Prima Taste Laksa La Mian

After seeing Prima Taste Laksa La Mian advertisement on TV (with singer Olivia Ong in it), I was telling BC that I want to try it! Instant laksa, how convenient and yummy is that???

While doing our weekly grocery shopping, we saw it on sale and it was 2 packets for $4.85 and so we grabbed 2 packets to try it out. The verdict: The soup taste just like laksa but less oily (yummy!!!) but I am not a fan of the la mian, think i prefer normal instant noodles or bee hoon in it.



Each packet comes with air fried la mian (which is supposedly healthier than normal instant noodles), 1 packet of laksa premix (white powder which I think is either coconut milk powder or milk powder) and 1 packet of laksa paste. The instruction is to boil water with the laksa paste and premix first and upon boiling, add in the la mian and ingredients and let it boil for 7 minutes before it is ready for consumption. I added some meatballs and fried beancurds as additional ingredients.

From my experience, the la mian really takes very long to be cooked and be soft. Unlike instant noodles whereby you can lightly boil the noodles and serve to maintain the firmness of the noodles, you cannot do the same way for this. The la mian has to be boiled until it is soft otherwise it will be too hard.

Prima Taste Laksa La Mian is definitely a good convenient subsitute to the conventional laksa sold in shops. The laksa taste is there but not as strong, which is fine with me. For you guys who prefer authentic laksa, can consider giving this a try, it's really not too bad. :)

Rob Thomas - Little Wonders (Meet the Robinsons)

Kaypoh Eden

Yes, Kaypoh Eden did it again......... When I say she did it again, I meant that something happen to her we had to bring her to the vet AGAIN!

I was keeping some stuffs in the storage area beneath our king size bed this afternoon and we did not realised that Eden managed to came into the room and was actually looking into our storage area. As me and BC bring down the board supporting our heavy mattress down to close the storage space, we heard a horrible scream from Eden! Her paw was in between the storage space and board!!!! We quickly lift up the board and inspect her paw to see if there is any cuts or bruises.

Lucky for her and us, there were no bruises but we were unsure if any bones were broken or sprained so we had to make a last minute trip down to the vet just before they are closed for the day to be sure. After inspection by her usual vet at Mt Pleasant Animal Clinic, the vet advised that she is fine and we need not worry. In fact, she was STRONG enough to cling on to her carrier when we wanted to bring her out and place her on the examination table and she was FAST enough to run to a corner and hide when the vet want to examine the way she walks and see if she is limping.

We felt so relieved to know that Eden is ok......... Dammit, this is what we call CURIOSITY KILLS THE CAT. But Eden is alive! Heng ah!

X-Men First Class

You guys should know by now that I am a fan of super hero films, and I am especially especially a fan of X-Men. Just to let you in in a small fact of yours truly.... I was actually a collector of X-Men comics in my secondary school days. I still remember I will save my pocket money to get the X-Men comics from this comics shop in Bras Basah Complex (I am not sure if this shop is still around) and I love my comics to bits then. They will always be in plastic wrap with a cardboard backing to maintain it in optimal condition. But I sold them away during my uni days when we shifted to a smaller place and I still remember it was quite a hard decision for me then.

Sorry for digressing and back to the main topic of this posting which is the movie, X-Men First Class. Both me and BC agreed that this is an EXCELLENT movie. It showed how Charles Xavier (Professor X) and Erik Lensherr (Magneto) became friends and eventually enemies and how Charles Xavier lost the use of his legs. You can expect excellent graphics and guest appearances from some of our familiar X-Men characters so be WOW by it!!! Go catch it, this is definitely money well-spent!


On a side note, movie tickets in Singapore is getting ridiculous!!! Weekend tickets at GV cost $11 each!!!! Good thing they had tie up with various banks whereby you get to get the tickets at a discounted price (we paid $8.50 per ticket by using POSB card to make the payment), and the disadvantage is that if we book our tickets online, we will not be able to enjoy this discount. The only way to enjoy tickets at discounted rate and still have the advantage of pre booking the tickets is when you purchase the HSBC movie card with a HSBC credit card. With the HSBC movie card, not only can you book tickets online at GV website, the price per ticket is only $7.50!!

