To my rue, the absence cost me a wonderful experience. I'm talking about one of the most spectacular events this year, the Singapore Airshow. Now all I can do is to stare at those photos taken by photographers (from scoops by Oops!) and gasp in awe and amazement. Otherwise, I could have been one of them taking pictures of aerobatic displays and stunts showcased by those good looking pilots in their fighter jets! Aw man.

Just look at the magnificent 470-seater Airbus A380! Even before the time it was born, the hype surrounding this popular plane was already winning over the hearts of people like me when I was still working at the airport 2 years back. I wonder if I'll ever be able to set foot on this plane..

Aight'! I have been really busy these days, paying lots of money, attending countless parties for 21st birthdays until there are seriously two big holes on both sides of my pockets! But those were also the days when they finally acquired all the freedom they need, the day of their triumph! (and mine too because they are officially one year older than me) Heh heh.. that's how scheming a woman can be. And without further ado, I shall now present to you the babies who are a year older than me!

Jwee Siang's Birthday (the power 2b-ians behold! birthday boy ain't in the pic btw)
Desmond's Birthday (the guy with a 'huh' look on his face, spot him yet?)
Qi's Birthday (with the 2b-ians again and the Trio!)
Luis' Birthday (the man in black)And girls, as you're salivating right in front of your computer screens, drifting away in your own fantasies and desires with any of these guys in the pictures, I shall let you in on a secret. They are all eligible bachelors. -winks- More birthdays to come, gulps.

-switches channel- On this really exhausting night after a whole afternoon of hard work, I was on my way home with my so called dessert for dinner when I bumped into this blind man. Initially, I gave myself an excuse that I was really tired and wanted to walk away from it all. But looking at how he was waving around his walking stick wildly, I just couldn't leave him in the lurch. So, I decided against being one of those typical un-kind Singaporeans, helped him up and down the stairs, queued up and bought him 2 packets of duck noodles, then walked him to the interchange and I didn't even deserve a Thank You? Gosh, that came as a nasty shock to me. Oh wells I can't expect anything right. Yeah, call me a good Samaritan.

Anyway, my stomach is churning all over at the thought of duck noodles! Since I have bravely tried quite a variety of foods nowadays, let the skeptic me give my reviews about them. Firstly, you have to try the Curry Chicken/Sambal Chicken Briyani at Tanjong Pagar Railway Station. It's S$4 for a packet but the nice malay lady there gives a generous amount of briyani enough for 4. I'M SERIOUS. And since I'm a little afraid of the spice from sambal chilli, I went for the curry chicken instead. The flesh of the chicken is oh-so tender and the smell of the curry is enough to drive you crazy. You might faint from the aroma if you happen to be too hungry for food. Next coming up, also from a Malaysian food stall in the railway station, never miss the famous Baseball Soto. They actually fried the potato and made it look like a huge mass of brown dirty ball. BUT, never judge a book by its covers people. When you throw the potato ... sorry, I meant slide the potato into your soup of oily soto (made up of shredded pieces of chicken, mutton and what-nots), the taste is simply yummy. But eat it at your own risk because I would only give the hygienic level of the stall 1 star. Oh and it's S$2.50 for a set!

Away from Halal food, I shall introduce to you guys a new Japanese outlet at the basement of Raffles City Shopping Centre - Shokudo. It looks like a flea market with many little stalls around the area, abit like our food courts where some stalls 'specialize' in doing sushi, udon, sashimi, soup, desserts, drinks, etc. Some genius decided to adopt the same system as Marche, that is ordering of food through the use of a card (no sarcasm intended). If you happen to lose the card, there will be a penalty of S$100. But indeed, it saves the hassle of passing money around while getting your food and you won't be experiencing things like coins slipping through your fingers into some miso soup. The soup will be exceptionally tasty when that happens of course. Anyhow, I ordered 2 plates of sake sashimi without knowing how expensive they were (S$13.80), and they had me running to the loo every now and then for 2 days. It's kinda weird cos' I had 4 plates of sashimi at Park Royal Hotel's restaurant a week earlier and I was perfectly fine. All I can say is, take the sashimi at your own risk! Then, I had another plate of rosti with sausages. They tasted alright, but I thought I was eating potato with dripping oil all the time. Otherwise, the sausage was perfectly fine and even had a crunchy bite to it. Last but not least, I had a mango kakigoi for dessert. It's seriously expensive for a dessert (S$6.80) but it's one of the tastiest mango pudding I have ever attempted to eat. Oh, and be sure to get that winter jacket on before you freeze from the cold of the sweet-tasting fine crushed ice. The bill was literally a huge eye-opener cos' it amounted to S$35.75. Will Shokudo be your next gathering spot?

Talent take you this far. But with experience, it can take you even further. And what should you do to get to the next step..? KISS ASS! -Muttons @ Midnight