Dinner @ Tampines One

While at work, my next-door neighbour Jiehui suggested that we both go to Tampines One to shop around. He gets off work earlier so he went there first and I met up with him later at 7 pm.


As usual, there was a ridiculous queue outside UNIQLO. Jiehui told me that he had actually managed to get in when he came earlier before the after-work crowd started pouring in. He didn't buy anything though.


We decided to have dinner at Manpuku, the new open-market style restaurant. We were each issued a card and a nice little "Reserved" sign to put at our table. I had chicken cutlet curry, some sushi and a sundae, though I felt that they were a little overpriced.


After dinner, we went to check out the arcades. I got a little excited when Jiehui told me there was a Guitar Hero Arcade machine there which is quite rare. I saw a couple playing it but they kept pumping credits into it. I was actually a little impatient as I saw them performing very horribly on Medium but still pumped in credits continuously

When they were finally gone and it was my turn, I was shocked to realize that the machine was set at a ridiculous $1.50 per song (boy, that couple was rich). The game was basically a watered down version of Guitar Hero III. Disappointed that most of my favorite songs were myteriously missing, I played Slow Ride on Expert to warm up first.

When I was done and just put in another credit, someone approached me and went: "Kurow, can I play Pro Face-Off with you?" At this point, I wondered how did he know my name and whether did I attract any unwanted attention from the arcade pros by playing on Expert. Then it hit me that the guy probably saw the name that I entered on the high score screen.

I played one more song (Cult of Personality on Hard, which is always awesome) and then agreed to play Pro Face-Off with the guy. We both played on Hard and I let him pick the song. We chatted a little about how terrible this arcade port was and the ridiculous price. When it was over, we thanked each other and left.

After that, it was time for me to leave, too. I went to the MRT station with Jiehui and we took the train home.