Tioman~

This post is actually a week late... I went for Tioman last week and only uploaded the photos onto Facebook and actually forgot to blog it down till some kind souls w/o facebook decided to remind me..

All was fun cept for the travelling part when we almost took 1 whole day to reach Tioman itself. zzz.. But thanks to Cuili for organising such a wonderful trip! :)

Choice pics and album below as well~ Enjoy~











ALBUM!

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Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Woke up early today for one of the events organised by my bank's Recreation Club. Off to Sungei Buloh we go! I've only been there but it was a long time ago....

It looked to be a good day to visit the reserve. Sunny, not too hot and din look like it was going to rain like how these few days were....

First off, we were divided into 2 groups where we were brought around the mangrove area via a boardwalk route and we had a nice, chirpy guide to introduce to us the mangrove and wonders behind it. Rare chance for a city boy like me to see monitor lizards, tree climbing crabs, huge spiders, horseshoe crabs, a collared kingfisher up close, you know? :P

After that, we rested for lunch and carried on a treasure-hunt style activity where we had to explore the reserve to find answers to 27 questions. Good way to have you explore and admire the flora and fauna available in the mangrove habitat. It got a tad too hot later but didn't deter our trek at all~

In the end, my team (Me, Tun Naung, Mary (Tun Naung's girlfriend), Lu Xin, Xiaoting (Lu Xin's friend) won 4th price with a score of 24/27. Got a bundle of Toberone 1 by 1 chocs for that. Not bad eh?

Fortunately, after the last photo was taken outside the reserve, it began to pour! Lucky us~

Anyway, here are some choice pics and the link to the whole album below so enjoy~

Me, Tun Naung, Mary, Lu Xin and Xiaoting

Album!

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Waraku + Santouka

Had dinner at Central twice this week. Once with Helen, Amy and Yihui at Wakaru! One of my favourite Japanese family restuarant which never fails to satisfy my gourmet tendencies each time. Ordered my favourite Rindo (Katsu don + Zaru Udon + Soba). =)

Yihui came later as she was stuck in office till about 8+ but still decided to join us nevertheless! We got a window seat fortunately and was able to enjoy the night view at Clarke Quay. Took some random pics below. Enjoy~

Helen's Ikura Don

Dorayaki Ice Cream Tempura

Helen and Amy

Yihui, me, Helen, Amy

The next day, I went to try Ramen Santouka on the 2nd floor of Central. It just opened this year and one of my frens had said that it's not bad! The ramen hails from Asahikawa, Hokkaido which I've been there before to try the Japan No. 1 Shio Ramen! So expectations were high, and hoping it could displace one of my top 10 ramen restaurants in Singapore..

I ordered a Miso ramen set with Cha Han (fried rice) and my colleague ordered a Shio Ramen with Ikura don (Salmon Roe) set. Plus some gyoza as well. +1 for the nice simple decor and another +1 for the pretty waitress who speaks very fluent Japanese. Think her name is Emily (reading katakana has never been my forte...) I only uploaded those pics which were clear enough as I used my phone to take those photos below. I think the reso's not too bad for a 3.2 MP camera, eh?

Verdict: The Komi-tamago (lava egg) was delicious, not too salty and leaving a sweet aftertaste in the mouth even after some time. The noodles were an utter disappointment. In contrast to the thick, springy noodles available around, the noodles were bland and very thin. Unable to soak up the wholesome goodness of the soup, it just pales in comparison. Luckily, the soup saves the day for the ramen. Miso had the right proportion of saltiness and the amount of oil added to the it was just nice. The soup from the Shio Ramen, didn't taste too salty as well. :) I would give it 6 out of 10 and might come back another day.

To those who want to try, they do not take reservations and only accepts cash so be prepared.

Entrance to Santouka (it's read from right to left by the way...)

Miso Ramen

Ikura Don

Eh, Mumbai dah!

Just learnt that this was the winner of Viewer's Choice 2007. Personally one of my favourites~

The Dark Knight!

Miharu!

Two words. Heavenly indulgence.

More below...

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Turkish!

Having been once to Cafe Le Caire at Arab Street, I decided to bring my team there for dinner for one of our celebrations. =)

The food came faster than expected though the response was normal. But at least it's the company that counts?

Here's some of the pics below~


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Thanks to Sonia and Tun Naung for the treat! =)

Sick again...

That's me with the "Victory Sign". Always able to detect where a camera is before it starts snapping. Heh~

Was able to make it for the Singapore Boardgames meetup at Settlers' cafe yesterday and it was quite fun for my first time there. Learnt a new game from Rynn called "Princes of Florence". Going to have to intro it to my buddies next time round. =) Thanks Rynn! For those interested to join, you can go to the link below to find out more....

http://boardgames.meetup.com/21/

Am down with a bad cough, been coughing so much till i can't sleep at night. Doc's said there's a cough bug around, so it would be good to set coughing people at your workplace on fire just to be safe (Just kidding!)

Doc gave me MC today and for tml. Probably staying in at home to recover sooner and to avoid spreading it to other people at the office as well....

Drinking lotsa H2O,

Janzer

Tiring but enjoyable weekend!

Went for my company's Recreation Club event at Science Centre and Snow City last Saturday and it was quite fun! Went to watch Mummies at the Omnimax (Soooo long since I last watched Omnimax!) The show was pretty ok, think the kids might find it boring... Then on to Snow City! where my colleagues and I had so much fun sliding down the slope~ Heh! Also I met Chen Xiuhuan at Snow City! V tall and still so beautiful even though she's in the same era as Zoey Tay, I think? Wanted to get a photo with her but gave up in the end cos she was too busy talking to her friends... Click on the photo below for the rest of the pics!

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View of Indoor Stadium from LeisurePark Kallang

After that, I made my own way to LeisurePark Kallang. My favourite hobby shop, La Tendo shifted a couple of months back from Sunshine Plaza down at Middle Road to Kallang. Pretty ulu leh! Although Stadium MRT station is being built beside it right now, but now gotta travel by bus from Orchard to there. It was its' first birthday celebration and offered a 10 bucks voucher for all members to be used only for that weekend! Din play to buy anything until I was in for a surprise when I saw Tifa from FF7!

It was sold out the very first day it arrived in SG and i regretted not pre-ordering it earlier.... but lucky me managed to get the last copy cos some bugger ordered and din collect it for a month already. :P Haha! I also ordered Yuffie, Vincent and Red XIII (+ Cait Sith) for the next collection coming in June!

Super pleased with my steals for the day, went back home a happy man~ No programs that night, so stayed at home and rotted away, but also enjoyed a video call with one of my friends late at night. Apparently, video calls between M1 to M1 are free for 1st 5 minutes~

That was Saturday.

Sunday, morning woke up at 8 (v early on Sunday for the 1st time!!!!) and met up with my friend to bring her Japanese host family around Sentosa and Vivocity. Good weather in the morning but it had to rain in the afternoon and the evening... Pics below!

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By the time, we left Sentosa, I had a v bad headache... but still met up with Rene and her friends for dinner at Ma Maison @ Central. Not a bad place with a good view of Clarke quay from the window. =) Had my fav. hamburger steak this time with the minced yam. Totally heavenly!

Had a bad headache today at work but Panadol fast relief saved the day but then felt super drowsy at work.... zzz

Off to sleep now to try to recover soon! Peace~