From Eons Ago

My Super Belated Bday Post!

I turned 22 almost 6months ago. As you can see, it was a HUGE affair. I was on magazine covers, billboards & posters everywhere. What do you mean you didn’t see it?! I have proof!






It was such a big event that I even had 11 birthday cakes!

Yes, all mine!!! Move aside, Michelle Chia wedding dessert buffet! Cova’s cake buffet tops them all!




















I can’t remember whether this happened before or after Cova, but I also celebrated at Barnacles@ Sentosa with lobster!

Which we literally sucked clean. Special occasion then can eat lobster wor…
There’s more:




These were all really tasty, but portion not enough! Go to Barnacles if:
You don’t have a huge appetite,
You have a rather deep wallet &
You want a chi-chi & breezy seafood dinner by the beach.


My cuties...



Monkey Chocolate Banana cake for the monkey baby.

Birthdays are all about food aren’t they? Maybe on my next bday I shall suggest an activity related activity rather than food related activity. Like a scavenger hunt or group X gym workout!! Haha…that probably won’t draw many guests.

BFF brings me to Le Bistrot !

The menu works the same way as Sage, but French. For a fixed price, we can choose selected starters, mains & desserts. Premium items like foie gras etc will require topup


First, a champagne toast to myself!


And then, the tender-est duck leg confit that has ever melted in my mouth.


Bestie’s prawn dish.


The obligatory chocolate dessert? This wasn’t very good coz we had to make the chocolate milk ourselves & the overly eager BFF literally emptied out all the chocolate sauce into the puny teacup of milk giving us a chocolate induced headache.

Maybe that’s why I attempted to choke her:


But since she gave me earrings I grew appeased:



After dinner we headed to CitySpace, my fav chillout bar…


Aahh…drinks & scenary. It’s not difficult to please me afterall. Happy Bday to myself!

2nd FB Entry!

I'm back! Thanks to encouragement from my supporter ( i think there's only 1 left!), I've decided to postpone retirement and return to blogging. Goodbye privacy!

Lemme start with photos of my Pangkor Laut Resort getaway, which i've posted on FB. This time, all photos fit within 1 album, and open viewer access given.

Btw Pangkor Laut Resort is an island 20min off Perak, Malaysia. There's only 1 resort on the whole island, making the place exclusive (interpret = monopolized & friggin' expensive!). But it was a very good & restful break.

Cheerios, I'm back!

First Facebook Entry

Photos of my Boracay holiday have been loaded into 4 photo albums on my facebook profile, complete with usual blog commentary & cheesy jokes. Pictures are private, hence the decision to post them via facebook, accessible only to friends who request to view the albums.

The 4 albums are:
Boracay -- The Beach
Boracay - The Island
Boracay - The Food
Boracay - The Luxury Abodes

Highlights of the trip include:
Island hopping sights & adventures
Fireworks by the beach
Where to taste the best fruitshakes and smoothies.
White, smooth, powdery sands and clear waters
Discovery Shores, the resort.

So, do drop me a comment or wallpost on FB if you wanna view the albums, and do state which album you wanna view.

Randomize!!!

2mths without blogging has almost made me a retiree. What’ve I been up to? Nothing spectacular I must admit, but I’ve got a chockful of pics stored in my comp from random events. Not enough for full entries, but I’ll put them together and see how this entry goes!

Spring in Laguna Park

10 years ago, I would seize the moment to enjoy these Angsana treetops bloom in yellow flowers for a week, and the entire carpark covered in fallen yellow flowers after that. Now, the trees are getting old and with the estate’s warring en-bloc saga, the trees are just a ghost of their brilliant past.

Looney Tunes come to Parkway!

Bringing out the kid in me! I want life size Tweety Bird to hug me!

I also want to hug these 2 fellas:

My most favourite breeds Corgi & Golden side by side. It must be my lucky day…

Here we have our favourite JRT and Golden at Big Ben’s Place

Dog lovers looking for a dog friendly eatery should visit Big Ben’s pies along Swan Lake Ave. Enjoy wholesome british pies while letting your dogs catch a sip of water.
http://www.bigbensplace.com.sg/

But my most favourite breed of all:

My bb eating ice cream beside Mr Macdonalds in utter nonchalance…

Yum yum?

It’s hard to imgine this is the same guy gobbling ice cream beside Sir Ronald:

Well, my bb has many personalities…I have to keep up!

And then there’s the day he cheats on me by having lunch with 3 ladies!

