duno why was feeling kinda stuffy @ work today...you know kind of in the total no mood to do much work kind of thing?
just can't wait for the day to end so that i can go home and have my ben and jerry's and let tomorrow arrive faster.
finally a weekend getaway trip, sounds like so damn long since my last leisure trip, that was in Toyko Oct 2009 i think or was it the malacaa trip in 2009..ay nvm...definitely more than a year loh.
kind of looking fwd to the massage and all, Drea has never been to Batam loh, very sua ku..
the only sad thing is, the much looked-forward getaway trip is not a getaway trip with uncle des, so sad, ain't able to share the relaxation and joy with him..haiz..seems so difficult to go on a trip with him eh.
you see, it'll be kind of boring to go just as a couple so you have to try and look for other friends to go together and most likely than not, only another couples wouldn't mind a couple couple trip...
Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Progress
and this is an update of uncle des uber sweet and warm pressie..
about done...looks about done still gotta do the outline and add in the words..i think it's just in time for valentines pressie..hehz..
was telling uncle des i didn't expect it to take so long also, what a huge project..all my hard work and 2 months worth of effort inside, he better treasure it.
about done...looks about done still gotta do the outline and add in the words..i think it's just in time for valentines pressie..hehz..
was telling uncle des i didn't expect it to take so long also, what a huge project..all my hard work and 2 months worth of effort inside, he better treasure it.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
random updates
it's random time again..had some visitors from Japan last friday, so it's a day of being a "tour guide".
cos they only have a day in Singapore, time is pretty tight bringing them to see as much as possible, to meetings and to have good food. they did not have chance to try the really good food in singapore though aka hawker food!
we had lunch at Rama thai, goodwood park hotel...
oh boy check out the huge chunk of shark's fin per pax..
and then it was a series of meeting at Taka, followed by meeting @ Mediacorp.
i almost forgot, CNY is coming..there's the usual CNY fair at taka, i've seen lotsa cutesy CNY stuffs and snacks, thought of accompanyig uncle des with his CNY shopping here, since i can't celebrate CNY, can only acc him loh, get a feel of CNY.
While explaining some CNY practices to our Japanese guests, i realised that my foundation of my own culture ain't really very strong.
@mediacorp: no doubt, tight security indeed. the internal staff has to register you way before hand with the receptionist so they can create a code for you and then you're allowed to enter the premises.
the long day finally ended with seafood dinner at Palm Beach, One Fullerton, didn't know that the view there is so pretty, right across you see MBS, and it's really pretty at night across the sereneity of the river. Thought it will be a good place to have dinner there as they can see and take pictures of merlion too...but who knows...
Merlion is taking a shower..oh yea, and so it indeed is....not to mention the guests are absolutely disappointed. nonetheless they managed to take a picture with the "showering" merlion though.
THe food are Palm Beach, One fullerton is....NOT NICE LA! though the crabs are huge but the taste....hmm...blk pepper crab and chilli crab, i think the one at Ghim moh's so much better! i only had one small part of the crab and it's enough to make me stop, it didn't leave me craving for more..
not very glam eating crab with guests, that's one, and secondly i don't really know how to de-shell the crab, and the more important part, the taste of the crabs didn't leave me yearning for more.
So if you want to eat crabs, don't go there ok! unless the view is more important to you than the taste of the crabs. their baked cheesy lobster is yummilicious though.
Sorry no pics, it ain't very polite to be snapping pics with guests around ya?
it's been a great experience bringing associates around for a day but at the same time very tiring as well, it can be kind of embarassing when you are bringing overseas guests and some places aren't very service oriented. And did i mention even the Q at Mandarin hotel during check in is so terrible? for god's sake you're a 5 star hotel ain't you? and your guests actually take 30-45mins just to Q and check in? to make things worse some of the rooms are not even ready yet!!
Speaking about making Singapore a gracious society? hmm....we gotta work harder. much much harder.
After a hectic friday at work, we decided to make our weekend more peaceful. Our first attempt in trying to whip up ok, whip up is too boombastic a word to use for our small, simple dinner...
But we tried to cook soup! hehz, mushroom soup...
oh yeah it may not look very appetizing with the dull colours and all but it's very nice, tasted like the mushroom's pot soup, minus off the herbs they use.
Not bad for our first attempt, mama thought so too, hehz...
Drea likes to cook with uncle des, cos he does all the washing thereafter..muahahahaa...
oooh received this hamper @ work with one of this cutesy stuff. it's a 'pineapple tart' the japanese way. you know the popular japan's buckwheat cake that is very similar to our kueh lapis but in a cyclinder shape?
they combined the 2 together and pack it in a cute little rabbit box.
cos it's the japanese style, they actually have "yuzu" taste in it..hmm kind of not too used to this kind of pineapple and a tad too sweet for my liking...
on another random note, this is how part of my desk look like now..
