good food!

I've been having good food to compensate for exam stress! (:

1. Lunch at Hatched with geog-ers (: 

I've been wanting to try Hatched for a really long time, cos it's all eggs and seems very yummy

Holeen and  I had the same thing- one egg benedict! It was pretty nice, except i wish they gave cripsy bacon instead. You can choose from 1 egg benedict (13++) or 2 egg benedicts (19++). i think it's more worth it to have 2 of course, but for people who can't finish their food, then it's still better to get a discount than to waste food.

they serve it with mash and salad. the mash looks a funny colour, but is creamy and yummy! (:

my friend had a burger thing i think? i think the sunny up looks goood!

we didn't get to try the desserts (too full), but they had warm choc cake and ice cream for 6 dollars i think!! looked so good, and there were toast and ice cream and pancakes. so tempting! will definitely try if i go there again (:


2. Tavern fine dining with S and T

we bought a nice voucher from streetdeal for fine dining lunch at  The Tavern! I think it's a really good buy, cos we got an 80++ value lunch for 30 dollars.

The atmosphere is really cosy, like a family restaurant. i really liked the old school ambience (:

First, we had a choice of pumpkin soup or a prawn salad. They are really professional in that they serve all plates and bowls warm if the food is hot and plates cold if it's a cold dessert!

 Here's our creamy pumpkin soup! i loved it (: so hearty and warm

served with hot bread. i mean really hot bread! with olive oil and a tub of butter (:

we then had 3 mains and we shared!

 Angus rib eye with potato gratin and sauteed vegetables

 salmon with boiled potatoes and sauteed vegetables

Chicken Cordon Bleu with fries and salad

and to finish off, we had a crepe normande, which is an apple crepe with ice cream

 really good too! i think it was really good value for the price we paid. haha

we almost felt bad about paying so little for such fine food. lols. As usual, great time catching up with the girls, haha, we haven't seen each other in... 2 months? so long!!! everyone's so busy!!



and after today it will be 96 day more to see Z! (: it's past the 100 day countdown hehe

It seems quite long, but i think it will pass pretty quickly, especially since we both have exams ahead of us ):

another update is that i got upset with my new dance partner and told him i'm not dancing anymore. lols, so now i'm back to square one, but i dont regret dropping him, don't waste my money dancing with him >:[

Lancôme video shoot and Model Mayhem

I've been pretty slow to update because it's week 13 and exams are in 2 weeks! ahhh!

Last week, a friend asked me to help out with a video shoot for Razor TV, it's a Lancôme makeover for the theme of make up for long haul shoots. 

I think i don't look very nice in videos! Cannot Photoshop, plus my features are not very sharp. It didn't help that i had to tie my hair back into a bun, exposing all my flaws haha. 
ohwell! it was still fun! 

the make up artist was lovely though, i liked the foundation very much, cos she made it very glowy! since i have less oily skin now, and i received an awesome new set of brushes from zhe for my birthday, i wanna try out liquid foundation for a more glowy complexion! (: 

i'm torn between MAC, Dior snowskin, Lancome matte foundation and Make Up Forever HD liquid foundation which is supposed to be really good for photoshoots. hahah

I'm also in love with the anna sui lip stain that the cosmopolitan make up artist used, and i need a coral blusher and new eyeliner so i'm going to go shopping for a make up restock after my exams. hehe :D 



i've recently set up a model mayhem account, and i've been lucky to have a very good amount of shoot requests, both TFCD and paid shoots (: 

went for casting for a photographer who is hoping to expand into magazine fashion editorial spreads, so he is looking for new faces that he can shoot to build a portfolio to show the magazines what he can do. 

it was mostly chatting, and then we did a few profile test shots, and he gave me one to keep (:
of course if we really do a shoot, it will be with more digital imaging of backgrounds, effects. haha

not sure if I'll make the casting, but we'll see!

Look into my eyes, It's where my demons hide

They say it's what you make
I say it's up to fate

When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide

Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide


):

Cosmo Beauty Shoot

i prob sound like an awestruck little girl, and i am!!! This was probably one of the most exciting shoots i've ever done in my life!!! omgoshh i still can't believe i got to be a part of it, even after the shoot is over.

 they had an open photo casting call for the advertorial and i applied. i felt like the luckiest girl ever when i was selected, along with one other lady. But i can't talk about the product i was advertising until the June issue of Cosmo is on the newsstand.

