Hi~ Time for another blog post. Going to make it a short one. Basically almost all my New Year's resolutions is not going well, especially the diet (Cough).. Recently I've also been spending on a lot of stuff and I need to start preparing for Lunar New Year and my trips which is around the corner. Not sure if I'm suppose to be excited.. But ye.
My officer's birthday
Secret Recipe 68 Orchard Rd, #03-18 Plaza Singapura, Singapore 238839
Hong Kong Sheng Kee Dessert 23 Serangoon Central, #B1-46 Nex
Overall Rating: 3/5
Environment: 3/5
Food variety: 3/5
Taste: 3/5
Service: 2.5/5
Went out with sister and had brunch at Secret Recipe and really, I just find it 'o-k' only. Their food is normal and the cake is super sweet. I wanted to order other cheesecakes but apparently everything is sold out!? Was kinda disappointed. The service is just meh too. Anyway. I'm super in love with white marble stuff lately. I was hoping to buy some white marble stuff back home and 'decorate' my room but I can hardly find any thing even though the mall is so big. Was looking for a nice wall art too but..!
So we went shopping at Nex after that and I bought a couple of blouses (So broke). Tried the duo cup from Black Ball too. All I can say is I think that it is really not worth it (LOL). And ye, dinner at Hong Kong Sheng Kee Dessert. Nothing special but ye just a opinion:
Overall Rating: 3/5
Environment: 2.5/5
Food variety: 3.5/5
Taste: 3/5
Service: 3/5
Friendly staff, and the place is brightly lit. And I think the best part is that they're opened till pretty late. It is not easy to find a proper eatery after retail hours so this is quite a good place to go.
Penang Culture (Penang Street Buffet)
1 Woodlands Square, #05-11/12 Causeway Point Singapore 738099
Overall Rating: 3/5
Environment: 2.5/5
Food variety: 2.5/5
Taste: 3/5
Service: 2/5
Went buffet with my colleagues after work yesterday. Always wanted to give Penang Street Buffet a try which I finally did yesterday. 'Once is enough'. It was a disappointment. I always have high expectation for it but the taste of the food is too average. Their variety is consider really little for a buffet too. Their seafood aren't really fresh. The nicest food there will be the Yam paste gingko nuts. It is really nice, even my colleagues agree. Second best will prolly be the Egg Tarts - it was soft and creamy (I had two!!). However their service is not really good (lol) and the seatings are actually really near each other. This family with so many kids was seated behind me so you can imagine how annoying it was. The kids keep hitting my chair and was so rowdy. I was really irritated so I turned and glared at them. Their mother saw and told them not to be so playful but (Rolls eyes).
Other than that I guess it is worth a try for experience though I wouldn't recommend anyone to go there. Told my mum there isn't really anything that is fabulous there but she still wants to try at least once so I guess some time later I would find myself there again. By the way I think we paid $34.70 per person only so ye it is still considered quite cheap. OH OH and one thing. The table is too high/the chairs is too low to eat comfortably. Would have to sit real straight to eat and if you're planning to go there please ensure that your armpits don't smell too cause you will find yourself 'airing' it when eating. Serious.
ANNND this is all for now and ye I hope I will stop eating ok goodnight.
Hi! A surprise came in the mail today. Someone special mailed this headset to me all the way from Sweden. Apparently it is suppose to be a Christmas present but it only reached today (LOL). This is my first (Razer) headset. Its wire is in such a sexy shade of green and it glows in green when I plugged it in my lappy, I love it. The cushions are really comfortable and cups the ear nicely, great sound isolation. The surround sound is pretty nice too. I definitely don't deserve such sweet treatment so I'm very grateful for everything.
Today is the first day of work for me in 2017. It is a half day so I knocked off at 3.15pm. June prepared a New Year gift for everyone (So sweet of her!). It was 'lucky draw' and I got the Macadamia Roca. I am so thankful for the lovely start of the year and the great/kind people around me. Looking forward to a great year ahead.
