Friday, November 23, 2012

PS Cafe @ Harding Road, Singapore


Hello peeps! I’m back from my recent 5days4nights Singapore trip! On one of the days, Jess suggested that we meet up with her cousin, Karen for lunch. Dempsey area was proposed, but we had no idea what was good there. After several replies from my helpful followers on Twitter and FB, we decided to visit PS Café at Harding Road.

Lucky for us, Karen’s husband was driving otherwise that area could not be easily accessed through the MRT. There were so many atas looking restaurants at that particular area! It wasn’t that difficult to look for PS Café though, since there were signboards directing you to the numbers.

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PS Café wasn’t just a small ordinary café in the city, but rather a lovely place surrounded by the nature! Trees and grass everywhere, totally unexpected.


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Heavy wooden door that I failed to open. LOL.


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These cakes really caught my attention the moment I stepped in! I was drooling at the sight of it.


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Look at the huge double choc!!!


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Despite it being a week day, the café was extremely crowded. There was a long long waiting list. We gave our name and was told to wait for 50 minutes.

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There were a few lazy chairs out there and some magazines for us while waiting. I just sat there and admired the beautiful surrounding and of course, tried to put the sunlight at its best use XD


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It was finally our turn after what seemed like forever. That victorious feeling after being seated on our table! ^^

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Gotta love the wooden floor and the full length glass windows that allow you to enjoy the outdoor scenery while having your food.


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The café emits this lovely fragrance which I assume came from the fresh flowers on the decorations. Heck, even the flowers in the washroom were real!


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Portobello Stack – Poached eggs stacked with Roasted Portobello Mushrooms, Grilled Bacon, Wilted Spinach, Creamy Smoked Cheddar Potato Gratin & Butter Broche.

This simply made up for the long 50-minute wait! The portion is sufficient for sharing (if you eat like we girls that is).


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PS Burger – Grilled Wagyu & US Chuck Patty.


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PS Shepherd’s Pie and Soup gives you your choice of soup. We had cream of wild mushroom which was extremely rich!


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Truffle Shoestring Fries with Grated Parmesan & Parsley tossed in Truffle Oil. A generous amount of golden truffle-flavoured fries - this is a must-order when you visit PS Café!

Not sure how much the bill totaled up but I don’t think it exceeded SGD100. A main course like Portobello Stack costs around SGD25 which of course is rather pricey for brunch if you were to convert it to Ringgit. But well, you’re not supposed to do conversion when you’re on vacation XD

There are a few branches of PS Café other than this one that we’ve visited, though I’m not sure if their environment half as lovely. Unfortunately you can’t make reservation for brunch, so all you can do is go there early and wait for your turn.

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PS Café
28B Harding Road
Singapore
+65 6479 3343

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Passport Renewal at Kelana Jaya Immigration


This is a quick guide if you are renewing your Malaysian passport.

For those who are staying at PJ area, there’s an immigration office located at Kelana Jaya. Full address and contact at the end of this post.


Instead of wasting your time queuing up and filling up forms, you can now renew your passport within a minute by using a kiosk. To avoid any trouble, make sure you prepare the required documents and the exact amount of cash beforehand.

2 years – RM100
5 years – RM300
The machine accepts RM50 and RM100 notes only.


Once you reach the immigration, there might be people handing you forms and stuff. Don’t bother them, just head straight to the kiosk which is located straight after the entrance at a corner. There might be a small queue depending on your luck. When I was there, there were only 2 people waiting for the machine which was rather surprising. I suppose many of them are unaware of the kiosk yet.


Insert your passport, scan your thumbs, make your payment (at the kiosk itself) and you’ll be issued a receipt. Your passport will be ready in an hour’s time!


One more tip, be sure you reach there before 3.30pm because once it’s passed 3.30pm, the machine will state that the collection is a day after. I missed it by 8 minutes hence the collection time was 9am the next day according to the machine. But then I tried to persuade the officer aiyooo nak ambil hari ini boleh lah boleh lah, so he said okay it’ll be ready in an hour! WIN \o/


After an hour, you’ll need to proceed to either counter 1 or 2 to be issued a number. I tried to get the number after 45 minutes thinking if I do so I don’t have to wait so long, but they’ll only issue the number once your passport is read. LOL.

No delay that day so my passport was ready in an hour! Waited another 15 minutes or so until my number was called. The whole process was rather quick and efficient.


I think the tricky part of all is to find the immigration office. Make sure you read the map thoroughly before the journey. There are a few Glomac building at Kelana Jaya like Menara Glomac and Wisma Glomac. Plaza Glomac is the correct one!

