I guess I have been busying myself in schoolwork and stuff and haven’t taking a step back to review what I have done…

The matra “If they DO WELL because they WORK HARD, then I will just WORK HARDER!!!” has been at the back of my mind pushing me to work harder for the past 2 months… But all the hardwork comes to naught especially with that “Just do it, think later…” mentality of mine, wasting the 2 months…. Maybe its still not too late to just do a little thinking…

And perhaps that will save me some time for myself, her and everybody else….

Minna… Kangaete ite ganbarimashou!!!

Peng Lai Ge Taiwan Delight
456 Joo Chiat Road

Ya.. its that Taiwanese food place again… Tried three new dishes when we went here a botu a few weeks ago….

This is their oyster meesua….

Their pork chop rice…. Very big portions… The pork chop tastes authentic… Lol.. Nostalgic in fact… *Imagines self in one of those Taiwanese food stores outside camps…..

A very milky bubble milk tea….

Werner’s Oven
6 Upper East Coast Road #01-01/02/03
Tel: 6442 3897

Grilled Cheese Sausage with Sauerkraut and Mashed Potatoes… Werner’s has the best sausage I have tasted…… Lolx.. Mebbe its just bcos I haven’t tried enough or something…. The mashed potatoes is really yummy too….

Knusperiege Schweinehaxe with Sauerkraut and Mashed Potatoes… Well… This is a actually deep fried pork knuckles… Not knuckles as in the knuckles you have in your fist, but rather like a cross-section of the pig’s leg? This can taste a bit “porky” (as how some pple puts it…), but it was really nicely done, with crispy skin and stuff… And ya.. The sauerkraut does help rid one’s mouth of the “porky” taste….. But I don’t really mind it as a side dish… *Think sauerkraut tastes interesting….

Marutama @ The Central

The standard $12 ramen with chicken broth….. +$1 for the egg…. Well… I like it… The chicken broth (dunno y ppl dun like this… It tastes like home-made chicken soup, that my grandma boils…), the egg (half boiled and slightly seasoned…), the seaweed and the sliced pork… Definitely more suited to Singaporean tastebuds than Miharu which was a tad saltish…. Wouldn’t mind trying again… Although it is really quite EX…

Daikon…. (Its tastes like how its supposed to taste like? Radish….) Could taste traces of dried scallops tho… Prolly not ordering this next time…

Azabu Sabo @ The Central

Desert — Hokkaido Hotballs with dumplings (actually more like dangos) and red bean paste… Tasted interesting…. Fried balls of flour with custard in it…Topped with a vanilla ice cream (which was not bad)…

This one comes with sweet potato instead of dumpling/dango….. I think a shaved ice would have been more satisfying compared to Hokkaido Hotballs… But should try different stuff now and then….

Cheese Cake from Hokkaido Fair @ Isetan Scotts (Shaw House)…

Couldn’t resist buying after trying twice on different occasions….

Only Japanese products get packaged so nicely???!?!

It wasn’t really a cake but more like a very large helping of cheese (which took 5 people to finish)…… The cheese was very smooth and tasted just right…. Too bad today’s like the last day of the fair….

Sakae @ Parkway

Teppanyaki cravings of Mel led us to Sakae at Parkway where we shared beef, chicken, and also this….

Okonomiyaki…. Lol… The uncle next to us was like staring at the chef prepare this… He even asked him what it was…. Its actually Kansai-styled vegetable pancake with a generous helping of “the moving thing”, brown sauce and mayonaise……. Really enjoyed it…. And I guess the chef enjoyed making it too… Hope to go back there and eat it again!

Hmmm.. Taken a long enough hiatus I guess… Shall just do some light photo-blogging to get that engine started….

These are photos of some of the food my friends and I have tried since November….

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Lim Seng Lee Duck Rice Restaurant
38 South Buona Vista Road

The whole entire spread of dishes we order at the restaurant…. It adds up to $30 and feeds 3… Expensive.. But the food is very nice….

The main dish.. Duck in yummy brown sauce… (The sauce is sweeter than normal… But the sweetness gives a nice touch to the meat, which is flavourful by itself… There’s no skin tho…. Haha… I love duck skin…..)

