Well, Christmas is the season of giving~ as we all know that God sent His only begotten son Jesus to save humanity and tomorrow - 25 December will be the day that we commemorate Jesus' birth in the manger....
So I decided to bake some Chocolate Muffins as a Christmas give away this season =) There I am with my sister, baking those delicious muffins... awww man, I realise I really do love baking XDDDD
So I went shopping in the morning at 10.30am... went to the shop that sells baking stuff at Kubota... they seriously have lots of stuff there!!! It's like a baking heaven haha... got myself a pack of muffin mix, a pack of chocolate rice and those silver edible glittery balls... erm, not sure what they are called. Then I went to find the packaging for my muffins. Found some really pretty plastic gift wraps for 4.20 (20pieces)... AWESOME!
When home, had lunch then started my Christmas Muffin project with the help of my little sister Isabelle. She helped with the decoration and packing while I was baking. I even made the greeting cards by myself - so proud walauweee =)
Somehow I cant upload the picture now... but i will when @^#$(* Google lets me =(
Monday, 24 December 2012
Friday, 12 October 2012
Personality Plus
I recently read a book by Florence Littauer entitled Personality Plus - How to understand others by understanding yourself. I find this book very interesting and tells me a lot about my own personality helps me understand other temperaments better.
In her book, she mentioned about 4 types of personality:
Popular Sanguine: The Talker
Powerful Choleric: The Doer
Perfect Melancholy: The Thinker
Peaceful Phlegmatic: The Watcher
Basically, she described people with Popular Sanguine personality as the life of the party, always looking for audience to hear their latest stories and can't really keep their mouth shut. They are very enthusiastic about new ideas but that is almost always short lived as they get bored easily as well. They are terrible with people's names and places but have good memory for colours. Popular Sanguines have a good sense of humor and charismatic, which is why they are able to attract attention. Their emotions are controlled by the circumstances and can fluctuate drastically throughout the day.
Powerful Cholerics are born leaders. They have a high drive to succeed and always achieving goals. At some point, they might even feel guilty to rest and are always looking for new challenges. When they set their eyes on a goal, nothing can stop them from achieving. People with this personality are dynamic leaders, confident, independent and organises well. However, they might sometimes seem bossy and overwhelming as they constantly correct wrongs of others. It is difficult for Powerful Cholerics to see their weaknesses since they think they are always right. They are also impatient towards others because they themselves are highly efficient. They are unemotional and find it difficult to by sympathetic towards others.
Perfect Melancholies are deep, thoughtful and analytical. A hundred thoughts go through their mind before they utter a single word. They are passive and pessimistic; usually having low self esteem and find it difficult to accept others' compliments (if they don't consider it an insult). They like to blend into the background rather than stand out in the crowd. Perfect Melancholies are very smart and they like to do things perfectly. However, this may delay the process of work as they are always trying to have the "perfect" plan. They pay attention to details, are orderly and organised. Since people with Perfect Melancholy personalities are usually perfectionist, they have very high standards towards others which they perceive as "normal". They seem unemotional because they suppress their feelings but once the "emotional bomb" is triggered, it will last for a very long time (unlike Popular Sanguines who can be happy one minute and depressed the next).
Peaceful Phlegmatics are the most balance of the the four personalities. They are not as talkative as Popular Sanguines but easy going. They listen well unlike Powerful Cholerics who are impatient. They are kind and sympathetic, usually avoiding conflicts with other temperaments. They don't get emotionally depressed for long period like Perfect Melancholies. However, they are indecisive and not motivated to do anything. If there is any work required, they try to avoid it as much as possible. In a party, they will find the most comfortable chair and sit, being amused by the other temperaments as they observe. They might even doze off! Peaceful Phlegmatics usually compromise with others but when they make up their mind, no one can change it.
When I took my personality test, I scored mostly Powerful Choleric and partially Perfect Melancholy.
In her book, she mentioned about 4 types of personality:
Popular Sanguine: The Talker
Powerful Choleric: The Doer
Perfect Melancholy: The Thinker
Peaceful Phlegmatic: The Watcher
Basically, she described people with Popular Sanguine personality as the life of the party, always looking for audience to hear their latest stories and can't really keep their mouth shut. They are very enthusiastic about new ideas but that is almost always short lived as they get bored easily as well. They are terrible with people's names and places but have good memory for colours. Popular Sanguines have a good sense of humor and charismatic, which is why they are able to attract attention. Their emotions are controlled by the circumstances and can fluctuate drastically throughout the day.
Powerful Cholerics are born leaders. They have a high drive to succeed and always achieving goals. At some point, they might even feel guilty to rest and are always looking for new challenges. When they set their eyes on a goal, nothing can stop them from achieving. People with this personality are dynamic leaders, confident, independent and organises well. However, they might sometimes seem bossy and overwhelming as they constantly correct wrongs of others. It is difficult for Powerful Cholerics to see their weaknesses since they think they are always right. They are also impatient towards others because they themselves are highly efficient. They are unemotional and find it difficult to by sympathetic towards others.
