Sunshine Garlic Bread Original

Sunshine Garlic Bread Original is very popular where it is selling well in our local Supermarket for many years. Taken this for years and I felt that I have to feature it here too. First of all, it is easy to prepare. Just pop in any of your conventional oven or normal toasters to heat it up. The butter or garlic butter mixture will melt and seep throughout the bread. I got to say that the portion is enough for two people. Taste wise can be comparable to Pizza Hut's very own garlic bread. The texture and looks, seriously taste and looks the same. Price should be at SGD$2.90 at the time of posting.

The Original Vadai @ Golden Mile Hawker Centre

There were a few varieties of flavors or topping with their Vadai. This time we get the dry prawn (a.k.a hae bee hiam) along with fresh prawn ones. They also will ask you whether you need chilli. As most people said that these green chilli goes well with Vadai, I personally just can't accept this way of eating. 😂 So eating both the dry and fresh versions, both were great ! They had many other combinations like chocolate also, but it is quite expensive. Best to go with the original ones, the more in terms of quantity you get, the cheaper it get. Definitely recommend this !

Don't Say never warned Overseas Online Purchase 01 Jan 2023

Again hor, don't say I never remind. I had bought in advance most of the big ticket items from 2022, 2023 and 2024 in 2022. Finance growth in 2023 as planned, will be generating lots of interest to beat whatever sick financial conditions moving forward. You can try lor, with GST increase from 7% to 8% and overseas online purchase will include the straight 8% GST from 0%. Next year will be the year to keep buying financial products and shopping. Another maturity ending in 2023 for me to move assets to other better generating revenue. Spend wisely next year ! Try to reduce expenses in 2023 and lower your debts by end of 2022.

Snow Coconut [Recommended]

I recommend getting this Snow Coconut product. Its quite costly at SGD$5.85 sold at most local supermarket, particularly at NTUC. I think Mr Coconut Large cup costs at around SGD$5.40. Both is equally good in their way. But if you want to get away from the ice cream from Mr Coconut, this Snow Coconut will be next best alternative. It contains pure coconut juice and flesh to enjoy. Quality and quantity is certainly there and this is also the formula to heal my Covid+ as fast as possible. Although during the positive days, when I drank this, I don't feel any flavor, but it really give you the kick and feel like it is healing you. Damn refreshing and pure goodness. Within the package, it provide the straw and fork, so don't have to share or use a separate spoon. Just eat and throw away. Definitely recommend this product. Not much marketing from there also.

Every Event Good or Bad - There are always a song to follow...

Throughout this covid+ experiences, this song will be the one that will remind me of this 5 days "Bootcamp". Of course, I know the meaning of this song, but definitely not related to what I had experienced. It is to symbolize that this particular had happened whenever I listened to this song. As this can be a life or death incident, i'm glad I managed to get past this hurdle. During the 5 days, I felt tried very easily, at the point of writing, I am also glad that I had gained back the strength to move on. Like every human, some uncontrollable situation is the one that help the person grow and learned that not everything can be resolved and need to move on. Don't bother reverse gear just to think back. Similarly, focused on the work and eliminate every unnecessary information that some kid keep barking at you.

[Covid-19 XBB Variant] Fully Healed ! Wish this is the first and last one !

Somehow out of nowhere, I realized that I am Covid-19 positive upon having breakfast at KK Hospital. I am having Laksa for breakfast and was shocked that the laksa I had was TOO BLAND ! I went crazy for a while having others to test it, they said it was perfect. Thats where I realised that I am 😣 fk ! Went back home and did my daily ART and officially Covid+ and went to inform my boss, everyone is history. 😔

As for recovery, completely isolated in the room with a really thin mattress. Tried all kinds of shit, but a few takeways were learning how to mediate, learning how to recite heart sutra, align my backbone to level with the hard floor, finish a book, drink 80% hot water and 20% pure coconut [will share in my later post]. Well only ate one Lianhua Qingwen Jiaonang pill and think it might not be this. Another crazy thing is pouring hot water into my nostrils where the virus reside ! To deal it with a lose-lose strategy, well i suspect it works.