Pejabat Imigresen Kelana Jaya
Blok A, Plaza Glomac
Jalan SS7/19, Kelana Jaya
47301 Petaling Jaya
Selangor
Tel : 03-7883 0975 / 7885 0149 / 7885 0301
Fax: 03-7885 0243

Office Hours: 
Monday - Friday : 7.30 am - 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm - 5.30 pm
Saturday - Sunday : 8.00 am - 1.00 pm (Passport Processing Only)

Apparently you can renew your passport online also. Click here to read the instructions and fill up the application.

Good luck and have fun travelling! 

Monday, November 19, 2012

Marini's on 57


A continuation of Jess’s birthday post. It was my first time visiting Marini’s on 57 located at Tower 3, KLCC next to Mandarin Oriental Hotel.

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Marini’s on 57 consists of bar, lounge and restaurant. From the 57th floor, you can enjoy a magnificent bird eye view of the beautiful city.

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Our initial plan was to dine at the restaurant before proceeding to the bar. However, the restaurant was fully booked when we tried to make our reservation. It’s recommended to make your reservation 1 week prior from what I heard. Pretty pricey food there according to the experiences I’ve heard, RM70 minimum for a pasta dish.

I would say the lounge is an ideal spot for chill out with the perfect atmosphere and great view. However the cocktails they served were rather disappointing. We ordered 3 cocktails that night and all of them turned out bad. Should definitely opt for something safer like champagne, beer or on the rocks next time.

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Mojito.


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Sangaree.


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Can’t remember the name for this but it somehow tastes like toilet cleaner. LOL.


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Jess and I in matching lacey outfit ^^

Marini’s On 57
Level 57, Menara 3 Petronas,
Persiaran KLCC,
50088 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.
03-21612880
03-21614880
reservations@marini57.com

Friday, November 9, 2012

[ADV] M-Runcit


Ever wanted to make an important phone call then just to pick up your phone and realize that you ran out of credit? How about wanting to access the internet but your access has expired?

Or your friends call you for an online gaming session but oops you ran out of credit for your favourite MMORPG! You run downstairs to jump into your car only to find that your brother has taken your car out!

Arghhhhhh! You pull your hair in despair and bang your head against the wall!

Don’t fret! Now you have a very simple solution to that! Just head over to https://www.mruncit.com/ 

M-what? MRuncit - the new store in town and it’s one that you can access anywhere as long as you have an internet/ mobile data connection! Easy and convenient, you don’t even need to change outta your pajamas and step outta your house!

MRuncit which stands for Mobile Runcit, an online virtual product store which offers prepaid services with loyalty point schemes and easy payment options for community members in real-time via online and mobile devices.

Here is some stuff you can purchase from MRuncit.com:



Online Games Reloads

Attention to gamers out there! You don’t need to go to the cybercafé to buy these anymore! You can buy Garena, Gash, OffGamers, Game Pro, MOL and lots more! Online gamers rejoice! Now you can play online games without interruption!




Mobile Airtime Reloads

Need to call your girlfriend but you’re running low on credit and you can’t get to a convenience store? I can relate to those frustrating moments since I was once a prepaid mobile user! Whenever your credit is running low, no worries as MRuncit offers many different pre-paid top-ups!

Tune Talk, U Mobile and X Pax are some of the bigger ones while there are a couple of others as well.





IDD/ STD and Internet Access Reloads

With loads of products you can choose from including iTalk, IDD5Plus, NJoy, Chatz and more for IDD and STD you can select the one that suits you best.

You can even get Jaring and P1 internet access reloads.





Mobile and Gadget Accessories

Want to make your phone look cooler? Try browsing through the many accessories on MRuncit! There are accessories for most popular phones such as this case for the Samsung Galaxy S3 which has multiple colours for you to choose from!





Redemption Store

Now this is why you should buy from MRuncit! Earn rewards points that you can use to redeem products by simply buying what you need from MRuncit.com. Your next reload or top-up could be free!






Even more reason to purchase now – win a car!      

Purchase any of the virtual/ reload products from MRuncit.com from 1 November to 31  December 2012 and you will be eligible to join the WOW! Contest organized by ePay. Prizes include a car, bicycles and iPod Nanos.

Head over here for contest details - https://www.mruncit.com/mruncit-wow-contest





So what are you waiting for? Head over to https://www.mruncit.com/ today and who knows? You might just be the one driving home with a new car!

Stay in the know of the latest MRuncit promotions and contests by ‘Liking’ the MRuncit Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/mruncit