Connoisseur Of Fine Food and Drink

WATAMI Singapore - Japanese Casual Restaurant

2009-08-05T13:22:00.002+08:00

Saw an email flyer from my friend recommending this new Japanese restaurant in ION @ Orchard and so, we decided to check it out on the weekend.

I realised actually I have been to this similar restaurant couple of years back in Hong Kong, and it was just pretty average. During then I was still giving my affirmation statement that Singapore does better in Japanese cuisines.

Years later, I am back to the same restaurant, but just in a different country.

Sapporo Miso Ramen - Sapporo-style Noodles in Miso-based Soup.

The noodles were quite springy but I find that the soup base was too bland, didn't really have much miso taste.

This dish is actually very suitable for vegetarians because the whole entire bowl contains only raw veggies that were boiled in hot soup for less than 5mins and no char siew at all!

They mentioned this was the popular pick in the Restaurant, but I just found it pretty normal.

Salmon Sashimi - Sliced Raw Salmon.

How can I NOT order a plate of salmon sashimi, everytime I stepped into a Japanese restaurant. The fish was quite fresh here, but too thinly sliced.

Sushi Tei is still the best, so far.

Hotate Sashimi - Sliced Raw Scallop.

I was quite hesitant to try this in the first place, because the only raw sashimi I will eat will be the salmon.

But I am amazed how sweet and milky this scallop tastes! Doesn't have a fishy after taste and it almost melted in your mouth once you put em' in. Good!

Potato Mochi - Chewy Deep Fried Mashed Potato.

We ordered this dish out of curiosity and something new to try. Maybe they had been left outside for too long, the skin got quite thick and hard. Not as chewy as they described.

Hotate Butter Yaki - Hotplate Scallops with Butter.

Pretty nice combination with the butter, doesn't leave your mouth too greasy after eating and adding butter into the hotplate brings out the flavour of the dish.

I kinda like this dish, but my friend doesn't. So well, it really depends on each individual.

Ebi Tempura - Deep Fried Prawns Coated with Tempura Flour.

The tempura flour coated wasn't too thick, but the prawns are miserably small. Quite an average dish, which Sushi Tei definitely tasted better.

Mango & Ichigo Daifuku - Mango & Strawberry Rice Cake.

Thought of ordering something nice for dessert and we got cheated. There were red beans containing in the rice cake!! *pukez*

We hated red beans, yet gonna' stuff the whole mochi into our mouths because we have ordered it.

The picture shown in the menu was very misleading. *Sighz*

WATAMI Singapore - Japanese Casual Restaurant

ION Orchard #B3-23

2 Orchard Turn

Singapore 238801

Tel: 6509 9366

Operating Hours: 10am to 10pm

Website: http://www.watami.com.sg

Peach Blossoms Chinese Restaurant - Marina Mandarin

2009-07-10T01:00:00.007+08:00

Came down on a weekday afternoon for a nice dim sum buffet brunch (a birthday treat) over at the Marina Mandarin. =)

I *heart* very traditional, cantonese restaurants for afternoon teas. *Grinz*

The Dragon-Phoenix Drum.

Ok, now comes the food.

鱼香鲜虾饺 (Har Gao/ Steamed Prawn Dumpling)

I find that it was just quite normal, prawns are fresh but not huge. Dumpling skin was a little dry and thick after awhile.

菜远云吞汤 (Dumplings Soup With Choy-Sum)
This, surprisingly was quite good!

The soup is very clear and flavourful (there's absolutely no MSG included), not oily and the dumpling left a nice, crunchy bite in your mouth.

The choy-sum is not too over-cooked / over-boiled as well. Well done.

银芽腐皮卷 (Deep Fried Beancurd Sheet Roll filled with Prawn Paste and Bean Sprout)

Ok, I hesitated for quite awhile before I decided to order something fried, its' usually not my cup of tea. But well, they only have about 20 choices over here, so might as well make our money worth it. =)

Apparently, the prawns are quite fresh. Very tasty and not so much of a greasy feeling. I wanted to order one more plate, but it was one day after my tattoo-ing was done. Didn't want to eat too many prawns, just in case infection happens.

金菇烟肉卷 (Deep-fried Bacon Roll with Prawn Paste and Enoki Mushroom)

Yucky and disgusting dish, sorry no comments.

川辣蒸风爪 (Steamed Chicken Feet in Szechuan Spicy Sauce)

This is part of my all-times favourite dish, but sadly to say, no wow factor at all.

鼓椒蒜香骨 (Steamed Spare Ribs in Black Bean Sauce with Minced Garlic and Red Chilli)

Meat is too fatty, no wow factor as well.

香菇蒸烧卖 (Siew-Mai / Steamed Pork Dumpling with Mushroom)

So tell me, where are the mushrooms?

香芒炸虾筒 (Deep-fried Crispy Mango Roll with Prawn Paste)

Quite flavourful, the small piece of mango fruit blended well with the prawn. Eventually, their deep fried items are way better than the steamed ones.

沙律明虾角 (Deep-fried Prawn Dumpling served with Mayonnaise Sauce)

皮蛋瘦肉粥 (Century Egg and Lean Meat Porridge)

They included a special ingredient which you don't see it quite often, salted egg yolk. Porridge was quite well done, not very watery and the flavour was just nice. No MSG included again. =)

碗仔金瓜糕 (Steamed Pumpkin Cake with Dried Shrimps and Dried Mushrooms)

Ok, no comments for this because I didn't eat it. And look at those photos, its' SUPER OILY! Goshh.

X.O 酱炒萝卜糕 (Fried Carrot Cake with Chinese Sausage in X.O Chilli Sauce)

Stupid me regretted ordering this when the waitress brought it over. We were already 80% full but we continued ordering the last dish, thinking that it might just be a small piece of fried carrot cake.

Never did we expect it came in a whole big plate!!

No further comments because I only ate a few bites.

Peach Blossoms
Marina Mandarin Singapore
6 Raffles Boulevard
Tel: 6845 1111

7atenine - Lunch Unlimited

2009-05-03T01:42:00.010+08:00

Read up from many food blogs commenting how nice and surprising their menu was, we decided to try it out on the weekend. Over 20 surprising selections specially created by Chef Florent Geradin, you can never know what you will be eating next (the special menu changes everyday, so what you see here may be different from what you get).

It was quite a challenge for me since I'm not an adventurous person and I always prefer asian cuisine.

So now, I shall let the photos do the talking.

Tomato tart - cherry tomatoes on a not-so-crispy tart. I kinda like this dish because of the whole chunk of tomatoes which ain't too sourish. =)

This was actually the first dish, but I don't bother to re-organise it, haha. Avocado Cream Soup. Rich and creamy, but it tasted damn weird till we can't explain how it taste like.

Beef roll - raw beef on a hot stone. The beef slices were quite thick, but the stone was probably not hot enough. Not exactly to my liking because it was really too RAW.

Tuna Tartare - Raw tuna marinated with herbs. I didn't touch it at all, too raw again.

Orange squid salad - squid head on asian couscous with salsa. Quite fruity and refreshing, overall quite an average dish.

Shaved vegetable salad - asparagus, cucumber, baby radish in asian dressing. One of my favourite appetiser dish. The asian dressing tasted like sesame oil with oyster sauce, good!

Mussel tempura with foie gras & miso soup. I have never tried foie gras, but I can tell you I don't like it at all. =( Mussel tempura was quite bland too.

Pesto risotto. An extremely healthy dish? Hmm...bland.

Panfried seabass with marinated asparagus & lemon. My favourite main dish, refreshing and tasty. From the dishes comments so far, you can see that I am still an asian-tongue. *grinz*

Crispy pork terrine - deep-fried pork & veg cutlet. This dish was too oily and salty.

Scallop confit with chirozo fettucine. Too oily and the chirozo sausage was way toooo hard!! Very tedious to bite it into smaller pieces, don't even think about chewing them mann.

Lamb neck with leek carbonata. My friend felt that it was quite a nice dish, but I find the meat too dry and I can still taste the 羊骚味。Not very thoroughly done.
Angus beef with purple potatoes. Beef was too overly-cooked. Purple potatoes were too bland, if a tinge of salt was sprinkled onto the potatoes, it might tasted better.

Lemon curd tart. Very nice!! I don't mind going for a second helping, if I wasn't sick on that day. So wasted.

Very strong and tangy lemon taste, can be comparable to the Lemon Meringue from Double Bay. Good work, Chef Florent.

Strawberry gazpacho with basil ice cream and sago.

One word, weird.

Chocolate brownies with vanilla ice-cream. I was so sick then, so didn't try much of this dessert. But well, it looks pretty normal too. My friend, who hates vanilla ice-cream managed to finish it off. Apparently she said its' quite good.

So there you have it. Fifteen dishes that took up more than two hours. The presentation is stunning and faultless. They do vegetables and sauces beautifully. The meats for this session were a little hit and miss. The desserts are worth saving room for.

A shout-out to marvellous Chef Florent, being so kind and friendly coming out to chat with us and asking for our feedback, explaining how he understand that not all dishes suit everyone's taste and since it was rather surprisingly, you won't always get what you ate before.

Another applause to the wonderful manager, Katharina for being so patient and attentive to our needs each time she walked past. Always keeping that cheerful smile on her face and asking how was everything for us so far.

It is definitely fun to be keep in the suspense, and wondering what is coming next. Of course, with expectations there will be disappointment. We will definitely be back again to try out more other surprising dishes.

7ATENINE

8 Raffles Avenue

#01-10/12 Esplanade Mall Singapore 039802

Tel: 63380-789

Open daily Mondays to Thursdays: noon till 3pm, 5pm till midnight

Fridays: noon till 3pm, 5pm till 2am

Saturdays: noon till 2am

Sundays: noon till midnight

KL Trip - Grandpa Bak Ku Teh

2009-05-03T00:19:00.005+08:00

Went KL with my XOXO colleagues on the weekend for a relaxing trip and Devina introduced us to this restaurant that specialises in Bak Ku Teh. She said its a MUST-TRY place.

Apparently it originated from Klang. A very traditional and famous Bak Ku Teh eating place.

We ordered a pot of 普洱茶 that requires washing the tea pot, cups and making the pot of tea in a very traditional manner (which I did it all by myself! hurray!). We all love the nice fragrance of the tea, just that its' a tad bit over-powering at the end.

Sumptuous dinner. We were all famished by then.

Their soup is not very peppery. Herbal taste was quite average as well. I would prefer my bak ku teh soup to be more peppery, lighter and more garlicky to eat with my rice.

The very oily and sourish 梅菜 that all of us don't really fancy about. It was left un-touched since then.

Nice and crunchy Dao Pok skin.

金针菇 is nice too! we lack of veggies in our meal, this definitely replaces it damn well.

Me & Devina had the 油饭。Initially I thought it should be some nice fragrance rice cooked with oil (just like what you ate from chicken rice), but it was quite disappointing. Sprinkled a few fried onions on a bowl of normal rice and you called it oily rice??

Lastly, the photo of the XOXO girls. hahahaha!!

ps: Sorry readers, I do not have the exact address of this place. However it is located at a corner of those shop-houses directly opposite Sunway Paramid and Eurphoria - club by MOS.

Double Bay - Australian Dining & Bar

2009-01-21T15:13:00.004+08:00

A newly set-up dining place in Raffles City, but you might not be able to notice since it was not situated inside the mall.

Just walk to the back of the shopping mall, towards the exit to Raffles Hotel and you will be able to find this place. A stand-alone blue-ish "glass house" facade, a very nice and cosy ambience built.

Main purpose there was just to try out their fish and chips. The Australian Barramundi (with Sumac & Coriander batter).

The Australian sea-bass chosen supposed to be soft, white, less fatty and less flaky. Apparently besides being white, no consensus on the other descriptions made.
As for the fries, I felt that it was too chunky and hard. Lightly salted was good for health-conscious freaks, but it became too bland as an average.

Lemon Meringue pie was surprisingly a wow factor, as compared to their mains. Despite the failed apple meringue which I had in the previous entry, this was completely a different taste!

The meringue was spreaded on the pie itself, instead of oven-baking it. Hot burning flame lightly-blown to create the slightly-charred brown peaks on top. Thumbs up for the chef!

I love the perfect match of the zesty lemon pie with the sweet meringue cream to make it less over-powering. Good to have it either before or after meals and this dessert wasn't too heavy at all. Nice if you can topped it up with a glass of white wine too. Cheers!

Double Bay, Australian Dining and Bar

250 North Bridge Road

#01-22A (Exit door in between Springfield & Pedro del Hierro)

Raffles City Shopping Center

Singapore 179101

Tel: 6334 6530

211 Roof Terrace Cafe

2009-01-21T14:19:00.004+08:00

There are posh al-fresco places to impress your date and then there are those that are more laidback and good as a hang out corner. 211 Roof Terrace Café, which has been established for 12 years, belongs to the latter.
Seated on the top level of Holland Road Shopping Centre, the café witnesses the vibrant Holland Village come alive at night. The panoramic view of the neighborhood estates give one a feeling of being on top of the world, making it perfect for customers to chill out and catch up with friends.

The 211 has attracted a faithful following over the years and counts expatriates and working professionals as part of its main clientele. Unlike other cafés, the 211 focuses on Australian and Italian fare as its mainstay, allowing you to enjoy a scrumptious meal in a scenic backdrop.

The signature dish of 211 is the spaghetti vongole.

The pasta, done al-dente, was firm to the bite. The white wine gives the sauce a rich taste blending well with the ocean sweetness of the vongole clams. The clams were fresh and tender, giving off a touch of sweetness with every bite. To do the dish justice, you just have to finish every morsel of it!

Surprisingly, I didn't choose the Spaghetti Marinara which is my all-times favourite, after much hype on the vongole.

The colour red was created for a reason, to turn on our tastebuds in more ways than one. Alas, the tomato-base sauce was rather bland despite the generous amount of mussels, squids and prawns thrown in.

The birthday girl chosen the Warm Chocolate Terrine, topped with a scope of the Vanilla Ice-cream as her wishing cake. Ate only a small mouthful and I stopped. Period.

She chosen the Apple Meringue together with the first dessert too, as it seems unique. All of us thought it was some kinda whipped cream topped with an apple pie, but we got it wrong. Meringue is a type of french dessert made from whipped egg whites and powdered sugar. The outer layer was light and crispy, and extremely sweet.
Not really my cup of tea as the whole dessert was tooooo sweet for my tooth.

Well, we are all too old for these kinda food, ain't we? *bleahz*

211 Roof Terrace Café

211 Holland Avenue #04-01

Holland Road Shopping Centre

Tel: (+65) 6462 6194

Fosters - The English Rose Cafe

2009-01-21T12:14:00.007+08:00

Situated in the midst of Holland Village, Fosters English Rose Cafe is the place you would love to spend the lazy afternoon having a heart-to-heart talk with your friends over a pot of piping hot tea.

Served from 3pm to 6pm daily, they are famous for their Devonshire Cream Tea that consists of its' signature oven hot scones, finger sandwiches, fruit cakes and a choice of coffee or tea of your own.
The scones were quite buttery but not as tasty as it seems. Kinda' dry and the crust was too hard after it has been left on the plate for some time. Regardless how sinful it could be, the fresh cream and home-made strawberry preserve still makes the perfect match for the scone. This left the butter spread un-touched by all of us.

The Grilled Field Mushrooms was also another dish strongly recommended by my friend. And since most of us are mushroom lovers, we can't deny this is one of the best grilled mushrooms we've ever had!

Look at the photo and you can see how perfect the chef has cooked it without losing a single bit of its' original juice that oozes out in your mouth once your bite it! Awwwwwesomee!!!

As compared to the grilled ones, this Baked Mushrooms with Ham and Cheese wasn't really my type of food as I am not really a "cheesy" lover. =P

The mushrooms were also not as juicy since it has been oven-baked. Fortunately, the combination was still not too bad.

A very simple and plain Banana & Strawberry Crepe with Vanilla Ice-cream. No comments.

Fosters - The English Rose Cafe
277 Holland Ave

Holland Village

Singapore 278994
Operation Hours: 11am to 11pm daily
Tel: 6466-8939

Astons Specialities, The Cathay

2009-01-21T11:36:00.004+08:00

Judging from the long queues on every weekends, even weekdays during peak hours, I am sure many people are still very interested in this relatively-cheap and famous restaurant first started off in Katong.

With its fast expansion strategy, Mr Aston Soon (the Boss) has also decided to start off a new branch in the heart of the city.

After trying out the chicken and fish from the Katong branch, its' time to try out the beef.

