Xin Wang Hong Kong Café @ Anchorpoint

Finally I succeeded in dragging Chu Luei along this Sunday to Faith Methodist Church, where I used to go with Emilia.
After the service, we took bus 195 from Commonwealth Station to Anchorpoint for lunch, which was randomly decided. And again, randomly decided to take our lunch at Xin Wang Hong Kong Café （新旺香港茶餐廳）, where I've never been to before.

For your information, so far there's only one outlet in Malaysia, and it's in Sabah. Therefore, it's kinda like having meal somewhere which my home country doesn't have, non-literally.

Compared to Kim Gary, I think Xin Wang has less variation on food.
I'm still a fan of Kim Gary. :)

Ice Macau Coffee 澳門咖啡 ($3.00)


Seafood Hot Pot Congee 鰻魚泡飯 ($11.50)


HK Famous Cheese Baked Pork Chop Spaghetti 香港著名芝士烘豬扒意大利麵 ($10.50)


HK Steamed Pork Rib with Salted Fish 港式咸魚排骨竹筒飯 ($7.90)

I would consider this restaurant as an affordable one only if the currency unit is in RM. Hehe...

Xin Wang Hong Kong Café
Anchorpoint #01-13/14
370 Alexandra Road
Singapore 159953

Javier's Rotisserie & Salad @ Cathay Cineleisure Orchard

A dinner outside for Sunday, keep workaholic's stresses way.

On one of the Sundays, Emilia and I somehow decided to go Orchard for dinner to spend her Fruit Frolic 54% discount voucher and my Frolick 1 for 1 voucher. Of course those are not dinner, just some appetizers and desserts.

While walking around at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard, we found this.

Javier's Rotisserie & Salad

At first we din't understand what does "Fil-é-Plate" mean. After we decided to share (we are not rich) on a 1/2 chicken set, we realized, the idea is "Fill the rest of your plate with salad and hot sides". Therefore, skillful people outside, this would be a plus to all of you, worth dining here.

I let Emilia do the filling job and I filled the cream soup to 101% full. Muakaka...

1/2 Javier's Roast Chicken with black pepper sauce ($18.90)
With Broccolis, Button mushrooms, Coleslaw, Corns, Garlic breads, Hash browns, Mashed potato, Onion rings, Pasta, Potato salad, Potato wedges



I think the side dishes have taken all the fame. Poor chicken.

Actually... we felt quite full even for sharing. So, it's definitely an affordable and recommendable dinner.

Javier’s Rotisserie & Salad Bar
#B1-03/04/05, Cathay Cineleisure Orchard
8 Grange Rd, Singapore 239695

Fig & Olive @ Jurong Point

It was the Sunday after my second week of internship.
After church, Emilia and I by random decision went to Jurong Point for lunch.
We called Alex to come along and wandered around while waiting for him.
We then found a 1-for-1 lunch promotion at Fig & Olive (only for main courses under "Gourmet Galore" section in the menu), and since there're only 3 of us, we shall make it 2 for 2 and the share the extra one. Smart huh? Haha...

Fig & Olive is a restaurant based and operated in Singapore, currently with 3 outlets in Singapore and one in Malaysia.

My Margribi Chicken Olive Rice ($16.10)


Alex's Fish Melted Cheese ($14.80 - FOC Item)


Emilia's Chicken Pesto Carbonara ($16.10)


Shared Figo Fish Oglio ($15.90 - FOC Item)

Fig & Olive
63 Jurong West Central 3 #B1-62/63
Jurong Point Shopping Centre
Singapore 648331

Hat Yai, Thailand

27 (Mon) - 29 (Wed) Dec 2010
Lodging: B.P. Grand Suite Hotel

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Day 1

We departed from Greenlane McD on a van in the morning, with two other ladies whom we don't know, and reached the entrance of the B.P. Grand Suite Hotel at 9am (Thailand's timezone).

We're so unfortunate that the total number of us (5) were noticed and we're asked by no other choice to get another extra room, meaning that we're gonna pay more. The lobby gave me my first impression of the hotel, under construction, dusty, poor English pronunctiation and grammar by the receptionist, my goodness, why this kind of place? However, after entering our rooms, tadang!!

Aiyaya, it was totally out of my expectation. Hehe...


Samurai Pork Burger from McDonald’s at Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel
(I don't mind if Malaysia’s not having one as it doesn't taste any better or more special)


One of their famous markets - Kim Yong Market


I just don't understand why sometimes things have to be so spicy to the extent that I couldn’t even taste the original taste of them.


It’s around 200฿, I wonder if you can find any cheaper one.

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Day 2

My first time taking Tuk-tuk, which fare is super cheap.


The big market of Hat Yai, a paradise for my cheapskate female friends, while for a guy like me, "Can I just stay inside the hotel room?"


Being dolls, not so bad at all, at least there's free trip without having them owning a passport.

Although we didn't manage to visit those touristy places of Hat Yai, at least we've been to the Hat Yai Lantern Festival which is quite seasonal, featuring 11 amazing (quite awesome) lanterns.

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Day 3

The last cheap stuff we had on our last day - Hachiban Ramen (a Japanese restaurant) at Lee Gardens Plaza Hotel.

Due to the traffic congestion near the customs, we're only able to reach Prangin Mall, Penang late at around 10pm.


For more photos, please check out my photo album "Hat Yai Trip" on Facebook.

DALK Surgery

I was diagnosed in Pantai Hospital, Penang to have keratoconus on both eyes and that's why my vision is so unclear to the extent that degrees cannot be tested by optimist, i.e. spectacles are useless for this kind of sickness.

Doctor Ho from Pantai Hospital has recommended me to Prof. Donald Tan from Singapore National Eye Cente (SNEC) for further solution as Malaysia doesn't have (I guess) any advance solution for this and if corneal transplant surgery is to be done, it's of course more technological advance in Singapore.

After consultation, I have decided to undergo DALK Surgery which costs around S$16,000. As you all know, consultation in Singapore, phew... is so costly if you're not a Singapore citizen or PR. Each consultation is around S$100 and the time you're spending on consultation is just a few minutes, my goodness....

In an early morning, that was my first time wearing like this (with disposable underwear some more, tsk tsk tsk...).

I will undergo the surgery under general anesthesia, which means I will be in a state of unconsciousness. Oh yeah, if not, I can't imagine what am I going to see.

The surgery took 1.5 hours, and I don't even know what was happening during the process.

 

After surgery, my right eye was covered with a patch, thank God it went smoothly and thank my friends who paid me a visit. General anesthesia really made me feel so drowsy and tired.

After a few months, my right eyesight improved while my left eyesight regressed until it almost can't be used to identify an object clearly. So actually, I'm quite blessed that I had undergone this surgery before anything was too late and if I didn't, HOW WAS I GOING TO GO FOR EXAMS?! Haha...