Afternoon trip to Bonheur Patisseries

I'm so happy because I managed to psycho up my colleagues to eat prawn noodle and carrot cake. Why? Cuz it tastes good and it only costs me S$5. (Money kinda tight)

And then my colleague asked her to accompany her to buy cakes at Bonheur Patisseries (which I never heard before). It's apparently located at Duxton Road. Quite near to Flor, which is another patisserie shop. 

Strawberry Balsamic 

Chocolate Hazelnut

It's a treat from my colleague! Yay! Double happiness. Love it! ^^

Fyi, the prices here are cheaper than Kki (around S$6.50 - S$7.50). I like the taste but I may not be the most accurate person to give review on cakes because generally, all cakes taste nice to me. (Talk about having sweet-tooth). My colleague prefer Kki though. 

If you wanna pop by, go visit them at 70 Duxton Road. 

Nothing much happened since the last vacation

I just came back from Bali and yeap, I did enjoy my time there.

Since I've uploaded all my pictures (well, ok, not all, I didn't share the pictures with shameful or weird poses of course!) to FB, I lost the motivation to share it here. Ahem.

Anyway, it's been a long time since I:

1. eat something different in Singapore; and
2. buy something.

But all ends today. Hmm, actually it ended tomorrow when I decided to enter Topshop. But I forgot to take the pic of my haul. Oh well.

Here is today's haul from Esprit. 50% discount! Who can't resist that kind of offer?? (I don't reject 70% but it's not yet there and I'm scared my size will be no longer available if I wait too long).

Tadaa! Thursday happy shopping.

I've been eye-ing this since last weekend but the item was not yet on 50% discount that time. Lucky I wait! =)

I bought the top mainly because of the colour. Lovely colour.

Today marks the end of the spell of going-back-home-empty-handed! LOL. (Yes wallet, you can start crying)

Will post the picture of my new Topshop paper-bag skirt another time. I really need to build my confidence wearing it cuz I am not the skinny type. It's all about confidence! Yosh!

BBQ Riverside Indonesian Food

Actually I don't really know why they make it sounds like it's a local Indonesian food. I am Indonesian and honestly, the first time I eat this was in Singapore instead of Indonesia. Haha.

Does that make this food some kind of fusion or something?

One thing that I can say for sure - this meal will make you SUPER FULL!

And the good side is the grilled fish set above only costs you S$5.50..hehehe.

Fyi, the stall is located at Plaza Singapura's Kopitiam but I believe they have quite a number of branches all around Singapore.

And now I present you the most common food that you will find in this tiny island : Taa-Daa!

It's called MIXED RICE. Hahahaha.

My local colleagues often complains if they have to eat this at lunch time. I guess it's because this food is similar to their's mom cook which means they have to eat it again for dinner. Total boredom for them! LOL.

Hmm, me? I don't mind eating this food. And who says it is cheap???

The simple meal above cost me S$4.60 (probably because I bought it from Food Junction @ Raffles City). T_T.

Taste wise? Depends on the location and the stall I guess. Luckily, the above combination was pretty good. Or maybe I was too hungry.

Sweet Tooth...^^

Been eating a lot of desserts these past few days.

Walnut Rocky Road @ Swensen's (S$14.50) - Never disappointing...=)

There's an OUAM (Once Upon A Milshake) stall at Raffles Place Link. And during lunch time, they slash the ice cream price from S$2.90 to S$2.00 (not much, I know).

I had the Rum & Raisin which I love so much. Y had the chocolate ice cream (I forgot what is the name that they put for it..=P).

Sweet food always completes my meal. =D

One for One! Yippie!

I wanted to go to my Body Combat class as usual but it turns out my fave instructor was not in today. T_T.

Well, change of plan - go to Body Jam class instead. Heeheehee.

So since I was at Plaza Singapura this afternoon, I decided to buy wanton noodle from Pontian Wanton Noodle at Kopitiam (S$3.50). Niceeee....

I watched Fast and Furious 5 in Grand Cathay with C and the movie is really amazing! It wow-ed me! 

As usual, we got hungry after being too-excited (what a glutton), and since I have the one-for-one coupon for Swensen's @ Centrepoint (yep, they open a new branch there at level 2, near to M&S), I kinda forced C to go there. (Cheapo?)

I have Fish & Chips (S$14.50). Not bad. Fish & Chips should not be wrong!