I know they look cheerier than me with their anime eyes & perfectly trimmed fringes, but I accept his moment of weakness.

O’Darling! Don’t you know, there’s no happiness in being a 3rd party. Or 3 parties in this case.

U will be torn apart, used and cast aside.

Conclusion: I must be having a crappy day. Want more?

Teeheehee! This pic never fails to tickle me! Done using my frames from my ex-hp. I call this Koochi Koochi Man Toes! Oh gosh I’m having so much fun with this entry!

Speaking of fun, what is the bestie doing here looking like she’s having such a ball of a time?


Fixing up the Wall-e toy I bought her. Must help her stimulate her brain sometimes...
There it goes! So clever!

Wind up Wall-e and he goes along the track! We love Wall-e!

And while we play with Wall-e, the couple behind our table with their lewd behaviour.

Couldn't keep their faces separated! PDA is gross & nauseating, and whoever you both are, this photo serves as a “Shame on your behaviour reminder”!!


My Wall-E is staring at me in office with those pitiful eyes & outstretched arms! I’m so gonna collect all the figurines of my fav Pixar animations to line my divider. There’s a guy in office who has the entire Kungfu Panda and The Furious Five lined across his divider, plus 2 Mr Potato Heads! Competition time!

On to more romantic times

The flyer at night


Nice to get on the last ride of the night…there’s no one. You'll get to be the only ones in the cabin. Private!

Though I still prefer the day view coz more can be seen, and also, my night vision sux.


Compare the night view from the Flyer to CitySpace.

Not bad too eh!
Located on the 70th storey of the Swissotel, City Space is the ultimate chillout wine place screaming with romance & a touch of jazz.

Could not capture the pretty glass balls on e ceiling.

Wineglasses as huge as our faces! So cool man, love it!

Timber!!! Mango tree fallen right smack at the front gate of my bf’s house!

A photo for Stomp?

Fash-Bash at Singapore Art Museum
DuchessM's best ever collection.

The necklace I helped to drape over the mirror, much to her displeasure. Was sold ok!


Clay Charm collection



Black & white collection.


It amazes me how 1 person can churn out a whole table of necklaces, earrings & bracelets. My BFF's just pure talent.


The mad crowd behind grabbing Swirl & Baylene collections.

And speaking of collections,

The bf’s fishies, photos lovingly taken by him. *#^$, take photo of fish rather than moi?! Tsk!

This, I reluctantly learn, is called Full Gold. Or Fool Gold, wadever.

Wad u looking at?


Hmpt! Don’t want to face u!


I rather swim with my hubby & 94 kids.


These are Red and Blue Grass. The one behind is actually blue.


I can never remember the name of this one. I’ll call him Greyie.


This, I like, for the deep blue sheen


Dug out old photos from my visit to the zoo 2 years ago and found pics of the now-infamous white tigers.

Who knew one day they’ll get to eat human flesh? But then again, it was not their fault to begin with. They were merely fulfilling the man's deathwish.


Aug, Sep & Nov bdaes!

My current fav people. 2 Aug babies at Ben & Jerry’s Dempsey after a hearty Margaritas’ meal! My wishes to Lynn & John: Happy Bday guys!!! Let’s celebrate our bdays til we grow white hairs! I’m still waiting for a Macdonald’s bday party gal!

When I am rich I’ll buy this bus and send my kids to school everyday in this.
But after my Maserati.

Jen’s bday at Mariner’s Corner@Maritime House.

The whole gang with our men! So rare, that only happens at Chinese new year.
My wishes to Jen: A very exciting year for u ahead, am glad we both have a common big step to take next year! Won’t it be fun to share our big day findings together! (Think u know what I mean!)

Daynia’s Bday bash @Timbre




Big big party. This was half e people, the other half came after I left.

My wishes to Daynia: Thanks babe, for showing me new frens. U are indeed our Master’s clay, moulded & beautiful within & outside. I am amazed at your transformation everytime!

Lastly I wanna end off with newest CHEOKIE ADDITION!!!!

Technically she doesn’t take the CHEOKie name, but she has CHEOKie blood in her! I am an Ah Yee already!!! Isnt little Olivia such a cutieface???

Alrighty mighty! Randomize entry comes to an end! Til e next stock of random photos arrive!

All Ado About Food!!!