Perfect Melancholies are deep, thoughtful and analytical. A hundred thoughts go through their mind before they utter a single word. They are passive and pessimistic; usually having low self esteem and find it difficult to accept others' compliments (if they don't consider it an insult). They like to blend into the background rather than stand out in the crowd. Perfect Melancholies are very smart and they like to do things perfectly. However, this may delay the process of work as they are always trying to have the "perfect" plan. They pay attention to details, are orderly and organised. Since people with Perfect Melancholy personalities are usually perfectionist, they have very high standards towards others which they perceive as "normal". They seem unemotional because they suppress their feelings but once the "emotional bomb" is triggered, it will last for a very long time (unlike Popular Sanguines who can be happy one minute and depressed the next).
Peaceful Phlegmatics are the most balance of the the four personalities. They are not as talkative as Popular Sanguines but easy going. They listen well unlike Powerful Cholerics who are impatient. They are kind and sympathetic, usually avoiding conflicts with other temperaments. They don't get emotionally depressed for long period like Perfect Melancholies. However, they are indecisive and not motivated to do anything. If there is any work required, they try to avoid it as much as possible. In a party, they will find the most comfortable chair and sit, being amused by the other temperaments as they observe. They might even doze off! Peaceful Phlegmatics usually compromise with others but when they make up their mind, no one can change it.
When I took my personality test, I scored mostly Powerful Choleric and partially Perfect Melancholy.
Score
Popular Sanguine: 2
Powerful Choleric: 22
Perfect Melancholy: 11
Peaceful Phlegmatic: 5
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Today...
Gah~~ Why do I have to wake up to see my table, wall and BED infested with ANTS first thing in the morning?? Took me 30 mins to get rid of them 0.0
Apparently the ants came from outside (my window) and somehow was attracted to my unwashed cup =0 (I don't deny that I hate washing dishes =P) Luckily my friends got me an Ant Bait... hopefully they ALL DIE =)
Today we had a mock test and I studied like from 9.30 to 12.30pm for it... turns out it was MCQ and True or False... =) but easier is better than hard right? So I decided tomorrow I should go to the library and study in the morning before my 10.30 class... Suddenly got the motivation to study LOL
And Cell Group was totally AWESOME =D, learn 3 important attitudes of a disciple:
1. Attitude of Humility
2. Attitude of Willingness
3. Attitude of Faith (Positive attitude)
So, I am not going to grumble about my classmates being inconsiderate and making noise when others (like me) want to listen to a lecture. I am going to be proactive. Next time, I'll just smile and ask them to lower their voice.
Aza Aza fighting!
Apparently the ants came from outside (my window) and somehow was attracted to my unwashed cup =0 (I don't deny that I hate washing dishes =P) Luckily my friends got me an Ant Bait... hopefully they ALL DIE =)
Today we had a mock test and I studied like from 9.30 to 12.30pm for it... turns out it was MCQ and True or False... =) but easier is better than hard right? So I decided tomorrow I should go to the library and study in the morning before my 10.30 class... Suddenly got the motivation to study LOL
And Cell Group was totally AWESOME =D, learn 3 important attitudes of a disciple:
1. Attitude of Humility
2. Attitude of Willingness
3. Attitude of Faith (Positive attitude)
So, I am not going to grumble about my classmates being inconsiderate and making noise when others (like me) want to listen to a lecture. I am going to be proactive. Next time, I'll just smile and ask them to lower their voice.
Aza Aza fighting!
Monday, 10 September 2012
The search is ON... for MILK TEA =)
Apparently, the craze about Milk Tea has been on for quite some time, ever since "don't know who" introduced this deliciously expensive version of tea into the market. It has now become a norm in "yamcha" sessions and the price is more or less acceptable to the people of this generation.
Anyway, I got my hands on a Taro Milk Tea by Easy Drink Easy Go - a Milk Tea Company from Taiwan that has also expanded to Hong Kong and our lovely Malaysia. Not really sure about the history but it is written there (on the cup) that it started since 2007... so about 6 years already??
When I ordered this product and asked for 30% sugar, I was kinda expecting a blended real taro with fresh milk combination... but it turned out to be taro powder + milk + hot water + ice (I was watching them make the drink). So I was like hmm.... but nvm, just give it a try. It tasted kinda like melted yam ice cream... if you know what I mean. and thank goodness I asked for 30%, coz it was already kind of sweet.. but still acceptable... so my advise is go for 30% if you're not fond of sweet drinks =D
I think I'll skip this drink next time, because I don't fancy the taste... but I still haven given up on Easy Drink Easy Go yet because after all.... I have not yet tried all the flavours and it is the cheaper option for a student like me (in comparison to RM15 Starbucks Frappucino XD)
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Taro Milk Tea... looks really purple
The label Taro Milk Tea 30%
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Tuesday, 28 August 2012
Story of Brunei
You might or might not know that my family decided to go on a road trip to Brunei.
Yea... my family is one very "geng" family... they actually want to travel to Brunei by road *___*
So we left Tawau and traveled all the way to KK, stopping by in Ranau for KFC/lunch. Actually it was okay for me because I mostly slept on the way, but my poor daddy and mommy had to drive (alternately)
Stayed the night in KK and went to Suria to shop. Didn't buy anything because I wasn't in a shopping mood~ IDK why..
