Equinox

Went to Equinox for High Tea with my Girlfriend today.
It was nice - as usual i stuffed myself until walking up the stairs was a challenge XD

I've finally came to realize why Equinox's food quality is so consistent ...
theycookthesamefoodeveryday!

It's always the same Sushi , the same Deep fried chicken drumlets , the same deep fried fish , the same dim sum , the same sandwiches , the same deserts , the same scones lol

But hey that didn't stop me from eating my fill =)

Its free flow for any kind of tea there - i had my standard Ceylon while dearie had Chamomile.
We've also got a complimentary bottle of wine which we brought home haha

Anyway, enough of all that - review time!

Service was bad in the beginning, plates were not cleared , the waiter forgot out tea .
Singaporeans were also all fighting for food like there was no tomorrow lol. I guess its a Singaporean thing.

Service : 4/10 ( in the beginning )
Service : 7/10 ( after my girlfriend expressed her disappointment )

As usual food quality was not compromised.

Food : 8/10

Last but not least - PICTURES

Entrance to Equinox

Good Food :) They've changed table mats since the last time!

Desserts!!!!

Anyway, went to catch "The Leap Years" after eating.
It was so touching! Go watch it!
Its one of the "better" Singapore made films i've seen so far haha

Basically its about an undying love at first sight incident, coupled with alot of misunderstandings and denials. Although ending was predictable - its touching :)

By the end the day was over it was almost 1230am >.<>.<

( Pictures courtesy of http://crapcrate.blogdrive.com/ )

Sigh

Sigh its been a bad day.
My cat died today.
Under the wheel.

Not peacefully though. A painful death.

Arrgh. Its sad how cats lives are so short these days.

You hardly see dogs being ran over by vehicles on the road these days.
Its always cats.

They can't tell the difference between what's dangerous and what's not.
They're always leaping happily around - oblivious to the dangers of the road.

Then again we can't say its their fault- who could tell them that cars are dangerous ?

Sigh.

Another weekend has passed and i've been really pooped since Good Friday.
fell asleep on the sofa last night.
not really sure why.
my body just gave way and i was knocked out.

naturally the sofa wasn't that comfortable thus here i am at 630am in the morning haha.

Things aren't exactly going too well now.
Been really stressed about some web projects on hand.

I just got a call telling me my Feed At Raffles card is going to expire.
Should i renew it ?
It'll cost me $588 to renew it and i get to eat lotsa nice stuff. I like fine dining ... - but it won't really make sense because igottoservenationalserviceandiwon'tbeabletoenjoyanythingfineduringthatperiodoftime!

oh well - off to bed. x.x

Goooooood Friday!

Goooooood Friday!

For the first time in my life, i found myself dragging my feet to the car at 6am and arriving at church at 6:50am.

AND for the first time in my life. I way EARLY FOR CHOIR PRACTISE! lol *rejoice*
As usual practice went well and so did the services.

However i was half already half dead by the afternoon that i couldn't even walk straight lol.

Lunch was at Prego with Dearie , Agnes and Dodo lol
Went back after that and fell asleep immediately x.x

Yay ! Finally managed to meet up with Xin Yi and Shu Yi for dinner! =)
We went to a vegetarian restaurant and for the first time in my life, i had a meal where no animals were killed! lol

Food wasn't bad - loved those "soup-pies" thingies !
We are trying to set a record for the most number of "pies" downed in one sitting :)

Current Record Holder : me and xy - 3 sets haha

Me - 3 Pies
Xin Yi - 3 Pies
Shu Yi - 2 Pies

Hmmm i wonder how many pies will it take to make me sick of em

Had loadsa fun for the evening.
Its great catching up , chatting and stuff - its been ages since we've met as we're all always to busy lol
sy - nooooo! stop cutting your hair short! Girls are supposed to have LONG HAIR!
xy - you're so skinny! lol Eat moreee!

Hope to be able to catch up at least once more before i get dragged off to serve my country >.<

Mid Week Update

Just a quick mid-week update :)
Its been a pretty long Monday - Wednesday so far lol.

Been running around alot and taking alot of public transport too!
I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS A MRT TUNNEL TV THING BETWEEN NEWTON and ORCHARD!
Gosh i need to take the train more! lol

Bought myself a USB hub cum Cup Warmer today to keep my cup of coffee warm while i work :)
Not very effective but it beats drinking cold coffee ya?

After that headed to Takashimaya to do more shopping and some R&R.
I ran into Johnny at SaSa! lol

Anyway, i've got one more new client's website to do today!
Its going to be a fun website XD

Oh anyone out there looking for a job ? I know 2 positions that are currently available and looking for someone to start on short notice.

1) Driver cum Installer
- Deliver and setup office furniture for a company.
- Vehicle provided.
- Working hours from 9am - 6pm
- Starting Salary about $1.3k- $1.5k

2) Junior Graphics Designer
- Simple designing tasks ( Design name cards / Brochures etc )
- IT knowledge would be a plus.
- Better still if know basic photoshop etc
- Starting Salary about $1.3k ( not inclusive of transport allowance yet )
- Work area is Paya Lebar
- Office Hours

If anyone out there is interested feel free to pop me an email to "g@te.com.sg".
I'll be glad to hook you up with the companies.

Phew !

Phew its been yet another busy week.
Work work work , that's really about all i've been doing so far sigh.

Lets see what's going on ..

