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Last Friday, I left the office at 5pm sharp and drove off to KLCC for a bout of retail therapy. Ended up stocking up on gorgeous Pierre Cardin lingerie…*blush*. Too bad MNG’s new season isn’t in yet…I want some new clothes (even though I haven’t even paid off the bill on my credit card the last time I went crazy in MNG!)…=)

Anyways, I found myself in front of Dunkin Donuts staring at the chocolate & almond covered donuts on the display. *Drool* My tummy gave an audible rumble…hey, it was quite a few hours past lunch, ok? And I only had…urmm…one big plate of BBQ pork rice (went out with hubby’s colleagues to the yummy char siew rice store @ Tengkat Tong Shin…the 13 of us munched our way through 2 plates of chicken, 3 plates of char siew, 2 plates of vege, and 20 bowls of rice…yes, I kid you not…). I was about to place my order for the donuts, when I suddenly remembered that they have those tiny donuts that I used to love when I was younger. They’re called Munchkins in Dunkin Donuts…and I ended up leaving with two bags of a dozen each (one for me, one for hubby). I was popping them into my mouth nonstop (Munchkin = small, NOT mouth = big yah…), and I finished half my bag in the time it took me to take a lift up to Kino. It was so absolutely yummy…it must’ve been fresh out of the oven (or deep fryer)…sugary sweet and light as feathers. *swoon*

On my way back to the office to meet up with hubby, I found myself in front of Dunkin Donuts again…and left with another bag of 20 Munchkins for hubby’s colleagues…hey, good food should be shared!

Well, needless to say, I was dreaming about those donuts throughout the weekend. Hubby brought me to KLCC for lunch today, just so I could buy the donuts. But today’s Munchkins were prepacked and soggy…I hope it wasn’t leftover from yesterday or something. Felt so disappointed after the first bite…sigh…

So now, I have a 8 more Munchkins sitting desolately on my table…=(

We were on our back from a buffet lunch at Sunway Lagoon Hotel (free! thanks to a voucher from D, hubby’s colleague) last weekend when hubby decided to use the New Pantai Expressway after seeing the number of cars jamming up the exit to LDP. It’d started drizzling when we left, and by the time we were on the expressway, it turned into a full-blown thunderstorm, complete with magnificent lightning flashes.

We were nearing our exit at Angkasapuri, when we saw the cars in front slowing down. Hmm….traffic jam, on a highway, in KL? Nothing surprising. However, this time, it was a total standstill, and then…one car started making a u-turn and drove off in the opposite direction ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE ROAD. Yes…against traffic. What we originally thought was a small traffic jam turned quite chaotic when other cars decided to follow the lead of that driver. From our rear view mirror, we could see cars still travelling down the highway, yet there were two lines of cars going the opposite direction…honestly…it’s surreal!

After waiting it out for some time, we saw more and more cars making u-turns. People from the cars in front started getting out and walking further upfront to see what was causing the jam. One guy asked a motorcyclist to drive up front….so the rest of us waited for him to return. He came back in less than a minute, and spoke to the guy, and when he drove past our car, I wound down the window and asked “Apa berlaku?” (What happened?). His reply…: “Banjir!” (Flood!).

Ah. Flash flood….but on a freaking highway?!?!?!?!? Unbelieveable!! Unable to wait any longer, we too made a u-turn and saw other cars following suit. In the end, we had to drive back all the way to Subang (paying double the toll along the way…) and guess what…ended up taking the LDP after all.

Many many many weekends ago (3xmany because I procrastinated in writing this post…hehe…), hubby and I spent a night at Putrajaya Shangri-La. I had read two good reviews about that hotel, and we wanted to play around with our cameras, so it was really a case of killing two birds etc. etc. etc.

