Sunday, November 25, 2007
I am back for another update (=
Another quiet week had just passed. My playlist is still quite in a mess but I managed to update some of the music files, so it looked nicer now. I have done some rearrangements as well. Hehe.
I went to eat again! Karthi was suggesting having dinner on sat, but we did not know where to eat. So we consulted food blogs! Haha. We decided on western, so we went to search under that category. After looking through a few cafes and restaurants, we found one that looked interesting. The cafe was located just down east coast road, a few shops away from aston's. So, we decided on the place and asked around to see if anyone was interested to have dinner on sat. In the end, karthi asked xueli, zhiyang, christopher, junxiang and zehan to come.
So the restaurant was cafe oliv, located at 220 east coast road. There were several eateries located along east coast road. We agreed to meet at six, though karthi and I arrived late. The place was small but it felt cosy. Menus were promptly provided on the table. Only xueli and zhiyang came, so there was four of us. One interesting thing I found out from the food blogs was that this restaurant did not have gst and service charges! I think this was one of the appealing factors for this place, apart from the food, of course. So, we ordered different dishes to try since they offered a variety. I ordered a beer battered fish, xueli a beef stew, zhiyang a tenderloin steak (done medium rare) and karthi one of the linguines and a lamb shank! Prices for the main course ranged from $10 to $20. Service was excellent with genuine smiles and warm politeness. We received our food and drinks rather quickly. It was quite funny when after karthi's pasta came, the waiter came with the lamb shank and he asked whose it was. I was controlling my laughter when karthi said it was his and his pasta was on the table just in front of him. Imagine the surprise on the waiter when karthi said that. Haha. The rest of the orders followed. The size of the fish was quite big, reasonable enough for the price. It was nicely done with a slight tinge of beer along with the crispy crust. Then i tried a piece of zhiyang's tenderloin steak. It was just nicely done, at his request of medium rare. Since karthi had two main courses, he ate the linguine, leaving the lamb shank last. The rest of us had already finished as we looked at him starting on the lamb shank. I could not help it but try some of the meat. It was just too tempting. It was so big and yet worth the price for it. The meat was so delicious. We finished the meals, sat around for a while before settling the bill. The total cost amounted to $90.50 and as mentioned, no gst or service charge!
Since it was still early when we left the place, karthi suggested that we go settler's cafe for some board games and snacks. I have been to that area before so I knew the place quite well. We happened to pass by aston's and it was just as busy as ever, the waiting queue was always so long. Settler's cafe was just a few shops down from aston's. Karthi happened to meet his friend who was working there. We got a two hour standard package with drinks and a snack. He introduced us some games, both fast and slow. Karthi and I played charoodles again, just like the last time we came. Charoodles is just playing charades with props like a tube, cup, ball or a square. Needless to say, the game was just plain hilarious as we had to come out with all kinds of actions to let your partner guess what the items were. I definitely loved the part where karthi was acting the item "gold medal" and he was like biting the ball, pretending it to be a medal. Haha. Apart from that, there were other card games which I forgot the names of. It was just a fun and relaxed session. It was approaching ten when we left settler's cafe. Karthi took a cab back home and we hitched a ride till still road so that we could take 13 back. Fortunately 13 came just as we alighted from the cab.
Photoes of the food we ate, courtesy of ieatishootipost.blogspot.com, the food blog where karthi and I found out about cafe oliv (=
beer battered fish
lamb shank
I supposed I am beginning to appreciate food in singapore more. Probably this was because most of the people in my unit were interested in good food around singapore, so I sort of caught this interest too and coupled with my interest of exploring places, it just fit in. I was supposed to meet up with the guys for ktv today, but too bad kangwen fell ill so we cancelled the outing. Nevertheless, I am still looking forward to dinner with my family tonight at east ocean restaurant at shaw centre! That should be all for now.
And to end off, here's a joke I picked up from a forum,
Life Explained:
On the first day God created the dog. God said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. I will give you a life span of twenty years."
The dog said, "That's too long to be barking. Give me ten years and I'll give you back the other ten." So God agreed.
On the second day God created the monkey. God said, "Entertain people, do monkey tricks, make them laugh. I'll give you a twenty-year life span."
