Monday, November 30, 2009
End of long weekend
Time really flies... 4 days has passed so quickly and tomorrow I have to go back to work again *sigh*.... How I wish I could have more time just to laze around and do whatever I want. Perhaps the end of the year is coming so don't really have the mood to work :P Can't wait for the next weekend to come...
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Shopping @ Jurong Point
Today, I woke up at around 8.30 am, which was very early for me on a Saturday morning. My mum and sisters had planned to go for breakfast at Jurong Point before starting our shopping. My youngest sis suggested Old Town White Coffee as she had tried it in Malaysia and had liked it. We actually wanted to order the set menu but was told that the set menu was only available on weekday mornings. We only ordered drinks with kaya toast and french toast, but still ended up very full. However, I felt it was rather expensive as a cup of coffee cost $2, yet the taste was about the same as those at Toastbox or 旺角.
After the breakfast, we started walking around. It was not 11 am yet so we just wandered around for a while until most of the shops have opened. I managed to buy 2 pairs of working shoes to replace my old ones that were worn out. Hopefully they would not hurt.
We shopped till almost 2 pm before deciding to have lunch. My 大妹 mentioned that the Kopitiam at the old wing has just renovated so we decided to lunch there. However, all of us were not very satisfied with the food. My youngest sis felt that her fish soup noodles were too bland, while my mum felt that her vermicelli was too gooey and the pig's liver too hard. I ordered Yong Tau Foo but felt that the one at Vivocity was better.
After lunch, I went for a quick haircut at EC House before continuing shopping. My dad joined us after his work at about 5.30 pm. After shopping for a while more, my 大妹 was starting to get tired from all the walking and asked if we wanted to go home. We decided to have dinner first and my mum suggested the newly opened 莆田 restaurant. Luckily there was no queue as we were considered early. Perhaps due to the unsatisfying lunch, we ordered quite a number of dishes and was so full that we didn't even order dessert. My favorite was the stir-fried yam :)
Braised Pig Intestine
Drunken Cockles
Spinach with Salted Egg and Century Egg
Sweet & Sour Pork with Lychees
Stir-fried Yam
Stir-fried Cuttlefish
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After the breakfast, we started walking around. It was not 11 am yet so we just wandered around for a while until most of the shops have opened. I managed to buy 2 pairs of working shoes to replace my old ones that were worn out. Hopefully they would not hurt.
We shopped till almost 2 pm before deciding to have lunch. My 大妹 mentioned that the Kopitiam at the old wing has just renovated so we decided to lunch there. However, all of us were not very satisfied with the food. My youngest sis felt that her fish soup noodles were too bland, while my mum felt that her vermicelli was too gooey and the pig's liver too hard. I ordered Yong Tau Foo but felt that the one at Vivocity was better.
After lunch, I went for a quick haircut at EC House before continuing shopping. My dad joined us after his work at about 5.30 pm. After shopping for a while more, my 大妹 was starting to get tired from all the walking and asked if we wanted to go home. We decided to have dinner first and my mum suggested the newly opened 莆田 restaurant. Luckily there was no queue as we were considered early. Perhaps due to the unsatisfying lunch, we ordered quite a number of dishes and was so full that we didn't even order dessert. My favorite was the stir-fried yam :)
Braised Pig Intestine
Drunken Cockles
Spinach with Salted Egg and Century Egg
Sweet & Sour Pork with Lychees
Stir-fried Yam
Stir-fried Cuttlefish
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Long Weekend
Tomorrow is a public holiday and I decided to take one day leave today to enjoy a longer weekend. Actually wanted to accompany my youngest sis to Sitex at Expo as she thought of buying an external hard disk but I felt really lazy :P I suggested just going to Jurong Point as there might also be offers at stores like Challenger or Best so the price difference would not be that great.
Just then, my mum called and we told her of our plan. She said that she had planned to go to Jurong Point to shop too this weekend so she suggested going together on Saturday instead. So in the end, we stayed at home and I just spent the day playing games and watching dramas :)
Just then, my mum called and we told her of our plan. She said that she had planned to go to Jurong Point to shop too this weekend so she suggested going together on Saturday instead. So in the end, we stayed at home and I just spent the day playing games and watching dramas :)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
A Christmas Carol
Our company organized a subsidized movie event tonight and 小花 and I decided to attend. The movie that we watched was "A Christmas Carol", adapted from the story by Charles Dickens. Though I have heard of this title, I have never read the book before so did not have any idea of the plot at all.
