Friday, October 21, 2005

Lunch with Will


Creepy restaurant, scary...oOooOoOO...
It was raining on the way there, so got a cab. The cabby was this idiot that just had to go against everything you asked. Haiz, forget it.


Amazing acar! good stuff. Probably the best thing around here.


The boy.


We were sitting near the tanks and this waiter guy came out of nowhere with a bucket and a net, got one out and it started flapping inside the bucket. Sad life, these fish.


Supposedly shark's fin soup. Got real crab meat inside. Yummy sticky stuff.


The cold plate, but with all that fried stuff, looks more like a hot plate. The jelly loooking out-of-this-world, alien-egg-looking thing was interesting.


Flied lice. Normal.


The fish, dead and delicious. They call it Patin. Best served steamed. The stomach area is the best part, because of the smooth textured meat. I ate both stomach areas up, because no one else wanted it. Dr Li said the head was the best part but failed to touch it.


Reconstituted chicken meat. Supposedly, they took out the chicken meat, minced it, made cake like pieces, and fried it with a little piece of real chicken skin. However, the taste seems more like fish cake, dissapointing. Teren the chicken lover had to do with the chicken wing, which is real meat.


Fish paste fried with tofu, not bad, especially when eaten with the sweet-sour sauce provided.


Dessert; fried yam paste in crispy coating. Not bad, not too sweet, and the yam paste is very thick.


Conclusion: stomachs got filled.

Thursday, October 20, 2005

the coke guide


Behold! the 20cents coke machine. Bow in awe everybody!
I kid you not, it is 20 cents for one cup of drink.


Located in NUH, funny thing is, why do they sell cheap coke to the doctors when the doctors are earning tons of money, it should be like $1 for a cup there.
Below is my steaming hot cup of Milo. Its supposed to be full, but I obviously drank some up so that it wouldnt spill when i carry it around. Almost burnt my tongue, though...


After the 20 cents experience, I wanted to know how much everybody else were charging. Frist stop, the coke machine outside med library level 2.


80cents for a can of coke. 90cents for green tea.



Second stop, vending machines outside med library level 1.


Cup drinks! But 50 cents each, and its the same size as the one I just got for 20 cents. What a rip off. Do the companies really think that students are richer than doctors?

Still, the one here offers far more choices; milo with ice, horlics hot and cold, orange juice, etc.
So you gotta pay for choice.


Last stop, the new machine outside lab. Qoo is $1 per can. The most expensive drink around. Coke is still 80 cents- kinda like a standard price everywhere.

My conclusion? You can't find your cup of tea anywhere, the freedom to choose will cost you, and Coke is always the frist drink on the machine - scroll back up to spot the 'coke' all over the place, especially at the first spot. Pah, monopoly.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

machine

What's this? A new tantalizing temptation outside the lab? Productivity will decrease!