Flea Market @ *scape

While I was clearing my wardrobe in early Oct, I had the thought of selling my pre-loved items in the flea market. So, I asked my sisters along, if they had clothes to clear - they were all gamed & we rented a booth @ *scape to sell our pre-loved items. Some are even brand new!

Early birds to reserve the booth near the entrance! Brought along my clothes rack to hang out clothes :)

Qian & me set up the stall while Fling got us drinks :) Lots of stuff to sell! Qian really cleared out her wardrobe and brought along shoes, bags, clothes and accessories, what a variety! The rest of us only brought clothes, haha!

Lots of booths selling all sorts of stuff! Mostly were selling pre-loved items like us, but there were a lot of booths selling brand new items or offering manicure services, like below:

Qian's freshly painted zebra prints nails.

Miao was the last to reach, with her bags full of clothes. Afterwhich, we just flea-ed amongst ourselves and bought stuff off one another, before putting the rest of the items on sale!

Always delighted to close a deal, which means money to spend on other items, LOL.

Shuchuan dropped by to give us his support, but alas, he couldn't buy any of our clothes, heehee! But he did picked up the stuff that he ordered from me. Hope those T-shirts fit :)

Of cuz, Leecher came over to help as well. He's more interested in keeping track of my money pouch though.

Taking a break in b/w customers

Spotted: Miao & Fling sneaking off to buy earrings from other vendors.

Amos & Bok dropped by at the end of the day to help pack up. A man's trash is definitely another's treasure :) we certainly had lots of fun! Till the next flea, sisters!

Xmas Dinner @ Ootoya

Leecher was on leave and brought his parents out for dinner. I rushed over to meet them after work @ Ootoya. Although located on the 7th floor, but this place is very popular! Fortunately, Leecher arrived early and managed to grab seats for us.

Salad for starters - vegetables, cherry tomatoes and smashed potatoes tossed in thick salad sauce. Perfect to start the ball rolling.

Spinach that don't look appealing to the senses.

Leecher decided to relive his Japan moments and ordered the same Torotoro set that he had in Ootoya Japan. Juicy scallops drenched in plum sauce, coupled with the fragrance of Japanese pearl rice = heavenly. The dish, presented in a bamboo steamer, was kept warm by the flame, much to Leecher's delight, as he, for one - hates eating cold food.

Caught in action!

Many of the sets include miso soup & side dishes. There's also the calorie count on the menu for the weight conscious. However, I heard that they have revamped their menu and took out the calorie count - anyone to verify this?

Waited almost 30 mins for my order, as they got it wrong the 1st time round. I was so hungry by then that I was stealing food off Leecher's bowl.

Xmas lighting down Orchard Road, my fave is still the blue section :)

Stopped over @ Bakerzin for desserts.

Leecher ordered Americano, which was prepared by adding hot water to espresso, giving it a similar strength but different flavour from regular drip coffee. I was never really a coffee person and coffee sessions with my clients taught me a great deal about them.

Auntie & Uncle sharing lemon tea :)

Dessert box full of goodies to share.

Xmas Gathering @ AppleBee's

Met up with Leecher's frens for Xmas dinner. The gang was essentially divided into 2 sections: still-sick & on-recovery mode. Seemed like a lot of people were ill over the Xmas period!

As Sheena was preggie (congrats!) we decided to settle our meal outside instead of popping by HQ's place.

Testing out HQ's newly acquired DSLR! Wa, look at the great difference in pic quality b/w this and the one above taken by dent dent. The downside - the DSLR was so heavy that my arms started to ache after a while, heehee.

Leecher with his strawberry (gay) drink. HQ was teasing Leecher on his gay drink when Kaiwei arrived and ordered the exact same drink, LOL.

The gay brothers

My all-time fave hot tea. Trying to do a DSLR shot where the focus is in the middle and the background is blurry. Looks decent enough ya?

With Leecher :)

Found that Applebee's standard have dropped significantly since our 1st visit. The portions have reduced and steak no longer wow-ed us. Jac & Yanni echoed our sentiments too.

Getting ready for the group pic!

Missing Gav, who's away in LDN! But Jac gamely came to our gathering and surprised us with presents for everyone :)

Thanks Jac and Gavin for the lovely surprise.