I shall start the 1st post of 2017 with my New Year's Resolutions:
Strict on diet and lose A LOT of weight
Work more overtimes
Save a few thousand dollars despite the overseas trips
Plan and save enough for Maldives trip in September for 2
Limit myself to not more than $300 (unnecessary) expenses per month
Keep this blog updated with proper content
Save up enough annual leaves for Korea trip in March 2018
Remain positive and spend adequate time on games during free time
Complete my driving license
That seems like a lot isn't it.. Nonetheless I will try my best to achieve everything this year, especially dead serious about the first one after this few days of celebration. Alright so I shall start blogging about my New Year celebration. It was super tiring, I walked so much in my new pair of sandals so my foot swell and it still hurts. I am so glad that I changed my mind on wearing heels.. So I've went to several places and the experiences was actually all just 'meh'.
OOTD - Black top and Mustard Skort
Buffet with colleagues at
Sakura International Buffet
210, Ang Mo Kio Ave 9
#01-208, Singapore 569777
Overall Rating: 2.5/5
Environment: 3/5
Food variety: 2.5/5
Taste: 3/5
Service: 2.5/5
So to start off the day, I went to the buffet brunch with my colleagues. I've made an reservation a day before via the phone cause I thought it will be packed as it is New Year's Eve. Turns out it's quite empty.. So we reach there at about 1.20pm or so. When we enter the place, the receptionist is busy on the phone taking reservation or something so we are left there waiting until a lady approach and take us to our seats. At first she led us to a rather small table (For 6 full grown adults..) so we requested for the bigger round table at the side. She was busy telling us what-to-do-what-to-do the entire time that I felt that she could actually listen to what we might need first.. Then she carried on with "Ok if you all want this table I can let you sit here..", then repeat some of the stuff she just said again. I can see that she is trying to be nice while reluctant to let us have the table for 8 (The table is actually just nice for us) but I just feel that their service has a huge room for improvement as even when I was making the reservation, the service I received was unprofessional.
I've been to their Admiralty Park branch many times before so I was expecting this branch to be better since it is the only revamped branch. Unfortunately I think the Admiralty branch is better than this.. There is not much food variety here, I didn't know what to eat (Even my colleagues agreed). There were also no Portuguese Bird Nest Egg tarts (Maybe there is but the counter was empty the entire 1h30min when I was there), no oysters.. And the Chili Crab promotion they're having? It took them quite a long time to serve, the Coin Prata that I can choose to come with it is also hard.. Not nice. The only thing nice about the entire buffet is prolly the Satay and the sauce. The peanut is fragrant. Other than that everything else is really 'meh'. Maybe it is a brunch buffet so the selections are so limited or it might just be the branch. The staff told my colleague that they are fully booked for the night. Honestly I can't imagine having dinner there and I wouldn't recommend anyone there either. It is not as big and spacious as it looks like from the outside, took the staff long time to replenish the food too.
Around 3pm my colleagues and I parted ways and I met up with my sister and company. We headed to Singapore Art Museum, got the tickets at $7.50 student price each (Hehehe). This is where the torture for my feets start.. It have been a few years since I've last been here. The entire tour was a bit rushed cause 'not enough time'. The rushing killed my feets and left me felt like I didn't really went to the Art Museum at all. :( Would prolly get back there when I have ample time to spare and when there's a more interesting exhibition.
My beloved sister, Angel.
The girls!
What I meant by I need to lose A LOT of weight..
Overall I would say, the exhibition is 'deep'. I didn't really have the time to understand most of the art pieces and my feets was already killing me so I didn't really have the heart to carry on.
After we are done touring both blocks and every single gallery, we took the MRT to Promenade and head to OSG Bar+.
3 Temasek Boulavard #0510/511, Suntec City Tower 1, Singapore, Suntec City, Las Pinas 038983
Overall Rating: 1.5/5
Venue: 3.5/5
Environment: 2.5/5
Food variety: 1/5
Taste: 1/5
Service: 2/5
I didn't manage to take a good picture of the bar as there were too many people walking around so I just took this from the internet. I am pretty upset with this bar, it almost ruined my day. Plus point will be its venue. It is easy to find but the only reason why I rated it a 3.5 is that the countdown event at Suntec was coincidentally just opposite the bar. So it would have been a nice place to chill and countdown at but we didn't even plan to countdown there in the first place.