C has the Swensen's Combo (S$16.20). I think she was hungrier than me. LOL. But she said the taste was so-so.

We closed off our Saturday by chillin' out at McD due to budget constraint. Good for me, I could try Blackforest McFlurry. Hmmm...I still prefer the original Oreo McFlurry. Hahaha.

Nice dinner at Saizeriya Liang Court

Friday night dinner with S tonight as she's going to have a meditation  seclusion inside her house during Saturday and Sunday to work (or maybe watch Korean drama..IDK).

Bored with our usual meeting place i.e. Orchard/Somerset/Dhoby Ghaut. I decided to take her to Liang Court and tried something different.

Hence, we went to Saizeriya (partly due to the friendly pricing).

This salad looks kinda sad. It's because it's part of the S$3.90 top up (salad + bottomless drink). They do have a nice spread of drink choices such as lemon tea, orange juice, milo, tea, coffee, sodas.

I've been eye-ing this Hamburger (S$6.50). I chose the mushroom topping. Taste yummy! ^^

S chose to have Hamburger too. But she wanted cheese topping. Nice too. But priced a bit higher than mine at S$7.50.

So tempted to take a picture of Clarke Quay when I have camera. I love walking around there. Dunno why.

New Look hauls...^^

I think I need a rehab for my addiction to shopping. LOL.

Went to New Look outlet at ION and found a lot of cute accessories on sale. 

I went bonkers. 

Swallow chain drop @ S$3.90 (initially from S$13.90)

Cross Drop Earring S$3.90 (from S$6.90)

Flower ring @ S$9.90 (this item is not on sale, but I fell in love at the first sight..hehehehe).

Flower Pave Necklace @ S$3.90 (from S$13.90)

And my initial plan was to buy a concealer not accessories. LOL.

So easily distracted.

I am so confused...

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...about my life (well, who aren't?)

Specifically, it's more on the area of work and live.

Currently, I am staying and working in Singapore. Which I can say has its own pro and cons. Well, the thing is...after three years, it's getting harder to live here with all those rising costs. (And boring too with the exception on the shopping part.)

Okay, I do have the option to come back home to Jakarta. But, there are a few matters that kinda make me thinking:

1. No car - Erm, how am I supposed to move to-and-fro without a car? Public transport is a big capital NO-NO in Jakarta unless you want to find yourself MUGGED (especially when you show that you are chinese with capital C and small eyes and fair skin). Call me paranoid. I am just trying to be safe.

2. Hard-core religion - this matter is specifically concerning my family esp. my Mum. She loves attending this religious services not limited to Sunday churches (which is good, I'm not against it). But it's kinda worrying me if she wants to drag me along (My level of religious is not up there yet). You know sometimes people will say like "Oh, it's ok if you don't want to." when it turns out that they are not OK at all with it. Hmm.

3. No private room - Mum uses my room, Bro uses my parent's room, then..where should I sleep? Sharing room with Mum? What if I want to sing in the middle of the night (when I have insomnia or something). What if I want to have my sweet-me-time? Call me selfish, but I do need this moment. But I can't force my mum to open a new room for me rite? Egoistic daughter. (I know I ask too much).

4. No Hollywood movie - This is kinda trivial but seriously, how on earth do our country manage to ban hollywood movie in the cinema? I am so not paying to watch a nurse washing hair in a spooky manner (a.k.a. Suster Keramas).

5. Slow internet connection - Hmm I guess I can learn to live with that. Slow is better than none (not really, it's frustrating too).

Oh well, do I think too much? Gee. Should I just stay here? But then again. Arghh! 

Don't talk about making other people happy when it's so difficult to make myself happy. 

(Selfish girl talking here, don't bother about me. =P)

1st day of long weekend - Labour Day edition

First Saturday after the peak - it feels so good!!

So glad knowing my fave instructor came back to teach Body Combat. But the thing is, my legs hurt after that! The regime was hellish. Oh well, all for the sake of toned body! (rite?)

Finally tried the honeydew soya milk from mr bean (S$2.00). I like the watermelon taste better.

But overall, this is not bad.

Thanks goodness for a humble dinner @ Food Republic - Thai Sauce Fried Chicken Rice (S$5.00). I just spent my dime on cardigan (wha? shop again? control girl! exercise some control!).

But! But!

New Look is having sale and the cardigan looks so springy. 

