24th December is the day when Dear and I got back together since our secondary school days. However, we usually celebrate it on the 23rd and spent the night over at some place as that was how it happened 2 years ago when he asked for us to be together again. This year, we decided to spend our anniversary in Sentosa and we booked a room in Siloso Beach Resort.
Initially, I thought the hotel is the one at the end of Siloso Beach but I was wrong!!!!! It is actually a new hotel in which nature is integrated. The landscaping is nicely created and it feels really comfortable and soothing to live in this hotel. But there is a con to living in nature - BUGS!!!!! I freaked out totally when I saw a HUGE lizard on the bathroom curtains when I wanted to take a bath. And it was really HHHUUUGGGGGEEEE!!!!!!! It was around 8cm in length and that excluded its tail. It took Dear almost 15min to get it out of the room. (We didn't want to kill it.)
The lobby is unlike those where you usually see upon entry. We had to go up all the way to the 7th floor, enjoy the view while walking through a corridor before we reach the lobby which is actually a treehouse. Quite a refreshing idea indeed, though the corridor is quite narrow.
The interior of the room looked exactly like what the hotel website has shown. We got so excited and started taking a lot of pictures. Me as the model and Dear as the photographer. It looked as if we were trying to advertise for Siloso Beach Resort. Or a makeover album. (narcissim acted up again)
We went to ilLido which is an Italian restaurant in Sentosa Golf Club. As we wanted to catch Songs by the Sea at 840pm, we decided to have dinner early. We were so early that we were the first customers and they had not even finish setting out the tables. We ordered a bottle of wine while waiting. Though it was one of the cheapest bottles out of the list, it tasted really nice!!! One of the best wines I have ever drank. Great wine. Bravo!
Now for the food. It is the typical expensive, small portion but tasteful and exquisite kind of dishes. I ordered duck leg confit with red wine pear and Dear ordered lamp chops with potatoes. Yum yum yum!!!!! Expensive but worth the spent. But the dessert was the one most worth mentioning. We ordered molten lava cake with tiramisu ice cream. And it was really MOLTEN LAVA!!!! The cake is like a chocolate ball with melting chocolate within it. Once we cut open it, the melting chocalate a.k.a molten lava simply oozed out. Complemented with tiramisu ice cream, it was simply divine!!!! Great food. Bravo Bravo!!
Service. I was most willing to spend the 10% service charge for this restaurant. The waiters and waitresses were very friendly, attentive and polite. Dear told them it was our anniversary (they thought it was our wedding anniversary though) and they treated us chocolate cake which was kind of too much for us to finish. In the end, they gave us a slice each and the rest will be treats for the staffs. Great service. Bravo Bravo Bravo!!!
Ambience. I guess the pictures speak for themselves. With the sea and golf course as background, and the exquisite interior and furnishings of the restaurant, it was really a pleasure to dine in ilLido. Great ambience. Bravo Bravo Bravo Bravo!!!!
The only thing is the cost. But it is worth it if you want to splurge abit for special occasions.
We went to watch the Songs by the Sea which I was dying to watch ever since I saw the kelong structure erected along the beach. But it wasn't as spectacular as I expected. It was rather similar to the Musical Fountain with the addition of fireworks. It costs $6 for Songs by the Sea whereas the old Musical Fountain was free. Located just outside the show, there is a souvenir shop which sells items featuring the mascot, Oscar. Kind of feels like Disneyland. Sentosa really knows how to make money man.
We then proceeded to Cafe Del Ma which is located just outside our hotel. We chose to hang out on one of the beds on the beach and the bed was rather wet. I order Pina Colada and Dear got himself another funny drink, Irish Cockscrew, if I remember correctly. Basically, it is Irish Stout mixed with rum and some alcohol. Tastes shitty. While chilling on the bed, narcissim acted up again and we started taking pictures and that included the coconut trees that were above us.
Dear has really put in alot of effort for our anniversary this year and I really appreciate it. Dear bought me a necklace and I made us a pair of bolster covers which are made of satin, embroidered with our initials. Something nice to hug and to remind of each other every night. hee...
Thank you for everything Dear!!!! Luvya!!!!! *muackzzz*
My attendance for the Pink Army gatherings has always been rather poor but I will always make an effort to turn up for our Xmas Eve gatherings. Attendance was rather good this year except for Chuyun and Moreen who are overseas. We went to the Outback Steakhouse@Millenia Walk where the food wasn't as nice as I thought. I ordered ribeye steak and I only managed to finish half of the dish.
The topics that we, or rather they talk about nowadays are so much different than before.
"How much is that bag of yours?"
"I went to this so and so country and ......"
"I am working in this so and so company and ....."
"When do you intend to get married with him?"
"Have you applied for a flat?"
"How do you intend to get married?"
I should started working soon I guess....
After dinner, we exchanged our Christmas gifts. As they did not know if I was joining them, I wasn't included in the gift exchange. Thus, I was prepared to sit at a corner and be out of the picture and drink my wine solemnly. Little did I know they actually bought small gifts for everyone!!!!!!! So guilty as I was, I was happily accepting the gifts when I actually went empty-handed!!!!!!!! Girls, I am really sorry k? I promise I will repay you double next year k? =p
We then went to the nearby pub, Paulaner which is supposedly known for their self-brewed beer. The pub was a nice place to chill out, especially with their live-band which had rather good singers. Basically, we were sitting around and chatting while waiting for the clock to strike twelve (especially Daixing). I was getting bored and decided to take some pictures and that started the ball rolling. (A lot of the pictures are yet to be uploaded as they are in the other cameras.) Unlike the past years, all of us left straight after the countdown. We used to be able to stay up for the whole night, have breakfast and take the first train home. But it seems rather impossible nowadays.
These are the gifts and cards I received from the Pink Army this year. Basically, most of the cards commented that my attendance for the gatherings was poor and hoped that it will improved in the coming year. Yes girls, I will do it and do ask me out if there are any gatherings k? I must say the girls have put in alot of effort in the gifts, especially Wyn and Junie. Junie bought stockings which contained sweets and stuck our initials (cut-out felt cloth) on them. Wyn made a card which consists of cartoon characters which represented each of us in Pink Army. Apparently, Daixing drew those characters on Wyn's notebook during secondary school days and she still kept them till now. She asked her boyfriend to trace and colour the characters and to design the card. But of course, she was the one who paid for them.
So which cartoon character do I belong to? Yes..it's the ugliest one...the Bulldog!!!!! (second from the left) Freaking hell....
