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for you

2008-08-20T23:00:00.002+08:00

We were as one babe
For a moment in time
And it seemed everlasting
That you would always be mine
Now you want to be free
So I'm letting you fly
Cause I know in my heart babe
Our love will never die, no

You'll always be a part of me
I'm a part of you indefinitely
Girl don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger onTime can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby

I ain't gonna cry no
And I won't beg you to stay
If you're determined to leave girl
I will not stand in your way
But inevitably you'll be back again
Cause ya know in your heart babe
Our love will never end no

You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you indefinitely
Girl don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darlin cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time cant erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darlin cause you'll always be my baby

I know that you'll be back girl
When your days and your nights get a little bit colder oooohhh
I know that, you'll be right back
Ooooh! baby believe me it's only a matter of time
You'll always be a part of meI'm part of you indefinitely
Girl don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my,....my baby....
You'll always be apart of me (you will always be)
I'm part of you indefinitely
Girl don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on (we will linger on)
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
You will always be my baby

Tatsuya

2008-03-10T09:58:00.010+08:00

bombed my calorie count last night at Tatsuya. hahas this Jap restaurant located opposite Paragon at the Crown Prince Hotel. Rather visible if you take the sidewalk. nice warm cosy place. with very good service and of cos very applaudable jap food. (: but for me, it will be a once-in-a-very-blue-moon affair since i d only come with my parents. the bill s just too much to swallow. hur hurs.

Relish

2008-03-10T09:47:00.006+08:00

visited Relish a few weeks back with wilson & cj. very nicely done up place. Opened by head chef from Wild Rocket@ Hangout Hotel. Chef Willie Low. Tucked upstairs in a quaint corner space at Cluny Court, which is located next to Serene Centre. Just head up the escalator outside Gastronomia/ Cold Storage and it can be seen. serves nicely done burgers. Recommendations are the Relish Burger, Lamb Pita Burger & the Ramly Burger. (though in my opinion you can get Ramlies at a much cheaper price).

Basil Alcove

2008-03-10T09:32:00.006+08:00

this is a long long overdued post. visited Basil Alcove along middle road at Fortune Centre for chow's bdae celebrations last yr.that place s surprisingly near our sch! here are the yummy photos!

Smoked Duck Breast

Grilled Salmon with mashed potatoes

Grilled Cod Fish with spinach puree

Chocolate Decadence

Tiramisu & Strawberry Shortcake

all their food are reasonably priced and very nicely presented. definitely worth several comebacks! (:

back in action!

2008-01-23T23:07:00.000+08:00

alrighttt. im BACK! hahas its 2008's 1st entry! (:

found my passion in writing again. -applauds-

anyhows/ 2007 has been a great year. great frens, family, food, fun. to sum it up isnt easy.

and im not gonna try. haha life s all about moving on ya! so no looking back.

but of cos. i ll update about my hk food escapades & singapore s too.

jus attended a career talk by AFC (Asian Food Channel). interacted with top executives of the company. was really an eye opener. i think i found my passion. i wanna go into the media industry... to channel my skills into marketing & communications. sounds real fun! (: looking forward to submitting my CV to them and hopefully get an internship offer this june *beams*

aights. back to floggin. here are the peektures for my trip to hk last dec! enjoy!!

HongKong, the pearl of Asia, is truly a place where cultures from the East meets that of the West. the vibrance in this city is reflected through the endless nightlife and flow of people day in day out. cultural fusion is also very evident in the foods that are found in HK, and that has made living in HK a very attractive option. Albeit the hustle & bustle of this city, HongKongers do take time off their busy schedules to spend on quality food and entertainment. Karaoke is one form of it, and going on hiking trips is popular among the younger generations as well.

talking about food, it will be never ending as HK simply has too much good food to begin with.

during my trip, i sampled some of the best dishes i have ever had and I hope to discover more during my many trips to come! (:

this 2 pizzas are from Pizza Express! Pizza Express has 3 branches in HK & they serve real authentic pizzas. thin crust, rich ingredients. they even have healthier options available! such as wholewheat pizza crust for the health-conscious.

me & wilson finished the two pizzas! they are huge right. i love th parma ham pizza (above). reallyyy good. the cheese shavings on top finishes off each bite with perfection! the parma ham s fresh and succulent too. wilson chose the mushroom pizza (below). its nice too! but i reckoned more kinds of mushroom could have been added (: but its good too! tho i prefer my choice -beams-

after pizza, we walked all the way to causeway bay!was a long long long walk from central. but twas cooling. so we didnt mind. ate at yee shun milk company!! the steamed milk there s to die for. tho i found another dessert shop selling an alternative to it. but yarh i ll ALWAYS eat this everytime i go back. they have a few outlets in HK. one based in causeway bay. near times square. but it actually originated from macau! (:

alright this is damn random. but i tink this girl i saw at macs

is duper cute. she jus got off sch and having tea break with her daddy

her cheeks are soooo red & chubs!! hahas she s made famous already. hur hur

had dinner with daddy jason & wilson at harborside grill at macau jockey club. since we are members, we can eat there anytime we want. hur hur. on my dad's acct of cos. but the Western food there s really decent! i d say delicious in fact. look at that below. baked mussels with miso cream & wine sauce. real juicy & cheesy. YUM!

the mussels are jus appetizers. the main dishes were as follow. this is the pan-seared ribeye steak (below) with greens. elder bro's dish. looks really presentable & delectable. n yupp its nice! the portions could be bigger though.(esp for guys)

mine finally came. after waiting & waiting. *the others' came at least 15 mins before mine*

its the baked salmon cod fish in pumpkin saffron sauce & alfafa greens. fortunately, my wait was not in vain! i think my dish was the nicest of everything. really. alot of effort was put into weaving strips of salmon along with cod and then bake it, before pouring the saffron sauce over. really creative! (:

met carlo and dora for dinner on xmas! (: with their lovely daughter annie. had dinner at this jap restaurant at sheraton. its my dad's fav jap food haunt. he knows practically all the staff there. including the chef of cos (: so we had special attention while we were there & they came up with a tailored kinda sashimi platter for us. those fish are flown in fresh from Japan every fortnight. so happen to have real nice ones that evening ! (: esp the toro pieces. real meltish!

the main courses were gobbled up quickly as we were all hungry. OOPS. so sorry. no photos for them. well i thot every beginning shud have an end. so here s the dessert photo!! we had pumpkin ice cream for dessert. really nice! refreshing & healthy tasting. hur hur

okay i swear this is the best ramen place i ve ever been to. interested parties DO ask me about it. its reallyyyyy good. everything s made perfect to ur preferences. your own tailor made ramen bowl!! the cha-shu ramen (below)

my side dish, the meat balls (below)

mine!! black sesame noodles with black fungi & shaven corn bits! (:

some random cha-chan teng at mongkok. served traditional cha-chan-teng eats. including this mushroom veg & maw beef brisket rice. real cheap! tasty too!! (:

alright that s all for now. updates again soon! (:

barracks @ dempsey

2007-11-03T17:41:00.000+08:00

ydae was a super good fridayy!!! i shopped so much. hur hurs. retail therapy s realllyyyyyyy good. my gosh. shopped like MAD.first up. when i opened the exit of SESS leadin to mr bean. there was this huge mess of stalls having a flea market. omg. jus rummaged thru the crowds to shop. very nice vintage tees. hahas tho i know they re fr bugis. sellin for 11bucks but alright laa. i love em. so jus bot a few while waiting for wong. thn wong came. unfortunately didnt see anythin he fancied. so me him eugene went off to queensway to shop. joan was at facial so eugene was sorta left w nth to do also. n he needed berms. soooo we went shoppingg!! at first i tot queensway wudnt ve much of my stuff. boy i was wrongggg. i bot 2 pairs of jeans. 29.90each!! thn a dress. 2 pairs of earrings. that s about it. very happy. loved my buys. joan came after her facial. she bot a dress too! (: LBD. sexayyye. anws. wong & eugene bot shirts and berms lar. yay. thn after shopping. eugene went home for dins. while we sent joan to town so she could go meet edmund & janice. yapps. thn me & wong headed off to meet justin. thn off we were to dempsey! justin havent been there before. so twas a greattt chance to show him dah place. i made reservations at barracks. this place slo recommended. (: thanks babe!! it was a greattt choice.

the menu s creatively decorated with soldiers and mess tins were used to contain utensils.. CUTE. thn we made our orders. i had the perfumed chicken breast roulade.

it was great! tho it doesnt look amazingly appealing. i assure u the taste s great. esp those golden raisins on top of the chicken slab. the chicken breast could be better though. i found it abit tough to chew. n there could ve been more carrot mash. couldnt taste much of it at all.

wong had the bay prawns capellini.its basically succulent prawns on a bed of angel hair pasta.with microherbs sprinkled all over.topped with cheese shavings. it tasted good too!!

the angel hair pasta s nice. tho wong tinks it taste like bee hoon. i think it really soaks up the flavor of the dried chilli and microherbs effectively to give us wholesome flavors w each mouthful.

aights justin had the cod fish & chips!

