Kelvyn's farewell dinner

Kelvyn has gone to China - Nanjing.
For THREE years!

Last Friday, we had a farewell dinner for him at International Seafood at ECP Big Splash.
We were really fortunate to enjoy a lip-smacking 10-course dinner specially prepared by the chef who is Kel's friend.
The Chef is one of those judges on the "snatch sth sth sth" variety show on TV.
(Its a chinese show, but pardon me for my lousy han yu pi yin and i only know the first word of the show name.:P.)

A total of 11 people were there,
we had a Xiang fang all to ourselves! :D
Thanks to the hospitality of the chef.
However, the feng shui of our xiang fang was lousy!
We were situated directly beside this group of ah tiongs, and an ang moh. ):
or rather i should say, we were situated beside this group of loves-to-camwhore, drunk, and very wrong ah tiongs.
erm.. very wrong indeed.. we have a good laugh at their conversations!
and also imitating their conversations.
AND NO!
we didn't mean to eavesdrop!
It was really too loud, you know la, typical ah tiongs' volume, the whole HDB block can hear lo,
furthermore we are like RIGHT NEXT TO THEM!
obviously the thin sheet of partition between isn't gonna block out their noise.

That thin partition is another form of "entertainment" for the night.
We watched "Shadows show"!
and Desmond performed a bit of his own's doggie shadow show.
hehe (:

Here are the 10-course dinner:
(Pictures courtesy of Engkiat)

First dish, Chilli mussels

Mai Pian Xia!
I love this so!
if not i will suffer. ):

Next its the scary looking fish!
nah, not supposed to be eaten raw, like sashimi.
how i wish it is.
BUT having it cooked is nice too!
i don't really like all types of fish, but surprisingly i like this!
its a grouper.

oh and i like the purple cabbage alot! :D
in the pot..

Next BBQ sotong!
yummy!
:D
the sotong is very Q!


Here are the chilli crabs!
huge pincers they have.
and the fried mantou aren't too oily either.


There is a mee sua and this fried basket with mushroom veggie at the side.
I like the mushroom alot! but i hate that veggie mixed with the mushroom,
so dawn and i decided to split of share as she hates mushrooms. hee (:

Lastly, thai desserts :D
that plate of light yellow thing at the side is tapioca.
which is MY FAVOURITE!
and you are supposed to eat it with the white milky liquid at the side.
yummy!
i think it taste like sweet potato lo. :P

Spent a total of $339.95.
Kelvyn's treat! :D HAHA! paiseh. :p

and this marks the end of the food entry. :D
Here is our group photo!
it took us several attempts to get this picture taken.
the waitress was lousy.
she doesn't understand the meaning of press half, then press full.
heh, or maybe our chinese is not on par with them.
yeah most of the waitress there are from china!

second row, from left to right:
Raja, Desmond, dear dear, Hui heng, Sungsheng, Kelvyn, Engkiat
First row, from left to right:
me, Dawn, Vivien, Peifen. :)

oh ya, although the waitress are from China, their service is quite good! :D
haha. there is this singaporean waitress that i didn't really like la.
bad not so good service.

anyway, i seriously prefer gatherings in a Chinese style restaurant, with round tables.
in this way everyone can talk to everyone.
But it is provided that we have a maximum of 11 people?
don't think we can fit our usually size of 20 plus people.
hehe (:

oh there is a stupid reason i wanna give as to why i don't like round tables.
Round tables makes it little difficult to find your slippers when it gets kicked off by your dear friend sitting beside you.
Imagine finding one side of your slippers that has flown to god-knows-how-far under the BIG round table.
Its damn malu ok. ):
i apologise for the little commotion created.
and i have to say that i am the victim here.

Then, we started comparing iPhone and Omnia.
In conclusion, iPhone won!
:D
the reason for it to win is:
iPhone sounds so much nicer than Omniaaaaaa..
Of course!! :D
iPhone sounds so much more seh lo. :D

Raja's iPhone was being passed around the table and fortunately, it escaped the stress test!
phew, can't bear to see an iPhone being thrown into a plate of Chilli crabs!

