Swensens One for One Dessert Buffet

As promised, this is the voucher for you to enjoy the one-for-one promotion at Swensons @ Ion Orchard.

Just print the picture out in any size, black and white/ color and present it to the staff.

Take note that queue might be long. And if you go before 5, there is a current instore one-for-one promo already so you dun have to bring this voucher... If you need anymore details, just gimme a call or email to arthuroks@gmail.com! I'll be glad to help... =)

Have fun stuffing urself with desserts! Hahaahaha...



Suddenly remember this funny line from donkey years back:

"If you cannot lose weight, you can always make your friends fat!" *Evil GrinZ*

August 09

Been through some events lately... And here are some pictures to share!

Where Got Ghost? Gala Premiere + Spooky Tour

From Top, Left to Right:

1. Movie Gala Night! I look nice right? =P
2. Cast and Directors of "Where Got Ghost?"
3. Jack and Cast in our cinema for a short intro before the show.
4. In the seats with my big gala passes.
5. Group photo with API gang @ the Gala. (From left: Lisa, Sparky, Charles, Javier, Shaney, ME!)
6. Me posing with the poster.
7. The 3 Musketeers after the Spooky Tour: Tiger, Arty and Sparky!
8. Posing with Up Poster! Tiger does look like Russell! Haha...
9. Me at Suntec after Spooky tour...
10. Me and scandal of the night... SBG!!! =P

Was invited to the Gala Premiere of Jack Neo's lateset movie "Where Got Ghost?" as I was conducting a spooky tour with API for the movie promotion. I was the Guides-in-charge that night and thank goodness, I have an army of very very capable guides that did a super great job! Kudos to Javier, Shaney, Tiger, Serene, Molemole, and of course my partner SBG! I am so proud of you guys! Thank you for making my job so much simpler! And of course, the success goes to everyone who had worked really hard for this massive event together! Good work Sparky as the overall IC! =)

National Day 2009

From Top, Left to Right:

1. Me and the birthday cakes.
2. Me and ZaiZai all decked out in Red!
3. Group Pic! (From Left: Iman, Guobao, Siti, Don, Terri, Alex, Me and ZZ).
4. Toast for Singapore! "YUMMMMM SENGGGGG!"
   
   

From Top, Left to Right:

1. Me, Terri and ZZ posing with Singa.
2. Me, Alex and ZZ on the picnic mat.
3. Me and ZZ with Singa
4. Just look at the huge crowd behind us!
5. Teaching ZZ how to play Uno. Yup, I was THAT bored while waiting for the rest to come!
6. Parade is starting and we are sitting on the bench in front of the floating screen.
7. Me and ZZ with the Singa closest to our picnic ground which is now infested with other ppl!
8. Smile for Singapore!

Happy 44th Birthday Singapore! Nope, no NDP tickets this yr, but we had a blast anyway! Got some of my closest friends with me to put up a potluck picnic to celebrate Singapore's birthday together!

Was at Esplanade since 1.45pm to CHOP good place with Mr Lim and ZaiZai... Sun was blazing hot but the spirit of National Day in the air is everything I need to keep me going!

Terri, Don, Siti, Abang (Iman), and GB join us subsequently and while waiting for the parade to start, we started to go old school with games such as Old Maid, Donkey, Snap and Happy Family! We also had a great round of Taboo!

We also had a BIG Yam Seng with Vitasoy (that sent everyone around us STARING our way)!

Oh, and did I mention that I am the one that made (the icing) and decorated the gorgeous birthday cakes for Singapore's 44th Birthday? Haha... That is the next best thing to the fireworks that night!

I love you Singapore! Many happy returns!!! *MuackX*

Swensons Dessert Buffet

From Top, Left to Right:

1. Mr Lim and Me with fondue.
2. Princess and Me showing off our Sundae Creations.
3. Dessert Galore! Great for my Sweet Tooth, Really bad for my Waistline...
4. Me and my Sundae!
5. Alex, Terri, Arty.
6. Yum! Need I say more? =P
   

I so hate Princess for the emailer promotion coz I think my face look rounder than ever halfway through gorging on fondue, cakes, pies, cream puffs and ice cream!

