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Sunday, June 29, 2008
.NUS CAC '08- Day 0
Well. After a day or rather all recent weeks of problems, im done with packing now. Really hope things will be fine tomorrow. And now I know how hard it is being a councilor, in ALL aspects. This is for me, my station on fright night. I have to be a ghost...in a damn..........................scary and stuffy room at the rooftop. god bless us. you're so far away. 1:39 AM Labels: Uni- Saturday, June 28, 2008
.Painters given up.....
Awaking in a state of ultimate trance and dark streets. With blurry eyes, I looked around frantically trying to figure out where I am. Just before the door of the bus closes, I dashed down. Phew, once the door close and i'm over all the stops I could alight at. Indeed, i'm feeling so tired from this long day. w paint-stained pants and watch (luckily im not wearing my guess watch), I really hope everything that has been done can be put to good use. Fed the mosquitos and climb the hills in NUS.. Started off with sketches on the cloth w Chalk. And we're supposed to do it anyhow. hahas ![]() Finally the banner is done. It took us about 2 hours to complete this task. After which, we headed to the Fright Night journey, walking almost the whole of NUS lugging my laptop around with me around too....tiring. hahas. It reminds me of fright night last year.. And yes. I'm feeling exactly the same way as QH. It's always the 3 of us..Jeff,qh and me. And who else? So what if camp fails? Well.....we will know soon. If it fails, all of us will withdraw. Things aint flowing the way they should. On 3 sides, councilors, freshies and the main comm all have problems and even if it's not really frustrating, it just felt different. A totally off morale and mood. Yes. We gave up. 1:10 AM Labels: Uni- Friday, June 27, 2008
.Sayonara!: Crystal Jade Kitchen
![]() Approximately 2 hours more to the closing of this chapter. Days in SERI. Adding up the total come and go length, I have spent about 1 year here. So spoilt in my own comfort zone and to receive what I call the free pay. But this time round rather than crouching up and declaring the attack of boredom, I have day-to-day plans for myself to get myself occupied. I'm officially declaring that I have escaped the tortures of being bored to death, all thanks to the fact that I could go online. To be using my own laptop, it means I could do anything I could do at home...with slightly more discrete, lesser privacy and no sleep is allowed. The department is sweet enough to give me a farewell lunch today before I go. And at the same time, it's a welcome lunch for Audrey. And well I reserve my comments for 'her'. They brought me to Crystal Jade Kitchen at Great World City. The inital plan was for them to share the costs among themselves but the Gentleman Mr Gerard Ong (the thorn among the roses), which is the Director of Corporate Affairs and Research Admin dropped YengLi and email saying that he will give all a treat. Cost aborbed for all the ladies! ![]() From Bottom Left - Christina, Sharmila, Jooyi And I applaud myself for starting conversations...Everyone is sooo quiet. So I began asking bout family affairs, difference between working in private sector and goverment sector and even shares! Well, It's good to hear something that I dont really know. Look at how being in Uni has nurtured me to start any random topics. (for days when Im in the mood to open my mouth, all in the mood) And Mr Director kept asking me to come back next year even in the email I just received from him. Coz, they are planning for the International Eye Event (ARVO) which I did it last year. Think thats the only time when im kept busy 8 hours straight everyday till the extent of the need for OTs, OTs and OTs. Gerard's mail ( an evidence of assuming that I've agreed): " You're most welcome.... thank you for your help these last 2 months.... see you next year! " I'm very thankful for this lunch coz it made me feel that I'm part of them. Chapter closed. And camp stuff is gonna start. And and and my Zara sales have started! And I have to say that one of the MOST BASIC grooming is to trim ur eyebrow especially for gals. It makes you look very different. I cant stand why some ppl dont do it. Coz besides the basic cleansing, toning, moisturising ...I think eyebrow is part of the basic grooming. Even more basic than putting make-up. okae, random again. hahas. Sunset a bonafide disaster Hiding in deceit of my fear 3:26 PM Wednesday, June 25, 2008
.Just for YoU! :)
