Where The Sidewalk Ends...

Would you ever guess that it's a private dining restaurant owned by - if I may use the term - celebrity couple Jessie Soo and Wee Khim? I for one didn't know this place existed until 2 weeks ago. It's a black & white house located at Hooper Road (along Bukit Timah Road) and the set up is very homely and cosy with warm lightings and the hosts were very professional, making it a point to address all of us by our first name. Impressive! Oh, before I forget, the dinner was organized for Professional Administrator's week and we also took the opportunity to celebrate a special gal's birthday.

Don't expect too much of the food as it tasted like home cooked meal with a touch of class. However, I must commend them for the lovely finger food - chopped tomatoes on mini baugette and stewed onions (below) and feta cheese on pastry crust (we enjoyed it so much it vanished almost immediately and hence no photo taken).

Grilled mushrooms and eggplant. It was light and refreshing and the mushrooms were oozing with sweetness.

Angel's hair pasta prepared with anchovies and tobiko. The pasta was done al dente but I thought it was a little dry for my liking although it was tasty.


My choice of maincourse - Lamb. The meat was tender but a bit too well cured (correct term used?) that it didn't taste it.


Shirley and Yours Truly


Relaxing moment with Lynn and Audrey

Enjoying the beautiful voice of Jessica. What a way to end the lovely evening.

Lectures are officially over for now until the exam jitters hit me (again) between late April to early May. Many months of hard work and late nights, all for a piece of "paper". But is it worth it? Definitely! Not only did I become wiser *ahem* but also the friendships gained over the past 15 months. Let's hope alls well ends well.

Leadership Management & Organization theory group.

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Sis turned 33 on April 10th so BFF, Marisa, planned a small do at Helio Asia Spa at Paragon a day before. One tip from yours truly. Don't try their manicure/pedicure cos I can do a better job for sure. Nevertheless, the 90 min shiatsu massage and 30 min foot massage was decent, and the hot tub was heavenly. Ladies, bring along your bikini as I won't recommend you put on the outfit that's provided by them.

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Amore aka Andrea made Sis her birthday cake. Yes, it's the most popular Italian dessert. It was good except for the slight overdose of cocoa powder, otherwise, I luurve it.

Giant and Dwarf

The difference between 1.86m and 1.55m... When Ah Luang meets Ah Guam... Hit me if you can...

Hate It or Like It, It's Happening.

Someone told me she hates recession. And I replied, probably the only ones hoping to be retrenched are the long service employees, and by this I mean employment of 10 years and above. I consider the 'returns' as a mini windfall, good enough to tide you over for a few months.

Perhaps this is also a good time to think of a 2nd career? Hmm... what would I like to do? Most people would want to try something different or endeavor on something they are passionate about. What about me? I thought of setting up a pushcart that sells hotdogs - easy to prepare, easy to eat and easy on the pockets of consumers too, what better than this. No, that's not my passion but food is an essential part of our life, be it for someone who eats to live or live to eat. So, do lend me your support when the day comes. *wink*

Looking forward to the weekend as I'm joining Sis and friends for a night out. I just wanna spend more time with her before she goes away *sob sob*

They (Pizzardone) finally made their way to Punggol. They were featured on Channel U's foodie programme but I didn't get to savour their pizzas the last time so here it is. To my disappointment the curst was a bit chewy for my liking and my order of Napoletana that consists of Anchovies, Capers, Mozerrella toppings was too salty. For the price of $13 for a 21" pizza is a not overly pricey but I sure was hoping for a satisfying meal which turned out disappointing. Nevertheless, I'm not about to write them off yet so I'm going to give it another try before the final verdict.

Sis finally broke the news to Papa and Mummy on her intention to join Andrea in Korea, and that is pretty soon as we are talking about mid to late April. I'm sure the family is going to miss her loads, especially me. Granted we were not the best of pals growing up but that has changed since. Looking back we used to fight over the slightest things and it could take up to days for us to reconcile... those were the days. If I have to describe her it would be, alluring in her own ways; exuberant; wacky at times but always a great fun to be with. All in all, I know she loves the family : )

To me, the best in having a sister is you will always have a friend, no matter what.

It's not going to be easy so we've decided to spend some quality time together before she heads off to her new love nest.

'While we were born sisters, we grew up to be friends' ~ Catherine Pulsifer

I've been pre-occupied with school assignments that I've not had the chance to blog as often now. This is the last semester and I'm dreading every moment of it. Back-to-back lectures 3 nites a week, endless essays to complete and packed deadlines, how can I be enjoying life at the rate it's going? Worst, my panda eyes are back!!! Sigh... I swear I will celebrate after the last lecture on April 9th. I'm really counting down to the day.

So many things happened over the last weeks or so. I think the most significant event would be my medical report which was collected 2 weeks ago, and glad to announce I'm healthy except for borderline high cholesterol which I'll have to abstain from seafood for a while. Oh, I also found I need to go back for my Hep A & B booster shot soon as the readings are pretty low. oh dear... One more item on my to-do.

Oh yes, I finally had the fruit cake baked my Carol. Good job! Even hubby thinks it's nicely done. Keep it up ; )

Gotta snooze soon as I need to prepare for a group presentation tomorrow. Not sure how I'll fare. Stay tuned.