Wednesday, August 12, 2009

A day @Iluma

A day @Iluma
Well, it is a typical sunday and we have been heading to the same few places (Ang Mo Kio Hub, Bishan Junction 8 etc) so we decided to go for a change. My sweet heart suggested Iluma as she hardly explore there so we decided to head there for shopping.

Well, the first thing when we step in is that we felt very cold as the aircon is strong! The place seems quite big and the shops seem quite unique. There is a special escalator that leads you all the way up to the 4th storey. We find that there isn't much stores to shop. There is an arcade and a few restaurants to eat including Empire State (Monkey on top on building), a Japanese cosplay restaurant, a dessert store (cheeky), noodle house and Xin Cafe. We head to the noodle house at first, but it seems normal to us. We decided to try Xin cafe since my dear wants to try.

Our first impression of xin cafe is that the ambience is very nice. We ordered 2 different fried rice (Samba and normal) and 2 cups of mango pomelo drink. The drink is simply tasty and highly recommended.

As for the fried rice, mine (normal) is a little tasteless or rather I can't taste much, but the prawns are fresh and delicious. My dear has a better fried rice (Samba) which has the spice and strong taste, so she likes it a lot. I have to admit hers taste much better. Another good thing is that they are now offering 20% promo until end of sept this year so you all can try bringing your friends to try.

At first we wanted to go and try the dessert store, but we did not as we are so full. We walked up to the highest floor to have a look at the scenery, but the wind is so strong and it is so cold! Hence we decided to head back down to keep ourself warm. Initially, we wanted to watch a movie but there wasn't any good shows for us to watch. The good shows were either watched before or it will release another few weeks later. Anyway, we haven't watch in film garde before. May be next time we can try watching there. We hang around a little while before we head home. The day was short, but we certainly enjoyed ourselves. Thats all for now!

Sunday, August 2, 2009

I passed!

Oh no..this blog is dead. I shall blog about my personal stuff then. I finally passed my driving yesterday! That ends a year of somehow intensive driving lessons. Though yesterday i didn't drive as well as my third attempt, in which my only major mistake was mounting the kerb at S course, i am so thankful that i passed! The TP was quite nice..A few cyclists at the side road could almost cause my failure but he decided to just give me 8 points for it. But somehow i felt that he had in mind to pass me right after completing the circuit items, cos he changed the test route and i didn't do any U turn and did only 1 right turn.

When we went back to the TP room, he started to explain to me my mistakes. I couldn't help but interrupt him and asked him whether i passed. He started to say in a jokingly manner that he wanted me to listen to my mistakes first. Then it was non stop about the cyclist until i thought i had failed again. When i looked at page 1 of the result slip i already saw close to 14 demerit points and there was still another page he did not flip over. My heart really sank at that point of time. But at the end he said u passed..And stop doing all those wide turns and beware of all road hazards. Then he said jokingly that i was born in year 1987 but still haven't passed when people born in year 1990 had already passed their driving!

Really wanna thank all the people who supported me all this while..and for all that had prayed hard for me and most of all God that allowed this to happen. Through all the failures i learnt that safety is the most important issue in driving and through the many lessons that i took, i became more confident in handling different road conditions with the right technique. Most of all i think God was telling me to be patient..to learn to drive well and not just focus on passing the test :)