(There's no spring in Singapore. Duh!)

But still, it looks nice on me. LOL.

(wanted to post a pic on the cardigan but my camera makes the colour looks a bit off - so decided not to post it now).

Another Topshop hauls...^^

I know I know. I should have started saving up money since my income is significantly lower (thanks to that stupid CPF!).

But. But. I can't help it. Especially when they have special offer (double points on your F3 card when you shop during this labour-day weekend).

I. am. a. sucker. for. this. thing.

Lurex ankle socks.

Duo Eyeshadow in Meteoric (Sandstorm collection).

Swatches when applied dry.

Ok I just noticed that the eyeshadow can be applied wet. Hmm, not sure how's that gonna work but I'll try it in the future. Haha.

I love my hauls. =)

What a mess! And it's not a beautiful one.

Not particularly happy about today.

I just found out that I totally forgot about one deliverable to client for last quarter

And the worse part is...apparently my manager forgot it too. Cool rite?

And how did I suddenly remember about it? Uhm no. The client is actually the one who realize about this. ("Hey, where's my money?" - I bet they ask that.)

Shoot, man. I could not really say that I completely forgot about it, rite. So I have to bluff a bit about it which did not really go well (although it kinda creates a diversion for me so my boss won't burn my ass straight on the spot).

Geez. What a blow. I submitted the work again for boss' review but judging from how she completely forgot about it last quarter. It may take time. Wait, it WILL take time. Geez, and she did nothing to stall the client. I mean, come on! (Should I stall them tomorrow? Which means..bluff them?)

Damn. Triple damn.

To make things more demoralising (what? it can get more demoralising?), I saw a big drop in my salary (No, not due to my silly mistake OK?).

It's due to the bloody CPF. How am I supposed to make a living like this? Wait, let me rephrase that. 

"How am I supposed to go on living here without shopping?"

Oh okay, I think I have enough complaining here. 

Tomorrow will be better. I hope. I wish. 

Comfort food at rainy weather

Thanks goodness I don't have to work late today. Working in such a stuffy environment (aircon dies every 6 pm) is totally unappealing. 

As usual, I'm confused of what to eat for dinner. Since the weather is a bit cool, I decided to eat something soupy.

Ended up buying mee sua (S$3.80) from the Taiwan's stall. =P

Looks a bit like mee siam from here. 

Apparently the stall was called "Snackz It!".

And I ate it with Chitato. Yummmilicioussss! ^^

A short trip to Batam - Part 3

After we were done with our hearty A&W meal. We decided that it's time to say bye-bye to Nagoya and made our way to Mega Mall Batam Centre. 

And guess what, we did what we exactly do best. KARAOKE. Surprisingly, the karaoke place has a quite good collection of songs especially for Indo songs (yeah, C turns hysterical obviously knowing this fact).

And as usual, after singing for 2 hours, we get hungry again. Off we go to Kampung Timbel.

S had Ayam Bakar Timbel.

I know I know you may be thinking "Why on earth did you decide to have fried rice at Timbel stall?". I love my fried rice OK? (especially when it has a nice fried egg and satay included).

And we still ordered Satay Ayam. LOL.

C's order consisted of Lele Bakar Timbel. I never get the hang of eating Lele after knowing that the fish eat shit for living. T_T.

My haul from Batam Hypermart. LOL. 

(munching Chitato..kriuk..kriuk..)

Nice short trip! =)

A short trip to Batam - Part 2

After a what seems to be a long wait, Eska finally opens up the door. S and I decided to have a manicure (Believe it or not, this is my first time! >.<!)

I'm so glad to know that Eska use Orly nail polish. I choose a purplish red colour. Hmm the picture didn't really do justice to the colour I don't know why. LOL.

C finished her back-massage at the same time with us. After done pampering ourselves, we made our way to...A&W! Yay!

See that root beer float? Yum Yum Yum!

My favourite curly fries. Oh gosh, they are the best!

And of course, can't left A&W without trying its waffle sundae. 

A&W should really consider opening up their flagship stores again in SG. Seriously!

A short trip to Batam - Part 1

I could not believe that I have to wake up at 5.15 to take the first ferry out from Singapore to Batam.

Apparently, there are a lot of people taking MRT at that hour. Zzzz.

