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Taiwanese Restaurant @ Tanjong Pagar Xchange – Part 2

There, we are back again at the Taiwanese Restaurant inside the Tanjong Pagar Xchange. We were actually planning to go to Amara Shopping Centre to have our subway. But it was raining so heavily that we’ve to drop the idea.  So in the end, we went back to the Taiwanese Restaurant.

Seafood Fried Rice
The tantalizing colours of the food makes the meal to be appetizing.
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)

 
Ah Po’s Pancake
This is really nice! This delicacy is made of bean spout, carrot, spring onion. The chilli accompanied with this taste like the one you have for Fried Oyster Omelette. It tastes as nice without the chilli.
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)

Subway Restaurant ~ Eat Fresh

Ranked the 2nd position in the 2008 Franchise 500 Rankings, Subway has over 29,045 franchised units in 86 countries as of March 2008 and is the fastest growing franchise in the world. It provides a healthy alternative to fatty fast food. On Wednesday afternoon, my department colleagues and I went to Amara Hotel Shopping Centre for lunch. We settled our lunch at Subway Restaurant.

There are 4 steps to create your own Subway sandwich. First, choose the sub you want. They are: Classic, 6 Grams of Fat or Less, Hot Subs, Local Favorites. Then, choose the bread from Wheat, Italian, Parmesan Oregano or Honey Oat. You can opt for either six inch or a food long.

Photo Credit: http://www.vkeong.com

Then, choose the toppings you want. They are: Cheese, Onions, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Green Peppers, Olives, Pickles, Jalapeno Peppers. Lastly, choose the type of sauce you want. They are: Honey Mustard, Mayonnaise, Sweet Onion, Chipotle Southwest, Red Wine Vinaigrette.

Subway Melt sandwich
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)
A taste-tempting combination of our famous lean and tender sliced turkey, ham and crispy bacon topped with melted cheese and served hot I had the 6 inch on Honey Oat bread with tomatoes, pickles, cucumber as my toppings. I had Honey Mustard as the sauce.

I paid for an extra charge for the meal. The meal comes with a drink of your own choice and a piece of cookie of your own choice. I got myself Macadamia Nut cookie. Really a nice meal before heading back to the office..

Just Acia – Best of Asia

Looking for a value-for-money place? Finding a place that provides meal that can make you full, but without burning your pocket? Try Just Acia.

Just Acia
11 Orchard Road
#B1-17 Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station

Nestled throughout Dhoby Exchange, Just Acia provides you a range of asian dishes from local delights to Korean and Japanese meals. Every set meal comes together with free flow of drinks (Pepsi, Root Beer, Iced Peach Tea and etc) or cappucino, free flow of 6 flavours of ice cream(chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, chocolate chip, coffee, mango). You can have as many toppings as you want just like you have your Topless 5 at Swensen. Just Acia is just a nice place for a catching-up session as you can hog the area for a long time.

Last friday after work, went Just Acia to have dinner with my caregroup. I shared the Chicken Teriyaki and Soft Shell Crab double set with my brother. The set includes a plate of soft shell crabs, a plate of chicken teriyaki, a bowl of Thai Fragrance rice and a bowl of miso soup.

Chicken Teriyaki and Soft Shell Crab double set
Chicken thigh broiled in the very own teriyaki sauce and grilled till its skin is a shade of crispy golden brown, but, its meat soft, juicy and tender, sink your teeth into its succulent taste.
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)

Chicken Teriyaki
Good proportion of chicken with the sweet teriyaki sauce. The skin was crispy.
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)

Tempura Soft Shell Crabs
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)

Singing Performance [4]: Zai Shi Jie Zhong Xin

翻唱-在世界中心(潘嘉丽)

Recorded 25 December 2007

我静静靠着那里听叶落的声音
你是不是会听得见
看天空的星星浮云飘荡的风景
微风吹落了的脚印

一只蝴蝶轻轻飞过了你的身边
构成一幅动人画面
oh baby　在整个世界中心的就是你
有着不一样的感应

每当花开花落的季节我又忍不住想起
你那独一无二的气息
小心栽种把所有的感情埋在我的心里
期待着有那开花结果的一天　就是你

我最爱的餐厅和你喜欢的电影　回忆里专属的场景
宠坏我的任性分享我的好心情　你总是什么都答应
有你出现再无聊也会变成特别　甜蜜占满整个视线
oh baby　在整个世界中心的就是你　占据着爱你的权利

每当花开花落的季节在这停下的时间　当你静静熟睡的气息
很孩子气　印在我的心里感觉多么熟悉
关于有多爱你写成花瓣情书随着落叶寄给你

每当花开花落的季节我又忍不住想起　好想轻轻的告诉你
一种默契就是那么贴心　把你写在我的记忆里
来不及　就是如此忐忑不安静　爱上你

整个天空都是为了你　布满忧郁却很甜蜜的空气
那是我傻傻的想你　我期待下雨后的晴天　那一段暖暖的秘密

每当花开花落的季节我又忍不住想起　你那独一无二的气息
每个冬季翻开你的记忆仍在我的心里
期待着有那开花结果的一天　爱上你

Singing Performance [3]: Chong Bai

翻唱-崇拜(梁静茹)