I've a double screen extension. this is so cool la, maybe i'm kind of suaku but my first time using an extension monitor. you can stretch your window to the other monitor, so say in this instance, i moved my windows media player to the monitor and open up another excel containing the characters and anime information, makes navigation and reports so much easier!
No more hassle of having to minimize each window or to cascade your windows just to compare data and information.
cos they only have a day in Singapore, time is pretty tight bringing them to see as much as possible, to meetings and to have good food. they did not have chance to try the really good food in singapore though aka hawker food!
we had lunch at Rama thai, goodwood park hotel...
oh boy check out the huge chunk of shark's fin per pax..
and then it was a series of meeting at Taka, followed by meeting @ Mediacorp.
i almost forgot, CNY is coming..there's the usual CNY fair at taka, i've seen lotsa cutesy CNY stuffs and snacks, thought of accompanyig uncle des with his CNY shopping here, since i can't celebrate CNY, can only acc him loh, get a feel of CNY.While explaining some CNY practices to our Japanese guests, i realised that my foundation of my own culture ain't really very strong.
@mediacorp: no doubt, tight security indeed. the internal staff has to register you way before hand with the receptionist so they can create a code for you and then you're allowed to enter the premises.
the long day finally ended with seafood dinner at Palm Beach, One Fullerton, didn't know that the view there is so pretty, right across you see MBS, and it's really pretty at night across the sereneity of the river. Thought it will be a good place to have dinner there as they can see and take pictures of merlion too...but who knows...
Merlion is taking a shower..oh yea, and so it indeed is....not to mention the guests are absolutely disappointed. nonetheless they managed to take a picture with the "showering" merlion though.THe food are Palm Beach, One fullerton is....NOT NICE LA! though the crabs are huge but the taste....hmm...blk pepper crab and chilli crab, i think the one at Ghim moh's so much better! i only had one small part of the crab and it's enough to make me stop, it didn't leave me craving for more..
not very glam eating crab with guests, that's one, and secondly i don't really know how to de-shell the crab, and the more important part, the taste of the crabs didn't leave me yearning for more.
So if you want to eat crabs, don't go there ok! unless the view is more important to you than the taste of the crabs. their baked cheesy lobster is yummilicious though.
Sorry no pics, it ain't very polite to be snapping pics with guests around ya?
it's been a great experience bringing associates around for a day but at the same time very tiring as well, it can be kind of embarassing when you are bringing overseas guests and some places aren't very service oriented. And did i mention even the Q at Mandarin hotel during check in is so terrible? for god's sake you're a 5 star hotel ain't you? and your guests actually take 30-45mins just to Q and check in? to make things worse some of the rooms are not even ready yet!!
Speaking about making Singapore a gracious society? hmm....we gotta work harder. much much harder.
After a hectic friday at work, we decided to make our weekend more peaceful. Our first attempt in trying to whip up ok, whip up is too boombastic a word to use for our small, simple dinner...
But we tried to cook soup! hehz, mushroom soup...
oh yeah it may not look very appetizing with the dull colours and all but it's very nice, tasted like the mushroom's pot soup, minus off the herbs they use.
Not bad for our first attempt, mama thought so too, hehz...
Drea likes to cook with uncle des, cos he does all the washing thereafter..muahahahaa...
oooh received this hamper @ work with one of this cutesy stuff. it's a 'pineapple tart' the japanese way. you know the popular japan's buckwheat cake that is very similar to our kueh lapis but in a cyclinder shape?
they combined the 2 together and pack it in a cute little rabbit box.
cos it's the japanese style, they actually have "yuzu" taste in it..hmm kind of not too used to this kind of pineapple and a tad too sweet for my liking...
on another random note, this is how part of my desk look like now..
I've a double screen extension. this is so cool la, maybe i'm kind of suaku but my first time using an extension monitor. you can stretch your window to the other monitor, so say in this instance, i moved my windows media player to the monitor and open up another excel containing the characters and anime information, makes navigation and reports so much easier!No more hassle of having to minimize each window or to cascade your windows just to compare data and information.
Monday, January 03, 2011
festive updates...
been working on this project for uncle desmond, as his belated Xmas pressie, cos delivery was delayed hence i can only start working on it late.
it's a cross -stitched cushion cover...can you tell what picture it is?
shall post the progress bit by bits..
the whole festive season is just eat eat and eat, here are just some snippets of the foodie..."SOME" only ok! it's a no wonder i've been putting on weight...haiz..
a simple new yr dinner we had at a kopi tiam around my place, surprising this is damn good la, mini herbal steamboat, the ingredients are all very fresh! heng this one not that fattening cos it's not a buffet styled steamboat..lolx - we just had one few days before we had this loh,,@ my fav Zhonghua SteamBoat with uncle Shane..
post Xmas Lunch @ French stall around Macpherson area..treat from Mamee Ronson...
never know there's such a nice place hidden among the HDB kopitiam..but the food..eh..nothing to shout about and not filling one loh.
