Molly Malone – Drinks and Freebies

19 October 2013 Entertainment, Food No comments

Last time I went to Molly Malone, they were offering free Guinness T-shirts as part of a 3-day promotion. Unfortunately, they ran out on the evening of the first day – which was a slightly poor show.

After I complained to them, they admitted that they didn’t plan the promotion that well, although stating they were on a first come, first serve basis. Either way, they invited me to join their 18th anniversary drinks, and offered to have a few drinks on the house – wow that’s amazing to celebrate the success of another Irish pub that has been in Singapore for that long! Although 1995 felt like yesterday, it was certainly a life-time ago now 🙂 haha!

Anyway, I went to Molly with a mate, and we enjoyed a few round of drinks on the house – as a way of apologising over the offer glitch.

It was quite a nice session, a great location, I just wish it was slightly closer to the office – haha!

Molly Malone Irish Pub
56 Circular Road
Singapore 049411
Tel: +65 6536 2029
URL: http://www.molly-malone.com

Opticians – Eye Test and New Glasses

16 October 2013 Shopping No comments

Well haven’t suffered a bit of damage on my glasses during a game of Futsal in May, I decided it was time to buy a new pair of glasses.

So I decided to source around for a good opticians, I went to a couple of places, but didn’t see a pair of glasses that I liked, so I finally ended back at Novena Velocity Mall, and didn’t even realise there was one right on my door step. It was called Northern Opticians, and then seemed pretty okay. I know there was a Japanese one that just opened up in Plaza Singpura – called OwnDays, and I also found one on Facebook called GlistVision in The Cathy, Dhoby Ghaut.

I know Singapore is a great health hub – in the medicare arena that is – so I thought eye care would no different. I wasn’t wrong, the eye test was done pretty well, and the good news is that there wasn’t much change to my current prescription. The only concern was my right eye was slightly weaker, and I sense this could have caused by the eye infection I had previously, but apparently they couldn’t say for sure it was linked. I then looked at the array of glasses on offer, and they had quite a nice display – however, the frames and lens were quite expensive, slightly more so than the UK I think. The Optician confirmed the same – that the frames are expensive, although the lens are about the same. Hey-ho, if needs must!

I purchase a nice pair of Guess glasses – half-frames, they were quite light, and they certainly felt very comfortable. Price-wise, it was S$380 all in all – about £190 – that is not too bad, although if I went for some of the other frames, it would have been more expensive indeed.

Anyway, at least I have purchased one. I know there were probably other glasses or Opticians that were probably cheaper, but that will do for a year or so 🙂

Krispy Kreme Singapore – First Store Opening

14 October 2013 Food, Shopping No comments

I always am inclined to a delightful Krispy Kreme…especially the original Sugar Glazed coating one – they are truly … well just delicious 🙂

So FINALLY Krispy Kreme have opened up in Singapore – with their first store opening at Tangs.

The Grand opening of the store was marked with the first 100 customers receiving freebies…it started with the first one received 12 months worth of Doughnuts (a dozen a week), the second 6 months, the third 3 months…and the next batch until 100 receiving a free dozen. WOW, if only I could have made it, but I was slightly hungover from the night before 🙂 Haha!

Anyway, I turned up around 1.30pm, the queue wasn’t too bad, and after about 10 minutes, I was inside and had made my purchase. I purchased the double dozen – which was a dozen of the originals and a dozen of the assorted doughnuts.

The doughnuts weren’t cheap – they were S$2.60 each or S$23.40 for a dozen for the original glaze doughnut.

Krispy Kreme Singapore – Orchard
Tangs Orchard Basement 1
310 Orchard Road
Singapore 238864
URL: http://krispykreme.sg

Clarke Quay – Club Crawl

14 October 2013 Entertainment No comments

Well it started with a nice session with friends at Binomio in Craig Road, having had some nice drinks and tapas. Another friend of a friend turned up, and we continued drinking away. Afterwards, the two gents (that includes me) decided to go to for a Clarke Quay tour – and when I mean tour, I really mean it.

The chap knows a fair number of the bouncers and basically winged his way in through his contacts to several clubs. Each one, we stayed for a drink, looked at the scenery and enjoyed the music and atmosphere, before hopping to the next one.

That turned out to be at least 7-8 clubs in total – ouch!

It was fun, but I am must admit I couldn’t keep up, the chap could have kept going, but I was knackered and couldn’t drink anymore! Haha!

I left around 3am, the dude stayed back for more 🙂

More Cycling – More Exercise

13 October 2013 Exercise No comments

Over the past couple of months, I have been upping the ante with my cycling. I know I need to do more exercise, and to also help bulk up my muscle, so cycling is one way of achieving this.