The shoot was just a half day thing, I reached very early, and had a chat with the photographer who frequently does commercial shoots for various magazines. i remember trying to breathe in deeply and look around, thinking that this is where the pictures of high fashion models come to life!

I sneaked a shot of the studio! it doesn't look like much now, but after the set up it looked so pro, too bad i didn't get to take a pic of it.

then the make up artist arrived, bringing a huge luggage of make up and hair stuff. :o i was partly nervous cos i am always nervous when i'm not wearing make up, except around my bf.  but i was also hopeful that she would work her magic and make me look nice. she was really friendly and sweet, and she did my foundation so nicely i looked like i had flawless skin with contours at least for the shoot. haha and she curled and blew my hair out in big glam waves. i tried to keep my eyes open when i could, so that i could learn how she did all those stuff and try to copy it at home. i feel inspired to go and buy a new set of make up, and she was giving me tips for skincare and make up too!!

Then the features editor and her assistant came and i was almost ready to start my shoot after changing into my outfit. It was quite stressful because it was a close up of my face and i'm not good with face shoots cos i tend to freeze and look stiff. :/ a huge light was in my face, and someone was standing by to blow my hair if needed, and the make up artist was there to touch up make up. felt so pampered and it felt really cool cos everything was so professionally done.

the stressful part was that the editor and assistant sat at the computer and so every shot would be immediately transferred to the computer, and they would magnify it to evaluate. it was really weird to watch people evaluating my face in front of me? hahaha, i think i took about 50-60 shots before they finally said 'okay! i think we got it'. that was the best thing to hear ever. the features editor was very nice and she said the pictures look great, but i think she might be just being nice to me.

I wonder what the layout of this advert will be!!! there's going to be a small before picture of a less attractive me, and then the bigger after picture. i hope they photoshop and work their magic!!!! even if i can't look like the cover supermodel, at least let me look nice so i can have a nice keepsake and addition to my small portfolio. (:

it was really a super awesome experience, and i was just so grateful and happy to have the chance. 

After the whirlwind of excitement, i removed some of the make up and went out to lunchhh. i camwhored a little bit, and was generally too excited to eat much. i only managed about half my lunch. hahaha

 the curls kinda died a little, cos i combed my hair :/ haha shouldnt have combed!!

talk about the shoot has made me all excited againnnn. :D thank u for bearing with me if u read all the way till here! lovelove

I'm 22!

I just turned 22 last week, and can't stand it that i'm 3 months older than z. haha :p went out with my family for a yummy lunch at Turf city. They revamped the place, but it's not that great really. The layout is pretty messy.

First we went to Grill Out which relocated from Sunset way!! I had salmon with mash potatoes and vegetables. I enjoy having all my food on one plate. does that make sense? haha, i enjoy seeing different dishes arranged around one plate :D

the food was quite nice, but the service was lacking, and we were the only customers on a Saturday lunch slot. kinda telling about its popularity.. which is a shame because it used to be quite popular at sunset way!

i really must learn how to grill salmon since i like it so much (: i should learn and have all-i-can-eat when i'm in nz again.

 

my parents decided that they needed coffee, so we headed over to get coffee, and they also decided to have some pies and gelato too! gosh, lunch number 2!  haha it's really good. omgosh, wagyu beef cheek pie. so tender, and the mash is tasty too! 

anyway, this is what i mean about all the food arranged on one plate! it's so pretty an it looks so good to eat (: this was my lunch at jacks place where my family likes to go for sunday lunches when we can (:

Managed to catch up with D last week over lunch, and we had indonesian express at the deck at arts canteen! I loveee ayam penyet, but i decided to try fish instead. it's even better, cos of lack of bones.  makes me feel like having some now. yumyumyum.

Skin

I've had enough of my problematic skin which has been troubling me for ages and ages. my secret wish has always been that i can peel my whole face off and start anew.

Not only is cystic acne ugly and disfiguring, it is also so painful >:[

for example, i've had acne on the weirdest places, like behind my ear? on top of my eye (this is the WORST, because it hurts everytime i blink. i've never been more acutely aware of how many times i need to blink) inside my nose? omgosh. i feel horrified writing about this. >:[

in the worst situations, i refuse, decline and worm my way out of social situations. i feel bad to do this, but i can't go out. but this is quite rare la. most of the times i just become very sad and maybe grumpy especially towards my bf.


i decided to go see a new dermatologist for my skin, and after doing some research, i decided to go to Dr Loke in Novena Medical centre.


