saturday was early mother's day celebration with relatives at village wok restaurant. the restaurant although small, seemed to have a long history (purely based on a black-and-white photograph of an elderly couple and the fact that it is a chi restaurant. haha.) we had the ala carte buffet dinner and those dishes which came with sauces mostly were XO sauce. its their homemade recipe and they gave 4 small bottles and a hamper with kaya etc as a gift.

Sunday: while waiting to collect mother's day goodie bag, i wanted to use my Mcdonalds reward pts to buy breakfast. i didnt realise until today tt the pts i painstakingly accumulated can only be exchanged for single entrees. 300 pts for a sausage egg mcmuffin = $60 (every $1=5 pts) tts sky-high price for a burger! but maybe arent supposed to calculate in this way.

took my ID-sized photograph at the instand photo booth. the machine was spoilt so i dialled the number indicated on the screen. and after a while, a lady called back to enquire and later called again to inform me that the machine ran out of paper and tt the technician had already refilled it. so there was this so-called technician stationing somewhere around there? amazing!

we had dinner with mum at hotpot culture at marina. i thought we could eat to our hearts' content by scooping pile after pile of food into our mouths. but there was not much variety of steamboat dishes and the cooked food were not as stunning as they sound. also 8 dishes in total were not served to us at all! a waiter said tt our orders were not in the kitchen. how could a piece of paper just disappear lyk tt? i dont see other tables having this prob. if i had the chance to taste the cooked food, my impression would have changed slightly better.

there was a long queue before and after our dinner but i dont think tts gonna last. of course pple have to try the food first when they know of this place but wanting them to come back again is the main issue. besides, there are better places tt will get them the kick out of having steamboat.

Mi, although i'm not able to offer u many things now, i will in
the years to come. im very grateful for ur support and belief in me, especially
when i always mke lots of requests. only you are able to bring out the best in
me, my treasured mum.