DOZO x Pasarbella x Paris Baguette x Au Chocolat

Been really busy with work, which turns out surprisingly not bad. I hate having nothing to do and inefficiency so tend to work fast and... it turns out that we were too fast so here I am at home chilling. HAHAHA. Going back on Monday for the next batch of surverys ^^

Here are some updates:

PasarBella @Turf City

We finally decided to visit PasarBella last Saturday!

From left to right: seafood paella from Le Patio, curry bratwurst, macarons from Bonheur Patisserie, coffee from Dutch Colony Coffee Co. and Steak pie from Rabbit Carrot Gun.  I love the curry bratwurst for its unique flavor. For the seafood paella, it's my first time having a paella so I thought it wasn't too bad but the boyfriend say it's lousy and it's not warm enough. Bonheur Patisserie sells a large variety of macarons! They have some really unique flavors but it's slightly more expensive than Laduree. I can't can't can't wait to have Pierre Herme in London/ Paris!:P The boyfriend ordered a cafe latte for himself and a chai tea latte for me. The prices are surprisingly quite reasonable and it's in my list of good coffee (been really quite a coffee addict lately, I have at least one cup everyday). The Steak Pie's meat was literally overflowing. But... as a carbo person, I actually would prefer the pastry to be a little thicker :P

Mandatory manly shot with a bratwurst bun.

We spent about more than $35 in total, which I thought was okay considered how much we have eaten. Would love to come back again! :)

DOZO Restaurant for Aunty Mollie's Birthday

I thought I took a picture of my Beef Tenderloin mains but I couldn't find it :( That was served on a hot stone. It's soooo yummy. The food at Dozo is soooooo good. Below is a collage of the entrees, Truffle Mushroom Soup and Escargots! The set lunch comes with so many choices. Really hope to go back for some special occasions again :)

 

My holidays are pretty much just about visa, exchange stuff, chilling and also to be part of the 'planning committee' of the party. Everything turns out well in the end despite some lil hiccups and frustrations here and there. Emmanuel was the photographer of the day with his impressive 60D. I haven't got hold of any party photos though. Below are just some shots from our phones...


Shopping for retro outfit for the boyfriend is such a chore. Initially he even wanted to buy a snakeskin printed shirt from Topman :O Luckily he settled for this tshirt instead.

Chanel bag cake! Initially we wanted a fondant chanel flap bag cake but Jiayi advise me not to cos the guests will most likely scrape off the fondant. This bag is made of mainly icing and cream by Pine Garden. Alvin's sis-in-law put in quite a lot of effort to get this done.

Random snippets:

The Strawberry Earl Grey Crepe cake from Paris Baguette is surprisingly good! It was my first time trying the Royal Pudding too and I loveeeeee it. Been craving for the cake the entire week. The juices and tea sold by Paris Baguette is grossly overpriced in my opinion. Coffee is okay and we love their iced cafe latte :)

Au chocolat for Alvin's mum actual birthday. My phone died after this picture. Haha. It's scallops at $5 per plate with each main course you ordered. It's soooo yummyyyy.

More updates soon!

P.S.: I finally found the NUS guys going to the same exchange uni as me:D

Birthday post!

I wanted to cut my hair like this so that it is easier to style but the boyfriend say it doesn't suit me:( My hair is so boring now.


*WAVESWAVESWAVES* The frantic midterms and project submission is over for this half a semester and there's no midterms after recess week so I am sooooo elated. After hearing how SMA prof actually encourage us to go away during the long weekend before cramming to catch up on our books, I really wish to go for a short weekend trip or staycation. Sighs.

This post is gonna be really long and so...

22

This week has been a really busy and fulfilling week!

Monday!

Bloc Party with Alvin, Brendan, Tiffany and friends :) I have never heard of them before Alvin mentioned to me that he bought the tickets to their concert. But Alvin will never buy tickets to a concert that he isn't sure if it is good; so that must be really good! Overall they play really good music! And the lead singer is sooooo clear and nice! I love UK accent but it can be quite hard to catch what they are singing if there's is raps and all. Haha. So far I haven't load their songs on my Note II or iPad since the boyfriend say that we have to enjoy and remember the good live music while it lasts. Playing it from a music player can never sound as good as it is live!

While waiting for Brenden:

I really look super tired without makeup on a school night :/ 

It was the first concert that I attended at Fort Canning. It was quite a good experience given that the crowd is not as big as crazy as SHM or what. They are all diehard fans (mostly 24 years old and above). The only thing I hate about this outdoor concert is that everyone was just smoking as and when they like. It's impossible to not take in all those secondhand smoke:(

Wednesday!