Sometimes, I really wonder whether I get fat instantly! I was browsing through the pictures and realised that my face grew rounder and rounder by every picture I take! Those pics that you see above are of course the more "front" ones.. The ones that I took later really cannot be displayed...

But for the price that we paid, this is really a very good dessert buffet to try once in a lifetime! I prob will go back again, but it definitely wun be soon... And there must be the one-for-one promotion again coz I seriouly dun think one can eat 20++ bucks worth of desserts over there!

Will post the emailer in my next post for you to enjoy the promotion too! Just print it out (black and white or color, in any size) and bring it down with you to the Swensons at Orchard Ion. Have fun! And if you get lost and need directions, just gimme a buzz! This outlet is particularly hard to find. We walked that level at least 3 rounds to find it!

Random Stuff In CRAZY Times

Amidst my crazy days now with projects. assignments, competitions, business plans (MULTIPLE) all due, I did some pretty random stuff...

My new bed frame finally arrives after close to a month of waiting and months of sleeping with the mattress on the floor... (My last one broke and at first I tot it was quite ZEN to have the mattress on the floor.. Until I start to have backaches!)

The Hush Puppies Dreamlinen 420 Threadcount Bed Sheet (as shown in pic) that I SpeciaLLY got from Mustafa to "welcome" my new frame was really disappointing though... Totally overrated! I got even madder when the size dun even fit the super-single bed snugly! More like a sheet designed for a middle size btn Super single and Queen! It is a FITTED SHEET for goodness sake! Trust me to pay so much extra for the brand, tc and "Dreamlinen" range... It is seriously not much difference from the regulars.. Even my FAV Mickey sheet is more comfortable!! Haiz... Kena cheated...



Got a craving for egg tarts the day before and decided to make some myself by following a Youtube video...

Quite simple to make actually! Especially with Chef Benny's assistance. You can check it out from here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwHpzosMTpI

The custard taste great! The skin was quite tasteless though...

Dun have to follow the recipe exactly.. Let me know if anyone wanna make. I had modified the recipe and make another batch again yesterday. The skin taste way better! Yum!!

Oh, and the pink ones you see are Strawberry Egg Tarts! I just replaced regular milk with strawberry milk coz it was on sale... Heee... The results: Berry Yummy Pink Tarts!! =P

Finally got a whole new set of WHITE dishes that I wanted for the longest time from Ikea!
Decided to do a little fine-dining styled dinner for my family! Twee Bak was on offer that day at Giant and there you go: Crispy Pork on Bed of Rosti with Roasted Carrots.


And this is by far the most random thing I did! (23rd July 2009)

My Parents woke me up really early: 9.45am (Ok, not THAT early but I slept at 5am last night coz was trying to complete my project) to just to go Pulau Ubin!!!

My dad wanna visit the Tua Pek Gong temple there and thus, everyone who were at home were mobilised...

Not that I mind coz I love the great air and greeneries of Ubin, and I am actually quite keen to go back to the temple that we used to frequent back in my poly days... But I am simply TOOOOOOOO BUSY!! Ahhh... I need a break.... Desperately....

And over there, we went to another new temple that was introduced by my dad's friend's wife.. She claimed that the fortune teller there is like super "ZHUN" and asked us to go too!

Heee.. I am quite a sucker for fortune telling! Too bad I can't remember my birth time.. So have to go another time...

I intend to go with fellow 同志s： Alex and Terri!

One nice thing about the place is that they dun overcharge, only $12 to 批八字(life analysis). And for those really poor folks who cannot even afford that amount but need guidance, they can pay any amount they can... Not forceful about the money at all.. That is a nice change to this ultra monetary society ehz?

Check out some of the pictures we took:

Raymond (My Second Bro) and Me. Trying to position to "make" our face smaller than each others' in the picture! But being the owner of this blog, of course I choose the one that I am smaller in! Hahaha....

Raymond and Dad at the Jetty.

Mum and Dad at our Ubin Fav Haunt: Tua Pek Gong Temple

Me 自拍at the Tua Pek Gong Temple

Haha... Love this shot! Isn't my Mummy Sooooooooo UBER CUTE!!!! Love her!!!!!

