Happy New Year Eve and the last day of 2022.

Had a birthday lunch with my mum at Boon Tong Kee which we had been eating their separate branches near Katong for more than 20+ years. However last heard that they had already closed down their Katong branch, so got to head for their main Boon Keng outlet. Total damage is around $90++ for 4 pax with tea, rice and the above dishes. Their chicken rice is really top notch as we ordered 1 whole chicken, but felt that the chicken really became smaller as compared to more than 3 years ago. Nevertheless all the dishes were great and definitely come back again. 

To close off 2022, i personally experienced once again many up and down. But hope that 2023 will be a good year though there are already many negative factors. No matter what it is, i had no choice but to keep going on harder and put in more effort. Happy New Year Eve to all and celebrate the last day of 2022. 

Happy belated Winter Solstice Day 2022

Happy belated Winter Solstice Day 2022 ! Just to throwback to last 22 December 2022 for all who celebrate Winter Solstice which is also known as Dong Zhi Day. Everyone had arranged their own activities to either go to the temple to pray or simply had Tang Yuan home or outside. Mr Bean had been full of long queues and even after returning to the nearby mall near my place. The queue was still very long. So decided to just prepare my own tang yuan at home.

Last Quarterly purchase of 2022

Mainly just whack all the bulky stuffs and cartons of bird nest and drinks from AMK Hub NTUC Finest and get them to deliver as usual. Of course NTUC had initiate their "GST increase" for the first 6 months of 2023 so that consumers can adjust and not feel the pinch of the GST increase. Of course, i am not against on the GST increase. This might be necessary to help bring the country forward ! But of course it better to stop buying non-essential stuffs moving forward.

New Cottage & Kettle Branch @ Bugis

They had an outlet at Boat Quay. Came here for lunch as there is currently a 30% off all food items. Already had a heavy breakfast, but since there is discount, i decided to order a pizza and their unlimited servings of drinks. Pizza was ok, not that fantastic, but one thing i find it weird was the poached egg in the middle. It was quite raw, so it did give the pizza slice that i dipped in, a not so good combination of taste. However due to the price discount, it is certainly great to sit in for a fine meal. They had many other mains on their menu, so do dropped by to try it.

1 for 1 Mcdonald Breakfast Deluxe

Had ordered their 1 for 1 Macdonald Breakfast Deluxe last tuesday. One set costs $7.30 for ala carte price. So with this deal, I get to enjoy both breakfast and lunch for $3.65 each meal. They forgot to provide me with plastic utensils, oh well. The next day I went to get the same 1 for 1 and fortunately they remembered to provide me utensils this time, so its a one-off thingy. I love Macdonald's Breakfast Deluxe as it will definitely fill you up !

Added 8% GST to online purchases

Don't forget that in a few more days. Buying of online stuffs will be added with 8% GST from 0% GST in 01 Jan 2023. Of course, we had been enjoying all these online cheap stuffs for so many years. For this implementation, it is to also promote consumers or locals to purchase and support our local products more. So left a few more days to rush through your purchases asap !

Merry Christmas 2022

Merry Christmas 2022 and happy holidays to all ! For those who work through the busy holiday, hope you can find the little joy in the work. Another year had passed so fast and hope that next year's christmas will be better each year. For me, there were up and down for this past year, but this year christmas is better than last year ! 😃 Looking forward to next year's christmas !

Thunder Tea Store [Bukit Canberra]

Had this from the first day of opening. They do not operate in the morning as they only started in the afternoon and evening. The reason why this morning is open, because it is the grand opening and our minister will visit every store. Is indeed very mild and I would say is ok. The soup is plain. But overall is ok.

