Food for thought March 08

1) Thai Express @ Vivocity.

The food is generally good except that they are a little salty. We love the softshell glass noodle & tom yum soup & chicken wings & mango salad & mango glutinous rice. So much for our healthy diet!!... sigh...

Reviews:-

Food quality = Yum! Yum! Yum!
Food presentation = C
Ambience = L on weekend
Average cost per pax = MMM

2) Tracy Juice Culture

They have 6 different concoctions of healthy drinks. Tried the reddish "Creamy Beetroot", and it taste a little "girly"... Yee...

www.tracyjuiceculture.com

Reviews:-

Food quality = Yum! 
Food presentation = C
Average cost per pax =  M

Baby boom!

Quite a handful of friends & friend's kids/babies celebrating their birthdays this month...  

As we were both busy with wedding stuffs, everywhere we went is just *touch & go*... Some birthday celebrations, we couldn't even make time to attend. Sorry ah, frds!.. :p

 Skyler 1st Bday party
Kingsley 1st bday party

Movies! Movies! Movies!

Since we love movies, might as well, especially now prices for movies went up again $10.50! $#%^@...

Collected our mini popcorn card! So cute... All you need is to sign up as GV member! Grab any savings if you could.

 

Went to catch The Orphanage (Spanish)

If you like The Other (By Nicole Kidman), you will like this. The ending is so sad i cried! But it's more scary & spooky then sad. People in the theatre jumped & screamed. For Mr Fearless (i.e. Eythan), he also jumped ONCE! Haha... Thats mean this horror show is a success! 

http://www.theorphanagemovie.com/

Even this trailer can be scary! Some scenes still haunting me ah... 

FOOD FOR THOUGHT - 2007

I'm going to have a monthly food review by serious food critics... That's Eythan & myself! Hee hee..
They will be judged based on the following...

Reviews:-
Food quality = Yum! Yum! Yum! Yum! Yum! (max. 5 Yum!s based on taste)
Food presentation = BCD - ok, good or no good
Ambience = J-good decor/quiet/clean, K-ok la, can enjoy food without distraction, L-like wet market,noisy & dirty
Average cost per pax = every M means approximately every $10 bucks.

Wrapping things up for 2007, here are our Top Favorite food in Singapore.

1) Dian Xiao Er @ Vivo City
The 1st time we were there, we were so famished we couldn’t speak to each other cos all we talk about is food. When we had that plain rice in our mouth, it was such a heavenly feeling trust me! Even the rice can be this good… After so many same dinner set (herbal duck, mongolian pork ribs, century egg veg & soup), it is still having me thinking of it.

Reviews:-

Food quality = Yum! Yum! Yum!
Food presentation = B
Ambience = K
Average cost per pax = MM

2) Pier Eleven @ Marina South

I must say their "Seared Foie Gras, caramelized grapes with honey balsamic" is the best! Melts in your mouth oh... (Pic 1).
Pic 1

Also tried their "Beer battered cod fish" (Pic 2 - left) & "Carppacio of Salmon with Truffle soy" (pic 2 - right) which are not bad. Don't really enjoyed the "Duck Confit, crusted orange & honey balsamic" though (Pic 2 centre)... 

Pic 2

We've tried the lamb too (can't remember which of the 2 types they have) and surprisingly, it doesn't taste or smell too "lamby"!! Ha... I'm glad I finally get to enjoy lamb.
And and… the warm "Baked Chocolate with vanilla gelati"… Highly recommended!! (Pic 3).

Pic 3

Reviews:-
Food quality = Yum! Yum! Yum!
Food presentation = C

Ambience = J

Average cost per pax = MMMMM

3) Amber Hotel 1929 @ 50 Keong Saik Road
This is a boutique hotel at Chinatown. Very tastefully done up! And nope, we have not gone to the rooms but from the lobby & the restaurant, you can tell.
Anyway, the cod fish here is a to die for… It melts in your mouth, no joke!
Wasn't a blogger then so didn't take pic of the food. :p

Reviews:-

Food quality = Yum! Yum! Yum! Yum!
Food presentation = C

Ambience = J

Average cost per pax = MMMMM (For lunch)

4) Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream - Chocolate Fudge Brownie

Reviews:-

Food quality = Yum! Yum! Yum! Yum! Yum! 

Food presentation = C

Ambience = J - good anywhere!

Average cost per pax = M

Wedding card selection

Went T Dragon @ Excelsior S.C. to select our wedding cards. Looked for the simplest, least fanciful design out of a thousand. Ha... Anyway, final contenders are these 2 same designs, different colours. Make a guess which is the final chosen one?? :p

Wedding photo shoots 15 March 2008

Had a hearty breakfast and reached our bridal studio, Thomson Bridal Studio @ Thomson Road early 9am plus, wearing our E&S tees! Feel like teen students again! Hee hee…

9am check for Indoor Shoots

Weather = Cool, slightly sunny

Mood = Very relaxed & fresh

Physical condition = Very energised & rested

LiShi, our makeup & hair artist, started working on our “Casual” looks as we want to have our red Swiss caps taken. 

