Sunday Fashion Fix

I love the mix of mustard and navy here. The mustard sort of looks like this orangey camel shade, making the color with navy complementary colors on the color wheel. Very nicely paired.

Love the fabric. Love the cutout at the back. Love the white.

This is too amazing for words. Blue and orange are seriously the next big thing in the fashion world. (Apart from black that is) (:

Edgy white and black. <3

Freja looking awesome styled up.

Sexy cool photographer. A slight tucked out Chambray shirt with those shades. Sexy.

See what I mean when I say orange/gold and navy is the next big thing?

(:

Have a great week ahead!

Ssikkek Korea BBQ Buffet

Last Saturday, the dancers had a BBQ gathering. The initial plan was to book a BBQ pit but all of the pits available to us on that particular day were booked up, hence deciding to make do with a korean grill bbq buffet instead. Was busy in the morning at ITE Bishan...

These are the chicken wings that EVERYONE on the circuit park team loves. YUM! You practically have to grab your hands on a few of these before they all run out in the matter of minutes.

Had some spare time to kill before dinner so I met up with Xw in town to hunt for presents for her 'kids' also known as students. I have never seen someone so happy buying cute erasers for her students. She is seriously in teacher mode already and so glad to see her work bringing her so much joy. (: We went to FEP so that she could get her french manicure done. She even did some shopping post-manicure! I had to end up handling her wallet and the taking out of her cards to prevent her from spoiling her nails. Very bimbotic moments haha.

Dinner was at a Korean BBQ buffet restaurant located right opposite Novena Square. The place was packed to the brim with people and we had to sit outside to bbq instead.

I believe the place was run by a Korean family and there were many koreans dining at the restaurant that night. There were many Korean students helping out with the constant changing of the aluminium sheets. Iced water came in bottles that were stacked and stored in a fridge near the entrance. Overall, they seem very experienced in handling big crowds of people coming to dine on a Saturday night.

Xw, wearing the white dress I bought for her as a birthday gift last year (:

There were quite a few pork and beef choices to choose from and I think there was only 1 choice of chicken. The chicken was delicious though! Oh and their prawns were very fresh and tasted great (:

The meat tasted awesome and it was quite a good variety. The only down-side about the bbq experience was it being very oily because the oil was just lingering in the air and had to latch on to the cutlery that we were using and our clothes. I guess the yummy authentic korean food made up for that.

Didn't take any more photos because I didn't want my Nikon to be coated in oil!

For the price of $24 per person for a BBQ Buffet dinner on a Saturday night, this place was definitely value for money. Definitely do reservations on a weekend night as it tends to get pretty crowded.

We headed to a nearby pub located at the basement of United Square. United Square brings back memories for me as I used to study at their Starbucks during JC days.

It was a cosy little pub. They had an alfresco area but we sat inside as it was air-conditioned. They also had a live band duo which wasn't that great. :/

This pub stocks various types of beers from all over the world. I was disappointed that Timmermans wasn't on their menu but the owner actually told me they have them stocked! I decided to forego it and be adventurous and try something else instead. Bad choice though...

I got myself a Floris Mango, a typically cheap beer from Belgium. It was too sweet for my liking and the taste completely overpowered the beer content.

It was a pity Char couldn't join us for BBQ prior but she came for drinks after dinner. (:

I like nights where we just sit, listen to music, chit chat and drink beer.

Ssikkek Korea BBQ Buffet is located at 

Novena Ville

275 Thomson Road, #01-01/02

Tel: 6254 8123 (Reservations available)

Opening Hours:

Lunch (1130am - 230pm); Adult $12+ / Child $9+

Dinner (530pm - 1030pm); Adult $22+ / Child $18+

Arnold's Fried Chicken

Last Thursday, Corinne and I went down to City Plaza to hang out bright and early in the morning. I suggested eating at Arnold's Fried Chicken as we were early and there wasn't any queue forming outside the fast-food restaurant yet. The last time and the many other times I was there, I never knew why and what the fascination was about this place because I always see a queue snaking out from their tiny space in the corner. So it was our turn to give it a shot!

This is Corinne's way of saying Hi. Anyways, I am very proud of her for waking up so early in the morning considering the fact that she has been waking up mid-afternoons for quite some time.

Their counter filled with lots of takeaway orders 5minutes after the shop has opened.

I think the best part about their delivery system is that they provide special packages that are not available in the restaurant itself, enticing people to order takeaways instead. They have 3 branches but the main branch is at City Plaza. They are Halal Certified and the company has been helping organizations and various mosques to raise funds and do their part for charity so it is no-wonder that many muslims are seen dining at Arnold's.

The man that was taking my order got it wrong and he gave me a chicken drumstick and wing when I asked for thigh and drum. That is my favourite combination of chicken parts whenever I order from KFC or Popeyes. I got it changed and in the end, I got a thigh and wing instead. Got slightly annoyed but decided to just settle with it and resist myself from kicking up a fuss about it. I am that particular about my chicken parts. (haha)

Their chicken tasted fragrant and good. It was very juicy, which is an aspect I love in chicken. It has a taste that is unique from KFC and Popeyes and I cant really describe it. I can't really describe the difference between chickens from KFC and chickens from Popeyes either. I usually term it as just 'different'. Not very helpful in describing the taste eh?

