Their mashed potato is better than that of KFC's but their chicken really isn't unique in any way.
Their spicy fried shrimps are very salty and not very impressive, although it's still better than KFC since that franchise doesn't even have their fish burger anymore in the seafood category.
EDIT: Just found out KFC brought back its Fish Ole burger again, though probably just for the CNY festival.
Tried Recettear. Pretty interesting game. The translation can be a little poor at times but it's mostly fine.
For example, Tear says," Merde," all the time.
It's French for "shit" and is also an expletive.
I don't believe they say that in Japanese, which is the language spoken in the game. Also, anglophones simply don't say "merde" all the time.
Gameplay is a mix of action RPG and simple number guessing.
This game is about an item shop. Instead of playing as the heroic adventurer, you're the person selling equipment and other items to him.
You start off by buying items from a supplier and placing them on your shelves. Placement is important because items displayed at the window tend to sell better.
Selling itself is a number guessing game because it involves a form of haggling.
A customers would come to you asking for the price to a certain item on display, and you quote a price. He makes a comment, then you quote a lower price till he agrees or he quits.
Next you get to recommend items to customers who don't know what exactly they want. They would come to you asking for a type of item and you would search your inventory for something relevant before moving on to the haggling process.
After that you get customers who want to sell you their items, because in RPGs we always have junk loots to sell.
This part is actually quite humourous because of the things they say to explain why they're selling something.
For example,
WHAT KIND OF MAGICAL SANDWICH IS THIS THAT DOESN'T ROT AFTER ALL THIS TIME?
I don't even want to think about the amount of preservatives involved in the production of that ham.
I don't really want to imagine what kind of things they went through together...
Another one.
CAVE CHERRIES!
Not to mention all those wives nagging their husbands to buy swords and iron armour for them.
And the little girls selling me their cherries.
>:3
Finally you get advance orders that really make no sense to me.
These customers would come to you asking for "2 books in 3 days" or something like that. They do not agree on any of the following before leaving:
1) The titles of the books
2) The prices of the books
So basically they just want 2 random books reserved in advance, and they do not get them cheaper or more expensive than just buying them on the spot.
Seriously I'm just puzzled at how they can just do that, then when the day comes they tell me my price is too high even though what I quoted was not any higher than what I'd usually say.
Beyond the item shop, there is the part involving dungeons and monster-slaying.
You get to hire an adventurer and go with him to explore dungeons. You are supposedly protected by a magical field such that you and everything outside cannot interact with each other. However, the adventurer would not be protected, so he or she would be the one doing the killing and looting. You just watch and control him.
After that, you get free loot that you can sell. Moreover, some things that are requested can only be found in the dungeons.
As for plot, it's very short and kinda dark. Recette's father left one day to become an adventurer and never returned. Tear, a debt-collector, arrived some time later and informed her that she had to repay her father's debt in his absence.
Together, they opened a shop using Recette's home to sell things to adventurers who come to their town.
The game proper is very short but after the credits, the player is given an opportunity to save the Game Clear data. By loading this save file, the Endless Mode is started.
In this mode, it's the same as before except Recette no longer has to repay any debt. She just sells stuff forever.
There is also the option of New Game+, which means you get to replay the game using the items you had when you completed your previous run.
Finally, there is the Survival Mode, in which the debts never end and only goes higher every week.
Couldn't find any yu sheng at the Shop N Save, and the tze char stall that we used to frequent was closed since a month ago. I don't really know where to get it in my neighbourhood anymore.
Looks like we're not going to have yu sheng this Chinese New Year.
My mum asked me to arrange for a home visit again for the first day of Chinese New Year. I wonder if she realizes what she's asking.
We did that for Christmas Day. She didn't like it.
There's nothing to do at home. All she can do is lie on her bed for the entire stay, and it's difficult to feed her because we don't have one of those hospital beds that can push her up into the sitting position.
Moreover, it's not easy to come up with something she can eat since she's limited to soft foods.
Still, I've asked the nurses there to arrange for a round trip transport by ambulance. S$120 because it's a holiday.
I don't know what and how to feed her.
She ate lying down with some extra pillows under her the other time, but she's been weakening every day. I'm not sure if it's alright to let her do that again.
I'm not even sure if she's going to remember that she asked for this home visit tomorrow.
We'll come up with something, as we always do.
I just wonder what her reaction will be when she finds out there is no yu sheng.
EDIT: Bought one set from the newer NTUC at Clementi Mall. It was the last set with fish. All the other remaining sets were vegetarian.
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