We were on our way to the new temple in the van... It's min $5 per way. If more than 5 pax, its $1 per pax... Quite reasonably priced...


Heee... And how can I resist to use another great 自拍shot to end this blog? Nice right? =P

Alright... Back to work now!!! Aargh....

Science Centre with Princess and the Lovely Kids

Say Cheese! This very life-like T-Rex is now the greeting mascot of Science Centre.. Geez... Isn't mascots supposed to be cute? This big guy is scary!!

My Dear Kids!! Aren't they just adorable and model-lookin'?

Sushi Feast @ Downtown East!! All famished after a long day of fun at the Science Centre... *DrooLZ*

(PS: Thanks for the ride all the way across the island Felix!)

Princess Fel and Little Prince K.R.

Prince Arty and Little Princess Char

Spent a great day out with Princess, Charmaine and Keiren at the Science Centre. It had been ages since I’ve been there and this place never fails to amaze and educate me. Hmmm... I wonder why I complain when my teachers always brought us there when I was young. We also managed to catch the special Magic exhibition. Haaa... Those were the days man... I remembered when I was in secondary school, I used to “adopt” little chicks from them. I will call up and ask if there are any unwanted chicks from the hatchery exhibit (chicks hatch right in front of visitors in this hatchery dome). I have picked up about 6-8 chicks before from them! Haha... Thank you Science Centre!

Catch up from 2008... LOADS to CATCH UP!!!

I remembered screaming "Happy 2009!!" on my way to Genting and now is already 12 March 2009!! Almost felt that time had passed me by and left me behind... Alright, I shall be a good boi and continue my blog from here... Really dun wanna be Mr 3 Minutes (San Fen Zhong Re Du- As per Princess Fel) this time so that I will have my life to read after I grow old... Heee... And for thoes waiting, sorry for such a long wait! Hope you will happen to chance on the fact that I continued.... First, lets start off with my various gatherings and outings.... Sec Sch mates + Princess to JB Aeon JUSCO and the new TESCO (right beside Aeon) Finally a TESCO is up within convenient distance. The nearest TESCO that I used to go before this JB one would have to be Malacca. Being a grocery shopaholic, this hypermart is heaven to me! Check out our “suaku” pictures that screams to the whole world that “we are TOURISTS!!!”

1: Alex and Terri for sale! (been there for about 2 weeks liao! Any takers? 80%?) LOLX!! =P

2: I hate cha chan ting. Dun ask me why.. The rest love it so we went... Dun fancy the food at all but that dosent mean I can't pose for the camera! Hee.. =)

3: A really cute GIANT Doremon is what it takes to expose our TOURIST identity! I cannot stand myself sometimes.. But what to do?? It is HUGE and ADORABLE!! Hahahaha...

4: Artistic picture taken by yours truly of the 2 gorgeous ladies in TESCO's Kenny Rogers...

5: Dun look at our smiley faces. The food at their Kenny Rogers really quite CMI... Very different from Singapore's yummy Kenny ROgers... Dunno why also... And its BAD across state... I tried some pretty yucky dishes at Kenny Rogers Genting too!! =X Service stuff were really nice there though! =)

6: Summer, Winter, Spring, Autumn, simply different sodas with a scoop of ice cream! Haha.. Clever way to market floats. Pretty for the camera too!

Triple "F"s Satutrday: Friends, Food, Fun!!!

I am feeling so Xin Fu now... Just had my closest friends from 3 different stages (sec, poly, recent) of my life bump heads and enjoyed a really fun foodie Saturday together!

Started off with GB aka Guobao aka Baobao, Terri aka Ms Yeong aka Aries, Don aka Long Di (sec mates) and myself at Big Eat Out event at the Peranakan Museum hosted by the ppl from Hungrygowhere.com. Even though it was a warm day, the atmosphere at the event was spirited! The tentage and food area were filled with enthusiastic foodies everywhere.

A kind macho soul from ieatishootipost.sg helped us take this GORGEOUS grp pic! Love the lighting and framing! Notice that we are all wearing white top and blue jeans?? =P (From Left: Terri, Me, Don, GB)

Highlight of the day was the gathering of famous Superstar Stalls of Singapore's yesteryears traditional food at the carpark area just beside the museum. Being typical Singaporeans, we quickly queued up for the Poh Piah coz it had the longest queue after we bought our coupons...