Grilled to perfect charred on the outside and medium rare on the inside, the first look of this Prime Ribeye makes me wanna try out the meat as soon as possible!!

However with great disappointment, the ribeye wasn't done as perfect as it might seems to be. The meat was not as tender as I think and it was some-what fatty. The mushroom sauce provided was just average and it gets boring after eating half of the beef.

I guess maybe due to the huge crowd waiting outside, the chef was not really up to his standard yet. Well, let's give them the benefit of the doubt and I will visit again to prove it wrong, maybe?

ASTONS SPECIALITIES

2 Handy Road

#04-03 The Cathay Building

Tel : 6887 5889

1130-2200hrs (Opens Daily)

Travel to Milano, Italy

2008-12-15T18:20:00.006+08:00

I am finally back from the freezing fashion city. Kinda proud of myself that I can made this trip a success by taking the flight alone, travelling to the hotel on my own and reaching Coface Italy on time (well, slightly late due to the snow~)!

Usual set of breakfast from Grand Visconti Palace, the 4 stars hotel that I rest my mind and soul in every cold night. Won't be posting much of the hotel photos here since this is my food blog and all photos were already uploaded in facebook. Check 'em out if you're interested. ;)
Fine dinner organised for all the attendees to the Credit Insurance Meeting 2008.

A nice and quiet restaurant with its' door locked when we reached. We had to ring the bell for the restaurant manager to invite us into this private function. Starter for the dinner. Title of the dish not mentioned on the menu. I was too engrossed in the wine and chatting with my colleagues till I can't remember what meat was contained in it. Oh wellz~~

Suro marinato all'olio di zenzero con cous cous, salsa di olive, capperi e limone (Scad pickled in ginger oil with cous cous, olive sauce, capers and lemon).

I wonder why the titles for all the dishes were so long!! Nevertheless, the fish was very fresh and sweet. Capers are also a distinctive ingredient in Sicilian and southern Italian cooking, usually used in pasta salads and meat dishes. A very nice and unique combination to bring out the flavour of the cold and fresh cous cous.

Fusilli casarecci con ragu di pesce, pomodorini disidratati e cime di rapa (Fusilli - homemade spiral-shaped pasta - with fish sauce, dried tomatoes and turnip tops).

Very tasty and nice indeed! I totally love this dish! Fusilli was self-made by the chef and it tasted wonderful, very springy and not starchy. I like the way he tossed it with some olive oil and garlics to make it an "aglio-olio" style and perfectly matched it with the slightly sour tomatoes and big fat tasty prawns.

Risotto Carnaroli allo zafferano con galletto arrosto (Risotto Carnaroli with saffron and roast cockerel).

Stomach was half-way full when this dish came next. Slightly more on the salty side and it wasn't really my kinda food. Risotto tasted like hard green beans which I didn't finished it. Normal preparation for the chicken meat too.

Controfiletto di fassone piemontese alla brace di legna con patate arrosto (Piemontese fassone sirlon - bovine meat - cooked on woodfire with roast potatoes.

Nearly puked when the next dish came up, but since it was a nicely done beef sirlon on the woodfire, bet no one dares to resist it. I love it medium-rare, that some of you might not be able to take the "bloody" taste. The waiter came around pouring some fine red wine to go with the meat. Potatoes were really cooked with woodfire that it almost tasted like a hard piece of charcoal when you put em' in your mouth! Lightly flavoured with some rough salt and boy, it just tasted like potato chips! Hard and crispy! *Giggles*

Piccola degustazione di dolci (Dessert tasting).

Coffee mousse with chocolate chips and topped with a coffee bean. Too sweet for my tooth. I only had a mouthful and thats' about it.

Custard puff. I preferred this. Small and easy to manage with the extremely full stomach. The cream custard ooze out from the puff and its' marvellous.

Fruit cake with whipped cream? I only took a small bite on the cake and viola! I will definitely puked if I forced another mouthful in.

Anyway, a nice and cosy dinner we had with some funny little performances by the Commercial Director of Coface Italy. I love the service brought by the waiter and the restaurant manager (where he even remembers to place the spoon on my left-hand side when he noticed most of the time I used my left hand to eat!). Waiter tends to serve the ladies first and the guys next, which we won't be seeing this kinda table manner in Singapore most of the time.

Lastly, bon appétit for all who reads this post! *Smilez*

Back to Hong Kong (Last Day)

2008-11-29T02:58:00.003+08:00

Since it was our last day in Hong Kong and we left with quite a sum of cash in our float, we decided to treat ourselves to a much better meal for brunch.

烧鹅 (Roasted Goose). It was tad too oily to just eat it alone. So we definitely have to go with a bowl of rice.
烧乳鸽 (Roasted Pigeon)

What is Hong Kong without desserts? Realised the past four days we were almost having 1 dessert after every meals. Yee Shun Milk Company only deals with milk desserts and their puddings are quite famous too.

双皮奶 (steamed milk with "two films"). It is an acquired taste and basically a mixture of milk and egg white, steamed sometimes with ginger till it forms a pudding with a thin membrane layer on top. Smooth and silky dessert, but some people might find the taste of powdered milk too over-whelming. Check it out when you're in Hong Kong. It will definitely be a nice experience.

Back to Hong Kong (Day 3)

2008-11-29T01:40:00.005+08:00

Breakfast was settled at this chinese teahouse near 油麻地 (Yau Ma Tei) which i went two years ago. However the prices and quality of the food dropped tremendously! Needless to say, the service rendered by the staffs. Not a place to be recommended anymore.

煎蘿菠糕 (Fried Carrot Cake)

皮蛋猪润粥 (Pig's Liver & Century Egg Porridge)

鼓汁蒸鳳爪 (Phoenix Claws in Soy Sauce)

蜜味叉烧腸

鵪鶉蛋燒賣 (Quail's Egg Siew Mai)

鲜竹牛肉球 (Beef meatballs with bamboo shoots)

京式小籠包 (Shanghainese Buns)

Friends can't join us for the third night dinner and so we had an early meal at Lock's Road, nearest MTR station - 尖沙咀 (Tsim Sha Tsui Exit A1)

牛腩细面 (Beef Brisket Noodles)

The beef brisket was quite tender and juicy, noodles were all very springy. I think all kinda wanton noodles stalls in Hong Kong maintained their perfect standards at all times.

Dessert stall just two shops next to it.

杏仁豆腐花 (Almond beancurd). Smooth and nice. Almond wasn't too over-powering, but I prefer it to be stronger.

核桃糊 (Walnut Paste)

Back to Hong Kong (Day 2)

2008-11-28T23:05:00.005+08:00

Since I missed out Lantau Island the previous time, I am not going to miss this out in my itinerary again. And of cause to be more devoted to 大佛, I expect myself not to even touch any meat before reaching the island. Brunch was settled at Ngong Ping Garden Restaurant that sells both Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian dishes to cater for everyone.

罗汉斋 (Vegetarian Luo-han)

酸甜鸡球 (Mock Sweet & Sour Fried Chicken Balls)

杨枝甘露豆腐花 (Mango Pomelo with Sago & beancurd)

Dinner was settled with my HK friends again and we gave them a treat as this shop which I suggested. Managed to read up abit on this shop through some food blogs and the remarks given were quite good.

双拼牛肉云吞细面 (Beef & Wanton Noodles)
Their dumplings are chock full of prawn and black mushroom, which you can see through the thin skins and the beef was sooooo tender!! I liked how each regular serving is a small bowl (which only cost 16 HKD!!) so that you can have it for an in-between-meal snack.

Most Singaporeans think 麥奀雲吞麵世家 (Mak’s Noodles) is the place on Wellington Street, Central to go to, but luckily with my HK friends' picky comments, Mak’s has nothing on this place and the service at Mak’s is just awful and super over-priced to cheat tourists' moolahs (a bowl cost around 38 HKD)!!

And fortunately for 沾仔记, this shop was located just directly opposite Mak's Noodles to fight for the real competition.

Address for 沾仔记: 香港中环威灵顿街98号 (98 Wellington Street, Central. Nearest Exit D)

And after a nice bowl of hot wanton noodles, its' definitely our happy hour time at the "Angmos" favourite hangout place, 兰桂芳 (Lan Kwai Fong) which was just somewhere opposite Wellington Street.

Cheers to 老兰!!

Back to Hong Kong (Day 1)

2008-11-28T21:26:00.008+08:00

Time to return to another "home-town" of mine, the island of 东方之珠。The sense of excitement was no longer as strong as what I had two years ago, yet it was more like going back to where I'm most familiar with.

牛丸粗面 (Beef meatball noodles)

鲜虾云吞细面 (Prawns Wanton Noodles)
Look at those huge prawn wantons I had!! There were 3 juicy prawns in each wanton, noodles were springy and soup was nice and tasty. Yummilicious! Furthermore, its' relative cheap as it only cost 18 HKD per bowl. Met up with my Hong Kong friends for dinner and they brought us to 打邊爐 at a restaurant in 銅鑼灣 (Causeway Bay) called, 小肥羊火鍋 (Little Sheep Steamboat).

So many dishes that I don't even know what to write about!! Basically, the food was fresh and tasty. The 麻辣 soup-base was too overpowering for all of us. Look at the layer of chilli oil on the soup and those dried chilli that we're trying to scoop them up! Eventually, we almost scooped up a "mountain-bowl" of dried chilli!

Nevertheless, we did enjoy our time and small chats over this sumptuous (and over-priced!!) dinner treat. Thank you ladies! =)

Travel to Mainz, Germany

2008-10-12T21:26:00.007+08:00

Yeap, I am finally back from my training program in Mainz, Germany. A nice and peaceful town to be with only a population of around 200,000 people. We reached on the Sunday and it was basically a dead town.
Our Company got us this hotel, Park Inn because it was about 10-15mins drive down to Coface Deutschland. And basically, it is just a plain hotel. No entertainment, no free wireless internet, no shopping malls around, no fanciful bars and restuarants. *Yawnzzz*
My usual set of breakfast every morning (and its' the SAME everyday!!). The chefs definitely need to go for more innovative culinary skills classes.
The scrambled eggs which I will have it for every morning. Perfectly done with a pinch of salt and pepper added to make it more flavourful.

The normal looking mushrooms and bacon. Wad else can I say besides, normal?

Like any other cities and towns, they have their own "Orchard Road" too.
We had 3 dinners settled at this authentic german restaurant because of the relatively cheaper dishes and the extremely friendly and attentive waitresses.
A nice cold 0.4 litre beer cost only 2 euros due to the Octoberkfest.
Champignon Schnitzel (Pork with Mushroom sauce and fries).
The pork was quite tender and crispy on the outside but the mushroom sauce was too salty for Singaporeans.
Gebratenes Lachsfilet (Grilled Salmon with Roasted Potatoes).
I love the salmon!! Nice, soft and tender and it goes very well with the creamy sauce. The potatoes on the other side, was a bit tasteless.

Original Nurnberger Rostbratwurste - 5 Stuck (Original Grilled Nurnberger Sausage with Sauerkraut - 5 Sausage). The german sausage was averagely done. Kinda oily and fat, but luckily it goes well with the sauerkraut.
And lastly, a photo with the friendly waitress, Michele. Take care and cheers~~!!!

Out of Singapore

2008-10-04T21:44:00.001+08:00

The blog owner will be out to Germany for her food trip this time round!!

Stay till for more photos!!!! ;)

Ghim Mo Market and Food Centre

2008-09-28T18:00:00.004+08:00

Besides the two infamous Rochor or Selegie 豆花 (beancurd) that everyone has tried so far, let me introduce a new place in the West, Ghim Mo Market.
Regardless you're travelling by car or public transport, the Ghim Mo market is quite accessible to everyone. It is actually well-hidden in the neighbourhood opposite the Buona Vista MRT station. If you're not a "Westerner", you can always check with me on the exact location of this market.
Since young, I always love eating at these kinda market areas. I remembered my 姑妈 used to wake me up very early on every Sunday mornings when I stayed over at her place and she would drag me down to these markets for breakfast.

There are about 3 stalls selling beancurd over here, but I have chosen Kang Fatt (#01-23), that looks more traditional and authentic. Nevertheless, it was not as smooth as the other famous brands, but its' relatively cheaper (80cents per bowl) and not too sweet. Healthy dessert for all folks.

金燕子 Dessert Stall, #01-53.
This stall looks pretty famous as there was a long queue when we got the Cheng Teng. Slightly different from the usual one I had in hawker centres or foodcourts where the soup looks darker. Maybe its' due to the lack of red dates in this dessert, but overall its' super refreshing! I am not too sure whether are they using brown sugar syrup or the Gula-Melaka, but its' definitely not sweet at all. Good choice under the hot, scorching weather.
Another stall that caught our attention, Funan Weng Stall, #01-64.
This stall is just directly opposite the 金燕子 Dessert stall and once again, you can see queue forming up to buy their food.
And since the stall imprinted the Prawn Chicken Ipoh Hor Fun as part of their stall name and news articles recommending this dish, we have no other reason but to order what we're supposed to!

The herbal sauce, as they proclaimed, was supposed to be made from a few number of herbs even though I could only taste a mildness of it. But what I like about this dish was the generous amount of huge prawns and chicken. The prawns are fresh and tasty. It makes the whole hor fun sweet and delicious. I doubt there's any MSG in it because I don't really feel thirsty after eating this plate.

Ghim Mo Market and Food Centre
Blk 20, Ghim Moh Road
(S)270020

Wan Tou Sek - Cantonese Dim Sum

2008-09-28T12:36:00.006+08:00

Before I go into this post, please be prepared of the "not-so-appetising" photos along the way because of the dismantled food that I have done.

First up, 小笼包 (Xiao Long Bao). This is one of the dishes that everyone will order when it comes to Dim Sum.
Utterly disappointed. Good Xiao Long Bao from 斐萃 (Crystal Jade) or 鼎泰峰 (Ding Tai Feng) are all big, juicy and tasty! The hot and steamy buns should be flimsy and full of soup! But for this dish over here, I am just eating another plain pork bun, with only a TINY drop of soup which I can't even hardly taste it at all. Gosh~歇肉烧麦 (Crabmeat Siew Mai).
I don't really fancy siew mai, thus nuting much to comment about. But likewise you can see, the siew mai skin was too dry and tasteless.
鼓汁凤爪 (Phoenix Claws in yellow bean sauce).
Feng zhao is one of my favourite dishes in Dim Sum and I am particularly picky in this area. Once again, I was quite disappointed in this. The garlicky taste wasn't there enough (I need lotsa garlic taste!) and the skin was overly thick and oily. They didn't really braised/ boiled the phoenix claws with the sauce long enough and the skin was still quite hard and fatty. Feels like I'm swallowing down pieces of fatty chicken skin, yikes!
叉烧肠粉 (Char Siew Cheong Fun).
Look at the miserably tiny bits of char siew in the cheong fun skin. *shake head*虾饺 (Prawn dumplings). Except for the big prawn you saw in this photo, the prawn dumpling just taste simple. I cant believe this Wan Tou Sek dim sum stall was so commonly recommended by other food bloggers. When it comes to traditional/ typical Cantonese food, I am an extremely choosy cantonese food fanatic and I can swear to you that this was the worst dim sum stall I have ever been to!!

126 Eating House (Wan Tou Sek)
126 Sims Ave
67464757, 67454869
Open 24 hours daily

Queenstown Poh Pia

2008-09-28T12:16:00.003+08:00

Goodness gracious! Its' been ages since I last posted. Held up at work and stuff, I don't even have the time to visit any nice and cheap food stalls for my food blog. Nevertheless, I headed down to my old hometown one of the late afternoon to try the infamous Poh-Pia that everyone claims.

So much so for the great excitement and anticipation for this ultimate local side dish that everyone Singaporeans would have eaten before, it leads me to great disappointment after I saw the miserable Poh-Pia on the dish.

The Poh-Pia skin was extremely dry and thick, the sweet sauce was not even visibly seen to make it moist. Even though this particular stall was featured in AsiaOne as one of 4 best Poh Pia stalls in Singapore, I think its' because they are one of the few to make their own skin. But definitely not the tastiness of their Poh-Pia, =(

It lacks of the crunchy bits (and these little crunchy bits in the Poh-Pia makes a great difference!!) and the tiny egg bits were miserable!

So much for all the anticipation, I would rather vote for the stall in my neighbourhood and the Auntie is more friendly! Nevertheless, if you want to give it a try, here are the following details:-

Queenstown Poh Pia Stall
Blk 40A, Margaret Drive Food Centre, #01-484
97816307
10am-10pm

Sun With Moon - Birthday Dinner

2008-07-13T21:43:00.018+08:00

It was the time of the year again and this time round, its' my turn! I opt for Sun With Moon, unlike the previous high tea buffets the girls had. I prefer going for the ala-carte dinner, rather than paying more for something less.

