Old Town White Cafe @ East Coast

Discover this place through friend's recommendations... It is located at East Coast previous Big Splash or the known Playground now... Heard that it is opened by J@ck Neo and guess who we saw??? Zheng Gep1ing and wife, both of them really look very good in real person.

Have been this place for many times and always have Ipoh Hor Fun - the malaysia style which is soupy in nature instead of the normal dry one. I like it as the hor fun is very soft but the taste of it varies each time i am there....

After spreading the news to colleagues, some went down to check it out and saw other local artistes there and there is also one day whereby it is closed for filming for I not stupid... Good place to chill out especially after a walk at East Coast or family outing on Sunday.

Bangkok Trip Itinery..... 14 to 17 March 2008

14 Mar
It is actually our 6mths wedding anniversary/ 6yrs 7mths courtship anni during our day of departure to Bangkok... felt so excited for the whole shopping trip. =) The two guys were simply bored while waiting for me to finish my previous posting in the transit so we decided to head off to the departure gate @ 1040 Sin time.

Took this airline and was so disappointed with the current standard now... BE was commenting on one who looks like a ghost, at the same time, the air stewardess walked passed him.. Hehe not sure if she heard him.

Played my favourite childhood game onboard, make me so tempted to purchase a nintendo.... didnt manage to finish it as there were too many announcements and interuptions.

Reached Bangkok around noon time and we went straight to our hotel - Hotel Residence Rajtaevee along Phetchaburi Road. It took us an hour to reach there due to the extremely bad traffic condition and the blur blur taxi driver who took the wrong route. Luckily bro was there to guide him along as he is the bangkok guru who speaks relatively good Thai. This hotel is not extremely very big and posh but i would say that it is value for money as we only paid about $25 per night each. It is more of a spa hotel which only caters to a small number of customers as it is only 5 storeys high with one lift. The venue is relatively convenient as it is in btw pratunam and Mah Boon Khrong.

After resting and unpacking, we head out to Big C to check our bro's new creation. BE got a little tempted but after some thoughts, he decided not to go for it. Walked down to Siam Square area as BE, as usual, wanted to purchase shot glasses, fridge magnet and teddy bear from Hard Rock Cafe as souvenirs whenever he visit the country.

Our latest collection on the left - Bangkok bear with boxing gloves.

Ate A&W for early dinner, BE was so happy to have his Root beer float and ice cream waffle once again and then walked down to MBK. Bro had a real shock as i nearly fainted while shopping at the stuffy Plaza 29. This is something which i least expect and luckily for the following days, i dont have such symptoms again as both BE and bro will keep on asking me to drink water and rest making sure that i dont overwalk.

Went back hotel to meet bro's friend who is working in Kanchanaburi as he is joining us for a break over the weekend. As the traffic condition was bad, we decided not to travel to Yao Wa Rat (Chinatown) or Rachada so we walked down to one of the roadside restaurant for our late dinner - ate Tom Yum soup, Kailan with roast pork, chicken with mango and chilli, grilled prawns and my favourite Mango glutinuous rice, BE had Chang while bro had Singha to end the meal. While walking back, we saw an Elephant???? along the small lane.... BE tot he was so drunk to see that haha Actually this is a typical scene in Bangkok as they will use them to beg from others.

15 Mar
Chatuchak here we go.... this is the weekend market which most people will go if they dont mind the hot humid weather. Went through the lanes one by one each and bot some stuffs, lesser than my expectations as the things were not as cheap as before. My favourite spot to look look see see - pets corner! See the cute little puppies, there were so many of them in each cage which is so squeezy and given the hot weather, all of them look so tired and lazy.

Too tired to go anywhere else for lunch so we went back hotel to wash up and at the same time, bot some food near hotel. The grilled chicken stall is still there since the last time i went bangkok in 2007. Finally got permission from them to grab a stick to fill my hunger haha.. Also bot shrimp wanton soup from 7 eleven, it is tasty given the amount of MSG in it.

It is dinner time, we took a cab to Chinatown T&K Seafood - ordered steamed fish with lemon grass, oyster egg, charcoal cockles, prawn fritters, vegetables and beer.... Given my current condition, i have to stay away from my fav oysters and cockles but i will love to try it the next time.... Was too full to have bird nest for dessert so i gave it a miss.