Next day was travelling again to Limbang. Cross the border of Sabah-Sarawak for the first time. The funny thing is, the immigration was so LOSE/TIDAK KETAT. Do you know what I mean??? People just cross the border like nobody's business =.= When our car pass by, they don't even bother to ask us for Passport (what???) then my mom had to get down from the car and go to the immigration booth (it's a drive-thru) to ask the person to Stamp us "keluar sabah"
No wonder we have so many illegal immigrants... nobody cares at the border 0__0
Then we masuk Sarawak and they stamp for us again... then after awhile we reached Lawas. From Lawas to Limbang we have to pass by Brunei (please refer to the Sarawak map) so we actually went in and out of Brunei to get to Limbang LOL! But that part of Brunei was really er... underdeveloped?? *and we thought they were rich*
Stayed a night in Limbang and we head to Bandar Seri Begawan in the early morning. It was the 3rd day of Raya in Brunei (4th day in Malaysia). The town was pretty nice... but they don't have that much shopping complex as compared to Singapore or even Malaysia and the complexes close at 9pm - 9.30pm (so early!)
Here are some pictures of the places of interest in Brunei ^^
Anyway, because it was raya many of the attractions were closed... too bad =(
BUT, at least we got to visit the Istana Nurul Iman (where the Sultan of Brunei lives) and makan makan (due to rumah terbuka for raya) there haha =) it was a nice experience!
Yea... my family is one very "geng" family... they actually want to travel to Brunei by road *___*
So we left Tawau and traveled all the way to KK, stopping by in Ranau for KFC/lunch. Actually it was okay for me because I mostly slept on the way, but my poor daddy and mommy had to drive (alternately)
Stayed the night in KK and went to Suria to shop. Didn't buy anything because I wasn't in a shopping mood~ IDK why..
Next day was travelling again to Limbang. Cross the border of Sabah-Sarawak for the first time. The funny thing is, the immigration was so LOSE/TIDAK KETAT. Do you know what I mean??? People just cross the border like nobody's business =.= When our car pass by, they don't even bother to ask us for Passport (what???) then my mom had to get down from the car and go to the immigration booth (it's a drive-thru) to ask the person to Stamp us "keluar sabah"
No wonder we have so many illegal immigrants... nobody cares at the border 0__0
Then we masuk Sarawak and they stamp for us again... then after awhile we reached Lawas. From Lawas to Limbang we have to pass by Brunei (please refer to the Sarawak map) so we actually went in and out of Brunei to get to Limbang LOL! But that part of Brunei was really er... underdeveloped?? *and we thought they were rich*
Stayed a night in Limbang and we head to Bandar Seri Begawan in the early morning. It was the 3rd day of Raya in Brunei (4th day in Malaysia). The town was pretty nice... but they don't have that much shopping complex as compared to Singapore or even Malaysia and the complexes close at 9pm - 9.30pm (so early!)
Here are some pictures of the places of interest in Brunei ^^
Anyway, because it was raya many of the attractions were closed... too bad =(
BUT, at least we got to visit the Istana Nurul Iman (where the Sultan of Brunei lives) and makan makan (due to rumah terbuka for raya) there haha =) it was a nice experience!
Monday, 27 August 2012
Carless~~~
Ok, as the title suggested, I don't have a car now.
Technically, I don't OWN a car but we have a "common" car (thefaithful Red Auto Viva) that the Choo sisters use to get out of the house. Apparently it has some issues of its own.
Yesterday I wanted to see the doctor so I took the red car out... and it broke down at Petronas! I couldn't start the engine, what luck I thought =.= I had to call my mom to pick me (luckily it was 12pm when it happened and school's almost over) and the mechanic went later to fix it.
They said there was NO PROBLEM.
WRONG!
This morning I wanted to go out to do my unfinished business and the car engine won't start again! Seriously... I think it means I'm stuck in the house for the week??? 0.0
So ya... hope the mechanic finds the problem and fix the car up... please!
I AM IN DESPERATE NEED OF THE CAR =(
Technically, I don't OWN a car but we have a "common" car (the
Yesterday I wanted to see the doctor so I took the red car out... and it broke down at Petronas! I couldn't start the engine, what luck I thought =.= I had to call my mom to pick me (luckily it was 12pm when it happened and school's almost over) and the mechanic went later to fix it.
They said there was NO PROBLEM.
WRONG!
This morning I wanted to go out to do my unfinished business and the car engine won't start again! Seriously... I think it means I'm stuck in the house for the week??? 0.0
So ya... hope the mechanic finds the problem and fix the car up... please!
I AM IN DESPERATE NEED OF THE CAR =(
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Muffin Baking =)
Yesterday I was shopping in Servay and I came across an instant muffin mix. So I purchased it for RM8.90 and decided to try it out today.
It was kinda simple, just have to add 3 Grade A eggs , 100ml water and 120ml vegetable oil.
Well, since I only had grade B eggs, I used 4 eggs, 80ml water and 100ml oil (I cut down the oil coz it's kinda yuck to use so much~).
First preheat the oven at 200C for 15 mins.
Then I poured the flour mix into a bowl, crack 4 eggs into it then add water. Use an electric beater to mix it up well for 2 minutes. Then add oil and mix it using low power till it's nice and fluffy =)
Pour the mixture into little paper cups in the mould and pop them into the oven.
Let it bake for about 15 - 18 minutes (depending on the size of your oven) till there is a nice smell and it fluffs up... you can use a wooden chopstick to see if it's cook. Just poke it in and if it comes out clean, it's done!
*By the way, I added Hershey Chocolate inside the muffins.. so it will have a chocolately filling!
The packet can make about 18 - 20 muffins, means Rm8.90 + Rm1.60 (40c/egg) + Rm1 for oil and gas divided by 20... one cost about 60cents?
