Staycation Part II

I just got back from a two-night hotel stay at Grand Park City Hall. Bet you must be thinking why the lavish lifestyle? Well, the hotel stay was FREE! AGAIN?! Yes, AGAIN!

Zing won the free hotel stay in a lucky draw. Since YR and her are not married, they decided, in their own words, to bless us with the voucher.

They came to crash in on the second night and so we spent a great weekend together. It was as if we were re-living the time we spent in Houston. What a fun and relaxing weekend!

Hongkong Beckons

Tim has been asking me to book the air tix to HK for the longest time but I never got down to doing it.

Then on Tues, Tim was surfing the SIA website when he noticed that HK tix was going for just $298 inclusive of taxes.

So off I am to HK in July! Woohoo! And I will be taking A380 on the return flight! Cool!

Wen, Celia, and Rey, HERE COMES THE PRINCESS!

Missing Houston

I just saw a photo my Sporean colleague who is now in Houston took from her new apartment window. The pic shows a car-less road with trees on both sides. It is just a ordinary photo but I sense tranquility in it and it is making me miss my life in Houston. It reminds me of all the good times I had. The fun, joy and laughter I used to share with the group of Singaporeans. It used to be so stress-free. That life is gone and I don't think I will ever experience anything quite like it ever again.

K pop

I was approached by two ladies while walking around in AMK Hub after dinner at Fish & Co (I've not been there for almost 4 years!). After introducing themselves, they asked if I am into Korean. I said not really. Then they went on to ask if I am interested in attending a Korean nite. I replied no. They paused and shared a look between the two of them., this was followed by an awkward silence. I was about to walk off when they said, "Actually we are from the church. Would you like to come to our church?" And my reply? A flat no.

Why do these people have to start off with asking if I am interested in Korean when they obviously dont really care whether I am interested (or at least the answer was secondary)? The ultimate aim was to get me to join them at church. So what if I had said yes to their first question? It doesn't mean that I would be interested in going to a church. What has Korean got to do with the Church. Can't they just be more upfront about it? That really pissed me off.

Oh did I say I am actually a little into Korean nowadays as I have been dancing listening to the song "Nobody" by the Wondergirls for the past few days. I only replied not really because I already suspected they were from the church even before they asked me the question. Ha.

"I want nobody, nobody but you." *point finger* , *clap, clap* , *point finger* , *clap*

Gastronomic Staycation

Tim and I had a wonderful time at the Marriott over the weekend. When Tim booked the room, he informed the hotel that it was to celebrate our wedding anniversary, so the hotel welcomed us with a bottle of Shiraz from Wyndham Estate (I have absolutely no idea if it is a good one since we never even opened it. ha) and some humongous chocolate-coated strawberries (yummy!). They even threw in an early check-in and a late check-out. So we effectively spent more than a day in the hotel!

The original plan was to take advantage of the GSS since we were already in Orchard. In the end, after shopping for two hours, these were what we got:
- Japanese curry rice
- Otah
- Har cheong kai
- Japanese fish cake with natural wasabi
- Japanese seaweed crackers

We went back to the hotel empty-handed but with our stomaches filled. A couple of hours later, we headed to Shashlik at Far East Shopping Centre for some Russian cuisine. The borsch (soup) and escargots were really good. The steak was good too except that it was a tad too salty for me.

Instead of having desserts at the Russian restaurant (we just found out that the desserts at the restaurant is supposed to be sinfully good), we went back to the hotel for some cheesecake and strudel at the Executive Lounge. We ended the night drinking coffee and green tea in our room.

The next morning, we had a swim before having a sumptuous continental breakfast (you won't believe how great the spread was and it came absolutely FREE! That's the advantage of being a Gold member. hee) at the Executive Lounge. After we checked out, we had lunch at Taka food court where Tim got a dolsot bibimbab and I got myself a omu rice. Before we headed home, we bought some macademia nuts from a Taka nuts counter and several boxes of cookies from Marks & Spencer.

This evening (June 9th), we went to our favourite restaurant Gyu Kaku at Chijms for a yakiniku dinner. The first time we went to Gyu Kaku was in LA., California. I could still remember distinctively that Wen and Celia did not want to join Yiren, Zing and us for dinner as they did not want to spend unncessarily when they were not that hungry. They will never know what they missed! It was one of the best meals we've ever had! I'm sure Yiren and Zing will vouch for that.

That ended our gastronomic 2nd anniversary. Now it's time to go on a diet (or so I say).