Hehe for my birthday, I just did my hair!!! soft-rebonding... as my previous permed-hair looks so dry and messy... Now I just need to wake up in neat straight hair, no more troubles... Yeah!!! Hmm but most people say I look better in perms... which I am looking at for my next year hair-do..
PS: Thanks to my colleague for buying me Reds voucher for my birthday!!! hehe Thank you.
I celebrated my birthday with my family at Hua Ting restaurant at Orchard Hotel. This restaurant served cantonese cuisine. I love this chinese restaurant's double boiled soup... Hmm... the honey glazed baked pork with nuts is also fantastic... and so is the french bean with fried golden mushroom. Beef is not so great... The mango duck and wasabi prawn was so-so...
The last time we came, we drank the shark bone soup was great but abit expensive (cheaper then shark fin soup and so different from shark fin soup!) , but is a one-in-a-life-time experience...
Dan brought me to Desire at The Scarlet Hotel (a boutique hotel at on Erskine Rd near Club Street) for dinner on the 27th Aug to celebrate my 27th birthday.
This restaurant is very cozy, it has a very unique decor with red and black as the theme color.
For Appetizer, Dan had French Onion Consomme: Clear onion soup served with cheese ravioli and caramelized white onion. I had my ALL-TIME FAVOURITE Desire Duet: Pan seared foie gras (Ya Ya... HIGH Cholestrol.. but I cant help it... anyway it's once a year, should be ok!!) and warm foie gras custard (I know, foie gras custard sounds abit gross but its really good, taste abit like chawanmushi.. haha) with poached pear. They served freshly baked bread (still warm!!). They had olive bread, sun-dried tomatoes bread(My personal fav) and onion bread.
For the main course,
Both of us had beef tenderloin - Char Grilled Chateaubriand: Center cut beef tenderloin with potato rosti (WOW!!! The rosti is puuuurrrrfect), sauteed mushrooms in porcini jus topped with bordeaux butter (This butter is so yummy!!!)
We then shared a dessert which is yet my another ALL-TIME FAV...Creme brulee. We ordered the Chestnut Creme Brulee: Chestnut custard topped with a layer of caramelized sugar crust and walnut gelato sandwich. Dessert, I must say is not really good... I have tried better Creme Brulee... Quite dissappointing...
After dinner, we went to dempsey hill and had a drink before heading home!!!
2 weeks ago, Dan told me that he had a call from Aramsa Spas at Bishan Park for a free trial... He knew me too well... haha... Sure want to go!!!! So as predicted, I ask him whether I can also go for that trial... Then, he called me back saying no problem!!!
So I postpone my spa at Rustic Nirvana on the 25th Aug to go to the Armasa Spa with Dan.
The spa is situated at inside Bishan Park. We first went for gym classes then Dan said that we better be there early because he doesn't know how to go to the place!!!
When we arrived to the spa, the therapist show us to our locker to put our stuffs and to change.. The toilet was beautiful, the shower area has a garden outdoor feel and they have those huge shower heads that I like!!!!
We first at a foot wash with lemon salt. They told us that the session will take about 2.5hr!!! (I was thinking, WAH free still give 2 person free and 2.5hr!!! Couldn't be) But I was in a "too-relaxed" mode to think any further.
We first at this herbal full body tumeric and rice scrub, then there was this yoghurt mask. It was the first time I did a yoghurt body mask... Hmm.....smelt so YUMMMMMYYY!!!
After the mask, we had a 60 min massage.... and finally an outdoor garden soak.... There was this huge jaccuzzi area with rose petals in the tub.... and the area was so romantic except for the occassional lizard sounds!!!! haha...
I told Dan... WOW this is better than the spa we went at Krabi!!! I told him we could come back here again after our wedding!!!
Then about 10min, there was this gal who came in holding flowers (she pass the flowers to Dan), that is when I knew kana bluff liao!!!! haha... The whole FREE spa package was a bluff... He bought the couple package to propose to me!!!! haha.... Then he ask me those usual stuff la "blush blush" haha... then give me the flowers and the ring which we early went to shop for!!!! hehe... (I wanted to choose my own ring just in case I will get shocked by not liking the design.... hehe we are very practical!!!)
I asked him on the planning process, he said that he came to the spa a few times during the weekdays evening to view the spa area!! So he pretended he did not know the area to make it more real!!! So the receptionist and therapist actually knew that he was going to propose... hehe "blush blush"... Hehe this time he really suprised me!!! (I always say that I always pretended to be suprise as I normally can predict him... hehe bad right!!!) So happy!!!! hehe "blush blush"
Now come the not-so-romantic part!!!! hehehe Me la, got abit of low blood pressure plus I was hungry so when I came out of the hot jacuzzi area, I felt the room spinning, broke out in cold sweat and felt the room darkening!!! so the therapist went to take cold water for me!! but after 10min, I was feeling great liao!!! Hehe so not romantic right!!! haha
Hmm after the spa, we went for dinner and went to meet Dan's sis, Ruth for Karaoke at K box until 4am!!! haha siao right!!! sing from 10pm - 3am... then went home!!!!
