The Hungry Bunny

Alléluia, il se trouve que je n'ai plus besoin d'obtenir le booster; grâce à Covid. Je ne sais pas comment je l'ai eu, car mon mari ne l'a pas du tout. C'était incroyable, il m'a accompagné tout au long de mon isolement, j'ai toussé dans son visage, on a partagé des repas, et pourtant il est resté non infecté. (et plus, disons que nous avons démystifié l'idée que Covid est transmissible par le sexe 😆) C'était assez drôle en fait, car il voulait s'infecter; il juste était trop paresseux pour obtenir le booster.  Mes symptômes du Covid n'étaient pas trop mauvais mais ils étaient un peu bizarres: ça a commencé avec une voix rauque, mais je n'ai pas eu mal de gorge. Et puis, j'ai commencé à tousser, mais je n'avais pas de fièvre, et j'étais toujours négatif. Ce n'est qu'après avoir récupéré la voix que je me suis testé positif au covid. Et une semaine après ça (quand j'étais censé être non infectieuse), j'ai perdu...

결석에 대해 미안해요.  일은 미쳤다고 백신 접종 후에 나는 오랫동안 아팠어요. 부작용이 너무 이상하고 심했다고 오늘은 3주 만에 처음으로 잘 지내요. 건강 해지고 기분이 더더 좋아. 어쨌든 이 레스토랑은 "내 직업에 부족"의 추천이었어요. 나는 오랫동안이 친구들을 알지 못했지만 이 여자들은 나에게 여동생처럼 되었어요. 이 여자들은 내  서포터 시스템이며고 사무실은 그들 없이는 재미있지 않아.  나는 타이타이가 될 때 이 여자들을 그리워 할 것이야 😢 ======================= Da Shi Jia was another fantastic recommendation by my work tribe. It's the oddest thing, I must have walked past it a gazillion times and have never noticed it. If not for LP and Santo gushing about their white bee hoon, I wouldn't ever have known about it.    My only other graze with white bee hoon was sometime ago , requiring a trek up North to Sembawang at White Restaurant. Simply by virtue of its central location along Killiney Road, Da Shi Jia is already a win. That being said, the white bee hoon is indeed extraordinary.    Also, Singapore-style soupy prawn noodles have never really been my thing (I much prefer Penang's spicy porky version)...but Da Shi Jia 's rendition ...

C'était une recommandation d'une des femmes de "ma tribu de travail". Même si je ne les connais pas depuis très longtemps, je me sens comme si je les connaissais depuis toujours. Elles sont mon système de soutien, mes sœurs, et le travail ne serait pas aussi amusant sans elles. Elles vont me manquer quand j'essaye d'être "une dame qui déjeune".  ======================   Guan's was a recommendation of my work tribe when we were trying to find more economical lunch options in the City Hall vicinity, so we wouldn't be so ridiculously broke come month's end #trialsandtribulationsofthelowSES.    LP, (in support of her argument that the West is, contrary to popular belief, awash with culinary gems) plugged their "very vinegar-y bak chor mee", having found their noodles at their (now defunct) Jurong East mothership scrumptious--Santo was sold on the "very vinegar-y" pitch, and I was more than persuaded by the purported walle...

Je viens d'avoir quarante ans. Et alors je suis officiellement d'âge mûr 😁. Mais contrairement à beaucoup de mes contemporains, je suis parfaitement contente de vieillir, même si je suis maintenant considérée (par la société, surtout en Asie) comme trop âgée 😨.  Je suis toujours en bonne santé donc je peux faire tout ce que je veux, j'ai une vie confortable et je n'ai besoin de rien, j'ai l'amour d'un bon homme et je suis entourée de mes proches, alors que qu'est-ce qu'il y a de malcontent?? La perte de sa jeunesse? la baisse de son taux métabolique? l'apparition de rides? Ben oui, bien sûr! C'est le passage du temps, non? On vieillit, c'est une certitude de vie, donc on devrait essayer de faire de son mieux, et alors sois juste content, ouais? Après tout, "il y a un temps pour tout, un temps pour toute chose sous les cieux", non?  Des connaissances m'ont demandé comment j'avais passé mon anniversaire, et au risque de ...

La vaccination, c'est un sujet dont mes amis et moi, même mes collègues, parlons actuellement. Le prendrait-on, quel vaccin on prendrait si on avait le choix, et surtout, le fait qu'on soit citoyen d'un pays riche donne à chacun le privilège d'avoir un choix en premier lieu. Gratuitement encore!  Même si je ne vais pas juger si on choisit de se faire vacciner, j'aimerais que chacun fasse les recherches nécessaires avant de décider de prendre le vaccin. Il y a tellement de désinformation sur les réseaux sociaux ces jours-ci, que je suis très en colère lorsque certaines de mes connaissances partagent manifestement de fausses nouvelles. Des gens diplômés, généralement gentils et normaux, tous partageant des mensonges non soutenu par la science, c'est incroyable!  S'il vous plaît, j'implore chacun de ne faire confiance qu'aux informations diffusées par des médecins certifiés.  Si vous souhaitez connaître les prévisions météorologiques, vous demanderiez à...