He said that I have oily skin which is genetic and there's nothing i can actually do about it. So the only way is to control the oil production. I suggested if there might be anything wrong with my hormones, but he said that other people have hormonal problems too but the skin is not affected much cos they don't have oily skin. ):

so he gave me anitbiotics to control the current inflammations, oratane (a form of accutane) to control the oil, as well some lotion and cream.

well so far, its been 20 days into treatment!

i have to say that i haven't yet had a new breakout.. but that's also cos it's not the time of my cycle yet, so we'll see. but the major improvement i see is in the oil production. it is visibly much drier.

usually i have to redo my make up every 2 hours because the oil has melted it off and it looks terrible. Now i can go 4 hours and it's still ok, not even that much oil. if it doesn't sound like a big deal, it is to me ):

the bad side effect is that the rest of my skin that was originally not oily is now very dry. hahah, this is especially so on my lips. i suppose i'm not doing much kissing so it's ok, but it's quite irritating to have dry lips. ):

but if that's the price to pay for less oilier skin...

rain shoot

Shall share some pics that I got from the rain shoot maybe a month back...

hehe i am very proud of this pic! not because of how i look, but because i managed to photoshop the entire wall away!!! :D i took quite a while to do it, cos i'm not that great, but i think it looks pretty clean now. Want to see the original?

the wall looks so dirty and gross, so i cut it all out and made a flat clean background. hahaha. i felt so accomplished after that. :D heheh don't you think it looks much better without all the clutter in the background? ok la, don't look too hard, if u stare hard enough you can see the line. so don't >:[
this is how i destress when im working hard lols.

I did the same to the wall here (: but this wall was easier, cos it was just a little bit. haha

haha this is not really part of the shoot, just a happy post shoot thumbs up! and off i went to eat fries :D

My sis says that this pic looks like an advert for a horror flick lols.

I'm still waiting for pictures from my aerial shoot, and I'm going to do another shoot for cosmo magazine next mon! pretty exciting and enough diversion to keep me occupied!

"Dancing is like a drug, once you start it is difficult to stop. Even if one has some problems with it, and they have in their mind to stop. Even after two days, you will feel it in your muscles and in your mind that you can't live without it. And then you will go on to practice, and to dance because it is impossible to [live] without it. For the person who really loves it."
- Kristina Moshenskaya

I love her so muchhh, she's such an awesome dancer who's so full of energy. and I agree with her )): I wanted to stop dancing because i am facing so manyyy problems with my dancing, but i just couldn't give up. i really did try to quit. ): i told all my prospective partners that i can't dance, and i didn't dance at all for about a month? i even stopped myself from watching any dance video or listening to any latin music. i distracted myself with modelling and editorial work, but it didn't work. i couldn't take it still, and started to dance again. looking at all my friends who have competed yesterday makes me more itchy to get back into the dance scene... soon soon!!! (:

oh but I injured my back haha, and i can't stretch now )): must have been from jumping around. Even breathing deep hurts my back. feels like a bad strain. haha


117 more days to see Z!!! It would be perfect to dance standard ballroom with Z (: i've always wanted to do standard but had always focused my energy on latin. it's quite hard to perfect both, and i'm contented with doing recreational standard (: Z is tall too!! hehe maybe i can crash course him on basic figures in waltz when i see him in august. :D maybe even take a short choreo at my nz dance studio. maybe he will be hooked, and will practice and when i see him again he will be an awesome possum standard dancer hehehe :p

Dance

Crazy time of the sem has surely descended upon us, even a slack and lazy me can feel the pressure. haha, tests everyweek and huge deadlines looming :/

i prob should be writing my 30% essay, but i was talking to my dance partner and he said he broke his finger on his right hand. omg. thank goodness we're not competing this weekend else we're doomed.

anyway, i quite like our rumba routine so far. the first time we did a stunt together, i was really worried, cos he is long and lean and i wasnt sure if he can support my weight. the stunt involves only my neck lying on his arm, and he drops me all the way until a short distance off the floor. so thank goodness he's actually pretty strong.

I think it's quite interesting to dance together cos he's a very soft dancer. i think he might even be softer than me. he has to teach me how to soften my back. hahah, there is the danger of us looking flimsy when we dance together, and i have to consciously remind myself to put more energy into it cos i can't tap on his energy. But he's got very nice posture and a very comfortable lead, though he says i grip his hand too tight and hurt his fingers oops. haha

probably we'll only debut end of the year or even next year? haha we're both so busyyyy and only get to dance once a week max. i guess no point rushing to compete when we're not ready.

i am fortunate to have managed to find someone who's at a similar level of dance... i just kinda hope this partnership works out for the longer term....


