Corp Challenge 2009

Here's the annual corp challenge again....

Didnt manage to run last year as I was carrying a ball..... this year i can finally participate in the run. Bot this pair of super cute socks for colleagues from taiwan and i made all of them wear this for the run.

My lucky number but didnt strike 4D over the weekend..... Luckily i never buy hehe

We walked all the way to the starting line as the bus which was supposed to ferry us there was full. We sweat before we reach the starting line.... Saw singa the lion along the way and took some cute pics which makes us look like childish students.

Initially I planned to run and walk through the 5.6 km but got tempted by taya to take shortcut when she called me just as I was around the finishing point so in the end i only run abt 1km and walk 1km, reach the finishing line in my fastest timing 25 mins. =)

The food in the hospitality tent was not fantastic but the drinks was not too bad, there is Brewerks beer and wine. I took one out of the tent to offer to Di who was also there for the run sponsored by her company, it makes her colleagues so envy of her. hehe.....

I will try to train and go for the complete 5.6 km run next year.

Tanjobi Omedetou

There is only one day in a year other than xmas and new yr when you will get tonnes of messages over night... Woke up early in the morning even though i am on leave and saw 7 unread messages on my phone, followed up by those phone calls and msgs throughout the day. Thanks to all for remembering =)

Had my birthday celebration with cousins last week and here's that i have got from them.... Assorted birthday cakes from Goodwood park and capitaland vouchers coz they have no idea what to get for me.

Colleagues also celebrated my bdae for me and from the pic, you can know how old i am this year =) oh mine, three more years i will hit the 30s. I was given the choice to chose my own cake so i got myself a Passion Fruit Meringue from Pattisier which i simply love and all thanks to taya for making the way down to Ann Siang to collect it.

Last yr, i told them that it was my last birthday year being single and this year they were telling me that this is my last birthday before a new addition. Times really flies.

BE bot me this for my bdae present as i have always wanted a white watch to wear for my weekends and he also planned the itinery for this special day.

We went to Orchard in the afternoon to do some more shopping before i become too clumsy and had Pepper lunch for lunch - i simply love their beef steak (previously known as Shimofuri beef) as it is tender even after having it well-done as it has marble fats in the meat.

Then we went around shopping at DFS, Scotts Isetan, Taka for my diaper bag... When we were at Agnes B, Junie appeared and gave me a surprise shout, it was so loud that most of the ppl in the shop knew that it was my bdae. It was such a sweet touch as she managed to get BE's mobile and liaise with him to find out my whereabouts so that she can appear in front of me with Hokkaido eclairs. As it is still early for her appt, she joined us for shopping and tea at a cafe in Taka (Royal something...) Never really notice the existence of this place which is just besides Burberry level 2.

BE specially made dinner appt at Gr@ze located at Rochester Park as it is known to have nice ambience.

Outside
Inside

Love the outside but given the humid weather condition, we had a seat inside with aircon instead. Their service is recommendable as i was given a pillow to support my back which is so thoughtful of them. Before deciding on what to eat, we were asked if we will like to have sparkling or still water so we had still water instead still water which costs us $9 *ouch*. For dinner, I chose an entree of duck liver pate and wild mushroom risotto and BE had crispy hand-rolled pork hock. Both of us didnt find the food fantastic, not sure if this is bcoz we went there with a full stomach? or it is really not nice? We decided to give their dessert a try and chose Chocolate Creme Brulee which is not too bad but a little too sweet for his liking.

Our verdict - super nice ambience only and this is how I spend my special day..........

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.

My new creation - ring pillow

I am proud to present my Me-to-You Ring pillow creation with some help from mama to sew up the pillow.

Me-to-You bear is chosen as the ambassador coz this is the first bear BE bot for me abt 6 years ago to keep my mouth shut when he was driving as he finds me distracting. Haha

Di came over to my house to stay over yesterday as we need to catch Vball finals today - her last overnight stay with the single-status me =) Didnt manage to wake up on time as i had a dream and felt that i need more sleep so i laze in bed for another 30 mins.... The female finals was really exciting as both T.N.T and The Red Team are both super good with their spikes. Like Di, my hands felt itchy after watching...

Then, i head to C&C's housewarming... nice gathering as it consists both ops and sales team. Went to mit mama after that and shop at People Park Complex and OG thereafter, felt so tired....

K@zu Sumiyaki Restaurant

As suggested by Xiao Tian Tian, we, together with YX, had their post birthday dinner @ K@zu Sumiyaki Restaurant Cuppage Plaza #04-05. This is also a place highly recommended by Junie.... Didnt really feel that Cuppage will have such nice jappy restaurant, in my impression, it is a sleazy place packed with all those Jap KTV lounge.

The service wasnt that good as we were practically ignored by the waitress even though they sight us at the entrance. We were spolit with choice as there are so many different dishes to chose from. YX just left this important task to me and XTT, then we order and order till the final bill become more and more........

