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I went Macau-ing again

Dayna — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:42:26 +0000

Yours truly went Macau-ing again last week even though I am definitely no fan of the smoky casinos or uncles dressed in Hawaii-looking shirts. This opportunity was presented to me as an “on-the-house” birthday trip sponsored by dearest daddy. A break from work while I step into the 23rd year of my life doesn’t sounds too bad seriously!

A huge photo collage of the dishes I’ve tried at Macau.

All the dishes I have tried

Please be forewarn that the next half of this post will solely be on commenting on the interior designs of the hotels. There’s nothing much to blog about except their food and impressive architecture.

Street Shopping

We weren’t exactly shopping but more of taking a leisure walk around the town area. It’s only been a year since I last went there during my “Graduation Trip” and there wasn’t much of a change except the place was noisier and definitely more crowded. The weather wasn’t helping either as temperature soars to about 32 degrees; pretty much like Singapore except it was much less humid.

Lan Kwai Fong Macau

We took a quick look at Lan Kwai Fong as well; rather new and I adore the crystal lion “guarding” the main entrance. It’s munching on cash though; those are real notes in its mouth and not newspapers if you are wondering.

Grand Libosa

Not new and it’s also not my first time here. The grand hotel lobby totally blew me away. I can’t imagine any hotels in Singapore which can rival this. It makes me wow literally when you stepped into the hotel.

There’s also this awesome tea performance by the rather good looking waiter. He even asked if I had my camera ready to shoot him! He has ego, I’m sure of it!

City of Dreams

Modern, sophisticated and it gives off the “Singapore Marina Bay Sands” vibe. However, like the Grand Libosa, it’s interior design, lightings etc were miles better.

Galaxy

Across the road from The Venetian. Personally, I feel that it’s design is more traditional as compared to the City of Dreams. I am pretty sure the theme was “Peacock”. All the lightings in this hotel are set to change colours every few seconds. One minor complaint was that the Casino was too bright for my likings.

I can’t believe it took me more than a week to get this “wordless” posts up, I’m procrastinating and I can’t help it. Life’s busy.

Check out the entire album of photos taken on my Flickr.

Stepping closer to the 23rd mark

Dayna — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:28:16 +0000

Another week before I turned 23. Not much thoughts except I’m really starting to feel old. Although I got to admit there isn’t anyone who thinks I am older than my actual age yet. Thankfully. I spend my Sunday hanging out with the girls before we met Mr Pink¹ for dinner.

Nice scenery, quiet place, good music, juicy steaks, cakes, pasta, you name it, we have it!

We took lots and lots of pictures. Just because, I’ll never want to forget beautiful memories like this.

Not to forget, they got me something on my wish list!

I can’t help laughing at the “Terms & Conditions” written on the back of my DIY Happy Lemon Vouchers. They are creative, I don’t deny. In fact, I am starting to believe James has some hidden designing talents while looking at those vouchers. It’s still a mystery how they managed to get hold of my National identification number. I’ve no clue!

On a last note, I am super in love with the lace skirt from Lacepipe. I’m not usually a lace person but their stuff are really awesome!

I hope he does not read this. I might get assassinated tonight if he does.Then again, he rarely ever wear any other colours except black, white, brown and grey.

Happy Dad’s Day

Dayna — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 06:33:17 +0000

Our whole family mistakenly thought Father’s Day was this week instead of the next and so we had an early celebration. It’s been some time since the last major family gathering¹.

I rushed home from work to be greeted by these wondering darlings and not to mention the food, food, foood. Dinner was good, supper was good. Is there anything that aren’t? Although I got to admit the day didn’t start off too well with me spilling tea all over my office desk. I hope ants wouldn’t be the first thing I see when I enter the office on Monday.

Look at these rainbow-coloured macaroons, who wouldn’t love them?

Have a wonderful day, dad! It’s my pleasure and honour to be your daughter.

I could not even remember when was the last. Chinese New Year perhaps?

