as of now,
I havent decided what to eat for the birthday dinner tmr and the birthday cake too
well all those are trivial stuff
but for my new year resolutions and my birthday wishes, they are simple, to be closer to God, Family and friends
and to get a good job and good grades in my last semester
Happy birthday to Me!!
phew thanks to Blackra1n,
its a simple affair now
but I forgot about appsync n deleted my favourite apps thinking that they were useless
upgraded my iPhone to the 16gb one, thanks to mrK
and my first book of the year
the mile hi! club, by Janet Chew, a book about the experiences of stewardess
anyway
last piece of news, I AM taking Japanese this semester, long overdue!!! I love languages but i think Jap is a major challenge cos we need to master not just 1 or 2 styles of writing but 3, namely hiragana, katagana and kanji!!!
oh wish me luck and
shitsuree shimasu
Well firstly, I cant really eat chickens in Singapore because of their high hormonal content, so usually I avoid them.
but I always made exceptions at Arnold’s
their whole spring chicken at 9.90 is big enough for 2 plus their potato platter is me and MrK favourite weekend meal, accompanied by some shopping at the blogshops’ haunt City Plaza.
I think what is special about them is they have a bit of garlic on the recipe and their stuff is really crispy and nice, I especially love the potato skin in the potato platter. With the cheese, it was sinful but heavenly
Lots of beautiful ppl dressed in cheap stuff and looks very good, and that brings me back to new year resolutions no 1. Next time I WILL take pictures of them, well best of luck for their blogshops
anyway here is pictures
This was their 3-piece chicken meal, more expensive than the spring chicken meal n so not worth it, not as nice, and comes with sides that i dun really fancy like mashed potato and coleslaw
Their flagship outlet in city plaza, small place and can get very crowded during meal times.
They also have another outlet at Hougang Green shopping centre, i have been there, quality was kept constant, and an express outlet at Pasir Ris Park.
ever since I had the iPhone and its accompanying RSS reader, I have been a faithful reader of this GRS blog. It basically highlights tips on personal finance, eg eliminate debt, have emergency funds etc etc
to ways to cut down on living expenses.
There was one story on how one reader managed to cut his COMCAST (cable service in US) by half without any kind of service reduction.
so while I am the loser in the iPhone war, my BF brother bought the new 32GB iPhone 3GS only at 8 bucks compared to me… at 700 bucks.
I can take heart that I managed to cut down at least 5 bucks of my monthly subscription plus they are giving me free caller-id again, all it takes was one phone-call.
I will try to call and ask for better deal if they come up with one again.
all you have to do is ask
so I have been practising other things that the blog preach, but thats for another topic cos I am still far away from getting rich, it lets do it slowly
I had a great holidays, albeit a short one
and I will update more soon, right now I am busy with new school semester, taking a new language course and hopefully getting a job soon
I am also updating my iPhone to the latest firmware, so that will take sometime as usual.
and I am going on a short holiday in the coming weekend too.
and my new year resolutions are 5 simple things
1> Lose weight
2> Get a good-paying and non-boring job
3> Procastinate less
4> Get closer to God
5> Travel to a new country and read at least 10 more books
happy new year everyone!!
a few months ago, we went to swisshotel the stamford to enjoy the 1-for-1 semi-buffet lunch at swisshotel the stamford. it is called semi-buffet because only salad and desserts were free-flow and the main courses are one time order only
anyway lets get on with pictures
the place is very spacious, located on the second floor of Raffles City Shopping centre but it is connected to the hotel and it is one of the F n B place that belongs to the hotel
their place is very spacious but due to the specialty swiss stuff they served, not many people patronise this place.
our table with nice red accents
we ordered some local drinks, i think for him is some lime juice while ordered wintermelon tea
selection of salads,quite wide-range and they have my favourite corn salads
some beef soup, very very strong smell of beef, its really terrible
picture of the middle buffet area and the huge decors around the room
my main course, sausage with potato gratin, quite good, i like it
his main course was fish, it was also good and fresh. though it tasted a bit plain
their desserts was also good and chocolatey and run out fast and they do not replace promptly esp near the end of buffet hours, very disappointing!!
so overall, with 1-for-1 promo it was quite worth it, though you dont have to order drinks, plain water is served and it was better than the drinks, they have huge selection of cheese to so if u r a fan, it becomes even more worth it.
Modesto’s my fave italian restaurant (for now!, cos I think their standards dropping and their pasta is not as good as other’s but definitely way way way better than the overpriced Prego)
they have 3 branches, recently gave away a 30% discount voucher
so yeah vivocity’s one as usual not valid on sat and sunday
so we went to the orchard’s branch, parking was easy just next door at Forum so it was quite affordable as they charged a standard rate after 6 pm
anyway, still love the tiramisu and love the ambience , it was quite packed too but not full, so i dun really know why they need to give out discounts?
well its good for me!

first up is the TS lunch at Hyatt, Straits Kitchen
as the name suggest, it serves food from the region such as chinese food like laksa, chicken rice, stir-fried vegetables
Indian food like curries, briyani etc
local delights like popiah, rojak, gado-gado
nonya food like otah, rendang
drinks are also quite varied from orange juice, guava, sour plum, bandung etc better than most buffet already which usually only give water or worse, did not serve any drinks like Casa do Churrassco at East Coast (never going back there!! even if they have 1-for-1 promotion)
desserts are heavenly especially their ice cream, although there are only 5 flavours, all of them are worth trying especially mango, soursop and durian. other desserts such as ice kachang, goreng pisang and others are also very good
but i only go there because its free and i get to get off work earlier
for fun, i prefer my own team high-tea buffet at Royal plaza on Scotts, we are given private dining area, variety wise, it was quite comparable with some japanese and middle eastern selection.
there is chocolate fondue and fruits given are quite high class such as guava and grapes.
anyway more so because the “old” IA students are back and we played games together, even though it was just simple games, everyone enjoyed themselves very much and this morning, everyone like thanked me for organising it? when i did not do much except to explain some of the games and hold the DARE bucket.
anyway no pictures cos its work related
so bottomline: both buffet places are quite good and worth the money (cos i get it for free??)
Hyatt Straits Kitchen Lunch : $42++
Carousel, Royal Plaza on Scotts: $28 ++ (warning, no parking coupons given and parking can cost more than 8 bucks ($4 for first hour)
My first Craft project
herbal Pack,
Recipe
Rice/buckwheat/corn mix in a bowl with essential oils of ur choice
fill up into a cotton “bag” sew them up
I also made an outer covering so that its easy to wash it next time

made 2, one for me another one for MrK colleague
till now, smell still quite strong, but need to sewsome rubber so that it will stay on during sleep.
Board games cafe mania
till now only tried 2 cafes
pitstop cafe, not bad their location and easy to find parking and all around there is good food!
decoder’s cafe, being in clementi, it is more convenient!
Thats me at Pitstop Cafe, playing Ticket to Ride
some of my colleagues who went to decoders also love the idea of a board games cafe!
really although a little expensive it can be quite fun!
now my new hobby is to be an interior designer
downloaded the free software sweet home 3D
to play around with my future DREAM house!!