SSBC

Yay! It's a Friday!

Which was another "Shopping + Swensens before Class (SSBC)" session!

Met Fanana for some Swensens lunch first then shopping for some necessities for USS with Ahlahs (which was happening the following week!)

Dolly Wink x Trench Coat

Okay so this will be the main subject of today's post!

Some of you may wonder why the sudden post on Dolly Wink lashes?

Well, it's because, recently I was discussing (via twitter) with one of my tweet buddies, @meeisjun, about falsies and she mentioned in passing that she felt like trying Dolly Wink lashes! 

Like omg, it was such a coincidence that I bought them previously (at an exorbitant price of S$25) and tried one pair on but didn't love it so it's been sitting pretty on my study rack ever since, untouched and accumulating dust and dirt!

So naturally, being the kind soul (yes, I am nice okay!), I advised her against getting it and although she mentioned that there were tons of highly-raved Dolly Wink reviews floating on the net, told her not to be hoodwinked by them!

However, I gave it some after-thought and decided to give Dolly Wink falsies another go, since it would be biased to isolate it after trying it once and without adjusting/cutting it to a proper length!

Anyway, so tried it on and guess what...

Paradise Dynasty Outing

There's a new kid in town!!!

Okay, in this case, it's not a kid but a restaurant!

Bet you have seen these "xiao long bao"aka steamed meat soup bun posters or commercials plastered all over Singapore since their debut!

Was so hyped up by their good reviews on 8days magazine and TVCs that I went to try it for myself and who better to drag out than...

A Date with Emily The Strange

 

Okay so in the month of October, we had a random impromptu ice cream date before our classes! 

And why yes, it was an absolute-must in order to keep ourselves mundane within this hectic school week!

We also had to meet to lay down plans for my birthday celebration, which was to USS (post coming your way soon!)

And most importantly, we had a date with Emily the Strange!!!

She is none other than...

Mich 22nd Birthday

Everyone needs their monthly fix of "girlfriends time" every now and then!

And I'm no exception too! 

...So we met up last month to celebrate Mich's 22nd Birthday!

Rushed down straight to Marina Square to meet my lovely bunch of girlfriends after class, only to find...

Marina Bay Sands Day II

Morning!!!

In case you guys haven't already realized, it's Day 2 of our stay at Marina Bay Sands!

(You can now read about Marina Bay Sands Day 1 here if you missed out on it!)

You won't believe this but I was such a foodie that I aimed for breakfast at...where else but the "Rise"!

I know, I know, we just went there the other day for buffet dinner but hey, you may only live at MBS this once right?

So yeah, was damn tempted to give it a try after hearing the waitress informing us about it!

So anyway, I actually set my alarm clock to 6.30am and woke up exactly on the dot!

Which was such a phenomenon...

Marina Bay Sands Day I

Oops! So this post is a little too outdated!

Been busy with tests and class assignments hence the lack of updates!

Anyway, we went to Marina Bay Sands during the Singapore Grand Prix F1 Season!

My family's like the best manx!

They kept the plan under wraps and only informed me the night before our check-in date! Lol!

And thus, I spent the night (last minute) packing away like crazy for our necessities!

So exhausted, I fell asleep and before I knew it, it was already...

Class Cancelled Day

Last month was Class Cancelled Day!

Went to school one fine day and the whole lecture group was waiting for AY for almost 30 mins, only to find out that IM lecture has been cancelled!

It was rather funny because all of us waited like sitting ducks!

10 minutes gone
Maybe AY was stuck in a traffic jam!

20 mins gone
*Huge murmurs and rife speculations could be heard*
Has class been cancelled? Frantic check on the student portal for notice!

First and Second Day of School

First Day of School!

 

One word sums it all: Excitement!

Heehee!

Felt like a primary school kid once more!

My Charles and Keith bag that has never seen the light of day
ever since the last school semester ended!

Hanabi with Sow

Arranged for yet another of my food expedition...this time with Sow!

Being nice and all (*ahem* self-praise), I let Sow chose our dining place for that evening!

Settled upon Sow's recommendation since she emphasized that some blogger said the Japanese food was good!

So there we found ourselves...at Hanabi!

