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We were craving for something different on a lazy Sunday morning and made the trek far east to Changi Village for brunch at Chock Full Of Beans or CFOB for short.
As the name suggests, CFOB specializes in coffee; a drink which I seldom partake in and have absolutely zero knowledge on save for the fleeting knowledge that it exists. Tucked away in a corner shophouse along Changi Village Road, the place is packed on a late Sunday morning and you can choose to wait in line for a table or leave your contact number (the preferred option).
Omelette With 3 Fillings - We chose salmon, cheese and mushrooms for the fillings and the omelette came served with 2 thick slices of homemade toast and a toss of greens. Ingredients were a little sparse and the egg wasn't creamy enough but at such a price point ($12), I really can't complain.
Eggs Benedict - The Eggs Benedict sported a generous serving of ham but minimally runny yolks on a slice of hard toast and topped with a rather liquid hollandaise sauce. Average.
Buttermilk Waffles With Caramelized Bananas - Burnt at the bottom and a tad too stodgy, the buttermilk waffles were rather bland and came with whipped cream instead of the usual maple syrup. Topped with sweet bananas that could do with a little more grilling for extra caramelization. Average.
Iced Hazelnut Latte - As mentioned earlier, I know nothing about coffee but I did like the hazelnut latte, which was pretty soothing with a hazelnut tinge. But the main draw is definitely the cute 3D art, which is never quite the same even on the same day (ie. blue ribbon vs red ribbon). And at $6.50 a pop, it was worth the money and the wait, considering the effort and skills required.
Brunch set the both of us back by almost 40 bucks, which was relatively reasonable considering the quantity of food (quality was average) and of course the beautiful latte art. I understand that GST has since been incorporated so prices would have gone up a little but I'll probably be back just for the coffee and maybe to try the desserts.
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Have you ever entered the lift and realised the fragrance you used "that most likely have worn off with aging" have became stronger? Then you realised somebody else is wearing the same label as you are and it kinda smells better on her!!!
*DARN* You just had a perfume CRASH!!! and I hated that!!!
They say scent triggers the memories much more than visual impacts as its the highway to your subconscious. This is where Freda D Parfum is the saviour to our lasting impressions and unique personalities. Freda D has got 3 generations of perfumery heritage, making oils and analysing parfum concoctions is as much a passion as its in her blood. Now holding 7 signature scents with much more to come in the near future, Freda D is who you will go to for that tailored fragrance.
I was excited to meet the couple behind this upcoming brand at a flea event in which the backdrop itself is more of a Jaw Dropper... Elegance and memorable are 2 words i would use to describe their showcase. I tried the many scents they have, each with a distinctive theme and carried varied notes of floral, citrus, spice and fruity sweets while I fell in love with something called SEXY!
While they generously allow me to try it on my skin, the scent lasted for a long time, might i say about 8 hours in a hot sunny day and lingered on my clothes after one wash with detergent. All scents are housed in a sleek glass bottle that is easy to carry around in bags and in a beautiful gift box if you meant it as a gift, priced afford-ably so many can own a special scent, yet they are not readily available at your common departmental stores which is what made them so rare . I love the handy carry around bottles as I usually get sick of the fragrance before i could complete it especially when it sits in a 100ml bottle and turns yellow..... * i always wonders why*
Made with passion and loads of experience, if you want a signature scent or to customize a signature scent, Freda D Parfum is the one to look for. Can you imagine your own signature scent at your wedding, instead of a family portrait, you have a family fragrance.
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I was lured by a cute elephant lazing in a mini make-shift garden-like hideout encased in a spherical glass jar that mimics the beautiful outback. Looking at it makes me feel at ease and I kinda want this kind of feeling especially when i'm trapped in a concrete jungle 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. So while i considered, other mini garden's caught my eye... landscaped with various small cactuses and fauna, these green little gardens are my little escape in my well airconditioned cubicle and according to the friendly booth owner, little care is needed for their survival.
Taking care of these living gardens are rather simple, just water once a day and occasional busking out in the sun, will make they strong and healthy. Love the various designs and you could also collect the whole theme. Being Beautiful and creative with nature is not a simple affair. You not only got to get it to look pretty, the soil and foundations should be properly placed, its still a living thing though it doesn't speak and have not expressions.