"Anything for YOU" And I just said I have people who dote on me alot. Look at what I have! This very very very very very very very very sweet friend (endless of 'very) sent me all these through msn! This person drew it all with the mouse! SO sweet. And well, I cant disclose 'this person's identity. A promise between me and hmphs, this person.. This person drew anything i requested...even the sound-so-impossible yoghurt. And I consolidated them on photoshop... ![]() ![]() Thank you for keeping me engaged at work! *winks! Wonderful YOU! 3:08 PM Labels: Friendship, Sweet Monday, June 23, 2008
.Gems for years
Just recently, i was made to realised that how my peers especially my sistas like goey and xiang ling and buddy dote on me. They let me do things in ways I want..somehow let me make the decisions and play along with me during my cam-whoring sessions even though they are kinda reluctant. They are understanding towards me. They dont complain about me putting my love above them sometimes. They dont even really grumble about it even though sometimes they tease me. They are there to give me a listening ear and to advise me... etc. Sometimes i really feel like a lil gal with the way they treat me. But I dont really think it's coz im really younger than them by months... Goey for accompanying things i wanna do. Goey for not minding my excessive cam-whoring habit. Goey brushing off my worries and saddness with hints of relax and jokes. Xiang for continously asking me to take care of myself, my back...must eat..etc. (though i thought it was abit ironic w the fact that she herself doesnt) Buddy for sending his regards fr Vietnam,specially reporting his safety and thinking hard on what souvenir to get... hahas.....i think im v blessed. And these are only good friends...besides them...i still am blessed with so many other people..my parents...my family, my cheeky. The 'irritating' parents who always buy me food even though i said no. Wake me up just to EAT. The nagggings and scolding that are actually care and concern. The cheeky who hides his concern in hmph...forever cool-ness. My privatised gentle side. :) All the pampers im showered with. To call me all the way from US and to web-cam despite the fact that he's so tired at....2am...and last week..all the way till 4am. It all made me feel so baby-ied. Everything to remind myself I'm ordinary enough to have these luck. So willing, feeling and watching it growing 5:31 PM Labels: Friendship, inner voices, Reflections Sunday, June 22, 2008
.Pho 24, Cheeky Chocolates.
21 JUNE 08, Saturday "You don't Mess with the Zohan" is a hilarious movie that transit most of its humour from sexual-related stuff. But all in all, i agree with goey that it's pretty dumb. I would say that the plot is so-so. Nevetheless, it's a good entertaining movie that keeps the giggles rolling on.. ::Pho 24:: ![]() Contrary to the central, Upper Thomson Road is a quieter district and had its shops lining along the main road, with a slower pace of life. Still on the craze for soup, we went around looking at Vietnamese Food and HongKong Food as we cant find Auntie Kim which serves Korean Food.. With the very familiar Hongkong cafe menu, we forsaked familiarity and decided to try Vietnam food which both of us are not familiar with. Chefs through the glass It almost had the same open kitchen as the one in Bangkok just that this is seeing it through the glass. We had the Set meals which was as cheap as 8.90 bucks even though we wanted to have a light dinner... Quite a good deal with the Pho Chin, drinks and dessert of the day..except for the fact that the soup is a lil salty. I had Pho Chin Brisket while goey had Pho Chin Chicken...with different soup base. The plate of lime, veg and beansprouts they served were seriously raw. None of us like it. hahas. Drinking all the soup and drink is filling enough that I cant finish the Pho..Whereas for the dessert...it's something like agar agar with corn in it...it's like those you found in catering wrapped in the pandan leafs...A very light dessert, definitely doesnt feel sinful. ![]() And it's pretty obvious that the waiteresses and chefs and boss lady there are all Vietnamese. And somehow or rather, this place reminds us of Bangkok, Croy Tai in Platinum Mall which we went on the 3rd Day. With a very similar setting. ![]() She's so ROUND... ![]() ::Cheeky Chocolate:: I saw this place on Friday on my way back home and right away it reminds me of Cheeky... :( And the night of reading food reviews with Goey made Goey said "we MUST visit Cheeky Choc" hahas..and despite the fact that we were damn full after dinner, we decided to hop over to Cheeky Choc which is a few shops away from Pho 24.. And I knew Goey had her mind all set on the Mini Poached Pears the night before when she was reading the reviews. Quite an unique dish but the taste of the pear didnt quite appeal to me. Nonetheless the Filo Pastry is nicely done. Not the thicky kind of crust. Oh but it tasted pretty nice when the mini poached pears with