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Wednesday, January 26, 2011


Mr Netto's last day in school! =( He'd be missed. He's one teacher who never failed to make the lessons interesting(no matter how boring some of the topics were), and he was open to ideas & such. Above's a pic of KL & him =)

It's also Colin's birthday!! I met the guy at around 6.30pm & we made our way to Holland V! It was raining, of all things. We made our way to Bistro Petit Salut & the friendly staff collected our soaking umbrellas while we went inside. Here's a menu of the available executive set dinner!

I had no idea that the entire place was awashed in the soft glow of candle flame, making the setting look romantic. Seriously, GG!! I think that I gave my friend the wrong impression =S
We placed our orders( C had beef, I had Mixed Seafood Risotto with prawn, scallop & squid with light cream emulsion)which had to wait for about 20 minutes(we were warned beforehand but I was cool with it)
Here's bread & butter!
And here's the requested ice water, which was replaced when the glass container was about 1/3 full.
It's relatively empty, since I suppose that the main group of people who dined here are busy working adults!
This is complimentary, since we had to wait for the mains. Half a prawn topped with caviar(from trout?)while sauteed veggies were at the base & drizzled with extra virgin olive oil. Yummeh! XD
Here's C & his dinner
A closer look at the beef(looks a little like a filet mignon...erm, then again, I think it is, judging by the price!)
Here's my risotto($28,I think)!
No offense, but I was quite insulted when he gave an unconstructive comment on my risotto. Since when do people step into restaurants & say such things?! The comment was fairly loud also. Gawddddd. There's only so much presenting that one can do for a risotto, but I can assure everyone that it's a well made risotto which made even the last bite lovely!! Succulent prawns! Scallops too! The sauce is fantastic! That's cheese on top of the risotto mound. The rice is al dente & delightfully chewy! I'd have enjoyed my risotto a lot more, were it not for the rude comment. =(
Best of all, he took a few bites of beef then requested for chili sauce("That's because the bloody taste makes me want to puke!"). Why on earth did he want to order medium rare is a mystery to me. He didn't finish the beef(about 75% eaten) & I felt kinda bad when the waitress asked him if there was anything wrong with it as she cleared our plates.
For dessert, I tried the creme brulee($10)! He only took 1 spoonful(more weird comments which I refuse to write here). Crunchy scorched sugar with satiny smooth vanilla custard made with REAL vanilla beans! Quite a lovely treat.
I definitely enjoyed the excellent service & food at this place, that's for sure! I'll go grab a person with more discerning tastebuds(or at least polite ones with a little more knowledge on etiquette) to eat here again! Pardon me if I sound disgruntled by the human company, because that is also important in making food taste better. (I once thought that this correlation between company & food tasting in manga was ridiculous, but I now know that it's true!) On the bright side, I got to know a bit more of my friend's life & such. I think, by now, everyone knows that he wants to join NJD!!!
Reached home at a relatively early time of 9pm! All in good time for me to study some histology.
Here's me for the day, smiley with braces. Don't like the new lip balm which makes me look kind of pale though.



Aww you're so cute!!

Sunday, January 23, 2011


It's the Winter Hokkaido Fair at Isetan! O.o

Went to orchard on a Wed & bought these! Yomogi dango & Mitarashi Kushi dango! Got there again on a Sat with the 2 ninjas! Went to have a study session earlier with ZR at JE lib until 5, then met up with GM at JE & the 3 of us made our way there! Had a mini debate about hip hop matters & donating to the poor XD

I guess that the guys were disappointed about the fair(located in a supermarket, no less)cos they don't like sampling as much as I do! Gawd, GM repeatedly poked a vacuum packed rice while standing next to ZR, who kinda got thoroughly embarrassed when a promoter for the rice came by and said,"Boy, please don't poke!" I walked off to another aisle, pretending not to know them LOL!

