Been too busy these days to blog, so many apologies for the lack of updates......you know what, i'm just going to stop apologising from this point, i'll blog when i can yah? =)
Caught Paul Ponnudorai at Harry's again last Sat and managed to get my paws on his CD. =) His album "Right on time" sounds just like him doing his acoustic set, which blew me away. I still like listening to him in a band but hearing him do everything solo and seeing it right before your eyes is simply amazing. The man is AWESOME! Anyone for Harry's? =)
Tuesday, 30 May 2006
Saturday, 20 May 2006
latest porche
New Zealand's source for motoring news on Stuff.co.nz: Porsche's latest power broker
I've always been more partial to Porches, something about trying to build a car differently and engineering your way there (no turning back! no giving up!). What can i say, about this car, classic shape, lots of torque, it's a Porche, what more do i want? LOL (actually, i do want more, i want an Enzo hahahahaha)
I've always been more partial to Porches, something about trying to build a car differently and engineering your way there (no turning back! no giving up!). What can i say, about this car, classic shape, lots of torque, it's a Porche, what more do i want? LOL (actually, i do want more, i want an Enzo hahahahaha)
Saturday, 13 May 2006
zeenie's contribution
Saw this post and can't help but want to contribute! I love eating! I'm sure Wibblewamble would contribute if she could but she's on hiatus right now (how's the ramen there dear?).
zeenie's 2 cents:
1. Nominate what i beleive are the best 2 restaurants in Singapore
This is a tough one, it's hard to compare restaurants that serve different kinds of food. For example, if i were feeling like Jap food, Haru and Sun With Moon immediately spring to mind. For Chinese food, i'm quite fond of Jade and Red Star, two restaurants seemingly on opposite ends of the same sentence lol. Something in me also feels like messing with the list a little and start throwing in some food stalls, but i guess they dun qualify as 'restaurants' =). At the end of the day, if you twist my arm, i'd pick Haru and Sun With Moon, just because i'm partial to jap food thanks to growing up on the jap food at Yaohan (anyone remember that?) on B1 of Plaza Singapura. Btw, there are other good Jap restaurants out there, but too many to list!
2. Nominate what i feel is my favourite restaurant in Singapore
The Cliff for its fine dining, great service, excellent ambience, wonderful overall feeling. I can't think of any restaurant that can beat it, would have to go overseas to find another that can come close!
3. Nominate what i believe are the 3 best restaurants form outside Singapore
Here's where it gets tough, so many restaurants come to mind, all of them from New Zealand.
First up, we have the Old Post Office in Hamner Springs, about an hour's drive from Christchurch. When we were there, we saw several awards from 'NZ beef and lamb' for its fine dining and it was easy to see why! The food (like lamb medallions) was heavenly, the service good and cosy environment. Just the thing after a days of lounging around in the hot Hamner Springs. =)
Next, we have White restaurant at the Hilton Auckland (have to stay there for at least a night! it's amazing!). We have eaten there for breakfast and dinner and it has never let us down. The service is excellent (as you would expect) and food was interesting, innovative and imaginative (i ran out of 'i' words lol) with a spectacular view of the auckland harbour. Must try!
Last but not least, we head back to Christchurch (i feel bad for Wellington, great restaurants there too but no space here!) for Pescatore at the George Hotel. We had the degustation menu and it was gastronomic heaven!!! The food!! The wine!! The deserts!! The service was good and they didn't mind the four of us ordering just two portions of the menu and sharing (we were stuffed!). The waiter was good although he assumed we knew nothing (which can be a good thing) and his style reminded me of Jeeves from PG Wodehouse, familiar but not overly friendly. =)
It can be quite pricey, but for us it was a once a lifetime kind of treat (i had just graduated that day =)). Truly memorable.
4. Nominiate my 2 favourite restaurants outside Singapore
Pescatore (no contest) and Pescatore......ok kidding, Pescatore and Janus Bakery (in Lower Hutt, just 15 mins from Wellington, NZ). The food there is good (try the bacon banana pancakes!) with matching service. Excellent place for brunch, which was a regular for me and jeanie after our Saturday market mornings. They are pet friendly and i recall sitting there, watching the world go by while i had brunch with my four legged friend/buddy/companion. Those were the days...
In the garden behind our fav brunch place in Lower Hutt
Originally uploaded by zeenie.
zeenie's 2 cents:
1. Nominate what i beleive are the best 2 restaurants in Singapore
This is a tough one, it's hard to compare restaurants that serve different kinds of food. For example, if i were feeling like Jap food, Haru and Sun With Moon immediately spring to mind. For Chinese food, i'm quite fond of Jade and Red Star, two restaurants seemingly on opposite ends of the same sentence lol. Something in me also feels like messing with the list a little and start throwing in some food stalls, but i guess they dun qualify as 'restaurants' =). At the end of the day, if you twist my arm, i'd pick Haru and Sun With Moon, just because i'm partial to jap food thanks to growing up on the jap food at Yaohan (anyone remember that?) on B1 of Plaza Singapura. Btw, there are other good Jap restaurants out there, but too many to list!
2. Nominate what i feel is my favourite restaurant in Singapore
The Cliff for its fine dining, great service, excellent ambience, wonderful overall feeling. I can't think of any restaurant that can beat it, would have to go overseas to find another that can come close!
