Food and Company

After a half day work in the office, I met up with Lx for gossip/eating session. 1st stop was to Tanjong Pagar to buy Chocz & Spize muffins. She has wanted to buy it for the longest time so we'll fulfill her craving 1st. haha. She bought a total of 6 muffins for her family while I bought 3 for Mummy. After which, we mazed our way through to Maxell Market to fulfill my craving - Tian Tian Chicken Rice.

Sis and I have read many raves about this chicken rice and have been talking to try this out someday. Haha but I went without her first and even sent her an MMS of the above pic :p

So, after queuing for about 10 mins, I was ready to try out the “requested no breast meat” chicken rice. The rice was grainy and the chicken was smooth. (as this is not really a food blog, I wont be going into details how nice it is). Lx queued 15 mins for the famous fish slice porridge and she bought plate of raw fish slices to share. For a price of $2 only, it was pretty delicious.

. queue . chicken rice . sliced fish porridge .
. raw sliced fish . mango + prawn salad . chicken + sambal steak combo .
. steak + prawns combo . seafood spaghetti . american cheesecake

Dinner was at Jacks Place with Hr popping down to meet us. The only thing that I liked there was the American cheesecake. Won’t wanna go into the uncooked chicken and tasteless steak I had.

Nevertheless, the company was good - I rant/raved about the latest “happening” in my life, bad attempt to shoot “paparazzi” shots and a very hard time convince Lx to get a pic of her taken (which we failed).

Ouch! It's Time...

It hurts,
But I still got to smile.

It hurts,
And I'm no longer going to dream.

Period.

1st time into the Esplanade Theatre

Late post again ...

On the 27th Sept, Lx and I went to watch musical - The Forbidden City, Portrait of an Empress. We met up at City Hall and had Din Tai Fung @ the Market Place

. crunchy mini cucumber in spicy sauce . xiao cai . xiao long paus .
fried rice . pork chop . soup noodles .

It's surprising that the xiao long paus and xia cai does not taste as good as those at Bishan. The noodles were ok..but definitely not my choice whenever I visit Din Tai Fung. The pork chop was pretty good. As usual, the fried rice was "thumbs up". keke Oh, and we also tried the new item on the menu - crunchy mini cucumber in spicy sauce. Too bad, not all branches have that on the menu, because the sour-ish and spicy taste is really appetizing.

Mental block so here's it in point form again for the musical:
- nice songs
- amazing voices
- touching show
- setting was fine
- wanted to get the OST, but decided to save $

Perhaps it's time...

When reality beings to set in, I should no longer dream.

How comments have affected me :(

Suddenly, I'm getting worried and sad over my complexion again.

Small oil bumps have surfaced recently. And I'm seriously worried that it might aggravate to pimples again.

I hope that by maintaining positive thoughts and believing in my beautician will help me pass this dark period soon ;)

What does it mean when…

I've got to think for almost 5 mins before knowing how to continue the MSN conversations?

Que Será, Será

Yesterday evening, I was told of something, which led me thinking. But seriously, I’ve no idea on how I should react or do. I should just let nature take its courses.

"Show interest, not desperation" – how true

Forbidden City

Yeah!! I’m going to watch Forbidden City on the 27th Sept. Actually, it was quite an impromptu thing as the tickets were selling since July but I did not really thought about watching it until my colleagues started talking about it yesterday.

So, I checked out the prices/dates/reviews after lunch and asked Lx if she’s interested. Haha luckily she’s "onz" about it and I immediately booked the tickets this morning

Haha, now what should I wear to the musical since I’ll going after work?? Oh… and it’s the 1st time we’re going to the Esplanade Theatre…:p

Kelong Collage

click on pic for bigger view

Ok... This is really late. I was taking my own sweet time to choose my fave pics (mostly taken by Victor). Hope this collage sums up our stay there :p

KNS....

Shit happens.

Usually @ work.

Our moral is getting low.

Sometimes, I hear and see things, which are so fake and irritating, I feel like vomiting.

Sometimes, I feel like giving them a big tight slap and ask them to Just Shut Up!

I think...

it might be my biological clock that was smiling,

not my heart.

What have I gotten myself into?

I wanted to take it one step at a time,

But my dear colleague decided to lend me a "helping hand".

Was it a joke carried out too far?

Or am I smiling in my heart?

Random.... again

Uh oh… it’s been such a long time since I last blogged. I can’t think of anything eventful to write here thus the lack of posts.

Some random updates:

- Went for the Singapore Fireworks Festival on the 5th with Janice and 12th with Lx and Hr. The display by team France was awesome. We even had a "commentator" behind us which was definitley not necessary. It was a great catching up session with the gals (gossips and more gossips)

- Thailand trip from 21st – 25th Sept with Daddy and Mummy. Yeah! It’s been such a long time since I went there for a holiday. Previous 2 trips were for work purpose therefore, I’ll shop and eat all I want there in this coming trip. Seems like my parents are accompanying me on this trip as Mummy says she has nothing much to buy there. Will be reading up reviews in forums and am planning to visit some shopping areas that we’ve never been before.

