Day 68 - Saturday
Family Day at Bukit Panjang
As THL has to work till 1pm today, the 3 of us met up at Jurong East after I fetch RK from his tuition centre. We had lunch at Lot 1 before taking a bus down to visit my family.
We were there for a few hours. THL and I went to shopped around Bt Panjang Plaza at around 5.30pm and we bought dinner back for the entire family. There were discussions about making a family trip to Taiwan during this coming March school holidays.
THL and I will go source for some packages and we will see if it is feasible to go in March. We took a bus home and continued with our beloved Korean drama after we washed up.
Day 69 - Sunday
Shopping for Taiwan Tour Package at Chinatown
The 3 of us left the house early to catch a bus to Chinatown. There is actually no direct bus to Chinatown and thanks to THL, we ended up at Bt Merah Bus Interchange and had to take another connecting bus to Chinatown.
We had lunch at Yoshinoya (at Chinatown Point) before starting our hunt for Taiwan tour packages. To our disappointments, the pricing for Taiwan or any other destinations for that matter have already gone up and we reckoned that it does not make financial senses to pay a few hundreds more just to hop on a plane in March.
We collected some Taiwan brochures and we asked for pricing for Jun and we were done for the day. Hurray! After that we took a bus from Chinatown to Tanah Merah MRT and took a train down to Bedok Mall.
After hearing our friends talking about it for a while, the 3 of us finally paid our visit to this latest mall in Singapore. While it was not as good as we thought it would be, the varieties of the shops there still took us a couple of hours to browse through.
As for dinner, we had it at Pho Street - a Vietnamese restaurant. The food was quite delicious and the prices are within reasonable range. After dinner, we took a long train ride back to Jurong East and took a feeder bus home.
Despite the tiring day, THL and I still manage to catch an episode of the Korean drama. LOL...
Day 70 - Monday
A Short Retail Therapy at JEM
Today was a typical work day with usual routines. At 545pm - RK and I took a bus down to Jurong East Interchange. We meet up with THL at JEM for dinner at KFC and we shopped around. THL and RK bought a cake and we took a bus home after getting some necessities from NTUC.
Day 71 - Tuesday
Sinful Dinner at Kushinbo
Yeah, we had this sinful dinner at Kushinbo - Jurong Point and the 3 of us ate our full during this close to 3 hours meal.
THL and I had spoilt our stomach silly with snow crabs legs, prawns and Sashimi. We even managed to grab 2 plates of the hourly special food which was a half lobster drenched with black pepper sauce. THL and I were up to our neck with food before we decided to call it a day and foot the bill.
Day 72 - Wednesday
Reporting sick at Polyclinic
Thanks to the last night's dinner at Kushinbo, THL's stomach went on strike this morning and she had to take medical leave today. We took a bus to the JE polyclinic (our virgin trip there as we are huge fans of GP clinics) and upon looking at the huge pools of people there, we sighed and thought it was going to take forever.
But...to our surprise, the queue numbers went around fast and before we knew it, THL has seen the doctor and has collected her medications. All within 90 minutes. Yeah...it was that fast. And guess what, there was even a payment kiosk near the entrance for THL to pay her medical expenses.
The Korea Drama frenzy ended...
Since THL was on sick leave, the 2 of us managed to finish up the Korean drama series. Yeah! Finished watching after close to 7 weeks of consistent watching.
The melancholic mood stuck the both of us hours after finishing the show. It was the kind of sad when it is time to bid farewell to some good friends. As we may not be watching it ever again, both of us were in a somewhat melancholic mood for a few days...hoping that there will be a season 2. Wishful thinking on our part...:D
Day 73 - Thursday
Dinner at MIL House
After RK wakes up from his afternoon nap, both of us took a train down to THL's mum place for dinner. I have always enjoyed having dinner there as the food was always simple but delicious.
After dinner and an hour of chit chat and catching ups, the 3 of us took a train back to Lakeside and took a slow stroll back home. Nice...
Day 74 - Friday
Weekend Mood at JEM
The 3 of us meet up at JCube and we decided to have korean food for dinner at the Kopitiam foodcourt there. Nope...it has nothing to do with the Korean drama that we finished watching few days ago. Feeling sad again as I wrote this...:)
After dinner, we shopped around and I bought 3 pairs of new socks for my morning runs. The current ones are already worn out and it is time to retire them. We had a drink and a piece of fattening dessert (Raspberry Cheesecake) at Coffeebeans to enjoy the rest of the evening before taking a bus back home.
Transport Expenses (Day 68 to 74): $49.00
Day 68: $9.63
Bus Ride: $6.86
Home to Boon Lay Interchange (THL) => $0.83
Home to Jurong East Interchange (RK and I) => $0.73 + $0.36 = $1.09
CCK to Bt Panjang => $0.73 x 2 + $0.36 = $1.82
Bt Panjang to Home => $1.27 x 2 + $0.58 = $3.12
MRT Rides:
Jurong East to CCK => $1.11 x 2 + $0.55 = $2.77
Day 69: $17.44
Bus Rides:
Home to Bt Merah Interchange => $1.55 x 2 + $0.58 = $3.68
Bt Merah Interchange to Chinatown => $0.93 x 2 + $0.46 = $2.32
Chinatown to Tanah Merah MRT => $1.51 x 2 + $0.58 = $3.60
JE Interchange to Home => $0.73 x 2 + $0.36 = $1.82
MRT Rides:
Tanah to Bedok => $0.73 x 2 + $0.36 = $1.82
Bedok to Jurong East => $1.81 x 2 + $0.58 = $4.20
Day 70: $3.74
Home to Boon Lay Interchange (THL) => $0.83
Home to Jurong East Interchange (RK and I) => $0.73 + $0.36 = $1.09
JE Interchange to Home => $0.73 x 2 + $0.36 = $1.82
Bus Rides:
Home to Boon Lay Interchange (THL) => $0.83
Home to Jurong Point => $0.83 + $0.41 = $1.24
Taxi Fare:
Jurong Point to Home => $6.45
Day 72: $1.46
Home to Polyclinic => $0.73 x 2 = $1.46
Day 73: $4.47
Home to Boon Lay Interchange (THL) => $0.83
MRT Ride: $3.64
LS to PN => $0.73 + $0.36 = $1.09
Joo Koon to PN (THL) => $0.73
PN to LS => $0.73 x 2+ $0.36 = $1.82
Day 74: $3.74
Home to Boon Lay Interchange (THL) => $0.83
Home to Jurong East Interchange (RK and I) => $0.73 + $0.36 = $1.09
JE Interchange to Home => $0.73 x 2 + $0.36 = $1.82
Weekly Afterthoughts:
Wow. The transport expenses for this week was a hefty $49. While it is a huge jump from last week, it is still within reasonable range as we did quite a bit of traveling this week. We have been to Chinatown, Bedok Mall, Bt Panjang and not to forget we even took a cab home on Tuesday after our sinful meal at Kushinbo.
So, all in all, this amount of traveling expenses was expected and it is so insignificant when compared to that of owning a car.
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