That's all from me~ happy baking!
It was kinda simple, just have to add 3 Grade A eggs , 100ml water and 120ml vegetable oil.
Well, since I only had grade B eggs, I used 4 eggs, 80ml water and 100ml oil (I cut down the oil coz it's kinda yuck to use so much~).
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| The package looks like this but I bought the Chocolate flavoured one |
First preheat the oven at 200C for 15 mins.
Then I poured the flour mix into a bowl, crack 4 eggs into it then add water. Use an electric beater to mix it up well for 2 minutes. Then add oil and mix it using low power till it's nice and fluffy =)
Pour the mixture into little paper cups in the mould and pop them into the oven.
Let it bake for about 15 - 18 minutes (depending on the size of your oven) till there is a nice smell and it fluffs up... you can use a wooden chopstick to see if it's cook. Just poke it in and if it comes out clean, it's done!
*By the way, I added Hershey Chocolate inside the muffins.. so it will have a chocolately filling!
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| My final product! Chocolate Muffins, they actually look good and taste pretty good, recommended for novice bakers like me =D |
That's all from me~ happy baking!
Saturday, 11 August 2012
Fasting for Malaysia
WOOHOO~~ Fasting and praying for Malaysia has officially kick start on the 7th August and will last till the 15 September...
I am in my 5th day of fasting.
Well of course it is just a partial fast. I am abstaining from lunch. My fast in official from 10 am - 6pm. As of now, I am still holding it well since I have a hearty breakfast (a bowl of oats). When I say "hearty" I don't mean stuffing my stomach with EVERYTHING. It just means eating until 8/10 full =)
The theme for this year's fast is "Year of Jubilee". We pray and hope that God will bring restoration and rest to Malaysia as she will be entering her 50th year of being a nation.
To all who are fasting~ Good job and let us play a part in praying for our country! PEACE =)
I am in my 5th day of fasting.
Well of course it is just a partial fast. I am abstaining from lunch. My fast in official from 10 am - 6pm. As of now, I am still holding it well since I have a hearty breakfast (a bowl of oats). When I say "hearty" I don't mean stuffing my stomach with EVERYTHING. It just means eating until 8/10 full =)
The theme for this year's fast is "Year of Jubilee". We pray and hope that God will bring restoration and rest to Malaysia as she will be entering her 50th year of being a nation.
To all who are fasting~ Good job and let us play a part in praying for our country! PEACE =)
Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Bean
Just to let you know, we purchased 2 packets of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Bean from the Harry Potter exhibition in Singapore and decided to try it out one day.
Well, the first flavour I got was blueberry, which was a typical flavour for Jelly Beans... then trying to be daring, I took EARTHWORM...
IT WAS SUPER DUPER NASTY!!!!! @##%&*()*
Can't describe the taste... I took one bite and then swallowed the whole thing because it was too horrible~ can't bear to chew it! Anyway, that was the last jelly bean I took since all the flavours left were kind of disgusting...
So that's it for my "Harry Potter Experience". Never gonna try it again. Ever.
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| Blueberry Flavour~YAY!!! |
IT WAS SUPER DUPER NASTY!!!!! @##%&*()*
Can't describe the taste... I took one bite and then swallowed the whole thing because it was too horrible~ can't bear to chew it! Anyway, that was the last jelly bean I took since all the flavours left were kind of disgusting...
So that's it for my "Harry Potter Experience". Never gonna try it again. Ever.
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Muffin Disaster T.T
Today's muffin making was a disaster~
A TOTAL DISASTER
I have always liked baking (got it from my mom =P) Anyway, I decided to try my hand on making Blueberry Cream Muffins because so far I have only made cookies and tarts.
Ingredients:
4 eggs
4 cups of flour
1 cup veg oil
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 cups blue berries
2 cups yogurt
Started of by beating the eggs in a large bowl, then add in sugar, vanilla essence and oil.
Then in another bowl, sift flour, baking soda and add salt.
Then pour the flour mixture into the egg mixture alternately with the yogurt, lastly add in the blueberries.
Stir everything together for 15 seconds.
Tada! that's how I got the batter~~~ but it smellskinda like vomit disgusting
Then I fill them up in those cups and VUALAA... I get a whole bunch of them...
The thing is... i think the muffin where too WET... too much liquid, and since it was my first time doing it, I was sort of devastated +.+ it tasted okay though... (enough sweetness... just the texture problem)
Hopefully next time I will be able to make muffins with better texture!!! Aza Aza fighting!
*even when things are bleak, SMILE =)*
A TOTAL DISASTER
I have always liked baking (got it from my mom =P) Anyway, I decided to try my hand on making Blueberry Cream Muffins because so far I have only made cookies and tarts.
Ingredients:
4 eggs
4 cups of flour
1 cup veg oil
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups brown sugar
2 cups blue berries
2 cups yogurt
Started of by beating the eggs in a large bowl, then add in sugar, vanilla essence and oil.
Then in another bowl, sift flour, baking soda and add salt.
Then pour the flour mixture into the egg mixture alternately with the yogurt, lastly add in the blueberries.
Stir everything together for 15 seconds.
Tada! that's how I got the batter~~~ but it smells
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| Batter: I know it looks yuck... |
Then I fill them up in those cups and VUALAA... I get a whole bunch of them...
