If you are not happy with your job, just quit

Date: 20/03/2020 (Fri)

Catching up with housework.  I was out yesterday and did nothing after I came home.

Scrolling down my FB, various pages of Japan popped out, saddens me.  But it's a global disaster which can't be help.

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Date:  21/0/3/2020 (Sat)

Eileen brought a big pumpkin over.  I cut half to my sis and her neighbour Jennifer.

So you will be seeing me doing pumpkin dishes in the next few days.

We had a small celebration for Karsten's birthday among a few of us.  My father is not doing too well, short of breath at times, but there's nothing we can do and my sis is really stressed out.

Sappy could perhaps give a bit of comfort ba.

We stayed in Oakwood the whole afternoon before leaving for dinner.  We went Pasir Ris Hawker pinning high hopes that Wild Olive's queue would be shorten.  But no sia, people queuing.  No COVID-19 or whatever virus can kill a Singaporean's passion for queuing.

I ate Prawnaholic which was gonna to be my last.

It's $8.50, I feel that it's a bit over priced.  The pic at the stall shows an onsen egg but I wasn't given.  I did ask but they say no.  The owner/stall keepers' faces were really black to the extreme, did somebody die or something?  I had always said, if you are not happy with your job or business, then quit.  If you still want to work, then do properly.  Don't show off your temper when working especially when dealing with customers.

Some people will say they have no choice but to stay in a job they hate for blah blah blah reasons.  I mean then blame who if you can't quit??  Yourself right?   Urrggg......

Minimizing damages...

Date: 16 & 17/03/2020

Was home the whole day.  While some fuss about quarantines, it's just normally how I live.

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Date: 18/03/2020 (Wed)

Ate brunch while video calling with my sisters.

My baby sis in Oman who's usually very independent and strong becomes vulnerable now.  She's rather upset to be all alone and now she's working from home.  So we have to keep talking to her.  It seems that she is considering flying back.

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Date: 19/03/2020 (Thurs)

After a few tries of calling and trying to get things done on the website, I headed to SQ's Service Center at ION.  I was all ready to camp there the whole day.

There was a short queue with more than 10 staffs carrying ipads helping.  One of them came to assist me to cancel the existing flight, retained the tickets with an open date till Mar 2021.  So I "escaped" the queue and things were all done in 15mins.

Initially I thought since we missed Spring, we might make it in Autumn.  But looking at the grief situation in Europe, really have to wait for next year le....

I went for lunch at some Jap eatery at B2:

Gotten grilled eel with a bit of beef.

After lunch slowly make my way to Shiseido since I am not going to Japan any more.

Bought 2 honey cakes (cos the thailand soap finish liao) and a purifying face mask which is damn good for skin prone to pimples.

My stay at ION was really brief and I went back home.  Decided that I should get everything done this day, went to POSB when I was back at Tampines.  Failed the temperature screening, so I stood outside and tried again after 5mins.  I will know if I have fever cos my body will ache and turn jelly.  So I was fine, just warm under this kind of weather.  After getting in, the banker told me I had to wait till the maturity date in Apr before I can "renew" the account, haiz..... damn sian de.

Went NTUC Income.  Surprisingly it's not busy, infact rather quiet.  I wonder why didn't they reply to my e-mail then??

Anyway the young chap who helped me was very friendly.  Made a hotel cancellation claim, and the other one booked through Expedia might have a problem since they never reply to my cancellation.  It's going to be my first and last time with Expedia.

I cancelled my sakura trip to Tokyo/Nikko T__T

Date: 11/03/2020  (Wed)

Brunch:

Homemade burger which made Eileen flew over by cab for it.  Used Sadia beef patty, cheese, iceberg lettuce, honey seared bacon and sunny up.  All tower up so tall that it's impossible to bite everything no matter how big you open your mouth lolxx...

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Date: 12/03/2020 (Thurs)

When Darren came home, I sensed that something was wrong.  So he forgotten to bring his beret and kena scolded very very badly.   Morale and mood crushed to the bottom, I sat beside and hugged him from the back for a good half an hour.  My poor boy :(  I so heart pain....

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Date: 13/03/2020 (Fri)

Brunch:

I had a whole chunk of  pan fried cod fish and boiled veg with konjac rice.

