Thank you for an eventful year. A year wrought with natural disasters and man-made ones. The world is getting crankier, and so am I. Too many things internalized, makes one craz(ier)y.
Still, there are many things to be thankful for. We are still alive despite the many disasters. Family and friends went through the year with minimal health issues. Travelled to Brunei, Macau, Hong Kong and Vietnam and experienced new culture, people and scenaries. Doing enjoyable stuffs with friends like eating, drinking, and discovering new places. Actively blogging. Discovering K-pop and specifically Girls' Generation (and also securing that ticket to the concert, daebak!)
To family and friends, "Thank you" for being you. Happy New Year, and may 2012 brings you joy and happiness.
31 December, 2011
29 December, 2011
25 December, 2011
grapefruit & pomelo
Saw this in NTUC and bought 2 to try. It's a grapefruit from Israel, called Sweetie. Hahaa! With a name like that, it should be sweet, right?
This is the first time I've seen a green grapefruit. Usually, it's like pink in colour, yes? Well, this grapefruit seriously smells like pomelo, the skin texture same as pomelo and it even taste like pomelo...just that it is abit tiny to be a pomelo.
And yes, it was kinda sweet...just like how a pomelo would've been!
Apparently, grapefruit's ancestor is pomelo...so ta-dah, mystery solved! Read about grapefruit.
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| grapefruit from Israel |
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| looks like a mini pomelo, doesn't it? |
This is the first time I've seen a green grapefruit. Usually, it's like pink in colour, yes? Well, this grapefruit seriously smells like pomelo, the skin texture same as pomelo and it even taste like pomelo...just that it is abit tiny to be a pomelo.
And yes, it was kinda sweet...just like how a pomelo would've been!
Apparently, grapefruit's ancestor is pomelo...so ta-dah, mystery solved! Read about grapefruit.
23 December, 2011
chicken mcgrill
Had my first taste of Chicken McGrill yesterday. Since it was expensive, figured it made sense to take some pics before eating it.
It looked pretty nice. What with juicy thigh meat and all :)~
But unfortunately, I've had better ones elsewhere...
Yes, the chicken patty was juicy and tender but it was way too soggy. Huh? Meat soggy? Or, saucy? Too much sauce! Curly fries were a tad too salty as well.
But the pictures turned out well, didn't they?
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| still in its box |
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| feel like biting into this? |
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| curly fries |
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| very curly fries |
It looked pretty nice. What with juicy thigh meat and all :)~
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| doesn't this look yummy? |
But unfortunately, I've had better ones elsewhere...
Yes, the chicken patty was juicy and tender but it was way too soggy. Huh? Meat soggy? Or, saucy? Too much sauce! Curly fries were a tad too salty as well.
But the pictures turned out well, didn't they?
15 December, 2011
snacks from Saigon
Pics of snacks bought from Vietnam trip.
The crispy snack with peanuts fillings was bought from Binh Tay market from an aunty who spoke Cantonese. It's VND28000 for a packet of 30 pieces. SGD1.80 only?! Hahaa, good buy! Bought the Custas from the same departmental store that has the Vinamilk yoghurt, and a box of 12 pieces for VND45000. That's about SGD2.90? Muahahaa!
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| embedded parsley makes a cute motif! |
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| closer view of this yummy crispy snack |
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| peanuts filling |
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| i like custas very much! |
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| yummeh! |
The crispy snack with peanuts fillings was bought from Binh Tay market from an aunty who spoke Cantonese. It's VND28000 for a packet of 30 pieces. SGD1.80 only?! Hahaa, good buy! Bought the Custas from the same departmental store that has the Vinamilk yoghurt, and a box of 12 pieces for VND45000. That's about SGD2.90? Muahahaa!
10 December, 2011
it was fantastic~
Got ticket to 2011 Girls' Generation Tour in Singapore concert? Yeap, you bet!
What else? Oooh, how about a lightstick?
Ok ok, not the foamed heart though. Super paiseh to carry it and wave it around la... *shy*
And the tshirt, only wore it when was at Singapore Indoor Stadium. =P
Was at my seat at about 715pm and the show wasn't scheduled to start till 8pm. Another girl sat next to me on my right, and she was separated from her elder sis. Hard to buy the tickets, ya? A young chap sat two seats away on my left hand side, and he was also separated from his friends. But of course, with or without friends, everyone there that night, we were one big family of fans! YAY! And behind me, was a group from Soshified. WoOOhooO!
Sones from Thailand, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia were also present that night. Parents accompanying their teenage kids were also seen, and they bought the most expensive tickets, yo!
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| ticket, checked |
What else? Oooh, how about a lightstick?
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| why not get the whole package, hahaha! |
Ok ok, not the foamed heart though. Super paiseh to carry it and wave it around la... *shy*
And the tshirt, only wore it when was at Singapore Indoor Stadium. =P
Was at my seat at about 715pm and the show wasn't scheduled to start till 8pm. Another girl sat next to me on my right, and she was separated from her elder sis. Hard to buy the tickets, ya? A young chap sat two seats away on my left hand side, and he was also separated from his friends. But of course, with or without friends, everyone there that night, we were one big family of fans! YAY! And behind me, was a group from Soshified. WoOOhooO!