The monopoly in Bangkok selling the local delicacies --- Lin Zhi Yuan

As the night is till young, we went to the nearby Sanpanpoo - local flea market. It was super crowded with locals and we basically walked and walked without purchasing anything as the stuffs there are not fanciful and of low quality.

16 Mar
Walked to the nearby Pratunam whole sale market and Pratunam shopping centre after breakfast till mid noon. Next to Siam Paragon for lunch at the food court, ate yummy but salty beef noodles and cooling but sweet Ice Thai Tea and then to do my own shopping.. Poor BE slept at the sofa while waiting for me for 2 hours. Bought the mango glutinuous rice before heading back but felt that it is not as nice as the roadside stall.

BE went back hotel to put down all the stuffs which we bought while i waited at Platinum for our next round of shopping. I simply loved this place as it is air conditioned and cheap and i managed to buy almost 10 dresses, accessories, etc.... Shopped till about 8 and grabbed the shrimp wanton soup again from 7 eleven to fill my stomach while waiting for bro. Had a short nap and rest as our legs were both aching terribly.

In the end, bro didnt manage to join us so we went dinner with his friend. Had limited selection as the place is closing so we had baked fish stuffed with herbs, mixed veges and fried pork.

17 Mar

Last day in Bangkok so we woke up especially early to go MBK to do our last min shopping. While my manicure for $12 within 45 mins, the guys went shopping.... Went back hotel to pack up and then travel down to airport.... another one hour ride as there is traffic jam once again.

Had our expensive meal at the airport before boarding the plane.... Phad Thai and Beef Noodles....

Home Sweet Home.........

At the airport - going to bangkok yupppieeee

Always need to use the airport free internet access to post one entry before leaving for a holiday... Felt so excited and could not sleep well last night haha woke up at 3am with smiles on my face. Brought a big suitcase so that it can contain all my purchases, i hope.....

Will blog more when i am back to post on the must go places to go in bangkok... Good luck to my legs =)

Bangkok - Here I come......

Yuppie finally i can go for another holiday.... Wanted to go for a short trip in March and chose Bintan initially coz i have never been there at all... Did all the research and planning then cousins and colleague tempt me by asking me to write them a list of places to go in Bangkok. Then finally after consulting BE, we decided to go Bangkok, together with my second bro (the di tuo snake there), where i can do a little of my shopping, manicure, eat good food, etc.

Felt so excited that i can take a short break before colleague go on his one month long reservist starting from end March, cannot imagine how i am going to survive those days. Anyway, the first few things that came up my mind for this trip are the cheap and yummy mango glutinuous rice and the grilled chicken along the roadside (i think i can only drool this time round as i was told not to eat road side food). Haha anyway going to plan my itinery later, reading up forum to check out if there is any new places which i should not miss, so that i can fully utilise my time there and yet not tire myself out.

Must go place will be Chatuchak (not sure if this is close liao coz there is plans to close down this place since last year), Suan Lum night market, MBK, Emporium or Siam Paragon, etc.........

Ren Ri - Happy Birthday!

CNY Chu Seven is also known as Ren Ri, symbolising everyone's birthday. Here comes the annual CNY dinner at Suntec City organised by Fo Ya Shi, holding about near to 400 tables. Reaching there around the same time with MP Ma and took the same elevator as him which makes me and BE looks as if we are part of his entourage and be in a little of the limelight. The event started off with singing National Anthem and the Buddhism song, followed by saying prayers by many monks.

All the devotees will hold on to their fa gao which costs $2888 to take a pic with the Reverend, monks and MPs on stage.

Thereafter the show started with having 8 lions and 2 dragons on stage as the first performance before our vegetarian dinner starts. We had vege yu sheng together at the same time with other tables, the emcees shout out the blessings which comes with fire works each time they finish their lucky phrase.

Here comes the star of the year - Mr Mouse holding the banner indicating "feng yi zu shi"...... FIL and his business partner bid at an enormous amount, which makes my jaw drop when the emcees count to three.

Gong Hei Fatt Choy!!!!!!!

Happy New Year to everybody...

