Had my first ever facial near china town point. The beautician was excellent. It comes with shoulders and hand massage. Rejuvenating. A total of 2 hours. Ended off with a hard sell of their facial products while mother and I ate herbal jelly and sipped iced chinese tea. Not bad. Had the best lao po bing and egg tarts in a long long while. The freshly made pastries beat those touristy packaged ones from taiwan or hongkong. hail cantonese speaking, aged stores selling centuries old LAO PO BING! i <3 them.
Brought tanvi around Chinatown to have some traditional chinese desserts. Mom’s walnut paste was tops. Smooth and creamy. Slides down your throat deliciously. And good for my perpetually forgetful brain too apparently. My mango sago pomelo was disappointing. Do not attempt to fork out 3.50 SGD for a bowl of bland, hardly appetizing mango cubes in syrup with a tad of pomelo bits on top. Tanvi had mango pudding. Came in a plastic cup instead of a porcelain bowl with a bright red (those found on cheap cakes) cherry. Looked suspiciously factory made. S$3. Don’t order. she liked it though.Had a lovely time walking around plaza sing with dear tanvi after that. Loved her fake G but strikingly orange sandals from bali -only $9 and her sexy curls. She wanted to cut her hair short. Its a flat NO from me. From experience, my friends will cut their hair short and then grow it back again when they miss it. Just like me. 
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Well, friends who last since jc dun come easy. I miss chuan cheng, foo, lino and angel lots. My small but wonderful group of friends.
Oh here’s sth about the national day parade 2009:
“this yr, ndp 09 is centred on our national pledge. The theme, come together, reaching u,p reaching out embodies the 5 things we hope singaporeans do -to explore, connect, express, care and to celebrate
we hope that this ndp, at 822pm.. when the chimes sounds across singapore, all singaporeans will spend a moment in silence, to reflect and recite with us the national pledge as we think about what it means to be singaporean..”
I wish Singapore has more history. That can only come with each passing year of course. When i was in Europe, i saw history come alive. But back in singapore..There’s hardly any architecture that I’m really proud of. Chinatown is unique and colourful. But surely more can be done. Have more modern art around. Paint the merlion red. Bold, striking, majestic. Build more monuments and sculptures man!! different versions of merlion. Build a LKY statue to commemorate the man who has forged our history almost single handedly. More founding fathers around! May their legacy never die.
Back to my day. Dinner was great i shall let the pictures speak for themselves. Loved la mian and xiao long pao. Thanks chun da ge for treating me to a welcome back dinner. and for cherishing our friendship throughout these two years. Wish u all the best in your upcoming camps. Fight the politics and the mishaps well!