Hot hot weather

Singapore's weather is starting to get hot and humid lately that I can do nothing at home and still sweat while sitting down. Seriously, due to global warming, I can already feel the differences in weather comparing now against just 5 years ago. It's scary to think what is going to happen to us 10, 20, 30 years down the road.......... Are we going to be totally burnt?

The weather has been so hot that I even noticed that my kitties at home can be a bit grouchy at times. Titus is perpetually sleeping and I wonder if it is due to the heat, Simba only turns alert when it's meal time and Eden...... oh.... this lady is having some serious mood swings! Lol. And she is always finding any chance to sneak into our room if our air con is switched on, smart gal huh.

Given the hot weather, you should check out how the following cats keep their cool! (Source)

Thomas Sabo

I have like charm bracelets for a while and have always been looking at nice charm bracelets from Agatha, Thomas Sabo and others. However, the tricky thing about charm bracelets are:-

1) The charms are usually not cheap (in the range of $30+ - $100+ per charm)
2) You will not stop at ONE charm, SCARY!!!!

So anyway, I never dare to step intp Thomas Sabo although I know they have a huge variety of nice charms because 1 of my friend who like charm bracelet told me their charms are not cheap and she will get it only if she goes HK because it is cheaper there. I hate the feeling of going into a shop to check out the prices and leaving without buying as I always feel the salegirl will be throwing dagger looks at me as I am leaving the place because I am a cheapo and not buy anything.

My best pal in office, L is also a lover and collector of Thomas Sabo and she offered to accompany me to check out the charms at Thomas Sabo @ ION Orchard after our dinner. Always feel safer with company to check out stuffs....... hehe. So I was so spoilt for choices there!!!! There were 3 full display cases of charms that I literally went crossed-eyes! Luckily, there was a catalogue available in the store showing all their charms and PRICES..... I like it...... I can check out the charms and prices at my own time and target.

So after slowing browsing through the catalogue at the comfort of my home, I have shortlisted the following 8 charms (need to get the bracelet as well)

1) Alphabet 'R' charm for my name
2) Small red heart charm
3) Black bag charm (since I like bags)
4) Pink crystal flower charm (because I like the pink)
5) Lucky charm ( I need this)
6) Lipstick charm (because I am a makeup junkie)
7) Cross charm (to remind me of my faith, lol)
8) Cat charm (I HAVE TO GET THIS!)

And guess how much everything will cost if I get it all????




Guess lah.............















Still not guessing?????














Ok lah, I tell you! The 8 charms will cost $550 in total !!!! *collapse on the floor from heart attack*. And this is not taking into account the bracelet I need to get for the first time at $59!

This is an expensive obsession......... Gosh......

Paradise Dynasty @ ION Orchard

Thanks to L who purchased and shared her Groupon coupons, we got to eat yummy xiao long baos and 8 coloured mix flavours xiao long baos at Paradise Dynasty at discounted price which is a very good deal. One thing about Paradise Dynasty is that they do not accept table reservations thus we have to be prepared to queue for a table. To avoid the dinner crowd, I reached Paradise Dynasty at ION Orchard before 630pm in order to get a queue number to get a table. Lucky for me, I only waited for 5 mins and I got a table for 3. Yeah!

Since there are 3 of us (L, BC and myself), we can afford to order more stuffs and share in order to sample more varieties. We ordered 10 xiao long baos and 8 coloured mix flavours (by using the Groupon coupons), 生煎包, dumplings in chilli oil, la mian in pork broth and sliced pork and 上海炒年糕.

The 8 coloured dumplings are really unique and the flavours are original, garlic, ginseng, foie gras, cheese, black truffle, sze chuan and crab roe. As we were sharing, there are some flavours which we do not get to try. I only had original and foie gras and I find the foie gras flavour not too obvious. BC tried ginseng and did not like it as he find the ginseng taste really strong.

I quite like the 生煎包 although I felt the size could be slightly bigger. The skin is not too thick, filling is juicy and the bottom is nicely pan fried with the slight crispiness. La mian in pork broth is nice as the noodles is just nicely done (not too soft and just firm) in a tasty broth which it obviously cooked for many hours as the essence of the meat is so in it.......

Last but not least, we have got to have dessert!!! But it was from 'Once Upon a Milk Shake'! I have heard so much about their milk shake that I just have to try it. BC and myself shared a cookies and cream milk shake and man, it was thick! We had to let it melt a bit before drinking it since it is pretty thick and challenging to suck up the straw.