Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Today is my mother’s birthday. Happy 48th birthday, Mum.
I scripted out a piano solo for her, whose theme is based on the first four initials of her name: C.H.A.R. The original name is CHARON, but there are no musical notes to represent O and N, so CHAR it is. I wrote fast and emailed it in MIDI format to her. I wonder if she has listened to it…
I am charged with buying the cake today. It ends up that I walk all the way to Parkway Parade, to the basement level, and to the Four Leaves bakery at the very end of the mall, before I find my choice cake. It is one that is thickly-coated with chocolate. It’s medium-sized and costs $29.00. Just the thing I am looking for. The price of BreadTalk’s cake is crazy: it’s about $30 for a SMALL cake. Sweet Secrets didn’t have much choice left. I couldn’t find Bengawan Solo, although I know there is one in the vicinity.
I request the staff to write the message: “Happy Birthday to Mum and Dad”. My father specifically tells me to write both of them down, because anyway his birthday is one week from now (23rd March) so might as well celebrate together. However, when the staff asks how many candles I want I face a slight difficulty. My mother is 48 years old; my father 50. So I thought, make things easy, round the ages off to 50. “Five large candles, please”.
It was quite a long walk home. And very tiring; I had to be extra cautious with the cake. So far so good, except when I walked along the shop houses of Joo Chiat Road does the package accidentally bump onto the pillar. Back home I quickly do a quality check – thank goodness the cake is alright.
I wonder if cranberries are sour? Because there is this bunch of red fruits on the top of the cake, which nobody but I offers to eat it. Or perhaps they are grapes? Anyway they cool down the fiery taste of the chocolate (chocolate is heaty). ¶ 3/16/2004 11:20:00 pm
I scripted out a piano solo for her, whose theme is based on the first four initials of her name: C.H.A.R. The original name is CHARON, but there are no musical notes to represent O and N, so CHAR it is. I wrote fast and emailed it in MIDI format to her. I wonder if she has listened to it…
I am charged with buying the cake today. It ends up that I walk all the way to Parkway Parade, to the basement level, and to the Four Leaves bakery at the very end of the mall, before I find my choice cake. It is one that is thickly-coated with chocolate. It’s medium-sized and costs $29.00. Just the thing I am looking for. The price of BreadTalk’s cake is crazy: it’s about $30 for a SMALL cake. Sweet Secrets didn’t have much choice left. I couldn’t find Bengawan Solo, although I know there is one in the vicinity.
I request the staff to write the message: “Happy Birthday to Mum and Dad”. My father specifically tells me to write both of them down, because anyway his birthday is one week from now (23rd March) so might as well celebrate together. However, when the staff asks how many candles I want I face a slight difficulty. My mother is 48 years old; my father 50. So I thought, make things easy, round the ages off to 50. “Five large candles, please”.
It was quite a long walk home. And very tiring; I had to be extra cautious with the cake. So far so good, except when I walked along the shop houses of Joo Chiat Road does the package accidentally bump onto the pillar. Back home I quickly do a quality check – thank goodness the cake is alright.
I wonder if cranberries are sour? Because there is this bunch of red fruits on the top of the cake, which nobody but I offers to eat it. Or perhaps they are grapes? Anyway they cool down the fiery taste of the chocolate (chocolate is heaty). ¶ 3/16/2004 11:20:00 pm