Yours truly is not a beachy person

Dayna — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:08:23 +0000

You get the point. Except for swimming, I’m not a very outdoor person and being dubbed the “vampire” by some of my friends is no joke. I don’t hate the sun and it doesn’t kills me either but definitely not a fan. Rain 1 Sun 0.

But still, we had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun. It’s been ages since I last saw some of those lovelies¹. It seems like jump shots are the highlights of the day with us competing who is the better photographer. I am not going to comment because I wouldn’t want Sharon’s fist to collide with my face. =p

Yee Loong, also known as “The Statue” was dragged into a random shot with us. He’s the one and only who brought a book to be beach². And if you are wondering why most of us are carrying fans, they are gifts from Yee Loong from Philippines! He always gives the most practical gifts at the right time. We needed wind desperately. I think because we were constantly fanning ourselves, the guys called us “The Tourists”. Please welcome us to Singapore!

The day ended with us having dinner at Vivo City. How about a short getaway trip the next time?

I reckon Huaian may send an assassin after me for calling him a lovely.
I think he brings a book everywhere he goes to.

Getting into the holiday shopping mood

Dayna — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 14:04:53 +0000

I went on a major shopping spree with Brenda today at Orchard. We were suppose to go Karaoke but Cherlynn was down with a bad sore throat so there was a change of plans. Hope you feel better soon Cherlynn, we shall go sing again when you are well!

Shall let the photos do the talking as I’m extremely tired and sleepy now.

Lunch at New York New York

Takashimaya Beary Christmas Trees 2010

This is Takashimaya’s “Beary Christmas Tree 2010″. I prefer the 2009 version though. It’s prettier with the golden bells (see photo below taken last December).

Takashimaya Beary Christmas Trees 2009

I was showing the Photography Apps on my iPhone to Brenda and she discovered this “Actioncam” App (which I downloaded but haven’t really played with it yet). Here’s the results of our testing:

Dayna in ACTION!

Brenda in ACTION!

On a side note, Bump is a good app for sharing files, photos etc between iPhone users. Bump your friends! Though Brenda and I were bumping our iPhones together not our hands. =p

Check out Brenda’s gorgeous blogger’s namecard!! I haven’t had time to work on mine yet. I “promise” the next layout I’m putting up, it will come with a matching namecard!

Brenda's Bloggers Namecard

Loots of the day if anyone is wondering: 2 pairs of shoes (including a pair of little red shoes!), 2 tops, 1 pair of pants, 1 pair of earrings and 1 hat. I haven’t been on a shopping spree for a loooonnnnnnggggg time!

Not-so-happy experience at Prive Bakery Cafe

Dayna — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:57:48 +0000

I went Prive Bakery Cafe last Sunday with Sissy, Chewy and Francis. Within 5 minutes there, I can only say the service is really horrible. Perhaps if we were to “dress up” and do not look too much like local Singaporeans, we would have had a better service experience. We were ignored when we entered the cafe and decided to choose our own seats since none of the waiters and waitresses were willing to come forward to attend to us. The funny thing is when a Caucasian walks into the cafe, all of them rush forward to serve him. So much for good service huh? Apparently, we weren’t the only one with the bad experience.

No one came forward with the menu and it’s only after 3 tries of requesting for one that the menu was being presented to us. We were extremely upset by the time our cakes and tea were served. Honestly, the food was good and I was especially intrigued by the gold dust I saw on the Tiramisu. However, I doubt I will be going back again.

No matter how first class your food is, your service is still third class.

My first food hunt!

Dayna — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:50:17 +0000

I feel guilty for not blogging in a month and so here I am blogging about something that happened last weekend. Rather than making excuses like I don’t have the time to write a full post, I reckon I will just make do with small photos posts every week. Sounds good?

This will be a rather wordless post so enjoy the (poor quality) photos.

I went food hunting with the gang and seriously, it’s the best day ever!

