November 2008
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Bangkok is Down!!!!!!!
Is there anything new? I just met a bunch of awesome people last Friday and sort of imposing myself (I feel like that anyways) upon them. I miss my Peh :( who is frolicking around Europe. Yesterday I eat Indonesian food with my coworkers/boss, then for dinner I had ice cream because I’m naughty. It was TK’s birthday last night, so we went out to Timbre the Substation around SMU, and I...
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TRIP TO...
I just spent two hours struggling to get a ticket with Lion Air, which is an Indonesian company. My friend asked if I would be interested in going to Bali for four days in December, so I will be GOING TO BALI!!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m terribly excited. I’m trying to get one of my Indonesian friends from Purdue to go as well. HOORAY! In all seriousness, tonight I plan to do a little bit...
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Italian Food!
Last night I went out with a friend to La Forketta Gastronomia Italiana at 491 River Valley Rd (Valley Point). We ran into the restaurant just before 10 pm and graciously thanked the staff for letting us in even though they were just about to begin closing shop. Last orders at 10. To be honest, this is probably the best place to bring a date; the ambiance is very romantic, etc. etc. but I...
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Amber Restaurant @ Broadway Hotel
This is my second trip to Amber Restaurant. I made a lot of friends the first time, and it was sort of very nice to come back and relive some of those moments. It’s the first time I met Chris, who is totally awesome and has unfortunately moved back to ang moh land (USA). Enough of this! So first came the papadum, which is typically served in an Indian meal. It is served with a hot green...
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Dieting (eh?)
Is there anything new in my life? Not especially. I have been trying to trick someone - anyone – to come with me to check out this ice cream store near my place called Ice Cream Chefs. It doesn’t help that I am trying to lose a bit of weight. Don’t worry, I’m not starving myself. I am resuming what was my normal diet before entering college. Call me slow, but I figured out why I usually overeat....
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Reminder to Myself:
Tip from MW: CMC Confectionary along East Coast Road near the Catholic Church. MUST TRY.
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2,751.12096 miles
Yeah, I am sort of a curious sort. I read a lot of things today. I read about the JFK Assassination, Market Capitalization, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Rubenstein (Ruby), Valuing Common Stocks & Bonds, Walt Disney’s financial status in 1985, and deflation. If you look at DIS (The Walt Disney Company), you will see that the mrkt cap is $40.25 billion dollars. US, of course. So I tried to imagine...
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The French Stall on Serangoon Road
The French Stall 544 Serangoon Road Singapore 218166 Le Chef Xavier Le Henaff est tres gentil, et I really enjoyed the concept of a French cafe-esque feeling while being smack dab of Singapore. The big boss himself came to the table to tell us that there was only ONE tuna left, we missed the last bit of “Grilled Marinated Pork Loin with Braised Cabbage & Mustard Seed Sauce ($16.80 -...
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Swensen's on Orchard Road
Yes, I was caught in the rain Saturday night and went for some Mee Sua. The description is chicken broth with shrimp and thin rice noodles (buon, if you’re Viet). The soup was delicious, but Jack reminded me of the monosodium glutamate (MSG). :( And I did wake up with …the after effects of me having MSG. Anyways, it wasn’t bad but I hated how they keep the shell on the tail of...
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Vietnamese Kitchen at Food Republic at Suntec City...
Yes, I had Vietnamese food here before, and I think it’s the best that I’ve had so far (there are a lot more places to go visit still). I ordered the Apple Mint Soda, Pho, Cha Gio and Banh Cuon. Apple Mint Soda sOOO DELICIOUS!!!!!! Cha Gio (“cha [a as in apple] zo [o as in ought]”) was tiny, but it was …just ok. Maybe a 4/10. Edible. I don’t know why there were...
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gymnastics
i love gymnastics. i recently joined a gym, and i’m starting to get control of my body. this is fabulous news! i feel much happier in the gym now (especially because my body didn’t cry when i woke up this morning and had to get out of bed like all the other times). just chipper! going for a facial and massage tomorrow because i’m spoiling myself rotten since no one is here to do...