3. Nominate what i believe are the 3 best restaurants form outside Singapore
Here's where it gets tough, so many restaurants come to mind, all of them from New Zealand.
First up, we have the Old Post Office in Hamner Springs, about an hour's drive from Christchurch. When we were there, we saw several awards from 'NZ beef and lamb' for its fine dining and it was easy to see why! The food (like lamb medallions) was heavenly, the service good and cosy environment. Just the thing after a days of lounging around in the hot Hamner Springs. =)
Next, we have White restaurant at the Hilton Auckland (have to stay there for at least a night! it's amazing!). We have eaten there for breakfast and dinner and it has never let us down. The service is excellent (as you would expect) and food was interesting, innovative and imaginative (i ran out of 'i' words lol) with a spectacular view of the auckland harbour. Must try!
Last but not least, we head back to Christchurch (i feel bad for Wellington, great restaurants there too but no space here!) for Pescatore at the George Hotel. We had the degustation menu and it was gastronomic heaven!!! The food!! The wine!! The deserts!! The service was good and they didn't mind the four of us ordering just two portions of the menu and sharing (we were stuffed!). The waiter was good although he assumed we knew nothing (which can be a good thing) and his style reminded me of Jeeves from PG Wodehouse, familiar but not overly friendly. =)
It can be quite pricey, but for us it was a once a lifetime kind of treat (i had just graduated that day =)). Truly memorable.
4. Nominiate my 2 favourite restaurants outside Singapore
Pescatore (no contest) and Pescatore......ok kidding, Pescatore and Janus Bakery (in Lower Hutt, just 15 mins from Wellington, NZ). The food there is good (try the bacon banana pancakes!) with matching service. Excellent place for brunch, which was a regular for me and jeanie after our Saturday market mornings. They are pet friendly and i recall sitting there, watching the world go by while i had brunch with my four legged friend/buddy/companion. Those were the days...
In the garden behind our fav brunch place in Lower Hutt
Originally uploaded by zeenie.
Wednesday, 10 May 2006
zeenie update
You may be aware of the lack of updates, well i've been busy....... nothing really interesting happened to me, so not much to blog about, though i did get a chance to vote, so that kept my attention for about 5 mins.
Wibblewamble is away in Japan so one would think that i'd spend less money, but no, i actually have been spending more. Bought stuff like a belt (i forgot to wear one to work, so had to buy), mother's day gift, shirts (Raoul had sale), new keyboard & mouse set, sunglasses and contacts (disposables). Ok, the sunglasses were abit of an impulse buy on the first day i wore my contacts to work, just because i thought the sun was too bright. Strange how i never noticed how bright the sun was when i was wearing glasses, and now just because i can wear them, i buy a new pair of sunnies. Oh well. =)
It has been interesting trying not to poke my eye out when wearing or taking off my contacts, since i'm a squimish person and never fancied the idea of my finger being that close to my eye (somehow the scene from Under Siege 2: Dark Territory comes to mind, you know, the one where the villan forces the officers to talk by threatening to stick a hot solder into their partner's eyeball). But somehow i survived and am gradually getting used to it. I dun feel much, although it does get rather dry in the aircon environment of my office.
Jeanie's been acting a little senile lately, she pooped all over the place today, twice! I blame the medication that she's on (for her tick fever) but really nothing much we can do as she needs those meds to fight the babesia. Sigh.
Wibblewamble is away in Japan so one would think that i'd spend less money, but no, i actually have been spending more. Bought stuff like a belt (i forgot to wear one to work, so had to buy), mother's day gift, shirts (Raoul had sale), new keyboard & mouse set, sunglasses and contacts (disposables). Ok, the sunglasses were abit of an impulse buy on the first day i wore my contacts to work, just because i thought the sun was too bright. Strange how i never noticed how bright the sun was when i was wearing glasses, and now just because i can wear them, i buy a new pair of sunnies. Oh well. =)
It has been interesting trying not to poke my eye out when wearing or taking off my contacts, since i'm a squimish person and never fancied the idea of my finger being that close to my eye (somehow the scene from Under Siege 2: Dark Territory comes to mind, you know, the one where the villan forces the officers to talk by threatening to stick a hot solder into their partner's eyeball). But somehow i survived and am gradually getting used to it. I dun feel much, although it does get rather dry in the aircon environment of my office.
Jeanie's been acting a little senile lately, she pooped all over the place today, twice! I blame the medication that she's on (for her tick fever) but really nothing much we can do as she needs those meds to fight the babesia. Sigh.
Wednesday, 3 May 2006
zeenie goes laser crazy
My latest purchase from funan: the Logitech MX3000 keyboard and mouse kit for the office. It's official, zeenie has gone laser mouse mad. Previously, he bought the MX610 for his laptop at IT fair at suntec, it's quite cool as it can work on all sorts of surfaces including the bed. Before that, he bought the MX1000, for the home desktop. Coolness.
So now zeenie has three mice in use, all laser mice, all different models, all logitech, and all good! =)
Interestingly enough, while looking through my previous posts for the entries on the various bits of hardware that i bought, came across a particularly active month (at least for me) of blogging. =)
So now zeenie has three mice in use, all laser mice, all different models, all logitech, and all good! =)
Interestingly enough, while looking through my previous posts for the entries on the various bits of hardware that i bought, came across a particularly active month (at least for me) of blogging. =)
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