水清则无鱼

水清则无鱼，
多一事不如少一事
如果有事不如
大事化小
小事化无

An answer to the question that I have been having.

Or is it?


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Hello Kitty Lucky Dip ~ Sept 10

This must be one of the most anticipated time of the month.

Its the Hello Kitty lucky dip again!

This month, i won the 2nd top prize which is the Hello Kitty memory pillow.

2nd prize ~ Memory pillow

Must be my month!

Other gifts to the collections...

Adding on to my existing collections...

fOodie tRip!

After the much positive reviews about the Balestier "Founders Bak Kut Teh", 

we decided to try it out this Sunday afternoon.

We arrived at 2pm and joined the queue of 5 people. 

Perhaps its already after-lunch hours, the queue was moving very fast and 

we were seated within 10 mins and the food was served pretty shortly.

Food ordered was:

1) Bak Kut Teh - The meat was very lean, making me wonder "where are the fats?" Maybe because of the absence of the fats, it makes the meat texture abit tough. The soup was quite peppery -abit too spicy for my stomach and leaves a burning aftertaste on the tongue. 

2) Mixed innards - Consisting of kidney, liver and small intestine. Surprisingly, this dish is much better than the legendary bak kut. The innards are cooked just nice, tender and soft. This really requires skills!

3) Preserved Vegetables or "Mei Cai" - Yummy with enough doze of chopped garlic

4) You Tiao 

Overall, it taste good but both of us couldnt really tell where is the "wow" factor. I wouldn't mind going back again but definitely not if i have to queue for half an hour.

We headed off for some shopping on aquarium pump before going to Square 2 for Gong Cha.

Gong Cha @ Square 2

Gong Cha @ Square 2 was tugged away in the deserted corner. Unlike KOI, there was no queue and business was pretty brisk on a sunday afternoon.

We ordered Ali Shan Milk Tea & Black Milk Tea.
Unlike other brand, Gong Cha milk tea comes with a layer of frothy milk cream on top and there is even an instruction on how best to consume this drink!


1.將杯蓋打開，以口就杯，讓奶泡與茶同時滑入口中
2.插入吸管，品嚐原味茶香
3.攪拌均勻飲用，讓茶香與奶香交融出多層次的絕佳口感

I absolutely love it at the very first taste!
The Ali Shan Milk Tea was really good.
The frothy milk cream taste a bit salty and creamy and
it brings off the sweetness of the tea in the 1st mouth.
I love the first way of drinking the tea so much that i finished half the cup in such manners.
It would really be good if we have enough time to really sit down and sample the drink.

However, one man meat is another man poison.

Dear doesn't really like it as he thinks its too milky.

Dear also observe bit similarity between Happy Lemon Green Tea with Salt and Cheese where both has the frothy stuffs on top. Hmm...

Baby Shower gift for Judd

For baby Judd!

Congratulations for to cousin Huihui and Alvin!

From Chateau de Sable

Rompers for baby Judd

KOI bubble Tea ~ yet again

Left: Cacao Barry with pearls
Right: Grass Jelly Milk Tea

Have you tried it yet?

We dropped by TPY Koi after dinner today.

For a change, we tried the cacoa barry instead of 2 grass jelly milk tea

I like the TPY branch as the queue is always reasonable and
the milk tea taste good.

And the Cacao Barry is really nice
if you are a strong chocolate lover!

I seriously wonder, what is the amazing draw of KOI???

The queue @ their AMK branch is always "amazing"!
No matter when, the queue is never ending.
What is so great about KOI?
Is it a craze or is it the drink?

iphOne 4 invasion!

believe it or not!

11 Sept 10!

one of the rare morning in which i woke up at 7am just to queue for iphone 4 with dear dear!

this was something which dear dear really wanted.

when we arrived minutes before 8am, there was already a queue in place

we were the 25th person in the queue!

Queue o/s comcentre @ 8am!

The demographics of the crowd is so diverse 

It is mainly male with exception of a handful females 

who are probably there to accompany their significant other.

So much on the "death grip" and the other downsides of iphone 4 but its charm remains.

Like what the HTC Taiwan advertisement goes,
"If it is not iphone 4 why do i want it for?"
what did the people at Apple did right?
Obviously there are better phone than iPhone 4 but people are still going crazy over it.
The queue at Singtel shop never cease from the day iPhone 4 releases.
And the great thing about iPhone 4 is almost none of its feature is anything new.
Yet, it makes people go crazy about it.

Seriously I really can't recall when was the last time i queued for something!

and having to do it in the "comfort" of the morning sun was definitely something not to my liking!

but at least i finally reached my quota for vitamin E! 

and thanks to the wonderful invention of brolly =p

daily intake of vit E while waiting in the queue!

around 9am, 2 singtel staffs appeared and started to distribute mineral water to those in the queue, 

aren't they thoughtful?

soon after, the tickets were dispensed and here is our winning lottery number!

queue no 19!!!

a super happy dear dear with his winning lottery!

dear dear with his iphone 4

the power of love and iphone 4!

10 Sept 10 oUting

happy hari raya!

we woke up early in our attempt to queue for iphone 4!

but when we arrived at comcentre at 11am, there was a long queue and within minutes, we were informed that iphone 4 has been sold out!

*sad dear dear*

hence, we headed to our fav coffee joint TCC for a slow start to the day!

TCC @ raffles place has always been my favourite especially with the bean bag sofa.

the best part this morning was, its a P.H so raffles place is so quiet and we could enjoy our morning reading accompanied by good coffee and food!

second half of the day was simply shopping,

bought a few things and took some time off to do the things that i have been thinking of doing for quite some time..

we dropped by ION food hall and it was really amazing...

unlike typical food hall, ION have a lot more to offer with names we are familiar yet wouldn't expect  them to set up stores here: 

*Lim Chee Guan (yes! its the bak gua whereby ppl go crazy during CNY)

 *Awfully Chocolate (HEI ice cream...*yummy*), 

*Each-a-cup (it even offer PREMIUM range @ ION store),

*Yami Yogurt (my favourite!)

and newbies like:

*Tsukiji Gindaco (Delicious Takoyaki with egg mayo topping! I think this was the one i saw in Ueno!)

*Modern Peking Duck (this is one business owner with good money brains! the 2 dishes offered here is duck crepe or roasted pig crepe and these 2 dishes have been around for the longest time ever yet there is still a queue cos the boss managed to convert what used to be a premium restaurant dish into a commoner food! *Thumbs up*)

*Happy Lemon (it offers weird drinks like green tea with salt and cheese!)

Fr Happy Lemon: Green Tea with salt and cheese

Fr Happy Lemon: Lemon Yogurt with Aloe Vera

Their numbering tag which is rather environmentally friendly!

The reverse side is their Happy Lemon logo!

Interesting drink!

Their variety is so untypical of a bubble tea shop and this makes ordering difficult.

We choose their house recommendation and i must say green tea with salt and cheese is worth a first try.

So the next time you are sick of the traditional bubble tea, you know where to get innovative!

my fIrst tiFfanY!

today, i finally executed a purchase that has been on my wish list for so long!

the blue box!

It's the blue box!

My first tiffany charm bracelet.

Been thinking of owning this since a few years back 

and finally did the execution part today!

my 1st tiffany bracelet!

*over the clouds*

dinner was @ our favorite haunt ~ la cantina

and as usual, only our favourite was ordered!

Him: Scallop linguine & long island tea

Me: Crab meat linguine & Shirley Temple

What a wonderful way to end off this saturday!