Overnight Cycling (something I will prolly never do again)

A couple of weeks ago, my secondary school clique and I decided to plan an overnight cycling trip and we were all so excited about it but god...
WORST DECISION EVER.

Please pardon all the super low quality images from here onwards because its night time.

The last time I've ever went for an overnight cycling was prolly 5-6 years ago? So that may be what got me excited cause I was the first person to suggest it and I got super hyped up about it.

Obviously I didn't plan the overnight cycling route because everyone who knows me would know that I'm HORRIBLE with roads. I can get lost anywhere and everywhere that its not even funny. I have no idea how many km we cycled as well but to put it simply our overnight cycling route went like this:
East Coast Park > Changi Village > Pasir Ris Park > Downtown East > Back to East Coast Park (damn crazy i swear)

We started at 10pm in the night and cycled all the way till about 6am the next day and before we started our journey, we had this really cute dinner by cycling to the hawker at East Coast Park, packet all sorts of food we wanted (yay sambal kangkong) and cycled back to the beach to have our dinz.

So once dinner was out of the way, the real cycling 'fun' began after prolly like 10mins because everyone went like 'EHY CAMILLIA YOU CAN ANOT. EHY WE DONT WANT CYCLE BESIDE YOU. EHY CAMILLIA DONT FALL LEH. EHY CAMILLIA DONT JAM BRAKE HOR.' Confidence booster guys, confidence booster. (i did fall in the end anyway cause i decided i was good enough to pick up a phone call while cycling and BAM)

The first stop was to Changi Village to have the famous Changi Village Nasi Lemak where suddenly everyone started complaining 'WAH WE CYCLED 2 HOURS JUST TO EAT THIS NASI LEMAK.' and 'THE NASI LEMAK TODAY LIKE DAMN GOOD AH. ISSIT BECAUSE WE DAMN HUNGRY FROM ALL THE CYCLING.'

And then the real torture began. To cycle constantly from Changi Village all the way to Downtown East was a killer. The amount of uphills omg, CAN DIE. I wanted to just push my bike uphill cause I'm so tired but noooo, everyone says no. They said, keep cycling! Tell that to my thighs. They're not listening. The annoying part is that my bike gears weren't working well either so going uphill was such a pain. You can hear me screaming 'NO MORE UPHILL' for a very long time but yes I did it kay. Perseverance.

By the time we were at Downtown East, everyone was pretty much exhausted. Next time if any of you intend to plan an overnight cycling trip. Please bear in mind to insert more pit stops and food places because at least there will be something to look forward to rather than empty roads. Cycling to Changi Village wasn't even that bad because I knew that the moment I'm there I get to eat Nasi Lemak. But for the rest of the journey omg, there was nothing. There was NO FOOD to look forward to. That may actually be why I got really lethargic in the end. No motivation.

So yep, we had to cycle all the way back to East Coast Park and i think for a moment, all of us wanted to just flag a cab instead but nahhh, we managed to cycle back to East Coast Park again with ALOT OF UPHILL ROADS.

Am I ever going to do this again? PROBABLY NOT. But really guys, overnight cycling is fun and all. You get to catch up with your friends, talk crap, laugh at each other, make jokes & insults while cycling and its prolly one of the best bonding sessions. Just plan more pit stops and food stops really hahaha. It helps, trust me.
All in all, as much as I complain, I didn't regret this activity. The amount of fun and bullshit we had meant so much more and the pain from my thighs, my ass and my hands were worth it. But to the other members of this clique that didn't turn up that day, we have all agreed internally that we're never doing an overnight cycling again. Its way too tiring guys. We have to find something else.

The BFF's Birthday Countdown

HI GUYS. I'M BLOGGING FROM KL RIGHT NAO AND I KNOW I'VE NOT BEEN BLOGGING OFTEN.
It's like whenever I start blogging, I have to constantly write about 'hi, i'm sorry. i know i've not been updating frequently.' so okay yes thats VERY bad.

The past month had been pretty hectic! I was working in F1 Grand Prix for the entire month of September so that was a pretty intense part time job and now I'm taking a break (again) cause i'm tired like that. It's like no amount of sleep can compensate my sleep debt.