Huihui and I went to try Arcade fish soup! I have been wanting to try that since everyone was raving about it during internship times and I tried 3 times queueing for it and failed cos the queue is crazy and there were no seats at all! >:| BUT. I was soooo utterly disappointed. The only thing special about the fish soup is the Si Chuan veg and ginger that they include in the soup; WHICH I HATED! And the environment is a total turn off when we are carrying our bags and heavy laptops. It's so stuffy too. If the food is really that good I probably won't complain about the environment but this is really super disappointing :( Can't wait for our Good Hawker Food day again next week. Hope Har Kee (not sure how to spell) Amoy fish soup will be much better! ^^ Anw, I felt quite happy to meet some familiar places around the CBD area though I look super tired.

Thursday!

Tried one of the restaurants featured during the Restaurant Week this year for the first time thanks to the boyfriend's parents. The boyfriend's mum made a reservation with Michealangelo's due to the Amex offer and probably their early wedding anniversary celebration. Left the house in a rush cos the boyfriend's lesson ended so much earlier and my whole makeup plan failed. Ended up creating a mess on the table and bed all strewed with my eyeshadow palette and stuff but failed to experiment with anything:( Hate it when I plan to do something and the timing screws up. Sighs. But never mind, it's not as though I am doing anything special after that. No one is going to see me. Just had some light makeup on and vroom~~

The boyfriend busy Instagram-ing and hashtagging his yummy plate of calamari appetiser: 

Heard that they are famous for the pork ribs and the boyfriend decided to try this: 

I ordered this 48 hour stewed beef. Really light and perfect for dinner for me! ^^ Don't like heavy dinners. This cost $44 or $64 ala carte if without Restaurant Week's promotion. It is super yummy and really unique but I won't get this on a normal day. Haha. Go for the pork ribs!

Boyfriend ordered Creme Brulee as dessert.

Tiramisu for me! This is really good! Probably the best tiramisu I had! It's not too cheesy and the cream isn't that thick. Just nice I feel! Love the coffee powder :)

Overall, the dinner is really good. I am now more open to food choices. Just hope that I won't gain back those weight I 'accidentally' lost during internship and the bad flu. It's quite nice to be hovering around the underweight BMI again and to be able to wear crop tops without feeling disgusting and fat (just that I don't have abs cos I don't exercise). BUT, I have to admit that I am really need some muscles. I am finally thin but flabby. That's still not ideal:/

It's coming to the end of March and that screams my 22nd birthday that is coming very soon.

I have been wanting to blog about what I want for my birthday since Monday but I was too busy to do so. && my lovely friends have asked me what I want. But I still just want to put them down. Haha. It's gonna be a simple affair again this year! I will be celebrating with the boyfriend on 2nd April hopefully, together with our 2nd anniversary (don't know why I feel like we are together for a super long time already but it's only coming to 2 years?). && 3rd or 4th April with my BFFs:DD

1) Chanel Silver Swarovski Crystal Earrings 

Not a labels kind of girl but a classic pair of Chanel earrings can last me a long time and it goes well with everything! Just like the pearl earrings boyfriend's mum bought me for my 21st birthday. It has been my interview lucky earrings ever since. Vintage Chanel earrings are more yummy but too way out of our reach. So I thought it will be quite nice to have that, especially when I will be going out to the workforce soon. Well, in another year's time.

2) Jeffery Campbell Shoes

I wish I can own one of them. But it's quite impractical since I always aim to dress comfortably to go to school and I don't really go out anymore. Passed the dating stage, kinda far from friends at the moment and not much plans during weekends:( But it's still a good-to-have. I will totally start collecting them when I start working ;)

3) Pandora Charms

I have been looking for this Big Ben charm for a long time! It was said to be out of stock at all stores in Singapore. I am not sure if it is available now but it's definitely one I will add to my Pandora collection. Each charm has to symbolise something for my bracelet! I couldn't get this anywhere and hence I chose the Enamel London Bus to replace this for my fond memories in UK :)

4) Sephora vouchers

I love love love Sephora. Sephora vouchers will come in handy for me anytime :)

Tada. That's the end of my top birthday wish list which can never be fulfilled entirely :) But I am someone who is super easy to buy present for. As long as you are someone who knows my style and personality, it'll not be a problem. I am a blogshopaholic, I love items that are feminine and yet stylish and cool, I love handicrafts, I love books,... Eh... I am really easy with presents :) 

Good food with the close ones

This morning is a whole bunch of drama events. Sighs. I guess the only thing I hate about my Note II is the alarm clock):

Last week was gone in a flash. Time seems to pass faster when school starts and I get sleepy really early too): But! I did spend a good week yesterday with lots of good food and good company :)

1) EAST OCEAN TEOCHEW RESTAURANT @Ngee Ann City

Huihui!

