The Helix & MBS

Immediately after Alvin & Friends' (Harminder and Nicholas) last engineering paper, we went to visit Singapore's latest star attractions, The Helix bridge and Marina Bay Sands!




At the mouth of the bridge is the Youth Olympic Park.
Unfortunately, it doesn't give me an impression I stepped into one other than a few children's art on display here and there.
What exactly constitutes a Youth Olympic Park?




Here, the sci-fi looking bridge stops abruptly and throws you off course onto a cement pavement midway (it hasn't been fully constructed).




Bumped into a bunch of Malaysian archi mates along the bridge!
L-R: Chin Wei, Anthony, Kian Wee, Me, Mun Chun and Min Jie.

They're all heading to explore the casino, no levies imposed.




ZOMG. And guess who I met en-route to MBS.
Fancy bumping into a number of archi mates in one short evening.

We flailed our arms wildly when Co Seng and I saw each other. Hahahahahaha.
Such serendipity, we just did lunch and movie a few days ago!

Haven't met Hong Guan fer ages too! =D




There! The interior of the latest and biggest vice den in Singapore!
Not many Singaporeans know where to get an aerial view of it without having to part with a $100 levy.

It's at the Imperial Treasure floor and only accessible by lift.




The intricately done ceiling doth makes it a fine backdrop for photo-taking. =)




Alas! These trees in giant ceramic vases were what I was looking out for the entire walk.
I had read about the 3m tall ceramic vases being fired in a specially built kiln in China earlier that morning.

Um, but after I've witnessed the canopy of trees, it's nothing special.
Over hyped.




Went up to where the rooms are located next.
Was surprised that security was laxed to be able to enter guests-only floors.
Perhaps, this wing wasn't ready to receive guests then.
But goodness gracious, it was quite stuffy up there!

As you can see, the guys were quite bothered by the heat and were ready to charge at any sorry wuss anytime.




These were the last few shots before we headed off for supper at Hooters. Don't you think the picture of the shimmering fabric-like facade (it moves as the wind blows) framing the moon looked particularly spectacular.
Ok, regrettably, the photos here do not do justice to what we saw back then.

The Fraud Pastor

I am not God, so thy shalt not judge.

But IF I were God, I'd condemn Michael Guglielmucci to the pits of hell.
Fucker. Seriously.

It was reported in 2008 that Michael Guglielmucci, son of Edge Church founder Danny Guglielmucci, had fraudulently claimed he was dying of cancer. During this time Guglielmucci received money from supporters who believed his illness was real. Guglielmucci also released the hit song Healer, an anthem of faith for believers who were suffering from cancer. Guglielmucci explained his actions as being a result of a long term addiction to pornography. (wiki)

I was wondering what happened to this man afer blogging about him in May 2008. I have since removed the post as of today. Bleargh.
Didn't bother to follow the news about him after that until someone linked him to my blog today.
Googled and this was what I saw.
EEEEEEEEEEEEISH.

However, I have to admit that Healer is STILL an awesome song written.
And for those who prayed for him to be healed, if you'd been praying in tongues, I think the Holy Spirit must have been praying for his mental health then. Who knows. It came to pass anyway since he confessed.


Read more about the fraud case here.

Hey there!

I've forgotten about my BlogPress App in my iPhone..

I'm looking forward to next week, a new phase in my life! Till then, I'm most unhappy to announce I look like a ghastly and gaunt P.O.W. suffering from major lack of sleep & sunlight, staring at the comp from night to morn, vice-versa. Ayam fweeling liiiiight-headed.

However, I know I'd emerge victorious & glorious in the aftermath with Jesus as my aid. Amen to that & Cheerios!

P.S.: After eating for weeks, I conclude Bengawan Solo's walnut cakes are better than banana cakes. BUT I bake much nicer banana cakes. Period.

P.P.S.: If you've seen my tweets >> A continuation - As Indians are called Apu-nehneh & Chinese are called Cheena-pok, what is the term of endearment for Chin-dians?!!



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Din Din's 15th Birthday - 4th Apr

Din's birthday celebration (actual on 6th Apr) was held at Tonkichi.
Frankly speaking, other than being famous for it's tonkatsu, I think Tonkichi is blibleahblablorg.
The rest of its food items tasted bland, mostly coated with bread crumbs, deep fried.
Fweel I'm better off eating tasty unhealthy food, at least my palate gets some justice!




Alvin and I gave Din a pig balloon.
(This balloon costs as much as 3 Big Mac meals but don't you agree it's a purrrfect prop for photo taking?! It now hangs in-between the staircase railing, flattened -18th May)
Funneh this pig can fly.
It's meant to be walked but the cashier pumped more helium in so that it won't be flattened out fast.




I think my mum looked very radiant here.
She thinks otherwise, saying that she's fat.






To Piggyflower, this time it's a strawberry shortcake.




Mummeh having a ball of time with da pig.




Geraldine just had to show off her fabulous painted nails, done by Miss Piggyflower.