It was Rowena's birthday last month and to me, birthdays are a HUGE deal. Like you have got to countdown to your birthday and sleep really late and wake up super early and survive on prolly 3 hours of sleep cause its your birthday and you only have 24 hours. So we had this impromptu thingy of a countdown which i spent hours on the internet googling for but obviously to no avail cause we ended up at an ice cream cafe (again).

This time, we decided to try something else other than Udders, Daily Scoop, etc, so we ended up at Ice Cube Cafe. They are prolly known for their mudpies but we ordered a couple of other desserts such as their apple crumble and crepes cause I was actually very hungry and I needed my dessert buffet so there you go.

We decided to go with the DIY crepe where you get to choose your crepe fillings, ice cream flavours and toppings as well. So Rowena decided to opt for peach fillings with almond flakes and strawberry ice cream while i added another additional scoop of chocolate ice cream cause its chocolate. The crepes were a so-so. I find it a little too fluffy. My personal preference for crepes are a little crunchier, not so much on the fluff but I really enjoyed our DIY crepe. The flavouring and all was great.

Then there was the mudpie. I ordered the Chocoholic Anonymous Mudpie and omg guys, no wonder they're best known for their mudpies. Its really really good! The mudpie i got was super chocolatey and you prolly need to drink alot alot of water because it gets a little sickening after awhile. I like how they topped it with Almond flakes and Ferrero Rocher-Like chocolates. Its not entirely like a chocolatey taste but its very nutella, hazelnut chocolate flavoured so I really like that about the mudpie. Its like a taste of heaven.

Lastly, the Apple Crumble. I think adding baked apple chips on the apple crumble was something pretty new to me. In a way, the apple chips somehow brought out the apple flavour and the entire apple crumble itself was very apple-ish tasting which was something I've not tasted in a long long time. I have no idea what ice cream they used for their Apple crumble but it definitely was not vanilla ice cream cause it tasted really unique as well but it goes super well with the apple crumble itself so it was delish.

If you're a super dessert person like me, do try out Ice Cube Cafe if you're out on one of your supper hunts. I would highly recommend their mudpies and apple crumble.
ICE Cube Cafe
11 Kensington Park Road
Singapore 557263
Telephone: 9780 5073 | 8112 4706
Opening Hours: 4PM to 1AM

Okay, have a great Tuesday guys. I'm going to go back to my R&R nao. ciaos!

The Story of my Hair

Like every girl, i love my hair.
I love how sleek, how smooth & how long it is that i can actually twirl it up in so many different ways and how effortless it can be, just to have a good hair day.

And perhaps like every girl, i get bored of my hair way too easily but instead of changing my hairstyles, i like to color it in every possible way and after a month, i'll prolly change my hair color again because i'm like this.

I cannot remember the last time i actually had virgin hair because thats so dull & boring. For the past 2 years, i've been constantly bleaching my hair to achieve my dramatic Ariel red hair.

Then i got bored of that and I decided to bleach out the red & dye it purple with pink ombre

and then I GOT BORED OF IT AGAIN and back comes the red

AND THEN I WAS LIKE RED AND PURPLE SO BORINGGGZ. LETS TURN UP A NOTCH...
and instead of behaving like every girl who plays it safe and does ombre instead, i decided to dye my whole head with fanciful colors (aka as my unicorn hair days) & as much as i enjoyed being yolo and all, that decision itself damaged my hair like cray.

Have you ever touched cotton candy before? You know how its so fragile and it breaks so damn easily when you touch it? Well, my hair feels exactly like that and it keeps breaking because my poor poor hair is so weak now. For months i have not dared to properly comb my hair because the amount of hair that breaks scares the shit out of me and i have had to blow dry my hair EVERYDAY because it takes like 5 freaking hours to dry and everyday seems to be a bad hair day because i can't do shit about anything and its so damn frizzy i can cry.

DAMN FRIZZY!!!

I've honestly tried EVERYTHING. Doing treatments, using the correct proper shampoos and each and everyone of them have caused me much disappointment because NOTHING HAPPENED. So i finally gave up on the idea of trying to save my hair & just let the damn thing grow out & i'll behave myself and not do anything fancy now because i dont want to be bald.

