Okay there's seriously been WAY too much updates about the election on my blog. What the fuck happened?! I am supposed to be apathetic and frivolous. This just wouldn't do. I shall talk about work instead.

So I don't like to talk about my work too much here because.. well I don't know. It feels like boasting and that's annoying (or I could just be projecting since I loathe it when that "friend" on FB keeps spamming with pictures of the events/food tastings he's been to) but I just gotta talk about this. I was lucky enough to be one of the first few people to try out the 8-course degustation menu at L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, helmed by Joel Robuchon who has, get this, TWENTY SIX MICHELIN STARS. TWENTY SIX. He has like 9 restaurants around the world and all of them are either 2- or 3-star Michelin restaurants. So anyway they've decided to grace Singapore at RWS and oh god trust me when I say it's probably the best meal I've ever had in my whole life.

It started with a foie gras amuse-bouche which essentially was frothy foie gras. I literally went 'oh my god' at the first spoonful and thereafter spoiled for all foie gras for the rest of my life.

And this is the salad which I finished. I think that about sums it up.

Amazing prawn fritter thingy

Another spectacular dish. Cheese+asparagus+quail egg sunny side up. I cannot even begin to describe how delicious this was. And when I say this of asparagus you know I mean business.

Creamy soup, with zero use of cream and a hint of citrus oil. HOW MANY TIMES CAN I USE THE WORD AMAZING.

Probably my favourite dish of all. Seared cod that retains its shape like a steak even after cutting into it but with unbelievable tenderness.

Oh god I completely suck at this unpretentious food writing thing. I AM SO BAD AT FOOD WRITING.

Anyway.

Another favourite. Quail stuffed with foie gras and a dollop of mashed potato on the side. Imagine the best whipped potato you've ever had in your whole life, and then multiply by a million. That's how excellent this mashed potato is. I would actually pay for a bucket of this mashed potato to be brought home.

Dessert! okay I have to admit I can't remember what this is exactly, so.. the only weak point of the entire meal?

The final item of the menu

And you know what they say about the French and their food presentation? Absolutely 100% accurate. These photos were taken on my piece-of-shit Blackberry and they still looked fabulous. The food takes credit; my Blackberry gets none.


BEST MEAL OF MY LIFE EVER AND EVER. SPOILED FOR FRENCH CUISINE FOREVERMORE.

George Yeo: ""What Singaporeans are facing now is not an emotional dilemma but a moral one. We need to think carefully if we want Singapore to continue the way it is.""

DEAR PAP, UP TILL TODAY, I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN A SINGLE COMMENT ABOUT HOW YOU PLAN TO IMPROVE AND GROW THE COUNTRY. ALL I'VE SEEN ARE SHODDY EXCUSES FOR PAST MISTAKES, REFUSAL TO IMPROVE, SMEAR CAMPAIGNS, AND SUBTLE (AND SOMETIMES NOT TOO SUBTLE) FEAR MONGERING SPEECHES AIMED AT FRIGHTENING PEOPLE OUT OF VOTING FOR THE OPPOSITION. IF YOU ARE REALLY OH-SO-WONDERFUL AND "CONCERNED" FOR THE PEOPLE LIKE YOU'VE SAID, SHOW ME THE BIG PLANS. SOLVE THE DAMN RISING COSTS PROBLEM, AND THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE (whoever said that people can get on MRTs, it's just a matter of whether they want to or not seriously needs to give themselves a slap in the face) AND NOT GIVE ENDLESS SPEECHES ABOUT WHY WE SHOULD NOT VOTE FOR THE OPPOSITION. TELL ME WHY I SHOULD VOTE FOR YOU. GIVE ME A REASON TO NOT WANT TO MIGRATE OUT OF THIS FUCKING DICTATORSHIP-RULED OF A COUNTRY.

Muse wrote this song for Singapore's opposition, I'm sure of it.