Sones from Thailand, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia were also present that night. Parents accompanying their teenage kids were also seen, and they bought the most expensive tickets, yo!
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| still waiting... |
At approximately 8.20pm, the stage has some hidden movement. The crowd screams! The covers on central stage was lifted and we saw this:
When the girls are finally revealed, the concert begins!
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| crowd is excited and the Girls are in there! |
When the girls are finally revealed, the concert begins!
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| concert begins! sowoneul marhaebwa~ |
The energy level from the crowd was super good! Anytime any of the girls start singing, we'll scream. Camera zoom in on one member, we scream! All the fanchants, we scream! Anytime any member does an expression, we scream!
On my right, her bias was Hyoyeon. So anytime dancing queen comes within eye sight, my neighbour screams! Behind me, Taeyeon fans, so same thing, they scream whenever Taeyeon comes into view! Sunshiners everywhere as well!
Happy to cheer for all members and they know it because we saw them smile when we were loud! Buahahaha!
Tiffany need not worry about muffled response from audience. During Lady Marmalade, when she and Taengoo pointed the mic to the audience and said, "Scream Singapore!~" We ROARED~ WOooOOO!
For the intro part, Sooyoungie sounded really good speaking in English, so does Seohyun. Hyoyeon, Taeng, Yoona can't really converse in English though. Yuri charmed the audience with her Mandarin~ Tiffany was the groups' spokeswoman for the night. ^_^
The concert format should be mostly the same throughout the tour. Seen the Japan tour concert footages before, so roughly know what to expect.
YulSic did their pinky promises. So sweet. Maknae was cute and came to our section many times and waved, so did Yoona! Hyoyeon also! *cue screams* I think the crowd dieded and went to soshi heaven everytime pretty Hyo points to the audience as if she can see them, and smiled ever so brightly! Yuri did her kkab arm flapping dance (but with a straight face) when she stood near our section. Hahaha, kutes!
Taeng was super cool with "Devil's Cry". Lots of pyrotechnics during the concert as well.
(not from SG concert, but just to show Devil's Cry)
One incident happened though. Tiffany nearly tripped because there was a pink carebear lying carelessly on the stage floor (thrown from audience) but she didn't see it till too late. Kinda dangerous! Perhaps crew can assist to remove potential hazard from the stage when necessary? But yeah, Taeyeon did pick up a Dookong. Hahaa! And Hyoyeon picked up a big toy flower. Saw one of the girls threw a rilakkuma back to the audience in mosh pit, wonder why is that?
Lots of concert filler videos; sweet ones, fantasy ones, suspense thriller ones, uplifting ones and one realistic one. The one featuring Key from Shinee was a hoot! He plays an everyday guy who's delusional and thinks that the Girls are with him everywhere. Perhaps, the Girls' had become an integral part of each SONEs life.
Happy Day
Jessica looks like a Barbie doll during her 'Almost' segment. Kwon Yuri performed her 'If' dance stylishly, Hyo grooved to Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music", Yoona did the pole thingy, Sooyoung classy in 'Sway' and Sunny danced the disturbingly suggestive choreo (to Britney's 3) while thankfully, maknae Seohyun was innocently charming and sweet doing tap-dancing while TaeNy powerful vocals were heard in Lady Marmalade.
Very soon (almost too soon!), the concert came to an end but not without a fight. Tiffany (naughty Pani!) tried to trick us by saying that Forever is really the last song. Seriously? NoooOOOooo! But we fans knew better. We stayed. We chanted. We screamed again and again. So the Girls came back out for final encore. wOoHoOO!
They did 3 more songs for encore, and we did the epic fail of a pink Kallang wave... =_=''' Hehehe, but still thanks to the hardworking Soshified members. You guys did great!
The concert ended on a Fantastic note (literally, because the end song is really seriously called "Fantastic").
Overheard on my way back in the MRT, a conversation snippet between a mom and her teenage daughter.
Mom: Who was the one dancing to "Sway"?
Teenage daughter: Sooyoung, mom. Sooyoung...
Mom: Who was that one, Taegon? (imagine some mangled pronunciation of poor Taengoo's name)
Teenage daughter: It's Taeyeon, mom. TAEYEON! Hyoyeon was the one who is good in dancing, and Jessica was the one that sings very high...(daughter sounded kind of exasperated but still wanted to let her mom knows who is who in the group). And Tiffany is the one that speaks the most tonight.
Actually, not bad for parents and kids to bond over midst of spazzing over their idols. ;)
On a side note: The lightstick was pretty cool, especially when the entire stadium was waving it.
Happy to cheer for all members and they know it because we saw them smile when we were loud! Buahahaha!