Sambal Kangkong…. Quite nicely done.. Love the sambal!!!

Braised tofu… Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside…

Peng Lai Ge Taiwan Delight
456 Joo Chiat Road

The sign infront of the store… It had mel jumping up and down….

卤肉饭… Thot it was only average… The meat could have been cooked for a longer time.. But the egg was not bad…..

Smelly tofu… Don’t really see this often…. It was good…

炸酱面… Supposed to be good…..

Beef Noodle.. Memories of Taiwan…..

The authentic Taiwanese fried chicken…. (Can give all the other Taiwanese fried chicken a miss… Cos they don’t taste like the real thing…)

Aston’s Express @ Prince George’s Park Residences

Ribeye with pasta salad and mashed potatoes….

Ribeye with potato salad and coleslaw….

Sun with Moon @ Wheelock Place

Kamenashi (Looks quite interesting right?? Its supposed to be left covered for a minute to cook the food inside…)

After 1 minute….. Piping hot beef and salmon kamenashi!!!!

Sapporo Ramen… I think… Think either Yong Ping or Mel ordered this….

Salmon fillet… Looks good…….

Deserts…. Sun with Moon really has a lot of interesting deserts…

This is Reubs’ Cheese tofu which even comes with a cage(?!?!!)

Strawberry Cheese…..

Matcha Tiramisu….

Melon ice cream……

Grilled Seafood Place @ Takashimaya Basement… (We call it the “Oden Place” tho….)

Oden…. But this is a pretty lousy picture… Hmm for those who dunno what’s oden.. Think Jap yong tau foo… We always borrow the auntie’s scissor to cut up the stuff in the oden… So feel free to borrow scissors there too….

Grilled ika set… The only thing we have been eating there besides oden…. Not that the rest of the stuff don’t look nice… Its just that we are lazy (I think so.. Cos I know I am), we don’t wanna deal with the extra work that comes with eating grilled fish….

The miso soup is really nice.. And the brinjal (smallest bowl) tastes very good.. So much for being one of the most hated vegs around…

Some bean mochi…. Hahhahaz… Forgot the name.. Was so long ago…. (Benji enlighten me if u remember…)

The ran-over version….

Jap Food Stall @NTU Canteen 1 (And someone shd start complaining about disposable utensils!!! How can anything taste nice when its presented in polysterene?!?!?!)

Katsu Curry Don…. Curry sauce seems watered down… But didn’t know crab sticks can taste nice…. (See crabstick salad at right bottom of the polystyrene box…)

White Dog Cafe @ Vivocity

Almond crusted chicken……Looks nice!

Salmon fillet……

And extra large piece of pork cutlet with Thai chilli sauce….

The Caffe Bar @ Parkway Parade (Recommended by Aloysius…)

The executive set here actually comes with soup, freeflow bread a main dish and coffee or tea….. Tea comes in and interesting container too!! The price comes up to about $14…. Thinks its pretty worth it…

Mel’s Fish and Chips…..

Cabonara…. Well it tastes good…. Unlike pasta from this other pasta place in Parkway…

Azabu Sabo @ Marina Square

Sabo ramen I think…. Not very good at identifying ramen….

Katsu Curry Don….. Ya.. Pork cutlet again… Currently undergoing this phase in which I am just trying out the prok cutlet, more specifically Katsu Curry Don everywhere…. This one is only soso tho…. My fave one is still in Japan…..

Forgot what this is called… Think it has the word “matcha” somewhere…

Didn’t try it… *cough* But unidentified person no1 says that the ice shavings are very fine and no 2 said that the matcha syrup can be tasted even in the ice shavings inside….

