i love cny 2!

 Melissa's mum treated us to...

Yu Sheng from Hooked on Heads! Very fresh and nice! 

There were melon sugars inside (冬瓜糖)!

 Keropok! 遍地黄金! HAHA!

 Lao for a prosperous cny!

 Hooked on Heads shrimp paste chicken wings and some ngor hiang!

Tasted the ngor hiang, quite nice. There was a big chunk of water chestnut inside which gave the crunchiness.

But could be smaller.

 Fish Maw Soup!! My favourite!! Although the fish maw were not very very soft, it was acceptable!

The broth was nice too!! Quite thick. I thought I was at some wedding ceremony tasting Shark's Fin.

Curry Fish Head! Quite a large portion. The fish was fresh! Curry was not very spicy. Just nice! 

Chap chye. 

Sambal Kang Kong.

Group photo with Mervy Quek who is in Finland doing exchange!

Thanks Melissa's mum!

Lo Hei!

We "lo-hei"-ed with ChaeWon yesterday at Utown Graduate Residence!

Introduced her to this Singapore tradition.

We were saying how large the portion was and then in a blink..all gone.

Bought this yusheng from Sakae Sushi. It was meant for 2-3pax, but when we poured everything in, it looks like it can feed 5people (that's depending on how much you can eat). To me, it can feed 5. It's really tasty I would say. Loved their sauce, its not too sour nor is it overly sweet!! Thankfully I called in to ask if they sell yusheng off the shelf, because we must pre-order at least 30mins in advance if we want to buy it.

i love cny!

 my breakfast. nian nian you yu! LOL.

Set off to grandma house at 4pm.

 Siblings and cousins! Always taking photos in front of this cupboard. 

end of first day.

Happy Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year!! 龙年快乐！

Adam Road Food Centre Nasi Lemak

Had lunch with Kenny at Adam Road Food Centre today.

The queue was long, the wait is even longer because people usually buy more than one plate, especially those who are taking away. There's a reason for that definitely, and after eating it, I think it's the rice!

 This is Sutra's special ($4.50). 

The Nasi Lemak is actually nice! The Nasi (rice) has a strong but not overwhelming coconut smell, which is better than the one at Punggol Nasi Lemak (at Kovan), in my opinion. If you are comparing the grain size, the one at Punggol Nasi Lemak has bigger rice grains. Haha.

Ingredients wise, I would say they taste about the same, just that at Punggol Nasi Lemak, you have more variety to choose from (so it's like tze char/ mixed vegetable rice). Whereas in Adam Road Food Centre, the Nasi Lemak are sold in sets (Otah set, Chicken set etc.) All of which has the basic Nasi Lemak ingredients (peanuts, ikan bilis, cucmber, egg and of course the chilli!), only the main lead is different (chicken/ otah/ both/ both + mutton rendang).

Went to Raffles Town Club for a catch up session after lunch. 

Felt like I was overseas, with nothing to worry about.

Thanks ChaeWon for the gifts from Europe!

Frolick Thursday!

Went to the gym and it was full of people! But managed to do what I wanted.

Highlight of the day - Frolick Frozen Yogurt!

Original flavor with multi-grains topping!

Yum yum! I think this is the best combination if you need something crunchy!

But you might not be able to taste the yogurt as the multi-grains taste overwhelmed the yogurt's taste slightly.

Bad day

As the title suggest. It's not a good day today.

Went for lecture and couldn't understand what the lecturer was talking about.
He just sped through the lecture.

After lecture, I went to take the MRT to Mount Faber Safra to collect my e-mart stuff.
While standing on the escalator, the escalator suddenly stopped!! Scared the hell out of me!! Fortunately I held on to the railings immediately, if not I would have rolled down the long escalator at Kent Ridge MRT! AND DIE!! Thankfully there wasn't any elderly behind me or on the escalator, it would terrible if they fall and worse still roll down and knock everyone on the escalator!!!

At Mount Faber, I was greeted by a staff whom I thought was friendly. It turned out that she was more grumpy than me!
I just asked her, "Miss, if my shoe size is not correct can I change?"
Any normal sales person or cashier or retail worker would say yes, within how many days or simply apologise and say no. But this particular staff said, "didn't you check your shoe size before you ordered online?"
I'm like 0_0? Check online? Like how? Put my feet on my computer screen?
(Yes, I know my shoes size but some shoes have different cutting)
And she added,"that's the problem with you all, don't want to check before you order."
Can't be bothered with her anyway. Poor service attitude!!

I hope I can wake up from the right side of the bed tomorrow!

Blue Monday

Very random post.

I realized I was wearing blue shirt, blue slippers and my file, water bottle and pencil case are all blue.