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| Some of it are burnt~~ I know T__T |
The thing is... i think the muffin where too WET... too much liquid, and since it was my first time doing it, I was sort of devastated +.+ it tasted okay though... (enough sweetness... just the texture problem)
Hopefully next time I will be able to make muffins with better texture!!! Aza Aza fighting!
*even when things are bleak, SMILE =)*
Thursday, 26 July 2012
Trip to Singapore (Day 4)
Okay, sorry for the delay to update my forth day in Sg. *Paiseh*
In the morning we decided to stop by Chinatown because apparently we didn't get enough souvenirs for everybody =.= so ya, we just took the MRT to Chinatown and stayed there for like what... 5 minutes(?) then rush back on the MRT for Orchard because we wanted to get mashmallows from Pique Nique (passion fruit and strawberry) because I thought, YES I THOUGHT they would tastelike the marshmallows I bought from Strassbourg, France the other day since Pique Nique is suppose to have French origin (?)
Sadly, they DON'T, I was devastated 0________________0
Anyways, we bought SGD60 worth of marshmallows (which is A LOT) and continue shopping... then we went to find the place where there have DELICIOUS strawberry shortcake which I failed to find on the second day.. and it was located in
PARAGON, not ION ORCHARD...
that's like opoosite each other if you don't know... I was so stupid =.=... thank goodness for my sister Zoey who brought the list of places I wanted to visit (to eat =D) and
VUALA... the address says Canele Patisserie Chocolaterie, PARAGON
YUM YUM YUM! The strawberry shortcake wasGOOD THE BEST I HAVE EVER HAD.
So we order 2 strawberry shortcake, one New York cheese cake and one Citron tarte. The Citron Tarte (lemon cheese cake in layman terms) tasted like what my mom makes.. it's still good though, the New York Cheese Cake was overwelming... I am not really a "cheesy" kind of person so yea.. thank God four of us shared one. But the strawberry shortcake (their best seller by the way) was really light and I don't know... it's the kind of cake you wont get bored of eating!
After our Cake Fiesta... we head over to Marina Bay Sands.... where the newest (?) casino is located (but I don't gamble nor am I legally allowed to go in, they have age restriction ya know~) We were suppose to visit Garden by the Bay which are like their newest attraction or something (I think it's an eco friendly garden thingy(?))
Anyway, we decided to check out the Art Science Musuem first because that's where the HARRY POTTER EXHIBITION IS!!! I MEAN IT'S HARRY POTTER, THE HARRY POTTER (fan girl screaming~)!!!!!!!!! Went to check out the price since it was our last day we weren't sure if we had enought to check out the exhibition... but YES, we DO... the ticket was on sale for SGD24 for TWO exhibitions, The Harry Potter Exhibition and Andy Warhol's 15 Minutes Eternal Exhibition... so yay!! 2 in 1 =)
By the way, they were having some sort of promotion (maybe collab with Coca Cola(?)) where they give each person with the ticket 6 cans of Coke, SIX CANS!!! I mean... who could ever drink that much??? So with four of us, you do the math.
6 x 4 = 24
We has 24 cans of coke... just so you know 24 cans = 1 box/crate/tray (whatever you call it)
So there we are, each holding souvenirs + 6 cans of coke... I though my arm would break.
The exhibition was kind of cool, you get to see Harry and his mates outfits and wands and spell books etc... We even get to try our hand on Quidditch and pulling out the Mandrakes... Oh yea... I got to be one of the three to try out the sorting hat too!!!! XDDDD and guesss where I was placed?? GRYFFINDOR!! The best part was knowing my head has actually touched (indirectly through the hat) the head of Mr. Potter and his comrades!! XD
*it is believed that the sorting hat is really REALLY REALLY the original from the movie.. I am so LUCKY XD*
So after the tour we got our hands on two packs of all flavour jelly beans... I seriously hope they don't REALLY taste like VOMIT or DIRT...
Then we rushed into the Andy Warhol exhibition... was really just browsing through since we needed to rush to the airport before peak hour (5pm) so we had to get out of the exhibition around 4pm and rush back to the hotel for our luggage then grab a cab...
We finally bid farewell to Singapore at 8.45pm and HELLO MALAYSIA!
In the morning we decided to stop by Chinatown because apparently we didn't get enough souvenirs for everybody =.= so ya, we just took the MRT to Chinatown and stayed there for like what... 5 minutes(?) then rush back on the MRT for Orchard because we wanted to get mashmallows from Pique Nique (passion fruit and strawberry) because I thought, YES I THOUGHT they would tastelike the marshmallows I bought from Strassbourg, France the other day since Pique Nique is suppose to have French origin (?)
Sadly, they DON'T, I was devastated 0________________0
Anyways, we bought SGD60 worth of marshmallows (which is A LOT) and continue shopping... then we went to find the place where there have DELICIOUS strawberry shortcake which I failed to find on the second day.. and it was located in
PARAGON, not ION ORCHARD...
that's like opoosite each other if you don't know... I was so stupid =.=... thank goodness for my sister Zoey who brought the list of places I wanted to visit (to eat =D) and
VUALA... the address says Canele Patisserie Chocolaterie, PARAGON
YUM YUM YUM! The strawberry shortcake was
So we order 2 strawberry shortcake, one New York cheese cake and one Citron tarte. The Citron Tarte (lemon cheese cake in layman terms) tasted like what my mom makes.. it's still good though, the New York Cheese Cake was overwelming... I am not really a "cheesy" kind of person so yea.. thank God four of us shared one. But the strawberry shortcake (their best seller by the way) was really light and I don't know... it's the kind of cake you wont get bored of eating!