the chips were good acc to them. i find the cod fish niceee! its like the LV of fish&chips. hur hurs. i couldnt taste the beer batter though. could ve been stronger. yarps. that ended our entrees. we were so full thn. so decided to share a dessert. had the barracks BIG strawberry shortcake. they emphasised that its the best. indeed it was!! but it wasnt BIG at ALL. hur hurs. but since we were full anyway, it was alright.

the shortcake s served warm in a small mess tin. there s condense milk concentrates at the bottom if im not wrong. the shortcake is slightly crusty at the top while there are layers of strawberry flesh in the middle layers and they re warm! (: real nice.

after dinner we wanted durians from the dempsey uncle. BUTTT so sad. his durians were sold out!! gosh. so headed to hougang area for some kickass durian. NOT. got ripped off instead. OH WELLS. we shall try better luck next time in geylang. these durian uncles shud be friendlier with their prices!!! -glares-

omg updated a tonne today. hahas till the next time. enjoy!! (:

hur hurs. wong.justin.shun@dempsey! (:

Barracks@ House
8D Dempsey Road
Tel: 6479 0070

marmalade pantry

2007-11-03T17:05:00.000+08:00

met up with jerome last mon. (: its been ages since i saw him. he jus came back from taipei! some army trg. hur hurs. was feelin kinda down those days. good thing jerome sorta cheered me up la. hahas had sillly funn. like ordering something totally not on the menu n shocked the popcorn server at the counter. HAHA. kinda reminds me of the times i had w my best fren. we were always jus fooling arnd. being happy everywhere we go. hur hurs.

aights so it was dinner + movie. hahs i really was feelin rather sad. thn jerome msged in the nick of time to ask me out on a monday. which s good. kick away the mon blues that struck me. hur hurs. i wanted to try marmalade pantry @ palais rennaisance. so we bot tics for mr woodcock thn headed there. hahas dont ask me why mr woodcock. but i jus needed that boost of mindless laughs. (:

headed to marmalade pantry. it was like EMPTY. shockingggg. i tot it s closed lahh. apparently not. its jus that ppl dont usually dine there on a mon evening. hur hurs. which s good la. sorta had the whole place to ourselves. jerome conveniently said he booked the place. LIKE REAL. but yarh. the place s nice. like super chill for a sunday brunch or a weekday afternoon tea. (: i ordered the grilled pesto chicken wholemeal wrap with oven roasted butternut & tomato ($17)

its nice! the wrap is nicely toasted on a grill and the butternut's sweetness matched the savoury chicken nicely. jerome had the pan roasted beef tenderloin with thyme & garlic crust charred fennel ($27)

he let me try some. its nicee!! the portion s abit small for its price though. but the thyme matched the meat loaf very well. yumms. in the midst we were jus catchin up n all. bout his adventures in the wild. n my adventures in the drivin-me-crazy concrete envt of SMU. thn we ordered desserts! here their famous sticky date toffee pudding! ($10)

its warm and nicee! some ppl may not like it. but those who can take the taste of dates will love this. its warm and when paired with the chilled vanilla ice cream, it just leaves u cravin for more. besides that, we also had the homemade lemon tart with wild berries & raspberry coulis ($10). its duper niceeee. i loveeee the tangy zest of the lemon custard. really very nice. if i were to choose btw the two. i d go for the latter. hur hurs. no qualms bout that. aights. that ended our dinner.

headed off to watch mr woodcock. hahas its q a nice show lar. for those looking for mindless humor. u can really laugh q abit there. yarpps. cheers to the lemon tarted days to come!!

Marmalade Pantry

Unit B1-08 to 11
Palais Renaissance
390 Orchard Road
Singapore 238871
telephone 6734 2700

red bull party @ SIS lounge

2007-11-03T16:49:00.000+08:00

peektures from that night which i briefly went back sch for.

rain @ dempsey. bondue appreciation dinner

2007-11-03T16:21:00.000+08:00

was invited to bondue appreciation dinner at rain@dempsey. nice place! good chillout n all. food wasnt fantastic but company was funn. the prog was kinda dull tho. but yarh it was okay in general. here are the peekturess!

congrats to the new bondue comm members! wenkai jithan june kenneth zhengchang alvin iris huimin melvin bena robin charmaine. bring bondue to greater hts!

sun with moon japanese II

2007-11-03T15:27:00.000+08:00

oh myyy. im feeling so sleeepy. i lack sleep. seriously. i tink i shall hibernate for 2 wholl days or sth to regain my vigor backkk. RAWR. its been so longgg since i blogged. hurs. my daddy finally cameee!! like about 2 weeks back. thn this coming mon he s leaving again. MY MY time flies.
ANWS. yarpps spent q abit of time with him. could ve been more though. if not for sch n schh n SCHOOL. darn. anws. mum went back indo for cous's wedding a week back. so those few days dad was all alone. yarpps. decided to spend more time w him. arranged for dinner at our fav jap restaurant. Sun with moon jap restaurant @ wheelock. (:

im happy to say that im outta the oh-the-days-re-just-so-blue-and-meaningless period. whee. like i sorta found some directions in life. know where to move on and stuff. learn not to be so grumpalumps. make more effort to meet up with frens. take time off for myself. stuff lidat. (: grateful for all the frens out there who mean so much to me. yarpps.

aights. so me daddy & wilson headed to wheelock for dinner last fri night. that restaurant dont take reservations, so we tot it d be good to head down say 745 n hopefully get a table. oh boy we were so wronggg. the place was packed to the brim with a line of waiting patrons. we waited..and waited...and insisted on stayin put outside the restaurant instead of walkin arnd wheelock like the other do. (we thot by doing that the manager may jus pity us and let us in..unfortunately NOT) thn after a WHOLE 45 mins, we got our table. hur hurs. they ve got the hokkaido specialties from Japan! some real yummy deals.

first up we had the hokkaido sushi roll; sushi roll with soft shell hokkaido crab inside dipped in mayo and veggs bits. it was really substantial and wholesome. (: the crab tasted fresh.

then we had the sashimi platter of 5 kinds. the scallop, salmon, mackerel, tuna, and prawn. i love the sashimi over there because they are forever so fresh! and u can tell they dont scrimp on quality at all.

after the raw stuff, we had semi-raw stuffs. hur hurs. we ordered the half cooked fish sushi. it tasted really interesting. the outer layer is cooked fish, while on the second bite, u get a mixture of both. real cool deal.

of cos, whats jap food without some umeshu eh. the umeshu at sun with moon is fabs. love the sweetness paired with those savoury bites. its these joyous moments of having good food with good company that makes life wonderful. -beamms-

next up was the tender pork slices. these slices are from the cheeks of those piggies. hur hurs. very tender and juicy. i suppose they didnt use much oil to cook this. basically they allow the oil from the pieces to ooze out and cook the meat in return. drizzled with black pepper bits, the hearty dish is a must-try.

thn we ordered the pot rice to share. 2 for 3 pax. i chose the seafood while wilson had the unagi one. really good. but the portions used to be more substantial. they were more generous with the ingredients in the past. now they scrimped on the no. of fish pieces or scallops or prawns. OH WELLS.

after those savoury items, desserts of cos must come! (: those desserts at sunwithmoon somehow always gets on me. im like tempted to try everything. oh wells. i had the green tea parfait in the end. something that i really like but always cannot finish. but i was feeling hungry that night larh. so had the whole thing to myself. -beams- its real good!! its a scoop of green tea icecream topped with a waffle pc lying on top of a bed of jellies, rice balls, cornflakes, syrups, and more cornflakes. dad got the black sesame puddin while wilson had the oh-so-boring green tea icecream. HA

-rubs my tummy-. a really satisfying dinner. after dinner i headed back sch to meet wong chowzer & mervyn for some red bull party org by bizcom. hur hurs. was alright la. q cool. they got a DJ from zouk to spin! (: stayed there for abit. met lings, tarn, lester, melvin n etc etc. but none of em were dressed up for halloween tho. but jerry was! he was peter pan. thn russell was the evil capt in pirates. thn zhicong was some taoist priest. ahhas i wanna dress up for halloween next year. its so funnn!! thn go trick or treat. (:

aights. all these shall remain as PLANS-i-really-wanna-realise as compared to plans-im-not-sure-of. ahhhhh.

