Birthday...

There was a very meaningful HongKong TV serial showing in Sg recently. Didn’t really watch it much except for the last episode. At the end of the show, he concluded that he is a millionaire because families and friends are his wealth.

I don’t think I am some one who treats friends and family very well. I admit I am self-centered and there is much room for improvement.

I am not saying this as fake humility or what, but as an honest evaluation of self, I confess to my own weakness.

Despite my shortcomings, God has blessed me with friends and family who loves me. (Much as at times I feel so frustrated by my family members, and I also hope I can not only know in my head that they love me, but also feel it in my heart.)

Anyway, I know that God expresses His love for me through the people around me and also through His being with me daily.

Here is how I celebrated my birthday!

FOOD!!! Kia Yuan would be tickled by this because he knows I love food and somehow this year, I ate so much during this birthday period.

Went to Marriot with Paul. Had a buffet that I would never get to eat except during birthday. And after trying this once, I will never come back here again, because what I wanted was the experience of the food there! Hehe…

Rather happy with the seafood! Though I wish they could cook the crayfish the zhi cha style rather than the ang moh style

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The drunken prawns are good! The soup is tasty and with the prawns freshly cooked in the soup, it is juicy and leaves an herbal aroma =)

The next nice thingy was the steak. I am not a steak person, but I personally enjoy the sauce that goes along with the steak and the baked potato that is cutely prepared.

As for dessert, they have nice cheng tng and with so much dried longan that I believed they didn’t add any sugar to make it sweet. It makes it sweet without being sick.

Fayth and Jolynn remembered my birthday and they very generously gave me a treat, together with YJia at Chilli Padi Nonya Café. (Another buffet!)

These 2 girls LOOOOOVEEEEEES food. And I am not KIDDING!!!! They would travel to places to taste good food! Farrer Park Laska, TPY Ban Mee, Holland Village Provence Bakery… Amused by them =)

Anyway, the last time we came to Bugis, they saw this Nonya café, so there we went today!

Laska, MeeSiam, Gado-gado, Kueh Pati, all very nonya taste. Not bad.

Especially love the Kueh Pati, we can eat it over and over again. It has a crunch, but softened by the sauce. So it does not hurt your tongue. The turnip is tasty as well. I cant exactly describe the taste, but it left a pleasant taste for us to eat it over and over again.

But the chwee kueh there is not so nice. The kueh is nice, but the chilli and the cai po still lose to the one in Bedok. So people, still go for the Bedok chwee kueh. I will not recommend Nonya chwee kueh..

Thank you girls, thank you YJia, Thank you Paul for your kindness toward me =)