Yet another Food Trail with Omy - Bugis+ Part 1

Once again, I had another chance to gorge myself with great food around Singapore, and this time I'll be food from Bugis+ (Formerly known as iluma)

Don't forget to check out my previous food trails, I guess Omy is the reason why I'm not losing weight.....

• Singapore Flying Food Trail
• Gourmet Food Trail with Ah Lun (阿伦笑吃人间 周末趴趴吃) at Shin Yeh restaurant and Szechuan Court(Fairmount Singapore)
• Gourmet Food Trail with Ah Lun (阿伦笑吃人间 周末趴趴吃) at Rendezvous Hotel and Ah Yat Restaurant
• Let the feast begin @ Icon Village

Photos with Omy.sg logo by Omy.



Our first stop, Taipei Station



Our first stop with all the rest of the local bloggers.



The cosy cafe with stools all over.



One of my favorite by Taipei Station(台北站）, Cheese Crispy Chicken 乳酪鸡排




Indeed, cheesy and crispy, with heavily coated skins, one of the best foods you can ever attempt to smuggle into cinemas too!



Original Crispy Chicken 香炸盐酥鸡排



Close up of the Original Crispy chicken.



Crispy Tempura 香炸盐酥甜不辣, Fried pumpkins I think.




Also great for smuggling into cinemas.




Another interesting item on the menu, fried vegetables, but I still prefer my broccoli steamed or poached instead.



Some other more filling items available are Braised pork with jasmine rice and Oyster Mee Sua, also one of young singaporeans favorite.



And not forgetting Taiwan bubble teas.



Taipei Station(台北站）

201 Victoria Street
#04-03 Bugis+
Singapore 188067




Our Second place to eat on the list, Laksania




The very kind ladyboss(I suppose) introducing us to the variants of Laksa found around the region of South East Asia, from Singapore to Borneo.




Sarawak Laksa



Close up of Sarawak Laksa



Singapore Laksa



The variant of Laksa found commonly around Singapore, still my favorite, especially with lots of cockles.



Kelantan Laksa






Another nice item on the menu, Chicken satays, thick and juicy, served without the common Satay peanut sauce, I have no idea what that deliciou sauce was.



Delicious!







Laksania is also available at 3 locations in Singapore as follows.

Nex Mall
23 Serangoon Central
#B1-08
Singapore 556083
Tel:+65 6634 2645

Bugis+
201 Victoria Street
#04-04
Singapore 188067
Tel:+65 6636 9776

East Coast
382 East Coast Road
Singapore 428987
Tel:+65 6346 2026



The third station, Crystal Jade HK Cafe IN


I forgot to take a photo of the exterior, but anyways, Crystal Jade provided one for me.




Our starter, Old time Hong Kong Biscuit with malt sugar as filling, a luxury snack for hongkie kids as a snack back in the 60s.


as well as the Chilled Hong Kong Milk Tea, dramatically presented to your table with dry ice in the hollow segment of the vase, sibeh gao gao and thick milk tea. Price : S$3.90



Crispy Macau pork chop bun, a fusion between eastern and western cuisine, a burger set in short. served with fried pork chop, sliced cucumber, tomato, lettuce and crispy bean curd skin.

Price: S$4.80



Corned beef and cheese toast. (accidentally ate one without taking photo, costs S$4.80 for 4toast)



Probably my favorite of all, Deep-fried Spring Chicken with lemongrass. S$8.80(half) S$16.80(whole chicken)


Juicy juicy chicken.



Another closer look to make you drool, no matter which part of the chicken, it's all tender and great tasting.




Hong Kong Cart Noodles, filled with pretty much what you are able to think of, cuttlefish, fishball, chicken sausages, at only S$4.00.



Our local bloggers habit, thousands of photos first before eating, while I already started eating.




Crystal Jade HK Café
Singapore
Bugis+ #04-05
T (65) 6509 9698




This is the end of part 1 of my food trail at Bugis+ , I'll continue the rest within the week if time allows. :)

*UPDATE**

 Part 2 available now! Link

Sabah under attack by guerrillas from the Philippines

This is one disturbing photo taken during a rally by the MNLF(Moro National Liberation Front), picture via EDMW Loves Singapore.



