SONY Blu-ray DVD Home Theatre System

SONY BDV-E380 ($499)

Listened to my new Sony home theatre system and "WoW!" with disbelief - it was a make.believe perk up. Upgrading my current Philips 2 speakers to Sony 5.1-Channel sound system makes an obvious audio difference - sound quality was unmistakeably "fuller and rounder" now; in my layman's term.

The same CD recording sounded notably different on both players that was on plain stereo settings. Sony outperforms decidedly.

I am now thankful to Ric who 'forces' this 5 speakers sound system on me, for i'm one who hates clustering many pieces of electical equipment in the house. Now i stand for it and encourage anyone who shares this similar concern to make space and give 5 speakers system a try.

Incredible Roast Meat

Whenever we visit the North Bridge Road Food Centre, Ric always murmur about the many people who went around to the neighbouring block no. 10 for their meals. "There must be something nice there..." He always said.

So we went over today to the corner coffeeshop at Blk 10. They have a popular stall of roast meat, double boiled soup and prawn noodles; each having their own tables of lunch time supporters. We joined the roast meat group, just for today :)

Platter of Char Siew, Roast Meat, Roast Duck, Sausages ($11.40)

And it was cool to pay a meager price for an assortment of 4 typical roasted items, which even includes a roast duck drumstick. Out of the 4, the Char Siew is the outstanding one.

Looks can be deceiving. The Char Siew doesn't look all that appealing, but like us, you may wish to give it a try and be amazed. Still we can't rate the stall "incredible"; only its signboard say so.

协胜隆, Heap Seng Leong

I like Heap Seng Leong at 10 North Bridge Rd.

I like the oldness of the place and the weak music that was playing from a mono mode radio. As we dine, it plays "Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton.

Kopi ($0.70), Kopi-O ($0.60)

I like his coffee that is sweet and thicken, just like how great-grandmother always made for me, with rich condensed milk. 

1 Slice of Toast ($1)

I like the rich chilled butter, sandwiched between warm toasted bread that's just been scraped of its charred marks with a metal plate from the emptied condensed milk tin.

Half-boiled Eggs ($0.80)

I missed him.

So we came back 2 days later for a repeat, and for what we forgot on the first visit - the half-boiled eggs! You like this, don't you? We love it all...!

Pasta Dishes at Swensens

Salmon and Mushroom Pasta ($14.90++)

Swensen's restaurant 1-for-1 promotion is back! Yippie!

It was rare that we both decide to have pasta. But don't you find girls especially love pasta dishes? And i'm really craving for some that swims in milky cream sauce... so much that i overlooked my order which comes with smoked salmon.

I don like salty tasting smoked salmon but these were nice and tasted just like cooked than smoked.

Black Pepper Seafood Pasta ($14.90++)

If your girlfriend prefers something fiery, get her this black pepper pasta. It really hit the spot and had fresh seafood ingredients of fish fillet, clams and crab sticks.

With a couple of thick mushroom slices throw in, we like this plate.

I'll Have to Say I Love You on a Cake

But it was more than that, i don't even have the courage to draw a "heart" for Ric on our birthday cake as we took up the Design-It-Yourself, DIY cake at the Icing Room; in full view of the public!

Still, it was really great fun!!!

My Design for Ric: "Pooh Bear always with Me"

Being just a day apart, we always celebrate our birthdays together :D

A month back, i chanced upon a promotion for the DIY 6"inch Cake Combo at $13.90 from Groupon; kept the purchase from Ric and meant it as a surprise, planning we could each design half the cake for each other! But be warned that macho guys don't fancy such public display of affection; Ric took it up only after some nudging and my 'lips pouting' protest.

This was my theme (i thought of it just the night before) for Ric's part of the cake - Pooh Bear. Cos he had always been my comforting, lovey Pooh Bear with a pouching tummy for hugs ;)

Ric Design for Me: "Doggie in Blissful Garden"

Being a passive big guy, Ric remarkably drew hearts, flowers and dotted his designed garden with colorful blooms; selecting the puppy icing figurine for me and sang a loud birthday song addressing me as his "dearest Dada". Haha...

Blackforest Cake

Our jointly design cake took 30 mins to complete and was like our labour of love, tasting especially great :)

When at the Icing Room, remember to ask for Chocolate and Red colored piping bags from the design desk, because they aid your design composition and is especially delicious for cake toppings.

Much to Ric's horror though, i'm so looking forward to another occasion to doing more cake design... i've got such inspirations after our first try today! You know we could have more colors here and ... ... ...Heh!

IKEA Meatball Set @ $1.90!

IKEA 5-pieces Meatballs with Lingonberry drink, refillable (Promotional $1.90)

Ha! We made it to the last promotional day for IKEA's meatball set with their new Lingonberry drink! How can we miss it! We've got 1 set each; no sharing!

But in reality, we don enjoy the Lingonberry drink... whilst i sponged up all the Lingonberry jam on both plates ;)