Our appetizer dish. Rainbow Roll. Which consists of crab & mango rainbow sushi roll.
The first look of it doesn't really "appetized" me. But it turns out to be pretty good. The crab platter inside the sushi was rich and nice. The mango fruit on top of the sushi wasn't too sweet or sour-ish which might covers the taste of the whole sushi. The small bit of cucumber brings out the whole crunchy feeling in your mouth. Lastly, the sushi was perfectly hand-rolled without any single bits dropping out when we picked them up. And I realised actually everyone seems to be ordering this dish as well. Marvellous combination.
Our first main dish. Gyu Hotate Maki. Grilled Beef Roll with Golden Mushroom and Scallop.
I love Japanese's Hotate. Especially when its' grilled to perfection. This one was quite well done. Not too overly-cooked as the inside of the meat was still quite soft. As for the beef, Jiaying felt that it was a tad bit saltish. However, I felt that the beef was quite tender and inside the beef roll was actually the golden mushroom, nicely tucked by the chef. I love this dish! It definitely goes well with a bowl of white rice.
The second main that we ordered. Ton Tori Yaki. Grilled Pork Cheek Slices with Black Pepper.
Regretted ordering this dish. Firstly, can you see how much oil is oozing out from this meat?! And next, it just taste like normal deep fried pork meat that my mom used to cook for dinner. It was hard, tasteless and "charcoal-ly" done. None of us finished the whole plate of oily meat.
Third main dish coming up. The Norwegian Salmon Steak.
All four of us agreed this was the best salmon of all. The meat was soft and juicy. So sweet that we almost finished it within a minute! Normally I hates salmon skin, if the fish ain't fresh and wasn't cooked properly. But this was different. We do not need to squeeze any lemon juice on it and it just melts in our mouths without knowing it. Wonderful.
The last main for the evening. Kaki Bacon Yaki. Teppan Grilled Oyster with Spinach & Bacon.
Oh yeah, this piece of aphrodisiac thing was ordered by me indeed. Jiaying and Cuiping ain't comfortable with eating oysters initially as they were afraid of the 腥味。But after trying out this dish, they fell in love with grilled oysters! *hiak hiak* It was not stinky at all and the "juice" just oozed out in your mouth. Wooahh~~
Boring and salty bacon that I have nothing to comment about.
Time for dessert. Sobako Crepe. Buckwheat Crepe with Chestnut Cream and Sakura Ice Cream.
I don't really fancy this dish because I don't like the yellow paste inside the crepe. Supposed to be chestnut cream, but I felt that it tasted more like some 绿豆/黄豆沙。Yikes. So far, I only like the Sakura ice cream.
Next up, The Dessert Box of Assorted Sweets.
Fat and chewy mochis with red bean. Quite tasteless actually.
Jellies with peach and strawberry. I ate one green tea jelly and it was bitter like hell! Gosh.
Jiaying ordered this. Goma Pudding. Home-made Black Sesame pudding. Black sesame is not really my cup of tea, but it was quite fragrant. The pudding was soft and nice too. Anyway, a few tries were enough for me.
Lastly, the MUST TRY dessert from Sun With Moon. The infamous Tofu Cheese Cake.
In fact, It was supposed to be their signature dish for dessert. However, this home-made bean curd cheese cake wasn't really that appealing to me. Am I expecting too much? I felt that it tasted quite similar to the one from Shokudo! *faints* I should have try out this first, before trying others. What a wasted.

Sun with Moon Japanese Dining & Café
501 Orchard Road
#03-15/16/17 Wheelock Place
Singapore 238880
(65) 6733 6636

Carousel @ Royal Plaza Scotts

2008-06-22T12:28:00.015+08:00

A nice late afternoon with the ladies to celebrate Cuiping's birthday. Continuing from the previous marvellous high tea buffet at the Intercontinental Hotel for Liting's birthday (which I didn't bring my camera out!), we suggested yet another high tea over at the Carousel.
From right to left: salmon sashimi, sushi with egg, cucumber and unagi, wheat bread with cheese and cucumber.

First start, the "salty" portion. As it was Father's Day, the whole restaurant was filled with the malays and most of them just dashed over to the Halah food corners. While they were busy scrapping off the very last piece of curry mutton/chicken/beef topping over their nasi lemak with a few sticks of Otah, I was happily walking over to the Japanese corner and took a few sushi and sashimi to begin with.
From right to left: Otah, Popiah, fried prawn roll with bamboo shoot.
After queuing for more than 15 minutes, I was expecting something fantastic from the in-house popiah. Ultra disappointing! The fillings were miserable and the popiah skin was too dry and thick. The young chef taking care of wrapping these popiahs do not have the actual skills at all. He was very slow in the whole progress, the popiah skin torn while he split them apart and all the fillings dropped even before I started tucking in. Sigh.
From right to left: pineapple crumble cake with strawberry, coconut roll, lemon cheesecake with raisins, banana cake with hazelnut.
Time to move on to the sweet portion. The cheesecake was nicely-done. Not too rich and "cheesy". I am not really a cheesecake lover, but at least I can have a maximum two pieces on this.
A normal fruity cake, just that the top portion was covered with pineapples. Very interesting because I seldom sees pineapple cake in the western form.
Banana cakes are my favourite! Over here, the banana portion wasn't very generous enough and overall it was kinda average. I would much prefer the one over at Plaza Singapore, 4th level. Just next to SpotLight. Their cakes and teas were better, in terms of authentic Victorian style.
Jiaying's portion. Can't recall what she took. Anyway, I've took a few photos on the food that I tried from her's.
Jiaying repeated told me to try this and she even went back to get a few more. We don't really know the actual terminology of this cake, thus we called it the scrambled egg pudding cake. Oh well...

It tasted very nice though. Soft and sweet. It is like those 马来糕 that Mom used to buy for us when we were young. 超好食架！
Lastly, a normal apple-crumble cake that tasted ultra normal. The whole high tea buffet wasn't very worthwhile, considering the prices that we paid for. Mainly, the food caters more to the muslims side as they're on halah items. Don't think we will ever be coming back for more. Period.
Royal Plaza on Scotts
25 Scotts Road,
Singapore 228220
Tel: (65) 6737 7966
Fax: (65) 6737 6646
Email: royal@royalplaza.com.sg

Haato - Follow Your Heart

2008-06-22T11:44:00.010+08:00

Dinner with the boys one weekend evening and Gerald suggested this place in the west. Very near to all of our areas (even though we went by car), yet the boys are usually the lazy bums.
I had the Smoked Salmon Arrabiata. Simple blend of smoked salmon and onions with "devilishly" (as what they claimed) spicy chilli in tomato herb sauce over pasta.

Pardon me if I had high expectations, the salmon pasta sucks to the core. The Salmon Pasta has made a salmon lover not want to eat salmon for the next three years. The salmon portion was not generous, but I understand that I am paying little for it. The over-powering thick tomato sauce made me felt sick too.

Gerald had the Gyu Teri Don. The Japanese steam rice topped with stir-fried beef, onions, carrots and teriyaki sauce drizzled over it. Serve with miso soup.

I just looked at him while he was eating and I said, "I think the Tze Char's place opposite my house serves better 姜葱牛肉饭." And they laughed. -_-" See Hiong ordered the Seafood Arrabiata. Mixture of prawns, squids and onions with spicy chilli in tomato herb sauce over pasta. As you can see its' very similar to my smoked salmon pasta, nuff' said. Ming had the the same order as Gerald, so I shall not further comment on his part.
Plain Wafer in maple sauce. I can't recall what was the two flavours of the Gelato after that disappointing meal, but I have to say that their Gelato was much better and value for money! The wafer was quite soft and crispy on the outside and the maple sauce never disappoint me once, regardless its' with wafer or hotcakes. Marvellous.

I think that Haato should just relinquish the mains off the menu and just serve their Gelato because the food isn't value-adding. In fact, it degrades Haato's reputation, and getting mediocre food just doesn't help customer retention. If you want to have food at least serve something that taste nice, we understand that the prices are low and that Haato is trying to bring convienience to their customers, but seriously the quality just isn't there. We'd prefer if we only had gelato to start with.

And this statement is so true for Haato, "What You Pay Is What You Get".

5 Ridgewood Close
Unit G1
Tel: 6464 9607 / Fax: 6464 9507
Opening hrs: Sun - Thurs 11am - 11pm (last order for hot food @ 9.30 & others @ 10.30pm)
Opening hrs: Fri - Sat 11am - 11.30pm (last order for hot food @ 9.30pm & others @ 10.45pm)

Mad Jack Cafe

2008-04-08T19:39:00.014+08:00

Travelled past this restaurant countless of times on the bus back home, but have never been inside. I guess the general lack of a reason to visit that area (coronation/crown center - nothing much to do around there) ensured that I rarely ever walked past Mad Jack on foot.
Due to the curiousity and the eagerness to blog about more new eating places, I have decided to make a trip down and give it a try.

First impression of the restaurant was good, with its open air concept, bright walls and relaxed comfy atmosphere. it does look a lil' enticing with its warm decor and New York-ish sidewalk cafe feel.
Grilled Chicken In Orange Sauce with Mashed Potato.
Slight tangerian taste, yet the chicken was quite tender and "flavourful". The mashed potato was abit disappointing though, tasted like those normal solidified and MSG laded ones from the 7-11 stores.
Blue Mountain Chicken Burger. Their so called, "Tallest Burger In Town".
Quite a generous portion for one serving that stacked with 3 pieces of home-made meat patties. If you're not so much of a carnivore, I would suggest you to share with another small-eater.
Another reason that you may or may not like this burger will be determined by the "Onions-Attack". Lotsa onions and bits of carrots found in it, gave the patties a more crunchy bite. I love it!!
A whole slice of pineapple found in between the burger. Nice combination to make the meat taste less oily.
Realised that they're actually quite generous with the veggies portion as well. Huge slices of tomatoes and lettuces found in the burger. I especially love burgers with lotsa lotsa veggies and fresh crunchy tomatoes. Overall, its' quite average-ly done. The meat patties weren't too saltish or fatty (as compared to Botak Jones, horrible!!). One bad point was that they kinda' over-cooked the meat and it tasted a lil' charcoal-ish. Look at the char-black parts on the cheese!

Quoted: "Specializing in authentic Australian fares, you will go bonkers over the insanely good chow at Mad Jack Café." Give it a try if you do drop by this place. Close competitor to the over-rated Botak Jones, which I don't crave for it at all.

MAD JACK CAFE
Bukit Timah Outlet
6 Duke's Rd
(Bukit Timah Rd before Coronation Plaza, next to Police Post)
Tel: 64624300/ 62575951

Rite Pizza Home Delivery

2008-03-22T21:21:00.011+08:00

Decided to give brother's a dinner treat since its' his birthday and since both of us were too lazy to go out and buy dinner back, we tried the most conventional method, home delivery. Had enough of the usual HUT and CANADIAN, we decided to go for the RITE one. Yeah, The Rite Pizza.
It was the first time we tried Rite Pizza delivery and we were pleasantly surprised as the food came to us less than the time expected (within 30 minutes) and still warm in boxes!
BBQ Chicken Pizza - Cheese, Roasted Chicken, Onions, Tomatoes, Pineapples and BBQ sauce. You can choose either the handtossed or thin crust version. Brother wanted to eat more, thus we went for the handtossed. The pizza was loaded with toppings drowning in cheese! I love the generous portion of the onions and tomatoes in the pizza, marvellous!! The dough is also lighter and thinner than most other home-delivered pizza, so you don't get the sickening heavy feeling in your tummy after eating. A set of Garlic Twist. Included in the combo.
Garlic spread was not sufficient enough and the bread was abit hard. Slightly below average. However, its' not as oily as the Canadian and didn't taste salty at all. So, you might like it if you're lookin' at the healthier side?
The other star was the chicken wings.
Nicely fried and doused all over with BBQ sauce. Brother preferred this version than the rest. The sauce is not too sweet and the chicken wings are juicy.
At a relatively cheaper combo price, it came with two canned drinks of our choice as well! Definitely worth trying other flavours next time. And I read from the web that Rite Pizza was formerly known as US Pizza (Few years ago at Holland Drive. Not sure if that branch is still there). If you're sick of the norms, why don't give this a try?

RITE PIZZA
Tel: 6899 3838
11 am to 10 pm daily, last order 9.45 pm
Website: http://www.rite-pizza.com/

Shokudo Japanese Food Bazaar

2008-03-22T20:03:00.012+08:00

Highly recommended by my friend so I decided to give it a try. Not exactly a new concept as it resembles the Japanese-styled Marche.

As usual, we need a card for ordering our food. Unlike Marche or Vilage, they don't give us "paper-card" but a more solid one (mind you, 100bucks penalty if you lost it!) and a round wooden chip for us to reserve the table while we're away.
Salmon & Egg Rice Bowl. The egg is nicely done. Soft and sweet. Salmon's not too bad too, but a tad overcooked. Nice and plain for a start though.
Grilled Whole Teriyaki Squid. Nicely done as well, squid not too chewy, no weird stinky smell and the teriyaki sauce is sweet enough to complement.

Teriyaki Chicken Cheese Pizza. Nuting too special, except for the ultra thin crust.

Shokudo Tofu Cheese Cake with strawberry syrup. Maybe I was having too much expectation, the first mouth was good. Subsequently, it was just an average cheese cake. Wait till I try the infamous tofu cheese cake from Sun with Moon.

Shokudo Japanese Food Bazaar
252 North Bridge Road
#B1-44E
Raffles City Shopping Centre
Singapore 179103
Tel: 6837 3793

HOG'S BREATH CAFE

2008-02-08T18:48:00.000+08:00

First and foremost, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!! I didn't neglect my blog, just that I need time to accumulate more interesting food photos to write about. Anyhows, after storing a few pictures in my camera for eons, I've decided to write a short entry on this particular restaurant first.

I guess, most of you must have eaten at this place already. To be honest, its' my very first time here. After all the hype about Hog's Breath, I can't wait to try out their food.
The usual kinda "All-time-favourites" that I'll order in a place that I haven't been before. The New York Grill, medium well.
Looks bloody? Don't be fooled by my camera. This is the most middle portion of the New York cut sirloin steak that I managed to see abit of reddish meat in it. Let me show you the next photo and then you can decide whether it should be called, medium well.
See! As hard as a piece of rock mann! Totally regretted asking for medium well (but how would I know in the first place?). And if you prefer your meat to be a tad softer, please order at least medium rare. This is totally hopeless!
Besides the horrible rock-like beef, they served chicken and fish as well. Usual western restaurant style. The Chick Dijonnaise.
Jamaican chicken breast marinated in Caribbean seasoning, grilled and topped with a warm creamy mango sauce. Another hopeless creation. The meat was neither soft nor juicy at all! Chicken was slightly overcooked with abit of burnt taste. Terrible.
Sad to say, the only "edible" food should be the Hog Tail fries. Not very surprising too, but at least its' the only food that I can eat.

Oh well, no address provided for this restaurant this time round.

Sing Ho Hainanese Chicken Rice

2008-01-08T21:06:00.000+08:00

Other than the similar name that it bears with my previous part-time Company, I don't really bother much about walking into the shop. But since this is hailed as the national favourite of our little island and almost EVERY HongKong friends of mine loveeeee this dish, no harm adding abit more fats to my body.
If you ask me to choose between roasted and steamed chicken, I will choose the "pak cham gai" (steamed chicken in cantonese). I am not too sure which one is more fatty or sinful (both looks the same to me), but the steamed chicken definitely brings out the flavour of the chicken.
Eating steamed chicken is somewhat similar to eating a beef steak. Medium well would be just fine. It can't be too over-cooked if not the meat will not be as tender. Typically, the chickens were hung up right infront of the stall after dipping them into ice cold water to keep the meat tender (just like how you wash your face with warm water and afterwhich, cold water to close the pores). However, there's another traditional and authentic way of placing them right smack on to a plate, instead of hanging them up. Which is a better way, I don't really care.
The chickens that they served over here were rather small in size. I reckoned they might be using kampong chickens, infact its' even better. Their meat will be more tender (since they run around in Kampong areas) and not so much on steroids to make them look fatter. The crispy skin of the roasted chicken taste good and the meat wasn't too dry. However, the steamed one will taste even smoother that you don't even need to chew them!!
When you're having chicken rice, everything must come together well. The rice here is moist, tasty and not overly oily. However, its' not very fragrant and I won't really crave for a second bowl though.
Not only the rice that plays an important part of the meal, the condiments as well. Strong and over-powering chilli sauce we have over here. Those who can't really take hot chilli like me, better control the amount. Nevertheless, the whole chunk of garlic i added in was marvellous. I am 100% garlic and onion freak, my dear readers!

