Movies

Ratings:4.5/5
Comments: I love this show. Very funny and entertaining. While the story is crossing the line of the friendship loyalty, I took it with a pinch of salt because the flick was filmed in a light-hearted, funny way, and of course because, it's a movie only lah. I dont know what will I do if I'm in Rachel's shoes, but, I know I will try very hard not to do the things she did. I know, I wont like it if it's being done to me.

Take a few seconds to imagine yourself being the one who will be hurt by your own actions, it might just stop you from doing the things which you know will hurt the one you love/who loves you. =)




Ratings: 4/5
Comments: It's quite funny, though not super funny. A very well-executed film with all the choreographed actions and decent plot. Not much twist but worth a watch.





Ratings: 1/5
Comments: Ahhhhh.............you can skip this. The plot is super boring, makes no sense. Director did a bad job, scenes was being executed in the most mundane way. Not one bit of excitement in the whole show. The whole story is about a kidnap, but at the very beginning, it showed the victim was already dead. Talk about suspense, duhz! In addition, this show features the world's silliest kidnapper, who choose to defend his pride by coming out to fight someone who told him clearly that he wanted his life, AFTER he got the ransom and killed his victim. Stupidity has no cure, that's why he died. Seriously, something is wrong with the scriptwriter! This is not the way to give a story a twist!

Reviews of Shin Kushiya, The Wine Company, St James Food Market

Had a wonderful day out with dearie yesterday(Sat). It's quite a impromptu mini planning by me and we had a great day. =) Am going to do some food reviews and movie reviews. =)

I planned to bring Dearie to The Wine Company at Sentosa Broadwalk because of the nice ambiance, nice food and service which we had the last time I was there with Suan and Gra. What's a better idea to end off the night with a movie at Vivo so that the alcohol will be diffused from his body? No drink and drive! The only bad point which comes with driving. =P It was a super crowded Saturday night out and dearie suggest dinner at Shin Kushiya. He said he had a few nice dishes there the last time with a friend and I thought why not. I did mentioned I had the charcoal BBQ buffet there eons ago and it was veryyyy bad. Not only it was expensive, the meat were bland and tough. However, I was willing to give it a second try since it had no queue and I hate to wait.

Once again, I was disappointed. And being the short-and-hot-tempered me, I got a little annoyed. Why? Ok, we ordered a assorted tempura and salmon sashimi set, complete with chawanmushi, tofu, salad, soup and dessert of the day(cheesecake), priced at around $25 and also a Gindara(grilled codfish with teriyaki) with an extra bowl of rice to share since I'm not very hungry. I just like abit of everything.

I got, frankly speaking, kinda shocked I saw how badly sliced the salmon are. They were like severely uneven, thus making it thick and chunky. A total of 4 "slices". 2 giant tempura prawns which were decent. But the chawanmushi, oh...the moment I put them into my mouth, they simply melt in my mouth. (=.=)''' It's like, I'm eating nothing. Not to mention, I have to deal with the very fishy smell at the bottom of the chawanmushi.

Next up, the Gindara. Again, it got me pretty riled up. Priced at $17+, I expect it to be decently presented, I dont dream it to be a big slice as it's afterall, codfish. But, my appetite was quite doused when it was presented in 2 pieces. It was a small, thick piece(like 3cm by 8cm) around 1cm thick, accompanied by another chunk, around 2.5cm by 2.5cm. And it's not nice at all, simply too "nua".

And I thought I have something to look forward to, since there's still a dessert. Imagine my wrath when the 2.5cm by 2.5cm "tofu" I saw was actually the cheesecake! Hell, I would be super grateful if I'm starved for 3 days lor! I dont expect it to be shared of course but seriously that minute size was very offensive! Might as well dont give. I rather them not to include dessert in the set than to give such a miserable piece! I'm not a kitten okie~

Requested for mayonnaise but it never came. The bill came pretty promptly though.

The bill came up to around $56, one of the most unworthy dinner I had.

