Yay! I’m finally progressing to the date of my dad’s visit!! Haha... –excited- have been procrastinating blogging coz I’ve been busy with work and other misc stuff... so yup, shall now blog about my dad’s visit! =P
my dad was supposed to arrive in shanghai at around 10pm on Thursday, but his flight was delayed for 4.5 hrs, so he only arrived in the wee hours of the morning on Friday! >_< well, according to him, at least he was given some kinda food voucher to dine at a crystal-jade like Chinese restaurant at changi airport while waiting for his flight... -_-“
so anyway, I checked into the hotel first, and went out for dinner... the hotel stay only cost about S$30+/night, but it was really comfortable! definitely value for money! It has a huge king-sized bed, and the room’s basically quite new & has all the basic necessities like a tv, dressing table, and even FREE INTERNET! Haha... oh, it just didn’t have a fridge (not really necessary in my opinion, especially if it’s just a short stay) and it didn’t have a wardrobe either... in place of that were just hooks and hangers, which were good enough since they served the same purpose... =) so anyway, there wasn’t very much to eat nearby, but there was a 重庆鸡公煲 (chongqing chicken hotpot)... I’ve tried it before, and it’s quite nice... you can check out my earlier blog entry to find out more... =)
重庆鸡公煲
after dinner, I headed back to the hotel to work on my Chinese presentation (for tomorrow’s lesson) while waiting for my dad... haha... oopz... rather last minute work... (as usual...-_-) but of coz, I was easily distracted online and ended up progressing rather slowly... but eventually, I managed to get it done, and was about to head to bed when my dad finally reached the hotel! =D WELCOME DAD! Haha... really glad to see him since it’s been quite a while...about 2 months since I last saw him on the night of my departure... =)
as expected, my dad carried a huge luggage filled with stuff for me, and only carried a small bag with a few pieces of clothing and some basic necessities for himself... oopz... hehe... =P courtesy of everyone at home, my granny as well, I had lotza nice food too! My mom specially prepared some mushrooms cooked and marinated with soya sauce while my granny cooked her specialty shrimp sambal chilli! Woohoo! Delicious home-flavoured foodstuff to spice up my meals...=P
Day 68 – 26 Sept (Fri)
Had my presentation during the Chinese movie lesson in the morning... think it went quite well so yah... getting an S shouldn’t be a prob... =P went to meet up with my dad after lesson... we had lunch at the very nice Chinese restaurant called 金桂皇朝 at 静安寺that I visited with my mom previously... the place with the delicious roasted meat and durian puffs! Yummy... let the pics do the talking... –feeling hungry already- >_<
烧味拼盘 at 金桂皇朝 (mixed roasted meat)
sumptuous feast!
After the sumptuous lunch, we took a walk around the 久光 shopping mall, which sells a lot of jap stuff... then went to a coffee bean outlet nearby to chill... haha... it’s been quite a while since I just entered a café to slack over a cup of coffee... I used to go starbucks with my dad to slack quite often... haha... him with his fave americano, me with my rumba frap, which became java chip frap... sinful treats... =P so yup, after a relaxing time at coffee bean, we went nj west rd for dinner! Haha... first stop, pudding green tea... 2nd stop, xiaoyang sheng jian! Haha... showed my dad how to eat that, and once again warned him about william’s cmi (+highly dangerous) shengjian eating habits... beware if you’re wearing light coloured clothing... must siam and get your tissue ready in case the juice from the sheng jian bao spurts out as he sinks his teeth into the sheng jian tactlessly... =P
Ok, 3rd stop, bbq food! haha...we ordered scallops, oysters, mutton satays, chicken wings, bbq fish (1st time trying...very nice!!), octopus and mushrooms... we were sitting in the restaurant, so we had to pay 10rmb extra, but it was well worth it...since we wouldn’t have to queue outside and could get our delicious piping hot bbq food much sooner! =)
By then, we were already super full... so could only show my dad the other delicious foodstalls selling 锅贴, smelly tofu, takoyaki, egg tarts, etc... =)
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