with egg =) 
Agedashi Tofu:I never fail to order this at Japanese restaurants but this disapointed me. It came in a nice small transparent bowl nonetheless, but it wasn't crispy, it was just... Okay... talking more about this would be just giving it too much credit. Blergh, this is one of the bad tofu's I had. 
Kani Karaage (soft shell Crab):I'm quite anal when it comes to soft shell crab. If it's abit chao tah, I end up digging for gold inside my crab even if it has a soft shell. This came a little bit charred and was a little to dry for my liking. The waitress doesn't know what MAYONNAISE was and had to ask around before this ENGLISH-educated one came along. No guesses who it was I asked. Someone please tell me what mayo is in chinese? Even when I described it to her she went off with a blank look. Gee...Darling didn't have any of this cause of his allergy =( 
Age Gyoza:This is done really differently from what we usually see. I didn't like it. Not even with mayo. 
Tori Teriyaki:This had a nice smokey flavour to it. A little on the tough side tho. Breast meat? Eurrgh! 
They missed out our Yakitori and our Salmon Tempura, but they gave us Salmon skin, which was passable. (We were damn full already so it was ok!)I must say that this place reminds me of some quaint diner in old Japan.... Not a bad thought.Friendly people overall. It deserves another visit. With my mom. The other Jap foodie.
They're having an exclusive 2 person buffet promo now. Don't miss it.
After this dinner, we had the opportunity of exploring the area. We drove deep into Green Fairways where there were foreboding abandoned houses and stables. Someone should clear this place up. Very nice unused wild space good for a nature hike... N Parks should come in here. We drove all the way to the back of Picotin and almost ended up in this creepy wilderness. Wow! Anyone up for hiking in there???
Must Tries: It's buffet? Up to you lor!
Diary of the Lost Guardian.[11:54 AM]
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
If I have peeves this will be the day I finally tell everyone. Labels: irritating people, Life
I haven't been writing as much as I want to, but today, I'll finally get to pour out my frustrations over a great many things. Heh.
First things first, have you ever stepped into a bus, MRT carraige that absolutely REEKS with the smell of... Sweaty bodies of foreign workers? OH MY GAWD!
The bus ride home from work at about 6:30 to 8pm is just this. Why does the Airport have people who REEK? Who the hell are we hiring? They sweep into the bus with an air of "I-tin-I-damm-damm-shuuwai", "I-from-tai-len-I-good-lookeen-man", "me-from-Chai-nah-me-look-good" etc... you get my drift? And then they will sit next to skinny females... Why? Cos they take up less space. And that's where the smell ABSOLUTELY gets you reeling. Seriously, I had a good mind to hold my nose throughout the journey or even scold them (something I've been dying to do). Either that, they stand next to you and almost certainly try to STICK to you like you're paper and their glue.
I've had a few instances where this SHORT indian foreign worker tripped and conveniently almost landed his head on my chest and his hand on mine. FUCK YOU! Do you want a kick with a heeled shoe?
And then there's the one where I'm sure alot of us will complain about:"Why is the office so COLD??? Freezer to hang pork ah??" Arn't we supposed to conserve energy now? So what's with turning the temp down so much?
What's with people... Some are obviously trying to offend me... Geez.
I've been doing a lot of food blogging recently, only I'm not sure if I wanna full blow it up to a blog site. Probably I'll put in interesting ones on and off. This place is still for ranting and for my works.
Taint me!
Here's some rantings I've finally gotten about to writing.
Seems I only write better when I'm in the dark mood, so this'll probably suck anyway.
Life
I've been all over my life,
The terrible side where all was death
So was it life I'd deigned to live?
Or death was life to me
for more than centuries past.
And death brings life for anew...
Where my soul was tormented
where my heart was left to bleed
where memories were wretched
all to be left to forgotten
And my soul was a broken one...
