Thursday, July 9, 2009

Arty Farty Weekend

Did I tell you guys that Blamer has been actively joining contests after contests for freebies? Well recently, she won something again. (looks like her hit on rate is getting better, wonder when will she win a car? beep! beep!)

Anyways, the letter informing her that she won some 7 tickets to watch a stage production at some niao bu sheng dan place near Newton MRT station.

Not really that hard to locate actually. Anybody care to pronounce the words?

By the way, Qian decided to join us too, and Blamer's colleague but he was too shy for the camera.

A real arty farty place if you ask me... ...

Apparently the play was part of a bigger event called Arts and Creativity for Everyone aka ACE Festival spanning over a month.

Because Blamer was late yet again, I had to grab a quick bite at the only eatery available.

Hmm quite an atas place, plain looking aligo olio for sgd12.90. Not exactly cheap and not really yummy either.

An arty farty shot by me. Actually, I like the glass walls and ceiling which let in quite a lot of natural lights... ....

For us to take lovely pics!!! Copyrights issue, hence no photos about the play. In a nutshell, it's about the story of two growing up teenagers from single parent families, coming to terms with their parents finding new love, and in turn, they found theirs too.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

JB Trip in May 09

We went over to visit Fling yet again over one weekend. Can't really remember which. Looks like we might become JBians really soon.

Pics with some pretty babes before setting off! Taking public is actually a quite a bliss, if u minus all the walk that is, but we really cleared the customs faster den if we were to take the car.

Fling brought us to this restaurant which according to her, is where most ppl go to during festive seasons like Christmas in JB. Fully booked always! And I'm about to find out why... ...

Garlic thin crusts (at least this is wat I called them) served in advance for the soup. However, since all of us were famished from our journey, we gobbled them up in no time. Really crispy and savory. It tasted heavenly! Maybe it was because we were all too hungry, but first impression counts, I'm beginning to like this restaurant!

Most of us ordered the mushroom soup except Fling who wanted to go for the healthier tomato. I'm a soup person and oh man, their soup was simply BAGUS! All natural, as in, u could really munch on the mushroom bits, not those campbell quick fix, my my and the portions were really big.

We ordered a pizza for sharing too. Fling said their pizzas are a must try... and I think I know the reason why.

You see the oven below all the tin cans at the top right hand corner? Wow, that's a traditional firewood oven man. No wonder their pizzas tasted so good!!

And now the mains. My order was cod fish with spaghetti done alio oglio style. U could really taste the freshness in the fish. Flaky, not overly cooked. Although I would prefer the pasta to be a little softer.

Blamer ordered the grilled salmon risotto, but blur blur Blamer actually wanted to throw away the salmon skin! My my, do they know that in Japanese restaurants, salmon skin are akin to a delicacy and can be served as a dish on its own, so wasteful, tsk tsk.

A group pic and I must say Fling looked so bright and cheery with her new hairstyle.

Last pics outside the restaurant. And the best bit is, for all those food that we had, it only cost us MYR12.90 per head for the set lunch which consisted of the soup, main and a drink. I forgot how much the pizza cost but the meal was still a steal. Super duper value for money guys, so if any of u ever visit JB, this place is a definite must try!

Next activity: Karaoke! Although I'm not much of a crooner, had to tag along. Was actually thinking of having a dip in Fling's pool but... ... Looks like my tummy will continue to grow... While waiting for our room, chance upon this kiosk selling name stickers. Miao was the last to make hers, but man she really took a long time.

Fooling around while waiting for Miao... ...

Finally in the room singing, quite a cosy room and yes, they are using wireless mic. Not too bad yeah?

A surprise guest dropped by... ... And thanks again for that round of drinks!

Last stop: A visit to the lastest member of Fling's family. Baby Jeriel!

Here Blamer was trying to figure out how best to carry Jeriel while I was desperately trying to capture the precious moments when Jeriel smiled. But looks like Blamer's not doing a good job wa ha ha.

Miao and Qian took their turns as well.

Finally my turn! See I think the Jeriel likes me, notice this is the only photo where she smiled. Wa ha ha ha, and Blamer had to come chap ji kar... Blea... ...

Thanks Fling for having us over. Next time, I'm definitely going to swim... ...

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Good "Eat Out" at Lucky Plaza

Tired of the typical restaurants located along Orchard Road, my Indonesian colleague recommended that me and Blamer can try out the less mainstream eat outs at Lucky Plaza.

Ayam Bakar - I think this is located on the 3rd flr (or is it 2nd flr??) Anyways their signature dishes I supposed are the ones with the more blowed up pics, hence I ordered their grilled chicken rice while Blamer went for the fried version.

Condiments consisting of the regular sambal chilli on the right and the more unconventional one which I usually come across when I order Mee Soto at those Malay stores. It is still chilli sauce just that black soy sauce was used as the base I think.

The chicken came. It's interesting that for Indonesian cruisines, they usually serve it with the peanut thingy (red arrow pointing), this has quite an acquired taste which both Blamer and me can't get used to. The chicken frankly is a tad too hard both for the grilled and the fried. The sauce on the grilled chicken was also too sweet for me.

Nevertheless, just look at the background, the eatery was still packed but mainly with Indonesians.

After the meal, Blamer brought me to a Filipino eatery (this is definitely located on the 3rd flr), where they sell handmade kueh.

We picked two. One sweet corn and the other is black glutinous rice I think. The brownish flakes are fried grated coconut. Texture is quite chewy, prefered the corn to the glutinous rice in terms of taste. Very fragrant, the sweetness of corn bursting in your mouth with very bite.

All-in-all, this is a real economy way to fill ur stomach. Total cost less than SGD30 for two.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

We're back!

Been quite a while since we last updated our blog, hopefully our readers are still around :) Lots of overdue posts coming up (hopefully I have time to clear the pics in my XD card)

First up, PC Show 2009!

Yes the long-a-waited PC show for Leecher. Been bugging me for a laptop ever since his faithful desktop gave way early this year.

Happily pointing the brochures, but no no, I already have the criterias of the laptop in mind.

Look @ the crowd! Where got recession? People were busy snapping up laptops, cameras, TV etc. At least it boasts the economy :)

Xiaoqiang came to the PC show with us to offer his advices - thanks a lot! That's me with my lucky draw coupons after paying for Leecher's lappy :( Burst a hole in my pocket.

Fast-forward to 2 weeks later (after enduring to Leecher's constant whinning abt the unknown arrival date of his laptop) ... the laptop is finally here!

The saviour! I need not endure Leecher's nagging anymore :P

Busy looking through the components of the package.

Engrossed in reading the starter kit (and ignoring me, that asshole!)

He even got a new mouse to match his new laptop.

Leecher's new gadget :)
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