cassis puree is eaten with the vanilla ice-cream and almond crumble. And it only cost 9.90 bucks. As for me,I tried the Cheeky CHocolate Warm Chocolate cake which is the other signature desserts. Believe me it was SCORCHING hot....it's not warm....coz it's sooo freshly baked. At first bite, the Valrhona 70% dark chocolate stands true. The bitter dark chocolate almost made me give the green lights that it was better than the TCC one.. (my normal benchmark, for putting morton's one as benchmark will ONLY bring disappointment) but after a while I still place it at the amber light. The dark chocolate was nice but the chocolate cake lacks the crispiness which I expect. It's too soft, really soft...and a lil sticky. But, to be only paying 7.90 bucks..I think it's worth what you paid for. ![]() So what's inside? I think I really did myself a disfavour when I asked the waiter what's inside and can we go in?...With his reply of...'er..it's the kitchen'... But well, I thought it could be something like Eski Bar with the cold room. Nvm, slap myself. hahas. And what made me asked that question was because when the door opens, I saw that it was REALLY crowded inside... After some time,our observations tell us that it's a family business with all the family members helping out inside. Occasionally you see a old dad in slippers and in non-waiter uniform coming out and clean the tables. Oh and for the ambience...it's a cosy little place with a very cute concept of hahas, CHEEKY. The patrons were mainly the rich peeps from the Thomson district private houses for most of the peeps there were kinda in home-clothes..I reckon so..unless u tell me that they have bad fashion sense. This Malay waiter was very funny. As Goey rejected his offer of taking pics for us once and I still asked him to take for us...he was like 'still say you dont want' And btw, ther's a cute waiter there. hahas. For gals who like to ogle at cute guys.....Ther's one there. ;p I just happened to see it, hmphs..not ogling Under the cues of goey..i was asked to 'next' meaning next pose...and all the shots she has taken.She's also as random. lol ![]() Under the sign missing YOU. And just before taking this pic...that Malay waiter was disturbing us at the door....making me having to shoo him away..hahahas. hahas, both of us are sooo bestowed with radiance! We are both blooming..see the reflection on our cheeks? Very nice..I like that.. yayys! We only spent less than 20 bucks each on everything..... >< Seriously speaking, I feel so doted with her/them...I shall elaborate on this some other time.. true friends leave footprints in your heart. 9:04 PM Labels: Dine, Friendship, happy food. Saturday, June 21, 2008
.Cedele
Health Boost To start this meeting up off, we headed for dinner at Cedele as early as 6.20pm. The advantage of an early dinner is no-crowds and a better ambience. Dining at a noisy place is like a foodcourt or hawker.. Apparently, it is in the healthy category compared to its counterparts.. when olive oil are used..and oops i cant remember what other healthy facts are there.. ![]() And it's my first time to see bread going together with Olive oil...but it doesnt really appeal to me though... Over dinner, we chatted about things that we had missed out on. Despite the fact that we chat everyday...some things are still better said face-to-face. And updating on daily/today affairs kind of thing. And CHan XL!....I have to say this a million times...you're seriously v skinny now. Hahas..i feel kinda weird standing next to you. Like a giant and a dwarf.. I think you should gain some weight for a more radiant and healthy look. hahas
sacred and sweet. 1:46 AM Labels: Dine, Friendship Friday, June 20, 2008
.photoshop, randomisation
Look what I did just a few minutes ago. Playing with fliters,satins and words..and etc....hahahas ![]() And I must say...swimming on Thursday is definitely a bad choice.........Having to change lane every half a lap....having to give way..bumping onto each other.. I hate that. Oh and my random mind takes me somewhere now...both me and goey LOve Daisy of Marc Jacobs! Smells really sweet. And Ive recently eyed on some Fendi and Agnes B. Well, but just see...don't think i'll possess any of them. Not yet the time of my life. ________ -i love talking to you. Made me feel that i have been casted with some magic and spells again. I think ur magic scroll certainly works for me :) Across the oceans yet still feel close. And most importantly i realised it is never having to worry about any forms of damage to the closeness. RANDOM..... yea. very random. Even to the extent of ending with injuries... feel so baby-ied... hees. 12:39 AM Labels: Myself Wednesday, June 18, 2008
.Another Departure