Mine heart was a weary traveller
that searched the edges of life
For a glimpse of the future
however dark it might be
Pleasant surprises were a million light years away
but the time has come so soon
I delight in the beauty of heaven's gift
a sanctuary of life renewed.
If the world were life and if life were death
I'd live to see you.
The one who defined life as it is
The one to gratify it.
The one to make my life complete
To run away from death so bleak.
Diary of the Lost Guardian.[8:53 PM]
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
You know everything that I'm afraid of
You do everything I wish I did
Everybody wants you, everybody loves you
I know I should tell you how I feel
I wish everyone would disappear
Everytime you call me, I'm too scared to be me
And I'm too shy to say
Ooh, I got a crush on you
I hope you feel the way that I do
I get a rush
When I'm with you
Ooh, I've got a crush on you
A crush on you
You know, I'm the one that you can talk to
Sometimes you tell me things that I don't want to know
I just want to hold you
You say exactly how you feel about her
I wonder, could you ever think of me that way
I got a crush on you
I hope you feel the way that I do
I get a rush
When I'm with you
Ooh, I've got a crush on you
A crush on you
Ooh, I wish I could tell somebody
But there's no one to talk to, nobody knows
I've got a crush on you
A crush on you, I got a crush
You say everything that no one says
But I feel everything that you're afraid to feel
I will always want you, I will always love you
I've got a crush on you
I hope you feel the way that I doI
get a rush when I'm with you
I got a crush on you, a crush on you
Ah well's it just seems that some part of this is true?
And if Jennifer Paige says it, I would think that it was me that was the one over analyzing.
And perhaps the problem is... I will faint?
Oh what shall I do. Can I just???
Dammit.
Diary of the Lost Guardian.[11:40 AM]
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Okay, so it's been a long time since I last blogged.
What have I been up to eh.
Well. Nothing much really, just busying myself with the works of the Aviator haven and getting all soaked up in tenders. A whirlwind of sorts. So many things so little time. Sometimes I still feel like I'm actually still swimming around in deep water. Who can help?
And the next thing in life is the Lazy Hazy Sundays as I like to call 'em. Ok, so I haven't really been doing much on weekends save for the skinning I'm doing heh.
Wondering if I should be getting TOTO to be sterilized soon. Silly little girl she's growing up to be. Heh. Sweet little thing of mine.
Well. Birthday was uneventful as usual. Good. =/
More surprises coming up soon.
And a new friend to add to the list. Curious name. Curiouser and Curiouser. Think, things may get out of hand soon. Shit. Watch the space for developments. Damnit.
Diary of the Lost Guardian.[4:16 PM]
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Heaven in paradise is where I wanna be Labels: the poems
In your arms that's where I should be.
Since you came into my life
Everything seems so right
No more nightmares that take away the light
Cause you bring happiness to my life.
Everything I am doing
Is every flower blooming?
Cause the magic you have given me ,
To live life as one again
Is in your smile and in your kiss
Forever to be mine, bliss eternally.
Sudden poem nondescrit, just the mish-mash of thoughts
Life in motion, at your notion.
My dear baby, I love you!
Since when did I forget I'm always this poetic?
Diary of the Lost Guardian.[10:21 PM]
Ok man. I'll stick with this chinese word: "忍".
As I said if one day I can't take it anymore, she'll be the cause. What insolence.
Busy as always. But not losing any weight. What the hell. Greed begone! No food for me.
I'm still owing some food reviews of Zen at East Coast and Shin Kushiya. Tell me about the Worm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Zen? Was Mom's B'day cum Mother's day dinner. Interesting, quaint place. Food's pretty decent. Wonder what kinda fusion you'd call it tho.
Shin Kushiya? Please keep in mind that when creepy crawlies are found on your food. NEVER offer MORE Complimentary food. Cause people are either disgusted(if you're female) or have to finish the new set (and end up too full up) to eat anymore.
What's wrong with the chefs and waiters. Use your brains please.
Now, was that a maggot? or cabbage worm....
Diary of the Lost Guardian.[8:51 PM]