I was hankering of some lamb chops and Vandalin recommended me to go to Nasrin. At first look, I thought that I was in the wrong place. Nasrin’s doesn’t look like a restaurant. At the time I was there, there were only people smoking Shisha. The place looks very spartan and there is no decoration whatsoever.
I was rather perplexed that in the end, I decided to give Deli Moroccan a second chance and I was glad to find the food standard there much better than when I first visited there.
Picture snapped using the Samsung Innov8
Regardless, Vandalin insisted that Nasrin did serve food and I went there again, together with Nadnut, Xizor and Chillycraps.
Xizor and Rinaz
Chillycraps and Nadnut
We ordered the shawarna as the appetizer.
This picture really doesn’t do it justice. The shawarna plate is delightful! I’m not so big on fries but I find myself enjoying them a lot, it was crispy and sprinkled generously with paprika, making it savoury.
The chicken bits were tender and the hummus below it was fantastic! In just a few minutes the plate was completely clean!
And I completely love my lamb chops. This is probably one of the best lamb chops that I’ve had. I liked the grilled smoky taste. The meat was tender and juicy with just the right amount of fat.
Again the picture doesn’t do it justice, but my lamb chops were yum!
But apart from lamb chops, Nasrin was known to be a great chilling place with with friends just hanging out with shisha.
Shisha has been something that I was curious with for the longest time. Thus at the end of our meal, we decided to give it a go.
Did you know that certain foods make you feel satiated while some doesn’t make you feel full no matter how much you consume it?
I had a very informative session recently at the screening room, hosted by Soyjoy and Ogilvy. Their main event was to watching the famous documentary, Supersize me – in which a man attempts to consume only McDonald’s items for 30 days.
Having already watched this movie some while back, the show did not have the same effect as it did the first time that I watched it. Then I avoided fast food restaurants for some while but afterwards I think that eating in moderation and coupled with exercise is the key to a healthy body.
Its always easy to put the blame on fast food restaurants, but then again we have the freedom of choice of the things that we do to our body.
Like how the inspirational story of how Honeymeow whom I had the pleasure to meet for the first time. In about a year, she has lost her weight from 100kg to about 67kg at the present moment through her dietary intake and exercise.
Personally for me, losing weight hasn’t been the easiest thing to do.
Even after exercising regularly after about a year, I haven’t lost any weight at all! Although I do feel much fitter than I did a years ago.
The issue for me I suppose is that I love food so much. I’m not willing to give good food up! And as we all know, we can only lose weight when the calories that we exercise is more than the food that we eat.
I once had this conversation with my family doctor :
Me : I wish I could lose weight
Doc : Then you’d have to eat less.
Me : But I exercise!
Doc : Correct, but you still need to consume less food. What do you eat for breakfast?
Me : Usually Nasi Lemak, stuff like that.
Doc : You should eat only two pieces of wholewheat bread in the morning.
Me : What?! Only bread?! I’ll feel hungry!
Doc : Its all in your mind because its your habit
And in a way, I suppose that Doc had a point. During the fasting month, I find my food intake decrease as the weeks progress.
But I would like to have another opinion. Thus I was glad to have met Soo Lin, a chief dietitian for NUH who educated us about Glycemic Index.
In a nutshell, all foods are categorized into different levels of GI which affects the satiety level. There are some food that can make you feel full without eating much of it, such as a bowl of oats, whereas I can polish off a tray of sushi with no problem at all.
But I was surprised when I ate a bar of Soyjoy. There were a number of bars on the table. I don’t normally like soy but it looked like regular chocolate bars. Insouciantly, I took a bite. Although it wasn’t as sweet as a chocolate bar, it was still pleasant. I snacked on a banana afterwards.
That was when I realised that I felt rather full. How strange.
The feeling lasted till hours since I reached home even. It was an unfamiliar feeling for me as by this time, I would have munched on a burger or something substantial.
Wow. Imagine snacking on this on a more regular basis. It could probably aid in my food cravings 🙂
Have you ever eaten food that made you feel full before?
I was at the Geek Terminal this week to give my support to the Malaysia and Singapore Bloggers in the first ever Mental Challenge hosted by Brands.
There was a sense of excitement in the air. By the time I reached there, the competition was already undergoing halfway and the audience were enraptured at the action in front of them. I found an empty seat and looked around.