So when we went into the bar, we stood around for a while until the staff notice our presence. The girls had already made an reservation few days ago. We actually wanted to just have dinner and a few drinks there INSIDE the bar. But we were led outside and when we requested, apparently they only have table for 4 instead of 6 inside (It got REALLY warm outside). Before we are seated, the staff told us that due to New Year's Eve, we will have to spend at least $50 per pax (Which means $300 for us). Honestly I really hate such requirements. All the requirements and seating availability weren't mentioned during the reservation too unlike some other bars/restaurants which made it very clear-cut. I was a bit pissed and a big half of me really want to just leave. I don't like feeling forced to order this and that just to hit the amount. But then I didn't want to spoil the girls' mood so I just went ahead since $300 is not much if we are drinking.
Shortly after we are seated, another staff got back to us with a tablet to order the food ourselves. I was very disappointed when I see the menu. The menu is quite pathetic. Of all bars I've been to, that was the first time I thought to myself 'WHAT AM I DOING HERE?". The menu selection is so limited and it doesn't appeal to me at all yet we are supposed to hit $300 somehow. There was also drinks with weird names that I thought of trying but there were no description/pictures of the drinks. By then I was really moody, tired, and SUPER WARM. I just wanted to get whatever I'm going to do there over and done with as soon as possible. So no, I didn't order any alcohol. Just went with Ice Lemon Tea ($6.90) and Fish and Chips ($17.90).
(Insert picture of Fish and Chips here)
Wanted to attach a picture of the Fish and Chips but then thought of how unworthy it is. The Fish and Chips were so dry (Jolene didn't even finish it), the Ice Lemon Tea taste diluted. Angel ordered Truffle Mee ($21.90), swear it is the most disgusting dish ever. It taste and smell horrible. I know truffle is suppose to smell 'gas-liked' but this Truffle Mee is really.. I know I will never be back again. Shu Hui and Jane tried the Aglio Olio ($17.90), I didn't try that but they say it is nice. So to anybody who is even thinking of going to OSG Bar+, order The Aglio Olio..
Our bill total up to $167.02. It would have been reasonable if the food tasted good lol. So ye we didn't hit $300. When the staff came to take the order earlier on, the conversation sort of went like this:
Me: Miss, your colleague told us just now that we will need to order at least $300 as it is New Year's Eve. But looking at your menu, I don't think we can hit that?
Staff: Oh.. Then how long will you be staying here?
Me: Don't have to worry we only want to have dinner here. We'll be leaving prolly even lesser than an hour or two.
Staff: Ok then it doesn't matter.
(And she just walked off)
At that point I don't even care about the staffs' attitude anymore. It was warm and uncomfortable. Needless to say, I didn't enjoy the dinner at all. We would have been better off eating at any restaurant in the mall. Also, you would have to pay first before your food is served so I paid with Visa. The staff took the card and the bill. Just when we are about to start eating, another staff came with another bill (!?!?!?!??!?!?!?). My card wasn't inside so I assume they're asking us to pay. So I'm pretty pissed lol. Moments later another staff came with the original bill and I actually said "What is happening?" but either he pretend that he didn't hear me or the countdown party music is too loud, he didn't respond and took both bill AND MY CARD (?!?!?!?) away after I've signed. Both Angel and I was dumbfounded lol. He then came back with my card after he realised 'what-is-happening'. What an experience.
After dinner, we then head to Connaught Drive as planned. The roadblocks were insane. Everywhere is blocked. We have to take the long way. The music there were nice but not loud enough.
We were supposed to get the picnic mats but somehow we didn't and just head to the flea market. The flea market was really short. We didn't really 'shop' because we are all tired. We kept walking and realise that there is a big screen ahead and everyone is watching X-Men. Totally regretted not getting the picnic mat first cause we sat down there and joined the crowd. It is really ticklish as most of us are wearing shorts.
