I love short weeks like this!

Labour day tomorrow so this week seems much shorter!

Denial like this makes the dreadful weekdays passed by faster :)

Met HF on Monday for a catching up. 

Because three of the four dishes at Soup Restaurant failed us, a collage is enough to help me document what we had that day.

 That's why I prefer 店小二 all time.

There's always space for dessert after meal, especially when dinner is not satisfying enough.

We ended up having a HTHT, something I missed doing with her years ago.

We had some misunderstanding some time back, which led our friendship to drift away for some time before we decided to meet up again.

Things had gotten better these days and hope it continues to get better! :)

Sometimes all it takes is just courage to speak your heart out and two mature mindset to set everything right.

Hitched a ride from my colleagues to meet Jia at PS for dinner. 

Not craving for anything so we settled at Tim Hor Wan. 

Lucky us, don't know why they usher us in when there's a queue. 

Twice we went, we had such luck! 

Don't know what app Jia uses, the pictures always turn out this good. 

This was surprisingly good and light. 

 

Jia's favourite

But this was really good la. 

I was contemplating to order the second serving though we were damn full. 

Did some shopping before dropping by Baskin Robins for some ice cream!

The only branch that serves my favourite cotton candy flavour <3

I love Wednesday cos it's a 1 for 1 free scoop day!

Now who's the one who doesn't know where the camera is? Heehee. 

Chilli Crab with Prima Taste!

I wanted to update my two outings with my girls but I realise I forgot my photos again :(

So I should just focus on my chilli crab cooking adventure today!

It was the Good Friday yesterday but WC had to work.

Quite disappointing cos I thought we could finally relax and celebrate after my modules are over.

But I decided to prepare a little surprise for him after being inspired by *ahem* some 黄金年华 show that was showing how to cook a crab last Sunday. 

We both love crab, and he had been mentioning it a few times to go for a crab feast together.

Heeding my friend's advice, I decided to try the Prima Taste's Crab paste that costs a whooping $7.40.

It had better be good cos it's almost thrice of the price of the other paste available in the market.

 A little panic attack in the morning cos there's not a single crab in sight in the whole wet market!

Thanks mummy to the rescue, she brought me to the supermarket and they have some live crabs available.

And this is all we need :)

Follow the instructions on the package. 

And got a little skeptical...

And more skeptical cos there looks like it's too much water..

Till the aroma starts filling the whole kitchen..

And tada!

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Looks damn good right?

I don't know what app she uses but this photo is totally magazine worthy. 

But seriously the crab look so good in real life, it looks like those we had in Chinese restaurants outside!

We even prepared fried mantou to go with it okay?

I was amazed how easy it was to cook, and received fantastic reviews from the family! *beam with pride*

And just when we thought we could settle down for some crab, we were in for more drama. LOL.

Realise the shells were not cracked, so we started digging for a claw cracker.

Then suddenly...

 

We burst out into laughter cos since when is the shell so hard?

And no prize for guessing who's the culprit.

Look damn guilty can?

Caught in the act! Hahahaha

So we have like 4 claws left not cracked, my mum suggested wrapping the claws in a plastic bag and hitting it with the handles of the scissors.

And WC broke it again!

Last alternative, hammer.

Poor WC is damn scared by now.

Hahaha he even make disclaimer before using the hammer. 

And Jia sponsored us durians for after meal dessert!!

The happy girl with her favourite durian that she has been craving for a long time. 

(Too bad the durian seller sold her some lousy ones.. haha)

It's indeed the most accident-prone and messy cooking adventure together, but it's so fun we are going to do it again soon!!  

Staycation at Park Avenue Rochester: Happy 2014!

Happy 2014 folks!

There wasn't any new year resolutions or gathering, just a simple and quiet countdown with my favourite boy :)

WC booked a suite at Park Avenue Rochester for our mini countdown party this year.

Didn't really fancy going out to squeeze with the crowd or succumbing to substandard food because of the New Year craze.  

I just wanted somewhere with our own kitchen so I can whip up a New Year special for my man!

Somewhat similar to Capri's concept, but a little more apartment like, with a bedroom and a living room.

Everything was good (it's just a stone throw away from Star Vista!) just that the ventilation was pretty bad :(

The whole living room stunk like mad and I refused to leave the room into the living room after that!

All ready for our staycation!

Look who else we brought to our staycation this time!

 

We headed to Star Vista after checking out our meal to get some bites and some food for our supper. 

Woohoo! I love Itacho!! 

Look at their FAT salmon! Wooooooo~   

Although it's $1.30 a piece (slightly pricier than Sakae and all), it is so worth it!

 

Went back to our room after that and slack around watching teevee.

Finally got down to cooking for our New Year dinner!

Heehee didn't know WC snapped so many pictures of me. I was so flustered with all the chopping and frying!

Evident I got crazy from cooking!

(P.S. those two mushroom cost me $4 lo!)

And the head chef stepped in to help :)

 

Tada! Our "gourmet" menu!!

Our tapas: Panko Prawn balls! 

And ahem.. my so called "Gourmet burger with chunky fries". 

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So disappointed with it though it definitely tasted much better than it looked.

