Birthday lunch at Hei Sushi and dinner ...

There is a Hei Sushi branch nearby our office. Hei Sushi is Singapore first halal conveyor belt sushi and we've been there for lunch a number of times. 

So that's where we went for my birthday lunch. Courtesy of my colleagues, Wei Yi and Jason. :-) 

As we've been there a number of times, we know what to expect.

The food is not exactly that nice and their price is also steep. The first time my non muslims friend went there, they commented on how different it taste like compared to other Japanese restaurant.

I cannot confirm that as I've never tried ramen at non halal restaurant in SG but I'm sure the taste would definitely differ as in order to obtain Halal certifications, they need to substitute quite a number of ingredients. For example, no pork bones to be used for the broth, the seaweed must not have sake, the miso soup must be alcohol free etc. 

Whatever it is, i'm glad Hei Sushi is nearby our office. I can now satisfy my ramen cravings at lunch time especially on a cold rainy days. But that is one expensive lunch. Their lunch special can set you back $13 to $15 and thats before tax. 

My advice to you is to go after lunch hours.Their service is slow and we found that the food quality differ each time. (We always ended up ordering the same dish lol)

Look yummy right? but its just average. 

The salty, MSG loaded ramen. I had to drink lots of glasses of water after that :-)

Hei Sushi location

Downtown East : 1 Pasir Ris Close #01-01 / 02 Tel: 6582 8467 (11.30am - 10.00pm Daily)

Sembawang Shopping Centre : 604 Sembawang Road #01-22/23 Tel: 6481 9081 (11.30am - 10.00pm Daily)

IMM (Kiosk) : 2 Jurong East Street 21, #01-K10 (Kiosk), Singapore 609601 Tel: 6425 2383 (11:30am - 10:00pm)

Sakae Building : 28 Tai Seng Street #01-02 Tel: 6382 1494 (11.30am - 9.00pm (Mon - Fri) 11.30am - 3.00pm (Sat) Close on Sun & PHs

pssst : i still prefer Shin Tokyo  but it's closed now :-(

Birthday dinner postponed ! He said he couldn't make reservation at Carousel. That's going to be somewhere next week. Just a well. I've overdosed of rich food this week. 

Happy birthday to me

It's my birthday today. I started the day very early today. Not that I'm excited but to complete our team incentives claims for October. I don't like get distracted when money is involves hence the reason why I rather do from comfort of my home.

Haziq my 2 year old nephew called me ag work and sang me birthday song. So sweet and cute.

Hmm I'm 38 this year. In between my team enquiries, my mind is full of whats and hows.

What have I achieved so far? I'm still far from being a good muslim. What am I going to do about it.

Work is taking big chunk of my time with hardly time to sit down and do what I really want to do. Seriously i love my job.. I dont mind the long hours but what happened to my plan to start a family this year? Clock is ticking my friend.

For my birthday wish... Only god
knows :-)

Here's haziq's n Hana's latest pic.

Anatolia Turkish Restaurant

Anatolia Turkish Restaurant 
14 Scotts Road #02-58/59 
Far East Plaza S(228213) 
Tel: (65)6836 3352 
Web: www.anatolia.com.sg 
Email:anatolia@anatolia.com.sg 

We enjoy the food there. It's simple fast Turkish food. Not exactly cheap but nice change from usual. 

Baby Yin Min Xuan full moon

Date : 21 October 12

Place : Wah Seng's Parent's place

Event : Wah Seng's lil adorable princess Yin Min Xuan first month celebration.

We came with a mission. To pass the gift contributed by the team as well as to join in the celebration. It's seem just like yesterday I attended Wah Seng's wedding :-).. now we are celebration his princess full moon.

You can read more on Chinese customer on baby full moon celebration here. 

http://www.babycenter.com.sg/baby/traditions/chinese-full-moon-celebration/#ixzz29xTGfZoh

Terence's Wedding

Just a short update.

Terence's wedding.

Date : 20th Oct 12
Place : Marina Mandarin.

Sorry. I'm not going to post any bride and groom pictures as I didn't ask the groom permission for posting their wedding photos... so just enjoy the yummy food pictures. 

Aidil Adha 2012

Aidil Adha 2012 falls on Friday 26. 

For a job that requires me to work at least 1 weekend, to get Friday, Sat and Sunday off is very rare. So, we planned to go to KL with my parents after Friday prayers. Very last minute plan. We only confirmed about it on the eve of Aidil Adha. 

But alas, this being a long weekend, we couldn't get a coach ticket back from KL to Singapore on Sunday. Driving up is not an option as dad was worried for mom. (The only person who can drive for this trip is mom alone. The rest of us don't have driving license hehhehe) I was so desperate for a short break that I was even contemplating to fly back instead. lol.

Because we were so confident that we could get coach ticket, we didn't prepare anything for Aidil Adha. No ketupat, no lontong, no rendang and ayam masak merah.

So on actual Aidil Adha, all we had was Pizza for lunch and KFC for dinner. 

