Chalet & BBQ

It's Labour Day and we were invited to go to Cheryl's chalet for BBQ and some good fun. Travelled all the way from one end of the city to Pasir Ris, since the chalet is located at Changi. Since we only got our own "kar" and it's too far a journey to walk, we had to ring up Dennis to come and pick us up @ the MRT station.

Happily cam-whoring while waiting for the arrival of Little Vampire ...

The journey took around 20 mins - wa, imagine if we were to use our own "kar", I think it will take 3 hrs to reach. (Leecher will tend to walk very slow, due to his ever expanding waistline and will pull down our timing, wa ha ha)

The chalet is located in quite a tranquil surrounding - I can almost hear the birds chipping in the background ... I wanted to capture the SAF chalet office, but the 2 brothers quickly walked into the scene and "pretended" to be captured by dent dent >____<

Yeah, finally it's my turn in the picture ....

Shawn, our fire starter preparing to set the fire for the BBQ, together with Dennis.

While they were busy with the fire, guess what is Leecher doing?

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Acting like a kid in the playground, wa ha ha. I think its most prob Leecher dunno how to start fire, so quickly "siam" the work ... Finally, Leecher decided to go and help to fan the fire ...

See, the sun is begining to set, but our fire doesn't look promising at all .....

It's time for the gals to take over, since the guys have failed miserably in fanning the fire ...

All it takes is me + auntie to fan the fire and we got this ...

GIRL POWER, wa ha ha.... easy stuff, >_< It's time to bring out the food, since we have the fire burning ....

Yummylicious !!!

The guys had to work hard to do some chores ....

while the gals took over the BBQ pit and cooked the food for the rest of the group.

The dearest princess, Elthea - so cute, but she seems very shy with strangers around ...

Leecher was feeling hungry and he tried to be nice to me, so that I can put some food onto his plate, hahaha.

Opps, my chicken wing looks a bit burnt ....must be Leecher's fault , hee hee

MJ time after the BBQ session ...

Wa, the dice is so big that no one can miss the feng lo ....

and Leecher ended up losing 4 bucks despite that I was winning when he took over....lousy, hahaha.

My thoughts ....

Lots of things are bothering me lately, the irony is that I am not the party involved ...

Sometimes I wonder - what will happen if we were given a 2nd chance at something?

Will we grab the opportunity to ponder and think through our decision?

Will we consider the consequences or just follow what we perceive is right?

Is it worthwhile to disrupt the present harmony?

** I know what you did last month ... the pieces of jigsaw will piece themselves together **

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Pocky's

Honestly, I didn't know that this existed until Leecher gave it to me in an attempt to cheer me up from my work ...

I always love the chocolate flavour and it's a staple snack in the office - yes, I can't function w/o eating pocky >_< I did a Google search and realised that November 11th is known as Pocky's Day and there's a large variety of Pocky Flavours avaliable ...
There's even Pocky for Men - just like normal Pocky but not as sweet. Think I could get this for Leecher, so that he can snack and yet, not put on much weight, wa ha ha.

Can't wait to get my hands on those flavours ~ I am sure it will be nice!

Wallet bleeds again

Hi all, remember I was engaged in a battle of "Chop Carrot Head" with Blamer? We went for lunch one day and since it was nearing the end of the week, we thought of giving ourselves a little treat, decided to try out:

I was thinking inside my head that I'm in for a treat this time, hence happily flipping thru the menu..

Blamer further led me to believe I will be walking away with a free lunch by asking me to just order anything I want to eat, cos she has tried out this restaurant b4 le.

Sushi Tei, so sure must have some sushi rite?

Next is some beef wraps, Blamer liked this the best.

My fav was this, baked scallops with miso sauce I think. Some might find it a tad too salty though.

This was the worst dish. Salmon in cream sauce. Think the chef forgot to add his seasoning. Tasted so bland. Think Blamer can cook better, wa ha ha ha.

But the ultimate heart-break came after the meal. Notice the grin on Blamer's face, b'cos

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I'm the one with the bill.... : (

Asian Kitchen

Chinese has a saying, 怨怨相报何时了？but seems like Blamer do not understand the meaning of this and decided to chop my carrot head back.

Tired of the normal hawker fare and those western or Jap cuisines, we decided to go for Vietnamese food this time at Asian Kitchen.

of cos, a glimpse of the menu,

I do understand that whenever one visits a Vietnamese restaurant, one shld try out their pho (aka rice noodles) and always try out their beef version. Like this one below,

The soup stock is really tasty, but I find that their stir fried black pepper beef with garlic tasted better than the beef slices in the soup.

Actually, one more must order dish is the rice spring rolls however, they were sold out hence we replaced it with Vietnamese fish cake which Blamer concluded is the best dish of them all.

I think every once in a while, there would be a totally cannot make it dish. This "honour" goes to


Sugarcane prawns. See the greenish sugarcane in the middle? Seriously, the sugarcane is too hard to be consumed and the prawn meat was virtually tasteless. Never ever order this dish, though I think it is in one of their chef's recommendation list.


Oh I need to flash the beef noodles pic again b'cos I forgot to mention that they actually served raw bean sprouts and lime together with the noodles. I watched the 美食大三通 and there was once the host went to Vietnam, he discovered that this is a popular way the locals like to eat the noodles. But I still like the original better.

Blamer very happy that I will be paying this time

Hee hee, me plotting my next attack on Blamer...

Donuts Affair

I was craving for donuts and decided to drag Leecher to Munchy Donuts @ Raffles Xchange.

I ordered the bittersweet chocolate

Leecher ordered the Creme cheese donut with ginger lime tea (seriously, what sort of tea is that - it sucks totally)

I was happily anticipating my donuts and couldn't wait to eat it ....

but when i sink my teeth into the donut, whatever anticipation that I had earlier evaporated immediately. In replacement, I felt "cheated". The donut is cold (yes, it might be cold, but I didn't expect it to be that cold)

Leecher eating his donut

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and feeling moody/sad for the creme cheese donut sucks big time. I think its a pretty lame attempt in trying to copy donut factory's spicy cheese donut.

Their slogan "One is not enough", but to me, i think its totally enough and I doubt I will ever patronise the shop again for donuts. Huge disappointment :(

Just when I was feeling sore abt the donuts, Leecher surprised me with my fave donuts when he came to my place over the wkend ... YUMMY!

I love Donut Factory donuts - I think they're the best in town (no arguments abt that)