We arrived there at about 3.30pm, after lunch at La Bodega @ BSC. It didn’t take us long to get there…about half an hour, and the place was really easy to find. Unfortunately, the guest parking was quite a distance from the lobby, so we had to unload our luggages (quite a lot cause we brought our cameras, tripods, etc.) at the lobby first. Hubby went off to park the car, while I headed to the reception to check in. The hotel looked very bright and cheery with lots of foliage, and instead of boring ol’ walls, they had floor-to-ceiling glass panes instead. Two settee sets were placed on the right and left of the entrance for guests, and there were orchids placed strategically for decoration. Checking-in was fast, and we were given a complimentary glass of ice cold orange juice while waiting (I did read in the magazine that we could actually check-in in the room…but maybe that’s only for the suites or something…us lowly people have to check-in at the reception…hehe…).

The hotel consists of two wings and four floors. The reception was on the 3rd floor and our room was also located on the same floor to the right of the entrance. The left wing consists of meeting rooms and such, while the right wing houses the guest rooms, spa, gym and pool. Azur, a restaurant which serves international cuisine, was also situated at the first floor, while the coffeehouse, Palm Hill Cafe was located at the ground floor.

We were shown into our rooms by the bell boy who proceeded to explain the facilities available in the room (free broadband…didn’t bring my iBook though!). Our room had a good view of the surroundings as we were on top of a hill, but as the bay windows were facing the evening sun, the room was rather hot as the curtains were not drawn. After resting, or rather, roasting awhile, we left our room to explore the hotel surroundings. We made a quick stop at Azur to make a booking for dinner the same night, and took a peek at the coffee house where we will have our complimentary buffet breakfast the next morning. Finally, we ended up outside the spa center which was conveniently located beside the pool. Hubby was in a mood for a massage, so we booked their Zodiac special session at 5.30pm…one and a half hour of massage…bliss! =)

We lazed about in the room till 5.15pm, and made our way back to the spa. One of the staff showed me to the changing area…it was truly spacious…unfortunately, the locker they gave me did not have any bathrobes, so I had to make my way out again to exchange the key for another locker. The second locker had everything except the belt for the bathrobe, so I had to go out again to ask for one. Grr. The changing area also had a jacuzzi, steam room and sauna, but I was too lazy to use any of it so I just ended up pacing up and down…haha…=) I was soon shown to the massage room, named ‘Chi’ and hubby came in shortly after. The massage room was dimly lit, with the usual spa-like music playing. Luckily it wasn’t too cold cause I really hate massage rooms that are cold!

First up…a foot bath. I liked this one cause it included a scrub! As for the massage…well, it was really nice! It is apparently tailored to suit your personal zodiac…how true, I don’t know…but I enjoyed my tremendously. As usual, I drifted off to sleep halfway through the session and woke up only when it was time to turn over. The massage included a head and face massage too…very very relaxing.

Back in the room, we took a quick bath to wash off the massage oil before dressing and heading to Azur for dinner. We were shown to a table next to the floor-to-ceiling windows, but unfortunately, the night-view of Putrajaya was marred by the plants planted at the balcony. The menu was a fusion of all sorts of Asian and Western food, categorized by the country of origin. Hubby ordered the Fish and Seafood soup and Beef Tenderloin, while I had the Forest Mushroom Cappucino soup and Chicken Tandoori. We were served warm bread rolls…unfortunately, the butter was rather hard, and unsalted…there’s just something wrong with unsalted butter. It’s like eating lard. Sigh. The soup was served not long after we ordered…and boy, did it taste good! I stole some of hubby’s soup too…it tasted abit curry-ish…but still nice! The main course was equally good…my briyani rice was lovely, but lacking raisins. The tandoori chicken was really tasty…and the portions were more than generous. Hubby liked his beef tenderloin as well, but the portion seemed abit insufficient and he ended up eating 2/3s of my main course!

We went back to our room after dinner to change before heading out to Putrajaya for a spot of photo-taking! Oh yeah…on the way back to our room, we saw a lovely pot of flowers near the reception and I decided to snap some photos of it. Just as I was focusing on my second shot, the hotel staff came over and told us that we were not permitted to take photos of the hotel property. What?!? Again?!? Put up some signs, people! Well, needless to say, lots of jokes ensued between the both of us about stealing the pot of flowers back to our room, etc…heheh…=)

The rest of the night was spent driving along Putrajaya taking lots and lots of photos. Hubby brought his SLR camera as well…he’d loaded it up with slides…so it was a case of my snapping away while he could only take one or two shots cause his costs money to develop…hehe…=) There weren’t many cars or people around, so it was a perfect photo opportunity…we could even stop in the middle of the road if we’d wanted to! By the time we arrived back at the hotel, it was already past midnight!

