Prelude: Realised I haven't touched my blog for the entire year. Every 14th August, I take time off to properly inhale-exhale, to properly 'take stock of life's givings and misgivings, attempting to answer all the open ended questions. The wife asked: Any reflections? Looking at the past 7 years of Blogposts, I've aged visibly, put on a few pounds perhaps, gone mellow and wiser I hope.
Inter-mezzo: It's a thursday, and off to work as usual, to Chiro, office, then to a studio installation. Afterwards it was to Cat Cafe @ Boat Quay. Wifey was more excited than me (I had to remind her it's not her birthday more than once). Having been to the no.1 cat cafe in Tokyo in 2012, the Cat Cafe trend has taken Singapore by storm with 3 cafes within a span of 9 months? This cafe is visibly Japanese-influenced. It's nice to meet all the felines, and with all staff and ALL cat cuddlers were ladies, I wouldn't complain in the realm of felines and pussies.
Our favourite cat Demi. Even though they're perfectly manicured, it's a one-hour fleeting association with little feelings left behind. Thoughts go to our own cat Tommy as well as the strays around our neighbourhood.
Cadenza: It was off to nearby Raphael Gabriel for a shirt fitting followed by dinner at L'Operatta. Operated by Japanese, it is Italian-Japanese fusion fine dining. We opted for a 1-star Omakase with wifey challenging Shotaro for a vegetarian dinner. This cold fine-spaghetti laced with peaches was refreshing, pure. I'd have like to try a hot version of this!
One of their star dishes, aglio olio topped with mouth-watering Hokkaido-Uni!
Dish of the night: Risotto topped with generous shavings of truffles. Creaminess, earth, mushrooms, harmoniously blended. Pardon the crappy lighting/treatment of the image.
We hardly pose for images. Even the most un-vain doesn't like to have their images taken. This is for posterity. period. Wonderful meal at L'Operatta.
"How many KM shall I run tomorrow to burn off the calories from these two cakes?"
Coda: It's back to home, with the traditional birthday cutting celebration with my family. It'd have been easy to brush off to say 'cake not needed', ' no need to celebrate'. In truth, it's a privilege, blessing, luxury, to have one's family in good health, in harmony, to sing a song long overheard, to share that 10mins of reminder that family is important.
Encore: What's next? It's been a year since a change in diet, gain of 6kg (another report on this). It'll probably be more Yoga, Gymming, Fitness, Diet, Chopin, Wine, fine dining. See ya in a year's time!
