Monday, February 27, 2006
jalan kayu prata :)juz got back from prata @ jln kayu with my family at 9plus, still veri full now. ate 3 kosong pratas, 1 milo dino (didnt like to cream n strawberry sauce they put on top. n think my milo taste nicer ;p), on top of mixed beehoon n mee goreng, white kuay tiao goreng (nice), chicken roti john, chicken curry n indian rojak... had craving for prata coz watched a show on expats in sg n they showed them going to little india for prata etc. then realised that onli me n my mum hv nvr been to jln kayu for prata so dad suggested that we go on monday nite. but it was not confirmed until i got home tonite n realised everyone was waiting for me to get hm so that we could go there for dinner..
pretty ulu place, expected it to be as lively as geylang. not veri crowded yesterday but very limited parking space..in total spent ard 40plus n bro offered to split cost with me. my 1st milo dino ;p
11:35 PM star light star bright... Y
weekend of lotsa shopping...
spent most of the weekend shopping coz itz pay day week!!
went to chinatown to pay for my hotel n proceeded to bugis coz wanted to check out tis new shopping mall called ICON. itz rite behind bugis shopping mall (not the side facing bugis st). it was featured in last wk's urban so wanted to see how it looked like. quite easy to spot as u can see fr the pic n it also had a speaker blasting music outside the building BUT itz pretty difficult to get across the road coz both the nearest traffic lights are ard 50-100metres away and traffic's pretty heavy...
wierd thing abt the place was there were no shops downstairs, u had to either take a lift up to levels 2-6 or climb up pretty steep steps. the 1st floor was a steamboat restuarant. the mall was filled with small shops, probably catering to young entrepreneurs. ard 7-8 (didnt really count) shops per floor, ranging fr clothings, accessories shops, bag shops, small gift shops, toy shops and even a flower and tattoo shop... but didnt really go into the shops coz was alone and it seems that there were more shop owners ard then shoppers. did see some nice bags n accessories prices were abit steep... tink i still prefer bugis st.
bought a cute chihuahua soft toy. itz been quite awhile since i bought any soft toy but it looked really cute and wasnt ex.
chihuahua! accessories on disct at citylink, $3 each onli!
11:10 PM star light star bright... Y
getting ready for the trip... have oredi gotten out my luggage bag (my favourite Qoo bag which i brought on my previous 2 trips to bkk as well) and started packing for the trip. but onli managed to get toiletries n bags and passport ready. havent pack my clothes yet. have settled the $ for the hotel and going to change currency tomolo... counting down to trip :)
1:15 PM star light star bright... Y
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
at last...
finally managed to confirmed my hotel.. BUT itz abit out of the way, abt 15-20min walk to National Stadium BTS stn and MBK... hotel looks ok on the internet and the reviews seem good but still tink abit inconvenient but really no choice, the thai agent for the tour agency said all other hotels within our budget are fully booked!! wonder wats the occassion?... anyway counting down to our trip which is juz next wkend. must go down to exchange thb once i get my pay...back to work, doing ot again tonite...
6:20 PM star light star bright... Y
Monday, February 20, 2006
holiday disaster...
arh~~~ my booking for asia hotel didnt get thru and now the agent is trying hard to find suitable hotels but warn that those available are either 2 stars n below or 4/5 stars... hv been trying to source for alternative hotels online but those which i chose were unavailable too. those agency suggested were either over budget or out of the way...so worried coz less than 2 wks to my trip *panics*... tempted to book those last min online deals but oredi paid deposit at the agency and they hv a no refund policy... *sobs*
last hope now is first hotel which was originally our 2nd choice but which my colleague dun seem to quite fancy. they hv yet to respond to agent yet so keeping my fingers cross...
9:35 PM star light star bright... Y
Sunday, February 19, 2006
our mafia puppy :Pme n mum decided our pup looks rather nice with this gold chain. maybe can get some jewellery company to endorse him :P
8:00 PM star light star bright... Y
my weekend... juz woke up ard 3plus tis afternoon... not being porky but didnt sleep at all last nite coz....
on sat went with mum n dad to habourfront ard 12plus to shop for washing machine. seems that safe has opened a huge electrical store call "Big" there and it sells not only electronics but furniture, shampoo, stationery, bed sheets, pots n pans etc etc.... the store itself hv a nice view coz it had a whole row of windows which looked out to sentosa gateway and the cruise centre. gd think they didnt block it up... aft which wondered ard habourfront which was pretty small though so nothing much to shop... saw cycy's meimei n her bf, seems that they were on their way to sentosa by it started pouring ard 3plus so they couldnt go in the end..
got back hm 1st to have a shower n touch up b4 meeting my sisters, rachel n nancy, to go MOS :)... have been wanting to go there ever since i knew it was opening but didnt know who to go with except for my sis coz not the clubbing sort n the last time i went was yrs ago ;p... cycy n her bf picked me up at my hse n later rachel at cityhall. reached clarke quay ard 8.30pm. (was told by cycy's meimei dat the tick q is normally veri long so decided to go early to buy ticks and come out for dinner b4 actually going in to the club.. ticks were amazingly cheap $12 with 1 drink. thot itz supposed to be $28?? tink maybe coz we bought earlier and we onli had to make sure we entered b4 10.30pm... tink it was veri worth the $$. really like to lights at the ticketing area.
