A group of my friends recently got together to celebrate one of the girl’s birthday. Firstly, we had dinner at Olive, a restaurant located at Labrador Park.

Labrador Park is most famous for its underground tunnel to Sentosa, which was dug during the 2nd World War. Unfortunately, the tunnel is not opened to the public; nonetheless, you can still see some “old” bunkers around the park.

That was my very first trip to Labrador park, it kinda looked a little creepy. Well, after all, quite a number of people died here during the world war.

Anyway, as for the restaurant, Olive, the food was okay. I wouldn’t say it was great, but it wasn’t bad either. But, I will not travel all the way to Labrador Park just to dine at Olive. I had mushroom-and-prawn-pasta done in Al dante style which was pleasant. We also shared some starters – Caesar salad, Portobello mushroom and fig-with-Parma ham.

What left an impression is fig with Parma ham as I never had fresh fig before, and the usual combination that other restaurants serve is rock melon with Parma ham. The fresh figs were sweet and crisp. In fact, I find the sweetness of the figs really complemented the Parma ham. Unfortunately, the Parma ham was dry and not that fresh, thus, it was a little kill-joy.

Talking about Parma ham, recently BF bought quite a chunk from the new Culina at Dempsey road (I have not been there yet!) and oh my gosh, they are so fresh and yummy!

BF and I are HUGE fans of Parma Ham, we can eat and eat and eat and die of dehydration! (Parma ham is super salty) and previously, we always lament that it is impossible to find fresh Parma Ham in Singapore.

Until the new culina@Dempsey comes to our rescue! Anyway, I will definitely hop over to Dempsey this weekend and check out all the good stuffs!

Hmmm, this time round, I must remember to bring my camera!

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This is so weird… all along I have a “love-hate” relationship with New York. New York is like an abusive, manipulative, bad-boy BF who is brad-Pitt-gorgeous and great in bed.

Seriously.

I still remember vividly when I first arrived in New York; I was like “Yeek, UGLY city!” So god-damn dirty and people are ridiculously rude AND pretentious. It took me almost 3 months to appreciate New York for its buzz, diversity, fuck-it attitude, and its… *gasp* beauty.

New York is really, truly amazing. Shopping is great (if you can afford it), food is fantastic. You can find GREAT and I mean, blow-your-mind-GREAT restaurants of different cuisines all around the world. The nightlife is unbelievable. I watched so much ballet and opera to last me a life time. I watched Madonna LIVE in concert at Madison Square Garden.

Everyday in New York is exciting and you'll never know what/who is going to throw in your way.

THAT is what I love about New York.

And after staying in New York for slightly over a year, many people have asked me whether I will like to stay there again.

Strangely, the answer is “no”

I don’t think I can handle its craziness, noise, filth, zest and energy. They are all too much for me.

Given the choice, I’ll rather stay in the country-side, some place like Margaret River in Perth or Burgundy in France, where I can breathe fresh air, eat my home-grown vegetables, drink my self-made wine; where I can play with my 2 dogs and 3 cats in the morning sun; where I can look at endless greenery and feel my space and existence in this world and not having to share that with anyone.

Guess I am not that competitive anymore. Guess I am getting old.

Shape’s 10km run on 9Sep07

Stupid me. Forgot to bring camera!

So, yesterday I went for my first organized run of the year – Shape Run 2007 for women only. In total, there were a total of 6000+ women who took part in yesterday’s run and I was one of the many!

Although the run was supposed to be for ladies only, there was this one angmoh GUY, who made the effort and took the trouble to dress up as a woman! A really ugly one though… he wore this long and curly wig, ridiculous make-up, a baby-pink Tshirt, a short white skirt and to top it all, a pair of screaming, BRIGHT pink leggings. He looked absolutely hilarious! Oh, of course, he had HUGE, fake boobs, most probably stuffed with toilet paper or something.

What a sport! Wish I had a camera with me to snap a few pictures of him. Damn.

And there was this another guy who was running slightly ahead of his girlfriend (outside the barricade) to take pictures of his girlfriend for the whole of the 10 km run! Wah… so sweet. Mine was at home snoring away. Talking about SUPPORT huh?

Anyway, I was a little disappointed that I couldn’t clock less than 1 hour for my 10km run. I haven’t got my official timing yet, but according to my watch, my timing should be around 1 hour and 4 mins. Sigh, couldn’t pick up enough speed during the last 3 km of the run.

Nonetheless, I completed the run without stopping to walk and actually felt rather fresh after the run. Although at one point, I nearly vomited the banana that I had for breakfast. Yeek… no more bananas before a run!

All in all, I had fun and will most probably do it next year again! ;p