2 more weeks to school

3 months juz whizzed past like tat. soon school will be reopening. On de bright side is dat I feel a sense of achievement when I am occupied wif stuff to do. On de down side is understress n lack of a good rest.

Anihow, got ma week started by visiting de temple in bugis. later had lunch with sis at subway in raffles city. decided dat i should eat healthy n more vegetables. so i should avoid all other fast food chains at all cost for de time being.

Went ION again with tadashi. Bought an avocado juice which tasted damn awful. Felt like puking. Crowd was heavy too, despite being mondae.

walked to orchard central, many shops are yet to open. But on overall I think de mall sucks. Too claustrophobic. too full of restaurants which aren't of anything special or appeal to passers-by.

Had a rest at starbucks in plaza sing. Ordered hot vanilla as usual. Ma 'bright' eyes saw a strand of hair in ma drink. So i gotta reject it n got a new one prepared. Service totalli sucks big time. When a customer rejects something, the service provider should say: "Sorry sir, I will get it changed immediately." Instead of grabbing my cup back without a word.

Somehow I realised those that could provide good service are those with a good grasp of language n outspoken, n consider how F&B outlets hire multi-racial staff (who don't speak good english but all sorts of nonsense) these days to drive down operating cost.

of course one wouldn't expect such a service from a hawker stall, but a more up-market cafe like starbucks should be wary. Why would one pay over 5 bucks to get a coffee when you can get it for 80 cents in a coffeeshop?

Went ikea n bought 2 frames for ma portraits i bought in paris n rome. similarly, i observed the service delivery at ikea. being a sort of self-service store to drive cost down (so savings could be passed on to consumers), a stupid lady checking out at de cashier demanded for all sorts of service there are on earth, seemingly a first-time shopper at ikea. When requested by de cashier to DIY, all she could give was a black n long face n asked tis n tat. She should shop at barang barang instead.

reached home n took some pictures of ma nice portraits. but i can't upload here. ma blog is faced with some technical problems.

Going batam with kn tomorrow n back on wed! got tis crazy deal on wotif.com at onli 65 bucks for 1 night at Harris Resort. Resist no more.