Part Three, Singapore Trip 2013


The morning and afternoon of May 25, 2013, we went to Bugis Street and shopped for our souvenirs and pasalubongs.



Before ending our shopping spree, we headed to Funan Digital Life Mall to buy one of the things of my wishlist, an Instax Mini. Yey! We left the mall with a shopping bag with my instax in it. hihi Moving on…


Me, Raeza and Tito Rey

We went back to the hotel and rested for a bit before heading to Marina Bay Sands to see the Merlion. We took the MRT going to Harbour Point.


If I’m not mistaken, this is the Helix Bridge



We road a boat going to the Merlion and it was really fun. The skyscrapers were beautiful at night!


The moment we got down from the boat, we immediately took photos with the Marina Bay Sands as our background. Beauty, isn’t it?


And here is the Merlion. I remember during my trip with the class, this was still under construction.


We were surprised that night upon seeing the MBS, firing with lights. We didn’t plan to watch the play but it was too beautiful to miss.

We went back to the hotel with great smiles on our faces because our last day in Singapore was beautiful.

See Day one here and Day Two here. xo,
Karen

Singapore Trip 2013, Part two


If I had to choose between shopping and going to a theme park, I will not think twice and choose the second. Some of you already know how shopaholic I can be, especially when I travel, but there’s another thing about me that maybe some of you has no idea about. There’s this bold part in me that is not going away anytime sooner.- the thirst for thrill and adventure.


May 24, 2013 Friday, was a family day for us. We spent the whole day at Universal Studios Singapore. It was a great time to go there we thought until the rain poured hard on our way to the park.

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Part one

After 2.5 years, I had the chance to go back to Singapore. I’ve been to this country with my blockmates back in 2010 and just this last month, May 23-26, 2013, my family and my extended family took a short vacation in the Lion City. This post will contain a few snapshots on our first day.


Our flight was at 6:25 in the morning via Cebu Pacific. We arrived at Changi Airport at around roughly past 10 in the morning. From the airport, we took the MRT going to Newton Station. We were checked in The Elizabeth Hotel and based on the map we had that time, we thought that the Newton Station was more accessible going to our hotel. Later on we realized that we should have alighted from the Orchard Station.



From the Newton Station, we hailed two taxi cabs -one for us and one for our family friends. It was traffic that time which was a surprise for me because we didn’t experienced any traffic back in 2010. We arrived at The Elizabeth Hotel and was welcomed warmly by a Filipina who works at the reception. Feels good of having able to communicate effectively with our native tongue.


We rested for a while and headed to the Orchard Road. It took us 10 minutes walking from our hotel to the famous luxury shopping spot in Singapore. We had our lunch in one of the food stalls inside Lucky Plaza.


After lunch, we proceeded to our day’s itinerary and went to see the Marina Bay Sands.



Unfortunately, we weren’t able to go up at the skypark because we were already tired and sleepy that day (we woke up at 12 midnight for our 6:25 am flight) so we just headed back to the hotel and slept.



You may not see how tired we were in this photo of me and my sister though. :P

xo,
Karen

Some photos were taken by Kara.

For the love of japanese food… Sigh…After months of drooling over the photos on blogs, social networking sites, print ads and all, finally last April 20, 2013 (yeah backlogged post again), I, together with Cilla, was finally able to taste the famous and pretty much the talk of the town- The Katsu of Yabu at the Mall of Asia! Okay, I’ll just jump into the food part!



On every table, a variety of condiments are available specifically for each dish that will be served. Now let’s go to the entertainment part while waiting for the main star of our meal.



While waiting for our tonkatsu sets, we are told to do Yabu’s “traditional” ritual of grinding the sesame seeds in the mortar. I was really excited on this part! Oh the sound and feel of grinding sesame seeds…. Just look at the photos! Okay, meh, I chose the wrong set of photos because the happy one’s were all blurry. :P



Okay enough with that. We started our meal with a set of appetizers. (195 pesos for two appetizers) I chose the “Edamame”, young green soy beans and Cilla chose the “Wakame”, seaweed salad topped with ebiko, shrimp’s eggs. I’ve always wanted to try edamame just because I’m curious and they were good! The wakame tasted better though and I’m glad Cilla picked that one out.



We ordered two bottomless glasses of their house blend iced tea (95 pesos/glass). It was good too!



Me before digging in to the divine meal of the day and a closer look at the main stars of this blog post.


Cilla’s order: 150g Hire (Pork Tenderloin) Set (405 pesos)
Served with UNLIMITED Japanese rice, miso soup, Japanese pickles, UNLIMITED cabbage with sesame dressing and a bowl of fruit.



My order: HIre and Seafood Katsu Set (485 pesos)
Served with UNLIMITED Japanese rice, miso soup, Japanese pickles, UNLIMITED cabbage with sesame dressing and a bowl of fruit.

I’ve wanted to try the Hire and everything, (and also because I love seafood) so I settled with this set and the verdict- EVERYTHING WAS DELICIOUS! The katsu was juicy, tender + the crispiness of the coating is perfect with the sauce! Same as the seafood. I didn’t know which to eat first. haha! The cabbage, miso soup plus the Japanese rice, plus plus the wonderful katsu…. ay nako, basta masarap!


*BUUUURP The aftermath. I don’t eat rice but that day was an exception. I had two rounds (three maybe?) of rice! Jusko ang diet ko! haha! But I don’t regret everything I ate that day! Minsan lang naman. :)

The staff were really nice! Another ++ points for them. Apologies for not been able to describe each dish properly and if I left you hanging, better to check Yabu out for yourself! I will definitely go back again and try their other dishes!

Yabu: House of Katsu
SM Mall of Asia
2/F SM Mall of Asia, Main Mall Atrium, South Arcade, Pacific Dr Manila Bay Reclamation Area, Pasay
(02) 511-7202


Rating? 9.5 out of 10 stars!

xo,
Karen

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Boo! Seems like summer is finally ending for most of us (yes, that includes myself though lol). Do you still have the hangover from my Ilocos Trip post? Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 :) Well, here’s another set of posts about my Summer 2013. Browsing through my PG photos definitely makes me miss the beach even more. Hmmm. I’m thinking of going for another beach trip this year, why not? Yes? How about you? :)

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