Day 39 of the 60DWCC - Fulfilling Meal at Menya Musashi Restaurant 麺屋武蔵

After staying inbounded over the past 4 days, THL and I decided to have a meal at WestGate. At 5.30pm, RK and I took a feeder bus down to Jurong East Interchange. As per plan, RK and I will find a place to eat dinner and THL will look for us there when she arrived.

After wondering around for a bit, I decided to pick Menya Musashi restaurant for our dinner. THL and I have walked past this Japanese restaurant a few times and we always see a long queue outside. We reckoned that the food must be nice since there is always a long queue.

RK and I got ourselves seated inside and to our surprise, every table comes with a mini iPad for customers to place their orders. How cool is that?!

While waiting for THL to join us, RK and I ordered something to chew on using their Mini iPad. The food and drink came within 2 minutes after I placed the order. Wow...I was impressed...

THL ordered her share when she arrived, We also order a Kids Meal set for RK and some little side dishes to share. All in all, despite the hefty price, the quality of the food was good, served hot although the service level could have been better. The space in between tables was rather cramp and the people sitting next to us could easily hear everything we say. No privacy at all.

Anyway we just wanted to try out the food so it is still fine with us. Will we still eat here again? Probably not.

After dinner, we walked around West Gate and JEM. After that we took a train to Jurong Point hoping to get a couple of Micro Charger cars for RK but we were told the cars are sold out islandwide. :(

We took a cab home from Jurong Point as it was already quite late and we were all tired.

Transport Expenses: $14.67

Bus Ride:
Home to Boon Lay Interchange (THL) => $0.83
Home to Jurong East Interchange (RK and I) => $0.73 + $0.36 = $1.09

MRT Ride:
Joo Koon to Jurong East (THL) => $1.23
JE to Boon Lay Stn => $0.93 x 2 + $0.46 = $2.32

Taxi:
Jurong Point to Home => $9.20

Daily Afterthoughts:

We probably would not have eaten at the Japanese restaurant if we are still financially burdened with the hefty monthly expenses of the SUV. Now that we have this huge financial relief we are looking forward to pampering our tummies with good food once in a while. :)

Day 16 of the 60DWCC - Merry Christmas 2013

We decided to have a stay-at-home Christmas this year. There are arguably 2 reasons behind this. First reason (kinda lame one I know) is that the malls will be super crowded and the chances of us getting infected by airborne diseases will increase. :)

The second reason as you may have guessed is that without a car, commuting to some of the popular malls in Singapore (e.g.Takashimaya, Wisma, West Gate etc) can be nightmare (depending on what time you visit the mall) - imagine crowded trains, sardine-packed bus, majority of the shopping malls occupied by foreigners etc...haiz

Anyhow, RK was very anxious to have his Christmas present (Micro Chargers) unwrapped. We decided to get Micro Chargers as a Xmas gift for him because he has been eyeing it since March this year and despite his many attempts to persuade us to buy it, we did not give in to his request. We told him we may get it as a Christmas gift for him if he promise to behave himself. RK was also very happy as he watch us unwrap the little presents that he bought us using his own pocket money.

THL cooked lunch for the 3 of us. We catch up with some DVD movies for the most part of the afternoon. As I was also down with flu, I took a short nap after taking cold relief medication.

As for dinner, THL prepared Seafood BBQ dinner (remember the seafood that we bought yesterday?) and I have to say the seafoods were all very well done and the taste was fabulous. The only negative thing is that the seafoods left a very stinky smell inside the kitchen. Yuck!

We ended the night by watching some TV shows amid Internet surfing etc.

Transport Expenses: Nil

Daily Afterthoughts:

You Betcha! We definitely would have drove out somewhere had we not sold the car. Traditionally, we would have driven to places like Changi Airport or East Coast park to take a stroll and so on. From a transport expenses perspective, we would have at least spent about $20 odd dollars on petrol (enough for 80KM ride) and a few dollars more on carpark fee and so on. To me, Christmas Day is just another day in our life and what's really important (to me) is that I get to spent it with our loved one. :)