Sun with Moon Japanese Fine Dining
Wheelock Place
#03-15501
Orchard Road(S)238880

miss clarity's visit & revisited

2007-10-20T09:20:00.000+08:00

wahh mad week s over. 2 presentations & 1 assignment. tough life we have these days. tsk tsk. sch s really getting hecticccs. eew. cant standdd. psych presentation was aights. dael did a good job doing what he had to do. hur hurs. n yarhh had a debate in class as well. its amusing to see how some ppl can get so agitated and feel so strong about their opinions that they lose control of their reflexes and eyes start rolling all over the place. hur hurs. highly entertaining. thurs was MA presentation. had a vid.wahh took dupe long to do that up. cheers to wong for the hard work. (: after that headed off to gym. haven gymmed for so longg. mmms been tinkin alot these days. keep reflecting on the facets of life. its like technology has advanced so much. communication made faster thru so many channels. yet we are becoming more distant from each other. u find urself facing ur com more than anythin else. have we forgotten the significance and basis of interpersonal relationships? i guess besides letting ourselves sink deeper into obsession with the rat race.. we gotta constantly remind ourselves of aspects deemed less important in today's society. i believe sincere and meaningful relationships are still important because that prevent us from losing that tinge of humanity in us. in secondary sch, we have our groups of frens who are always there for each other. hangin out with each other more than we hang out w our siblings. less of these can be said as we grow older. i find ppl becomin more superficial. besides achieving academic goals, it seems like we go uni to just expand our network as fast as possible. of course,im generalizing here. im sure there are many out there who disagrees with me. but i guess i just so happen to be one of the few who maybe experiencing frustration with how hectic sch is and how that caused me to forgo times when i can simply spend with my loved ones, be it frens or family.

hur hurs finally ranted.i rest my case.

AIGHTS moving to a lighter note. while filming for MA a week back or so. i ate at miss clarity's again! the first was with jialing after we mugged in sch one sunday a few weeks back. heee love spending time w that girl. (: the first time i had the squid ink seafood pasta!

it was nice! we went abit late. arnd 10ish. so the food came pretty fast. the pasta tasted yoonique. and it stains ur teeth. so girls. be sure not to order that on ur first date. hahs. thn jialing had the tomato cream softshellcrab pasta. very nice too! (: that place s becoming more pops among the working crowds at bugis, as well as its thomson branch. i guess its the bright colored decor that attracted them. its decor really puts ppl off all the stress they face at work or in sch. (: thn the 2nd time i went w my MA grp mates. david jong & wong! (: they had the set lunch while i went for the squid ink risotto. hur hur guess i wanted to try all the squid ink stuffs with ppl who didnt mind me lookin bad. HA. here it is!

the risotto s nice and chewy. and the prawns n aspartme that came with it are plentiful too. its good value for money. (: wong's red wine risotto s duper nice tooooo. can really taste the wine in it. (: not to mention, we had desserts!! had some choc lava thingy. its DUPER nice. great for those yearning for a strong sugar rush. the vanilla ice cream, together with the warmmmm fudge choc lava cake. omg. its the ultimate sinful indulgence. hur hurs.

aights off to sch for choir now. TAS!

masquerade @ mox bar

2007-10-13T11:39:00.000+08:00

jingmin invited us to this party 3 thursdays ago. during midtermbreak. hur hurs. was alright. kinda boring. but with friends twas alright. we were all MASKED.

choir gathering @ tiff's

2007-10-13T11:13:00.000+08:00

back after a few days . the mid term break s gonna end soonish. but i guess i had a yummy slice of fun!! (: kks. tues we had prac. in the morn.. thn went off to do some MA proj work at kallang way. hur hurs. kinda funn. after that went back to wong's hse to discuss abit more. thn headed off to tiff's for choir bondin session. its fun! i was like da first to reach. thn helped arnd abit w the finishin touch of tiff's uberduper delicious tiramisu. thn bummed arnd till mabs called & we went out to get some more stuff for her salad. THEN while waiting for the rest we helped with the decor of the salad. here's our master piece!!

we took painstakin effort to lay those greens out nicely ehh. (: beams. then quijun came. she brot w her a WHOLE HUGEEE tray of basil pasta. (: looked yumms. then we waited. and waited. and waited. subsequently, the rest arrived. with pizza, sushi, and chips. i didnt know what to contribute, so i bot the honey glazed whole chic fr cold storage. hur hurs. besides all we brought, tiff's home helper kindly made the baked pasta with sausages as well as a bunch of golden fried nuggets. here s our spread of food!!

kenny & the indos came eventually. the indos brot w them donuts!! while kenny shared the pizza with zhimin & co. then we started our feast.i loved quijun's pasta. really yummy. would ve been perfect if it was warmer. but nonetheless its thumbs up. i loved the chic too. tho its bot n not home made, i tot it tasted really nicee. after some tummy packin dinner.. we decided to play some games. started w cranium!! (never did move on to other games after that). its duper fun! in the midst of if we had tiramisu!!it was realllyyyyyy good. the cake was moist while the alcohol was not overpowering.

there were like 4 kinds of games to be played. creative cat, star performer, word worm or brain teaser ( if i dont rem wrongly). very funn. see how everyone made a fool of themselves. sorry to tiff's family for our uncontrollable rowdiness!! (: they were very tolerant & kind. i mean REALLY tolerant. ha.thn donuts were shared. then her helper made strawberry heart! (: some three-layer dessert.(strawberri jello.marshmallow creme.digestive biscuit base) very niceee!! acc to quijun. they sell that very ex outside. sooo...i plan to learn from tiff's helper very soonns. HEEafter games, ppl started leaving. but aaron was still on his way. so a few of us stayed behind for a while more and jus toked cock for the next 2 hrs or so. hur hurs. was q an eventful night i must say. thanks tiff for hosting! (:

soup spoon

2007-10-06T17:53:00.000+08:00

met up with joyce sometime the week before last. (: its a saturday i rem vividlyyyy. cos its my first performance with 11th hour! 11th hour s mabel's jamming band, with other smoo people. (: duper cool. she needed a backup vocal. so asked me to help. which i find an honor! (: its for the substation birthday celebration. we sang mainstream songs. like california, walking on sunshine, suddenly i see (OST from devil wears prada), collide, big girls dont cry, and i will survive. really cool beans! (:

11th hour! from left: greg, david, zach, jinsheng, mabel & me! (:

then i actually sprained some muscle between my ribs. quite bad. but thank GOD He helped me through. then after performance didnt noe what to do. then joyce dear asked me out! (: of cos more than happy to meet her. met her at 7-ish at raffles city. wasnt really feeling that well. so ate at soup spoon! (: my fav comfort food on SICK DAYS. hur hur. their soups re jus so yummy. and the bread rolls that come w them re still warm. their business has been brisk over the past few years that they ve opened up a few branches. One at paragon, one at raffles city, and one at raffles place. damn happy to see joyce larh. haven seen her in ages. was her mid term break. thn she updated me bout her all-time interesting stories. HEE. i told her some of mine too of cos.

my pumpkin soup! my favouritest. alot of ppl hate it. but i find it niceeee. i love their bread rolls larh. and i tink their portions re just nice. BEAMS.

both of us ordered the set. i ordered the mango chicken wrap. the wrap s alrighttt. i suspect they re all prepacked. they dont taste THAT fresh.well well. jus a hunch. (:

and here's joyce with her food! -hug

after dinner, decided to walk around bugis. we walked all the way to bugis to shop arnd a lil. bot a few tops! (: real good deals there. hur hurs. thn we walked past a chinese dessert stall. called ji-de-chi (remember-to-eat in direct translation). i had the almond paste with ONE rice ball. not two but ONE. hahas its niceee! thn joyce had the mango one. too bad the food smelt too good. so i forgot to take photos of em.thn we continued to walk walk walk. until yiwei called and asked us to join him to chill. we went to loof! at odeon towers. really nice place. airy, relaxing. really appealing concepts. had a few drinks. thn talked cock larh. thn headed to labyrinth. cos i insisted that its a lupsap place. but yiwei insists otherwise. hur hurs. FINE i was proven wrong larh. oh wells. but still. bad impression of that place. dont ask why.

but great company that night!! (:

Soup Spoon Restaurant

Raffles City

Basement 1

orange lantern

2007-10-06T17:23:00.000+08:00

oh myyyy haven updated in ages!! -clears up dust in the air- its been so long since i got the time to do this. hahas just finished my last mid term paper! now wad s left is a research paper due on monday. HANG IN THERE shun. hahas but overall i feeel duper relieved. -beams anws amidst the busy muggin.. i still SOMETIMES fork out time for nice food yarh.

one fateful sunday. four good friends decided to be smuggers and head to a snug little GSR at SESS for an afternoon of muggin. these four friends are not to be named. they mugged till the skies were dark and loomy, and decided to brave the drizzling rain to hunt for vietnamese food.viet food is two of the four's favorite cuisine. lucky for one smart smugger who drove, the four did not go under the rain for long. they zapped quickly to a nice little cosy restaurant along killiney road. its brightly lit, with a warm homely aura. they were at Orange Lantern! they ate their favorite pho and noods. drank up nice hot viet drip coffee.

they ordered the well-acclaimed hse specialty: viet fried spring rolls.

they thot the dish was quite yuumms. esp with the sweet & sour chilli accompanying sauce.

