Brunch @ JamicaBlue!

Family came over to visit me  + sign MOE tuition Grant
they came pretty early so we went starVista for brunch!

Family came to visit me!
Actually to sign the Moe tuition grant

 Jamaica Blue

Brunch with my family. Have a Jamaica brunch.
This place is cosy and comfortable. A bit like Australian brunch feel.
Coffee, cakes and pastry!

Steak sandwich
Served with salad. Rocket salad!
This is what my brunch in Melbourne
Kinda in Melbourne feel

Steak sandwich: steak, beetroot,tomatos, onions on bread.
The steak is quite good.
Filling brunch
I shared with mummy!

Mocha
A bit too sweet for me

Cappuccino in nice cup

Mini breakfast frittata
The frittata is nice!
Served with salad too
Fritta contained ham and cheese!
One of the cheapest items in the menu.
Cost around 7.90
Worth it!

Pasta!
With mushroom and feta cheese and sundries tomatoes
Delicious

Even the tissue is so cool!
Great visit to this place.
Will come again next time!

A day with Thai !!!

Don't ask me why

Maybe out of curiosity, maybe because nothing to do

Anyway, I went for a friendship day with the Thai workers in singapore 

To be frank, I don't even know there is Thai workers in singapore

I thought singapore only has Bangladesh and Indonesian workers

So I am surprised that the amount of Thai people in singapore

That's why I signed up for the event

A little more about me: I can speak mandarin, Malay, English and Cantonese

But NOT THAI

although there is a handout given, I didn't really read through it

In other words, I cannot speak Thai at all

Hmm... Maybe I can say HELLO in Thai 

The event venue is  near lavender, in a basketball court near north bridge food court 

As I am not really familiar to singapore, I took some time to fingered it out the location

Anyway, after asking and searching plus getting lost, I manage to get to the venue although I am 30 minutes late! Haha

Blur queen!

Let's talk about what I have heard and seen there

Actually the Thai men usually work in construction sector

Most if them are dealing with electrical and supervised the construction projects

Their pay is not very high but it is enough for them

Oh, I also noticed that most of the workers are at their middle age 

they have been in sinagpore for about ten year 

Many of them can speak pretty good English and mandarin

I talked to them and asking them about singapore

To them sinagpore is nearer to Thai and that's the main reason they come over

Usually they stay at dorm that provided by the boss

Yet, it is all in the rural area like woodlands

I spoke to a worker and he mentioned that he has been here for 13 years

His children already 23 and 27

He is now 50+ yet still working

His daughter is a teacher and the son is also working in Thai

Yet he still need to work so that the family can have a better life

On the other hand, for the Thai women, they usually work as domestic helpers 

But nowadays they usually come over for marriage 

Many of them married Singaporean 

There are still some women doing Thai massage yet fewer

The younger generation doesn't want to come singapore anymore

Because the pay is lower

They prefer to go Europe or Israel

For agriculture sector, usually they will go Israel for mass production using high technology 

Thai is very good at agriculture especially in rice sector

I realized that Thai are very friendly and cheerful 

They usually gather together for events 

Although the pay is not high, they treasure what they have

They are creative as well 

A great example is the games we played!

Can u imagine what we are playing?

Yup, I think u get it right

We need to use eggplant to "kick" the ball into the goal

I participate the game as well

It is quite fun!

Perhaps next year o camp should include this game

It is a great experience for me

First time get in touch with Thai 

I realized that actually a lot of Singaporean is interested in Thai language and took up Thai in university

Some even when Thailand for exchange

 a little small boy named Tim

3 year old boy that claimed himself as 5!

mixed blood Thai! 

so cute!

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! =)

CAPT Popstar O CAMP

my first ever O camp in my life!
O CAMP? orientation camp
camp for freshie to know each other!

SP games!

a bit like mix-matching

i heard that this game is very common in singapore 

we are blind folded and required to hold each other's hands (girl & boy)

then like speed dating

play games and know each other more

the way i was welcome to the neighbourhood of Garuda

so cute!!

too quite a long time to clean it!

a day in Sentosa!