Green tea residue…

One More Time, One More Chance

Writing: Masayoshi Yamazaki

Arrangement: Toshiyuki Mori

Transliteration and translation: daike

Translation support: Emma

Translation edit: icie

Translations from: Hunting the Elusive

これ以上何を失えば　心は許される
どれ程の痛み成らば　もう一度君に会える
One more time　季節よ　うつろわないで
One more time ふざけあった時間よ

How much more do I have to lose, before my heart is forgiven?
How many more pains do I have to suffer, to meet you once again?
One more time, oh seasons, fade not
One more time, when we were messing around

食い違う時はいつも僕が割きに折れたね
わがままな性格がなおさら愛しくさせた
One more chance 記憶に足を取られて
One more chance 次の場所を選べない

Whenever we disagreed, I would always give in first
Your selfish nature made me love you even more
One more chance, the memories restrain my steps
One more chance, I cannot choose my next destination

いつでも捜しているよ　どっかに君の姿を
向かいのホーム路地裏の窓
こんなとこにいるはずもないのに
願いがもしも叶うならいますぐ君のもとへ
できない事はもう何もない
全てかけて抱きしめて見せるよ

I’m always searching, for your figure to appear somewhere
On the opposite platform, in the windows along the lane
Even though I know you couldn’t be at such a place
If my wish were to come true, I would be at your side right away
There would be nothing I couldn’t do
I would put everything on the line and hold you tight

寂しさ紛らすだけなら　誰でもいいはずなのに
星が落ちそうな夜だから　自分をいつわれない
One more time　季節よ　うつろわないで
One more time ふざけあった時間よ

If I just wanted to avoid loneliness, anybody would have been enough.
Because the night looks like the stars will fall, I cannot lie to myself.
One more time, oh seasons, fade not.
One more time, when we were messing around

いつでも捜しているよ　どっかに君の姿を
交差点でも夢の中でも　こんなとこにいるはずもないのに
奇跡がもしも起こるならいますぐ君に見せたい
新しい朝　これからの僕
言えなかった「好き」という言葉も

I’m always searching, for your figure to appear somewhere
At a street crossing, in the midst of dreams
Even though I know you couldn’t be at such a place
If a miracle were to happen here, I would show you right away
The new morning, who I’ll be from now on
And the words I never said: “I love you.”

夏の思い出がまわる
ふいに消えた鼓動

The memories of summer are revolving
The throbbing which suddenly disappeared

いつでも捜しているよ　どっかに君の姿を
明け方の町桜木町で
こんなとこにいるはずもないのに
願いがもしも叶うならいますぐ君のもとへ
できない事はもう何もない
全てかけて抱きしめて見せるよ

I’m always searching, for your figure to appear somewhere
At dawn on the streets, at Sakuragi-cho
Even though I know you couldn’t be at such a place
If my wish were to come true, I would be at your side right away
There would be nothing I couldn’t do
I would put everything on the line and hold you tight

いつでも捜しているよ　どっかに君の欠片を
旅先の店新聞の隅
こんなとこにいるはずもないのに
奇跡がもしも起こるならいますぐ君に見せたい
新しい朝　これからの僕
言えなかった「好き」という言葉も

I’m always searching, for fragments of you to appear somewhere
At a traveller’s store, in the corner of newspaper,
Even though I know you couldn’t be at such a place
If a miracle were to happen here, I would show you right away
The new morning, who I’ll be from now on
And the words I never said: “I love you.”

いつでも捜してしまう　どっかに君の笑顔を
急行町の　踏み切りあたり
こんなとこにいるはずもないのに
命が繰り返すならば何ども君のもとへ
欲しいものなど　もう何もない
君のほかに大切なものなど

I always end up looking for your smile, to appear somewhere
At the railroad crossing, waiting for the express to pass
Even though I know you couldn’t be at such a place
If our lives could be repeated, I would be at your side every time
I would want nothing else
Besides you, nothing else matters

**Correction to Kanji. Thanks to noir…

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Actually the anime is from Byousoku 5cm [5cm/s] (The anime has been out for quite awhile… Only in the mood to blog about it now tho….)

Very beautiful and very sad…. Its a must-watch for any anime-watchers!!! Plus there’s a nice theme song….. Hahahhahax!!!

Random essay/filler entry cos I am too busy….. Its something I did for Jap class, recycling it here.. Hahahaz… I am so lazy…. (No pictures.. Sorry!!!)

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今の部屋になってから１５年になります、それでもこの部屋は変わりません。多分、この部屋は私が寝たり、読んだり、勉強する所だけから。（私は読むことと勉強がすきじゃありません!)

My current room has been around for 15 years, but it has not changed much. This is probably because all I do in my room is sleep, read and study. (And I do not like reading or studying!)