Home Alone at Shangri-la

If you have been following me on twitter, you would have known that my sis and I were left home alone one fine night when my parents went to watch the play, "Fried Rice Paradise", at the Esplanade!

And what better way to celebrate your being home alone than...

...Setting up pesky traps for potential burglars or kidnappers??

Absolute no-no! Definitely not some Kevin McCallister or rather Macaulay Culkin in any case!

Hence, for normal boring folks like me and my sis, we celebrated it by heading to Shangri-la The Line for a feast...discreetly!

The Misadventures of Kimmie and....

It felt like a one-day tour around Singapore on that day with my special guest!

First itinerary on the list, we met up for some decent breakfast at McDonalds!

Especially since both of us have been craving it for quite some time! 

Straight after that, we decided to impromptu-ly include 313@Somerset and Ikea in our itinerary! 

You may ask, then what's the misadventures about?

Well, basically nothing! Lol! 

Okay, the initial plan was to state this blog entry as "The Adventures of Kimmie and... " however it would feel like I was plagiarizing Muttons' (from our local radio station 987fm) hit radio segment, "The Adventures of Ping and Pong" 

Hence, I scrapped that idea and decided to state it as a "Misadventure" instead, which is rather true since we traveled so unconventionally from one end of Singapore to the other end on that day!

Okay, enough said!  

Can you guess who my special guest was?

She is none other than...

Resident Evil: Afterlife

One word sums it up: Excitement!!!

Was planning for the longest time to watch Resident Evil: Afterlife especially because I had watched the previous Resident Evil movie precedent, Resident Evil: Extinction, and also because I'm a huge fan of zombie movies!

My persistence in watching the movie grew stronger after they announced in 2009 that they would be filming the movie...in nothing less but 3D! Furthermore, to top it off, they were using this fusion camera system, which was the exact same camera used by James Cameron for Avatar!

Anyway, another cool fact was that this particular camera was also invented by James Cameron for NASA's expedition to Mars and it can apparently capture up to 24 frames per second!

Okay, anyway, so I knew I just had to drag my usual movie "kaki", Fanana, out to watch this with me!

Kushigin Japanese Restaurant

Sudden craving for Japanese food?!

Well, that was exactly what Sow, Lynn and I felt on some random day!

After doing some research homework on the internet for worthy Japanese cuisine, I settled upon this highly-raved Japanese restaurant, Izakaya Nijumaru Restaurant, which was located at level 2 of Cuppage Plaza!

But alas, on the very day...

BSB Outing

Remember the DBF Reunion 2010?!

Straight after that, Joys and I headed to Tiong Bahru first (to idle the time away) after hitching a ride from Vincent and I had a presto change out of my Sue Sylvester jumpsuit!

Rainy and Fanana were still stuck at home, the former stuck with spring cleaning duties and the latter had just got home after work and was busy enjoying her bubble bath!

After crossing out places to go, we decided to go ahead with our original Haji Haji plan and headed to Bugis for...

DBF Reunion 2010

Went back to my alma mater, Singapore Polytechnic, on 28 August for a DBF Reunion!

And in case you guys are wondering why I'm dressed in a jumpsuit ala Sue Sylvester, it's because I thought we were gonna do some "Let's Get Physical!" activity!

Especially since the itinerary email stated that we were going to play some games and one of them was "Musical Chairs"!

In the end...

Food Tasting Session II at NUS The Scholar Restaurant

Remember our previous and first food tasting session here?

Well, dad wasn't particularly impressed with the food so this calls for round two at NUS The Scholar Restaurant! 

In case you guys are wondering why we picked this restaurant (that probably sounds "ulu"), that's because we have tried this restaurant before and their shark fins soup and abalone promotion was really good and cheap, definitely worth more than your every cent!

Plus daddykins' super upbeat and proud of my elder sister finally graduating from NUS so he really wants to hold it at her alma mater and bask in the glory of some kind (actually I also don't quite get it too but anyway, what matter's most is that he's happy on his 60th birthday!)

Okay, I reckon enough boring introduction done! Here are some photos from that dinner! 

Jiayi's 22nd Birthday

 

Met up with my favorite people in the entire world who I have known, since forever, last last week! 

It was also to celebrate Jiayi's 22nd Birthday! Happy Birthday Girl!!!