At that point of time, the scores were 9 to Malaysia and 4 to Singapore.
That was where I noticed Eastcoastlife, Endoh and Sheylara and two other guys whom I later came to know as Wilfrid and Aaron.
Here they were doing a word challenge in which they were to create as many words as possible from the following letters.
The Malaysian Team who consisted of Red Diva, Sultan Mufazzar, KY, Suanie and Babe in the City were hard at work, scribbling as many word combinations as possible.
9 to 4 was such a large gap. I felt nervous for the competitors and can only imagine how it would be for the contestants themselves.
But it was when the results from the word challenge was announced, was when the marks were turned around with Malaysia having 40 and Singapore 44. There was hope! And it was so exciting!
With the proceeding rounds, I sat at the edge of the chair rather nervewrecked as the competitors trudged on. There were a number of very interesting questions such as memory recall questions, word association questions as well as the popular ball in a cup question.
I had to chuckle out loud when Endoh and Red Diva had to answer which cup the chick was under – the cup was spinning so fast!
Slowly Singapore collected the points and emerged victorious with the final score of 54 to 47. Woah!
But of course, it was all in good spirits with the Malaysian team being a very good sport out of it as it all boils down to having fun.
I had a short chat with the competitors and was really happy to find that the Malaysian team to be very friendly, witty and down to earth. It was refreshing to hear them talk of the things that interests them without any airs at all despite the fact that they had a very high following on their respective blogs.
As a member of Cozycot, I cant help but to notice that the regular announcements of events for the members to participate. These events range from health, to beauty to fitness.
I was curious to see how these events went, hence I clicked to RSVP one of the event – the grand opening of Anthony Hair Boutique. I thought that it would be interesting to see the various hair demonstrations.
I met the owner of the boutique and celebrity hairdresser, Anthony Tang and was impressed by his repertoire, his team has won the international hair dresser competition for 5 consecutive year.
But nothing beats seeing the master crafting his work in front of you. He did 5 hairstyles in 5 – 10 minutes each!
The makeover was held at Takashimaya. Unfortunately, when I reached Orchard, it was raining heavily. When I arrived, I was rather unglamorously soaked that Nadnut and Claudia looked a little shocked at my disposition.
But no matter.
I met Sisheido representative, Pamela, and under her meticulous care, did my makeover for me.
This is me before :
And this is after the makeover :
I think we look really really good. Nadnut looks sexeh vavavoom! Claudia looks extremely lovely. And I’ve never seen my eyes has ever looked that large before. A little scary, no? 😛
Sidenote : Congratulations to the Singapore team for winning the first Brand’s Blogger Mental Challenge 🙂
Sidenote 2 : Any ladies interested in participating in a makeup course for about $15 – $25? Only thing is, we need a minimum group of 10 to start.
Personally for me, I’ve always been interested in how the brain functions.
I find it fascinating at how some people have such great memory that they were able to recollect a list without hesitation. Thus that is why one of the person that I look up to is Tony Buzan – a person who is well known for his Mind Mapping Techniques and Memory Skills.
In fact when I have a child, I’m contemplating on using the Glenn Doman or even the Suchida method of growing up my baby. I think that it would be very beneficial.
Regardless, I still do not feel confident of my memory skills. There are days when I just blank out completely.
So when Burson-Marsteller contacted me into participating in the Brand’s Singapore-Malaysia Blogger’s mental challenge, while other bloggers were excited about it, I just freaked out.
What if they asked really difficult IQ questions with difficult mathematical calculations that only a rocket scientist could answer? I’d be such a disgrace to all of the Singapore blogger community.
Recently, I received a pack containing two weeks worth of Brands Chicken Essence which was very thoughtful, as it was one of the things that I consumed especially during my school examination period.
But my palpitations started again when I opened the ‘Brain Training Kit’
These are two of the 9 practice cards. I don’t even know where to start. Can I really do this? Just looking at the cards is stressful.
Thank goodness the organizers told me later that due to overwhelming popularity, I was exempted from the challenge. I took a deep breath of gratitude. Phew!
Regardless, I would love to come down to support the event. If you are interested in it too, it will be held on the 3rd of December from 11am – 1pm at Geek Terminal 🙂
For a very long time, my room was a shade of pink.
But after numerous constructive criticisms by my mum to spruce it up in time for the wedding, I finally picked up the paintbrush and started painting my room.