Sing Ho Hainanese Chicken Rice
Middle Road (diagonally opposite Peace Centre, Sophia Road)

Max Brenner Chocolate Bar

2007-12-25T19:51:00.000+08:00

Besides dark chocolates, I don't really like the rest of them. And when I say dark chocolates, it MUST definitely be dark and bitter enough for me to say, Wooah!
Fondues are not really part of my eating list, most of the time. But since its' Xmas, we shall have some hot warm chocolate fondue to warm everyone's hearts.
3 types of chocolates to choose from; dark, milk and white. We had the dark and milk warm chocolate fondues. Seasonal fruits, Banana Bread & Marshmellows are the standard items.
Seasonal Fruits; Strawberries & Bananas.
Banana Bread and Marshmellows.
The chocolate fondues were nice and warm enough. Fruits were quite fresh. Most importantly, their staffs were very friendly. Kept refilling water for us and asked for our feedback on the food. Thumbs up for their service and friendliness !!
Next, we ordered the Crepe Suzette. Which contains the Mascerpone, Rasins in Rum, Sugared Orange Peel and warm chocolate sauce poured over it.
The oranges were quite dry after awhile.
The crepe was quite soft though, with a tinge of rum taste within. I was expecting it to be abit more crispy on the outside. The whipped cream wasn't too overwhelming inside the crepe, portion was just nice. Together with the vanilla ice-cream, its' just wonderful.

MAX BRENNER CHOCOLATE BAR
8 Raffles Avenue
#01-06/08, Esplanade Mall
Singapore 039802
Tel: 6235 9556

No Signboard Seafood - White Pepper Crabs.

2007-12-25T18:47:00.000+08:00

Was looking very forward to dine at the No Signboard Seafood Restuarant, especially when I heard so many good comments on the white pepper crabs.
Stir-fried Asparagus with Mushrooms.
First dish, disappointment. I'm a very picky person when it comes to food, especially chinese cuisine since I'm a Cantonese. Vegetables without any Wok Hei (wok-taste) means that dish is completely gone. The starchy sauce doesn't make any difference. It only makes the mushroom more saltish.
Next up, Coffee Pork Ribs. Strong coffee fragrance when the waitress brought this dish over.
Its' my first time trying such dish and I can say, its' fairly done. Likewise, lacking of Wok Hei again. I reckoned the chefs can't really cook nice cantonese dishes and most of them might be mainly from China or Malaysia, rather than Hongkong. I still heart Tung Lok's Sam Leong better.

The ribs were nicely fried but with too much fatty meat in it. The dark coffee sauce was very sweet (must have added tons of sugar), but at least the coffee fragrance is there. Abit too oily as a whole.
Intending to order the Yang Chow Fried Rice, but the waitress strongly recommended this Jing Sha Fried Rice a.k.a House-Special Fried Rice.
It turns out to be quite sweet. Must be due to the chinese sausages added in to the rice. I love fried rice with lotssssa chinese sausages and my Mom will usually throw them in, if she's able to buy those good ones from Chinatown. Apparently she said only during Chinese New Year, we're able to get good ones flew in from HongKong. So she'll get plenty of them and definitely won't buy those common and greasy ones from Supermakets. Other ingredients like; egg, prawns and seaweeds were added in together as well. Overall, quite a nice dish to try.
The long-awaiting dish, 1.13kg of White Pepper Crab.
The white pepper gravy is marvellous! Even much better than the common black pepper we used to have. Huge Sri Lankan crab with claws on steroids, yielding plentiful meat that was finger-lickin' good. Drenched in savoury pepper sauce and with shells cracked at just the right places, we barely needed the tongs! However, it was quite pricey at 43 bucks for a 1.13kg of crab. Nevertheless, a definitely MUST TRY dish!

NO SIGNBOARD SEAFOOD, ESPLANADE
8 Raffles Avenue
#01-14/16
Singapore 039802
Tel: 6336 9959
Website: www.nosignboardseafood.com

Tong Shui Cafe

2007-12-25T16:42:00.000+08:00

The decor is one way Tong Shui Cafe stands out from the rest of its competition. Bright walls, bold Chinoiserie, dark furniture and French chandeliers.
Next, since I am an avid Hongkong lover, the name itself has already drawn me even further. Tong Shui, direct-translation from cantonese means "Sugar-water". I remembered when I was young, Aunt always asked my mom when we walked past Chinatown, "wei, you wanna go up for some tong shui?"
Then I realised, Tong Shui means desserts. Not those common desserts like; Ice Kachang, Chendol or Almond Jelly. Its' more cheena types, like; peanut paste, black sesame paste, green bean soup, etc. Why isit called "sugar-water" cuz' the water itself is sweet like sugar?! *Duhz* And usually its' not those common crystal sugar we use for coffee or tea, its' rock sugar. Only rock sugar can brings out the flavour of the dessert.
"Free-flow" of Star Chinese Movies for viewing with your friends & family.

Somehow, the cafe don't only serve desserts. this place serves well more than that, as its menu of over 300 items can attest to.

Before I get bloated with the food I'd ordered, my Eight Treasures Tea is the most suitable drink. It cleansed all the oilyness away.

I can only find a few herbs inside, besides all 8 of them. Gou Qi Zi, Chrysanthemum, Hei Mu Er and dried Logans. This drink is fragrant, extremely refreshing and only sweetened by the dried logans within. Just right after a heavy meal.
Crispy Mango Prawn Roll under the dim sum list.
Slight sour mango taste but I can't see any mangoes in it. Prawns are quite fresh. Overall, its' a tad too oily and taste like normal deep fried prawn dumplings.
Steamed Chicken Roll. The first bite on it gave me a Bak Kwa taste. Average dish. I would rather prefer a steamed pork ribs than this.
Thick Toast with D24 Durian Puree.
A different kind of thick toast as compared to other cafes. It was heavenly! The puree is so sweet and fragrant! But I was quite surprised they are able to sell this 24/7 on the menu list since durians are seasonal. Can be quite sure that sugar was addded to the puree to make it taste even sweeter, but the durian fragrance is "unmistakable". Definitely worth trying!
Lotus Leaf Rice.
Glutinous rice with salted egg yolk, small piece of chicken and mushrooms. Waited quite long for this dish and the apparently the waitress told me they've forgotten about it. *Shake head* It wasn't serve hot enough and thus the rice was too sticky to the lotus leaf, bad arrangement. Not much excitement as well, taste normal and boring. I think the rice dumplings that my neighbour give us every year taste way much better than this.

TONG SHUI CAFE
1, Liang Seah Street
#01-05/06, Liang Seah Place
Open daily, noon to 6am
Tel: 6339 8662

IKEA Swedish Meatballs

2007-12-25T16:05:00.000+08:00

Needless to say, I am sure most of you have tried the infamous Swedish Meatballs from IKEA before.
As usual, this will always be the standard MAIN dish if I am going to fill my stomach with some food from IKEA. Apparently, it wasn't as tasty as the first few times I'd tried. Maybe it was on a Friday and during lunch time, the lunch crowd was crazy. This might be a reason for the "average-ly" done meatballs.
The fried Buffalo wings will then be the "next-to-order" on my menu list.

Nicely fried to a golden brown & crispy-skinned wings are the most sinful item at IKEA. But everyone can't seems to be able to resist it. Almost 90% of the people I observed, had a plate of buffalo wings on their tables! Looks like its' not a bad choice anyway.

Don't underestimate this plate of wings. I had 3 of them, together with my plate of kid's size Swedish Meatballs (5 pieces) and my stomach was bloated like hell! Thanks to the free flow of coffee or tea, I can slowly enjoy my food while reading a book or a magazine on this lazy afternoon.

Have yet to try the branch in Tampines. Wonder if the dishes taste the same?

IKEA Alexandra store
317 Alexandra Road
Singapore 159965
tel: 6786 6868

Pasta Cafe - Takashimaya

2007-12-20T12:20:00.000+08:00

Winnie suggested pastas for dinner and since we were in town, we decided to try out this Pasta Cafe.Started off with the Breaded Mussel for the appetiser dish. Portion is fine, for just two small eaters.

The mussels were fairly done. Not much of an excitement though. The crusted bread crumbs actually tasted better, with a tinge of butter flavour nicely baked together with the mussels.
She ordered this for her main. Bacon Carbonara Pasta.
Those who prefer creamy-base for their pasta, will be going WOOOAHH over this dish. Plenty of bacons and tomatoes added in. The creamy sauce is marvellous and not too overpowering. Spaghetti is nicely cooked, with just the right timing. Portion is pretty huge, I must say.
As for those who can't really take creamy-based pastas, you can have the same as what I had. The Pescatore Tomato Pasta.
Consisting of prawns, mussels, squids, scallops and a generous portion of onions (yeah!!). Mainly a seafood pasta, like what they call it, the Marinara from Pastamania.
The sauce wasn't quite up to my expectation. Watery and lack of tomato taste. I prefer my pasta with huge amount of tomatoes in it (if not, why would I even ordered a tomato-based pasta in the first place?!). Prawns and scallops were nicely cooked, retaining the sweetness flavour in it. Mussel's ain't that good. I reckoned they were not very good with mussels. What a disappointment.

PASTA CAFE
391A Orchard Road #B2-37
Takashimaya Shopping Centre
Singapore 238872
Tel: 67341638

Ayam Penyet RIA

2007-11-19T19:49:00.000+08:00

Headed town for a try on this Nasi Ayam Penyet, which I read alot on it from the food blogs. The first thing that came to my mind when I heard of this dish was, "Oh gosh! How could they subject the poor bird to such torture? Clobbering it to death? What a foul deed indeed!"

Actually, they hammer the chicken before deep-frying it, resulting in meat that's tender and pulls apart quite easily from the bone. At Ayam Penyet Ria, which is a franchise originating from Indonesia, the smashed fried chicken is served as a set.

What you get is about a quarter of a small chicken, a piece each of fried beancurd, a slice of cucumber, sambal belachan, and a separate plate of rice. It sounds like a lot, but the portions are really small.

Massaged with a light but aromatic mix of spices, the chicken was fried till crisp but hardly oily. What made it even more special was bits of tempura-like fried batter on the chicken, which was pleasantly crunchy and very more-ish, and I couldn't stop snacking on them. That is, until I remembered the existence of trans-fat.

At a price of S$5.50, the set is a little pricey, considering the miserly amount given. But then again, this is Orchard Road. Nevertheless, the fried chicken is a real gem, worth at least once a try. Besides the signature dish, they have other stuff like smashed beef and oxtail soup, but most are here for the hammered bird.

Ayam Penyet Ria
304 Orchard Road #04-25/26 Lucky Plaza Singapore 238863

Opening Hours : 11.00am - 9.00pm

Tel: (65) 6235 7385

TIME: 2135 HRS.

MARKET STREET - LAKSA

2007-10-25T19:07:00.000+08:00

Stumbled upon this restaurant while we were deciding where to eat for lunch. Apparently, my colleague said its's one of the famous Laksa eating place in Depot Road.

Tried their prawn mixed Laksa with yellow noodles while the rest ordered the abalone mixed and chicken mixed versions with the original "thick" beehoon, so to speak.

Huge servings of prawns and Tau Pok (which is the crux of the Laksa) shown as above. However, the prawns they used were those "crystal" ones and it doesn't seem tasty enough to bring out the sweetness and flavour of the Laksa. I personally feel that they should at least use tiger prawns, comparing the price I paid for.
As you can see from the photo above, the gravy doesn't really contain much chilli oil. For those who can't take spicy food, this might suits you. And because I ordered the yellow noodles, the gravy seemed thicker as compared to my counterparts. Unfortunately, I still can't really taste much of the coconut milk used.

Overall, its' quite average. Service wasn't outstanding also. They know what to do, but there wasn't any smiles. The design of the restaurant was very simple, nuthing to shout about. It's just like another eatery. The logo design is very nice though.

Tasty House, by Raku Ninja
146 Market Street
Singapore 048945

TIME: 1955 HRS.

Phan Viet Deli

2007-10-14T14:53:00.000+08:00

Went to try some vietnamese food during lunch time, along my workplace. I had never really try their authentic food like, beef noodles or "rice paper" popiah before. Seems that we ran out of places to eat during lunch, my colleagues suggested this place.

There's not much of a variety though and since it was my first visit to a Viet restaurant, I had the "safest" dish I can think of.

They came with a HUGE bowl of Pho Bo (Sliced Beef & Beef Balls Noodles). Their servings are quite generous too. The very first sip of the soup and I went, "ohhhh-myyy-gooooddd!!!"

Don't under-estimate the soup base that looks clear and dull. Its' so rich and tasteful that you can imagine how many hrs it has been boiling together with the beef and etc.

Apparently, the sliced beef was not as "shiok" as the soup. Just some normal sliced beef where you can also get it from Yoshinoya as well. However, the second credit I'm gonna' give to will be the beef balls. Once again, I went "ohhh-myyyy-gooodddd!!"

Its' totally different from what you usually eat at hawker's stall or typical steamboat restaurants. These vietnamese beef balls are the best! You can see "layers" inside the beef ball and once u chew on it, the "juice" from the ball kinda "spits" out (yaya, I know what you're thinking!).

After the meal, I had a cup of hot jasmine tea to go along with. Kinda' regretted ordering that cuz' I should have try their traditional Vietnamese "Dripping" coffee (photo below was extracted from Kennysia. com). No worries, I can always try that some other day.

Nevertheless, its' a nice lunch we had. And if you're thinking of going there during lunch time, please be there by 12 noon sharp because the queue outside the restaurant is kinda horrendous at that hour. Fortunately, we were smart enough to leave the damn office earlier. *Grinz*

PHAN VIET DELI
80 Robinson Road, Raffles Place
#01-03
S(068898)

TIME: 1440 HRS.

男人KTV - 侧田

2007-10-07T18:11:00.000+08:00

每次當苦惱失意

漆黑的K房裡圍住

喉嚨呼出每個生字

這歌詞原來碰倒他痛苦處

要吐苦水也許我不願意

瀟灑分手裝作太輕易

然而啤酒仍苦得相當諷刺

讓我關門利用咪高峰哭喊幾次

沒有歌怎敢說心事

受了傷始終怕別人知

我和你吻別在無人的街

張學友唱出我的情節

沒有歌怎敢說心事

受了傷點首更絕情詩(始終怕別人知)

你的背包讓我走的好緩慢

陳奕迅那首歌是唱得他自己

沒有歌做人

只懂苦唱怎去遮風避雨

TIME: 1814 HRS.

Tian Tian Chicken Rice @ Maxwell

2007-09-30T21:02:00.000+08:00

Heard so much about this famous chicken rice stall in Singapore, Tian Tian Chicken Rice @ Maxwell, I guess I just gonna' give it a try to see how good it can be.

The chicken was tender and flavourful and the photo that was taken above seemed to be quite "glossy", but in actual its' not so. Main stars of a good Hainanese chicken rice (besides the chicken itself), are the rice and the chilli. Too bad I didn't get to taste the chilli, but the rice was quite fragrant indeed. Each grain coated with savoury chicken broth. It is not too oily and the texture and flavour is just right.

Overall, the chicken rice was quite average I can say. Not as much as what I've expected. Maybe the more I expect, the greater the disappointment is. Nevertheless, will blog on more nicer chicken rice stalls in the future.

Next up, my all-time favourite food - Kway Chap. Also located in Maxwell, but by looking at the signboard it seems like the owner was once selling it Lau Pat Sat. So, let's try!
The appearance wise still looks okie. The chill was quite hot and spicy mann!

Usually I'll order only Tau-Pok and Da Chang (large intestine?) for my Kway Chap. The other items I totally have no interest at all, yet they always charge me the same price. Not quite worth it thou'.

The Tau-Pok didn't really absorb the sauce well and it's quite hard. Guess the owner didn't really cook it for long. Nice Kway Chap's tau-pok should really taste soft with most of the sauce being absorb in it.

As for the "kway", I find it rather rough and thick. Nice ones should be sliced "thinly" and smooth till they can simply slide down from your throat without chewing it at all! The soup wise, not up to my perfection yet. Garlic and herbs' taste wasn't there.

I'm a garlic-freak and cuz' Kway Chap is one my favourite food, the soup is very important for me to determine whether I should visit the stall again. Conclusion, once is good enough.

Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice

Maxwell Food Centre

Stall 10

11am to 8pm

Closed Monday

TIME: 2221 HRS.

GIRAFFE RESTAURANT & BAR

2007-09-25T19:26:00.000+08:00

Located right smack in the middle of the lovely Istana Park, this chic split-level restaurant is an architectural delight of glass, dark wood furniture and casual-chic décor touches. I've always wanted to try out the food here, while walking past the Istana which is directly opposite of the Giraffe restaurant and bar.

Giraffe specialises in international cuisine specialties. Tempt your taste buds with the British-Indian staple Mulligatawny Soup or Italian Black Ink Pasta.

The calamari shown above was just the appetiser. Taste was still okie. Not too oily and the calamari wasn't too "rubber-ish". However as compared to Fish & Co's, I'll still prefer the latter as I like the aftermath of garlic taste lingering in my mouth. *Grinz*

The Seafood Risotto. A type of Italian rice. Sauce was mildly spicy, but its' bearable. Seafood was quite fresh and the portion was just nice. However, there were too much onions added into the dish and if you're one of those "Anti-Onions" eaters, you might want to consider other dishes instead.

The Garlicky Chicken. Meat was very tender. Mixed garlic and chilli sauce was poured over the chicken. The sauce was sweet and sour and it adds an "asian flavour" to the chicken, with side dishes of potato wedges and grilled japanese cucumber with brinjals. A great fusion combination indeed.

And lastly, how can I end my meal without a nice cup of hot cafe latte?

Giraffe Restaurant & Bar
Istana Park (opposite Plaza Singapura)
Tel: (65) 6334 4653
Reservations are recommended on weekends.
Opening hours: 11am till late

TIME: 2021 HRS.

Golden Mile Claypot Rice

2007-09-16T19:57:00.000+08:00

Was craving for some traditional-style of claypot rice, yet Mom seldom prepares for us now. Remembered during the younger days, I was always delighted when she mentioned about making claypot rice for us after school. She does it the cantonese way, and I simply love it. I'm glad that she's a pure cantonese, which I'm able to taste all the yummilicious cantonese double-boiled soups and dishes even till now.

Tried one of the stalls that was being mentioned by a Flogger (Food Blogger). The Golden Mile Claypot Rice. Read that we might gonna' wait at least 30 minutes for the food to be served, we went down an hour earlier before the stall opens. Saw customers started ordering at around 4.30pm, we went ahead to do the same as well (monkey see, monkey do!).

Dad told me before, the correct and traditional way of eating Claypot rice is to first removed the toppings from the rice, then we poured the black sauce and fragrant oil over the steaming rice, and stirred. This is what you see from the photo above.

After which, I added the toppings back which includes; the chicken, mushrooms, chinese sausages, and choy sum back to the rice and this is the final result you'll get eventually.

I had also included a video to show you how "professional" I'm while mixing the steamed rice with the toppings. However, no obligation to follow. Just do it according to your own preference. *Grinz*

Since we were quite early for the infamous claypot rice, I had a plate of Guo Tie as well. Pretty average I must say.

Golden Mile Claypot Rice
505 Beach Road
#01-65 Golden Mile Food Centre
Tel: (65) 6295 8234
Open: 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Closed: Every Wednesday

TIME: 2043 HRS.

Tribute to Qiang Qiang

2007-09-09T01:54:00.000+08:00

Its' VERRRRY sad and touching indeed!! Ella is such a wonderful owner ~~

TIME: 1402 HRS.

1ST DAY @ COFACE

2007-09-03T19:03:00.000+08:00

Yup, first day of work after a "jet-lag" in the country of SasH. Managed to pull myself up from the cosy and smelly bed as early as 6.30am!! Reached Raffles at 8.10am sharp (my work actually starts at 8.30am, hah) and to my surprised, NOBODY is there! Went up again at 8.25am and the HR manager only came at around 9am!!! *roll eyes*

Anyhows, work is fine (for the time being). Just some normal data entries for a start and reading lotsa emails and notes. Lunch was on my boss with colleagues, and 1 of them was my previous ex-colleague from StarHub. The world is so small wor~~

And finally I'm having quite a satisfied desk size with a laptop just for myself!! SCB peeps, dun envy huhh! *Grinz* And one more thing to add, dress-down fridays are applicable, unlike SCB!! Yeah, no more corporate attire throughout the whole working week, I just need a break at times.

Nevertheless, I still hate the "sardine-packed" trains (thou' travelling time is much shorter now).

Till then,

1941 HRS.

Wait For You

2007-08-25T22:00:00.000+08:00

I never felt nothing in the world like this before

Now I'm missing you & I'm wishing that you would come back through my door

Why did you have to go? You could have let me know

So now I'm all alone, Girl you could have stayed but you wouldnt give me a chance

With you not around it's a little bit more then i can stand

And all my tears they keep running down my face

Why did you turn away?

So why does your pride make you run and hide?

Are you that afraid of me?

But I know it's a lie what you keep inside

This is not how you wanted to be

So baby I will wait for you

Cause I don''t know what else i can do

Don't tell me I ran out of time

If it takes the rest of my life

Baby I will wait for you

If you think I'm fine it just aint true

I really need you in my life

No matter what i have to do I'll wait for you

It's been a long time since you called me

(How could you forget about me)

You got me feeling crazy (crazy)

How can you walk away,

Everything stays the same

I just can't do it baby

What will it take to make you come back

Girl I told you what it is & it just ain't like that

Why can't you look at me, your still in love with me

Don't leave me crying.

Baby why can't we just start over again

Get it back to the way it was

If you give me a chance I can love you right

But your telling me it wont be enough

So baby I will wait for you

Cause I don''t know what else i can do

Don't tell me I ran out of time

If it takes the rest of my life

Baby I will wait for you

If you think I'm fine it just aint true

I really need you in my life

No matter what i have to do I'll wait for you

So why does you pride make you run & hide

Are you that afriad of me?

But I know it's a lie what your keeping inside

Thats not how you wanted to be

Baby I will wait for you

If it's the last thing i do

TIME: 2209 HRS.

Random Post - Hairspray, The Musical.

2007-08-24T04:07:00.000+08:00

Hairspray is based upon the New Line Cinema film written and directed by John Waters, with a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, music by Marc Shaiman, and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. Hairspray is directed by Jack O'Brien and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell.

In Hairspray it's 1962 - the '50s are out and change is in the air. Baltimore's Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion--to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show" and, overnight, is transformed from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. But can a trendsetter in dance and fashion vanquish the program's reigning princess, win the heart of heartthrob Link Larkin, and integrate a television show without denting her 'do? Only in Hairspray! Welcome to the '60s!

The musical features an original score by Marc Shaiman (who co-wrote the music and lyrics for the acclaimed animated musical, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut) and Scott Wittman. Their songs take Tracy from the soundstage of a 60's-style dance show to the streets of Baltimore to a downtown rhythm and blues record shop.

A random post at this wee hour. Mainly cuz' I'm still freaking awake and my bio-clock really turns upside down, real big time mann !! Wonder how am I going to sleep at 10pm sharp and wakes up at 6.30am for my new job starting in Sept. Goodness.

Anyhows, I went to catch this movie today. Thanks to a free ticket with popcorns + drink, proudly sponsored by the Lexus Club (how I wish it was under my name thou', hah.)

I just can't stop smiling throughout the entire movie. The energetic actors and dance sequences are so infectious that I can't stop tapping my feet!

I was cheering inside for John Travolta when he displayed those Tina-Turner-style moves at the end of the movie. What a pleasant surprise transformation for all the veteran actors, including Christopher Walken and Michelle Pfeiffer! Gotta give credit to Nikki Blonsky for her sparkling debut too! Hope this musical will shine at the Oscars next year! Since it is SO much better than DREAMGIRLS...

Musicals or cheoreographed dance lovers, please DO catch this flick on the big screen. Its' a real good one, I tel'ya !

I'll give, 4 out of 5 popcorns.

TIME: 0418 HRS.

WHEN YOU'RE GONE.

2007-08-19T17:29:00.000+08:00

I always needed time on my own

I never thought I’d need you there when I cry

And the days feel like years when I’m alone

And the bed where you lie

is made up on your side

When you walk away

I count the steps that you take

Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you’re gone

The pieces of my heart are missing you

When you’re gone

The face I came to know is missing too

When you’re gone

All the words I need to hear to always get me through the day

And make it OK

I miss you

I’ve never felt this way before

Everything that I do

Reminds me of you

And the clothes you left

they lie on my floor

And they smell just like you

I love the things that you do

When you walk away

I count the steps that you take

Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you’re gone

The pieces of my heart are missing you

When you’re gone

The face I came to know is missing too

And when you’re gone

The words I need to hear to always get me through the day

And make it OK

I miss you

We were made for each other

Out here forever

I know we were

Yeah Yeah

All I ever wanted was for you to know

Everything I do I give my heart and soul

I can hardly breathe, I need to feel you here with me

Yeah

When you’re gone

The pieces of my heart are missing you

When you’re gone

The face I came to know is missing too

When you’re goneThe words I need to hear will always get me through the day

And make it OK

I miss you

TIME: 1735 HRS.

THE DRIVE OF LIFE

2007-08-16T19:55:00.000+08:00

Currently keeping myself busy with this latest TVB drama, 歲月風雲 (The Drive Of Life), that cause a great hit in Hongkong.

Just completed a 40 episodes serial drama, 溏心风暴 (Heart of Greed), couple of weeks ago. Told myself not to watch such a "long-winded" TVB drama anymore, yet I'm still stuck with this even more "long-winded" drama!!

Luckily, I'm being classified under "In-between-jobs" status for the time being. New job starting on 3rd Sept. So I can spend all the time I have in being a typical 师奶 (Auntie), watching TVB dramas and munching on chips. Oh no, gonna' watch my diet too!! Okok, I'll just eat fruits then. *bleah*

Furthermore, I love 李克勤 (Hacken Lee) singing for those theme songs. His vocal is smooth, clear and powerful. Realised most of the famous dramas like, 赌场风云 (Dicey Business) and 酒店风云 (Revolving Doors of Vengeance) theme songs are sang by him too!

Stepped into a TVBI videos rental shop yesterday and I managed to "write" down some nice dramas coming up. Seems like I'm already occupied with other upcoming TVB dramas pending on my "must-watch list"! *grinz*

And there's a song by Hacken Lee that I've been playing umpteen times in my media player currently. If you're interested, drop me a msg ya. *winkz*

TIME: 2016 HRS.

BABY ALLY'S WHATEVER!

2007-08-15T00:38:00.000+08:00

Super adorable mann!!! Can I just bring her home ?!!! *ROARS*

PRE NATIONAL DAY.

2007-08-09T11:35:00.000+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SINGAPORE !!!

Had a company dinner with the whole department yesterday's evening over at the Dragon Restaurant. It was supposed to be a 9 course dinner, but I only managed to reach till the 5th course. Reason being, my name was given to join the KTV competition for the night !!!

Totally freak-out when the first contestant went out. I was the 6th. When my turn came, my knees were shivering non-stop. Luckily, my voice was still slightly stable.

Lookin' over to my table, I saw ALL my team-mates, including my manager, shouting & cheering, everyone hand-in-hand together waving in the air, clapping as loud as possible in every intervals, male colleague coming up to hug me, I really felt like shedding a few tears!!

I'd joined singing competition several times in school before. But yesterday night was the most memorable one. I had never seen my whole team being so unite before. However, time for me in this department is not going to be long....

Nevertheless, I got in 1st for the competition (mind you, there were a total of 8 contestants). =P

TIME: 1147 HRS.

POST BDAY CELEBRATION.

2007-07-30T22:51:00.000+08:00

My belated bday celebration with the SIM Gang !!! The best sisters and brothers in my life! Esp our dajie, Leen. The one who gave me lotsa' help and guidance in school and work, xie xie ni. Love them MANY MANY LARSSS~~~

SasH and her lovely birthday cake.

Vicky, the Miss Hongkong !! Surprisingly, her birth date is actually 1 day after mine! Hope to see you again if I'm going HK in Dec. Too bad Hei Hei has closed down (or either under-going renovation, cuz' this was wad she mentioned).

And 1 more good news. I found a new job! It has been confirmed and I'll be starting on the 3rd Sept!! Yeah!!! More details coming up.

Till then,

TIME: 2306 HRS.

TATTOO

2007-07-21T12:42:00.000+08:00

Met up with a few friends for dinner and sheesha last night and we stumbled upon this topic, Tattoo.

It seems how weird to link from topics like ghostly areas in spore to supernatural scenes to disturbance movies like Exorcist (Emily Rose) and to Tattoo on a friday night. I almost had a difficult time taking the lift back home all by myself ~!

Seems that getting a tattoo is also part of a spiritual thing. Some guys/gals tattoo-ed his/her's partner's name onto any parts of their bodies, sooner or later, this particular couple will definitely break-up.

One artiste tattoo-ed a drawing of his mom beautifully on his left arm just to show how much he loves her. Unfortunately, his mom died in a car accident one week after the tattoo was being drawn.

I heard my Mom once said before too, if you wanna' get a tattoo like a tiger or lion (or any fiery creatures), NEVER let the creature faces you. The creature MUST face outside, if not, something bad might happen to you?

People with a tattoo that resembles a pair of angel wings or broken heart, usually symbolises how much freedom this person wants or how bad his/her love relationship usually gone into?

Somehow or rather, this topic just triggered my mind once again.

So readers, what's your say on this?

TIME: 1256 HRS.

My Love - Lovestoned.

2007-07-14T11:33:00.000+08:00

I'M LOVIN' HIM !!!!

TIME: 1135HRS.

BIRTHDAY WISHES

2007-07-11T22:21:00.000+08:00

For ALL whom made an effort to put a smile on my face. Thank you and love you all !!!!

(9th July - The Big Day)

Renee (0002hrs) : Happy Bday dear! :)

Clarice (0004hrs) : Dajie! Happy Birthday! Wish u happy always! (: and best of luck in finding ur dream job!

Ling (0030hrs) : Happy Birthday! Best wishes and must cheong for more sales ya! Cheers! ;-)

Raj (0045hrs) : Happy Birthday !

Eveleen (0130hrs) : Happy Birthday to u..enjoy urself..meet up soon k..take care

Jo (0521hrs) : Oh no! My alarm clock didnt ring at 12am! Anw, Happy Birthday !

Meiyan (0925hrs) : Morning. Hapi birthday!

Rani : Happy birthday gal! May u blessed wif Gd health n happiness. Have a great day ahead! God bless.

Cuiping : Happy birthday 2 u! May all ur wishes cme true! :-) stay cute n happy. Hope can meet up soon...

Desmond : Happy bdae sash! May all your wishes come true n all e best for your future!

Sijie : Hey happy birthday! May all your wishes come true ! Have a wonderful day ahead!

Evon : Happy birthday by the way! Now you are 3 years older than i am!

Peizi : Hey ger! happy bdae! have a great day!

Leen : Happy birthday! May your wishes come true and stay cheerful and funny always! Have a good one!

Edmund : hey happy bdae !!! m sure u havin lotsa fun rite nw.. all e bez for ur future endeavours...tc :)

Daryl : Hey juz wana wish u a happie belated bdae!.. Take care n all e best in ur sales k..hugz

And thks to BeeWee, Denise, Lisi, Chia, Kailiang, Joanne, WeiJia, Jiaying, Yiwei, Weiming and ALL my FST colleagues and boss from SCB for wishing me personally.

As for those names not being mentioned above, what else can I say. Sighz. =p

TIME: 2242 HRS.

ADVANCED BDAY CELEBRATION.

2007-07-08T19:52:00.001+08:00

Dad is such a sweetie. Bought fried rice back for my dinner. When I asked for my green chilli, he said he thought I would prefer the sambal and thus changed it without my concern. Yet, he went down all the way again just to get two more packets of green chilli.

Its' your bday. Don't wanna make you unhappy. So I bought grapes for you to eat after dinner too. He said.

Caught my very first play over at the Esplanade Theatre on sat. Dim Sum Dollies. Fantastic show I must say. Definitely worth watching !!! But please do get the more expensive tickets for dramas like such.

I simply have a thang for local drama productions. Especially The Necessary Stage and The Toy Factory, if you do take notice of them during our high school times. I guess, I know what I wanna pursue for my post-grad programme. Theatre studies !!! I don't mind being a full-time stage artiste, you know! The salary doesn't matter to me. Its' the excitement, fun and experience we're talking about here! *Grinz*

Anyhows, time to cross the second round of the zodiac cycle. Still as useless as before. I hate this feeling.

