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A couple of months ago, I learned that my sister got a Watsons membership card for 10 yuan when she went on a trip to mainland China. I remember telling her “oh, We have Watsons in Singapore but no Watsons Card.” Well we do now. Watsons Singapore finally launched their card. It costs SGD 5 which is about 25 yuan. =_= (SGD5 is about MRU Rs125 ?)

I got my card yesterday. I often buy things at Watsons and since it is possible to earn points to redeem as cash rebates with the Watsons card , it seems like a good deal to me. I also got 29 vouchers(valid till 31 Dec 2009) in my Welcome Pack.

Most of the vouchers are to be used at Watsons but I’ve seen a few which are for KFC,The Nail Spa & Wellness, Spectacle hut etc. The voucher I’m most tempted to use is the Spectacle Hut voucher: a voucher for a free eye check and SGD40 off the purchase of a pair of spectacles which costs at least SGD 100. Even if I rarely wear my glasses when I go out, I think it’s high time for me to buy a new pair.

note : The Watsons Singapore card has to be activated online.

A short update because I’m too tired to edit the photos taken today.

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Your place or my place?
I was busy writing that message to my new student when one of my friends looked at my phone and exclaimed WHAT?! next to my ear. Ouch. I was merely asking my student if he wanted to be tutored at his place or mine. =_= Lisa is too busy to take another student and she recommended me. (thanks Liz!)
I’ll be busy preparing some French worksheets over the weekend.

I had lunch with Nicolas, one of my primary school best friends about 3 hrs ago. We went to eat at the Coffee Club right outside Raffles Place MRT station. The last time I saw Nicolas was 6 or 7 years ago. I didn’t see him for a couple of years after we finished primary school but we met up again one day thanks to a mutual friend. He is one of the few primary school ex-classmates that I still keep in touch with.

I was thinking about this the other day: I’m still not sure if Singapore is where I should be. I still don’t feel like this is ‘home’ but at least, here I’ve been able to meet up with my good friends again. I have 3 other close friends in Singapore. I’ve met them at different stages of my life and they have been very good friends. A few years ago, I didn’t think that I’d see again after they/I left Mauritius. Now somehow I’ve landed in Singapore and they happen to be working/studying here. I’m really happy.

Back to food…

Soup of the day was Leek and potato soup. It was good. :flowers: I had just finished my soup when I suddenly remembered that I had my camera in my bag.

Mushroom and Parmesan baked rice. I could smell the parmesan as soon as the waiter put the dish down on the table.

Mango peach smoothie

Nicolas had the Honky Tonk Gumbo Set meal. (Weird name!) I didn’t take a photo of his Lychee soda with vanilla ice cream but here’s what his food looked like. (90% of it anyway)
He had already started eating when I took this photo.

We only had one hour to eat and talk but it was good to see him again. We’ve known each other since 1990. That was so long ago. I can’t help feeling a bit old. I miss my carefree childhood days.

The food was good & we got to talk for a while after not seeing each other for so many years. Sounds nice right? The only thing I’m sad about is that I forgot to ask one of the waiters to take our photo. As usual I took photos of food and forgot about taking photos of people. Argh. I’ll try not to forget next time.

Lisa’s friend Jeff came over for dinner last night and Lisa bought Chilli crab, Black pepper crab and some other dishes.

Chilli crab is very popular in Singapore. I’ve heard of this dish even before coming to Singapore.
Audrey and Colas both like the black pepper crab but I didn’t like it much. I preferred the Chilli crab.

This seems to be fried mantou. Mantou are Chinese steamed buns with no fillings.
We dipped the mantou in the chilli crab sauce before eating. yummy!
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As mentioned before, I went on a trip to Hong Kong and mainland China with my youngest sis for ten days.

I was too busy to take photos during my trip. The only photos I took with my camera were on the plane and on the train.

On the plane to Hong Kong:


I didn’t have time to eat at home and had to buy the food on the plane. Jetstar is a budget airline. The plane tickets are cheap but meals aren’t included and have to be bought during the flight. I chose the Hainanese Chicken Rice meal. It was expensive and didn’t taste nice. >.< Next time, I will eat at home or even at the airport.

After I finished eating, I put on the N95 mask that Lisa got for me. Almost everyone was wearing a mask. Mine looked a tad funny but that’s all I had. I found it a bit hard to breathe when wearing the mask. I also had to fill in a health declaration form on the plane. Seeing so many people wearing masks on the plane made me worry a bit.
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