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| Marina Bay Sands |
After our Cake Fiesta... we head over to Marina Bay Sands.... where the newest (?) casino is located (but I don't gamble nor am I legally allowed to go in, they have age restriction ya know~) We were suppose to visit Garden by the Bay which are like their newest attraction or something (I think it's an eco friendly garden thingy(?))
Anyway, we decided to check out the Art Science Musuem first because that's where the HARRY POTTER EXHIBITION IS!!! I MEAN IT'S HARRY POTTER, THE HARRY POTTER (fan girl screaming~)!!!!!!!!! Went to check out the price since it was our last day we weren't sure if we had enought to check out the exhibition... but YES, we DO... the ticket was on sale for SGD24 for TWO exhibitions, The Harry Potter Exhibition and Andy Warhol's 15 Minutes Eternal Exhibition... so yay!! 2 in 1 =)
By the way, they were having some sort of promotion (maybe collab with Coca Cola(?)) where they give each person with the ticket 6 cans of Coke, SIX CANS!!! I mean... who could ever drink that much??? So with four of us, you do the math.
6 x 4 = 24
We has 24 cans of coke... just so you know 24 cans = 1 box/crate/tray (whatever you call it)
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| 12 cans of coke from the HP exhibition |
So there we are, each holding souvenirs + 6 cans of coke... I though my arm would break.
The exhibition was kind of cool, you get to see Harry and his mates outfits and wands and spell books etc... We even get to try our hand on Quidditch and pulling out the Mandrakes... Oh yea... I got to be one of the three to try out the sorting hat too!!!! XDDDD and guesss where I was placed?? GRYFFINDOR!! The best part was knowing my head has actually touched (indirectly through the hat) the head of Mr. Potter and his comrades!! XD
*it is believed that the sorting hat is really REALLY REALLY the original from the movie.. I am so LUCKY XD*
So after the tour we got our hands on two packs of all flavour jelly beans... I seriously hope they don't REALLY taste like VOMIT or DIRT...
Then we rushed into the Andy Warhol exhibition... was really just browsing through since we needed to rush to the airport before peak hour (5pm) so we had to get out of the exhibition around 4pm and rush back to the hotel for our luggage then grab a cab...
We finally bid farewell to Singapore at 8.45pm and HELLO MALAYSIA!
Tuesday, 24 July 2012
Trip to Singapore (Day 3)
Er... day 3 in Sg started out with a Ramen instant noodles breakfast at 8.30am... Ironically, being the THIRD among my sisters, I had to wake up EARLIER than the rest to prepare THEIR breakfast (what logic is this?) Anyway, I boiled water for the instant noodles, which include chicken flavour, kimchi flavour, curry and tomyam(?) and even help them make instant coffee!
After preparing everything, I looked at my watch and it was 10.30am! I was like OMG!! we were suppose to be out of the door by 9.30am! So I rushed my sisters out only to realise my watch was faster by half an hour while walking towards Bugis Station.
Sis: Is this some kind of joke??
Me: I seriously thought it was 10.30am *innocent face* laughs
The first stop was Orchard Road (take the EW12 Bugis to EW13 CityHall and change to NS22 Orchard) We ended up right below Wisma Atria and walked via underpass to Takashimaya/Ngee Ann City. I was looking for my Sephora Store LOL to buy Bare Essentuals' BareMinerals SPF 15 Touch Up Veil and a eyeliner brush. Sis bought a Sephora primer too.
Then we went to Pique Nique for delicious macarons & a rasberry cake for morning tea LOL!! The flavours we got are salty caramel, french choc, cheese choc, pistachio and chocolate mint. I like cheese choc the best... salty caramel is kinda sweet... pistachio has the weirdest taste (DO NOT RECOMMEND)
Walked around the mall and finally decided to have lunch at Crystal Jade Restaurant:
The food was pretty good and we only paid SGD40 for 4 of us... nice deal too =)
After lunch, we continued shopping till around 3.30pm then headed to CityHall MRT station. We walked along the street from the station towards Sir Stamford Raffles Landing Site at Boat Quay.
Walked across the bridge to the other side of Boat Quay then to Merlion Park. Sadly, the Merlion was under construction/renovation for it's 40th birthday and will only be opened in September!
I was like what??!!!! So we came here for nothing? Luckily there was still the "baby" merlion for us to take pictures with LOL
Didn't manage to walk all the way to the Esplanade aka The Durian because we were rushing to Chinatown as it was already 5.30pm... by the time we reached Chinatown, it was getting dark... we shopped around before having dinner at Chinatown Heritage Centre. Dinner cost about SGD42 (for a small piece of fried fish, 2 sticks of satay, a plate of mixed vege, four bowls of rice and 2 rainbow lime(drinks). Not really worth it I would say, next time better still eat chicken rice LOL
Bought many souvenirs(the keychains are from Chinatown!) and finally got back to our hotel at 10.30pm.
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| my kimchi flavoured noodles... |
Sis: Is this some kind of joke??
