Had a go at this and the result was a mix-bag of intepretations:

You appear to others around you as a person who is simply 'laid back'. From time to time you shelve your ambitions and forgo the desire for prestige and recognition and you are often considered as mentally lazy. You have the ability and you are the first to know this, but you prefer to take things easy and indulge your longing for comfort and security.

You 'need to be needed'. As an idealist you are intolerant of anything short of special consideration from those close to you. If you do not get what you seek you are apt to become reclusive and you will close the doors on all those within your sphere of influence.

You feel truly deprived - not getting your fair share, but you have accepted the fact that that is the way things are at this time and that it is prudent to let matters slide and not hit your head against the wall -so conform and agree for a while. Accept the situation - nothing can last forever.Recent disappointment has led you to become truly introverted.

You are becoming suspicious of everybody and consequently you now feel that you are unable to trust anybody. Unfortunately it would appear that you are curbing your natural enthusiasm and imaginative nature - perhaps this is because you are fearful that you may become over enthused and find that you could possibly be carried away by wishful thinking. You are keeping your distance to see whether attitudes towards you are sincere - but this watchfulness could easily develop into suspicion and distrust.

You really would like to be completely uninhibited - to let your hair down - but you are held back by your sense of logic and rationalilty, since you realise that by simple stupidity you could lose everything - whatever that may be.

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Hmm..that last bit didn't come off too well... Knn.

I think I shall try my hand at doing a no-brainer about the proverbial "what I did today" type of post.

The friends were up for celebrating MJ's birthday yesterday and were caught in a rack about where to eat initially, considering that post-dinner plans proved to be more promising (you'll find out why later). Hence, we decided to work around that initiative and ended up taking a shot at this place in the vicinity.


Fred waiting in anticipation



Here's our princessy (upon request) birthday girl



Green tea served ala cup and saucer



The wait wasn't very long and our spread arrived rather promptly:

A staple - Salmon Sashimi




Unamaki (I think) with salmon roe wrap and avacado




Garlic Yakiniku Beef with potato wedges as sides



Grilled Unagi (eel) sandwiched with Fried Tofu




Zaru Soba - another staple (note the tiny quail egg)




Here's a close up...



Here it is again - gone. Rather lame but we're a boring bunch.




Japanese Curry Rice



The food was rather satisfying given the promptness and freshness of the serving. The portions were rather moderate and we were quite pigged out after the second last dish (except for Fred for obvious reasons). The sashimi was very balanced in taste and freshness, surpassing several other ones I've tried. Noteable compliments would go to the garlic beef and the japanese curry rice which were thick with gravy and juicy in flavour. Prices were fair in the range of $15-20 on the mains, and $6-10 on the appetisers and sides. Restaurant ambience was dainty and mellow, leaning toward a more fusion theme, and perhaps due to the fact that it was a weekday and there wasn't really much of a crowd, although the flustered look of the waitresses tend to tell a contradictory story. Which was weird.




Fred feeling accomplished


Next - onward toward the highlight of the day! But before that...


...we say good bye to our lovely quail egg.


Here's the next stop in our itenerary for the evening :







Her highness is pleased with the choice of desserts - Nutella, Horlicks and Teh Tarik



Hmm. Maybe I was wrong. She prefers Fred's porky fingers.



Heavenly Mud Pie



Her Highness and her loyal servant



Her Highness and her royal jester



I am very pleased with my royal belly. Apparently, she is not. Right. No one in the right mind would be anyway.



"Hmmph. Why? Scared of me ah?"

Island Creamery is a a peaceful hideaway in a corner of Bukit Timah (Serene Centre) that's been packed with activity the two visits I've had here. Seats are a rarity and we had to be quick to chope one. The crowd is a mix of family, working execs and a majority of students and teens. Their selection of cool confectionery is a must try for any ice-cream lover, boasting many local favourites such as Pulut Hitam, Chendol, Teh Tarik, Horlicks, Nutella, Tiger (Beer) Sorbet, and several more. The signature Mud Pie is heavenly coated with a layer of crushed cookies and piled thick with rich chocolate ice-cream and dunno what two other flavours. Aiyah its damn nice la go try la! Sure won't regret! We even ended up buying a few tubs back home for the family's indulgence. (But had to cut out our other plans as a result cos the cafe closes at 10pm daily and no, Island Creamery didn't pay me for this spam plug. Go google the address yourself.)

I was scrolling through my IM list and had a random thought about all those people whom I hardly or never speak to. And I thought, what happens in between the gaps of absence of one another? How do you start something that was lost somewhere along the way?

Here's the cliche part when anyone of you start asking each other random wary questions, and getting random wary answers.

A case scenario :

Qns -

Guy : "Hey, how's life?" (Hey, I hope you're single and looking hot after all these years)

Reply-

Gal : "The same" (I'm fat, have extra cellulite under my armpits and have grown thunder thighs.)

or

Gal: "Why leh?" (I'm fat, have extra cellulite under my armpits and have grown thunder thighs but I'm trying to tell you that I'm hot.)

[It may or may not apply vice versa, but hey, how am I to know!? I'm a guy! Let me know if you gals have your own intepretations though]

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Aside from that, I had a sudden pang of helplessness over a certain degree of loss that...I didn't know how I can save the situation. There were some friends whom I missed, never got the courage or made the effort to catch up, maybe because of a loose sense of comfort that you've always believed some things are always there and some will need to be nurtured. All of a sudden, it hits you, and you start asking why has it come to be like this? I've always regretted for not having handled certain friendships better but at the end of the day, we are all guilty of it. The fear of loss is truly compelling.

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Suddenly I had a relishing thought of living out on my own, in perhaps a forelorn bid to be a better person.

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I need to cut my waist by 2 inches. I'm turning into a makeshift see-saw.