Then on a certain fine day, i received an invitation from Headlines Hairdressing, inviting me to tryout this treatment called 'DYNA Argan Oil' Treatment which can help to:
1. Reduce frizzy hair
2. Prevent further damage
3. Make hair shinier
4. Prevent split ends
and honestly, i was a little sceptical at first because i've been to treatments & it didn't work & that's what they all promised anyway and nothing happen!! 
But i decided to go for it anyway because i'm desperate & i dont want to be bald and omgggg, BEST DECISION I EVER MADE FOR MY HAIR LIKE EVAAAAA.

I'm not going to go into how does the treatment works YET because because BECAUSE you need to see how repaired my hair was after just ONE session. ONE FREAKING SESSION.

TADAHHHH!!!
A picture speaks a thousand words ESPECIALLY THIS picture (above) speaks ALOT.
1. Reduce frizzy hair? -- Checked
2. Prevent further damage -- Its been a week & my hair is still going strong
3. Make hair shinier -- Oh its wayyy shinier now please
4. Prevent split ends -- Still have abit BUT I CAN COMB MY HAIR NOW

So I believe you're now wayyy more interested to know more about this right? Okay. Honestly the whole entire treatment is damn hard to understand but I will try my best to explain to you the benefits of the ingredients used in layman terms so you can understand also.

Basically, DYNA Argan Oil Treatment consists of Argan Oil (the world's most expensive oil), Jojoba Oil & Castor Oil and the whole reason on why it works so well is because it only contains the earth's most nourishing oils that boosts the effectiveness of this treatment.

Here's a quick breakdown on how the different oil benefits our hair:
1. Argan Oil
- Rich in Vitamin E which helps to restore life to limp hair
- Contains unsaturated fatty acids like Omega 3 & 6 that provides nutrition
- Contains linoleic acid & oleic that helps to hydrate & moisturise the hair
- Non greasy & non-oily
- Easily absorbed by the hair & restores hair's lost moisture
- Acts as a shield for harmful UV rays & protects hair from environmental pollution
- Stop curliness & roughness
- Enhance elasticity of hair
- Improve strength & heals split ends

2. Jojoba Oil
- Develop new hair cell growth
- Minimise damage from hairstyling gels
- Deeply cleanses hair follice

3. Castor Oil
- Reduce & prevent hair damage
- Eliminate dry hair
- Make hair fuller & shinier
- Conditions & moisturises hair

I honestly do not want to get into the hair tech details on how this treatment works because I don't think you will understand half of it either cause i've read it like 50 times and i still don't understand HAHA. no but really, i think my before & after image speaks alot for itself & no words are needed but you can find out more about it here anyway: http://www.primegrp.asia/mucota/mucota-dyna.html

i just want to give a very special shoutout to my fellow hairdresser - Charles who have given me the royal treatment and spent the entire 4 hours explaining patiently to me about my hair membranes which i still cannot understand HAHA. I'm sorry! Heh. I tried.

Its been a week long since I've had my DYNA Argan Oil Treatment and if you still don't buy that it worked really well for me. Lemme show you with my selfies (its really just an excuse to post my selfies but idc)

After the treatment

Day 4

Day 6 & still super sleek & straight canz?

The thing that I've learned is that treatments are not only meant for people with damaged hair. Even if you have virgin hair and all, you're still bound to get split ends because we are constantly exposed to chemicals, UV rays, etc etc every single day which is very harmful to our hair and in order to protect and love our manes, we have to pamper it once in a while with hair treatments so that we don't turn bald LOLS. Just like how you may have the perfect flawless face but you still have to go for facial because your face isn't really that clean.

So if you're really keen to know more about how the DYNA Argan Oil Treatment works and really wanna see if this works for you as well as it did for me, you can hop on over to Headlines Hairdressing and look for Charles!

Headlines Hairdressing
18 Cross Street, #01-15
China Square Central
Telephone: 6221 6866
Opening Hours:
- Mondays to Fridays 10.30AM to 8.30PM
- Saturdays 10.30AM to 7PM
- Sundays & Public Holidays 10.30AM to 5PM

Oh and before i forget, do remember to quote 'Charles' to be entitled to a 10% OFF!

