My parents have been in this business since before I was born at the same coffee shop. With more than 30 years of their own recipes, from the original Wan Tan and Dumpling noodles, to the current variety of Minced Meat Noodle, Fishball Noodle, Lor Mee, Fried Kway Teow and Laksa. With five noodle variations to serve daily, the two of them finally exhausted their energy.

This is a big part of my life, through their hardwork they hold the family together, brought us up, and put my brother and I through schools up till a diploma for me. I’ve never (maybe I did, perhaps once or twice) told them how much I cherish and appreciate their love and will forever be grateful.

Since we move to Sengkang some 12 years ago, I rarely go visit them at the stall. Today, I did, for the last time.

If you haven’t tried or have tried and love the taste, please do try head down for one last time. The last day of operation is on 29 May 2012, Tuesday. They start business from 7am to around 2pm (while ingredients last) from Monday to Friday.

Coffee Shop at Blk 206 Toa Payoh North

Try it before its gone!

Starting May, shu uemura is jump starting a massive island wide sampling campaign for its face architect smooth fit fluid foundation. Coupled with color consultation from professional beauty stylists, more women will be able to experience the foundation at a new discovery price of $65, previously $75.

The shu uemura smooth fit fluid foundation contains 100% mineral pigments proven to provide effortless precise fit with fresh watery sensation. The new “blend and fit” technology in shu uemura boasts spherical powders to fill in visible and surface smoothness – no shine no fade all day long. It allows for matte buildable coverage that additionally provides natural origin emollient to improve the smoothness of the skin.

I tried it and have to agree that it provides the ultimate coverage for most skin imperfections. Get the flawless coverage to last all day with no shine or fade whatever the weather outlook for the day with shu uemura face architect smooth fit fluid foundation.

Available at all shu uemura beauty counters island wide at the new reduced price of S$65.

It’s going to be a crazy weekend! Not sure if I should lock myself up so I can prevent myself from entering a local scrapbook store.

At Made With Love, Plaza Singapura

At Scraplicious, Parkway Parade

(Damn I want that Cameo machine!)

Someone please stop me from going out on Friday and Saturday!

Make-up is always the last thing in my mind when I’m planning for an outing. Even if it’s when meeting my girlfriends, who will doll-up and make on make-up, in town. When I do put on something, it’ll be minimum, with some powder coverage and concealer to cover my forever black dark under eyes and some lip and cheek color.

I do however have a very bad habit to buy a whole new set of cosmetics when I need to put on proper full makeup; for weddings, dinners and such. Most of these ended up used a few times and then into the trash. Only selected few get to be used on days where I need to go out for meetings or for formal events.

Lately, I feel that I need to start dolling myself a little else I’ll end up looking like a older hag than I am now. The little will include concealer for the dark under eyes, foundation for the coverage and a lip color to brighten up my face. shu uemura new lip colors came just at the right time when I was looking for a new shade to add to my collection.

My pick from the 36 shades of the rouge unlimited range is BG941. A beige shade that fits me pretty well.

shu uemura rouge unlimited collection indulge in a revolutionary formula that provides intense, long-term moisture. The ‘moisture lock cream’ creates a barrier layer that keeps three ‘moisture active’ ingredients close to the lip surface. These three moisture actives are jojoba seed oil, ceremide and shea butter.

From nude to bold, the new rouge unlimited lips colors are for all women who say it best with their lips. The new rouge unlimited has a sleek packaging, while maintaining its initial philosophy of providing convenience. With a transparent convex cap, it allows one to know the color in a single glance.

The new rouge unlimited range is available at all shu uemura beauty counters island wide at S$39.

After two years, we were back in Bangkok couple weeks ago. This time we decided to indulge a little more and took SQ instead of Tigers. And we stayed in the Space Zone at Baiyoke Sky Hotel instead of Tango Vibrant. It was a very short trip but one of the best we had in Bangkok. Thanks to the surprising nice weather while we were there. The cool breeze outdoor resembles the winter afternoon in Hong Kong and the shopping malls were all blasted with coolest air-condition! Some shoppers were even in thick jackets, which was a little over IMO.

View from our Space Zone room at Baiyoke Sky Hotel

We took the trains in Bangkok for the first time, and it sure did help speed up on transportation time; skipping the heavy traffic jams on the roads. If only they will soon figure out a way to have one standard ticket for tourists to use on all the different trains instead of having to buy tickets at every single interchange.

Single trip token for train ride in Bangkok

Highlight of this trip was to visit their newest shopping mall at Asok (right at the foot of the train station), Terminal 21. The shopping mall is HUGEEEE! The stalls at every level matches the country that level is themed after. There’s Rome, Paris, Tokyo, London, Istanbul, San Francisco and Hollywood all in one mall! Even the toilet (and its cleaners) were furnished and dressed as themed! Every corner you go to (yes toilets too) you’ll see shoppers taking photos and camwhoring. Great mall for photo opportunities if you’re heading there. Sharing some shots I took with iPhone 4s at Terminal 21.

Japan themed level - Fortune cat

FRANKly speaking, I’ve never been to such chic place to pick up my plastic! Thanks to OCBC, I had my first plastic shopping experience at their third FRANK store at Vivo City. The first thing that caught my eyes was the huge touch-screen at the entrance. It resembles one of those vending machine where you pick your favorite snacks from. This lets you pick your design for your FRANK card!

If you are not the touchy touchy kind of folks, get into the store and pick up some real cards then slowly decide which design to use for your FRANK card. Pick from over 130 designs with designs from cute and cuddly, quirky to wild and bold. I had a tough time picking mine that day!

For FRANK Credit Card holders can choose to exchange their reward points for cash rebates or vouchers. They can also use the all-in-one VISA payment card to take a ride on trains and buses as well as withdraw cash and sign or tap for purchases.

For those who would rather not spend too much “future” money can opt for the FRANK debit card which comes with a FRANK account. One key feature that attracted me to this FRANK account is the savings goals sub accounts where we can apportion our savings for different purposes. I’ve yet tried this out at this point since I only just received my FRANK card and pin. Will update again when I’ve time to explore this further.

Go check out the cool designs for FRANK card at FRANK by OCBC website. Be warned! They are too hot to resists! *ahem!*

Oh and join them on Facebook too!

One of the Japanese restaurant at basement 1 of NEX, under the big umbrella of Shokutsu 10, a Japanese food street concept outlet by the people behind Kuriya and Shimbashi Soba, otherwise known as RE&S.

Kabe No Ana claims to be THE original Japanese spaghetti house established since 1953. With over 80 varieties in their menu, you ought to find something you would like to try in there.

Kabe No Ana - The Restaurant