This post was written and saved almost a month ago. So I'm leaving it in its entirety and I've merely added more pictures.
I said I will be back with more updates, so here's plenty of pics consisting of basically stuff that happened last month. Not surprising that most of it involves FOOD haha!

Fave pasta @ 313 Somerset! Can't remember the name of the place, but I call it the 'eating pasta with chopsticks' place cuz that's exactly what u do.


This post came even later than planned because I literally got sick halfway whilst blogging a few days ago. Food poisoning - due to eating leftover noodles for lunch that my mom said she 'da-paoed' 2 days ago. Turns out the noodles had already been left in the fridge for 4 days...ugh. I vomited 4 times in about 2 hours and the doctor had to give me a jab to stop the vomiting. I was lucky to recover fast enough to go to work the next day so from now on I'm definitely more cautious about eating leftovers-_-".

That aside, I actually had a pretty great month thus far, busy meeting up with Dusk, Jellybean and Tuesday for movie & drinks (sorta celebrating my bday)...meeting up with Liping and spending loads of time with the bf! Speaking of which pictures from our short Taipei getaway are finally up:

The okra (that's ladyfingers for the uninitiated) was really good! They didn't look like much when it arrived on our table at first and coupled with the fact that I hate my greens, I wasn't tempted to try it but one bite changed my mind like, totally. I think the cheese they were smothered in made all the difference in the world haha!
We also ordered the 'DIY chawanmushi' where you crack the egg in and watch it cook yourself. It took like 10-15 minutes for it to be ready and as you can see, it's actually a very normal chawanmushi. Not worth paying $6plus for it.

I had my usual 'Sanpou' ramen and X had the pork katsu curry with rice. I wouldn't say that Ramenplay has the best ramen but it is still pretty satisfying when I have a craving for ramen=)

Next up is Thai food! We settled for Thai Express when we were at Marina Square. Service was a little shoddy probably because of the weekend crowd. Whilst my Thai iced tea came immediately, X was still waiting for his drink 15 minutes later. Then when we prompted the staff to check, they came back with another iced tea when X had ordered a watermelon cooler(or something like that). And halfway through our meal, they gave us an extra dish which we already had on our table so we had it sent back. Despite the little mishaps I wasn't really annoyed because I know they were busy. So anyway back to the food:

We shared the Tom Yum Hotpot which I enjoyed. X finds it a tad messy to eat though, because he's doing all the work I guess! I just watch him dump the food in, then tell him what I want to eat when it's ready and he scoops it out for me! Sweet huh? Thanks love.

We had Nando's on Saturday, my first taste of it in Singapore. I've tried it in London and Johannesburg, so to be honest Nando's here isn't great. My chicken was really salty. I only took one quick shot of it.

Yeah I'm greedy so I had 2 of the quarter chickens. I was slightly irritated by the staff though. She kept interrupting me when I was placing my order just to tell me that if I don't take their set I'll have to pay extra for my drink like twice. Seriously?! Do I like I can't afford to pay for a coke? I really felt like telling her that 'I can read'. DUH. After that we had some tau hua for dessert:

It says 'homemade traditional tau hua'. I ordered the one with pearls which unfortunately were tasteless and rubbery. It was a bit of a letdown since their tau hua was really silky smooth. Note to shop owner: your pearls needs improvement!

And I conclude with our dinner @ Ramen King on Sunday! I'm a sucker for ramen so I was really looking forward to trying this place which had garnered alot of rave reviews. It's a really small joint that sells ramen and only ramen, and you can choose between the normal, black spicy or red spicy (for the soup) as well as the toppings and texture of your noodles. I think basic is best so I went for the normal tonkotsu whilst X had the black spicy. Here's a pic of his:

No picture for mine because I didn't want the black fungus and spring onion, therefore my noodles looked really plain and didn't do it justice cuz the taste was great! The egg was cooked perfectly and the broth was really flavorful, it might be a tad salty for some but that can also be adjusted to individual preferences. My only small complaint was that the noodles were not enough. Although they were generous with the meat, I would definitely like more of the noodles please! We ended the night with coffee at Toms&Toms nearby so a little camwhoring while waiting for our drinks...
I'm beginning to think I need to lose some weight with all the eating that we do, I think it starting to show in some of the pictures haha-_-" Gonna come back with more updates as soon as I can I promise!
It's only been a few days away from X and I'm already feeling highly cranky & irritable. I'm thinking it's largely due to PMS and the fact that I'm stuck in a boring place with REALLY sucky food. I've had pasta that looks like it came out from an episode of 'Kitchen Nightmares' on my first day and my diet since then has pretty much consisted of mainly cup noodles. Not healthy eating so much processed food I know, but it can't be much worse than the crap they serve seriously.