Somehow i feel good being close to nature, perhaps its why the first ever job on earth by ADAM is being a gardener. Pricing for these glass terrariums are affordable. Its slightly more costly then a pot of plant because its painstakingly landscaped. Love the concept and the pretty creations and will buy more for gifts as cactus especially is great in absorbing vicious computer radiation.
Lets green our cold and lonely cubicles... lets start giving life :)
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This was one of those fun fleas that somehow took away the seriousness fleas have become in competitive Singapore. Though we could feel a little frustration in the air with vendors trying to justify the time, effort and money put into setting up a booth where little shoppers turn up, but somehow a strange thing took place. Vendors started making friends with their neighbours, sharing business tips, products, battering goods and buying from each other just to encourage one another.
I hear laughter, see smiles and people encouraging each other. Now thats the spirit of entrepreneurship. Who says business is all a bed of roses but when difficulties arises, we make friends and find strength in each other to move forward.
I see sparks of creativity and loads of fun! I met this group of siblings who named themselves JS Cup Cakery, a home baking business with Nutella as their bake theme dressed in a blue t-shirt with large printing of JS, later i met their mom, dressed in that same blue t-shirt feeling all proud of her children. This bunch had support from their friends and relative and love their marketing gimmicks, not only they decided to walk around dim sum style selling their bakes, one even waved their board high while roaming the event place.
We also found some exquisite vendors like GrazieOnline.com selling handmade baby stuffs with prints so cute and bibs so pretty that will make babes look too adorable. More creative stuffs include table top mini garden that is carefully landscaped in glass jars, themed with petite animal figurines made available by Glass Garden.
So after we found some crazily fun vendors and some artisan vendors, while walking through the long line of tables, we smell something alluring, unfamiliar yet exotic... There we are stopping by Freda'D Parfum, listening to the story of how the art of perfumery is being passed down by two generations above to the 2 bosses helming this brand. We tried the various self concocted fragrances and love the thought of clashing at similar fragrance during meetings.
But if you would love some really classic off the shelve scents, there's always Purrfume Nation that brings the best bargains in famous fragrances.
Its surprising how many home bakers we have and i simply love the fact that so much effort is taken into making their merchandises so pretty. Though the location sucks, the marketing could have been done better to draw more crowd and organizers putting in more effort in making the event perform better, one thing i must say...
You vendors ROCKS!!! There were super few big players, almost none and most vendors are new start-ups with plenty of great products, ideas and creativity in store, I am totally blown off! Haven't had so much fun at a flea market since ages!!! So i'm giving all 3 stars to you happening vendors. Keep up the good spirits and your great business ideas... you can make anywhere HAPPENING!!!
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Bought and loving it. Made with comfy material and head turning designs, these baby rompers are the must haves to make childhood pictures memorable.
I was contemplating an office executive look, a fireman or a doctor and finally, the Stethoscope caught my eye and YES... DOCTOR it is.... We love the selections available and the various designs as well as sizes to choose from. Babies look best in rompers, so compact and irresistibly cute. Besides rompers, you could also get tops, t-shirts and other fashionable baby must haves. The selection is not big yet they are mostly charming and are of good taste.
Other thing i fell in love with are the dainty looking hair clips, especially the animal biscuit themed ones. Can't help but bought a good trio for my baby niece. While I was choosing the designs, I got my friend to pose for me just for sizing purposes and it really looked like biscuits on her head... And so I've got 3 and kinda regretted not getting more coz i think they make good gifts for little girls. Online Shop I will go to....
It was great shopping and I will be sure to come back for more cute baby rompers.....
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It was astounding on how well we don't know ourselves and why we act the way we act, feel the way we feel and decide on many situations where we would always think we will make a different decision when given a chance to do it again.
This half day seminar had given me some light down the deep tunnel of being self obsessive. Yes, i just implied being obsessed with ourselves, i mean those who checks out their own faces first when they are presented with a group shot, and I know thats not you! As we spiral down being more and more oblivion of whatever that is happening around us "the society", we kinda lost the ability to understand others and when irony sits in, we find that we don't really understand ourselves [mostly at moments when we think "What the Fish am I doing!"]. The seminar or the GOLDZONE way gives us the know how to better understand the zone we are in and which zones our friends and our colleagues are in, as such it explained why they react they way they react, be it positively or negatively.