If only tears can make your heart weaken, I would tear you a river.

TIME: 2008 HRS.

WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT?

2007-07-06T22:18:00.000+08:00

My blog seems so dead recently. People asking, "why ain't you blogging nowadays? Just write bout' anything. Even emo things too."

Hmm, then I asked myself. How emo is emo? What are being classified as emo things? Brain empty.

So, I Shall blog again next time.

Eh, I did write something this time round hor!!

TIME: 2226 HRS.

TAROT CARD

2007-06-13T20:57:00.000+08:00

You are The Moon

Hope, expectation, Bright promises.

The Moon is a card of magic and mystery - when prominent you know that nothing is as it seems, particularly when it concerns relationships. All logic is thrown out the window.

The Moon is all about visions and illusions, madness, genius and poetry. This is a card that has to do with sleep, and so with both dreams and nightmares. It is a scary card in that it warns that there might be hidden enemies, tricks and falsehoods. But it should also be remembered that this is a card of great creativity, of powerful magic, primal feelings and intuition. You may be going through a time of emotional and mental trial; if you have any past mental problems, you must be vigilant in taking your medication but avoid drugs or alcohol, as abuse of either will cause them irreparable damage. This time however, can also result in great creativity, psychic powers, visions and insight. You can and should trust your intuition.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

With courtesy of Leen's bloggie. I'd got the same results as you, gurl ~~ WE ARE THE MOONIES !!! *LOL*

TIME: 2101 HRS.

HOW I SPENT MY FRUITFUL WEEK.

2007-06-04T15:53:00.000+08:00

Last week was pretty well-spent. Besides having a shorter working week, our G.M arranged a dinner function for everyone in the SME Banking on Wed evening, KTV session with friends on thurs noon and a chalet with colleagues on a sat.

The dinner on Wed was held over at the Grand Corpthorne Hotel. Food was in buffet style and its' yummilicious indeed. Free flow of liquors to fill up our stomach before heading down for a boogie night over at Zouk. The queue was horrendous. Fortunately, our cover charges were fully subsidised by the Bank and all of us went into the priority queue from Velvet, *wide grinz*

Woke up slightly earlier than usual for the KTV session on the thurs. 5hrs of singing with friends and unlimited glasses of hot honey. Total bill only comes up to 40bucks nett. Freaking cheap! Short moment spent over at PLAY to celebrate Lisa's bday.

Work on friday was pointless cuz' everyone is having pre-weekend syndrome, as usual. Chalet @ East Coast Park with colleagues was crazy. Unlimited dosage of liquors again and everyone was freaking high. Slept for merely 2hrs and left at 8am.

Whole sunday spent rotting and napping at home. Wad a fruitful week for SasH ! More to come !!

TIME: 1605 HRS.

MOON VS CRIP

2007-05-31T12:45:00.000+08:00

More than ten years ago, this was what most people called it, the awesome moves...

Another ten years down the road from then, this is what I called, the coool moves !!!

TIME: 1249 HRS.

RANDOM RAMBLINGS

2007-05-20T19:40:00.000+08:00

Very soon, I'll be spending my first month in SCB. Time do flies. At times I wonder, why in the first place am I in this line again ?? Didn't I tell myself not to go back to sales again ??

Seriously, I like the intention of working in a Bank. The satisfaction of giving out business cards bearing big companies' names and your ever-wonderful designation. But, so what?! I mean, even if I can survive for the next five more months, how many more months to go ?

I wish for a more stable job. A place whereby I'll settle down for at least two to three years. My interest has always been on marketing and events related kinda' jobs, but without a certain experience, none gave me a chance. I'm like, WTF?! If you can't even give me a chance to start, where on earth am I going to find a single experience in this scope ?!

Oh well, since now I'm with this Bank, my aim is to prove my capabilities and learnt all the skills needed so that I'll be able to transfer to some backend operations dept or maybe other banks. Hopefully all things turn well eventually.

Anyhows, dear friends whom received a free invite from me to California Fitness, there's no obligation ya. I'll be down for every weekends (hopefully !), so drop me a msg if you're interested to take a peek on the classes and the equipments alrite!

Till Then,

1954 HRS.

Interesting Link

2007-05-14T22:30:00.000+08:00

Seriously, I think there's some problem with either my blog, or blogger website.

Anyhows, do check out this website, its dammmn hilarious !!!

http://www.festisite.com/tools/generators/money/

And as usual, I wish I can apply for a longggg block leave as soon as possible. Can't stand the competition and the politics in office. Sighhhz. =(

1743 HRS.

A Fresh Start.

2007-05-05T22:09:00.000+08:00

oh goodness gracious !

I haven't been loggin in to this blogger account for YEARS till I almost forgotten the password for it, Heh. Seriously my mind is kinda' blank now, I dunno wad to say but its' just all about work and taking its' toil on me !!

Guess I just need to type out something so that at least my avid readers see something new, thou' this might be just an useless entry, haha!

Anyhows, the last time I recalled havin' a little rest and enjoyment was on the eve of Labour's day, fortunately its just the beginning on my new job. Headed down to St. James together with my ex-CitiBankers and current SCBankers. Crowded as usual, needless to say. Nevertheless, we all had fun.

The next PH I'll be lookin' forward to will be end May, Vesak day. But before that, I need to get more deals in by then !!! *Praying to Goddess of Mercy*

Till then,

2217 HRS.

BOSSES @ VIVO CITY.

2007-04-22T12:42:00.000+08:00

Went down to this dim-sum restaurant to try out their food on Friday. There's this very good promotion going on - 50% discount on ALL dim-sum(s) and desserts serving from 2.30pm to 5pm, Mon - Sat !!!

Compulsory snack appetizer - spring roll, cucumber & carrot (S$3.80 not discountable).

Front page of the menu. Coolz.

Char Siew Cheong Fun. Quite nice as compared to Crystal Jade's. The sauce's not too salty and the char siew's quite lean *Definitely MUST try* (S$6.00 before discount).

Signature Custard Buns. My first time trying a custard bun and this is marvellous! The custard really ooze out like nobody's business. *Definitely MUST try* (S$4.80 before discount).

Green Tea Scallop Siew Mai. Taste like normal prawn dumplings. Average. (S$5.80 before discount).

Har Gow a.k.a prawn dumplings. The prawns are quite fresh and gonna eat it fast while its hot, cuz' the skin will harden once it cools, which makes it not so tasty afterwhich. There's no chilli sauce provided on the table (unless you ask for it), very traditional HK style indeed.

I ate it plain and fresh. This is the way to taste the freshness of the prawns ga ~~ (S$4.50 before discount).

Xiao Long Bao(s). Hot and extremely juicy buns !!! Its' even "juicier" as compared to Crystal Jade's and Ding Tai Fung's. However, the meat filling seems kinda rough and a lil' fatty. *Definitely MUST try* (S$6.00 before discount).

Mango Cream with Pomelo & Sago. How can we leave out such nice dessert, right?! Quite nice and the mango cream's quite thick. *Definitely MUST try* (S$4.50 before discount).

Bosses Restaurant Pte Ltd

1 Harbourfront Walk

#02-156 Vivo City

Tel: 63769740

TIME: 1412 HRS.

Japanese Electronic MahJong Table

2007-04-11T23:11:00.000+08:00

Don't you think it is awesome ??!!! Freaking innovative Nihonjins !!!! I wanna have one too!!! *ROARS*

TIME: 2314 HRS.

CAFE DEL MAR.

2007-04-07T01:16:00.000+08:00

Yes, I know I'm a lil' slow in discovering this place. Went there with my Citi-colleagues for a Good Friday gathering this afternoon. Its my virgin experience, but I can say its REALLLLY good. Got a huge bed for ourselves, cosy environment, nice scenary and I was quite surprised that the drinks and food ain't too expensive as well (as compared to places like, Balcony) !!!

Worth my trip down even thou' its a public holiday. Definitely making my second trip back soon. This time round gonna clad on my bikini I guess, to fulfil Raj's wish, haha !! But too bad, you ain't gonna see me in that now. *Bleahz*

TIME: 0136 HRS.

6 WEIRD THINGS ABT ME

2007-04-01T15:33:00.000+08:00

Tagged by Leen for this meme. Hmmm, 6 weird things abt me?? Gonna think real hard, hee.

These are the rules:
*Each player of this game starts out by giving 6 weird things about themselves.
*People who get tagged need to write in a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state the rules clearly.
*In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names.
*After you do that, leave them each a comment letting them know you tagged them and to read your blog!

1) Everytime when I'm using a pen or pencil to write something, I need to hold an eraser or a pen cap with my left hand. If I do not hold something with my left hand, I can't write or think properly.

2) When I was young, I must suck my left thumb, then using my index and middle fingers to "giap" my bedsheet up close to my nose and smell it before I can fall asleep. Haha!!

3) I'll talk to my bolster before I sleep every night, make sure I turn to the correct position of the bolster facing me and brings it out to watch tv with me together during late nights. Hahaha!!

4) I used to bring ALL relevant textbooks of different subjects to the very first day of school. Including at least two exercise books for each subject because I always thought that teachers might start teaching on the very first day itself. Eventually, the lifespan of my bag is only half a year.

5) I like to eat curry puffs without those "edges". I'll bite it off and threw them away.

6) My younger bro and I always had equal amount of sweets when we were young. Once Mom bought two sticks of Mentos for us. Before he starts eating one, he'll make sure I'll eat one as well, so that the height (or rather, the amt left) will be equal. Same goes for me. If he doesn't eat the same amt as me, we'll start fighting. Haha!!

Goodness!! I realised its' really digging out all my darkest secrets as well, haha!!

I tag: Clarice, Qin, Tyris, Cuiping, *Yu and @h Jie *Grinz*

TIME: 1603 HRS.

DONUT FACTORY.

2007-03-26T20:25:00.000+08:00

Have you tried these donuts before?? This shop is VERRRY popular among everyone mann!!

Donut freaks, if you don't wanna miss out such yummilicious, sweet and sinful little stuff, try to be there as early as 1030am to be in the queue. Trust me, at least a min. queueing time of 1.5hrs, otherwise you WON'T get to taste these donuts at all !!

Location: Raffles City, Basement 1.

Opening hours: 12pm till ???

Price Range: Box of 6 - Glazed (S$5.50) / Assorted (S$6.00)

Box of 12 - Glazed (S$10.00) / Assorted (S$11.00)

Rating: 4/5 stars.

Recommended to buy at least 1 box of dozen. You don't wanna queue for 2hrs just to get 1 or 2 donuts, rite ?!!

TIME: 2042 HRS.

IN THE MOOD TO DANCE.

2007-03-25T20:28:00.000+08:00

It has been more than a year ever since I stepped into a dance studio. The mood to dance always lingers around me, albeit its only a 45mins trial workshop, it definitely gets me GROOVING once again, haha!

Attended only the hip-hop class. Rest of my colleagues went for the Salsa and Exotic dance classes. Thou' its FOC (cuz' we registered online), I seriously dun mind paying for the cost to attend the classes. Guess, my dancing-mode button is being turned on once again, *grinz*

I misses the time I used to had with my dance-mates, esp DreamWerks' dancers. The time we used to spend on practising in studio, hangin' out with one another to mark steps even after school or during breaks, chillin' out after practices, sweating and hugging one another after a successful performance. Dun you miss the time?!! Aww~~~

So, fellow dance-mates, if u're still reading this, let's find a day to go for more hip-hop or jazz classes ya!! I definitely had a great workout today. Fats burnt indeed, but there's still more to be shed off.

Do check out Groove website for more trial workshops. Its free if you registered online. I'm sure there's more to come... *Wide grinz*

TIME: 2041 HRS.

THE 3 THINGS.

2007-03-22T23:07:00.000+08:00

3 things that scare me:
i. getting involved in a road accident (the previous experience was horrendous).
ii. cats.
iii. dead bloody bodies (or part of it).

3 people who make me laugh:
i. Jacky Wu.
ii. Mr Bean.
iii. Citi's colleague, Karin Chua (her laughter is powerful mann!!)

3 things I love:
i. singing.
ii. sleeping (its a MUST!).
iii. chilling out.

3 things I hate:
i. backstabbers
ii. untruthfulness
iii. hypocrites.

3 things I don’t understand:
i. why are we able to predict someone thru' his/her horoscopes (not 100% accurate thou')?
ii. what is love all about?
iii. things that i don't even understand why i don't understand em' in the first place? Do you understand??

3 things on my desk:
i. computer (duhz!).
ii. telephone.
iii. N73.

3 things I’m doing right now:
i. msn-ing.
ii. blogging this meme
iii. YouTube-In-Progress.

3 things I want to do before I die:
i. obtained nationality for my ideal place of residence, HongKong.
ii. having a successfully-established business of my own.
iii. fufil as many wishes as possible.

3 things I can do:
i. singing.
ii. hip hop dancing.
iii. cycling.

3 things you should listen to:
i. hip-hop
ii. r&b
iii. live gigs.

3 things you should never listen to:
i. techno
ii. heavy metal
iii. saturnic songs

3 things I’d like to learn:
i. driving !!!
ii. mom's culinary skills (I can never do it the cantonese way like her).
iii. being a better person.

3 favourite foods:
i. Mom's home-made cantonese-styled soups.
ii. cheese-baked oysters.
iii. dark chocs with rasins.

3 beverages I drink regularly:
i. Lipton's Earl Grey tea.
ii. Milo from Office's pantry.
iii. H20.

3 TV shows I watched/books I read as a kid:
i. The Bookworm Club series
ii. Captain's Planet.
iii. Lamp Chop Play Along~~

3 people I have to tag:
i. Leen.
ii. xiao mei, Clarice.
iii. Qin.

TIME: 2346HRS.

EARL GREY, MY LOVE.

2007-03-18T17:56:00.000+08:00

Wad do u enjoy the most on a Sunday afternoon ? Especially when the weather is freaking hot and town areas packed with strangers.

Most preferred shopping. Some goes for movies. A handful having a good tann at Sentosa (since Mr Sun wanna showcase his charm today). And majority hanging and laughing around with friends (the Work-Permitters).

For me, home is the best place ever. I just need some soft music playing on my media-player and a cup of hot earl grey tea. The Lipton never fails me. This is wad I call, life.

TIME: 1807 HRS.

ITS' DEFINITELY WORTH WAITING FOR....

2007-03-16T22:55:00.000+08:00

It has been a week. Time passes damn slowly especially when I'm freaking nervous. The last time I spoke to Rachel was on last Thurs. Finally I sensed my handphone vibrating at around 11+am this morning.

Hello, can I speak to Peiyi please?

Oh hi, yeap this is Peiyi speaking.

Hi Peiyi, this is Lilian calling from Stand Chart HR. Do you still remember the last meeting you conversed over with Rachel?

Oh ya! Definitely! *Eyes wide open*

Great! I was wondering whether are you still interested to proceed on with the ASM role?

Certainly!! I've been patiently waiting for your call these days!! *Sniggers*

The long awaiting moment is finally here!!! My offer letter will be ready by next Mon and its time for me to move on from a Citibanker to a SCBanker. Not really a banker thou, more to SME Loans rather. Sales, sales, sales and more sales. Goodness!

Hope I can really do well and won't disappoint those who entrust this responsibility onto me. Thks Guanyin Niang Niang for the blessing. =)

TIME: 2319 HRS.

MUSIC & LYRICS

2007-03-11T23:38:00.000+08:00

"A romantic comedy following Alex Fletcher, a washed-up '80s pop star who's been reduced to working the nostalgia circuit at county fairs and amusement parks. The charismatic and talented musician gets a chance at a comeback when reigning diva Cora Corman invites him to write and record a duet with her, but there's a problem--Alex hasn't written a song in years, he's never written lyrics, and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days."

A dammmn good show, I must say!! Worth watching even on the weekends. Any kind-hearted soul wanna treat me for another round? Heh. I'll give 4 out of 5 popcorns. *Grinz*

The movie soundtracks - Way Back Into Love & Pop! Goes My Heart - have been repeating umpteen times in my media player now. These songs are sooo addictive mann. Those who haven't watch it, please do so.

Next up, Stomp The Yard. Another "MUST-watch" flick. Dance freaks, its time to rock on !!!

TIME: 2350 HRS.

GENRES OF LOVE.

2007-03-11T02:04:00.000+08:00

Love is unconditional. You might be falling in love with this person, but he treats you only like his own sibling. Yet you're able to sacrifice your love and time to stand by his side, giving him your utmost moral support when he's down. Maybe, only being her so-called, Big Brother, she's able to stick with him 24/7 without giving any other excuses. A very nice and meaningful song indeed. Won't you agree?

