5th June 2015
Am always looking forward to Friday to be able to see boyfriend for our weekly date but that week, I bought tickets for his family to watch the sea games opening ceremony and yet it was an eye-opening for all of them. It all started when I chanced upon on their website and register for their newsletter because Im just a curious baby who wants to know the latest news of the sea games.
Just one day, my email was flooded with information about the various sea games match and immediately, I laid my eyes on the sea games opening ceremony early bird special. The tickets were stated at $10.60 for public and NS men which they could bought it for $6.
I have never been to such "live" concert and was certainly interested to buy so as to witness the athletics feeling proud of their own country and also news stated that they will be putting up live fireworks on that night. As a SG50 Singaporean who adores how our co-founder Lee Kuan Yew handled our little red dot, I knew that I have to spread the words and eventually, Lim's family joined me to this celebration.
Every of us have different working schedules and therefore we have to gather at Stadium Mrt. I'm really glad that boyfriend took time off to watch with us and certainly happy that his sisters came along too.
As much as i'm exciting to see the whole performance, we have to take care of our tummy first and therefore I brought boyfriend and his Mum to Astons for dinner at Kallang Wave shopping mall while his younger sister came to look for us after that.
I didn't manage to take photos of all the performance as I was too focused, in addition to that, the lightning wasn't that fantastic. The only best photo that I took was this landscape of the Indoor Stadium which was fascinating when you sat on the highest peak.
The whole performance lasted for 2 hours and I was afraid that both his mum and sister would fall asleep but lucky they didn't if not i would feel ashamed.
There were performers singing and dancing to the beat which kept the audience alive although the marching in of the athletic was kinda long and boring. Short clips of story illustration added points to it too. And what's so happening was the firework. Oh my, i can't emphasis how beautiful it is. Our government is really generous in spending money on fire cracker.
No matter what, thanks to this family for joining me, spending their Friday here with me.
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Till then
Last Saturday was some girlfriend time so we spent half our day together to discuss about our upcoming trip to Montigo Resort. It was rather a last preparation of what to bring and the itinerary that we could follow. So glad that most of the things were settled except for the exchange of currency. Nevertheless, we were excited about this trip and counting every seconds of the day.
Lunch was at astons and we trained down to Bugis for blackballs since Natasha craving for it so badly. It was rather a short session with them before I left for Angela's 21st birthday.
Angela's 21st birthday and I was cordially invited to her birthday party with the accompany of Amelia and my boyfriend who I also want to take this chance to introduce Bf to her. It was held at her aunt's private condo and she booked a function room to host her party. The crowd was huge, comparable to number of people I have on my 21st. Her majority friends were from church while poly stood the minimum. Anyway, we tried to mingle around with her Poly classmates but perhaps the two groups just couldn't click so in the end, we talked among ourselves.
Its rather heart-warming to see how her family bonded. Both her paternal and maternal relatives were so enthusiastic that night. All of them were rushing to queue to take picture with the birthday girl. Some of them even chose not to leave and continue to stand there to wait for the camera man to shoot them.
Angela mum and dad are really friendly and we were asked to guess how old is her mum. Her mum in her fifties still stay young as ever, with flawless and elegant look. Nobody would have guessed her age correctly.
After we sang our birthday songs, her aunts would take the initiative to step in and help out with the cake cutting. With a mickey kind of complicated cake, it was not easy to cut proportionally and distribute evenly but her aunts did a great job with that, ensuring all of us had our share.
Nevertheless, it was strange on how Amelia, Angela and I would still stay intact together despite of not occasionally meet up or hang out. I guess our personalities clicked really well and even though without all the staying contact, we still could feel close together.
Here to a happy moment (:
Till then
Saturday was half spent with my colleagues and we went over to Ying Wei's house to make waffles since she has the waffle machine and ingredients. Before we have the energy to start our engine, we have to tuck in our tummy with food and therefore we head by to the coffee shop for lunch.
My craving for Dim sum was strong but the dim sum served was bad enough to pay $5 for my whole meal. I could get at least 2 plates of chicken rice there. HAHA! Grocery shopping was next to get stuffs which we missed out. Whenever I think of waffles, I will automatically think of ICE CREAM so I suggested our waffles to go with a scoop of ice cream.
We started baking at 2pm after a few rounds of blackjack and Dai Dee. We found our recipe randomly on site and the time stated that we will be done after 30 mins. Time checked for us, we took more than 1 hour to complete our waffles.
We faced some problems while in the process of baking. The recipe written the butter to melt but we didn't melt it, we simply threw inside the bowl when it is just soft so in the end, our batter looked slimy and gross. We thought that we have failed our mission but nevertheless it turned out good after we pour the wet ingredients to the dry one.
Our last product of waffles making and there are more ways to improve our waffles. The waffles came out tasteless and soft. It became better when we melt the chocolate drops and added in a scoop of ice-cream.
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The other half day spent with my Boy and we travelled down to Changi Airport for our date. Don't know where to have our dinner so we stopped by to Terminal 1 by sky-train for Astons. As I received my pay on that day, I decided to treat him for this meal. So since he has a free dinner, Boy chose the more expensive food in the menu. HAHA He went off with a medium rare steak and since it was half cooked, i could see the red bloody flesh on the steak and that kinda failed my appetite.
Aston Potato salad never disappoint me and while typing this, I'm craving for it. Time spend was fast and after our dinner, we have to take a hour bus journey back home.
Till then
On Sunday, Boyfriend and I decided to bring his Mum out for lunch and we went Astons at Sembawang shopping mall which is opposite the "White vermicelli" stall. We were glad that yishun catered free shuttle bus to the mall so we could save our bus fare cost.
Journey to Sembawang took us 10 mins but the return trip took us 20 mins because of the detour routes they cater. It was raining heavily when we returned back to Yishun but lucky for the shelter, we escaped from the heavy pour.
Astons has never been new to me! By far it is the cheapest fine dining western that I have eaten through. With the standard of fine dining food, their price will never exceed more than $10. Their side dishes can never count through your fingers.
Each of us ordered a different selection of meat. While I had my usual lemon lime chicken with potato salad and mac cheese, aunty jo ordered fish and chips and was shocked at the big portion that they served. She opted for onion ring and mashed potato.
Bf, being a big eater went for Teriyaki chicken and sausage. He expects his sausage to be those German type but it was served in cocktail sausages. Disappointment slapped upon his face. HAHA.
Anyway, 3 of us paid less than $40 for our meal and it was filling that we need to walk around to digest our food. Happy sunday!
Till then.