- Sheares Bridge Run on Sunday… got to wake up early *sianz*. The only thing that I'm looking forward to is where we’ll be heading to for breakfast after the run.. hahaha

Boring post, isn’t it??

I'm a Singaporean

For the 1st time and last time in my entire life, I went for our nation’s National Day Parade at the National Stadium last Saturday. I’ve always wanted to go for the parade and I’m so so glad that Sis was given 2 tickets. Despite it being only a preview, I was overwhelmed by the atmosphere.

I wore white
I went through the fun pack like a kid
I put on the fake tattoo on my arms and hands
I kept myself cool with the mini electric fan
I ate the snacks
I sang along
I waved my mini flag
I did the kallang wave
I wowed in emotion when I saw the fireworks

I recited the national anthem
I sang the national song
I did so with pride
I’m MW Lin
I’m a Singaporean
So say we all, so say we all…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!!!

my home...

Too much food...

Being sick for 1 whole week is not joke. I guess that’s the aftermath for gorging on too much unhealthy food last 2 week.

From Wednesday to Friday (26th – 28th), we attended a course where breakfast and lunch was provided. For those 3 days, I ate like I’ll never be given the chance to eat them again (wrong wrong move)

1st day
- Polar’s swiss roll
- Polar’s sausage puff
- Chinese lunch at Kia Hiang

2nd day
- Old Chang Kee’s curry puff
- Old Chang Kee’s popiah

3rd day
- Old Chang Kee’s popiah
- Old Chang Kee’s radish cake
- Old Chang Kee’s fish ball
- Begawan’s Solo Pandan cake
- Pizza Hut (1 slice of pizza, garlic bread)
- KFC (2 big drumsticks, 1 drumlet)
- Coffee

Scary isn’t it….

Dinner on Friday night with Mummy was at Crystal Jade Golden Palace at Paragon.

. entrance . herbal soup . goose .
. salted egg yolk prawns . claypot tofu . soy sauce pan fried fish .

After that dinner, I felt unwell but brushed it off as I thought I might just be bloated. Never did I expect to develop a fever the next day - NDP’s preview day… :(

Forgive and Forget??

Forgiving and forgetting aren't actions that come naturally to you. You're loyal to those you love, and you can be unyielding as rock to those you think of as foes. In the end, though, does it help to hold onto a grudge?

Though that’s the daily overview of my horoscope for August 01, 2006 (tomorrow's), but I can say it now that it’s -

"Oh, so true"

So near yet so far...

I was so close to getting the $96 tickets to BKK for Sept.

I thought I’d be going to the Land of Smiles again after sooo many months of "planning".

I'm still very disappointed that the tickets got all snapped before I could click on the "purchase" button.

:(

I need to be more disciplined!

I'm no longer on a low carb diet now as we suspect that it might have some negative impact on my complexion.

However, it seems like I’m eating more than usual now. I'll always be snacking when at work and I want to eat food which are "full of taste" - nasi biryani, tom yum, minced pork noodle etc..

Previously, it was ok to have sliced fish soup twice a week, but the thought of having it now bores me.

Previously, I'll gorge/crave for certain food only when it nearing that time of the month, but now, it seems like I'm craving for different food almost everyday.

Previously, I was so disciplined to the extent that I did not touch eggs, cheese, and potato chips etc due to my complexion. But I had those forbidden foods during the past few weeks.

My skirt feels tight

My weight is going back

My arms are getting bigger/flabbier

My face is getting rounder (as compared to only last month's);

I call it the donut face :(

Disappointing dinner

Went to have ramly burger at Tanjong Pagar railway station after reading some good reviews online.

Sadly, I do not have any good reviews for the place and the food. Firstly, the place is not very clean and we chose to sit outside. We ordered a plate of Indian rojak and roti john to share 1st as we were still waiting for another friend to arrive. The mutton roti john was drowned in mayonnaise and tomato sauce while the Indian rojak doesn't taste fresh and the ice milk tea was too milky. Shirlyn’s luke warm mee siam tasted like rubber band. *roll eyes*

Surprisingly, we were quite full after the "starters" but we still got the ramly burger, after all the purpose of this outing was to try that. Sadly, we felt that the ramly burger was not worth coming down for. Though the food was disappointing, we had a great time gossiping, talking nonsense and cam whoring (Janice and I).

Seeing that it was still early to head home on a Friday night, Janice, Sock Huan and I went to Suntec for coffee at Olio. There came another disappointment, the ice mocha with gelato tasted so different from what I always have from Dome. It was so not right that I did not even finish the drink (-.-")

. Tanjong pagar railway station . inside . ramly burger .
. stall . roti john . ramly burger .
. indian rojak . ice milk tea . mee siam .

It's Beautiful

Pictures to remind all that the world is a beautiful place.

Enjoy