On 24 October 2022, it is almost negative as the line for positive is very faint. Loss of taste recovers. The next day, went for the Laksa test again and wahla, i managed to taste it, but sorry its a poor bowl of laksa, but eventually finish it because I am not going to waste any food anymore ! Its quite torturing, but managed to calm down and remap my mind. Of course, have to thanks my wonderful colleagues for sacrificing their time to cover my work during Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, which I required to work. Will definitely remember this forever ! 🙏 Let's hope this will be my first and last one ever to get this virus. 😡😡😡

Day 6 of Covid-19 Positive [+] Miracle Pill?

Nah, there is no miracle pill. As a first time covid-19 infection in my body, I got to think of ways how to recover fast ! Although our medical government did not recommend any products except for Panadol to relieve the pain or kill off any symptoms, most people recommended Lianhua Qingwen Jiaonang. Well, i bought this for around SGD$8.20 and so far taken only one pill. The recommended dosage is 4 pills each time and 3 times a day. With this dosage, this box will finish in 2 days. However, i didn't do it and I felt that there is more ways to do it. One method of doing is to spraying hot water at my face and nostrils. Drink hot water constantly and kept doing the above. With that being done, around the 4th day, the positive faded off quite well, but my sense of taste is still not back yet. Sleeping without air con and on the hard floor daily also made me realized that I am also aligning back my back posture. In the beginning, it really hurt my back, but now it had straighten up and I am able to stand straight. 😦 I guess I should be either recovered or almost reaches the road to recovery at this time of posting.

Day 5 of Covid-19 Positive (+)

Source Taken from Channel News Asia [CNA]

Ever since the first day on 20 October 2022 where I got the Covid-19 XBB wave, the first day I experienced headaches and lost my taste buds. Throughout day 1 to day 5 now, I experienced quick fatigue while trying to study, just a short while, I loses concentration and even watching Denmark Opens Badminton wasn't spare as well. I felt tired very easily and intermittent headache is killing me. Losing my taste bud let me realized that food is just there to fill your stomach and not to provide you with satisfaction. So it is beneficial to my other studies of just sticking to nature's food or clean food is good. Taste buds actually screws me up in my life. Looks like life of infecting and reinfection is going to be the norm.

Day 4 of Covid-19 Positive (+)

Source Taken From Channel News Asia [CNA]

As the number of covid-19 cases were going up, its very hard to imagine that I can be Covid-19 free since the outbreak. At last, despite being a careful person like me, also contracted the virus somewhere. I had also tried to trace back all activities and it is really hard to track. I had been not well in fact since 15 Oct 2022, but I had tried to perform ART test, all results were negative and carried on working till 20 October 2022 morning where I grabbed my bowl of mee siam which happened to be always heavy in taste. I felt that it is tasteless, feeling worried, I asked someone to test it and they said that it is full of flavour. Only then, i tell myself quietly, oh fk ! After finishing all my errands, I went back home and immediately test myself. Indeed, it is positive on 20 October 2022. So as of today, I tested and these are still the results..

16 October 2022 - Negative

17 October 2022 - Negative

18 October 2022 - Negative

19 October 2022 - Negative

20 October 2022 - Positive

21 October 2022 - Positive

22 October 2022 - Positive

23 October 2022 - Positive

Back to the topic of longer waiting times at hospitals, really felt that there were many Non-Emergencies admission, need to really prepare more facilities since there is a growing needs in Singapore. Another mega hospital will be available in the North and it is already in the pipeline and works. That will further ease up the problem of lack of beds. With this, medical expenses will definitely be growing as well. 😐 

Thank You Mcdonald Bugis Junction for the follow up !

