Before CNY

 Date: 08/02/2021 (Mon)

Went Uniqlo gotten some home clothes, nothing fancy this year.  Then to NTUC to get some side ingredients for steamboat.  Didn't have a shopping trolley with me and the bags were heavier than expected.  So I sat at the food court and wait till PapaVoo came to my rescue.

I had 1hr to kill.  While waiting for him, I bought mineral water and a cup of cut rock melon, watching Mr Queen.  I must had looked like an idiot cos I was at the verge of crying when the queen saw what the king wrote in their unborn son's diary.

Had malay rice, you are looking at sambal stingray and stir fried cabbage hidden behind.

Tofu telur very huge, couldn't finish, wished there were more eggs.

Delivery from You Tiao Man came faster than expected.  I thought delivery was after CNY.

Totally defeated by the bulkness, freezer no space, had to leave some in the chiller.

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Date:  09/02/2021 (Tues)

Ber came with a box of bak gua, happy.

Made her and my son sandwiches for lunch.

Our Ber helping out in the kitchen.  It's so nice to have her around, we could have some girls' talk.

She's really neat, did a better job than me.

Mega prawns from Angliss.

Instead of steamboat, we had BBQ.

The prawns were so big that they took forever to cook.

Topped with cheese and mentaiko, wanted to torch but the torch died on me.  So I send the prawns into the oven grill the topped with tobiko.

Braised abalones from Angliss was awesome.

PapaVoo and I drank 3 cans of Snowflake.

We had done BBQ before, I knew the floor would be sticky, normally 2 or 3 rounds of mop would be cleaned.  But this time, not sure why it was really really bad.  I asked Ber to wash her feet and wore her slippers straight away before leaving.

Was really exhausted after 3 rounds of mopping, could only continue the next day.

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Date: 10/02/2021 (Wed)

Neighbour woke me up with gifts.

PapaVoo brought these home from office.

Another year with abundance, we are very fortunate, I think most Singaporeans are right?

I woke up and went NTUC.  It's crowded, but everything was smooth.  My queue at the cashier was less than 5mins.

However couldn't find a single bottle of sweet sauce and chilli padi, so I had to make another trip to Prime.  I managed to tug all bags home with Darren giving me a helping hand at the bus stop.

Since 3 rounds of mopping didn't help, I decided to soap the floor.

Ideally, I should be wiping the kitchen wall tiles or packing the storeroom, but I ended up draining all my energy onto the floor, haiz....

Had to ta bao dinner despite of the bursting fridge.

Took out all the goodies, CNY was coming no matter was I ready or not.