Eythan has to put some makeup too, if not he’ll look too reflective for the shoots. So funny he looked so caked & fake. Hahaha! We looked cute & acted 10 years younger for these shots.

Next, we changed into our evening gown/suit & had our 2nd layer of makeup. I must say the evening gown looks alittle too cute on me. Lime green satin & pink lace!! Quite a refreshing colour but it is a you-love-it-or-hate-it piece, be warned! I like it because it is new & clean, just hot from oven. The designer of this gown insisted this is the best evening gown for me, because my size just as his mannequin size - just nice. As a matter of fact, actually he said “you must dress younger so that you will not look too old beside Eythan”! Wahahaha!!… The truth hurts lor… but I like his frankness!

Coming next was our wedding gown/suit… and 3rd layer of makeup! This gown I chose also brand new item from the studio. Abit kua chang & grand but has to for my event I guess. 

We had abit of “audience” while shooting at the shopfront. Posing like mannequinnes on display & prowling on the floor!! So awkward! Ha…

Had a chance to snap a shot on our photographer, Lili, when she was working on Eythan. When asked to pose, see how a professional becomes a little gal… act cute also! Hahaha…

For the mandarin Kwa outfits, we had more fun from the shootings as it’s definitely more relaxed & playful. Not going for any japanese or korean outfits as we feel they are quite meaningless…

Finally we are going for our outdoor shooting!

3pm check for Outdoor Shoots I – Dairy Farm

Weather = Evening Sun out, hot & windless

Mood = Quite tired after tonnes of makeup & thousands of poses

Physical condition = Hungry & thirsty (can’t drink too much else keep going toilet with heavy gown on)

Quite a wrong choice ‘cos veeery hot in late afternoon!! Eythan’s mom prayed for us in the morning for no rain. Forgot to tell her I need wind too! Ha… My outdoor gown was so tight at my chest I almost fainted there trust me...

6pm check for Outdoor Shoots II - Changi Beach

Weather = Sunny, getting dark

Mood = Exhausted, even after a short nap in the car

Physical condition = Weary

Our final shoot at Changi beach opposite NSRCC. Good thing the place wasn’t crowded for a Sat. We had few shots with my gown in the water & sand on my feet! Yee…

Lili (the photographer) wants me to go INTO the water (an adhoc plan!) and I changed into a short gown she handed me earlier in the day. Ey & I had to sit on the rocks where the ocean surface waves crashed. More yeeeee!!… By this time, the beach was getting dark & very cold… We finally realised it sucks to be a model!! Good thing we only need to do this once in our lives. Poor Lili ended up with foot blisters at the end of the day!

After we wrapped things up at bridal shop, we had a damn good food at the vicinity, Ms Clarity Cafe. (read more when I’ve done the “Food for Thought” section.)

Shanghai rendezvous 28 Feb

Eythan went Shanghai for work on 25 - 29 Feb & I was there too, but for holiday with 2 other colleagues from 28 Feb - 5 Mar. We managed to meet up on the 28th night for awhile (as 1.5 week can be too long to be away from each other! Ha...). 

Eythan brought us to Shanghai's Jin Mao Tower, a 88 storey landmark skyscraper in Pudong District of Shanghai & opposite of Oriental Pearl Tower. 

Bought this wedding paper cut from Shanghai near HuangPu River (not sure the name). So cute with our surnames on it! For S$16.00. it is indeed steep, for they charged by per head! Also saw this cute "Double Happiness" eggs in a pack, can't help not to buy that! Ha... 

Ready for our bridal photo shoot

We are having our wedding photos taken this Sat & we can't think of what to wear for "casual" theme. Went shopping last Sunday, still didn't managed to get anything simply yet nice.

Hey, we thought! Why not print our own?? So I spent half a day on the design for our personalised Tee... Sent it for print this afternoon & *tataar!!*... 

Not too bad I hope huh... If you noticed, the tees are of different white tone. Sigh! No other choices since so last minute.

Good news is... At least, it's uniquely ours eh!... Cool...

Bad news is... the one I got for HIM is too small!! Haha... Looks like the Groom is going to look like Superman with his spandex lor! Hahaha... 

Got luck no fate...

We used to buy 0866 as this was "his lantern" number given by the temple before CNY. As usual, after awhile, we conveniently forgot abt it.

Went past the Singapore Pools outlet last Sunday & I wanted to go in buy since queue was short finally! However, my lazy nap time kicked in so I thought we can do that later... then forgotten.

The mom came back with papers that night & I almost fell off my chair! Shoot!!!!!!!!... Finally came out for the 1st time & we didn't buy! $#%@

Recently on a trip to Shanghai, I bought a Pi Xiu*. Actually I was very attracted by the black Pi Xiu but the Master convinced me to have a green one as I told her I was looking for one that brings Health & Wealth.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_yao

Maybe this number striked after 2 years again because I got it last week. Hee... And I "bathed" it last Sunday!