私の部屋に入ると２つベッドがあります。１つのベッドが私の、もう一方のベッドが弟のです。でも、いま弟は「National Service」がありますから。平日は部屋で私だけが寝ます。

Upon entering my room, one will see two beds. One belongs to me, and the other belongs to my brother. But right now my brother is undergoing National Service, thus I am the only one sleeping in my room on weekdays.

私の部屋はとても乱雑です。いろいろ本と勉強する物が散らかっています。個人の部屋が個人の性格を示します。ええ、私はとても乱雑な人です。

My room is very messy. There are various books and studying materials scattered around it. One’s room shows one’s character. Yes, I am a very messy person.

でも、私の部屋で私はただ寝るだけです！

But all I do is sleep in my room!

So far two days of recess break has passed……

Finally had the time to catch up with the series I have beeen following, got my badminton racket regripped with a nice ‘Pacific’ grip (Hahahaz.. Thx Greg for bringing me to the badminton shop) and played some AH (been a long time since I played)…. Anyways, that was yesterday…..

Made Jap curry today…..

Ingredients:

Curry:

Hahaaz… Blogging about this makes me feel hungry all over again…. So I guess I should just end it here, before I have to cook myself instant noodles…

Also read ‘The Catcher in The Rye’ by J.D. Salinger which was quoted from numerous times in ‘Ghost in the Shell’…. The most famous one would probably be: ‘I thought what I’d do was, I’d pretend to be one of those deaf-mutes….’

Well ‘The Catcher in The Rye’ makes quite an interesting read… The narration was definitely one of a kind, and well the story itself is also intriguing and quite touching….

Guess the next story I will be reading will be ‘The Laughing Man’ by J.D. Salinger, the original story that gave us “The Laughing Man” in ‘Ghost in the Shell’.

Yay! Just got myself a new badminton racket yesterday… (Unrecorded Want Fulfilled) Tried it out today with Greg and the rest in Clementi Sports Hall today…. Feels better than the indestructable rackets of steel I used to use… (My playing was worse than usual tho) The grip seems to be “worned out”.. (Part of it stucked to the plastic wrapping when I was removing it….) Gotta change it soon!!!

Ya… Anyways I bought the racket in under 5 mins??? It was quite ironic since I was complaining about the lack of choices in Whitesands Sportslink…. The whole sequence of me buying the racket went like this: 1) Walk into store… Stunned by the many different rackets… 2) Storekeeper came over to ask if I needed help… 3) Asked him what’s a good racket that’s about $40… He immediately answered “Iso 23 VF”, showed me the racket… 4) Decided on buying it after like 3 seconds?!?!?

Hahaz… I guess I am like that… I will complain a lot about lack of choices, but when I actually do get the many different choices, I will decide that its too troublesome to decide by myself anyways….

Anyways, haven’t decided if the racket is worth the money yet…. Shall play more and see… Hopefully the badminton playing will continue on as a weekly thing….

Just finished watching Byousoku 5cm…. Hahahaz…. Wanna watch it again!!!! Shall post about it next time….

2+ weeks of University life has passed, and I have sorta adapted (I hope) to it…..

• Sign #1 - I am no longer staying up late to do tutorials (its always better to do them after you get the solutions)
• Sign #2 - Quitted a CCA.. No point going to a CCA you don’t enjoy and will eventually quit….
• Sign #3 - Came out with alternatives like… Tennis, hopefully Squash… and ya Climbing….
• Sign #4 - Finally got down to watching Byousoku 5cm… This means I am able to set my priorities right now…

I think that’s enough points for today….

Anyways I am enjoying a 4 day week at the expense of next semester (6 modules… But that’s really next semester’s problem, isn’t really in my list of problems yet….)… So my free day is on Tuesday…. So.. No monday blues for me….. Although I kinda dread Fridays which starts at 8am and ends at 8pm…. (At least it ends with German lecture which I like….)

Ok will come out with a kofplayer style summary….. Lolx….

[EC1301 : Principle of Economics]
Its quite interesting…. Especially when its my first time taking Econs… The current lecturer is actually my tutor too… Hahax…. I guess he is a better tutor than a lecturer… Ya.. The tutorials are actually quite enlightening as he is able to touch on stuff he skimmed past during the lectures…. Sorta fills up the ideas presented during the lectures… I guess I will have to start participating in the discussions in the forum in the IVLE… Haix… Why do they have to count that as part of CA!??!?!?!

