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1) I was down, meaning sick. Probably gotten it from my family, who returned from China 1 week back. I still can’t really speak now. Boo… throat hurts damn badly. I need to recover soon so that I can get my H1N1 vaccination at least 2 weeks prior to my Japan Trip!

2) School is officially over! Yea! Submitted my final assignment for this semester on Wednesday. Now it’s one month of resting, but…. there’s still work to be done! Education Psychology, boo!
But well, this whole month, I should like rest well, this is probably the only major break I have before I start my formal teaching stint.

3) I went to 313@Somerset Opening (yes, I am like so free! And so auntie-ish!), but my main aim was to visit Singapore’s largest Uniqlo! Man, there were so many people!

Anyways, I went straight to the Uniqlo @ level 3, but guess what, so many people already! I am there not to get the very cheap jacket they advertise, but more for the HeatTech stuffs that dear ask me to get, but they don’t have the color he wants! So I looked around my bra top, also don’t have the color I looking for. By the time I dilly dally around, the queue to the fitting room is so long! There were just too many people inside the store! I decided to try their skinny jeans/pants that is on offer (still on offer now, till 24th I think), and also looking at some other jeans (not the ones on offer), when I was looking through them, someone said ‘Excuse me’. I turned and he said he wanna do an interview with me, with the camera already shooting me and with his mic and recorder directed towards me. He said they are from Japan Tv and would like to do a short interview with me, I was like ‘Errr… ok’.
He asked me questions like ‘What are you doing here in Uniqlo?’, ‘What are you planning to buy today?’, ‘How do you feel about Uniqlo?’, ‘How do you compare Uniqlo with other stores like GAP, Guess…?’. Well, personally, I really like Uniqlo as a casual brand, so it was easy for me to answer his questions. In addition, I heard of this brand long before they came into Sg, all thanks to dear who like to talk about this brand cos he gotten a Tshirt from them in Tokyo years ago and he likes to rave about it. Anyways, Uniqlo provides affordable and good quality apparels, their stocks and designs always comes and goes very fast, meaning, new designs are constantly being brought in, so there’s always something new to see in the store if you go like once every fortnight. ONe very last thing I kept emphasising, Uniqlo’s sizes are true to Asian sizes! So I definitely can find my sizes easily! For US brands, I simply cant get their sizes! Even their S is way too big for me!
Uniqlo is definitely a successful brand, even Straits Times this morning reported that Uniqlo had managed to break even in just 6 months time after setting up their stores in Tampines and ION! Amazing!
And well, I’m visiting Japan and I definitely won’t miss visiting the Uniqlo there! haha

Extremely sorry for the lack of posts for the longest time!

Am extremely busy with school work, believe it or not! NIE is so busy! Somehow I find it busier than when I having my undergraduate studies!
Probably because all the deadlines for assignments kindof overlap one another. For the past month, it had been quite crazy! Really…
Lesson plans, Assignment, Reports…

But things are getting better, only 3 major assignments left! 2 will be due next week, and yes I’m doing them now and I foresee myself doing it till quite late tonight.
After that I shall be more free to do some updates.

NIE has been full of ups and downs I suppose. Ups: Met new people and they are all fun and we really exchange lotsa information. We even went out on ECP cycling last week and conquered 40km! The tutors are all nice as well! Downs: The infinite assignments!

Lastly, before I end this post, I will be going to Japan! Yea! For a retreat before my new school term starts next year. It is probably gonna be the only break I will have before I start my formal teaching career in June next year, so I am so going to cherish this opportunity and enjoy myself in Japan! So any kind souls with good japan tips, do drop me some! =]

Well, this is an outdated post.
We went to Pasta Inc, situated at 279 Jalan Besar, to celebrate our dear Jul’s birthday 2 weeks back.

As fans of Hungrygowhere.com, ling and I had noticed the Pasta Inc’s link on the main page of HGW for quite sometime, but always havnt had the time to have a try.
Finally, we decided to go try since there is a buy 4 get 1 free pasta.

One thing to note, it’s easier to go Pasta Inc if you have your own transportation. There’s ample parking space on the other side of the road, if not, go to the sports stadium to park.

Pasta Inc is a small, cosy Italian restaurant that serves mainly pasta, italian appetizers, mains (no pizza though). It is only about 7th month old. When we reached, there wouldn’t other customers. The server and the owner of the restaurant were all very keen in recommending the food to us. They indicated that some items are not indicated on the menu, like grilled portobello, saffron cream pasta or anything Italian we can think of and if they have the time and materials, they can definitely do it for us, that’s what I called personalised and good customer service! When Jul asked about the availability of risotto, the owner said ‘of course’, but it will take a quite a long time to prepare unless we are willing to wait.
Anyway, we ordered 2 portobellos, 2 baked eggplant, 1 pasta each and of course Jan’s salad.

Just for those who have no idea what portobellos are, they are a type of mushroom, the very big mushroom that you can now find in NTUC (but the one they served us is bigger than the ones you find in NTUC). Oh man, it’s so gd! The juiciness of the woody-flavoured mushroom, and it’s grilled to perfection with a layer of cheese. Thumbs up!

The grilled eggplant, well, it’s quite a small plate of eggplant for the price, but still, it’s rather nice. Personally, I prefer the grilled eggplant that Pasta Fresca serves. But somehow, they differ abit also. Neverthelss, it’s still not bad.

I ordered a seafood linguini in white wine sauce.
I think white wine base pasta will be a new love for me!
For me, I find it hard to finish pasta that is cream-based. So in terms of pasta bases, my favourite is white wine & aglio olio style. Always, aglio olio remains on top, but sometimes I find it hard to dispose the garlic smell that lingers for hours in the mouth after the meal. But still… both aglio olio and white wine base is my top picks!

Had a try at the off-the-menu saffron cream based seafood pasta, well, it’s pretty unique, I think this is also not bad!

Dear’s lasagne was pretty good too! Pretty flavourful! But abit pricey for its price. I think it’s $16.90. But, lasagne fill one up easily!

On top of our food, we had white wine too!
I had 2 glasses of it myself! haha..
It’s cheap to purchase by bottle, only $45 I recall.
Well, i can’t drink too much alcohol as some of my body parts will flush and may itch. But nowadays, it seems better, perhaps I’m improving…

Anyways, the owner of the restaurant was very warm and friendly to us! He’s a young chap, under 30 somemore! Talked to us, told us how and why he started the business. Can see that he’s a hardworking dude who has a passion for the food industry. He even told us something that I was quite shocked!
Cos he wanted to advertise his restaurant, so he wanted to invite the famous food blog owner for a food tasting and review, but he do so foy a charge!? Not sure if we hear wrongly, but the amount is quite big!
Here are some screenshots of our experience there!