lelong lelong

its been awhile since i joined a flea. got an email from underground movement. buzzed my partner in crime - abh. and we are in (did i mentioned we have a rookie - hini - joining us too!). its happening this sat from 12-5pm at de armenian street carpark aka peranakan museum. i love that museum - nice and colorful. we are stall #18!!!!

ohhh de flea is done in conjunction w big eat out. so be prepared to fill your tummy w lovely local fare. AND. most importantly you get to enter de museum at a super reduced rate!

so look forward to seeing you all!

i HEART soop

as i did my usual blog readings, i discover soop via laissezfaire. went to etsy to see their full collections. de moment i saw de site, i knew i have to get something from there. in de end i chose this.

de ring was abit big for me. wailian from soop generously offered me an exchange and even wanna do a mid-air return. seriously how nice is that?!!!

to cut short de details, i got more stuff from them. when i received de soop package, it was choke full of goodies. i almost cry.

it has been a v emotional week for me. to receive such a wonderful package from someone i hardly know, place some faith back in me - there are nice people exist in this world (trust me. if you met some of de people i faced, you truly believe all de nice people jus vanish!!).

beside de nice loots wailian gave me, she always enclosed a handwritten note in de package. sweeeeeet. see nice people ... hehehhehehee.

a little explanation

yes i am slacking off a bit. but its for good reasons!! yup its those too many things too little time excuse ... muahahahaha

- scored a free lunch from lynda. and got myself a new tanktop. i am de first to get it. muahahaha.

- met lynda again on sat for craftswop at makisquarepatch.

- finally sign up for a yoga workshop. FINALLY!!

- ran on sat. 4km ... totally slack off on sunday ... pretending its goin to rain soon and not endanger my health (of course it never rain ...)

- been feastin on scallop, salmon and prawn. courtesy of green grocer.

- ohhh did i mentioned i friggin finish tyin 300 wedding cards??!! my hands are cramped.

- been workin on a secret project. got to finish by this week.

- and i cun believe in one more week i am going to fuckin run 10km!! i dun know ...

ok ... i think i ought to leave the office now ...

www.greengrocer.com.sg - part one

i adore online shopping. actually i love online shopping - supplies, bags, books and so on. its fast, easy and convenient. and i have made lotsa fren on de world wide web too.

thus i was absolutely thrilled when i was given a chance to try out a new service - http://www.greengrocer.com.sg/ - where one can purchase fine food and get them deliver to his/her home.

de selection on the site is pretty good. from meat to seafood (you can get waygu beef!!), fresh herbs to truffle oil ... ingredients and condiments that you might need in your cookout, you could possibly find it in greengrocer. furthermore, greengrocer states where they get their produces; weight and size are also shown on de site.

with S$150 to spend, it was rather difficult to figure what to buy. after a quick discussion w mdm tan (aka my mother), we settled for seafood (scallops, prawns, salmon and cod fish) and minced pork (for my grandma; wanted to get her the weight watcher lean but it was not stated if its pork or beef ... so i got to give it a miss).

its rather understandable that some of the items were not available (seasonal or due to lack of quality produce). de site itself was easy to navigate (even though i am still tryin to figure out why salmon yakitori is at the meat section ... ) - all you need to do is enter the qty you needed and voila.

however the checkout is a NIGHTMARE!! if you are jus paying without using any vouchers or redemption of pts, its fine. all you need to do is ensure you have a paypal account and you are good to go.

since i have vouchers to be redeemed, i thought i would do so at the checkout. NOOOOooo it did not work that way at all. when i was at paypal, ready to pay up, there is a section where i can enter any redemption codes and so on (in paypal site). i assume i was to redeem my vouchers there. after several tries, i realised i could have been mistaken. thus i went back to the site to take a look. via de online faq, i then found out that i am supposed to enter the voucher code at "my account".

to add to my pain, beside entering the voucher serial number, i have to login the friggin long passcode (which is made up of letters and numbers) too. i have three vouchers to enter!!

i dun get it. i have been shopping online for years. its de first time ever i have to redeem vouchers via "my account". to me, "my account" is meant to track your orders, update profiles, redemption history and so on. its not abt redemption of vouchers. this shld be done at the checkout. logically. go cashier ... show discount card/ voucher ... pay final total!

