Merry Xmas and updates!

Merry Xmas!

No time and mood to blog since Friday and was away over the Xmas holidays with Web at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel. It wasn't too bad and will consider going back if the rate is good. This time I booked at $148+++ which was surprising quite a good bargain considering its festive season. The room size was so so but at least the check in was fast and service good. The included breakfast was good too, except couldn't eat alot in the morning.

My breakfast items:

Nice decor of the Brio cafe where we had our breakfast.


Got 3 cute items from Web for Xmas - a remote control holder, happy feet dining set and a crumpler camera pouch! Web wrapped them himself and its a good accomplishment!


Checked out ard 2pm and took a nap after I reached home then went out again to have dinner with family and Peggy. Bro is still overseas and coming back only tomorrow so we asked her out. Later decided to include my parents since they have nothing on and its Xmas. Went to this HK cafe at Novena Ville and although prices are quite steep, the food was suprising nice! So far been to several HK cafes in Singapore but none has got the HK standard. HK cafe food is generally quite ex in Singapore, probably coz its restaurant style. Their 1st branch is at East Coast and was apparantly quite popular and crowded.

Peggy then drove to Novena Square for the after dinner stroll and we checked out the new Velocity wing. Nothing great coz not much shops as the area is not too huge. But at least Novena Square draws more crowd now. Went home after buying bread for breakfast tomorrow.

Saturday
Watched "Night at the Museum" at GWC. Quite a funny and somewhat touching show... can watch. We then shopped abit at GWC and walked to the nearby food centre (Zion Rd Food Centre) for dinner. We had passed by this food centre several times but haven't really got chance to walk there and try. Surprising the crowd was ok and food nice, probably coz parking is not that convenient there. Its just across the road from GWC (the side where the bus stop is to the direction of Orchard). After that we took the shutter from GWC back to Marriott hotel and walked abit around Wisma. Managed to buy a pair of diamond earrings for Hui's ROM at Lee Hwa. We were there at the right time coz they were having a 50% late night shopping sale then.

(pictures taken from Hui's blog)

There were too many people and nearing 10pm so we left for home.

Friday
Met Web near his office after work and we had dinner at one of the coffee shops serving hainanese chicken rice near the Chinatown open air food street. The food was good and price reasonable.

We then walked abit around Chinatown then to the open field beside Fook Hai building where there was a Lion Dance troupe "点睛" ceremony (had to do this b4 a lion head can be officially used to perform). There were about 100 lion heads for the ceremony and they had a dinner for the guests as well. We had intended to walk to the nearby Telok Ayer CC for the restrooms 1st while it started drizzling then getting heavier as we walked. Ended up we watched the ceremony from the CC and then walked back to Raffles Place and took a train back.