The next morning, I dragged myself out of bed at 7am…we’d planned to go for an early breakfast to catch the morning light for more photo-taking. Breakfast was at Palm Hill Cafe…and it was a total disappointment. The spread looked good, but didn’t taste very nice. The supposedly hot food was a tad on the cold side. The only thing I enjoyed was the homemade blueberry jam. Oh well.

After brekkie, We spent some time outside the hotel grounds taking photos of the surrounding area before walking to the nearby park. I love having a digital camera…it’s snap snap snap, then erase if it doesn’t look nice…heheh…=) We finished up at about 10.30am…by then, the sun was out in full force and I was darting in and out of the shade to avoid the UV rays…no more freckles!!

Checking out was as fast as checking in, and after stopping again to take some day-time shots of some of the buildings and bridges, we were on our way to Alamanda Shopping Center for a quick bite at The Coast, again (we went there the last time we came to Alamanda…good food!). Hubby ordered the Chicken and Mushroom soup, the Trio Platter consisting of buffalo wings, tortilla and quesallidas, Chocolate Banana milkshake while I had the Hawaiian Chicken sandwich. Tasty! I couldn’t finish my portion, so ended up taking away half. We split the dessert…brownie with ice cream. Actually, we had planned to have the Mud Pie, which tasted divine the last time we tried it, but they didn’t have any left…=( The brownie with ice-cream was ok….but not as nice as the mud pie.

After lunch, we took a leisurely drive back to KL (and got lost a few times cause we were searching for the exit to the N-S highway…didn’t find it and ended up going through Puchong and Subang instead!). I fell asleep halfway throughout the journey…was so tired from sleeping late the night before and waking up early. And there you have it…a short and (rather) relaxing weekend trip…=)

PS: Hope I’ll be able to get the photos up soon…Photos are up! Check it out here!

Ok lar…maybe abit outdated…but still…

During the previous k-ok session, someone (or rather, almost everyone) sang this song by Guang Liang (Michael Wong) called Tong Hua (Fairytale). As banana-me didn’t know how to read the Chinese characters, I sat back to watch the MTV…which turned out to be so sad and touching (aiyah…those who know me knows I can cry about almost everything…)…

And when hubby, who recently bought the album, played it on his computer, he had to quickly pause the video when he saw tears welling up in my eyes…hahah…=) Anyways, he loaded it onto my iPod and I’ve been watching and rewatching the video and have fallen totally in love with the song…!!

Come to think of it, there’s another song by Guang Liang that I totally love…it’s a duet with Fish Leong entitled Zhi Neng Bao Zhe Ni. In fact, it’s the only Mandarin song that I actually know the words to (even though I don’t really know what I’m singing, at least the pronounciation’s almost right…)…*blush*

Hubby sent me an email a few weeks ago containing only one word…: Shopping? Hehe…that only meant one thing…he has a course or seminar in Singapore and he’s bringing me along…=)) True enough…he had a course on 10th and 11th November, and he’d planned to extend our stay till the 13th…yay yay! As his course was slated to begin on a Thursday morning, we had to take the Wednesday evening flight and leave straight after work. And so…after a flurry of hasty packing on Tuesday night, we were good to go! =))

Singapore Day 0

We left the office at 5pm only to be caught in a traffic jam on the way to KLIA. Luckily, we made it with time to spare (had a quick bite at MacDs too!)…=) 30 minutes later (plus a 15 minute wait while the pilot searched for a place to park the plane…), we arrived at Changi airport at about 8.30pm. After collecting our luggage, we joined the long queue to get a cab to the hotel. Just like last time, we were staying at Pan Pacific. Check-in was a breeze, and we were soon making our way into our room on the 31st floor.