Got the corn croquette & then we made our way to Sephora. Wanted to try some little makeover for fun, but this guy(with blue eye shadow, stuck on costume jewellery diamonds close to his tear ducts & long, fake lashes and a well chiselled jaw)was obviously acting to be nice so we left the store & went to kinokuniya!! XD

Can't find that book on documented ninjas throughout history since I wanted to show it to the guys =( But here's 1 bit that I remember! This policeman invested a sum of money to feed the poor village people since he realised that crimes in the area were committed to fill empty bellies! In return, the people cooperated with him when there was a case of burglary done by an outsider(or something like that!)! Ninjas restricted their diet to minimise body odour, and that meant no meat! A diet of the ninja mainly consisted vegetables & protein such as tofu, and I think they used little soy sauce too? Their weapons were awesome too XD I remembered that 1 friend cheekily called me a kunoichi, but I'd advise against that name! The work of kunoichis are mainly sexual! Horror of horrors.

Tried finding a book on histology, & I told the guys about bigger brains= slower to mature & more, since they were wondering XD! Science is fascinating!

Made our way to taka food hall after that, and I stopped at a hot choc shop offering samples XD It's really delectable! Such rich flavour of choc! I'm in heaven~~! ^^ The guys had some too XD

Off for dinner, & I noticed a restaurant selling okowa rice! Reminds me of Peacemaker O.o We settled for this cutlet restaurant since it had empty seats! Here's my order below!

Pork cutlet. Very tough & dry! Ugh =( ZR's order got curry so he was saved! GM got a wrong order, but apparently he had a lot more with the wrong 1 lol! I couldn't stop laughing at the tough & dry pork cutlet which made me expend more energy cutting & chewing!

Afterwards washed up, then grabbed dessert from Azabu Sabo(Mixed berry is scrummy!) & then went on to ion(i think) to shop for ZR's jeans! Of all things GM had to wonder aloud why we were walking to the mrt(when in fact it's the right path to ion)to buy jeans, cos this was what I imagined next: People desperately clinging onto available boulders while ZR ripped the pants off them, similar to Mr Bean's attempt at retrieving his own pants from a guy who was crapping in a cubicle! =X

We left town kinda empty handed =S But we had a pretty good laugh over the silly voice app on ZR's hp! XD Couldn't stop laughing, whew!
And here's the cat of the day!



Aww you're so cute!!

Wednesday, January 19, 2011


Today's 1 of my dear cousin's birthday!! He's now 20!! (Actually this post was meant for 15 Jan 2011,Saturday)Cheese platter, starting from 11 on the front plate and going clockwise, edam, brie & camembert!Initially, at the start of the day, I was dreading having to meet the class girls up at a bar since I was so not keen on trying the shisha! I'd rather try the drinks instead =D Pina Coladas sound fantastic! I'd so love a beach holiday which involved snorkelling, clear waters & so on...but let's get back to the main topic! The outing was cancelled, much to my delight, and I went to my cousin's instead! Ate quite a fair bit of cheese, that's for sure...Had 2 helpings of spaghetti bolognese, topped with shredded parmesan cheese! Simply scrumptious! Tried some jap curry, which tasted kinda weird since she added some other ingredients like meat?

After dinner, I continued with dessert. Choc! Ate about 3 of the above =) Had 2 helpings of cheesecake(covered in strawberry jello & sliced strawberries), then proceeded to eat the cheese with the crackers, as seen in the 1st pic! Seated around the table were Callis, G, Raf, Dan, Ben & some aunts..! Tried all the cheeses...and camembert's awesome! That's my 1st time eating it, but I quite enjoyed the nutty, fruity flavour! Cheese platters are good =)
We drunk some red wine along with the cheese! It's a Los Vascos' Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 =) Of course, as usual, I had a little red wine since I'm pretty new to it. That's how little I drank, and the evidence's above! Haha!
Raf commented that all red wines tasted the same, which is so not true IMO...This bottle is ok I suppose, but I didn't enjoy all the sips! Only 1 sip was pretty good, but I don't remember how I tasted it...I actually liked it O.o The rest of the sips were terrible! Swished the wine like how people usually do to release the fragrance, of course, but I wonder what went wrong? Totally glad when I was done with my tiny amount =)

Look over there at the corner...CHEESECAKE!!! I was plenty stuffed since I was eating nonstop since 8.30pm =X If i remember correctly, we were watching hairspray on TV? Additionally, my cousin Raf commented on how to become a real ninja =X He still owes me some pics which he took on 31st DEC 2010!!!
Heh, some of my female cousins remarked that I still looked pretty slim, even after all that eating lol! =S Luckily the cheesecake was light, but I'd have preferred the dense, baked cheesecake variety! Oh wait, the strawberry cheesecake earlier was delish too =) That'll be even better! Told them about the oreo cheesecake, and my mom continued the convo on that cake, so I hope that'll make it clear that I do DO things. Since people can't remember, I'LL HELP THEM TO REMEMBER. Tired of a few things, and setting things straight is always better, no?
Grateful to have gone out! =D



Aww you're so cute!!

