Chinese New Year 2008

Introducing my new fling:

Haha, no lah, this is my cousin - whom I only get to meet like twice a year. Initially thought that given Leecher's memory, he won't be able to recognise my cousin whom he only met once last yr. However, surprise surprise, he can remember! Well, goes to show that he can remember things too, so I will be expecting more from him, haha.

Went to Leecher's place to pai-nian - see how sloppily dressed Leecher is :

Slack Leecher

Me ( in this gg>5 dress that I bought specially for CNY)

Xiufong + Me

Since its CNY, we must have some poses that show people that its CNY period
*no surprise that this comment came from Leecher*

And what's CNY without gambling? We went to Ivy's place for a CNY gathering on 10 Feb 08. Played "in-between" and guess who ends up walking away with this pool of money?

It's Shou Jun (Jancy's son) who happens to be the youngest player in the group.

Posing with his winnings ...

Sweeping the money to his side and into his pockets. He is so cute!

Dennis decided that its time he whipped out some dishes to celebrate this CNY period. Here's the Japanese curry:

Sotong balls (prepared by auntie)

Yusheng

Chawanmushi (prepared by Valencia)

And the chefs behind all the spread:

While the chefs are busy in the kitchen, here we are enjoying ourselves with Mahjong+ cam-whoring, opps!

And this cat has been with Leecher for 3 consecutive games. Doesn't he knows that I don't like cats (since I am born in the year of the rat)?

Finally, its time to eat. We must lo hei first to usher in a HUAT year!

While waiting to clear the table, its time to cam-whore again...

The whole entourage of friends who turn up

Leecher + Auntie

Loving couple - Bernice + Marcus

Ai Li+ Betsy+ Valencia

Finally, me!

After the meal, its time for dessert - fruit punch (think so)

Lastly, I had to end the mahjong game by paying for everyone, cuz I throw out a tile which let Ai Li game "man-tai". Haiz, though this year is my year, but I seriously cannot gamble... Its okie, hope that everyone had a FUN CNY!

My New Baby

Today marks the arrival of my new baby ....

Presenting to you - LV Tivoli PM

Loving it totally! This would not be possible without Leecher :)

And finally, i finished my Elizabeth Arden 5th Avenue Perfume and decided on using Chanel No. 5.


Wonderful buys to kick off the start of CNY! Have a great CNY everyone. Leecher and I will be back with more pictures, provided we remember to bring dent dent out for CNY-visiting :P

Dinner at Cream Bistro

Dinner @ Cream Bistro

On a fateful Friday just before the new year, Blamer, me and my bro decided to make one last attempt to buy some new clothes for the upcoming new year at Orchard Road.

However as expected, it was damn crowded and we ended thinking about where to have dinner instead. An idea struck Blamer that there is a restaurant tucked away from the main crowd. Presenting...

I have been here the other time with Kenneth, who first introduced Blamer and me to this place.
After placing our orders, we decided to cam whore for while...

Some arty farty photo first.

This is my bro by the way..

Blamer as usual

Finally, with me in the pic. Blamer was complaining that I did not bring "dent dent" out. But I think the photos taken with my trusty phone looks okay wat...

Finally the food is here...

Appetizer: Stuffed chicken wings, not too bad leh, look at my bro u know oredi..

Next up is chicken soup:

I always think that the soup they serve is not bad. The previous time was mushroom soup, which I think tasted better.


This is spicy seafood goreng I think. Supposedly this is a chef's recommendation, I think it is too spicy for my bro and blamer.

Lastly, this is my dish, Pan-seared Cod Fish with chips. Not bad lah, although they could have been more generous with their fish serving. The fish fillet in my opinion, is too thinly sliced. I bet u find it quite hard to distinguish the fish from the chips rite?

Kai Nian Fan

Yesh Kai Nan Fan is what we name the objective of tonite's meeting. Courtesy of the organiser, the ever punctual me ended up waiting for 1 & half hours before the rest of the gang turned up. Haiz talk abt new year resolutions, I think punctuality should be their top priority.

Anyway, while waiting for the busiest of us all, we entertained ourselves outside Fullerton hotel deciding where to go for our dinner.

Nice guy with two lousy girls.

Mr Busiest finally arrived around 8 plus. B'cos it's getting quite late, we decided to walk back towards Circular Rd for dinner at TCC which according to Blamer, serves quite decent food.