I think my absolute favourite chicken wings must be from Golden Rooster, also dotingly known as 'Ke Ai Ji' to most students. The way their chicken wings come out from their fryer is absolutely delish especially when paired with their chili sauce! I am so lucky I have Golden Rooster just a street away from my place.

Anyway, Corinne and I did some shopping and we managed to shop around the place for almost 4 hours. We saw a group of aunties going crazy over bra-stickers, also known as stickers that are supposed to push up and enhance your breasts. We got very curious because they were making so much noise and found out what they were so excited about. We even saw glow-in-the-dark nipple tapes haha.

My next lesson was at Toa Payoh and I had some time to kill when I got there so I decided to take some photos of the on-going kite display at the HDB Hub plaza. The way some of these kite-flyers maneuver their kites are quite amazing and worth the watch. Others were just plain boring. I think the music choice was very important in enhancing the display as well. One of them played Celine Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On'. Talk about dramatic! (and then now, you imagine the kites flying with the tune of the song)

 

This event was to promote the 2011 Singapore's Kite Festival organized by act3 International. It will be held on 3 September 2011 and 4 September 2011, Saturday and Sunday respectively, at popular beaches like East Coast, open spaces such as Marina Barrage and across various fields in the heartlands of our country. I totally missed out on last year's event. Maybe I should try to make it for this one?

An angmoh kite flyer! From Australia if I'm not wrong...

 

It was a heartening sight to see heartlanders gathering around the plaza to watch this kite display. A sight you rarely see these days. Today whilst I was there, Watsons was having a sale and they were giving out free cushions to the first 100 person in line. You can see all the aunties and uncles rushing to queue up for free cushions. Even the emcee had to remind them to stop queueing up as 100 cushions have already been given out today and to ask them to try their luck again tomorrow. Very heartlander/Singaporean behaviour.

Arnold's Fried Chicken is located at

(Main Branch)

City Plaza

810 Geylang Road, City Plaza #02-99

Singapore 409286

Tel: 6746 2372

Delivery Hotline: 6-ARNOLDS/ 6-2766537

Email: admin@arnoldsfriedchicken.com

Website: www.arnoldsfriedchicken.com

Opening Hours:

1130am to 10pm Daily

*Delivery Last Order at 945pm

Jurong Bird Park

I can't recall when was the last time I actually visited the Jurong Bird Park, despite the fact that it's so near my place. It was probably the time where I had to fill up my Young Ornithologist Card when I was in primary school so that I can collect the Science badge for it.

 

Had to incorporate some bird-y prints in my outfit to go to the birdpark (:

I love penguins! I love how awkward and quirky they are.

 

Look at all the sexy flamingoes. I think flamingoes are the sexiest birds alive.

 

The panorail is sponsored by Thai Airways apparently.

Didn't bring any bread to feed the swans.

Pelican feeding time! These pelicans are seriously good-for-nothings and will only come when there is food. When there is no food, they just fly away and can't be bothered about you!

This pelican is super act-tough. It just stands on the log and expects fish to be thrown into its mouth. It doesn't even bother to fly anywhere to catch them. BUM.

This is the prettiest pelican I have ever seen.

This emu is extremely narcissistic. It kept posing for my camera.

We went for the bird show and saw lots of birds flying around.

 

Kings of the Skies show

I thought it was a new flavour and got super excited, before realising that it just means that we are allowed to pick various flavours and pack it into the pint.

Lovebirds and their love nests

We saw this little bird on the way across the bridge. I'm not sure if it's hurt or couldn't fly because it didn't move or flinch even when I tried to touch its feathers.

 

I was quite impressed to see a huge waterfall in the middle of the bird park. No idea why, but I couldn't really recall there being one in the first place.

Hahaha. Love this photo! We are back at the Emu pen. The emu's red eyes are staring right into my camera.

 

Please look at how cute they are looking at each other haha. We were guessing that this ostrich must be a female because it has such long eyelashes!

 

These are the skeletons of the now-extinct Elephant Ostrich and its egg on the right. The egg is probably 50 times larger than a normal chicken egg.

I wish we had visited the various aviaries first because I had the most fun in them. The birds were allowed to fly freely in them and I loved the lorrys (a kind of bird) aviary best! They were so hyperactive and you were allowed to feed them!

A colorful lorry! So adorable right. The best part was that they aren't afraid of humans at all. We didn't get to stay in this aviary for long as they were about to close for the day.

We also didn't manage to visit the owl enclosure! No... ): But I got to see the owls at the King of the Skies show though, just not in their enclosures. So I decided to take a photo of the snowy owl, made famous by Harry Potter! I have always had a thing for owls, mainly because graphic owls and owl prints are too adorable. In the above photo, you can see the park attendants getting ready to go home.

Overall, I think it was a great experience visiting the bird park again although sometimes you see loads of dried up bird shit on the ground and you get worried if some may land on your head. If you haven't been to the bird park in ages, you might want to consider paying it a visit after the new area is up. They are setting up an area for a mini-petting zoo if I remembered correctly.

The Jurong Bird Park is also organizing a Bird Photography Competition entitled 'Picture the COLOUR' and ends 30 September 2011. If you're interested, you can view the details here.

Ciao!