Today is Singapore’s 44th National Day as on 09 Aug. I would like to wish Singapore and all Singaporeans have a very Happy National Day.
May all Singaporeans live happily, free of worries and have lots of good luck. Happy 44th Birthday to SINGAPORE!!
Today is a special day of mine and I have been waiting for this day to come. I am myself’s best friend and I would like to wish myself have a very blissful day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME 😉
I love to eat cakes and I feel happy whenever I see cakes displaying at the confectionery shops. I seldom had cakes to celebrate on the special day of mine in the past even though I always wanted to have a white cake for my birthday.
White Birthday Cake :
To my surprise, my sister bought me a birthday cake this year and it’s a white one…..my dream cake! I was so delighted and my eyes sparkled when I saw the cake.
Before this, I was thinking as to whether to buy myself a white cake if I didn’t have any this year. What I wished for has finally come true so I think this is a good start from this year onward 🙂
Actually, my family and I have had an early birthday celebration yesterday at my favourite restaurant. Below are the pictures of the meals that we had ordered at the BaliThai restaurant.
Fried Rice with Prawns and Sausages :
Butter Prawns :
Pandan Chicken :
BBQ Chicken :
Oyster Kailan :
Asem Fish Head :
I feel very happy and blessed on this special day of mine as on 05 Aug. I would like to thank all my friends for remembering my birthday. I wish my friends happiness and good health. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
My good friend told me that there is a 1-for-1 Ramen promotion going on at the Waraku Japanese Ramen restaurant. So, we took the opportunity to go to this restaurant to celebrate her belated birthday and my early birthday during lunch time today.
We ordered 1 set of Tomato Ramen and got another set of Japanese Ramen free by using OCBC credit card.
Japanese Ramen :
Tomato Ramen :
As you can see from the pictures, the bowl is as big as a mini basin! Each bowl of noodle comes with a black scoop and a big piece of dried seaweed.
Chopped Garlic :
The irregular-shaped metallic plate is filled with chopped garlic for seasoning purpose. So, the food tastes better by dipping into the chopped garlic.
I like the Tomato Ramen and it tastes better than expected. I think the 1-for-1 Waraku Ramen offer is value for money even if you are not celebrating for any occasion.
I went to Sim Lim tower to buy some electrical and electronic components after office hour this evening. I bought what I needed for work and then took my time to do some window shopping.
I walked into a Chinese medicated store and ordered a small bowl of Guilinggao or turtle jelly. As the name implies, the turtle jelly has something got to do with turtle as it contains turtle shell powder.
Guilinggao or turtle jelly is a Chinese medicine that is traditionally made with turtle shell powder and China roots in the form of a jelly. It is well-known to be good for skin complexion when ingested. So, I took a few minutes of my time to treat myself better with the Guilinggao 🙂
Next, what attracted my attention was the Chinese porcelain teapot. Instead of containing tea, it was filled with honey to neutralise the slight bitterness of the turtle jelly when consumed.
Chinese Porcelain Teapot :
I think the Chinese porcelain teapot was nice so I took out my handphone camera and did a quick snap. It was indeed a good feeling to admiring the beautiful teapot while consuming the Guilinggao 😉
My nephews and niece are very fond of having fish spa treatment. They like the ticklish when they are having the fish pedicure.
The kids have had visited a few fish spa before and they really like the feeling of putting their feet in the tank to wait for the fish swarming to their toes.
I have also tried out the fish pedicure before when one of the nearby fish spa, massage cum foot reflexological centres was having a promotion. I would say it was really very fun for letting the fishes do their biting on the skins of your legs.
Today, we went back to the same fish spa, massage and foot reflexological centre. The main objective was to make the children happy.
But I did not take up the fish spa service and I chose to have the head, neck and shoulder massage instead. Reason being that I’m feeling tired and stressed out recently so I need a moment to relax my muscles.
In my opinion, we have to pay people money for their services to exercise our muscles once in a while if we were too lazy to do any physical exercise ourselves 🙂
Church wedding ceremony is usually solemn and serious. The bride and groom walk stiffly down the church aisle before reaching the altar.
