JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT

..you wouldn't have to endure another post about hokkien mee.

Came back to Singapore and first thing I ate was hill street char kway teow (the anthoney bourdain one) then promptly headed downstairs to order hokkien mee (HKM) and watch the HKM man whip up a batch of noodles. You learn something new every time-this time I realised that he cracks the eggs in FIRST, followed by towgay and noodles/bee hoon. then towards the end then fry e garlic. my mum says this is so that the garlic fragrance doesnt fade away with time. He also adds a LOT of lard and this black gooey thing which i have concluded is soy sauce+MSG+sugar+goodnessknows.

So I tried this new recipe at home and till this day I am stil amazed by the results. I won't hesitate to say that it tastes 80% like the real thing, except that there wasn't lard. Am still waiting to try again to see if the results are reproducible - if so I can probably write a thesis on HKM and graduate from hawker school already lol.

and so...

Before I set off for London back in October I kept telling myself "it's just 2.5 months and I'll be back." 2.5 months have gone and I suppose that burning need to be back in (burning) singapore is gone. I just want to do more with my time here now. However I think going home will actually help me get more out of london this time, because for the past couple months I've felt incomplete, like I didn't bring all of myself when I left Singapore (not surprising, given the 20kg luggage limit) Not sure what it is, but I have a feeling I'll find out when I'm back.

I've heard many people describe the sensation of watching themselves on film and not actually being here.I suppose flying back for a while is like taking a break from the movie to go get a drink..and actually having the time to think about what you just watched

I gave my roomie a haircut today. His sideburns are really messy now.

there's a lot of holiday homework. The biggest project of them all being the soundtrack for Major Event 09. I wanted to be a big part of this so badly, and now I have a pretty significant role-let's hope I don't screw this up now..