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Vintage Striped Dress: Deja-Vu Vintage
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!!!
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Brother attempting to continue the same feat from CNY 2009.
CNY 2009
Kill the sun!!
Ashlyn having a ball of fun with the camera.
My most adorable niece, Ashlyn.
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Inside a lift at Hard Rock Hotel
It wasn't long ago when I visited Resorts World Sentosa. The colleagues and I were invited to a food tasting luncheon at restaurant Chinois by Susur Lee. SUDUP!
A few restaurants at RWS are already in operations and I highly recommend Chinois by its excellent high quality Chinese cuisine. I'm still drooling over its kampung chicken brewed soup. Simple traditional Chinese dishes made exquisite. An absolute delight.
Two nights ago, we were invited to the launch opening party of Rang Mahal Pavillion, a spin-off of well-established Rang Mahal. Well done with the finger food, but unfortunately the golden bubblies ran out a little too soon. :(
More pictures to come.
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Fresh strawberries, creme, crunchy cereal, cinnamon and almond - all my favourites combined into one mighty awesome dessert!
I lost count the number of servings I had over the weekend. My arteries are probably cursing me mad. Dearie aJ bought a pot of creme anglaise to Cindy's potluck Christmas dinner and since I couldn't stop replenishing my cup with more strawberries and creme... it's highly addictive. To honour her hard work, I volunteered to take home nearly the entire pot of creme. To add some crunch to the bite, I improvised with almond cereal and layered it below the fresh fruit and creme in a champagne flute. Mighty pleased~!
Judging at the results of our culinary skills put to test during this festive season, I say dear Archie now doesn't have to worried about catering food at his store's launch reception. ;)
Basic recipe for Fresh Strawberries with Almond Creme Anglaise here.
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Birthday celebration was part of the Christmas party and being a December baby *ahem* for obvious reasons, I was excited at the thought of... the cake! Dear Lesley my partner-in-crime at work was in charge of the party's planning and she asked me where we should get the birthday cake from.
"The Patissier!!" I squealed. The confectionery is one of my few favourites. It's true. I don't fall in love with cakes as quickly / easily as I do with dark chocolate.
Anyways, a turn of events had us scrambling for alternatives as things didn't work out with The Patissier. We suddenly thought of our good friend Chef Roberto whose Garibaldi group of restaurant recently opened a confectionery shop, DeSte. We were told that Chef Stefano Deiuri was really busy but he gamely agreed to do us a... 10kg(?) cake.
100 points!!!
The November/December birthday celebrants.
I'm still trying to find out but I'm guessing that the cake served was the Piedmont Pave - Chocolate sponge and cream cake with praline and Piedmont hazelnut cream. *Slurp~!*
I am just trying to say... it's damn farking good. It's high time we take notice of better quality cakes, up the standard of our expectations for cakes. Move away from neighbourhood cake shops once a while and venture into the likes of The Patissier and DeSte. It's worth every penny you pay for. ;)
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Hanging out with my beloved writers from the Publishing team. We share everything, including gossip, chocolates, instant noodles and laughs.
Poolside at Park Hotel Clarke Quay.
Lesley getting busy with Cherrie with the decoration. 
Homemade dark chocolate orange custard ;)
Archie, the master of stirring. Together, we make deliciously wonderful chocolate custard.
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The Christmas party last night was a blast. Many thanks to Park Hotel Clarke Quay and Chef Derek Ang for the wonderful poolside party!
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On me:
Stripe Playsuit, Sass&Bide, Brisbane
Faux Leather Belt: H&M, Shanghai
Matte Grey Biker Jacket: Topshop
Coincidentally, I wore the SAME playsuit, stockings and heels exactly a year ago on my birthday! This time, I upped the omph factor with a matte grey biker jacket. And well, my hair's much shorter than before.
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Thank you. It is my birthday and you girls worked the floor with me. ;)
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Vic's last day...
Still, we wish her all the best in her future endeavors!
Apple Tart Tab Tan @ Barossa, Esplanade
The crowd watches with awe as the Bombe Alaska was 'set on fire'.
Bombe Alaska dorsed with chocolate sauce...
The week didn't pass without us thinking that how nice it would be if Victoria didn't have to leave. Albeit a short stint in the company, Vic's been such a wonderful desk buddy. At first you don't know each other, but one look at each other's shoes, you suddenly have tonnes to talk about. We would swirl our chairs 90degrees and start bitching to each other about ahem. Fun times when we share quirky fashion tips and drool over each other's stockings. Halloween, she would ask me for costume advice*. Together with Cheryl, we'd make a band of stockings-lovers. Other days we would simply crackle up during tea break while savouring her gluten-free chocolate cookies. The girl's been fun to work with and I'm gonna miss her.
*I'm may not be big on Halloween, but I can still offer sound fashion advice. ;)
Will see Vic again on my birthday,
Gie
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Archie's mighty proud of his fashion label's debut collection. Then again it couldn't been possible without a few good and generous mentors around. The capsule collection features five sets of outfits. Actually a total of ten has been made but the outfits had to undergo the 'editing room' and some were left on the cutting room's floor. Anyway here are up-close pictures of the final five outfits which made the cut.
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My weekend get-up to BlackMarket's first anniversary.
Grey Dress: Max & More
Charm Necklace: H&M, Dubai
Green Clutch: Sisley, Hyderabad
Black Patent Heels: Zoe Wittnerman, Australia
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Last night marks Archie's first fashion runway. With his partner Alex, the brand Coupé-Cousu finnally revealed its first collection in conjunction with the Parco next NEXT Fashion Show at Millenia Walk.
Amongst Archie's supporters were The Best Friend, aJ, Songjie and Laura, Camy, Theo, Tess and her colleagues, Archie's Dad, David, Goufeng and many more I'm sure whom I haven't keep track of. ;) I'm just glad they all came. Though none of the three menswear labels won the top 3 prizes (as expected), we're simply mighty proud of Archie. The insanely long hours put in by Alex and him finnally paid off. Hey so what they didn't win the prizes? The huge mountain of praises for their beautiful constructed and wearable clothes have caught the eyes of many.
Good job my love!
Taking advice from homegrown fashion masetro, Thomas Wee.
Time over a good cuppa cafe latte
Coffee-tasting at Papa Palheta