.. and I've wasted a good 2 hours watching dance videos while typing this... oops!!!!


back to work :((((

crystal jade's xiao long bao and steamboat buffet

I've heard soo much about this buffet and today i finally had a chance to try it for myself on a date with C and G

There are three slots you can choose from, 5pm, 7pm and 10pm. For weekends, its 25++ for the  5pm and 7pm slot and 21++ for 10pm slot. It's 2 dollars cheaper on weekdays. It's quite hard to get a slot, so book early if you wanna go!

First they let you choose a soup base! we picked a hot and spicy soup and a pork bone soup

the soup is super delicious. omgoodness!!! so yummy!!! i thought the hot and spicy one was really a bit too hot but my friends loved it more than the pork bone soup.

free flow of lots of ingredients except each person is only allowed 100g of prawns! everything was really fresh. and i lovedddd the sliced pork.

the beef was surprisingly not nice. haha, it was too much fat, too little meat.

we also ordered 3 baskets of xiao long baos. i can't believe we didn't eat more, but the steamboat was too good to ignore, even for xiao long bao

the sweetcorn is delicious, i dont usually eat corn boiled, but this corn is crunchy and very sweet and tasty!

yum yum!!! so much food cooking inside!!!

i think it was a really good meal, it justifies the many rave reviews i've heard about it. only thing is that we should have gone for a weekday buffet instead. no point paying extra for weekends when we can do weekdays haha. and we dont eat prawns or a lot of meat, so would have been good to go with some prawn lovers who can have our prawns haha

oh and it's not conducive for talking and chatting, it's super noisy in there!!! haha more like for a happy gathering kinda thing

 and don't wear white!!! cos we're bound to spill something on our clothes!!!

so full and happy with food! (:


and my tickets to christchurch are booked for 27th july -20 august! gotta work very hard to complete all the necessary ground work before i go there, so that i can complete all the necessary field work in time.

lovelove! 

Christchurch

Do I love Christchurch because I was there, or because you are there? 

It's a question I asked myself as I write my honors thesis proposal.I am going to write my HT about Christchurch place marketing after the earthquake. sometimes i feel like im bubbling over with happy thoughts when i do my research on chch.

I think to many, i'm a little crazy! the inconvenience of doing an overseas HT are so many, i have limited opportunity to conduct my field work, danger of being unfamiliar with my field sites, being unable to get local informants etc. and i'm going to risk 15module credits on a HT topic that is so farrr awayyyy. if i dont get my fieldwork done, i'm a dead duckie.

yet the thought of it makes me very happy!!! and very exciteddd!! and that's always a good thing for doing research!! excited researchers do good fieldwork! haha :D i can't wait to go back to christchurch!!!

the topic actually really also excites me, i honestly think its a very fresh topic since the quakes were pretty recent. and it's so exciting to study closely how the face of Christchurch is changing! i will get to explore parts of chch that i previously didn't!!!

i also can't really believe that i've cleared most of the major hurdles to this. i've been planning this for ages, but it had always seemed more like a wistful dream rather than reality.

My parents have approved my plans and are willing to let me have krisflyer miles to redeem an airticket!
Scholarship board have approved my attachment leave for me to go
Professor has approved my research topic
i've been working and saving money so i have funds to go!

so i am pretty much cleared to go!!! unless i write a really crappy HT proposal that makes the prof feel that i don't know what i'm going there to do. so i have to work hard on my proposal that is due 27th march!

I can't wait to eat all my favorite foods (pies and fish n chips), and see my favorite person in NZ. ((((:

He is going to accompany me to the tourist sites in chch, like the parks and the markets ! ((: and he will make mash potatoes and green tea for me :D

sometimes its good to think crazy! if i didn't i wouldnt be headed back down south, would i? ((:

aerial photoshoot

I should really study when I have spare pockets of time, instead of lazing on the couch the whole of yesterday evening.

I thought  I would be at home today studying, at least in the day time. But it turned out to be so hectic!!!