Here are the rest of the DELICIOUS Food!!

This is what I ordered...

Chicken BuaKeluak: Erm... Sorry but I am disappointed with this dish. Had seen this on tv and wanted to try it for the longest time... was soooo excited when I saw it there and even bought a second set of coupons coz this with rice cost 7bucks... However, first experience failed coz the dish is quite cold, not as tasty as it looks and the chicken is overcooked... Sigh... -_-

Me with a table full of true blue Singapore Food from renowned stalls!!

Poh Piah: Super super yummy! One of its kind. I dig the generous amt of crispies and juicy fillings! ****
Indian Rojak: Nice, but not too special I guess... ***
Char Kway Tiao: Easily my FAV! Super fragrant, with heaps of cockles cooked to perfection!!! *****
Hokkien Mee: Yummy! Delicious and mouthwatering! ****

After eating, Sparky aka Xiao Wang Zi aka CM (My newfound Friend- Recent) joined us after his lunch for the Peranakan Museum tour at 3pm. The tour was really interesting as we get to know the intriguing and lavish way of life of the Peranakans!

Tour took about 1plus hour, and after that, Princess (Felicia, Poly & Life Bestie) decided to join us after work! Terri and Don left first for the Anime Fair at Suntec... By that time, Sparky (Oh, did I mentioned that he was the one that tell me about the event in the first place!) cannot resist but sample some morsels from the retro star stalls as well.. Afterwhich, we gave Princess a private tour of the museum with whatever memory of the tour we had earlier! (Believe me, we didn't managed to memorise many details... Most are hantam "bullsh*ting" by yours truly!! Muahahahaha...)

(From Left: Princess, Me, Sparky)

And of course, we cam whores didn't waste any chance to capture the jovial moments! That was the real "fun" part!!! Haha...

Prince Arty: My Nose! My Nose!!!

Prince Arty: Ahhhh!! I am telling you..... MY NOSE!!!!

Prince Arty: Ok, Seriously, your fingers stink a little! Hahaha...

Prince Arty: Ah Peh, watcha lookin' at?

Poor GB helping us to carry our bags while we were busy cam whoring... Thanks Buddy!!!

Love this sign!! It is put on top of exhibits that are "feeling" a little under the weather...

To Singtel/ Starhub/ M1: Pick us up for your next advertisement pls!!

Nope, not in the recording studio... I am listening to... Erm... Some Peranakan info or something... Can't really remember coz I JUST wanted to take a picture with it! Nice hor? Kekekeke...

Prince Arty: Hello, Yes, huH? Really ah? The price of vegetables at the MarkET gone UP by 50CENTS today??!!! Crawzzzzyyy LaH!!! Tsk.. tsk...tsk...


Last group pic on this flavourful Peranakan "Sofa" at the main hall b4 we leave... Ok, you caught us... We were tired and needed to rest our feet a little! But what's wrong with taking another picture at the same time?? =P

Everyone loves RAINBOWS! There is one right outside the museum to bid us a fondly sweet goodbye as we take our leave! Nice...

After that, GB, Princess, Sparky and myself walked to Suntec and get Terri to join us for dinner! Too bad Busy Sparky gotta attend to an emergency call along the way and had to leave us at City Hall...

After meeting with the sulky-faced Terri (ok, she had waited quite some time for us coz we can NEVER seem to take enuf pictures at the museum... kekeke... sorry gal...), there comes our usual "forever" to decide on WHERE to eat!! Haaaa.... After miles of walking (ok, I am exaggerating here), and debates on "Here! There! Millenia! Novena?!!", we decided on Suntec's Joakim buffet since none of us have been there.

Haaa... Was on our way back to Suntec when this great shirt caught my eye! Gotta have it if its below $30... Dream ON! Kekekeke...

I have to say that the buffet was not bad at all for the price we pay. Location and food quality were way ABOVE average.

Glorious Steamboat!! *DrooLz*

GB: Ma See So Yo! (Korean: Delicious!)

