Wednesday, 17 June 2009
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Sunday, 14 June 2009
Pulau UbinOkay this is pretty old and everyone knows about it now but here are my pics from when I was overseas and went to......Pulau Ubin!!Did you guys know that it is just 5 minutes away and the bumboat ride from Changi costs only $2.50? I bet one could swim across if one really wanted to.The bumboats
First glimpse off Pulau Ubin (it's all very quaint and rustic and undeveloped. Chaaarming really :))
The sights at Ubin. A kelong and this old quarry (according to my non-Singaporean guide...seriously I should be ashamed :)..I don't know a thing about Ubin. BTW another trivia fact...vehicles there have the license plates 'PU'!!)
Our ride there...yes apparently loads and loads of people go there in the weekends to mountain bike! It was really fun and I enjoyed touring the island by bike. 
And then we saw this house where they had an exhibition of Ubin's wildlife and the conservation works that's been taking place there. And afterwards we go to the nature reserve park and check out the crabbies and mangroves and spot this lobster (can eat or not you think?)
I thought this picture and the legend behind Pulau Sekudu was really cute. 
A nice day at Ubin. Caught sunset while making our way back to Changi (where we had nasi lemak!! YUM!)
*nene*
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Wednesday, 10 June 2009
Day at the MuseumHallo! Yes I'm finally blogging again!! Sorry it's taken me ages, but damn Facebook lah. And then now I'm also gonna recycle some pics from there so this could be repetitive and boring (if anyone's gonna complain then don't read this post :p) But I haven't been taking so many new pics lately..hmm maybe will start doing that again soon!
So anyways a few weeks ago Sumi and I went to the National Museum to check out the Christian Lacroix exhibition. It was really interesting and we had lots of fun.
First we had lunch at Coffee Club. This was yummy.
Then we played with this interactive exhibit. Wires and pipes and stuff with magnets. Quite fun really.
Me at the local herbs/spices section. Think I was trying to smell kaffir lime leaves or something but very penipu, no smell at all.
Sumi took these pics. I forgot to bring my camera. We didn't get any pics of the Lacroix pieces but these were pretty cool. Pink tanks!
Nene
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Primavera in anticipo!
I'm listening to this song right now...i'd love to upload the video here...but silly me..I don't know how to do that..hehe anyways...check out the song if you can...quite nice. :)
Per scontato non do,
Niente di quel che ho,
Neanche un minimo brivido.
Ora no.
Respirava da qui,
It's my fall at your feet,
It is my song,
I see when you have gone.
Confesso sei la causa mia primaria,
adesso in me,
di tutto il buono che c'è.
Aaaaaah, lo so,
Sei la primavera in anticipo.
Aaaaaah, la prova che
dimostra quale effetto hai su me,
Perchè...
All my hopes and my fears,
(My hopes, my fears)
In this moment are clear.
You are the one,
My moon, my stars, my sun.
Per questo nei polmoni cambia l'aria,
Del resto sei, sei
Sei tutto il buono che c'è!
Aaaaaah, lo so,
Questa primavera in anticipo,
Aaaaaah, l' esempio che,
Dimostra quanto effetto hai su me.
Fiori che nascono tra i rovi,
Qui fuori cicatrizzano gli errori.
Sei senz'alcun dubbio l'artefice
Di questa primavera che c'è,
In me,
In me,
Qui fuori,
Nell'autoscatto di noi.
Laura Pausini feat. James Blunt.
- A r L i N -
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Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Guess who's back! Whoa oh.
Anyway on the 30th of May, it was KC's family day.
This year's KCFD was bigger than usual as it was open to the community.
Because of that, we couldn't handle food as in we couldn't make food to sell.
Instead, the school got sponsors like Subway, Starbucks, Ben & Jerry's, etc.
Each class was given at least two things to be in charge of and my class,
204, got some curry chicken thing and Starbucks!
And we earned a lot of money. Cooooool.
Secondary 401 and 402 was in charge of the human sphere and the haunted house.
I didn't go into the haunted house this year again.
Damn penakut.
HAHAHAHA.
And secondary 205 did the girogym or something.
Me and sheryl went on the human sphere and the girogym.
Whoa, super fun I swear!
KCFD'09 rocks! Too bad it got a little boring.
I don't like putting captions.
ARNEE.