as i finally ready to pay, i realised i do not know when the items will be delivered to me. apparently, there is a designated date and time where they will send the items to me. and a note will be given if i am not around. however i wonder if i am allowed to choose a designated time instead. in this case de delivery guy will not face an empty house and i could get my fresh produces de day i need it. anyway i believe i will get a notification email soon. i think.

i lovin de idea of purchasing quality produces online. i mean restaurant quality goods. however i am definitely loathing de checkout (de only good thing - greengrocer uses paypal). i do not know abt the rest of de online shoppers. checkout to me must be fast and furious. you done your shopping, you just want to quickly pay up and get your stuff asap. and get the adrenaline going. any hint of difficulties will just kill away de excitement.

so now i jus hope de follow-up service is good. more reviews later ...

www.iwantthat.sg

I WANT THAT!!!! its de name of my good friend, kelly online store. may i say its absolutely GORGEOUS! i can imagine myself (and many of you) dumping savings in de store (hey someone got to help de economy).

de store is choke full of vintage bags (that are made w love), cutesy bikini (at unbelievable prices) and not forgetting de tree-hugging shopping bags (love my earth) - now saving de earth comes w great style!

we had a mini celebration last sunday at km8, sentosa. its fun, relaxing and full of our nonsense games. muahahhahaa.

moi knows its hard work for kel and gang (aka bunny, sunbi, and chickery). they have put lotsa love into it. do take a sneak peep and you know why i rave abt it.

back from bangkok

yes i am back. its a hectic four days three nights. our schedule was v v tight. hahahhaa. so tight we decided to cancel our massage.

what scare me and my fren kat de most was de hotel. de hotel was abit too cheap. so cheap its frightening. its at least 1000 baht cheaper than most hotels in bkk. imagine our relieved faces when we saw our hotel was decent. nice beds. even got free mineral water!! next time, you wanna go bkk, book ibis siam. only 850 baht!!!!!!

we ate lotsa steamboat. do check out the sushi and steamboat buffet at centralworld. cheap and good. and their ice green tea is v yummy. hhahahaa. we have a bit of everything. lotsa shopping in de mall means we were not sticky and yucky. hahahah.

our highlight was definitely when we scored free jap melon (which costs S$30 per slice) at tsu-nami at jw marriot. we were waiting for one of the dishes we ordered. we got quite full and decided to cancel it. think de kitchen forgot and they tot we were pissed and offered us fruit platter. i seriously tot they will give us papaya/watermelon. they presented us w 600 baht melon!!! kat who is not a fan of fruits, ate everything up. sweeet.

of course how can any trip to bkk without dropping by chatuchak! as usual its hot and a sauna there. we stopped twice for drinks.

all in all de trip was good. it was pure shopping and eating. fat fat now!!

littleoddforest at fash bash

jus a quick shout out ... my good fren lynda, de brain behind forestprints will be out and about town this weekend ... at fash bash.

here are some details ...

do drop by over de weekend for some great loots!!

wholegrain bakin

it started w banana chocolate chip muffins. now i am fixated in bakin w wholegrain.

many moons ago, i was lookin for new treats to bake in my good old king arthur flour all-purpose bakebook (can i say i love this bakebook to death?? its simple and homey. sometimes, martha can be too fancy for my taste). i tot i would make something that is different (beside cranberry and walnut). why not banana chocolate chip muffin (fine there is walnut inside but its optional)??

the recipe also called for whole wheat flour (aka wholemeal flour). hmmmm i have never worked w wholemeal before. and seriously wonder how will it affect de taste.

may i say its YUMMY and HEALTHY!! its does not have de usual wholemeal taste (think dry and grainy wholemeal bread). its moist, not too sweet and yet crunchy (when hot).

thus when borders offered de generous 30% off coupon via the straits times, i dashed off and hoping i could grab hold of king arthur flour wholegrain bakin book (second option was de cookie companion). i was so happy. borders got de book!!

i grab hold of de book, checking. check if there is any duplication of recipes w my all-purpose. DUN HAVE!! hehehehehe *grin grin*. de people at king arthur flour are good. i seriously love them. all their books contained v little pictures. but who cares!! there is always a little story behind each recipe. so homey!! so honest. so comforting too.

i went off to vivo today to get some good whole wheat pastry flour. i bear little hope of gettin some. seriously. who on de earth would wanna buy whole wheat pastry flour?? guess what?? de naturally marketplace (owned by cold storage) got leh!! they have a good selection of bob's red mill flour. gosh de collection is enormous. i xiao lu luan chuan man. in de end, i took 2 packs of whole wheat pastry flour and 1 pack of yellow cornmeal.