Perhaps this traditional way of having a church wedding ceremony is too rigid for some people. That is why a group of young people has had decided to do something different and against the norm.
There was a wedding took place at a church in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The best man, best women and even the wedding couple were dancing their way down the church aisle. This JK Wedding Entrance Dance is very entertaining and against the norm.
I find that the video clip is very special and amusing. It’s full of fun and happiness. The song entitled “Forever” by Chris Brown is also very lively and entertaining.
This is possibly one of the most infectious and uplifting wedding video clip that you will see this year. Enjoy!
I have the habit of taking pictures of anything that interests me whenever I go. I find it fun snapping pictures here and there using my handphone camera.
Here is a picture of a green leaf filled with many big ants. I took it when I was having a walking exercise with my family on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
Green Leaves With Big Ants :
The big ants on the lively green leaf captured my attention although I didn’t know the name of the plant. I also didn’t know what those big ants were up to on a big green leaf.
I only knew that the ants were leaving some indented marks on the surface of the beautiful leaves. Maybe this is their natural way of crafting an art on leaves. Who knows?
My family and I re-visited the Roland Restaurant today since the last one on 15 March earlier this year. We like the food there so we went back to this restaurant to have our lunch on a pleasant Sunday afternoon.
We ordered our favourite Dim Sum, roast chicken and crispy duck today. In addition, we also ordered seafood such as pepper crabs and baked lobsters for the family.
Baked Lobsters :
Pepper Crabs :
I feel that the food there was really very tasty and up to standard. My family and I like the baked lobsters and pepper crabs very much. The serving of the pepper crabs was big enough for a big family.
Before we left the restaurant, my family saw a wooden craft crab was placed near the doorway as decoration. My nephew requested me to take a picture of the wooden craft crab so I grabbed my handphone and did a quick snap.
Wooden Craft Crab :
In my opinion, the wooden craft crab is really a very nice piece of art.
I was recently thinking about whether I should upgrade my Blog to the WordPress newer version 2.8.1 or not. Then, I happened to visit a Blog whose owner had just written a Blog post to inform his readers about the release of WordPress version 2.8.2.
Wow, I think this open source Blogging software is changing rather too frequently. I guess not many people are able to catch up with the changes. Furthermore, there is a risk of losing all your database or Blog posts if you didn’t do a proper backup should there be a mistake cropping up during the software upgrading.
Anyway, the reason for the new release of WordPress software 2.8.2 is that it has got a security update so anybody who is using WordPress 2.8 or 2.8.1 should upgrade to the latest version 2.8.2 as quickly as possible.
I understand that there are 10 files affected by the software upgrade and it doesn’t touch the database so the risk of losing your Blog posts, archives and so on is quite low. Alternatively, you can also use the auto-upgrade feature that is built into the WordPress software.
Click the link below to download the latest WordPress software :
Download ==> WordPress Version 2.8.2
There are many new restaurants located at Tampines 1 shopping centre. My family and I have a plan to patronise most if not all of the restaurants there whenever we have the time and spare money to spend 🙂
My sisters and I have visited the F.I.S.H. restaurant recently. This restaurant is a subsidiary of the popular Fish & Co. restaurant which specialises in fish meals and other seafood.
Although the name of the F.I.S.H. restaurant is an abbreviation that makes up the word “fish”, it doesn’t sell fish meals only. In fact, you can find chicken, beef and other meat inside their menu.
I like the look-and-feel of the food served there. Here are some pictures to show people how attractive the meals were decorated :
Grilled Mozambique Spring Chicken :
Bake Spice Peanut Chicken Leg :
Creamy Mushroom Soup :
The food there certianly looked nice although my sisters and I do not get used to the taste of the chicken meals. The ingredients were blent differently as compared with those western food that we used to have.
Anyway, the F.I.S.H. restaurant has a cosy and quiet environment that can compete with that of our favourite country-style Country Manna restaurant. It’s good to have a taste of different ingredient and also to make a comparison between different restaurants once in a while.
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