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Recently, Ban and I dined at Go Noodle House at Paradigm Mall after being absent for more than 3 months. They discontinued their loyalty programme in Nov 2025. I was curious whether this was due to a change in management and hence whether this had effect on the menu, quality of food etc. One notable change was there was a bottle of wine on each table, clearly for customers to add to their noodle soup if they wish. I initially thought it was vinegar and so I asked and got the answer from the waiter. I was a little puzzled because for their noodle soup, you need to pay RM 2.50 for extra wine (upgrade Superior Soup to Premium Superior Soup) and yet there was free wine on the table. Me: What's the difference between this (the bottle of wine on the table) and that (the saucer of extra wine)? Waiter: That (the extra wine) is high quality wine. Me: So this (the table wine) is low quality, is it? Waiter, Ban and Me: *laughed* Waiter: No, no, no. Ban: Don't disturb him lah. Me: Just jok...

This was a review by a certain Edward Lee, of the restaurant Go Noodle at Paradigm Mall: Edit: I reported it for "Discrimination or hate speech". Later, Google responded: "Thank you for your report. Our systems checked the reported content, and didn't find any issues at this time." WTH.

  Currently, this is my favourite lozenges. I was introduced to it by a doctor when I consulted them about my sorethroat and cough. I noticed that, unlike other lozenges, this has specific instruction of not refrigerating it. Why?

I finished my second playthrough recent. I ended with the following specialisations: Me: Spirit Healer & Shapeshifter. Took the latter just for the boost to defensive stats i.e. didn't unlock any talent. Alistair: Templar & Champion. Oghre: Berserker & Champion. Leliana: Bard & Ranger. Leliana's archer build is a late-bloomer and equipment dependent. Belatedly, I realised how great Scattershot is. Once they were fully built i.e. unlocked all key talents, the game was pretty easy except for a few fights towards the end. Definitely needed to depend on the armies I gathered.  Just started playing its expansion, Awakening. Meanwhile, here are some more gameplays:  

 

Besides reading news and interacting with people directly or via WhatsApp, I do the following daily to exercise my brain: (1) Wordle This game was the rage (many?) years ago. Aim of the game is to guess correctly the 5-letter word of the day. You have 6 tries. Correct letter in the correct position is highlighted in green while correct letter in the wrong position is highlighted in yellow. (2) Nerdle Aim of the game is to guess correctly the mathematical formula composed of 8 numbers and mathematical symbols (+, -, *, /, =). You have 6 tries. Correct number/symbol in the correct position is highlighted in green while correct number/symbol in the wrong position is highlighted in maroon. (3) Nerdle decoy There are two puzzles here: (a) Numbers version: aim is to form a mathematical formula with all given numbers and symbols except one which is the decoy. (b) Word version: aim is to form a word with all letters except for one. Two clues will be given, one at a time, after a certain t...