Bumbu Restaurant

A Thai-Indonesian Restaurant at Kandahar Street. Food was pretty good, fresh fish as well! Though I’m still wondering why the interior deco of the place has some Chinese “flavours” in them. It was about SGD70+ for 6 dishes. Definitely a must try!

Bumbu Restaurant

Interior decorations in the restaurant

Old paintings on display

Group photo of the day

Check out their website at bumbu.com.sg for more details if you are interested!

Ah Chew Desserts

A very popular dessert shop at Liang Seah Street. It was very packed when we arrive and waited for seats for a while. Not bad but I still prefer the ones from Hong Kong and Macau (definitely right?).

Ah Chew Desserts

Sneak peek at the menu

Our desserts!

Tom’s Palette Homemade Ice Cream

We visited the branch at Shaw Tower and they have lots of unconventional flavours for their ice creams. Tried the Lavender, Oreo Cheesecakes, Lychee with rose etc. Good except that James nearly dropped my iPhone after taking the following shot.

Tons of ice cream sticks after trying the different flavours

Visit their website at tomspalette.com.sg for more information.

Rive Gauche

Take-away cakes at Suntec. Shared the Strawberry Shortcake with Jess. My only comment: The strawberries were really sour!

Delicious French Cakes

Say hi to the snowman

Nantsuttei

Discovered this when Chewy wanted to try it desperately since he’s a noodle lover. I have only tried the normal ramen and “Happy Couple” Gyoza. Funny name for dumplings! Not to mention the adorable pig at the bottom of the bowl. Some of the staff are Japanese and they are really friendly.

My favourite ramen

I promise I will take more photos during the next food hunt!

Blogger’s Camera. Action. Cut! Episode 1

Dayna — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 04:25:24 +0000

I have finally decided on the blog title for all future blogger’s meet up with the girls – Blogger’s Camera. Action. Cut! Our meet up is more like an unconventional photography session. Impromptu meet up with Brenda and Cherlynn yesterday at Bugis for dinner. Ivy is down with a flu and Terry is still in Malaysia so they couldn’t make it. Somehow, I manage to drag myself from Bukit Batok to town after a long day at work to meet up with the girls. I swear my legs and eyes were deactivating and running low on battery already. We were supposed to meet monthly but due to everyone’s hectic schedule, we haven’t met up since April? Anyway, here are some of the crazy shots we have taken. All photos credit to Brenda!

Left to Right: Cherlynn, Brenda, Me

We look like flies squashed on the walls

The love of bloggers, not each other!

Brenda absolutely (loves) it when we do the peace sign

Honey, we got squashed up again!

Konichiwa

Charlie Angels!

I feel like my life is revolving around sleep, food and work. I need to get out, blog, socialise (not like I’m not socialising before) more and GET A LIFE! Girls, we are going to stick to the plan and meet up every month. This also reminds me, I should really start blogging more. 20 years down the road while looking back at these photographs, I will laugh at myself thinking “Gosh, I can’t believe I did that!”. I won’t be going to Illuma in the next 3 to 6 months in case someone goes “Oh look, that’s one of the crazy girls from the other day”.

K-box session up next! Stay tune for the next episode of “Blogger’s Camera. Action. Cut!”.

What’s up at Marina Barrage?

Dayna — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:13:05 +0000

Last week was the first time I have been to Marina Barrage since it’s opening in 2008. Before anyone wonders why Dayna is only blogging about what happen last week now, the past few weeks have been extremely busy as I have just started on my new job. It’s a refreshing change from the usual school work and I will leave that to my next post (hopefully real soon!). So, my impression with Marina Barrage – empty. It was filled with people but otherwise there wasn’t much there. Not that I’m surprise since it was suppose to be a dam. There was only a restaurant there and I wouldn’t say it’s the most accessible place in Singapore since there was only one public bus that goes there. But I guess it’s a good place to chill out with family and friends to get away from the hectic city life. At least from what I’ve seen, most people feels the same.

The main activities there would be kite-flying, toy speed boats and picnics! It would be a good place to watch the fireworks though. National day is coming, anyone’s up for fireworks at Marina Barrage?

