foodiess

di zaman2 pengangguran yg lama banget (untung kasi tuition, klo ga ud super bokek), i cook my own lunch and dinner during weekdays. weekends saatnya makan makanan berdosa sama org2 gereja hahaha.. lately i didn't cook as often as i used to, soalnya ud mau masuk kerja lagi. i managed to take photos of 6 of them. the rest are not so good looking, so i deleted the photos haha.

masa awal2 sering bikin makanan di atas, gampang sih haha

i tried korean cuisine after getting bored with the usual :p

i like 닭볶음탕 (spicy braised chicken) a lot! it's easy and super nice hahaha.. i followed the recipe from maangchi.com/recipe. she has a lot of easy-to-make korean food.

i also cooked pasta and jangan asem, but they are not so good looking when i took photo of them hahaha.

in anyway, cooking really reduce my dining expenses a lot! but after starting work, i won't have time anymore :p

hehe.. this is matthew, when he was just a few days old. i finally managed to edit and upload the photos :p now he's 3 months old and has a lot of expression! heheeh.. my cute nephewww

holiday trip :p

on end of july, we went on a cruise with mom n dad! yeaayyy.. it was a good one, bcos that's my first time on a cruise. the room all so tiny and compact, but the service is good hehe.. and the scenery from the boat is nice too! here are some photos when we're on the boat and when we went to KL for 1.5 hrs.

night view from the ship and the majestic horses in the lobby

we eat and eat and eat on the ship haha

KL gallery

before we went on a cruise, we went to gardens by the bay at night. not much to see there at night, very dark. and ticketing is closed at 8pm, so we couldn't go up to OCBC bridge nor to the domes :( but we had fun and tired haha

BRAVEEE

nice, touching movie, perfect for mothers' day. here is the trailer with a very nice song at the end.

the story is about a scottish (or irish?) princess named Merida who, according to their custom, had to marry with the eldest son of the other clans. one of them had to succeed in archery competition to get her hands in marriage. but, as tough as she is, she didn't want to marry any of them and went against her mother. angry and frustrated, she went to a witch for a potion which can change her fate. then the catastrophe began. everything didn't go as she wished for. therefore she had to go through a journey to mend the bond between mother and daughter, and between clans.

here is the full song at the end of the trailer and lyrics. the sound not so good though, but.. urgghh.. almost cried when listening to this song T.T it's about a saddened young maiden whose love is at the sea. and a very nice voice of julie :')

oh and the song is in scottish gaelic.

here is another OST which i like from the movie

if you had the chance to change your fate, would you?

what's your blood type?

haha, i knew this comic strip a long time ago and i always laugh when i read them. now there's a blog where you can read and follow the story. see here http://simplebloods.tumblr.com/. go to the archive for more of the comic strips.

i'm a blood type O, but i found out that i'm close to blood type A for some of the cases in the comic strip haha.. but the introduction for blood type O is true for me though haha

Gardens by the Bay

it's the newest garden in the city! haha.. very near to Marina Bay Sands, but have to walk quite a bit. i've been there once at night with my parents and my sis, but didn't manage to go into the domes since we came too late at night. today i went again w/ my eldest sis n bro in law. this time i managed to go into the domes. hoho..

the domes are cold inside! but the plants are prettyyyy.. the man made waterfall is amazing as well. but it was quite a speedy tour around the garden today because we need to rush to airport right after that. here are some photos i took using my iPhone and added a bit of effect using Line Camera apps haha.. the night views are all blurry :(

all kinds of cactus in baobab garden (flower dome)

tress w/ diff trunk sizes. they look so funny haha (flower dome)

the man made waterfall (cloud dome)

lost world (cloud dome)

secret garden. yeah. secret garden hahaha (cloud dome)

bunga sepatuu!! segede muka orang (flower dome)

night view from the dragonfly bridge 

MBS from dragonfly bridge

the supertree groove at night

taxi.. taxi..

just read a post about taxi drivers in singapore in facebook. and i agreed with most of the content. and i want to share my experience as well haha.

my previous job required me to travel a lot w/ taxi. so.. hello taxi uncles... and hello funny problems.

it was the first time i realize they always ask which way i want to go. i'm a foreigner. and i'm a woman. so i didn't really give a damn about roads at first. and which way to go? harrr.. like i care. as long as it's fast and cheap of course! (and that was always my answer to the taxi drivers, haha). and that "like i care" attitude gave me problems in the end haha. getting lost. and wasted time. and felt dumb cos it seemed like i can't tell my destination properly to the taxi driver.

since i've just changed my phone to iphone 4 that time, i felt safe. i can just show the location i wanted to go on the map, and even show the taxi drivers the direction if needed.

i didn't really get annoyed with them not knowing the way. but i had a big problem w/ their driving skills and during the "change shift" time.. anyway, in the end, i gained skill. in reading maps. hahaha.. and now i recognized most roads in singapore, mostly in CBD area.

one time i had an interesting talk with a taxi uncle. i remembered i commented about how hard it was to get a taxi during "change shift" time. i remembered the conversation took place after my late meeting in orchard, which ended at 930 pm (i left first before the meeting really ended hahaha).

the taxi driver agreed with me. he commented that all those taxi drivers were lazy drivers. some of them only pretended to change shift, he said. so that he didn't have to drive around too much and still in the high demand area. sure a smart way to get money fast, but annoys the customers.

but he was different. because he doesn't have to share his taxi, he can arrange his work time flexibly. he came out super early to drive the workers to work. and he told me that he shifted his meal time slightly so that he can catch the high demand period. he has his lunch later so that he can serve those workers who comes out for and comes back from lunch. and he has his dinner even later so that he can drive those overtime workers home. at around 4pm (change shift period), he doesn't change shift so that he can get more passengers. he works more than 12 hours a day. and he drives well. i didn't get carsick. and from him i knew more or less about taxi business :p

i don't know whether he was only bragging or not. but i hope all taxi drivers here in singapore were just like him who's really dedicated to his job. manse!