It has been a long time since we last had a gathering.
the last time was at szechuan's farewell.
it is always during farewells or chinese new year that we meet up.
Our next meet up will be during Desmond's wedding. :D
Just wondering whose wedding will be next.
heh, desmond was teasing kel that probably he will be next!
coming back with a China wife! HAHA!

then, we went home.
it has been ages since des sent us home.
and i lied to him that i am taking my A levels this year. :P
AND HE REALLY BELIEVED!
haha! it is a nice feeling talking to him again.
Time really flies.. :D
We have all grown up and grown old...


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Now playing: Marié Digby - Say It Again
via FoxyTunes

Cadbury Chocolate madness!

my personal favourite is the peppermint one.
it was strongly recommended by my brother's "ex-friend".
hahah! :D
his "ex-friend"'s taste is seriously not bad!

Rocky Road is too sweet!
overly sweet for me! :D

I have never love Caramel.
so no comments on that.


DUO is fine. i love it when it melts in my mouth!
it has dark choc inside. :D
oh and i prefer non-refrigerated chocs!

Dairy milk is another love!
purest milk chocolate!

Turkish delight is still in the refrigerator's drawer.
(all the above are from Cocoa Trees)
(Buy 3 get 1 free promotion! - not now though.)

New additions to my refrigerator's drawer includes,
Cadbury Fudge Brownie & Cadbury Old Gold Liqueur Flavoured Selection!
:D
The Fudge Brownie one is under Cadbury dessert series.
While the Liqueur one is under the Old Gold series.

this picture was taken long long ago.
:D it was taken during this certain point in time when i love taking pictures with my female snoopy, "Belle".

P.S.: I wanted to blog about Ritter Sport!
BUT I can't seem to find those Ritter Sport pictures that I took.
Next time then.

Anyway! Something important to announce here!
I found my favourite Ritter Sport Flavour in Singapore!
(It is not supposed to be for sales in Singapore!)
Exclusively at Candy Empire @ Vivo!
The flavor is Alpenmilch (Alpine Milk Chocolate Bar).
Here is a picture of it:

I don't mind having a dozen of this for my birthday present! :D
(i promise to share it with whoever that gives me this!)

(i have eaten this flavour of Ritter Sport that is bigger than my palm!)
*alrights finally found the photos!*

actually the squares of chocolates inside is the same size as the normal one,
just that the quantity is more!

finally a seven sisters gathering!

Sunday, had a short lunch with seven sisters at the Hawker Centre opposite TJ!
Finally finally!!
We had a gathering!
:D yeahness! :D

As usual, Stef, Liyong and I we were early.
started out gossip catching up session once again.
soon, jiawei and the rest joined us. :D

I think that the hawker centre should consider having round tables for a group of 7.
those long tables aren't conducive for catching up.
and poor enfant (infant has decided to change her name to enfant, she thinks that its more seh. but apparently, when i call enfant, she doesn't response, and when i changed to nfant, she responsed immediately.) needs to seat facing no one AGAIN. ):
but jiawei did a good job keep her entertained!
(as she did not complained that no one talks to her!)

THE FOOD!!
The food is totally OMG!
i really miss the food there!
We had Xia mian and papaya milkshake!
:D
Still taste as nice as before.

the xia mian seems a lot healthy now! :D
no longer contain that crispy, tasty but UNHEALTHY pig lard thing.
Thus we no longer need to pick them out.
:D

Papaya milkshake.
Still nice!
better than NUS.
at least it is not papaya milk. shake.
(only certain people will understand what this means la.

there are still many other cravings!
Milo Dinosaur.
Bak Chor Mee.
Honeydew Sago.
Char Kway Keow.
Cuttlefish Kang Kong.
etc etc..