I decided to go along East Coast Park (ECP) because it is easy to get a bike and away from the hustle and bustle of the City, and away from the busy Singapore roads. Going eastward, it remains a pleasant journey, as you reach the perimeter road of Changi Airport. I am committed to get to the top side of the Airport, but so far have only managed to get about 3/4 of the way, mainly due to running out of time – the biggest challenge is I have the energy and time to get to the north part of Changi Airport – to the beach and/or Changi Village, but then I have to find a way to get back again 🙂

We’ll see, one day I think I can make it (and back)!

Rush Movie – Fantastic

7 October 2013 Entertainment No comments

This evening, I decided to go with a mate to watch Rush. It is quite an intriguing movie, telling the life of the rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda, the legendary race drivers.

It also was good to see the changes made to the Formula 1 cars, including the safety measures that we see in the modern day, versus the lethal machines that existed in the 70’s and 80’s!

An fun movie and truly inspirational! 🙂

New Iron but no New New Iron Board

6 October 2013 Shopping No comments

The joys of my Singapore life. I decided to buy a new iron, as the one I previously had wasn’t up to the job…eg of trying to iron my shirts properly. It seemed to be too light, so really wasn’t pressing the shirts properly. Also, I suffered from a burnt ironing board cover, which meant the plate had some of the remnants, which occasionally came off on a shirt – grrr!!!

So I invested in a brand new Electrolux one, it cost around S$195, and it looked and felt a lot better. I also brought a new iron board cover, hopefully one that will not ‘melt’ – which is not much to ask for for an iron board cover :). Haha!

I know I should get around to buy a new iron board itself at some point, but it will do for the moment.

Now the biggest question of all is whether I should bite the bullet and get a maid to come every couple of weeks to do the cleaning and ironing. Almost tempted :). Lets see how I feel in a few more months, maybe I should just sort it out for the new year… Would save me a few hours, and my place will simply look and feel a lot cleaner…

Team Build @ The Aquarium Resorts World Sentosa

3 October 2013 Entertainment, Marina Bay, Trip No comments

Well I am so glad that the world of Team Builds still exists – it is a great way to get to know your team better…and also have a bit of reflection on the year gone by and the expectations on what we can do better for the year ahead.

So we had a 3-day meeting, followed by a trip to the Aquarium at the Resorts World Sentosa – I always wanted to go, so finally managed too.

Aquarium Singapore

Aquarium Singapore

As you can see from the below, it was a great trip, definitely worth a visit when you are in Sentosa…

The best thing about this place is that it is meant to have the largest acrylic aquarium display – according to the Guinness Book of Records – so it was a great opportunity to see it in all its glory.

The World Record Aquarium Display

The World Record Aquarium Display

I am always a bit apprehensive about whether they can pull off something like an aquarium – and still make it feel and look natural, and I must admit, I think they did it well!

…And what happens after a long day at the Aquarium, well a fish dinner with the team. Very delicious and delightful – and more importantly, very filling 🙂

Arthur Guinness Day

30 September 2013 Entertainment, Marina Bay No comments

It all started in 2009, as a way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Arthur Guinness – and the Arthur Guinness Day was created. Since then, every year, the day has been celebrated in September. Whilst it is seen as a marketing ploy by Diageo, the owner’s of Guinness…which I must admit is likely the case, it still works for me…as it gives me another excuse to raise a toast to Arthur Guinness.

The Guinness Tent - Outside

The Guinness Tent – Outside

This year, Guinness Singapore opted to celebrate by arranging a free concert in Singapore – at a ‘secret venue’. 1759 tickets were on offer…and basically people had to select ways to get them, either taking a photo with Guinness symbolised somewhere, or similar. My approach was based on the Guinness tent being created at Raffles Place which was created to market the new Guinness tap – you went there, poured your own Guinness and you get 2 free tickets + a free pint to enjoy. So I did this route – haha 🙂

The Fray

The Fray @ Arthur’s Day

The concert itself was actually based on the Promenade at Bayfront, near Marina Bay Financial Centre, which for us was a perfect location – after work.

Great views inside the Tent!

Great views inside the Tent!

It was on Thursday 27th September, and the Fray (US music act) was the band that played throughout the night. I must admit it was very enjoyable, and the best thing is, people kept giving us their free Guinness vouchers, so we only paid a few pints during the night – the voucher allowed a free pint – BONUS! When we did have to buy a pint, it was only S$10 per pint, so about S$4 cheaper – so not too bad 🙂

All in all – a great night! Hic!!

Free Dental Screening – Yes Please :)

29 September 2013 Marina Bay No comments

There was an email mailing at work that offered a free dental screening and check-up at T32 Dental Pearl – the closest branch from the office was One Raffles Mall near the Esplanade MRT, so I decided to go in late on Friday, to pay a visit.

They did an x-ray screening as well as a general consultation – and pretty much said my teeth were fine (bonus!). They did however, advised me that my teeth were ground down, mainly due to stress or similar, which causes the grinding during my sleep. It was also good to see that my 3 wisdom teeth were behaving themselves, although I am unsure why only 3 developed! So all-in-all, a clean bill of health.

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