Thiong Bahru Bakery

*this is an outdated post, I'm not sure why I didn't post it. Was probably trying to find time to edit it proper but never got down to it.....oops.*

Ting and I are avid bread fans. Ok, I'm a little more picky I love my breads fresh from bakeries. I have come to dislike those white gardenia bread unless they are toasted or made into French toast.

Why? Not int because of the taste, but also because of the texture. I am a big fan of good texture. But this doesn't mean I must have expensive breads, quite the opposite!

One of my favourite breads are the cheap kinds freshly baked in the Coffeeshop without preservatives the home loaf our parents used to get as kids.

And of course I enjoy all those other yummy treats from the good expensive bakeries too. If only they weren't so pricey...but if so maybe my weight would just balloon....! Haha...

And so ting and I have been wanting to try this "Tiong Bahru Bakery" for some time after hearing raving reviews about their croissants.

After a few attempts we finally met to go there. Well, me being me I thought we would be going to the one in tiong bahru cause it is called that right? And my googling skills were not working on that day.

I didn't know they had a second branch in Raffles City now. So yay for for all of us because it is more convenient now!:))

I wasn't thinking of writing a post for these so pardon my lack of photos.

After much getting lost and guidance from ting we finally reached! From the line in the display me being me i wanted to order EVERYTHING! haha...

But we collected ourselves and order 4 things.
The much acclaimed about must order plain croissant, the chocolate croissant , a cheese and ham something and a pandan fleur ( that's how I rmb it is spelt) haha...

And a mocha and lemonade. If you ask me about the house drinks I will tell you straight, DON'T even bother.My mocha was horrible. :(

Ok so yea now that's done let me continue...the service was good they were all very smiley and attentive even towards a blur customer like me who needs to huh a few times to understand them. Love places with good nice service people! :))

They offered warming of food services too...when we went there were not so many people so we picked a nice couch seat. (Which happen to be just outside the kitchen)

I always wanted to work in a bakery...just so I can bring home bread everyday...lol lols..greedy!

When they sent our warmed up cheese an ham pastry it seemed a little blacker than usual but to us, it was alright I guess. We are not so picky..lols..

So a round of Instagram photos we go! Just as we were about to tuck in a lady came out of the kitchen and walked pass our table and walked back.

She requested to take away the little burnt cheese and ham pastry cause she told us it was over burnt. As there was none left in the counter she told us they would make a fresh one for us immediately in 20mins. We were not in a hurry so we were alright.

But we were quite sad to think the burnt one might have been thrown away...nooo! Give us! But that is their respect towards quality.

Later learnt the lady was the chef inside! Respect their love towards giving customers good quality! And as a form of apology for the bad quality presented to us they gave us a free brownie!

Talk about good service!! This place is awesome:))

And this was what made me want to write this post. A bakery whose baker does not compromise on quality just because of pricing is a one worth my. Recommendation. I believe with a place like this, it can only get better!

My recommendation based on what I've try is still the plain croissant. It stands strong! Must eat if you go there.


Didi told me their burgers are really good too! I haven't tried them yet..but might the next time...they have too many new things to keep me going to try all of them!

Go try them out today! One in Raffle city (I personally feel this is very accessible And the other in Tiong Bahru, but a little out of the way. But for good bread, worth it). :D

Denim. i know denim. I have been wearing it half my live pls!

Almost everyone who knows me knows that I am the poster child for being the Tees & jeans kinda person. or Shirt/blouse and jeans kinda gal.

Ok. Saying poster child is putting too much of myself in the beautiful ray of light because who am i kidding, when was I ever poster child material? ahh. in my dreams. not too bad there!

because my thighs are not in proportion to my hips and yada yada...i only learnt how to wear jeans and only that in my years of growing up from primary to secondary...so you can't exactly blame my fashion sense. I couldn't fit into other stuff well. lols...

Usually people find jeans suffocating....but for me the jeans I chose to wear are almost like second nature...of course i do have to admit there are those few which i would love to rip apart once i put them on.

But....denims have really been part of my life...it's been there for every other occasion...I would have inserted more example pics...but facebook only go that far and i have to sieve through waay too many! So let me show how i rock the fashionistic denim my way & how it blends right into my daily life and important points thereafter...

from when i go to USS to meet my favourite Kung Fu panda Po. 

i usually don't go so far back when looking at photos but since i was on this topic i found this pic very apt...

(an almost graduation day photo with my buddies then whom i've not met in a loong time)

doesn't it remind you of FRIENDS sitcom?

to visiting Ming's very important family day visit at his OCS

to celebrating a friend's birthday

and just trying to look cool. 

and feeling like a total rockstar. in tees. shades and denim looking o-so-cool. 