Pangkor Island Nasi Lemak [Bukit Canberra]

Tried this for the second day of opening and I got to say that I'm pretty disappointed with the overall order. We ordered Belachan Chicken Nasi Lemak and their Chee Cheong Fun. The presentation at the menu looks stunning, but the actual product 😕 When this was served, I asked the lady boss whether this is belachan, from the look, she is unsure about its own product and had to asked kitchen whether is there gravy for this dish. In the end, no belachan taste and it seems to be curry chicken. Quantity and quality really lose out and its pretty bad for its price. Chee Cheong Fun is very normal, nothing special about it. Probably will give one more last try some time later before deciding whether to support this further. 😞

Another small scale Drink Stall [Bukit Canberra]

Came to give equal chance and visit another drink store. This offers affordable breakfast sets with several options. Came to order one cup of Milo Kosong and one cup of Kopi O Kosong. Over at the queue counter, we order and paid according to our drinks. But the cashier tell us to tell the aunty what we want. I felt that order should be made by her for what we paid for. Its ok, we went to tell the other aunty the exact order. Kopi O Kosong already made on the table and while observing, she made the wrong milo order. I told her is Milo Kosong, then she fed up and made another. In the end, my Kopi O Kosong also wrong order and was added with sugar. Sigh maybe is still early stage, think the process need to be improved.

Kopi Tan - One of the biggest Drink stall in this hawker centre [Bukit Canberra]

On the grand opening, my Canberra Central area MP, Ong Ye Kung grace the opening and manage to get a photo of the opening there on the first day. After he left this store, get my first two cups of Milo Kosong and Kopi O Kosong. So far, is within range of market standard. 😂 They have two other drink stores when I go around. Definitely a good place to chill at.

Li Xin TeoChew Fishball Noodles [Bukit Canberra]

My first bowl of Li Xin Teochew Fishball noodles 1st grand opening day at Bukit Canberra. Went there very early and most of the people were gathered at the Drinks stall with my Canberra Central MP Ong Ye Kung there. Noodles were great and special mention had to be made on the Fishball ! It is so tender that "Boh Gek" person can break down the fishball without teeth. 😆 Portion of noodles is little, but can add more by topping a few more cents.

Grand Opening of Bukit Canberra ! [Bukit Canberra]

As of now, hawker centre and some fitness center are opened. I like how spacious the place is, especially the hawker stalls, tables and chairs were wide apart from each other. Definitely lots of greenery everywhere and felt very cooling there. There will be polyclinic, swimming pools, libraries and many more in the near future. As for now, this location have plenty of food options for everyone staying around the area. ✌

[Langrisser] Valkyria Chronicles Collaboration with Langrisser

Valkyria Chronicles Collaboration with Langrisser currently and had two characters on the banner for summoning. I was lucky to get Selvaria for 1 x Summon 10. Stats is pretty good with ATK and SKILL as S stats. Its passive skill was Azure Realm where Crit Chance & Crit Damage increase by 30%. Enemies within 5 blocks take fixed damage equal to 1.5x Selvaria's ATK once, if they are 100% HP after taking action. This is the full star formula. Going to max all weapon and armor for this character.

[Meme] Workplace CB

Above source from SGAG

In the open world especially in this little red dot, I understand I do not need to explain what CB means. I felt this quote is very true. Quoting from SGAG, "If the place you work has no CB person, then it simply means that you're the CB person at work that everyone hates." I would proudly said that fortunately I'm not the CB person at work, because I saw tons of CB people that lives within the space in their tiny cell within their brain. Telling or saying things that is SO OBVIOUS and he thinks he is the only person in the world that knows the already "OBVIOUS" information. 😆

800-seats Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre with 44 stalls opening tomorrow !

Source Taken from Mothership

Located nearby where I stay, Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre is finally opening tomorrow on 17 December 2022 [Saturday] just in time for Christmas. Can't wait for more facilities in the same area. As per the media, Bukit Canberra Hawker Centre will be serving the usual hawker fare, as well as other more unique food options such as mookata, Hainan & Harbin cuisine, Mexican-Indian fusion food and BBQ Melaka Seafood. Really looking forward to patronizing the hawker stalls and definitely will be supporting them in the long run. 💪 Canberra had become great again !

