Off to cruising!

Hello people,

I am going overseas on a cruise ship... Take care all! :)




*I am not taking Oprah Winfrey's cruise ship by the way. Just thought she looks fabulous in that picture on the website.. Hahaha

The weblink is at http://www.royalcaribbean.com/contentSitelet.do?pagename=Allure_of_the_Seas

Canon-ieat Food Photography Workshop: We go Sushi!

More pictures! We went to the alfresco area to take lots of pictures of food which were laid out for us. Pictures courtesy of May! Thanks gal, we love you! :)

The picture I like most:



We sampled this dish when we were there. The century egg is mixed with crab meat and tofu. The crab meat was hidden very well. It is a highly recommended dish by me!



Sushi pictures:



Wonder if this is udon... I am not sure... haha... If anyone knows, please enlighten me!



Unagi and tofu... Yummy!



Well, stay tuned for more food pictures and/or reviews! :)

Canon-ieat Food Photography Workshop: We go Sushi!

Felt happy last Saturday as I went for a food photography course by Canon. It was a good and breezy day! The Japanese restaurant was unique! They had air-con and alfresco dining as well, so even though it rained outside, they had a sheltered outside area to have a meal or drink.

I liked the decor. Anyway, the place is at Triple One Somerset Road, the name of restaurant is called Fukuichi Japanese Restaurant and it is at Level 2. The food is also very fresh. Sampled their food when we were there! It was a 3-hour event that includes the food photography course, sampling of food and taking lots of pictures!

I certainly learned a lot about food photography. I always thought that the subject should be ALWAYS at the centre of the picture you are taking, but Dr Tay completely changed my view of that. I realize we don't necessary have to do that.

Pictures are courtesy of my buddy, May, who definitely takes much better pictures that I do. Thanks buddy! Hope u enjoy the pictures!











Well, I have not posted all the pictures in this blog yet... Have some more to go... Well stay tuned the another posting... I don't blog full-time, so I guess I shall just blog when I have the time. :)

The Garden Slug

So many people wrote reviews of the garden slug! Hahaha Is it my turn? It is indeed a homely and cosy environment to makan at... :) Perhaps I will just use pictures to do the talking!

The menu of Garden Slug... The location is at Telok Kurau Lorong L if u are interested to check it out.. :)



Nice deco - with the lomo effect using the iphone!



Picture of A: Waiting for his food to arrive~!



Banger and mash... Yummy, according to hubby... It's comfort food to him!

Palio- Dining at Resorts World

Experience dining at Palio was quite pleasant... Their pizzas were all home-made! Yummy! We enjoyed the Italian pizza... You can even watch the chef as he make the pizzas... Although not much twirling like the roti prata man does... the pizza in my opinion very fresh and light... They mention on their website that "there are seasonal ingredients flown in from Italy, guests can partake in an gastronomic encounter which marries great taste with visual artistry". Nicely written! :) I guess that was enough to make us go and try their pizzas! :) You can check it out at: http://www.rwsentosa.com/language/en-US/ShoppingDining/Dining/DiningPalio

There was a queue forming in front of the door when we were nicely seated and waiting patiently for our pizza. You will also be able to see all the chefs busy at work as their 'work benches' were at the dining areas where they make their pizzas and other gastromical delights... :)

Hmmm I will rate their seafood pizza 4 out of 5 and the mushroom soup that I had 3.5 out of 5. The seafood pizza was about $30. I guess I am a seafood fan! :P





Next I will do a post on the restaurant called Garden Slug! :) Look out for it! :)

Apple, anyone?

Apple online in Singapore is selling ipads and other apple products at promotional prices! TODAY only! Wohoo... The link is: http://store.apple.com/sg?cid=AOS-AP-SG-Yahoo-HOLIDAYFY

Can someone tell me... Is this link true or fake? :)

Anyway, I got my ipad at a (physical) Apple store in Singapore... Looks pretty cool... If u wanna find your ipad, can even install an application to locate your ipad... how cool is that?

New year new resolutions once again!

Someone remarked that cobwebs were forming on my blog! Hahaha

Can u see them? Anyway this month I strive to have a certain number of blog entries if I can... Hmm have not tried blogging using the iPad... Have u done it before?

Well I wish to lose weight this year! Hope that it will work... U know.. The Women's weekly this month has mentioned that they will tell u how to lose 5kg easily! Without exercising or eating less? Have u guessed one of the ways of doing that already? They mentioned one way is to put make up on in a certain way! Hahaha I never tried yet.. But I guess it might just work... It looks like u have lost 5kg but not physically lost 5kg! ;)

Anyway I have cute pictures of A here... Or least they r cute in my opinion!

Birthday dinner at Dozo

I wonder how many people who are reading this blog has been to Dozo?

In my opinion, it is a place where they have Japanese fusion food and the food is yummy! They only have meals that are in sets, 6 course for lunch and 7 course for dinner. Sometimes, they explain how you should consume your cold dish and how eating it in certain order will be best... Nice!


Welcome drink to whet your appetite!