I’ve never painted before. After several advices from my friend on painting techniques, I bought some paint, a roller brush and a paint tray. After some trepidation, I dipped the brush in the paint and drew the brush up and down.
It was surprisingly therapeutic, like doing a giant pedicure.
And after 2 days of musty clothes, splattered slacks and several cold drinks …
My new wall! I know this is probably very mundane but I’m so proud of myself. I think it looks pretty good for someone who’s never painted before.
At this point of time, I’m still scurrying on some things that needs to be tied up. My dad’s been busy sending the wedding cards, mum’s been busy with sewing clothes and I’ve been busy mostly with the processing of the documents needed for the marriage.
And honestly, I feel so unprepared and unready for the whole ceremony. I worry sometimes that in the end, we could not get married for something that I forgotten to do. Lately I’ve been having anxiety attacks over the entire events.
But I’m not having cold feet. I love him very much. He has been so kind and patient, gentle and loving to me. And though I don’t know what the future brings for me, I cannot wait for to spend the rest of my days with him.
Contrary to what Moby said about Bintan Lagoon Resort rooms facing the sea being haunted, Geri and I slept soundly with no disturbances and woke up refreshed. At 6 am, it was a beautiful morning, with the sun shining brightly.
Initially, we wanted to go cycling, but there were none available at that particular time, so we decided to go for a jog around the resort. It wasn’t an easy track for us as it went uphill and down. We went past the villas, the beach and back to the activity center. It was so tiring that I’m embarrassed that I feel so unfit.
After my ordeal, we washed up and got ready to go have breakfast at the resort cafe, Kopi-O where a beautiful buffet was ready. There were loads of lovely intercontinental food there. I enjoyed my breakfast so much that I forgot to take a picture of my plate.
As we ate, I looked outside the window. It was a nice view – seeing the greenery and water catchment outside of the window. But then I spotted a man sitting precariously at the edge of the pond. I remember that the the pond was rather steep and for some while, I felt alarmed.
Regardless, he looked very confident and comfortable with his stance and we left him to his own devices.
After our breakfast, all of us couldn’t wait to head to the beach to play. It was such a lovely morning. Immediately, we jumped on our buggies and headed off to the sea!
If the sea was lovely at night time, it was breathtaking in the day! It was a beautiful shade of bright blue and the soothing sound of the waves greeted us. We couldn’t help ourselves but to run around on the beach.
I kicked off my slippers and went around barefooted. The sands were soft. It was like walking on brown coloured flour.
Gorgeousness!
Below is a short video clip on the trip to the beach :
We were so enamored by the beach that we started jumping around.
First it was me.
And then Geri joined in.
And then Jenjen!
We had such a riot on the beach. But we did not stay too long as the weather seemed too hot after a while. Thus, after our beach revelry, we headed to the Leisure Center where we played with ATVs!
Here is Jenjen on a Quad Bike
This was another first for me as I’ve never ridden on a quad bike before. Having been used to my scooter, the feeling of riding a quad bike was similar but slightly different compared to motorcycles as we could travel on bumpier roads. Impossible for regular motorcycles. We went through different terrains, some sandy areas, some jungly like.
I had so much fun running through the different areas! Even if I did crash into some vegetation, it was still awesome zooming around on the quad bike. I love the the feeling!
Here is a short video of our encounter with the Quad Bikes :
Our exciting ATV rides has made us work up an appetite and not before too long, we were treated to a lovely lunch at the Miyako Japanese Restaurant.
The restaurant was nicely decorated with clean, natural and green furnishings. For me, it invoked a sense of serenity being in the place.
And soon our foods arrived! I love Japanese food! Yummy!
I remember liking the grilled mackerel a lot. It was very flavorful and tasty. Not to mention the delicious Tuna Sashimi! A dab of shoyu and wasabi and I was slurping on pure happiness. I wished my tempura was less oily, but nevertheless, it was still nice to eat anyways.
And before we knew it, it was time to pack up and get ready to head for home. And reluctantly we said goodbye to our beautiful deluxe room, goodbye to the buggies and goodbye to the beautiful island of Bintan.
Snapped using my Innov8
Thank you so much Felicia, Sari and everyone for the warm hospitality. Geri and I really enjoyed our stay. The break was truly a step in paradise 🙂
Have you ever been to Bintan before? What do you think of it?
