Out of touch

Dear visitors, I know it has been quite a while since the three legged cat has updated anything on the blog, and also to post the first few days of Taiwan ex-per-en. Not that I am renegading on my promise, but was heavily involved in some of the work stuffs and of course, lots of personal errands too.

To sum it up what had happened to me in case you had mistaken me for being abducted by aliens:
(1) Went to a couple of quaint places for coffee, food and drinks with Goodest Friend. There's this Coffee Nations near Bugis Arab Street. When we were there, Goodest Friend overheard the owner that they had barely set up a few mnths ago, and by the powerful word of mouth, it had attracted a fair share of coffee-lovers seeking some solace. The service is impeccable and I would highly recommend you to there.

(2) Upper Thompson. Again, shophouses have been the theme of recent outings nowadays for Goodest Friend and me. So we chose to go uper thomson road where there is this Liquid Kitchen and many other little shops. There is also an ice-cream parlour nearby which only those who ahd visited there through recommendations by other friends would know. It's kind of tucked away but the delectable ice-cream there certainly deserves your endeavours to find it.

(3) Speaking of ice-cream, there's Udders which is in Novena. Apparently, I was engaging in some small talk with a man I met in SAFRA Yishun gym, and he told me he was the owner! Wow.. apparently, he was a Yishun Town Sec teacher before and when I expressed awe that the school had performed tremendously well in recet years, he could only sigh to say that his batch of teachers worked extra hard for many others to reap the profit. Oh well, he has no regrets leaving the teeching profession for he is now milking all the good profits from his Udders (I mean his shop Udders). They sell both alcoholic and nonalcoholic ice-creams.

(4) O level results. Out of 4 kids I tutored last year, it seems only 1 managed to hit an A for the subject. As for the other 3 kids, they managed Bs and Cs. If you consider that they were al borderline or sub-borderlined (euphemism for the F grades), it's considered value-added. Still 2 of them expressed disappoinment as they left the exam hall feeling happy that they could clinch an A, only to realise they got B. perhaps due to intense moderation? Nevertheless, these were the two testimonies of what two mothers texted me:

"Hi ***, i m pleased to inform that charlene did well for her o levels. physics- A2 and chem - B3. Thank u very much for ur patience and dedication in tutoring her. Without u, she wd hv never made it on her own. God bless u. Regards, charlene's mum, j".

And another from my friend whom I tutored her son. Unfortunately he did not get the A grades he wanted. Still my friend was thinking it might be a blessing in disguise he could not go to a JC as we felt he was more inclined in his maths and science.

"Hi, [V] just got back home. He got b4 for physics, b4 for chem, b3 for a math."

Ok, that's all for now. Am looking forward to updating more on my Taiwan trip when I am done! Thanzzzzz