Training Progress Update

just to update on my training progress.

Weights training are done over the weekends. To my surprise, despite the fact that I head the gym twice a week now, I have managed to regain my strength back! But as compared to last time, I have lost quite a bit of muscle mass, due to lack of protein intake and my reduced in weights training, with a drop of weight from 70 to current 65 (was 62 after my sundown marathon).

I ran thrice last week - Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Distance was between 5 to 6km for these 3 days, but speed was the element! I managed to clocked all in a good 20+minutes. After my morning runs, is followed by a series of body weight exercises to "substitute" my gym workouts. Apparently, this helps. I also ran on the threadmill (on sat) and I did something crazy by running speed 15 - 16 for 20min nons-stop, I guessed I was just a little too high and was of very good form that day, but the whole threadmill is as wet as I am after my run =X

Tomorrow Sunday will be weights training, and will be heading to the pool for an easy swim and to get some sun, cos I haven't been under the sun for quite some time now.

Have a greaaaat weekend!

The Yummiestest Lunch...

Ever since I started working, the most expensive lunch I had during my lunch break is perhaps around $10, but most of the time it is about $3.20, because I always eat the same thing for lunch, and that is Yong Tau Hu with Chee Cheong Fun - healthy and nice and cheap! I really love it that I can eat almost everyday. Those who work around my area might know which stall I'm talking about!

But 50% of the other time, I will be having lunch during meetings (sinful stuffs like burgers), or travel to other parts of Singapore where they don't have my favourite YTH, like today. BUT today is different, because BIG BOSS treats, and BIG BOSS treats nice yummy lunchie!

Nobody (I mean colleagues) knows that I have a fetish of snapping food pictures, and hence, my pictures are kind of candid.

Lunch was at Boon Lay Raja Restaurant!

A non glamourous restarant name, but serve lip-smacking delicious food!

Cold Dish - Huge chunky lobster, Baby octopus, fish fritters and Ngoh Hiang thingy

Fried Rice - This is so much better than the "三鲜“ Fried Rice (3 types of seafood) which i had at crystal jade last week, and which I gave up eating halfway thru.

Sharksfin - I don't eat sharksfin intentionally, because its cruel. But since it is served to me on my bowl already... what can I do?! I must say that it is this type of traditional Chinese restaurant that serves real good sharksfin. I have been to wedding dinners at supposedly posh hotels, but their sharksfin are P.A.T.H.E.T.I.C. This one that I had came in pieces, together with huge chunks of REAL Crab meat from the legs... I had 2.5 bowls, because I was the youngest amongst them, and they say I still need to grow up. haha

Abalone with Kailan - I always thought that abalone is tasteless and rubbery, but wait till you try the ones in Raja... and you will know how abalone should taste like.

Roast Chicken - Tender and Juicy, and I ate most of the chicken breast which is my favourite!

Steamfish - I'm very bad at identifying the type of fish. But whatever it is, I ate just a piece of it, it is nice, but I just don't want to stuff myself silly, as I am already pretty much filled... anyway more than half was left untouched, as most of the ladies are really small eaters, and the guys... only I can eat leh...

Fried Prawns with Wasabi cream - This is somethig very special. The fried prawns are real huge and is totally green (the incredible hulk kind of green). The wasabi is very refreshing, yet it is sweet... a really lovely dish.

Yam Puree with Pumpkin Puree ( Orh nee) - I had a spoon of it, it is really nice. But I cannot eat any further. period.

Everything is really good, and hence, the yummiestest lunch I ever had during my lunch break. But it has its downside, chinese dishes are very high in sodium content, thus leaving me thirsty for the whole day.

...and I have the intention to go back to this place with my family some day.

But yummy lunch don't come cheap, but not at the expense of my pocket thou. =P

Morning Run - 26 Aug

It is 4.45am now, and I have just finished half a PB sandwich and half a cup of milk. 45more min, and I will be off for my 2nd morning run this week. Target: 5km in 23min, followed by followed by circuits at the stadium. Can't wait for my 2nd full breakfast! :D

BBB - Boobs Butt and Bolognaise

A couple of weeks ago, I had my "orientation programme" organised by my coy to immerse (brain wash) me into its culture blablabla... The session was a mix of fun and boredom, and without boredom, how do we know what is fun?

Lunch allowance was provided and since we were around Clark Quay, we decided to go hooters to settle our lunch since there is corporate discount for my coy!

Hooters, a restaurant that theme itself as a place for fun and entertainment. it is famous not for its "Legendary Hooters Chicken Wings", but its legendary Hooters Girls. Dressed in skin tight tank and hot pants, these hooters girls is definitely the draw for the crowds.