The movie was entertaining, though some parts startled me due to the sudden and loud sound effects. It was good that Mr Scrooge was a changed person after a night with the three ghosts, though the transformation was so sudden that the people around him couldn't seem to believe it. I think the moral of the story is that we should share and enjoy our lives as much as we can, since no matter how much money you accumulate, it would be of no use to you when you are dead...
The movie was entertaining, though some parts startled me due to the sudden and loud sound effects. It was good that Mr Scrooge was a changed person after a night with the three ghosts, though the transformation was so sudden that the people around him couldn't seem to believe it. I think the moral of the story is that we should share and enjoy our lives as much as we can, since no matter how much money you accumulate, it would be of no use to you when you are dead...
Friday, November 20, 2009
No movies again
Today is Friday but 小花 and I did not watch any movies again as the timings of the movies that we wanted to watch were either too early or too late. We had also intended to use the one-for-one birthday movie voucher from Golden Village. However, we were restricted as we could only select movies that have been shown for some time, and we could not watch the movies on Fridays and Saturdays. Not sure if Golden Village is really sincere in giving members this "privilege", as I can't understand why they then had to impose so many restrictions on the use of the birthday voucher *shrugs*
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Marutama Ramen
Today, I had lunch with 小花 and another colleague at Marutama Ramen at Central. Have not been there for some time and we missed the ramen. 小花 and I ordered the spicy ramen as usual, with an egg topping. I really like the egg as the white was firm but the yolk was still soft. It tasted really good... yum yum :)
My mum had experimented on cooking such an egg previously as my family all loved the egg, but without any success. I decided to search the internet for a recipe and managed to find one finally... Yay!
Even managed to find the recipe for braising sauce for the egg when I followed the link in the video! Shall ask my mom to try it out when she has time :)
My mum had experimented on cooking such an egg previously as my family all loved the egg, but without any success. I decided to search the internet for a recipe and managed to find one finally... Yay!
Even managed to find the recipe for braising sauce for the egg when I followed the link in the video! Shall ask my mom to try it out when she has time :)
Monday, November 16, 2009
Dinner Meetup
Today met up with SKY for dinner. As she had to run some errands near Orchard area, we decided to meet at Sushi Tei (again!) at Paragon for dinner. I ordered Soba for a change and was quite satisfied with it :)
Haven't met up with SKY for some time so it was good to catch up with her tonight. She has decided to go into the teaching profession and is now training at NIE, so she has been busy with school work and exams. 頑張ってください！！
Haven't met up with SKY for some time so it was good to catch up with her tonight. She has decided to go into the teaching profession and is now training at NIE, so she has been busy with school work and exams. 頑張ってください！！
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Christmas Light Up @ Orchard
After the dinner at 和民, 小花 and I proceeded to Wheelock Place and slowly walked till Plaza Singapura, stopping to take photos of the Christmas lighting and decorations on the way. When we just started, we felt a few drops of rain and feared the worst, but luckily it did not rain :) Haven't walked for so long in a while though :P
This was the first time I used my 大妹's camera that she bought not long ago, as the batteries for the usual camera that I use seemed to take too long to charge. Didn't have time to really figure out the different settings of the camera but fortunately the photos seem to turn out fine.
This was the first time I used my 大妹's camera that she bought not long ago, as the batteries for the usual camera that I use seemed to take too long to charge. Didn't have time to really figure out the different settings of the camera but fortunately the photos seem to turn out fine.
和民
I had suggested to 小花 that we could go out on a Saturday to take photos of the Christmas Light-up at Orchard and we agreed on today. We decided to have dinner at 和民 first before going around Orchard for photographs. We have been wanting to try out this restaurant since we know about its opening a few months back, as this was the very same restaurant where we had our dinner for 3 straight days when we were in Japan.