And guess what, we arrived too early and most of the things are still closed. Lazy town! Tips: Don't take the first ferry next time. The 9.40 ferry should be just nice since there is one-hour time difference between Singapore and Batam.

And the taxi driver cheated us by saying Nagoya Hill has opened at 9.00 am. 

Don't feel like getting around aimlessly, so we chose to wait until Eska opens at 10.00 am. Fyi, Eska is a place where you can have your massage, aromatherapy, manicure and pedicure. Apparently the store is quite famous with Singaporean. Hmm.

See, not a single soul sighted at Nagoya Hill.

After checking out the surroundings around Nagoya Hill, we noticed a small bakery stall called Morning Bakery (which supposed to exist in Jakarta too, although I never notice one near my place).

I feel like having cake in the morning. HeeHeeHee.

C had to order Lontong Sayur due to her mistake. =P

Anyway, we helped her finish it off. Taste so-so I guess. But it's damn cheap since it's in Rupiah.

Future bedroom decor..^^

I just saw this cool door from K-drama called My Princess. It's the bedroom door in Mr. Handsome's apartment who kinda looks like Wu Zhun (Google him: His name is actually Song Seun Hun..hello, handsome! =P)

I am already hooked by the way they paint this door. So european and I love everything that scream "Europe!"

And....guess what!

It can revolve! And on the other side of the door is a mirror! A big one! Oh my gosh!

You see, you can even flip the door so fast in an emergency situation (just like how you see the silhouette of someone barging through the door i.e. Kim Tae Hee's running to the loo). Heeheehee.

Why all the setting of K-drama are so...damn cool?

Trying the new Thai food place...^^

I have to work on Saturday!!! (loud wailing)

Oh well, it's sad to work during peak period. T_T.

Anyway, since I have dinner appointment with S today around 6, I could not have heavy lunch so I only have these two pastries for lunch.

Chocolate croissant and butter croissant from Swissbake. Yummy.

I asked her to try the new Thai joint at Wisma Atria called Coffee Stars by Dao. It just recently opens and so the service is kinda all over the place. 

Luckily we are quite patience today. 

I ordered Fried Noodle Shrimp & Crab (S$12.80). I chose to have it with crispy noodle but apparently they could not serve this dish with crispy noodle and they straight away threw in kway teow instead. Oh well, I'm super hungry so it does not really matter to me anyway. 

S can't eat seafood other than fish due to her wrist problem which I don't really know how to explain. I think I can go wild if I'm told that I have to ditch shrimp, squid, crab...(drool). So S decided to have Fried Noodle XO Chicken (S$10.80). Quite nice but I think it will be nicer with Shrimp...heeheehee.

This Garlic & Cheese Pita Bread (S$4.80) is supposed to be our appetizer but due to the un-organized service, it came after our main dish! Oh well. Taste crispy though. So all is forgiven. LOL.

Always have room for dessert! We wanted to order Green Tea Layer Cake with Chocolate Sauce but it was not available. Sad.

So we ordered Cappuccino Cake (S$6.50) instead. The red ball-thingy turns out to be white chocolate. But it's totally not edible! Taste weird. The cake is okay though.

Nice ending to our Saturday. =D

Crazy walk @ MBS - ended up at Kraze Burger

Due to "unforeseen-circumstances" with mr. Fat and a spontaneous decision, I ended up accompanying C walking around Marina Bay Sands. Heck??

Could not help to snatch a pic of this big wedges! I wonder whether they sell it in human size. Anyway I don't think I can afford that if they do. It's by Salvatore Ferragamo. I can only afford their fragrance. 

T____________T

The "unforeseen circumstance" made C a very pissed man (I'm kinda confused to refer to you as a lady, C. You are too masculine! LOL).

The pissed man wanted to drink beer! How come our plan to eat at the food court took a turn and we ended up having our dinner at Kraze Burger. It's near the ice-skating rink. Don't ask me how to go there. I don't know. I just simply found it. I guess you'll find it when you walk around MBS pretty easily.

I don't want beer belly so I drank water. Healthy rite? (OK, OK, I'm cheapo. Beer is expensive!)

Chili Fries. Not that nice. Somemore, it's S$8.00!

I ordered the K.B. Original Burger (S$11.00). The patty is damn tasty. Yummy. 

To add a healthy effect, I changed the bun to wheat. But I guess, the usual white bun tastes nicer. 

And I have to walk back home via Raffles Place again. Heck???