Had been ordering Mcdonald so frequently that i can understand sometimes they can be very busy and mixed up orders. As i always order almost daily when i goes to work due to a busy schedule practically everyday, when i opened up my order and found out that there is a mistake in my order. Instead of Sausage Mcmuffin with Egg, was given a Egg Muffin. So as usual, i did my feedback via the Mcdonald app and provided image. About 1.5 weeks later, the manager called and asked me to collect the meal from the on-duty manager the next day. I did so seamlessly and glad that things were done right ! 😀

Really the best and recommended Call Recorder App for Android

In time and days, i like to write in email or whatsapp, etc. This is also a way to record and look back for information when necessary. There are also people who loves to communicate via phone call. Sometimes that person can forget what they said or "maybe act blur". This app comes into play and I had uses it for many years since the ROG Phone days, from Oppo Reno 10X Zoom, Samsung 21 Ultra to my current Samsung Z Fold 4. One fine day, someone actually call me to perform certain function or instructions from other department. After execution, he said why did I do it? I said that he was the one who told me to do it this way. Then he denied and you know what? I send this audio file to him and he was speechless ! OWNAGE !! Apparently this is available for Android only.

Microsoft to cut nearly 1,000 jobs

Source Taken From marketwatch.com

At the time of this report first published, the market share price is valued at 237.53 USD. These are leading indicators of recession or they were simply downsizing to bring down cost. There are many companies who were trimming down their workforce size. However, most of the news will always reflect at the big corporation. So let's all just stick to whatever you are doing and tide over these uncertain times.

New iPad Pro M2 models releasing soon !

Source taken from Engadget

Once again, gadgets can never chase enough. The newer ones will 99% be always be better than the predecessor, unless you know someone who cock up in the production process. 😉 Nowadays, people are relying on iPad or tablets rather than Desktop PC or Laptops. Not all, but there is a significant shift of users, especially the younger folks. Perhaps all they have to do is to send email and stuffs, thats all. But of course, comparing iPad in the early days and today, there are more powerful apps which can perform as well as a typical laptop. Currently, my Samsung Tab S7 still serve me well, so shall skip iPad this time round. 😏

Netflix Singapore

As what most people always say, let's netflix and chill ! In SG, Netflix subscription is considered to be very expensive as compared to other parts of the world. One need to also put in the consideration which particular video quality is used. This is also important and the number of different devices able to use at any one time. At the moment, Standard is still the most popular subscription plan among the others. As for me? I don't have time to watch though I wish that I can spare more free time.

Ayam Penyet Ria @ Bugis

Came here to have lunch with my colleagues for a quick meal. I personally ordered the Ayam Tanpa Tulang and ordered Soda Gila. I like the chilli as it is spicy enough and to go with the fried smashed chicken. There is no soup and my colleague went to feedback that it is dry to go along with this. Haha but actually thats where they earn the extra because people will order the drinks. But of course, it is not as if we won't order the drinks. Normally at standard malay or indonesian cusine, they will give you a small bowl of soup when having Ayam Penyet. Well, taste wise is not bad. As for the Soda Gila, i think its just fanta grape. 😆

Transport Research for the Early Birds !

Did you know that there are many ways to save costs by taking the public transport in Singapore? Today I will be highlighting one of the ways on how to save cost by taking the early transport. I had personally recorded the trips from MRT to MRT at different time interval and there is a DIFFERENCE !

Early Bird Timing from my place: Before 7.40AM (Estimated)

Normal Travelling Time: After 7.40AM

After Early Bird (Normal Travelling Time) From Canberra Station to City Hall Station: SGD$1.91

After Early Bird (Normal Travelling Time) From Canberra Station to Bugis Station: SGD$1.88

Early Bird FROM Canberra Station to City Hall Station: SGD$1.41

Early Bird FROM Canberra Station to Bugis Station: SGD$1.38

In summary, I had been doing this for several months since my job had relocated from my northern kampung to City Centre. These 50 cents early bird each day does made a difference. If a month's work day is 22 days and I successfully managed to maintain early commuting, 22 x 50 cents = is a whooping SGD$11 per month ! Thats also equal to SGD$132 per year of savings !

HL Milk - Dark Chocolate Edition

Another Milk product from Marigold HL milk. This time, they released Dark Chocolate Milk which costs SGD$3.30 per pack from major supermarkets. So other than Dark Chocolate flavor, it is the same "lower blood cholesterol", "Low Fat & Low Lactose" and "High Protein & Calcium" specs. Personally, I think the original fresh milk is still better. Perhaps the chocolate flavour gimmicks was just to gain the chocolate lovers' market share. 😄 

The only trusted brand and hair product for Hair

Ok lar, not saying this is the best. But had been using for many years and this is one of the best I ever used to make a tidy "messy" hair. Gatsby itself is a very popular japanese brand, specialized for its hair wax or gel products. So it is a personal choice. Usually I can't find them in normal supermarket. They usually have it at premium supermarket like NTUC Finest or Xtra stores in Singapore. It cost between SGD$8 to SGD$9.

