Showing posts with label Besties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Besties. Show all posts
Hidayah's Hen's Dinner
The girls met up for a nice dinner/catchup at Fika over the weekend! We wanted something more elaborate for Hidayah but it was near Ramadan period and her wedding is going to be 3 weeks after. In order not to stress her out, we settle for something simple :)
Joyce brought along some photobooth props she got from Taiwan.
Oh look at our mom-to-be! Being gangster and all.
Love her expression when she unwrapped the presents. "This doesn't cover anything!" Well yes sweetheart it's not meant to. Hilarious I swear. I laughed so hard I developed a headache thereafter.
Some photo fun :)
Love you sweethearts!
"Growing old is unavoidable, but never growing up is possible" - Johnny Depp.
Nothing describes us better than this quote from the Depp. 11 years and counting girlies! (plus one more Sagittarius baby soon in November! I already love this child - same star sign I'm sure we will hit it off right away!)
Good Saturday
Had an amazing Saturday hanging out with the JC friends and celebrating Shiyuan's birthday over at Zeffir with some seriously good and authentic Russian/Uzbekistan food. Who would have expected such good food in this little hole in the wall in Little India? I sure didn't. Haha. The Borsch soup was rich and is one of the must-trys. I like how cozy and homely the setting is, perfect for small gatherings (the whole place takes about less than 30 people I think). Do try the Kompot (home-made drink made from apple, plums and grapes) and Shashliks too!
I would recommend going with a group of friends so you can order a variety of food to share! :)
Zeffir Russian and Uzbekistan Restaurant
70 Dunlop Street
Headed off to Tom's Palette for some home-made ice cream thereafter and we managed to embarrass Shiyuan (and ourselves of course) by singing him a birthday song. If you haven't tried their ice cream, you should. It's creamy and extremely flavorful. Not forgetting they have a variety of flavors that you can't find in most cookie-cutter ice cream outlets, like salted egg yolk and and chocolate stout. There's also a workshop you can sign up to make your own ice cream! Students from all local universities get 10% off ;)
Tom's Palette
100 Beach Road
#01-25 Shaw Leisure Gallery
This is already the 11th year we are celebrating each other's birthdays. I feel old just thinking about it. Hahaha. It's been an incredible journey for all of us, slogging through A levels, University, overseas stints, work life, love and marriages together. We have been with each other through all the major milestones in each other's lives. It's not an easy feat and I'm glad we are still going strong :)
Cedric will be heading off to Ohio really soon (for his PhD) after his wedding in 2 weeks time. Christmas visiting plans are in the works already! Hahaha. Wendy's plans to study/further her career in Australia is also starting to take shape as well (after her house arrive in September). Jiahui got rid of his crazy boss and is moving on to greener pastures in a month's time. Jonathan's prepping for his wedding too. My new manager is coming in next week and hopefully things will progress for the better in office as well ;) I love how well everything is going for all of us :)))
I ended the night at The Coastal Settlement (gotta go back and try their brunch one of these days). Kenneth came back from Hong Kong for the weekend and we had a hell of a time discussing about his new cafe idea and Kelvin's upcoming stag night in Bangkok (again!). Miss these folks so much lahhh.
Life has been good so far. A lot to give thanks for :) Have a great Sunday everyone :)
I would recommend going with a group of friends so you can order a variety of food to share! :)
Zeffir Russian and Uzbekistan Restaurant
70 Dunlop Street
Headed off to Tom's Palette for some home-made ice cream thereafter and we managed to embarrass Shiyuan (and ourselves of course) by singing him a birthday song. If you haven't tried their ice cream, you should. It's creamy and extremely flavorful. Not forgetting they have a variety of flavors that you can't find in most cookie-cutter ice cream outlets, like salted egg yolk and and chocolate stout. There's also a workshop you can sign up to make your own ice cream! Students from all local universities get 10% off ;)
Tom's Palette
100 Beach Road
#01-25 Shaw Leisure Gallery
This is already the 11th year we are celebrating each other's birthdays. I feel old just thinking about it. Hahaha. It's been an incredible journey for all of us, slogging through A levels, University, overseas stints, work life, love and marriages together. We have been with each other through all the major milestones in each other's lives. It's not an easy feat and I'm glad we are still going strong :)
Cedric will be heading off to Ohio really soon (for his PhD) after his wedding in 2 weeks time. Christmas visiting plans are in the works already! Hahaha. Wendy's plans to study/further her career in Australia is also starting to take shape as well (after her house arrive in September). Jiahui got rid of his crazy boss and is moving on to greener pastures in a month's time. Jonathan's prepping for his wedding too. My new manager is coming in next week and hopefully things will progress for the better in office as well ;) I love how well everything is going for all of us :)))
I ended the night at The Coastal Settlement (gotta go back and try their brunch one of these days). Kenneth came back from Hong Kong for the weekend and we had a hell of a time discussing about his new cafe idea and Kelvin's upcoming stag night in Bangkok (again!). Miss these folks so much lahhh.