Only when we can understand ourselves and where we are at, then we can sought to change that and aim for Gold. Only when we are able to identify which zones others are in, are we able to make better communicate, make leadership decisions and help each other create a more conducive environment.
There are NO hard-core work sheets to work on, or difficult neuro theories to understand, not even 7 steps on how to be a better person. The entire lesson structure is simply identifying your zones and the specific characteristics that lead to that and allowing change to happen naturally by believing which zone you wanna be in and you will get there, because life processes are very much knitted to our beliefs.
The seminar was held in a very conducive location (Sheraton towers hotel ballroom) with beverages and snacks, atmosphere nice and cool while the groups size was kept at a good 20-30 pax. The speaker "Joyce" was simply inspirational, her delivery of the seminar was concise, clear and simple. It was easy to comprehend the points she brought up in between laughter and heading nodding agreements. Though the attendees warmed up slowly to her, the seminar ended with a good amount of interaction, sharing of experiences and thoughts. The presentation slides and materials given out were interesting, intriguing and keep making notes to a minimum, as such we had our attention fixed on listening.
Though there is only so much that could be taught in a half-day seminar, yet the amount of knowledge that I have gained will take me possibly weeks to digest. The syllabus are simple to comprehend yet life changing. I will definitely recommend the seminar to my friends especially business owners and those in managing positions.
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If you enjoy thai food yet do not want to fly thousands of KM to thailand, theres always the little thailand in Golden Mile Complex. We settled for Siriwan amidst the many other small diners in the mildly air-conditioned mall because our dearest friend mentioned that they have one of the best Mookata's amongst them all. So we sat at one of the outside the coffeeshop seats and were shortly served the menu by a young looking auntie with funky red hair which looked thai but speak superb mandarin.
She shortly set up the hot plate for us and our Mookata (thai steam boat) stuffs came in a huge plate. For $39 you get a good portion of seafood like squid and medium sized shelled prawns, chicken and pork with pork lard in a small bag, various veg, some pig liver and mushrooms, vermicelli and an egg to fry with.. The set up was fun.. its a dome shaped looking plate with a drain filled with savoury soup surrounding the entire plate. You can choose to grill the ingredients or stuff them inside the soup to get it poached (this is what we did with the egg by the way). The food is yummy, though it makes you shirt smell a little smoky... and i must say got for 2 big eaters...
While we preferred a little more prawns because it tasted so absolutely yummy, mushroom coz the savoury soup made it heavenly and the most unexpected vermicelli like angel's hair was too good immersed in the soup and animal fat to not have an extra serving. We also tried a couple of the other stuffs like the Phad thai which is really spicy and yummy, basil with minced pork was wicked with the tiny chilli bombs, mango salad was tangy and appetizing and we also spotted something extra special... Blood cockle salad which is something i didn't dare to try yet looked curiously yummy. Apparently those who ate it loved it and swear to come by again....
Looks like my weekday get together dinners are gonna be thai food most of the time. For a big eater group of 5 chattering ladies... the bill came up to be $113 which includes everything plus no service charge and gst.... Good deal and loving it... Be sure to be back for more...
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Was itching to try out somewhere new for dim sum instead of the usual favourites thus settled for Jin Shan Restaurant (金山楼) at Marina Bay Sands one late Saturday morning.
Located within the confines of the hotel (not the shopping mall), Jin Shan sat on an elevated platform on the ground floor. Natural sunlight peered through the huge glass panels that lined the side, making for a comfortable and cheery atmosphere. Unfortunately this also meant that some tables were subjected to more sunlight than others.
Abalone Pork Dumpling - We started off with the abalone siew mai, which was a joke, seriously. The siew mai itself was decent without encapsulating too much fatty meat but the abalone had a very raw taste that spoilt the whole dish. Gross.
Jin Shan Signature Rice Rolls - The signature cheong fun was actually a combination of scallop, BBQ pork and deep fried beancurd skin rice rolls. The fillings were decent but the rice rolls were too thick for my liking and lacked the silkiness of good cheong fun.