We had a little difficulty locating the restaurant in Ion as there were many people and the layout was a bit confusing. We did not have to wait long to get a seat, probably because it was only about 5.30 pm. As there were only 2 of us, we did not order too much and ended up trying 4 dishes that we ate in Japan.
Overall, the food here was comparable to that in Japan, though we felt that the Scallops with Butter and Stone Pot Rice could have had more garlic, and could be more sizzling when served. Just for comparison, the left column are the food we tasted in Singapore while the right are the food that we ate in Japan.
We also ordered a Cassis Grapefruit to share. The drink was a bit bitter due to the grapefruit with a hint of sweetness that tasted like blackcurrant.
The dessert "Brownies with Vanilla Ice-cream" was so tempting that we decided to give it a try as well. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal :)
We had a little difficulty locating the restaurant in Ion as there were many people and the layout was a bit confusing. We did not have to wait long to get a seat, probably because it was only about 5.30 pm. As there were only 2 of us, we did not order too much and ended up trying 4 dishes that we ate in Japan.
Overall, the food here was comparable to that in Japan, though we felt that the Scallops with Butter and Stone Pot Rice could have had more garlic, and could be more sizzling when served. Just for comparison, the left column are the food we tasted in Singapore while the right are the food that we ate in Japan.
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We also ordered a Cassis Grapefruit to share. The drink was a bit bitter due to the grapefruit with a hint of sweetness that tasted like blackcurrant.
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The dessert "Brownies with Vanilla Ice-cream" was so tempting that we decided to give it a try as well. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal :)
Friday, November 13, 2009
2012
小花 and I have already bought tickets for tonight's movie "2012". Before the show, we went to dinner with a few colleagues as well as another Korean colleague who was here for a training course. As the Korean colleague preferred either Chinese or Thai food, we decided to have our dinner at Thai Accent at VivoCity.
This was the first time I have dined here. Didn't know that the place was actually quite big as I could only see a portion of the restaurant from outside when walking by. We ordered some food to share and my colleagues told the waiter to serve us the food as quickly as possible as our Korean colleague had a flight to catch. Not sure if the restaurant has always had efficient service but they really served our food in a short time. We were rather pleased with their service, and as their food tasted quite good as well, we decided that we could dine in this restaurant again next time.
After the meal, there was still some time left so we went back to office to clear some work. We were still very full when we headed to the cinema. Though we had bought tickets for the show on Wednesday, we only managed to get seats on the 4th row out of a total of 8 rows! When the advertisements started, we felt that the screen was a bit too close to us but luckily it was better during the movie.
The special effects in the movie were rather spectacular. However, it's really scary to imagine that some day what we see in the movie may come true. Whole cities could just disappear in a matter of seconds and trying to flee would be useless. Hopefully this will never happen.
When the movie ended, we realized that it was already 12.30 am. We did not check the movie length beforehand but hadn't expected it to end so late. It was raining but luckily the the queue at the taxi stand was quite short and taxis arrived frequently. After confirming with 小花 on the time and place to meet tomorrow, we went home separately.
This was the first time I have dined here. Didn't know that the place was actually quite big as I could only see a portion of the restaurant from outside when walking by. We ordered some food to share and my colleagues told the waiter to serve us the food as quickly as possible as our Korean colleague had a flight to catch. Not sure if the restaurant has always had efficient service but they really served our food in a short time. We were rather pleased with their service, and as their food tasted quite good as well, we decided that we could dine in this restaurant again next time.
After the meal, there was still some time left so we went back to office to clear some work. We were still very full when we headed to the cinema. Though we had bought tickets for the show on Wednesday, we only managed to get seats on the 4th row out of a total of 8 rows! When the advertisements started, we felt that the screen was a bit too close to us but luckily it was better during the movie.
The special effects in the movie were rather spectacular. However, it's really scary to imagine that some day what we see in the movie may come true. Whole cities could just disappear in a matter of seconds and trying to flee would be useless. Hopefully this will never happen.
When the movie ended, we realized that it was already 12.30 am. We did not check the movie length beforehand but hadn't expected it to end so late. It was raining but luckily the the queue at the taxi stand was quite short and taxis arrived frequently. After confirming with 小花 on the time and place to meet tomorrow, we went home separately.
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