Started off with meeting sandra, joy and philana at nex for lunch. we settled at carl's jr after some nosing abt. quite literally... that place has really bad ventilation i swear! i got a portobello mushroom burger... thick. the mushrooms were good, i <3 mushrooms... the meat wasnt very impressive tho. think the beef at wendy's is better.
meet up with my sis and bishan mrt after that... i so desperately wanted to try the fruit tarts i had with my friends last time... but thought we'd try the fruit paradise shop we saw at vivo/313... so we headed over to 313... tarts arent exactly lunch tho, so we got off at orchard mrt and shared a yakisoba from gindako... than my sis wanted to try soup spoon... so we had velvety mushroom soup after the noodles. more mushroom yay! i got thristy than, so we went daiso to get some drinks. we shared a can of ginger ale while walking to 313 from ion. its the 2 cans for $2 ones - the other can we shared on our way BACK from 313... now the tarts...
we tried the strawberry tiramisu and banana chocolate. bill came up to $16.... the tarts were good but somehow... i preferred the ones i had at ma mansion. was it cos this was the 2nd time i'm trying it? idk... like the tiramisu was good, but it lacked the fruity, refreshing taste i was hoping for. it was by no means bad however. the cake in between the cream was basically SOAKED the fragrant, delicious coffee. banana choc had more fruity taste... like the cream too was full of banana... but not the kind of banana taste that i encountered previously. this one is more... like the fresh banana you peel and eat. the one i had previously was more... sweet? artificial perhaps... like the banana flavor you would encounter if you drank banana flavored dutch lady milk or eat some banana flavored sweets. idk why but that was... good... it was somehow more delightful and... refreshing. we'd wanted to go bugis but than i changed our minds with 1) the cost of eating lunch at ma mansion and 2) ma mansion takes their cakes from else where, and didnt seem to have as much variety as a result in mind. gah... the chicken i had there was really good tho. i swear i'd go out with my sis again. to dine at ma mansion. MUST!
we were lamenting earlier that we dont get to eat the takoyaki from gindako cos of the long list of food we have lined up... but we shdnt have worried. my mum teaches some kids tuition and she either goes to their place, or have them come our hse. she went to their place today (my this, waking day that is) and since that place was nearby orchard, decided to go orchard get some stuffs. my dad came along to pick her up and they went to eat yakisoba (yes, same shop!) AND takoyaki. and they nicely left 4 for us... making me feel guilty abt all the gd food we had earlier ><. ok... just sorta guilty... i really did have a great time chatting with my sis and all even tho she was complaining abt how she's gonna fall asleep any min ><.
passed by the li ning shop at ion orchard and wat started out as casual browsing ended up with my sis getting a pair of shoes and me getting a shirt and 2 pairs of socks. the sales peeps there are like... one of the friendiest guys i've met in a long time. very knowledgeable abt their products, alert, and very helpful. it didnt matter if you ask them to get this and that over and over. they were patient and most willing to help out. my dad started chatting with one of the guys abt how his feet are really small and makes it hard for him to buy shoes, so the guy started pulling out all sorts of shoes for my dad to try on - fully aware that my dad just wanted to try out the sizes and cutting of their shoes and didnt have any intention to buy the shoes now. not pushy at all, but rather trusting that their product will convince you to buy it the next time. after that we chatted with them a bit abt how we were li ning brand fans... like the bag i brought along today, and my sis's jacket (which ended up on my dad cos he was cold) were both li ning products.
still rem we purposely went down to ion orchard when the store just open and were disappointed with the small variety of goods sold. was quite pleased to sell the variety of goods was much increased this time round. saw a bad very similar to the one i was using, its like in the same series or smthing. there was this orange bag there too, i saw the same one when i visited the li ning shop in shanghai when i went to visit the shanghai world expo last year... was looking for a bag that time, and was hesitating btw that orange one, and the one that i got in the end.
guess this li ning craze started when my dad went china for work... i was looking for a new jacket... like... windbreakers... to replace my old one which was too small + way too dirty thks to my sis.... somehow those type of windbreakers i was looking for was totally out of fashion in sg. we searched high and low to no avail... so i asked my dad to keep a look out for us. in the end he came back with 4 li ning jackets... for me and my sis (2 each lah... 2 pairs of identical designs, just diff size)
after that when we went china for hols we'd go visit all the li ning shops we came across (which was a lot!) and i got like... another jacket, a bag which i share with my sis too... a down feather winter jacket... wallets... my sis got shoes, sling bag... jackets... etc etc... yeah... its like the 1st time that we've bought so many products from the same brand (no, i wont count brands like ikea... -.-''')
on a separate note... my dad is definitely keen on getting a mac. he's still undecided on getting a macbook pro, or a imac (desktop) tho... and he's waiting eagerly for iphone 5 to be out too... i'm waiting for iOS 5 and Lion...! esp Lion. wonder how much i'll cost but.... ah the new features... really a must have imo >< hope the price wont be too steep since i'll have to pay out of my own debit card. actually that's all i use my debit card for. iTunes purchases.... >< talk abt under utilization lol.
had a really fun day today... talking with sandrajoyphilana was fun, tho sadly since i dont watch any of those dramas or read those inspirational/philosophical books sandra was talking abt so i couldnt join in much... it was great listening to them chat as always. we'll meet again in dec ya?
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