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Monkey bento set!

Friday, March 09, 2012

Was searching about bento sets.. when I found a Monkey burger bento set online. 
It was super cute!!! And knowing that my bf always calls himself monkey and he 
loves monkeys, I decided to make it since it was kinda easy!


So this is what it should look like:
(Photo courtesy of MyMealBox)




Went to Fairprice and bought burger bread, Kraft mayonnaise, smoked ham, organic lettuce, cheese and got my bento picks from Daiso ^^


But then don't know why my bread looks so cui.. and my heart shaped egg turned out so fail, and the cheese keep breaking etc. The smoked ham was already shredded so making it super hard for the ears..



So as a result........................




Couldn't find olives for the eyes so I ended up cutting seaweeds.
~_~


Okay, I really tried my best.
After that, cut some fruits and added by the side and added some mayonnaise.

Gave it to him and he was smiling all the way when he was driving!!!! Hahaha when I asked him what animal is it, he couldn't figure it out and when he finally did, he laughed and it was sooooooooooooo cuteeeeee!!


Love die him.

I thought it'd taste like shit since I made it at 4pm and he only ate it around 11pm? -_-

Surprisingly he say it's nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Couldn't believe him but he say trust him, he's a chef blah blah...

Okay lor trust him!
Heheheh he likes the heart shaped ham :)

But can't see the ham ~_~


Hehe happy happy!!!!!!! love him veryyyyyy muchhhhhhhhh
;)

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Random dates with dear

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Hmm currently our relationship is going good..
We have gone through some really nasty shit in our relationship (Yeah, it's not even 6 months and we already gone through many DOWNS) and we nearly barely survived it, but in the end, I'm glad we made it through.



And of course, some times I get really insensitive and upset about him because of his character (INSENSITIVITY AND UNROMANTIC) but I realise he's been trying hard to change and accommodate me. I really appreciate it alot :)

Nowadays, he holds my hands when I try to cross the barrier at our usual hangout - Seletar Dam. Hmm.... Wonder what's gotten into him.



Sometimes, people tend to shoot me a simple question like, "Why'd you like him?" or "Why him?" It's really difficult for myself to answer questions like that because I don't know myself either. Sometimes feelings just come by and yeah, we really don't choose who we fall in love with. I can't help it, and stop myself from feeling this way yeah?


So yup......
:)


Anyway he got back his car!!!! Am super happy for him, because our quarrels in the past was because of his damn car, and we couldn't meet up because of bad weather as travelling back home would be an issue.

Yeah, fixed everything but I know he's having a major financial crisis now..... haha joking. Just that he has to pay off some debts, especially his car repairs which cost more than 10k :/

 He's proud of his new gadgets!

Yah his current obsession.. but his all-time favourite is his baby girl sitting next to him in the car MUHAHAHA 



Anyway, just came back from supper with him..!
We wanted to go back to our favourite wan ton mee noodle stall but we ended up trying something new ^_^

POWERRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I swear only M'sia got the best dry Mi Ta Mak in the whole world. Especially Ipoh's. Walao wei..... They should just move to Singapore.

Am loving the plate of fried food at the side! Especially the ham with fried enoki mushrooms yum yum!

I wanted to try his noodle look so nice lor............ but my mi ta mak took my attention away, hehe.



Hungry pig 


 ;)

Am so hungry (again) looking at the photo..... 

Still, he said we'd better go back to our favourite wan ton mee stall next time.
Oh yeah, we also encountered some unpleasant experience at the customs and the petrol station just now ):

Haiz, lucky I was there lor.. (True ok)


Anyway had a great time with Thadsha YY Kelisha Xueli Meryl and friends at Helipad! Hell of a night baby... Free flow drinks etc but ended up there were many merlions outside at 1am? -_-" hahah!


I was told I was laughing like a mad woman outside but..... Don't make me recall anything please.


Fave pic from that night!

phuket

6 weeks to Phuket

Sunday, March 04, 2012


I spent the WHOLE day researching on Phuket attractions, tour packages, beaches, night markets, shopping etc that I had to eat pain killer to stop my throbbing headache. Yeah, that intense. You wouldn't see me putting in the same amount of effort in my work though, bahaha.


6 MORE WEEKS TO MY PHUKET TRIP :)


You have no idea how excited I am that every week I will google Phuket and visit the same tour websites again and again. -_-

So something that I'd like to share from my 12 hours of research.
Just so you know, I'd be staying in this hotel called Deevana Patong Resort and it's just a 5 minutes walk away from Patong Beach, which is the MAIN beach of Phuket!!!!!!!

This is so damn exciting I swear!

The night markets, happening bars, foodie, beach attractions, megamalls are all found in Patong area! :)

I'm thinking of getting some of the beach clothes at Patong OTOP which is said to sell cheap stuffs and it's NECESSARY to bargain/haggle/negotiate/barter if there's no price tag along with it. Hehe I think I am really good at that.


