dinner @ 7th mile upper bukit timah

ivy is back for a one week visit. her flight sq218 was scheduled to touch down at changi t2 at 6.45 a.m. but at 6.20 a.m. she called to ask where i was. told her that she should have asked the pilot to take his time. thought she would like to eat prata but she wanted to get home to rest. must be jet lag, i thought.

turned out it was not a case of jet lag but a case of missing her mates in australia. the moment she got into the house, she asked me to connect the router so that she could use her apple laptop to msn her dear housemates ruth and rachel. the other housemate swee is in europe attending some conference for her phd course of study.

managed to get her to leave the flat to go over to bukit panjang plaza for a tour of the place. wanted to impress upon her the dynamism of s'pore as opposed to the sedateness of clayton. took her to the food centre behind mayspring condo for lunch.

in the evening, again persuaded her to leave the comfort of the home for a visit to qian hu where i showed her the nibbling fish at the fish spa and the expensive arrowanas on display and for sale. later, brought her to hausmann at lim chu kang to see the giant arapiamas - world's largest freshwater fish - and giant fresh-water catfish.

had dinner of prawn paste chicken, sambal kangkong, deep fried squids and ngoh hiang at long choo's parents' stall at 7th mile upper bukit timah food centre. the squids were really crispy but the prawn paste chicken did not taste as good as before.