Halloween!

I'm too tired to write about Halloween. Suffice it to say, four events to go to over the weekend and I am weak and partied out. Going to let the pictures do the talking.

My sailoorrr costume! :D


Me and my wifey!


Renee doing what she does best: cleaning me up. Haw haw.


The girlies!


Deron looking very convincing as the joker.

Jenn the sheriff.


Suzanne the hobo! :D

And her fiance Odie as the male hobo. :)

Diane as the clapping monkey with home-made cymbals!

Someone used my cam to take this picture of my fishnet stockings.

Theresa as a...pleasant girl?

Renee's boy Dane as a French mime to match her French maid costume.


For some reason, this picture refuses to rotate, so here you go. John as a po-po, Vanessa as a body part mechanic.


Our trusted bartender at PBBG, Mike!

I love you guys

Dear friends, and strangers who are reading this,

I know I've been horribly lazy and awfully slow in blogging these days... these weeks has been nothing but a constant frenzy of activity, and whoever is reading this right now, thanks for being concerned enough to check back! :D And all you fabulous peeps who complimented me on my blog, like the lovely Olivia and Kevin, thanks! :)

So I have all these pictures from restaurants I've visited, but I'm too lazy to blog about all of them, so imma just blog about the ones that are slightly more interesting.

Went to this French restaurant called Thee Bungalow with a group of my friends like three weekends ago. It's a nice quaint place with very traditional French fare. Definitely not the best French food I've had, but it's decent and 'reasonably priced'. I put that in quotation marks because it's reasonably priced according to typical French food, which is always about twice or thrice more costly than other cuisines. Blah.

Anyways I ordered my staple courses I always try to order at any French restaurant...


The complimentary appetizer was this sorta jello with crabmeat and spring onions I think. They gave a much more glamorous name than that, but that's essentially what it was. Good flavor, very clean taste, and smooth.


I was so excited about the foie gras, which came in a raspberry vinaigrette sauce, that I totally forgot to take a pic of it before I gobbled it up. Hence, only a pic with the remnants of the toast which was served with it. It was a very generous size, but was too cooked, so it wasn't as melt-in-your-mouth and smooth as I've expected. But still, for the price of 13 bucks, it's a steal for foie gras lovers who just want to satiate their cravings for it.


Had the lobster bisque. It was pretty good. A tad too creamy for me, but good flavor, and it had chunks of very tender lobster meat in it, which is a plus for me.


I had the seared duck breast, and it is pretty good. Very moist, very tender, and not too overpowering. It came with sauteed cabbage in a sweet tangy sauce, which leaves a very clean taste.


The Grand Marnier souffle was awesome. The GM taste wasn't overpowering, and the souffle just melts in your mouth. Souffles are one of my fav desserts, since they're pretty much just fluffed up egg whites and hence lower in cal compared to many other desserts. Hehe.

Anyways, I had my housewarming party a couple of weekends ago, and it was heaps of fun. I took individual pictures of every person who took the Miracle fruit, hence it's impossible to put all the pictures in here, but it was good fun. :)


The condo clubhouse, where I set up my party at. Thank God it's like pretty much 10 steps from my place.


Me posing with the foods for the Miracle Fruit tasting. Heh.


Jenn and I.

We ended the day by sitting in a big circle around the jacuzzi, soaking our feet and loading up on mimosas and beer. Good times. :)

Went to this italian restaurant called Barola near my place, and it was pretty good!


Had the green and white homemade pasta with crab meat in a pink sauce. It was pretty awesome. The cream sauce was very light, but not too light. Very good flavor, and the pasta was cooked al dente. Yum!


They had lavender flavored creme brulee, and it was sooooo yummy. The lavender complimented the cream, and it wasn't too overpowering.

Went to the Weezer concert at the Cox Arena with a couple of my friends. It was awweeeesome. :D


The concert.


Me and Kelly posing for a pic. She was all crazy. When the concert started, she pretty much jumped up from her seat and ran up 5 rows ahead to dance. Awesomeness. :)

Went for Sunday brunch at the Hotel Del Coronado last weekend. It's supposed to be the best Sunday brunch in San Diego, and for a whooping 73 bucks without tax, I had high expectations of it.


They had oysters and crab legs and shrimps and stuff, but I still think the Shangri-la buffet back in Singapore is way better.

The dessert counter was disappointing. Yuck.


These are my fav items out of everything. The sliced prime ribs with the black truffle au just sauce, the truffle pot pie, and the spiced butternut squash soup (their lobster bisque was way too creamy).

Also, went to this italian restaurant in downtown La Jolla, called Viggilucci's or something.
The seared scallops were a-okay. They were tender enough, but not very well-flavored. The spinach salad at the bottom was really good though. They were soft, warmed and well-flavored with balsamic vinegar. Yum! And the tomato slices and grapes were an interesting combi. The sweetness of the grape just complimented the tomato. Very interesting.


The Maine lobster pasta was okay at best. The lobster meat was slightly undercooked, and the pasta was pretty blah.

Yay, done! It's Halloween next weekend. Can't wait, gonna be a sailor. :) Pictures soon! :)

Retail therapy

You know, girls can get really masochistic when they're unhappy. Every single time those bad vibes come sinking in, I just get lured into the depths of retail therapy... I remembered the last time I was unhappy like that, I went into this shoe shop and bought 5 pairs of shoes in about 10 min, which after my mum pronounced me a disgrace to my family. Oh well.

So the temptation came knocking by last weekend again. I've been extremely good thus far, staying clear of malls or even the shops on campus. But I just couldn't resist.

Hence, the acquisition of a brand new LV speedy bag and well, a Burberry bag just for shits and giggles.