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being observant with my eyes closed
1. singaporeans don’t say you’re afraid of something. they say you develop a phobia. how elite. 2. i walked down half of orchard with my eyes closed, and my friend told me to take a really big step several times to avoid drains, etc. when we were at the end of the promised stretch of blindness, he told me to take a huge step. i did! then i opened my eyes and there he was laughing away....
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New Zealand Natural Ice Cream at Parkway Parade
At New Zealand Natural Ice Cream (which is right outside the elevator, and my eyes are pulled towards it every time I use the elevator…meaning at least 6 times a day), I treated myself to a triple scoop cup of ice cream ^.^ ($5.90) 1. English Toffee (vanilla swirled with toffee flavored sauce) 2. Cookies & Cream 3. Spotty Dog (Chocolate chips mixed in with chocolate and vanilla ice...
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Swensen's Surprise!
Swensen’s is a chain in Singapore that you can find almost anywhere. If it’s important to you, it is Halal (meaning that the food is prepared so that Muslims may eat it as well). It is more known for ice cream though. For a $24.60 bill, I got a pretty nice lunch. One should always be skeptical of ordering steaks in Singapore, but my Ribeye steak was not that bad!! ($20.99 + GST + 10%...
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When in doubt, go to McDonald's
After Cafe Iguana, Sam & I ran far away to McDonald’s on our way to the City Hall MRT Station! WOOOOOO. I got the “Hot Apple Pie” (which is, as you will see, completely different that the one back at home) and a Vanilla Cone (yum!). My dad taught me this a long time ago. (Thanks Daddy!) I wish they had the 2 apple pies for $1 here as well dotdotdot BOO!...
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Cafe Iguana at Clarke Quay
Last night was a birthday party, and we all headed to Cafe Iguana at Clarke Quay for some Mexican food. I had been there before with a friend from Texas, but instead of just one meal, I have about 5 dishes to show you today! Cafe Iguana’s menu has 2 pages of food and 3 pages of drinks. The selection even lacked tamales. Right. My meal was a sparse. I had the kid’s quesadilla with...
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OBAMA WINS!
OK I am not as excited as I was maybe a minute ago. 297 Obama - 139 McCain. I feel bad for McCain. All I can say is, I hope everything will get better from here. It’s gonna be a really really rough ride the next year. The dust will settle, and we’ll know then. Here are my two cents to remember this election: 1. the URL: http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/ 2. a nice...
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You say you don't know.....I had a bad day :(
Yeah, yesterday was a bad day. Bad enough that even the Korean food for dinner was sub-par. Joey & I ended up going to a food court in the basement of the Concorde Hotel (sp?) next to Orchard Plaza for dinner. This is not called japchae. it’s called Fried Korean Glass Noodles. That’s right. We are all victims of misinformation here. I might have overdone the sesame seeds a bit as...
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Presidential Election
I AM SO EXCITED. EVEN IF I’M NOT VOTING THIS TIME AROUND (AND GETTING A LOT OF POO FOR IT), I can still be excited, right? I have never been one for politics. I had a discussion with one of my friends last night, and I told him that I avoid politics by saying I am Moderate. Who can argue with someone who is Moderate? No one. Unless they start asking you dumb questions like well what do you...
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Memory Lane with Sakae Sushi
This is the moving carousel of gluttony. Plates of various (and premium) sushi and sashimi wave at you. Tantalizing your eyes and making your stomach FORCE your hands to move themselves……and grab….plates. OH GOODNESS. I have to actually tell myself not to look. :( And a computer screen to order food. The mouse might actually be in the shape of the mascot frog...
