tiles and book and food

this, i tink, will be a long long post, ok, maybe not that long afterall...

So here I am, the first post after I finished my internship. Yeah! Life's so bored, and term 3B will start next week. :(

Busy trying to secure hostel rooms and train tickets to Italy for the past few days. Oh, and I've gotten my Student Visa too, Gratis some more. Ha, which means I have 70+ Euros spare to spend in Europe!

Started reading Mary, Mary 3 days ago and it is a good read! James Patterson is indeed a matermind in writing suspense thriller. The book was written from a few different people's perspectives and it does get confusing when you start it, simply because you do not know which person's psych you're in. However, after all the blood and gore gets kicking, the story morphs into one that is highly engaging and through Jame's words, you will be lured into a tangled web of fake smiles and deceit and soon, you'll want to get into the mind of the killer (a.k.a. Mary Smith) and why 'The Storyteller' does all these. The emotional aspect by Agent Cross, the dectective, also provided another dimension in the hectic story to the reader.


And now, to the buffet at Melt, The Oriental. The guys over at the Oriental did an amazing job with all the retrofitting intheir lobby! Looks so posh and gorgeous now! Towering drapes, dimly lit lobbies gives the posh Designer Hotel look. However, I wonder, amongst all the dim, how do you differentiate your LVs and the Hermes, haha! Updated cheongsams on the staff also reaffirms the oriental touch to this luxurious Hong Kong hotel chain's elegence! I wonder if the grand dame in Hong Kong Oriental will be better than this after theor billion dollar renovation, but then again, it wll most likely, top the Singapore one, considering that is the flagship! Sadly, I doubt I'll ever be able to afford a night in the Hong Kong room in Queen's Road at Central (which happens to be my favourite spot in the city with its towering skyscrapers, fast paced urban life, and most importantly, all the designer stores!).

Back to the Melt. Had dinner with kiyo, stevie, jos and her bf with a total bill mounting to $304.00. Highly extravagent. Highly delicious food too.

Before I get to the food, lets talk about the restaurent, or rather, cafe. Very spacious with a slight Indo-Chine feel, except that it's much brighter. The food selection was display in few sections with the centerpiece being the Cold Selection of baby lobsters, mussels, oysters, prawns and various varieties of clams.

The buffet provides a great selection of various cuisines from that to indian to western to japanese (whoch kiyo loves). And they have a great selection of desserts too! But heard from Kiyo that The Line over at Shangri La is better in terms of variety, which I too think so. Too bad that I am too broke to afford the Line in the near future though. However, I still think that the High Tean over at Goodwood Park is much more me. More Tai Tai and posh, i feel.



So after all the food, retreated back to mi casa para un game of mahjong (!!) Realised that I am getting more and more Tai Tai...haha, high tea, buffets, then mahjong, if only this is my life and I have a doting wife to provide me with all the LVs and Hermes I want, then it'll be perfect! But life's never perfect right? Haiz.

So, anyway, we played only one round as most of us are so tirec and zonked out, plus the fact that Jos just came back from HK, and Steve from BKK. I realised all my friends are starting to so get use to their jet setting lives too, albeit its only to Asian countries. Ha. Kiyo mentioned that he'll be making his third trip to Tokyo this Nov, which by then, we are all rolling eyes. THIRD time you knoe, haoz, what's so great about Tokyo? Issit because his forst time was with me, and I wasn't a great companion bnack in 2003 Nov, or that his second trip there in 2005 was by himself and hence he realised I was indeed a great companion, so he's making a trip there for the 3rd time this Nov with his other friend to relive the 2003 experience? Haha, well, actually 3 times ain't that much right? I mean., Jos been to HK for min 6 times this yr (though it's cos of the trade shows) and I have been HK for more that 10 times, so 3 times ain't that many a times indeed! But then again, if you consider, 1 trip to Japan costs 3 trips to HK and 6 trips to BKK.

And the tiles did nothing much to help Kiyo either, Jos won 40+ bucks and me, haha, 1 buck! The game will be continued this Sunday...