After Exams
The smell of Freedom.... the smell of North Indian Cuisine....Thurs was the last day of exams.. (actually 5 of us have our exams ended one day before and enjoyed the after-exam meal at Amoy St. ). and we have all gathered for a meal at this North Indian Restaurant at Riverwalk (situated at opposite Central, Clarke Quay). Heh.. ages since we have some nice decent meal...
This North Indian Restuarant offered buffet dinner with about 12 main dishes + Naan + a few side dishes. Many of us have not eaten North Indian Cuisine before... it's considered somewhat a special "exotic" meal we were having here besides the usual hawker fare or normal western meal we normally go for. This is definitely not my first taste of North Indian food. I tasted my first piece of naan dipped in spicy piping hot Chicken masala at the Sim Lim Square Foodcourt. From then on, I have become quite a fan of North Indian cuisine. This restaurant served cheap and affordable buffet lunch and dinner. We only paid about $15 per person for the buffet.
We'r ready to dig in! (The drink in pink is known as Strawberry Lassi. It's their Yoghurt drink but taste nothing like the usual yoghurt drink we bought from supermarket. It has a strong cheesy taste instead.)
Sambal Chicken, Tandoori Chicken and some Fish curry of sort..Take more gravy for the naan!
The naan. Comes in 3 varieties. Plain, Butter and Garlic. It was made by sticking the dough on the side of a large stone/clay pot, heated up by burning charcoal. Less oil (more healthy) and thicker than their cousin Prata. Eat it while it's hot!
Big Fans of Naan...
Food Galore!
Time for desserts! No no no... this is not the chinese Tang Yuan. This dessert is known as the Milk Ball in Honey syrup. Not advisable to consume more than one especially for people who have low threshold for sweetness. I think it's too sweet for my liking either... tend to get sick after a few more bites of these milk balls.
If you feel the need to freshen up your breathe after the heavy meal, the waiter will offer you this plate of green or colourful grains. Grab abit and chew them in your mouth. It contains some herbs to get rid of the smell.. and urh.. you will have this " bathing foam in your mouth" kind of feeling in your mouth.Labels: Food, Friends, Fun
Backdate...
Happy 22nd Birthday to Xin!Our dear ger finally turned 22 on the 10 April! heh. And her birthday "heng heng" fell on the week of presentation and report deadlines. But still... we managed to surprise her with Botak Jones and the cake. We had a tough time planning, equally tough to get the plan executed. 
Time for birthday wishes! (" Wish for a bf who knows Fortran?") hehe.
I love this picture. Actually who doesnt? hehe. Anyway, all the pictures were taken by a webcam in the school comp lab. See.. we have made such good use of the school facilities. (eh.. we got pay school fees one leh.)
We love the school.. 's webcam ! Heh.Before I end off... Would like to wish Happy belated birthday to another April Baby. Hehe. Happy 22nd Birthday to meimei! Labels: Birthdays, Friends
Young Millionaires Dreamers Club
***The Young Millionaires Dreamers Club***Club Profile: -Officially Founded on 2nd March 2007.
-Initiated by a group of toto-crazy friends during a study session at National Library.
-Club mission: To achieve the million bucks in the annual angbao toto draw and change the club name to Young Millionaires Club.
-Member qualification: *The ability to dream (of what to do with the prize money) is a must. *Age between 20-25
-Membership fee: currently at 50 cents (payable as and when theres' 10 million dollars toto draw ) (Note that subjected to fee revision.
Today was the 10 million toto draw. Few days back, 14 of us bought 2 sets of 7 toto numbers just to participate in the fun of the 10 million angbao toto. Today, we bought another set of 7 numbers which we picked the number ourselves. Think all of us got so excited when we get together and started to think about what to do with the money if we won .... and CH even joking that he wanted to go home early to pack his bag just in case he needs to run away with the winning tickets.... And on Lun's car, we were waiting desperately and nervously for the toto results to be announce on the radio..(only to realise that the results were released after 930pm.)
Now i finally understand why my parents keep up with their 4Ds every week despite complaining to me that it's wasting so much money and they will quit betting on 4D numbers. It's buying a hope that makes you happy and winning to thrill you further.
Btw, we got 3 winning numbers right for the set we bought today. And 2 out of the 3 winning numbers were those numbers which i picked! OMG! But nvm.. everything in the name of fun... and haha.. better luck next time!