Prince Arty: Itatakimas, Ohishii!! (Japanese: I'm gonna eat, Yummy!!)

Both: *SlurpZ* =P

I am feeling so blessed and ready for a blissful sleep now... erm... at least after I upload the pics!) Night night... Love you guys.... *HugZ*

*PS: Gosh! Its 5.10am after Pics loading!!!! My Beauty Sleep is OVER!!!!*

Annalakshmi India Veg Restaurant.. My New Found and Loved Indian Veg Restaurant...

Went back to Annalakshmi Indian Veg Restaurant with Alex on Friday for lunch...

It was a buffet setting and no ala-carte available... Ahhh.. So disappointing coz was soooo craving for the THE BEST indian veg dishes I ever had! Checked out Sparky's post for my first trip there with him on Wed... The food is so fabulous that I already missed them 2hrs after I had them! LOL! That's why I can't wait to drag Alex there for a 2nd round just 2 days after...

The lunch was actually not bad... Just normal good ind veg food I supposed.. Not as awesome as the ala-cartes.

Service was as FUN thou coz as the staff are mostly volunteers, they are not particularly "seasoned" servers. All they wanted to do was to serve from their heart and that's excatly what they did...

Had a few really young teenager gals serving us that afternoon. The occassional giggles and "Oops, sorry!" are probably what we CANNOT tolerate in regular restaurants, but in there, seems exceptionally amiable...

Still very awed by the quality and taste of the food there nevertheless... I wished I had known this place earlier as this is definitely gonna be my first choice for indian veg in future. And even though the cooks and kitchen helpers are volunteers as well, I can really taste the effort they put in to make the dishes great.

Or maybe the very reason is BECAUSE they aren't working for the money, that's why one can truly taste the love, passion, soul and art of the food... *SmileZ*

Such interesting operation culture and zest that believes in caring and providing to the world at the same time trust the better instincts of humankind to know how to give back... I truly hope that this restaurant can continue to operate with profits (all that goes into developing of Indian cultural activities and charity) and flourish to prove that money is NOT the key to everything. Heart is.

That said, I wish that all Singaporeans that have the opportunity to visit will let go of that "KIASU" mentality for a while, deeply indulge in the soulful cuisine, and "give" (pay) appropriately to what you had enjoyed...

I await for your comments for those who visit!! .

The restaurant is located in B1 of Chianatown Point. Other details are on the web link above. I strongly encourage the ala-carte. Check out the review post above for reference to what to order if you are new to indian veg cuisine...

Impromptu BBQ in Singapore at 1am? No Problem!

Wheee... It is 4am now and I just came back from my mini bbq supper!

Was doing my usual late night shopping at Mustafa with Alex when we came across some portable bbq grill set. As Mr Alex haven't got his dinner yet, the craving of bbq food suddenly rush into his head.

Being the ultimate impromptu and impulsive person I am, I immediately do a quick mental calculation of the cost (I am impulsive but money wise too k!), and realised that we can do it within the budget of our dinner at Shin Kushiya last weekend!

Total spending: $63 (But there's the grill set, untensils, and plenty of leftovers for MORE bbqs! Soooooo Worth It!!)

Thus, we started to gather all our essential items from the various levels of the mall that we are sooooo familiar with! And SERIOUSLY, there is NOTHING that Mustafa, our beloved 24hr shopping haven in Singapore do not carry! They simply have everything that we need to indulge in a last min bbq supper impulsion.

This is what we got:

Premium Charcoal (this is Grrrrreat stuff! The most effortless, light-up-by-itself charcoal! I was amazed... Just a lighter and you get perfect glowing heating pad), sponge and Magic Clean for cleaning, satay sticks, disposable chopsticks and plates, bbq tong set...

Food... (Turkey bacon, cheese tofu, pastrami, mushroom balls, ramliy patties, chicken bites), yum Yum YUM!!!

... n Of Course and the $15.90 Portable grill too!

So after equipping ourselves with all that we need, we set off to East Coast Park for our little party!

It came out decently well alright! Kekeke... For a last minute, no-frills bbq that is! All you need is a lil creativity, some cash, a car, a good weather and Mustafa!!

Looking forward to another soon! Join me! (",)