Art in Georgetown, Penang.

Finally I can have a breather, wanted very much to share the photos from my Penang & Ipoh trip! 

The art and creativity in Georgetown always inspire me =)

Doodling in a cafe~

Waited pretty long for this "art" to be done!

Love the doors and mosaic tiles I saw in Penang.

This door deserves some attention.

Ending off with this quote I saw in The Camera Museum that impacted me.

Purposeful Traveller - So many things to explore~

When you can't have a vacation....

I rarely do staycation because personally I think with the same amount of money I can go for a 2D1N holiday somewhere nearby in Malaysia. 

Nevertheless, I tried it out for the first time and I really enjoyed myself! It was supposed to be a birthday celebration cum "holiday" for 4 of us! My friend managed to bake a strawberry shortcake the day before upon birthday girl's request and thanks to lunnieah, the birthday cake box was beautifully decorated! =))

Anyway after some research, I booked Dorsett Hotel for $175++, the location was awesome because it is within walking distance from the MRT and the CNY market, yet it is situated slightly away from the buzz so it was relatively quiet at night! 

We got a room on the 7th floor!

We figured that was a door bell! Cool!

Cozy looking room with fluffy beds and pillows!

We watched 2.5 movies on the HBO channel. LOL. Slacking our day in the room!

View from our room!

View from the roof top garden~

Another PLUS point about Dorsett is that there are plenty eateries around the hotel! We went down and there is a cafe there! We walked around the hotel and spotted this Irish Pub serving affordable set lunch and we had our lunch there!

Potato & Leek Soup~ Yum

$12.80/$15.80 nett for main course, drink and soup!

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I pretended I was overseas. Hahaha.

We headed to Cityhall by MRT to visit Public Garden before going to supermarket to buy our dinner! We randomly decided to Lou Hei (we bought the Salmon Yu Sheng for $33.80, not bad!) and have a sushi dinner! =)

Then of course we celebrated the birthday, the prank with inextinguishable candles nearly freak us out with the smoke they produced! We panicked for awhile, thinking if the smoke will activate the smoke sensors!! LOL! 

We headed to CNY market only at 1am! The streets were much quieter and I could take a good picture of the CNY decorations (I was tempted to stand on the road to take a closer picture, tempted.)

Love the colours of CNY!

Because of the awesome location, we were able to have our brunch at The Plain cafe the next morning (@ Craig Road) which is nearby the hotel too.

This staycation was awesome and memorable because of the people and I must say that the location is fantastic especially during pre-CNY season! =D

Purposeful Traveller - A staycation to consider......

Adore - Pasarbella

Each time my sister goes Pasarbella, she will come back and urge us to go too. Finally today I decided to go with her, I forgo doing my assignment for this. Better be worth it. >.<

I have been to The Grandstand once for Italian food, I still remember Pasarbella wasn't open yet. The place was very quiet then unlike today, crowded and bustling!

We entered from here. 

Greeted by giant macaroons and colourful balloons! Happy start! =))

So many stalls selling a variety of food. The first that caught my attention is this! Bought "half portion" for $10 from Sea salt. It contains pork, chicken and beef with sides of potatoes, yam and carrots.

Next would be the Spanish rice-Paella, too beautiful to resist. I bought 1 and add on a chicken drumstick (kind of extra though. lol) $13.50+$2.50.

We went over to the seafood corner, my sister couldn't resist the oysters and we bought half a dozen for $18~ Not my type of food but my sister love it!

This is one cheese stall that my sister kept returning for and the person could recognize her! hahaha. I tried a few types of cheese and my sister bought some cheese for $28. OMG. I will never do that.

$28 cheese. I think I will have cheese for breakfast tomorrow. LOL~

I was so happy to find two of my favourite beers! The center and the one on the right! $6.50 each. WHee! 

Actually we had so much more food like squid ink pasta, pizza, salad, nutella crepe, roast pork etc.. My sisters were too fast and furious in eating them that I don't even have time to take out my camera to snap a picture. LOL!