(Featuring Edison Chen !!!)

The previous MV is about "incest" love. This is another sad song, more about gays' love. But HOCC came in to replace, so that this song will not be censored and banned. A daring piece composed.

Nice. I like this song and HOCC. Wonderful duet. Nice couple. =P

TIME: 0213HRS.

MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC ???

2007-03-10T20:54:00.000+08:00

Off work early on thurs and I went ahead to collect the rented car with my friends over at Paya Lebar. Went over to Geylang for frog-legs porridge, infamous beef horfan and beancurb with my friends and yw's classmates to celebrate her bday. After which, we drove down to Kovan to pick up Wee and headed to the usual hangout place, Grapevine. Usual chats and gossips till shop closed.

Next up, time for me to test drive!! The most exciting moment of the night. I actually drove quite a few miles and dashed across traffic lights too!! (when its safe for me to cross over, of cuz'!!) I can finally parked the car nicely into the lot too. So proud of my achievement, at least for someone whom doesn't even have a proper basic theory yet. *Grinz*

Guess cuz' its an auto-car. Easier to manoeuvre. And I finally learnt the technique of using only my RIGHT foot to step onto the accelerator and brake (I used to step both the accelerator and brake with my feet, haha!!).

A nice experience, thou' its ILLEGAL. I just hope to get a feel of the car and more hands-on practices before I embarked onto the theories and practical lessons. So, shld I learn MANUAL or AUTO ?? SCHOOL or PRIVATE ??

Give me some comments, peeps.

TIME: 2107 HRS.

MOULIN ROUGE

2007-03-05T20:24:00.000+08:00

Attended the so-called, Dinner & Dance (with a theme on Moulin Rouge) on last Sat, it was nuting but just a big hoo-ha for the Citi-Bs. Held at the Marina Mandarin and expecting James Lye to appear, but nahz~~

It wasn't so much of a D&D, or rather, more to an Awards' Nite. Limelight for the whole evening was on the CitiGold's PBs. We're just a bunch of "extras" occupying one of the empty table, gobbling down the "expensive" dishes to make our existance worth (since its F.O.C!!), haha.

Left at around 11+pm. The guys went ahead for to watch soccer, which doesn't interest me at all. Initial plan was to go Cloud 9 with my team-mates, but one fallen sick. Plan flopped in the end and I made my way to MOX to look for YW instead. Settled for a drink and Zhu caught me by surprise !!! *LOL*

Headed bck home at around 3+am, already semi-concussed during then. Comatosed from 4+am onwards, all the way till I realised it was already 3.30pm the next day.

I guess, I'm someone who really needs 12hrs of sleep each day. *Wide Grinz*

TIME: 2040 HRS.

PIMP MY RIDE

2007-02-19T02:15:00.000+08:00

Hmm, seems like nobody realised I'd changed my blog addy except for one. In that case, I shall not announce to the whole world, unless people come and ask me, heh.

Took a ride from Joel and LS on their bikes today. 1st time experience mann!! And we even went as far as Pasir Ris - Fisherman Village!! The experience as a pillion was already kinda scary, wad most travelling on the expressway!!! *Woooahhh~~~*

They said I was too tensed cuz' I was grabbing damn tightly to their shoulders (I'm afraid I'll fall sideway or backwards mah...), haha. Its' a nice and exciting experience since it was my very first time on a bike and travelling so much in Singapore.

Anyhows, I still prefer my very own car. My dream car, The Suzuki Swift sports. Awww~~~

TIME: 0233 HRS.

TALL, GRANDE AND VENTI.

2007-02-08T21:54:00.000+08:00

Came across this from YouTube.

Miss swan is the US version of ruhua !!! *hahaha*

Tall, Grande and Venti. Hmmm, so am I "TALL" or "SMALL" ??? *giggles*

TIME: 2202 HRS.

WAD IS LIFE ?

2007-02-02T23:23:00.000+08:00

I guess, it might sounds a lil' crazy drinking a cup of Earl Grey tea at this hour. For your info, this is my 2nd cup. Bought this brand called, Dalcott from Carrefour (because of its unique packaging). Kinda regretted, since I actually wanted to get the Lipton one instead. Oh well ~~

Work ended at 3pm today. A good start for the month. Finally I'm able to breathe in MORE of the noon's smell. Daily target was fantastic right at the start. I'd also exceeded my expected run-rate, for the time being. =)

I wonder, if work can always be like wad we're going at for today, I might just consider staying on for a lil' more. But nope. I know wad I want, and this is not wad I wanted. I hope things can go more smoothly for the Year of Me. *Pray hard*

Sometimes, life is just so weird. That is why I always remind myself, EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED, because you'll never know, wads gonna happen right after this minute.

I need a new life. A new place for my own. A swift car (provided with a class 3 on hand). A new JOB~!! A new Me. And a new You.

TIME: 2347 HRS.

FORBIDDEN CHESTNUTS: PORTRAIT OF A BROKEBACK GEISHA

2007-01-13T12:57:00.000+08:00

Yet another local production that I caught over at the Drama Centre last night.

Forbidden Chestnuts: Portrait of a Brokeback Geisha

Its a live Parody Show that you get to see spoofs of Tiger Beer Videos, international movies, Cabaret, current affairs and that MRT terrorism video, etc. Starring Jonathan Lim and Hossan Leong and introducing Rodney Oliveiro and Judy Ngo.

This show focused more on and brings out the hilarious and entertaining parts of "Guys' Precious" and carried out marvellously by the wonderful casts of Toy Factory. Great show to recommend indeed.

For more info, please visit: http://www.nowstagethis.com/ or call 6222-5595 (GateCrash). Price starting from S$10, rated R(A)18.

TIME: 1303 HRS.

LOTS OF MVs

2007-01-10T22:18:00.000+08:00

I guess, Leen will just lurve "hovering around" my blog for this period of time. Rite, Miss Xiao Yan?? =P

Enjoy, peeps~~ !!!

TIME: 2308 HRS.

LEO KU

2007-01-07T19:34:00.000+08:00

Don't ask me why, but I'm just tooo in lurve with his songs recently. Mr Leo Ku. These songs are dammmn nice that I've been repeating them in my N73 for the whole afternoon. *LOL*

FYI: Its' all in cantonese, but no harm listening and enjoying to the nice tunes rite? The first clip is definitely ranking top in my playlist as the melody is nicely composed by Wong Yun Ji (the female songwriter and vocalist who composed and sang a concert version of Wo Zhen De Shou Shang Le together with Jacky Cheung) and meaningful lyrics written by renowned songwriter, Lin Hsi. *Wide Grinz*

TIME: 1940HRS.

YEAR 2007

2007-01-01T15:53:00.000+08:00

This year's New Year is kinda different from wad I had for the previous years. No more clubbing, partying, drinking and fagging thru' late nights. Wad I had this year, is wad I really hope to have for all the upcoming years. I'm just too old for the crowd I guess. *Shrugs*

Pot-luck session over at Winnie's house in the afternoon. Filled my stomach full of fried beehoon, sweet & sour chicken, curry puffs, otahs, spring rolls, fishballs and egg-tarts!! The amount of food was incredible!! Had been indulging in soooo many good food for the past few days, goodness!!

Had a small Mahjong and KTV session after the lunch, slacking around with brownies and fruits for desserts after the heavy meal. Drove Ming back home with his car as he was having fever and Boo back to get his own car instead. Back to Winnie's house in the evening for some small chats with her Uni friends.

Her dad suggested going down Clarke Quay for some beers and experience the atmosphere over there. However, the younger ones preferred chilling over tea and coffee instead!! Haha. So We decided to drive down to Kallang, with our leftover curry puffs, grapes, egg-tarts and BBQ pork slices along for a mini picnic session~!!

"Parked" our arses infront of the Kallang River, facing CosyBay on my left side and Suntec City directly infront of me. We presumed this would be the most ideal location to watch the fireworks and settled all our stuffs there.

Boo drove me and Judy down to Geylang to get some drinks and more food for the rest. Bought smelly-toufu from this so-called famous HK stall, beancurb, milk tea & coffee (I told you the younger ones preferred these) and mosquito coils back to our location. Boo had a hard time finding a parking lot this time round. Luckily we managed to find one when the clock strikes 11.15pm.

The crowd seems to get bigger when we were back there. Everyone was anticipating for the fireworks show to get started. Soon, we heard some 'banging' sound. THE FIREWORKS!!!! It was soooo magnificient and superb! I dunno abt last year's show, as this was the very first time I'm watching a live fireworks' show on NYE.

Filmed the whole thang down into my mobile. The experience for this year is wonderful. Watching fireworks with your good friends and their parents around, going around wishing everyone a happy new year thou' they are just strangers sitting there watchin' the fireworks and deep down in my heart wishing all my love ones staying healthy and happy for the new year ahead.

Lastly, I sincerely hope 2007 will be a much better year than 2006.

ps: Maybe this time round, I can be the first to say Happy New Year to you at Tsim Sha Tsui for 2008?? *Winkz*

TIME: 1619HRS.

A "NICE" XMAS GIFT FROM UNCLE LEXUS.

2006-12-25T13:33:00.000+08:00

First of all, MERRY XMAS TO EVERYBODY !!!! *Ho Ho Ho*

Right, I know I've been neglecting this site for a verrrry long time. Excuses are; tedious work, insufficient sleeping time, brain dead, needed more rest, blah blah blah...oh well ~~ =P

Had my very first Xmas celebration (as a full-time slave) with my co-workers this year. Went to this restaurant called the Peranakan Eating House over at One George's street. The food was alrite, not really that fantastic, or rather because most of us don't really have the mood to eat.

Met with an accident in Karin's (my colleague) car after work. I was sitted directly at the back of the driver's seat. Initially we were happily shouting thru' the walkie-talkie with my fellow co-workers in the other two cars. As we were making a roundabout turn over at Suntec, this huge fucking Lexus accelerated and bang onto us! For goodness sake, the car knocked onto the area on my side!!!!

I jumped up from my seat, having a slight mental shock. If the car were to hit even harder, guess you guys might need to celebrate Xmas with me in the hospital. This man denied that it was his fault to accelerate faster, cuz' HE ASSUMED Karin was making a left turn and not making a roundabout turn. HE ASSUMED SHE was on the LEFT lane when all of us knew WE WERE ON THE CENTER lane and thus, he accelerated to cut in from HIS right lane to the center lane. For goodness sake, everything was based on HIS FALSE ASSUMPTIONS !!!

And Mr Uncle Lexus, YOUR CAR WAS PERFECTLY FINE FROM THE KNOCK AND OUR SWIFT WAS BADLY DAMAGED!!! HOW ON THE HOLY EARTH CAN YOU ASSUMED THAT WE WERE THE ONE WHO KNOCKED ONTO YOUR CAR ?!!!!!! *ROARS*

Oh well, this man doesn't wanna admit it was his fault even thou' we saw him stepping hard on the accelerator and that's why the impact was so great till the car's right wheel's rim was badly damaged and the right wheel was dented in!! And holy cow, this was the VERY FIRST TIME I met with a traffic accident and the impact was VERRRRY STRONG!! I can't imagine wad will happen to myself if that fucking Lexus were to run at a much higher speed from a further distance!! =(

Anyhows, Karin suffered the most. That man doesn't wanna pay full amount for the damages. He wanna leave it to the insurers to settle. She has to report all these to her dad, since the car belongs to her dad. It's the first time she met with a traffic accident, the steering wheel lost the grip, it was drizzling that night, her brain was totally dead while driving us in the car, she scolded 14287041754385 times of vulgarities. Poor thing~~ I guess, Uncle Lexus really gave us a NICEEEE Xmas gift for the year '06!!

So much for the exciting updates, today shall be a slacking day for me at home!! I love the way where I can wake up saying good afternoon to my mom on a Monday, stuck my arse infront of my LCD watching Ce Tian's concert (again & again), typing out this entry where readers have been complaining on the lack of updates, sipping my usual dosage of milk tea in this lazy afternoon, telling myself, "Don't you just lurrrve the public holiday which falls on a Monday ??" *Wide Grinz*

Till then, folks!

TIME: 1357 HRS.

ZOUKOUT, ZOUKIN?

2006-12-10T12:31:00.000+08:00

Wadz with everyone clubbing last nite?? I mean, half of the citizens are in ZoukOut, so the rest jolly well packed all the clubs which are available in town?

Oh well, went to meet up my sec schmates for dinner and Hiong suggested to head down MOS after our dinner. I was quite reluctant at first (like duhz) but since everyone, including Winnie, was so keen and there's free invites for us, so Hiong drove us back home to change.

Reached MOS around 12.10am. For goodness sake, at this holy hour there're still clubbers queueing up to get in!! And the queue was freaking long and packed!! I just shaked my head and kinda regretted saying YES initially.

Gerald was trying to contact his friends whether can we enter other clubs and Hiong was busy waiting for his friend to get the invite tickets out for us. No hope for MOS because even if we have the tickets, the whole place was already "sardine-packed", there's no way for us to squeeze our tiny butts in. Goodness!

Last resort, club MoMo. Had to spend 15bucks for cover charge, sigh. I just felt dumb queueing up for clubs at wee hours. Music was not so bad, mainly RnB. Alcoholic level dropped big hell mann, I CAN'T DRINK ANYMORE!!

Had a Screwdriver, then two glasses of Chivas (almost 70%) with coke. My head started to spin again. Went toilet to force puked, but nuting comes out. Stomach felt awful. The guys pulled me down to the dancefloor to make myself more sober, duhz. Guess I'm really sick of clubbing. Everyone was dancing happily and yet I'm the only one standing down there.

Reached home around 5am, super drained mann. Woke up at 1130am, ring-up the salon to change my appointment to 230pm. Too tired to even move my arse outta bed. Final conclusion, NO MORE clubbing for me. I still prefer chilling-out to beers and live band. I still lurve Bel from Pauls. *grinz*

TIME: 1257HRS.

CITIBANK, READY CREDIT?

2006-11-23T21:27:00.000+08:00

Finally, all my hardwork has paid off! I'm now officially-qualified enough to step into the big door of CitiBank. Tomorrow shall be my first training day. Hopefully I won't let the rest down.

Days after days, I'd been reporting to office just to study. Nuting, but studying. Others are progressing well, yet I'm the one left behind. But now, all of us are finally on the same pace. I promise, I'll do it even better. I just need some time to prove it to myself, and the rest.

Long shopping list ahead. Gonna replenish more corporate attires in my wardrobe for the following days, weeks and months. Luckily its a dress-down day tomorrow. Shall clad in my comfortable jeans n tee again, *grinz*

Training with my manager starts tomorrow. And after work, the whole dept is having a BBQ gathering over at East Coast Park. *woohooo!!* Such a wonderful start for me. But its' too early to gauge everything cuz' you never know wadz lying ahead too. Rite ?

TIME: 2146 HRS.

HILARIOUS CLIPS.

2006-11-19T00:38:00.000+08:00

*Edited*

Oh mann, these are dammmmn hilarious !! Please watch the clips and you'll know what I mean. ;)

Been busy, busy and nuting but, busy. *SigH* Shall update soon again. Till then,

TIME: 0002 HRS.

BIBI VS CHUNCHUN

2006-11-11T17:16:00.000+08:00

Ok. first of all, this entry is specially written for Miss Evon Guo as she had been bugging me with this singer ever since we went for our last KTV session weeks ago. All along, I'm only interested in another singer, Li Yuchun (whom clinched 1st in the China Idol '05).

However, Miss Evon Guo was VERRRRY persistant in telling me Zhou Bi Chang (whom clinched 1st runner-up in the China Idol '05) was actually a better singer (each time I saw her on MSN), in terms of vocal and projection. Oh well, after much consideration and comparison, I can only agree with Miss Guo.

So Evon, this entry is SPECIALLY written for you, enjoy the clips!!

TIME: 1732 HRS.

THE ART OF POP & LOCK

2006-11-08T19:33:00.000+08:00

- The Art of Pop & Lock -

For my dear fellow dancers out there, these are ALL for you mann !!!

And lastly, ain't you've got NO reason NOT to catch this on the big screen ???

Coming up soon on 9th Nov !!! *screams*

TIME: 1940 HRS.

BINGO !!!

2006-11-06T19:37:00.000+08:00

BINGO !!!

You are trying to prove to others that nothing can really affect you. You are pretending to be stoical - indifferent to pain or pleasure and indeed even superior to any form of weakness. As a result, more often than not, you unfortunately act with undue harshness or severity by adopting an autocratic and self-willed attitude.