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Cake Boss
While eating P.F. Chang's and watching Jon and Kate plus 8's shenanigans, we ended up being alerted to the program airing right after them on TLC. It's a show called Cake Boss, following the travails of a cake chef in Hoboken, New Jersey. The cakes he makes are just amazing, including an easter bunny, a fire truck and some other stuff I've forgotten. Does this show air in Singapore?
Look at the show's homepage, or view his creations. Quite amazing.... there is a lot of screaming in the show though. :)
-DD (guest blogging as Arlin tired liao)
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Another trip aftermath post...
Our typical shopping trips to Wal-Mart, Dollar Tree, Bath and Bodyworks, VS etc....all my favourite stores in the US....
Yes we got all kinds of stuff...
At least it wasn't all food this time...ohhh...I got a box of the gourmet Jelly Beans btw...again thanks to Jon and Kate Plus 8! :D Really curious about some of the flavours...will take them to SG so we can try together k?
We also got candy! I'll take them to SG as well...hehe I have to share...don't want to get so gemukky.
Some books and pressies ;) Oh and a travel scrabble! DD is becoming too fanatical....but he still keeps losing...heheh :D
We are having great fun with the Nerf guns....it is so much fun to shoot each other!....next time we're in the US we'll definitely get more guns and ammo...so we can ALL play together!!! :D Hahahah...
Oh I have another big scrabble set now....can't wait to play with more people....DD is too easy to beat! :p
Random stuffies.
We also got some DVDs and Blu-ray discs. 27 new movies in total and we've already watched quite a few of those. :)
I'll put up more detailed pics on Picasa....I love my new shoes...very cantik.
- A r L i N -
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Jon And Kate Plus 8 (And because I didn't want this to be a food blog. :p )
I've recently become addicted to watching Jon and Kate Plus 8...I made DD record every episode that's broadcast here...and I watch and re-watch at least one or two episodes a day. The new season just started in the US...and the gossip rags are plastered with sensational stories about the couple when we were there! (That's probably still the case now...so kesian the kids! :(
I actually bought rubbish tabloids...just to read about them! (and i've never bought a single tabloid)They're on pretty much every single magazine cover! Even DD is hooked now...he's been asking me about them daily...and he actually googles and reads articles and stuff about them...and he sends me tons of links from work!...hahahah...we've both become like ultimate kaypohs. :p (Btw there's a fun game/quiz on their website which I played quite a bit a few days ago...go check it out)
Oh and I got this DVD too in the US...since Dutch DTL haven't shown this season...idiots....I can't believe they keep repeating the same old episodes over and over and over again. Argh!!!
PS: I hope Jon and Kate patch up.
PPS: I love Cara, Mady, Alexis, Leah, Hannah, Collin, Joel and Aaden. :D
PPPS: What do you guys think of Kate's new hair? She looks like Posh Spice in some pics!
- A r L i N -
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More strawberries, inevitably!
I used the chocolate fondue set I got for DD in Sweden last year for the first time..Neno you have one too right? Did you ever use yours?
It actually works pretty well. Maybe we should try it with cheese next time..
I think i'm gonna be sick of strawberries soon enough.
But they looked very good.
But wayyy too many of them.
And my strawberry plant just started producing tiny strawberries! I hope they grow...although i'm not sure if i'll actually eat them...
And this is DD's line. "At least we're eating fruit. And chocolate is a fruit too. :D"
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Red Lobster
We tried another new chain! This time we focused on seafood...or we tried to at least...so Red Lobster seemed to be a good choice. We had lunch here on our last day before leaving for the airport.
My salad with blue cheese dressing and REALLLY delicious biscuits...these are the best biscuits I have EVER had...betul tak bedek. :)
DD's plain salad...(the fussypot doesn't like dressing...tsk.)
We shared an appetiser again...but of course DD had to have chicken at a seafood place...mine was a dish of yummy mushrooms stuffed with crabmeat..macam gratin like thing...oh topped with lots of cheese too obviously...
Then I had garlic butter shrimp and fried ciutat scallops and mashed potatoes.
DD had mahi mahi with fries.
And we had Key lime pie for dessert! ( I wanted to try Key lime pie after seeing it on an episode of Jon and Kate plus 8! :)
Overall it was okay...I wouldn't mind going to another Red Lobster again....
PS: I'm still craving for chilli crabs!!
PPS: I wanna go home...cause sisters we still have to go to Jumbo!!!!!
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P.F. Chang's
Another one of our US staples has become P.F. Chang's. It's supposed to be Chinese food but its nothing like any Chinese food you'd find in Singapore....but it's pretty yummy...and you get fortune cookies!!