See how supportive WC is. Haha trying very hard to get the best angle of my food and still gave me a 9/10 for my effort though it was so ugly :(

Forever so encouraging! :) 

我永远支持你! (insert my own subtitle! heehee)

" I am gonna devour you!!!"

And our best buy that night was this!

Totally suit us cos it tastes really good with only 2.5% alcohol! Hohoho.

Goes so well with the burger!

Haha and because we bought only one can, we need to compete using our ipad game to see who get the last sip!

The night was spent in the room playing games, watching the Channel 8 countdown which was surprisingly good this year. 

We had our mini version of countdown party, dancing and screaming to the Wanted and Wang Lee Hom. 

WC even prepared our own version of fireworks! LOL. 

The energy level gets low as we got older. 

Haha I was so tired after that I just sprawled on the bed watching Twilight on the teevee. (It's just to wasteful to sleep on a staycation)

And the most awesome boyfriend went out to cook magee mee for me cos I said I was hungry! #somuchlove

Haha sorry it was so pixelated cos I just zoomed the camera from the room as I was glued to the bed =x)

Taste much better than it  looks! 

The lighting in the apartment was so dim it was hard to capture any good photos. 

We supposedly have fishballs to go along with the noodles but they were all spoilt :(

We bought them from Cold Storage just in the afternoon! :((

So WC threw in the cuttlefish ball that we wanted to fry earlier on.

Yummehhhhh~~

So I crossed over to 2014 quietly and blissfully with WC :)

They say it's a symbolic year cos you cross over for 2013 to 2014 (because it sounds like 一生一世).

Pretty romantic too eh? Especially when 2014 is gonna be the most important year for the two of us!

I don't need any crazy partying but will be contented if I can do it with my loved ones annually.

(Heehee I am already beginning to anticipate my 2015 countdown in our love nest! Probably can invite our family along to countdown with us!)

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Rise and shine the next day!

I am usually the kind that will forego hotel breakfast for an hour more of sleep but this time WC paid extra $15 for a pax breakfast I better get myself down for some food.

  

Boo but the spread was so bad this was all I have,

So we went for a better lunch at Star Vista! 

Happy to get some good food on the first day of New Year!

Wanted Watami at first but I gave up because I told WC I wanted to eat Ne Ne Chicken after my ramen. 

But my poor old man was so tired he didn't have the mood to eat so we have to give it a miss.
Luckily there is another branch at Scape so I am gonna try it soon!

So...

I have it for dinner with the sister cos she was craving for it as well!

Our New Year dinner together!!!

4 Fingers never go wrong! 

Damn shiok to eat 18 wings together! Fat die us!

Hope your first day of 2014 was as joyful as mine! 

I am so excited for 2014 not just for myself but I heard so many wonderful news from my friends as well already.

Happy 2014 everyone! :)

You got me beaming with happiness :)

It had been a long time since I got so excited over something.

Yes!! Love and I finally got our flat!! *Throw confetti*

For the past week, we were so anxious checking out the HDB website for the latest update and keeping our fingers crossed that our preferred unit was not taken up.

Sounds exaggerating, we actually went to check out the place a few times, to check the progress of the construction even before we got the unit. LOL.

Thankfully (our prayer works!), we managed to secure a unit! *Throw confetti again*

The feeling is pretty surreal.
Walking out of HDB an hour after entering to realise you have a flat in your possession and we are one step closer to our dream home!:)

WC suggested breakfast before our registration so we had Delifrance!
I love their Seafood and Tuna filling... 

Craving for it since my last try with Danjakk and Rania!:)

HOHOHO! Never feel so happy paying money before!

And to end the wonderful day, WC messaged me and told me I am gonna get another treat from him cos he got his bonus letter!

And no prize for guessing where we go!!
Salivating while I am blogging about it!

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Time in 2013 is whizzing past too quickly.
A few more days and it is the Lunar New Year!

Dinner with WC after his work on Saturday..
First time trying Swee Choon Dim Sum after hearing so many people talking about it.
The queue was crazy even at 9pm, but they had such good management that we got ushered to our seat very quickly.

Old school service bell

And such old school pencils to take our order! I used to have them neatly lined in my pencil case in primary school.

The dimsum were sooooo good, see how much the two of us ate!

The highly-raved liu sha bao didn't fail us at all.
Look at the custard that is oozing out! Yumz.

Gonna bring daddy and mummy there to try again one day!

Jia had been rather busy since she started her work.
We finally went ahead with our first game together. So fun!!

The only bad thing was we went for pancake right after the game! MUAHAHAHA

And I got a sushi treat cos she got her first paycheck! :))

Some random Mcdonald lunch with her cos CNY is never complete without twister fries!!

Chinatown shopping with mummy last Friday :)
Making a wish for the family before the new year!

Much shopping with the mummy before some yummy chicken rice at one of the shophouses.

WC came and joined us despite being so tired from work..

It's these little gestures WC does that makes him the sweetest boyfriend ever! ♥♥♥

Mummy is the cutest cos she wanted to join us in a selfshot!

Love this photo though I look super shagged!:))

Ending the post with a picture from YH.

The wacky friend wadsapp me this picture and I was so impressed with her creativity!


Two more days to the weekend and a long hiatus from work! YAYYYY!