World War Z

Met up with 小花 at Vivocity to watch movie. As our show was at 7.30, we did not have time to have dinner before the show so we went to buy sushi from Giant. Not sure why but the queues at the cashiers were all quite long and we had to wait for some time before it was our turn. It caused us to be late for our movie by about 10 mins.

We were watching "World War Z". Even though we missed the beginning of the show, we could still catch up on the story. It was quite exciting and I was startled by the loud sound effects on a couple of occasions. Overall it was a nice show and it focused more on the process of finding a cure rather than the zombies, which was a bit different from other zombie shows.

Tai Seng

Today I accompanied Ms L to Tai Seng. Her laptop kept shutting down by itself so she wanted to send it to the service center for repairs since it was still under warranty. We had lunch at the nearby coffeeshop after leaving the laptop at the service center. After lunch, we took the MRT back to office. I felt so sleepy that I dozed off on the journey back :p

Hailstones!

Today my parents were driving home from work when they saw that Jurong Town Hall road was closed due to numerous fallen trees on the road. It was only later that they heard that there was a big storm earlier and it even rained hailstones! Heard news that some people's window panes were also shattered from the hailstones.

What is happening to the weather?! Will it ever snow in Singapore one day?

Comparison

Last Friday I took a photo from the window of my office as it was really hazy. Today it was quite clear so I took another photo from about the same angle to do a comparison. What a great difference!!!

Back to normal

On Friday the PSI reading reached 400 so it was rather surprising that the haze situation improved so quickly over the weekend just because of a change in direction of the wind. Today was almost back to normal levels, though it was still rather hot. 

Hopefully the wind will not change direction back too quickly...

Locked in!

I had actually planned to go to City Square Mall today to continue with my sideline. However, due to the haze, the school was closed so I could only go next week. So I just stayed at home and continued playing Neopets. The haze has improved a bit but it was still very hot and I could still smell the burning smell in the air so I decided to on the aircon in my room after breakfast.

When it was almost lunch time, my sis came over to my room to ask what I wanted to eat as she would be going to buy from the coffeeshop downstairs. I asked her to help me buy a packet of chicken rice. Then, my sis wanted to open my room door to go out but found that the door was stuck! We tried turning the door knob but the door would not open at all. We shouted for my youngest sis to try to open from outside but she also could not open it. She said it felt like we had locked the door from inside, so I gave her the key to my room door and asked her to try again. However, she still failed to open the door :(

I even tried to search on the internet on how to open a stucked door and saw a YouTube video teaching how to remove the door knob. I asked my youngest sis to pass me a small screwdriver and proceeded to try. Managed to remove the "cover" of the door knob but couldn't figure out how to remove the whole thing. Just then, my sis' boyfriend came and asked us to stand clear of the door. He threw himself at the door and finally managed to break it open after a few tries. Miraculously, the door was still intact and only the lock was spoilt.

First time being locked in my own room... How "exciting"...

Dad's birthday

Today not watching movie with 小花 as it is my dad's birthday and we are celebrating with him. As JEM only opened recently, we decided to go there and have dinner at Ichiban Boshi. There was a long queue and even though my parents and sisters started queuing first, it was still not our turn yet when I reached. Luckily, we only had to wait a while more for a table.

The menu has much more variety to choose from as compared to Ichiban Sushi. We decided to order a different set each and also a grilled ika to share. My mum loved the grilled ika as it was very tender and delicious. I ordered the grilled mackerel set and the fish meat was really thick and juicy. We were all very full and satisfied after the meal.

After dinner, we walked around the mall before going home. The mall was big so we only managed to cover a small portion of it as it was getting late. Shall visit again next time.

N95 mask

The PSI reading crossed 300 today and is now in the hazardous range. Our company gave each of us one N95 mask. I jokingly commented since we only have one mask each, was it for us to go home and we would not have to come to work tomorrow?

Haha... just my wishful thinking... :P

Lunch at Ng Ah Sio Bak Kut Teh

Today the haze was still bad but we decided to have lunch at Ng Ah Sio Bak Kut Teh in Katong as it was air-conditioned and the PSI reading in the East was slightly lower. We also decided to have this as a belated birthday treat for Ms M.

We ordered a bowl of Bak Kut Teh each and a few other dishes to share. The soup was quite pepperish but the meat was rather tough and difficult to chew. Think the food at the Rangoon branch seems better...

Still hazy

It was still very hazy today :(  Luckily we had our weekly free lunch today so did not have to go outside and breathe the unhealthy air. The weather was also very hot and made me feel irritable. Hope the haze will go away soon...