Darren braced up, come back home with a better mood as the "devil" wasn't working.   While I believe ppl who makes life difficult for others will get karma, we will not hesitate to make a serious complain to protect our son from being humiliated, abuse or bullied.

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Date: 14/03/2020 (Sat)

I cleaned up the storeroom, finally can walk in again, heehee...

Went out for dinner cos I need to buy medicine, saline in small tubes and sports tape, all for the coming trip next Sat....  but little did I know I was forced to cancel it the very next day, haiz...

A long queue was behind us after we stepped in at 5pm.

Inside was somehow warm, a electric fan beside our table saved our life.

Oyako Don (chicken)

So yummy, I was soooooooo happy.

Beef stew omelet.

Very flavorful and cheesy sauce, would prefer the beef to be more tender.

Pineapple souffle pancakes were heavenly, like eating sweeten clouds.

Service need to be improved, but will visit again cos the food were great, would like to try other things in the menu.

Saw on Youtube Tokyo snowed and rained, the temperature dropped from 20 to 0.

Weather can be so unpredictable.

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Date: 15/03/2020 (Sun)

Kid sis and family flew to Siem Reap.

The flight was less than half filled.

This news came in while we were having dinner.

I told my sis to fly back tomorrow before the cut off time 11.59pm to escape the 14 days quarantine.  Online and phone lines were all crushed, desperate, she bought another tix to fly back.

My side, I managed to cancel some tours from KLOOK.  Sucia card with open date and Oedo-Onsen with date till end Dec 2020 couldn't be cancelled, so I leave them alone for the time being.  Out 3 accommodations only got refund from 1 with the longest stay.

If the insurance is useless, will cancel it.  Waiting for SQ to cancel the flight.  Quite stress out, as I read so much complain with the way SQ handle the situation.  Not sure how much money I can get back out of $1800.  Sigh, I am so sad.....

Time to look for a job but there's no motivation any more.

Imagine if I am single....

Date: 08/03/2020 (Sun)

Went Genki Sushi for dinner cos PapaVoo was curious of it's food served by "bullet train".  We went at 5pm to beat the queue.  Everything was fine till towards the end, they screwed up a plate of tempura which never came after an hour.  The tempura finally came after getting the crew to check with the kitchen.  However, what came were normal curled prawns coated with flour instead of tempura.  2 screw up visits were enough....

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Date: 09/03/2020 (Mon)

I enjoyed being alone at home so much that sometimes I imagine how life would be like living alone in a smaller unit.  No more enormous laundry, no more continuous packing, no more pee on the toilet seats, how shiok.  Back to reality...

Brunch was awesome with boiled veg, minced pork and tofu with oyster sauce, under 25mins.

Watching a new drama to kill time.  It didn't manage to let me binge.

I watch it in between house chores while resting and before bed time.

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Date: 10/03/2020 (Tues)

Lunch with Darren.  Nowadays I cook rice on the stove.  The ceramic pot was good, rice cooked within 15mins whereas the electric rice cooker takes at least 40mins.

One of the kitchen cabinet gave way.  It's just a year old.

Paid so much for lousy quality.  We don't think the cabinets can last for even 5 years.

Youth can never come back

Date: 05/03/2020 (Thurs)

My SQ flight to Tokyo was changed to 10.45pm instead of 5.25pm which means we will land at 6.20am instead of 1.00am.  Blessing in disguise indeed.

Brunch was left over sardine with hell lots of onions, egg and konjac rice.  Also made apple tea.

Very simple, but I was happy.

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Date: 06/03/2020 (Fri)

Jewel Canopy Park is FREE!  Have to go before need to pay again bringing Luis and Eileen along.

Happy blur pic of us at Shake Shack.

That's better without my son.

I ordered a lemonade + tea drink but a chocolate milk shake came instead.  We went to get the correct drink and the milk shake became free for us lolxx...

Had some fun at Pokemon Center.

Then we went Canopy Park and I took lots of photos for the kids.

Love is a beautiful thing, it's ok although they are young, they will learn.

Only a few stalks of sakura.

It was still good, cos they are young.

As long as they behave themselves, I hope they enjoy and cherish their young innocent love.

Our youth can never come back....

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Date: 07/03/2020 (Sat)

The kids were having fun at home.

And I laze around the whole day.