Being a Singapore Tour Guide!

Ok, I have quitted my job. And now, I am a tour guide in Singapore, bringing overseas tourists/visitors on city tours around Singapore. And this was what I wore last Saturday to take an overseas visitor around. The outfit was certainly a reflection of what a bright and sunny day it was! :)

Feliza the tour guide.

Enough of joking around...

Yes, I was a tour guide, but only for a day. My overseas friend was in Singapore and I decided to play host and bring him around. And in the midst of doing that, I started taking photos of some Singapore sights. 

So I met my guest at Oasia Hotel (which I think this hotel is ideal for a staycation!), and I brought him for lunch at 2004 Novena Peranakan Cuisine, a restaurant that serves part of my heritage food. We had the Assam Pedas Fish Meat, Ngoh Hiang (MUST TRY!), Chup Chye, Bawan Kepeting (which is actually meatball soup. Again, a MUST-TRY!), with Chendol and Bubur Pulat Hitam as our desserts.

We made our way to City Hall, where we visited the Esplanade building, or also known as the 'Durian'. Afterwhich, we walked along the river towards the Asian Civilisations Museum, where I led him to the Sir Stamford Raffles statue. And boy, I was glad I remembered what I studied in Social Studies - Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore in 1819 (which I proudly shared this piece of information and more, with my friend). :p

Though I was supposedly playing host to my friend on that day, I felt like a tourist myself! Heh! Taking the river cruise on the bum boat and taking pictures... Re-learning the history of the bridges that link both sides of the land, as well as the various buildings and statues that could be seen while cruising along the river!

Taken while on the boat. 

There would be a video shown sharing snippets of information of the various sights that we would see as we passed by.

The Singapore Merlion, with the Fullerton Hotel in the background.

View of the buildings in the Central Business District (CBD) from the boat

View of the ArtScience Museum and Marina Bay Sands (MBS)

View of the Helix Bridge

(Which I remembered how the design and name came about, which I was more than happy to share it with my guest),

With the Singapore Flyer in the background..

The bum boat which you can see in the picture above was the one that I was on! When you purchase your boat ride ticket, you can tell the ticketing person where you would like to be alighted. For us, we decided to alight at MBS and explore the place.

By the riverside

This was an accidental shot, which I was rather pleasantly pleased with it.

I didn't know that my camera app was still on, so this was snapped even without me realising it till I looked through my phone's photo album when I was back home.

 

We walked around MBS before we stopped for a chat over ice-cream at Cold Rock Ice Creamery (MBS, #B1-60). And before we knew it, it was close to 7pm and we decided to head off for dinner+drinks.

Took this by the extension area on the Helix Bridge. 

I love the whole 'feel' of this picture, along with the elements of the skyline, sea, boat and buildings

We went to one of my favorite chill-out places... Lantern. It is a rooftop bar located at Fullerton Bay Hotel. We were in luck! The cabana seat (big round cushion seat facing MBS) was available... On a Saturday night! The view was good as my guest would be able to catch the laser show that went on at 8pm and 9.30pm .We drank and chatted till late, before I sent him back to the hotel.

And to end this post, a photo of me after a long day. Ciao! ^_^

Dinner at Everything With Fries (EwF)

Had a 'catch-up dinner' with my Uni pal  Xuan at Bugis Junction recently, and we decided to have our dinner at Everything with Fries (EwF). Despite hearing so much of this F&B establishment and planning to dine there one day, I have not gotten the chance to do it till that evening.

We were famished by the time when we met. The after-work road traffic was not doing us any good either. We waited for a good long 20 minutes before our food was served to us. But before our plates were served to us, the pretty young waitress mistakenly served it to another table. And to add on, orders from 2 other tables were served to them first despite that we arrived and ordered earlier than them. :(


Xuan chose beef for his mains, and this dish was actually one of EwF's specialty dishes for the month. His fries serving was prepared with truffle oil, and it was quite a strong taste, but still acceptable enough.

But what was not acceptable was that the meat was prepared in the well-done manner although Xuan chose to have the steak medium-rare. Thus we gave our feedback and got the replacement after 10 minutes or so. One thing I like about EwF was that the pretty waitress was very pro-active to refill our glasses with water haha! And she's so 'smiley'~ :p

The 'replacement' steak

My order: Char-grilled Char Siew.

Handrolled pork belly roulade, char-grilled with garlic sauce.

The pork only had a slight hint of fat, and I liked how the skin was so crispy. The meat and sauce blended well together, and I liked how there was the sprinkles of cheese on my greens. As one can choose either shoestring fries (those thin ones like McD) or the thick-cut fries, I chose the latter. One can also choose from a variety of flavors for the fries - Original, Garlic, Sour Cream and Onion, Salt and Vinegar and Curry... Of which, I chose the curry flavor and it was FANTASTIC!


Despite that I was super hungry, I couldn't finish my meat. Perhaps the serving was too large, or that I was enjoying my curry fries so much that I kept eating them and had no room in my stomach for more meat! :p


We didn't have desserts as we were way too full (though I did thought of trying their popular Nutella Tart initially, another time perhaps!). Speaking of desserts, I am craving for chocolate molten lava cake now... Arghhh!!

What else is nice at EwF?
Share with me and I can give it a try next time! ^_^
Heard that they do not use process patties... Tried their burgers before?

Everything with Fries outlets:

40 Lorong Mambong (Holland Village)

458 Joo Chiat Road

Orchard Central

Bugis Junction

The Last Saturday of April

The Saturday me :)

Went to a baby shower and got a Chloé 3-piece gift set for the lil girl.

Wore out one of my favorite toga dresses!

Wore my new pair of Aldo wedges that I bought 2 weeks ago
while out on a shopping trip with my Sis. Pics of it later! <3

 

Lunch at Sushi Tei, Bedok Point

Had a late lunch today at the Sushi Tei branch at Bedok Point. It was my first time at Bedok Point, and I must say that there are a good number of F&B establishments present. Have anyone of you been there? It is conveniently located near the Bedok MRT and bus interchange, about a 3-5 minutes away.

Apart from the usuals that I always order, I also ordered the Crunchy Tuna, which consists of mini bite-sized tuna sushi rolls. It's quite nice, but I didn't like the sauce that came with it. The grilled hotate (scallop) with teriyaki sauce was nice too. I'm still feeling VERY full, even till now. Heh!

This is the Crunchy Tuna. $9. 

The Easter Weekend!

Took up an event assignment over the long Easter weekend, which I have to add that it has been long since I did such assignments. A year, to be exact. This time, it was for an APAC conference by a foreign university alumni. This conference was inaugurated by Minister in the Prime Minister's Office S. Iswaran. Even the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam and former Singapore president, Mr S. R. Nathan, gave their respective speeches to the attendees, during the 2-day event. The conference concluded with a gala dinner which was graced by the current head of state, Dr Tony Tan.

This was my outfit for Day 1.
Freezing cold!

Took these 2 pictures back at home,
which you might have seen in my Instagram (@felizaong)...

Second day was lovely and a breeze at work. Not to mention that I had great company for lunch, followed by a group high tea session at Conrad Centennial hotel.

Went off to attend Jean Yip's 30th anniversary party held at the Jean Yip Loft.

The theme was pearls... Which I put on my strand of double-layered pearl necklace and my usual 'almost-everyday' pearl ear studs. And do you know that my birthstone (for June babies) is pearl? That's why I like pearls. Think Audrey Hepburn and her pearl necklace in Breakfast at Tiffany's. :p

And I concluded my weekend with the purchase of this pair of heels!
Totally LOVE!