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Thanks to Andy, I got the chance to attend the Orange Clove Blogger's Night at Botanical Gardens on the 16th April. The main point of the event is to let us blogger's experiece the catering service provided by Orange Clove.







































They had a small lucky draw session where they were giving out 6 bottles of sparkling wine, Romina Lychee. And I do not expect myself to win a bottle at all! XD No photos of the wine as I totally forgot to. :P












Alright, shall end off here. Till my next post. :P

其实，每年到了这个时段，我是又期待却又希望这一天不要来临。

因为自己的生日快到了。

我会期待着今年会是怎么度过。会收到几个祝福的信息。

可是，我却也不希望这一天。因为是我存在于这个世界的日子。

我并不喜欢这个世界。或者我应该说我的家吧。

家人不会帮我过生日。

小时候会至少有个蛋糕。

就坐在我现在打字的位置，看着自己的蛋糕，自己唱着生日歌。自己许愿。过程不超过而是分钟。当那时候的我，却已经很满足。因为还小吧，所以就算是自己唱着歌，自己吹蜡烛，自己切蛋糕，至少脸上是带着笑容的。

随着年纪的增长，慢慢懂事了。

希望的也更多。

可是那个蛋糕，不再是理所当然的。

我必须去要求，就算不过生日，那个蛋糕不能少。

18岁时，我至少还能要求要请朋友在家里和我一起吃着火锅庆祝。就因为是18岁，还有一定意义的年龄。

19岁，就这样默默的度过。因为是实习时期，大家都忙。至于家里，两个小小的蛋糕就这样充数。没有血缘关系的外人，还比自己的母亲有心。买了个大大的巧克力蛋糕给我。

记得去年8月，朋友举行烧烤会来庆祝自己的生日，可是因为预算问题，没有人买蛋糕。我明白在生日时，一个蛋糕是多么的重要。所以就二话不说的去买了一个蛋糕。过生日，怎么可以少了蛋糕呢。

其实我并不奢望。因为哥哥们也是这样。他们自从21岁生日，热热闹闹的庆祝后，就没有在家里过生日了。生日时，他们都是与朋友度过。

今天已经是22号了。再过7天，就是我的20岁生日。虽然说并没有21岁那么的重要。也毕竟是我踏入‘2’头的年龄。

不过我想今年的蛋糕，我应该会自己去买吧。因为我不想再去要求了，我不要像乞丐似的，去乞求一个生日蛋糕。

我不需要奢华的生日会。

我要的只是一个蛋糕，还有朋友们的祝语，有人唱生日歌给我听。不需要有贵重的礼物，有心意就行了。就那么的简单。

每个人的生日都意味着每个人的存在。每一天都有个新生命诞生，而那一天就是他们存在的证明。

我好想找回5岁时的那个笑容。可惜，已经不可能了。因为没有了天真和单纯，现在只有复杂的思绪，和因经历而成熟的思想。

我想找那个发自内心的笑容。。。可能吗？

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Ice Cream




There are many others of course, that's just 3 of them. XD

Headed to lunch with G+ peeps last friday over at the Mushroom Pot for lunch buffet! XD I am not sure about you guys, but I am a mushroom lover! Hence, I was really excited for the meal! Mainly thinking about all the yummy mushrooms! XD





The five dishes shown above are mainly the starter (top left) which is the Wild Mushroom in Thai Sauce if I am not wrong. The rest are the house specials, from clockwise: House Special Beef, Crispy Squid with Wasabi Sauce, Monkey Head Mushroom in House Dressing and Fried Mushroom Veggie Roll.

Out of the five, I really like the Fried Mushroom Veggie Roll, the rest also agreed and we even ordered a second plate! XD






Then it's the main course! The Hot Pot! We are given 5 different kinds of wild mushrooms out of the 20 types available! Also, there's beef, chicken, pork and fish slices, different kind of vegetables, handmade meat/prawn/fish/squid balls and alot more selections! Along with 2 different kind of soup base! The wild mushroom soup and the spicy ma-la soup which I really liked! I liked spicy stuff! XD






What's a good meal without dessert! I had this Apple flavored gelato which tastes really refreshing! XD It's like white chocolate coating on the outside and the ice cream is inside covering a chocolate center. Yums!



That's everyone there at the lunch! XD

Had a really fulfilling lunch there! Would really consider to go back to the Mushroom Pot again for either lunch or dinner! XD I personally felt that the food is really good and most importantly, healthy! XD

Not forgetting the vegetarians, you can request for a vegetarian pot too! XD


Check out http://www.mushroompot.com/ for more details on their menus and promotions! XD

Hi all! I was at the Nuffnang Symposium held at SMU last saturday along with Ash, Andy and Jing Long.

We reached quite early and here's the sticker tags we got to identify ourselves and the blogger we are there to listen to.





Though it's not very obvious, but we're all there for Xiaxue's talk! XD




We were given ice cream sticks to vote for the best 'Happiness' photo, and this is photo is taken during registration. Actually, just looking at the photos, it's obvious who's the winner.




Do-Re-Mi. LOL!!




The symposium started off with an intro by the emcee of the day and a speech by Huiwen. Then the top 5 finalist came up on stage to give a small speech about their photos too. After which we break for tea before heading to the respective rooms for our 'lecture'.




Our lecturer of the day. She shared and showed us her photo-shopping tips with herself and kennysia as an example!




Look at the final product! LOL!!




My lucky draw no. But never win! LOL. The lucky winners are no.47 and no.222.




And here's the winner of the happiness photo contest! He well deserved it as the photo is really nice. But it's obvious that he's a Dslr user too. LOL.




Sitting at the first row for the talk.
By the way, during the talk, someone was on the phone. So XX went: ' Is someone on the phone? Don't think I don't know ar. I blog about you!' This sent the whole hall into laughter.




And here's a group photo to end the day!

The Symposium is a great event!

And the s90 is indeed tempting. LOL.

Hi everyone! I am sure you guys have read that I have been to the Trishaw Ride under the Bras Basah.Bugis Night Out event previously thanks to the invite to OMY.SG.

This time round, they organized a Hippo Bus Tour and thanks to Hong Peng for bringing me along, I get to go on board the Hippo Bus for the first time!

We met Andy and Don for lunch at Plaza Sing KFC and saw Ash and Jing Long there! XD After our lunch, we make our way to National Museum and since there's still time, we decided to take photos! XD







Soon, it's time to go on board the bus!