Second visit at Au Chocolat

Today I met these 2 girls for a belated birthday celebration for Liting.Initially,we came up with a few possible cafes we could visit but we ended up settling for Au Chocolat at MBS since it's quite convenient for all of us and I kinda like going to MBS for its ambience.

Reserved a table at 5pm and thankfully we've got a corner sofa seat reserved for us.Such a cosy area and it was quite spacious,giving us more than enough space to have our meal.

Here are the photos of the three of us.Shall spam some photos of us before the food photos!

For people who've dined at Au Chocolat before,they would have known about the huge portion size.And I'm one of the victims who fell under the trap of over-ordering during my first visit.Who would have thought that a plate of mere pancakes,tater tots,scrambled eggs,sliced ham and bacon could be so filling?That was what I ordered during the first visit.So I've learnt my lesson.This time for 3 girls,we ordered an appetiser and 2 mains to share,which came to be just enough for us,even though Liting was 'screaming for help' when we were only halfway through.

The must-order truffle fries!Quite a large cone of it but super satisfying!

The ultimate benedict.From what I heard,the 2 girls did not really enjoy this cos of their specially made hollandaise sauce.This so happens to be what my bf ordered the other time and he struggled with this portion.

Three-cheese macaroni!I felt that it was quite alright.Nothing much to rave about.The macaronis came in small sizes so it was quite easy to eat a mouthful of it.The cheese wasn't too creamy so luckily I didn't get sick of it too soon.

When we've finally finished eating,we got busy with taking photos and chatting about issues that we should be thinking about-things about our future.It was quite an enriching one cos I am still very unsure about my route after graduation and the plans I should start making.I should really start planning soon.But of course with my other half?

While chatting,we went on to order their Hot Fudge and Frozen Hot Chocolate,a cold and warm beverage.Kinda regretted ordering the hot fudge cos I didn't really like the thickness of it.The Frozen Hot Chocolate was super good!Even though it was spammed with quite a lot of whipped cream,the combination of the whipped cream and iced chocolate made it taste so nice but yah it is quite sinful!

Au Chocolat Hot Fudge

Au Chocolat Frozen Hot Chocolate

It was a nice meet up to end my saturday.Would love to have more of these meet ups in the future!

Love the both of you!!!

My braces journey

For many years,I've been struggling with the way I look cos of my teeth.Since young,whenever my teeth felt shaky,I didn't dare pull it out cos I was so scared of pain.I would just play with the shaky tooth with my tongue till it becomes easier to pluck out.No one told me the consequences of delaying the process of plucking the tooth out until I realized how my new tooth would grow behind the position of my old tooth.This explains why the two teeth on the left and right of my two front teeth grew slightly at the back,so that's why it looks like there's 2 gaps beside my two front teeth.The bottom set was much better but not totally straight too.Because of my teeth,I used to not smile with my teeth.Even when I wanna laugh,I had the habit of covering my mouth cos I know I would look horrible laughing out loud with my teeth shown.It was tiring to keep doing that too.

As I think back,I remembered when I was still in primary school,when I went to the school dentist,she asked me if I'm interested in putting on braces.I didn't thought about it much back then since I was still so young to know about all these kinda stuff.I didn't dare approach my parents about it too cos it sounded like an expensive treatment and the thought of having to pluck more teeth freaked me out.If only I told my parents about it and if I was less afraid,I wouldn't be struggling with self esteem issues for years.Besides,it would definitely be cheaper to do it back then.

Below are some photos of me before braces.Most of these were taken when I was in JC.I don't have any photos of myself when I was in primary and secondary school cos my damn computer crashed on me one fateful day and there goes my collection of photos.Up till now,I still find it hard to accept this fact sigh.

Taken after our volleyball match at PHS.I helped most of my girls plait their fringes.Super nice right?!

