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I saw this at Breaktalk the other day and thought this was quite funny.

Hey, do you guys still remember the Jurong Bird Park? I guess most of us may have forgotten about it. I was there on Sunday and my trip there turned out to be pretty fun and interesting!

I went with SK (not II, just SK). We have been seeing each other for the past month and thought since we haven't been to the bird park since we were in primary school, we thought it'd be fun to pay a visit. You know the drill. At the beginning of the relationship, one would always do such activities like bird park, zoo, parks, etc. LOL!

The bird park is quite fun, even though there were only birds and just birds. But of all the birds, my favorites are still the owls (love them!), the eagles (bad @ss ones), penguins and the pelicans.

The admission fee was quite hefty though. For adults, it was $22, including the monorail ride. That's a lot of money just to see birds. Surprisingly, we spent about 5 hours in the park.

I saw this mural on a wall on one of the shophouses near Far East Square.

I bought this round sheep in Korea. Funny-looking, huh?

Strange people I saw on the MRT

More strange people I saw on the MRT. The one on the left looked like techno-coolie and the one on the right looked fat. Ooops!

Pop@ central = Popular bookstore. lol!

Check out the Food Republic at Suntec City. I was there for some dumpling noodles. Look, unlike other Food Republics, this one is designed like a library. The noodles I had was pretty good too and for $4, it is one of the cheapest dishes there.

It has been a year since I last went to Ember restaurant at Hotel 1929. I have always liked the food and service there so I thought it was time that I should pay the restaurant a second visit. This time I went with Jean.

The experience was equally good this time. The food was excellent.

We both shared some scallops for the appetizer. Jean had the seabass for the main.

I had the oxtail for the main. It was simply delicious! I loved it. For the desserts, we had the apple tart with vanilla ice-cream (yummy!) and the chocolate cake with lavender ice-cream. The lavender flavor was a bit too strong for us.

But overall, we had a great dining experience. I'll definitely be back.

Olivia is back for a 3-week vacation from DC. I took a day off to spend some time with her.

Here are some pictures I took from the foodcourt at The Central mall. It faces Clark Quay.



Olivia in front of a nice-looking Mesarati.

It's been more than a year (maybe) since I was last at Le Papillon. I thought I should pay Mr Anderson a visit.

The red dot building has a couple of bars which were so crowded then. We were the first to be there. Just like before, the service staff were professional. The lady who served us the last time was gone. This time, it was a burly man but he had pretty good service too.

I ordered the Degustation menu, which was $60+++. I thought it was a pretty good deal too. The other 3 shared the cesar salad and the Hokkaido scallaps. For the main, Pee Pee had the Rigatoni pasta and the other 2 had the lamb. They all loved their food. I was so pleased.

They change the menu every quarter so I hope to go back there again someday. We enjoyed ourselves so much that I forgot the pictures!

I saw this on Monday at the Vivocity theaters. So cute! Too bad, there wasn't someone who could take a picture of me sitting next to Homer!


I saw this the other day at the bus-stop near my house too.

Last Saturday, Superstar and I went to Arab Street. Our intention is to check out the surrounding streets, the stores there and of course, Blu Jazz Cafe.

We really liked what we saw. The architecture in that area is really so colorful. We had dinner at this restaurant on Bussoroh Street. The service was really slow but luckily we had all the time to kill.

After that we proceeded to Blu Jazz Cafe. We both heard so much about it and it didn't disappoint us yet. The upstairs is kind of a funky bar, with a friendly Burmese waiter. He took a long time to make us 2 mojitos. It was kind of quiet for an early Saturday evening.

We then proceeded downstairs to its restaurant which had a stage for its jazz performances. The band was supposed to come on at 9.30pm but we waited and waited. We were then informed by yet another Burmese waiter that one of the members met with an accident and the performance was cancelled that evening. Oh well, just not our evening for jazz.

We really liked this area and will definitely return.

Last Friday, Miss Mo, Cooking Diva and Musa went out for some fine dining at The universal .

The Universal is located on Duxton Hill, right across from Broth, the restaurant which I also recommend. That stretch of Duxton Hill is traffic-free and is quiet too. Picture Emerald hill sans people.

The first floor of the restaurant is actually a wine bar. Since Musa and I had to wait for Cooking Diva, we had a drink downstairs. We then proceeded upstairs to the dining area. At the front, there are 4 tables and we discovered a few more tables at the back of the building.

I ordered the set dinner ($65+++), which is not a bad deal. My soup was the cauliflower/mushroom cream soup. Delicious! My entree was braised veal cheek and my dessert was a chocolate fondant. Maybe my description of the dishes are not too accurate but the idea is there. LOL! Cooking Diva had the cod as the entree and a very successful souffle. Musa had her usual beef tenderloin.

The bread was homemade too and Musa had at least 4 pieces of them. Awesome bread. I had a NZ Chardonnay, which was pretty decent too.

It's a bit quiet on that stretch but it's a good place to chill with some friends.