Saturday, November 7, 2009

I miss NZ!

I miss New Zealand from the bottom of my heart....

I was watching the latest episode of the Amazing Race where the teams went to Netherlands and it reminded me a lot of NZ! It brought back so much sweet memories of my trip earlier this year.


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Free roaming sheeps in South Island.

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Queenstown. One of the most pretty places on planet earth.

Looking at the pictures makes me feel so peaceful.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Baileys Muffins

Don't be fooled by my teddy bear deco on these muffins. These ain't kiddy muffins. They are Baileys Muffins

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What I like about these muffins are that they smell and taste like the Baileys drink! I got the recipe off receipzaar and I would recommend all muffin lovers to try it! The receipe is really easy. I increased the amount of Bailey's to half cup while decreasing the volume of milk correspondingly. And the result... the muffin rose really well, tasted and smelt exactly like Baileys. It's such a unique taste that you will never find it in the stores.

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The muffins remained moist and feather soft after being kept overnight. Look at how lovely the interiors of the muffins are. It's really not easy to produce muffins of this texture .


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Friday, September 25, 2009

Day 3 Langkawi- Breakfast, High Tea, Middle-eastern dinner at Sheraton

Day 3.

Started the day with another round of great breakfast.


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I liked the item on the top left hand corner. I think it's called roti jala. Interesting and something that I have never tried before. And guess what, they served bread pudding for breakfast. I suspect it's all the leftover croissants that go into the bread pudding. Anyway, I am not complaining. I like bread pudding anyway.

Took a long walk along the beach and explored the resort to burn some of the calories consumed during breakfast.


Built on wooden stilts


Came to realise that the foundation of the resort is built on wooden stilts!

And then a storm began to brewing!


Storm brewing


Definitely no outdoor activities for Day 3!

So it was indoor activities like sauna and Jacuzzi for the day. And not to mention lots of CNN! Which I really like watching CNN cos it makes me feel like I am on holiday! (Just like having orange juice on flights.)

The package I booked came with a free high tea. It was a perfect time to do so since it was still pouring.


3 tier High tea


I never had this type of 3 tier high tea set. The quality isn't great but the idea of spending sunday afternoon munching away of high tea with no worries in mind is a one of the best feelings in the world.

I love scones. This scones was the best snack among the 3 tier.


Scone!


The nicest scone I have tasted is at Shangrila Hotel- Rose Cafe's high tea. But this scone with raspberry jam is satisfying enough!

Egg Tart


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Creme Burlee

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These three items were decent in taste and looked so pretty in the photo.

Dinner time:
Indian/ Middle Eastern Food
I found this dinner delicious! Maybe because I haven't tried Middle Eastern food before. The tandoori salmon was great. Tasty and crispy on the outside. If I had a choice, I would choose to eat my salmon tandoori-styled. And the eggplant with cheese and lamb reminded me of lasgne. The naan was fresh and yummy too. I think it was the best meal of the trip.

The view from the Middle Eastern restaurant.


View from Indian Restaurant


Setting sun...

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Sheraton Langkawi- Feast Buffet, Cables Car, Seven Wells Waterfall, Mangrove Tour

Sometime about 2 weeks ago....

Day 1- Flight from Singapore to Langkawi. A 2 hour flight that turned into a 6-7 hours flight! Thunderstorms in Langkawi forced the flight to detour to KL for refuel after circling the air for 30 mins. What a ride. And being on a budget airline, it's pay for your food and drinks at exorbitant prices! By the end of the 6-7 hours, I was really starving and camel-thirsty!

Driven by hunger and rain and tiredness, we decided to have the international buffet at the resort's cafe-Feast for dinner. (It was still pouring when we landed. And the surrounding area was flooded!

Salad spread:

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The buffet spread was really quite crazy. It included on the spot bbq/ grilled seafood. They served nice prawns but they were not as tempting as the dessert spread. So colorful and pretty and a really wide spread!


Feast Dessert Spread




Fondue @ Feast


Fondue condiments.

Would really like to try all the desserts but it was just too many! I like the on-the-spot crepe and mocha ice-cream best. They served nice cookies too.