Shin Kushiya @ Vivo
Food: 3/10
Service: 5/10
Ambiance: 6/10
Price: 3/10
Overall: 4/10 -> Strictly not recommended

Went Daiso to stock up my daily eyelash fix and then we went to the alfresco deck for the view and we caught the fireworks just on time. =D After it ended, we walked along Sentosa Broadwalk to The Wine Company. It was a beautiful sight. Stepping on smooth slabs of wooden flooring with the sea beside us and lovely view, with so many blissful and happy couples and families around us, I told dearie that these are one of the things I dont mind paying with my tax. Because it gives ALL Singaporeans simple pleasures. Everyone can go there via public transport and a mere Barcardi freezer from the 7-11 and wonderful company can make a memorable day. =)

We slowly strolled to The Wine Company and we chose indoor seating. It wasnt very crowded, which was great. Was very happy with a good service rendered though it will be perfect if the waitress serving us has more knowledge in wine. I wished I can order the sausage platter which was fantastic the last time I had with Kel and Jy at Dempsey. But dearie wasnt hungry and I had to settle with Salt & Pepper Squid. Very yummy!! Wished it was a bigger portion though. Dearie kept saying he wont eat a single bit, ended up also eat a significant portion lor. As a result, I wasnt full at all and was like half-past-six. Arghhh! We had a Rivendell Sauvignon Blanc from Australia and it was not bad. Around 1.5hours later then we left for movie at Vivo.



Movie: Ladda Land
Ratings: 3.7/5
Comments: I was hoping for more because the movies mentioned produced by the same studio are good, especially "Coming Soon". It was not bad...with some horror scenes here and there. But I'm a very "plot" person and I simply hate movies which made me cry like a puppy. This is more like a touching movie than a horror flick. No twist or plot whatsoever, it's just a case of restless spirits floating around and bothering anyone who bother them. =/ Sad ending too.

After the movie, I was a little hungry so we went over to the alfresco food hawker(Food Republic) at St James. If you haven know, much of the carpark space was converted into it. Dearie wasnt very hungry(again) so I didnt order alot. He hor, always say he's not very hungry but in the end, always eat quite a significant portion which ultimately deprived me of total satisfaction. =P

Our orders:
From the Zi-Char
-Sambal Stingray($10.50)
Great texture, crispy skin with tender meat. However, I got alittle perplexed as the meat was rather tasteless, unless you dipped in the nice and sweet-onions chilli. The sambal was alittle spicy but also kinda tasteless. For the price, it was considered a large piece.

-Gon Gon ($10)
Mild taste, so you have to dip into the chilli, which was different from the one for stingray. It's my first time trying to dig out the meat myself. It's a chore! =P But I guess, I'll prefer to try order la la next time round. I like more flavorful dishes.

Lok-Lok from the stall at far right (From $1-$1.50 per stick)
Initially I was pleasantly surprised! Finally I dont have to go all the way into JB to have it. Sadly, it was a letdown! I ordered long beans, mushrooms, enoki, quail eggs and they're all tasteless. They gave sauces as well as chilli but they're not nice. What's worse, the mushrooms, which were supposed to be a tad crispy and salty(like those from JB), was totally soggy from all the oil. Yucks. I know all these junk food are oily la but they should be at least fried well! Obviously the oil wasnt hot enough, thus the soggy food. So sad.

For drinks, I love the longan drink which was brown in colour. The longans were tasty. =)

Okie, that's about all. Enjoy your sunday!

Crazy Rainy Season

I'm soOOo tired! It's already 5+ in the morning but I dont bear to sleep yet. Sleeping is such a waste of time. I have so many stuff I wanna do. =P

Going to update my marvelous week. If you have a super lousy memory like me, it's good to keep a blog as a recording of events. Sometimes I read back my old entries, no matter it's about happy times of me and dearie, or the wonderful times with my friends or my friends' happy occasions like weddings/baby showers etc, they always make me smile. Taking pictures are just not enough. You'll realize sometimes you cant remember where you took them. Videos are much better at capturing those moments nowadays but do remember to sayyyy something in the videos too!

