Throwback day out with girls

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! :)

K-Drama fever

For those who know me, one thing significant about me is my craze for anything Korean. Ever since I got into the K pop craze when my Korean friend introduced to me - Haru Haru by Big Bang back in 2008, the rest was history I could say. Right now, I'm no longer that into K-pop but I still love the cuisine, the language and the people! Although I have not been to Korea before but I have been diligently taking Korean classes. 안영~ =)

Ok, enough about my Korean craze. Let's talk about the dramas that I've been watching recently. Sadly, the big dramas of the year just ended - "The Heirs" featuring so many big names including "Lee Min Ho". At first I thought the show wasn't appealing enough to me, firstly cos' I'm not a big Lee Min Ho fan and yeah I thought it would be your typical "Rich guy meet poor girl" storyline. But luckily, the scriptwriters did not disappoint us! :) The drama had such a nice ending to it! Love it!






Another drama I really liked initially was "Marry Him if you Dare". Somehow or another, I'm quite a Yoon Eun Hae fan. Love how versatile her acting can be, just like how she portray her character in "Miss You" (2012), I knew she was one actress who can deliver up to viewer's expectations. Show's concept was quite interesting, with Mi Rae (Yoon Eun Hae) 's future self travelling back in time just to try to stop an unhappy marriage only to discover many drama along the way. Sadly, the ending wasn't up to my expectations >< However, I did enjoy "Lee Dong Gun" charismatic acting! Somehow I really like older, matured actors (around 30+ years ago) who can be so charming in a way :D Yong Hwa's acting was kinda disappointing in this drama in my opinion. Hope he'll have better roles in dramas in the future!

Dramas currently airing

I think for Korean dramas, the more blockbuster dramas comes late in the year. After "The Heirs", dramas like "Bel Ami", "My Love who came from the Stars" and "Miss Korea" and "Prime Minister and I" looks quite promising. Just a penny of my thoughts below..





"Bel Ami" (Pretty Man) ★★★☆☆
I was totally excited for this show because the Main Cast is no other than "IU" and "Jang Geun Suk"!!! Who wouldn't be attracted to this show! Watched the trailer before it started airing and I was just so excited. HOWEVER, sadly, I felt the drama did not get me hooked. The storyline was boring, humour factor wasn't there too. And being someone's that easily bored, I WAS BORED IN THE FIRST TWO EPISODES ALREADY. What a bummer.. Had such high hopes for this drama but just didn't like the story. However I really like "Lee Jang Woo" in the drama whenever he gets smitten over "IU", such a cutie :) Anyways, I stopped watching around episode 4/5??? Good if you liked it, just my personal preference.




Miss Korea ★★★☆☆

Oh yes, love the main I must say! Featuring "Lee Yeon Hee" (love her role in "Hello Schoolgirl" and "Lee Sun Kyun" (absolutely love him in "Pasta"!) Take note that the drama portrays Korea in 1997 which explains the weird dressing and all. So basically "Lee Sun Kyun" is the director of a Cosmetic line trying to find business while being chased by hooligans due to the unpaid debt. His colleagues then suggested of nurturing a "Miss Korea" to promote their products, hoping that they can get some investors somehow. Haven't watched much into this drama yet to know the whole storyline but I guess it's worth watching(?), given the great cast and hopefully storyline. But on a honest note, I'm a bit bored in the initial episode, hope that it would get more interesting than this!




You who came from the Stars★★★★☆

Featuring oh-so-popular "Kim Soo Hyun" (who shot to fame after acting in Dream High along side Suzy) and Jun Ji Hyun (who came back after 14 years away from the drama series!).
First thing first, I'm totally not a Jun Ji Hyun fan, didn't like the Dream High series and of course never paid attention to him. But maybe this drama will change my view. Judging from the first two episodes, this seems like a pretty good drama! There's a sense of humor in the drama which I liked and let's see how the drama progresses! :)



Prime Minister and I ★★★★☆

Didn't had high hopes for this drama. Perhaps because I didn't expect much from many singer turned actress people which in this case is Yoona from Girls' Generation. But...... Turns out that I really enjoy Yoona acting in this show! She really portray her emotions really well and especially when she have to act for her crying scenes due to her family problems. She has definitely improved so much in her acting, kudos to her! Another reason why I didnt expect much from this drama was that she was acting beside such an OLD actor. I wasn't being bias or what, and I think "Lee Bum Soo" should be some well-respected veteran actor in the k-drama world. But sorry! I do not know who he was previously. Never seen any of his works before. But quite amazingly, he really portray his role as a Prime Minister so well that I thought was rather charismatic! *O* Haha really like it during scenes where he speaks with so much justice and passion to serve the nation! I'm sure Yoona is slowly swooning over him as well!! Haha and the supporting actor, Yoon Si Hoo is such a cutie as well!!!!! Seems like there would be a love triangle!! :) Side track: Supporting actress "Chae Yeon Ah" looks so much like Boa in the drama poster somehow, am I the only one that think so? Haha

That's my take on the current dramas based on the initial few episodes that I've watched so far, hoping that my top two favourite "Prime Minister and I" & "You who came from the stars" wouldn't disappoint us!

