Training course in Bugis

Here I am at Bugis again for my Microsoft Excel (expert apparently) class. And, I'm totally bored. I wanna go home soon!! Haha... My naughty "pai kia" student behaviour is coming into play again.

I had the Access class a couple of weeks ago and it was a good refresher from work. It was on a 2 day course starting on Thursday. And since I didn't have to wear working clothes (I was clad in my jeans and t-shirt), it felt like going back to school. And I felt like I had a long weekend, cos my brain was off work for 4 days straight.

This time my course is right smack in the middle of the week. Tuesday and Wednesday. So, I have to be back at work on Thursday and Friday. And, I know that I've got quite a bit of work waiting for me back at the office. Nonetheless, I shall enjoy my course while it lasts. But, being in Bugis for so many days was quite a bore. I wasn't in the mood to shop and anyway, I didn't see anything that caught my eye. Oh well... I can't wait for next week's training in City Hall. Haha...

Mood swings...

I am feeling moody. I have been since last week. Maybe it's the none stop rain and depressing weather. Maybe it's just one too many heartaches coming down all at once. Sometimes I feel like letting it all out. But, I don't know where to begin. I don't even know how all these feelings started. I want to share it with someone, but I don't know how to, I don't know why I'm feeling like that... UUURRRGGGGHHHHzzz... This sucks.

The Turquoise Room

I headed to Turquoise Room (7 Lock Road, near Little Bali) with some of my colleagues during lunch sometime this week. It's one of those lunch time perks that we have once in a while to perk up the drudgery of the working life. We usually try to source out some quaint little place or somewhere with really good food and for this time, it was to Turquoise Room. My colleague had read about it in a magazine, so we decided to try it out.

Tucked away in the sleepy Gillman village, this place was a very good getaway from the hustle and bustle of Shenton way. Housed in the ground floor of one of those old black and white houses (think: similar to Rochester Park minus the glam and aircon), it had a very old school setting. Cemented floors without any tiles or carpeting ( like our old classrooms), wooden chairs and tables and just the natural breeze and some fans to cool the place. The walls are painted white and turquoise and most of the furnishing is white with turquoise coming in subtly. And, you're located next to lush greenery. Or maybe I should add, a forest. When we came here during noon, we could still hear the sounds of the forest, the crickets, the birds and what have you. It's a quiet place during lunch and we had pretty much a lot of attention from the wait staff. They were friendly without being intrusive, although more care to orders (well majority of us wanted the same set meal only difference is in the drinks. But our server still insisted on going to us one by one and asking us what we wanted. So, the set was repeated 4 times!!) would have been great. Still, I have no qualms about the place.

I was trigger happy yet again and busy snapping photos. My colleagues on the otherhand were trying to figure out why I loved to take photos. Simple... It doesn't take much to snap shots from a digital camera. After all, if I don't like it I can delete it. So, if I see some nice stuff, i just go off snapping. And here we go with the array of photos I snapped of the surroundings...
L-R: Row 1- The Menu, Eating area set ups
Row 2 - The Bar, Eating Area set up, Alfresco dining near the forest
Row 3 - The nice comfy sofa, Open air alfresco dining

Food was ok... I guess. We started with pumpkin soup, which I would have preferred if it were a little more salty. The crabmeat pasta was good. I couldn't finish it as yet. But the sauce was thick and complemented the crabmeat well, and the pasta was done al-dente. Yum yum... For coffee, we headed to one of the sofa area to enjoy the forest scenary and just chit chat about everything and anything under the sun. It could have gone on if not for the end of our lunch break.

This place is definitely a very good getaway place and what I like about it is that it is not as commercialised as Rochester Park and Dempsey (I still like those 2 places) and probably not as well explored by many people. So, for now, it still remains quiet. I can't say the same for the crowd at night, and that would wait till I get the chance to go back there in the evening on another day. Great for people who like nature, dressing down and natural breeze. My only qualm is it's accessibility issues. There's a bus stop outside, but it's quite a walk in.