Rise up and take the power back
It's time the fat cats had a heart attack
You know that their time's coming to an end
We have to unify and watch our flag ascend

THEY WILL NOT FORCE US
THEY WILL STOP DEGRADING US (lol tell that to Balakrishnan)
THEY WILL NOT CONTROL US
WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS

Lol dear PAP, I seriously don't need anymore reasons to vote your sorry asses out of the parliament quit giving me ammo. But hey, since you insist, I will list it out for you.


1) No Mah Bow Tan, pubilc housing is not affordable in Singapore. And the fuck is that patronising and arrogant tone of "which other housing minister in the world can say that"?

2) Your refusal to acknowledge the LGBT group in Singapore when they wrote in asking for your position on LGBT rights, which brings me to

3) Hey Balakrishnan guess what, a) not just gay people care about gay rights, keep up with the times and b) trying to play the gay card and smear the name of your opponent just reeks of desperation and frankly, I expected more from you since you're not one of those fucking annoying old fogeys that's been running around for eons. LOL guess I was wrong.


All through this entire election period, I have heard nothing about what's going to be changed from you people. All I see are excuses for past mistakes, insistence that current policies work, and attempts at smear campaigns. I don't care for your upgrading because I live in a house that's new. The only thing I care about is that I can afford a house that I won't be paying until the day I die, and that the country is not governed by arrogant fuckheads who are in power not because they are capable of change but because there's simply no one else better to take the place. And since I'm obviously not getting either of that my choice is obvious.

http://singaporege2011.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/prc-workers-have-to-live-in-hong-kong-for-7-years-before-they-can-apply-for-residency/

IS THIS HOW YOU GET MORE VOTES FOR YOURSELF? THANKS FOR INFECTING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WITH THESE FUCKING LEECHES.



AND LMFAO WHAT IS THIS HAVE YOU COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED YOUR TALENT POOL? WOW THIS IS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO'S SUPPOSED TO BE RUNNING THIS COUNTRY? EXCELLENT JOB, REALLY. EXCELLENT.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY FINISH WATCHING THE ENTIRE VIDEO BECAUSE I HAD TO STOP AFTER 2 MINUTES AFTER THE INTENSE SECONDHAND EMBARRASSMENT. WAY TO REPRESENT THE COUNTRY DUDE. YES THIS IS TOTALLY THE WAY SINGAPOREANS SPEAK AND WE WANT THE WHOLE WORLD TO THINK THAT.

LOVE LOVE LOVE. Xtina is perfection and Adam Levine is adorable

EXCITED FOR MAROON 5!

So much love for this song. Too bad it wasn't a single and hence unlikely for them to play it during the concert :(

LOL Tin Pei Ling is contesting under Marine Parade. Thanks for making this really easy for me, government.

Congratulations PAP, this whole TPL situation where you 1) force fed her down our throats, touting her as the next big star with lots of potential and a "representative" of the younger vote, clearly pandering to people our age, which 2) backfired miserably, causing you to retaliate and essentially calling everyone who's voiced their dislike of her ignorance and inexperience dumbasses and not knowing what we were talking about, subsequently 3) putting her in the one GRC that's about 99% unlikely to ever be lost to the opposition, has officially made me change my stance from "cannot possibly care less about local politics" to "really fucking pissed off with you bunch of arrogant, patronising fuckwads".

In the Hong Kong office in Soho, Central right now and it's just so pretty. Many people think that Hong Kong's cluttered but to me it's just full of character and charm and even though all the shops are squeezed together along tiny cobbled streets, there are surprises at every corner and stores are all charming and sweet. I love it so much.

Oh the office's pretty lovely too, structured pretty much like the Singapore office - open concept and with studio lights like an ad agency :) I don't think I'd ever be able to work in an office that's corporate-style in my life again.

AND YES THE WEATHER IS FANTASTIC. I DONT WANT TO GO BACK TO THE SWELTERING HEAT OF SINGAPORE :(


This never fails to amuse me. I am apparently that predictable.

