the grand budapest hotel

It'd been so long since we last met as I was caught up in a whirlpool of assignments and examinations, I had absolutely no social life for the longest time. I could finally catch my breather and hang out with my happy pill, even if it was a short date. I've been hearing about the movie title from the longest time from people around me who have caught the title. So, when the friend mentioned about catching the movie, I was all hands for it. We struggled a little with the movie title when we were buying tickets but finally figured that sounding confident was the way to go. (hahaha)

Watching a film set in the 1960s at GV Katong seems like the most apt place to be. The Grand Budapest is a British-German comedy set in the early days. And as its very title suggest, it tells the history and story of the hotel. A very refreshing take and unconventional filming techniques compared to mainstream movies. I really enjoyed the how indirect the film was and it kind of reminded me of the movie "a series of unfortunate events".

We decided to go for a quick munch after movies and so we strolled down the streets of Katong, looking for a nice place to have some snacks and drinks. Eventually, we ended up at Chin Mee Chin. The old retro coffeeshop that was so complimenting with the 18th century ambience we were so absorbed in the entire afternoon, we had to eat in there. I only had a teh and I thought it was quite adhering to my taste buds. I would love to go back for some pastries the next time.

Chin Mee Chin Conffectionary

Address: 204 E Coast Rd, Singapore 428903

my friday date

To me, meeting up with friends on a Friday night after a long week of work and school is one of the greatest blessings in life. Too tired of the city buzz and we decided to retreat to the most neigbourly place for dinner- Simpang Bedok. I've been there countless times but never by public transport. But thank goodness for really good instinct and some sort of intelligence from a road idiot like me, I made it without being too lost! Wohoo!

Ate at Spize since they have all sorts of cuisine and choices before a sweet treat of ice cream. Before today, I had NEVER knew they had an ice cream shop there. But on second thought, that's bcos every time I visit Simpang, it's always at odd hours when all other shops have closed =X

Ordered my fave mee goreng thai, but it's my fave no more. =S

Ice cream wasn't the best but good thing ice cream cant go any worst either.

But the waffle was quite good! (surprisingly!)

Good thing for good company though!

It's really my blessing to have such great friend. 

Looking forward to xmas! :)) 

friends for life

Finally meeting up with the girls! We go a long long way back and there are like one of the first few friends I've ever made in life! So the fact that we're still meeting up and keeping contact is so heartening. It's really nice how we seldom meet up and all but it feels as though we were still back in time whenever we see each other. From talking about frivolous things in primary to now talking about uni/post uni life and future plans, it's all so grown-up now. I really miss being that young all over again.

We had dinner at this crystal jade cafe since most of us have yet to try it. The milk tea is so cool with the dry ice floating and contained in a flask all potion-like. Find the tea abit too fragrant for my liking, as though I'm drinking perfume.

Food was not too bad. Visually appealing as well.

And how can we not complete the meal with some ice cream.

Lots and lots and lots of selfies. But for the fact that we seldom meet up, this is barely enough.

HAHAHA.

So happy to know how my friends are all so blissful in life, am really glad to share their happiness and joy

:)

Pie tasting @Windowsill in the Woods

It's nice to have a date on Friday night

where you can be excited and have something to look forward to after work.

Met up with my pweety friend finally after several missed opportunities

in the west and some others.

Got bored of dating in the tamp particularly n decided to venture further.

Googled a little the night before and actually realised that there r a lot of nice places in the east!

We finally settled on something concrete which is good

even if minor changes take place which it did.

Haha. But in any case, I still proud of myself for being able to find the place

(im seriously bad at navigating, like seriously. ha!)

Here, our date at Windowsill in the Woods @Jalan Besar

within walking distance from lavender MRT station

A word of caution though;

when they are known for nice pies- stick to it!

I originally thought tacos were the safest thing to eat ever, but I was proved wrong.

Haha. Food presentation looks good

But I will go against ordering the taco the next time.

My shrimp taco had a sour taste that takes you aback on the first bite.

I must say that it is a rather acquired taste which takes a bit of getting used to.

Gk's chicken heart and octopus taco is even more exotic.

I first thought it would be all minced up.

However, the chicken heart came in WHOLE.

And it taste a little overpowering.

The small pieces below the cake n taco is the pieces of chicken heart

=O

The pies however, were another story altogether.

Ordered a lemon strawberry and grasshopper (mint & chocolate mousse) to share.

Loving both.

Grasshopper has a thick texture which is rather smooth and not too sweet.

Lemon strawberry was a refreshing contrast to the thick chocolate.

But gk finds it a little too sour and sweet at the same time.

But I have to complement how the staff took effort and pride in explaining each pie 

and the ingredients in it.

Very personal and friendly!

Even the toilet door/signs looks cute.

