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There was once in Singapore, we had lunch at a restaurant at the hotel were were staying at. At first, Ban wanted to try their honey ginger drink but changed his mind when he saw Coca-Cola on the menu. Me: Why order Coke at a hotel (in Singapore)? Can have it back home, way cheaper. Ban: Malaysia's Coke's sugar level is capped. Also, they added artificial sweetener (which is yucky). Me: Oh, good point. However, when served, Ban cursed because that can of Coke was made in Malaysia and yes, sugar content was capped :D I quickly suggested to him to ask to change it to the honey ginger drink since the can wasn't open yet. Perhaps because of this story, some friends bought Coke overseas and passed them to Ban to try. Awww, so sweet of them. Coke from Thailand. Yes, definitely sweeter and nicer than Malaysia's but boy, it burned my stomach a little after drinking like half a can. Had to take antacid. Even Ban thought it was acidic to him. Maybe we're too old for this :(  ...

 Money can't buy happiness but it can buy so much.  - Celeste, a character in Atlas Reactor 

Dragon Age 2 has so many irrational people. Yes, it heightens the drama but it's dramatically stupid. Some glaring examples:   Templars:   I consistently opposed Meredith, even publicly backed Orsino against her at the start of the last Act. I also helped one of their leaders. Yet, these fellas suspected that I sided with Meredith. WTH.   Anders & Meredith: Anders: Compromise will not work between templars and amges. So I blow up the entire Chantry temple and kill the Grand Cleric. (WTH!) Meredith: I thereby invoke Right of Annulment i.e. kill all mages in the city. (WTH?!) Sebastian: Why invoke the Right of Annulment when the perpetrator is here? (Exactly!) Meredith: The city demands blood and I'm giving it to them. (Are you deaf?)   Fenris: Fenris: Tevinter mage is bad, mistreated me. Therefore all mages in Kirkwall must die so that I don't see them turn bad. Sooo, shall I now say, "An elf betray me, therefore all elves must die so that they won't betray me?...

Early morning after the appointment , mum had itchy rashes again. Despite not looking like the fungal infection rashes, she applied the fungal cream and took antihistamine. Apparently that worked and for a while it was fine until it happened again a few days thereafter. My sister brought mum to see Dr Ling again. Doctor said that they stopped the medication too early. She said that normally it takes at least 3 months to fully recover. In mum's case, it was just a month because she examined mum and concluded that it was likely that mum had fully recovered, thinking that perhaps she was one of the lucky ones who recovered faster. Oh well. Medicine was prescribed for a month and mum was advised to seek the doctor's consultation earlier if condition worsens.

This is a poke bowl (can't remember what!) served at H31 @Damansara Utama last year in 2025. I vaguely recall that it's pretty good. We should go back there again.   Saw this outside a Family Mart outlet. I'm curious on how well this would be.     IIRC this is coconut coffee latte. I tried twice and unfortunately it's not worth it: barely could tell there's coconut in it. So far, ZUS's gula melaka latter with coconut milk is the best. I loved Mixue's toffee hazelnut latte. Even though I always get it at 30% sugar, it still tasted distinctively.   A Seng Kee restaurant opened at Paradigm Mall last year, 2025. As a fan of steamed chicken rice, I had to try it but sadly I now cannot remember details of the food 😅 I just remember that overall, not worth it. I think the dish was not bad but just not worth the price.

Three weeks after the last appointment , we were back at Dr Ling's room. This time she voluntarily told us that the swab test confirmed the fungal infection diagnosis. She was also satisfied with mum's recovery after performing a physical examination. After we told her that despite mum having no prawn allergy for most of her life, the past 3 times she had prawns consistently caused itchy rashes. Mum showed her a photo of the rashes, which the Dr Ling said was bad. Hence, mum was advised to avoid prawns, regardless of the results of the 107 allergens test. I also signed up for the test. Dr Ling explained that the allergen test is testing for the presence of IgE. There are 5 types of antibodies i.e. IgG, IgM, IgA, IgE, and IgD. Allergic reaction that's caused by production of IgE to fight allergens is the most serious compared to other types of antibodies and hence allergy test focuses on IgE. So, even if the IgE allergy test is negative for prawns, mum's allergic reactio...