Weekend Brunch at Forlino!

02 June 2013

It's a 1-for-1 weekend brunch at Forlino!  很久没哪样放出来狂吃了！*evilroar*

And yes, with the Yeos - the missus injured her leg and hence unable to go for her weekly church lancing so they readily agreed when I jio-ed them.  Teehee!  If not for the 1-for-1 offer, we wouldn't have go cos it comes with a hefty price tag of $88++ per pax and I thought the brunch hours would be like 11.30am to 3pm but it is only 12noon to 2.30pm!  Crazy.

They served everything from the menu and we can re-order what we like from the selection.  Despite having stated clearly that no shorts/bermbudas/slippers are allow in the restaurant, I still see guys strolling in with their shorts and slippers!  PUI!  I shouldn't have followed the dress code and get my ah Thiang to come in his shorts and slippers comfortably for the lunch.  #complaincomplaincomplain

We really finished the brunch at 2.30pm and spent the rest of the Saturday in Expo where we explored all the whatever Motherhood, IT, Furniture and Food fairs till our late dinner at Bedok 85!  I think I have exerted all my strength consumed during the buffet to move around the fairs in Expo and ended up with bodyache and sorethroat for the rest of my weekend.  Not very smart move.  :(  #feelinweak

Easter Weekend!

01 April 2013

Happy April's Fool Day!

What do most Singaporean do over their long Easter weekend?  Dining out, movie and shopping?

I kick-start mine on the Thursday night:

Catching a late night movie because don't have to wake up early the next day - watched Ip Man, The Final Fight.  I really like the wat Anthony Wong acted in the movie.  So good.  He was like a man of little words yet humor with words between words (you know what I mean...).

Trying out the new dim sum place with the family then realizing there is also nothing much you can do after tea then you go for a walk in the mall on a hot sunny day and decided to have an early dinner to avoid the weekend crowd.

Accompany the husband to get his new toy and have brunch then goof around at some car roadshow and end the day with a long evening walk home after an affordable yet OK meal at an economical Japanese restaurant nearby home (one of the many advantages living in town area... almost everywhere is walkable distance).

Brunch with the husband at The Orange Thimble!

 

Goofing around Volvo roadshow checking out their adult-size child safety seat! (see... we looked so cuteeeee!)

 

Clear up the overdues grooming session on a Sunday simply because I is too free and too busy on a weekday.  But it always feels good after a good pedicure session... now my nails can has new coat of paint!

Well.  There is so much a Singaporean can do with so little places to hoover on this little red dot island.  I wished we have more places to go - the pak tor days are over... boooooo (is have lah, ah Thiang says these new attractions will be packed with tourist and people mountain people sea... so gonna check it out much later I guessed.).

But for now, I had all the above checked off the bucket list!  I am indeed a truely Singaporean.  Can't wait for my next retreat to Bali in the next 19 days time!  Whoooopwhooop.



Excursion with Bishan Home's Residents!

25 March 2013

Sharing my first experience in participating an excursion with the residents from Bishan Home organized by Bishan CC YEC - one word; CHALLENGING.

Yes, my second time doing volunteering work.  The group chartered a bus and brought the residents to Singapore Flyer (initial plan was also to visit Gardens by the Bay too but due to the scorching weather and time constrain, we only managed to visit one location but that means we have the next time to bring them out!) and we had lunch at the Singapore Food Trail before sending them back to the home.

ah Thiang was allocated to another capsule - so just the three of us! / View from our capsule! / The capsule of us! / Careen and me / Sim Cik and me / My partner Moi and me (she was a woman of very little words... very cool okay, hardly wanna join us to take photo - see, she didn't even wanna smile! I think she likes to sing coz I heard her humming to a tune on the ride back!) / Group photo - total about 40 of us!

 

Saturday brunch-out at Food for Thought at Botanic Gardens after volunteering with the Bishan Home and also managed to update a blog post in the evening after I 'replenished' my beauty sleep!  #meaningful Saturday!

 

"It's never about how much you have but how much you can give... Thanks y'all for helping out!" - quoted by Sim Cik  *psssst, thanks for the treat too, Sim Cik!

 

 

Sashimi & Dim Sum Weekend!

14 January 2013

Simple weekend; Just the two of us.

Feasting yummy food and watching series epsoides of Running Man together over the weekend.  I am missing my nap times...  :(

We are back again for nice and fresh sashimis at Sakuraya!  Kick-started our Saturday with a yummy sashimi brunch at 4pm-ish as ah Thiang is working (and for the next few Saturdays too).  Then a 'lil shopping around the mall and end our Saturday evening with a foot massage (overheard the masseuse attending to me won the lottery first prize!  it's worth a 10grant leh!).  Life's good.