The state of Sabah is a beautiful place with many exotic plants and creatures, I've been there once and am looking forward to another trip in the near future. Please don't destroy such a beautiful place created by mother nature?

Let's have peace internationally, shall we?

Speak good english movement - How good is your english test

Happened to stumble upon this web quiz by our local Speak Good English Movement campaign, click here to do the test online!

I scored a 16 our of 30.....wow....ok, better work on my ang moh more now.

I've got a question, shouldn't "Laid" be correct?

Magnetic fields in trains

Will this work in Singapore trains?



(video)

KNS INDIAN MUSLIM FOOD

Spotted this around Block 107 Hougang Ave 1, will definitely give it a try someday soon!

Oh.....the letters "KNS" is actually a known abbreviation of a vulgar phrase in Singapore FYI.

To give, or not to give?

 Following the recent post on STOMP, about a man asking for money to public transport fare,(link) I was approached by a man in his late 40s last thursday(6th January 2013) at around 5:40pm at Ang Mo Kio MRT station.


Dress in rugged clothes, he asked "对不起小弟，我不够散钱买ticket, 我可以跟你拿一块九来搭车回家吗？"(Sorry kiddo, I don't have enough change to buy a train ticket home, may I ask you for $1.90 spare change for me to purchase a ticket?)


Out of his very sincere approach and innocence, I decided to look into my wallet, and wala..... there was indeed some spare change amounting to $1.90 exactly, I gave it to him immediately, before I could make a move, he asked me what am I doing at the moment(working or studying), I told him i was an NSF with the Singapore Armed Forces of course...

He then asked "哦，真的谢谢你，不过你自己够用吗？。。。。“(oh, thank you very much, but do you have enough for yourself?...."

I am drawing only S$446.40 in allowance from the army monthly....what is "enough"? (certain amounts deducted for comchest charity and insurance), I am even struggling to save up for further studies and rainy days, but hey, if someone needs help, it's always good to help in any way you can afford to.

For some strange reasons, the number 1280 kept coming to me that day, I then head to a Singapore Pools outlet at AMK Hub NTUC. While in line and almost making it to the cashier through the long queue......guess who did I spot(and spotted me) before getting in queue?


THE SAME MAN, holding a bunch of coins with a $2 note, he approached me with a smile and asked me to help him make the bet purchase.....of course, I did it with a what-the-fuck expression.

I felt cheated, I didn't mind the $1.90, I felt my trust stolen, but whatever, I do hope he won(so he probably won't have to beg again).

On the way home, I joked about it via SMS and whatsapp with friends, later in the evening as I checked the results, guess what, I STRUCK 4D LOTTERY! WOOHOOOO, although it was only a winning of $3, it felt real good.



My point is, whatever happens to money you donate away to strangers, don't feel bad about it, I believe whatever you sow, you'll reap it again in some ways or another, for me, I struck the lottery.

Be kind to strangers. :)

Mint Showcase II

My good friend Mint is having her second ever music showcase, in pursuit of her dreams of becoming a pop star!

Do show your support for local talents!




Details of Mint Showcase II

Dates: 12th (Saturday) and 13th (Sunday) of January 2013
Time: 1pm to 4pm on both days

Venue: All About Eve Bar
144 Arab Street #02-01, Singapore 199829
(Opposite Golden Landmark Hotel)

Ticket Prices: Online purchase $22.00 per ticket (for 1 day),
At the door on performance days $25.00 per ticket (for 1 day)

Visit http://tinyurl.com/MintShowcaseIITicketsto register for your tickets online.

When I'm missing you(Demo cover) - Yong Wei

Merry christmas everyone! I've been MIA for a while.....been busy serving the nation!
(Photo by Omy.sg a few years back)



I have lost 18kg so far, ever since I enlisted into the army 6months ago, my face looks a lot sharper now. Another 18more months to go to finish up my conscription duties! I'm damn happy that I'm constantly losing weight in the army!


In my free time, I really would just like to be playing music these days, here's a new(Actually not so new, written a few years back by one of my close music friends.) song demo recording I did in a hurry, written by my good friend Jacky Cheng not the Hong Kong famous Jacky Chueng hor, enjoy!