What happens when 4 girls are put together?

Dayna — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:38:02 +0000

Fun, laughter, jokes and embarrassment are what you get if you put 4 girls (who are all bloggers) together. I meet up with some fellow Singapore bloggers, Ivy, Brenda and Cherlynn last Saturday during our monthly meetup session. Terry, our wonderful organiser couldn’t make it because he was sick. With one more guy, it would be a blast! We miss you Terry, hope you get well soon. We meet up at Relax Bistro at Somerset 313 for lunch and here’s a peek of what we had.

Delicious looking soup

Grilled Chicken

Cherlynn is totally (not) camera-shy!

After a hearty lunch, Brenda suggested going to the flea market near by. As I’ve never been to a flea market, I gladly agreed, so did the rest of the girls. The last time I tried to go to a flea market, I spend 2 hours trying to find my way, got lost and never made it there in the end.

Come to think of it, I’ve done a couple of things I’ve never done before that day. I have never withdraw cash from an ATM machine nor have I ever been to a flea market before Saturday. I can explain myself. Let me see, the probability of Dayna losing her wallet is 10% and the probability that she will drop some cash when she opens her wallet is 30% which is about 40% in total and this is considered high risk. To mitigate the financial risk, it’s safer for her to bring lesser cash when she leaves the house. Sounds cool? Since it was my first time, I thought it was normal that I inserted the card in the wrong direction! Ivy helped me on that and Brenda even conducted an interview with me. I feel grown up to have finally used the ATM machine (lol).

We conquered the flea market! - Photo by Brenda & edited by me

Flowery vintage top

The flea market was packed and we had a hard time trying to escape. We went across the road to the other flea market (I’m not sure if it’s suppose to be the same one) beside Cineleisure. It’s quieter and we had a better time shopping if you ignored the hot weather. Everyone bought something and I’m no exception being a hardcore shopaholic myself.

I got myself a brand new vintage flowery top for SGD 18. It was priced at SGD 20 and Brenda manage to bargain to 18 for me. Lesson learn: always try to bargain if the tops are above SGD 15. According to the girls, the top is so me! They practically know my style 101% in an hour. I thought the photo of us above is so “blogger-style”.

We were melting by the time we “conquered” the flea market. Some air-con shopping and Sakura flowers sounds like a good plan? We headed to Takashimaya excitingly to view the exhibition of live Sakura flowers and here’s what we saw…

Click here to view the embedded video.

This fantastic video is taken and edited by Brenda. You should definitely check out her post and Cherlynn’s about our outing. It has an extremely unflattering but cute (according to her) photo of me and I’m definitely not going to post that photo of myself here. :P

Sakura flowers & a really cool pose - Photo by Brenda

Cherlynn and I look kind of dumb beside Brenda’s awesome pose. It’s kind of funny how all of us did the peace sign in a lot of photographs to piss Brenda off. =D The awesome pose ended with a bang as well as Brenda fell after a few seconds. I think a few others saw it but we were too busy wondering if Brenda’s okay to bother about the attention. At least her effort was not in vain as Ivy managed to capture this great shot of us. We should all do the star jump pose the next time we meet!

The day ended with more shopping and jokes, of course. I will proudly present the joke of the day award to Cherlynn (I’ve got a feeling she’s going to kill me for this). So what happen exactly? We were trying out some clothes at Fox. Cherlynn tried out this grey superman tank and denim shorts. We thought she look great in it and urge her to grab the top. She thought the denim shorts was a bit too short. It all happened within a few seconds when she asked the big question: Do I look like a hooker in it? And the next moment, this was what we heard over the speaker: And you ain’t nothin’ but a hooker. According to Brenda, this song is titled ‘Hooker’ by Pink. It was so much of a coincident that all of us burst out laughing uncontrollably. I feel bad for exposing her in this entry, how about a little cartoon as compensation?

Cartoon illustration of the awesome photo above