This entry is a collection of pictures of all the calories I’ve been consuming in the past months…No regrets though! There’s lotsa joy in sharing a meal with friends who enjoy the same thing and judging from the lovely presentation of some of the dishes, I would say Food is Art. At least it’s art that I know how to appreciate.

Basil Alcove@Fortune Centre. Supposedly fine Italian casual dining at poorman’s prices. I said SUPPOSEDLY.
Chilled pork knuckle bits in jelly with sauerkraut

What it really tastes like, is jellied ham.


Roast lamb on mashed potato & asparagus with mango chunks on the side

Yea, we ate this pretty little dish sitting on plastic chairs long the sidewalk while people walking by staring…

Miss Clarity Café, Tanjong Katong branch
One of the pinkiest café in the country serving tasty western fare at very reasonable prices. Magazines, sofas, & even board games are available. Good place for group outings.

Roast chicken leg.


Seafood Vol-au-vent for $9.80 and really tasty!
I will return to this café coz the price is very affordable. Main courses below $10 are hard to find. Service is commendable as well.

Onto green green things…
This is macha ice cake from Pasta De Waraku

Pretty to look at and pretty delish.

Royal Copenhagen Tea Lounge @ Takashimaya
Green tea pound cake!

Fragrant but not sickening, moist enough to retain all the powdery green tea flavour.


Both of us doing our best “approving mother in law” look…



Since on a Jap theme…
En Japanese Dining Bar @ Mohd Sultan, specializes in Okinawa cuisine

Wagyu beef cubes

Very good proportion of fat & meat.

Scallops & pan-seared foie gras with roe


Tiger prawns with tamago & cheese



Prawn rolled with bacon & leek


This is my fav – Fried noodles with rice & octopus takos. Can u see the bits of rice amidst the strands? It sweet & tasty, not weird at all!

What is this dessert served in a martini glass?

Soya bean crème bruleè!

High on taste, low on calories, I like this stuff!
En Jap good! Every dish was made with quality fresh ingredients and served piping hot.

The Outback @ Millenia Walk

Hugeass onion rings…and that’s all I could remember of the place.

Mimolette@Fairways drive
This restaurant is all about the ambience ambience ambience.

Very dark because must ambience mah!


My Korobuta pork


And so we sip Rosè wine and muse over food that is big on price, low on quantity but blah on taste. After the very unnecessary atas experience we scoot off to….

The Vista Bistro@Playground@Big Splash
And this is what I call FOOD…

Baked potato skins with mushroom & bacon

Cheese springrolls


As you can see we weren’t even keen on staying at Mimolette for drinks or dessert. Good thing too, coz The Vista Bistro was much more comfortable! Leave the atas things to atas people on an atas day!

The 2 August birthday babies

First we make a wish,

And then we blow out the candles,


Then we all eat cake!!!

Enough of food already??? Not yet! Let me share 1 more!

Majestic@New Majestic Hotel
This refurbished Hotel in Chinatown territory now prides itself as a boutique hotel with a star Chinese restaurant to boot. So the foodies go check it out.

Starter - Wasabi prawn, foie gras & peking duck on mixed salad. It’s soo good I went giddy eating it.

You finish taking photo already or not??? Can I eat now?! A hungry woman is an angry woman, especially this one.


Crabmeat fishmaw soup.

Appeased by the starter, her mood improves.

She can even take photo for me…


My beancurd broth with shimeji mushrooms & whole scallop

That’s the whole scallop right there! Lightly fried before dunking into soup.

Panfried ribeye steak

Response?


Roast baby lamb with carrot cake

Response?


Dessert – avocado with vanilla bean ice cream in whole coconut.

Scraping off the succulent coconut flesh with smooth avocado milk shake, it is simply the best.

What a lot of food memories…9 places in 1 blog entry!

Hmmm...what's for dinner?

A long walk

An outing to the Southern Ridges, the 9km walking trail from Mount Faber Park all the way to HortPark. Of course we didn’t try to complete the whole stretch on our first attempt, but decided that starting from Henderson Waves, the nicest bridge at the point covering almost 2 thirds the distance, will be good enough.


Henderson Wave, I vote this the prettiest bridge. God-blessed weather and crowd on a Saturday late afternoon.


We never walk without our dogs.


Chasey was such a dear today…


Views


Forest Walk, a 1.3km meandering metallic elevated walkway that connects to Alexandra Arch. Very zigzag, and sloping downwards all the way. Imagine walking 1.3km up the slope again…



Dint I mention the entire walkway was E.L.A.V.A.T.E.D…


After what seems like a dizzying stretch,


Chasey wonders which one is rest stop.


