Overnight rain. I snuggled under the bed covers for an extra 30 minutes this morning.
Starting the week with lunch at the cozy French restaurant called La Table D'emma. This is my second visit, and Joanne's first. We opted the 1-for-1 Festive Set Lunch.
When I first ate here, I fell in love with so many things about this restaurant - the ambience, its menu, the quality of food, even the restaurant logo - and I love everything still.
Just an awesome day in the life of a crab!
This morning, I attended my first Chinese Calligraphy lesson with Singapore Century Calligraphy. I suck at writing with a brush but at my age I have no wish to be competitive.
You know what the best part is? It was FREE because I used my $100 SG Culture Credits.
The class was supposed to last only 1.5 hours but it was already 12:30 by the time it ended. I was SO hungry. I ate pork basil rice at a little Thai kitchen in Sunshine Plaza. I rate it "meh".
It rained very hard this evening - - for about 30 minutes.
My mum's dementia seems to be worsening.
Last Tuesday, I went to collect meds for Mum at the clinic. Mum was taking a shower when I arrived home and Nana was inside the bathroom with her. As soon as Nana opened the bathroom door I had cried out "Hey!" to let them know I've come home.
"Hey!" Nana responded.
My mum (who was still inside the bathroom and couldn't see me) asked Nana in a scared voice, "Who were you talking to?"
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She had fallen asleep on the couch after breakfast. When Nana woke my mum up to give her her meds (something that Nana does every morning), my mum asked in Mandarin, "Where is she?"
Naturally, Nana was confused. "Where did who go?"
"Her!" Mum got so agitated she started sprouting English. "Where she went?!"
I had overheard the conversation so I went into the living room and asked Mum as gently as I could. "Just take a minute to be calm and gather your thoughts, " I told her. There are only three of us here. Did you want me? Or did you want Nana?"
"Nana!" she said.
"Nana is right here," I pointed out.
At this point, mum confessed in a small voice, "I was confused. I thought she wasn't Nana."
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For dinner tonight, Mum and I shared glutinous rice parcel. I made sure she got most of the chicken filling. When we were almost done, I wanted to pull her leg by lamenting, "I had only one piece of chicken in mine!" (sad face). Her response? "At least you had one big piece. I had NONE."
:(
Caught up with Winnie and Lilian over lunch. Got treated to Spanish food @Pura Brasa. I haven't eaten so much pork in a long time. Gift exchange. Had a fab lunchtime.
Winnie and Lilian had jobs to go back to so I called upon Eunice, whose workplace is a stone's throw from the restaurant. She doesn't need to be in the office every day so today is my lucky day! We had a spot of tea together.
Eunice and I hang out once a week. She's my work buddy-turned-bestie.
Spotted a white chicken. I'm not wild about having wild chickens roaming our neighbourhoods and, the CBD though I have to say that Singaporean chickens are smart! I've bumped into one or two crossing the roads at traffic lights.
To re-train myself to write better Chinese characters, I've been copying poetry and verses written by poets of the Tang and Song dynasty. Some traditional Chinese characters, I find, are tough to write.
Can someone please create simplified characters for these?
攥 (zuan), 虞 (yu), 檀 (tan), 鬓 (bin), 孽 (nie), 袅 (niao), 簟 (dian), 颦 (pin)
I can promise you that should I ever write Chinese poetry, I will not include such perplexing characters.