Dinner was at the hotel’s Italian restaurant, Zambuca, as it was raining and hubby didn’t feel like venturing out too far (and it was nearing 9.30pm already!). The restaurant still had quite a few tables filled considering the time. We were handed the menus and given some time to decide. My first glance fell on the Tomato and Basil Bruschetta (one of my favourite starters), followed by the Baby Crayfish with Tossed Spinach antipasti. My stomach rumbled in agreement…=) Hubby ordered the Cozze alla Zambuca which were whole shelled New Zealand mussles with white wine sauce and garlic and Merluzzo “Croccante” Aigamberetti (black cod and prawns on top a green pea mash, with a homemade prawn sauce and accompanied by a summer herb salad), and we both agreed on the Mud Cake (rich chocolate fudge cake served with orange and cardamom ice cream and raspberries) for dessert. Unfortunately, the bruschetta topping was already mixed with pepper (which I don’t take), so I had to cancel the order. The crayfish was not available, so I agreed for it to be replaced by slipper lobster instead. Hubby’s mussels arrived first, steaming hot and smelling great. I tried two…very yummy, though abit spicy due to the red chillies that were added into the white wine sauce. My salad arrived next, followed closely by hubby’s black cod. I didn’t try hubby’s dish, but it looked pretty good. I really really loved my salad…the lobster meat was cooked to perfection and the spinach leaves were marinated in olive oil and really crunchy. There were caramelized onions as well…it added an extra zing to the salad. Of course, the best part of the meal was the dessert. The chocolate cake was super-rich, and the sourness of the raspberries set-off the sweetness of the cake perfectly. After dinner, we went back to our room, unpacked…or rather I unpacked…and settled down for a good night’s sleep.

Singapore Day 1

Next morning, hubby left for his course at 9am. After showering and changing, I made my way to Wisma Atria @ Orchard Road for a full day of shopping. I spent some time exploring the shops in Wisma Atria before makinga stop at Fond Hugs, the shop I went to the last time I was in Singapore, to see if there were any new tops or dresses. Unfortunately, none of their Autumn collection caught my eye…pity. Was hoping to pick up a few more tops. I finally ended up in the Takashimaya Food Hall, drooling over the variety of food in there. Lunch consisted of a sausage roll and pandan sponge cake and a freshly squeezed mango-orange juice by the water fountain near the food hall. Yes…if there’s one thing I detest, it’s eating by myself in a restaurant. With my tummy just nicely filled, I made my way to the stationary section of Taka…where I stumbled across a counter that made personalized handphone accesories! I must’ve spent a good hour there, searching for the different letter shapes, accessories, etc. I finally left with four for myself (three handphone straps and one lanyard), three for friends and one for my sis-in-law. Just couldn’t resist!

After browsing around the other floors in Taka for awhile (with a quick trip into Gucci and LV!), I made my way to Heeren. I never knew there were so many ‘hidden’ shops in there…I had so much fun browsing around…and I left with a pair of black Havaianas with pink straps from The Urban Male. From Heeren, I went over to Paragon but didn’t find anything interesting there so I ended up going back to Taka’s food hall to buy some food for hubby to eat after his course (fried chicken wings, and four brownies from The Brownie Factory (the original brownie (bestseller #2), Nuts About Nuts, an orange-flavoured brownie and the bestseller…Fudgy wudgy something something brownie…haha…can’t remember the name!). Luckily hubby’s course ended on time…in fact, he was back in the room a mere 15 minutes after I arrived! He quickly polished off the chicken wings I bought and one brownie, and we were off to Funan IT Mall to check out the price of the iPod nano. Most of the shops were selling the iPod at the recommended retail price (which is alot alot alot cheaper than the ones in M’sia, people!!!)…and I was really quite tempted. However, after speaking to some of the salesperson there, I was quickly discouraged as the feedback was that the iPod nano was pretty fragile and yes, the screen scratches easily. Hmmppph. Furthermore, the 4gb cost $438 while the iPod video costs $548 for a whopping 30gb. And the 4gb version was out of stock too! So how? Sigh. Anyways, I ended up following hubby around to search for new PSP games, and instead of games, he ended up purchasing this really cute wireless detector and a multi-card reader. As for me, I found a black Cool-Pad for my iBook (mvo has one, and it looks really useful) so I was pretty contented. Hubby kept on bugging me about buying the iPod video….*places hands over ears….no no no no no no no no….*….mean mean guy!

