Tex-Mex Fridate

[UPDATE: Coyote Tex-Mex has since been closed]

Last Friday I & my wife had a Tex-Mex themed Fridate.  We visited this place called Coyote Tex-Mex (http://www.coyote.com.sg/).  It's a nice, quiet and romantic place in Phoenix Park, Tanglin.  The place was just recently re-opened under the same management; the establishment was formerly called Spruce (http://www.spruce.com.sg/) and they used to serve American & Italian food.  That's the most likely reason why you can still find a small selection of Italian dishes in Coyote's menu.  The original Spruce still operates in Bukit Timah now.

For us, it was certainly a nice welcome change from our usual Italian, Japanese or Western fridates which has become somewhat predictable, if not, routine.

Coyote does not disappoint.  The ambiance is very nice, food is good, friendly staffs, child friendly environment too - although you might want to bring a mosquito repellent for them in case you want to let them play in the bouncy play ground downstairs - not that I'm saying they have mosquitoes there but it's always better to be safe than sorry.

Wifey wanted terrace seat as it was very cold inside, it was raining whole day so outdoor seating was pleasantly breezy

My Brain Close Shop on Weekends

Lately I mean.... Seriously, for the past 3 months or so, weekends have been spent ferrying kids to the tuitions and activity classes that I seldom get quality rest and self-time on weekends....  It does not help that I feel work has been unrewarding too as of late; I have reached this state of "hidup segan mati pun tak mau" - it keeps things running but no more than that.

Saturday morning starts with taking Lincoln to his reading class, after that we go for lunch and he continues with his Mandarin class while I do the weekly grocery shopping.  Previously I would shop with my wife but she has since been taking Muay Thai classes on every Saturday afternoon so I shop alone now.  After that I'll pick up Lincoln and we head back home and it's time for me to exercise and finally help Lincoln with his homework or just play around with the kids.

Sunday starts even earlier than Saturday with Lindsay's ballet class, followed by brunch, an hour or two of family time and then karate class for Lincoln and myself.  Karate class is the only thing I look forward to on weekends (other than spending time with the kids), it's the time when I can have some sort of meditation (funny yeah... karate for meditation..).  After class I still have to do more homework catch-up with Lincoln in case we didn't finish it on the night before.

I really enjoy the karate class, especially when practicing and doing Kata (型).  The swishing and flapping sounds my Gi makes is familiarly soothing.  In a way, I'm putting back the puzzle pieces together after 22 years of not practicing karate.  I can see that "黒帯" (black belt) within reach even as I'm starting at white again now.

Sometimes I feel like my weekend is just as jam-packed as my weekdays and I'm on auto-pilot almost everyday, which I don't really enjoy....  That's why on weekends it feels like my brain "close-shop" too.

Here's a closing shot for this "brainless" rambling:

"Closed" sign at Lincoln's Reading Class - that bokeh is real not fake like the one in iPhone 7 ;p

  ~ Photo taken with LG G5 ~