Tiffany need not worry about muffled response from audience. During Lady Marmalade, when she and Taengoo pointed the mic to the audience and said, "Scream Singapore!~" We ROARED~ WOooOOO!
For the intro part, Sooyoungie sounded really good speaking in English, so does Seohyun. Hyoyeon, Taeng, Yoona can't really converse in English though. Yuri charmed the audience with her Mandarin~ Tiffany was the groups' spokeswoman for the night. ^_^
The concert format should be mostly the same throughout the tour. Seen the Japan tour concert footages before, so roughly know what to expect.
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| Girls dancing |
YulSic did their pinky promises. So sweet. Maknae was cute and came to our section many times and waved, so did Yoona! Hyoyeon also! *cue screams* I think the crowd dieded and went to soshi heaven everytime pretty Hyo points to the audience as if she can see them, and smiled ever so brightly! Yuri did her kkab arm flapping dance (but with a straight face) when she stood near our section. Hahaha, kutes!
Taeng was super cool with "Devil's Cry". Lots of pyrotechnics during the concert as well.
(not from SG concert, but just to show Devil's Cry)
One incident happened though. Tiffany nearly tripped because there was a pink carebear lying carelessly on the stage floor (thrown from audience) but she didn't see it till too late. Kinda dangerous! Perhaps crew can assist to remove potential hazard from the stage when necessary? But yeah, Taeyeon did pick up a Dookong. Hahaa! And Hyoyeon picked up a big toy flower. Saw one of the girls threw a rilakkuma back to the audience in mosh pit, wonder why is that?
Lots of concert filler videos; sweet ones, fantasy ones, suspense thriller ones, uplifting ones and one realistic one. The one featuring Key from Shinee was a hoot! He plays an everyday guy who's delusional and thinks that the Girls are with him everywhere. Perhaps, the Girls' had become an integral part of each SONEs life.
Happy Day
Jessica looks like a Barbie doll during her 'Almost' segment. Kwon Yuri performed her 'If' dance stylishly, Hyo grooved to Rihanna's "Don't Stop the Music", Yoona did the pole thingy, Sooyoung classy in 'Sway' and Sunny danced the disturbingly suggestive choreo (to Britney's 3) while thankfully, maknae Seohyun was innocently charming and sweet doing tap-dancing while TaeNy powerful vocals were heard in Lady Marmalade.
Very soon (almost too soon!), the concert came to an end but not without a fight. Tiffany (naughty Pani!) tried to trick us by saying that Forever is really the last song. Seriously? NoooOOOooo! But we fans knew better. We stayed. We chanted. We screamed again and again. So the Girls came back out for final encore. wOoHoOO!
They did 3 more songs for encore, and we did the epic fail of a pink Kallang wave... =_=''' Hehehe, but still thanks to the hardworking Soshified members. You guys did great!
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| Sunny's shocked reaction, Jessie laughs and Sooyoung pretty, Yuri's cute and the chodings behind |
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| Girls lining up to bow and saying goodbyes~ |
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| crowd waving our goodbyes~ saranghaeo~ kamsa hamida~ |
The concert ended on a Fantastic note (literally, because the end song is really seriously called "Fantastic").
Overheard on my way back in the MRT, a conversation snippet between a mom and her teenage daughter.
Mom: Who was the one dancing to "Sway"?
Teenage daughter: Sooyoung, mom. Sooyoung...
Mom: Who was that one, Taegon? (imagine some mangled pronunciation of poor Taengoo's name)
Teenage daughter: It's Taeyeon, mom. TAEYEON! Hyoyeon was the one who is good in dancing, and Jessica was the one that sings very high...(daughter sounded kind of exasperated but still wanted to let her mom knows who is who in the group). And Tiffany is the one that speaks the most tonight.
Actually, not bad for parents and kids to bond over midst of spazzing over their idols. ;)
On a side note: The lightstick was pretty cool, especially when the entire stadium was waving it.
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| pretty, right? |
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| missing the tip after all those vigorous waving... |
Girls, we'll meet again at the next concert in Singapore! Meanwhile,
Jigeumeun So Nyuh Shi Dae!
Appurodo So Nyuh Shi Dae!
Yeongwonhi So Nyuh Shi Dae!
Appurodo So Nyuh Shi Dae!
Yeongwonhi So Nyuh Shi Dae!
07 December, 2011
05 December, 2011
back from short vacation~
Back from trip since Saturday. Was fun, and yeah, managed to survive road crossing in Vietnam, yay!! Hahaha! All in all, spent less than SGD700 inclusive of air-ticket, hotel and expenses there. Hehehe.
Here are some of the charms of Ho Chi Minh city:
Posted Day 1 too.
Here is Day 2 and Day 3.
Here are some of the charms of Ho Chi Minh city:
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| crossing road with scooters and car coming at you... |
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| Saigon telecom |
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| ca phe |
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| pho bo |
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| cheap local beer |
Posted Day 1 too.
Here is Day 2 and Day 3.
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