Last Wed I had a mini clubbing night at Zouk with Tracy. From 11pm - 2+am. Perhaps because I had so much fun the last time I was there, I thought I can relive those moments with Iv and gang. Too bad the others werent free. =( Tracy was a sport and yes, we went Zouk! I understand that some friends have commitments and simply cant do impromptu but hey really, spontaneity can be SO MUCH FUN! Seriously, try that sometime. =) We only live once!

I remembered there was once where I dragged dearie to Sentosa Waterworld/butterfly park with me when we were merely shopping in Vivo. That look on his face was c l a s s i c. He was like, "Are you crazy/serious?" Sometimes he can be so gu-niang that I buay tahan. =P Anyway, that time we were still pator-ing in the honeymoon period, so he obliged. If it's NOW, hng! Fat hope lah! I begged him 2 years, 2 years okieeeeeeeeeeee, to bring me to the zoo and he only did it last year during my birthday. I'm among the few among my friends who havent been to Universal Studio and hmm...I bet it will take another 3 years before he'll take me. Hopefully 1 day my friends can organize. =) I dont really like to drag dearie to accompany me to do things he dont really like, unless I have no choice. And I realized...I'm spoiling him big time. In fact, he's already spoilt. =(

Anyway, back to the Zouk night. That night was unbelievable! Just before I was out of my house, it began to rain like it haven been raining forever. REALLY!! The pattering of the raindrops was so loud that it roared in my ears. I dont wish to carry an umbrella so I took a longer route to another taxi stand so that I was fully sheltered. Expected, there was a long queue, surprisingly comprising of all the china and bangladesh workers. Nevermind, so I waited. When it was my turn, with the cab just right infront of me(perhaps 80cm?), I opened the door and hopped in. But guess what, I was drenched from top to bottom in that mere 2 seconds!! I almost cant believe it! What's wrong with the design of the taxi stand(at mrt)? It's freaking stupid lor! Got shelter is no difference from no shelter at all.

I was going, "Oh my god oh my god oh my god!!" in the cab. And the taxi passenger seats were flooded with water. The cab driver passed me tissue as well as cloth to wipe the seats. I was dripping wet and was soaked through my underwear lor. Thank god my strapless bra werent padded while they might just collapsed from the weight of the water being absorbed lor. Thank god I wasnt on AV too, else the water dripping from me might be red too. And I'm not being funny or cheeky okie~ It's really that bad. After a long journey(felt like forever to me), I finally reached Zouk.

The cab driver said, "Haha here not even a drop of rain! You see, the road is so dry."

I replied, "Ya, precisely the more I look like an idiot here."

Cab driver: "Ah..ha..ha.."

Aiya, I was a "rare sight" lah as everyone turned to look at a drenched duckling. I had to curb myself from running to the toilet. And damn, I visited ALL the toilets in Zouk and not 1 has a dryer!!! I was wearing this long tunic which reached my mid-thigh with safety shorts and because the safety shorts was so drenched, I have to take them off. I had to worry that I "run light" and was so uncomfortable for the entire night. The rest of me dried up after half an hour or so but the ends of the tunic was still kinda wet when Tracy arrived. Argghhhh~ My only consolation was I wasnt wearing mascara and my fake eyelashes didnt drop. Hahaha. However, with such a sucky beginning, I never thought I can have so much fun later in the night. Met tracy's friends and they were a funny bunch.

Also clubbed yesterday(fri) at Dragonfly with Iv and gang.

Usually I seldom club and dearie asked me why I clubbed more than once this week. I simply dont have any specific or real reason.

I then told dearie, "Perhaps.....feel like de-stressing bah. Feel like clubbing then club loh. Before this week, I also didnt club for few months, then you never ask anything? =P"

Then dearie nothing to say. Haha. Aiya, usually after a few hectic clubbing nights, I will lay low for few months to rest. I'm not a clubber. I repeat, I'm not a clubber. =P

Movie Reviews - X-MEN First Class & Hangover Part 2

Movie: Hangover 2
Ratings: 4/5
Comments: Hmm....I dont understand the craze over the Hangover movies, the movie was completely sold! Apparently, all the men love it...and since dearie is one of them, I caught it with him. Despite some of the jokes and scenes....makes me go..."omfg..."......I was very entertained and had alot of laughs. I would say it's more entertaining than part 1. So to all Hangover fans, yes it's worth a catch.





