ArchFest 2023

 

Dinner at Harrys Esplanade

 

Friend from Brazil comes for a visit!

 

Lunar New Year Day 4 | Siafern and Joey pays a visit

 

Setting up my table for chinese style hotpot. Waiting for Joey to come with the prawns. I've the beef and chicken shabu shabu already defrosted in the fridge.

Bought Yu Sheng with salmon from NTUC which I find very affordable and yummy. The sauce given is just the right amount of tangy sweet sauce, the salmon is also very fresh. If you are wondering where to find it, it is usually located at the Sushi section. And I asked hubs to cut some abalone up for our hotpot later.

and so many new year goodies that Sia Fern brought over, but my tummy was so full from the hotpot!

Ex Colleagues Gathering

 

Gathering at Mung Ching's new bachelorette pad before stricter measures kick in

 

Managed to get a good deal for a coffee machine. I had an earlier text with my girlfriend, asking what would she like for a housewarming present. An air-fryer or coffee machine, and she texted me back "coffee machine".

When I reached her place, passed her housewarming gift to her, she told me that she has already has a coffee machine. >.<

Gathering of colleagues and ex-colleagues

 

We finished 2 bottles of red wine, some gin and tonic and whiskey.

Cheese board platter after dinner

The gals brought a pistachio cake and tiramisu.

I was so excited to having the gals over that I prepared a little too much food. I had salad, Kueh Pie Tee, fried bee hoon, chicken curry and baked prawns.

Gathering with Ex-colleagues and current ones too

Weddings

attending an ex-colleague's wedding and it's like a mini reunion where I get to see so many of my ex-colleagues....

Happy Matrimony my dear arborist!

Medan Day 2 - City Tour

After Lunch, first stop is Annai Velangkanni.
It's a Catholic church built with the style of Tamil Hindu Architecture by an Indian Priest. It's free admission but you have to wear pants or long skirt.

The premises contains 2 main stories and a small tower of seven stories. It's quite hidden within the private houses. Have to use GPS. Road signs are not very useful here.

Next we went to Maimoon Palace.

Admission $5000 Rp.

A well known landmark in Medan, built by the King of Deli in 1888. The palace covers a large area with 30 rooms. But you can only visit a few. The rest are out of bounds. It has become a tourist destination not soley because of age but because of its unique interior design, mixing Malayan cultural heritage, Islam, Spanish, Indian and italian style.

The last stop was Mesjid Raya Mosque.

We didn't stop here but drove by as it was getting late for tea break!

hah.

lazy lah.

xoxo

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