Labels: Friends, Fun, Luck
Merry Christmas 2006 (Part 2)
Xmas Celebration Part 2: JB Movie & Food Feast and Crazy Nite Out
This is the first time I am celebrating Xmas with my uni buddies. Looking exceptionally forward to meeting them cos they are always the most happening bunch of friends I have. hehe! Xin, Jul, Kel, Ling, Lun and me met in the afternoon for JB. Xin, being the "guest of honour", got the honour of being scolded by everyone for being late by 30 mins. Surprisingly, the causeway and customs were very clear and less crowded this weekend, so we managed to reach JB in less than 45 mins. Ling suggested catching a movie over at JB City Square since it's still too early to go for makan feast. In the end, we decided to watch Jay Chou's " The Curse of the Golden Flower" after a quickie lunch at Secret Recipe. Being the most typical Singaporean (except Lun but he has long gotten the Singaporean traits..) we are, we cant help gushing and exclaiming about the cheap movie tic. Their weekend movie tic cost RM 10.. which is about SGD 4. So much cheaper compared to our Weekend $9.50. Whats more the cinema is run by Cathay.. so quality of the cinema theatre is of the same standard as Singapore. Bloody worth it!Alrite. Let's talk about the movie. It's a fantastic arthouse film by Zhang Yimou and definitely worth catching (even though Jay Chou doesnt look very appealing in the movie *shrugs*). As Zhang Yimou likes to use very strong colours in his movie, this one (as the title mention) was extremely golden and glittery. So be aware of being blinded by the strong contrasting colour of the palace's interiors and Chow Yun Fatt/Gong Li's ultra glittery GOLDEN costumes! Argh *Cover my eyes*... but nonetheless, the backdrop was magnificent. The plot was easily understandable. Nothing too complicated... Gong Li's suppression as the Queen and Chow Yun Fat as the most heartless, callous, tyrannical King.. were all well-portrayed. Exception being Jay Chou again.. Cant help laughing at his face... and his futile attempt to squeeze out some emotions on his face. He just looked very off in his costumes and his moustache. *Cover my eyes*Oh and you cant miss all the girls' boobs, almost spilling out of their clothes. Damn gross when you see their boobs wobble as they walked. According to my mama, she thinks that the boobs ressembled some kids' buttock. muahaha.Late in the evening, we head off to our favourite place for a big feast: 
Look at Ling, the one who cant resist sticking her tongue out when she sees good food... even when she only sees the menu. From left: Xin, Juan, Ling, Jul
What is life w/o good food man.... hehe. We had Chili Sweet Potato Leaves, Tofu on hot pan, Deep fried baby squid, Butter Crayfish, Steamed Soon Hock Fish, Beggar's Chicken, Dou miao. yummy.. all for the grand total of about 16 SGD per person.
Unfortunately, there's no purplish dragon fruit juice but no regrets! We tried Weilun's recommendation of another fruit juice which is a mixture of 3 fruits (strawberries, plum juice and cant remember the last one). It's a helluva good drink to die for!!! Hehe. That is if you are a sucker for sour stuffs. 
How can we not pose for some photos with our favourite crayfish..... Gosh.. look at the amount of meat!Back from Msia, meet up with Les and Cehao. What's next? Xmas xchange and Bowling at Safra Mount Faber!Thinking that Safra Mount Faber would not be as crowded with bowlers like Marina Sq. Wrong wrong! In the end, we were put on the waiting list.. and it was all waiting and more waiting.... while we were waiting for our turn, we took some bo-liao pics..
Jul, Xin, Juan and Lun illustrating 喜, 怒, 哀, 乐. We are good eh?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10. No 9 cos we dunnoe how to do it. hehe.
Les, Ling, Cehao's version. Who's better?
Now finally for the Xmas xchange... hehe. After a few rounds of drawing lots... I got Cehao's Piggie bank. (actually is froggie) hehe. And lucky Ling, got my red leather card holder.... :P
Everyone gets a present! Lesley gotten Ling's pillow case, Kel gotten Xin's (?) Nalgene bottle, Xin gotten Kel's piggie tissue box cover, Ling gotten my red leather namecards holder, Cehao got Les's MUJI tibits pack. Lun gotten Jul's shoes bag. Me got Cehao's turtle piggie bank. Jul got lun's present (not bought yet). hehe.. Merry Xmas everyone!Labels: Chill Out, Christmas, Food, Friends, Fun
Merry Christmas 2006 (Part 1)
It's finally Christmas! My long awaited holiday break... after 2 hectic weeks of work and OT every night just to complete the damn project. Most things are more or less done and I can feel so much ease now. Phew. Just as I wanted to take a break, I remembered about writing Xmas card and wrapping xmas gifts! Gosh. This year was a series of celebration from 22nd to 24th December... Seems like this year Xmas was my most happening (and most expensive) ever!