Sports Day 2010.Our last sports day in jc.Really miss the adrenaline rush and all.That year we clinched 1st for 12x100m and 2nd for 4x100m.This was my 4x100m team and also part of our class' 12x100m team!My pride!We did better in jc1 though cos we got a 4th for 4x400m too.Nonetheless,it was a great experience.

My fellow Retainees.Not a very nice name to call ourselves but the truth is,we are sometimes being labelled as that too.Got used to it anyway.

Our once-in-a-blue moon meet up-my secondary school volleyball mates.Will never forget how much we went through as a team and how we used to be looked down upon.We fought hard and managed to prove others wrong.Gotta love the fighting spirit in us!:)

My favourite girl during my days at Stradivarius,where I met my boyf too.Our matchmaker too haha!Thanks to her,Eug became my first boyfriend,and hopefully will be my last!

And so,after so many years,one day,I looked at myself in the mirror.I started to wonder how I would look like if I had straight teeth.I could laugh out loud with my mouth wide open,I could present myself with the biggest smile,I would have more confidence in myself and so on.So,I started to research on orthodontic treatments and then finally deciding to do in a private clinic cos I don't want to drag it any longer.

I went for consulatation at Ubi Dental Clinic after hearing good reviews about it and from my friend who did her braces there too.One of the reasons why I decided on this clinic was because of the orthodontist.She seemed friendly and approachable,so if I had any queries or what not,I would dare to ask her.I get intimidated very easily so I can't imagine having a super serious-looking orthodontist in charge of me.

I had 4 teeth extracted,2 teeth during each of the 2 visits.It was that painful at all-the power of anesthesia which caused my mouth to become numb.The pain came after the anesthetic wore off,but by popping a painkiller,the pain was suppressed.So the extraction was quite a breeze.

Not long later,I had my brackets fixed onto my teeth and tadahhhh,braces for 2 years and 2 months.

Braces faces with Jojo!

Feeling so happy and confident with braces.At least I believe I looked slightly better.

Dared to camwhore more with my teeth showing.

After close to a year,I can see a big difference in my teeth already.Don't they look relatively straight then?Felt quite comforted to see such a progress!

This marked the end of 2 years of braces.I was already feeling super excited cos my orthodontist told me that she will be removing the braces in 2 months' time.

On that very day,I was having mixed feelings.I was so used to having braces on my teeth and I kinda liked how I look like in braces.I was a little worried about being without braces,though it is definitely what I wanted in the first place.During that very moment that my orthodontist showed me the mirror,I didn't feel that happy but I pretended to be.I was a little disappointed cos I didn't really take good care of my teeth.It was still slightly stained even after she helped me to do some polishing.I want cleaner and whiter teeth!

So that somehow sums up my braces journey.How do you think I look now?:)

Peace Love & Ice-cream!

This is my very first time getting involved in an event by Ben and Jerry's.I don't mean that I'm helping out at the event,but rather going for the event itself haha.Even their yearly Free Cone Day and previous Chunk Fests,I have never been to one before.Like a noob!

So anyway,Chunk Fest 2013 was held at The Promontory at Marina Bay.It is walking distance from MBS and Raffles Place.Met the bf first while waiting for the other couple.When the two of us reached the venue,we stood at the entrance staring at the oh-so-awesome muddy surroundings.Thanks to the rain earlier in the morning,the whole event area was mostly muddy.It was so gross.And the fact that I was wearing a new pair of loafers made it worse.I saw people walking around barefoot.Some even wrapped their feet in plastic bags.Quite smart right?But we just braved through the mud,trying our best to minimise the damage done to our shoes.

This was the map to help us navigate around the event area.We exchanged $5 worth of tokens to be used to play the games at the booths.We exchanged more coins again after that for the ice-cream.

Tadaaaa no more braces!!!!I feel so weird now after getting so used to how I look like in braces.Everytime I look at myself in the mirror,I feel so awkward.

