FashionFastForward sent us some awesome vouchers with awesome perks. If you’re the first 10 to use up all the vouchers, you will be rewarded with 10,000 F3 points!!! And do you know what that translates to? An awesome $400+ voucher~ *eyes open wide*

The promotion starts on the 4th and that happens to be Rina’s Birthday. What a perfect timing! Shopping spree on birthday~ <3

If you are a F3 member and have yet to receive the vouchers, just pop by any outlet with your member card to collect them.

Our stint started at 10:30am with Topshop, followed by Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins, Ben Sherman and back to Topshop. We managed to use up all the 8 vouchers at 1pm! Along the way, we were pretty worried as we saw some other girls carry MS and DP’s shopping bags while we were at our 1st stop. Thankfully, at our 2nd last stop Ben Sherman, the staff told us we still stand a chance be in Top 10. After making our purchase at BS, we rush off to Topshop again to use that very last voucher. Hehehe. We pray hard. *fingers crossed*

After 2+ hours of massive browsing, trying and walking, we settled at TWG for lunch. Been wanting to have tea there for the longest time ever but always had no chance to.

It was a friday afternoon and they were full house. (too many ‘tai-tai’s!) We had to wait for seats.

I opted for the lunch set while the girls chose Wagyu Burger.

Pan Seared Saddle of Lamb. The meat was just nice – tender and juicy. It went well with the potato pancake and sauteed spinach. It comes in 3 little portion which makes it more delicate.

Wagyu Beef Burger accompanied with fries and fresh salad. The fries tasted like McDonald’s, in my opinion. The beef patty was normal.

Homemade Chestnut Entremet served with blackcurrant sauce infused with Earl Grey Tea. This chestnut sweetie didn’t impress me on the first bite but a few later. You can taste the light and aromatic sweetness of the chestnut, well-combined with the berries. <3

We surprised the birthday girl with a mini heart-shaped cherry mousse. The staff were really nice to sing her a birthday liner too!

My full lunch set cost $35++ with a main, a dessert and a tea.

Food is reasonably good but limited in selection. The teas and desserts are definitely 2 thumbs up. Hopefully I will get to go back for tea some time soon!

TWG Tea Salon & Boutique
ION Shopping Mall
2 Orchard Turn, #02 – 21

After the fulfilling lunch, we went on walking around Orchard.

<333 the girls.

Finally checked out the Smoky Palette from Make Up For Ever. I wanted to get it from Sephora US and after waiting for more than a month, Sephora emailed me saying it won’t be released. ahhhuh..

I was shocked when I saw the palette as it’s really tiny~ But the colors were so pretty! It’s retailing at $88 but the staff told me an Indonesian lady bought all of the 10 pcs that was left. Oh well, it’s either I travel to MBS outlet or probably get it from KL? Anyone going soon?

2-tone top – BKK chatuchak
candy skinny belt – oh! poupeé
maxi skirt – random shop
metal cuff – H&M 

Amy bought this yellow circle stickers and I started drawing silly smiley faces on them! Amy says the one on top right looks “pa-jiao”. LOL.

Here’s my loots!

Scooter Tshirt from Ben Sherman –  Lace Dress, Wool Shorts, Accessories from Topshop, Diamond Design Tights from Dorothy Perkins. I also got a Yankee Candle diffuser from Takashimaya.

Have I told you how much I looooooveeeee Yankee Candles!? My favourite scent is Mistletoe and I got the diffuser as they didn’t have the candle ones. My room smells sooooo good now~

Oh yes, Marmalade Pantry, I’m back! I wonder what took me so long to make a return visit!

It was a highly anticipated affair for me. I had a list of dishes in my mind but to my disappointment, they served only the brunch menu on Sundays! (not too sure about Saturdays)

Battered Cod, Mushy Peas with Bacon Gribiche
This came with disappointment upon seeing the size of the fish. Also, it was too oily.

Steak Sandwich with wasabi mayonnaise, caramelized onions and rocket
Nothing to pick on. It’s worth a try. The vegetables chips were interesting.!

Crabmeat Linguini with pine nuts, tomatoes and chili
This is KING! We give it 10/10~ We loved it so much that we ordered another serving.