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lovely Xmas Potluck session with the shoot cock club members! ahah kind of miss shooting cock leh..everyone either prepared or bought some food over..nice chatting and catch up session with them..plus the homemade burgers by Jo is simple Fantabulous..
on a cuter note, Bb Zavier ish all so smiley and even cheekier after his gai gai trip @ Nex..
this marks the last of my one week break, haiz, at least instead of binging we're working out!!
what you thinking? wash car la...lolx..
Uncle Des got me this pinky bucket and pinky sponge to wash pinky, it made car washing alot more delightful! not only that, he helped bathed pinky too..hehz..
see, my shuai shuai de Uncle Des on the left taken when he took off to go par tor with me since me not working...we're enjoying Fish & Co @ AMK hub
it's a cross -stitched cushion cover...can you tell what picture it is?
shall post the progress bit by bits..
the whole festive season is just eat eat and eat, here are just some snippets of the foodie..."SOME" only ok! it's a no wonder i've been putting on weight...haiz..
a simple new yr dinner we had at a kopi tiam around my place, surprising this is damn good la, mini herbal steamboat, the ingredients are all very fresh! heng this one not that fattening cos it's not a buffet styled steamboat..lolx - we just had one few days before we had this loh,,@ my fav Zhonghua SteamBoat with uncle Shane..
post Xmas Lunch @ French stall around Macpherson area..treat from Mamee Ronson...
never know there's such a nice place hidden among the HDB kopitiam..but the food..eh..nothing to shout about and not filling one loh.
.
lovely Xmas Potluck session with the shoot cock club members! ahah kind of miss shooting cock leh..everyone either prepared or bought some food over..nice chatting and catch up session with them..plus the homemade burgers by Jo is simple Fantabulous..
Ain't working the last week of December cos company close..nice time to be relaxing and nua-ing at home, cos it's mama's bday too! spent time at home playing with BB Zavier and went out for a family dinner @ Nex - Dian Xiao Er.
the food there not nice one loh...yucks......
the food there not nice one loh...yucks......
on a cuter note, Bb Zavier ish all so smiley and even cheekier after his gai gai trip @ Nex..this marks the last of my one week break, haiz, at least instead of binging we're working out!!
what you thinking? wash car la...lolx..
Uncle Des got me this pinky bucket and pinky sponge to wash pinky, it made car washing alot more delightful! not only that, he helped bathed pinky too..hehz..see, my shuai shuai de Uncle Des on the left taken when he took off to go par tor with me since me not working...we're enjoying Fish & Co @ AMK hub
been a quiet, peaceful festive season but happy enough. ..
Monday, December 20, 2010
Gulliver's Travels Preview
Finally going for another movie preview again after so long, can't remember the last one I've attended, think it was A Team? has been forgoing couple of movie previews cos uncle Des can't knock off in time to catch..so Narnia's, Harry Potter's preview etc has been passed on to my colleagues.
This time round finally! Uncle Des made an effort to be on time for Gulliver's Travels Preview..woohoo! and it's gonna be in 3D!
so exciting..kinda looking forward...reminds me of our dating days..ahahha..
before we were together we attended couple of previews as a group...hehhez..still rembr our very first was Marmaduke's with shane and dearest jy....those were the days..
all with kindest courtesy of 20th Century Fox and Warners. =)
This time round finally! Uncle Des made an effort to be on time for Gulliver's Travels Preview..woohoo! and it's gonna be in 3D!
so exciting..kinda looking forward...reminds me of our dating days..ahahha..
before we were together we attended couple of previews as a group...hehhez..still rembr our very first was Marmaduke's with shane and dearest jy....those were the days..
all with kindest courtesy of 20th Century Fox and Warners. =)
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Every Anime Opening Ever Made
haha..quite funny...maybe most of the animes had similar opening but not all ba...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Doraemon Trailer
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Mermaid Legend in cinemas 9th December 2010!
Available at all Cathay Cineplexes with the exception of The Cathay.
Join Doraemon and his friends in the underwater world along with all other fishy characters! Not forgeting Sophia, the princess from the underwater kingdom.
Personally I've screened this movie 4 times and not didn't fall asleep at all.
Just as how it was like with the usual Doraemon series, there's always a meaning and morale behind each story.
kind of humorous in this series too when alot of them mistaken Doraemon as a blue puffer fish.
Movie is in Mandarin with mandarin subtitles.
Why is this movie so special? it's specially made to commemorate the 30th Movie Anniversary of Doraemon. Coincidentally, it is also Doraemon's 40th Birthday this year! =)
Available at all Cathay Cineplexes with the exception of The Cathay.