Anyway, a nice afternoon spent with them! 

"Carb"Pe Diem. Yes, I live by that!

Conclusion? Yes it's worth it! I shall bear the consequence of not doing my assignment, bleah. Anyway, 2 things one must bring when going are:

Empty stomach and LOADS of money. =P

Purposeful Traveller - Literally eating my Sunday away~

Hello September!

August ended well!

Hello September!

I went to public garden on the last day of August and I must say Chijmes is such an attractive place, I will be back! =)

I am looking forward to the exciting things happening in September, one of it will be TRAVELLING! FINALLY!!! After so many years, I decided to go to Bangkok. =D

Purposeful Traveller - It is time to travel!

Ending Sunday with Arbite & Dong Po

Agenda for the day is to visit Dong Po Colonial Cafe but knowing they sell pastries and bread only, we decided to have lunch nearby.

Kandahar Street is usually bustling especially on a weekend, but today the place was quieter. We managed to get parking easily and decided to have lunch at A for Arbite, which is located along Aliwal Street.

"Live well, laugh often and love much"

Looking at this quote as I eat just reminded me to really live life to the fullest. =) I am grateful for a Sunday like this. I just felt so blessed. 

We ordered two dishes from "Small plates for sharing". The price is a lil steep but I am quite satisfied with the food! The beef burgers were one of the better ones I had! Juicy and the meat is tender. It costs $15.90~

The waitress said they are famous for their pasta because it is handmade, when I tasted it, indeed it's different. I like it! It's very flavourful too! This tri pepper pasta costs $12.90? (Ok, I cannot remember. -_-) 

Then we were too full to eat pastries hence we had to walk around for awhile before heading to the shop that is supposedly on our agenda! LOL.

I ordered 3 pastries and 2 drinks from Dong Po and it costs us only $7.90! We both felt that the Bostock is underpriced! LOL. It's $3.50 and comes with a drink! 2 pastries and a drink cost $4.20 (change drink to milo, just top up $0.20)

Butterfly cupcake and Almonds finger. Both worth trying! I love the butter cream, so old school. The plain looking almonds finger surprised us! It was yummy, not too sweet and alil crunchy and chewy.

Here comes bostock! Bread toasted with generous serving of almonds. Not too bad but I still prefers the bostock that I bought from bread project.

With these comes the end to my long weekend. I believe tomorrow will be an awesome start to the new week!

Purposeful Traveller - Laugh often.

Eight Cafe and Bar, 忙里偷闲!

这几天须要到牛车水一带上个课程，原本很“显”的，周末嘛，上什么课！但这几天我尝试我喜爱的美食，忙里偷闲，好好的感受这一带的氛围，算是补偿补偿自己吧！哈哈。

Bukit Pasoh Road 的早晨，这一幕我马上就想到“新旧交接”来形容。

Today's lunch break was 1hr 20 mins, I decided to check out Eight cafe which is located very near the training venue. On a Sunday, they serve brunch only.

From the outside, only two vintage-looking chairs can be seen. You have to push open the door and step in to see how the cafe looks like.

一开门 - 别有洞天。

They just printed some pictures on coloured papers and pasted them neatly on their walls to make it the wall papers. Creative! I like the layout of the cafe because it reminds me of those cafes in Melaka and Penang. It's very deep in.

Explored the back of the cafe. 

Any students from this school? lol.

Ordered Eggs any style, costs $16.80, comes with coffee too. No GST and service charge!

Dessert was creme brulee - $6.80~

Though I was on course, I enjoyed my time there, especially seizing every opportunity to check the cafes and eateries nearby. Enjoy life to the fullest, even if I am on course! hahaha.

Eight cafe and bar is located @ Bukit Pasoh Road, exit H from Outram Park MRT! Very convenient!

On a side note, can you believe it? It's already August! Time really flies, so please live every moment to the fullest. I am looking forward to September. Holidays holidays holidays but before September holidays arrive, let's just enjoy this coming long public holiday!

Purposeful Traveller - Counting down to holidays~