[EG1109 : Statics and Mechanics of Materials]
Nope.. Not buying the coursebook for this subject…. What kinda lecturer does not upload their lecture notes and ask his students to buy this book he wrote, which is essentially lecture notes…. -_-”‘ I am coping fine without the coursebook… Even if I am getting a book, it will be the textbook… Hahahahz…

[PC1431 : Physics for Engineering I]
Still doing Mechanics questions…… Doing fine…..

[MA1505 : Mathematics 1]
I finally sorta settled differentiation… Now I just have to try and remember how to integrate…. Which means ALC-style whacking of questions (which I should start tomorrow)…. Hope that will help me remember how to integrate and enable me to complete my tutorial that was dued 2 days ago….

[LAG1201 :German 1]
My favourite module…. Which I might not do well in…. Its fun, learning a new language…. But not easy too… My pronunciation of German words is still…. Quite bad… But I guess I will get it soon….

Random food pics from NUS Engin Canteen aka Techno Edge…..

The Grilled Chicken Set from the Indonesian Stall :

This is the Chicken Kebab Set from the same Indonesian Stall :

And this is the Tempura Set from…. Ya… The Japanese Stall :

After a week at NUS, The Indonesian stall has become my favourite stall @ Techno Edge…. Mostly bcos of its Grilled Chicken Set…. Which consist of a piece of really juicy chicken thigh with bbq sauce, a piece of fried egg and rice with curry….. Hahaz… *Thinks I am a fan of the Indonesian Stall Grilled Chicken Set already…*

The Chicken Kebab Set was not bad too…. But I will still go back to the Indonesian stall for the Grilled Chicken not the Kebab!!!!

And finally the Tempura set…. I don’t usually see tempura vegetables in foodcourts/hawker centres…. So was really tempted to try after seeing a friend order…. Well…. The Tempura ebi was not bad… Kinda enjoyed it.. But the vegetable tempura felt a bit too soft… Its not supposed to be soft right? (I think not, from my experience at Warraku….) The miso soup was also not bad….. And then there’s the salad…. Not bad ba… Budden… I am not that picky when it comes to salad….

Best thing about food in NUS is still the price ba…. The Grilled Chicken Set is $2.80, Kebab $2.60 and Tempura $3.80….. Muahhahahahz….. Good way to save money…..

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Anyways…. Yup.. One week of NUS life…. Ok one week of official NUS school life… (Excluding Orientation Week…)
Haven’t really started tutorials yet so…. I can’t really say that I am busy…. But having two German lectures that end at 8pm don’t really help…. It doesn’t help when I want to join CCAs that have practices at 6pm too…. *sigh*

Certain days are kinda free like today, no lessons!!!! While others are like Friday (8am - 8pm 4x 2 hours lectures)…. Its kinda hard to fit other stuff into the schedule too… Ya everyone has like different timetables….. Sucks lo…… Haix…..

Hmm.. Anyways… Did I mention that I have like 4 CCAs now…. Mostly do nothing CCAs that I intend to drop…. But just signed up for fun first….. The 6-8pm German Lectures are really quite a pain…. Come Sem 2, I will chiong for a more balanced timetable with nothing in my 6-8pm slots!!!!

Haven’t been blogging for awhile…. Too tired since last week was Orientation Week….

Well.. O Week was kinda fun… Gotta know quite a few people in Engin…..

Ya… Anyways…. Today’s the first day of school!!!!! Kinda excited to go for boring lectures….

Kinda got a preview of my first lecture already, which does not seem the least bit interesting? Its more like a talk about the syllabus and what to expect for the rest of the semester….. Seriously hopes that my German lecture will be better, but will probably be textbook-less tomorrow….

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Went out with Ber to search for textbooks at Bras Basah today….. Didn’t get anything, but ate the fabled Ber’s Unagi set from Sim Lim….

Its not bad ba…. One big piece of unagi! a bowl of rice and a bowl of miso… Thinks the cost price of the unagi will probably be more than half of the $6.30 price of this set…..

KK…. School tomorrow… Ciao!