shopping again
Thursday, October 30, 2008
This is the bag i bought from espirit while shopping with kuku. was deciding btw a grey-pink cardigan (on 20% discount) or this tote. Both were nice. But i got quite a few cardigans, hence i prefer the tote. Nice convecntional and stylish bag design. LIKE it very much. IF FAITHED fated, i will buy that grey cardigan next time- apparel freak. "mum just say to save up more as economy is going to bad next year", and i am here spending again- shit! After that, we went donut factory to buy donuts for family and headed towards shodoku fo desserts. Pretty expensive desserts but the wafers taste great despite that the ice-cream given was pathetically small scoop. ENJOY SHOPPING. Hell is coming with tonnes of reports, presentations, revisions and of course teaching and practising the following few weeks.
buzz all the way
Sunday, October 26, 2008
just want to share some Pedro advertisments in my mail, seem like is time to shop for some nice shoes. I like their shoes a lot- especially the formal black, brown and the loafers.
Really busy with school work and ritual performance at temple for 8 consecutives days. Do some help out as charity and earn some money at the same time. I saving up to buy my 2nd ruan. Hopefully i am able to accumulate to that amount by decemeber. I slack on my ruan practice. Shit...grading is coming soon. But exam is coming soon too.
To destress myself, i logged on to ebay and started some online shopping, didnt know that by winning a bid means buying the products, i bidded a few polo shirts. After consulting my bro, he told me that win = buy. shit. I ended up paying more than 100dollars for the clothes i bought online. No doubt, some of the shirt from HK are of good quality. I learnt my lesson-not to any click and bid online. My bro also teaches me to see the feedback from other clients that bought the products from the sellers to check the reliability of the products. But the experience is still hedonic as compared to physical shopping, but i will tend to overspend as i dont see any physical payment. I NEED TO CONTROL MY SHOPPING.
2 days @ HOME
Friday, October 17, 2008
Beside breakfast, I didnt step out of my House. Due to E-learning this week, all lectures would be recorded and uploaded on edventure. NTU system inbuild to prepare if there is any virus outbreak. I stayed home- eat, work, sleep, practise ruan, movie, eat, sleep, work, practise ruan....goes on and on...so repetitive, kind of tired and aimless. Haha. Maybe i am that type of personality that need human interaction, without that i feel so empty and so much time unused.
Been through research and consumer behavior e-lecture in my living room, and start to like consumer behavior because it involves alot of pyschology and it is like a personality test or mirror that tells me who I am and what type of consumer and I. AND point to remember is OL doesnt always mean office ladies but cannot also mean opinion leader in WOM ( word of mouth) theory. 2 more days at home to GO!
cannot fight the virus
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
The sickly majhong session... so scary! I finally down. Regina is down with flu but threatened by Meiqi using friendship, we had a mahjong session. It was a sickly one! Regina flu, Liying got running nose from diving, and Meiqi had headache. TODAY i finally succumbed to the virus attack and down with super bad sore throat and flu. I went to school's clinic because is cheaper..haha. Now I am resting at home and finish my undone work. Have to stop gym and swim for a while....
Canele Dessert
Saturday, October 11, 2008
A new western dessert place in the town-Canele at Shaw Centre. It is quite a wonderful division between the busy shopper-passerby and the customers who are enjoying the cakes, desserts and coffee/tea. I like the "divide". Sometime is just interesting to sit there observing people. The cakes taste similar to dear competitor- Bakerin. But the small restaurant create a lot warm with warm wood colour and decor of macarons everywhere. Kuku was so excited with those cute macarons displays- we should try them one day. And kuku since you so interested on how to make the
cream #^$*%#&^ (forget the real name), you can sign up the baking class the chef Pang going to hold.
Disappointment of WHITE RABBIT
Friday, October 10, 2008
After much leaves, branches, roots and stones we fnally get to the super "ulu" THE WHITE RABBIT restaurant at 39C Harding Road. We took a 1 hour plus bus and walk through a desserted path way and managed to find the place. OMG. Without car, to go there is really very very very inconvenient. The church refurnished restaurant has a nice white ambience but kuku disagree with it. She thinks is not peaceful and serene enough to sit in and enjoy a cup of coffee. The walls are dirtied and not painted. I guess the owner wants some "leftover" of the previous church to show some history and vintage element in the decor. With high roof lighting and the natural light from the HOT sun outside, it makes the whole place very very good to take photo.