Life has been good so far. A lot to give thanks for :) Have a great Sunday everyone :)
Peperoni Pizzeria @ Frankel Ave
Met up with the girls at Peperoni Pizzeria @ Frankel Avenue! It's still standing at a headcount of 8 so far. When are we ever reaching 10! Hahaha.
We gorged ourselves silly with a 21-inch pizza, loads of risotto and very very sinful (but oh so good) desserts while updating each other what is happening in our lives. Julia's road biking training, my half-marathon training, Clara's photography stories, WenLing and Clara's baking tales, Yunwen's cooking adventures, amazing progresses at work, Alicia's hilarious take on Singapore's media industry.
It was definitely an evening well spent :)
We gorged ourselves silly with a 21-inch pizza, loads of risotto and very very sinful (but oh so good) desserts while updating each other what is happening in our lives. Julia's road biking training, my half-marathon training, Clara's photography stories, WenLing and Clara's baking tales, Yunwen's cooking adventures, amazing progresses at work, Alicia's hilarious take on Singapore's media industry.
It was definitely an evening well spent :)
Thank you lovelies for the wonderful evening! Can't believe how frequent the meetups have been since last year :)
And yes may the sporty outing materialize soon! :)
A month in summary
The last few weeks have been a whirlwind of dinners, meetups, more dinners and well you get the idea. It's after all MY birthday season! Hahaha. Well everyday is supposed to a celebration anyway, isn't it ;)
It's already (gasp) December 16! 9 days to Christmas and 15 days till a brand new year. Time is jetting me by at crazy speed and I'm pretty sure it's the same for the rest of you :)
The view at Level 33 is amazing. The skies were clear that night and the view of Singapore's skyline was breathtaking. That being said, the microbrewery's beer (so much for being a brewhouse!) is not quite up to mark. Well I guess with a view like that, it doesn't really matter! Hahaha.
It's already (gasp) December 16! 9 days to Christmas and 15 days till a brand new year. Time is jetting me by at crazy speed and I'm pretty sure it's the same for the rest of you :)
I actually have yet to do a proper update for a month! Well minus the filler posts inbetween. Hahaha. People who knows me well have full knowledge that I'm terrible at remembering anything. So I can only look through my iPhone photos and try to remember what happened to me in the last few weeks.
Dinner at Fika (Swedish restaurant) @ Arab Street with the girls! (Oh remember the day I met my Angel who appeared right when I needed her to shelter me with an umbrella).
Absolutely love this bunch of girls - we have been through 10 years and its amazing we are still the same bunch of crazy people. Love you girlies! :) And yes, I cannot wait for Hidayah and Joyce to get married :)
There was the ultimate KFC/Pizza gathering with the JC folks at Evelyn's house. One year on and so much have changed! Bro has proposed to his long time girlfriend and Evelyn and Jeremy are now parents! :)
Don't mind the candles - it was a very feeble attempt to get all romantic and stuff. We ended the night with Argo and major plans to hike Mt Kinabalu next year (together with Fireflies forest and river rafting). Cannot.wait.man!
Don't mind the candles - it was a very feeble attempt to get all romantic and stuff. We ended the night with Argo and major plans to hike Mt Kinabalu next year (together with Fireflies forest and river rafting). Cannot.wait.man!
There was the dinner at RedDot Dempsey and drinks at Level 33 with an excellent view of Singapore.Food at RedDot was good. Or maybe the crowd was great and hence overall everything was great. Haha.
I actually can't remember in details what I ate there, except for pizza, a really delicious salmon avocado salad (you know how I hate salads but this is really nice) and too much spicy wings. And you should be able to tell by now I would fail terribly as a food critic or blogger or whatever. Eating is one of my core skills, writing about them is not. Hurhur.
The view at Level 33 is amazing. The skies were clear that night and the view of Singapore's skyline was breathtaking. That being said, the microbrewery's beer (so much for being a brewhouse!) is not quite up to mark. Well I guess with a view like that, it doesn't really matter! Hahaha.
