Coffee time

A lazy Sunday afternoon beside taking a beauty sleep there's another best way to spent the afternoon, is to have a nice cup of coffee.

After a frenz bb shower, we drove all the way to Bt Timah for coffee. A building that restored from an old British colonial bungalow, The Guild House inside NUS. Nice, cosy & quiet place and Singapore Botanic Garden is just right behind us.

It's really so quiet, almost empty when we walked in. Love the lay back & tranquil atmosphere : ) but beware of falling leaves & small branches.. ouch... some drop on me & it's quite painful haha

Took a walk around the cafe, snapping ofcoz : ) Went up the 2nd storey to take a good look while the guys enjoyed their chats. There's a Jackpot room & a Restn here. Private dining is available, look out for their dress code sign.

Hi guys, I'm up here!!! Nobody bother...diaoz... all busy talking & talking : )

A wrong order of coffee with alcohol, nobody owns it... so I hav it : ) oooh..it's tasted weird & awful. No wonder gave it to us for free : p

Still prefer my hot latte : )

Yummy finger food, deep fried wedges & tofu. A bit spicy, crispy & HOT!

Venue: Bukit Time Guild House

1F Cluny Road Singapore 259602

Tel: 6779 1811

Dinner with BD girl

Wah..busy busy weeks past, time to catch up with Ex-colleagues cum frenz. Decided to meet up during CY's BD, it's an unplanned surprise for her actually. Y unplanned surprise? huh huh.. dinner was arranged by Deryl and we were all too busy to communicate, so we din informed CY who & who will be attending the dinner,  she tot was only her & Deryl hahaha.. and upon seeing me & Jiawen she was caught in Surprise!

Raindrops at Scape Park, heard abt it from frenz & read some review. Scape park is a new place for the youth. Felt abit out while walking towards the cafe hahaa. A simple small cafe yet cosy, lay back & relax ambience. With a very straight forward menu, not much variety but the food was good. Staff was friendly too.

Here comes the BD girl : ) Caught in SURPRISE!!!

Yeah pic time : ) CY & Jiawen

 Deryl & I

Food Food Food.... we were famished... Our starter, Garden Salad to share share

This is super good... Chunky mushroom soup. Concentrated thick soup, I love it , thumb up up!

 Seafood Pasta & Vongole...both look the same to me haha..

 And a Hawaiian pizza for all of us. I love the thin crust, & the toppings was generous too.

 BD girl, Grilled Salmon. It's too dry, abit over cooked, so not recommended.

Ofcoz not forgetting her BD cake. Jiawen bot from Bakerzin along the way to Scape, actually Raindrops do have nice cake but we preferred to have a whole cake than a single slice. 

Made a wish!! Grow Taller..bigger...prettier..hahaha standard wishes for the petite : D

We left with a full & satisfied stomach : ) 

Thanks Deryl's friend who work there for a 15% discount.

BD celebration for July

It's monthly BD celebrations again : )  I personally don't like to celebrate my birthday in a big group... just don't feel easy with it, but I do enjoying others celebrating their BD : D

With a pinch of Salt cafe at Tanjong Katong Road, opposite the Pungol Nasi Lemak. A very cute & sweet theme cafe. I love the theme, its simply so so cute. Thou the place is abit small & a bit noisy (maybe was us that create all the noise) The place is still very nice for gathering, BD celebration or a small party.

The interior: simple, sweet, cute, relaxing..what else to comment, oh and a lovely friendly lady boss.

The early birds

Relaxing & reading at the couch. Or pose pose for a pic : )

The two cuties, sitting far apart.... to avoid spread of flu virus or avoid a fight? :D

Food food food !!! The waiting time was quiet long due to lack of staff & cafe running  full house. The food was ok, dun have the WOW feeling but edible : ) Some of them complaint too small portion, and chicken leg too dry. While others were ok with the food.

Some1 on diet for months & now on the most heavy & meaty meals : D (name not to be disclosed hahaa wait I kena hammer)

This looks nice, maybe will give it a try next time.

And my Grill Dory sambal fish : ) was perfect for me. Soft & fresh fish with spicy sambal. Remember someone ask me "why you always eat sambal?" ok.. I love spicy food ofcoz, and on the safe side I will usual choose sambal to go along coz it will nrv go wrong & can cover any unpleasant taste. Well that's my own theory lah : )

Here goes the BD Boy/man : D Happily accept the cake with his cutie little girl.

A group pic of the guys only, nice colour t-shirts haha kinda match the theme

And the beautiful ladies & girls : )

 

A nice dinner cum catch up with Budd

Been busy lately but finally have a sense of belonging and clearer direction of where I am heading to. Life is full of up & down. I have been moving from one place to another, switching from one job to another. It's a nvr ending story... Sometimes do feel upset of what I am doing, but in order to fulfill my personal commitment I have to stride harder & move on. Nobody say life is easy, it's nvr easy but it's a matter of how we look at it and from which angle we are looking at it. Sometime I ask myself, is our life really of no choice, or we dare not make a choice?

As we grew older, we started to ponder on things that happened & things that would happen. But are we gonna sit on it & do nothing or we have to make a decision & move on? Sad to say that recently I have some frenz feel the same as what I experienced too. They have started to lost their direction, unclear of what they want & insecure of the future. Someone ever quote me this "You can't change the past, but you can change the present & make a difference in your future." That very true isn't it? It's really a matter of how we want to make the 1st move & how we want to take up the responsibility of the choice we made. I have made it, so have you?

