Wayneston Toys

I was invited to a flea market at National Muesum today to see Wayneston soft toys.  The toys is handmade by this young designer called Wayne, who is a graphic designer by day and toy maker by night.  The amazing thing is that he designs all the toys !!The toys cost around $200 to $400 depending on complexity and size. The fur is so real and so are the eyes.  He also conducts workshop for the bunnies mouse - costing around $200+ for 8 hours over 2 sessions. 

I am so tempted to learn but i worry that i am unable to see details and the sewing and really very fine.  Will think about it before deciding as the workshop is not very cheap.

Mousey

Catch Up with ex SCGS Girls

I am back after a long long break. Fell ill in Year 2011 and everything went downhill. But i found God again and found a reason to live and be happy and be blessed despite my sickness.

Today i met up with 3 of my ex-SCGS school mates - Eleana, Jasmine and Serene. All of them was from the same class as me but i seriously seriously cannot remember what we did in the past although i remembered the girls.

Of course the one whom i have been keeping in touch with was Serene. We meet almost twice or three times a year for makan sessions at her place or birthday treats.

We arranged to meet at Bibigo, a korean restaurant at cityhall at 12 noon for lunch. It was also a belated birthday lunch for Serene gal whose birthday was on 24 April. I bought her a bouquet of sunflower for Serene.

I loved Bibigo food so recommended the following for the girls :
* bimbimbap
* seafood pancake
* fried wanton
* fried beef tanghoon

It was really a great catchup where i shared with them my medical condition and they shared other old school girls medical conditions etc. All the names mentioned - i seriously couldnt remember the faces except for some names.

All 3 of them are happily married with 2 to 3 children. But their children are already in their early teens so they are less busy with the kids and have free time to meet up.

And yes we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and have decided to do this regularly.

The next meet up will be in June at Star Vista Wrap and Roll - i am so looking forward to catching up with them.

Lunch at New Majestic Hotel

Today i was invited to lunch by Serene a very very old friend and school mate from secondary school, at this hotel - New Majestic Hotel located at 31 Bukit Pasoh Road. Initially i thought it was the old majestic theatre that screens ex-rated movies and where old man goes to watch - haha - but i was in for a pleasant surprise because i didnt know it was opposite Memories Karaoke (Cha Xuan) where i used to visit for karaoke. But i havent done that that for a long long time.

The thing that caught my attention was the beautiful willow trees
just outside the hotel. Its reminds me of some western places where these trees can be found. Really eye catching and beautiful.
Couldnt resist taking pictures of the trees and sharing them with you here.

When you walked into the hotel, this magnificient statute just catches your attention - hahaha.
The figurine is just placed outside the restaurant.

Another interesting item is the nicely decorate trishaw with beautiful batik prints. We took some pictures with the trishaw after lunch but not with the figurine lah - too paiseh to take - haha.

Food was fantastic.
We chose the set menu = $50 per person - pretty expensive but value for money. As you can see from the pictures below.

Tamarind Spa

Today is an exciting day as i had 2 events :
* Lunch at KHA at Hortparks again but with fan mates
* Scrub and body massage at tamarind spa
For both activities i was the guest of honour and all birthday treats from dear friends.

Lunch at KHA
I had wanted to go back to take good pictures because the last time i went, it was drizzing so we couldnt walk around the park.
Wanted to visit the butterfly park and stone park.
This time weather was fantastic but after lunch it was just too hot and it was too bright to take any good pictures so we gave up halfway since the weather was terrible.

Tamarind Spa
I rushed down to Tamarind Spa where my friend was waiting for the massage.
We chose body scrub and massage - 1.5 hours and i think it costs around $100+ for combined - had 20% off because of birthday discount.
I have been recommending friends to this place because i felt very comfortable with the place and the masseues are really professional about the massage.
This was the first time i tried sea salt scrub and it is really amazing.
After the scrub, and i went to shower to remove the salt before the body massage - i could feel my skin really smooth and felt very refreshed - i never knew sea salt scrub was this good.
My friend also like this a lot and she also said the masseue was really good and she will come back again.
Her name is Rose - i will try her next time when i go for the body massage.

Check out Tamarind Spa

Beast Auto Signing - 25 Jun 10

hahah will be back to post more details after the auto signing

Beast Showcase - 24 Jun 10

Just came back and Aiyoh missed by 1 minute to post on 24 Jun.
Will be back to put in more info.

Vegetarian Workshop by Catherina Hosai - 19 Jun 10

Catherina Hosai, a Malaysian but happily married for 37 years to a japanese. She has a cooking studio at her home near outram park mrt and she is a "celebrity chef".
I was lucky to register myself for the class with Vegetarian Society of Singapore. I had wanted to attend but there was some slight miscommunication and only registered 3 days before her class. Luckily there were still 2 vacancies.

I was really excited to attend the workshop because i was pretty interested in some of the dishes she has to offer. There we supposed to have healing properties for the blood and i thought it was really useful as i was thinking of a friend who might need the recipe.

Catherina's house was a peranakan house and was really a beautiful place. I love the way she decorated her home and her kitchen was also made such that she could hold cooking classes there. She also had a lot of souvenirs from different places.

She taught us 5 recipes all vegetarian - a sweet dessert, a soup, dumpling, cake, and a rice dish. All using japanese ingredients.

She is a bubbly character and her class was so enjoyable and she is very generous about sharing her tips and i really learned loads from her.

Some things i learned :
* should buy red dates with the seeds as those without seeds may contain certain chemicals used by the manufacturer to remove the seeds
* Godo or Niu Bang is good for detoxing blood and by boiling with water and drinking everyday can help to reduce sugar level.
* when making cakes with fruits, should always mix some of the batter with the fruits so that all doesnt sink below.

In addition, we met some other chefs who offers different types of foods - indian cuisine and another vegetarian eatery.

I will definitely join her other classes :)

Kha Restaurant - HortParks

Everyone looks forward to bonus periods but for me - i have mixed feelings. Being a payroll personnel for many many many years, it is an extremely stressful period having to ensure that the payouts are in order etc etc. But once this is done - all the hard work pays off and it is time for celebration.

My philosophy is to share the joy with colleagues who works closely with me in the department. So this year, it is the same.

I have been wanting to try out this interesting Thai restaurant at HortParks located near our office. I heard from colleagues who went there for walks that the landscape is beautiful - they have butterfly parks and stone parks and i thought would be a good place to treat my two beautiful colleagues who goes through ups and downs with me in the department and share the same passion for "serving people with a smile".

So made a reservation for three today and we all agreed to dress up because we intend to take pictures. But unfortunately, it was drizzingly so we couldnt walk around the parks so we went straight to KHA.

The setting was really beautiful - thai style and i love the "wooden feel" and surrounded by a man made lake and lovely flora all around the restaurant and loads of bamboo.

We quickly ordered our food and then started taking photographs - we were the first guests to arrive - so we had the whole place to ourselves.

After enjoying the food, we went out to take pictures again - i tell you we were such camwhores - hahaha. It was a real pity that we couldnt venture further due to the rain.

We took a total of 59 shots :).

I am definitely going back again to explore other areas in HortParks. This i intend to do on 26 Jun with another group of friends and i hpe the weather will be kind to us and we can go to the butterfly and stone parks to enjoy the nature floras.

Check out the place :
KHA Restaurant
Hyderad Road