Anyway, my hotel!!!!!!!!!!
Superior Garden Wing room!

I have been reading from Trip Advisor and I hope they'd upgrade my room to Deluxe room because they have their private jacuzzi there :-)




It's by the garden and it's damn beautiful!!!!!! Can't wait can't wait.

I'm afraid of the public transport there too because I heard taxis are really super expensive?
The tuk tuk and motorbike taxi are also doesn't seem to be deemed safe and reliable...

:( Hopefully we rent a motorbike or something.

AND AND AND WE ARE GOING TO SNORKEL AT PHI PHI ISLAND!
Damn excited!!!!

A few days ago I bought my bikini at Bella Kini and the bikini TOP alone costed me $42. Yeah but it's worth it cos it doesn't make me look so flat chested HAHAHA.

Yeap back to snorkelling..... I'm just wondering if for NON-SWIMMERS like me, is it safe to snorkel? I don't know how to swim but I'd love to snorkel with the fishes.... :(



Yup!
In fact, ONE OF MY MAIN RESEARCH OUTCOME IS THAT NEVER book your tour package online, I swear. I was researching and the difference is SO VAST.


3,200baht for snorkelling VS 1,000baht for the same activities. Wtf?


If you want to book tour package, do it at Phuket itself.
For my hotel area, there are many nearby tour agencies so in fact we can just easily grab the cheapest tour package there :)




Anyway, some of the activities I wanna try are their ATV rides and whitewater rafting!

Yeah I'm quite an adrenaline junkie BUT I am afraid of heights -_-
That's why bungee jumping will never work out for me....
(F.Y.I, I tried flying fox at Sarimbun camp a few years ago. Almost died of heart attack.)


Whitewater rafting 

ATV rides



Get dirty in the mud!!!!!!!!!!!
AM so looking forward to this Phuket trip.

Not only that, for a shopping + night + party animal like me, I know Patong would be the haven for me because along Bangla road, there would be TONS of bars, clubs and along Patong beach stretch, night markets!!!!

I read through some of the interesting things they sell like miniature guns but they're actually cigarette lighters? So far so good!


And according to Russell's recommendation, I am maybe going to buy some fireworks!!!! Hahahah and shoot it in the sky!

Everyone who have been to Phuket have been telling me how much I'll enjoy this trip.

Well, I am already feeling the excitement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:-)


For the entire day I have been emailing to several tour agencies. Bahahah because they boast that they have the lowest price for a full day of activities but they didn't state the price there -_-

*fingers crossed*


P/S: anyway guys, I'm back from phuket!  Read about my 5D4N Phuket trip here! :)
                            

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Guide to BATAM!

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Yesterday was the first time I went Batam, or rather, it was both me and dear's first time going Batam and my first time taking a boat :)

So for those first-timers who are planning to go there, let me guide you HOW NOT TO BE CHEATED, and of course where to go if you're not travelling with tour agencies.

Harbourfront Centre has got a few ferry agencies that depart Singapore daily to Batam so on that day, we bought it SUPER last minute and ran for the ferry! HAHA. But if we came earlier we could have probably saved $7 because other agencies offered $40 nett for two way trip, and we went for BatamFast agency which charged us at $47. 

Yeap, on the boat!!!


He keeps telling me that I look damn excited. Obviously I am la!!! First time take boat leh who won't excited hor 

Hehehe loveee 

I think I look fugly but who cares

 The others

Goodbye Singaporeeee

Finally we arrived! It was a brief 45 minutes BUMPY boat ride. I was expecting myself to puke vomit and do all sorts of shit but I didn't. I guess I really overcome my motion sickness ;)


Anyway, I didn't feel that Batam was very friendly in terms of its people and the environment. I tried to communicate with most of the people there, but once we talked in English, the security officer will say "I don't know speak English" and will call more and more staffs to come down and talk to us, but none of them will ANSWER OUR SIMPLE QUESTION, "Where do you recommend for tourists to go for sightseeing and shopping?"

Zzzz.
Their main language is Malay I think. Cos the signage boards everything are in Malay.

Nvm, they don't even have flyers, catalogs, maps for us. SO we were kinda lost. and stranded. Paid $47 to see trees, polluted water and run down buildings. Haiz.

So we decided to go on our own.

Look like Malaysia right?! 




Went to eat A & W because one of his friends told him that it was mad cheap! Only $2 for a meal. But when we went there, we FORGOT to see the smart lunch deal and we just bought the meals. It costed $13 for two people and the portions were really small. :(

If you're visiting Batam, DO NOT EVER EAT their fast food outlets -_- Everyone come here to eat their drop dead cheap SEAFOOD. Except for KFC, because they have something in chocolate which I forgot, hehe.