Have fun getting your hair doneee! xx.

Late Night Supper Drive with my soulfriend

HARROW. I realise that the last time I've blogged was about almost ALMOST 2 months ago but i'm backkk yayy! (for now)

So this happens to be a damn long overdue post and I have alot ALOT of long overdue posts because i've been swamped and I can't wait to share what I've been doing for the past couple of weeks with you guys so yes i will try my best to be constant so there won't be THAT many overdue posts but okay keep checking back for the rest okay!

ANYWAY, with my mum being overseas and with the car just rusting away and me taking forever to get my license, my dear bff (aka my driver) & i decided to do something 'healthy' instead of going to pubs and clubs, one fine night. Honestly, it was super random and the conversation prolly went like:
C: 'ehy, lets go for midnight supper drive leh! i got car!'
R: 'okay! where!'
C: 'dontknow leh. you decide. tyvm.'
R: '-.-'

Soooo, we ended up at Casuarina Curry at Upper Thomson for prata (cause apparently rowena heard that its damn good and we're 2 fragile little girls who dare not explore Geylang in the middle of the night so really, the choices are quite limited)

We ordered a plain prata (idk why i always have this concept that you have to try the plain prata to determine if its good), Mushroom Cheese Prata, Cheese Sausage Prata & my fav milo dinosaur for myself and i have nooo idea what drink rowena had cause its damn long ago. (SORRY, LOVEYOU.)

The Mushroom Cheese Prata & Cheese Sausage Prata were HUGE. Like omg, thank god we were sharing because to be honest, I think if I had to finish up one entire prata myself, I would have prolly been quite sick of it cause after awhile, the taste sort of gets into you. BUT dont get me wrong, it tastes really really good! Its exactly the kind of prata i like - CRISPY on the outside and they were pretty generous with their cheese, mushroom & sausage so if you're a mushroom & sausage & cheese lover like me and you happen to end up at Casuarina Curry on one of your random supper night drives, then you'll have to try their Mushroom Cheese Prata. You're not missing much if you decide to skip on the Cheese Sausage Prata but the Mushroom one, you really have to try but please share kay?

The only thing that I wasn't happy about was that I had to gobble up all my food because the staffs were pretty rude. Like yah, they're not happy to serve you and because its supper and they're closing at 12AM and they were staring at me as though i'm taking damn long to eat so thanks for the pressure guys.
Technically, the place closes at 12AM right, and we purposely chose the outside seats so that they can clean up the inside of the restaurant and all and really, i'm not a bitch whereby i would PURPOSELY make you work till damn late and stuffs but to start telling me every 5 mins at 11.15PM-ish that you guys are closing and I have to hurry up WILL PISS ME OFF. I would know when to leave so really, that was a mood killer. So I hope you guys get better staffs when you go there.

Casuarina Curry Pte Ltd

- 136 Casuarina Road (Off Upper Thomson)

- 187 Macpherson Road (Beside UOB Bank)

Opening Hours: 7AM - 12 Midnight Daily

Telephone: 6455 9093

We then headed over to Salted Caramel for desserts cause I love ice creams and I constantly need to have them else I'll be really sad and yah i've NEVER tried Salted Caramel before and idk why either but I HAVE TRIED IT alr kayz.
I dont know if it was a suay day for supper or what but Salted Caramel was SUPER HOT on that very Friday as though their air-conditioning wasn't working so my ice cream melted damn quickly :(

I can't remember what icecream i got HAHA but I remember vividly that their waffles was pretty good! With me being an icecream addict, i didn't really find their icecream all that special and I honestly prefer The Daily Scoop or Udders instead. I would prolly still visit Salted Caramel if I'm ever nearby and want to have ice cream but to drive all the way down to Upper Thomson just to have it would be highly unlikely.