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PS. Cafe at Palais Renaissance Singapore
We had a very warm welcome into PS. Cafe, and I think the staff is very hospitable. One of the best places for hospitality, if you ask me. It’s on the second floor of the Palais Renaissance Hotel on Orchard Rd between the Thai Embassy and Orchard Towers. PS. Cafe actually has three locations, one at Palais Renaissance, Paragon, and Dempsey. The food was so nice! I wanted something super...
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Hard Time at the Hard Rock Cafe Singapore
Then we walked from Dhoby Ghaut all the way down to the end of Orchard to kadoodle in the Hard Rock Cafe Singapore. No, I didn’t buy the merchandise (though I did comment about the successful merchandising that Hard Rock Cafe has done) like a good tourist. La la la! But I was very curious about the Singapore Chili Crab Dip with Chinese buns which I thought would be pao, but they were...
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Riverside Indonesian BBQ at Plaza Singapura
I was very tired today, but I finally made myself get up and exercise the brain a bit. I met a friend to go to Plaza Singapura for some Indonesian Chicken (Riverside Indonesian BBQ) AYAM PENGGANG. I know the picture isn’t much, but GOODNESS ME IT IS SO DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!! I usually have two pieces of chicken. :( The chicken is (I think, peeking into the kitchen) boiled and then grilled....
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Yet Con (Chicken Rice) at Purvis St. Singapore
Yes, I went for lunch with my colleagues tooooooooooooooooooooooo “Yet Con”, which is located on Purvis St. It’s quite a hole in the wall sort of place. It is totally old school, man! I love the old man who is so cute! I wanted to take a picture of me with him, but I thought better of it because 1. I am new at blogging and 2. I’m not sure if he speaks English… ^.^...
Then we walked from Dhoby Ghaut all the way down to the end of Orchard to kadoodle in the Hard Rock Cafe Singapore. No, I didn’t buy the merchandise (though I did comment about the successful merchandising that Hard Rock Cafe has done) like a good tourist. La la la! But I was very curious about the Singapore Chili Crab Dip with Chinese buns which I thought would be pao, but they were...
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Secret Recipe
Yes, Jack & I went to (a) Mayalsia(n) (restaurant) while in VivoCity. I recently read an article about the owner of the Malaysian chain (that is present in HK, Singapore, and Indonesia….I think). He first started experimenting with his grandmother’s recipes for kueh (which is sort like jello but flour-based) [by the way, I am constantly made fun of for the way I pronounce flour....
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Korea Flavour Fiesta
There is a big Korea Festival in Singapore right now, and Jack & I went. Well actually, I sort of surprised Jack because I told him to go to a secret location (Vivocity - which, incidentally, is the largest mall in Singapore ^.^) and then I took him up to the third level. It actually goes until today, but Saturday was the first day (and opening ceremony for the entire Festival). Lots of fun...
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Snacks at the Office
Yes, I am a glutton. I know it as well. You can always catch me with a bit of a stash of food at the office. Right now, I have Rold Gold Pretzels, Frosties (Frosted Flakes), and amazing granola (thanks to Sam for introducing me): Honey Nut Granola with Almonds and French Vanilla Granola from Sweet Home Farm. Milo & Sprite suffice for drinks. It actually is an American brand, but I...
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Amirah's Grill around Kandahar St. (around Arab...
The restaurant is quite cozy (the Italian restaurant-feel but with Middle Eastern things). The tenderloin kebab (upgraded from just regular beef kebab) and chicken are SO DELICIOUS. It’s about S$15-20 for the kebabs, but once in a while you have to self-indulge and eat juicy, succulent meats. Here is what Jack had - Mixed Kebab (tenderloin, chicken & minced lamb) [I just had chicken,...
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very long, awesome day!
Today was a very busy day. The more detailed & photo-ed is in the food blog (because the focus was clearly food today), but I will list what I did briefly: 1. Met a friend for a day of spontaneity at Vivocity 2. Dragged him to the Korea Food Fiesta hosted by the Korean Embassy 3. Bought Korean grapes. Ate half 4. Watched the opening ceremony. At least, the interesting bit 5. Went back into...