Look at his plate of food..

Our food with our own respective burgers  


After being a little pissed and everything(because we simply didn't know where to go), Thank god the nearby cafe Black Canyon Coffee has WIFI. We went in for some drinks and used their WIFI, researching where to go, and I was reading blog reviews about Batam shopping, food etc.

Forgot to mention, Black Canyon Coffee's Black Tea is AWESOME! And their coffee is superb. Super cheap for such a pretty and nice environment.

Finally, we decided to go Nagoya Hill Shopping Centre. One of the A&W customers also recommended to us when we were eating.

So next stop, Nagoya Hill Shopping Centre!
You don't have to worry a single thing about not getting a cab, because there are ABUNDANT of cabs in Batam. Just exit the mall and the guard will shout, "TAXI?!"

It costed us 50.000Rupiah, which is around $6 for a taxi ride.



 Outside Nagoya Hill Center!

There are alot of imitations of famous goods such as Prada, Gucci, Hermes, etc and I was SO tempted to buy the Prada one cos it was damn pretty!!!! Then he tell me not to get it because I'll end up not carrying it, which is true. Haha, so I called him to get me a real Prada bag next time hehehehe. My ass. 



Some of the dresses (like what u see in shopping centres) are going for as low as $6? The shirts were $3!!!!!!!! Like wtf!

After that, he kept on insisting to go for massage massage massage so we went to the Spa Secret, which the taxi driver recommended us to go, and Ironladychef also recommended it. It was just opposite Nagoya Shopping centre.

I love the lobby, it smells so good and it's so pretty!!!!!

Dear and I signed up for the couple package, Balinese Aromatic Spa for $73 nett per person.
It included body sea salt scrub, full body massage, cleansing, body yogurt polish, body steam and lastly, a Jacuzzi bath foam and for me, I was entitled to a V-Ratus treatment which I was told that it can improve my womanhood(?!) and my private part will be have more blood circulation and clean etc. -_- 

All I did was to sit on a chair with a candle under my private part. Haha.

I was pretty shy during the whole spa treatment because the masseur actually massaged my WHOLE body, yes that includes my boobs. But after a while, you'll get used to it and really enjoy the whole process. 

They were also friendly and kept talking to us, and asked if the pressure they applied was enough etc.

I loved the Jacuzzi because there were so many bubble foams!!!!!!!!!!

Best Spa Experience! 

Look at our jacuzzi tub!! 


Overall, we had a pleasant experience here :)
Highly recommended!

It was pretty late and we couldn't go to the Waterfront City and play Go-Kart :(
So we went back to Nagoya Hill Shopping centre and ate there. The staffs there were asking us to enter their restaurant. There were approx. 10 restaurants there -_-
We decided to settle down for Kimura since the environment was pretty nice.


Ordered ayam penyet (Chicken), Fried Udang(prawn), egg, Fish, watermelon and mango juice :)



Fried egg. THIS IS DAMN SPICY AND OILY. :/ Is basically SOAKED in chilli oil :(
(F.Y.I: I woke up at 5am in the morning because I had such a bad stomachache because of this egg, and when I poo poo, my ass felt super hot too. Haha if you have a sensitive stomach like mine, do not take this)

Fried prawns!

Fried fish. Was very sweet and the skin was kinda burned -_-

Fried chicken! Maybe this was the best dish among all..

Looks yummy!


Sorry for my FUGLY hair. Didn't dry my hair when I left the spa.hehe.


Love my mango juice!!

Attack!



Overall, we thought the food kinda sucked.
Especially the fish and the egg!!!!

But for the price we're paying, I guess it's alright. We only paid $18 for so much food!!
But be careful, there's tax too - 10%.



Yeap. After we ate, it was time to go back to Batam Centre to take our ferry back to Singapore!!!!

We went to the entrance and as usual the guy shouted, "TAXI?!"
We replied yes and he said, "60k rupiah to Batam Centre" and I immediately shouted back, "Just now we come only 50k rupiah! You don't try to cheat us!"

In the end, he charged us 50k rupiah.
So if you're taking taxi in Batam, do haggle the price with them because they do not have a fixed price. I learned from Google that they actually set the price taking advantage of us foreigners.


Waiting for our ferry!










Yaya..



Nice right? The moon was really nice last night when we were on the ferry :)


While entering back to Singapore sea........

Super big huge cruise!
And he told me we'll go for a 3D2N cruise for our 1 year anniversary!

Oh well, Batam wasn't exactly fun, but I guess dear made the trip pretty pleasant. There aren't much to do there unless you're planning to stay at a resort or travelling with a tour guide.

But still, pretty ok!



AND FINALLY, MY FACE SHOP ITEM IS HERE.
Outside is retailing at $18 for this, and I got it for $10.10. Directly from Korea's factory :)



Yay!!!!!!

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