The interior set up of the tables and plants. Didnt get the service staff and we drank $10 still water. Should have ask for Tap water instead. We ordered set lunch costing $30 ++each and a dessert.
This is spinach salad Kuku ordered. As a appetizer, the portion is TOO BIG, again TOO BIG. It looks like a MAIN COURSE to me- covering the white spaces of the entire plate. Cannot believe it. Such good restaurant cannot handle portioning and what is the problem. Although we both agreed that we like the dressing very much but we can only finish half of the portion. WAW!
Mine wasnt spared. It was nice-smoked salmon (salty), green apple (sour), walnuts (roasted) and a unknown thread of vege or fruit like. the combination taste good but again the portion too big till you sick of the dish. Sad case!
For Main course, kuku ordered a lamb. It looks exactly ok but the taste of the lamb "yang sao" was too strong to continue to eat. She finished half only.
I ordered a fish named Halibut which really dont know what the hell is that. The service staff told me is a fish ( what a answer?) i expect more than that. The fish is too salty despite the "clean and clear" appearance it has...plus no carbo...the main course isnt filling!
Black forest cake deconstructed.
After failing Kuku for the first 2 courses, she gave up on desserts. Hence we shared the dessert-Black forest cake deconstructed. As the name suggests, this dessert separated the individual part of the cake. Berries, Cream, Chocolate Ice-cream and of course the cake. Then i think you have to reconstruct the cake yourself and put it in your palate. Interesting idea i thought. So the dessert still make some sense and worth the effort and expectation.
Conclusion, please eat the raisn bun. It tastes fantastic. And Kuku asked me to wrote here that the restaurant is "underwhelmed". It failed my expectation of a good restaurant. Bill was $98.80.
finally got my new shoes
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Finally after saving and pondering like a few years, i bought GT1130 to replace my old, worn, CMI ARMY new balance shoes. it costs quite a bit but i try it on...i hope my money spend is worth it. (congitive dissonance) due to social influence (word of mouth), many people have told me to buy this brand because is good. have yet to wear it for a morning/night run...hope i can feel the difference compared to the old shoes. the final 2 was GT1130 and GT2130 but GT 2130 is really over my budget~nearing to 2oobucks-too expensive. so i decided on this structured-cushioning shoe.
new 阿秋
there are a few new stuff in the new revamped 阿秋. One of which is this papaya milk. kuku ordered this as she thinks can help her boobs. Haha...this reminds me the papaya milk i drank everyday in Taiwan with ruanxian.
this is yam xi mi lu...the coconut milk makes it look like "bo-bo-cha-cha". we decided to share this. it tastes great but my tongue kind of get tired of the taste after a while.
I still like this from ah qiu- yang zhi gan lu (阳汁甘露). i feel that ah qiu got better yang zhi gan lu than ji de chi记得吃。 the sweetness of mango and the sourish-bitterish pomelo create a superb combinations. i finish the whole bowl to the last bit. desserts have the power to relieve you from whatever shit you have just been through, so lets indulge in it and care about the fattening sugar later....haha
working harder
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
The title contradicts the whole idea when i am slacking in this semester timetable. Maybe the slackness enables me to do more personal stuff. Working harder 1-What i meant is that i should hit the gym, swim and run more often and cut down my unhealthy diet as much as possible. Getting a nice toned body, wash-board abs had been on my goal list since before NS. sad to say i am still very far from it when tones of fats surrounding my abs.
I went to marina square Ascis to buy a pair of running shoes, and the one i like "DONT HAVE MY SIZE!"
!@%$#&!&^@$* Everytime that occurs...I dun have the luck. Wanting to buy a running shoe for very long as it can motivate me to run and join those marathon. Another reason is IPPT is coming, i need to start training before i got struck BY THE RT(remedial training).
Working harder 2- means i need to get my diploma songs ready eariler as that grading period i am having my final examination which means i dun have the luxury of time to practice 3-4hours a day. In life, everyone is working hard for whatever goal you set for yourself, life without goals- what would that be?
break toe nail
Friday, October 03, 2008
consequences of rushing=fell and break toe nail
Hence now i cannot
- swim
- shop
- gym
- and even walk properly!
Siannnnnnzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