22nd Dec Nite with my gal pals, 23rd Dec Nite and 24th Dec Morning with my ultra-happening Uni buddies, 24th Dec Nite and 25th Dec Morning with my boy...
So this time, the Xmas blog entries are going to break into 3 parts... flooded with pictures.
Xmas Celebration Part 1: Xmas Party at Dawn's Place
This year, Dawn invited all her friends to her house for Xmas celebration and presents exchange. I was late becos of the retail convention which was held at Changi Hotel... the really far eastern part of Singapore, took quite abit of time travelling from the east to her house in the south.
When we were in secondary school, we used to have xmas celebration at her place too. And somehow, we just loved to "challenge the weather" and BBQ in the rain! haha. I remembered it was a hilarious sight when we tried to BBQ with the plastic sheet or umbrella shielding us from the rain. This time round, we were once again challenging the weather but unfortunately it rained again. We have to move all those catered food, BBQ or half-BBQ food to the function room below and eat there.
Oh yah. Before I forgot.. Welcome back, Shan! hehe. She's finally back from far far away Norway. She deserved a great thanks for getting us all those goodies from Norway and of cos, burning me her 5GB worth of pictures from Norway (when I was just kidding with her. Opps!)
The Four Of Us: Ying, Juan, Dawn, Shan
Labels: Christmas, Food, Friends, Fun
Project J
No word can describe the "hardship" (and Panda eyes) behind Project J. Pictures behind the scene are the best evidences. But mission successfully completed after one week of planning + intensive internal emailing + last minutes glitches. Yoohoo!
Labels: Birthdays, Friends
A Lesson to Remember
It was Beverly's 21st Birthday yesterday. The time 2nd 21st birthday after last Saturday Chin's party. Just recieved an sms on Jan's 21st Birthday party invitation on next Saturday. Its my parents' birthdays next week too. I think I can proudly declare that spend almost all my Saturdays this month on attending 21st Birthday parties. Hehe. Last Saturday, I was 赌鬼. Yesterday, I was 酒鬼. I guess it all depends on who you hang out with. My JC frens are the gambling lots and the uni frens are the drinking lots. Yesterday, we almost lost count of no. of bottles of red wine we consumed. All I remember that it was bottle after bottle. Thank goodness I stopped drinking after I doze off suddenly. At one time, I finished the wine at one shot and the next moment, i feel sick and dont know why my tummy feels hurt. Hehe. It will be a disaster if I ever get drunk. Poor CH and Bev.. got drunk quite badly. Feel so paiseh. CH passed out in the toilet. According to him, he did not know that he even gone to the toilet! One moment, his eyes had been reduced to "2 slits" and grinning silly at us. The next moment, he passed out and vomitting. sigh. Should have let him stopped drinking and tell him that he was not drinking Ribena. He drank so fast and his cup just kept refilling. He totally lost his consciousness after that. For a moment, he slapped himself on the face.. Bev also puked while taking care of him. This was the first time i saw someone got drunk so badly. The last time was seeing people puking by the drain at Zouk. V common sight.While Bev gone back to rest, we were thinking how to bring CH home and tell the his mum. After he kinda stabilized, 4 guys carried him to Lun's car. The moment we brought him to sit upright, he started puking again. But luckily he puked into the plastic bag. Phew.. he managed to get back home safely finally, all thanks to his good buddy W and Lun.He started calling everyone in the morning to apologise.. haha... I was startled by his call cos i was still sleeping. hehe. He was so relieved after he heard from many people's account that he didnt say any nonsense yst except slapping himself v hard and doing his "pig-tiger" growling (he sometime does that when provoked by us.)Now.. if anyone ever want to drink, always know your limit! and control is the word. Dont drink too fast. o_O
and it's a no no for drinking on an empty stomach.
Labels: Birthdays, Friends
Auntie Chin's 21st
Happy 21st to Our Dearest Auntie Chin!It was her big day last Saturday (28 Oct). Held at the Seasons' Park Clubhouse. I must first apologize for leading the wrong direction cos i turn at the wrong junction, and in the end everyone had some bit of exercise from the "brisk walking". But when we wanted to walk back to the after the party ended, I realised that walking the correct direction wasnt any better. The place is still v v far from the YCK MRT. Hahaha..