Movie: X-MEN first class
Ratings: 4.3/5
Comments: While the refreshing idea of mutants having different kinds of power may kind of wear off for a old X-men fan like me, the prequel is a brilliant idea of sparking new interests. The story was concocted nicely as everything falls into place. It feels great when understanding dawned as to why X-men became who they are and who they represents. I particularly like the charming Professor X, Charles(starred by James McAvoy) in the movie, brilliant, kind and gentle. =) Do kindly excuse the young actors and actresses for their inexperience in acting though.

St James + Four Seasons + Dim sum brunch + KTV + Sukiyaki Buffet Dinner

After Qi's bachelorette Party, I cabbed down to St James to find the gang, Iv, Ed, Ja, Cel and her sis, Zan. Ahh...pardon me...but I forgotten where I joined them. Bleh! But it's the 2nd storey where there's ktv. Never knew St James got chill room with ktv! Anyway, St James is just like a maze to me. They can always run here run there in between clubs but definitely not me. I will lose track of where I am. =P





Thanks lor, to the ultra short and ugly fringe, I'm 独眼龙 in most pictures.

Anyway, if my memory didnt fail me, we didnt stay very long. Sang a few songs, played games, finished the half bottle of Hennessy and then off we go on our way to Four Seasons hotel for round 2! Ja had a free hotel stay. =D We tabao so much food from the hawkers infront of St James back to the hotel to eat. It was awesomeeeeeeee! The wonderful room, the comfy bed and the humongous toilet!!






Actually hor.....I also dont really remember much...haha. Memory fail. Ah..I just remembered I laughed so much until I lost my voice. Yes! I lost my voice!! How can it be right? Really dont understand. Maybe laughed too much or too loud. Muahahahaha! As usual, Iv was like the last one standing while all of us K.O. He then pestered each and everyone of us to play 5-10 with him...and then find excuse to make us drink. (=.=)''''''''''''''''''''''''' Ohhhhh and I vaguely remembered because Ed adamantly refused to drink despite losing, Iv began to strip him instead! Muahahahaha! Became strip-5-10 game. Hahaha. I was in a state of in between dreaming and reality so everything seemed so blur to me. I did puke once, and then went back to sleep. =P

Butterflies in the stomach the next morning but I persevered! Woke up to bathe and everything, checked out at 12+ which was freaking early to me. Ed left for home while the rest of us cabbed down to Asia Grand at Odeon Tower for favorite dim sum. Waited for a long half hour before we were seated because it was freaking crowded. Glad the food came quickly and did not disappoint. Yummy! It's around S$18nett per pax with ala carte. No pictures hor, because I'm not 100% sober. Hur hur~

We then adjourned to Marina Square for KTV at Kbox and sang till 7pm. Cel left after the ktv, thus left the 3 of us to have dinner at Sukiya(Marina Square center stage #02-138F) for Shabu-Shabu + Sukiyaki buffet. It was fanta-bulous!!! I've never eaten nice Shabu-Shabu and Sukiyaki(except in Tokyo and Taiwan) in Singapore so it really came as a great surprise. Free flow of meat(Chicken/beef/pork) plus other vege/toufu etc with no drinks. I'm not sure whether you can only choose 1 meat as there were 3 of us so basically we tried all.





The chicken came as surprisingly good and not inferior to the beef at all because it was sliced so thinly. Thumbs up! The Sukiyaki broth was real tasty. I really cant give a fair rating of the Shabu-Shabu broth because stupid Iv went to put those big, bulky, brown mushrooms in the broth.

"Dont put mushroomsssss! It will spoil the taste of the soup!!" I exclaimed!

"Will meh? Wont lah. Mushroom only mah." Iv said.

"Arrghhhhhh!! Okie then you put into 1 type of soup will do! Dont put both!" =P

In the end, we all consumed more of the Sukiyaki. The Shabu-shabu broth became weird werid loh, got the smelly mushroom taste. =X Anyway, even after more soup were added, it still doesnt taste as nice as the Sukiyaki. =P

I'm missing the buffet already. Will definitely go back! It's around $30 nett(Sat dinner) with an order of hot green tea.