The monkey said, "How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years? I don't think so. Dog gave you back ten, so that's what I'll do too, okay?" And God agreed.
On the third day God created the cow. God said, "You must go to the field with the farmer all day long and suffer
under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years."
The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. Let me have twenty and I'll give
back the other forty." And God agreed again.
On the forth day God created man. God said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. I'll give you twenty years."
Man said, "What? Only twenty years! Tell you what, I'll take my twenty, and the forty the cow gave back and the ten the monkey gave back and the ten the dog gave back, that makes eighty, okay?"
"Okay," said God, "You've got a deal."
So that is why the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, and enjoy ourselves; for the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family; for the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren; and for next ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
Life has now been explained to you.
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Meanwhile, a big JIAYOU to all those taking or about to take their exams now!!! (^(oO)^)
hellmos signing off...Labels: food, joke, outing, playlist
My mind's unweaving/ 3:49 pm
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Sigh. I went to screw up my music playlist yesterday afternoon. Now it's in a mess! Having painstakingly rearranged it the last time I messed it up, it's all jumbled again. Grrrrr. It's not going to be easy arranging 1,400 songs nicely. Sigh. I shall get down to rearranging it after my sleep. Rawrrrrr.
Meanwhile, I found this while blog-hopping! It's the explanation by fang wen shan for his lyrics of 青花瓷.
"當初當我確定了「天青色等煙雨」的歌詞後，沒多久就又順手寫下副歌第二句「而我在等 妳」，於是副歌第一行的關鍵詞即孕育而出：「天青色等煙雨，而我在等妳」。因我歌詞裡所描述的天青色，是無法自己出現的，它必須耐心的等待一場不知何時會 降臨的雨，才能夠在積雲散去的朗朗晴空以天青的顏色出現。因為雨過天晴後才會出現天青色，故必先降雨才能有天青，但我倒過來說，天青色在期待著雨天的來 臨。還有，之所以用「煙雨」，而不用「降雨」，則純粹是因為煙雨的意境比較美。而我用「天青色等煙雨」此句來對仗較為白話的下一句「而我在等妳」，一連用 了二個“等”字，是為來強調愛情裡最無力的無奈就是「等待」。換個散文式的說法就是：「這天氣的變幻莫測，那裡是我們平凡人所能掌握的呢？想看到純淨被雨 洗滌過的天青色，就只能耐心的等待雨停，就如同我也只能被動而安靜的等待著不知何時才會出現的妳。」"
青花瓷
詞/方文山 曲/周杰倫
素胚勾勒出青花筆鋒濃轉淡
瓶身描繪的牡丹一如妳初妝
冉冉檀香透過窗心事我了然
宣紙上 走筆至此擱一半
釉色渲染仕女圖韻味被私藏
而妳嫣然的一笑如含苞待放
妳的美一縷飄散 去到我去不了的地方
天青色等煙雨 而我在等妳
炊煙裊裊昇起 隔江千萬里
在瓶底書漢隸仿前朝的飄逸
就當我 為遇見妳伏筆
天青色等煙雨 而我在等妳
月色被打撈起 暈開了結局
如傳世的青花瓷自顧自美麗
妳眼帶笑意
色白花青的錦鯉躍然於碗底
臨摹宋體落款時卻惦記著妳
妳隱藏在窯燒裡千年的秘密
極細膩 猶如繡花針落地
簾外芭蕉惹驟雨門環惹銅綠
而我路過那江南小鎮惹了妳
在潑墨山水畫裡 妳從墨色深處被隱去
天青色等煙雨 而我在等妳
炊煙裊裊昇起 隔江千萬里
在瓶底書漢隸仿前朝的飄逸
就當我 為遇見妳伏筆
天青色等煙雨 而我在等妳
月色被打撈起 暈開了結局
如傳世的青花瓷自顧自美麗
妳眼帶笑意
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/fanwenshan&article_id=9130859
Click on the link to find out more about the song ^_^
That's all for now,
hellmos signing off...
我也只能耐心的等待著Labels: playlist
My mind's unweaving/ 9:44 am
beer battered fish
lamb shank