Finally our dearest Auntie Chin turned 21. One of the last few to turn 21 among us. Remember she used to "seek refuge" from us (my clique) in JC becos her clique sometimes went missing in action, leaving her alone. Always giggling away like little school ger whenever we talked about guys or another BGR gossips or "interogate" us on our relationships. Sometimes, she sounds naggy like obasan, talked like obasan, obasan's dressing sense, so that explains why we called her Auntie Chin! Hehe..
@ Auntie Sharon's Birthday Party! Nicely decorated. There's even some "ketupat" hanging outside the glass door. (Hari Raya Puasa mahh..)Labels: Birthdays, Friends
Whats amused me at the party was the part whereby a video of Chin's parents wishing her a happy bday plus a few NGs. haha! How many parents would want to do that to surprise their kids like this? So sweet of her parents! 
Sigh.. The only photo with the birthday ger (or auntie?) in my camera is blurred. Baahhh!!
Labels: Birthdays, Friends
Our table.. Ready to Eat. From left: Meimei, Meimei's bf, Dr Lim TH and Sky (my bf)
Labels: Birthdays, Friends
We came abit late to "chope" the KTV room or pool table at the clubhouse. But thank goodness Dr Lim brought along some entertainment for us - a set of miniature mahjong (See pics below) and a stack of poker cards. Hope Chin's parents wont think we are some kind of die-hard gamblers. Playing the miniature mahjong was really an uphill task for us. You need to have reallie nimble fingers to arrange your tiles, move your tiles and take your tiles. If you are clumsy enough, all your tiles might be exposed. haha! In the end, we got so tired of playing with such small tiles that we gave up. Playing bridge was much easier. 
The Mahjong Kakis' motto: "We mahjong anywhere! anytime! but not anyhow!" Lastly, Best Wishes to Chinchin and Stay giggly always~!
P/s: Wishing in advanced Happy Birthday to Nov Babies (Jan, Bev, My papa and mama, Weide, Ying)!
Labels: Birthdays, Friends
Monday Crazy Night Out!
Firstly, I need to apologize to those who dropped by my blog and find that there hasnt been any recent updates. Hasnt got the motivation and inspiration to do any blogging. Feel like doing something to my blog soon. I do get bored of things very easily...This week has been a really awesome week for me. Have been working at home after the long Deepavali and Hari Raya Holidays. Not only that, I got to spend the night out with my dearest pals! Haha! Indeed, what a memorable night we have. This time, the outing was planned by our dear "Mr Exxon". He planned to bring us to Handlegrill and then to Little Bali for a after-dinner chill out session. So after a few spins around the Henderson/Bukit Merah area (Mr Exxon strongly resisted the use of street directory as he felt that was an "insult".), we finally find our way to Telok Blangah area at Lock Street. We made more spins around Lock Street since Handlegrill seems to be nowhere noticeable. After many rounds, only did we realise that we were in front of Handlegrill all along and why we didnt notice is becos Handlegrill is closed! According to the parking uncle there, Handlegrill is closed on Mondays! Bahhh... Lesson no. 1 to be learnt: Check the opening/closing hours of the restuarant. So me suggested Greenwood Fish Market, located at Greenwood Ave (right behind NJ). Heard from the forums that this place is not bad.. famous for its fish and chips. (Yummy!)... This time Greenwood Fish Market was indeed opened but we have to wait an hour for 8 seats! Gosh... So we decided to come back again on a Tuesday for their "$1 Oysters Tues Night".. Yipee!Lesson no. 2 to be learnt: Make reservation especially when you need so many seats. (But this time was a last min decision, what to do? sigh!)Next, half of the people were in Mr Exxon's car to fetch Jan and another half in Kel's car, wondering where to head next. So those in Kel's car (including me) decided to go to eat Ma La Steamboat (at Beach Road, opp Concourse) as suggested by Xin before. Finally!! There's some place willing to accomodate us and is opened for business!!! The Ma La steamboat was not bad.. quite popular and the restuarant was rather packed with Mainland Chinese (so can presume it's pretty authentic Szechuan Ma La). Their meat were in very thin slices and thus, cooking them took a shorter time. All the pig liver lovers love the pig liver, especially Mr Exxon who went gaga over the pig liver which "melt in his mouth". The pumpkin cake (fried) was served piping hot and the filling was not too sweet, perfect for those who doesnt like sweet stuffs. They also have cold dishes.. which I find worth a try. But not to be missed out, their mango pudding! Their mango puddings were in small bowls and condensed milk was added on top of the pudding. Yummy! All these for just $15. 