THEN two brave souls amidst them decided to be adventurous and ordered the fried sesame crabcake. it was NOT BAD.but a little lacking in the "crabcake" part. hur hurs. they could barely taste crap....oh i mean "crab". then they moved on to their main dishes which came subsequently.

they were hungry souls by then, and totally dug in their dishes before any photos could be taken. what remains is jus one more item to conquer: the famous viet drip coffee. unfortunately. one nice girl among them s caffeine intolerant. so she couldnt taste it. ):

they think orange lantern is still a nice restaurant that sells viet food at reasonable prices. they may just come back anytime soon!! oh here s a peekture they left behind by mistake. (:

The Orange Lantern
Vietnamese Restaurant
73 Killiney Road
Tel: 67328032

Charcoal Restaurant

2007-09-21T07:09:00.000+08:00

didnt have school on monday! hur hurs.but i had proj meeting. so went to sch anyway. hur hurs.ironies of having a 3-day lessons week. it doesnt work out somehow. thn gave tuition & met jingmin for dinner! havent seen that girl for q some time. as in gone out and catch up. both of us are like busy w different stuffs. but im glad we still made time to meet up. (: liyan s interning at Charcoal Restaurant, this continental-fusion cuisine place for SHATEC students to apply what they have learnt. based on my self-acclaimed geographical sense, we somehow stumble upon the restaurant after wondering around aimlessly, with no specific address. they have got dinner sets gg at $28nett and other ala carte items. liyan recommended a weekday to come and since jingmin likes tryin new stuffs too, decided to bring her there.

we were greeted by warm and friendly staff at the door, and they politely showed us to our seats. what i like about gg to restaurants like these is that you get rather good service. or should i say, willing good service. these students are passionate about what they are doing, and their service shows it all. we ordered two dinner sets each, and its was a 5-course italian cuisine dinner. i like it that they serve warm bread as a starter. ours was a tomato based bread roll that tasted good with the accompanying olive oil

first up was the tapas dish. it consists of 4 quaint lil looking foodstuffs. one was tomato w cheese sandwiched in between. one was parma honey ham(if im not wrong). one was a salsa mix on top of a biscuit crisp. the last one was a small portion of side salad. i liked the ham the most. it had the least condiments or sauces, but it tasted nice. the rest were alright.

the next dish was the soup. its supposed to be tomato based soup with vegetables i tink. however, i didnt really like it. the soup was not thick enough and the mushrooms floating around made the soup look unappetising. the side puff pastry stick was yummy tho. hur hurs. thn we were served a small serving of soursop sherbet to prepare us for the main course. (:

there was a choice between 2 main courses; duck leg with mash potato and seasonal vegetables, or squid ink frutti de mare. both of us ordered the duck as we were afraid of gettin stained teeth. however, i guess we made a mistake. the duck served looked nice and well cooked. sadly...my duck leg was not cooked properly and i had a tough time tryin to cut up the meat. not wanting to spoil the dinner, i jus pressed on in my quest to disintegrate meat so tough u ll never imagine them breaking apart. my efforts to finish the dinner was so ridiculous i had to make a suggestion upfront to the staff regarding the wellness of the dish. although mine was undercooked, jingmin's seemed alright, so i guess its jus me i hope. the mash potato at the side was not bad, with a really yummy sauce to go along. they also had a sweetened pear at the side. tt was rather refreshing as well.
finally, dessert is served. i tot the dessert was the highlight of the dinner. hahas i felt happy to see it nicely decorated and all. i liked the chocolate strawberry. dipped in both white and milk choc, the sourness of the fruit went well w the sweetness. the creme-like dessert is also flavored adequately in lavender essence. i must say i enjoyed the dessert the most for this meal. cheerios to the dessert chef! (:

me with the ever-so-nice-warm-and-friendly liyan. -beams- haven seen her for a long timeee

me with jm! (: we shud meet up on mondays more often.

Charcoal Restaurant
100 High Street
#01-03 The Treasury
Singapore 179434
Tel : 6338-2798
Fax : 6338-1373

sun with moon japanese

2007-09-16T00:40:00.000+08:00

had choir this morn. almost couldnt wake up. YAWN. dragged myself outta house to school. this whole sch term is like a rat race. seriously. jus running arnd like nobody's business. gettin chased by expectations, goals, aspirations.its like running after ur own tail. while all these things are what u wanna achieve, they hunt you down in return. hur hurs. hilarious how we humans, superior beings, tolerate such acts of self-destruction. oh wells. but the point is. CHOIR s fun. so its diff fr all the draining meetings and hw we have and what not. its FUN. aights. thn had lunch w tiff ernest joshua @ Sun with Moon Japanese restaurant. ive been there countless times with daddy. but never lunched there before. decided to give it a try!! love Sun with Moon ever since the first time i tried it. its AWEEESOME. i wasnt previously aware of the set lunches. they re really worth it!!! we sat down, get amazed by their colorful and lustrous menu, with the photos of bentos, udons, soba, tempura, sashimi all staring at your face. irresistable. i tried their rainbow sushi before. its FANTASTIC. basically im happy with everythin i ate there before. (:
so four of us ordered four set lunches.

i ordered the gindara teriyaki set lunch. it consisted of cod fish that was slightly panfried, and drizzled with generous helpings of teriyaki sauce, a serving of mixed pickles, sashimi salad, fruit, miso soup, and a serving of fruits. i thought the gindara was excellent. the chef didnt not add much additional oil to pan fry it. thats cos the fish's natural store of fats that act as cooking oil. one surprise of this set was the sashimi salad.

this sashimi salad s no joke man. the dressing was saltish with black vinegar. the veggies re freashh.and the sashimi was good. somehow i never thot of a sashimi salsdd. well done! thn after eating the main course, we were rather full already.

but we still ordered a dessert each as well! hee hee i had the green tea tiramisu! (: very yummyy!! its rather light. and the blend of green tea powder with the green tea sponge cake is a refreshing end to a very yummy meal. BEAM. tiff ordered the tofu cheesecake. which i tried w daddy the last time he came. its nice too! not too heavy on the stomach.

and josh ordered the black sesame pudding

under me & tiff s high level persuasion. (: he didnt regret it of cos. hur hurs. stuffs that others ordered are like tiff's salmon sashimi w tempura set lunch.

joshua's was the unagi boiling egg hot pot set lunch. looks yummy too!

YAY. i shall return to sun with moon DEFINITELY.

Sun with Moon Japanese Fine Dining
Wheelock Place
#03-15
501 Orchard Road
(S)238880

cafe de amigo.

2007-09-15T17:12:00.000+08:00

ydae was q funn! its friday. HUR. favouritest day of the week. get to relax after class. hahas. had engagin discussion during pol class. thn i was played out by bondue. GRRS sup to run for runabout. in the end..some irritating staff refuse to run. end up forfeit the team away.well done laaa. so i brot all my stuff for nth. thn i went for know-thy-major talk instead. omg the QF talk was like uberly hypnotising. so was the marketing one. expected much more from the marketing talk. OH WELL. i really wanna major in marketing. but the prospects in Singapore seem grim. its just hard to be a rung higher than others when all of you major in a general marketing degree. oh well. prolly go back hk to look for jobs instead. (: aight aight. after the talk. sup to meet yolkie dear. but she was still home. so hung arnd ice cold w yiwei & dah wakeboarders. jabriel was there too! haha always feel happy to see him. cos he REALLY resemble my brudder. & i dont see my brudder often. sooo i guess its like seeing my real brudder. (: thn they were so hilarious. hur hurs. the tap bottle thingy was like out of hand la. LITERALLY. aight aight. got down to bugis. yolkies bot a sweet lil ring for leen! so cute. thn we headed off to funan.

we were meeting ivan, daffy, colin & weylin at cafe del amigo. this french and continental bistro. opened by a jolly good mister called TOMMY!he s always smiley and happy. he & his wife oversee the operations of this restaurant to the finest details of serving regular customers. really impressed by their efforts. this place started in the 70s at the now non-existent Marco Polo Hotel in Tanglin, before moving to Orchard Specialist Centre. and now they moved to Funan the IT mall. its tucked away 2 shops down from Surf 'N' Turf on the 2nd level. (:

ivan was there first, followed by us, and the rest subsequently joined. the menu of the restaurant, interestingly, is just a paper booklet. really got the old school western restaurant kinda vibe eh. then they ve this BYO wine policy. where there s free corkage of wines! yumms. besides that, they ve got a hugggeeee range of reds & whites. dont ask me, im not an expert in wines. but coming from an amateur's point of view, i tink they do give customers a wideee range of wines to choose from. Tommy was nice enough to tell us about the wine that ivan bot for the table and it tasted great! i shant attempt to analyze the wine. but thanks ivan for the pours! (:

finally, Tommy's wife came by to take our orders. weylin & ivan ordered the wagyu beef that Tommy offered us in place of the Argentinian Beef we were originally there for. (sad but trueee. the AVA banned its entry. GRRS) weylin also ordered the breaded cheese. colin ordered the oxtail plus lobster brosque (which they re famous for by the way). thn i wanted sth light.so i went for the leng fish fillet. yolks ordered pork chop and daffy ordered the pork ribs with spags. (: on top of that, ivan ordered a side of fries. their fries came first. it tasted really different from the fries we get from macs! its like crispier but it is still soft inside. delicious.

my leng fish fillet was nice!! it had almond flakes with freshly cut pieces of tomato. the sauce is a slightly dilled butter sauce and the fish is lightly seared. the vegg on the sides were alright. but the fish s really fresh and good. the portion was just right for me too. but if it was for a guy, it may be a teeny wee small.

