today's special

it is the 29th of feb! leap year yeah, so i figure leaving a note to get the nice date on my blog will be nice! haha

ok, anway, i wanted to shocase the increasing trend in my university and people getting macbooks when shopping for a new laptop. evidence? Well, my goodgal pal Kai got a new Mac too! even she felt slightly embarrassed that she has crossed over to join the uber cool mac club...haha...but funny thing is, she don't seem t know what to click to maximse her internet explorer, sorry, i mean,safari...sceen. haha...

National Museum Outing

Today, i went for a class outing as art of my Arts: East & West module to the roman sculpture exhibition at the national museum. The omph factor about this exhibition is that the pieces are all on loan from Paris' Louvre. Well, Louvre definately has a WAY better offering considering they owe it...haha...nonetheless, the outing was not that bad and we did manage to see some really good pieces and I love this in particular because I think she looks so surreal!


This shows off the male physic perfectly!


This is Aphrodite, later known to the Romans as Venus


this is the considered to be the perfect beauti face in greek times


This is the god of warrior, name. i forgot haha...but he had an affair with Aphrodite!

After the tour ended, we explored other parts of the museum and we went to the fashion room haha where i was elated to see lace! haha...really, its just stupid iceberg Alvina trying to make me look silly.



Then they were engrossed in the video clip.

Italian affair

I met up with Huiling and Tina tonight for dinner and since it is a Friday, ur original plan for some hearty Italian fare at Menotti bombed cos the place was filled. So we decided to go a notch higher and dined at Prego at the Fairmont Hotel instead.

Huiling had the gigantic pizza which she can't finished at the end, Tina helped her cos her 38 bucks pan fried high class duck couldn't feed her enough (that's what happen when you are too high class and go for posh main instead of filing pasta like i or pizza lke huiling). I, being a squid ink pasta lover, tried the Prego version of the Squid ink pasta with lobster (though at 38, it was toooo pricey and tastes only bleah) Should have been high class lke Tina and tried the lamb instead...

Pampering self

Many years ago in Dec. 2003, I had the best strawberries in my life while touring Tokyo Japan. But at price of 28 bucks for 15 tiny ones, those memories will only remain a, well, memory (Isetan supermarket is selling at like 38 to 58 for a punnet!)


Well, I spent 16 for some Korean ones last week (from Carrefour) but those, while sweet, is nothing reminiscent of the Japanese ones! Well, Mum and I went for dinner at Lei Gardens again tonight and we decided to cross the street to Jason's Mart after dinner to do some grocery shopping and I chanced upon these 20 bucks for a punnet at 500grams USA strawberries. I was hesitant to get it cos of the price and frankly, I don't really have faith in USA strawberries to actually taste sweet like honey but Mum told me to try it (ain't you all jealous for me having such a great mum?!)


Well, I got it and man...it was.....only ok. haha...nothing too great, the red part tastes sweet but not very sweet. the Korean ones are better any day. But these US ones are freaking gigantic! 500 grams for 15 of them so one weighs like 70 grams?! 5 of them and i actually felt full!





Also, I got the triple choco mousse from Da Paolo gastronomia next door again and this time round, i can finally show you the beautiful triple layering of the greatest dessert I found in Singapore!

Konichiwa!

Well, another new food outlet had opened in town and this time round, its at the newly re-furbished and now thrice as huge as previously basement of Raffles City near school. Kiyo and I decided to go try out the new Japanese 'Marche' before the evening crowd kicks in at 7+pm on a Friday

We are impressed by the concept (taking Marche and giving it a Japanese twist?! How cool?!) the pricing (i spent 48 and kiyo 28, and we ordered like 13 items in all), the Tofu Cheesecake, Beef Hot Pot, and the potatoe salad. Not impressed is the terrible Hamburger steak, and not too crisp and good Tonkatsu Curry and Tempura and canned reb bean and too fluffy it breaks when you touch Crepe.

The Good:

Kiyo was raving bout his potatoe salad and think that the price is great (how much, i dunno...haha)

I love this beef sukiyaki hot pot to death! The gravy is oh so great and generous beef servings!

The mushroom was only ok, but think it's kindda cheap (less than 10) for a good serving for 1

My highlight! The tifu cheesecake definatlely taste better than Sun Moon Cafe's at only a fraction of the price!

The bad:

Too oily, blend and nothing fantastic.

The crepe! it sux!

italy found in singapore

first, before moving into my topic proper...i have to clarify that the eye bag removal is a hoax...yes, i tried that as a form of social experiment to see how many ppl are reading my blogs...haha...but lasik was real though...haha...
i just went for my review 2 weeks after lasik and just as i had exoected, my left eye is not perfect...the test reveal i still have 75 degrees off the perfect vison but not the right though...nonetheless, i'll have to wait for 2 more months to see how the full recovery will go...

anyway, i have not blog about foos in like ages...well...i picked up some dinner from Da Paolo (a swanky Italian gastronomy chain here) cos theuy opened a new outlet at Paragon Basement after I had my check up. My previous trip there yielded wonderful results from the chocolate fidge cupcake, cornflake cookie and sheperd's pie and i decided try their take away this time. I ordered a $11 roast beef sandwich and a triple choco mousse (they had like 20 types of takeaway desserts!) for 7 bucks. The sandwich is enormous! And it taste great! the country bread is soaked with rosemary and oilve oil and the tomatoes are actually sweet! the thin strips of roast beef could have been more generous though but still, everything is purr-fect! I had not had this kind of sandwich sine my european stint! as for the mousse, well, i am saving it for class later! but that sure looks good too! phtots for you to judge:

RATZ!

happy lunar new year to all! and...welcome to the year of the rat! haha...well, this new year was tiring! in fact, mum is now ill cos yesterday, all my relatives came over and mum had to cook for like 30+ people...but i must agree, the pig trotters she made...oh my god! it was so havenly, i swear if i charge the price that Crystal Jade Jannan at Taka is charging, it'll still be under priced for that great taste! imagine pig trotters so beautifully braised that all the oily fatty feeling are one! and one bite into the meat it is all tender and juicy gorgeousl infused with the favors from the cinnemon and that special ingredient, martell x.o. liquor! haha...there, the secret to beautiful braised trotters: martell x.o. liquor...really!

ok, so new ear is another period of mad crazy tiring prep work to entertain my lovely...yeah right, relatives, but i hadsome great thing outta it! on friday, also known as the 1st day of the new year, dad, mum and i went for great buffet at ritz carlton...and man, was that great!

oh, and since it is the new ear, i fugure i should let another bag outta the bag...remember i went for Lasik last wed morning? well, i had a secret, apparently everyone didn't really notie why i stopped wearing contects sice the difference is not really in-ya-face, but most commented my eyes looked different, and here's the secret.....drum rolls pur-lease.....i had an eye job to draw out fats from lower eye, i.e. the eye bags...yes..i did...haha..there u go, my lil' dirty secret.