Okay I played this game.We just had to lift the potatoes up from the ground and then you win something.So easy right!And the prizes range from mugs to iphone covers and laptop sleeves.Most of the time we got to choose our prize.We bagged home a total of 3 mugs lol!

New flavourssssss!!!But sadly the Red Velvet Cake flavour doesn't come in scoops but pints.$20 for a pint leh!So expensive T.T

When the other couple arrived,we went to change more coins for the ice-cream.The 4 of us shared 2 scoops of ice-cream-Americone Dream and Yogurt Raspberry Fudge Chunk.Basically,the Americone Dream flavour consists of vanilla ice-cream with fudge-covered waffle cone pieces plus a caramel swirl.It was so damn good I liked it alot!Managed to satisfy my sweet tooth.For the Yogurt Raspberry Fudge,as the name suggests,it is just raspberry frozen yogurt with fudge chunks.Comparing these two,I still preferred the Americone Dream!

Taking a picture with the Moo Moo!

We didn't stay that long at that place.We slowly walked over to Raffles City and had our dinner at Din Tai Fung.Oh my yummy egg fried rice,xiao long baos,spicy noodles etc.I'm salivating at the thought of what I had yesterday.

After dinner,we headed over to Switch by Timbre for some drinks.My first time there and I kinda like the environment.There's air con and the tables are generally quite big.The best is it wasn't so cramped up so there was more privacy.I totally dislike sitting so close to other people.So awkward when we can hear other's conversations and when people can hear ours too.The 3 of them ordered beers,while I had my mocktail.I hate beer and I don't really like the taste of alcohol.High calories too!!!

The funny couple!

The cute couple!Haha bhb.

It was a great saturday spent with such lovely people.Most importantly,we all had fun:)

Chunk Fest '13

Woohoo so excited to go for Chunkfest tomorrow!!!It's gonna be kinda sinful trying all sorts of new ice cream flavours.

At ChunkFest 2013, visitors will be able savour 18 flavours, many of which are being brought in from the US exclusively for one day only. These exclusive flavours include Candy Bar Pie (Peanut Butter with Fudge Flakes, Chocolate Nougat & Pretzels), Peaches & Cream (Creamy Mascarpone with Peach Pieces) and Red Velvet Cake (Red Velvet Cake Batter with Red Velvet Cake Pieces & Cream Cheese). A new ice-cream flavour, Couch Potato (Vanilla Beach with Salty Caramel Swirl & Fudge Covered Potato Chips) will also be introduced.

Doesn't it sound fun?And the best part is,it will be an ice cream double date.Looking forward to it!

Nothing comes easy

It's been 2 weeks since I last posted an entry.Gosh I'm getting lazy to update this blog already.Somehow it is becoming a chore.I don't know why.Maybe cos nowadays,life has been quite mundane so I don't really find any interesting stuff that I can blog about.What I've been doing almost everyday is either going to school or staying at home-when I don't have school.That's really all.I don't even go out on non-school days,not even weekends.All I do is to nua at home and just face my beloved netbook.

So we're already into the 5th day of october.Managed to survive through the insane month of september with my workout calendar from Cassey.Almost everyday of workouts have been a torturous one to go through.I'd always end off with buckets of sweat but the aftermath of it has always been awesome.I feel rejuvenated and that I'm closer to my fitness goals.Exercising really does help in boosting my mood thanks to the endorphins.And I've been trying to jog as frequently too,partly to train up for my 10km run which will happen in less than a month's time.I remembered my timing for last year was 1 hr 20 mins.I wanna try beating my record for last year,hopefully by about 10 minutes.Really hope I can achieve this.I realised that my stamina is slowly improving.I used to be able to jog continuously for a maximum of 4km,but nowadays,I could prolong my jog for more than 4km,sometimes getting a better timing.So proud of myself.

Hopefully my diet+exercise can get me a leaner body soon.Gotta keep motivating myself.

Tadaaaa my october workout calendar!!!This is gonna be another tough month.