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• Cabbage with miso paste? - i am not a fan of vege but this appetiser is really nice with the sauce and it can clear the oily taste in your mouth.
• Umeshu with soda @ $10 - this drink goes well with jappy food.
• Tomato @ $7 / $12 - abit exp for a tomato, nice and juicy.
• Uni with Tofu - nothing spectacular about this dish but the uni is fresh and not stinky.
• Foie Gras - abit oily.
• Shitake mushroom - well-seasoned.
• Botan ebi sashimi- sweet and nice, it took us some time trying to divide two prawns into three portion. After finishing the fresh, the waitress offered to deep-fried the prawn head for us.
• Grilled sotong @ $20 - i like this as it is QQ and yet not too chewy, tastes good with salt.
• Mochi with ??? - dont remember whats with mochi but it gets stuck between the teeth as it is very sticky.
  
  
  
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• Wagyu Beef Sashimi @ $20 - always wanted to try beef sashimi, weird as i am not really used to eating beef raw but not too bad
• Quail egg rolled with pork and asparagus roll - Yummy!
• Corn - too salty but can taste the sweetness in it.
• Chicken wing and chicken skin- dont really like the chicken skin as it is not grilled till crispy, it feels like we are eating the fats.
• Hotate and Gindara- hotate is so-so, Gindara is fantastic - fresh and tender.
• ???- dont remember whats this dish is and it is diff to tell from the pic hehe.
• Deep fried prawn head - this is the dish left from the ebi sashimi, they fried it till it is so crispy.
• Mushroom - another kind of mushroom.
• Chicken heart and pork belly - i love the heart as usual heehee.

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• Japanese Wagyu Beef @ $60- there is several choices- Aust, US and Jap but we were only left with Aust and Jap so we chose Jap which is the most exp for a try. The beef really melts in your mouth as it has a little fats in between the meat.
• Grilled Botan Ebi - it is sweet but the fresh is stuck with the shell.
• Sweet potato - initially they cancel our order coz of the quality of the sweet potato. When we were abt to finish our meal and waiting for the dessert, they came back and said that they manage to grill one so we decided to go for it.
• Sesame ice cream with mochi- i prefer this
• Mochi with seaweed - i dont like this as it tastes weird with seaweed.

It is time for the bill and it comes out to be........... didnt really have such expensive meal before but it is definitely a nice place to dine at next time provided if we dont order many takai dishes.... at least now i get to know whats nice to have.

After dinner, XTT wanted to sing KTV but i cannot as i have to work on National Day....... =(

The V Tea Room aka Cookie Museum

taya introduced this nice, unique and expensive cookie to me - French Butterflies (Rose and Ginger) from The V Tea Room located at esplanade. Nice packaging isnt it?



We went down during lunch break and i grabbed two boxes which cost $28 for 24 pcs cookies as it will soon be known as The Cookie Museum and some of the flavours which they got might be discontinued.


The cookie smells nice with rose scent accompanied with small pieces of rose petals and chewy ginger bits. The combination sounds a bit weird but it really tastes yummy.

Busy Weekend - C&C Wedding + MayDay Jump Concert 2007

Had a busy weekend...

Sat
- Woke up early to be Clara's sister, followed up by her church wedding. So happy to see BB Megan there as she looks so cute and is like a photocopy version of her daddy Ryan. So tempted to have one too =)
- Went to be part time tour guide for a few Shenzhen & HK tourists bringing them to Vivo and Orchard shopping
- Rushed to MayDay concert (will post another clip which shows how Masa mimics the way Singaporean speaks coz it is so cute) Didnt find it as nice as the 2005 one....

Sun
- lazy to go yoga coz got influenced by ah di =P
- played mahjong with Irritants
- C&C Wedding dinner

Mayday Concert in HK (i love this song!!!)

Mayday Concert in Singapore

Back to my normal self

Finally i am back to my normal self - no troubles and worries, able to do things i like, spend time with those whom i love, sleep as i wish as I am no longer alone. Thanks to those who were there for me =)

Had a long weekend - Good Friday and Easter Day. Ate Easter Rabbit biscuit specially bought by taya from Marks and Spencer on Thurs, it is so yummy - taste like digestive biscuits with vanilla cream.

Together with others, we went 爱丽斯's house for a visit after work on Thurs. Had a sumptuous meal at the coffeeshop near her place and were treated with three different desserts at her house - Hashima with ginseng, chempedak cake and brownie. We were trying real hard to find out whats hashima made of... some of us guess it is frog's spe*m and others tot it is their saliva.. Finally got to know the answer from mama that it is actually frog's intestine. Didnt manage to eat the last dessert as BE had arrived to pick me up to go cycling.....

I sat on his bike and he cycled me to Dar's place, felt so sweet and romantic along the way although my b*tt hurts after some time. Then, we cycled to East Coast jetty to fish. Had problems casting the line as it will get "junk-co" (some fishing term indicating that the line got stuck to the sea bed) most of the time. Fell asleep while fishing as we caught nothing after 3 hours. It was fun even though we got nothing in the end as this is the thing which we missed out doing during our courtship days.

On Fri, we went for Easter high tea @ Merchant Court with mama. Nicer spread as compared to the lunch but too bad, they only serve durian puffs instead of the yummy durian puree during high tea. To ease my craving, i scrape out the filling and leave the puff untouched. =) At night, we went Sembawang/ Khatib intending to try prawn fishing at this new and beautiful place Bottletree.... but it was closed. So sad.... Will check it out again another time.