Bite-sized peices of life, sprinkles of random thoughts and muses

Quirky taste?

2012-02-10T18:19:00.002+08:00

I know many will cringe at the way I blend my foods together, but, what can I say? I've got quirky tastes in food! I would love to try dog soup (I can already feel many dog-lovers hounding me with daggers), and I love putting chili ketchup and tomatoes with my instant noodles.So, here's an example where many of my friends go "Eww! How can u put something sweet to go with the salty hash brown?!

Proud Graduants

2012-02-07T21:26:00.001+08:00

Look what I collected today? With this cert, it feels real. I'm officially a graduate! I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and majored in Communication with distinction. Argh! Just 0.1 grade to a magna cum laude! Well, anyway, hello, working world!

Travel Bug is biting again

2012-02-06T15:27:00.001+08:00

I’ve been good this year. I haven’t yet left the country, and haven’t even allowed myself to surf any travel-related sites/content for a few weeks now… and I’m starting to miss the Airport! Darn! Anyway, I was just curious to see what the after-CNY travel specials are. So, I hopped on to Zuji.com and boy, look at this: A little over $500 for 3 nights hotel stay + airfare to Hongkong! That’s

CNY, 14th Day.

2012-02-05T23:12:00.000+08:00

Chinese New Year lasts 15 days. Today’s the 14th day, and since it’s a Sunday, my Aunty decided to invite us all over for steamboat dinner at her house to round up the Chinese New Year celebrations. We had a widespread of food. One pot of kimchi based soup and the other pot a clear chicken broth based soup. Fish, prawns, sashimi, cabbage, meatballs, fishballs, prawn rolls, beef, crabsticks

Happy Bday, Je!

2012-02-04T23:41:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday, Je! Wishing you a great year and many happy returns! Love ya! Lunch was great! Birthday cake was AWESOME! Passion Fruit Meringue cake from The Patissier. It was delicious! Each layer was so edible. You can’t get enough of it! This is my new favourite b’day cake. I’m gonna have it for my b’day this year! ;)

Blogging from my mobile phone

2012-02-03T17:06:00.001+08:00

I have been waiting for this day for ages! I'm finally able to blog AND post pictures from my mobile phone! So, it's a little difficult to post without the help of HTML, and I don't seem to be able to centralize my text and images, but this is a far cry from the days tht I could only publish just text! :) Here's a pic of my and my cutie pie niece at 8 months old.

初七 (everybody's birthday today!)

2012-01-29T23:53:00.000+08:00

Today, all the relatives gathered at my Uncle’s/ Grandfather’s house for the 7th day of the new year. It also happens to be everybody’s birthday today! Also know as 人日, which literally means Human Day. It has been a long long long time since all the cousins, aunts and uncles gathered at Ah Kong (Grandfather)’s house. Since grandpa’s passing, we’ve stopped the weekly saturday meets at his house.

Chinese New Year yearly get-together

2012-01-26T17:36:00.001+08:00

A small group of friends and I gather yearly at Chinatown mainly to eat sweet rice-ball dumplings. This year, many have started working and we’ve learnt to hate the crowds of Chinatown. So, we decided to cook our own dumplings, as we did last year. We gathered at Seow’s place this year. When we stepped out of her lift, we were welcomed with all the chinese new year decorations. The outside of

Chinese New Year… Lo Hei!

2012-01-24T23:01:00.000+08:00

I look forward to the bustling of every Chinese new year! Every year, we gather at my cousin’s house on day 2 of the new year and we spend most of the day playing blackjack or Mahjong. My aunty and uncle always hype up and make it such a rowdy affair. Day 1. My twin cousins and I visiting with our maternal grandma’s family. Day 2: We spend the day at my eldest Aunty’s house from

Baking the Dragon Cake for the Year of the Dragon

2012-01-21T23:57:00.000+08:00

I recently read a blog that I frequent and it featured a dragon cake that she baked for her daughters’ Chinese themed birthday party. I was so very impressed! It quickly got me thinking, and I decided that I would try making a dragon cake since we’ll be ushering in the year of the Dragon come Monday. And, also, the fact that I am also born in the year of the dragon. So, double the motivation to

Reunion Dinner 2012

2012-01-21T23:31:00.000+08:00

Tonight, I had reunion dinner with my god parents and family. Every year, I look forward to Mama’s Yu Sheng. Her home made Yu Shengs are THE BEST! Tonight, we tossed our Yu Sheng to wealth, good year ahead, hoping all our wishes and dreams would come true, and last and most importantly, to good health. I love my god ma’s cooking. All home cooked. We had pan seared scallops, honey-glazed

Lighting the Huge Lantern

2012-01-20T16:10:00.001+08:00

So, it is a teeny tiny bit late to post about my close-knit group of friends and I ushered in the New Year. Basically, we all gathered at Row’s place for a steamboat dinner before heading to a near-by park with an open space (well, not that open when there’s hardly any land in Singapore, but it was the biggest space we could find) and lit a lantern. This is the first time we did this. It was all

What a year 2011 has been.