20. ( 20 cents for a glass of iced water, free top-up) Cheap and very affordable!After a hot and spicy meal, we wanted to head on to a chill out place. Unfortunately, the Ice shop near Burlington Sq was closed. Suddenly, someone suggested Mustafa at Little India. Haha! Mustafa is opened 24 hours. The only few times i being there were to exchange Thai Baht for my last Bangkok holiday. Little India is a place which I feel so foreign.. oh gosh! And that was the first time I visited there at 1 am! Mustafa was packed with shopping crowds and it doesnt feel like 1 am on Syed Alwi Road. It's still bustling with activities at such hours... many foreign workers were hanging around. I guess its pretty common since its the public holiday. Once entered the mall, it felt as though you were shopping in some Malaysia hypermart. Haha! The Nike socks are cheap but limited in designs. Some of their sports apparels like jacket can be quite cheap as well. But what fascinated us the most is.. (nothing really surprising..) ... the supermarket section! Of cos, no one left empty handed with snacks like tim tam, chocolates etc for stocking up in office's drawers. 2 plus am.. after sending Jan home, it's late night movie time at Cathay Cine. We catched "Prestige"! Great show (even better than The Departed!) !! Before the show, Mr Exxon got a tummy upset and desperately needed a relieve. So the moment we reached Cine, he ran to the toilet and to his shock.. an "out-of -service" sign hung on the door of the male toilet.. damn suay. As he ran to another toilet on the next level, there's this James Bond's music playing.. muahaha.. adding on to his anxiety. (The gers were laughing very hard at the scene..dramatic..) Its not really funny unless you were there seeing what happened. Thanks to all these funny pals I have. They made stressful studies so much lighter.. and life become so much happier with these insane fellas (including the insane me)! haha! To them: When can we have another outing like this? So fun!!!!
Monday Crazy Night Out!
Labels: Chill-out, Food, Friends, Funny
Meatylicious Affairs
Another fortnightly gathering! In fact, it has been 3 weeks since we last met up for tennis (at Ling's condo) and BBQ (at Lesley's hse). This time round, our "food queen", Ling, brought us to this Vibe Restaurant at Meritus Negara Hotel for brazillian buffet. For brazillian buffet, the chefs go round the tables with the meat and their knife, cutting slices or chunks of meat for you.
Chandelier @ Vibe Restaurant.. nice eh?Labels: Chill-out, Food, Friends
The restaurant not only serves very delicious barbequed meats but also cold seafood. The mussles and oysters are fresh... There's also different sauces to go with the cold seafood. Unfortunately, I didnt have the courage to try. My weak stomach might not be able to take it. (IBS is a bitch!)
Cold Seafood buffet... Mussels, Prawns, Fresh Oysters, Crab.. (Not in the pic.. duh)Labels: Chill-out, Food, Friends
Enjoying the fresh oyster! *sluuurrrp*
Labels: Chill-out, Food, Friends
There's a great variety of meat for everyone (except vegetarian of cos.) They even have char siew to suit the Singaporeans' taste and their char siew are absolutely heavenly tasty! Definitely not losing out to those hawkers out there. Another meat which I enjoyed very much is the fish. I have no idea what fish is that but texture is almost similar to that of salmon's. Juicy and the fish kinda melts in your mouth..arh....
Some of the meat served. Beef, Chicken (Extremely Juicy and nice!), Bacon wrap, Fish (2 thumbs up!), Mutton and Sausages...Labels: Chill-out, Food, Friends
The 2 guys ("Ah cek" and Ah Hao) enjoying their food. Haha..Ah Cek's hairstyle getting more funkier... very the hip lor.. Lolx.Labels: Chill-out, Food, Friends
Finally it's dessert time! They have a great variety of desserts but most popular has to be its chocolate fondue. When you stepped into the restaurant, you would notice a chocolate fountain. A wide selection of fruits, marshmallows, dried apricots are available to go with your chocolate fondue. Unfortunately, they dont have my favourite strawberries!
Yummilicious chocolate fondue!Labels: Chill-out, Food, Friends
Lesley has done a favour for everyone by going to the chocolate fountain to scoop a bowl of chocolate for us to dip. And Ling eating bread in fondue style. Haha... I think anyone who has seen us doing that will think we wanna drink up the bowl of chocolate. That's really sinful indulgence.. but we love it!Labels: Chill-out, Food, Friends
Enjoying our chocolate fondue! Having a sore throat that day... but heck.. yi1 du2 gong4 du2.. muahaha..Labels: Chill-out, Food, Friends