Me: I seriously thought it was 10.30am *innocent face* laughs
The first stop was Orchard Road (take the EW12 Bugis to EW13 CityHall and change to NS22 Orchard) We ended up right below Wisma Atria and walked via underpass to Takashimaya/Ngee Ann City. I was looking for my Sephora Store LOL to buy Bare Essentuals' BareMinerals SPF 15 Touch Up Veil and a eyeliner brush. Sis bought a Sephora primer too.
Then we went to Pique Nique for delicious macarons & a rasberry cake for morning tea LOL!! The flavours we got are salty caramel, french choc, cheese choc, pistachio and chocolate mint. I like cheese choc the best... salty caramel is kinda sweet... pistachio has the weirdest taste (DO NOT RECOMMEND)
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| Hot chocolate with marshmallows |
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| Yang Zhou Chao Fan |
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Double Boiled Chicken with White Fungus Soup |
After lunch, we continued shopping till around 3.30pm then headed to CityHall MRT station. We walked along the street from the station towards Sir Stamford Raffles Landing Site at Boat Quay.
Walked across the bridge to the other side of Boat Quay then to Merlion Park. Sadly, the Merlion was under construction/renovation for it's 40th birthday and will only be opened in September!
I was like what??!!!! So we came here for nothing? Luckily there was still the "baby" merlion for us to take pictures with LOL
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| Baby merlion behind me |
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| ArtScience Museum and Marina Bay Sands |
Didn't manage to walk all the way to the Esplanade aka The Durian because we were rushing to Chinatown as it was already 5.30pm... by the time we reached Chinatown, it was getting dark... we shopped around before having dinner at Chinatown Heritage Centre. Dinner cost about SGD42 (for a small piece of fried fish, 2 sticks of satay, a plate of mixed vege, four bowls of rice and 2 rainbow lime(drinks). Not really worth it I would say, next time better still eat chicken rice LOL
Bought many souvenirs(the keychains are from Chinatown!) and finally got back to our hotel at 10.30pm.
Monday, 23 July 2012
Trip to Singapore (Day 2)
After resting only for 6 hours, I had to force myself to wake up because we needed to go to Sentosa Island... with 4 person and 1 bathroom, you can just imagine how long the wait till my turn. Anyway, we headed straight for Bugis Station which we manage to navigate our way to and bought our ezlink card to use the MRT. The card cost SGD12 with SGD7 credit (SGD5 is the value of the card)
We took the East West line from Bugis and alight at OutramPark, continued on the North East line to Harbourfront. The Harbourfront MRT station was just beneath Vivocity. We took the Sentosa Express (SGD3.50) to Sentosa Island.
We reached there at 9am, walked around and took pictures. Bought our tickets to Universal Studio for SGD74 per person (dang expensive! =O) The theme park opens from 10am - 7pm. I notice that most of the workers in USS are teenagers/college students(?) Maybe they are on holiday too and decided to work park time there. Who doesn't want to see Marilyn Monroe or Kung Fu Panda on a daily basis LOL!
We were so caught up with taking pictures once we entered because the streets are really pretty... Anyway, Isabelle was complaining about her hunger (we didn't get breakfast before arriving and the shops don't open till 10am) and we got a hotdog which cost SGD6 (I nearly died because of the price)
There are 7 "areas" in USS, Hollywood(where the main souvenir shop is), Sci Fi City(where transformer ride is), Madagascar, Far Far Away Kingdom(Shrek & Fiona's castle), Jurassic Park, Ancient Eygpt and Waterworld.
Manage to ride the Transformer ride (it was AWESOME!!! the BEST ride according to me) Also went for the twin rollercoaster at Sci Fi City(Human & Cylon), felt like I was floating on the clouds after the ride (literally)... Another 4D ride was Revenge of the Mummy and Shrek. Some of the shows we watch included the Monster Rock Show (some sort of musical with people dress in monster outfits LOL), Waterworld (with all the explosive and actions) Only regretted not being able to ride the wet ride in Jurassic Park...
Overall, I think it is a nice place for family especially with young children because you feel like you're part of the story... but for teens and young adults, the only "exciting" rides would be transformers, the twin roller coaster and the water ride. The whole concept of the theme park is too "child friendly" so not many rides for the "older kids" =P
At 7pm, we took the Sentosa Express back to Vivocity(don't have to pay twice by the way) and had our dinner at The Soup Restaurant... The soup they serve was really NICE, must try! The total bill for 4 of us total around SGD60+ (kind of expensive because we ordered the 2 person set for 4 person but the soup wasGOOD VERY GOOD)
Shop around till 10pm then took the MRT back to our hotel...
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| ez link card that we use while we're in Sg |
We reached there at 9am, walked around and took pictures. Bought our tickets to Universal Studio for SGD74 per person (dang expensive! =O) The theme park opens from 10am - 7pm. I notice that most of the workers in USS are teenagers/college students(?) Maybe they are on holiday too and decided to work park time there. Who doesn't want to see Marilyn Monroe or Kung Fu Panda on a daily basis LOL!
We were so caught up with taking pictures once we entered because the streets are really pretty... Anyway, Isabelle was complaining about her hunger (we didn't get breakfast before arriving and the shops don't open till 10am) and we got a hotdog which cost SGD6 (I nearly died because of the price)
There are 7 "areas" in USS, Hollywood(where the main souvenir shop is), Sci Fi City(where transformer ride is), Madagascar, Far Far Away Kingdom(Shrek & Fiona's castle), Jurassic Park, Ancient Eygpt and Waterworld.