*ling is so going to kill me with this pic. but i think quite cute mah! :P

it makes picture perfect memories. 

well faded. *pun unintended.lols

you can see how important my denims are to me because i wore it on my first date. 

*ahems*

a girl can fantasize can't she?

In fact we all are rocking it out in denim! ( i think. wes are you?)

 all the way to meeting Mr President Obama. 

see my denims are awesome. 

they follow me throughout my lifetime. 

when it's cold it's probably the most practical wear pls. 

someone said something about being inflexible in it..?

See what i just did there? 

I made all your you go through my pictures of meee!

vicious. bhb. 

lols. 

So...

i feel the best denim style to suit the denim wearing me would be 

 it was down to this two...

*drum rolls*

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after much thinking i believe starlet straight would be my choice. 

Because I like clean cut cuts. 

Nothing too fancy, very to the point,  like me.
>.< 

hahaha. :p

With clean cuts I feel it can transcend time, denim is something which has already transcend time and all fashion to let people know it is here to stay. I would like to be known as someone like that, not always chasing newest trends and fashion because it is changing. I know i wouldn't be able to keep up, i want to keep something timeless.Something i can effortlessly throw on a plain top and still bring me places, make me feel comfortable. 

:)

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 i was looking through my pics and thought this would totally sell for a denim pic. 

*WIN*

if you would like us to be denim models, yes, we are more than willing. 

so hesitate no more cause we are rocking it out. 

;))

heh. 

i have no idea where my confidence comes from. 

from wearing a everlasting comfy pair of that denim.;P

see! we looked so good in our denim that when we asked momo opapa to help us take pic of us with the background he got tempted to shoot our denims instead. 

i rest my case. 

because that's the power of friendship.

i wrote this post on instagram a few days back but i though since it was such a long thought I would like to share it here too...

(it was meant to go out as a tweet. but 140 characters ain't enough for me to say it. bah. so it went onto instagram and now reproduced here...:))

Reading another article on this kid getting bullied so bad till she decided the world was not worth living for...:( 
And thinking...boy. I must really have been lucky all my life...:) I have heard of friends or friends of who have been bullied/teased/ostracised some part of their school lives especially sec and pri... From where I came from in my two schs either way everyone (popular.not) would have at least a friend to standup for them and just be..a friend...? 

Ppl laugh at ulu north but I guess we must be awesome cause I don't see it happening while studying here... What branded schools? Mine was just as awesome too!

And I must be really lucky or did something awesome in my pass live to have a bunch of buds I found frm pri, sec, poly & uni school to stick tgt with me till today. 

Xiexie I realised that it takes me quite awhile to be close to people...I'm shy like that. But if I'm close enough to irritate you (well in a friendly manner. Haa) then we must be quite close huh! Heh

*and i forgotten to add, if i ask you for things for help or anything, means we are close like that too, cause to learn how to ask for something is a big step for me. I hate why i am so shy like that. tsk.

I hope bullying-stops. Everyone find that friend of theirs:)

....

That was my thought of the day then.

Family and friendship. 

this are the only two important things in my life currently. 

I can't even begin to imagine what i would do without them...

Coming home to an empty house without warmth, then i would rather stay out. 

going into a world without friendship feeling all alone, then i'd rather drift away. (speaking of which i love magnetic north's drift away song!the mv is quite apt for this topic!)

here you go! thought the mv was quite nicely done. by wfp of course!. :)

so thankfully, this two fit very nicely in my life. 

i lack maybe that one thing to make life complete but at least till date the other two have been fulfilling, and your friendships mean the world to me, my inner circle. 

not very big because i don't dream of being a social butterfly. 

 those who know will know cause i know. :)

(act yi ge poetic. lols)

and between the two, i treasure your friendship more i believe. (?)

maybe. 

there are so many things i dare to be rash about. (usually my practical self will speak first. oh but anyway...)

but with our friendship...

i hold it like a precious china ware.

 ...

so thankful for all the friendships i've made through the years...even the ones where now it seems that we have drifted apart. 

i really thank and appreciated you being part of my life then. :)

you were  (and still are) awesome guys. 

if you are reading this. go be someone's friend...especially that tortured soul you see....

you may just be the last glimmer of warmth...

we all hate to be judged. so if you can. don't. 

be a friend. 

you never know whose life you are bringing joy and new meaning into.

StayReal when are you coming to SG?

Stayreal when are you coming to SG so I can buy your o-so-cute bags? Especially love the checkered series and blue bagpacks! Haha...cause sometimes I carry my laptop home and still using the old one (which is my trusty bag) but I want a cutesy one too! Act cute. I know lah. Haha

Like a candle fizzling out.