Received an early morning message from C at 9plus am, and she told me she was casted in the scdf dance advert! she asked me to accompany her at 11am at marina bay! so happy for her! but i was still rolling in bed and totally unprepared to go out yet, so i told her to have fun!!!


was halfway through doing my notes for tourism geog when i received news about a casting call for the Aveda hair show, so i went down. so last minute! but i guess it's good that i've been to previous casting calls, so i knew what to expect and didn't seem so silly this time. It was just the basic front-45-90-back mugshot and full length photos they wanted to take. and yay! i got through to the second round!! I will be going down to the official Aveda casting next week where the hairstylist will look at my hair and think about what styles they might want to cut/colour it and whether my hair is suitable for the show

after the casting, rushed down to meet C after she was done with her filming and went for our photoshoot with our fav photographer (:

We were doing aerial shots today, and we happened to bring similar long-short skirts!!

Aerial ropes is much more painful, and much harder to do than aerial silks, and we both left with rope burns and bruises from swinging into the lights on the side. haha but it was fun!! It's actually only my 2nd or 3rd  time doing a studio shoot, cos I seem to always have been shooting outdoors. haha


 first we got our make up done by the make up artist! (:  it was a day/dancer make up for C and a much heavier tribal looking cat eye for me lols.

 We did some splits in mid air! i almost killed myself balancing on two chairs in a center split off the ground. hahah



and some post shoot shots taken on iphone!!

 see our matchy match skirts? we did a super cool shot with it, which i will upload next time! hahah

 and she brought me sweets from london and omgoshhhhh macarons from paris!!! love !!!!

Couple Apps

Being in an LDR has made me much more phone savvy, and I have new apps and chats to use! hahah
 shall share about two new ones!

1. Between 

Between is a really cutesy app! haha, it only allows us to connect one on one, and is full of cute fluffy looking stickers (: I like the layout too, cos it's like a homepage, where you can have a date that tracks the number of days in ur rship, and you can set a homepage photo too!

There's also a memo box where you can store your favourite photos and memos (:

Look at how cute the stickers are :D



2. Couple

Couple is fun cos it has live sketching! means you can draw on the same memo together! which is very fun! (: there is also thumbkiss, which means if you put your fingers on the same spot together, the screen turns red as a thumbkiss. :D



they certainly make life more fun than a standard whatsapp. hahah, we use wechat too, which is great for sending voice messages (:

an app for every different function. hehe

lovelove!

happy mid recess week

Happy mid recess week! (: okay, it's thursday but still (:

I have been blessed with a lot of good things recently (:

firstly, i received a generous offer regarding my part time work at VB, and thus, i am still there for half a day a week to do my editorials. (:

Received two complimentary emails from a villa owner and my colleague about my writing. Small things like that really make a person's day.

and... i got my first choice of HT advisor!!! He's a reallyyy popular prof, and i never dreamt i'd really be one of the 4 students working under him! I am pretty thrilled, especially since d my topic is on 'Impacts of Christchurch Earthquake on Sense of Place and Mobilities in Christchurch City'

I am pleased as punch (: If i am researching something i like, it'll be less painful to write the 12,000 words.

I wishhhh with all my heart i could go to chch and visit z. 

outings so far (:

 can you believe it's recess week already? 6 weeks of school has gone by, and i'm left with the final 6 weeks of school before i take my exams and finish my third year! how fast that is! :o

I still miss NZ and the chill culture of it, and especially miss the weather, but i certainly love that Singapore has so much more to explore, especially in terms of food! :D eating out is so expensive in NZ


Lunch with S and T
S, T and I met up for a girl's lunch, cos T is flying off to China soon for a work trip. We visited a nice Italian restaurant, and the staff there were so nice! We bought groupons, but we forgot to print them out, but the manager said we could just send the groupons to him and he would print it out for us. how sweet of them (:

 wrong sequence of food, but here's our choc molten lava cake. The cake was a lil dry i felt. haha

 I really enjoyed the carbonara, i always enjoy creamy noodles, as long as they are shared, because it does feel clogging after a while

 meatball pizza was generous with meatballs as you can see (:



Catch up with xiu and linh
Met my JC friends L and X for dinner! We were playing with phone apps, and these are the results that L created! hahaha

whilst waiting for L to arrive, I went to buy a cupcake from Plain Vanilla bakery, because i've heard about the hype surrounding it. It is certainly not cheap, costin 3.50 for one small cupcake, but i decided to try out the milk chocolate chip cupcake

I enjoy choc ganache, but this one was really too sweet. They were also generous with the milk choc bits inside, so it just felt extremely sweet. The cupcake wasn't as moist as Twelve-cupcake's cupcakes. haha so i felt it wasn't worth it. But my friend says that salted caramel flavour is really good.

