Well Deserved Date

I guess it had been a long while since our last date, especially since our schedules are heavily occupied with school stuffs, compounded with markings and extra lessons. I even had to accompany students overseas this time round. As such, my dear had been yearning and looking forward to this outing.

We started the day at Ang Mo Kio by buying contact lenses for moi and collecting stuffs for my dear, though our date only officially started with a lunch at Original Sin, located next to Holland Village MRT. I went there once for a wedding reception and found the food unique and scrumptious. Despite having a failed online booking transaction the day before, it did not dampen the mood and I found the old school method of using the phone much simpler and affirmative. The food items were on the pricey side, thus we opted for the set lunches (which were good enough for us), instead of their signature dishes.

Hungry man...

Hungry woman...

The mushroom soup (delicious but diluted)

Spaghetti with cheese (forgot its name)

Wrap with veggies (forgot its name also)

Tea (and no prize for guessing)

Brownie with ice cream

We later proceeded to explore Haw Par Villa for a short walk and immersing ourselves in the mythical realm of our Chinese heritage. There were the ten courts of hell, for which I found the English translation totally out of sync with the Mandarin explanation. Lost in translation I guess. Or maybe they used Google translate instead of an experienced translator. Or maybe they just did not bother. Anyway, we were nonetheless enlightened by the walking through the rites of passage. There were also statues and scenic depiction of other famous Chinese folklores, though we did not realise that the Statue of Liberty decided to jump ship and also want to become a Chinese folklore character. Nor did we expect the Sumo twins to be there as well. So much for cross cultural exchange. There were also memorials to honour the Haw Par brothers, as well as their parents and their early deceased son.

The start of dear's maiden trip

The lady in mention

The sumo twins (promoting Tiger Balm)

After which, we took a long bus ride to Jurong East, where we went back to our agenda of searching for furniture. We had ramen for dinner and very quickly we were on our way back home.

The gyoza

The spicy one...

The non-spicy one...

Hope my dear had an enjoyable time.