DD was so kind...he went out and got takeout cause I was tired...and actually...I simply didn't want to miss Jon and Kate Plus 8. It was the second episode of season 5...and the tension was palpable. We needed to know how Jon and Kate were doing! And I bet half of America was watching too :p
Having dinner in the living area of the hotel room...unfortunately P.F. Chang's forgot to give us cutlery this time...so we makaned with our fingers but DD of course called room service for plates, knives and forks...so action. :p
I had crispy green beans.
We thought this would be Sichuan Beef but it was more like a salad. Disappointing.
The kungpao chicken was pretty good.
Some kinda dish called Hot Fish. It was actually quite nice. And I love the containers they used for the rice..macam kat tv!
PS: No Great Wall of Chocolate for dessert this time...we were too stuffed and we had Godiva. :D But the one we had in Phoenix was phenomenal!!!
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Chilli's
We were out shopping at a Wal-Mart supercentre and we got hungry...so we had lunch at Chilli's after that....we wanted to try a new chain this time...as we usually end up at the same places.
Baked potato soup topped with lots of cheese...(mine obviously, since DD doesn't like soup.)
I ordered another trio platter like thing again.
Fries
DD's meal...3 different kinds of chicken.
The restaurant.
PS: I prefer Applebee's.PPS: We REALLY have to go on a diet.
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A non-restaurant interlude
I went for a manicure...and while I was having my nails done...guess what the notty DD bought at the mall....i'm amazed he didn't buy a bigger box though...
Later we went to another Godiva store together...and I adopted a new bunny...:D
And we got more chocolates obviously....we're even members of the Godiva chocolate rewards club now...and we have a card each!
I named her Diva.
Notice the little sack she's holding?
It's filled with chocolates!!!!
Cute eh? :D
PS: Sigh....how to diet like this?
- A r L i N -
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Ruth's Chris
We never miss Ruth's Chris each time we're in the US...we've actually even been to one outside the US...in Taipei of all places..haha...anyways...this time we celebrated my birthday at the Ruth's Chris in Tarrytown, NY.
I tried a different appetiser for a change...had these yummy crabcakes...
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APPLEBEE'S
I absolutely LOVE Applebee's. It sounds cute and the food is good...(although the past few times i've ended up ordering the same stuff..DD too!)
This was my meal...it was the ultimate trio or something...you could choose 3 items...I had nachos with spinach and artichoke dip (and it was sooo yummy), mini cheeseburgers and some boneless buffalo wings.
DD had his usual crispy chicken tenders and fries.
Oh and the service is pleasant too. Especially the waitress this time...her name was G...check out what she did to the receipt. :)
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IHOP!
We had breakfast at IHOP....International House Of Pancakes.
Steak for breakfast?
DD's nutella/banana/strawberry crepes.
My massive omelette with mushrooms, chunks of steak,tomatoes, peppers, shredded potatoes etc...oh and cheese...lots of cheese...GEMUK!
And mine came with 3 of these buttermilk pancakes as a side!...I couldn't eat the pancakes at all...DD hepched me makan one...and he was very stuffed. Neno would've loved it. They had all kinds of syrups on the side too...maple and strawberry and butter pecan! Yum.
PS: I feel kinda sick looking at these pics now.
PPS: We both need to go on a diet.
- A r L i N -
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Serendipity 3
We were supposed to go to this place the last time we were in NY...but never made it. Its up on E60th near Bloomingdales. We shared everything...and still ended up extremely stuffed...the portion sizes are gigantic! We couldn't finish dessert.
We started off with these nachos..
Then we had some kinda chicken which was baked then fried...and served with potato wedges.
Oh..and they also had a special $1000 sundae (you have to pre-order it at least 2 days in advance)...which comes in a crystal goblet and served with special vanilla and actual gold leaf/dust thing..and we asked the waiter guy...and he said they actually sell about 10-14 of those a year!...hm. Insane. Totallly insane.
And then dessert...this was some extremely rich and dense chocolate cake with ice cream...lots of hot fudge and whipped cream and chocolate chip morsels...muakkkkkk.
These desserts look ciutat in the pics...but they were HUGE...
This is their famous frozen hot chocolate...I actually read about this in some guidebook in February..and I bugged DD to go Serendipity so we could try it!
- A r L i N -
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Saturday, 6 June 2009
Strawberries again!