From Funan, we managed to get a cab to take us back to Suntec City where we made our way to…where else? Tony Romas! For the first time, I decided to order the ribs as well cause it tasted so good the last time I pinched abit from hubby’s meal…=) Between the both of us, we ordered a full rack of their famous baby back ribs and a half rack of the Carolina Honey ribs. Hubby had a bowl of pumpkin soup, while I added an extra order of Fried Mozzarella. Yummy! We were also given French loaf and garlic butter to fill our tummies before our starter and main course arrived. The fried mozarella tasted really good, although it got abit salty after three sticks…=) The ribs arrived together…my goodness, they smelt so good. The winner, hands down, was definitely the baby back ribs. The meat was so tender that it literally just fell of the bone…and the BBQ flavour was not too overpowering. Really really good…=) After dinner, we took a leisurely stroll back to the hotel, and after watching A Cinderella Story that happened to be showing on TV, we took a shower, and it was off to bed!

Singapore Day 2

Poor hubby…had to get up early again for the last day of his course. I lazed around in bed till noon (yes, NOON!), and took my time showering and getting ready. I left the hotel at about 2pm, and spent about 2 hours walking about Suntec City, Marina Square and City Link Mall. Hmm…nothing very interesting…=( On the way back, I stopped by at Jolli Bean to buy a packet of red bean/peanut roll…I really love ‘em! Shortly after I got back to our room…hubby walked through the main door! Yes…his course finished early, lucky guy!! As expected, the rest of my red bean/peanut roll disappeared down his tummy…hehe…=) After I’d freshened up, we caught a cab to Taka where we met up with J who was joining us for dinner with her boyfriend, K. J had emailed me earlier telling me that she bought *cough*YET ANOTHER*cough* LV bag…haha…so I finally got to see it…very nice! Couldn’t resist…so went into LV to take a closer look at the bag, and another one that had a different design. After leaving the boutique (empty handed, I might add…) hubby spent some time browsing in Timberland and Best Denki before we made our way to Lucky Plaza to catch a cab. The queue was pretty long, so J called a cab, and we were soon on our way to Corduroy and Finch @ Bukit Timah Road.

It was a lucky thing we had reservations…the walk-in customer before us was turned away as the whole restaurant was fully booked! The restaurant looked like a deli, with tables at the back of the building and on the first floor. The washroom had the cutest tap ever…see pic…:

And as usual, while waiting for the food to arrive, we snapped away with our cameras (though I’ll leave out the crazy photos incase J kills me….):

Oh oh…what did we order? Well, J went for the Hungarian Goulash, K had the Beef Tenderloin (rare), hubby had the Hungarian Goulash soup and Beef Tenderloin (medium-well), and I went for the Fish and Seafood Boullabaise and Bavarian Pot.

For starters, we were served foccacia-like bread (or maybe it was really foccacia) that had sauteed onions on top. Abit too salty for my taste. Oh…and drinks. J had homemade lemonade (which I’m sure she really really regretted ordering cause it was extremely sour and she had to ask the waiter to add sugar, then water…and still it was sour!), K had root beer float (which he quickly finished), I had Mango Smoothie, while hubby had an alcoholic vanilla milkshake (very very nice!).

And for the ahem food review…judging from K and hubby’s comments, the beef tenderloin was really good. I tried abit of the mushroom that came with it…yummy! My Bavarian Pot consisted of three sausages - one frankfurter, one pepper sausage, and one cheese sausage, sauerkraut and mashed potato with mustard….the sausages were delicious…yes…even the pepper sausage. The best was the cheese sausage! The boullabaise was abit different…I expected it to be tomato based, but it wasn’t. It was pretty light, but nothing really special about it. I really liked hubby’s Hungarian Goulash soup though…I wish I had ordered that. Reminds me of the one we had ages and ages ago when we visited Europe. Anyways, we were all stuffed by the time we finished our mains…but dessert awaits!