Friday, January 14, 2011


So I tried making profiteroles today! Mom helped me to buy white choc & whipping cream for the filling. Everything was going pretty smoothly..!


A mixture of butter & water was set to boil over a waterbath! Flour was added when the mixture bubbled. The whole lot was mixed, and then returned to the heat! The dough above's pretty small actually.
Unexpectedly, it became disastrous when the eggs were added! Horror of horrors! I'm guessing that I added them too quickly as the final result became too liquidy to keep its shape! Above is the sorry looking 1st batch mess! The lot of them stuck to the baking tray even though I used quite a bit of butter. Darn...
2nd batch! Lined with baking paper.The little fellas rose like pillows, and only a small area was in contact with the paper?!

Yup, they do look kinda...undercooked for some reason =S Gotta poke holes in them to release the steam
3rd batch,I believe?
I tried to salvage the watery dough by adding more plain flour. They look slightly better now!
Fed up that they couldn't keep their shape, so more flour was added. The last batch below had the most flour! They're pretty tasteless dough on their own though, cos there's no sugar added.
What luck! I'll do better next time, that's for sure.
Since the amount yielded a pretty small no. of choux buns, I managed to eat half of them along the way =D Some reminded me of the breadou series from Action City =X
Ate a quick dinner, then went off for njd! My 1st lesson in 2011!! XD So glad to be back.
I guessed that a few were surprised to see me, haha! Don't remember exactly why, but GM gave me a scare by mentioning about being an IC at the doorway, and I misheard that I had to lead the class for the day. Feels strange to be in a class with more black gi people!
I was the only girl for the colour belt class(more specifically my own belt colour) T_T but whatever. Somehow that fact doesn't seem to bother me these days, so I'm guessing that I'm getting over it! Enjoyed the 60 squats, since it's been a looooong time I did that. End 2010 & starting of 2011 weren't too fantastic for me.
Muscle memory wasn't so great, kept kicking wrongly for most of the kicks, argh. Was somewhat annoyed with a derogatory remark, since I thought it was unnecessary to add pressure when I just returned & hadn't been exercising for about the past 2 months or so? I'm friggin unfit, and that's what I know. No fun being unfit anyway.
Cheered up a little when I got to digress about the pesky choux dough to some friends after class! Only got to drink during supper since I wasn't so keen on eating. Sir made most of the group disgusted by going in depth on "How to save toilet paper" during defecation. Won't be writing the sordid details here! Hahaha! =S



Aww you're so cute!!

Sunday, January 9, 2011


Heh, I tried this trial hip hop class together with 3 other ninjas yesterday!

The 4 of us met at Pioneer MRT, and unexpectedly, I was the last =S 2 of us wore shorts while the rest, jeans. Didn't know what to wear anyway, since I don't have any hip hop inspired outfits in my cupboard! We set off for Jurong SRC, and bumped into a girl who was looking for street 74?! I thought that we were going to be even later for the class =X


We had to fill in this form upon entering the little studio! YY brought her friend Aloysius along, so the 5 of us trooped into the danceroom at around 8pm(supposedly 7.45pm). Warmups were a pain as I couldn't stretch much in those jeans, but overall it was quite cool since I haven't been exercising for...hmm...2 months?!

Being in the front row was terribly amusing as the instructor reminded me of 2 people I've come across(1 from school & 1 from work) in my life! Shan't elaborate here =X Should have tied my hair since it was flying into my face!

Repeated some dance moves over & over again, and I think we all looked kinda strange haha! Then we were separated into the long pants & shorts group, and danced away at several intervals. Was a little disappointed that the class ended kinda fast since I was enjoying myself haha!