The Flea Market
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It got unbearable a while later so we thought we should go to Marina Bay to get some food and find a place to rest. This is where the nightmare start. The roadblocks were really horrible. We took a super long way until this traffic light. There was a crowd and the crossing was blocked. They only let a few person pass at a time to the traffic light, and then from the traffic light the people will have to wait again until they can cross. We waited for about 5mins and decided that it is not happening. It is just impossible.. I think we might have to wait up to 40mins if we are lucky to cross that road. So we continued walking and we came back to the place where people are watching the movie. Ye we squeezed with the crowd and walked one big round for 30mins only to come back to the same place..
We actually thought of just heading back to the countdown party held near our house since everywhere in town is packed/blocked. So we reach the flea market and got ourselves drinks (I got the Peach Lemonade at $2. It is so good! Or maybe I'm just too thirsty..) and sat on this empty stage to rest before we head back. We got too comfortable eventually and settled there. We waited about an hour before we walked to the center of the field to catch the fireworks.
Ready for the fireworks
.. And the clock finally strikes 12!
And we walked into 2017 from the happening and tiresome 2016 together. May everyone achieve their New Year's Resolutions and be healthy. Happy New Year!
Its New Year's Eve! I am really happy because of the long holiday I will be getting. Also I've been overeating this few days and I will still be later (What am I doing with my life).. But ye. Tomorrow is the last day of 2016, I am going to celebrate and countdown like I'm still a young 16 year old girl. Really I think I will prefer staying in and laze in bed but I thought I should get my ass out and squeeze in the crowd to make myself feel a little bit better (That I'm not wasting my life away doing 'nothing' LOL).
Alright so if everything go as planned, I will be dead tired by 1st Jan. I will first be meeting my colleagues at around 1pm to get our brunch fixed at Sakura International Buffet. Yes, BUFFET. So more like brunch and dinner and supper and brunch for 1st Jan instead of BRUNCH.. After that which is prolly late afternoon already, I will be heading down to Bras Basah to meet my sisters and company at the Singapore Art Museum (I have no idea why SAM but since it had been a long time anyway..).
When we are done with whatever, we will be heading to OSG Bar at Suntec for dinner (!!!!!!) then finally head to the countdown market opposite Esplanade, along Connaught Drive. Apparently this countdown market is just a flea market with many local craftsmen and food stores, then we will just be sitting around on the free picnic mat that will be handed out while we admire the fireworks. Ye, "picnic under the night sky". Never been to such countdown market and didn't knew it existed until my sister told me about it so we'll see. Not expecting much though. ANYWAY SO JUST IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF EATING LATER.. Swear I'm dead serious about being on a strict diet from 1st Jan onwards. The buffet then dinner at the bar then picnic!? Not even sure if I can make it to the end of the day after my buffet brunch. I will try to have some self-control..
Finally when everything 'end' and the girls too tired to stay outside, we'll prolly squeeze with everyone else in the MRT and head back home. Just hope that it will be a enjoyable day and that everything will be 'worthwhile'. It is like 2am now already after I'm done typing all this. I better get some rest so that I can make it back alive tomorrow. Definitely unable to post this at 12am sharp later so to everyone,
It's coming to the end of the year again with lots of celebrations going on. People celebrating Christmas, New Year's Day, Lunar New Year, following closely with Valentine's Day et cetera. For me, I prefer celebrating Christmas to any other festival. I enjoy doing the plannings and making the effort for surprises, to make somebody else's day special and memorable. Usually.. My surprises comes in forms of gifts.