Got this funny message early in the morning of chu yi and was thinking who is Mr Teo whom i will be expecting at my house. Haha it is actually Teo 4D, Teo Big Sweep, Teo Toto.... =)

First year giving ang bao felt so excited and confused at the same time as different red packet covers have different denominations so have to mark down correctly so as to avoid giving the wrong one out. Now it is finally my turn to wish people "kuai gao zhang da", "xue ye jing bu"..... As it is my first year, we still manage to get quite a number of red packets in return... Yuppie!

The Not-to-missed annual family portrait taken during chu yi with new members... Everyone has big smiles on their face as we all were saying tomato ("fan chie") in chinese while taking the picture. Why??? my aunt says the picture will turn out nicer when u say these words during photo taking.... Haha try this out on urself and see if it works

Bumble Bee vs Spiderman

Godson is now one year old so we bought him this photo package from Kidspictures @ Forum to mark his first year. This place really takes nice and cute baby pictures.... but too bad i didnt manage to be there during the photo taking as i was late.... Anyway manage to take a few pictures of this cute little boy

Godson in his Bumble Bee outfit with a pair of little wings behind him, he looks super cute in this especially when he call out "Papa.....", "Bao Bao....", "Mum Mum...." with a higher pitch towards the last few words. This makes him the center of attraction while walking down Orchard. He learn super fast - now he can stand and walk.

On his birthday celebration, he changed to his spider man outfit... BE with his phone trying to attract his attention so that he can carry him, godson ignored his attempts and did the action of listening to the phone.

Monthly anniversary day

It is the time of the month for our monthly anni celebration, we have been together for 6yrs 5mths - promised to have a mini celebration each month to commemorate this day...

Went to this korean charcoal BBQ restaurant along East Coast Park, the deco of the place doesnt look v authentic, it looks more like a Chinese restaurant with alot of MIC working there. This is the first time both of us felt that MIC can provide very good service at this place as compared to others which we have encountered before.

As long as we order two main dish, we will be entitled to the numerous side dishes..... Most of them are cold sour veges with different types of marination.

We ordered Wagyu beef and ginseng marinated pork. From the pic, the beef looks more appetising and worthwhile as it is thinly sliced served in a bigger plate. After tasting the real product, the pork is so much nicer due to the marination..

We felt so full after having a few servings of selected side dishes, meat and rice so BE came out with his gibberish... He asked me not to eat to much else baby will come out to have small smal mini eyes like rain, then he acted and termed himself heavy rain coz of his bigger size....

New Year Celebration with the Irritants

Chalet... "Are you sure or not? So old still go chalet?"

This is the comment which i get when i told them that i am going chalet to celebrate New Year with the irritants. Celebrating New Year together there has become more or less our annual event. It is during this time where all of us can gather together to play and countdown for the new year.

Didnt know Ah Bye can be so creative, he drew us in his bloggy. Let me introduce... Most of us resembles his drawing, i am so glad that i am no longer the green ugly creature which he drew me as initially.

On 30th Dec, we had potluck and all of us are supposed to bring or cook something for dinner. Here's what we had, luckily no one got diarrhoea the next day. =)

On31st Dec, we had BBQ... trying hard to come out with new bbq combi - bacon wrapped with mushrooms, wrapped wth asparagus, wrapped with chicken, fried mushrooms, shitake mushrooms with butter, etc.... Sounds fattening and overdose of mushrooms. We countdown together with others, popped champagne, do our yum seng, then back to mahjong and Xbox.

Everyone slept at 5am and woke up late on the first day of 2008 except Wild Boar and his gf... Guess where they go? They went market to buy ingredients to cook breakfast for us... Wow tts super sweet of him, i shall give him one plus!


Got everyone ready after breakfast to stroll down to Downtown east from aloha loyang, got craving for Ben & Jerry's...... Here's Ah Gu with Gu.
Went back chalet for the last round of mahjong before heading home...... Have to work the next day unlike Japanese. =(

Fish Leong Concert

All thanks for Di for her free tickets to watch Fish concert, as much as i like her, i wont spend the money to watch as i felt that it is like a sing together karaoke session.... All thanks to hei for giving up her tix for my bro =)

Went shopping with hei, di and zozo prior to concert looking around for new year clothes and also chill out at the same time with hei as she came back specially all the way for Japan to spend the new yr chalet with us.

