Universal Studios Singapore with Ahlahs - Part I

Celebrated my birthday with Ahlahs on 1.11.10!

Yeah, the very first day of my birthday month! Hee! (;

And where else could we go to celebrate this big day...other than Universal Studios Singapore!!! 

Yes, that would mark my 2nd visit there after my visit last summer!

You can now read up on my first visit to USS here, here and here! (:

Arranged to meet up the gang at McDonald's first for some breakfast to start the day proper and guess what?

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!