I found a job overseas in Japan in the year 2004. And from 2004 till 2006 (until I quit the job), I stayed in Japan without returning to Singapore. There were lots of things that I missed, in particular the fried kway teow. Thus, upon my arrival in year 2006, I went and ate fried kway teow (almost immediately). Unfortunately, as I have not eaten "greasy" food for the past years, my stomach could not handle it and that day (and the day after too), I got a bad stomach ache. (Memory collected at the Sembawang Public Library during "The Singapore Story: My Heart, My Hope, My Home" campaign from 6 Sep to 31 Dec 2012)