Thankfully my Monday wasn't blue.

Brother's concert

Went to NUS Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Hall to watch my brother's band concert today (Ngee Ann Concert Band). Not bad. Quite a relaxation for a Sunday evening. Just some random thoughts. From what I hear from my friends, I thought that during a performance, there should not be people with highlighted hair colour? And why do the band members have to change their seats every now and then?

Raindrops keep falling over on my head

Finally watched my laughing gor returns movie!

It wasn't very bad, neither was it superbly fantastic. 

But as an avid fan of HK shows, I thought this was not bad. Could be better though.

Overall nice show.

 Dinner was at Raindrops Cafe at Scape.

Interior of Raindrops Cafe 

Drumlets (6pcs). In my opinion, it wasn't very nice. It was too dry. 

KFC tasted better. But I loved their chilli sauce. Sweet and not spicy.

Squid Ink Pasta. Not bad, pasta has the squid taste. Seafood was fresh according to Rachel.

My raindrops burger. The burgers were really raindrop size. Quite small. Hence, 3 tiny burgers were not adequate to fill my stomach. Initially I thought the chips they refer to on the description was fries. It turned out to be real chips, which tasted like Jack & Jill chips. No good. The burgers were nice, I love them. They had beef, chicken and fish burgers. I love all of them. Each has their unique flavor! The patties were rather juicy :) If only the burgers could be bigger!

Yx salmon steak. Hmm. In my opinion, it's quite bad! The salmon was very dry. As though all the salmon's fat was drained off while cooking it. I think this standard of salmon can be easily achieved by anyone? Yx was very disappointed with this dish.

As the food wasn't satisfying, we decided to forgo their dessert to avoid further disappointment. Hence, we head to Coffee Club for their mud pie. At least something sweet to lift our mood, and had a great chat!

Cherish it before you lose it

A new outlet selling sushi - Zushi Bar. Decided to try it after my one and only lecture today.

The sushi was not bad, it has avocado instead of the cucumber. I feel that the combination of the ingredients match quite well. I heard that their sashimi are fresh. Haven't got a chance to try it yet.

I'm not sure when will I get to drive a car. 

Car's going to be sold off. Doesn't seem like a good sign to me at all.

Like a holiday!

The holiday feeling is always here during the first week of school! 

Went to gym after lesson and had a fulfilling lunch at NEX Lai Lai Noodles.

I hope things get better as I go through this semester. 

Everything seems to be in a disarray now. Need to look for a project to work on.

first day of semester

Today's the first day of year 3 semester 2. I have a 4-days week, of which there are 3days which my lessons start at 8am! OM! As I am taking 2 modules alone, I had this uneasy feeling which I dread before school starts. The feeling is similar to when I'm going to pri 1/ sec1/ enlisting in to army. Though the first lecture is interesting, I am sitting alone at the back, looking around, seeing some familiar faces but ain't close with any of them. Tomorrow will be a better day as I will be with my friends :) Cheers!

Pre-semester activity

mahjong-ed at cf house before and after dinner.

thanks uncle for the sumptuous dinner :) 

Depress over first day of school. Am taking 2 modules alone. 

I think I'm just not used to it. Will adapt to it very soon.

But why is pre-sem depression hitting so hard this time round?

Chill out

 Relish Burger at myVillage. The beef was nice.

19 Dover Crescent

Wala Wala Pub

Wild Oats Cafe

Gathering with rebel. A good relaxation before the semester starts.

Though I'm going through the same old before-school-starts-depression again. Sigh.

Placement test

I am not allowed to bid for Level 1 Korean because I took a module on Korean Language before in Korea University. The Summer Exchange Korean Module is not a full course, it was just like a survival course. Sigh :(

Now, I have to reconsider my modules. Hmm. 4-3-2 or 5-2-2?
4-3-2 means 4 days week; 5-2-2 means a 5 days week for the upcoming semester.

What's that?!

A new ice cream outlet in Serangoon Ave 2, near NYJC.

The signboard reads "What's that!?" and inside the shop, it read "Ice scream".

So which is the name I wonder.

Green tea and chocolate flavors are nice. The chocolate is thick and not very sweet. Green tea ice cream has a strong green tea taste which is not too over-whelming. Thumbs up!
I'm a fan of both of that so it may be bias.

Farewell Mervy!

Mervy left for Finland. He will be away for 6 months plus.

How will our gathering be like without him? Hmmm.

Bon Voyage Mervy!

Nostalgic.

Came across these wonderful memories evoking SEGA games.

The games I used to play at Grandma's house with my brothers and cousins.

Can't believe how pro we were then! Haha!

A brand new start!

Happy New Year folks!

It's a brand new start! Cheers!