My dad decided it's time to exercise by walking the pig (遛猪) after lunch - surely a good start to a healthy lifestyle!

Whom do I take after most?

Let's take a poll. (see right column)



My dad or my mum.

Methinks my arched eyebrows resembles my dad,
my light eyebrows resembles my mom.
My smile is too wide, it resembles *gasps* an addition of the two.


OR,
there's a saying that traits skip a generation..




My grandad?!


P.S. Thisiswhatidowhenidon'thaveenoughsleepandamgoingtosleepsoonsoanother5minsdoesn'tmatter.goodnight,imeanmorning.
ihatethebirdschirping.

It's MY PARTAY & I PRAWN if I want to - 12th Mar

C.A.R celebrated my 24th Birthday by prawning with yours truly.




Buying SQUIRMY WRIGGLY WORMS in hope for a better catch. ~
Post note: The worms are just an added bonus fer SKILLED prawners.
If you're a noob, don't bother spending money on them.
The complimentary chicken heart would suffice.




Regina's the only girl who was brave enough to hook them up.






Considering it's friday night and the rest were shagged from work, they extended the supposedly 2 hour session to 3 cause they're hooked on prawning!

Then Amanda, who was the one who called for extension, got bored during the last half an hour cause she caught zilch, started fiddling with her new camera.




A total of 13 prawns was a new low for me! Bah bah black sheep
I found it very puzzling that no one dared to skew the prawns alive except me.
Compared to handling worms, prawns are nothing isn't it?!
They aren't even slimy, their shells feel plastic!






Mmmmm...... and the night ended with feasting on lightly salted bbq-ed prawns!
*loves*

O but it didn't end there for Candice.
She happily sucked all the prawns' head for their juice till I reminded her the prawns just had worms fer their last meal.
(I believe the prawns were reared on chicken hearts and the worms hadn't been digested so I had no qualms consuming them)

Poor girl, she had memorable night at the toilet that night. Heh heh


Photos courtesy of R.A.

I have to Rest from Cadding

http://www.answersingenesis.org

Man gave names to all the animals

In the beginning, in the beginning

Man gave names to all the animals

In the beginning, long time ago. *

He saw an animal that liked to growl

Big furry paws and he liked to howl

Great big furry back and furry hair

"Ah, think I'll call it a bear".

*

He saw an animal up on a hill

Chewing up so much grass until she was filled

He saw milk coming out but he didn't know how

"Ah, think I'll call it a cow".

*

He saw an animal that liked to snort

Horns on his head and they weren't too short

It looked like there wasn't nothing that he couldn't pull

"Ah, I'll think I'll call it a bull".

*

He saw an animal leaving a muddy trail

Real dirty face and a curly trail

He wasn't too small and he wasn't too big

"Ah, think I'll call it a pig".

*

Next animal that he did meet

Had wool on his back and hooves on his feet

Eating grass on a mountainside so steep

"Ah, think I'll call  a sheep".

*

He saw an animal as smooth as glass

Slithering his way through the grass

Saw him dissappear by a tree near a lake .....

Ahh.. This song never fails to crack me up.

AhDumb had the easiest job in the world, to name the animals.
The animals came to him to be named some more. Wtf right.. LOL.

Genesis 2:19-20 "And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them:
and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field;" ... (KJV)


He just sat back, relac, and name animals whilst enjoying everything on earth.
Ah Dumb was the caretaker of the earth you see, to take care of God's creation, populate the earth and to have a relationship with Him.
All this, before his dumb fall.

"While one might think this either mythical or an impossibly daunting job, God's Word is truth, and Adam's brain was flawless and fully functional. Whatever Adam called them, that was the name that stuck. If he came up with a name every 10 or 20 seconds, the whole job could have been done in less than eight hours, leaving time for a good nap." - He named all in a day! - www.faithclipart.com

Pig Out! Papa and My 78th Birthday - 3rd Mar

Celebrating Papa's 54th and My 24th Birthday!

Guess where we celebrated?

RED PIG!!

Hahaha.. after visiting a number (okay, the sampling size is small, like 5?) of Korean BBQs in Singapore, Red Pig's still the best. However, I must emphasize it still cannot be compared to those in S.Korea.




For BBQ, we had 3 servings of Red Pig signature dish, 2 servings of Samgyeopsal and 2 servings of Chicken!
Ordered Seafood Jeon (pancake) and my favourite Budae Jiggae (stew) too!

The obasan seen here was extremely friendly!
Kept asking the guys to do the cooking. "Singapore boys, must help to cook!" Haha
In Korea, it's the girls who have to do everything, from cooking to serving.





Had our table filled to the brim with side dishes.
O yes, we also had a room to ourselves! (Booked days in advance)




Haven't had Mango cake in a while, but I still miss Durian! Heh
Jasmine bought an Owl Bag fer me too, Thanks!!




Birthday Wishes, I made a looong one.