I haven't brought my camera out for a long time. I stopped taking photos so often after I bought my DSLR cos it's so bulky. How can I fit it into my bags since I am carrying smaller and smaller bags nowadays??? && It's too exaggerating to use it to take food photos and stuff. Hmm. Brought the bf's GF2 out last week ;)

Haven't had Huihui's face appear on my blog for a long time. We love love East Ocean dim sum! It's really my top favourite place to go for dim sum. Reasonably priced and rather good service :) We ordered our 'usual', which is the custard bun, siew mai, hah gao, chee chong fun with barbecued pork,... Decided to try one of their cute dim sum but it's kinda disappointing. Their custard bun is the best I have ever eaten. As compared to Crystal Jade, Jade @ The Fullerton and the Shangri-la dim sum. Yums.

2) Standing Sushi Bar @SAM

Finally get to meet Gen for lunch now that I am back to school! We decided to try Standing Sushi Bar since everyone around me in SMU seems to be raving about it. It's so near our school, we just had to try it!

When we go in, we were kinda taken aback since it's not a literal 'Standing Sushi Bar'. There were bar top seats but no sumptuous sushi on a conveyor belt. Everything was ala carte or in sets. We had a hard time trying to figure out what's in a particular dish since some of the dishes doesn't have a picture on the menu. At first glance, the food seems pretty pricey too but they had pretty good deals on different days of the week which you can find out more about it here. I ordered a soba (I have been craving for for weeks but didn't get to eat it.) and a Dragon Roll (one of their specialties sushi) to share and Gen ordered a sashimi salad.

The Dragon Roll is sooooo yummy! I prefer this to Shiok Maki anytime! At first glance I am meh... It must be the same as the Koh Grill & Sushi Bar's but I was so wrong! Dragon Roll is a sushi with unagi wrap on the outside and shrimp tempura in the inside, which is quite the same ingredient as the Shiok Maki v1 but it's so much better without the cheese and the humongous amount of rice. Even though it's 8 pieces per plate, it kept me wanting for more. Can't wait to go back again on days with 50% off sashimi!

I love catching up with Gen like this once in a while. We have been in the same school since secondary school (SAJC after that and now SMU) but we didn't really talk to each other much due to the different routes we take. I am just so happy to see her beaming with bliss everyday. Haha. I never fail to repeat this but this is really the happiest her I have ever seen since I know her. I feel happy just looking at her (:

3) Founder's BKT @Balestier

It was mummy's birthday on the 9 of Mar so we decided to take her out for dinner! She haven't tried Founder's BKT, so did my sibs, so boyfriend and I brought them there for dinner. My mum don't want us to spend too much money on her birthday too. It was quite a disappointment though. This is probably the 3rd or 4th time I am there and I was really looking forward to it but... The pork ribs were soooo hard (certain parts SO FAT) and difficult to eat and the soup didn't taste that good anymore. Not going to go back there anymore. I felt so bad to bring my mum to eat something that's so not up to standard on her birthday):

4) Jade @ The Fullerton

Our church service ended really early so we went to walk around One Fullerton while waiting for le BFFs to arrive.

We randomly found Catalunya Restaurant while we were walking around and I just had to #ootd with it!

Didn't expect Catalunya to be in a standalone capsule! So cute! Can't wait to try it someday.


Chilling at Starbucks since I have rebates on my Citibank card to clear. Hehe.

Finally at Jade!

With the Bffs~~ So much love.

Just realised that we were very matchy that day. Hehe. And Yuankai towers over Qi and Ting with his new Dr. Martens.

You must be wondering why is there no photos of food. We booked the first sitting which is 1115 to 1230 and the last order is 1215. Ridiculous isn't it? It's quite crazy since it's a dim sum buffet. Dim sum is super filling and usually people will want to slowly enjoy their food during a buffet. We had to order a whole lot at one go cos they need to prepare the food and we only had one hour to order. The food gets cold really fast and dim sum is a little oily at times and when it turns cold it's even worst. We can't really chat with each other and slowly enjoy the food. I didn't really like this. Overall it was quite worth it in that it's $42 nett each and they are very generous with the ingredients and overall it's still good (but I prefer East Ocean). There were abalone on the siew mai, there were bird nest soup, scallop and lobster porridge. I love the soup and egg noodle though:)

Updates

Hello people! Sorry for not updating this space for a long time! Have been busy setting up and managing my online store and of course working...