지난주에 우리 결기 9주년기념 이었어요. 세월 참 빠르다! 결혼날 제일 행복하다고 생각했는데 지금은 전보다 더 행복해요. 모두 내 남편 덕분이에요. 여보가 날마다 나를 행복하게 해주기 때문이야. 오늘까지 어떻게 그렇게 행운을 가져왔는지 모르겠어요.  우리는 축하하기 위해 특별한 저녁을 먹으러 나가지 않았어.  우리는 집에서 있었는데 닭고기 감자탕을 같이 요리했어. #소확행 ======================= It's been a crazy December (Christmas cannot arrive soon enough!!) and both andmorefood and I have been buried under an impossible mountain of work. So when our schedules both aligned like the much feted great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn's "Christmas Kiss", we took the opportunity for a little respite from our crushing deadlines, have a languid meal and catch up with one another.  We were mulling lunch venues and I remembered The Big Kahuna waxing lyrical about Madam Fan ; and as his previous recommendation of Dempsey Cookhouse panned out marvelously, I was more than inclined to heed his suggestion. Fans of Hakkasan in London (including andmorefood who remembers having splurged many a year-end bonus at sai...

C'est la saison de la soupe. Meme si on n'a pas les quarte saisons à Singapour, le temps devient "pas aussi chaud" vers la fin de l'année; c'est cette période que j'ai envie de soupes et de ragoûts...ils sont très très réconfortants!  Dans d'autres nouvelles, les lumières et décorations de Noël à Rue Orchard sont allumées!! Je ne suis pas sûr pourquoi, mais voir les lumières de Noël me rend toujours heureux. Je pense, c'est peut-être parce que les lumières de Noël signifient l'approche de Noël, ma saison préférée de tous. Même si on ne fête pas Noël pour des raisons religieuses, c'est toujours le temps de la gentillesse et l'amour, toutes les qualités que j'apprécie et chérit. Et parce que tous nos proches resteront à Singapour, nous inaugurerons et passerons les fêtes de Noël et du Nouvel An avec eux à la maison au lieu. Ce sera certainement un changement, car nous sommes habituellement à l'étranger et nous regardons les feux d...

어제는 내 여보의 생일이었어요. 내 아이폰 캘린더 때문에 기억했어요 😂. 진실은 몇 년 전 남편의 생일을 잊은 후는데 친구가 아이폰의  캘린더 알람을 눌러서 잊지 못할 것이에요.    나는 그럼에도 남편에게 감사하지만 블랙 프라이데이 세일은 남편 생일보다 더 특별해요 😁😁😂. 특히 땡스기빙 때문에 남편이 내 생활에서 제일 좋은 것이에요 ❤   ===================   My earlier quest to hunt down dinner-time yong tau fu netted several recommendations for this hawker as well. Renowned for raising their shutters only upon the stroke of midnight, this intrepid stall is purportedly beloved by taxi drivers aplenty. And similar to the general rule (by implication) wherein the stall with the longest queue at any hawker centre must be first-rate, I thought it wise to heed the professed opinions of local taxi drivers, self-appointed proctors of the city's best local fare.  But as with life's generalities, there are exceptions to every rule. And this yong tau foo was just not as superb as its snaking lines or favourable reviews would suggest. It's not to say that the yong tau fu was terrible; it's simply middling...

우리는 또 다른 한국어 시험을 봤어요. 스트레스가 쌓 이 는데 우리에게는 악몽이 있어 😰. 다른 밤에 남편이 자면서과 호흡을해서 깨워 야 했어요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ  ================================   A dinner-time hankering for yong tau fu led to the discovery of Fatty Aunt Yong Tau Fu .    Most (well, the reputable ones anyway) yong tau foo stalls tend to sell out by late lunch (including old-reliables Cuppage Yong Tau Foo and Yi Xiang Feng at Ang Mo Kio ), so I leaned on word-of-mouth for recommendations because googling netted results that all shuttered by mid-afternoon.  How I've never known about this seasoned long-timer till recently, I have no idea!! Purportedly crazy popular with the hospital staff at SGH come lunch-time (it's a short hop and skip away from SGH's College Road entrance), this Silat Road veteran has been around for yonks. Another big plus: its Jalan Bukit Merah/Kampong Bahru locale is so very accessible as it's not too far from the city.  Fatty Aunt 's noteworthy for its boggling array of fried stuffed ingre...

Have I already mentioned that I love my foodie friends?? Because oftentimes we get stuck in a rut of only eating at the same few restaurants, it's such a refreshing change-up to have our food-obsessed friends steer us to their family's favourite haunts. In fact, many of our current go-tos started off as recommendations from our friends. Chui Xiang Kitchen is a cze char discovery courtesy of a colleague-turned-friend, who's quickly turning out to be some kind of savant with regards to unknown, underrated gems (he'd previously suggested the fantastic Gu Ma Jia ). It's apparently been around for years, but as with Gu Ma Jia, I'd have never known it was there if he didn't tell me about it. It's located along the same row of shophouse eateries as Casuarina Curry and Ban Leong Wah Hoe Seafood , and in fact, Chui Xiang Kitchen is right next to the latter. Frankly, I'm stumped as to why Ban Leong Wah Hoe appears so much more popular than Chui Xiang Ki...

The National Gallery will forever be known to me as the old Supreme Court. As one of the last batches of lawyers freshly minted in its courtrooms, I've fond memories hanging out in the bar-room of old. It was exuberant place of stimulating debate, sagely counsel, and just plain ol' salacious hearsay. The stately building, granted conservation status as an important heritage of Singapore, has been refurbished into an art museum and a popular destination for families with young 'uns. Not my scene, of course, but the slew of dining options at the National Gallery are quite the draw. Like I always say, food is what attracts Singaporeans near and far. You can build a mall in the godforsaken nowhere, but fill it with restaurants galore, and the crowds will come. Sitting next to Aura at the top floor of the National Gallery, Yan Restaurant appears incredibly popular: The restaurant was a full-house even on a typically sluggish Monday night for dinner. It's little wonder, ...