Never waste calories on sucky sashimi... & boy i am glad i didn't

I have been having a terrible Sashimi craving for weeks! Everyday i walk past NTUC, I am so tempted to buy the salmon sashimi that's on offer (they go on offer after 830pm every night). I know that these sashimi are probably never gonna be as good but the heart keeps telling me to buy them and stuff myself to cure the bad craving. But the mind keep telling me that one shouldn't waste calories on yucky food and since i am not gonna be satisfied after eating them, i'll still have to spend more money on the real stuff. And boy i am glad i stood with the mind.

I paid a visit to Fish Mart Sakuraya at West Coast Plaza this evening to finally taste the real thing. Boy, I am glad i did. The sashimi is the freshest i have had, beating those at international buffets hands down. Price was reasonable, with no service charge & GST so u basically pay for the slab, they cut it up for u, and u dip and enjoy. Lovely... That was the only word to describe it. We also chanced upon the bluefin tuna, apparently that taste more like beef than fish. A small slab will blow u off by $50+ (which probably works out to about $8/slice). Maybe someday... when the shares start to climb and i make some money out of them, i'll part with the $50+ for that tiny slab of bluefin tuna. But till then, at least we are happy that there's something to rave about in Clementi & West Coast...

Sometimes u can't help but wonder if a chance meeting is an act of Fate

I met a friend for lunch the day before. She's due to give birth in a month and was sharing with me how she discovered she was pregnant. There was no "jump for joy" as seen on TV, there was actually an awkward silence after the "announcement". It was only after 2 weeks that reality bites and the couple finally sat down to "deal with the change". I cracked up but well, i also shared that I have a very strong hunch & foresight that there'll be one fateful day i'll want kids, only to realise that age permits or reduces the chances of having one.

The very next day, I met KL for lunch and we shared the table with an absolutely lovely 8-year old boy. He had absolutely everything to talk about - school, Ninja Warriors, his love for reading and Mathematics etc. I can see that KL enjoyed the conversation with this boy. The mother actually started giving us a "lesson" in family planning - don't take pills, don't wait too long, kids are absolute fun, returning to the workforce is easy if u have a kid earlier, don't stop at 1 but stop at 2 etc...

This chance meeting made me wonder if it's a "signal" to us to really start "dealing" with this family planning issue. I am apprehensive coz really, we never really had a conversation on when we should start. Very often, the answer is "not now" but there's always no answer to "when". Maybe when the answer to "when" comes, it'll all be too late. So what can i do now to deal with it? Absolutely nothing.

Back from BJ with new discoveries

It's really been a while since we went on a family trip. I think the last was when i was 25, to South Korea.

BJ is really a city filled with rich Chinese culture and heritage. I am thankful that I am competent with the language so getting around wasn't tough. English is a rarely spoken language there and even if these folks did, u probably have a hard time deciphering what they are trying to say.

Shopping was good. Bought good quality pearls and I must say their local labels are nothing but expensive and i only bought 2 dresses from their lower-end stores. No wonder the Chinese are travelling to shop abroad. At least they are assured that what they buy from overseas are authentic. The level of "imitation" in China is superbly impressive. From clothes, makeup brushes, thumb drives, memory cards to even skincare (yes yeeks!), everything can be fake.

I so look forward to the next holiday. And it's definitely London and Paris in October.