Cafe adventures: Windowsill in the woods

Located at 78 Horne road which is actually very near from Lavender Mrt, Windowsill is a must try with their all famous pies!



















Really love the theme of the cafe, lots of wood was used to create the "woodsy" feeling and yes do expect a crowd on the weekends.







The pies were really unique, nothing like I've tried before. Maybe perhaps in Singapore, pies aren't quite widely offered yet(?), so are pies the new thing now? Nonetheless, it's worth a visit for their pies, from a selection of 8 flavours, we chose the Mint flavour (also known as Grasshopper) and the S'mores flavoured one. The pie's crust was nicely baked however the pie filling itself was too soft for my liking, it's my first time so not sure how it would normally taste like.

Do check out their range of flavours from their website before heading down! http://windowsillpies.sg/pies/

Ciaos~

Make-up junkie - Nov faves

1) Banila & Co. Cc cream




So finally I've got myself a CC cream, after spending so much time researching, I settled on the Banila & Co.'s CC cream. First of all, I must say that I really like this brand, read somewhere that among the vast Korean cosmetic brands, this is a better than average brand in the market. By average, I actually mean brands like Etude house etc. Previously, I bought their make up base in shimmer and I repurchase another but this time in the original one. I think Banila & Co. never fail to deliver!

Why I like it: SPF 30++, creates fairer/less duller look, not greasy! Creates a good base before I apply my bb cream

2) Real Techniques Make-up brushes







Well, I actually stayed away from using my Lancome liquid foundation for some time already. But ever since I got my hands on these brushes, applying liquid foundation has never been easier. The brushes were light-weight, application is effortless and foundation just went on like a dream. Yes it's thattttttt good, I've never own much other brushes besides my ecotools brushes to say this. But these brushes are some really good stuff! Try it and you'll know. Actually, I've always wanted to buy Sigma brushes but they cost a bomb, I got the "Core collection" set which only cost like $32 (check out http://www.under-twenty20.com), don't you think these brushes are such a steal? :) Oh ya, imo these brushes were created by famous makeup youtuber - pixiewoo (honestly, I've got no idea who's she, but thanks for making these brushes! :D)

Pretty much for my Nov faves! Tadah~ :)

Bijin Nabe @ Plaza Sing extension

Nowadays we see Collagen products ranging from drinks, pills and now even steamboat. Yes, STEAMBOAT. Bijin Nabe (a.k.a 美人锅, Beauty pot) has another branch at Chinatown besides this PS one..

Shop looks really Japanese (duh) and service was good as well, waitresses wore something that looked like Kimono to me. But only downside is............ THE QUEUE. When me and Jasmine arrived there, we were on this waiting list and we waited around 30-45mins.. haha, so yeah be earlier or just avoid the dinner crowd. Before 7pm, they were full for the night already O.O



Interior of the shop. Pretty small imo, but really love the Japanese feel to it.



Their speciality is the Collegen steamboat and they have some other items on the menu but we just tried the Steamboat only. Ordering was easy, the steamboat includes everything you see from the picture above and we just had to choose the noodles we wanted. Simple!



Here comes the Collagen filled "pudding" as they called it. Doesn't really look appealing as it sounds like.



Put on a really grumpy face because I wasn't really keen to eat that "blob-of-what-looked-like-fats" to me at that moment. Haha!



Managed to forced a smile :)



So the Collagen pudding actually melts into Soup form and it is unexpectedly super tasty! Expected it to be oily with all that Collagen content but no~ didn't even see a trace of oil. And as what I mentioned about the great service earlier, the waitress would help you to place the food into the pot instead of us helping ourselves to it. Portion was just alright or maybe abit too much for girls (Me and Jas didn't managed to finish).



Before we left, the waitress actually gave us complimentary small cubes of jelly with a cute "Arigato" on a plate. So cuteeeeeeee!



Waitress also passed us a card and apparently after eating a splendid meal there I became the "Assistant Manager" there. So on my next visit, I would be promoted to "Manager" level! What an interesting marketing(?) way! Paid roughly $30 each person but it was worth the visit, but I doubt I would visit it any time soon again.. :P

This pretty much sums up my weekend.

Spend my Saturday evening at MBS celebrating Alexis' 20th birthday! :) First time there and it was a memorable one, thanks for inviting me Alexis!!! It was a difference birthday experience, really pleasant to have a group of close friends celebrate your special day with you rather than a big rowdy crowd. Not saying i prefer either but it was just really special. The view outside was great too, we could see 'Gardens by the bay' just right outside our window.







Obligatory shot in front of a Christmas tree.







Tiara. Supposed to be "Princess" themed party.







Posing for a picture in our not so "Princess" dresses.







Happy in the suite room with the beautiful cake. Too bad I didnt get a close up view of it, it had this dainty princess sitting on top of it and "ALEXIS" spelled in gold across it. Really pretty.







First time up at the FAMOUS Infinity pool. I wonder when will I ever get the chance to go up again.. The view was indeed magnificent. :')






Ordered past midnight desserts. How sinful.







Last shot with our goofy faces :)

Goodnights.






1 John 5:14-15 NCV

And this is the boldness we have in God’s presence: that if we ask God for anything that agrees with what he wants, he hears us. If we know he hears us every time we ask him, we know we have what we ask from him.