We celebrated Qi's 21st birthday with a surprise in her bedroom at 12 midnight with the help from her family:) Haven't laughed so much in a long time. Haha. Many thanks to the boyfriend for fetching me there amidst the exams too. The next day we went to Prive for a late lunch. Awesome birthday celebration:)

Next up was Xiting's birthday! Weiqi and Angelina were the only free ones not having internships and what-nots so they planned a surprise for Xiting with her sis! It was quite nicely done up. Firstly, we had dinner at Japanese Dining Sun then Angelina and Qi pretended to ask her to go Ion for a christmas shopping trip while Alvin & I and YK&JX pretended to have stuff on and left in two cars to XT's place to decorate her whole place. Xiting's sis is really friendly and funny. She kept wanting to show us XT's drawers and all. Hahahaha. I thought XT would have guessed that we are going to surprise her at her house (like how we did to Qi for her birthday) but she didn't guessed a thing. A successful surprise^^V

Ah. Anyway, I have finally started my dream internship. All is good even though it started a little too slowly and boring for my liking. But I should enjoy the freedom and time I have at work now doing all the less intense stuff. Work is definitely going to get more and more tedious after the new year's day:/ Hopefully I can still catch my SHM concert in peace. I just checked, the concert is slated to start at 7pm. I am guessing that's the best timing I can ever get off work from Jan onwards. Hopefully the team I am working with that week will be kind. Am I ready to be an auditor in the future? Am I willing to give up all my social life and youth for that? After talking to a senior at work, I begin to doubt myself. Then again, busy is probably good. Hard work will pay off in this line of work. Given my nature and the way I work, I guess it'll be a great fit. Hmms. But so far so good! I like all the fellow interns! I really feel quite blessed to have a whole group of really nice and understanding colleagues (Interns I mean. Haven't meet many As, SAs and Ms to give other comments). How great would it be if we all were to work together again in future.

This year's Christmas gathering with BFFs is totally different from previous years! We finally moved out of our 'house gathering'. We had dinner at Peperoni Pizzaria @Binjal Park and have our usual gift exchange there. No funny presents this year from Angelina this year and this is probably the first time in a long time Yuankai didn't get Angelina's present. Hahahahahaa.

Xmas eve at Aunty Hazel's house yesterday and got quite a lot of tips for wedding planning and speech. Good to take note cos the elders will get quite affected if they do not like what they hear or if we missed out anything they deemed important. Hmmhmms. AMK BTO next(:






Can't wait for Ethan boy to arrive + Les Miserables tonight!^^

Yuankai's 21st @Goodwood Park Hotel

Went to Yuankai's 21st birthday party @ Goodwood Park Hotel on 21st July 2012^^

Le birthday boy in the background not yet changed into his suit.

Weiqi all disheveled after collecting the cake, directing the guests into the hotel room and organizing the caterers.

Beautiful helium balloons fitting our casino theme.

Yuankai's Burberry jeans for the night

Ivan's way of trying to get Xiting in the photo too. Haha.

Very unique caterer. Interesting finger food and they really take pride in the presentation of the food.

Ian and me:) Haven't seen him for a long time!

View from the bedroom on the 2nd level. So pretty!

Happy Xiting with her food!

The birthday boy is finally changed(probablu half-changed without his shoes) in his AX shirt and Burberry jeans but running around for don't-know-what-reason in his slippers.

Ivan Goh with his huge Canon 5D.

Le birthday boy doing his final touch up before coming down to meet his guests.

This one look too much like a wedding shot, HAHA. But that's his bestbestfriend-Kaizhong.

Us with the birthday boy^^V

I seldom attend birthday parties and this is 2nd 21st party I attended this year(the first one was Angelina's<3). It's nice that Yuankai's birthday is right smack in our summer holidays. My life is so dull that I was actually pretty happy to have a party to attend and help out with. I did the nice guestbook:) But I forgot to take a shot of it:(

I really enjoyed Yuankai's 21st. I was soooo happy to be able to catch up with so many of them. Ivan, Suqin, Ian,... I haven't seen them for the longest time and I chatted so much with them during the few hours there. I am so glad that most of them are doing well and are starting to have some goals in life. Uni year-2-going-on-year-3 makes me feel so old. And being attached for so long makes me feels old times 2. When one is single, one feels really lonely and feel that being attached makes your life more complete, keeps you occupied and etc... It's the complete reverse now cos I seem to have more free time than ever before. Weird but true.