Plus it was also because someone's back!!!  Guess who?!

Clues!!!

01. It's a she!

02. She is someone who I hold close to my heart besides my future boyfriend and my family!

03. I have known and met her since Secondary 1!

Still Clueless?! Well, it is...

Sis Graduation Family Photo Shoot

Had a family portrait shoot last month in accordance with my sister's university graduation!

And oh my gosh, the studio that we went to, Serangoon Broadway, was crowded with graduates (and wow, some of them were already married and brought their kids along!) on that day!

Furthermore, to make matters worse, I felt that the makeup artists, in my own honest opinion, didn't do a proper job of applying makeup and stuff (probably because there were too many graduates and their family waiting in line for makeup as well) especially since it looked like they were just carelessly dabbing barely-there makeup onto those random faces!

But, thank goodness, I had the foresight and did my own (or as the guys would call it, "look-like-you-were-punched-in-the-eye") makeup at home! Lol!

Dim Sum Buffet at Szechuan Court

Rise and Shine and went to Szechuan Court with my family on a random Sunday morning!

Plus it's awesome as it was Sis treat this time 'round! Heh!

However, it had been quite an awful week for me thus far because I was down with a sore eye (due to the countless dirt accumulated from the dusty stacks of membership forms at my temporary data entry job workplace)

Since I was still in the midst of recuperating from my sore eye, I couldn't risk putting on any makeup to aggravate it further!

So, behold the unsightly sight of my bare face ahead...

SFBP - Scouting For Butterscotch Pecan

Gave in to our cravings for Butterscotch Pecan Cake and met up to scout for it last month!

Met Fanana after work at my old hometown and we made our way to the origin of Butterscotch Pecan Cake, Secret Recipe at Plaza Singapura! 

Wanted to go to Pastamania first to have some warm pasta dinner to fill our palates but the place was like fully packed to the max so we decided to just head to Secret Recipe for our one stop destination for dinner and dessert! 

And it was 3...2...1...

Food Tasting Session I at Keng Eng Kee Seafood

 

Since there's still some time before my ear appointment, I shall blog about this! 

Okay so we had a Food Tasting Session at Keng Eng Kee Seafood at I-forgot-which-day! 

Basically, it's at some "zhi char" open-air and air-conditioned restaurant joint!

Depends on where you would love to sit! 

Anyway, no, by means of  food tasting session, I don't exactly mean like this big hoo-ha over the food blogging community that created quite a ruckus!

But rather, a food tasting session for my daddykin's 60th birthday! And yes, if it mattered that much to you, we did pay for it in cold hard cash! 

Oh yeah and it's also in-conjunction with this big surprise that my sis revealed to us later that evening!

Guess what?! Well, the surprise was...

IBFS

Okay so I'm still extremely heartbroken and devastated about my itchy fingers which went to compress my heart cherry photo and accidentally replacing the original! 

I mean, like wtf right?! This sort of thing should only happen to IT-inproficient people like Joys! (*O-mouths* No offense Joys! I swear I suck at splitting the bills whereas you rock at it!)

But, life must go on, ruined-to-the-ruins photo or not! Lol!

So anyway, met Fanana and Rainy up for our IBFS outing last Friday! Rainy and I specially took leave so that we could all stuff ourselves silly with western food, korean food, ice cream, cakes and karaoke entertainment before their fasting starts!

EASTER EGG SURPRISE + OTDS

Shake-A-Shake!

PRESENT

Finally met up with the entire pack of Ahlahs last Tuesday!

And mind you, it's no easy feat to gather every single one of them together!

Especially since we usually have conflicting schedules (plus Rainy, the busy businesswoman, is always rushing off to somewhere) and now, tied down by work and external paper commitments! 

But! As Glee sings, DON'T STOP BELIEVING!  

...And before we knew it, we have already settled on a turn up-or-die date! 

Inception & Despicable Me

Movie marathon time!

Inception and Despicable Me, back-to-back, this time 'round!

Headed down to Plaza Sing to meet up with my fellow enthusiastic pre-arranged-long-time-ago Inception mate or otherwise better known as my movie "kaki", Fanana!

Waited for her to arrive and we bought the movie tickets (at student price)!