And then there was the dinner at Keong Saik Snacks:
It's a nice quaint little dining place off Keong Saik road and serves.. well really good food but in super small portions. I don't deny the food tasted good, but it's so overpriced for its serving size! That cup of fries (to be honest tasted OKAYYYY) cost $6! Pretty sure I could have polished that off in like under a minute. My Jason's Very Hotdog is probably the most filling thing on the menu and costed around $19. I probably won't visit again unless I feel like I have a lot of spare cash to spend.
We moved over to the bar, which is just next door. It's called The Library and you would need to get password of the day from Keong Saik Snacks. I presume they share the same owner since they share the same menu for bar snacks. The password for the day was Candy Cane but I first heard it as Tender Gay. I repeated it (loudly may I add...) like 4 times before the server realized I got it wrong. It was really awkward. Hahaha.
After verifying you and your group of friends have the right password, the lady will point to the bookshelf and you are supposed to pull the shelf open. Alas! Behind the bookshelf is a tucked away bar (sits around maybe 20-30 people?). It's really dark so be careful when you first enter and give your eyes some time to adjust. They have really some really cute drinks (which are quite overpriced as well). I had a non-alcoholic one called Daddy's Pink Shirt - taste like pink lemonade.
Juju came home last weekend and threw a party at Grandma's. It's been some time since we had a celebration at Grandma's. Ever since Grandpa passed away 5 years ago, she didn't want any form of celebrations at home, not even her birthday.
Thanks Juju for making the effort and it was a really good get-together with everyone in the family and extended family :)
I'm pretty sure there were a few more dinners like the one at the Ramen place in Raffles City (I can't even remember the name..), La Cantine (their baby quich and truffle fries are to die for), L'opretta (will write about that soon!), copious servings of desserts at Canele, drinks at Harry's (mini fish and chips are awesome), lunches at Wee Nam Kee (god I can never get tired of eating chicken rice) and many more.
It's a miracle I can still fit into my clothes.
Inbetween all these meals, I caught Argo twice, had a free ticket to SPH's preview of The Hobbit, had too many office parties and put my hand up to be Wendy's helper on the ROM day. Now I just hope my new gown gets delivered on time. If not, I will wear my second choice(s) - the purple Geek goddess dress or the pink short toga one. HMMM. Choices choices! No harm storing that many gowns in the wardrobe since I have tons of weddings coming up. Hurhur.
Now I have to go work on my year end post (so many things to reflect on and so many resolutions for the coming year!) and many more stuff to clear off my table for work.
Life has been really really good to me and there are so many things to be thankful for every single day. Thank you all the lovelies in my life and a huge thank you to the higher powers above! :)
Halloween 2012 @ USS
Scaring myself to death is slowly becoming my must-do for Halloween in recent years. Maybe I should try going for costume parties next time. Hahaha.
Anyhow, a bunch of us headed down to Universal Studios Singapore (USS) for its Halloween Night. The number of people is just crazy. These are the people waiting for the Sentosa Rail (get us to Sentosa Island where the USS is located). Some got fed up with the queuing and decided to walk instead. We almost wanted to do that since it's only about 20 minutes but some ladies were in heels so we scrapped that option.
and on..
and on..
Anyhow, a bunch of us headed down to Universal Studios Singapore (USS) for its Halloween Night. The number of people is just crazy. These are the people waiting for the Sentosa Rail (get us to Sentosa Island where the USS is located). Some got fed up with the queuing and decided to walk instead. We almost wanted to do that since it's only about 20 minutes but some ladies were in heels so we scrapped that option.
We were pretty lucky because we queued early and the crowd were cleared relatively quickly. Just remember not to get into EZ Link card problems. Hurhur.
We spent on average an hour queuing for each haunted house. The more popular ones like the Haunted Alley and the Insanitarium probably took slightly more than an hour. Didn't manage to take many pictures as well because I was either screaming/running for my life or just too tired from the heat and queueing to take decent photos. Hahaha. We didn't manage to cover all the haunted houses though because we were more concerned about having enough time to ride the Transformers 3D. Ok fine, that was actually the main dish for the night. Hahaha.
The Transformers ride was.....so.freaking.crowded. I've never queued so long for a ride, oh wait, make that anything, in my entire life. The queue just went on...
and on..
and on..
before we saw a glimpse of hope:
And guess what? The ride only lasted 5 minutes! HAHAHAHAHA. It was such a huge WTH moment when we realized it was only 5 minutes! Hahahaha. We spent almost 2 hours queueing for it! WTH! Hahahaha.
But I can die in peace now that I've taken the ride. I'm also done with this theme park for the time being. Hahaha.
Verdict of the night: Just pay that S$40 for the Express Pass if you are expecting some form of a crazy crowd. It's really really really worth it ;-)
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