Here, we made a choice to meet up too : ) Despite our busy schedules Budd & I will still find time to meet up for dinner. This is our friendship bonding that keep us together all these yrs. Even it's just a short catch up or chit chat or to discuss about our future plan : ) Really appreciated my dear friend. Same goes to any relationship. It's how much you want in a relationship? How much you value the relationship? The choice is yours : ) make it & move on.

Dinner at Breeks, haha again my suggestion coz I have a $10 voucher : ) My 1st time in Breeks, yes I'm not kidding. I like this place but no chance to walk in until today. The choice of food is quiet limited tho but I like the quiet embiance & also the choice of drinks : p

  My Cajun Blackened Fish, healthy meal : ) I like this dish. The fish not oily, well cooked pasta and everything was nice & perfect.

My dear Budd on strict diet, trying to shed off some extra kg..: D  so she has this Salmon salad, very healthy choice.

 Oh come on budd you are very slim liao. Pls keep to this weight & dun go further or else.. easy to fall down (head big, body small small) hahaha ...: D

And a healthy Avocado blend....eerrr...with a lil sinful ice-cream, chocolate & cream on top :D I love this drink. It just too hard to resist.. : p

Our Road Trip

It's was just a short 3days 2night road trip to our neighboring Country, the feeling was great & really looking forward. We have been talking abt it some time ago, and I almost miss the trip becoz of our lately issue. But thanks GOD, we were together now & ready for a new start. Everything flows in smoothly for us, thank God Hallelujah. We enjoyed the trip, and I appreciated all his effort.

We started off at 5am, hoping to avoid the jam at customs....still jammed anyway kekeke..

Pick up Tan's family at Coris and welcome by a hot latte. Thank you very much : )

A happy bb on board, she was cranky at times but over all she's very well behave and I think she enjoyed the trip too.

Naughty mummy teasing bb with milk milk haha..

A pit stop after Johor's Customs. Can't remember what the place name, Jln Kangsar? Anyway they serves local Chinese Bkf, i.e Wan Tan mee, zhu Cheong Fan, carrot cakes....etc.
But my fave still Zhu Cheong Fan with Leong Tao Fu. I like the QQ feeling of the Zhu Cheong Fan which is different from our.

zzz...suddenly so quiet she fall asleep after our bkf

Then...all down..hahaa..zzzzz...I wanted to catch a short nap too, but just can't get to sleep. It's too hot & I preferred to accompany him while he drives ; )

Weh..why got extra head appeared between us...our 3rd party? hahahaa..

Reached Genting around 1pm, after the slow traffic & jammed along the highway. As usual 1st World Resort super crowded during peak season. We went for our lunch & shopping while waiting for our rooms to be ready.

Starring at a lil girl playing on the laptop : D

Our Lunch at Hou Mei cafe, recommended curry mee.

I'm not a fan of Curry Mee, so better stick to my all time fave Wan Tan Mee.

Mocha...looks cream & sweet

A walked outside the resort..oh this building really run down, I think Genting Group shld consider doing some upgrading or refurbish the place.We were planning to enter the Theme park but after looking at the run down place from outside, we decided to stay indoor for shopping.

Shopping around the mall.

Didn't spend much time in the casino, coz I dun gamble & the place was super crowded & smokey. Check out the next day morning for our next designation, Bukit Tinggi the French Village.

It's abt 45mins drives from Genting to Bukit Tinggi. Some funny things happened on the road that made us laughed all the way up the mountain. It's gonna be a classic story for the 4of us to share. Reached Bukit Tinggi, Colmar Tropicale at noon. A place run by Berjaya Group, a small French village with very nice castle & buildings.

It's really a small small village, we explored & finished the tour within 30mins : p There's another Japanese tea house on the other side of the road, we didn't go in coz we don't wanna waste too much time on another disappointed venue.

Our lunch in 1 of the small & squeeze cafe. I like the Garlic Bread but not the pizzas. It's tasteless & with very little toppings.

And bye to Bukit Tinggi, hello to KL, Selamat Datang! Our shopping spree gonna start soon : D

Stay at Swiss Garden,KL. I like to stay in this Hotel, it's convenient & accessible to Sungei Wang area. Used to stay there with Budd too, & did have some unpleasant encounter. But this time round they have reimbursed & was so much better compared to the past.

A good dinner at Jln Alor after our happy shpg spree, heehee and now I realistic there's a shpg Queen in our group too. She could easily spend a few hundred RM in F.O.S and I think she intended to load up as many stock as possible if she can. : DMy Fave stall, along the street. It's toward the end of Jln Alor. I have been patronizing this stall since long long ago. Their standard never drop & best of all is their friendly & honest service. The other stalls do serve the same food but some were a rude & ready to 'chop carrot' any time.The lady boss still recognized me & remember what's my fave dish. Bravo : ) She always so cheerful & friendly.Satay from the Malay stall, it taste so good. The meat so soft & tender.

The BBQ fish, I ordered mid size & it came out to be so big..wow. In fact all the other dishes I ordered small size and it turn up to be so much & we could hardly finished.

The Shi Jiao Dou with sambal. We called it Shi Mian Dou in S'pore. This is my fave veg.

Portuguese style grilled Stingray. Nice hot & spicy gravy.

Oh oh..my all time fave Hor Fan in this stall. The Hor Fan is thinner in size compare to ours in S'pore, and the texture is much better. The QQ feeling is there & the way they fried it, you still get the Wok Hei taste. Thumbs up. Over all we spent abt RM200 for 9 ppl. It's good food & worth the money.

We departed KL the next day and went to JB for groceries & food. Oh I missed out the pic of Pi Pa Ya at JB, I have blog on it some time ago : ) Now we have influenced the Tan's on this Pi Pa Ya hahaha.. they gonna miss this food for sure : p