19 to 20 months toddler developments

Your toddler runs well and is able to climb onto and down furniture unassisted. He can walk up the stairs holding on to support. (Yes he can!)

By now, his motor skills allow him to feed himself well with a spoon and fork, as well as brush his own teeth with some help from you. He is able to take off one article of his clothing without assistance. When playing ball, he throws it underhand. (He can feed himself but he cannot brush teeth by himself)

Your toddler’s cognitive development enables him to spot incongruence now. He identifies mistakes, such as when you call a cat a dog, and laughs. He also begins to recognize when something is not what it should be, such as a stain on mum’s blouse or a missing eye on an animal toy.

His play continues to include a lot of imitative activities and he enjoys helping around the house. Pretend play, another important developmental milestone, is emerging. Your tot will extend his imitation of daily activities to imaginative play such as helping a toy in trouble or feeding it. (Yes he does imaginative play)

Your child says more words now. He uses at least six words meaningfully and may manage to speak up to 50 words, and recognize as many as 200 words. He not only picks up words at a rapid pace but also tries putting them together. At this stage, he starts o string words in pairs and makes short phases. (He can say a few words, but I am not sure if he recognises 200 words)

By Motherhood magazine, 1 Jun 2010

Randoms

Wow! Didn't update my blog for a while as I have been busy.

Well, there's this really good book I would like to talk about... It's by Dr James C Dobson. He was an associate clinical professor of pediatrics and served for 17 years on the attending staff of Childrens hospital Los Angeles. He also has 2 grown children. The title of the book is called "The New Strong-willed Child".

Why have I been reading this book? Is it because B has been pretty strong willed. Well, I believe he is. Looking at the mannerisms and things he does, I observed so. Hope that I can teach baby well and then handle baby without breaking his spirit. :)

USS Collage

 

More pictures of USS

This is the first most prominent signage we saw at the place; thought it was cute then took picture of it. Shaped like butterfly; how innovative! ;)




These are what I call 'water scotters' haha it was on display at waterworld. So nice! Can I borrow one too? :p




This picture was taken outsude the foodcourt area. Thought it looked pretty scenic.



Look at the intricate design of the chair! Guess how much this chair cost? Did u guess right? Anyone wanna buy.. It's actually about two thousand plus dollars. Costly or cheap? Haha




I saved more pictures on the computer. As u can see the photo quality here is different from the previous entry. Well, tune into the next blog post of USS. U won't ever get sick of the write ups of the place, will ya? ;)

Universal studios outing

Had a friend coming from Australia last week, thus the natural thing to do is to bring him to Universal studios, Singapore. It was very fun! Went there with my cousin (C) and Aussie fren (AF).

Here is a picture of universal studios store... Very well equipped with souvenirs!



Look at their cute red uniforms! Staff at USS wearing red uniform like toy soldiers! Is it fun to work there? Well, u can ask them! Haha!


Probably will take quite a while loading pictures while I type. I guess these picture are not photoshopped at all... simply becoz I am not pro. If I am pro, then you can tell right?:p

Anyway, we went to take lots of pictures all around the place. Was like in some fairytale land... There was also a merry-go-round for kids! I believe when baby grows up, he will love the place too!

The dense tropical jungle: Magadascar theme park was not ready, as well as some rides that closed down like Battlestar glactica (BSG) due to repair and maintenance...But anyway, there were still other rides out there! Heard the BSG was one of the main attractions there...There is a $10 food voucher and $5 retail voucher, which is like a promotional thing, given at the entrance when you buy the tickets there. The ticket was $66 for adults. No student price tickets though.



In case u are wondering, that's my cousin in the above picture.:)

We first went to the land of the far far away action! Shrek themepark!!! It was exciting becoz you have no idea what you are going to encounter in the theatre! Well, really enjoyed the 4D adventure show. Show is partly on how to save princess in the show! No picture taking allowed in the theatre. So no photos!

Then we went to the adrenalin pumping action at Jurassic park water theme ride! Its feature is a white water rafting system, where you will be tossed on waterways and dinos roam there! Many people who went for the ride was so entirely drenched! AF had to go buy a shirt to wear becoz he didnt like wearing a wet T-shirt all around! Haha! Well, he had a really good choice of choosing a white T-shirt becoz white reflect heat! Thus it will be cooler to wear compared to a black T-shirt! (IMHO)

We went for the Waterworld show after that. Waterworld is based on a blockbuster movie, known to have death-defying stunts! Queued probably like 15 min, which was not so bad. We got splashed with water in the area as we were sitting in the "Splash zone". There is a splash zone and a soak zone and other non-wet areas as well. I wore my raincoat there as I was a bit sick of being drenched already..haha! That worked! Kept me quite dry! :P This is how waterworld looks like! Lots of water! Haha! The team that staged the production is probably from overseas as they had non-Singaporean accents. Anyway it is exciting to watch them chasing one another and using speed boats and stuff.




We went to have lunch after that... Can u imagine?? Half a day was gone! So fast!

Anyway, time for bed... I just had exam in the morning and here I am! Blogging! Could I be more hardworking after a long day? haha! Are you tempted to go to Universal studios already?