Recorded 19 December 2007

你的姿态
你的青睐
我存在 在 你的存在
你以为爱
就是被爱
你挥霍了我的崇拜
我活了 我爱了
我都不管了
心爱到疯了 恨到算了
就好了
可能的
可以的
真的可惜了
幸福好不容易
怎么你却不敢了呢
我还以为我们能
不同于别人
我还以为不可能的
不会不可能
你的姿态
你的青睐
我存在 在 你的存在
你以为爱
就是被爱
你挥霍了我的崇拜

Singing Performance [2]: Bu Xiang Dong De

翻唱- 不想懂得 (張韶涵)

Recorded 8 December 2007

当世界　不知不觉的变了
有时后　我怀念以前的我
作的梦虽然远远的
想像是一种快乐
拥有了　同时也失去什麼
而眷恋　原来会带来软弱
你让我在雾里成熟
心开始曲折
我不想舍得　不想懂得
是谁惹谁　言不由衷
说谎伤害　都是不安犯的错
怕抱不紧什麼
我不想舍得　不想懂得
谁说割爱　才更深刻
彼此依赖 是爱不是负荷
互相照顾 就是幸福的

当世界　不知不觉的变了
有时后　我怀念以前的我
作的梦虽然远远的
想像是一种快乐
拥有了　同时也失去什麼
而眷恋　原来会带来软弱
你让我在雾里成熟
心开始曲折
我不想舍得　不想懂得
是谁惹谁　言不由衷
说谎伤害　都是不安犯的错

怕抱不紧什麼
我不想舍得　不想懂得
谁说割爱　才更深刻
彼此依赖 是爱不是负荷
能握著手 就是感动的

我愿意 一秒钟放弃全宇宙
挤在只有我们 紧靠的小星球

我不想舍得　不想懂得
是谁惹谁　言不由衷
说谎伤害　都是不安犯的错
怕抱不紧什麼
我多不舍得 多不懂得
谁说割爱　才更深刻
彼此依赖 是爱不是负荷
能握著手 就是感动的

(是谁惹谁　言不由衷)
说谎伤害　都是不安犯的错
怕抱不紧什麼
我多不舍得 多不懂得
谁说割爱　才更深刻
彼此依赖 是爱不是负荷
能握著手 就是感动的

Singing Performance [1]: Yi Miao Zhong De Yong Yuan

 

翻唱-一秒鐘的永遠(潘嘉丽)

Recorded 8 December 2007

每个人的心中都有一个小的梦
像蜻蜒点在微微涟漪水中
涟漪往往只会泛起短短一秒钟
却让人怀念的好久好久

在我们的爱情中 总是太多风波
忘记它 才能安然度过

释怀后的拥抱虽短 感动却很久
就在爱情离开了我 那么久以后
我还清晰 记得在你怀中丰富感受
只一秒钟 却永远了
虽然许多爱的可能 在门外经过
为甚么我还深锁自己 无动于衷
是一秒钟的天长地久深深包围我
只一秒钟 却成为了永远

每个人的心中都有一个小的梦
像蜻蜒点在微微涟漪水中
涟漪往往只会泛起短短一秒钟
却让人怀念的好久好久

在我们的爱情中 总是太多风波
忘记它 才能安然度过

释怀后的拥抱虽短 感动却很久
就在爱情离开了我 那么久以后
我还清晰 记得在你怀中丰富感受
只一秒钟 却永远了
虽然许多爱的可能 在门外经过
为甚么我还深锁自己 无动于衷
是一秒钟的天长地久深深包围我
只一秒钟 却成为了永远

N.Y.D.C Café & Restaurant – Mothers’ Day treat

For Mother’s Day last week, the whole family went to NYDC Café & Restaurant at Holland Village. Holland Village is a small commercial enclave near the Buona Vista MRT Station close to the Queenstown area in Singapore. The locals and expatriates are drawn here. There are eateries and some specialist shops selling non-traditional wares.

So we headed down to NYDC and were greeted by friendly staff. I was attracted by the menu full of cartoons and nice graphics. So, all of us ordered our own food and shared among ourselves.
 

Beef Lasagna – S$13.95
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)
Layers of beef bolognaise sauce and ricotta cheese with mozzarella. Served with garlic toast.

 

Red Hot Chilli Pepper - S$11.90
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)
With shredded roast chicken, corn and grilled mushrooms in spicy garlic-dynamite sauce. For those who love their food smokin’ hot!