![]() She's the last person I would have expect to leave the class. Though I got the news last week that she will be sent to the school in Malaysia in Dec. But yesterday I was lost with words when I knew about today shall be the last lesson with her. I was the last to know, coz I didnt answer her call a few days ago. I just....can't believe it. Now, I'm left at the junction of making choices. A route of continuation of casual passion despite the fact that more people are also leaving and more strangers I'll be seeing.. or a route of quitting everything that require time to blend into. Sometimes it's just not simply bout the activity coz the people count alot. arghs. pardon me a little coz im feeling abit upset. ______ I don't know if it's simply the state of being psycho-ed. But the talk with her before, during and after the lesson made me decide probably we should try and give each other a chance. 2 weeks to consider. Precision; Sharpness Balance of Strength and Gentleness Tempo Shall bear in mind what you said :D -senses creates familiarity, emotions, habits and more deepen familiarity 11:22 PM Labels: Dance Tuesday, June 17, 2008
.bloop
Coz the sounds of bubbles are rhythmically soothing... :) Always gonna be something 5:32 PM Labels: Myself Monday, June 16, 2008
.All Over The Place
13 June 08 - Friday, IT show For the first time, I went to the IT roadshow as a patron and not a salesperson. That's coz I avoid going to such a crowded place if I'm not working there.. I know how noisy the place is, how squeezy and sometimes getting to the ladies require half an hour to move through the buzzing crowd. The last time I worked there, if i'm not wrong was 2 years ago. When I saw how the salesperson from each booth enthusiastically go towards you to serve you, it reminds me of those days when I just grab anyone, trying to gauge who seems to close a deal for me with higher potential.. commission issues, camera usage issues, free-gifts issues, attitude issues, etc.. I ALMOST got myself a panasonic camera which really seems pretty good. But coz Sis made me so pissed that we have to step out of the Halls and in the end I decided I should not buy on temptation, impulse..and shall spend the money on somewhere else! Dinner on friday night plus with sis is especially troublesome. She wanna avoid queues, wanna avoid places that serves lotsa meat, of average range in terms of price, dont wan pasta, dont want ramen...ZZZz. Hence we walked all the way from Marina Square to Millenia walk when she finally semi-reluctantly agreed to Mushroom POt...which I haven been there before too. Sis seems to be another one with Chronic fatigue and probably worse than cheeky. LOlx. ![]() Apparently the places serves steamboat and ala-carte as well. I had the Sweet and Sour Monkey Head Mushroom and yes...it's all MUshrooms...rather than what I thought...(Sweet & Sour Pork).. It was nice but given that there are so many mushrooms, in the soup as well...can get quite sick of it. Sis's Pork Ribs of course cant be made of mushrooms. hahas. So instead of the VEG salad that I have, hers was a mushroom-based, which tasted pretty nice...tasted kinda japanese. And the Soft-shell crab look alike dish with wasabe mayo was ALSO mushrooms. Indeed, MUSHROOM POT. 14 June 08-Saturday, CAC Dry-Run After days and days of considering whether to go for the dry-run or not, I dragged myself out of the bed at my usual time that I woke up for work only to see a gloomy sky. I could have have a wonderful sleep at home. Disappointment beckons the moment Jeff, Qiuhan and I reached Palawan Beach. Instead of a large group of people whom we expect to see, we saw only a small group of about 10 people. Sad to say, we were the only 3 councilors out of the five in total. It certainly brings about the thought of ' I shouldnt have come :( ' While many of the games seem familiar to last-year's one..SOME of the games are still quite fun. And I almost didnt remember the wonderful memories up in that little hut months ago until I saw that again. Miss it, despite the sucky humid weather.. ![]() koon's smiley face :) ![]() Guys just keep getting hungry yea? Jeff just had breakfast at around 10am yet at 1pm...he's feeling the hunger. While Jeff and I were rushing for some other places after that, we gotto have a semi-quick lunch. Jeff's hot and spicy noodles, my sweet corn soup and qiuhan's fried rice. We began our shopping all the way from Far East Plaza, to Tangs, to Wisma, Taka. All of us had something to buy in mind! I wanna get jogging shoes, bags, clothes, dance shoes, flats and many more! While the less greedy goey wanna get a pair of high heels...and sis wanna get the korean-style clothes. Unlike the past when I have frequent trainings..nowadays I cant shop for ONE WHOLE day...partly due to my back too. I cant walk too long as I cant stand properly after walking too long a time. BADBADBAD. ![]() Dinner on a Saturday night is an insane chore. Imagine long queues everywhere and in the end, we spent like 2hours for dinner including finding and queuing. From our carve of soupy stuff, we had limited choice and so we gave in to Fish & Co, which is of TOTAL opposite.. As all the shops at Taka was closed at around 10pm, we began making use of the place to take crazy shots..and it just made me laugh non-stop.. ![]()
