part one

should have done this earlier in the week then i won't have wasted many restless hours at home. we plonked ourselves in coffee bean at scotts shopping centre so i could do my work there before heading for an anticipated dinner. whilst the boy spent his time 'doing nothing', which he claims he is very good at, which translates to looking around at people and flipping through magazines lying around and taking a walk to far east shopping centre to check out golf clubs, i sat reading with white ipod earphones plugged in and occassionally sipping the white chocolate latte. it was a very good place to concentrate in, away from the immediate humdrum of the outside crowd and airconditioned but not too claustrophobic because that isn't a very visually prominent outlet.

part two

at six we headed to our discussed destination, wasabi tei japanese restaurant at far east plaza. it's more like a little eatery with a humble, almost nondescript entrance. it's very small, just enough to seat about eighteen people, with the chef and his wife doing his thing in the middle. hush he says, the chef is very fierce and temperemental, must not talk too loud or make any comments. and indeed that was the general atmosphere. like going to grandmothers - sit. eat. don't talk. but the food. oh the food. it was good. resonably priced sushi, in fact cheap considering the generous portions and freshness. we had a sushi platter (salmon, tuna, some other white fish i couldn't identify, prawn) and a plate of teriyaki chicken that came with a huge amount of white cabbage. the teriyaki chicken was very well done. which means not so overly drenched in teriyaki sauce or burnt like cheap yakitori. the sauce was just slight enough to add a tinge of flavour to the meat. oh yes. the sushi came in really thick chunks. if it's crowded though one had better wait outside or the chef will chase you out with his busy no-nonsense tone and a wave of his hand. and then you will feel like you've been shamed in front of your classmates and retreat in haste. it was something like that. haha but it was fun.

part three

then we walked to kinokuniya where i bought the lastest issue of SA and Walter Benjamin's Illuminations with some of the vouchers i got for my birthday. save your vouchers for when you're broke and the spending will feel golden! i still have ten dollars left and i will save it for next month's wallpaper/vogue uk/nylon. which ever is good. but only one.

to self: the night is young! can one! focus leh!