Roots by Alex Haley. I have been searching for this book. My bro can't find it in the labyrinth of mum's store. Searched national library. Very few copies & not available. Tried ebay even & hit a US$392 first edition hardcover. Errrr no leh, I just want to read & keep an ordinary copy. Can't afford the collectible. Aiyo...may have to order. Have asked uncle if he could help us buy the dvd of the series. This is something worth reading & watching again.

Had lunch at toa payoh & saw this sign at the coffeeshop lol. We were having our favourite rojak. The engrish not so right leh lol.

Took a walk around & got the screen protectors for ryan's mobile phone & mine too. This place is really busy. Soooo many people out & about.

Picked up some kueh kueh for tea. Ondeh ondeh...yum...the type with the moist gula melaka that squirts out when you take a bite. And this pink & lime green kueh-kueh that is dipped in orange coloured sugar. Can't remember what the sugar & the kueh are called in chinese. I remember when I was young & staying at my late grandpa's (mum's dad) house in tiong bahru, a hawker with his pushcart would come by our street everyday selling these. He had a steamer on his cart so the kuehs were steaming hot & ohhhhh so soft. These are mini ones that I bought & actually feels a little stiff. They don't make 'em like they used to.

I also remember the Indian man balancing a big basket on his head who would also come by the street. Putumayam...steamed rice cake made to look like flattened beehoon. Dip that in the oranged coloured sugar & shredded coconut.

Kueh pie tee is best nonya style. Not those that you get at the coffeshops. No standard ! My late grandma (dad's mum) made super shiok pie tee, popiah & mee siam. Pie tee shells homemade somemore. Every CNY openhouse & everyone would look forward to makaning her pie tee, popiah & mee siam. Beeeeeeeeeest ! My mudder can make good popiah but seldom get to eat leh. Her pound cake also supposedly best. But I dun remember leh.

Errr, anyway, I like my carrot cake in the black sweet style in pieces not flat & white. Hawker centre at toa payoh got yummy black carrotcake. So happy I found it. Drooooool ! Now craving for nonya pie tee, black carrot cake & putumayam.

Lament for the day : Not pregnant, just greedy.

This is the mess someone made of the bulky items' refuse bin. My neighbours & I pack our bulky items to be discarded either in trash bags or carton boxes. Some idiot comes along, takes it all apart to see if he/she can salvage anything. Yes take what you want but don't make such a fuckin mess !! I've seen a couple of these people checking out the bin but never witnessed anyone making the mess. Should have a cctv & catch the asses ! The poor cleaners have to deal with this shit.

Went for executive medical check-up. My colleague who was scheduled for 8.15am had to wait till 8.30am for the staff to arrive. And to think they called us, beseeching that we arrive early or on time as they had a full schedule.

Then with so many rooms available (they were only seeing our company's staff), they draw blood & ECG in one room. Person taking the blood can be in one room & the other person doing the ECG in another. Rather than have everyone wait wait. So silly...they called me into the room for drawing blood. She tells me to go out to reception after that. Less than a minute later, they call me back in same room for ECG. Huh ???

Then same colleague who was first on the list had blood drawn as the last item in the check-up. Duh !! So I commented to my colleagues that the previous place where we did these exec checks took urine & drew blood first, then let us have a drink, toast & biscuits in their lounge. After the staff heard us talking, they did the blood first lol. The same person who did ECG provided the drinks in styrofoam cups & packet biscuits (2 pieces inside type). lol

There is no lady doctor. We had to request for one to be available. We really don't get it...why a company that does such executive check-ups has no female doctor ? The lady doc they arranged was only available on 2 fixed dates. wtf ??

Think they screwed up one of the appointments. I was there at 8.45am for my 9.15am appointment. Another colleague came in at 9am & they couldn't find her name on the list even though she quoted a staff's name who took her call to fix the schedule. Fortunately someone cancelled so they slotted her in. When I left about 10plus, she was still waiting, not even done blood yet. Aiyo, if cannot see the doc yet cos it isn't her time then draw blood first lah so that she can have something to drink/eat. We all had to fast for the blood & urine thingy.

Later in the afternoon, bumped into a guy colleague as I was removing plaster from arm from blood being drawn. He asked what that was for & I said the drawing of blood at med check-up. He said, got meh ? He just came back & no one drew his blood. wah liao.

I wasn't able to do pap smear...blame problem of the 2 fixed dates of female doc. Anyway one of the staff told me to go see my own gynae. Excuuuuuuse me, our company paid for the package that includes pap smear. Sheesh !

Yes, it was a pissy morning. But it got better, did alot of stuff for a Monday lol.

Was talking to boss about my E65. He was planning to buy one. He already has this sophisticated phone that could do so many things but he doesn't like cos so bulky. So I said, "get a blueberry lah" with all that confidence. Lololol, he couldn't stop laffing & said that this remark is gonna last at least a week of jokes. Blackberry, blueberry, raspberry, strawberry...all the same lah lolol.

Lament for the day : movie marathon on tv sux !