The special for the day was a Cappuccino Mousse with Orange Creme..or was it custard?!? Anyways, K and I ended up ordering that…

…while J had the Apple and Rhubard Crumble with Vanilla Bean Ice-Cream…

…and hubby went for the Tiramisu Sampler (Green Tea, Coffee and something else…). The wait for the dessert was more than worth it….all three desserts looked and tasted great. While I would’ve preferred the mousse to be chocolate, the cappuccino gave a new twist to the dessert, while the mango sauce and pineapple chunks provided an extra kick…=)

We left Corduroy and Finch stuffed and happy…hubby and I caught a cab back to the hotel to get an early rest…cause tomorrow’s gonna be a long long shopping day…=)

Singapore Day 3

Saturday dawned….and it was drizzling outside…=( Luckily, the rain stopped by the time we left the hotel, although the floor was still quite damp (and I got my shoes all icky and wet). We took a cab to Wheelock Place, which was near Marmalade Pantry @ Palace Renaissance where we had lunch reservations. We’d planned to check out the iPod video/nano at the Apple Centre there, but got sidetracked into Birkenstocks cause hubby was searching for a new pair of slippers (blur blur hubby left his Timberlands at Ipoh Swimming Club and it walked away and we never found it again…). We spent about 20 minutes in there with hubby trying out a few different styles, but didn’t buy anything in the end cause they didn’t have the proper size that hubby wanted for the ones that he’d chosen. After a quick stop at the Apple Centre, we took a brisk walk down Orchard Road to palace Rennaissance…boy…I was really looking forward to lunch!

Marmalade Pantry is situated in the basement of the building. The staircase connecting the ground floor to the basement led us right into the heart of the restaurant. It was quite full…luckily we made reservations earlier! We were shown to our table and given the menu to peruse. The review I got off the ‘net recommended the Crab Caesar and Wasabi Mayonnaise Steak Sandwich, which was what hubby ordered. I had the Chicken and Bacon club sandwich. The Crab Caesar was huge…and extremely good. The Caesar dressing wasn’t overpowering, and the whole salad was very very light. Absolutely lovely.

However, after tasting the Crab Caesar, my sandwich was quite a let-down. Hubby also preferred the beef tenderloin from last night’s dinner at Cordoruy and Finch compared to the steak sandwich here. Oh well.

We were too full for dessert, so I decided to ta-pau their famous cupcakes (recommended by mvo!). While waiting for them to pack the cupcakes, the table next to ours had theirs delivered to their table…and boy, did it look good! I left with three for hubby and myself…the Elvis (chocolate banana with peanut butter topping), Nutella (chocolate with Nutella topping), and Deluxe (just chocolate), with another two Limonatas for mvo to devour when we return on Sunday…=)

After lunch, we made our way back, yes…back, to the Apple Centre where I finally decided to buy the iPod Video (30gb). I was still vacillating between the nano and the video…but the other day’s talk with some store owners at Funan about the nano being too fragile and breakable, and the screen easily scratchable (my goodness…are those even words?) remained at the back of my mind and it really put me off the nano for good. And the price differed by only SGD110…4gb vs. 30gb, people! Unfortunately (or on hindsight…fortunately), the Apple Centre only had black coloured ones left for the 30gb, and there was no way I was going to get the black one after seeing it in real life….it looked like a cheapo imitation of the pristine white one. So we hotfooted out of Wheelock and headed to Lucky Plaza instead. Lucky lucky indeed. Hubby stumbled upon a shop that was selling the iPod for SGD510!! And he managed to get his 2gb memory card there as well for a cheaper price. We wandered about in that building for some time as hubby was searching for more games for his PSP. In the end, he gave up cause the one of the games that he wanted was apparently banned by the S’pore government, while the other was out of stock…or not in stock yet…depending on which shop you ask…=)