Steamed Asparagus with Prawns Dumpling - Prawns and crunchy asparagus deftly wrapped in translucent dumpling skin and topped with a smidgen of roe; Decent but nothing too surprising.
Fresh Shrimp Dumpling - Crunchy prawns and acceptably thin dumpling skin. No burst of flavour though.
Steamed Custard Buns - Rich custard oozed out when we broke into the buns but sadly, the custard was just sweet without the saltiness and rough texture of egg yolk which would have made this dish great.
Deep Fried Prawn with Mango - This dish was a little interesting although not exactly in a good way. The prawns and mango bits were wrapped in dumpling skin, deep fried till crisp and topped with sesame seeds. I could make out the taste of the prawns and sesame seeds but sadly, the mango was non existent.
Fried Carrot Cake - A tad crisp on the outside without coming across as too mushy on the inside. Average tasting at best.
BBQ Combination - I think a good yardstick of any dim sum place is its roasted/BBQ meats (烧腊) and as pretty as our BBQ combination (roasted pork & soya sauce chicken) looked, it didn't quite match up. For starters, even though the roasted pork's skin was crisp, it wasn't evenly roasted (as evident from the different hues of brown on the skin) and a tad overly salty. The soya sauce chicken fared slightly better with tender meat and a spot of sweetness.
Lean Meat Century Egg Congee - The lean meat century egg congee was a tad too watery and bland for my liking. Ditto the scallop congee (forgot to take a picture), which was watery and extremely bland. Forgettable.
Bird's Nest Egg Tart - Flaky but sans the buttery goodness that I would normally associate with tarts. The custard was mildly sweet whilst the strands of birds nest offered a nice gelatin texture to the mix. Decent but no great shakes.
BBQ Pork Puff - One of my favourite dim sum dishes, Jin Shan's rendition of the BBQ pork puff was average at best and nowhere near my personal favourite at Yan Ting. The pastry was too thick and as with the egg tarts, lacked the buttery, oven baked goodness that I personally like. And I could only make out the taste of the pork floss atop as the char siew filling was rather bland.
With a 10% discount, the 4 of us chalked up a bill of about $180, which is quite a bit higher than what I usually pay at Wah Lok. Food quality was average at best and service was definitely below that of a restaurant in a 5 star hotel. Read. Grouchy at times and unhelpful to say the least. The only thing going for the restaurant is its bright, cheery ambience. Will I go back? Definitely not!
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We were there on a friday evening because somebody told us we could sushi off the sushi belt for $1.50... EVERYTHING WOR!!! So i sent my trusty Robin off to beat the queue and true enough, he did... but not without some STARE DOWNS and hurtful words of i quote "silly teenager who sat by the fountain and think that was part of the queue", though Robin was angry, we gently motioned the words half whispering in my ears because we are more or less surrounded by a pretty young bunch. So we queued and finally got ourselves a nice table for 4. Thank you for their generosity and not making us wait for a seat for 2.
The place is pretty well organized, space fully made used off and had plenty of tables for groups, space for walking and clearing of tables i must say is rather fast. The belt moves pretty quickly too yet almost always refilled with yummy makis, gunkans and sushis. While we were seated, the friendly staff asked if it was our first time and shyly i said YES!!! So she explained the system and there was a ipad for us to make orders as well, which turned out to be super handy. Who invented this IPAD ordering system must be a genius because it sure cuts down on waiting time and increases staff productivity.
Though Green tea wasn't free flow and was $1.50 for 2 tea bags, we tried the special tea instead, the one with somewhat fried wheat which is a little reddish brown in colour. The selection was good and sashimi pretty fresh though we couldn't help but had to compare with the other $1.50 for EVERYTHING franchise at citylink mall which we find Nihon Mura's a little small at everything. While we could eat till we were about to puke with about 12 plates at the other diner, at Nihon Mura, we had to consume about 16 plates. The portion is smaller here, and stuffs not as good value. The taste is about the same with slightly more selections. We love the fact that we could order from the Ipad Menu, at least there were some service.
No WOW factor, pretty much the regular must eats but is of pretty good value as compared to other sushi chains.$1.50 for everything is good and on top of that, i used the DBS credit card for payment and got free vouchers that gives you one free plate per voucher. Yippie..