We had a yummy bowl of ramen, look at the gooey eggs haha. i can't believe i haven't seen L for 2-3 years when we used to hang out everyday in school! it's been tooo long, especially since we are both in NUS! but oh well, good to catch up, and it's great that conversation still flows like we just saw each other last week. haha i miss L's Vietnamese accent, hahah




I managed to catch lunch with germs this week as well, we see each other pretty often since we're in the same thai tutorial, but cos my schedule is back to back, i hardly have time to talk to her outside of class anyway. There is a new western stall at the deck which is sooo good! love the salads, the dory fish etc

the queue is always incredibly long, but since we had time, it was nice and leisurely, talking about viva and dance. (:

 this chef's salad is not bad, but the mango chicken salad is really a must try!!!


lovelove!

Casual Photoshoot and Latin Dance Fashion Show

Had a very busy weekend since Z left me to go home to nz ):

but i've kept myself pretty busy!!!

Well, since Z left on 13th feb, we celebrated vday much earlier when he came to visit me!

So since i was free on the 14th, i went to work hehe (: i was working at palm beach seafood restaurant as an alcohol promoter, and it was actually quite fun! just pouring drinks and running around serving drinks, and the pay was good too!

the next day, i went for a photoshoot with my favorite photographer. C was supposed to join me as well, but she had an emergency to attend too.We were supposed to do a doll themed shoot, but too bad it was raining so hard just after i'd completed all the make up!

So we switched to do some indoor shots, and when it cleared up, we went to do some last minute outdoor shots. the pics are all still processing, but he kindly edited two for me immediately as sneak peeks. haha (:

i love how his pics are artistic, and not just normal posey stuff. i love silhouette shots!!! He suggested that i should take up some blogshop modelling, but i honestly don't think that'll work out well for me, because i am not that face photogenic. i look better just doing movement shots.

and after photoshoot, i went for catwalk rehearsals at the dance studio. and today was the fashion show. i really had fun! also getting to know the viva juniors who were in the show too.

haha, the fashion show was an awesome experience for me, was a lil nervous at the start, but it was so much fun!!

and  the cherry on my cake was that after the show, teacher S asked if i model professionally, and both teacher M and S said that they thought I walked well. I respect them even though i don't train under them, and so that was a big compliment for me!!! (I wish Z was around to watch me though)

there should be a youtube video soon, i do wanna see how it looked, everyone did prac hard for it, and everyone looked really nice!!!

So yessss, even though I miss Z terribly, I still had an awesome week, with so much to occupy me, and so much fun things to do!!!

and maybe i should start studying soon? haha

lovelove

happy cny!

happy chinese new year ! even though cny is prob not one of my favourite hols, but its good to have holidays anytime


last date with z before he goes back to nz on wednesday! :/

i bought this fake donut kit, whereby it's like edible playdough, and you can mould the donuts and add sprinkles and real nuts. it was quite fun to me, but a little kiddy. haha

my donuts are complete with strawberry and choc frosting, and rainbow sprinkles!

 they look almost good enough to eat close up

and we had dinner at ma maison, a french japanese fusion restaurant, and one of my favourite places, cos it's so cozy and homely.

this is beef stroganoff with an omelette wrapped over butter rice

 i love this doria, which is like tomato rice, with cream pasta and sauce over it.

a nice date before we spend the rest of the year (at least) apart. haha

就算没有了结果 就算没有了承诺
用心去爱都有美丽的花朵

pique nique

 finally got to try out antoinette's little sister, pique nique. (: pique nique is a much more casual cafe than antoinette, which has a very posh, elegant setting that can be a little overly rich for just a simple meal. haha

and of course, it was girl talk time! i haven't seen them in like... 6 weeks?!

we are much smarter now and always order two mains to share, cos T and S are such small eaters!!! even with only 2 mains, they both couldn't finish!

 goulash spaghetti was alright, the beef was nice and tender and quite tasty, it reminded me of beef stroganoff that was thicker in consistency. would have liked if they added potatoes and carrots, like in real goulash stew. haha

 the shrooms burger was pretty nice! the patty was nice and thick, and moist. the fries were awesome!!!

and look at how they arranged the chilli, ketchup and mayo! i accidentally uploaded it upside down, but it's so nicely decorated. haha



another week ahead ):

                                            how appropriate