Guylian Packaging Design Contest.
Posted by roanne in Personal Moods on June 17, 2011
Guylian Belgian Chocolates is currently holding a Giftbox Design Contest, and one of the participants is a good artist friend of mine.
I designed an elegant and classy look for Guylian Belgian Chocolate using a deep red color complemented with golden swirls to entice desire for chocolates. - Iris Laxa
In full support of her, I’m encouraging you to vote for her design by simply clicking on “LIKE” here (the like link located after her design description). 
50% of the total score will come from your votes. Winner will take home USD 5,000! Here’s to praying and hoping that she bags the grand prize!
For those who voted, thank you very much and I really appreciate the effort!
For those who haven’t, please do! Thanks in advance!
http://www.whiteboxcontest.com/contest/gallery/design-details/id/148
At Clarke Quay: Tomo Izakaya
Posted by roanne in Clarke Quay, Food, Japanese Food, Singapore on June 12, 2011
H’s friend G, who’s based in Singapore, served as our tour guide during the entire Singaporean trip. She took us to this quaint Japanese place for our late dinner, Tomo Izakaya, since most of the restaurants were already closed that time.
The first thing that attracted me to this place was the marvellous interior. The place had a cosy and relaxing feel like I was actually in some pristine Izakaya bar in Tokyo. I wouldn’t be surprised if they won the CNBC Asia Pacific Property Awards-Interior Design Award back in ‘09.
We’re greeted by this upsized fellow dangling a bottle of sake, which reminds me of Pho [of Kung Fu Panda]. I think this one’s a mole though, isn’t it?
Lovely lanterns. I want something like these in my bedroom.
We chose to sit on the illusory floor platform ala traditional Japanese dining setting. The tricky part is: it had actually a hollow space beneath the table where we could rest our legs, so we could seat upright. Neat, eh? 
Dining friends, G & H.
Here’s what we had:
I wasn’t really in the mood for pigging out, so I got a bowlful of Tomo Caesar Salad (SGD 12.50), which didn’t fail my taste buds. Loveeed it to bits!
G got Tanuki Udon (SGD 9.00). It’s an udon noodle soup with tempura crusts.
She also got this Soft Shell Crab Maki/Temaki (SGD 7-10.50) which was made of win! I really, really loved this one. To think, I snatched two pieces from the owner. LOLOL!
H got this fiery hot Curry Nanban Udon (SGD 10.00), which she swore by the spiciness of it.
She also got Tempura Mori (SGD 20.00), which is a mixed variety of ebi and vegetable tempura. We all feasted into this, and it didn’t disappoint like the others.
I got Jikasei Goma Ice Cream (SGD 5.00) for the finale—aka the dessert. Been raving like mad coz this is one of the best-est ice creams I’ve ever tasted to date. I’m so getting this again should I go back to Singapore, which is soon!
All in all, the dishes were quite decent. I won’t hesitate to spend another dinner (or lunch) here, being a Japanese food lover that I am. The restaurant claims that their seafood is freshly flown from the famed Tsukiji Market in Tokyo twice a week, which is kind of awesome!
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Clarke Quay, Singapore at Night.
Posted by roanne in Clarke Quay, Marina Bay, Singapore on May 29, 2011
My adventure in Singapore started a few hours after I got off the plane. It had been pre-planned that H (roomie and travel buddy) and I would go to Clarke Quay for our first stop.
Oh, hi there Marina Bay Sands!
Whilst riding a cab, we passed by the Marina Bay. That was the only time we did a flash of a second sight-seeing on the place, since we failed to actually go there.
Sitting by the Singapore River is Clarke Quay which looks magnificent at night. It houses a chain of restaurants, bars and clubs that literally glistens in a variety of iridescent lights; so, expect that nightlife is pretty much active here.
The deadening three-hour flight somewhat desensitised our senses. This gave us an idea of getting some adrenaline rush with G-MAX and G-5. Just a food for thought for the curious: it takes to be flat-out lionhearted in order to fully enjoy and savour the experience. Cliché as it seems; but, no guts, no glory!
G-MAX let us experience bungee jumping in reverse, as it hurled us up into the air bouncing up and down like a ball. Imagine your ride being dribbled as high as 60 metres with a thrilling speed of 200 kilometres per hour. It was a good idea not taking dinner before riding it, lest one of us might just get sick and shower our not-so-blessings to the bunch of spectators below. Apart from the slight whiplash to the neck, it was an exhilarating fun ride [of a lifetime] that I’d want to try over and over again.
Next came the GX-5 Extreme Swing or simply called G5, which fared really well (if not, even better) with G-MAX. If you love riding “anchors away”, then I’m sure you’d love this twice as much. Imagine being rapidly oscillated in midair like a pendulum—only just a 100 metres in distance! I was a bit nervous at first, since I’d been tasked to pull out the lever in order to set us off. Worse is, I had to wait for the green light signal before pulling out and letting go. I would have thought of doing it in advance, which made things a bit more scary. Luckily, all went well, ‘coz I followed the instructions to a tee.
Obviously, we tried both. The combo cost us 60 SGD each. The fun fearless me was ecstatic like a 5-year-old on a sugar rush thereafter, that I almost forgot that my ever-grumbling stomach was churning already. We resolved settling into a Japanese restaurant for our late dinner, which will be my next post.
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