At the restaurant,

We decided against gg upstairs to sit on the bean bags cos we reckon it will be quite a hassle to eat dinner that way. But the sofa was so comfy too.

We ordered our drinks (hope I can remember the names correctly)

I ordered the "Strawberry Tea". Taste more strawberry then tea though.

Organiser went for some mango yogurt drink I think.

Busiest order Passion fruit freeze.

Blamer here ordered "Oreo MilkShake" I tasted it but it is not really that nice.

For the food, we order some side dishes first 'cos we were really hungry after waiting for each other for so long.

Potota wedges with cheese dip. Although it's just normal wedges, but to four very hungry ppl, I think they are heavenly, ha ha.

Now this is a Cher's recommendation dish. Think it is beef with tofu and cheese. This is really unique and the minced beef is savory and very fragrant. Definitely a must try.

Organiser ordered the Meatball Gratin, I think the meatball is nice, but she never let me eat the pasta leh. Sianz

Busiest make a mistake by order this Seafood Aglio Olio. It's a super spicy dish. ha ha. The thumb's up was of cos before he had taken a bite of his food. Too bad I din capture his perspiring face but he was definitely relieved after he had finished the meal. Maybe next time they should specify that it's a spicy dish. : )

Blamer ordered a chicken dish, while I ordered a fish dish with miso sauce. I like the chicken dish more though, it's grilled to perfection, charred around the skin, but the meat is still tender and juicy. The fish is a little too chewy for my liking, the miso sauce tasted kinda weird as well. However, I do like the small mushrooms side dish.

After our dinner, we decided to take a walk down to Clarke quay for dessert. Busiest and me desperately needed the walk or else we will have to loosen our belts to contain anymore desserts.

We decided upon Haagen Daz since I still have a $10 voucher with Blamer (aka voucher keeper).

A group photo w/o me : (

Blamer decided to compensate me since I looked so sad...

Me recovered ! ! !

We ordered the Fruit Blossom with 6 choices of ice cream. Each of us got to pick one. Organiser chose strawberry cheesecake which I find very "bu sow", but I think she liked it very much. Other flavours include : Tiramisu, Rum n Raisins, Green Tea, Cookies n Chocolate and the classic Belgium Chocolate.

Before,

During... ...

After!

A lot of whip cream was wasted in the process of devouring our dessert. But still, quite like this dessert because of the fresh apple slices and the strawberries. I like the spoon and the service by the waiter and waitresses as well. Kudos especially to the perfectionist waiter who took quite a couple of shots before we finally got our PERFECT group photo!

We should do this more often guys ^_^

New Year Eve dinner @ Bliss

We had our New Year Eve dinner @ Bliss (a restaurant located in the middle of Punggol Park) with Dennis+Ariel and their frens.

Here a picture of us walking to Bliss:

Cam-whoring while waiting for the food to come:

The Lim brothers + their GFs

The other pair of brothers + their GFs

Finally, the drinks are here ... Mikeshakes + Mocktails (no alcohol cuz all are driving, hee)

We ordered 3 different types of mocktail, but somehow, we can't really differentiate between the drinks, since they all looked the same to me

Leecher's drink - shirley temple (glass with 1/2 orange-white colour); my drink - Tutti-Frutti (orange colour glass) and Dennis's drink - lemon frizz (glass with lemon by the side) tasted like soda water and we concluded that its the worst drink ever.

First up: bangels + mash. Since Dennis is a pro waiter, we decided to let him have the honour of serving us, heehee.

Us enjoying the food and our seat happens to overlook the Punggol pond. Breezy evening with nice food, perfect combination, yummy!

Other sides dishes ...

This luncheon fries (deep-fried luncheon meat cut into strips) is apparently Leecher's fave. He been "requesting" for it ever since we sat down at the restaurant.

Look at his anticipating face when the food finally came:

Dennis's before and after look when he finally tasted the luncheon fries

Haahaa, i totally agree with him!

Time for the main course: salmon and foie gras + beef.

The foie gras was super pathetic, couldn't even taste it. Think the ones that I had at Just Steak and One Rochester were definitely better. The salmon was still not bad.

After a night of feasting, it's time for Mahjong. Poor Dennis really couldn't play with 3 other gals, for he didn't even game in the first round. When we finally reached the last game of the 2nd round, the salt fish managed to flip and ended the night with:

Not a bad start to Year 2008. Everyone: HUAT AR!