friday goodness!
taking the bus from work to orchard isn't all that bad. better than squeezing with the crowds heading to the orchard area on a friday evening in the mrt. but then again, it was pouring and there were angry flashes of lightning when the bus was on the ecp, and i was really half-afraid that i'd get struck by lightning sitting at my window seat. probably wouldn't have had such a traumatic experience if i'd taken the mrt and was safely underground as it stormed outside, but no matter, i think i'll be taking the bus (instead of the mrt) downtown in future.
because i underestimated the bus driver's ability to drive at break-neck speeds in the pouring rain and overestimated the length of the bus journey, i reached orchard early and had time to check out the the whole shoe section at OG (but i was good and didn't make any impulse purchases!) before dinner at mushroom pot. for a restaurant in an obscure location, there was a pretty decent crowd there. we were seated at a much-neglected corner of the restaurant and ended up being pretty much ignored and having to man our own hotpot because we were too hungry to wait for the waiter to notice the soup boiling and then put the food into the hotpot the right sequence (bad service!). the food (as usual) was good and i had lots of the tasty wild mushroom soup ... and catching up with xy and m was even better. literal and metaphorical chicken soup for the soul. however, exiting the restaurant through the backdoor and having to climb down 4-5 flights of steps was so unglam ... that's the problem with having a restaurant in a shopping centre that closes at 10pm.
returned home after squeezing on the mrt with the home-bound crowds from orchard to find pl at my void deck clutching a box of apple strudel that ww's brother had brought home from perth. so ended up yakking like we always do until i was in desperate need for the loo. hehe.
something i've eaten is making me really thirsty. it's probably some msg-laden food that i consumed recently. i hate to think that it was the wild mushroom stock from the mushroom pot dinner yesterday because that would mean cutting back on the soup the next time i'm there, but other than that, what else could be the culprit? han's chicken chop? oh well, am downing plenty of water to make sure that nasty thirsty feeling goes away soon.
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oh it is a blue day for man u fans. the match was almost painful to watch in the final minutes *sigh*.
because i underestimated the bus driver's ability to drive at break-neck speeds in the pouring rain and overestimated the length of the bus journey, i reached orchard early and had time to check out the the whole shoe section at OG (but i was good and didn't make any impulse purchases!) before dinner at mushroom pot. for a restaurant in an obscure location, there was a pretty decent crowd there. we were seated at a much-neglected corner of the restaurant and ended up being pretty much ignored and having to man our own hotpot because we were too hungry to wait for the waiter to notice the soup boiling and then put the food into the hotpot the right sequence (bad service!). the food (as usual) was good and i had lots of the tasty wild mushroom soup ... and catching up with xy and m was even better. literal and metaphorical chicken soup for the soul. however, exiting the restaurant through the backdoor and having to climb down 4-5 flights of steps was so unglam ... that's the problem with having a restaurant in a shopping centre that closes at 10pm.
returned home after squeezing on the mrt with the home-bound crowds from orchard to find pl at my void deck clutching a box of apple strudel that ww's brother had brought home from perth. so ended up yakking like we always do until i was in desperate need for the loo. hehe.
something i've eaten is making me really thirsty. it's probably some msg-laden food that i consumed recently. i hate to think that it was the wild mushroom stock from the mushroom pot dinner yesterday because that would mean cutting back on the soup the next time i'm there, but other than that, what else could be the culprit? han's chicken chop? oh well, am downing plenty of water to make sure that nasty thirsty feeling goes away soon.
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oh it is a blue day for man u fans. the match was almost painful to watch in the final minutes *sigh*.