The 5 of us went for lunch at pioneer mall, I think? ZR ate 3 servings of dessert O.o Felt a little bad when YY ate the leftover noodles in my bowl, but I was too full to finish. Then us ninjas took the train back! At least my saturday was well spent XD Pity that I forgot to bring my camera along, that's all.



Aww you're so cute!!

Wednesday, January 5, 2011


Badminton with YY & the Ming Bros at CCK!! I got there around 5pm, I think? The bunch were having a match(2vs1) so I went outside to wait, which was WAY cooler! The hall was like a sauna!! GM tried to scare me by creeping behind when they were done lol! We had a 3 vs 1(the 1 being JM) and I think we didn't do too well either haha =S Who would've known that it was pointless trying to do a random selection for teams, cos I ended up with GM anyway. And it was really hilarious to watch all that histrionics coming from GM when we lost as a team =X Didn't dare to play too vigorously as I didn't want to smell too much later when I'd be off for dinner with friends! Enjoyed the games anyway =DI think I left the hall at around 6.15pm, followed by an interminable wait for the bus...! Considered walking, but I didn't know the way, so I didn't. Starving then! Good old dinner gathering was for Liying's return to SG. Bumped into her on the way into the restaurant(after I was done changing out & trying to find them)! Thank goodness I wasn't the last =S LF & then Axelle arrived! Everyone ate ramen except Axelle & Ibra! Here's a pic of my bowl, the shio ramen at $10.80! Didn't like the bamboo shoots much cos they tasted a little off...The piece of meat could have been thicker, and the egg retained a slightly watery yolk, if a little too hardboiled too. The soup was slurpable. There was a lot of noodles, & everyone were pretty full, I think? Took quite a no. of pics XD

Here's 1 in front of the bookstore! GH approached a random stranger to help us take pics!
Wahaha, John called me "happening" for playing badminton before meeting them all lol! Not too sure when Ibra went off, followed by GH, but the rest of us made our way to SSC afterwards! Who would've known that the doors were unlocked on the 5th floor O.o The watercooler's no longer there though. We sat down at our past seats in the old classroom & hung about for half an hour, relieving the bygone days! XD Just Acia, Pie kia, Mr Bean, little snacks & lunches brought to class...I guess you can say that PS & Dhoby Xchange reminded me of the past! =') We never ate at the Fish & Co there. I remember eating with Axelle & Sher Fong on my 1st day there, and I think we ate at Han's? The scary old cleaner auntie, an overly self confident teacher...hmmm... Not forgetting to mention the naggy English teacher next door are some memorable people from that time! Oh wow, I've said quite a bit =X

Enjoyed my day out to the max!!! We parted ways at 10+pm, I think? Glad to have gone out! I'd treasure this day =D



Aww you're so cute!!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011


It's kinda late to be blogging this, but here's some New Year's Resolutions!!!! Let's cut this post short & get right down to them! XD

TO DO:

  1. Practice the acoustic guitar DAILY. FOR 4 HOURS. Nahhhh. I'm not that free for now. Perhaps a more reasonable 30 mins as a start?? My cousin actually recommended me to do 4 hours sometime in Sept 2010, along with "advice" to quit NJD =S
  2. Have more SELF-RESPECT. Won't be explaining the details here
  3. Sleep more. Majority of the people around me already know why
  4. Cook/Bake more than 2010. I must quit thinking about the time, money and effort, because ultimately, I'm just helping to slow myself down, and I'd still have to eat anyway!!
  5. Read the NEWSPAPERS. Yeah I know it does get pretty boring most of the time(not to mention newspaper ink-I know that I can read news online, but somehow I'd get distracted by something or somebody else), but I think I'm lacking on knowledge about news happening all over the world(apart from the Life Section =X)

Guess that'll be all for the moment!!



Aww you're so cute!!




Each morning I awake,
my best friend beside me,
his eyes are wide with love,
and my heart soars again.

As I go through my day,
expectations on me,
my friend is always near,
to soothe my troubled mind.

When nighttime descends on us,
and the world is through with me,
at last I can meditate,
and give loving thanks for him.

My friend is very special,
a truly amazing soul,
he's very soft and gentle,
for he's my cat, after all!