Christmas 2015
In 2015, my mum kept complaining about her phone (Samsung S3) not working well. So I got her a new smartphone - Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (I'm not a very stingy person, at least not to my family xd). But then to keep it a surprise, I had to buy a non-contract one (It is like way more expensive) which I did in the end anyway. It was like 998 SGD, can't quite remember. And for my dad, he likes to use Nokia brick phones and refuse to 'upgrade' for some reason (Old people's thingy) but I thought I will just get him a smartphone too. I got him the Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace at 198 SGD only I think. The phone is easy to use and most importantly the screen is big enough. As for my sister, I got her the large duck (She named it 黄黄 LOL) at like 20 SGD cause it was on sale. She had been like "THAT DUCK IS SO CUTE" whenever we pass by Kiddy Palace or see little kids dragging their smaller duckies in the malls so I got her the large one as a surprise and hid it in the box (She thought she wasn't getting anything since I've already spent a lot on my parent's gifts).
That Christmas is probably the most memorable one because they were all really surprised and none of them would have ever expected me to get smartphones as Christmas presents. Reason being, I'm not loaded and was 'only' 19 years old, and that we are not even Christians in the first place so celebrating Christmas should really just be simple giftings. But still, my family and I spent about 1800 SGD that Christmas (Mum got us Guy Laroche wallets ^^ ).
Oh and if you realise the super cute mini Christmas tree drawing (LOL), I pasted it there so that we can put the gifts on the floor since there is no way I'm going to buy a Christmas tree to put there once a year.
Christmas 2016
Christmas present for my sister
The pictures say it all. This year I got my sister a MacBook Pro for Christmas. She had never dreamt that I would get her a MacBook Pro so just imagine how blank she looks like when she opens her gift (LOL). Few days before Christmas we went shopping for my parent's gifts and she was all like "WHY ARE YOU SO STINGY JUST BUY ME A WATCH IT'S ONLY $300+??" as I had no intention of buying anything for her on that day. I have actually bought her a few watches this year, so she kept grumbling about how I just refuse to get her another Fossil watch or the Adidas NMD Shoes for Christmas. At a point of time I almost told her that I do love her and have actually gotten her a MacBook Pro because I felt really bad that I wasn't going to buy that watch in the showcase which I would if it weren't already 'too much'. Well aside from love, reason why I've decided to get her the MacBook Pro is because she did really well for her exam (Proud sister here).
As for my parents, we got 2 shirts for dad and 2 belts for mum and all the gifts I got were tops (I actually like them alot). My sister got me a Reebok top (Prolly the most expensive gift she has ever given me LOL) when I asked for a PJ. By the way something about my family: we really hate getting gifts for each other. We have no idea what to give cause really, we have everything we need already.
So ye this is how I celebrated my Christmas this 2 years. What about you? =D May the peace and joy that Christmas brings always be with you and your family, Merry Christmas!
Hello there everyone, it have been a really long time since I last blogged. I used to host and update many blogs but I lost interest years back and stopped. Lots of things happened throughout these years and just kinda mould me into another (better?) person. My priorities, my 'dreams', my perspectives to life and how I feel about many things/people have changed.
So just a brief update about me. I'm currently working, still 'sick', and fat. I've been working for quite a few years now and it does feel good to be capable of financing myself with activities, overseas trips, 'expensive' gifts for people, and practically just almost everything that I want to do. I am considering going back to school but I guess it wouldn't be that soon as there are still stuffs that I want to do before that. As for being 'sick', I've gotten better as compared to last time but still, ye. And WELL, about the fat part, I've actually started to diet and I lost couple of kgs. However with Christmas and New Year around the corner, hopefully my effort won't go to waste.. :'(
Now why am I back to blog? I'm blogging again basically because I thought of making this a platform only to share and record all the special occasions and happenings. It would be nice to have some moments penned down (actually honestly because I can store all the pictures here instead of losing it years later T_T). Well, I just don't want to forget some people and the precious moments we shared.
Its Christmas Eve today and I just got back from work (half day yay). I've gotten some gifts for my parents and prepared a surprise for my sister (Surprised my parents last year, will write about it with this year's Christmas post later). I'm super excited right now and can't wait for all of them to come back from work. I've also ordered pizzas for later tonight. No, I'm not Christian but I enjoy Christmas more than Lunar New Year. It's fun and entertaining and full of joy and happiness.
Will end the post here and play some games while waiting for night to fall. Merry Christmas Eve!