yolks porkchop looked good too! she gave it thumbs up. but she regretted not ordering the pork ribs spags. cos daff's dish really looked yummy. over dinner, we talked alot.about the different kinds of experiences we had overseas, with food, cooking, baking, all sorts, really interesting to hear stories of others' lives. (: & i really appreciate the fact that i got a chance to know these people. really wonderful people. yarp! thanks to all of u last night. i enjoyed myself.

to end off the meal on a sweet note, ivan had for us the icecream PX. omg. first time tryin that. its basically vanilla ice cream in PX wine. its really goood! like the combinations of sweetness from the 2 seemingly separate components was exceptionally surprising. i ll definitely go back for more.

sadly..their oven was down and they didnt sell the apple tart they re famous for. AHHH oh wells. shall come back for their desserts next time (: we stayed there to talk on & on. only me yolks daffy and ivan stayed on to tok. enjoyed their company tonnes. ks. thn Tommy's wife came by again. & offered a delectable spread of cheeses & crackers!! really nice of her. there was blue cheese, brie, and this buttery taste-like cheese. really yummy.

after dinner, we finally lugged our heavy tummies to timbre!! (: met leens & we listened to timmys play!! (: what a wonderful day. beams

Cafe de Amigo

French & Continental Bistro

Funan IT Mall #02-15

Tel : 6835 0238

times never to forget

2007-09-13T19:25:00.000+08:00

met jie on monday! like FINALLY. omg. super long never see him laaa. we always procrastinate in meetin each other. sadly. but i guess its kinda inevitable. like we can only expect that much given that we study in different schs n all. but still happy to be able to catch up with him la. n its jus like the old times. silly fun. that s the thing. yarpps met him at geylang. hur hurs. that place s getting on me man. i shall not go there again anytime soon. its kinda. urhh. dodgy. hahas anws. met him there at 7ish after my tuition. both of us drove! luckily its mon. not very crowded. went to revisit yong he company. the one that sells long long you tiao. yes! but this time. decided to try sth new. ordered the shao bing there. its niceee! (: had meat floss inside. and its crunchy & flaky! and its baked on the spot. quite yummy. i also ordered tea leaf egg! heee.its hot n nice. hur hurs.

then jie order his craved for orh lua meesua. hahas its nice! tink its like the traditional kind they have in taiwan. i tried abit. the broth is thick and seasoned. like u can taste the effort they put into boiling that broth. hurs. thn of cos. wads visiting geylang without eating DURIANS! hahas sheesh my durian craze s like persistent for darn long. hmms yarh chatted with jie for uber long. about everything. all updates. about each other. real happy for him & huiling. really. they re a very very nice couple -beams- we had the 3 for $20 durians. much better than the 3 for $10 ones i had that time (DUH..yaya price for quality i know). yarpps

ahhh. so much sch work s been recently piling up. staying back in sch till late and all. all becoming a routine. but i guess its just a point of perspective. in relativity to the working class ppl. guess we re in a sweet haven. all couped up and well-protected. oh wells. guess we jus gotta take things as they come. OH went curry flavour ydae! real good jap curry. hur hurs. more about it soon. gonna meet ivan daffy colin weylin for dinner tom! at cafe del amigo. looking forward to it (:

Pasta de Waraku

2007-09-08T16:33:00.000+08:00

met jialing for dinner on monday. like FINALLY! (: decided to try something different. so met at central! i saw that brightly lit restaurant from the outside right at the small corner. Pasta de Waraku. its this italian-japanese fusion restaurant that serves alot of pasta dishes. they have over 50 different kinds of pasta. each with their own unique taste. they have several different sauce bases to choose from, mainly cream base, tomato base, creamy tomato base, basil base, soup base and so on. they also serve baked food items. had a hectic day at school, rushing through my intro to politiks presentations and all, thats why was lookin forward to a good dinner. sup to meet david as well. but he had a dinner with his mum, so we went ahead first.

the pasta dish is reasonably priced, $12.90 average for each one. More exotic ones like cod roe pasta will cost abit more of cos. each pasta dish came with a side salad. I concluded that most side salads that is served in restaurants these days cant go too wrong. the one i had was quite nice, serving as a refreshing starter. I ordered the salmon with tomato basil linguini pasta. jialing had the chic mushroom creamy tomato linguini pasta. both dishes were nice! (: i went on a monday evening, and we had to wait about 15mins in queue. can so imagine what it ll be like on a weekend night. gosh.

my pasta came with chunks of salmon and tomatoes. the salmon was a tad too salty though. tasted like it was soaked in salt. eew. but the pasta itself is alright overall larh. the pasta sorta neutralised the saltiness a little.

jialing s pasta looked nice! its like tomatoish and creamy looking. really appetising. hee. i feel that this place is abit overrated with the media publishing. the variations are innovative no doubt, but i think somehow goodness will be compromised in the process. i like the decor of the place doh. really nice ambience as it overlooks the Singapore River and Clarke Quay. yarps. after dinner we went for dessert! the hokkaido ice cream. so yummy. my fav black sesame ice cream ran out. BLARHHH so i had to go with the green tea one. yarps sat by the river and jus chatted with jialing. feels good to hang out w her again! (: nice company.

thn we left to timbre to meet david! that david was late!!! by very alot lah. but since he s leaving, we forgave him. cheryl came to join us with ah cai. hee we jus chilled and listened to michaela sing. this girl s power !!! she can play and sing well at the same time. gosh. and she plays the piano by memory. -applauds- so funny.

yarps. hope david enjoyed his small lil farewell. and the songs ling and cheryl dedicated to him. all the best in manc david! (:

floggers dinner 2007

2007-09-02T11:36:00.000+08:00

nice place. kind service. good wine. great company. excellent food. that pretty much sums up the dinner i had last night. truly wunnerful! was hesitating in going for this floggers dinner. but i thot since i do read some of their blogs, it ll be cool to see em in person. heee. when i saw the notice, it was already the last day of signup. n i couldnt find anyone to go with me. so i signed up myself. hur hurs. its held at le papillon at red dot traffic building. due to traffic jam, i was a lil late but there were still empty seats around. sat next to daphne. this really cool girl who writes Kitchen Crazy Daffy. opposite me is a really frenly and nice guy called ivan. he writes Recent Runes! all these people are real passionate about food. seriously. i feel noobish beside them. hur hurs. on the other side, there is dominic and evan, these two guys who just heard about the dinner and signed up too! they dont food blog tho, but boy, their knowledge on food is gigornomous. i bet all those ppl who went ydae are about the same. they had travelled so much and ve so much knowledge about wines, different cuisines, drinks, coffee brews that i am pretty much overwhelmed by them. thn i met kelvin too. he works at haato as a chef. he will be joining shatec soonish and may well be the next jamie oliver. hahas. (: AND i also met the people behind Only Slightly Pretentious Food.they are siblings! brother and sister. both of them can cook very well! really impressed by their recipes.esp molten lava cake. hur hur hurs. its a lady killer. anws. the menu for the night was spectacular. a full 8-course French meal served in tapas size.

first up was the complimentary bread. the whole grain oatmeal bun is nice! warm and fluffy. and its good that the service staff replenishes ur buns once u finish em. freeflow of bread thru the night. quite a few varieties to choose from as well! (:

then the cold appetiser came. its hokkaido scallop carpaccio and barracuda fish mousse with miso cream. its really niceee. the scallop carpaccio is fresh and sorta melts in ur mouth. the fish mousse went well with the the miso cream and it is indeed very appetising. we ate that and drank the red wine. went pretty well! (:

after the soup, which s foie gras tortellini in jasmine tea perfumed duck consomme, the hot appetiser came. its escargot with herb-garlic butter crust on button mushroom gratinee parsley oil and arugula salad. its nice! the button mushroom absorbed the essence of the herb garlic butter and when i popped it in my mouth, i could feel the sauces explode from the mushrooms. very nicely done. people have said that u need gettin used to when it comes to eating escargot. but the way the chef did it last night, i tink i dont need it at all.

then the well acclaimed pasta came. it is the rigatoni pasta tossed in crutacean oil, tiger prawn, shaved bottarga and parmesan cheese. the crustacean oil really did the trick for the paste. it tastes different from olive oil, and it has a much richer texture to it. as some of us were saying, if angel hair pasta is used instead, it d ve been better since angel hair pasta can absorb more flavour as compared to the hollow rigatoni pasta. but the king prawn s nice. its not overcooked and it still retained its freshness thru its crunchie-ness.

the fish was next, and its is char-grilled King George Whiting Fillet with toasted mustard seeds ad saffron-tomato sauce.well that is a fish i have never tried before! (: its nice and soft, with edible bones,jus like unagi. love it. it went well with the tomato sauce as the sauce gives the fish a tinge of sourness while the fish gave out its sweetness. this is one dish i wished i had more! (:

then we had the blood orange sorbet to clear the tastes lingering in our mouths to prepare us to taste the main dish. the sorbet is a tad too sweet.but nonetheless refreshing! (: in a right portion as well.