We reached the Indoor Stadium with no excitement, maybe becoz we didnt pay for it or the crowd is too dead. I must comment that her stage deco is nicest among all other artistes which i had watched, so as to compliment her sentiment songs.

I find her stage props a little cliché.. When she sang her new song with some French words in her lyrics, an Effiel Tower appears. A boat came into picture when she sang another song haha it is so funny.

I got more excited when i saw her special guest - Ah Shin and screamed like crazy especially when he looks so cute and cool while singing wen rou, BE's fav karaoke song. Di commented that this is what we consider a concert - to make audience feel so high and anticipated.

Went for ba chor mee after concert as we all did not had dinner before this.... yummy!

Cafe Del Mar

YX is back from HK for her short festive stay at her homeland, bringing along yummy Krispy Kreme for me.. so sweet!!! (both the donuts and her thoughts) So the cow, sheep and bear decided to meet up for a pre Christmas lunch at Cafe Del Mar located near Sentosa Siloso Beach.

The weather was not doing us good as it rained while we were searching for the place, walking down the beach with our wet shoes and one umbrella for three to share.

Nice and cosy place for a Friday night, away from the office crowd... We had a seat outdoors just besides the pool. Along it is the bar for swimmers to order their drinks, i cannot imagine drunkards who drank and vomit in the pool.. yucks sounds disgusting. If you notice, guests can actually climb up to the top of the bar to hang out, it looks comfy with those cushion seats.

We ordered crab bisque, scallop appetiser, roast chicken with risotto, salmon with veges, creme brulee and pistachio cheesecake. I enjoy the conversation more than the food, three animals hanging out discussing or more of complaining about life.

I saw the sign part II

Didnt know that people can be so sensitive to plus and minus.... some are unsure till they saw the comments posted by Hei and Meow. When i received calls or sms from friends, i knew that their first statement will be "Oh my god, is it true?"

Have been busy recently with work, didnt have much time at home so havent got the time to blog till now and create another blog specially for the one

I saw the sign........

Have you ever wonder how a plus or minus can easily change your life and vision towards future? I thought it was a plus, then a minus and then confirm it is a plus in the end.... =)

Mazazu Crepe in Singapore

Mazazu Crepe has arrived in Singapore.....

My ex-colleague went all the way to Japan to get this franchise launched in Singapore, she did all the work such as sourcing for suppliers and shop, liaising with the Japanese owner, arranging for renovations, etc. It is never easy being a businesswoman but it is definitely a happy thing for her as she finally got her wish fulfilled.

Mazazu Crepe is located at Suntec City near to the Tasty Treatz corner opposite Carrefour. I only got to see the empty shop when i went with her months back, havent been there to check it out the crepe coz work has been rather hectic recently. Hopefully i can pop by this Sat for her official opening and post some yummy crepe pics here.

Spread the word around if you are food lovers....
***Junie, something new to try for your food blog

Sumptuous Hokkaido Meal.... Oiishi

Christmas is coming soon and it is time to shop for pressies... Got a free ride from bro's friend, i call him jimmy curtain coz he is the one who did our curtains =), to orchard with okasan and bro and met TT there... Okasan wanted to check out the Mongolian buffet at Park Mall but we decide to go Sushi Tei instead as it is nearer.

Having my bro who is a food gourmet around, here's what we had ordered - Phoenix Roll, Sashimi platter, Hokkaido crab, lobster sashimi, sweet potato and the lobster miso soup...


This is the first time i had lobster sashimi, it makes me so sinful as the lobster will still move its feelers while we are enjoying the yummy and succulent flesh. eeeeee......

After meal, we went on separate ways as okasan wanted to take some christmas pics and she kept on reiterating that when we were young, they will always bring us to orchard and take christmas pics so now it is our turn to repay her haha

Fish Spa

No more cuticles and dead skin =)

All thanks to BE's colleague who introduce him to this place.

On a lovely sunday, we head towards to the west to Sungei Tengah for our new experience...

These fishes are known as nibble fish who will eat away diseased skin area and at the same time, inject Dithranol which will normalise the skin.