Its pretty noisy but cosy and casual. Good leg space on the seats and the pickled ginger tasted yummy. Restaurant is clean and hygienic with sufficient air-conditioning.
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It was exciting! Going to a club with no man for a change; "No Man's Land" was the theme of tonight's party, so cute hunks are only allowed in after 10:30pm... Here we are waiting in the queue anxiously with our mid-week blues quenched by the mysterious looking door with some dark staircases that leads to colourful lights and the booming music of Club kyō.
I had to hold my breath... what awes me was not the roomy hanging spaces or the lavish couches not to mention a dedicated wooden dance platform and fanciful DJ spins, yet its the cute looking, well built butlers wearing some really tight skinny jeans with nothing else but a loosely caped vest that simply hung off their well-built, muscular shoulders.... I mean who needs the scrawny men when we have these... beautiful butlers keeping you well oiled with the free flow of bubbly champagne and the sexy red vodka cranberries.
Though its hard to keep my eyes to myself, i started to distract myself with the many other activities happening tonight. One corner I spotted some ladies getting primed up with a glossy whip of manicure and a face makover, while in another corner, some ladies getting their hairs curled by a miraculous looking curling machine. On a closer look, it seemed as though it sucks up the locks of hair and spits them out with a curly tangle which could last till the next wash. So it seems..curly is the new in for this season :)
While i was feeling a little snoozed out by the long queues to these "make me a bombshell" rituals, I spotted some racks of really pretty dresses and decided to bump by to see if anything could make me look slimmer. There it was a beautiful slim cut pale colored dress with floral prints so pretty from the latest collection of theWYLDshop.com, freshly imported from Australia.
While I was trying to figure more about my new found treasure for my already overcrowded wardrobe, something was spinning around me making me dizzy. Apparently, you could take some dance trial classes here from the WEST COAST SWING... its a 2 beat dance move that is easy to catch hold of and is fun coz everybody smiled, laughed and shrilled with joy while they got spun around by these professional looking dancers. Well, they are the only other male around except for the busy butlers as such ladies seemed to have all the attention when dancing with one of these well mannered gentleman swingers. Patience is what we don't see on the dance floor, yet the boys executed them well with their smooth moves and made the amateur ladies thirsty for more.
Feeling sore from the stand, stare and envy sequence of clumsy me in my overgrown stilettos, I was offered a shoulder massage from a friendly auntie that had arms so strong that i swear could break a bone if I ever made her cross, otherwise the massage was a good relaxing experience. Auntie was nice, she soothed my knots away and made me felt as though i was having a massage by the beach on a party night in bali. I came back to reality in a short while hoping to catch myself before i started to snore, i moved right next to the next booth to watch hopeful girls getting their love fortune read by the deep looking fortune teller with her ever handy tarot cards. I swear i could see pools of stirring water in the Master's eyes while light bulbs atop the girl's heads. Some looked troubled after getting read, some ecstatic and some simply just couldn't find the bulb at all.
There's a good choice of snacks and finger food in the menu with an exquisite touch of truffle oil (my fav), however whats better then to have a pretty looking muffin. I found some from Shermainexk who gladly introduced me to try some of her creations. There were elephant cookies which tasted quite so unforgettably buttery and the pretty cupcakes that reminded me of my love for trix cornflakes. A enterprising youthful looking lady that is a legend in bakery, i must say the dainty looking snacks went superbly well with the ever flowing champagne and the extra shot vodka in cranberry.
After countless flutes of champagnes, me and my pals thirst for more and thanks to the 5 free drink coupons that was issued to us, we both had a jar of housepours each. While we were busy getting wasted, the boys were let in and boy do they look yummy.... I was half wondering if its the spirit making its moves or my eyes are getting old... every lady appeared so good looking... I begin to wonder if its the curly hair or the perfect make-up or the sexy moves on the dance floor. Well the party just got started as more and more hopeful men comes spilling in...
and so the night goes on with the music getting hotter and the dance floor crowding up with good looking people while we reassured our girlfriends to come by earlier for the next event, somebody let out a loud Sigh.... "Why does the party only happens on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month!"
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