Random event:
Me: "Oh food!"
Random writer: "Oh hey look there's parma ham! Your favourite"

Just now:
HK Colleague: "So how are you guys celebrating Easter?"
Me: "Going to my friend's place and drinking and baking shit"
Boss: "And parma ham?"
Me: "HAHAH yes lots of parma ham"

I AM SO KNOWN FOR MY PARMA HAM LOVE :`D

IN HONG KONG!! What an exhausting day. I attempted to go to sleep at 10pm, only managed to do so around midnight, had to wake up at 2ish, and was at the airport by 4am. And I swear to god I am never ever taking anything that's not SQ anymore because even three hours on that bloody United Airlines was more than enough for me to want to start screaming bloody murder. HOW DO PEOPLE TAKE THAT FLIGHT TO CHICAGO. I'D HAVE COMMITTED MURDER BY THEN.

Anyway this is my gorgeous room (or part of, at least) at Grand Hyatt. I kinda want to crash already since I've been up for almost 24 hours but I still need to finish these articles and that presentation. But at least I can sleep in tomorrow :D

Oh wow thank god I checked my air ticket. My boss told us our flight was our 6.55am and I found out it was actually 6.05am. OH GOD NOW I HAVE TO WAKE UP AT ASS 'O CLOCK FOR THE FLIGHT, INSTEAD OF Y'KNOW, SLIGHTLY LESSER THAN ASS 'O CLOCK.

LOL sometimes I have these really brilliant (if I do say so myself) sentences that I know would just work perfectly in the article - if only I had some equally brilliant way to link all of them together -_-

I HATE PACKING. WHY CAN'T MY LUGGAGE JUST PACK ITSELF.

Ahhhhhh I just had the best lunch at Yan Ting. Okay seriously I love my Italian and French food to death, but still nothing beats excellent Cantonese fare. Such comfort food :)

Believe it or not, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing, and four media tastings in a week is an excellent example of this. I love food, I adore good food, good food that's free is the best thing in the world - only not when I have four of them in a row. And if there's anything I hate more than feeling bloated and tired after a lovely lunch, is that I let food go to waste.

Anyway Brawn Steakhouse is absolutely fabulous and if I had the money I'd go there as often as I can.

It's just one of those days where I get a horrible mental block, can't seem to string two sentences together coherently, and end up beating myself up for being a shitty writer. And then I start thinking about career things ten years in the future, and I don't even know whether I'm being irrational or (oh god forbid) realistic. I just know I am extremely irritated with myself right now and I'm going to start projecting this irritation onto many other things, out of which this FUCKING SDU magazine which I got in the mail is right on top of the list. These are my awesome drinking buddies ♥ Oh yes we drink all the time when we meet. In fact Universal Studios day might be the only time we didn't drink. They're very expensive and unhealthy friends to have but so good for the soul hahaha.

(bloody hell why is the collage so blurry)

Labels: random rants

This is going to be a pretty short month. After this week, I'll be off to HK for three days, back for a day at work before it's Good Friday holiday. And then it'd be the week of 25th (MAROON 5!), which means it's 5 days to payday again WOOOOOO.

HEY JGL HEY HEY HEY


Je veux ton amour et je veux te baiser >:)

HONG KONG IN 11 DAYS! \o/

FASHION WEEK DOWN, FOOD WEEK COMING RIGHT UP \o/

I LAUGHED SO HARD I NEARLY CHOKED ON MY OWN SPIT

HEY CERTAIN COMPANIES, IF YOU WANTED A COPYWRITER, THEN HIRE A COPYWRITER FROM AN AD AGENCY OKAY? I HAVE ZERO EXPERIENCE IN COPYWRITING AND IT'S HARD AS FUCK AND I HATE HOW MY OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE NEED FOR PERFECTION IS MAKING ME FRET OVER THIS NEEDLESSLY.

and also cheapskates, copywriters earn like $500 bucks for three lines of words. I'M OBVIOUSLY NOT GETTING PAID EXTRA FOR THIS.