2012-01-17T15:50:00.001+08:00

I can’t believe I’ve taken this long to write about my 2011. I’m 3 weeks late. I guess as I grow older, i become more jaded and less sentimental about the passing of the year into a new one. This year, there wasn’t much sense of excitement for me. All I knew was that, Oh! It’s new year already! Hardly something to be happy about. But, I must say, I am thankful for 2011. I think my 2011 can be

bon appétit

2012-01-07T22:49:00.000+08:00

For the first time, I tried French Cuisine at a fine dining establishment, with a French owner (well, at least he spoke and sounded really French when he greeted us) called Au Petite Salut. We had a 4-course meal, paired with red wine and all. Very European, very FRENCH. We were out to celebrate my god-pa’s birthday. Starter: Home cured smoked Ocean trout, Quinoa salad and Pan seared duck

Beijing. The last trip of 2011

2011-12-09T13:44:00.000+08:00

I’ve always wanted to visit Beijing, one of the most ancient cities in the world. So much history in a rapidly developing city of modern skyscrapers. Yes, they really are. At times, at some of the sight seeing places, I feel like I’m in a time wrap. What if, at that very moment, I’m transported back in time to 300 BC or something? Desiree and I got a really good deal from one of those

Full from lots of food, but full of love

2011-10-29T23:37:00.000+08:00

Lunch at Dian Xiao Er. The herbal duck is to-die-for. Also marks the first outing with baby Audrey! :) Korean BBQ dinner at Novena. We ate until the sun set. See how bright it was on our first serving? Dark, by the time our 6-7th serving. Celebrating Rui’s 24th, and also her graduation from German class! I’m so FULL from all the good food I’ve had throughout the day. But also full with

Online Shopping

2011-10-23T15:21:00.001+08:00

The only online shopping I know is buying air tickets and making hotel reservations. As far as I know, that’s the only kind of online shopping I do! So anyway, I was blog hopping a few days ago and chanced on one of my daily read who recommended a site. *I seldom click on the shopping links because I know I would definitely be tempted.* BUT, i saw Marc by Marc Jacobs sunshades going for $85 -

A whole new world - Underwater

2011-10-19T21:27:00.001+08:00

I feel like such a noob – Having NEVER once in my life gone snorkeling. I think the guides all thought we were a trio of bimbos who went “wow!” at every pretty fish that swam by, or got excited by sea cucumbers, or got excited by seeing colorful marine plants and went all excited and gaga when we saw Nemo (That’s the orange and white clownfish, for those of you who’ve never watched “Finding Nemo”

I miss traveling…

2011-10-18T21:21:00.001+08:00

I miss traveling. I hate being stuck here in this tiny island. * I should so stop whining about traveling already and just SUCK IT UP AND GO FIND A JOB ALREADY, but alas… I can’t.* I should totally turn this blog into a travel blog. Imagine, sitting in the office, bored to death, and looking through my travel pictures of the year. TORTURE, I tell you. Torture in CAPTIALS, as if I haven’t already

Great Wall of China – One of the 7 Man Made wonders

2011-10-16T21:21:00.001+08:00

I got a very good deal to do a tour of Beijing for $59 for 5 days and 4 nights. That's a really good deal. So, today, we finalized our air tickets and now, I'm so excited. Excited to have the opportunity to visit yet another man made wonder. I'm sure I'll be awed by the Great Wall of China. I'll be keeping in mind that many lives were sacrificed for building it. Apart from that, I'm excited to

Very productive day!

2011-10-15T22:15:00.001+08:00

8:30am: Woke up. Dad made oats breakfast for me. 9:30am: Blogged Vietnam travel. 12nn: I brought Mum and Dad out to lunch at Din Tai Fung – my treat (since I got my first pay check). 1pm: Mum and I went to the goldsmith and there, we bought rings with our new Chinese names engraved on them. Had to wait an hour and half for rings to be engraved. 1:30pm: Went to Fuji Film shop to develop

Catch up on the whole blogging deal

2011-10-15T00:34:00.001+08:00

I’ve been a delinquent blogger. I’ve been down with the travel bug the WHOLE YEAR. I’ve still to catch up on blogging about my travel adventures, which I will get to (maybe when I’m in the office). For now, I’m working temporarily at SAS. It’s starting to be a routine, but, I’m facing many different kinds of people daily. So many things have happened in the past few months during my blogging

Cooking Class in Saigon

2011-08-16T10:52:00.000+08:00

Written on 15 Oct 2011 Heh, for those who know me, I do not cook. So, it’s a wonder that I attend cooking class when I’m overseas. But, it was an interesting experience! I even got tested and had a certificate! How cool is that? We actually signed up for a cooking school on the web, but were talked into joining another coooking class by our hotel receptionist who had rave reviews about it. We

Into Saigon: 15-18August

2011-08-15T22:11:00.000+08:00

Written on 15th Oct 2011 I really enjoyed myself during the whole trip. However, I found that as we moved from Siem Reap, to Phnom Penh, to Saigon, it seems that the people get less friendly and more reserved. It was like moving from rural (Siem Reap), to semi rural semi urban (Phnom Penh) and then to almost urban (Saigon). We booked tickets with our guesthouse owner in Phnom Penh for a bus to

Heavy Rains

2011-08-14T22:36:00.000+08:00

Written on 30th October 2011 Basically, Day 2 of Phnom Penh got us caught unawares of the heavy rains that would come from late afternoon to evening. It poured and poured. We got drenched, and my shoes became squishy. But, I enjoyed the day, because we visited so much more of Phnom Penh and were basically navigating our own way around the city. In the afternoon, before the rain… We hopped