Goodbye 2009

Had thought of hiding in the comfort of my bed and watching my soon-to-be returned dvds. But it'a a different story when you are out and soaking in the atmosphere. Anyway, was sitting along the sg river near central enjoying the cool breeze and the colourful lights and looking at people doing reverse bungy. Thought had got a good seat and see the fireworks from my location BUT alas! T'was not meant to be. Could only see the smoke and brightening of the sky. :(

The lighted trees outside central along the river reminds me of sakura blossoms! Didn't take a pic of them but this is the closest! :)

Osaka Castle Spring 2008

Anyway, while walking home from the station, it suddenly dawn upon me. i think i'm very fortunate to be living at a place where i am able to walk in the middle of the night alone. But of course, this should not be taken for granted. Low crime doesn't mean no crime. But still, i'm very thankful cos there aren't many places in the world that you can do this. :)

And i think i shall not do this too often. Grown up as i am, but i would still be my papa's and mummy's little girl. They still stay up late to wait for me even though i had told them i'll be out late. *so touched* *sniff sniff* Shall not add another grey hair on their head.

House of Peranakan

This restaurant in Pan Pac Orchard hotel would have been easy to find if LF had not told everyone that it is "behind Isetan Scotts". Lol. Anyway, it's the annual Christmas meetup. Good quiet place to slowly enjoy dinner but food is average. We tried almost all the chef's recommendation. The duck is the nicest. The rest are so-so though it has the home-cooked feel. No wow factor.

Anyway, something very funny. i gave YZ a La Source Crabtree hand therapy. YZ gave MT some Crabtree stuff for her belated bday. And LF got me a lavender Crabtree hand therapy in my assortment of pressie! So coincidental!

Pride and Prejudice

My fav book.

i can't quite say the same about the film... i like some scenes but there's somehow something lacking though Keira Knightley plays a lively, witty Elizabeth. i remember being shown a video during lit class in secondary school. i googled and seems that the timing of the production is wrong. The BBC tv version starring Colin Firth seemed to be later... But i thought i've seen him as Darcy before. The search continues...

Countdown to 2010

Here we go again... Last week of Dec and nothing accomplished. :(

The Proposal

Gone on rental overdrive. 7 movies in the span of 2 days. Seen 4 so far....

Anyway, The Proposal is so-so only. i didn't find it funny nor romantic. SH recommended me to watch Definitely Maybe instead. Oh well, after the other 3 dvds maybe... :p

Ma Maison (revisited)

Finally finally met up with my JC pals, YS and YY after so long! It was good catching up with them though we seldom meet up these days (i mean years!)

And i've finally tried black ink spaghetti! It was good. Not as gross as i thought. But they said that the Italian version has much stronger ink taste. This Japanese version is supposedly milder but i quite like it. But this is definitely not a dish that you should be eating if you were on a date and trying to impress someone with. Imagine black lips and teeth after eating. :P



I've always thought that Ma Maison has really good taste in decor and food but they really lost it in the dessert. At least for my dessert. Ordered the caramel pudding but you won't be faulted to think that they were serving gui ling gao instead cos it came in a totally china-looking TINY tea cup! Prefer Tampopo Deli's custard pudding anytime. YY ate the royal chocolate cake that tasted heavenly sinful.

Twilight

Finally seen the one that started it all. The prequel to New Moon. Though Edward's really cute looking and i prefer him in the behind the scenes sans the white makeup and lipstick, i still don't understand the hype around it... Maybe i should read the book next... And OMG! Jacob's really a kid here! But he's turned into a pretty mean werewolf! :p

《吓到笑》

This is probably not suitable to watch on Xmas day. But we did. haa... Made up of 3 short stories. Typical Jack Neo movie with his brand of self-professed "hormedy" (horror + comedy).

The last segment aka Money No Enough 2.5 is continuation of Money No Enough 2. Have the similar touching feel.

Shin Kushiya

First visit. Due to the location and time, it's pretty quiet at Far East Square on a Tuesday night.

We ordered ALOT. Each had a dinner set and we got a kushiyaki moriawase to share too. Not forgetting 2 bottles of Asahi. OMG! i think it must be the holiday mood. And the club med "training", i can miraculously finish my glass! Ok, it was not full in the first place. Initially we ordered one bottle to share among 3 pax. The waitress was looking at us like !?!?. It was really pathetically little so we got another bottle.

Prices are not cheap but the food can't seem to match it.

Kanpai! This is 2 bottles shared among 3. Might not seem alot but it's plenty for me! And i'm not a biru person. Hmm... correction: i'm not an alcohol person of any sort.

The kushiyaki moriawase that we shared. Only the shitake and the bacon is nice.

Alot of food. Taste ok but not wow-ing and not worth the money.

The dessert that comes with the dinner set. Looks better than its taste.

The Princess & The Frog

Green or Blue? Blue or Green? it was (almost) a battle of the colours. Had wanted to watch Avatar but then i'm not really a blue person so green wins! hehe.



This is an original twist to the classic fairy tale The Frog Prince. Nice! Totally enjoyed it. The 2D effect has a whole nostalgia glow to it.