Then on Sunday, we had dim sum breakfast with the papa-inlaw at the newly opened 陆羽茶楼 in Chinatown Point!  We are the first customer at 10am (they opened at 8am on weekends and we actually booked the table in advance just in case it gets crowded like Yan Palace) but in the picture, we like booked the whole restaurant!  Haha.  Crowd only started to come in like after 11am...  I liked the deco especially the wall with full of chopsticks and was told that they operates under the same management as Kenko Wellness (what a diversement of investment!).

Well, the 皮蛋粥 was the worst I ever had.  Not sure if it was my taste bud or what, very super bland and I thought I can salvage the taste by adding soya sauce but it just got worser... yikeeees!  Not cheap you know, cost S$5.90++ per serving/bowl.  Any other porridge stall would have served much tastier bowl at S$4.  Aside from the poor-tasting porridge, it was siew-mai-licious and they served not-too-bad dumplings and pork-ribs too.

Our spending last weekend, coughed up to S$400... my poor husband needs to cut down on his expenditure in the next coming weeks... *cough cough*

Jessie's Birthday!

15 July 2012

Was unwell for almost the WHOLE week.  MC-ed.  An undigestive gastric, vomitted at least three times... then cold with fever, later suspected case of dengue fever and went blood test and result was negative (PHEW!).  Doctor recommended that I should start on my antibotics for a course of 5-days after the results showed that my white cells are seriously infected.  At least for now, I am on the road to recovery...  *body-ache-ING*  Not much of updates for this week but some overdue highlights from last Sunday's adventure!

We celebrated Jessie's birthday!  祝Yeo-嫂福入东海，寿比南山！(this was meant to be updated last week. hee. same lah, huart ah!!!)  I decided on the venue which was Dean & Deluca, located at Orchard Central.  A newly open cafe (in fact it was very popular among the States)... we had brunch date after their church service.  It was a brunch-treat for Jessie.  #You'rewelcome  Had a long wait and we are required to queue again to order our food.  Well, ah Thiang is now so against brunch-out after my recommendations to trying all the cafes that received good reviews.  To him, they were only boo-boo... over-rated and over-priced for some poached eggs with bread.

Long Q outside Dean & Deluca / ah Thiang testing out the honey samples killing his boredom / Cam-whore before it's our turn to order FOOD! / We started off with desserts then mains >_<" / The 'petrol-smelling' Portobello Cheesesteak Burger

After brunch, we had an impromptu adventure to the zoo >>> YES.  Night Safari!  Birthday gal gets free entry.  Booo!!!  (Ok lah, we also free entry... ah Thiang used his points to redeem the entry tickets.  Heh).  It was our first time to Night Safari!  Invited mom-in-law as senior citizens gets half-priced!  Oh oh, Yeo also has a 30% discount too!  Everyone was so happy.  The whole adventure was so 'tiam- tiam'... we got to the zoo early and have a quick bite before the gates opens at 7pm sharp and left the zoo after hoping the last tram ride at 11.30pm!  See, tiam anot?  LOL!  Who says no one goes zoo on Sundays?!?!

We ended the night having a mid-night dinner at Upper Thomson Road and hit the sack at 2am!  No. More. Such Sunday adventure.  Everyone of us had a 'hangover'.  But it was an enjoyable one.  :)

At the entrance / Getting our tickets at the counter!!! / Quick bite at Bongo / Birthday gal with her special zoo badge! / Fire spitting performance / the correct marking of "Zebra-crossing" / Creatures of the Night show which scared the hell out of my mom-in-law & Jessie! / Final shot of us at the last tram ride!

Brunch weekend with Love at L'etoile

03 June 2012

It's a weekend date with ah Thiang!  Spending alittle "just the two of us" time over the weekend after returning from my work trip in Jakarta.

Went Francfranc, a newly opened jap-style furniture shop at Vivo City then a brunch date at L'etoile with ah Thiang.  The cafe, located at a quiet corner of Owen Road junction has an old dressing table, sewing machine, old design sofas and chairs and some hand paint drawings on the wall as part of the cafe deco.  Giselle's Closet team joined us shortly after their photoshoot... and this became a brunch date with the gang!  (OK, I am not complaining... the more the merrier, tio bo?)  ++MUAHAHAHA!++

It's GSS!  We spent the rest of the weekend shopping in town... It's dangerous to come to town, there are SALE signs everywhere!  We also went Kinokuniya to buy few copies of Her World Brides' June-September 2012 issues for distribution... becauseeeeee, we are featured in the magazine!  So have to buy a few copies and give to family members for keepsake and also a copy just to cut out the page and scan into our HDD mah!  It's heavy to carry thick magazines like these leh... sam till waiting for SPH to send us the complimentary copy wor...  (A separate post of this shortly!)