Let's go back there again! :D

After lunch, we forced those people who are under-dressed to go town area with us!
The sole purpose was to shop for Kristen and enfant's present.
(oh, but not someone leh, yet that someone so thick skinned, tried to ask for her present! HAHA!)
those under-dressed includes Kristen, enfant, Stef and jiawei.
however, jiawei's FBT look alike thingy, cant really pass the going-to -town-attire, she escaped home!
rahhs jiawei!
:P

Our walk to bedok MRT is once again full of jokes.
:D
with us making fun of THAT Kesleen and her i-dunno-how-to-address-him person.
i was secretly eavesdropping on her phone conversation with that person!
I bet Kristen and Phebe were eavesdropping too lo!
and i simply love the way Kristen frowned and ask, "What's the point!?"
HAHA! yes! What's the point huh, that girl!
(that girl is the new name given to Kesleen by Stef.)

Our MRT ride was filled with laughter, whispers etc.
looking suspiciously around to check that there wasn't any "suspects" lurking around.
HAHA! :D

City hall.
We alighted and was joined by my brother shortly.
my brother was there to help make up our seven sisters! :D
and it is such a coincidence that my brother's chinese name is Jiawei too! :D

i bought my brown havaianas :D
the boyish and simpliest of all havaianas.
my brother's one is out of stock. ):

next shopping for enfant's and Kristen's birthday present.
but sadly, nothing affordable and appealing was seen. ):
and the tired bunch of us, went to Azabu Sabo for desserts!

Green tea Sweet potato thing!
GOOD!

Mango Sweet potato thing!
GOOD TOO!

but The Hotball thing!
SUCKS TO THE MAX!
eeks.. really very very lousy.
don't ever try that, you will end up being very disappointed. ):
it taste like sweet potato that is fried and dipped in a cup of cinnamon + spices ice creamy liquid.
nothing fantastic, instead it taste like a typical hawker centre goreng pisang, replacing the pisang with sweet potato.
not worth it at all!!
WARNING: Don't try it unless you wanna have a feel of having hawker centre food in a Japanese Restaurant, charged at a Restaurant price!

and this was how our gathering ended.
:D
next gatehring, at NTU.
enfant and liyong's hall!
:D
hopefully everyone can make it!
For the time being! study hard everyone!
jiayou! :D

random pictures that have yet to be posted! @ Chomp Chomp! & ice3!

jiawei's hair, a finger and I!

Blurred Jiawei and I.

some of our food.

my beloved infant.
this was before she has sore throat.


the four sweet ladies opposite the table.
(actually is aunties, they are the older generation ones!)
liyong is in her boy boy girl girl look-alike attire.

me. jiawei and infant.
mummy, daddy and infant. (:

our foodSSSSSS...


my personal favourites!
BBQ Chicken wings and Sting ray!
( but the string ray is a little dry. i still prefer the one from BBQ wholesale.)

the huge sugar cane that cost only $3!!
(i hate sugarcane, so i drank sour plum lime juice which is extremely small and cost me $2.50)

@ ice cube/ ice3 (the 3 is supposed to be superscript.)
liyong fighting with somebody. i forgot who. most probably kes! :P
kes is forever fighting with people one! hehe. (:
Blurred Stef and I
Clear Stef and I with an extra jiawei!
stef, me, jiawei.
flashed!
stef pondering and liyong msging.
i think it must be Mr J! hahah!
liyong, kes and I shared 2 hot drinks.
Mocha.

and baileys cream latte.
i love latte art! :D

cute MUST TRY mini donuts! (:

Here is the famous must try Marcial Kobe Donuts!
bought 36 donuts from Marcial Kobe. (The Central @ Clarke Quay Basement 1)
$10 for 36 pieces.
or you can buy it for 12 for $4 too! (:

comes in many different flavours.
Chocolate,
glazed,
maple syrup,
cinnamon sugar,
nutty choc,
rainbow,
honey star choc,
rainbow,
cappuccino,
coconuts etc etc..

Personally, my favorite is this one:
Honey Star Choc. (:
the sweetness is just right. not too overwhelming.
another of my favourite is cappuccino!
but too bad they weren't selling it on that day!

Look, it is this mini!
about 4cm in size only.
just nice to fit one mouthful!
no more unglamness while eating donuts!
(eating donuts can get unglam especially so for double choc!)
tiny and cute! (:
makes a wonderful snack! (: