The Cookie Museum for the Cookie Monsters

After my musical at the Esplanade, my friend and I popped over to the Cookie Museum to try out their seasonal promotions. There are small samplers of all the cookie they baked. The Chinese New Year range is especially intriguing to all your senses!!!

They have a variety of Ingots & Teals (spicy scallop), Nasi Lemak, Laksa, Hae Bee Hiam, Lau Cheong, etc. I high recommend the Hae Bee Hiam. It is unique, spicy and surprising to the taste bud. The balance blend of sweetness of cookie with the hotness of the dried chili and of course the main lead, hae bee. Perfectly and wonderfully made recipe!

The rest of the flowery and fruity cookies are also a savoury. I especially love the Cranberry and Lychee. The cookie melts in your mouth with a burst of cranberry tarty taste and lychee sweetness. As you bite into the cookie, you get a mouthful of crunchy roasted almond. A perfect wonderful little snack to go with a nice cup of earl grey tea. Hmm... high tea time!

On the topic of high tea, the English lush decoration of the Cookie Museum is another attraction. You feel as if you have walked into a traditional European house, and the butler is just around the corner, waiting to serve you tea and Madelaine. I will make another trip to the Cookie Museum for high tea and do a little more recommendation.

For more information, visit http://www.thecookiemuseum.com/.

Dim Sum Dollies and Lor Mai Guys

Another wonderful and funny musical production by the Dream Academy - Dim Sum Dollies in The History of Singapore! It is showing at the Esplanade from 21 to 28 February 2008. My friend and I went for the Saturday 23 February 2008, 8pm show.

I really enjoyed the humour, music and stage play of this production. These girls (Selena Tan, Emma Young and Pamela Oei) are really humours and daring. They serve up dollops of jokes and funny analogies together with Singapore superboy Hossan Leong. I laughed my hearts out totally.

Many skits run from the familiar themes, TV shows and history of Singapore right from the very beginning of how Singapore was formed by a snot. Eeeww... hahaha!!! Go experience the fun and thrill of this musical. It is worth the ticket price.

I'm looking forward to their other productions and musicals. I got to admit, I have a wonderful birthday month this year. I have taken a big step forwards on the personal level, and gave myself many beautiful treats from photo shooting to movies, musical and a couple of nice dates. Again Happy Birthday to myself and may I always stay healthy, cheerful and beautiful. Woohoo!

Sweet Sweet Mr T

Bow to the great Tim Burton! He is truely a master. His movies are always so intriguing, mysterious, charming, dark and yet heartwarming too.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a musical movie as like other Tim Burton movies has two excellent actors, Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter. Such an unlikely couple who are evil and yet cute to the bone.

Story told of a Mr Sweeney Todd arrived in Fleet Street, London. He is no stranger to this city. In fact, he is a ghost of this old self, back for revenge. Plotting and scheming with Mrs Lovett, both cover up for each other as they try to accomplish their goals.

Wonderfully and beautifully done. This movie is worth watching. But do watch out for the bloody and violent scene. I have to deduct 1/2 cloud due to the vivid scenes in the movie. Give it a try. It's worth the scare!

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 fairy clouds

Kung Fun Dunk... Junk?

On V-day, I went on a date to watch Kung Fu Dunk. The date was fun, I had a great time. It has been many many moons since I watch a chinese movie in the cinema.

I'm not a typical chinese movie fan. There are a lot of cgi/animation in the shows. Great for people who are into it and also the fans of Jay Chou. The only comments I have is that it has many cute looking boys and this obviously charm many young girls.

The story is rather predicatable and follow the typical expected flow of how things should piece together such as understand first important concept you learnt during childhood and giving up a luxurious comfy life to be with your best pal in life. Its a big big hmm for me too. Maybe I'm just being materialistic. Nothing wrong to be a little practical about life. :P

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 fairy clouds.

I am Legend... Not I Think

Finally took this weekend to watch I Am Legend, alone as usual. I was in anticipation that this will be a good movie as Will Smith is a rather good actor.

I Am Legend tells a story of a military viral doctor, Dr. Robert Neville and his quest for the cure that turned the city of New York into roaming bloodthirsty nocturnal carnivorous monster. Doesn't that ring a bell? Oh yes, in the not that long ago Resident Evil plot and it's many predecessors of similar movies.

His acting is excellent. I love his dog Sam (Samantha) too. Sadly it does seem rather odd to suddenly throw in a lady and a child, who seem so helpless in defending themselves and consider what such isolation and desperate environment can do to a person. Pretty unrealistic addition of new actors to save the story. Also I questioned why didn't the military in Vermont pick up anything from his daily broadcast?

Very weak story line. But at the very least, Robert wakes up from his notion of saving the world, and that he isn't alone. I guess his death isn't wasted afterall. A movie to watch when you really really have nothing left to do. Be prepared to be disappointed as I am.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 clouds.

Beauty World.. Cha Cha Cha!

On Saturday I went to watch BEAUTY WORLD at the Esplanade.

It is another fun filled musical by W!LD RICE Productions. The story tells of a young girl by the name of Ivy Chan Poh Choo who travelled all the way from Malaysia (Batu Pahang) to Singapore, more specifically to Singapore's Beauty World, in search of her real parentage details.

She was exposed to the lust and rust of the cabaret night club world. The lucky girl has good friend who is always there to help her, and narrowly escaping some misfortune. Of course, she found out about her parentage history at the end of the play.

I'm impressed by the stage play and costume. It is quite worth watching although the plot is simplistic and predictable. Then again, we audience have become more sophisticated. This 20 years old production still exudes it's own charm.

Maiden Voyage into The Twilight Zone

One the of taboo topics in a typically conservative society is gay & lesbian. I have a couple of friends who aren't straight, but I do not see them as being deviant either. This is their lifestyle and attitude and as a friend, I fully support their decision to pursue their happiness.

On an extremely cheeky mood, I went to a Lesbian bar with a female friend last evening. I have been to a gay bar (in Singapore) a few years back and have yet to see the lesbian night scene. The bar was kind of empty and crowd boring. After a couple of hours, we switched location and drove over to Zouk where there was a competition for the beauties and butches. Taking a peek at the crowd, they are way too young. Me and my friend ended up having a cup of milo and roti prata before we hit home.

To be truthful, I was quite disappointed. Not too many pretty girls or butches to oogle. Sigh... But I'm still keen to see any happening gay/lesbian places in Singapore. But I wonder when will I get such an opportunity again.

Nothing beats my 1st encounter at Castro Ave, a popular artsy-fartsy district in San Francisco USA. The gay/lesbian community there is so interesting. Well, I know I enjoyed being entertained by the gay waiter inside this gay cafe where I was having a nice cup of hot chocolate. Such a cute looking boy. Much like Boy George without the makeup and way way younger. Mmm... too bad he ain't interested in me.