Best of all, they had this wonderful spread of condiments for the crepe! Peanut butter, butterscotch, maple syrup!

Toppings @ Feast


Peanut butter with mocha ice cream! Yum!

The ultra long flight and the over-eating really allowed for a good night sleep!

Day 2
Woke up to yet another buffet! Breakfast buffet! I adore breakfast and its eggs, pancakes, waffles, yogurt, milk and all. And boy was I happy to discover that the breakfast spread is as good as last night's dinner buffet.


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My fav section of the breakfast buffet is this:

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Love the waffles!


Day 1 Breakfast


I love the fresh watermelon and honeydew juices too!

Worried that it might rain cats and dogs like the day before, we decided to explore Langkawi island in full force since the weather looked much better than the day before!
Starting with the Cable Cars:

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It's a steep ascent and descent too! I wonder what happens if it breakdown.

View from the cable car while ascenting the mountain...

View from Cable car


Guidebooks will sure showcase he nicest view from the lookout point but one that particular day, the visibility was so poor due to low cloud cover that this is what the view is actually like. (Something the guidebook will publish.)

View from the top



Next stop- Seven Wells Waterfall

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I love waterfalls and this waterfall was so full. Must be from the crazy downpour the day before. We only managed to trek half way up the trail as the trail was blocked by fallen trees (most likely due to the heavy rainfall and strong winds the day before too.)

We made a picture stop at one of the beaches in the north of the Langkawi. I can't recall it's name but it's really a quiet beach :


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Next stop. Mangrove tour. I kinda like this tour. It was great to explore the interiors of this island that's known for it's beaches. Plus I like taking boat rides.


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I like this picture. The sky is blue and I can almost feel the wind in my hair right now.

This is where the mangrove swamp meets the Anadaman sea. Reminded me of New Zealand's Milford Sound.

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Eagle feeding.

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Never saw so many eagles in my life before. (Actually never seen an eagle before.) Lang (in Langkawi) stands for eagles. And it's really approriate to name the island after this brown bird. Anyway, the boatman threw some chicken skin into the water and within seconds the area was swamped with eagles swooping in from all direction.

Our tour ended at Eagle Square. Not too long after we disembarked from the car, a storm was brewing.

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The storm was over as soon as it started. And I managed to capture the all important shot that proved to all that I visited Langkawi!

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We made our way to Langkawi Fair- the most famous shopping center in Langkawi. But trust the urbanite, it's a huge disappointment. The malls in Johor Bahru are better. Disppointed, we made our way from Langkawi Fair to this Pasar Malam (Night Market). My dad actually convinced us to hike from the shopping center to the market. It took 20mins or so, walking along the main roads.

But we made it! Colourful kuehs, curries, snacks and drinks.

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We liked this peanut pancake with corn. It's actually available in Singapore's pasar malam too. Like the combi- peanut and corn.

This custurd/ kaya mini pancake was rather good too.

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We headed back to the resort for some cocktails and that pretty much round up Day 1 and 2. Thank goodness the weather held up fine!

Monday, August 31, 2009

Langkawi, Malaysia

And now I am all ready to plan for the next holiday. . .

Langkawi- Sheraton Beach

More pictures to come . . .

Saturday, August 1, 2009

OSIM Triathalon Singapore 2009 - 21.04mins

A large group of people who love to "torture" themselves with endurance activities congregated along East Coast Park, Singapore today (and tomorrow too).

And now I know why people jus keep coming back for more and more every year. Endorphins are just too addictive.

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Osim Triathalon Swim Start

Swim
Osim Triathalon Swim

The transition area
Osim Triathalon Transition Point


So now I know if I have to swim 750m to survive after say, being shipwreaked. I can do it and in 21.04mins. It was truly a great experience!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Donut Factory

Donut Factory

Had some of these mouth-watering donuts during a recent birthday party. And now I am craving for more of these sugary eye-catching delights! Thinking of having more tomorrow.

Donut Factory's donuts aren't too bad. I didn't manage to try every single flavour but among those that I tried, I like the Double Chocolate flavor. It has chocolate filling with white chocolate covering. (It's the white donut without the hole in the middle. )

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