Singapore Stop Over - Part 1 of 3

Last February I flew from Doha to Singapore where I met up with Yeng who flew from Manila. Im now back in Qatar and I just wanted to share pictures from our 4-day Sg stop over.


After waiting for my wife for 3 hours at the airport, we headed straight to Clark Quay where we stayed.

View of the Novotel at Clark Quay where we stayed.

Already hungry, we decided to have dinner at Clark Quay. Here are the lamb chops and kurobota pork we had at Hot Stones. The lamb chops were tender but the kurobota pork was forgettable. Over-all the food was OK, but I thought it was overpriced. But then again this was to be expected from restaurants at Clark Quay.

Some turkish ice cream to cap off dinner. Turkish Ice Cream was good in a gooey and sticky kind of way, however IMHO a little bit more cream in it would do it some good.

The following day, we grabbed a quick bite downstairs at Kopi Tiam. For me, these are staples everytime I visit Sg.

Kaya Toast


Soft Boiled Eggs


After breakfast we headed off to see Asia's version of Universal Studios.


Having missed lunch, we headed off to Toast Box for a quick bite after what seemed like an endless day of rides (we even got to try the yet to be opened Battlestar Galactica rides!)

Laksa. This is one of my favorite Malay/IndoChin dishes. My preference is the Katong Laksa and the ones you find in hawker centers in Borneo.



Thick Toast with Pork Floss


Milo Pearl Drink and Iced teh Tarik


For dinner, one of my friends in Sg took us to No Signboard seafood along the Esplanade.


We were so hungry, I did not remember to take pictures of the dishes before we devoured them! What remained of chili crabs, cereal prawns, kangkong with belachan, and baby squid.


After dinner, we strolled from the Esplanade to the Merlion. To my wife's disappointment the Merlion was under renovation. I was still able to take pictures of the available views.








To be continued...

Engagement Shoot

One of the many wedding related activities we did during my last vacation was our engagement shoot. So on the dark, dim and showery afternoon of December 10 we headed off to Sofitel Manila to have our session with Ms. Pilar Tuason.

Out of all the pictures she took (a couple of hundred of them) we have to choose only 15 that she will be using for the wedding guestbook. These are the last 45 raw  we've picked from which we will choosing the final 15 from. Hirap pala, any suggestions?

    

  

I Didn't Realize Grey Shoes Were So Difficult to Find

Grey dress shoes, specifically wing tip oxfords, are like the proverbial needle in a hay stack. I didn't find any in any shop in Metro Manila. Not Bally, Zara, Cole Haan, nor Florsheim. Alberto and Pedro were of no use either.

But here in Doha, in a country were 99.9% of men preferred sandals over shoes, I found a pair exactly my size at Zara.  It was actually Yeng who found it oline and told me about it. So finally, just a little more than a month before the wedding...

Probably the fact that men here prefer not to wear shoes helped. I guess grey sandals would be impossible to find here though.

Of Necks and Ties

This afternoon, I got a small package waiting for me in my letter box. A quick scan showed it was from the US, so I already knew what it had inside.

It was the orange gingham ties for boys I ordered from Etsy's. Here is the boy's tie together with the ties to be used by the groomsmen and secondary sponsors.

DIY Project #2: Wine Glass Charms

After more than almost 2 months of inactivity...

Here is another DIY project that Yeng and I are making in preparation for our wedding: Wine glass charms!

They're really easy to make, all we needed were beads (we used assorted orange, blue and white glass beads, and alphabet beads), memory wire, and super glue. For tools, a wire cutter was needed to cut the memory wire.

We wouldn't think of doing this for 200 guests, but having only 60 guests made it manageable.

Hopefully, these personalized charms can take the place of the usual escort cards for guests to locate their seats (if they are readable enough) and they can double as souvenirs as well. But more than just being ornamental, we hope that they're functional as well. How many times have you asked the person seating beside you to check which of the drinks in between the two of you belonged to you and which one was his? If you're as absent minded as me, then the answer is EVERYTIME.

1 month and 2 weeks and 6 days to go!