Haha....since I forgot to take pics of the chocolate coated strawberries...thought I should do another post....they were sooo yummy....really wish we could share them with everyone there!
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Hello Chair!
See, I got blog k.
Now you got sister! :)
I vill blog some more when got things to write.
Now, I don't know what to say.
Buy my cupcake.
xoxo, Troy.
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Aftermath of our crazy trip to other parts of Europe...
1.) Prague - Czech Republic
2.) Bratislava - Slovakia
3.) Mosonmagyarovar - Hungary
4.) Vienna - Austria.
(Yes we went to a supermarket in every single country...and twice too in the Czech Republic...:D)
These pics will just depict the aftermath of our supermarket raids. And DD didn't type this...I know it sounds more like him...but i'm trying to sound cheem..can? :p
Anyhow...i'll be uploading the other pics from the trip on Picasa..which is password protected...so for those who are in the know, you can view my pics......I can't stand Facebook...since i'm being called a showoff for travelling and updating my status. Geez.....some people should really get a life.
MMMMM....The Original Sacher....yummmydoo.
- A r L i N -
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Another Birthday Package from Ila!I got a voicemail message from DHL a few days ago....said they tried to deliver a package for me from Singapore....and cause we were away...they left us notices....so DD called and we arranged for another delivery...and I was soooo excited when I got the box....
Inside was all sorts of things...it was like a care package!...There was a birthday card...and Jepun beauty products ;)...and calbee chips and yummy seaweed and a ducky pen and a pretty card and some handmade flowers and a nice frame of us...Ila, Nene and Me....sigh...miss those good ol days :)
The Ducky Pen....sooo adorable...haha she still remembers how much I like stuff like that :)
Birthday card with pretty butterflies and jigsaw frame with our pics.
The box and colourful confetti.
Calbee potato chips...damn i've reallly missed those!
She said she got a friend to make these flowers...and I placed them in the tall vase....:)
Thanks Ila for the wonderful gifts! :))
- A r L i N -
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Birthday Package from Cheryl!
I checked the mail when we got back from NY...and there was a package for me in the mailbox! And it was from Cheryl!!!....so sweet of her...she gave me a pretty pair of earrings and a majalah Manja!...cause she thought I must be missing home and she wanted to keep me updated...thank you Cheryl! :))
- A r L i N -
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WE MADE BREAD!
Remember that DK Children's cookbook Ma and Neno got for me? Well we tried out the bread recipe from there...actually we've made the bread twice now...the first time it came out a little too salty...second time we reduced the salt...and it wasn't too bad..but I think the texture wasn't all that great...it kinda felt like pound cake instead of bread...think we'll try it again another time...but probley work with fresh yeast instead....problem is we can't seem to find that stuff around here. Ugh. :(
We sprinkled some sesame and poppy seeds on top..that was kinda different.
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Birthday Flowers!
DD came home today and gave me a nice HUGE bouquet of red roses...and some pretty white small flowers....that was such a pleasant surprise! He said they were for my birthday....:)
Thought i'd share the piccies with Mummy.
Cantik kan? They were kinda big though...so we ended up going to Ikea to get a bigger vase cause the current ones I had didn't fit. :)
- A r L i N -
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Hello Kitty Deodorant.
Yes I found Hello Kitty deodorant! I've been looking for this stuff for months now...hahah...found it at some market...cool eh? Haven't really used it much though...too cute!
- A r L i N -
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Sandwich mania/phase/obsession.
Hiya sisters and mommy,
Remember I mentioned about us making sandwiches like the past few weeks? Anyways we took some piccies then.....and i'm blogging now to show you how insanely huge our sandwiches were....at one point...DD's lips even bled profusely cause he opened his mouth soooo wide to take a bite...and his lips cracked...ouch!
This was DD's sandwich obviously...with turkey and radishes (eww)...and egg yolks and gherkins, and carrots and cucumber and peppers and and and...lots of other stuff...malas nak type semua :p
Macam garden salad eh?
Enjoy!
- A r L i N -
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Strawberries!
We were doing our usual grocery shopping last night at Makro...and I thought we should be healthy and get some fruit...and they had lots of strawberries on sale...so we ended up with a 2 kilo box for only like 3 euros or something! (I'm sooo tempted to take some when I go home actually but i'm not sure if they'll survive a 13hr flight! :(
And we had them for dessert earlier....with melted chocolate of course...and I made some chocolate coated strawberries and i'm letting those set now...can't wait to have some tomorrow! Yummyyy...
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