Salted Caramel

246F Upper Thomson Road

Opening Hours:

Sunday to Thursday 12PM - 11PM

Eve of PH, Friday & Saturday 12PM - 2AM

I would have went to more places but Rowena suck cause after 2 places she say she's damn full so poor lil me have no choice but to accommodate cause she has to send me back home. #beggerscantbechoosers. We prolly drove around Singapore aimlessly for like an hour having our usual bitching session in the car, my fav htht time and blasting club music cause we're damn proud of ourselves for doing something 'healthy' for once.
It was fun doing plain old silly & simple things like that and honestly, I would still choose to have midnight supper drives or hunts again over any other thing. FOOD OVER ALCOHOL.

Thanks for always being there for me and creating so much more silly & memorable memories (such as your parallel parking) with me for the past couple of years babe. Cheers to friendship! ♥
(P.S: I know the photos damn pixelated but sorry i damn lazy bring digital camera out. Everything also iPhone)

Have a great Wednesday guys!

The Best Naan in Singapore Search Project: Gayatri Restaurant

So as some of you may or may not know, I have been trying to look for some splendid naans in Singapore, therefore lets call this 'The Best Naan in Singapore Search Project'.

So after the boy's basketball competition at Farrer Park, we decided to walk around to find some hopefully hidden Naan area but the weather was way too hot to actually allow us to do some naan digging.

So we ended up in Gayatri Restaurant and boy am I glad the weather was hot. Their fish curry was AH-MAZING.

Okay firstly, they serve their Menus on an iPad and call me a bimbo or whichever but its freaking cool can!? I spent prolly 5 mins gawking at it before I placed my order and I have no idea was it because I was starving or what, but their waiting time was a little tad long.

Obviously, I went there for Naan and I really really like Garlic Naan so thats what I ordered. I have no idea what the usual normal naan cost but to pay S$3.25 for a piece of naan, it was way too freakin' expensive. But I still ordered 2 in the end and Anthony ordered 2 as well so wthell.

And when my naan came, oh my gawd. We definitely ordered too much. I have no idea what they did. Prolly cut it into 4 pieces or something but we definitely couldn't finish it so I guess $3.25 per piece was worth it yah? Their garlic naan was pretty decent - Crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside but I was expecting more of a garlic toast-ish smell but there wasn't so thats really disappointing. From what I see on my naan, they simply chopped the garlic up and toast (or whatever they do) together with the naan so I could taste the very garlic smell.

We took a really long time to decide on which curry to have since I am very sensitive to certain Indian curries such as Mutton curry which has the very distinct mutton smell so we decided to make a safe bet and try the Fish Head curry instead. We took the Small Fish Head Curry which costs $22 thinking that we should have gotten the Medium but holy, THANK GOD WE DIDN'T. The Fish Head Curry (Small) totally seems like a Large to me.

No shit. I seriously think every penny that I have spent was like damn worth it and the curry is drop dead delicious. If you are a lover of sour AND spicy curry like tomyam, then you will love their fish head curry. I don't think its extremely spicy but the sour + heat of the curry really makes you sweat. Even a non spicy lover like Anthony loved it and needless to say, I absolutely absolutely love it! I won't say the Fish is very very fresh but its decent. Pleasant to eat. In fact, I'm totally craving for their curry now while writing this post :(

All in all, I wouldn't go back for their Naan but I would go back for their curry.
If you know of any amazing naan places, feel free to drop me a note and I would love to try it out! ;)

Here's their website if you need more details: www.gayatrirestaurant.com
I gotto rush out now to send my mum to the airport. Ciaos and have a Blessed Wednesdat all! ♥

Brick Mansions Move Review

First off, lets have a minute of silence for everyone's well loved actor - Paul Walker.
*One Minute of Silence*

I have to say that seeing him in front of the big screen was really sad and he's greatly missed and absolutely an amazing actor which can never be replaced so for all Paul Walker fans, even if you may not like Parkour, you have gotto watch his amazing performance in Brick Mansions because its one of his last films (Beside FF7, which was filmed halfway).
Brick Mansions (PG13 - Some Violence & Brief Coarse Language)
In a dystopian Detroit, abandoned brick mansions left from better times now house only the most dangerous criminals. Unable to control the crime, the police constructed a colossal containment wall around this area to protect the rest of the city. For undercover cop Damien Collier (Paul Walker) everyday is a battle against corruption. For Lino (David Belle), everyday is a fight to live an honest life.