From Lucky Plaza, we took the underpass over to Wisma Atria and Taka….and hubby shepherded me over to LV as soon as we reached Taka! As usual, the boutique was packed, but I managed to get a catalogue of the latest designs….well, I actually knew which one I liked already, but it didn’t hurt to look around…hehe…=) I did see another 3 designs that were really nice, but after comparing all four bags, I settled for the one that I originally had in mind. Anyways, hubby approved…heheh…=) While my purchase was being wrapped up, I continued flipping through the catalogue and my eye fell upon their range of purses. I asked to see the one that caught my eye, and boy…was it lovely. It was in their checkered Damier design, and the leather inside was bright, eye-catching red! And more than enough compartments for credit cards, and a coin pouch at the back. And best of all, it was nice and slim. Too bad hubby was already in the process of paying, else I would’ve been really really tempted to buy it…hehe….=) And yes….the feeling of walking out of the store with a chocolate brown LV shopping bag hanging from your arm is priceless….ok ok, I know I’m being really shallow…*grin*.

While exploring the rest of Taka, we somehow ended up in Esprit where I promptly ditched hubby and started pulling clothes off the racks to try. Poor hubby was left to go off a-wandering, while I spent almost half-an-hour (and enough $$$ to get a free SGD50 voucher!) trying and buying clothes. I managed to find a couple of tube tops, two spaghetti strapped tops and this lovely skirt in dusky pink with a pink netting at the bottom. It’s so dainty that I can’t imagine why it’s placed under their office wear!

After Esprit, I went down to Taka’s food hall to purchase brownies for mvo (woman…you’re starting to sound like a glutton…heheh….) and two more for myself…tee hee…=) As it was a Saturday, the food hall was rather packed and I made my purchases just in time to rush off to Coffee Club on the 3rd floor to meet hubby, his boss and his boss’s wife for tea.

Coffee Club was packed! Luckily, they already managed to get a table! We spent about an hour or so there chit-chatting over tea, deep fried stuffed cruellers, soft-shell crab with wasabi mayo and a heavenly Muddy Mud Pie, before going our separate ways. After seeing the long queue at the taxi stand, we decided to take the MRT over to City Hall and walk the rest of the way to Funan IT Centre (again) where hubby was still in his quest for his PSP games and some techie stuff. He finally managed to find five games…though god knows when he’ll be free enough to play ‘em all! Laden with shopping bags, we stopped back at our hotel room to unload, and rushed off to Hotel 1929 to meet J for dinner at Ember. Unfortunately, I didn’t make a reservation and it was fully booked! Luckily, J has an alternative…she brought us to One Fullerton, and we ended having a really good seafood dinner instead…=) If I ever said that Singapore doesn’t have good food, I’ll eat all my words back. This restaurant had really good steamed man tao with pork in black sauce, the yummiest chicken wings, fried rice, and from hubby and J’s comments…really really good chilli crab (that went perfectly well with fried man tao). By the end of the dinner, I was literally too full to walk…but both of them dragged me and my lazy butt over to the Esplanade for milkshakes at Haagen Daz. I swear both of them have bottomless pits for tummies. I could only drink water, and even that made me feel like I was about to burst!

We left the Esplanade about 11pm and caught a cab back to the hotel. I tried taking some photos of my new clothes, but gave up in the end…damn *!*@#@&(* compact camera. Grr. I ended up packing all our stuff and new purchases so that we won’t have to rush the next morning….and of course, transferred all my stuff from my Gucci sling bag over to my new new new LV bag! =)

Singapore Day 4

We woke up late in the morning, took our time showering and changing, caught a cab and headed to Changi to catch our flight back to KL. We had a quick lunch at Subway Cafe in the airport and I made a quick stop at Gucci before we entered the boarding area. A quick 45 minutes later, we were back in KLIA…(this is the thing I love about going to Singapore…it’s so fast!)…and back to face the dreary Monday blues the next day…SUX. Hmmm….but not so dreary for me…cause I have my iPod Video & LV bag.

LVLVLVLVLVLVLV….iPodiPodiPodiPodiPodiPodiPod….ahhhhh…..