See how cute it is! Psst... mine got a marilyn monroe's mole! ha...

CNY Day 4 + my Birthday!

CNY Day 4 - also my birthday 10 Feb!

Went Changi T3 to see my 2nd sis off to Sydney & same time, have a mini birthday celebration at Swensens with my family. Got a ice-cream birthday cake!

We 4 sisters tried playing with cherry stems and not bad... Can you tell who is the best kisser in our Teo family?? Haha... Actually I tricked them cos I pulled a little tightly while getting it out from my mouth! ahaha...

clockwise from top left: Sha's, Suz's, Sop's & moi's.

Surprise from my HFE ex-colleagues!

Didn't know they had prepared an angbao for me... $$! So pai say but must still take photo with the representative, Claire.

Our CNY Celebration!

Ey's TCM physician advised him to "light" lantern at Relic Temple @ Chinatown for luck and smooth sailing throughout the new year. We went before the Lunar New Year and boy... the sight was beautiful, with hundreds of red lanterns hung along the parameter of the temple. The whole temple is so majestic!

If you go there, can see his "lantern" numbered 0866.

REUNION DINNERS

Dinner with Eythan's family @ Long Beach, Dempsey on 4 Feb .

Check that out! Shark's fin, Durian Pudding, Chilli Crab... Evil food... hee...

Taking cute shots of Trevor, the newest member of the family... Xerene with me on the right.

Dinner with Serene's family @ Sharon Maison, Punggol.

I love my golden mushrooms.... lotsa lotsa of it! And all the different chilli for the spread! Thanks, Sha!! Sorry we can't be there to help out cos need to go for wedding gown selection. :p Next yr I trrrry!

Tea with Ascanio

My client, Colleen made these delicious pineapple tarts & new year cookies with her hubby. I bought some malay snacks to share too! End up too much food...

Snacks from Shawn & gifts from Xerene

Shawn came back from Hong Kong with this especially for us... Husband & Wife biscuits... So cute! The irony part is, we each took 1 of our own role without thinking!

Xerene also gave us this mini tees from Hong Kong too. How appropriate!!

CNY Eve - River Angbao @ Marina.

As usual, every year we will try to go there for the spirit of CNY. Nontheless, we went & managed to catch the fireworks across Padang, JUST ON TIME!!! We got one of the best view from between the Supreme Court & City Hall.

The night ended quite a big hooha... All of us parked at The Adelphi building & by the time we got back there, the carpark's shutter was down! Well, there was a MINI sign stating that the carpark will be closed from 1am... but c'mon man!!... At least practice some flexibility when we called the security to retrieve our vehicles! @#$%...

Eventually, we came to the side entrance & realised we were not the only one stranded! There were like 20 other car owners talking to the security guards. Got Ah Bengs & Ah Lians shouting, tired grandparents sitting around, maids frantic & babies crying! Really felt like taking my HP *snap snap* but the situation was so tensed I reckon it's not the best time to do that. Ha...

CNY Day One - 7 Feb 08

The time of the year when you can have everything new! Yeah...

CNY Day Two - 8 Feb 08

Nothing here cos we slept all day! ha... :p

CNY Day Three - 9 Feb 08

- Wil-Jess apartment @ Compassvale.

It was a reunion cum housewarming cum birthday party! We had some much fun with that Lou Hei the girls prepared that most of the food landed on our hands, table & floor! Huat ah!!... Sorry Wilson for the mess... :p

Getting all ready for the mess!!! Yeah!! Huat ah!!!

Look at the whole mess!! And of course, the lovely Chocolate Fondue I've made!


Mashmallows for below 10 & above 30s... Look at Stewart & Jewel sooo cute!

- Celebrating my birthday @ Pier Eleven, Marina South.

The 1st time we were there was to scout for our ROM venue. Doesn’t seem to provide that postive ambience the critics have been writing about. Place was empty, people was bored, carpark not free somemore! Ha…

Nonetheless, we decided to give their food a try… For someone who doesn’t take lamb, I must say this place has its worth! Ever since then, we went occasionally, and the last time we came here was last Dec where he proposed. (read more once I've done the"Our fav food"!)

- Old friend's matrimontial house @ Telok Blangah.

For the 1st time in my life I've heard of someone's house has got no fridge, after staying for years! Meaning: no eggs, no milk, no Ben&Jerry's ice-cream??! Hahaha... Well, good thing they finally bought one, before CNY this year.

Before we left for the night, the 6 of us had few rounds of Black Jack with 5 others and guess what?? In less than 2 hours, I had 10 Black Jacks!! Never been so lucky! Well, I won over a hundred dollars from the banker... i.e. Eythan!! Hahaha... Consider that a extra birthday gift then. :p

Cake cutting – exactly same cake as the one from Bengawan Solo! Haha… It’s CNY mah…

Back to school

It's exam time for Eythan now. He hasn't been to school for a long time and has to start his disciplinary plans. 

Sshhh... mugging his papers now! He's getting the motion going now... Hee...