the main dish of the night. TADA! its the slow cooked oxtail in feuille de Brik parcel with truffle butter and Jus Gras. the parcel is surprisingly crispy but a lil too oily. the oxtail is nice though! the flavor is really intense and packed within the small Brik parcel. the truffle butter went better with the oxtail as compared to the Jus Gras. this dish went excellently well with the red wine.( thanks Evan for the red and Ivan for the dessert wine ya! enjoyed it tremendously.)

last but not least. its dessert time!! french desserts are oh-so-forever good. last night s dessert was passion fruit symphony. there is the souffle, creme brulee and macaroon. of cos! they all are passion fruit flavored. the macaroon pcs are a tad too sugary for me. but the cake sandwiched inbetween is good. it is sour and sweet to the right degree. the creme brulee was not bad. but the top layer could ve been more caramelized. (: the souffle is normal as well. nothing special about it. but i really liked the sandwiched cake. hur hurs.

we took like 3 hrs plus to finish the whole 8-course dinner! gosh. thn i rushed off to meet yolks hanqin & cedric. guessed they waited for pretty long. felt q bad. sorry people! went to oosh to chill. that place s niceeee! thn we were camwhoring and jus chilling out. nice ambience! dempsey s sucha a nice hangout. but acc to some floggers, its long passe..mms i shall check out sunset way soonish! heard its good too.

alright. off to work. mumble grumble. tata

Le Papillon
28 Maxwell Road
#01-02
Red Dot Traffic Building
Singapore 069120
Tel: 65.6327.4177

geylang bummers

2007-09-01T16:28:00.000+08:00

was out with wong for dinner on friday.i was so zonked during class! gosh. cos of mild hangover and all. but all s good. but the thing is. i cudnt really think straight. so after class, i blindly and hilariously followed shieh yuan towards PS.when im sup to stay in sch. omg. thn i gave up and jus went to cathay starbucks to bum arnd. hur hurs. waited for wong to finish his clinc at brewerkz there and then we headed over to geylang!! justinHOW and alicia cudnt make it. oh wells. so we went to the famous beef kway teow stall. its called niu he da wang ( king of beef kway teow).

the serving for two s HUGEE. i was cravin for some coconut. so ordered their premium thai coconut. surprisingly, their coconuts surpass the dish itself. the beef kway teow smells good and all, but the taste is mediocre. i couldnt really taste the seasoning of the beef and the noodles were clump-ish. hmms. didnt really match the exhilaration that people gave when they tried it and told me about it. hahas but its NOT BADD LAA (as what we always say when sth good turns out not-so-good). the coconut s duper fresh though! the flesh is soft and cooling. very very nice. some coconuts are either too ripe or unripe, and the flesh will not be as soft.

after dinner then we headed next door! to the tauhuay stall. its called Yong He Eating House. it serves alot of authentic taiwanese cuisine. apparently they came all the way from taiwan. wong ordered the cold tauhuayzhui with the you tiao. oh myy. the youtiao s LONG. uber LONGGG. longest i ve seen. hur hurs. but i tried abit. its crunchy and not-so-oily. they also serves shaobing which is taiwanese pastry where u can choose ur filling. either meatfloss with egg or plain. yarpps. they also got those meat dumpies (xiaolongbao) as well as the oyster vermicelli, which they are famous for as well. its open 24 hrs! so its a good supper haunt.

wheee. while eating. we felt a gust of wind. and the wind carried a distinctive smell. something so familiar. so strong. so appealing. its DURIANS! without hesitation, we headed over to the stall we went the other time to eat. hur hurs. 3 for $10 durians came.

was so excited! cos i had the cravin for q some time. UNFORTUNATELY. i ve to announce that the durian season s almost over. and the durians turned out a lil soggy and tasted weird. yikesss. only 1 out of the 3 durians was passable. but its teh company that counts lar. somehow always eat good stuff w wong. hur hurs. durians are one of them!! (: kks i cant wait for the durian season to come again.. i <3>

Qiu Ji Hokkien Mee
Geylang Lor 9

Yong He Eating House
239-241 Geylang Road 67455682

nectarie

2007-08-31T23:57:00.000+08:00

hur hurs was in school since 830 on thurs morn for lessons. Prof yuen s jus so funny. she s full of funny 1-liners. me wong n justin were early!! given tt we went for tau huay the night before. hur hurs. the rochor tauhuay is duper yummy. i had the butterfly fritter with tauhuayzhui. but i had them from the not-so-famous stall beside rochor beancurd.for those who still dont't know. these 2 stalls are opened by brothers. they learnt the art of soy cooking from their mother since young bu whom has since passed away. they thn split up due to various issues and open a stall side by side, selling exactly the same foodstuffs or more. i personally prefer the non-famous one. see. for the famous one, they got so much popularity that it is possible they compromised on their quality. and since the non famous one has a much shorter or no queue, wad more can i ask for? (:

then after MA went for meetin w prof at SESS. then had meetin w marketing group.omg my mktg group rock socks laaa. we re gonna be doing on CONDOMS. hur hur hurs. friggin funny. huzer is a really entertaining guy. he shud be hired to be a comedian. hahas quite a fruitful discussion. after that, i went off to go home to change. and quickly went over to faceworks. mum signed me for a makeup and hairdo. hur hurs. cos its freshmen bash that night. and i was like invited to be one of the judges. yarpp. the make up turned out rather well! (: didnt make me look too old for once. but the hair kinda did that for me. boo. but oh wells its all in the name of fun. met benny after that! THE bday boy. hee he changed the venue for his celebration to MOS. easier for everyone he says. we had dinner at nectarie!! this bright and cheery place near the taxi stand. actually i was frantically lookin for a casual but nice place for a bdae treat dinner since i tot i was running late. thn nectarie appeared. perfecto. the whole decor of the place is very much alfresco. with a dessert display fridge inside as well as the sandwich bar. the walls of the cafe is transparent. so it gives a very open and carefree feeling.

we ordered a set meal to share since we were both not very hungy. the set meal's really worth it! like $15 for soup of the day, breakfast tea/coffee, choice of dessert, as well as a sandwich. its real nice seein benny after so long. hardly see him arnd in sch. somemore he s still teachin at ac barker. that boy s cool larh. won some award for best teacher in sec1 &2. proud of u benny!

the soup and the tea came first.

the soup was nice! could taste whole chunks of mushroom. and the portion was jus right. the breakfast tea was jus normal. tho the novelty of it is that it is served in those cylindrical instrument. hur hurs. rather neat way of presentation. (:

then the main came. smoke salmon with egg mayo on multigrain bread. the sandwich is awesome. the smoke salmon with egg mayo tasted fresh and good! didnt really tot of mixin the two together before. yarpps. the side garden salad was nice as well. i liked the sourness of the vinaigrette. over dinner, talked to benny about sch & all. realised as year2s. we ve really grown up. no longer bothering about whether sch s fun or whatever. all we wan is jus to absorb in learning and get a good degree. he s been rather busy with law as well. heard bout the monstrous loads of readings. oh wells. after the mains, we called for dessert. we can choose from mango mousse cake, chocolate cake with coconut mousse, the irish cream cake, or the choc truffle cake.

feeling adventurous, we took the one with the coconut mousse. and it turned out very nice! it has a layer of coconut mousse sandwiched between 2 layers of choco cake and it is topped with another layer of dark chocolate. then it has a white choc pc of decor and raspberry jam on the side. i requested for a lit candle since its benny s bdae! (: real nice service staff u have over at nectarie. they gladly helped me and even took photos for us. the dinner experience was wunnerful tho it was rather short.

then the pageant started. i was with prof margaret chan, prof low aikmeng, some rep from the sponsors as judges. for the girls, alicia won both Miss SMU as well as Miss Photogenic. as for the guys, Mark won the 2 awards. its rather fun! since its Ben's bdae and he ordered drinks for everyone and all. i got kinda high on that one. rahhh. but glad i saw so many frens! wong, justin, alicia, yolkies!jialing, jingmin, clara, robin, mindy, judith, gordon, jerry, alex, and many many others. omg. luckily my brudder came over to fetch me after the fun. else i d ve ended up dunno where.

for those who want the peektures u can link from here (:

Nectarie
BlkC, The Cannery
#01-05, River Valley Road
Clarke Quay
S179022
tel: 63056728
http://www.nectarie.com.sg

Lerk Thai

2007-08-30T01:57:00.000+08:00

alrightt. went to school ydae basically for.GYM.and.GYM.and.GYM. omg. met yangwei justin & alicia for gym ydae! beeen long since i exercised with them. hee hee. real glad i did. YARP (: like 4 of us hangin out & all. uber cool larh. thn jus kept laughin at randoms. very entertaining. and i concluded sch gym equipment are so much better!! think all the machines re darn cool. never really explored using them till ydae. -beams-

