New Year New Phone

Finally got around to buying the new phone over the weekend.

Total Damage: $288 (with 2 year contract)

Heng the price dropped by $100 in the past week (surprise surprise). My editor bought a Samsung one for $400 (with 2 year contract) the week before. When I went to buy my phone, I found that it dropped to $298. Heh.

Then I went over to the new Teleshop (Singtel) at Taka (where the M1 shop used to be, beside Quickly) Just so happened I saw my phone being sold at..... $198. Bleah. But luckily it's singtel if not I will feel more -__-

Anyway, it's been raining everyday. Weather forecast today (12 Jan): 23 - 29 degrees. Rain. Pictures from the office window. Can see the raindrops?




Friday: 23-30 degrees, Rain
Saturday: 24-30 degrees, Thunderstorms
Sunday: 24-31 degrees, Thunderstorms

Update:
Fri: No Rain
Sat: No Rain
Sun: No Rain.

Never trust the weather report.

CNY CNY

Anyway, day time pics of Chinatown, courtesy of daddy. Taken on the bus (probably 143).
And mummy just said that she dreamt that you came home yesterday night.

Merry Belated Christmas!

Anyway, am working on Feb 06 issue for mag this month so it's Valentine's Day themed.

Wanted to post earlier but... lazy. :D



Bought roses from Tiong Bahru market. It was at $2 for 3 stalks. We got 20, two given FOC by the uncle of the flower shop. There were plenty of shops selling incense paper and as usual they had those paper replicas of everyday stuff. Found new item that day -- Dim Sum. With baskets. Quite amusing but didn't have camera to take. Anyway, the roses look very pretty in the vase. After the photoshoot, no point leaving it in the studio so I brought it back.

New Gelato Store


Was invited to a tasting session at Gelatissimo at Shaw Lido on 17 Dec. Went with John. Yummy gelato but not cheap! It's $3.90 for one scoop compared to $2.80 for one scoop at Venezia. Oh, and Ben & Jerry's sells single scoops at $3.90 as well I think. We had:



Which doesn't look as yummy looking as these:


New Phone?



This is the phone that I've been waiting ages for. Like the 6100 (the one that I have now), I liked it the first time I saw it. The PR company sent us pictures and info like 3 months ago or something and it was only supposed to come out first quarter of 2006. But the other day, the guy from the PR company said it was going to be available the next day. I asked him to send a tester kit. This is it! It's a Coffee Brown 7360. MP3 ringtone, SVGA camera (i know quite lousy but i dun really need a good camera), Bluetooth (I think), Push To Talk, "leather" back and pouch provided, radio.... can go Nokia website to see the specs if you want. I think it's pretty. Daddy and Mummy thinks it's pretty too. Friends think it's pretty as well. So yes, I'll be getting it after checking prices.

Real phone pic:


It's $498 for recommended retail price without contract but got shops selling it at $538 and $598 without coutract! Crazy right? Even M1 selling at $548 without contract. Tsk. With 2 year contract it's $398. Will see if buying the tester kit will give me a discount before I decide.

Ginger Is A Man

Bought Coffee Bean gingerbread men for gifts this Christmas. They look very nice and comes in packs of 5 ($11 each). I split 2 packs up and bagged them and sealed them to give away. There were extras so we ate them. It was very nice. Texture like the mooncake skin and not too gingery. I like. Mummy loved the smell. Normally, I eat gingerbread men by starting on one hand, then one leg, then the other hand/leg. Basically, I'll finish the limbs before eating the head. But Mummy and Daddy chomp on the head first (so savage!).


Smiley unsuspecting Gingerbread Man.


He lost his head (to Daddy)


Now his limbs are gone. (Courtesy of me.)

I would show you another picture of it but I think Mummy finished him. :)p



I also got "gifts" from companies. Espirit gave my editor a set of three teddies. I took one. Look at the details and good quality stitching! Must have been expensive.

Red Earth (cosmetics brand of Espirit) gave a bottle of wine (with custom made sticker label) and a box of chocolates. Have only tried two. One was eaten by Daddy so not sure of the taste.

A lot of pics but ya. That's all that happened. Sort of.

Sky Dining

We "celebrated" Deepavali by going for the Sky Dining thing. Surprisingly a lot of people went. There was even an ang mo family who blindfolded the dad and the kids were by his side. He was grinning away. I think it was a birthday surprise. Heh. Quite cute. We also saw two guys having the dinner in one car (they came after we got on) and ANOTHER two guys in another car (these two were even sitting on the same side).... so.... not a guy-buddy thing. :p

Anyway, pictures...... Show you the scenery first.



Sunset pictures..... same time, different exposure.


Superstar Aries docking at Habourfront. Earlier and later pixs. The best I could manage on a shaky cable car.




More pictures of our surrounding. There's the condo at Keppel Bay... They have FOUNTAINS in the middle of the condo! We also saw lightning throught the ride. Luckily it was far away. If not quite scary. Too bad the cable car was moving, the lightning too quick and no SLR. If not would have quite a nice picture of the lightning.


Playing around with the "lamp" in the car.


Normal pic...


Heh heh heh... he looks like Hannibal Lecter....

FOOD!!! From Altivo Bar some more!

Soup: Cream Of Mushroom
Verdict: Deeeeeelicious! Best soup ever! Same level as Serangoon Gardens Country Club's!


Main Course: Grilled Salmon with Mushroom Sauce, Baby Carrots, Broccoli and Baby Potatoes.
Verdict: Sauce was very nice. So were the sides. Salmon had nicely grilled skin but the middle part was a tad dry. More sauce would have been nice.


Dessert: Tiramisu
Verdict: The Mascapone Cheese was very very good. More would have been nice. The Ladies' Fingers were yummy but those can be bought at Cold Storage easily and cheaply. They went very well with the cheese though. The biscuit shell a tad thick. Taste like those Egg biscuits. Nice....

One course per round. So three rounds altogether. Altivo Bar has very nice setting. Unfortunately when we went to look for a toilet, there were only portable ones cos they were renovating the place. And the toilets stank even before we opened the door. In the end, never use. Too stinky!

Thus concludes our Deepavali.