Friday's Dinner with SY and XY - Postponed! haha
Saturday's Dinner with Choir - Yummy!
Saturday's Wedding Photo Shoot - Fun!
Sunday's Matsuri 2008 - Tiring! lol

Mr Sunny Sin - Still ignoring my email

This week's expenditure - $250++! ( omg i got to stop spending ! )

Anyway, went to check out Matsuri 2008 today.
It rained - thus things went indoors! haha

In my opinion - Things were ok, just that they should just invest in a good and fun deejay. It felt like announcement after announcement as if they're trying to conduct a school's assembly session lol.

Cosplayers didn't exactly do a terrific job with their costumes. But at least was still able to tell what they're supposed to be haha

Took about 400 photos there - filtered out the bad ones already :)
Gallery : http://www.te.com.sg/blogstuff/cosplay.html

Oh and i've decided that i'll boycott the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf indefinably due to terrible service by their crew at Vivocity.

Busy Week - Busy Weekend

Phew its been a busy week.
Meeting people, running errands, working...

Lets see - for starters, Singtel is giving me a headache
I'm 200% certain that i'll never use a singtel singtel product again.
NEEVERRR!

Went to SMU after church on Sunday with Dearie to check things out.

Its been such a long time since i took public transport lol
Anyway, i got bored while waiting and started taking photos!

The Junction i crossed XD

Bible study ? o.o

The next event for the week was the 25th ASEAN furniture show
There was so much great stuff there! Pity no photography was allowed.
I found out : You can purchase the display sets for outrageously low prices!

Haven't worn a lanyard for so long. lol

After exhibition, next destination was Changi Airport =)
Went for dinner at Popeyes - better than KFC ANYTIME lol

Since i was there, took a few snap shots and did shopping lol - T3 is really like a shopping center haha

"SBS Bus Air-Con" Style Airconditioning

Entrance to shopping "center" lol


Noticed this Ang Mo sitting on floor. Wonder what he's doing lol


Kid curious how water from the fountain worked :)

Yup that's about it! Another week awaits! haha

IT Show 2008

Phew after meeting a clients this morning - i decided to pop down to the IT show with dearie to take a look see.

Then had dinner at Coffee Club :)
Phew i'm very tired so here's a quick summary ...

As usual - crowded - messy - lots of litter

lets see - some things that i remember from the show haha

- HP has a student promo ( again ) , AMD processor ( again ) , Tablet ( again ) - Sales person that attended to me ? : A student who knows almost nuts about hardware hired by HP to promote their laptop ( huh ? ) The only thing i heard being highlighted throughout the whole conversation went along the lines of "Touchscreen" , "AMD" , "Can draw one!" , "More sensitive screen!" , "cheap!" etc

- Sandisk got the a CF card - hmmm 8GB for 138 ? lol

- Apple MacBook air is sold out worldwide

- The hiPhone ( cheap china replica of the iphone with terrible graphics ) looks identical to the iphone from the top view. But really sucks the moment you activate it.

- iPod replicas are almost as good as the real thing ( minus the very sensitive wheel of the ipod )

- Panasonic Tough Book - Not so tough. Anything above 1m and it might spoil. and NO if i accidentally spill some sticky stuff on the keyboard i cannot use a pressure hose to clean it up - the keys will be blown right off lol

- Toshiba : $:9.80 for a 1GB Thumbdrive

- Axioo : they have their laptops etc made in Indonesia?! - 1 sales person claimed "Axioo is a Singapore Brand - everything is in Singapore" another claimed "Axioo is a Singapore brand - but its actually assembled in Indonesia"

- you can get mice for $1 each XD

- Axioo - lures pple to booth with free pop corn

Phew i'm tired haha better go sleep now.
here's a pic i managed to snap of my kitty in the morning (:

Sat Service

Yay! Its Saturday ! haha

I always look forward to weekends :)

Its the first week of the month and as usual, the choir is leading worship.
As usual, practice begins at about 2:30pm with the Band and all.

Its rare to see the hall to empty :) its peaceful :)

As usual, after our practice, the Soloists will have their turn lol

Service today was special, there was infant baptism and upon being called out to the alter rails, i noticed something comical - there wasn't enough space for photographers to catch the "Action!" lol Thus this was the end result :)

Relatives and Friends leaning to catch some action lol


wasn't long before more joined! haha

Well, dinner was at the Cafe Cartel, they've got some Ribs promotion currently on-going. Followed by home sweet home! lol

Phew i think i better get some rest. Gotta get to church at 8am tomorrow!

Its been sometime since an update.
Well lets see, everything has been pretty normal so far.

Friday was great, spent the whole day out with my girl :)
Morning was Burger King breakfast XD.
Then checked into the Swissotel. Had a south room tower facing the Singapore Flyer.
Their rooms are very nice! Didn't take a picture - but seriously, check them out!

Lazed around until afternoon - then went to catch Death Note : L Change the world.
I'd say its around the same as the other Death Note movies - just that it's became ... more ... uhm .. Hollywood ? lol

Anyhow, after the movie had Dim Sum at "Bao Today"

Food's not bad. Only downside is : They do not accept Nets / Credit Cards! ONLY CASH!

Well after snack it was basically shopping! I think we basically walked through all the stores at Marina Square! lol

Bought 2 new shirts from John Little that i'm pretty happy with. ( Thanks Dear! )

Went back to hotel after shopping to unload all our barang barang before taking a shower, dressing up and heading for dinner at the Bar and Billard at the Raffles Hotel.

Review ? : Great service, Great Food , Great Ambiance , Great Music - only catch is the price. Its about $90 per person after all taxes etc. Was super bloated after dinner - thus went walking around at Raffles City until it was closing time haha.

Time to crash now.
I'm drained lol