Waiting for my lunch, and we waited for damn long...

Soup of the day - Tomato Soup - taste veryy salty and its really really not nice at all...

Spaghetti Bolognaise - A disappointment just like the soup. They are too stingy with the ingredients! There goes my lunch for that day.


Afterall, this is not a place for good food, and everyone knows that.

So Far Seoul Good - The Last Dinner

After the donuts at Planet Donuts, we went for a proper Korean Dinner. We wanted something very authentic and just korean food because this will be our last dinner in Seoul before flying back to Singapore.

The must-haves side dishes in every Korean meal. Preserved cucumbers, Seasoned Octopus ( I ate a lot of this!), Kimchi, Seasonsed Mushrooms and Bean Sprouts.

we share 3 mains... when the mains are ready, i am already quite full, from eating all the sides...

Beef Bulgogi - Unlike the ones I had in SG which is much less soupy, this is a soupy version and i thought it doesn't look as appealing as those sold in SG which are more stew-like. But surprisingly, this one taste much better, and it was the first to be cleared up.

Bibimbap - one cannot miss out bibimbap in Korea. The ingredients for this is more finely cut as compared to the previous one, and hence less crunch to the texture.

Mixed Stew - Stew consisting of different parts of the cow, eeks. With many werid odd shapes thingy floating around in the soup, I did not eat this.

Eventually, everything was cleared except the mix stew

This is a really nice place for nice korean food, highly recommended by me!

Whine - Overworked, Undernourishment

Just got home an hour ago which is 9pm. Started off the day great with a 21km run followed by some static exercises.

Reached work at 840am (late for 10min), and meeting starts at 9am and lasted all the way until 130pm. Average meeting is usually 3 hours, with a variance of 2 hours.. and I am seriously not used to sitting down non-stop for so long... and hence I was recently diagnose with something by the Doctor caused by sitting for too long, and the medical bill came to a hefty $90. (It is not deadly, no worries... ).

Meeting ends and it was a quick fix for lunch with my boss 1 for 30min, and we quickly went back to office. Did some work, and before i can get myself a glass of cold Redoxon Vit C drink, Boss 2 who just recently came back from China asked me in to talk about his new project in China. My next meeting was at 3.30pm. When it was 3.45pm, Boss 3 went to Boss 2 office to ask me to go for his meeting as soon as I am done. 4pm, I went to Boss 3's meeting. The meeting lasted until 8pm. I stand for most of the time during the meeting due to whatever I was diagnosed. I was so hungry, so dinner for me was sinful and evil. My run in the morning was a waste. Dinner was gummi bears, sandwich, coffee and biscuits.

I really dislike this kind of lifestyle. I have adjusted my exercise routines to mornings before work. But now, my meal plans are all screwed! I have planned to stock up the fridge in the pantry with HL Milk, at least i can make some good protein shake for dinner next time as contigency!

Good nite

Doughnut Planet - New York City

This looks as if I went to New York, but nah, this was actually taken in Seoul... We have tried krispy kreme, and Mister doughnuts, so we thought we should try out this doughnut planet as well since it looks much like a doughnut-y place! But

They have lots of interesting flavas, but there is no queue or a big crowd as compard to KK or MD... no because of lousy doughnuts, but i guess it is the price of the doughnuts that puts people off.

Just to name a few, exotic flavours like Strawberry Choco, Mark Creme Brulee, Honey Vanilla, Cinammon Buns, Black Out, Haman Cheese, Vanilla Beans, Vanilla and Banana Cream, Valrhona Chocolate, Tres Leche...

Kept in ovens to keep it warm...

Valrhona Chocolate doughnut, this very chocolate is also the one that is used by Bakerzin for their warm chocolate cake. Imagine that on a doughtnut... yumzzx


and more doughnut porn...

The doughnuts are really pricey, each cost around SGD$3 to $4... so we got a few...

Valrhona Chocolate - The chocolate justifies the doughnut and the price... totally soaked in chocolate, so rich that it feels like you gonna have your throat sored right after eating that!

Honey Vanilla - This combi is just WRONG! when you sink your teeth into this, it feel like you are biting rock sugar, this is just sweet, so sweet that i cannot tell where;s the honey or vanilla.

Black Out - The doughnut dough is premix with chocolate first before being made into a doughnut, hence it is already chocolatey by itself. But more chocolate is coated and sprinkled onto it... and hence the name, blackout.

