japanese wonton mee

yesterday was kinda weird for me. you see, woke up in the morning and i knew mum was in one of her haywire mental state again. had expected it whenever i have any dinners on fri nights. saturday morning would definitely have her behaving weird. what happened was, for half of yesterday, she went on and on about how her children have forsaken her, ill-treated her, la la la... it was just very vexing for me. but well... managed to keep her mental state contained by reminding her of all the good things that is happening around her constantly.

and she was cheerful in the afternoon. made pengat lemak kacang (green bean soup cooked with sago and coconut milk) for her and you could see her face brighten up. in fact, so cheerful that she agreed to have bee join us for dinner. very unusual indeed. anyway, we picked bee up and decided to drive her to chinatown to see the lantern light-up. and she joked and talked non-stop through the journey as she narrate her childhood experiences to me and bee (yup, have listened to it umpteen times). and lo and behold, when we reached chinatown, the road was closed and there was a huge jam! we detoured and decided to head to liang court for some ramen.

arrived at liang court and sighs... we got ourselves stuck in the car park for close to 2 hours. arghhh... but interestingly, mum kept talking during the whole time. she went on and on and on about how bee was hungry and that, if she had known about the jam, she would not have joined us for dinner. hmmm... thankfully, we managed to get a lot just as we decided to leave the place. it wasn't long before we found our way to the ramen shop. a conservative eater, it was only since recent times when she stayed with me that she started to eat japanese food. before that, she has always swore off japanese food cos to her, all japanese food are raw and to her, anything raw = yucks!  we ordered ramen, tamago, extra serving of char siu, yaki char siu, steamed gyoza doused with a hearty serving of vinegar, and stewed pork. and to explain what all these are to her, i called the meal - japanese wonton mee. haha... it sounded familiar to her and before we knew it, she was slurping away the whole bowl of ramen! haha... it was a very nice evening in the end.

and yes, it was indeed a weird day where things started a little mental / crazy (literally), and ended rather nicely with her cheerful and happy.