Brunch date with the Gohs!

19 May 2012

Finally made it to Choupinette after much reading about their nice brunch sets!

Parking around Bukit Timah was horrendous.  It took them so long to get a parking lot at the nearby mall... and the brunch date was almost called-off.  So no more meetups / brunch / kopi(s) along Bukit Timah...

Choupinette located at a corner at the junction of Coronation Walk that serves very yummy brunch sets.  Eggs benny sets serves poached eggs with a choice of ham, smoked salmon or spinach on toasted bread and the set comes with a small glass of juice and a hot drink.  Really no regret having brunch here (although we had a long wait for our date to arrive for brunch...)!

I must say, prices are on the high side... S$21/set for two eggs, two pieces of bread and ham/smoked salmon plus two drinks.  Their 'big breakfast' set cost S$19...  The bill coughed out to be about $90+ for a brunch of four-and-a-half (including Widjaya's kids' set).  Price OK not OK?

Mmm, but seems alot of Gen X & Y are here for their brunch (they seemed richer than those days we were still youngsters...).  Last time we where have the money to splurge on such meals one... at most is McDees after school or weekend breakfast paid for using our own pocket moneyde wor!  #thosewerethedayswhenwearestillkids

After brunch, it was an impromptu trip to Har Par Villa with the Gohs!  I was caught off guard and did not bring my anti-sun weapon out!  Lucky me, I wore long sleeves... but will still try to take cover every now and then within the shades while treaking along the hillsteps.  Heeee!

It didn't take long for us to 'complete' the tour.  Halfway through, everyone was complaining HOT... and went for a much-needed water break at a nearby god-forsaken canteen.  There you find old vending machine, dispensing NON-chilled can drinks!  ++HOW can it be happening on sucha HOT HOT HOT Saturday++  Don't think we will be back to continue the '18 Level Hell' tour anytime soon...  Heh!  Surprised that there are still fair bit of new visitors strolling into the villa that caught my eyes while we make our way out to the carpark...  MmMmm, what are theses people thinking...?  Either STB is doing a good job or the tour information hasn't been updated somewhere somehow...  :P

Happy Short Week Ahead!

8 November 2011

YAY!  Starting my 1st work day after a loooooooooooong week of leave for my bridal photoshoot and a loooooooooong weekend... feeling so lost coming to work... almost forget how to go to office in the morning!  And counting down... 3 more days to another weekend!  HOOT!!!

Last Sunday Popa, Moma and I went for brunch nearby Farrer Park MRT - after walking to first 2 choices of places we wanted brunch there (kopishop next street to Mustafa for satay, fried carrot cake etc... and Swee Choon for dim sum!) but was closed.  CLOSED on a Sunday... a BAD choice!  Ended up having atas mix pork organ soup...  Popa says they have another main branch at Lavender foodcourt which is MUCH much nicer so we are not coming back here!  >_<"  After brunch, we went shopping at Robinsons (Moma bought me new luggage!  SALE SALE SALE!  It was a 29" white luggage!!!  Cool ah!  My red spiddy can stay home liao...), we met the Yeo's for dinner at Spageddies... man, they are under-staffed!  Service super slow... no like!!!  It was a bad service Sunday.  :(

Spent our long weekend with the Yeo's by indulging ourselves with ice-creams (scopes and tubs of them!), evening walk with the dogs and ending the night with kopi-ing at my "That Coffee Place" after dinner at Long House!  Me becoming a bridezilla in no time!

See the new cover I got onto my iPhone 4?  ah Thiang bought me this cuteeeeeeeeeeee earphone jack accessory to top off my Kate Spade cover!  ++SHWEEEEEEET++  And over lunch today, I spotted the cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee earphone jack accessory (which he said it looks cool when we saw it over the internet) while I was looking for fushia pink USB cables!  I FOUND IT!  I FOUND IT!!  ... and I BOUGHT IT!  Gona surprise him with this little pressie!  :)

Rock with Elmo! > Dinner at Spageddies > New cover and earphone jack accessory for my NEW iPhone > ice-cream indulgence over the long weekend > Yummy 卤鸭饭 > spotted a bling-ed car door on our way home!

Just received a call from bridal shop... our photos will be ready for preview on 1 December!  Imma happy girl tonight!  ++SMILING FROM EAR TO EAR!++