Oh and blur me actually forgot to bring my SIM student pass! Fortunately, the counter staff was like super duper nice and decided to close one eye and accept my Popular student card! Lol!

And off we went for Inception first!

KBFEWR

 

Glee time!!! Met Fanana for some Gleek singing practice today!

Oh and you guys must be wondering what's KBFEWR!

KBFEWR = Kbox Far East Without Rainy! 

That's because Rainy had backed out of our initial plan and left for Bangkok! Lol!

*Ahem* Let me loosen my voice first! "Mi, mi, mi, mi, mi, mi, mi!"

But before that, we met at our usual dining spot at Sakura for lunch!

Fanana with her normal plate of char kway teow!

Oh yeah and her tea with milk that the service guy insisted didn't exist!

Sis Graduation Dinner 2010

 

You must be thinking why I'm posting up my sister's graduation dinner photos when it's my blog! But I'm proud to say I did her makeup and was her stylist for that night!

So of course I must seize this opportunity and exhibit the after-products or rather after-effects of my skills right?! Lol! Self-praise, I know! 

Anyway, arrived back home at 3+ pm, napped for a while till 4.30pm and began doing sis' makeup for her! Was pretty excited about it cause it was my very first time putting on false eyelashes for someone else other than myself!

Sis Graduation Commencement 2010

At  some point in our life, we usually find ourselves ending one chapter to embark on the next and for my sis, that faithful day marks the end of her university life.

Feelings on that day could be felt as being thoroughly mixed, with happiness (of finally graduating and retiring those thick reference books, lecture notes and putting an end to the haste and pace of trying to finish projects and assignments) and sadness (of the thought of bidding farewell to the vibrant, carefree and fun atmosphere of uni life and the opportunity of making genuine friends along the way) and the sorrows (of not being able to meet up with your uni friends as often as you liked anymore and missing the days of mugging together to just hanging around for something and nothing at all)

But alas as cliché as it sounds, nothing is forever and all good things must come to an end so let's take a look at the much-cherished beautiful moments of my sis' graduation (as captured by yours truly) before she embarks on her next journey to life!

Kel's 22nd Birthday

Was a pleasant evening out with the girls last night and gosh, it's been so long since I last met them! 

Anyway, everything was set to feel like an awesome night! 

Like the lovely weather (as captured on the photo above), the vibrant night scene and of course...bunch of gorgeous company!

Met Mich and Ying at Central first and we walked around to hunt for a suitable cake for Kel!

But oh my god, we had a tough time hunting for a cake there! Most of the bakeries sold actual pastries or pandan chiffon cake!

In the end, we tried The Coffee Connoisseur (or rather better known as TCC) after accidentally crashing onto it around the corner...but we still left without buying anything!

Haji Haji with Fanana

Successfully met Fanana on Saturday for our long-planned Haji Lane tour! 

And mind you, that was despite all the sudden setbacks!

Must have been a curse or something cause more than half of Ahlahs dropped out of the pre-arranged plan prior to the date, citing family gathering, illness and "that-time-of-the-month" reasons!

And it's amusing and funny at the same time because Fanana was the organizer of this event and not me, but I don't know why everyone actually SMS-ed me all their questions and reasons for not being able to turn up tomorrow! Lol!

But the most hilarious SMS and phone call had to go to Ms Nur! Seriously, that girl beats everyone hands (and probably legs) down!

Toy Story 3

Had a nostalgic day with Fanana as we went to catch...(Ta-dah!) Toy Story 3! 

Oh yeah and I think Fanana's like destined to be my movie buddy! Iron Man 2 and now Toy Story 3! 

It was my turn to be late this time but hey, I redeemed myself by flying down via cab! And to my defence, I was actually on time and Fanana wasn't here yet so I made a trip to the restroom to pass time!

sneaked in a shot while waiting for fanana

love my polka dot tunic by the way <3

Anyway, went to GV box office only to find Fanana (who to my credit, just arrived!) surrounded by a swarm of kiddos and their parents! Like school holiday blues, hello!

Though it was rather easy to spot her since she did mention to look out for our sequined beret! But had to do a double take cause the girl with the beret I spotted, looked a tad too tall to be Fanana but I thought it had to be her since no one else would be as insane as us to wear a beret on a hot day like this!