went to have dinner at tcc... noticed there were alot of tourists dat day... finished ard 9plus and finally went into club... one wierd thing was when we entered dat time, the baggage deposit area was not "opened" yet as told to us by the bouncer... thot they shd open at the same time?? anyway, decided to hv a tour ard 1st...(p.s. shd hv brought digicam along but mine abit bulky. wont believe how many pple were taking pics all over the place. always thot u r not suppose to take pics in tis kind of place??) the place was veri sparse ard dat time so we managed to juz tour ard n walk walk...
main arena
1st stop= smoove... tink the busy suppose to be the R&B & hip hop... they had a cage in the middle and towards the end of the nite, the area was overcrowded and u could barely even move inside the cage n yet pple kept trying to push themselves in. we didnt quite like it there coz it was too warm and so was 54, the retro area. spent most of time in the main arena coz the ventilation was better and more space to move ard.
went on to visit the supposedly nice toilet which was huge and lotsa girls were taking pics there so we decided to join in. didnt turn out quite nice coz used hp cam, couldnt see the pinkness... but toilet not veri well maintained as in the pure white tile flooring was kinda dirty oredi early in the nite. went thru the toilet to the main arena which was huge... deposited our bags n went on upstairs to continue with our tour... everyone was either standing or sitting ard hving drinks and looking ard at that time... went into pure (for 25yrs and above) which looked really cosy n comfy but most of the booths (as well as lotsa seats n tables all ard the club) were reserved. u had to at least open 3bottles or spend $500 to be able to reserve the booths... not much pple in there initially and the waiters abit stuck up so wondered off... rachel in the washroom (me taking pic in the mirror :P) cycy cant see the pink very wellsaw some vip suites along the way... one had a huge flat screen tv which was playing a soccer match and hence saw one whole row of waiters and guess lining outside the rm peeping in ;p.. went to 54, the retro arena next... h/r we didnt hang out there at all coz we didnt like the type of retro music they played (doesnt seem to be the normal retro music at mambo nite) and it was as stuffy as smoove... btw noticed that a lot of the caucasian ladies danced with their handbags :P
we went off pretty early ard 1plus coz rachel wasnt feeling too great n cycy was kinda tired... cycy's bf picked her up so managed to save on cab fare :)
didnt get to sleep at all coz was supposed to accompany my parents to the temple for tis ceremony called "amending of luck".. have been going there every yr. even though we registered b4 cny, we had to still go down there to get q nos. started giving out nos. as early as 4am and ceremony starts ard 6am so we went down at 3plus.. spent most of the time sleeping on at the table and by the time it came to our turn, it was 6plus. managed to go hm ard 7 and slept all the way thru' till 3pm... offerings
4:00 PM star light star bright... Y
Friday, February 17, 2006
160206 happy bday baby heng!
went to visit heng heng n her babe at mt alvernia on fri aft wk. our group bought a fruit cum flower basket for her at the florist in the opp bldg so managed to save $10 delivery. turned out to look rather nice as compared to pics :P
11:00 PM star light star bright... Y
Saturday, February 11, 2006
my week... mon 06/02...
aunt and uncle came all the way to sg to pick up my cousin who came back fr japan for visit. they left their car at another uncle's hse in jb n took a cab over to sg. we didnt know b4 hand and onli found out when they called fr jb. arrived in sg ard 4/5plus and me went hm on the dot so dat we can bring them out for dinner at changi end...
aft dinner, went over to the airport early ard 10plus despite the flight being scheduled at 11.30pm coz mum wanted to bring them ard to see the airport (dunno why but my relatives or i assume maybe generally tourist fr m'sia like to visit our airport as a tourist attraction ;P) went ard taking pictures and even took the skytrain over to t2 juz to walk ard. realised that they opened a few new shops over there n cant believe minitoons had a branch there... the uncle didnt seem to be in the mood to sight see coz he was anxious that we might miss the flight and kept looking at the flight schedules so brought them back to t1 to sit down at kopitiam for coffee n wait instead.. aunt took quite lot of pics coz some corners are decorated for cny like the one below: even though the flight touched down at 11.30, my cousin onli came out at 12.30 coz there were some problems with another passenger in q where she queued up at... spent 1 hr standing ard the arrival gates and me n my mum resorted to commenting on what the tourist bought from their trip :P...tue 07/02
didnt expect them to stay over for a day before going back so onli managed to take half day "urgent" leave in the afternoon to accompany them ard. met up with them at bugis street and did some shopping at og with them and later brought cousin ard to buy clothes after my parents went hm 1st coz dad cant walk ard too much yet.
the whole family brought them to changi end once again but this time round for chicken rice coz the uncle had a craving for chicken rice since afternoon at bugis street. he even wanted to come back to whitesands for chicken rice even though i brought them to the food court at bugis ;p...
the aunt n family went back on wed. booked a cab to bring them over to jb. had lotsa luggage with them n my mum even gave them this huge statue of the laughing buddha to bring back!
thur 09/02
dinner with sis at marina... nancy's treat coz we decided to do away with the $50 budget for prezzies this yr coz always ended up giving each other cash so abit pointless. did get rachel a necklace which she liked fr dorothy perkins but didnt buy. pretended to go another shop to buy something but in actual fact went back to the shop to buy it for her. nancy got the both of us a draw string pouch fr this jap kimono inspired shop at citylink... aft dinner found some shops still opened but the prices were surprisingly ex. rachel spotted a top which cost $25.90 but my cousin bought the exact same design at bugis st for $9.90!! and i saw the skirt which i had bought earlier at bugis for $28 going for $39.90 there!
sisters :)
11:50 PM star light star bright... Y
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
*CNY*
7:00 AM star light star bright... Y