Banana Pecan Choco - The Pecan definitely make this doughnut gain so points, and the banana adds a nice lingering flavour. The texture is not doughnut at all, it is like a fried chocolate cake, thick and moist within. nice! definitely sinful like siao.

Banana Pecan Cheese - The Pecan help this doughnut to gain so points as well, and it taste pretty similar to the one above but, Who Stole my Cheese? I couldn't smell/taste ant hint of cheese at all, but this is still good stuff. The texture is more of a doughnut (which it should be!) rather than a cake.

Until today, I have been avoiding doughnuts, Donutphobic!

My 3 favourite Thai Food

After collecting my passport last saturday at SIR (which I renewed as I was ALMOST.... so close to being sent to the very North of Mother Earth for a year for work) , this place Golden Mile naturally come to my mind, as this is the place I love to go for nice thai food, but the awful smell of the air sometimes really puts me off.

Usually I will go the Diandin Leluk for my thai fix, but this time round, i just randomly try another stall.

Must-Have Thai Tom Yum Soup with Bee Hoon

Must-Have Mango Salad - usually I don't see whole peanut being added to the salad, this is something special. But the mangoes are abit disappointing as they don't taste mango-ish at all.

Must-Have Dessert - Luk Chut - These are molded to the shapes of miniature fruits, and filled with bean paste. The colours is a turn on for anyone, and nowadays, it is really very difficult to find this outside the perimeter of Golden mile.

Picnic @ Botanic Garden

I have been real busy, busy with workkkk, exercise, friends and family. I have lots of stuffs to blog, but hardly can I find time to do it. Therefore, I tried to restrict myself to just 10 min. Yes, just 10min to upload and type everything that I need to in a blog...

So how did you guys spend your Monday Public Holiday?

Had a picnic at Botanic Garden. From this swan, you can tell that...

We were having our picnic beside the swan lake... adoring the swan under beautiful cloudy sky... The sky was really nice to us.

Food which my gf and I brought... in a Tingkat!

Tada!

Food inspired by Sausage bun which we had in Berlin.

Since everyone was late, and we were the earliest... we made a tomato with egg and grilled cheese bun to fill our pitiful stomach first. This is simple, but good stuff to me.

and soon... everyone arrived. But what is more important is that all the food arrived safely! haha
Just to name a few... Egg Salad, Caesar Salad, Nuggets, Cheese sausages, Ham and cheese/ Tuna / Egg Mayo Sandwiches, Wraps...

The Berlin inspired bun... Rostbratwurst, roast hotdog bun with minced meat sauce. I can see that everyone loves this! =)

Making Mexican Chicken wraps..

Caesar Salad in a cuppa... a spongebob cuppa...



and other than human companions, accompanying us at the picnic are:

Casper

and Pappy!

Have a great week ahead!

So Far Seoul Good - The Coffee Bean vs Tom N Toms Coffee

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In Seoul, they have The Coffee Bean

In Seoul, they also have Tom N Toms Coffee.

Both of them are so similar in terms of prduct, design, logo and the quadruplex layout

So Far Seoul Good Part 8 - Day 4 Dinner

After the last snack on the soft serve ice cream, we went on a shopping spreeee around Myeudeung until hunger calls for us to stop shopping and start hunting for food!

we finally decided unanimously to settle down in this restaurant... that serves many hot plates dishes... and this is what that caught our attention...

Chicken and Seafood hotplate! and it is sooo cheap and it (looks) like a pretty big portion! heh

The Menu

The interior is filled with the smell of the hot plate, but it smells so good!

Our hotplate, uncooked...

turn on the fire!

and you get this!

The seafood is for real! The octopus is a baby octopus but it is quite big!! and it moves as the whole thing simmers in the heat! The factors that gave this dish the plus is the special marination, the generosity in the portion, and the freshness of the ingredients!

Accompanying the hot plates is a salad bar... and what makes this salad bar rocks is the APPLE SALAD SAUCE

The coolness of the apple salad sauce cools down any spiciness and heat of the hotplate.

And a cold soup to go along with the meal. I find this a but eeeky, becauce imagine drinking a chilled soup that is sour with a tinch of spiciness... It's just like Tom Yam Soup in ICE

TADA! All cooked and ready to eat!

and more apple salad!

After the heavy dinner, I was full but still craving for something which has been bugging me for a few days...

Street stall selling Cuttlefish and octopus food items. After choosing what you want, the lady will cook it over the stove and you can instantly smell the fragrant of the cuttlefish!

It was nice and crispy, and after chewing for some time, it turns chewy, i call this sotong chips!

Many locals were seen drinking this particular brand of coffee, so i bought this coffee for the next morning! and yes, it was nice!