I'm POPEYE the sailorman!

No I've got gone into sailing.
But I've always enjoy watching Popeye the cartoon in technicolor from young and I kinda missed it now.

After a long long time since I've last seen the cartoon, I finally watch bits of it at the Popeyes Chicken and Biscuits place.

For some reason, Leonard is dying to try the Popeyes outlet at the Singapore Flyer mall.

Since it's friday, he decided to have dinner there and so he call yitleong along too (since he enjoys KFC so much, this is a better choice to try).

Leonard's and Yitleong's 3 piece chicken meal.

My cajun fries, while waiting for the chicken to be fried.

Ta-da... My 2 piece chicken meal.

2 pcs chicken, hot from the counter with the milk biscuit.

The milk biscuit.

I read from forum that a lot of people who tried Popeyes like the milk biscuit.
To me the taste is so-so.
It wasn't really biscuit.
More of the combination of biscuit and bread as it's crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside.
Tasting it plain, there's a slight salty and milky taste but overall is rather tasteless.
That's why it come with the marmalade (some orange jam thingy) but I find it too bitter and it makes the whole milk biscuit bitter.
And the more you spread it and eat, the more bitter your mouth can taste.
Even the drink after that taste bitter.

Based on location and crowd, I give it a 4/5.
Though there can be quite a crowd sometimes, but you wouldn't feel the crowd cos the place is big and rather spacious.
Together with the nice view of the Singapore Flyer just outside of the restaurant, what more can you say???

I'm Popeye the sailorman!
Pooo! Pooo!

Peiyan

-Idling-

As the clouds go by

As the time pass by

Sitting on a study bench

I ponder.

As the people walked past

As the buses drive past

Staring into the cloudy sky

I watched.

As the pencil continues writing

As the paper gets filled up
Thinking of what to write next
I stopped.

I'm stoning...

Homrong: The Overture

I watched this very touching film durin my SE3221 lecture class today.
Since the module is about thai music, the film is closely related as it's about one of Thai music masters.



Overview (my own):
This film is about one of the thai music masters who tries his best to keep the beauty of traditional thai music in Thailand, despite the "law" made aganist the playing of traditional music. The film also shows the life story of a talented child who is gifted in playing the Ranak Ek (thai xylaphone) and the ups and downs which he went through.

This is one film which made me teared in class towards the end while watching it. Having the ability to understand the strong will of the music master to keep the root of the traditional thai music in the streets of Thailand.
I recommend this film for those who are interested in music in the southeast asia.

Here's a preview (I hope it works).

Chinese New Year - 初一

First day of the lunar new year.

My house is super lively and crowded with all my relatives coming to my house for lunch.

All from my father's side.
The table is filled with good food, delicious curry and yummy soup with self-made fish maw.
Large crowd is never fun without kids.
With Annh Li (my cousin's daughter) around, there is always fun.

Annh Li, with ang bao in her hand, she likes to say "wah" to her mummy while passing the ang bao to her.

Ang bao is important. So is the tennis ball. I want both.

Minh Li, the newest member to my cousin's (Pham) family.

Minh Li's grandmother (my big aunt) getting the ang bao from her hands.
(She's sitting on my small aunt's lap)

I want to lou hei too.

Lou ah... ...

Happy new year, Pull your ears,
Peiyan

Chinese New Year Eve - Not so eve

It's the eve of the lunar new year...

Waterloo Street

As usual, for the past few years, I've been following my father to waterloo street get some photo opportunity on the temple crowd there.

Unlike the previous years, this time the crowd at waterloo street is much lesser and you can feel it.
And there is a change from the organisers of the temple in allowing crowd in.
Instead of having endless groups of crowd flocking into the temple, they had short breaks after a few rounds to let their staff settle down and rest a bit.
Within that 15min which my father went in and came out, I managed to get some shots...
(We were there after midnight.)

Chiong ah... ...

Relax lah.

Standing out is better than squeezing with the crowd.

I pray... I pray...

Somewhere near Amoy Street
Next stop is a teochew temple which my grandfather has been praying at.
Now my father continues the practice.
It's actually the temple near Amoy street which many people like to take pictures of their spiral incense.

The red lantern

Rows of prayers.

Burn, burn, burn

What did you pray for???

Safe journey

Huat Ah!!!

Peiyan