Eat, drink and be merry

The last weekend was filled with good stuff. Mostly.

After conscientiously dragging my ass to the gym Friday evening, I met up with a university mate for coffee at Clarke Quay.


Then we went to meet a pretty friend of his at Jewel Box up on Mount Faber where the 3 of us were fed alcohol by his bartender friend who's working there. The view from the bar was picturesque! There weren't too many people so it was nice and peaceful. (Total opposite of Clarke Quay) Too bad I didn't have my tripod with me, can't take any night shots without it. The bar closed at 3 and we didn't leave till 330.
















In less than 2 hours I was to be up and about to go out with mum. With eyes half-opened, I made us sandwiches for breakfast. Mum prepared some sweet potatoes for our snack. And off we went at 630 to get the chartered bus. Mum and I chit-chatted on the journey. The sky gradually got lighter. We arrived at Botanic Gardens in no time. On one of the open fields, the class got into formation and started their qigong. With nothing to do, I plugged in my nano and started wandering around. Scattered about the greenery were small groups of people practising various forms of 'gong'. Joggers running along the paths. Dogwalkers. Parents with little children, in prams or wobbling around on their cute, little, barely stable, legs. :) Guys with big cameras. The sun felt nice and warm on my face. I snapped a few pictures and was soon back at my starting place.



The class finished and we were given free time to stroll before meeting up to head to the next destination. The pair of us marched along companionably. We stopped now and then to admire the birds, flowers. I even got my mum to take a couple of photos with me! Now that's rare! :D (Though I look terrible in both of them! O_o)

Then it was lunch!!! At Tiong Bahru market! yummy yummy... We each had a cup of soya bean milk and shared chee cheong fun. Christian joined me soon after and mum went off to the wet market with her friends.

Next stop was the vegetable farm in Choa Chu Kang. There's a small market on the premises of the (similarly small) farm and the aunties were enuthsiastically bargaining. Mum didn't buy anything cos' our fridge couldn't fit any more vegetables. I bought a big piece of aloe vera freshly peeled. (Good for the skin leh. It's lying in a container in the fridge now. I only had a small part of it with honey the other day.)

The last destination was the goat farm so people could purchase bottled goat's milk. Once again, the Singaporean (kiasu) spirit manifests itself. People couldn't get off the buses fast enough to get their hands on the milk. haha. My mum and I weren't very interested in the milk. So she went to sit down and chat with her friends while I went off to have a peek at the goats.

Almost as soon as I sat down in my seat for the journey back, I fell right asleep. All the way home... :)

In the evening, I met an American acquaintance to watch the Liverpool vs Arsenal match (where Liverpool beat Arsenal's ass. Hee. I'm not a fan of either, but since acquaintance is an Arsenal fan so I supported Liverpool. Just for the fun of it. :D) in Dubliner, an Irish pub. We had pub food (oh so unhealthy!!! O_o); a Caprese pizza (which really should have been called a Margarita. Anyway it wasn't very good), some Italian sausages (Delicious!) and a beef and Guinness stew (pastry not cripsy enough). I had half a pint of Guinness. Oh that first mouthful of creaminess!!! And the glass was so cute I was so tempted to bring it home!

Lunched with a friend on Sunday at a coffeeshop near where we live. Dumpling noodles. Very nice. :) (Didn't take pictures this time. Next time I'll take one.) And had the rojak I mentioned before again. All peanut-y and crispy, sweet, sour (lime zest) and spicy (a bit of chilli) and the fragance of tiny pieces of flower petals they sprinkle in.

Haha. Food makes me a happy (& fat) girl. "'(^_^)

P.S. If you're interested there're more photos on my Flickr. (I got tired of uploading photos on Blogger.)