The Turquoise Room
Gillman Village
7 Lock Road (S)108935
Mon – Thu: 12noon - 11pm
Fri – Sat: 12noon - 12am
Sunday: 10am - 10pm
Sunday Brunch: 10am - 3pm
Telephone: 64733655

Life is too short for the wrong job

I found this string of ads and pictures rather amusing. And, it helped to perk up my blue monday morning up. Enjoy...

About Choux pastry and cakes both BIG and SMALL

I have lots to blog about, but I just haven't had the time to sit down and write them all out. You see, by the time I get home on weekdays, I'm usually just so tired out
that I either plonk myself in front of the TV and lobo my night away, or I would be on my bed ready to sleep (which btw happens rather promptly). So, while I try to get the Commencement dinner photos up and all else, here's something else to keep this blog alive...

About Choux Pastry...
Don't ask me why, but I had a sudden whim to make choux pastry from scratch and try piping stuff into them. Maybe I was so inspired by Beard Papa's cream puffs that it started to choux craze. So, I tried it out for YAM refreshments. Don't know much about the feedback, but I hope it's decent. =)


Tall cakes...
I was around Bugis on Friday just walking aimlessly trying to decide what to eat at 11.30am for lunch (i hate early lunches whenever I've eaten my breakfast. I'd rather eat at 2pm than 11am. But somehow, the trainer was probably too sian to talk about the next topic and made us break for lunch)and yet avoid the shopping area lest I spend another bomb on clothes. And, I saw this outside InterContinental Hotel. Singapore's tallest wedding cake. Check out the total ingredients used for this cake!!



About smaller cakes...
InterContinental was having their Wedding Festival and had a whole string of shops occupying the pushcart area at the atrium in Bugis Junction. And there, I saw these pretty little things which I have yet to master... So pretty right?

Preparing the cupcakes. They are frosted on the spot...

Pretty pretty...

Commencement 2007

After so many years of studying... FINALLY!!! I've graduated with my BBA from NUS!!! Yippeee....

Of course, there were tonnes of photo taking. But, I shall let the photos do the talking...

The neighbour, bus buddy, finance whizz, chocolate fanatic, donut man, movie buff, listening ear (esp to heartaches), camera man, animal bully, cat lover who never fails to cheer me up and amuse me with his nonchalance and interesting comments. What would bizad life be without you? I think those 1 1/2 hr bus rides would have been unbearable without ur company. Mr guinea pig to my brownie and cupcake baking binges. Thanks for all the wonderful friendship over all these years and all the wonderful company. How i miss those movie days at marina sq, the dissing of tv mobile's disgusting ads, tearing my hair over finance cases. Haha... You're the man la. Rock on banker!!!
The other neighbour, the other finance whizz who i suspiciously think is related to the owl. Haha.... he practically lives on US timing. LOL..

My robing buddy, who's super smart, yet another finance whizz but who understands me well especially when it comes to project work. Though we haven't worked a lot with each other, we share very similar sentiments on certain working styles. Love ya babe!! And, don't overwork yourself.

And, surprisingly, we managed to take a shot together... At the front house when we were trying to collect our baggage. Hahaha... This was 1 year ago after our service marketing presentation.
One year on... This is where we are... =) Service marketing rocks la...
And finally... My mummy, daddy.. and My ever so sweet bestest fren... Jo!!! Thanks babe for helping me take so many photos and for coming all the way down to take photos. Love you loads...

Oh.. One more.. My commencement was before theirs. And I was taking so many photos before this that by the time I was done, they were in getting ready to robe. But, as you can see, my camera was tired. So, the photos didn't come out all that pretty. Progressively got worst... haha...

The Spot in on YOUth

I was talking to Sophie, and she said that I should update my blog. And, yes, before I say anything more, I think this is the one thing that should be said.

Thank you Lord for watching over the event, for making the event even remotely possible in less than a month. Lord, you deserve all the honour and all glory for this event, because without you Lord, this event would never have happened and would not have been able to happen like this. Thank you Lord!!