These past few days have been so hectic for me: I've been rushing down to Pioneer/Boon Lay practically every single day and my EZ-link card is really cashing me out! D: Why have I been going down to the West side of Singapore? It was because of Aces and Kosmos: 5 days out of a single week just passed by just like that. Yes, I've just started out training with Aces and it has been quite a blast(: I went back to revise most of my basics and I also did learn some new things: my double twist is looking much better now, and I somehow know how to execute it nicely. Of course I still end up with 1.5 rounds but it is still better than nothing :P
Anyways, this post is about my most recent outing with Shenesse, Jo-Jo and my Hubby. One faithful Saturday after gyming and swimming for 4hours, we had a HUGE craving for IKEA meatballs, or maybe it's just me :S So we decided to head down to Queenstown IKEA. By the time we reached there, the place was just bursting with people! The line to the food counter was really unbelievable! It stretched for up to 100 people! Sure we were slightly suffering from delusions due to hunger (yes we were HIGH like never before), but we were not that mad to actually wait in line. I will probably just faint half way through.
With that said, we went to the next place we could think of: Xin Wang Cafe(: It was just a five minutes walk away from IKEA and we actually ran all the way there. We were so glad there was not a freaking queue in sight and the moment we stepped in, we quickly grabbed the menus and started deciding what we wanted to eat.
Pardon this super unglam picture of Jo-Jo, but he was just too exhausted from the gym to even stretch out a nice smile. Hahahaha(:
A picture of Shenesse and I before entering the restaurant(: Sorry about my cui-ness in this picture because I was literally too famished to pose nicely for it. But Shen did a great job! LOL.
I complied all the pictures of the food into two tiny collages so that I would not have to post up so many images :P Yes I am lazy. Sue me :S Here is a breakdown of our meals: I ordered the iced-milo and chicken chop cheese baked rice, and the tomato sauce inside was just the zest I needed after a long day of workout(: Shen on the other hand was on a rather strict diet and she ordered the sliced fish noodles with one small egg. She let me tried the fish and it had quite a different taste to it; I guess the meat was more tender. Jo-Jo was really bummed out by not being able to decide what to eat, so we chose the Western chicken chop for him. Shen and I were stealing his fries whenever he was not looking. WAHAHAHA(:
Hubby ordered a lot of side dishes such as the most awesome SIEW MAI I had ever tasted! The paigu meat was on the top of his list actually, and he was seen digging into that dish along with Jo-Jo. The gyoza dumplings and fried tofu were Jo-Jo's ideas and he really made a good choice!(: The funny thing about Hubby's main dish (which was the basket of fried chicken) was that it took a REALLY LONG time to reach the table. We had already finished our food and was waiting for our desserts, then did the waiter finally brought out Hubby's chicken. We were joking that the cook had to catch the chicken, pluck its feathers and drain it etc etc which resulted in the long wait. Of course we were just being lame, so don't mind us :( The best part of dinner was desserts! Hubby had a good eye and a sweet tooth to pick up amazing desserts and the mango shaved ice he chose was really amazing(: Even though I was already so full from my food, I still had to pile on for dessert!
We had a little walk at Queensway Shopping Centre for a while, looking at sports equipment. But it closed at 9:30pm which was quite early actually. So we decided to head back home. The trip home was really short as we were having a lot of fun laughing at Hubby's jokes once more. Well he does have a good sense of humor, even though sometimes it may pass off as something really sarcastic. But I guess this is just one of his charms(:
I guess that was one of the days that I could really relax and not find myself rushing here and there. I really do look forward to Saturdays(: