Restart

It took me 2 hours to redo my blog into this clean look and i must say I am pleased. Don't laugh, you IT-savvy people, at my HTML illiteracy! It's funny how I tried to dabble with the HTML codes only to find the codes I copied down ending up unreadable. Eventually I realised that blogger has this new (pardon me if it's not too new) layout where I can add my banners and extra tools as gadgets easily. Within a few minutes, I got my sidebar in order. Whew.

So I've stayed away from my blog for months and I've thought about the original intent of my website I created back in my JC days. Back then, I started a blog to create a platform to expand my GP skills by discussing and inquiring on all those intellectual topics eg. euthanasia, science & religion etc. But now that I'm past that phase of GP and A level preparation, having done that 2 years ago, it's time to start on a clean slate. Of course, it comes with a new intent for this portal.

The name stays because it broadly covers everything that I'd probably ever type on this site, unless I start to turn this into a blonde journal for the whole world to see WHICH will never happen. So yes, restart. Restart to engage and share of all the discoveries I make from my day to day experiences. I figured that's what blogs are for- not rantings and whinings of personal issues but more of social websites to deseminate valuable experiences to share with others. I greatly appreciate those food and travel blogs eg. ieatishootipost and others I came across in my search for amazing off-the-track travelogues, these are the blogs I hope to emulate. Given my limited social circle, this blog is dedicated especially to my loved ones and friends whom I dearly want to share all my worthwhile experiences with :)

Quest for best dessert joints I

I'm on a quest for search for the best dessert joint in singapore based on my own terms. It'll have to provide good tasting, yummy desserts that cannot satisfy a craving for more, be generous in its portions (only a plus), decently priced.

Thus far, I've paid a visit to Max Brenner's chocolate bar and i came out not too impressed. I went there for the chocolate but the chocolate drinks and desserts weren't chocolate-y enough. I appreciated the concept, porcelain mugs and steel straws though. The ambience and decor were aptly set up, with bags of cocao on shelves, Max brenner's tale, arty pictures and woody furniture etc. Yet, at the heart of it as I had mentioned, Max Brenner's didn't live up to its name as a chocolate bar.

Tried the hazelnut creme crepe, chocolate granita, chocolate soup, orange smoothie, hot chocolate and marshmallows, mexican spicy hot chocolate and eighties' milkshake.

The drinks got a little je-lat after a while. Perhaps we were rushing through our drinks but I'd think that the drinks were quite sweet. I liked the mexican spicy hot chocolate. It kicked up a little spice in my life and such zest really matched the cocoa taste. No wonder the mesoamerican cultures mixed such an elixir. I'd love to stir up a such a concoction one day. Throw in some cocoa powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and milk in the right proportions and you'd get a really divine mayan xocolatl drink.

Just yesterday, I set out to serangoon gardens with my pals to explore the famed ice3 dessert parlour. It ended off with utter disappointment. The choco-banana mudpie and crepe with ice cream were total disasters. One was ice cream in the shape of a block and the other was crepe with preserved fruits and tasteless blueberry ice cream. When I returned home, I searched up reviews and saw that indeed, it was an island-wide let down. Too bad I had to experience it for myself with a pinch on my wallet.

And so, I continue my quest for the best dessert joints in town.

What do you want to do?

I don't know.

I really don't know.

Do i really need to know?

Job week had consistently been memorable throughout my 4 main scouting years. Yes, I did earn much each year during those 4 days of going door to door, discovering treasure troves of generous contributors and utilising my strategy of pulling at people's heartstrings. I'm sorry, I didn't intend to brag. I recall going to my favourite hotspot- Lincoln lodge, the condominium right behind United Square in my secondary 4 year. It was a place full of expatriates and warm, friendly people- definitely unforgettable. From the top floor, I descended, ringing each apartment's doorbell. At one particular door, an indian lady opened and immediately, I sold my story on job week. She paused for a moment and cracked her brain on ideas of jobs to give me. Not long after, she gave up and called out to her spouse for any ideas as well. Eventually, she simply invited me in hospitably like an expected visitor.

Not wanting to let me off jobless, she had decided to get me to teach mandarin to her young daughter who was occupied in one corner with her toys. With a glass of coke with ice, we carried a conversation that led to the question on what i wanted to do. At that time, I thought probably investment banking since it seemed like an appropriate choice but then again, i conceded that I still wasn't too sure. Without hesitation, she shared that it was totally alright. She admitted she was 26 before she finally discovered where her passion laid in. Her job then in JP Morgan was where she was concluded her search for a career she was contented with. Not many know their desires until they visit the corporate world long enough. And that would take much time.

Advice may narrow the choices but only experience will decide.

"I am a simple man," revealed the then Chief of Staff-Joint Staff of the Singapore Armed Forces, BG Chan Chun Sing. In the closed door session with OCS cadets, he chronicled his life, how he came to be and accepted his calling. He was offered the SAFOS scholarship after his JC days and accepted it even though he wanted a different career. From there, the rest was history. He had no complains, no qualms about not having the liberty of choice. He is a great example of one who obliged without doubt to an organisation he had no idea of what to expect.

He showed that one can choose to find contentment in any job.

With these 2 tales in mind, I've decided to take my time to discover my passion. And if I don't find it, I will remain contented with my life despite whatever outcomes I face.