Foood Glorious Fooood!

My office had a networking session where food was abundantly good. Here are just some pix of the buffet spread before it was all consumed...

Yum!
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Schweet Surprise

Got a pleasant surprise on Tuesday evening from the CTO's children when they visited the office. Each of us received a plastic cup which contained a bird's nest with a few eggs in them plus a paper bird.

This is the bird's nest when taken out of the cup. I found out from the HR manager that they bought a pack of oat bran cereal and melted a bar of Cadbury chocolate to bind the cereal to make the bird's nest. The eggs were purchased from Marks and Spencer while the the paper birds were hand-made by them.

Weekend Shootout - Nikon D300 Testdrive Pt 2

Went out for supper with a friend who was leaving to further his studies. Chose Lau Pa Sat for the convenience of getting all the local fare under one roof. It was about 11pm+ when we sat down to indulge in satay, fried oysters and carrot cake. In between our food we also took the opportunity to try taking snapshots of the satay sellers using the high sensitivity ISO levels on the Nikon D300...

Photo Subject #1: Stall No 9, Pondok Satay

Photo Subject #2: Stall No 8, Best Satay

Mind you, none of these pix were taken using a flash unit. ISO setting as set to 6400 with shutter speed at 1/60 with aperture settings between 2.8 to 7 with a AF-S Nikkor 80-200mm 2.8 lens for these night shots.

Excessively Uniquely Singapore

Met up with my classmates for dinner at Newton for a little bit of catching up. Food spread was huge with the usual stingray, squids and shell fish varieties. It was also a good thing that another classmate called at the last minute to ask if we were eating out somewhere or else we would have had to really stuff ourselves.

Which brings me to the next topic. I received an email from a friend way back in poly whom I have not been in touch with for years. She's based in Canada now and she recently came back to see her folks and introduce them to her fiance. She went to say that during their stay here she brought him around and he was surprised at how much and how often we ate.

Likewise, a few months ago my friend came back from New Jersey with two of her friends who wanted to travel to Malaysia then to Cambodia. We decided to introduce them to our local fare and brought them to Adam Road for Tulang, Roti John and Rojak. A few days later I caught up with my friend who said that although her friends did enjoy the food, it was a mild culture shock for them to see so many dishes placed in front of them in a single sitting.

It never occurred to me that perhaps we have a reputation for eating a lot. Maybe it's our culture that eating is also a pastime given the huge accessibility to food; eateries and food courts everywhere you go. Compared to other places where towns and malls are vastly separated by long drives, we can either take a walk, ride a bus or train and we're within reach of food. And we should thank the urban planners for that...