Been working late daily for months end and recently to add on to the burden some idiot had to sabotage the work server causing me to lose 3months plus worth of sweat and tears.

Imagine the distraught one faces in this cases. Knowing the amount of stuff I had to face just when I finally took leave did no help.

Imagine finally taking a break to chill off but you get the news such bad news, damn. It's nothing to look forward to coming back to and the stress combined with it. Dude who did the sabotage, if I had a stick I would probably really beat you into a pulp. I won't kill you but I would definitely want to beat you up. *yes. I am no angel as I often say. *

The stress has been wearing thin on both me and my partner working out the same crisis.

People say girls are really hard to understand...but I think in this case..at the end of the day we would really want some support and recognition. My two other ops are trying in their own ways to chip in and help out which makes me grateful and thankful:)

But really...still at the end of the day it would be heartwarming to know someone knows that it's just two of us..and we are trying our best and appreciate us for that.

We are threading on thin ice with tendencies of feeling overwhelm time to time.....

as how a candle would fizzle out if burnt from both ends we are feeling the heat...
...
Give us some moral support.
You do realise words sometimes can make or break a person's day...?

Why choose the latter when it doesn't cost to do the former.
...

but I believe we can tide through this. Yesh we can:)

There's nothing which can't be solved with a bucket of tears, a good hot long shower and a good sleep. And maybe throw in some mayday songs;)

7 Eleven pls bring me to Taiwan!

Helloooo!:) I'm back faster than my usual posting ever since I started working because...I wanna join the 7eleven blogger's contest, so they can bring me to Taiwan! Hahaha...


So shamelessly I'm going to say...Pls let me win!!:D
Before I carry on with my entry don't say I don't share the good stuff...if you own a blog like me (not popular also neh mind Xp *i hope?* it's the heart that counts right) hehe.. You can join the 7 Eleven blogger's contest. Here! Contest ENDING SOON HOR! on 9th Oct. JOIN NOW! :P

All you have to do is go to 7-Eleven and spend $3, snap a pic and tell them where you would like to go to if you win.

*ahem* the 'you' in this case would be ME!! Because I have bought my $3 worth from 7-eleven!

 

 Actually I must say i have this love hate relationship with 7 Eleven because it's so awesome it always makes me spend more than i even need. 

I want to go in to buy some last minute snacks for my cousies (to bribe them when i go to Kuching. i think it did work! hehe) I came out with Tao Kae Noi and Kit Kat peanut butter the latter for myself!! -___-''

See?! Always got something to buy one! haha...

But one thing i realised that of this two items i took i think they are only sold in 7-Eleven because I do not see them anywhere else! Yesh ah! Limited edition stuff...lols..

I love peanut butter and chocolate combi...haven't tried them yet but i'm sure it's gonna be mmmmmm! :D

 This few months I have always been busy...:((

so much so that by the time i get home...no more shops are open to get dinner...*imagine the horror!!*

so i'm pretty much grateful there's a 7-Eleven on the way home for me to grab cup noodles! i'm pretty scared of cup noodles if i keep having it...Xp

so albeit it being small in cwp...i'm still grateful it's 24/7-11 :)

But still!

Ps! I hope you all can bring in cutesy stuff collectables like the ones taiwan does...

that would be awesome upon awesome! hehe.

So that is why...if i do win this competition, i would like to go to Taiwan! :))

 As they say..

Welcome 2 Taiwan!

I love that country, and also there's many familiar 7-Elevens there too! hehe...

Always round the corner :)

...

So one more time again..

PICK ME Pick me to win the 7-Eleven Blogger's Contest!

...

Ding - Dong!

Always open!

:)

Little encouragement keeps me going:)

For some reasons people close to me always think I'm the little bubbly one who jumps around happily...

I don't mind actually...it's good to be the crazy bouncy one..lols.

As much as i am crazy and happy most of the time, I am also pretty much a big 大哭包 was so as a kid but got better when I was bigger...I still cry a lot but just not in front of anybody now if I can help it...it's a good form of release actually. Rekkha used to say the one good thing about me is my fast ability for positivity. I do admit, it's not always there..but 70% of the time it is! :)

I need courage too, and I find it by releasing all the unhappiness and them coming back alive again. I fall and cry easily, but after that I jump back up alive again! Like a 不倒翁!

During periods like these I love to eaee encouraging stuff or funny pics...these were the stuff shared with me...

(Ok I'm using my iPhone to blog. I have no idea if my photos will turn up where I want them to be)-_-;;

Let me share them with you..hope your days brightens up a lil!:D