Sticky Date & Toffee Pudding with vanilla ice cream
The star for the night! The pudding is not exactly as what it means. The texture is very similar to sponge cake but denser and kinda melts in your mouth though. The sweets of caramel, date and toffee is just so excellent. The girls found the taste similar to ‘huat-kuai’ but nevertheless, find it irresistible too!

Here comes a lil’ surprise for the birthday girl~

Cinnamon Spiced Apple Cake with cream cheese frosting
The cream cheese frosting is soooo good. I love it on carrot cakes too.

The big family photo – 4 generations. Grandma is carrying her youngest great-grand child.

I love big families. There’s so much warmth and fun at each gathering. And such a family photo just puts a smile on my face. My grandparents have 6 children – 4 daughters and 2 sons.

Well, I’m thinking if I could give birth to so many. Better find a rich, doting and responsible husband!

We settled for Korean BBQ which I had a craving since Shanghai (I couldn’t find a good Korean place comparable to this).

The appetizers. Kimchi~ Kimchi~

The BBQ meat. They have servers to do it for us. Heh.

We ended the meal with a nice hot seafood noodles soup.

Halfway through the meal, Amy said that she needed to leave earlier as she’s catching a movie and Rebec commented that she don’t mind going back earlier since there’s work the next day.

Okay, I felt really disappointed. But I’m understanding, if she really wants to spend some time her with boyfriend. So, they hurriedly left before desserts were served, while me and MJ continued with the meal.

I seriously did not detect any amiss. Everything went normally – we took the train back to Tampines. And upon stepping out from the control station, the surprise came. The 2 girls popped out in front of me with a bouquet of rose and a cake!

I was so shocked and surprised!

They prepared a sparkle stick as my birthday candle! There is no way to blow it off, so I could have as many wishes as the sparkle goes on? haha.

The lovely rose bouquet and the birthday ‘angpo’.

I love my girlfriends! Thank you for the specially planned surprise!

On a side note, don’t you find the Hello Kitty polaroid films extremely adorable!!! so kawaii~
Hello Kitty only weigh 3 apples. haha.

My parents have stopped buying me a cake for almost 10years. Ever since I started dating – I’m always out on the day itself.

Besides, too many things have happened over the past few months and I guess the cake would lighten the mood.

I bought the durian cake from Angie the Choice, at the same time satisfying my durian cravings.

I lighted a single candle and made a wish.

On a side note, my mom seem really excited about the cake. It felt like her birthday instead of mine. haha.

And I got to check out LUXY with some other friends after the celebration.

I look huge. Blame the guy who took the photo, and myself for eating so much.

the dance floor. rock it baby.

host cum rapper.

I find the dancer on the left, in pink, extremely hot!

LUXY feels like Dragonfly + Butter Factory.

Happy Birthday Rebecca!

For the fun of it, we posed for the shot. (You know me, I don’t usually do this. lol.)

Happy Birthday. May this year be soaring high for you. =)

porcelain white cream-smeared sponge cake.

and 3 not-so-artistic artists…

presenting Amy’s birthday cake…

The pretty birthday girl!

I reckon I should head down Hong Kong for a day since i’m so near and therefore I grabbed a early morning train ticket.

Met up with the girls for Dim Sum brunch. I was frantically finding my way from the train to MTR and people there speaks mainly only Cantonese, which i’m poor at. Ended up, I spoke English to them and they replied in Cantonese. Luckily, I still made it to Causeway Bay safely. haha..

This dim sum place is totally awesome! Everything was good and yummy! =)

It was also Janice’s birthday! Shu Heng and Danielle got 2 slices of cakes and had to bargain for the candle. -_-”

bleaming away…

fooling around. haha…

Love you girls!
It was such a great brunch with you all! It definitely felt comforting meeting up out of shanghai and getting a break from work. wished I had more time in HK.

After brunch, the girls went off for their cycling trip while I spent the last few hours shopping!
Bought a pair of heels and a bag for myself + lots and lots of goodies from Qi Hua and Heng Siew.
The traditional biscuits and egg rolls are so yummy!

Once again, I rushed madly back to the train station. My train was scheduled to leave at 4:25pm and I hit the entry at 4:15pm. *phew*

After returning the Guangzhou, it took such a long time to clear the immigrations and it left me rushing again for my flight. -_-”

I’m heading back to Singapore tomorrow. I CANNOT WAIT TO BE BACK!