AND so i tot i d be late for counselling duty. rushed all the way to baathe and stuff. WHO KNOWS. the wellness centre s closed!! unbelievable. so embarrassing. realised that we are supposed to start duty only next week!! AHHH. help. anws. thn went back gym to wait for them to finish gymming. thn headed to frujch to chill. my my. frujch has weird people. like weird couples making out under broad beam lights. RAH. but frujch s new menu was nice! had interesting & quirky names to boost their food items. justin & yangwei ate. while me & alicia jus chilled and waited. thn i left to meet nasir while they went off for dinner. hee. i finally got reimbursements from BSM back! (: saw a few of the BSM ppl. sorta miss them eh. SOMEHOW. really. thn had to rush off to meet yolks. so didnt ve time to catch up with mich. anws its her bdae tom!! doubt she ll be reading this but i d wanna wish her here!! hope she ll have a fantastic year ahead & may all her aspirations be realised. (: -hugg

alright..rushed off to meet yolks at bugis! that silly girl was bummin arnd since 5ish! my my. she had interview for redbull job! cool beans lar. get to promote energy drinks. so apt for such an energetic girl like her. ppl please be nice to her okay!! (: decided to go thai. so ended up at Lerk Thai, this Thai eatery near Bugis Street. It was rather packed for a weekday night. and people were still coming in even though it was 8-ish. there was some promotion, for min spending of 20 bucks, there will be a tom yam soup that cost only 2 bucks. so we took that up! i ordered rice with olives & mince pork while yolks ordered tang hoon. the soup came first!

for a $2 bowl of tomyamsoup. the soup is nice! in fact, there were substantial amount of seafood inside. with squids, fish pieces, prawns. however, the broth is a little "thin" and they try to enhance the taste by adding more lemongrass and what not. which made the taste too overwhelming for such texture of soup. but of cos. its 2 bucks only. whats there to complain about?? (:

alright, then my olive rice came. forgot to take photo of it before the service staff helped to mix the ingredients up. it d have looked much prettier! but the smell of it was like PHWOAH-ly tempting. i love olive rice! sad thing is thai express dont wanna sell em to me. SOOO i decided not to eat olive rice at thai express ever. and here, Lerk Thai offers true blue authentic olive rice. they even mixed in cashew nuts, citrus lemon pieces, as well as chilli padi to suit my taste. i love how the cashew nuts, fried olives and minced pork mix so well with the rice. even yolks agreeed that the olive rice smelt good!! -thumbs up-. unfortunately, they didnt have a smaller size, else i d ve finished it up. but their portions are meant for family size of 3-4! SERIOUSLY. i was tryin my best to finish. but i really couldnt take it already. yolks's tanghoon came before my olive rice. her tang hoon is moist alright, but i think there isnt enough flavor in the dish. but yolks say its still alright larh. (: i guess the tanghoon should have been fried longer, with an egg inside as well. that will be delicious and u cant go too wrong with it.

real glad to catch up with her! told her abt my perceptions in life and all. and toked about people around us. hur hurs. anws. yarp!! we chatted till 9 lidat. thn zoomed off into bugis street to shop. i bot 5 tops! all vintage tops. whee. only 10 bucks per top. im happy!! (: thn went to scout for a dress. ended up buyin the one i was eyeing. its the one with purple dots. OR should i dress up black? it s the same right. AHHH

thn went off to sit down at some coffee shop. continue tokin to her till rather late.miss that girl larh.darn glad i met her last night hur hurs.

im gonna go sch soonish already. better catch some sleep.nights everyone!

Lerk Thai
249 Victoria St (Bugis Village)
Singapore 188034
+65- 63393323
Opens 11am to 10pm daily
http://lerkthai.com.sg/index.html

xin mei congee

2007-08-27T23:59:00.000+08:00

didnt have school ydae. but had proj meeting!! first ever one. for our intro to politics project. kinda cool la. met the josh and shieh yuan at the library. was q a fruitful discussion i must say. heee. thn rushed off to collect my cam from harbor front!! (: very happy. my screen s now scratch free and nice. wheee. after that went to the gym to work out. thn gave tuition near my house. wah christabelle s getting lazyyy. i d better push her more. TSK. kids these days. oh wells. after that met jerome for dinner! fetched him from timbre that side. and he wanted to show me this damn nice eating place. so i allowed him to direct me to old airport road hawker centre. boy its rather near sch!! (: by car of cos. haven met jerome for ages! good catchin up with him. he is flying off to taiwan soonish for field trip with his cadets i tink. so being the fickle minded us. we walked round and round the place. and i decided to go back to the first stall i spotted. Xin Mei Congee.

this congee stall is apparently rather famous, appearing in various reviews and television shows on Channel U. i was craving for something hot and runny. so porridge seemed like an apt choice. the queue was longgg. even though it was already 745pm. but i decided that good food is worth waiting for. after about 20 mins. i finally got to order my fish slice century egg porridge. jerome decided to eat fish beehoon jus a few stalls away. supposedly famous too! (: old airport road is a new gem.

what i like about xin mei is that they serve the youtiao whole. while usually porridge stalls give cut up ones. the you tiao complemented the porridge well. unfortunately, it was a tad too oily for my liking. the porridge is good though! whole pieces of fish is found and they are generous with the century egg helpings. they were also generous with the shallots and spring onions which added much flavour to the runny bowl of delight. id recommend this place for supper as the food is easy on the stomach and delicious at the same time. after dinner we just sat there to talk until late 9-ish. shared with him my experience in US and all. its really nice catchin up with good frens. knowing more about their lives and being involved in them. after that got a drink from GoGoBeanz. this soybean stall that make their soybean products fresh daily. i had the warm almond soymilk. its not bad! (: took one of their cards. realised they ve got branches at other markets as well.

yay! gonna go shopping with yolks tomorrow. wheee. cant wait.

Xin Mei Congee
Blk51 Old Airport Rd

#01-91

GoGoBeanz

Blk51 Old Airport Rd

#01-56

Tel: 63446005

far coast cafe

2007-08-26T14:46:00.000+08:00

great old sundays. nice weather to just chill all day longgg. had tuition at 10ish with christabelle. that girl s getting restless. hahas but somehow still adorable. as usual. gave her peektures and passages to prepare her for her oral examination for both languages tom. ha she was squabbling w her sis over her ipod. kinda reminded me of me & wilson. always pickin at each other over these minute stuffs. hur hurs

headed over to far coast to do my readings after that. reckon i wont do much at home. which holds true since i haven done much after i got back home. tsk tsk. procrastinator deserves to be spanked. hmmms far coast is a gem in town! like a quiet little place. it is located at international building, just across far east shoppin centre. used to be xuliushan, this dessert outlet that sells mango desserts. i got down to read my politics n all. about ideologies and political tendencies that evolved over the years.

this cosy cafe is really deserving of 2nd visits because of its convenient location, as well as its free wireless access. i ordered a cuppa pure brew ginger moon tea. its mildly sweetened and has a strong ginger taste of spices. yumm. just the right thing to have to warm my tummy before lunch. sadly for the business but gladly for me, there wasnt much of a crowd today which made it an even more conducive place for my readings. -beams-

was feeling hungry.. so headed off to order a cajun chicken & mango wrap as well as a old granny raisin scone with organic jam & cream. the wrap was mediocre, thought it was a tad oily and the wrap skin was too chewy for my liking. the filling is tasty though. I could taste the cajun chicken wholely. however, more mango pieces could have been added so that i know im eating a cajun chic & MANGO wrap. yuppes. the scone on the other hand, was lovely. it wasnt over baked and its crust crumbles to a right extent. once again, there could have been more raisins. but the jam made up for it. the organic jam served with it is great. it complemented the scone well! aights. overall a good experience today at far coast. will definitely visit it again. prolly for breakfast on a lazy sunday morning. (:

back to reading my psych book. im so gonna be psychic. hur hurs.

PS: i need a nice dress!! ): shall do abit of shopping tom.

Far Coast
adventure by the cup
#01-01
International Building
360 Orchard Road
Singapore 238869
www.farcoast.com/singapore

PS Cafe, Dempsey Road.