I give myself a small pat on the back though cuz I haven't been acting all emo with X given the way I've been feeling. I know sometimes I'm not the nicest of people to be around when I get into one of my moods, but right now I just can't wait to fly home to X and spend my birthday with my one and only=) He's got something planned somewhere and I'm not sure what it is - but I have a feeling I'll be happy no matter what as long as I get to spend some quality time with the bf.

Pictures from our vacation in Taipei and other updates coming up soon I promise!
Just a quick update before I go to bed.

Went to town on my own to pick up some stuff that I sent for alteration today, and even though I usually enjoy being alone...today I didn't. I kept wishing that X was around cuz somehow I miss him even though I'd just spent Saturday with him. I miss holding his hand, I miss the smell of his neck and I miss our 'coffee and chit-chat' routine.

We rushed to catch 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' at Kallang Leisure Park on Saturday and thankfully the movie just started when we entered the theater. One thing X and I both hate - missing the start of a movie and luckily we didn't. The movie was great, it was unexpectedly sad for me and I cried quite a bit during the movie but you just have to watch it yourself to understand. The movie theme also dealt with ethics of animal testing and also its potential for disaster when humans try to play God. I'd never watched any of the old 'Planet of the Apes' movies but I was glad I caught this one.

X is gonna drop by tomorrow before I leave for work and I'm really looking forward to seeing him, even if it's just for a few hours. Time to get some beauty sleep before he comes over tomorrow morning! Goodnite=)



I know I've really been neglecting my blog and try as I might, sometimes I'm just either too tired or lazy or busy to do it. My apologies!

Managed to catch up with Liping several times, including today and couple of times last month and I must say that with my irregular schedule, it's amazing that we keep this friendship going. I'm so glad that I have her! Also met up with Alex about 2 weeks ago, and he treated me to this fabulous lunch at a really great place called 'Stellar' which was somewhere @ Raffles Place. Can't remember the exact location...but it was on the 62nd floor, so there was this awesome view of MBS if you get a table by the window (which we did) and the food was none the less amazing too!

Pictures to prove it:
The appetizer was delicious, melt in your mouth foie gras. I know it's cruel the way they produce foie gras...but I really couldn't resist it.
My dessert! Too pretty to eat right? But I did anyway. heh. The Tahitian ice-cream was SOoooOOo good. *yums*

If you notice I didn't include a picture of my main course cuz I ate it before I remembered to take a picture haha!

Time was tight with X again...what's new? But we made the most of what we had, catching all the movies we wanted to watch and just enjoying each other's company=)X really hates taking pictures and the few photos that I have of him were either taken secretly, or he's usually taken by surprise when I go 'SNAP!'. I know I won't make very good paparazzi cuz I always giggle very loudly after taking his pictures and then X will demand to see the photos, after which he makes me delete them=/ This I got to keep though=)

Our coffees @ Oriole cafe! I told X the coffee was too pretty to drink, so he promptly took the spoon and destroyed the design on the foam. I highly recommend the affogato from this place, which comes with really yummy honeycomb chocolate bits.

One of the things I love about my relationship with X is that we still sit down and linger over a cup of coffee all the time, chatting about random stuff just like a pair of old friends and this I believe is something that keeps the relationship alive - because we talk. Although sometimes we argue, we still talk. And that's way better than not bothering to argue or talk right? We've done this coffee and chit-chat routine almost every time we meet for 4 years now and I still love it. Even when we're not talking and he's playing on his iphone and I'm reading a magazine over coffee, I would plant occasional kisses on his cheek or I would reach over and squeeze his hand. Moments like this, I will never forget=)

Think that's enough of my mushy BS...til the next time!





Gonna be free on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday since X will be away (as usual), and I won't be seeing him all the way til one week later. I used to HATE it whenever this happens to the point where I'll even get kinda 'emo' but throughout the years I guess I've gotten more or less used to it.

It's not so much as being independent because I am definitely not a 'clingy' type female who needs to be with the bf 24/7. God forbid, but there are times when seeing X on an average of 4 times a month doesn't feel like enough. I've told other people who are kinda perturbed that I actually don't make demands for more time together, but the truth is I knew what I was in for when I wanted to be with X so who am I to begrudge him right? I know he makes up for it in his way by showering me with gifts, though what I really want is just for him to be more sensitive towards my emotional well-being. But him being him, logic comes first and he tends to suffer the 'foot-in-mouth' syndrome and unwittingly hurts my feelings.

Anyway what I'm really trying to say is that I've forgiven him for the last boo-boo in my previous entry. I can't really stay mad at him for long and I know it's the same for him so try as I might, we can't stay away from each other. We just spent 5 days of leave together and 2 days of it was on a staycation at our very own Sentosa Island! We did nothing special but I didn't mind it one bit because I enjoyed every moment just lazing around with him, or holding his hand strolling down the beach. To me, that's utter bliss.

I guess I just have to remember this blissful feeling whenever I feel down that X ain't by my side and for the zillionth time, I will try to remain positive...til I get to see X again!