Farmhouse Cafe Latte

Farmhouse released their new Cafe Latte Milk product that is using Arabica Coffee Beans ! They had the same price range as their normal milk products. Tried and felt that milk is milk. As it is a milk product, the concentration of the milk overwhelm the coffee flavor. So yeah, it does taste with the Cafe Latte, but not the Cafe Latte that you would expect from a cafe definitely. Nonetheless still all right but still prefer the pure milk as the way it is.

Google might force users to pay for Premium to watch videos in 4K on YouTube

Source from Neowin

According to Google, Google's attempts to convert customers into YouTube Premium subscribers. The company is trying hard with multiple banners promoting Premium, and the increase of non-skippable ads content creators can use in their videos could also be seen by one as a low-blow attempt to get more subscribers. It appears that Google has figured out yet another way to force you to consider buying Premium. So the plan is to make 1440p and 1080p available free for subscribers. That is the thing, that is also why I had been making videos using only 1440p. Most does not really utilize 4K to consume contents still. Majority are still using 1080p and 1440p to view contents. Like myself I edit and view contents with 1440p.

New MacDonald Released on 22 September 2022

So far, I tried their Double Samurai Beef Burger and Yuzu Cream Cheese Pie. The Double Samurai Beef Burger is made with perfection, except that it is messy to eat with due to the sauces. The tier I would rank this is a A+ and should be in the permanent menu. It is definitely something that I will revisit most of the time to order this burger. As for the Yuzu Cream Cheese Pie, I felt that it is ok, but still can't beat Mcdonald's very own Apple Pie. But it the flavor are interesting, worth trying once and go back to your favourite ones. 😆

Starbucks Drip Coffee Origami Edition

To beat inflation and also reduce my cost of getting Arabica coffee, I guess i have to consider alternative solution. Lately this month, I had started bringing my own paper cups, plastic stirrers and daily thermal flask of 100 degrees Celsius of Hot Filtered Water to office everyday. For the last few days, I had been using 3 in 1 Teh Tarik or Instant Coffee to reduce buying out. Of course, I am talking about Arabica and not Robusta Coffee. The price range of those are different. So typically in a cafe, a standard black or white coffee nowadays in the city costs SGD$5 to SGD$6 a cup. 7-Eleven and Cheers had Arabica machine selling at around SGD$1.70 to SGD$3, but there is difference in the quality, but still good as substitute. So back to this Starbucks Drip Coffee Origami is priced at SGD$7.20 for 4 drip coffee. Meaning it costs SGD$1.80 per drip coffee. Adding the cost of my water, cup and stirrer, it costs around SGD$2.20 for a branded one. So just trying it out as I didn't have the time to visit Don Don Donki to grab their cheaper Drip Coffee. But will stock up soon.

Most Vulnerable Browser in the World

Based on the title, it seems to be true because of certain facts. It is the most vulnerable browser in the World, but also one of the most popular browser in the world. Many people were using Google Chrome rather than Internet Explorer back in the days. In today's context, there were many types of browsers for different use cases. Like Edge Browser which had been upgraded from the retired Internet Explorer, is giving similar experiences as the Google Chrome. I personally still set Google Chrome as my default browser when using it for all my internet pages consumption. No matter how bad others will said about chrome and its vulnerabilities, I think ultimately everyone have to adopt the "always up to date" google chrome update approach to always keep the vulnerabilities and securities in check. 😏

Its time for a car ride to Malacca from Singapore !

Today, it is time for a family trip to Malacca from Singapore. Got ready from my SGD$15 luggage, probably cheapest from what everyone else are using. And of course, to properly stress test my new GoPro Hero 11 Black together with the rest of my accessories. Booked two Premier Junior Suites from a 5-Star Hotel which I will also be doing a review soon. Its time to enjoy my usual Chicken Rice Ball and San Shu Gong (Jonker Street).