 

Three Amigos - S$11.90
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)
A testosterone favorite. Homemade beef meatballs, Italisan ham, beef pepperoni and onions with mozzarella.

Romeo and Juliet - S$11.90
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)
With crispy bacon and tender sweet corn, plus mozzarella in n.y.d.c. garlic sauce.

Pig me up, Honey  - S$14.65
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)
Sweet caramelized onions, bacon and tomato with garlic sauce and topped with mozzarella.
Ooh Honey!
“Bacon was given generously with thick layers of cheese.” 

A Visit to the Botanical Garden

Last Saturday, went to Singapore Botanical Garden with my family. Singapore Botanical Garden is the only botanical garden in the world that opens from 5 a.m. to 12 midnight every single day of the year, and does not charge an admission fee. The garden is bordered by Holland & Napier Road in the South, Cluny Road on the East, Tyersall Ave & Cluny Park Road on its West and Bukit Timah Road in the North.

Initially, we intended to have our breakfast at Prata Cafe located at Evan’s street. But on a second thought of the price, we decided to have breakfast in the food court at Botanical Garden. We ordered Roti Prata, Tissue Roti John, Chicken Mutabak, The Tissue Roti John is seriously huge.

Tissue Roti John
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)

Plain Roti Prata
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)

Chicken Mutabak
Ratings: (out of 5 stars)

After breakfast, we walked around Botanical Garden. It has been a “thousand” years ever since the last time I went there for my photo shoot. Botanical Garden is really a nice place for photographers to catch a nice shot. For a day, I became a freelance photographer and took a lot of photos of the different varieties of flowers, plants and trees.

Enjoy the photos.

The Botanic Gardens has three lakes, namely Symphony Lake, Eco-Lake and Swan Lake. We went to the Swan Lake. At the lake, there was this scuplture. It was named the “Flight of Swans” and was installed in May 2006.

We went to Ginger Garden and National Orchid Garden. We wandered outside the National Orchid Garden cause there’s S$5 entrance fee for adults. So, we went to the Orchid Souvenier shop. Daddy bought me a nice necklace with real flowers in the silicon case and it costs S$15.

Then, we continued our walk.

Do you see the below familiar? It is Tembusu tree (Faraea fragrans), featured in our Singapore five- dollar bill.

Took this photo when this little boy was feeding the fishes.

After our walk, we left Botanical Garden and headed to Seletar Reservior. According to dadd, there are monkeys along the quiet road down from the main road to Seletar Reservior.Bu when we were there, we could only spot 3-4 of them. We sat by the reservoir and enjoyed the nice breeze. This is a good place for a picnic in the morning as the air there is fresh.

Looking forward to another day of “Close to the Nature”

Disgusting acts in the train

Taking the MRT everyday has allowed me to see the ugly side of people. They are said to be Kiasi (afraid to die) and Kiasu (afriad to lose).

Why Kiasi? Why Kiasu?

People on the platform (into the cabin)

If you are in the MRT cabin and ready to go out(since you are alighting there), you would see people crowding  at the doorway and anxiously waiting to rush into the MRT as if there’s a GREAT SINGAPORE SALE of 90% off! Even though lines are drawn clearly that passengers waiting to board the train to stand behind the two diagonal lines, people just dont follow. Instead of waiting to rest to leave the cabin, people from the outside RUSH into the MRT. OH MY GOD!

Or when the cabin was already packed, some people just dont care and join the squezzing with you.

People in the cabin (alighting at the station)

Even say a simple “Excuse me” is so difficult from them. These people stand behind you and when they want to alight, they just try their means to get through – squezzing, pushing. If you really couldnt alight on time, just wait and alight the next one. Why is so difficult for this?

Monkeys in the train 

Worst still, there are people behaving like  MONKEYS in the MRT. Children can be forgiveable for behaving like a monkey. But there are some adults, behaving like monkeys. Let me give you a better illustration so that you have an idea why I used the word “MONKEY“. 

Of what I’ve observed, there are two different types of monkey.

1) These are people who cling to the whole pole to themselves – either leaning the pole as if they are doing pole dancing or hugging the pole as if the pole is their bolster. This is extremely sickening especially when the whole train is packed like sardines and the train is extremely jerky and we need to grab something to maintain our balance. These type of people just couldnt sense that their act has caused inconvenience to many people. Worst still, when your hands are already there, they pretend not to see it and lean on your hands. Where are these thick-skinned people still live on this earth?
 
2) Another type of monkey is people who grab two handgrips to themselves and doing some stationary Monkey-bar exercise. Their arms are swinging here and there, their body swaying left to right (like nobody business). Are they missing their childhood? I remember Monkey Bar infrastructure locates in primary school.

Really wish that these commuters can WAKE UP..! We should put up this sign beside the “No Eating and Drinking”, “No carrying of flammable objects”.

NO MONKEY IS ALLOWED ON TRAINS.