On 2nd day of Aidil Adha, to make up for the day before, I cooked Chicken Briyani for hubby.

I follow Semudah masakan Zarina recipe. The Briyani Rempah i used is from Selvi's. We couldn't get Anarkali Basmati rice, we used another brand. 

Top left clockwise.
1) papadum
2) Briyani rice
3) Mutton Dalcha
4) Chicken Masala
5) Paceri Nenas

Note to self !
If using this same brand, must add more water. 
Next time cook more dalcha. The Dalcha finish first. 

There goes the view (cont)

It's 2:10am and I can't sleep and out of curiosity, I decided to make myself useful and do my own research on that parcel of land infront of our flat. I don't know nuts about buildings plans what so ever but I'm sure in this era, Thanks to Google, you can find almost everything you need to know online. 

First stop is to HDB website. In my own personal opinion, I find HDB website not so organise. This is because I tried to navigate through and I learned nothing. (mainly because I do not have the patience to click through all the layers) but I did check out BTO (Built to Order) sales page and nothing found there. 

I then recalled my husband saying something about how I can actually check with URA. So my second stop is to URA (Urban Redevelopment Authority) 

Voila... got it! The URA masterplan for 2008 !. It's smacked right there on the first page. So easy to find.


So what does this shows? 
That piece of land is for residential ! Period.

What is that 2.1 or 2.8 refers to?
After much reading and googling, this is what my 2:30am brain found out. 
The 2.1 or 2.8 or 3.0 refers to GPR (Gross Plot Ratio). This means ratio of the gross floor area of a building to its site. It specify how high the building can be (how many people you can squeeze into that small piece of land)

For that parcel of land, from the masterplan, seems like developer can build up to 24 storey high. 

How they come up with 2.1? I have no idea! But someone explained in detailed what GPR is in a forum which I find very interesting. You can read it below and the actual link is here. 

Answer Posted on Sep 7, 2009

Hi Anwarp P,

I hope the following helps:

Definition of Gross Floor Area

3.1 All covered floor areas of a building, except otherwise exempted, and uncovered areas for commercial uses are deemed the gross floor area of the building for purposes of plot ratio control and development charge. The gross floor area is the total area of the covered floor space measured between the centre line of party walls, including the thickness of external walls but excluding voids. Accessibility and usability are not criteria for exclusion from GFA.

3.2 URA reserves the right to decide on GFA matters based on the specific design of a development proposal on a case-by-case basis.


Basic information required for computing gross floor area

4.1 Site Area

The site area is the area of a development plot measured between the survey boundary lines. The boundary line defines the legal ownership of the property or development site. The development plot could either sit on a full lot or on a part lot. If there are areas within the development site to be vested to the State, for example for road widening or drainage purposes, these areas can be included as part of the development site for plot ratio calculation. Once these areas are vested to the state, they cannot be used for plot ratio calculation, subsequently.

4.2 Plot Ratio

The plot ratio of a site is defined as the ratio of the gross floor area of a building(s) to its site area.

4.2.1 Proposed plot ratio

The proposed plot ratio as declared by the qualified persons in the EDAform/application form. Generally, this plot ratio is not allowed to exceed the current Master Plan plot ratio.

4.2.2 Allowable plot ratio

The allowable plot ratio is the prescribed plot ratio in the current Master Plan.

4.2.3 Computation of plot ratio

Plot ratio = Gross Floor Area / Site Area

Building Height Plan

Areas with special height controls are depicted on the plan.

Areas without special height controls are subject to prevailing development control guidelines. For example, residential development will follow the GPR / Storey Height Typology for flats and condominium as shown in Table 1. For other land uses without stipulated building height controls, the permissible height will be subject to evaluation.

View Building Height Plan
Table 1: Standard GPR/Storey Height Typology for Residential Developments

Gross Plot Ratio Storey Height Control
1.4 5
1.6 12
2.1 24
2.8 36

Consideration on set-back if rebuilding the site.

Plot Ratio is relevant for Semi-D Hse and enbloc for old estate residential condo according with the revise Master Plan.

(The reason I posted the whole article here is so I have something to refer to in case the link failed to work)


Here are more reading materials I referred to... 
http://www.ura.gov.sg/MP2008/written_statement.htm
http://www.sg-house.com/classifieds/property-news-and-knowledge/1202732-what-does-plot-ratio-mean.html

In summary,

• From the masterplan, seems like I'm right! That piece of land was planned for residential. Boo Hoo..:-( 
• I'm glad they still keep the park atop the hill
• Developers can built up to 24 storey high of flats.
• Since it is taking them up till 3rd quarter year 2013 to complete the ground levelling job and usually takes about 3 years to complete residential project, probably the flats will be ready in another 4 years time?
• Which means I have bad views for the next 4 years and have to prepare myself for all the construction noises in years to come. Uwaaaaaaaaaaa .... 

ps : I'm going to start tracking the changes.
ps : Its now 3:25am. I still can't sleep. I'm feeling uneasy now ... hmmm.