Hope you enjoyed this post! More posts about USS coming up soon! :D

Yay!!! My exam is over!!!!

Yay! I have finally survived taking ze exam today... It was super chilly this morning. When I reached the exam classroom, it started to rain. Thank God I have hubby to send me there. It was pretty cold, lucky got jacket, otherwise you will see a frozen mummy in the class... wahaha! Sounds like some movie! :D

Then I headed down to Tiong Bahru plaza. I can imagine this place very small. Met three people at different places there. Well, it really is a small world after all! We managed to catch up with them.

Well, this week.. heard something interesting... They are going to sell 3D cameras in SIngapore! See this link: <http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/256857976/FinePix_REAL_3D_Digital_Cameras.html> Interesting right? I was checking it out... Looks cool... The price doesnt come cheap though, as it's one of a kind!

Can u imagine if everything is going to be 3D? It's like replaying all the scenes all over again... And it will probably look like it is in real life!!!

Oh how can I download the pictures from my iphone to my blog? Probably will do it when I get the cable later.. Ok picture posts coming up soon! Watch for it!

Having exam this weekend

I am going to sit for an exam this weekend, thus pls bear with me as I wont update this space till then.

Things I will write about are: the NN Symposium and also the trip to Universal Studios, Singapore right after the exam.

In the meantime, highly recommend watching the clash of the titans... will watch this after exam. Have fun watching!

Click here for trailer <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6CJenNMsb4>

Fox and pumpkin patch clothes sale!

Just something to share... Fox and pumpkin patch clothes sale!

Check it out! :D

Routine baby gets non-routined place to sleep at night

What am I gonna do now?!

I am like tearing my hair out at what is happening... But I just have to pray that things will settle in the next few days... Babies are predictable yet unpredictable. They say it may be better when they grow older... So we shall see how it goes.

I am one sleepy lady at this moment... Well, the story goes like this...We had to stay at mil's place this week but Baby didn't want to sleep in the room he wasn't familiar with, then i gave him some leeway to sleep in the living room. Then, at 4am, he suddenly woke up and then he wanted to eat raisins at 4am!!! He is a baby that he cannot tahan being without food if he is going to sleep. I knew that he poo-ed already, so after the raisin eating, I wanted to change his diaper. Thus, after changing diaper, he wanted milk, thus milk was made for him. Then after he finished his milk, he wanted to go play with the slide, but daddy and I said no as it is still dark and he is supposed to sleep. Then he cried and threw a tantrum, I could only try to introduce him the naughty corner and the last thing I did was to tell him if he wants me to carry him, he has to stop crying, then he stopped. Finally.

I could not get him to sleep in the study, thus gave him leeway to sleep in the living room, then he can do that. By that time, it was five plus... What a morning! Hope it gets easier by the days... This is day 2 staying at mil's place. Fortunately, there's things to drink to perk myself up this morning. I got a book to teach us how to handle baby well, hopefully hubby can finish reading and tell me what we can do better. (HINT HINT;) )

Hello

The present is a point just passed. David Russell

Test blog from iPhone

What happened to Jack is probably good?

http://nanzinc.com/happened-jack-neo-good

Well, I guess if we were in the wife's shoes, we will be extremely sad. So, I am just glad he is willing to turn over a new leaf. He has hurt his family enough and they are willing to forgive him.

Life has to move on. Life is too short to dwell on things for too long! We only have one lifetime to live. How short is that?

"When in Rome" the movie

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Website: http://www.wheninrome.com.sg




"Fall in love with Josh Duhamel (Transformers) & Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) in the romantic comedy of the year, WHEN IN ROME. Coming to theatres, March 25.

An ambitious young New Yorker (Kristen Bell), disillusioned with romance, takes a whirlwind trip to Rome where she defiantly plucks magic coins from a foolish fountain of love, inexplicably igniting the passion of an odd group of suitors: a sausage magnate (Danny Devito), a street magician (Jon Heder), an adoring painter (Will Arnett) and a self-admiring model (Dax Shepard). But when a charming reporter (Josh Duhamel) pursues her with equal zest, how will she know if his love is the real thing? "

Above quoted from DisneystudioSG


I think Josh Duhamel will be the perfect guy for Beth because of the following reasons:

1. He is so handsome and charming and have an attractive personality! I guess if one has an attractive personality, you will feel so comfortable with them by your side and will want to be with the person.

2. He seems to like her very much; even before the time she picks up the coin from a reputed “fountain of love”. The rest of the guys were only smittened with her as they fell under the spell of the coin.

3. He seems to have a wonderful connection with her while dancing with Beth. Really enjoyed watching the trailer of how they dance together. By the way he dances, you can see if the person pays careful attention and effort to the needs of the partner.


i) I love a guy who is attentive to my needs and wants and interested in who I am, not what I am. I guess every girl would want this right? :P

ii) I love a guy with a good sense of humor, is cheerful and positive. We can grow old together and share laughter.

iii) I love a guy who is accomodating and forgiving. When bad situations arise, I will be confident that we can try to solve together and move on.

I guess that's why I married my hubby. Haha! So what is your ideal guy like?


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