Reached home at 9+pm. It had been a long time since I'm so shagged out! I have a feeling I've gained just 3 kg in just these 2 days. =(

Qi's Bachelorette Party!

Last Saturday 28th May was Qi's bachelorette party! Or so call, hen's night we call it. =) The pretty bride-to-be is going to get hitched on 12th Jun with his 10+years love, Kel who is my dear colleague. =) Dear Angi organized a hen's night in her honour so it's strictly girl's night out! There were 6 of us having dinner together at Wangz Hotel, after which 3 more joined us at M hotel for drinks. I only know Qi, Angi and Oli though. However, they were all a friendly, fun-loving and gorgeous bunch. =) I laughed so much when the sabo started at M hotel. Haha! I'll let the pictures tell the story since I spent some time organizing it. =P

With the gorgeous bride-to-be, Qi! She does look like Jeanette Aw(欧萱) right??!!

And guess what, with her looks and family background all that, she's such a humble, sweet and nice person! It's like, erm, people like her makes you wonder, "Wow, the world actually got 十全十美 的人??!! And she's a vegetarian somemore. Totally win liao right? Lol!

Ah, then you see Angi posing with her new Samsung camera right? Wah piangz, for the whole night she's fumbling with her camera because somehow the pictures turned out blur! And everytime, after she tweaked here tweaked there(the mode or something) and took pictures, she will try to convinceeeee us that they're nice when they're actually blur! *faint* But thankfully, I think towards the end of the night(at M hotel), she finally got it right lah. Heng ah, arbo her upcoming Athen's trip(flight is the very next day) pictures will all be blur.

It's my first time having dinner at Wangz Hotel, hmm...and I'm not impressed. Firstly, everytime a new friend joined us, I had to keep remind the waitress to serve ice water as well as re-filling the rest. I got alittle "arggghhh" when I requested the 3rd or 4th time. We were chit-chatting pretty busily so drank alot of water lah. Next, the food took ages(ard 45mins) to come and my aglio olio was a tad disappointing for me. Actually the prices were pretty low for a hotel(my aglio olio costs S$18++) but I rather take that money and go TCC to have their Seafood Pasta lah. The latter tastes so much better.

We finished our dinner at around 10.30pm and adjourned to M hotel, J bar for drinks. It's Saturday and they have this ladies night free flow of champagne, wine and martinis at S$25. Ahhhh.....called to mind that "fateful night" with Rain. =X By the time we reached M hotel, it's also around the time where dearie left the house for the airport. He's going Athens for 6 days. =)
In a way I'm glad he set off that very day because I know I wont be going home that night. Iv and gang had this free hotel stay at Four Seasons and I'm joining them after Qi's party. =)

With notti Angi, the brains behind the sabo game~

Poor Angi was actually pretty sick and insisted on coming after dumping pills so she did not drink at all. The champagne was okie(not a fan of bubbly drinks), red wine was bad, white wine was great. She lovingly prepared a plain white T-shirt, rhinestoned with the word "bride" and made Qi wear it. =)




We're supposed to apply this sinfully red lipstick that made us look like ghost/gei-sha and then kissed her on anyyyyyy part of the T-shirt. Qi is a sport, she joined us by applying the crimson red lipstick too! We too wrote our wishes on the T-shirt. =)

It became hilarious as we all started to "attack" anywhereeeeee on her body. Muahahaha! See the lipstick marks on her twin peaks. *ROFL*

In front no space liao, Oli and me 从后面来!! Wahahahaha!

We all had alot fun. It's too bad I got to leave early around 12.30am because Iv and gang were already in St James since 10+pm. =X I was very very late. I heard Qi got drunk though! Lol. Must get the juicy details from Angi soon.

Here's wishing Kel and Qi a very happy, blissful and sweet marriage forever and ever!!! Cya both on 12th Jun, which is very soon! =D

(P/S Here's only a handful of pics, will pass you all soon! *Need to figure out how to compress/zip etc...or else have to burn into disc liao)

-----> To be continued in next entry