You need an atmosphere of peace and quiet and you would like to share a bond of understanding with the 'right person' - you have the belief that with the right person, your stress and anxiety could be minimised.

Your confidence has been shattered. There are so many things that you would like to do with your life, so many dreams to be fulfilled - and you know that your hopes and dreams are not just figments of your imagination, they are real and you are looking for reassurance from someone. Basically your fears are such that you may be prevented in attaining your hopes and dreams. Even now you would like to broaden your fields of endeavour but in order to develop your 'inner- self' you need peace and solace. You are distressed by the fear that you may be prevented from attaining your goals. What you really need at this particular moment in time is quiet reassurance from someone close to you to restore your confidence.

You are holding back. You need to find friends in whom you can trust and once they have proved themselves beyond all possible doubt you will be prepared to give them your all. The existing situation is not of your liking - you have an unsatisfied need for mental stimulation with others whose standards are as high as your own. Trying to control your instincts the way you do restricts your ability to open up to others and the way you feel at this time is suggestive of 'total surrender'. This is not to your liking as you consider such thoughts as weaknesses that need to be overcome. You feel that only by control, controlling your innermost thoughts, are you able to maintain your air of superiority. You want to be admired for yourself alone and not for what you can do or for what you may have done. In essence 'you need to be needed' and at the same time 'you need to need'.

You need to be respected as an exceptional individual. This is the only way that you can hope to achieve the status that you wish to achieve. You set yourself very high standards - and come what may - you abide by them.

The Amazing World of Colorgenics

TIME: 1939 HRS.

A LAZY SUNDAY NOON.

2006-10-29T17:02:00.000+08:00

A Lazy Sunday Noon *Note: with only you and yourself all alone at home*

1. Wrapped in (only) bath towel and walk around your house like nobody's business.

2. Changed into a simple tee and shorts with your room door widely-opened.

3. Listen to soothing music from your media player and re-polishing your nails.

4. Lying down on the couch (like a TaiTai) with Neutrogena's deep whitening mask on your face and reading your favourite magazine.

5. Sipping the best coffee you'd ever made for the nice and relaxing afternoon.

6. Selective-chatting with friends on MSN, as and when you feel like it.

7. Completing ALL the tasks above, except for revising for the exams that's coming up in a week's time !!! *roars*

Awww~~ Isn't it a wonderful thing for you to slack at home on a Sunday afternoon ??? *Grinz*

TIME: 1706 HRS.

CHILD'S PLAY.

2006-10-27T20:27:00.000+08:00

First of all, my mobile plan is Powervalue 100. Which means, i CAN'T even make IDD calls overseas. Each time when I need to make overseas' calls, I have to purchase a home-connect card. So, I DO NOT HAVE FREE OR UNLIMITED overseas' calls to make.

Next, I just sent my regards via MSN congratulating her and wishing them all the best in the future. If this is the so-called, Drama-Mama you're talking bout', I really have nuting to say. Those who really know me well, should understand my character. I'm a very sensitive and typical cancerian. I always hope to solve things in peace, treating everyone as good as possible, yet things just disappoint me in the end.

Just a simple msg and it leads to so many complications. Why?? Maybe like what Jo and Wee said, I was just being too "pi yang" already. I shouldn't even bother bout' it in the first place!! But this is me, this is my character.

Since you guys had already made it so clear, I have nuting more to say.

I was contemplating whether to type out this entry initially. But I realised, its time to let others know bout' how I really felt deep down inside me and not keeping everything to myself. Maybe you guys are right. I'm really embarrassing and amusing you guys again and again. I'm really tired. Tired of trying sooo hard to bring back the friendship that has already been lost, so far away.

Tui Hou - Jay Chou'd MV

2006-10-20T14:10:00.000+08:00

Awwww~~~ So touching !!!! *Wondering are they really together???*

TIME: 1404 HRS.

WILL THIS BE THE FINAL STAGE FOR ME ??

2006-10-19T14:09:00.000+08:00

It has been weeks after weeks since I graduated and received my confirmation honours degree. I'd been going for couple of interviews, each time bearing hopes I will be working for them. However each and everytime, my hope diminishes. Was about to give up on this whole thing and wait for next year, till I met up with an old friend of mine.

Went for the interview this morning. Everything seems perfectly fine between us. I hope this would be the last interview I'm going to (for the time-being) and hopes to sign the appointment letter soon. I will definitely give my best shot even though I'm not sure whether its gonna be my cup of tea, but still its' a good opportunity for me to learn more new things.

I won't be stating which Company I went for in the morning YET, till I'd finalised my confirmation with them.

In order to give myself more good luck (heng heng !!!), I'd decided to change my whole blogskin to more REDDISH colour (chinese beliefs) in order to get better prosperity in the future, haha!!

Till then peeps,

1410 HRS.

PAULANER AGAIN !!

2006-10-14T14:26:00.000+08:00

Another round of chilling session over at Paulaner last night. But before that, I had verrry sumptuous meals for brunch.

Watched the show, Coffee Talks & Hawker Woks hosted by Fiona Xie (oh well~~) and they were introducing this beef noodles store at Clementi. Decided to leave my stomach empty till 130pm and we headed down to try.

I guess its was somewhat over-rated. Had the soup-based beef kuey-tiao and the price wasn't very cheap as well. But the portion was quite big, enough to last you till dinner time mann (don't forget to top it with the sour chilli sauce with the chilli flakes). However we were still not very satisfied and carried on to our next destination, Tiong Bahru Market.

Alrite, over there we had Lor Mee and ice desserts. The Lor Mee is just marvellous mann! The shark meats are so tender and melts in your mouth, the gravy is not too starchy, neither its too watery and not forgetting the garlic, special-made chilli and lottttttssssaa vinegar which brings out the wonderful taste of the Lor Mee !!!

So peeps, if you're keen to have a taste of this yummilicious Lor Mee, please visit Tiong Bahru Market, store name - 178 Lor Mee. Please go around late afternoon, as the crowd will be lesser and the food will taste nicer too! *Grinz*

As for dinner, we went for NYDC and down to Paulaner after that. It always a MUST for me to go down Paulaner for a drink when I'm in CityHall area. As usual, this place never fails to bring a smile onto me.

There was a huge crowd initially. Put down my name, waited for couple of minutes before we can get a decent table inside. Just few minutes away, the band arrived. Yeap, my favourite Belinda aka Bel performing again!! *Wide Grinz*

So I wrote in a dedication as usual and Bel sang the song, without fail. After she finished, she turn her head over and said, "this is for SasH, as usual ~~" *LOL*

Claudia is always busy, yet she came and disturb me as well. Bel walked past me and gave me a smirking face. Even my friends said I'm like one of the regulars over there till the staff and singer could recognise my face!! Oh well, wad can I say ?!! *Grinz*

TIME : 1435 HRS.

FISHERMAN'S VILLAGE.

2006-10-12T13:22:00.000+08:00

Took four buses just to reach Fisherman's Village for dinner yesterday. We can actually travelled by train, but we just like to experience long buses' journey with our mp3 by our side.

Reached the place at around 7pm and we were famished. Shared a medium plate of fried rice and a plate of black pepper beef, forcing ourselves to gobble down the very last mouthful of rice.

I love the place so much when I sat down, even much better as compared to CosyBay. Its somewhat secluded plus the serenity you are able to experience it there, everything seems so nice and relaxing. Soothing music playing in the background, calming seaview in the front, chilling with bottles of Heineken and fags, aint life is so wonderful at this point of time !! *grinz*

The cold sea-breeze, lightly touching onto your skin, looking across the sea, familiar sentimental songs bringing back memories, leaning onto shoulders that you know it will never leaves, crossing hands and promises stay within....

Wad is Life? This is Life.

TIME: 1328 HRS.

STARHUBBERS IN ACTION AGAIN !!

2006-10-08T23:02:00.000+08:00

Another interesting clip when the StarHubbers are bored at work. Check this out, ladies and gentlemen !!

Enjoy. =)

*If the clip above is not functioning, please try the link attached below. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_PLgCXoieQ

TIME: 2300 HRS.

PROJECT-S. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

2006-10-05T20:40:00.000+08:00

Ming and Queenie are finally back to Hongkong!! Spent almost everyday out with them, eating, sight-seeing and shopping!! It was so damn tiring, yet we had lotsa fun.

Went to fetch them from the Airport at 2.30pm and had my virgin taste of Popeye's Chicken!! Next, brought them to try our famous hainanese chicken rice over at Toa Payoh straight after checking in to their hotel room. Next, down to Night Safari which only two of them having fun inside. Me and my friends drove over to Sembawang Park for some test-driving!! It was freaking exciting and dangerous! Probably I was too nervous and not used to the accelerator plus lookin' at side mirrors, I "mount" kerb twice!! *Opps* Luckily the car was alright cuz' it was a rented one. After which, we drove them down to Chomp Chomp for late supper and back to their hotel, Home Sweet Home ~~ *Grinz*

The next day was an early morning schedule as we have to return the car to the rental shop. Brought them to try Ya Kun over at Yishun and straight down to Sentosa around 12+pm. Thought it might be a bad weather day since the sky looks kinda gloomy in the morning, so I prayed for a better weather. And yes, I love God and God loves me so much till the weather was SUPERRR fine and hot!! So, brought them over to Underwater World and Dolphin Lagoon, while we had own time to enjoy the HOT and wonderful beaches. -_-''
After watching the 3D Musical Fountain display (which I nearly fell asleep), headed down to Chinatown, Smith Street for late dinner. They bought "Rou(4) Gan(1)" from the infamous Lam Chee Yun's store and took lotsa nice photos with the lanterns' display.

The third day was kinda tiring for me. Was damn shagged after the previous two days, yet I gonna wake up at 730am just to get myself prepared. Reached their hotel around 945am and our first destination was KLunch @ Cineleisure! After that, walked around shopping malls in Orchard, Somerset and Dhoby Ghaut. When its' about 530pm, brought them down to Raffles Place, Boat Quay. Took alot of photos there, then cross over to look for the infamous, Merlion. At about 7pm, we slowly made our way to Lau Pa Sat for VERY sumptuous dinner! I din realised these two girls can really eat mann!!

At around 830pm, we walked across Boat Quay, showing them all the shop houses and crossed over to Clarke Quay and Riverside Point. Only till then, I realised Mohd Sultan Road is a damn far-walking distance from there!! But no choice, I chose to walk there, I must complete it. So once again, we slowly walked over to UE Square, and finally reached DBLO at around 9.45pm. Those two were already sweating like hell mann!!

Got our arses finally down once we went in. Get three glasses of Vodka Lime and they wanted Tequila pop as well. Since its free entry and free flow, alot of girls were actually queueing up for more drinks! After popping THRICE and had TWO glasses of Vodka Lime each, the three of us were practically lying down on our seats for nearly an hour!! Luckily nobody came and "disturb" us. I was so damn guilty especially when I had the full responsibility to take care of them, yet I was like dead-drunk and lying there like nobody's business. The worst part was when I woke up, I puked like hell. It was the very first time in my life that I puked like shit~~!! I really hate this "pre-puking" syndrome, it was damn awful mann!!

Left DBLO around 1.45am, took a cab and the stupid uncle dont even know the routes well!! Luckily, I had kinda mastered the routes quite well, so the uncle cannot cheat our money. Bathe, rest and settled everything at around 3am. By then, all of us were almost knock-out. Woke up by a morning call at 10.15am, Thkz YIWEI!! My alarm rang at 10.30am and I woke them up to get them prepared.

Check-out at 11.45am, brought them to the nearby food market for brunch. Ming was very addicted to our hainanese chicken rice and Laksa. She had lotsa bowls of chicken rice already, so she tried Laksa for the very last time. Queenie was smart enough to order Lor Mee, which they didnt get to try thru out the few days. After that, we went Cold Storage and they actually bought 18 TUBES OF YAKULT BACK TO HK!!! Initially the staff counter was shocked! But I told her HK doesn't have so many flavours over there, she laughed. They bought some pandan cakes and Kueh Lapis back as well.

Reached Airport about 1.45pm, check-in and slacked till 3.15pm, its time to say goodbye to them. I hope they really have a wonderful time in Singapore and I will definitely see them again when I go over to HK again.

Take care, my friends!!

Till Then,

2111 HRS.

MORE THAN JUST FUNDAMENTALLY HAPPY.

2006-09-30T00:39:00.000+08:00

I'd never been sooo artsy-fartsy after such a long time!! Went to watch a play performed by The Necessary Stage over at Marine Parade Community Library. I was shocked initially. "Why the library at this hour??"

I was very surprised to see the word, THE NECESSARY STAGE when we walked nearer. Let me recall when was the very last time I watched such plays? Hmm...3? 4? Or 5 years before?? I cannot remember at all mann!!

I lovvvvveee stage dramas, I telya! I was very inspired by them since primary school time (when all other students are either dozing off or busy chit-chatting with friends). Did I ever mention that I wanna be part of them as well?? Haha. Those were the days mann.

Oh ya, this play is called Fundamentally Happy, by Chua Enlai and Aidli 'Alin' Mosbit. If you guys dunno the latter one, its okie. But I'm sure you all should know who's Chua Enlai. He's a very well-experienced stage performer and had appeared couple of sitcoms on Channel 5. Still no idea?? Okok, do you remembered a commercial on this guy watching TV at home when a thief went in and asked, "Dong(1) Xi(1) Zai(4) Na(2) Li(3)??"

And he replied, "Wo(3) Bu(4) Zhi(1) Dao(4), Wo Zhen De Bu Zhi Dao !!" Got it?! Yeah, he's Chua Enlai !! And mind you peeps, he's also a member of The Association of Singapore Actors!! *Applause*

Alrite, too much of an artsy-fartsy me, we went ahead to look for my xiao-mei as well, haha. Finally I saw her in her oversized uniform and assuming I was HITTING ON HER, with my bag of cuz!! *sniggles*

Earlier on, had dinner over at Market 85 with my favourite soup-based Bak Chor Mee and satays. Overall, a nice and fruitful evening. I didn't know you actually went ahead to get tickets for such plays and thkz for keeping it a tight secret for the past few days. I truly appreciates what you've been doing and I definitely enjoyed myself this evening.

Once again, thk you ~~

TIME: 0109 HRS.

REGULAR UPDATES.

2006-09-28T19:08:00.000+08:00

Wad shld I blog about?? Sighh, it has been a rather boring and mundane life for these few days. Had been hanging out almost everyday and waiting patiently for calls to interviews. It sucks when you rot too much because you're being labelled as "Jobless". Seeing friends receiving their monthly salaries, indulging in fine delicacies and shopping for coporate attires, yet I can only stand there with both my hands in my empty pocket. =(

Nevertheless, though I'm jobless "FOR THE MOMENT", my mouth still enjoys high quality food from Godiva, Swiss Culture, Crystal Jade, Ding Tai Fung, Four Seasons Hotel, Sins, Paulaner and of cuz, free drinks from MOX. Oh well ~~~ *Wide Grinz*

Had some free time to catch John Tucker Must Die and Imagine Me & You. Nice flicks I must say. This R21 film ain't no sexual scenes, my dear!! Its' just the content, datz all. Heh.

Went to the National/Central Library to have a feel being back as a student. I must say, I miss my campus life sooo dammmn much!! Sitting down, spending the whole day revising (gossiping as well) and taking short breaks in between, awww~~~ Don't you sisters miss those time???

Maybe I shld have sign up for the Project SuperStar 2. At least, I won't be rotting at home now. But of cuz, who knows I might just get booted out during the first audition?! Haha, oh well, if anyone is free out there, I AM FREE AND AVAILABLE TOO !!!

Oh ya, my HK friend, Lok Meng aka Ally and her colleague, Queenie, will be arriving in Singapore very soon!!!! Yeah yeah!! I can practice and perfect my local cantonese with her again!! Woohoo~~ Will be bringing them around Singapore *I hope*, so if you guys are free, please join the Singapore Tour organised by none other than, the infamous SasH - Singapore Ambassador of Year 2006 !!

And one more thing to go, I'll be bringing my both pretty HK gers down to DBLO on wed nite, since its ladies' nite and free flow of drinks!! Single and available guys out there, if you wanna know my friends, please text or give me a buzz on my mobile ya. Ermz, gers are allow to, if u want. *Winkz*

Till then again,

TIME: 1924 HRS.

側田 Justin.

2006-09-23T13:45:00.000+08:00

My dear faithful readers, these are for you...or rather, for myself ?!!! *Wide Grinz*

There are definitely alot more!! But I'm just too lazy to upload. Just check out all his clips on youtube ya. =)

TIME: 1418 HRS.