Well well well, so Singapore is finally big o’ fourty now. We’ve been enjoying 40 good years of independance, prosperity and peace and I’m sure damn glad to be part of this little proud country located on the globe. As I’m slowly shaping up to be a responsible young adult and hopefully in future, a successful local entrepreneur too, I sincerely wish to see certain things here that would improve eventually, like the public transport system (SMRT still doesn’t improve during peak hours, and accidents still happen) as well as some other political issues here and there (which can be found on the Home section of the ST papers occasionally) and not to forget the recent NKF organisation issue that took place, hoping in future things will make for a better turn with a more reformed system in place and all that, so as to make this country a better place for everyone to co-exist and live in. All in all, I think it’s still very important to appreciate and be contented with what we have currently at present, and how things are slowly shaping up to an improvement, slowly but gradually.

Aside from that, recently things in my life ain’t exactly on the right track, or should I say optimistic. Usually, I always think of myself as a happy-go-lucky kind of person, but recently I don’t seem to be able to put or fit myself into that characteristic anymore. Am I slowly shaping up to be a different person? Maybe. Perhaps it’s the environment, or perhaps it’s just the people around me, that caused the change in me to that effect. I don’t deny, sometimes I’m quite influenced by the people I hang around with, but all in all I think I’m still trying to be myself, and not ‘faking’ to be someone else I’m not. It’s just like, you’re trying hard not to create a pseudo of yourself, but sometimes you do see an ‘alternative’ image of your own self while you’re with others. Does it sound familiar to you? If so, you might have been in this kind of scenario before, probably due to your peers around you, or mainly because of that particular situation or circumstances you’re in, that’s all. Some things just can’t be helped, I guess.

Anyway, let’s talk about happier stuffs shall we? Let’s talk about food. I haven’t really been checking out the latest fast-food chain or restaurant in downtown, but if there’s anything new in my food dictionary at the current moment that I haven’t tried out, it’s gotta be Pepper Lunch and Carl’s Jr. To my knowledge, Pepper Lunch is based off the Japanese fast-food joint in Japan, which serves mainly teppanyaki BBQ food. They have grilled steaks, hamburger plates in very nice decent servings, at least from the menu I have seen on their website. Looks pretty oiishi, no? Do check it out soon, only one outlet so far and it’s located at the basement of Takashimaya.

Now let’s move on to Carl’s Jr, which is based off the popular American fast-food joint in US. I think I’m pretty late on this one, cause most of my friends have told me they had already tried this one, compared to Pepper Lunch. It’s something like Burger King, they serve burgers in huge servings, at least 1.5 times that of BK’s Whopper, for example. And for $10.50, you get a combo set meal which includes a small packet of fries and free-flow soda. Ahh, free-flow of soda? Sounds nice to me, no more of that one-dollar stupid top-up crap at Subway. Still, I think for american-style burgers, nothing beats Billy Bombers. But I guess I will find time to try Carl’s Jr someday. At present there’s 2 outlets, one at Marina Square and another at FE Plaza if I’m not wrong.

Guess I will stop here for tonight. I have a couple more stuffs to write about, but I guess I will leave those for tomorrow, will make time to blog again. Till then adios and enjoy the holiday minna-san! (^ ^)