Join Doraemon and his friends in the underwater world along with all other fishy characters! Not forgeting Sophia, the princess from the underwater kingdom.
Personally I've screened this movie 4 times and not didn't fall asleep at all.
Just as how it was like with the usual Doraemon series, there's always a meaning and morale behind each story.
kind of humorous in this series too when alot of them mistaken Doraemon as a blue puffer fish.
Movie is in Mandarin with mandarin subtitles.
Why is this movie so special? it's specially made to commemorate the 30th Movie Anniversary of Doraemon. Coincidentally, it is also Doraemon's 40th Birthday this year! =)
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
de uber sinful Long Weekend~!!
ay what a sinful long weekend, i had steamboats twice! lolx...
the first time round with at Xian De Lai cos my usual favourite too long Q at Zhong hua steamboat...
not satisfied enough, Drea went back to Zhonghua on Saturday..hehez this time round much earlier at 5pm to beat the peak hour crowd...
poor uncle des had an overdose on Steamboat over the long weekend.
tadah, went for steamboaty on Thursday after work..with Mr. Shi An too....Zhonghua's steamboat Q was way too long so we head down to Xian De Lai instead.
Xian De Lai is not too bad just that the soup ain't as nice as Zhonghua's plus tons of MSG! after a few bowls of tom yum Drea got to stop as my neck is hurting from the overdose of MSG alrd.
The good thing about Xian De Lai is that the Hum's are all peeled for you. but the drinks are not included in the package, you pay about $1.80 for a can of soft drink loh. that's the killer.
it's a lazy Deepavali nua-ing at home. both uncle des and drea ish feeling so nua that we ordered pizza for dinner instead of eating out..hehez...
tried their Cheesy Pizza...VERI YUMMY n CHEESY lehzz....*yumzz**
of cos this is a MUST HAVE to finish off the steam boat meal. Yummilicious Durian shavings from Ji De Chi! uncle des is satisfied with Drea's recommendation of both places and food that night too...*happy*** just that he claimed he will not eat steamboat for the rest of the year already...ahahhahaha...
Bought Edamame to boil at home..it's way so much cheaper! a huge bag for only $2.95 and you can nua at home, watch tv and munch on them. a healthier option compared to chomping on chips right?
the first time round with at Xian De Lai cos my usual favourite too long Q at Zhong hua steamboat...
not satisfied enough, Drea went back to Zhonghua on Saturday..hehez this time round much earlier at 5pm to beat the peak hour crowd...
poor uncle des had an overdose on Steamboat over the long weekend.
tadah, went for steamboaty on Thursday after work..with Mr. Shi An too....Zhonghua's steamboat Q was way too long so we head down to Xian De Lai instead.
Xian De Lai is not too bad just that the soup ain't as nice as Zhonghua's plus tons of MSG! after a few bowls of tom yum Drea got to stop as my neck is hurting from the overdose of MSG alrd.
The good thing about Xian De Lai is that the Hum's are all peeled for you. but the drinks are not included in the package, you pay about $1.80 for a can of soft drink loh. that's the killer.
it's a lazy Deepavali nua-ing at home. both uncle des and drea ish feeling so nua that we ordered pizza for dinner instead of eating out..hehez...
tried their Cheesy Pizza...VERI YUMMY n CHEESY lehzz....*yumzz**
Xian De Lai steamboat still failed to satisfy Drea's steamboat craving, so...down we went to bugis again to attack Zhong Hua steamboat! woohooooo....absolutely yummilicious.
The soup based is almost MSG free la, i can drink n drink the tom yum soup to my heart's content!!!
The soup based is almost MSG free la, i can drink n drink the tom yum soup to my heart's content!!!
of cos this is a MUST HAVE to finish off the steam boat meal. Yummilicious Durian shavings from Ji De Chi! uncle des is satisfied with Drea's recommendation of both places and food that night too...*happy*** just that he claimed he will not eat steamboat for the rest of the year already...ahahhahaha...
Bought Edamame to boil at home..it's way so much cheaper! a huge bag for only $2.95 and you can nua at home, watch tv and munch on them. a healthier option compared to chomping on chips right?
that marks the end of the super lazy long weekend that past way too fast..it's back to work again.
to make monday blues worse, my boss just informed me that i've to go up to KL to her tomorrow when i just stepped into office on Monday Morning...
so there, Drea ish flying off to KL again tml....with just a handbag and will be flying back tomorrow night...haizz....meetings meetings and more meetings.
Doraemon is gona give me an overdose soon.....
to make monday blues worse, my boss just informed me that i've to go up to KL to her tomorrow when i just stepped into office on Monday Morning...
so there, Drea ish flying off to KL again tml....with just a handbag and will be flying back tomorrow night...haizz....meetings meetings and more meetings.
Doraemon is gona give me an overdose soon.....
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