60th month and counting

To mark our memorable 60th month together, larling suggest we go for a cable-car ride - something which we've not tried in our 60 months of courtship. We've rode cable car in HK, Korea, but not Singapore (There's 10% discount for Singaporeans! Hehe). The ride might seem boring here, but it can be quite fun actually. Since we bought the round trip ticket, we can alight at Mt Faber and/or Sentosa, before heading back to Vivo. We took a scenic stroll at Mt Faber then walked around RWS. We were dead beat after walking for so long. A superb way to remember this day.

The start of our trip..

Jewel cabins streaming in.

I think they just revamped their cabins, I remembered the cabins weren't that posh and clean back then.

Very excited!!

Bird's eye view of Vivo

The cabin is very spacious, and now they don't pack the max headcount into a cabin.

So we have ourselves to the entire cabin

The journey to Mt Faber took only 15 mins at most?

Not even enough for me to take 10shots/ enjoy the scenery

Cherry blossoms that looked like Japan

Fantastic view from the cafe sitting on Mt Faber.

Stroll at Mt Faber

The uncompleted Reflections by the Bay behind us.

Spotted mini Merlion at Mt Faber!

How many merlions do we have exactly?

Give a peck to the little merlion

Left Mt Faber and headed to Sentosa

Beautiful sunset

Our Merlion needs a good scrub.. it wasn't this black 10 years ago

It was super crowded at RWS!

Snaking queues were spotted at every restaurant.

Quirky statues beside Hotel Michael

RWS really provides a one-stop service - Casino, theme-park, exhibition, theater, beach and hotels all in a place. No wonder MBS is having a tough fight with RWS.

Lollipop tree outside Candylicious store.

Candylicious is a sweets haven for all kids and those who loves candies and cutesy stuff!

The nightview of RWS looks like a magical kingdom from atop

Dinner at Vivo's Shin Kushiya.. Larling insisted on a good dinner to end the day.

Their bbq is fabulous.

Salmon belly and tuna sashimi

Beef udon

Our BBQ platter

The way they bbq really brings out the char-grilled flavour.

We like the mushroom and pork best

Happy 5 years my love!

A walk down Club St and Clarke Quay

Again, we went out sourcing for some inspirations for our photoshoot locations. But we're still unable to find that right feeling. Those places don't mean anything to us cos we seldom frequent those places. Our wkends are normally spent in Orchard and town areas.. Can't expect us to choose those places? The crowd is perpetually there, how to have a shoot there?

Anyway, our wedding date is tentatively fixed on 10 March 2012 at Shangri-La. We've yet to view the ballroom and discuss details, but we are quite decided on Shang. Initially I didn't want to choose Shang due to the high price tag but after much considerations, Shang gives the best ambience and I feel good with them.

We started drawing uo our budget and we were stunned that it came up to a whopping $80k!!
Getting married is definitely a costly affair if you want to have a decent grand wedding.
Oh well, like what larling said, it's once in a lifetime.......

Had a cup of Teh Halia at Mr Teh Tarik's before heading down to Club Street.

A nolstagic place.. used to come when I was still with DT, now it's too far for me.

Larling's new bag.. touted as the LV of camerabags..

erm what's the brand again?

Hadley pro?

This is the main reason for coming to Club St..

We thought there'd be a Agnes b cafe but end up it's their main office and they are undergoing some renovation works

Club St has many rustic vintage shophouses.. Very pretty but doesn't have any traces of our memories..

On a random note,

Z4 as our wedding car seems a little squeezy..

Moved on to Central for dinner..

Central has lots of Jap restaurants.. since larling had cravings for shabu shabu, we headed to Tampopo's steamboat branch..

While waiting for the soup to boil

Shabu shabu in the super tasty pork bone soup

Look at the mountain of foooood

Our platter of black pig and veggies.

Tampopo's black pig is really reknown for its fragrance and tenderness.

The steamboat can be used to cook ramen!

It's quite fun doing up our own ramen.
The ingredients are even included:

Tadaah.. Our self-cooked ramen

Their highly recommended dessert..

Light chiffon cake

Took a stroll down Clarke Quay after dinner..

I think this is our first or second time strolling along that river?

Clarke Quay is having the Sch Hols bazaar and I got this at $15:

No it's not a cushion..

It's a balloon-stool-chair

After pumping the balloon manually for 15mins, it finally inflate into shape

Cute isn't it?