Their paths never should have crossed, but when drug kingpin, Tremaine (RZA) kidnaps Lino's girlfriend, Damien reluctantly accepts the help of the fearless ex-convict, and together they must stop a sinister plot to devastate the entire city. With stylised action featuring thrilling Parkour stunts (David Belle is the co-founder of this physical training discipline), Brick Mansions puts an entertaining twist on the action genre.
Genre: Action/ Crime
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Release Date: 24th April 2014

Lets shift off the focus of the fact that this is Paul Walker's last film and focusing on the movie itself - I truly loved it and yes, Brick Mansions is the English remake of District 13 but I have never watched that cause its in French (and PSSSST...David Belle was also playing Lino in District 13!) Some of you may or may not know this but David Belle truly knows how to Parkour because he is one of the co-founders of Parkour itself so how cool is that!? The stunts were amazing and so smooth and I have a new found respect for Parkour.

I don't understand how can anyone play a good cop with an inner thug self as well as Paul Walker. As usual his character is funny, witty and oh so charming and when you pair both he and David Belle together, the action chemistry is AH-MAZING.

Brick Mansions feature a hell lot of Parkour and fight scenes and its almost 80% action based. Its not entirely very thrilling nor nerve wrecking but there's just something about it that makes you really excited about the whole thing and you can't wait to see how it turns out.

I truly don't think that Brick Mansions was overhyped. Its as good as it sounds and its even better when you get to watch David Belle and Paul Walker's witty remarks and power packed action scenes together. I totally enjoy how Lino is so Parkour based and how Damien is just about the fighting and they almost never fight the same way because Damien doesn't know how to Parkour and Lino is all about that. So when it comes to escaping from the thugs, Lino easily just glides through everything and Damien's just stunned. Haha.

I really really enjoyed Brick Mansions and I think as a movie, its definitely worth watching. I almost cried at the end because I know that I'll never get to see Paul Walker in any new movies anymore and when the credits rolled to the condolences for Paul Walker - everyone in the theatre started clapping. RIP Paul Walker, its been months but you'll always be in our heart.

*Special thanks to Cathay Keris Films for the invitation to the premiere screening and the movie stills as well! (:

You Can't Miss This: Brick Mansions Parkour Jam (19th April 2014)

Have you watched the trailer from Brick Mansions?
If you have yet to, go watch it. If you have, then I'm pretty sure you have been impressed with how those dudes could jump and parkour all over the walls and buildings like they are Spiderman. 

I have a few friends who are hardcore Parkour fans and I always can't help but wonder how do they even get the guts to learn parkour by themselves. I mean you can DIE from it. Literally. As impressive and as thrilling as it is, its freaking dangerous!

I've always thought that Parkour is pretty cool. I mean just imagine, someone is trying to rob you or kill you and you just parkour your way through and tadaahhh - you're safe! Its like a super cool self defence skill. Now here comes the interesting part: If you have ever wanted to learn Parkour, now's your chance!

Cathay will be organising the 'Brick Mansions Parkour Jam' to celebrate the movie release of Brick Mansions! *WOOHOO~
Date: 19th April 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 4PM
Venue: The Cathay (Handy Road, in front of the building)

For those who have never seen Parkour in action, here's your chance!
You can even get to experience Parkour for yourself! (Perfect chance to learn self defence) Superfly Monkey Dragons will be conducting a workshop on the day itself to teach you the basics of Parkour so lets be real. YOU CAN'T MISS THIS OUT!

Besides that, HOT FM 91.3 DJs Cheryl Miles and Shan Wee will also be joining in the fun from 4.30PM to 6.30PM and they come bearing gifts! So if you would like to see your fav DJs trying Parkour themselves (and of course to win some freebies), you know what to do ;)

HOWEVER, participations in the workshops are on a first-come-first served basis and registration opens 30mins prior to the start of the workshop so be sure to be there early if you do not want to miss out on this!

Click here for the full details on Brick Mansions Parkour Jam!