Big bear available for photo-taking. Haha.

It's a really cutesy place and I might be back for some pies next time.

But to make up for the less than satisfactory tacos, we just had to find something else.

And ended up at swee choon!

Can't believe it's the girl's FIRST TIME! 

Is that even possible! =O

Haha. But waiting time was quite short (20min) as compared to other wkends that I went.

For 2 girls, we ate ALOT! 

(spending more than $30 bucks for dimsum)(!!)

It was so YUMZZ though!

The dimsum made the day so satisfying!

And I got a lift from my very nice friend home.

Convenience of an automobile.

:))

bibigo~

Sometimes a simple, random text/WA/call can spark off a whole adventure altogether. 

Previously when I was working full time, I would always make it a point to have lunch with the NC colleagues at NEX, as they have free shuttle bus there every Thursday and it was only a few MRT stops away from me. However, ever since school started, it seems like I'm always working half-days on Thursday and had to leave for class mid-day. Hence, since it was my holiday and I was working the entire day, I decided to give J a text. 

I guess when you make an effort for others, others will do the same for you.

Old friends still turned up to have lunch together, even though the rest of their colleagues didn't want to travel for lunch.

So, for an hour before lunch, I was busy googling and searching for a perfect lunch place for 5 of us. 

And it eventually ended up with 3 choices: bibigo, rotten tomatoes and cafe cartel as most of them provides lunch set meals.

Eventually we ended up at bibigo! since none of us has been there and I was dying to try it. And boy was I glad we chose it. Ordered the special set they had which consists of 1x Seaweed Chicken Stonepot Bibimbap & 1x Kimchi Stonepot Bibimbap which both comes with a beansprout soup and a refreshing drink. All for less than $30 bucks. So worth the money. 

Both of which tasted so good! It is not the most authentic Korean food I ever had, however it was rather localized and suits the Singaporean taste buds perfectly. Flavourful yet not overly salty. Egg was still flow-y, goo-ey and not overcooked. Seaweed complements perfectly. For a small tummy I have, I downed them all! We ordered the seafood pancake to share as well. It is GOOD! I would surely recommend that you order it too. Within minutes, it was gone. I would love to order another plate of those!

Definitely would go back again some other time! :)

BIBIGO @ NEX Shopping Mall
23 Serangoon Central unit #03-08
Singapore 556083
Other outlets are available at:
Raffles City Shopping Centre, Suntec City Mall, Marina Bay Financial Centre 3
http://english.bibigo.com/global/globalSG.asp

ohaiyo!

Dinner with my punk friend. 

She's abit crazy wanting to eat jap AGAIN

even though she alr had it the day before. 

But no loss to me. 

Sashimi was SO GOOD!

Spending time together too.

We were like 2 crazy girls laughing I think we totally scare off the person near us,

Best mid-week break ever

:)

4 yrs and counting

Tried to date my this very busy fren but she was booked once again.

But with a twist of events, we ended up meeting anyways.

Dinner at our fave hangout- airport!

Bcos it's so near both of our place.

Cant believe the last time we met was xmas '12 =O

Really enjoyed the company- no leng chang at all.

And we were saying how it's impossible for 2 person to hit a $50 bill

but we did it!

Impressed at the amount we eat!

Haha. 

We really need to hang out more :)

The portion is a little teeny weeny bit small

Photographs below credits to my punk friend:

chilledlemon.blogspot.sg

Love her camera, her pictures and dates with her :)

sick cat

Your body doesn't care if you have an assignment due in 2 days' time or not.

When you got to rest, you got to rest.

Period.

Thankful to my nice friend who accompanied me to the clinic on a random Thursday afternoon.

He totally wasted half his day just waiting with me

=/

scott's 21!

Random decision to meet up for dinner with the birthday boy. 

Full attendance for once! after so long.

Even for my birthday nobody was free =/

In any case, we had dinner at the Japanese restaurant at city link where each plate was going $1ish. (cant rmb the exact price). There was no menu and what you see on the conveyor belt is exactly what you get. Almost of all of them are sashimi, some cooked ingredients here and there. By the 5th place I was kind of getting bored of the variety. Sashimi was worth the price but not as fresh as it could be.

Certainly price for money but I would rather have quality food. Sushi Tei is still my preferred choice for sashimi.

The giant boardgame below we were playing while waiting for fel to knock off. Her job for the entire day was to play the boardgame and let ppl win vouchers. We got the vouchers as well. But it couldn't be used for the sushi place, nor the ice cream place at the link. So I really wonder where the vouchers can be utilised.

I give up trying to use it. Haha.

Happy Birthday Scott! :)

Sushi Express

1 Raffles Link #B1-23 Citylink Mall, S(039393)

Tel: 62389811