Aren't they the cutest things? (Okay, you guys reading my blog, shut up)

The buzz lasted the whole of 1 hour, until my brain finally decided to regain some sense and went "Shite".

I used to like this saying that goes "Procrastination is like masturbation. Seems like a good idea at the moment, but in the end, you're just fucking yrself". Seems to work equally well if I insert "retail therapy".

Or maybe, another way to put it: Every time I use retail therapy as a half-hearted attempt to achieve some happiness, it's like using a Q-tip to fill up a big gaping hole in my heart, which is not only futile, but also wasting a Q-tip along the way.

Okay, not the best analogy, but you get my drift.

Anyways, end of my rant.

Bought new eyelashes from Shu Uemura. I've always been envious of the taiwanese girls here, with their perfect fake eyelashes, so I made up my mind to get some. Oh, okay, that was my reason for stepping into the mall in the first place, now that I recall. Heh.


Tadaa! It's such a pain to put it on tho, and from some angles, I feel like I look like a trannie. Haw haw. Oh well.

Okay time for bed.

Chi-town trip

The trip to Chicago was fun, as usual. It's always nice to get together with the girls, and indulge in some girly fun. I'm just gonna put up a bunch of pictures, and describe it as we go along.

The first night, I demanded to go back to Joyee's, and man did I not regret it at all!


The golden mushrooms with japanese tofu, was again, heavenly. Yum!


The kang kong was even better! *slurp!*


We went to this club called Sound Bar, which is apparently the place to be on a Friday night. I had a lot of fun! It was just nice dancing to good r n b music.


My hair got progressively messier towards the end of the night. Hehe.


Went for my favorite deep dish pizza at Pizzeria Duo the next day. I ordered a small by myself, because I didn't want to share. In the end, I ate some of their medium too, and in total, I ate about 5, 6 slices? It was sooo good, and our server was really impressed that we could finish it all, and I could eat so much. :D
Their small pizza was anything but small...

We went to Martini Park, Vain and Republic in the same night. It was a-okay, I enjoyed the first night way better...


Us preening in front of the mirror in our hotel room before heading out


In the club.

The next morning, we went to Mitsuwa Market for lunch, and they had a hokkaido fair going on! I was delirious with happiness when I found the kani store... had to get it...


Kani bento with ikura....yum! :) Both are really fresh...I love seafood.

down times

I know I know, I've been really bad about updating my blog...haven't been in the best of moods this whole month... but I do have some pictures I should post up.

Went to this Adams Ave music fair over the weekend, had quite a bit of fun. Had my fortune told by this lousy psychic reader, who got half the facts wrong... oh well.


Got this sterling silver chain with a crystal on it. The old couple who made it are so adorable! The old man was taking a long time crafting my name out of the wire, and the old lady was frantic and nervous cuz we were just waiting around. Cute.

We got this wine for the party, and I picked it out... no surprises. One thing about gimmicky wine though, very bad quality...and I thought you can never go wrong with Australian wines. Oh well.


I loved the tri-tip sandwich and the corn on the cob at the fair! Sooooo good. Ah, simple pleasures of life. Was a little buzzed at that point of time, from the lousy wine. Heh.
Me and Diane, drinking the lousy wine. The bands were pretty good, but the last act was disappointing. What really seized me was the atmosphere. You just feel so.... alive, when you're in a huge crowd of people from all walks of life.

Went to a miracle fruit party hosted by Guang. For those of you who have no idea what a miracle fruit is, it's a fruit that upon ingestion, causes subsequent sour foods to taste sweet. Guang ordered a stash of the fruit extract tablets online, and we ventured to try every kind of sour food possible.


Exhibit A.

It was awesome. The limes tasted like sweet lime juice, the lemons tasted like lemonade, the strawberries and sour tomatoes tasted like they're in season. Guiness stout tasted bland without it's usual bitter taste, and even salt tasted like msg. Weird.


Me and Renee!

The hookah tasted sweeter than usual, and it was fun blowing bubbles using the hookah smoke.


I tried to do it. It was pathetic. The most I could do was two bubbles, max.


Guang is of course, the expert on this. The night ended on a weird note, with some people licking each other. Eeeew. :P

More than animals?

I had a thought this morning. I wonder what it was like, when humans was merely a new branch of the evolutionary tree of apes. A world without money, without preconceived moral values and concepts. A world where we were just another species of animals on this Earth we live in. We like to think that we're superior to other animals, but is this necessarily constructive and fulfilling in terms of general happiness? We thrive in a world where money and success are keys to general fulfillment, but really, how important is it? We are brought up in a world guided by rules and values - to work towards getting a good education, getting a good job, a good mate, and to live a moral life. But how important are all these things? Are they basic instincts, or just something that we carry onto future generations in order to live in this world that we created?

At the end of the day, when you're steps away from your grave, how important really, is money, or all the branded bags you have, or sports cars you've always desired? What are morals, really? We brand incest, and murder, and theft as immoral, but what are morals really, other than a way to ensure order in the society we live in? It is perfectly normal for other animal species to commit incest, to steal food from each other to survive, to kill each other if need be, hence the concept of "survival of the fittest". These are all basic instincts, for us to propagate, for evolution to carry on selecting for the fittest. Who are we to go against this, to imprison one another with all these regulations and rules?

If we revert back to an age where everything was simple, where money didn't exist, and everything was fair game, will we be happier? I see a world today where most people are unhappy and stressed, where everyone is so busy fighting and struggling for fame, money and success that they forget how pleasant it is to just...live. To be able to breathe in the scent of stargazers, to be able to feel the sea breeze on your skin, to be able to kiss your loved ones. And if you think about it, what plans does our creater have for us when we were created. Are we born in this world to go on this endless pursuit of money? Or to just...live?