Consideration for PRISM+ newly launched Fan

Source Taken from Prism Website

Currently, its time for me to replace my faulty ceiling fan where it accompanied me for 6 years. Warranty had been over for quite some time and it is costly to repair. So I am currently available to make a decision to replace my ceiling fan. I am looking for one that have the most warranty lifetime and it seems that both Smart Model and Standard Model provide me the best choice in terms of that. Secondly is to weigh something whether it is worthwhile to pay more for something that I use it or not. For me, an extra $200 for the smart model, doesn't really give much benefits to be frank. I am currently 85% chance to go for the Standard Model. An extra SGD$50 to remove and installation of the fan will be required too.

Room Service @ Hatten Hotel [Malacca Trip 2022]

At Hatten Hotel or practically any hotel, we will always order Room Service for Supper while chilling through the late night. As my brother's room ordered their room service, we happened to order the same thing in our room also. Guess this is the best choice. Isn't cost too much in ringgit. Not bad i would say, especially the pizza for a lazy supper. So the set comes with a main course, with cake and a drink. Pizza is ordered separately. 😋

Customer Service !!

To me, customer service is very important. Be it whatever rank or file you are, i hope everyone can provide good customer service to each other. I had engaged one of the service and I am a paying customer, however the person who is selling the service was talking to me in a irritated tone. This really pissed me off very much and I would had walk away from it. Unfortunately my wife decided to go ahead with the service anyway. With respect of my wife, I had no choice but chose to go ahead with it. If its me who made that decision, i would had instantly walk away. For now, if any part of the service not being fulfilled well, I will go hard with it. Thats all. 😡

Hatten Hotel Melaka [Malacca Trip 2022]

I had booked two Premier Floor Junior Suite Rooms and its one of their best rooms offered at Hatten Hotel Melaka. Both rooms were booked for around MYR1133.06. It is at the central place which is walkable around Mahkota Parade and to Jonker Street for their heritage building as well as visit the night life locale during the weekend. Room wise, is comfortable and spacious enough. Definitely worth the stay there for a quick one night stay. They do provide complimentary breakfast for hotel guest. Facilities were quite ok and good place to book your grab to explore nearby places without the need to find for parking space with your own vehicles.

[MapleStory M] Finally able to carry Zakum Expedition [Hard]

At this time of writing, my character finally able to carry other maplers to raid Zakum [Hard Mode]. I'm slowly able to attain multiple Zakum Helm. However, its only Unique Rank, so doesn't benefit me at all since my regular mystic helm stats were way better. One more problem is that i'm unable to transfer these Zakum helm to other accounts, so its practically useless and wasting my already limited inventory space. Can't even exchange for any other useful materials as well. Probably will dump them soon.

Coffee Bean Tea Leaf Christmas Cup

Bought one of their signature Macadamia White Chocolate Latte in order to buy this christmas cup at SGD$10.00. Somehow it just looks attractive and went to get it just to view at the cup. However, the Macadamia White Chocolate Latte is surprisingly great ! Prices wise are about the same as starbucks. Can only drink once a month. 😏

Causal Meal @ Novena Square Koufu

Bought vegeterian food, bee hoon with 4 different ingredients. It cost me SGD$7.00. As for the black chicken ginseng soup at the other stall, this cost SGD$8.00. With a cup of Teh O Kosong at SGD$1.30, my overall costs were SGD$16.30. Felt really hungry and sick, the reason why i went for so many food. Also because I ate this for two meals, lunch and dinner. So far, not bad and the soup is quite thick. They also allowed you to add soup if required. Good place to go to as there is many seats available there.

Bad Flu for 5 days...

Had been suffering from a bad flu that kept making my nose drip mucus non-stop. At home, i kept wiping off and wash off. But the most irritating part is while wearing mask. My nose will be blocked and fill fully with mucus where it will flow downwards. The online advice was to keep drinking water. Its rare enough to see Fluimucil selling off the shelves of local pharmacy. Previously this can only be obtained from the clinic. Thats where i found this product works best for clearing off your mucus. It costs $20 for two boxes. Of course, to prevent or to overcome the problem, i will pop in two before i sleep. This is to allow me to sleep properly and one tablet each while working. For an environment which is hard to take medical leave, i have no choice. 