And I got myself a bag and a Yellow sandals..wow! Goey got her heels which im so in love with too....but no, too many heels recently. hahas.REfrain! While sis, got herself a green scarf...and a ultimate comfortable white flats. _______________________________________________________ 17 June 08- Much of a Rest day Despite being my only rest day for the week..or rather my sleep-in day..I have to wake up early to see the Doc for my back since he closes at 1pm. The rubs and the crackings were bad. It's was so painful that I started yelling..as he rubbed from the lower back to the butt and the sides of the hips..(which was the worst!).. And then he pulled my legs up and cracked it and said...the bone kinda went off the position...arghs. After which he used the cup-like thing to suck onto the back and it HURTS like HELL when he moved it across the hips and butts...terrible pain. imagine...when I dont usually yell bout pains.. And now... I'm left with circles of blue blacks on my back and butt...still hurts though..but i think its the blue-black pain, well hopefully. I'm advised to swim more, at least twice a week..(once is fine..twice may be a lil hard)so that the back can be stronger and to balance the position of the bones. No Cold drinks. Better not to jog (nono, dont think i can really do that) and i'm on some weird medication now..stretch more... Thank you Dad who brought me to the doc.. :) Back home, I web-cam-ed with Jer..!! Woo...I almost gave up waiting after sitting before the lappie for 2 hours..thinking he has probably went to bed...BUt just as I brought my laptop to be put on the floor beside my bed ( I haven give up totally...just hoping that in case he logins and i can still hear the alert in my nap) And just as I was gonna close my laptop's LCD, an alert came and he came online! Chatted w him for like 1.5hrs and got my updates on the cheeky!! Xiang said..I must be smiling like an idiot ..hees. Well..yea, yes, yuppss. ;p Love you the most! 2:24 PM Labels: Dine, Family, Friendship, happy, my love :), Myself Friday, June 13, 2008
.Groom.Heal.Prevent.Protect.
As vanity borne the need to uphold a personal acceptable image.. we groom, prevent and protect. As inability to tolerate manipulable pain, unhealthiness and appearance.. we groom and heal. As issues of health and beauty get media-tised and perharps dramatised, we groom, prevent and protect. Prevention would not require healing. Yet to prevent.. you might need some kind of protection and grooming. So in this situation (the one I have in my mind..) protection and grooming takes the same form. In the same scenario..healing is another form of prevention (the prevention of being deteriorated) And these four are inter-related in what way or another. Changing its causal-effect relationship in different circumstances. While all this scenarios/situation and circumstances I have in mind are mainly with respect to health and beauty issues that I have in mind...Just before I slept last night...I realised how it applies aptly into another aspect of life. Perharps it's not another aspect of life but another part of me. While it stands true to me that vanity and recent health (seen as hidden vanity to me) would require grooming, healing, protecting and preventing, the soul and mind requires the same thing but in an abstract way. A non-material way. A sweeter, heart-warming way. A metaphorical way. Ever felt that someone's words to you is a form of grooming? The elevation of confidence and radiance in yourself. The assurance that you are of certain calibre and attributes. The unseen and embedded confidence that drills deep down into your soul that probably works better than materialistic kind of grooming. Ever felt that someone's voice and presence is a form of healing to your soul? No matter how desperate and crush you become..at the end of the day, the soul recovers all because of the smallest smallest thing that 'this medication' gives. To the soul, it's the best medication in town. A broken soul, a soul possibly on the verge of being lost and empty yet just that dose of medication..it heals. Ever felt that by having someone being there, it prevents you from falling into the darkest hole in life? Or perharps prevent from falling deeper.. Ever felt protected because you