Sat:
Had an EARLY BIRTHDAY dinner with uncle Paul, Nat, Mel and Tiff at the Brazillian Churrascaria after church. It was amazing. Basically there is this self-service salad bar where you can get a free flow of veggies and carbs such as salad greens, beans, mixed rice and potato salad. And after you are comfortably tucked in with your food, the waiters will come around every table slicing different cuts and types of meats and sides from a giant skewer INDIVIDUALLY for everyone. The restaurant boasts 40 different cuts and varieties although I only counted 8 that night (excluding the roasted pineapple, smoked fish and new potatoes) To top it up, uncle Paul got for us a bottle of Argentinian red wine after that for the sake of making the meal more complete. It was terrific!! :)

After dinner, we drove down to Robertson Quay to have dessert at this new establishment called Macaron, which was under Les Amis. It was an extremely interesting place although its sister outlet Canele seemed more popular. Let me just provide a quick rundown of the desserts that we had there.

Rose Bombe (Tiffanie)- rose petal ice cream with frozen raspberry jelly and almond nougatine encased in a rose meringue

Raspberry Granite (Natalie)- includes milk choc foam with homemade hazelnut praline and hazelnut nougatine

One,Two,Tea (Melissa)- raspberry espuma with milk choc tea parfait, chocolate tea cream and a cocoa bean tuile

Dark Chocolate Parfait (me) -orange caramel with dark choc cream and lime aioli topped with a toasted chocolate brioche

And of course after eating, all of us had to take a stroll. So we had a nice and leisurely walk down by the river. I am extremely thankful to unc Paul and the girls for doing all these for me :)


an example of some of the stuff that you can get from the salad bar


grp pic :)


Nat enjoyin her wine :p

an artwork featuring REAL macarons, sponge fingers, cake and icing at Macaron

Macaron's interior

the Rose Bombe in the background and the one,two,tea in the foreground

the Raspberry Granite

one,two,tea broken open :D

and thats their dark chocolate parfait :D

Sunday:

Took the MRT to Tampines station to meet unc Kok Hwa before driving down to Changi for sailing.......as usual. Scott, Alice and Campbell were already at the club when we arrived so they helped us a bit with the rigging up of Katana. An hour later, we were all ready to go. So unc Kok Hwa was the helmsman for the day while I was doing the crewing. But just when we picked up speed when sailing in the direction of Pulau Ubin, we made a wrong move.......and capsized. No, actually turning turtle will be a more accurate description. Unc Kok Hwa fell straight into the sea but I was left dangling in mid-air coz my right leg was caught on this strap. As I was struggling to like get out of this position, I could feel the strap cutting into the back of my calf. Anyway after I fell suit into the sea, these kids and Campbell who were on another catamaran jumped in to help us. The club's rescue team and so on also came along with Scott and Alice. After like freakin long, all of us managed to tilt the boat back up. But not before its left hull slammed down straight onto the side of my head. Oww!!!!!! We had a friendly race with Scott and this french guy after that where I went out on the trapeze (and injured my little toe) at the Loyang area before returning to shore to wash up and heading to town for dinner.

an old pic of Katana (middle catamaran)

Mon:

Went to school today as usual before heading with about half of the class to Kenneth's house. It was an amazing place with an incredible resort feel. Stayed there for a while before going back to school for lecture and an I.S meeting.

High Oaks- Kenneth's place

inside the clubhouse