Father's Day Celebration - Part II

 

Celebrated the official Father's Day, 20th June, with Mom's side of family!

It was Mom's treat so Mom had already booked a neighborhood restaurant earlier on!

Although the restaurant was tucked away in a quiet spot among Ang Mo Kio neighborhood, eventually decided upon it as we had previously ate there (like 2 years ago) and their shark fin soup's shark fin was really thick! 

Time check! 5.25pm! 

Our family had to fetch grandpa at his provision shop first before proceeding down to the restaurant!

Father's Day Celebration - Part I

Took the opportunity to celebrate Father's Day today (on the eve of it) since we were celebrating the official Father's Day tomorrow with grand-dad and family! 

It will be Mom's treat then! At some chinese restaurant situated at Ang Mo Kio!

But for now, it would be Sis and my treat! Though mostly, it was Sis's treat since I only contributed S$100! Lol! Hey, but she's working right now so she should contribute more whereas I'm jobless and unemployed man! 

Took some photos in Dad's car while we were on our way there!

Singapore Turf Club Fun Under The Stars Night

 

Okay, you guys must be wondering why I was at Singapore Turf Club!

It's like so out of random right?!

Say what?! Betting on horses? Well...

SATC2

Gathered with rest of Ah Lahs gang to watch SATC2!

And it was in conjunction with a post-exam celebration! 

Anyway, bossy me (cause I insisted everyone be early, bring their I/C and sweater) SMS-ed everyone to reach our usual eating place, Sakura, promptly at 12noon sharp!

When actually, I had specially arranged (behind everyone's back, oops!) for Sow to come at 1pm after her job interview since she requested for everyone to be on time (behold, the great celebrity please) and not be late!

After-all, it's quite commonsensical (within Ah Lahs) that most of the gang would be late so I estimated everyone to reach at roughly 12.45pm (close to Sow's arrival time)! Lol!

Universal Studios Singapore - Part III (Final)

Reached the land of pyramids!

Snapped some photos of Egypt first before proceeding to sit "The Revenge of the Mummy" ride!

Sis with two of the Anubis

Universal Studios Singapore - Part II

 

...And we were then off to the land of Madagascar!

"I like to move it move it, he like to move move it, she like to move move it, you like to...MOVE IT!"

Upon reaching, a beholding sight awaited us!

Universal Studios Singapore - Part I

 

Finally, the post we have all been waiting for!

Okay, probably just me!

Anyway...Universal Studios! Yippe!

Had to split the post into three parts since I took an alarmingly number of 128 images! 

So it was a terribly insanely hot day and we needed to find the gathering place to collect our tickets and breakfast first!

But, this being the first time we were there, we were practically going 'round in circles trying to find the gathering spot, which was Hard Rock Cafe!

Okay, so at long last, we eventually found the place!

A Blast from the Past Ah Lahs Outing

 

Rest of Ahlahs are probably gonna throw bricks and stones at me for uploading all these pics, after what seems like a thousand years! 

But hey, better late than never right?

At the very least, I think I'm much better than Joys, who made our Chinese New Year pics taken at my new house 2 years ago vanish into...literally no air! Oops!

Okay okay, so that day was the first outing we've met up after my 21st birthday bash and marks Fanana's return from Bangkok!

Virgin Experience...with Gusttimo!

 

Just whipped out my camera and unearthed some never-before-uploaded photos from the past!

Oh and it actually features Fanana in her Blaine dress that Sow gave her for our Christmas exchange program!

As per usual, we started the day by eating lunch at Pastamania! It's like some ritual every time we meet up! Lol!

Iron Man 2

Watched Iron Man 2 today with Fanana!

But firstly, we arranged to meet at the box office to buy tickets at student price!

Being the 'cheapo' one, I was over the moon that we successfully bought tickets at a discounted price until Fanana asked me why I had to make such a big fuss about it since we only saved like 50cents each since the original ticket price on a Monday is only S$7.50! Like what-the-hell, brought me down to earth with a huge bang manx!

Anyway, we still had some time before the movie so we went to Pastamania to grabbed some decent lunch!

Fanana@Pastamania

Kimmie@Pastamania

(mind my bra strap and red eyes please)