and tomorrow, i will be makin honey and corn muffin. hehehhee i am damn excited.

girls day out @ poppy

another super duper late entry. de event happened almost 2 weeks ago. its a fun filled event. i got my little corner and my small ambition of sellin only one pair of earrings (i sold three in de end). hehehehhee. anyway i kinda lazy to blog about it esp when lynda has done a good job reporting it :)


i was v v happy that some of you came to see me. esp w de sudden rain. thanks qmo for bringin de twinnie to meet me. and even made them wear de tee i bought for them. and you wearin my earrings. di and shona ... for wanting to bring me food. bi ... bravin de rain and NOT buyin anything?! and of course, ang bee hong aka bunny for all de gossip (oei dotted line owner is yvonne lee cousin leh ...) and loud shrillin laughter. last but not least, sarah (aka owner of poppy) who got her FOS slippers stolen due to de event. hahahahhaa.

and not forgettin b aka lynda better half. he was de ahmad / coolie of de day. de funniest bit was when lynda and i were so engrossed in our chat that we totally forgot to tell b to drop me off home first. we end up touring de town. hehehehhehe. sorry b. since i not payin petrol, i will repay w more sweet treats!!

my next day out ... could be timberlux. stay tune!!

i am not a plastic bag

have you catch on de latest "bring your own bag" campaign?? i am not sure how long its going to last but i am sure damn happy that it got started!!

every first wed of the month, major supermarkets in singapore will ask de shoppers to either pay 10cents for each plastic bag they use or purchase a reusable bag to contain their shopping. of course, shoppers can bring their own bags too. i am so lovin this idea.

when de campaign started, some people cry father cry mother sayin its unfair to pay for bags. some even carry their shoppin back by hands!! of course there will be people who welcome this idea!!

to take a step further, ikea now stop givin plastic bag free. if you want a bag, pay for it. and guess what?? de money will go to wwf singapore!! how cool is that.

of course, i am not sayin to completely stop using plastic bags. we still need them to bag our garbage and so on. however i think we ought to reduce de numbers of bags we used.

in de meantime, i am dyin for this anya hindmarch bag. i am going to see if aggy can grab hold of one for me!!

girls day out

lof has generously invited moi to a girls day out party fair (organised by sarah, poppy). oink stuff will be sold that day. i have already made one piece to be debut on that day. think i will try to make more for that day. and also got to start printing de namecards and stuff. gosh. my apr will be packed!! ahhh my first public sales!! ohhh did i mention i will be giving out bakes that day??!!

venue: 76 taman warna road, chip bee gardens
date: 21 april, sat
time: 10.30am to 6.30pm
email: poppy@poppy.com.sg (its a by-invitation party)

canon ixus 850

i am now de proud owner of canon ixus 850!! been wanting to get a new camera for awhile as i been havin problems w my olympus mini.

wanted to get ixus65. but realised de price diff is minimum. furthermore de IT show was on - thus more bundles were on offered. however after much research, i decided not to go to IT show to get my baby - its not a funny thing to be squashed by people too (and de funny thing was i wanted to get de puny LOF to help me kai lu. hahahahhaha).

i went to good old bad service alan photo to get my camera. S$100 cheaper (i dun need two 2GB SD card; one is just fine)!!

i lovin my new camera!!

my new baby

after my reunion lunch w de hong clan on sat (btw de food at coffee club taka sucks!!), ah gee, cuihong and i popped over to best where i got myself a spankin new canon printer!!

i been dying to get a new printer for de longest time. since i am back from australia, i have been using my sis hp deskjet 500 (which btw is 10 years old). i was amazed that printers prices are so good. i was toggling between epson and canon. i decided to go for de latter (i think i OD on de former at work *puke*).

now i wanna overwork it ... print tons of invoice, postcard, photos and stuff ;p hahahaha

supplies

after a sian day at work, nothing cheer me up better than supplies for de store!! i finally got my long awaited charms, glass beads from de people selling at etsy. i also went to good old chinatown and got gazillion charms, beads and so on.

b2 was in my office earlier de day, totally influenced me to go chinatown and grab more things. we concluded those places are evil. hahahhahaha ;p

this would mean more stuff over de weekend!!