Everyone will sit around the pond and soak their legs in for the spa. Not to worry abt contradicting diseases like HK leg from others as there is UV sterilisation. Some ppl still bring their newspaper to read while being treated...

My two feet really attracts alot of fish, so paisei coz the lady besides me only have a few on her feet. I felt ticklish with a bit electric current when the fishes nibbled. Felt so worthwhile but at the same time wonder if i got any skin disease?

Here is BE's feet, attracting relatively lesser fish as compared to me. Dont know if i should feel happy or sad. hehe

This place also allows ppl to catch longkang fish at the side. See how those kids are enjoying themselves especially the one on the left with his mum holding on to his shirt just in case he fell down the pond.

After the fish spa, we went fish viewing.. saw this big luo han and reminds me of my wedding dinner hairstyle.

Trying to understand why goldfish can be so fat till they swim downwards....

Dont you think this arowana resembles a famous star??????

2 month wedding anniversary

A mini celebration every month to mark the special date - we decided to go for something good every month either on the 14th (courtship date) or 15th (wedding date)

We went Shin Kushiya at Suntec City on the second month of being Mr and Mrs Loo... Nice and cosy place with only a few customers.

The menu looks simply attractive with all the yummy yakitori pictures and i cannot stop drooling... i simply love japanese food as the display will always make your stomach growling before you have a taste of it.

We had vege with miso, foie gras with apple, pork roll with golden mushroom, chicken skin, egg quail, meat ball, prawn, beef, chicken, pork, squid, scallop and pork roll..... Out of all, i love the vege most hehe... this is quite a rare sight as i hardly eat vege but this time round, it helps clear the oily and meaty taste in my mouth with the freshness of the carrot, cucumber and lettuce together with the miso and lemon juice...

Funniest names i ever heard

It was Ron's birthday and we had BBQ at long hair Rob's house.... Liquor and laughter is always an inevitable ingredient in the K7 gang. As i was about to doze off, the gang suddenly discussed about the funniest names ppl have.

From Aldr
He was tasked to design a namecard for someone whose name is Xwyn.. No one, including the person's boss, knows how to pronounce this name and his bro, Ben, tot it was meant to be a sample namecard.

From Rob
Rob's friend's HK friend introduced himself as "Epsedy" then when his friend asked how does he spell his name...... His HK friend goes: " Well, it is spelt as A-B-C-D-E....-> Ab-C-De????"

All of us burst into laughted, it is so hilarious. =)

Horrible Paris hotel experience

Being in my line, i hate people who likes to complain and have decided to stop doing so unless necessary... The hotel experience in Paris triggered me to write this email, with no intention to complain and to get any freebies from the company but just to give my feedback as a consumer.

" On the first day, after waiting for quite some time in Altona Hotel, we were told that the hotel is full even though we had paid for it and will need to go to his friend's hotel which looks worse off and pretty sleazy. We have no choice but to agree with the stay after our long train ride.

The hotel staff advised us to move our luggage back to Altona hotel the next day so that we can stay there for the remaining three days. However as it was early and no one had not checked out yet, we were told to leave our luggage at the recept while we went out for sightseeing and they kind of agreed to move our luggage to our room once it is ready.

To our horror, our luggage were still with the recept when we came back at night and it took them a long time to get the person who spoke to us earlier that day as no room has been officially assigned to us. The person offered us a room on the 6th level which we rejected as the lift only service till 5th floor and we have to carry our heavy luggage up the small staircase to the room.

In the end, they unwillingly gave us a 4person room which we only stayed for a night and moved to a 2person room the next day to our own accord. This experience is definitely something which we will not like to encounter during our honeymoon and will appreciate if you could look into this."

It took them a month before they revert saying that they have not gotten any reply from their Inbound supplier so this is what we got in return.... which is redundant to us.

Come to think of it, i have been to 11 countries this year which i didnt realise till i look thru all my pics.

1. Thailand (Bangkok) in Feb with family during CNY
2. Hong Kong in May to catch Sammi's concert with Di
3. Malaysia (JB) periodically
4. Switzerland (Lucerne and Zurich)
5. Austria (Vienna)
6. Lichtenstein
7. France (Paris)
8. Germany (Munich)
9. UK (London)
10. Czech Republic (Prague)
11. Italy (Venice)