LITTLE LITTLE INDIA

Starts my singapore adventure!

FIRST STOP : Little India

why? because my new friend, Nicole suggested to go there

she wanted to try indian food

together with sharon and another hong kong exchange student

to be frank, this is my first time to little india

it is full of indian obviously 

when we reached there, it is already lunch time

so, guess what? i brought them to try MAMAK

indian temple in little india

we didn't manage to go in

but busy taking photo! =)

yeah

i ordered a dosai masala

in fact i dont  know what is masala at first 

it is actually potato

this cost me 2.80

which is a bit pricy according to the others

not really special, just normal

nicole has a cheese prata 

sharon has a onion prata

i realised that in singapore they don't called it ROTI CANAI but PRATA

anyway it is the same thing

then we pay a visit to the LITTLE INDIA ARCADE

there are many shops

selling all sorts of things : food, snacks, clothes, bags...

Nicole did a tattoo with henna that costs her $3

a nice tattoo

there is a shop selling many snacks

super cheap

i bought choco drink and biscuit plus a umbrella! 

it is a nice trip!

good experience! 

maybe next time should go chinatown! =)

It's Fledgling

so here comes the CAPT Fledgling Week !!
what's that?
basically it is like another bonding sessions for the CAPTain
mainly for those who didn't attend o camp last month
anyway, to me it is just to have fun and know new friends or neighbour!
so what we do?

design our door tag!!

since Garuda is yellow house

we have "yellow" card

Inai session

just to let us bond together!

my cute pikachu drawn by Tong Jun 

R.E.G.I.N.E.

by Wan Ping, the Dino

After that, we still got ice breaking session

play games and know each other better

till 12 am 

it is tiring for me as i woke up early 7am for lecture

yet, enjoy the accompaniment with the rest

Happy 49th Birthday SINGAPORE!!

9.8.2014
a special day for all SINGAPOREAN

not only it is a public holiday but a day that they won't forget
because this will be the last year they have their NDP in the float
next year will be back to stadium!

friends from Hong Kong, Thai , Indo & Thai!

we all stay in residential college!

however, this year's NDP is very special to me
i have not at Malaysia, watching TV live broadcast
but i am at singapore
more specifically i am at Marina Bay
celebrating Singapore NDP with my other international exchange friends!
my first time sit at a place for 2 hours just to watch fireworks!

To be honest, i am seriously an epic fail Malaysian!
i never ever watch malaysian NDP not even on TV live
firstly because malaysia celebrate in the morning
secondly, it is in KL not JB
yet, even i am in Subang last year i also didn't go to take a look!
maybe because in Singapore i am a tourist! i am curious!

the fireworks last around 15 minutes!

it is worth waiting!!

It is on my treat!

Dad came to visit me!
actually to pass me my old samsung s3 phone!
anyway, Thanks God that i have an awesome Daddy
I love him so so much!

i have when camp for the past few days
so obviously i didn't have my dinner in my residential college!
in other words, i have extra credit for my dinner

when my dad said want to have dinner with me
dinner in the dining hall came through my mind!
so why not?
should let him take a look what will i eat every day as he is the one who foot the bill!

as my dad is kinda China Man

he have chinese food

brown rice with 2 meat & 2 veggie

plus lotus soup & green bean soup!

this is freaking great!

haha, first time treat my dad in singapore

in fact he is still the one paying it! haha

again UNIVERSAL , but Lunch!

usually we need to queue
maybe it is winter break so not many people! Hurray
it is one of the cheaper restaurants near uni so normally it is packed
this is my second visit here!
however, this is much better!

so, lunch date with collage mates, actually they are not my classmates but jaymus's
LiHui, Joshua & Weithong (comes from perth) had lunch with me today

there is lunch set
only cost $10 for small pizza with a drink
or $13 for entree pasta with a drink

Chicken Parma

have cheese on top but no additional sauce!

big piece too!

i love the chips (beer battered!)

$14

so, again, CHICKEN AVOCADO!

this time, creamier! 

but a bit to creamy to me!

i ordered the lunch set!

worth the money!

Chicken Schnitzel with Mushroom Sauce

this is what it is famous with

i tried last time as well

but so so big portion!

the sauce to me still okay!

LiHui only have half of it!

