A Photo Canvas

The Boy was asking me how to make the weeping emoticon as seen in msn and facebook after I used it on him. So after much trying, he finally gave up and asked me for the answer. I told him to do the eyes, followed by an apostrophe and the open bracket. Guess what he gave me?

i'(

-_- !!!

I heard from one of my colleagues that a floating bookstore was docked at HarbourFront over this weekend. So, being the curious me, I told the Boy about it, and we decided to just head down and check it out, after finding out that the ship's name was Doulos.

We decided to head there after having lunch at Vivocity, only to find out later that despite the hot weather, there was actually a pretty long queue forming up! (I guess everyone else was as curious as us, haha)...


Thankfully, we didn't have to wait very long, and before we knew it, it was time to climb up the 'steep' steps of the walkway and get ourselves up the ship. I was lucky in the fact that I decided to google about the ship before heading down, hence finding out that the steps to the ship were quite difficult from someone's blog, and that it was better if I had worn flats instead of heels.


It was very interesting to be on board Doulos, as we can both can a glimpse of how it was like to be living on board the ship. While the crew provided a tour, we decided to skip it and just head straight to the bookstore.

With it being a missionary organisation, it was no surprise that they sold quite a number of Christian books. But there was also no lack of other genres, which saw me quickly indulging in the food section.

(I recently have been going crazy over books once again (that will be another entry on its own). And with me being keen on getting my hands down on new recipes to try out in the near future, or when I am married (ahem ahem), I did not mind purchasing any recipe books which I thought might be interesting).

Trivia: In the floating bookstore, books for sale are priced in units. For Singapore, the 'exchange rate was 25 units = SGD$1.




After enjoying my time at the bookstore, it was time for more photo taking sessions. A view of the cruise ship from Doulos...

When it came to us wanting to take a couple picture on board Doulos, we were met with much difficulty. Firstly, the sun was too bright at that time, resulting in us looking all tiny-eyed. Secondly, there were many people walking about, so it was not easy trying to get a decent picture with the ship as our background, minus all those people.


But, after much perseverance and multiple trial-and-errors, we finally got it! Say cheese (with big eyes)! =D

Wow. I have never caught a Stomp performance before even though they have been back year after year. With the girl in the military band during her school days, she had every valid reason to pull me along. Haa...

Throughout the entire performance, the girl was completely intrigued by the incorporated martial-arts-like movements in their performances. Their creativity and movements were just so great that it just blew everyone's' mind off, including mine. Not to mention that they had a nutty display of antics that sent everyone laughing non-stop in the hall. What can I say, it was truly an awesome performance, we totally enjoyed it! I would have to thank the girl for pulling me along. With that, I reckon we will be back to catch their performance once again should they be back to perform in Singapore next year =)

Just a week from my birthday, it was soon time for me to plan for the Boy's birthday. With his hatch day landing on a weekday, I decided to celebrate his birthday on the weekend ahead of his actual day, as I made reservations for Prive.

Hidden in a little corner from its other cafe/bar, we were introduced to a really posh and quaint area.

Somehow, we were 1 of only 3 groups of customers, which made us feel a little weird with so many eyes looking at us. But we soon got use to it, as we enjoyed really personalised service. The waitress serving us also very helpful with recommendations.

Before we started on our dishes, we were treated to a complimentary ’starter’. Unfortunately, I forgotten the name of it, but I thought that it was very nicely presented. Plus, it tasted good!

Our starter was crudo, made from hokkaido scallops, sakura prawns, olive oil, yuzu and shiroshoyu. While it was fresh and tasted great, it was seriously too tiny…

My main was the rare duck breast and confit of duck leg (left) while the Boy had the grilled kurobuta pork chop (right). Seriously, our mains were really really sumptuous! I particularly like my duck breast despite it being rare and slightly bloody. But paired with the persimmon-like fruit, the combined taste was really really nice. The pork chop on the other hand tasted really great with the apple sauce!

For dessert, we had the molten center chocolate soufflé (my first ever!) Nice, fluffy and soft, it’s no doubt it was the recommended dessert by the waitress.

So, with all these delicious dishes, it is no wonder we are such a happy couple. To me, it reminded me a lot like Fullerton’s fine dining, only that it is more affordable.

And at the end of our dinner, we were treated to nice lighting and views of the marina =)

Which of course called for another couple shot =)
Happy birthday my dear darling! =D

And just in case any of you are wondering, I got him a nice Picard card holder =)

It's the time of the year again to celebrate the Mid Autumn Festival, as the Boy and I decided to get our hands dirty once again by making our very own mooncakes!

Carrying on the craze from work, I borrowed some of the mooncake moulds home as we got started in the early afternoon. Even the Boy’s mom joined us in the making =)

After 2 long hours, we finally got our mooncakes done! Green, sky blue, purple and white, it was actually pretty nice to see the multi-colours all nicely done!

And something new and special for this year was that we tried making mini mooncakes using Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse moulds. With special thanks to E’s Joie, I managed to purchase these cute moulds, bringing some variety and difference to the usual round/square shaped moulds =)

Such cuteness... Happy Mid Autumn Festival!