(Soundcloud link)



Songwriter : Jacky Cheng
Singer/Demo mix : Goh Yong Wei

 Verse:
Day and Night
I've been thinking of you
Every Night
I've been missing you
It's been so long since we last talk

Remember then, I'm thinking of when
I'm by your side all this while
when you cry then I ask why
and you deny
Oh please don't cry

Chorus:
Now again I try to chill but not frill
but you have over done it
It's okay in any way you'll realise it anyway
Here again you never change or even think about it
You didn't care that's what I fear

Verse 2:
Remember then times we spend together
things we talk like forever
we took pictures with beavers
I... miss those times, I... (miss those times)
but its all memories in my mind...

Chorus: x2
Now again I try to chill but not frill
but you have over done it
It's okay in any   way you'll realise it anyway
Here again you never change or even think about it
You didn't care that's what I fear

Outro:
When it's time to say goodbye
It's tight to say goodbye
Don't wanna go
Cos I'll be missing you so

Youths queueing a week before SMTown concert part 2

Story via STOMP, continued from here





Go ahead and cry you big babies, do something more meaningful with your lives instead of chasing idols.

Anyone can be stupid, but no one should be allowed to be f*cking stupid. This whole story on queuing up 7days for kpop idols has made me so outraged! How in the world can we depend on these youths to take care of Singapore in the future?!


Here's something for youths to start becoming more intelligent, here, listen to some TedTalks here.


Actually, if you think about it, these girls can queue for 7days and night, through rain or shine, even more satki than me doing Guard duties or even outfield trainings leh, these girls should really serve National Service too lor!

Youths queueing a week before SMTown concert

New via Omy.sg

狮城“伟大父母”，儿女追韩星，排队7天霸位，他们日日开车接送，还负责送食物。

下周五（23日），本地的滨海湾浮动舞台将举办众多韩国明星云集的SMTown演唱会，众多少男少女为了霸占演唱会狂舞区最好的位子，从本周五上午就开始排队，排足7天。

排在最前面的少女梁小姐（18岁，理工生）受访时说，她和约14名年龄介于14岁到18岁的朋友，将一起观看演唱会。

她说，演唱会狂舞区（moshpit）的票价是245元，她们无需存钱买票，票都是父母出钱买的。
- 父母忙张罗食物　确保孩子不会挨饿 完整报道请看18.11.2012的》新明日报》。

 In summary, youths queue up 7days in advance for SMTown concert, parents paid for tickets, parents drove daily to provide the youths food while they queue.

I can't believe how f*cking useless this generation has become of young Singaporeans, no backbones, no brains and no idea how hard money is earned.

Why not spend the holidays taking up courses that are useful, First-Aid, CPR, Photography or even volunteer instead of rotting around in the queue?

theRAshow celebrates Deepavali

Another awesome local productions' production produced, this time teaching people about Diwali, the festival of light, celebrated mainly by Hindus around the world.

Support theRAshow by visiting their site! 

Melinda Ulyssa

Via EDMW facebook



Melinda, I phark you, idiot.....

Where got time?

As much as I'd love to blog, to sing, to cover events, to meet all my amazing media friends.....I really don't have the time anymore....for now....I'll have to serve my nation in the military, I'll blog when I have enough free time, meanwhile, remember, I'm not dead yet hor.

Do follow me on twitter @yongwei92 to chat and keep up with me, I'm still very active on microblogs.

Items to giveaway for free!

Did a bit of clean up in my room and round loads of treasures I've kept since I was in primary school a decade ago, I think it's really time I let them go and let some other kid enjoy what I had when I was younger.

I'm still digging out from my room more items, possibly coming up with a part 2 giveaway soon!

Do drop me a mail at yw(at)iamnotfat.net with your

• Name
• Phone

I will get back to you as soon as possible on weekends when I book out of camp(heh, ya, I'm serving the army at the moment.). Do note all these are based on first come first served basis.

Conditions for taking these items from me

• You will not sell it for any profits, unless it's for charity purposes.
• You will continue the chain, pass it down to someone else as a free item.
• Take good care of it.

Mr.Kiasu comics, Almost complete set, with book number 2 missing.

My "huge" collection of Lao Fu Zi comics, mixed series.

Popular Chinese Joke book.

YG Riddle fun.

Megabest jokes.

Other than what I owned since my primary school days are

N.E.Mation 3 and 4 DVDs

Pulse 3 movie DVD.