$14

it is on lygon ~ 139-141 Lygon St Carlton VIC 03053

photo session!

nice catch up with them 

NEXT STOP : HABOUR TOWN

i have Hope when i am at HOPETOUN TEA ROOM

i now know it is lunch time
but we really want to have cakes and tarts
Cloud found this place and she really wanted to try
although need to queue, we still wanted to try
because it looks really nice!!

OMG, so many!

i don't know which one to choose!

actually i keep changing and replace the cakes and tarts

i think there is more than 20 options

the shop is really small

it is painted with green

actually great make the area small

but because there is a large mirror

the whole shop looks bigger!

nice and awesome design

very Europe style

where is TEA, there is HOPE!

no wonder this place called Hopetoun!

I had a Apple & raspberry crumble

a bit disappointed

just normal crumble

the crust is a bit to thick

Elaine's Raspberry Pistachio Cheesecake

so called the MUST TRY

cheesecake is quite smooth

yet i bit too sweet 

Chocolate Marquise

not really special

just normal chocolate cake

three cakes for three of us!

girls really love cakes and tarts!

it is sort of a must for us!

all the cakes are $9.5 each

cakes and I =)

Selfie-time!

this will be my last meal with cloud in Melbourne 

before she head back to malaysia later

i will miss her very much!

come to Tea Room without tea, this is impossible!

we ordered a fruit tea

STRAWBERRY KISSES

for one portion $6.2 for two $12

it is in a shopping mall ~ 282 Collins St 

Family Dinner!! =)

it is really warm to sit together and have home cooked food

just like a family

i am glad that i have awesome housemates that are just like my family!

so everyone cook one dish!

Erick didn't cook because he forget about it

anyway, he will be in charged to wash all the dish

luckily Cloud prepared 2 dishes 

japanese curry veggie and egg roll

among of of the girls, Cloud is the best cook

malaysia style fried rice!

by Elaine!

lasagna

Tim's dish

but not cook by him

by his friend

it is a beef lasagna!

awesome

so, this is what i cooked!

i don't know what it should be called

i didn't follow any recipe 

just mix everything i have

generally it is hash potato topped slow-cooked chicken peas, onion with carrot 

to be it is nice

i didn't add oil, sugar or salt

100% natural taste

it is really great to have them as my "family"

we even talked about having FAMILY DINNER every weekends

unfortunately, i won't be around anymore

yet, i need to thank all of my mighty housemates!

they are really cool! 

#EOX + Farewell Dinner

how time flies, end of first semester already!

this will be my first and last semester in university of melbourne

yup, decided to go to NUS!

most of my friends are going back

sean is going back tomorrow night

isaac going back Hong Kong on Monday

LiHui going back on 9 july!

hence, this is a sort of Farewell dinner

to be honest, i am really sad

although we only know each other for 3 months, we have strong bond

sometimes, relationship is very special, in a short period of time, we become best buddy

maybe because we are left our home, our comfort zone and this simple similarity brings as all together

i know Sean because of issac

i know Isaac because of Lihui

i know Lihui because of jaymus during collage

see, it is a circle

anyway, we had our LAST DINNER at Mapo 

it is quite far (5/551 Little Lonsdale) 

because i didn't bring myki card, Lihui and Stanley accompanied me walk all the way there

it was drizzling

see, this is the best example of being friends

when we reached there, Isaac was there already and have ordered the food

this is my FIRST time here

btw, also the FIRST dinner i had with Stanley

Stanley is from Hong Kong and usually we only have lunch together

TODAY HE JOIN US FOR FAREWELL

luckily Isaac booked the place if not i guess it is impossible for us to have a sit there!

kimchi served

the spicy soft tofu soup

not really that spicy

i can take it

our first plate of bbq stuff

consists : ox tongue, beef...

after that didn't take photo anymore because start eating

haha

shawn & isaac

stanley from b.environment!

as usual, LiHui and I

we talked a lot

talk about how's it going to be without me

actually i guess without me, they will still be fine and i really hope so

i hope that if i have chance to come back during holiday we still can be the same

maybe not so many common topics but we have Isaac!

so, won't have "empty air"

i will definitely miss all of you

at that moment, i wanted to cry, but i did't 

the only thing i can do to hide myself is just keep talking and act high

until the point that Sean wonder did i drink? 

PS: 4 of them drink beer/cider, i didn't, afraid that i cannot control myself crying

i really hope that this is not our last time being together and have a meal

yet,  it is!

writing this post make me feel like crying again!

i really love you guys, i don't want our friendship to end like this

i don't want