The cheapest Cai Fan in City Bugis Junction !

I was amazed, very amazed that I could get this box of cai fan at SGD$2.50. I had one meat, one steamed egg and potato. Furthermore it is from Malaysia Boleh Cai Fan Stall at Bugis Junction ! Food Court Cai Fan is well known to be extremely expensive. As a result from the savings, I get the Toast Box Kopi O Kosong Large. But it cost more than the cai fan at SGD$2.70 😞. But no choice, I need to survive work with 2 cups of coffee everyday. 😕

Clash Of Clan - My TownHall finally upgraded from TH12 to TH13

FINALLY 😆I had took lots of sweat and blood to upgrade from TH12 to TH13. Still maintain as a F2P player for this long term game. 9 whole years into this game is definitely not easy lar. A word of tip is to keep upgrading your attacking heroes and units as well as related army camp because this is really a grinding resources game where you need to constantly looting your enemies' base resources. From what I gauge, I think i might be staying TH13 until September 2023 before upgrading to TH14. As for Builder Base, I almost maxed out every building and wall. Hoping that Supercell will release new contents on the builder base soon. Feel free to add me as friend in-game -> #LVVYJJPL | IGN: DarkMicro 😃 and happy gaming !

ScamShield for Android

ScamShield for Apple IOS had been out for quite some time (About 2 years ago). Finally today the Android version is out. It block unsolicited messages and calls. These scam calls can be very irritating when you are expecting a call or when your job require instant response on your phone. Do consider downloading it to help reduce these spams. Several years ago, it works well on my iPhone 12 and 13 Pro Max. Now it is working for my Samsung Z Fold 4.

Grocholl Rosti - Made in Germany

At first glance of this product in our local supermarket, it caught my eye for several weeks and eventually one day, I got to get it and try. From the look of it from the package, it sure looks delicious. I think from what I say so far, I guess most of you will know where am I coming from. Best of all, no need to store into the fridge and able to last for a very long time from their expiry date. So the final outcome is, this is really bad and does not taste like what I thought about it. Maybe an asian tongue like me do not know how to appreciate this, but I really can't swallow everything. Oh well, so what i can say is, try it at your own risk. 😰 Maybe you might like it though.

Lenovo Legion Armoured Backpack

My number 1 choice for my working backpack. Due to the nature of my job and to ensure certain items or necessary tools are always with me on the move, this backpack is able to store many of my items. There are also many secret compartment to place my emergency money or mask. Mask still is necessary while travelling on public transports and visiting of hospital at this point of writing. So I got another replacement of my same bag which I had used for more than 2 years. It started to wear off since I am practically using it almost everyday. I got to say that this bag also able to withstand lots of hit. 😞 I'm always having two working laptops, one tablet, multiple power adapters, multiple HDD, SSD and Flash Drives, Screwdrivers, basically more USB hubs, water bottles, thermal flask and so on. Henceforth my bag is always very heavy. I'm used to the weight, but this bag is fact very durable. The cost of this bag came down from SGD$120+ to the current retail price of SGD$84.55. However, my first bag, i got it for SGD$50 and this time my second bag only cost SGD$35 from legitimate source. At this price, it is definitely damn value for money as compared to bag you can get from this amount.

Fu Lin Original Fu Lin Fried Yong Tofu, since 1995

Tabao lunch from Fu Lin Original Fu Lin Fried Yong Tofu, since 1995 as all the seats were full and taken. In town, no choice as it is expensive, so price wise is quite decent. But most importantly is, the quality and standard is there. It is a good dish of Fried Yong Tofu, where you choose your own choices of ingredient there and they will cook it for you accordingly. Of course for takeaway, be prepared to pay extra for the boxes.

Singapore Formula 1 Marina Bay Street Circuit

Was at the Singapore Formula 1 Marina Bay Street Circuit restricted zone where public have to pay the tickets to get in. 😆 All right, there is a valid reason why I could get in, but that is not the point. From the sight of it when it was one day before the actual day of event, we could see every single staff was working very hard to prepare and make Formula 1 a success as usual. Tickets are still available. Grab them while stock lasts !