2007-08-25T02:18:00.000+08:00

ydae was CCA day! drove to sch to help out in the morn by drivin krish to PS to buy cloth. thn headed back for a while and had to go off for my intro to pol sci lesson. my prof s really a professional. he specialised in pol in China and has tonnes of knowledge about politics. had an interesting discussion about South African politics as well as evolutions of politics thru the years. after lesson i had to rush off to choir as there was a small performance at 330. gosh.every year CCA day will be the day SMU become its liveliest. seein all the year 1s signing up for the diff ccas, ccas going all out to promote themselves..blah blah. we performed well! (: and headed off to tend to the booth. kevin was real nice by being at the booth the whole time. we ve got like 70 plus ppl who signed up! well donee. the whole CCA day ended at 6 and we had to show our ACF night piece to the ACF ppl in charge at 7. was a really REALLY long day ydae. after that i was about to head home when krish suggested going dempsey!! i havent been there before and since everyone was hyped bout gg, i joined in too! drove 4 of em to dempsey and met the rest there.

we headed for P.S Cafe, which is the same one as the cafe at the Project Shop@ Paragon. for a friday night, the place was of course packed to the brim. reservations were running non-stop and we were slotted in 1.5 hrs later. goshh. but since we were too tired.lazy.nua. to move anywhere. we just sat at the waiting area. played some dummy games and all. managed to hang in there for nearly an hour and we finally got our seats! the whole place has a nice ambience, with cushion seats and ornaments. it is a perfect place to just chill out with your friends over the weekend night or share a speical moment with ur loved ones. i ordered the sting prawn salad as i wasnt really hungry. the portions were alright, but they could ve given more prawns. the dressing was tangy and the greens were fresh. and the prawns were absolutely delicious! they were really crunchy and juicy at the same time. then with pinenuts shattered amidst the greens, it adds a nutty flavor to the dressing. perfecto!

we were split into two tables, with me krish kenny & mabel on one table, and andrew, joshua, francesca, zhimin and ernest on the other. after dinner, we all squeezed with the other table and ordered desserts. there was the almond hazelnut with ice cream & cream puff as well as mudpie with marshmallow. both were very nice! however, the almond hazelnut could ve been more consumer-frenly. there are 2 thick layers of almond hazelnut sandwiched btw 2 layers of sponge cake. as quoted from Francesca, "eating this is like working at a construction site" haha basically we had to knock the almond hazelnut brick into pieces. made quite a mess outta it. gosh. but the taste of it was good.

after eating, we decided to play truth & truth. asked really censored stuffs larh. hahahas kenny la. started them all. hur hurs end up being the one with the dirty secrets. hahas left them halfway tho. to meet wong jus at the entrance of dempsey for some kickass durians!!!! (been refraining for quite some time cos i didnt wanna fall sick before performance). hahas true enuff. the durians are REALLY kickass. two of us ate a grand total of 4 durians!!! (: heee well done. kept cracking open to see if there are anymore seeds. was really a satisfying day. hur hurs. as many may already know, washing your hands with water in the durian husk will get rid of the stench on ur hands. till now, im still amazed by this unrefutable fact. hahas this fruit never fail to amaze me. whee lookin forward to a durian feast again.

aights. lotsa stuffs to do. readings hw. all piling up again. till the next discovery, ciaos!

PS Cafe
28 Harding Road
Tel: 90708782

Thai Express Singapore

2007-08-24T08:24:00.000+08:00

alrighttt.. school finally started! first lesson was intro to psychology. wah when i first went into the class, there was no one i knew. seriously. most of them were year ones and somehow the rest I dont know them either. but after forming groups and all, gotta know a few of them. nice people! (: anws. intro to psych s interesting! hur hurs. at least i can get away from the usual biz stuff to go deeper into the human thinking process and behaviourial patterns. thn had mktg w wong n justin! our prof s hilarious larh. he s from korea, and he says jokes with a straight face. my my. laughed a shit load. thn ydae i had MA in the morn. w kat yuen. she s very nice too!! nice lady from hk. & she talks exactly like my dad. haha. after MA i plodded down to booklink to grab my books. its so frustrating that we are required to buy the latest editions, and when the next batch comes, they change the editions again. ARGHH overflowing of past textbooks at home. GRRS. met shimin & mervyl for lunch after that. decided to get abit away fr sch to eat. so we got down to Thai Express at Raffles City. I had eaten at other outlets a few times, and thought their phad thai was good. but... I love olive fried rice. and without fail. they always disappoint me. total of 3 times at different branches already. olive fried rice is quite the signature dish in Thai cuisine, and if Thai Express wants to capture Thai-food lovers like me, they d better do something about this soon. hur hurs. so i ordered the fried glass noodles with prawns.

the sight of it was alright, but when i dug into it, the glass noodles were dry and lumpy. there is no distinctive taste of the seasoning at all. I had to dap the noodles in the chilli powder at the side for it to even have flavour. the prawns did live up to what they state as "succulent". and they did give a substantial amount of them. overall the dish is not really recommended if you are looking at having good thai cuisine. However, their phad thai beef has somehow maintained their standards. for me, i will go Thai Express only for their phad thai in the future. i d rather call up jingmin to go Thai Noodle House anytime for their authentic thai cuisine (plus they ALWAYS have my olive rice)

yarps. chatted over lunch about school and all. Mervyl s like gonna graduate this dec. how fast. blahhh i still got like 3.5 yrs. well done. hur hurs. after lunch i headed to mr tea for a short while to grab my fav ginger marsala! (: never fail to be yummy. then met nasir and seok for OOPS! thn i had my counselling class. its fun! prof tim n tan are really passionate advocates for counselling. their visions and ideas did come into reality in the SMU Peer Helping programme. i hope i can equip myself with the necessary skills to help people around. whee i like my mods this term.

looking at all the freshmen in sch, kinda reminded me of how i was exactly like them last year. pretty nostalgic. moving on to year 2, its a different ball game. higher expectations (of self and from others), greater committments, more responsibilities. AHH. i realised. i grew up. its almost only ydae that i was still playing catching during recess in st margs, eating orange bowl with my frens back in st nicks. or ponning lectures to go coro to eat in HC. gosh. time really didnt wait for slowpokes like me. oh wells

aights gotta head to sch to set up booth for choir soonish. performance for CCA day today! (: ciaos.

Raffles City Shopping Centre
252 North Bridge Road
#B1-35/37
The Raffles Marketplace
Singapore 179103
Tel:65-6883 1490

Choupinette, the quaint French cafe

2007-08-21T12:52:00.000+08:00

this is not the real photo of the macarons i ate. but the best i can find from the net that looks similarly to those i bought! was really excited to meet loo after such a long while! met her at like 4-ish at wheelock to collect her mac stuffs thn we headed to bt timah area to source for dinner. me, her & benny were sup to cook at loo's house that night! benny suggested buying from swiss butchery at greenwood avenue, as they have readily marinated steaks to take home and instantly cook.

but i thought since we still had time, we can source around further. then, we chanced upon Choupinette! this authentic french bakery located jus next to coronation. it sells a wide variety of breads and french loaves. They also sell cakes in french portions, such as chocate hazelnut, classic cheesecake and so on. I went into the store, and inevitably, a box of macarons of diff flavors were staring at my face. ahhas i just couldnt resist. priced at $1.50 each, i thought it was abit expensive. nonetheless, since i have heard so much about macarons and have yet to try, i decided to give it a shot. i bought the hazelnut, chocolate, mandarin orange & raspberry flavored ones. the hazelnut one tasted abit like fererro rocher, while the chocolate one tasted too sweet. i liked the raspberry one the best. it has a spongy texture of raspberry with a layer of chocolate spread inside. very delightful.

besides selling baked goods, the place also whips up a variety of coffee and tea, as well as sandwiches for people to enjoy dining in. The place has cosy lightings and give customers a homely feel. This will be an excellent place for a lazy sunday brunch.

Choupinette
607 Bt Timah Rd
#01-01 S269708
Tel/Fax: 64660613
person of contact: Agnes Verrier
Mobile: 97694246
agnes@choupinette.com.sg

2007-08-21T12:34:00.000+08:00

alrightttt!!! welcome to this new blog! (: & to a new sch semester ahead. GOSH. four months of hols. gone so fast!! ): duper reluctant to return to school. anyhow. i jus wish everyone all the best in the mods they re doing. summer hols was fantabulous!! i ve learnt so much during these 4 months that i cant ask for more.

1) Manila Recce Trip
2) HK summer trip
3) Manila OCIP 2007
4) BSM Silicon Valley 2007

that basically sums up my hols. sadly i set up this blog only now & im basically too lazy to blog about all the trips. i guess if u are close to me u ve probably heard all about em alr -winks- and in between these i of cos met up regularly with darlings like joyce, yolks, jies, leen, shux, xius, den, mel, eeli, and even ivana!!! its so funny. i havent seen ivana since 2005 end of year gathering. hur hurs. that s like ancient la. really miss those girls. times that i spend with them are always so endearing. (:

OF COURSE, i also met up with smu peeps from ALL over. yarpps. AND... im in choir now! (: really excited bout upcoming performances and we ve been rehearsing for q some time.hopefully we can get more intake from cca day! -beams-

this marks the start of a new acad year. and its gonna get real busy. seriously. but i guess amidst the hustle and bustle, i learn to appreciate simplicity even more. and enjoy the beauty of small things in life. such as having a home dinner with my mum, or spending a bit more time talking to my little brother, or just having some lone time on the roads or working out in the gym.cheers to a great year ahead!

2007-08-21T10:57:00.000+08:00

testing testing

2007-04-04T12:40:00.001+08:00

2007-04-04T11:39:00.000+08:00

Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™

oh my. this is my first revival entry!!! decided to reliven a blog about. ME. hahas gosh kinda getting excittteee all over again. like a kidd. woohoo. (: anws. wad a time to choose to do such stuffs right. like when exams re right round the corner. i do silly things like creating a blog. well doneeee.

ohhhh the test i jus did. its super accurate!! like UBER. jus go do it. even if u dont believe in such tests.. the pics re taken fabs-ly. YARPS. enjoy!!