Another blog by Boh Tong the ex- SIA cabin crew

Friday, November 18, 2016

Lunch@ home & Texas Chicken for dinner




Once in a while, I like to eat fast food from McDonald's, KFC, Texas Chicken, Fat Boy Burger, Carl's Jr Burger etc. My favourite from McDonald's is the Classic Cheese Angus Beef burger. As for the fries, I prefer Texas Chicken's as they are larger and tastier. Fat Boy and Carl's burgers are a bit more expensive and taste wise are not much better than McD's Classic burger.
I prefer KFC to Texas as far as the chicken meat is concerned.


Thursday, November 17, 2016

Today's meals...not so healthy?




Lunch was sushi at Sushi Express and dinner was Classic Cheese Angus Beef Burger at McDonald's.
The burger was excellent and cost only $8.95 a piece. If you want the meal set it costs $10.95. The cheese literally melt and the Angus beef was pure 100% beef. I added another $1.10c for a regular cup of Mochaccino from McCafe.

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

My kampong neighbours

Uncle Lim looked fierce and cruel to me. His step daughter Mary would surely agree with me. Uncle Lim, his wife  Auntie Lim and the 6 year old Mary were my neighbours.
We used to live in a kampong and it was quiet and peaceful until the Lim's family became our next door neighbours. Fortunately for us, they only lived there for a year.
Certain things in life, one could never forget even though they may have happened many years ago.
The story I am going to relate happened when I was about 10 years old.
Uncle Lim was about 30 years old and his wife was 5 years younger than him. He was unemployed but his wife struggled to keep the family of 3 going. Auntie Lim worked as a dance hostess at the old Happy World Cabaret in Geylang.
Almost every evening, a trishaw rider would come and transport Auntie Lim to the Cabaret. She would come home very late in the night.
Whenever Auntie Lim was at work, Uncle Lim would beat up Mary for the slight wrong she did. Mary would cry and screamed and pleaded for the neighbours to help her but no one dared to help her. Next day we would see the red cane marks on Mary's hands and legs.
Mary was Uncle Lim's step daughter. We did not know what had happened to Mary's father. We suspected that Mary's father was either killed or imprisoned for being a gangster.
I noticed that Uncle Lim was a body builder. He was seen to spend a lot of time lifting weight. He was big built and a bully. As a child, I was always afraid of him.


Lunching at home


Lunch was ma bo tofu, mushrooms + veggies and rice. Simple but satisfying and healthy.

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Fighting spiders, my childhood favourite pastime




In the old days we do not have computers or any of today's social media gadgets. In fact, during my childhood days, television didn't even exist in Singapore. I am talking about the 1950s. As kids, our playthings were kites, fighting spiders, tops, rubber bands, marbles etc.
Today, I want to talk about one my favourite hobbies, fighting spiders.
Catching fighting spiders and letting them fight with other boys' spiders were one of the most thrilling pastimes for me. Besides, if your spider was a good fighter, it might even earn the title of "King Spider" in the kampong (village). To be the "King", your spider must be victorious in all the fights against spiders owned by other boys.
I used to catch the spiders in the bushes. Only male spiders fight so we did not catch the female spiders. The male ones had faces that were white in colour and the female black. We looked for leaves that were stuck together and in between them you might spot the spiders. We would use our hands and cupped the leaves and spread them on the roadside and the spider would jump out. We would then place it in an empty match box or a small container.
A "King" spider could fetch as much as 50 cents in my kampong. 50 cents was a lot of money back then especially for kids like us. 50 cents could buy us 5 plates of fried noodles in the school tuck shop. Besides, we would be very proud to be the owner of the "King".
Above is the video of the intense fighting between 2 spiders that I was talking about.


Bak chor mee (minced meat vinegar noodles)



Bak chor mee is a type of noodle dish that is served with minced pork. Bak chor mee means minced meat noodles with a bit of vinegar in Hokkien. This yummy mee is being sold in a coffee shop at block 446A, along Jalan Kayu (next to a Buddhist temple).
We had the above for breakfast.

Monday, November 14, 2016

A big disappointment with satay at Chong Pang


Had satay while we  were at the Chong Pang hawker center. Ordered 15 sticks of mutton,chicken and pork and a ketupat (rice). This stall's satay used to be good but has now joined the other stall whose satay was below par. At least 3 sticks of the satay were tiny (60c each) and some were badly burnt. There are only 2 stalls selling satay and I think I will not patronize them anymore.

A nice cool morning


Woke up to a wet and cool morning. The outside temperature is about 27.3 C which is cool by Singapore standard.
I thought to myself how fortunate we are as we do not have to go out and work.
I just heard on the radio that one of MRT (train) lines has been disrupted causing some inconvenience to the passengers who were going to work. The train breakdowns are frequent compared to those in some other countries like London, New York, Tokyo etc. Singapore train networks are relatively new when compared to those in countries that I've mentioned.
Driving to work can be frustrating too. The roads or so called expressways are usually jammed with all sorts of vehicles. There are about 1 million vehicles in this tiny island of Singapore.
Therefore, we are glad and lucky not having to travel to work.


Lunch at home


We had our lunch at home. It's a simple lunch comprising of nikujaga, fried chicken and a small bowl of Japanese rice.

Saturday, November 12, 2016

Today's meals





After a plateful of watermelon and black coffee from Toast Box for breakfast, lunch was the prawn mee which was cooked by my beloved wife. Sssh...the soup wasn't as delicious as when I cooked it. It was mild and does not have sufficient salt in it. Not much kick but healthy.
Dinner was char siew, siew yok and roasted duck rice ($5.50 each plate) at a coffee shop stall near our place (quite good). After dinner, we decided to visit the 7-11 convenience store for the Magnum ice cream ($4.20).

Friday, November 11, 2016

Papaya and Oyakodon



Had half a papaya for my breakfast and home prepared Oyakodon or Japanese chicken and egg rice bowl for late lunch. No dinner for today because I had two McDonald's double cheese burger for last night's dinner. Just have to discipline myself otherwise my weight will shoot up.

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Crayfish bee hoon and fruits








The clam and crayfish bee hoon at Blessing Seafood stall isn't too bad. The place is at the Chong Pang hawker center. The one we ordered for our lunch was for 2 people. It cost $15. They served a variety of dishes like clam and sliced fish bee hoon, flower crab bee hoon etc.
The fruits are much better than the ones at our place so we would drive to Chong Pang market twice a week to get our fruits.