FIRST time go to Palawan Beach of Sentosa!

have a fun day of Beach day!

sunny day

in return, i got sun burnt badly!

but no regrets!

a pic with the magnificent grass! (actually it is just normal grass)

amazing race !

we are the last group!

because we are too chill

have too many breaks (starbucks, food, toilet///)

yet, we enjoyed ourselves very much! 

photo with my awesome GROUP MATE!

we are WASEH!

really WAseh !!

cool man with cool people!

i really appreate 

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!!

College Meal : AWESOME!!

College food is sucks?
I BEG TO DIFFER!!

see what i have for my dinner and breakfast?
i need to admit that is doesn't taste good but is freaking delicious!
we have many choices
5 menu for us to choose!
indian, muslim, vegetarian, chinese & western!
i heard that every month still got theme dinner!
that's awesome!

food served is healthy as well
i am allowed to customize my own meal as well
i can go for a healthier option with brown rice and request for more veggie!
every food there is a portion recommended
this helps me to make a better choice!

most importantly the auntie and uncle are super friendly
they will introduce me the tasty food!
they are more like my grandparents! asking me to eat more!
so good!

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

suki-ya @ Bugis+

after medical check up, my dad sent me to the central national library!
 read this and that book for around 3 hours, HUNGRY!
so, i walked all the way to bugis+ (ps: first time to bugis+)
shop around, to see what is special!
then, i saw suki-ya!
i knew that there is also an outlet at pavillion kl but never tried before!
because it is always packed!

it is a buffet!Buffet hot-stone pot!
it is sgd 17.90 ++ per pax!
there is 4 variety of soup base!
shabu shabu, sukiyaki, kimuchi, touyu miso!

there is a instruction to teach you how to eat!

it is interesting!

firstly, boil the veggie

then, add meat!

my sauce!

egg for sukiyaki!

self-made sauce (i mixed everything!) for kimuchi

the soup base i choose : sukiyaki & kimuchi!

i add a variety of vegetables!

nice environment!

there is a healthy bar! (means veggie!)

fish ball, meat ball... all can be found here!

oh ya, the thing i love the most is... CHEESY BALL!

THE BAKERY CHEF @ BUKIT MERAH

I ♥ cake,  everyone knows
But I want to be slim!

After staying at the library of bukit merah for hours, I feel like having a bite
It is located in front of the library

i think i only take 2 minutes to walk there
It is odd hour but the shop is pretty packed!

This is what i ordered:

Praline Delight

this is nice!

rich chocolate!

love it to max!!

but, i forget the price! hehe

latte! 

just normal

maybe because i don't really know how to differentiate them!

together the whole bill is SGD 9.80!

i love the environment

cosy + comfort

i stay here for about 2 hours 

tifether with my books that i borrowed from the library!

the address--- 

161 Bukit Merah Central # 01-3711, Singapore

Cheat by photos in menu?

 Finally understand why the food I ordered is different from the menu!

Because of FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY!
Indeed it is legal to do so but still I feel this is sort of cheating!

Do you know that the bowl of  ceral on the ceral box is actually ceral with white glue instead of milk?
We thought it was maple syrup on the pancake but it is actually petrol oil!
The beautiful ice cream is just mash potato?
The meat is half cooked so that it looks nicer!

It is true that the food really looks mouthwatering!
But most of  these food cannot be eaten!
A lot are not REAL food, they are FAKE!

I found this book at the recommendation rack in bukit merah community library!
It gave me a lot of knowledge regarding photographing food!

For each shoot, we need a art director, food and prop stylish & of course a photographer!
Every shoot takes time from planing , scheduling, shopping,  prepping, propping, hero (food) and lastly clean up!
Not that easy right?

The book also mentioned a lot regrading the lighting
Lighting really affect the food presentation!
The effect of lighting is the main factor for food photography!

Gain additional information on this!

Perhaps it will help me in food blogging
Yet, I will use REAL FOOD! 

SHOW EVERYONE THE REAL THING although it might not be so beautiful!