have the presence and hugs from someone? Be it the subtle embrace from just having someone beside you or the warm and tight security you yield from lovely hugs..perharps perharps it's psychological or simply just the courage that someone gives you that when you feel braver, you felt protected. I felt these. ![]() But i only realised how the soul is experiencing the same thing as the appearance and health(as in the same four words) just before I sleep last night. I almost forgot I derived this thought since i got it in sleepiness *Amazing. Just in a split second.. All the things that I could go "out-of-tune" * on a sidenote, the network installer guy for the interview room 2 is damn irritating. I haven met a weirder kind than this so far in SERI...i'm not so dumb to give you my private hp no. Hellos.. i'm 20-to-be soon...not like a little gal that you can con. Very lame excuse. Looks like I shall ignore your call on Mon..since I dont think the company needs your service now. ZZZz. Yet I don't know of a better way to reject the very lame excuse. Shall avoid for the time being. 4:41 PM Labels: inner voices
.troubleshoot
zzzzzzzz. Seems to be half a vista and half not. No...I don wanna do it again..at least not so soon.. ZZZzzz. Groom, heal, prevent, protect.. 12:14 AM Labels: blur. Thursday, June 12, 2008
Reaching the end soon
The second last lesson of the intermediate class. It feels damn fast...like I haven been through 12 lessons. Until last night, I did not know that the next level is already advance..and according to ShaSha, advance will be an ongoing level or we can choose to integrate with other dances, say G-style. and yea..I haven gotten injuries from dance for a long time, a good 2-3 months i think. But yesterday was a whole series of 'dancing on the floor' Imagine sliding your knees on the floor for one-eight. Oh, that is enough to cause days of bruises...coz trying and practicing the one-eight repeatedly makes it many-many eights.. It's a pity that Xiao Ke would be leaving for the school in M'sia in around Dec.. Dont really feel like changing teacher but i guess...it's not within our control. Oh, and I find it funny...i mean REALLY funny to see a grandma taking the granddaughter to the dance studio for 'Girls on top' first lesson..kiss her before she goes and dance and even watch her through the lesson I heard...Sometimes, people just need some personal space to grow.. I'd start with Chapter one: Love innocent and young 11:11 AM Labels: Dance Wednesday, June 11, 2008
.careless
did a recovery for my laptop last night despite being damn tired and strained on the disappointing back...It just keep giving me problems..it makes me feel a few years older than weeks ago AGAIN. Looks like I have to drop by the doc soon, hopefully within this week. I guess I just dont have the patience to wait for something that I expect to be prompt.. Hence I did the recovery and waited until all the important programmes especially MSN, Anti-virus and web-cam, devices and softwares are installed before i collapsed onto my bed.. And only to find out in the midst of the recovery that I lost some photos for Jaan..it really made my heart break..like...WHAT?! I just cant believe it man. Fortunately, i loaded MOST of the pics to a web album in the afternoon..so i managed to retrieve most of the photos but not all.. and not in the initial best quality.. :( So now, i see the importance of making multiple back-up of files and photos especially. Dont wanna be so careless again.. Zzz. so glad that i uploaded 'em.. and also since xl says the photos are a little too little... here you go :p On a sidenote, my day started well today despite a night of frustrating laptop issues~ I received a long-distanced call from someone special.. :)' Though, my background was not as quiet as i wished it will be.. It just makes my day float into the clouds.. ^^ tonight will be the night i fall for you all over again 3:43 PM Labels: happy, my love :), Myself Sunday, June 08, 2008
Jaan
I was amazed at the view across the Equinox Complex at Swissotel the moment I stepped out of the lift which brought me up to the 70th Floor. Each distinct colourful, minute city lights combine to form a huge map of magnificent landscape.. Withdrawing myself from the mind-blowing views, I began to look for Jaan. Turning my head, left and right..and I saw a sign that resembles the "J" in Jaan which I have seen over the days of my research.. Jaan is hidden in a deep corner that isolates itself into a posh and cosy silent ambience. ![]() Reaching Jaan about 20 mins before cheeky as he went to look for a parking lot in Raffles City, I was presented with the all-too-familiar restaurant's menu. I flipped through the exorbitant delicacy still cant decide what to have for the night.
