food review: mingles cafe

Mingles Cafe
Velocity@Novena

Potato Wedges and Cheese

a basket of golden potato wedges, crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside served with boiling hot cheese.

the wedges were fine, only too hot when served.
what's worth mentioning is actually the cheese dip. it is the pillar of the dish, the only factor that makes this better than other potatoes.

rated: 3.5/5

Fish and Chips

battered fish served with a generous set od french fries and classic french salad.

the fish and fries are not amazingly tasty but fine to local taste buds. the salad were horrible done, as most of the leafy veggie leaves a slimy feel to tongue.
unless you're a heavy fish lover, you'll never agree that this dish should be one of the chef's recommendation.

rated: 2.5/5

Golden Crispy Chicken with Special Honey Sauce

chicken breast grilled along with the cafe's specialty honey sauce and served with a side salad.

the same set of disastrous salad, luckily made seen in a better light when served with the grotesque looking meat.
the meat were particularly tender, but a petty shame when paired with the artificially altered honey sauce.
a wrongful death to the chicken, and even cruel fate to her breast.

rated: 2.5/5


to the cafe's defense,
the place might not have good food, but they serve decent desserts including ice creams. their fridge boasts a wide selection of flavors spoiling kids and adults with sweet tooth alike.

check out their ice cream buffet too!

birthday again.

in case you don't know,
the name benson
is the title of an american television sitcom in the 70s.
the sitcom is pretty popular, even nominated for emmys.

who knows your mom was a fan of this and named you after it.

the name benson,
if wrongly spelt can be referred as bunsen
and with an addition of another word,
bunsen burner!

okay, that was crap for you since you like it so much.
and
check out the google image search result for benson.
pretty appealing result for guys.

i didn't think you can do much with that boring name.
haha. jokes and craps over.

finally,
happy birthday benson.

(this is him when he was 18)
haha.

kobe bryant: asia tour

i was told to reach wisma atria at 11am,
to guarantee myself a pair of tickets to kobe asia tour 2009.

i was actually proud of myself to reach at 11am sharp,
given that i woke up early, 9am in the morning.

but when i was there, i sneered at the little queue in front of the nike outlet. what little fans kobe has.

lesson 2: never sneer at people, even secretly.

then...

oh my god right?!
and this was not the only queue!
i was very wrong.
the queue drags all the way into the interior of wisma atria.

lesson one: never underestimate singaporean's kiasu-ness.

but after decades of waiting,
(luckily i brought my psp if not, i'd be a grumbling jackass.)

i got the tickets!!

check out the glow of the letters!
i love the magic.

kenangan terindah: translation

as requested, here is the english translation to this song.

i am weak without you.
i am vulnerable because,
the love i've lost from you is the only thing that was able to compliment me.

as long as my eyes are wide open,
even until my heart stops beating,
i'll still be able to think of you.

from you,
i've found my life.
for me,
you are my true love.

oohh..

CHORUS:

if there was anything written for me,
it will be for the best of you.
and i will turn you into the most beautiful memories of my life.

however, It won't be easy for me to leave these footsteps of my life,
that have been engraved for eternity as the most beautiful memories of my life.


this is the unofficial translation of course,
done by my mediocre indonesian language.

i'm so gonna sing this alot in kbox.
liz, kalo ada yg salah bilang gw ya!

birthday post again

a picture speaks a thousand words.
so, technically, i have 6 thousand words here.

let them and their caption speak up for the birthday boy.

and i think it works out fine.
happy birthday, yongwhee.

talk more
sing more
respond more
reply more

aiya, you know what you need to do

a pilot's birthday

the greatest pilot can't even hold a candle to you.
for all the e3 will know,
your jet travels at the speed of light.

the most irritating bastard is definitely you.

but you were that maniac who gave me tight slaps when the simplest science formula could not get inside my head.
but of course, the method worked out fine.
for that, i thank you.

here's prove without cheating:
the ohm's law states that the current flowing in a metallic conductor is directly proportional to the potential difference applied across its end, provided the physical conditions(temperature) are constant.

i've caught you crying over girlfriends couple of times. once, at our school's carpark bending over and weeping because xinhua broke up with you.
but what's the deal?
boys can cry too.

i've seen you at certain funniest moment.
few years back, remember the encounter at cineleisure?

i hope the picture works to refresh your memory.
a little help here.
august 16th, to be precise.

okay, dude.
i think that's enough.
to sum up for the little post.

the usual cake to go along and
finally,

happy birthday, weijie.

a new list to play

there's a new playlist on the page, please check it out.
do let me know which song do you like best.

i do like the first, second and seventh.
actually, i like them all.

another coming soon: rec 2

familiar looking poster?
behold, zombie fans.

i'm pleased to inform you that there will be a sequel to the spanish zombie horror film, rec.

a little freshening of memory to those who can't remember?
think quarantine. its the movie with hand held camera shots, done in point of view of the cameraman running up and down a building infested with blood thirsty rabies infected zombies.

from the last movie, everyone died.
aww..

now in rec 2, a SWAT team is sent in to annihilate the remaining infected. however, what they didn't know is the nature of the virus and worst still, the numbers of the infected.

check out the trailer though,
i've found one in english version.

fireworks memory

they were releasing fireworks at dhoby ghaut yesterday.
listening to JJ's 'xiao jiu wo', it reminded me of something sweet.