HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS!

Was transferring my photos to my computer and had to create a new "2012" folder and I just can't believe how time flies!
I ended the 2011 year in a rather special way this year because 29th is hurhur's birthday and 30th is our first year anniversary.

So these two dates sum up a very good reason for something different than usual,
and so we did!
We had a short local getaway and not sure if it's a good thing or not,
but we had consecutively three days of pampered food!
Wouldn't complain cuz I couldn't think of any better occasion to spend a part of the savings. (ok maybe including my girlfriends & family :p)

Here was what we did for the last Thursday & Friday of 2011:

29TH DEC, THURSDAY
TIME CHECK: 12 NOON
I gave hurhur a lil surprise at around 1pm by asking him to meet me in town because I booked a night's stay at Grand Park Orchard for this short getaway,
and it turns out to be one of the best location hotels.
Will elaborate more later with peektures!

So i checked into the hotel first before he even knows it,
and already had a day of simple activities planned out.

For this casual day out, I was dressed in an absolutely comfortable outfit!

Love this minimalist piece in a gorgeous dark lilac shade from Chandelle House!
Fits nicely on the body shape and material is so comfy.

Not just that, I wore the dress with a new pair of causal weave wedges which is currently my favourite pair of wedges, no doubt!

it's truly one of my LIGHTEST pair of wedges in my shoe-drobe now and thank you Xquisis for bringing such a pair!
And isn't that what we all love?
Light (can walk for long hours, and yes it's real comfy!), wedge with platform in front (ease on the arch of our feet and better stability, yet giving us height),
and I totally adore it's unique weave design!

TIME CHECK: 1.30PM
The first stop was actually to dine in at Ippudo @ Mandarin Gallery for lunch, but it was madly packed so the plan changed to lunch at Arteastiq instead.
Food was not too bad, but it's more for the light lunch kind- sandwiches and all,
but I have to say their Le Quesadilla was soooooo delicious, one of the best definitely!

 

The Le Quesadilla!

This was not too bad, but the foccacia bread was a lil burnt & hard.

TIME CHECK: 2.30PM
Like i have mentioned, the location of the hotel is superb -
such as those good food places are all around the area, particularly Mandarin Galley & Paragon which are just opposite & beside the hotel respectively.
Besides that, I thought it would be a good hotel to stay as well cuz he can safely park the car there (complimentary parking by the hotel),
and we can just go to those places we need conveniently via walking.

So yes, divulged the secret plan, and brought him back to Grand Park Orchard to check out the room!

 

Booked the deluxe room but got an upgrade to the premier room at the Crsytal Club Floor.

Going in…..!

The room was nice and cosy, pretty romantic with all its dimmed lights actually.

So…the birthday boy received his gift on the very afternoon too – The IPAD 2!

 
Hello cubey, you owner really loves you!
(i asked him to name the it, he entertained me and named it cubey)
Welcome to the Apple Club, bee (it's his first apple product!).

And my plan of giving it to him in the afternoon worked just right and I kinda like how we spent the entire afternoon unboxing the ipad,
doing some installations, exploring it together- in fact i love gadgets too! ;p

Before we knew it, hours passed and I brought him out for the next plan.

TIME CHECK: 5.45PM

Paragon is just directly opposite us when we exit from the entrance.

And this was the next plan- an hour massage at Spa Esprit!

Massage and tea.

TIME CHECK: 8PM
I was in fact contemplating to bring him for a good dinner or so, but figured out that it might be as nice for a coza affair in the hotel room too.
So to make it even better, I called along a couple of common friends to surprise him by the door with dinner (bluff him that we are ordering room service heh),
and it turned out wonderful!

Feasting with these- Chicken pizza, Spaghetti alle vongole, crabmeat linguine, calamaris, tori-q, Salmon sushi and gong cha! <3

Have been wanting to try COVA Pasticceria (Confetteria Singapore) cakes for the longest time,
and finally got the chance to!

Heard they are really known for tasty and pretty desserts,
so i ordered a small birthday cake for hurhur.

Night ended just simple with friends and food in a cozy room!
Hope he likes it

30TH DEC, FRIDAY
TIME CHECK: 12 NOON

Rise and Shine!
Didn't book breakfast with the room because I wanted to bring him to one of my favourite brunch places- WILD HONEY.

Dressed in a flora sundress from Chandelle House, and I always love sundresses actually.
Just that it's not as common around as last time, and this is one lovely piece!

Wild Honey was as usual madly packed, and we had to wait for about half hour or so before we got seats.
Went to do a lil shopping at Cine Leisure for Cubey's clothes and I spotted my one of my favourite sweets- the strawberry flavour!

Couldnt resist getting a pack!

TIME CHECK: 1PM

love this place still!

Food came, and these two are a must try in my opinion!

Sweet Morning- French Toast with stuffed Mango, accompanied with maple syrup, berries sauce and cream.

European- Eggs Benedicts. And this is my TOP favourite.
Maybe because i love eggs (minus egg yolks), ham and bread, the Hollandaise especially, and mushrooms! (not all eggs benedicts come with mushrooms)
I must say the ham they used are pretty different as well, and this is worth the penny!

We spent the entire afternoon doing shopping from  313 Somerset to ION Orchard,
and our plan was also to have dinner early because we were both craving for Ramen!
He's more of a Ramen fan than me, and I can't believe he hasn't tried Ippudo- which is the best ramen i have tried so far in Singapore.

So to visit Ippudo and make sure we don't spend too much time queuing (or rather, not queue at all),
we went at 5PM plus.

TIME CHECK: 5.15PM

The white bowl is the original broth, but the red one is the enhanced broth.
Trust me, I think you will prefer the red bowl's broth!! :p Remember to add the egg!

That was how we spent the final Thursday and Friday of 2011,
and guess what's my new baby-  Canon S100! <3

Thank you for the anniversary gift! <3