And finally it's time to open my present, in my previous post, the same waiter walked past and passed a cheeky look. For some odd reasons, I felt a little shy and saw myself like the actress in some dramas..especially from the moment of opening the red little box to the moment when cheeky puts it on for me :D Upon making our orders for the dinner, we were served with the Complimentary from the Chef. We had raw salmon, a very small piece one (I ate it man!) The texture was smooth and didnt had the fishy taste instead of light fragrant. The Pita bread sticks on the other hand were displayed in a flower-vase like manner. Each of them is one long crunchy stick that goes well with the sauce and rich butter. Cheeky told me that the Pita bread Sticks are probably those used for the pizza crust..I think it is lightly fragrant and not over-hard and complement the sauce and butter in a subtle taste. ![]() Maybe the fan of Snails Bacon And Potato Ballotine, Hazelnut-Goat Cheese Croquette It took us some time to realise which part is exactly the Snail.. No. It's not the big black ball of Bacon and Potato Ballotine which was awesome. You wont get sick of it. Slightly moist and pieces of bacon stuffed in it. What I love most about this dish, unfortunately, is not the snails but the Hazelnut-Goat Cheese Croquette..which I claim to be amazing. The crispy crust outside, only to reveal a pinkish white inside which is totally different from the common potato croquette! I really love that! Confit Of Swiss Chard, Rhubarb Chutney, Jus Au Cacao The signature dish under ''The Earth". Like the way it is being described, the Pigeon De Bresse found under 'The Earth' is whipped up using herbs, some sauce that resulted in a salty taste. It comes with Apricot Sauce and garnished with crispy cinnamon sticks. I took a bite from the cinnamon sticks and its quite yummy. While Cheeky initially wanted to get some duck dishes..since french ducks are so nice..the Pigeon, i believed, scored better than what he had expected. To be more tender, and to smell more than a bird and most importantly not really taste like a chicken. And cheeky likes it better without the sauce...which is...this way most of the time. hahas. Galantine Of Lobster Tail And Chicken Mousse In Sweet And Bitter Endive Cannelloni Of Lobster Claws With Artichokes, Pernod Jus My pick? Another signature dish but under 'The Sea'. The Maine Lobster 2 ways.. I preferred the Cannelloni of Lobster claws which is wrapped in crepe-like layer..It's much softer and easier to nibble compared to the Galantine of Lobster Tail and Chicken Mousse which is wrapped in, i think its own skin. It makes it so hard for me to cut. Then again, it fufilled the cutting crave well. And, the sweet sauce is aptly done to my liking as sauce is always important to me ;p. It's not too sweet, not puking sweet maybe coz it's mixed well with the Bitter Endive..(my guess). All in all, nice. sweet and non-troublesome lobster..! :) Probably one of those nicest lobster i've eaten before, especially in such a different style. ![]() cute cheeky >< ![]() Milk Chocolate Cremeux, Mandarin Espuma, Grapefruit Vanilla Sorbet It took us some time to decide whether or not we should have desserts.. But since we are there and I wont forsee us to be back there any sooner...we should just try. Like any other posh places, the chocolate sphere costs 22 bucks. And in my opinion? It didnt bring out the magical amazement like the Morton's Hot Choc Cake or Top of the M's Seven Sins, sadly. Nevetheless, the chocolate sphere did came in a really round sphere with a golden stripe, facing me, on it. With the pouring of the chocolate fudge onto the sphere, the sphere began to melt and dent in and became the deformed sphere above.. Blended sweetness and bitterness and refreshing with the grapefruit vanilla sorbet, with a hard chocolate layer outside. ![]() A man of good body for the night. hahas. It will be such a waste to not cam-whore in such a beautiful background.. It looks almost it's some places of casino at the background. ![]() We stayed all the way beyond the closing time which was supposedly to be 11pm. But, we left the place at 11.20pm, with an even more quiet Jaan. Side-track alil, the next table had a funny encounter when this ball rolled away from their plate of desserts when served. hahas. ![]() Just outside Jaan, we were presented with the real-awesome view of Singapore citylights. I agree with Cheeky that it is the best place for overviewing the city. And my purpose of changing my plans from the Jap restaurant to Jaan is to enjoy the city lights of Singapore with Cheeky the last time before he flies off to the US. Well, i hope my purpose is fulfilled and he enjoyed the time spent. :) You wont feel the heartache at all as long as you see the value in it.. Like for the first time, im feeling this way. .. It matters more than anything else to see moments being created Thats probably his last view of Singapore before he left. And at this point in time when i'm blogging..he's already far far away from me..
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