Dinner at Ambush and My Cute new Toy

It's a long weekend! It's rare for my honey to be home for three days in a row so we spent Friday out. As if we don't go out anyway, LOL!

We had plenty of time waiting for the movie to start so after getting some stuff we need and lots of window shopping (which ended in some purchases) we went to our new favorite restaurant at Jurong Point for dinner. The name is Ambush. The restaurant serves European fare. Yes, it did sound weird to me too when I first heard it.

I had time to check out my new toy as we waited for the food to be served. Meet my little piglet:

We picked her up at one of the novelty stores at the basement, the name of which just won't come to mind. I'm not really a big fan of plush toys or pigs for that matter (except those roasted crisp on an open fire, yummy!). I've seen other nice plush toys before but none that made as good an impression as she did. She's just so cute, soft and round, I can't help but giggle and be cheerful looking at her. So she became one of the unplanned =D. Isn't she just wonderful?

Soon our drinks came. I got a blueberry flavored Italian soda with ice cream this time. It had a huge scoop of vanilla ice cream that stayed solid for ever so long. I enjoyed eating it in between sips. I daresay it's one of the best soda floats I've had.

He got peach iced tea which came with plenty of sweet peach slices. Here's my honey with the smile I fell in love with. ^^

Then came the seafood platter with baby squid, crab cakes and battered shrimp with tartar sauce and salsa.

We also had a sausage platter but we got so busy digging in I forgot to take any more pictures. Anyway, here are pictures I took last time we were there:

The franks are so juicy and the paella isn't what we're used to but it's delightful in its own right. All so delicious!

Raindrops and a Rose

I couldn't sleep last night so I decided to have my first attempt at making a bracelet. I've always been fond of crafty stuff so I've recently taken up jewelry making as a hobby. As a result I've been hoarding some beautiful beads and other neat stuff for making pretty things.

For this project I used some clear colorless teardrop crystals I found at Beadle Store and a rose fimo bead leftover from a keychain making project. I also had a length of bronze toned chain. But then all the jump rings I had on hand as well as the clasp were silver toned. They had to make do for the meantime.

I had as much fun taking photos as making the bracelet itself:

Science Center: Exhibits and Play

After getting chilled at the Snow Center, we spent the rest of the day at the Science Center which was just two buildings across. But not before a hearty meal of course. There was a bustling Mcdonalds right in front of the center. A garden and a nice fountain too.

The initial exhibits consisted of optical illusions. So there was a lot of squinting and peering into boxes. One of which held an illusion of a blue lady floating beside a block:

There were some eye catching kaleidoscopes:

Paths that lit up in different colors as you stepped on them:

Robots that wiggled their heads and wanted to play:

We played with sound and with light. With artificial tornadoes, fire and water delights. With futuristic computers, interactive games and 3D technology. Still, some exhibits were your regular displays:

The Center has an expansive collection. And pretty soon the speakers were blaring how the exhibit was going to close. We did go out of the building but there was still much to see in the garden display:

Till our aching feet and the fading light told us it was time to go home.