Ok lah, let you rest 10 seconds…


And smell Lucky’s bits…

Alexandra Arch

A really short one, the distance of an overhead bridge. Nothing fantastic about it since I pass by it everyday to work. That explains the ‘joyful’ face when I spotted my office building in the distance.

HortPark



HortPark, the Gardening Hub, however was a little more interesting. Spanning 23hectares, this park is a horticulturalist’s dream.

Consisting of numerous mini garden exhibits & playgrounds, this park displays the endless creativity of what anybody’s garden can look like, with a little help from the landscape designers credited at every exhibit.



Really tempting to jump in after all the hot & sweaty walking…


Chasey starts paddling her paws, can u see her movements? She is soooooo cute…

The BF starts to practice his macro & manual focus…


This statue happened to be a very well-endowed half-naked one. Picture the bf standing in front of it snapping away, looking like a perv and in the end he didn’t even take the full statue?!

Plants I’ve never seen before…





Manual focus, finally passed!

A Thai restaurant called ‘KHA’ is located within HortPark.


It has nice outdoor water facing chill-out area



Manual focus again…




Pity after walking such a long distance to get here we were quite tired to cover the whole park. Less photos for you, tat’s all! Go there yourself!


See, Lucky’s tyre punctured already!


We’re taking a taxi back to the car now, no way I’m gonna backtrack 5km! Tata!

Let's go KL!

KL shopping spree photolog from 2 months ago …I remember KL being all about the city life and great food…I’ve not been there for many years and nothing has changed about that, except it’s definitely updated itself with the times now.

Our ride:

Tried the double decker bus with inflight services like service attendants and meals provided. Not bad, felt like I was taking a budget airplane.

Fahler cheok has space to wiggle about in his seat.


Leg room was ok.



It takes about 5hrs to reach Corus Hotel’s doorstep from Harbourfront Singapore Cruise Centre, the pickup location.

For convenience sake we stayed at Corus Hotel as the bus dropoff and pickup points were there. The hotel is situated in Jalan Ampang beside KLCC, not near the popular shopping Bukit Bintang area.

It was pretty decent, I had requested for a poolside room. But of coz noone used the pool.


Our balcony, a few steps away from the pool.



Fahler & mahler cheok’s room…




The girls’ room…

4 poster bed very romantic…

My 2 very ‘shy’ roomies…



On to serious matters, we go shopping!

The streets of KL




Pavilion is the newest shopping mall, which I felt was too upmarket for my taste.




Other older shopping centres, mid range and just as good…




Am always amazed at shopping centres with ice skating rink. The need for mankind to make everything bigger and better?


Sunway pyramid. U can see the sphinx in the distance as our cab drove away…


1 twin of the Petronas twin tower.

Now I regret not making enough effort to take better pictures…


KLCC, close to our hotel. Architecturally beautiful.




Water landscaping for the pleasure of diners…




The spoils!!!

Lu’s loot and mine.

Not as impressive as the mountain of clothes I got from Bangkok, coz things in KL are more expensive. Must think very hard before buying.

And now, the FOOD…
We fell in love with the street food at the risk of our stomachs. But this simple hawker fare of items on sticks being dipped into boiling stock and then chili sauce enthralled our tastebuds so much!
Step 1: Pick what you want.

Step 2: Dunk into boiling pot to heat it up (mainly to kill germs)

Step 3: Dip into all kinds of dodgy looking chili sauces

Step 4: Eat!

My fav, quail eggs for RM1. In fact, every stick costs RM1 only!


A more touristy place akin to our Newton circus would be Jalan Alor, parallel to the Bukit Bintang shopping stretch.

Long row of stalls selling bbg seafood, chicken wings, satay, noodles and drinks. Local fare.


Here’s what we had.

Weird that the carrot cake in KL has bean sprouts.

Stingray, came without sambal chili. No sambal, no joy to eat.

The iced tea was good though…


Fahler cheok enjoying his coconut…


Baskin Robbins, best ice cream ever. When will it make a comeback to S’pore???

How much did this fondue cost? RM29.90. Compare that to SGD45.90 in Haagen Daz S’pore. Pirates!


Hee…can u blame us???


It wasn’t me! I didn’t finish that all by myself!


Check out the wide menu!


Sugar high…and see all the fats going into my arms already…shucks…

2nd holiday with my friends…always fun to be around with!