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Saturday, May 26, 2007

Free Entertainment

Hello

=D It's the weekend! Yippee! Anyway.

Quick recap of today before I go on and on about something [as I usually do]
- Driving lesson: Omg! Test routes are SO SHORT! Whenever I finished one and my instructor got me to go back to the circuit I was all "O__o is it over?!" I kept asking my instructor. Ahaha. I think he was, YAR ITS OVER NOW DRIVE. =X Oops.
- Lunch at Vivocity.=) Finally got to see YX. Haha. I will never go out with lovebirds again.X__x

Okay! Main Event One:

I got my MP3 player!!!! Hooray! I bravely made my way down to Funan on my own. It's creepy okay being surrounded by either families or weird guys who go to buy like. Some random part for their ever growing computer parts collections.X__x So yay! Hello my darling Zen Vision:M! =D

I thought of a fabulous name for it today. But I can't remember it now.=X Oops. I think I got too distracted by the PSPs and Nintendo DS floating around at the shop next door...

The salesperson was all disdainful about the ipod. It was quite funny.=D No offence to ipod loving beings.^_^" I love the iPod too. It's too pretty for words! But... Must be practical. AHEM.

Still. I'm annoyed that some of my videos can't be converted for transferring into the Zen Vision:M. CURSES!

And... Main Event Two!

Just returned from dinner at Cricket Club.=D Since they had the opening of the Singapore Arts Festival at the Padang, we could watch while eating dinner! ^_^

Dinner:

I had 2 appetisers and lots of stolen helpings from other people. Oh. And dessert.^_^" I am still hoping I ate less than the average person.*tries to diet*

I apologise for taking everything from the same angle but with the constraints of light, one has little choice.=X

Escargot with poached pear and ... some kind of salad that was crunchy and yummy.^_^"
- The escargot was good! It wasn't the usual "drowned in garlic butter" escargot.=D And the filo pastry cup that held the escargot was yummy too since it provided a great textural contrast.^_^ The poached pear though... Hmm. While it went well with the balsamic vinegar, I didn't really know why it was there.=S

Sticky Wagyu beef cheek with peanuts, cucumbers and such Asian decorations.
- This was interesting, though definitely not life-changing. The beef was rather sweet and the peanut sauce added texture but... not much else.O.o I MUCH preferred the Angus beef I stole from my mother and grandfather! Beams.=D

Warm Valrhona Chocolate Fondant with Banana Ice-cream, almond brittle and raspberries
- MMM. Chocolate! =D You can never go wrong with chocolate. Seriously. But my mom and I both didn't really GET the Valrhona-ness of this supposed Valrhona Chocolate Fondant. Valrhona has this particular taste you see that you can definitely sense so I'm wondering if they used a different blend from what we're used to? The banana ice cream was LOVELY but very sweet [I cannot be trusted here though].^_^ And of course, the almond brittle was yummy! Overall though, satisfying dessert.

The gooey insides of the chocolate fondant! And they didn't even cheat by filling it with chocolate ganache! =D Sorry it's such an unglamorous shot.=X

Petit Four

Financiers!
- While the idea of a little almond cake to end your meal is a good one, I was not impressed by this particular financier. It was too floury in my opinion.=X The restaurant's bread is yummy though.=D

And throughout dessert, we were watching the Arts Festival opening!
- Spinning Wheel? COOL!
- Human Curtain? AMAZING!
- Fireworks? PRETTY!
- Techno Music? urm. BOOMING!

=D

We're off to the zoo tomorrow for my dad's company's Family Day. My brother is all excited and happy. ^_^" I suppose this is a good chance to urh. Get close to nature. And practice my photography skills on... not-quite-stationary-but-usually-stationary animals. Oh! And pig out on free satay.=D

In the meantime, I shall return to filling my darling new mp3 player with new stuff.=D Oh curses. I hate the ripping program they have! And why o why do I have to sleep without aircon! IT IS SO HOT. (T_T) Stupid nose and being blocked at the slightest sign of chill.
cheers
*[-witchstone-]*

[music : H.A.N.A.B.I. + FANTASY alice nine. + 絵夢~for my dear~ Gackt]
[mood : grumpy]
[food : BEEF!]

wendaye: Yes yes! I watched that introduction of Hyde and Megumi too! IT WAS SO CUTE. Hahaha. But I thought that.. last year or something there were reports of Hyde getting divorced. Or something like that. Hence I'm not sure. I'm not the Hyde fangirl that you are. ;) Haha. And I was like O__o at the Seventh Heaven PV. Ahaha.

zeelei: HANAKIMI!!! I know I know!!! SO EXCITING. I'm waiting for Jiamin to come back so I can remind her CONSTANTLY that she must support Shun Oguri's teen idol dramas!! Ahaha.=P And sadly, I think Shun Oguri looks MUCH better in motion than in photos. Ahem.

Joyce: Haiyos. DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS TO FIND THOSE NOBU PICTURES. Please send me your hot Takumi and Naoki and Yasu and Ren ones.=D Haha. That way I can pick and choose in future!!! Beams. All of you arh. Always suggesting, never helping. I'm not a fan of them remember. It's harder to find nice pictures!!! Haha. And yes. I think Keita looks VERY GOOD with an apple. ;)

liu-yi: Ehehe. I understand the first part. And yay! I love Japanese food too! =D But what does いつかたべれるかな mean??? O__o いつ = when and urm. That's all I really GET.=X

pixiezdust: Haha. No no! It's not mine.^_^" I don't have any pets.=X But I feature Mr Bunny every Midweek Men see so yes.=D Mr Bunny is invariably one of the cutest.=D Ahaha.

Labels: Arts Festival, Creative, Cricket Club, driving, edibles, misc, mp3 player

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4 Alice Medrich Pure Dessert
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