New Aukey True Wireless Earbuds

Got the original Aukey True Wireless Earbuds EP-T31 to complement my Apple AirPod Pro which i am using it everyday. Sometimes i might had forgotten to charge my Airpod Pro, therefore resulting into a long boring train ride. At least with this Aukey True Wireless Earbuds EP-T31, i had a spare earbuds to accompany me throughout the long rides. So far, sound and connection are seamless and loud enough. Bought it at a discount at $21.90 from the last 11.11 sales.

Clash of Clans - Builder Hall all maxed out !

My builder hall had reached max level as well as all the upgrades from buildings, walls and units. I know many others had also reached the max some time back as well, especially the whales. As for me, i'm a F2P player and to be able to max out everything requires consistent time and effort. Of course i only reach max for builder hall, but not the main hall. Similarly as other COC players, we all wished that Supercell will throw in some new updates with regards to Builder Hall soon.

Bought 80% of my short trip from San Shu Gong 三叔公 [Malacca Trip 2022]

As it is a very short trip with a small car boot shared among 5 people, I can't really buy and bring along much bulky items. So I settled almost 80% of my stuffs from San Shu Gong 三叔公. San Shu Gong 三叔公 is a Malaysia local brand that was started up in Malacca, San Shu Gong's passion for producing local delicacy. I had supporting San Shu Gong 三叔公 for more than 10 years from their Malacca and Penang's branches. Each time i goes there, I will definitely minimally buy their in-house 3 in 1 coffee. In the earlier years, I tend to always drink. But nowadays, I spread out the days of drinking it due to controlled sugar intake. Its kinda on the sweeter side, but is on the fragrant side. Bought some other products which I will be sharing at the next few posts. They really do have tons of products in store and this is the place where I also had my chendol.

Streets of Malacca Night Market [Malacca Trip 2022]

Went to order two signature chendol, also with durian. Aesthetic wise were nice, but certainly there were better chendol elsewhere, not the best and is abit on the sweeter side. During the evening where all the shops were set up, the crowd were getting massive. There were many places to chill and we also had several stops to enjoy our herbal jelly and numerous local coffee break. Bought a few items from the shops and stalls which I will share later at the next few posts. Indeed a nice place to visit and get to see many interesting things.

Malacca Jonker Street [Malacca Trip 2022]

By the time we arrived at the hotel and came out for our late lunch/dinner, its around 5pm+. The more popular one chicken rice stall did not opened. So we tried this store and ordered the Large Chicken Mixed of White and Roasted ones. The rest of the roasted Pork were sold out, so got pretty less choices, but still went ahead to order vegetables and large omelette with the signature rice balls. The rice balls were very small in size and later went to add more rice balls and few more dishes as we were too hungry ! There were quite a number of tourists in the area as well. Overall, the dishes were not too bad except for the vegetables. Egg omelette and the chicken were the stars for this restaurant.

On the way to Malacca Trip [Malacca Trip 2022]

This will be the first Malacca series of the daily post. Since it is the start of December 2022 holidays, let me show what I did there during a very short one night weekend getaway. First thing first is to go into JB petrol station to pump up some fuel on this road trip. As it is going to take a few hours to reach malacca, time to pick up some snacks and Coffee to stay awake throughout the road. Ordered Hot Chocolate and Hot Americano. The hot chocolate was great. However, the americano was quite disappointing considering that Costa Coffee's strength should be in the coffee. Never expected that Costa Coffee was quite bad. Their Starbucks were way better. 😒

Brother or Casio Label Printer?

Which one should I get? Brother PT-H107B Portable Electronic Label Maker OR Casio Label Maker Printer KL-130? Need it for home and office solely for my personal usage. Price point is roughly the same. However one significant requirement is Brother can only print up to 12mm TZe laminated tapes width, while Casio Label Maker Printer KL-130 is able to print up to 18mm of tape width. Felt that too small of the label can be counter effective and have to be bigger for better visibility. So I guess i got the answer. 😏