Didn't know they were posing behind our backs.
Din has muscular arms huh, comparable to Huan Zhi's? LOL




With my family,




Us sisters,




and The Young Ones. =)

My Gorgeous 24th with DarLIN! - 2nd Mar

For starters, on the eve of my 24th Birthday, Alvin made me travel all the way from one island to another, Sentosa, to celebrate my coming of age.
(Coming of age? Yeah, cause this is the year that I would be progressing from being a paper-chasing student to a rat-racing working adult)

He managed to book a 'kampung hut' a few days earlier.
Chalet rooms had been block-booked by a corporate firm.

Before this stay, I had my reservations to bunk in a hut cause 'kampung' doesn't sound appealing to me at all. Even persuaded Alvin to drop the idea and go prawning with me instead. Haha.

On hindsight, I was extremely glad he had refused my birthday request. Heh
I must say I was quite impressed when I arrived at the venue - The fully air-conditioned timber hut, though a wee bit puny, exuded a warm cozy feel.


I was told to wait outside the hut for a few minutes before entering in.
Was picturing that Alvin was busy preparing confetti to throw all over me, hug me, and say "Hey Darling! Happy Birthday!" but nooo, he was in fact busy with lighting up of candles!




There! The moment I saw this, I thought it was the sweetest thing ever presented to me on my birthday besides the video clip C.A.R. made fer me on my 21st!
Kept snapping photos of the beautiful or shall I say romantic set-up till we're almost late for what was to be our MOST SUBLIME DINNER DATE yet.

He had checked in earlier in the evening to prepare all these.
Whatever remains in that box, shall be a secret! =*)




DarLIN took me to Barnacles Restaurant & Bar at Rasa Sentosa Resort!

I've always alwaysssss wanted to dine there ever since I chanced upon the place whilst searching for activities at Sentosa.

I didn't tell Alvin about it, but made it one of the options for him to choose when it was his birthday this year. Sadly, he didn't choose it.

A few reasons why I fell in love with this place were because of the enticing photos, and particularly its commentary:

Enjoy a memorable dinner by the seaside while you take in the romantic sea breeze and the breathtaking sunset on the South China Sea. Situated on Siloso beach by the waterfront, Barnacles offers both indoor and alfresco dining options.


We were led to the alfresco dining area which Alvin had booked way before to watch sunset. By the time we settled down, it was already 8 pm, way past sunset. (Grrr. I had design consultation which dragged till 6.30pm!)

That aside, for we had a wonderful dinner ahead of us.

We were served complimentary entrée, a wide variety of bread with 4 special dips.




For the main, Alvin splurged on a mad expensive $129 Seafood Platter for Two all because it had my favourite lobster in it!
I would have settled fine with lobster ravioli, but Alvin insisted with the seafood platter cause he knew I adore seafood.




Spoilt rotten by DarLIN and I'm simply loving every moment of it. Hahaha.
Happy Birthday to me me me. Thank you you you. I love you. (If only the iPhone emoticon is available here, the emoticon would be the smiley with heart shaped eyes)




Had the accompaniment of live music too!
The family of musicians went from one table to another playing songs upon diners' request.
Couldn't think of any particular song at that moment so they played a love song for us. Heh




An alternative place to wine and dine.
There's a garden party lunch buffet held every Sunday too.




Whilst fiddling with the DSLR, I heard a few people singing Happy Birthday from behind..
Turned out a trio of waiter and waitresses were holding onto a cake singing a song to me!

All this while, Alvin used the Lumix to film down the whole process which I wasn't aware of!
I thought he was trying to take photos of the surroundings. Teehahaha..
He had arranged for the birthday cake surprise after we had our fill.
Gee.. I couldn't shut my mouth, was smiling all the way for the camera.




The alfresco dining atmosphere was further enhanced by the cool refreshing sea breeze!




Emo, not.




The Kampung Huts. We stayed at Hut B.
Was supposed to visit the Resorts' World hotels after diiner but the thought of walking kilmometres back to the huts (the last bus would have been gone by then) deterred me.




After singing me a birthday song and blessing me with a special birthday prayer at midnight, he practised his speech for his FYP Poster presentation.

Really appreciate him sooo much for taking precious time off to celebrate my birthday whilst preparing for his FYP presentation the very next afternoon!




The next morning onboard Sentosa Express.

I'd really like to take a look at Hotel Michael which I helped out  (a part in the casino) whilst interning at DP!
Well, we shall have a date there with a bunch of friends soon!

Whilst preparing Salted Egg Butter Prawns dish..

Dear God,
I didn't know inhaling Chilli Padi is so potent.

Photo Credit: Shutterstock

(sa)Tinah said one chilli padi was enough to add into the Salted Egg Butter Prawns dish..
So I took one out and started to wash and squeeze out the seeds under running water.

Almost instantaneously, I entered into a coughing fit when I accidentally inhaled a waft of chilli padi's spice through my mouth.

Nearly died coughing and my chest was in pain.
>=(

Bless me