Manage to ride the Transformer ride (it was AWESOME!!! the BEST ride according to me) Also went for the twin rollercoaster at Sci Fi City(Human & Cylon), felt like I was floating on the clouds after the ride (literally)... Another 4D ride was Revenge of the Mummy and Shrek. Some of the shows we watch included the Monster Rock Show (some sort of musical with people dress in monster outfits LOL), Waterworld (with all the explosive and actions) Only regretted not being able to ride the wet ride in Jurassic Park...
Overall, I think it is a nice place for family especially with young children because you feel like you're part of the story... but for teens and young adults, the only "exciting" rides would be transformers, the twin roller coaster and the water ride. The whole concept of the theme park is too "child friendly" so not many rides for the "older kids" =P
At 7pm, we took the Sentosa Express back to Vivocity(don't have to pay twice by the way) and had our dinner at The Soup Restaurant... The soup they serve was really NICE, must try! The total bill for 4 of us total around SGD60+ (kind of expensive because we ordered the 2 person set for 4 person but the soup was
Shop around till 10pm then took the MRT back to our hotel...
Sunday, 22 July 2012
Trip To Singapore (Day 1)
Singapore, also known as the Lion City was the destination for my holiday during the mid term break. Actually, the reasons I wanted to go there are Universal Studio and because it seems like the easiest country to go about (since it's so tiny but sophisticated at the same time).
When I was planning for my holiday, I log on to the Airasia website and saw that the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore was only RM79 and immediately called my mom to ask her if I could go (I seriously needed to go outstation =P). Praise the Lord that she agreed and so my three sisters and I were set on to travel to Singapore from 16 to 19 July.
Our flight from LCCT was 5.30pm and we touched down in Changi Airport Terminal 1, Singapore at 6.10pm (20 minutes ahead of schedule). By the way, Terminal 1 is for budget airlines like Airasia but it is SO MUCH NICER and CLEANER than LCCT. Terminal 1 (for budget airline) is as good as Terminal 2 and 3 which are for full service airlines like Singapore Airlines, Emirates, MAS etc and it has the same standard like KLIA...
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| Zoey and Isabelle at LCCT~~ eating expensive bread =.= |
The first thing I notice about Singapore is the way they walk... practically half running. Really speedy like they are rushing to catch a plane... but for the few who aren't brisk walking, they know how to make way for the others. When riding an escalator, Singaporeans stand on the left side and leave the right lane empty so people who are rushing and walk past. Very orderly indeed, not like in Malaysia where you have to zoom and squeeze here and there just to get through.
We got on a taxi and headed to our hotel, Haising Hotel - with simple and small rooms (you can check out their rooms online) it cost SGD140 per night for a 4-person room. The taxi uncle was very nice and friendly(out of all the taxis we took he was the only one that talked to us) and he pointed out to us the places of interest in Singapore. He said and I quote "You only need 30 minutes to see the whole of Singapore", indicating how "tiny" the island was.
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| Changi Airport |
When we got to our hotel (after 25 mins) the taxi fare was SGD26 because they have many "charges" such as airport pick up charge -SGD3 and other toll charges. We checked in and went out around 7.30pm to Suntec City Mall. We grabbed a taxi too from the hotel and the fair was SGD8+ to get there.
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| Eating at Food Republic |
First we went to eat at Food Republic (some sort of food court) We ate Singapore Hokkien Mee, Wanton Mee, Ipoh Mee and some red bean and green bean bread. Most of the meal were about SGD4-6. Maybe the mall wasn't really fully occupied with tenants because there were some empty shoplots... and most of the shops close around 9.30pm which was shocking to me XP.
We also went to find the Fountain of Wealth to see the laser show...but honestly it was not really interesting. Or maybe it wasn't our cup of tea, so instead we took pictures near the fountain and the surrounding areas.
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| Fountain of Wealth at the center of the Suntec City Area |
We also went to find the Fountain of Wealth to see the laser show...but honestly it was not really interesting. Or maybe it wasn't our cup of tea, so instead we took pictures near the fountain and the surrounding areas.
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| Suntec City Mall at 9.30... the shops behind us are closed |
Since the shops close around 9.30pm, there wasn't much to shop on the first day, I only manage to grab some souvenirs and we took a taxi back to the hotel which cost about SGD8+ and reached around 10.15pm.
I will continue the rest of the days on other posts! Adios...
The Beginning of a new BLOG
Okay, I KNOW I have not been blogging for... let's just say AGES... so the very free and bored me has to start blogging again with a NEW address all because I have no idea what has happened to my previous blog since I have not been active for more than a year. By the way, the blog still EXIST but I can't go to the dashboard (IDK why).
Sorry for all the crap I have to mention above, and I am trying to type in "proper" English and try to minimise the use of short forms as much as possible as I dread I may develop a habit of writing in short forms when I return to the university this coming September.
For those who are visiting my blog for the first time, welcome =) Anyways, I think most who will be reading my blog posts are my lovely friends from high school... For those who do not know what I am doing after high school, listen up. I am now studying in Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak Campus which is located in the Cat City - Kuching. By the way, I am not at all involved in the "technological" side although it says it is a university of technology. I am in fact taking my Bachelors in Commerce majoring in Management.
I think this is all the introductions I will be making. Hope you have a fun time reading my blog and ciao!
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