Amsterdam

Monday afternoon.
Cold, Humid and Foggy 2 degrees in Amsterdam.

Its' really very cold out there when i went for a walk this noon, this winter will be cold and harsh for the dutch. The high humidity in the cold making the whole place foggy with low visibility.

It's so foggy that you feel like you are in some fairylane...

Some Christmas Fair going on at the square, with stalls selling yummilicious Belgium waffles and cheese, and they have made a small skating ring there too... Reminds me that Christmas is not far from now....

Souvenier shop with traditional Dutch Ladies' Clogs... The paint works are so detailed and pretty...

Bumped into this "Smartshop", offering some really "smart" stuffs that can make you feel cloud nine!!! So tempting right?! But the "stuffs" are illegal in singapore, and consuming it will bring you behind bars... so, think twice or thrice!!!!

Went to the flower market to try my luck on some tulips, eventhough i know that November is not tulip season, it's impossible to find tulips there, except for the fake ones. I thought of buying the bulb back and plant it myself, but common sense telling me that it's impossible for them to grow in the hot and humid Singapore. LOL

A small art and craft shops around the flower market with many nice posters and pictures.

The Christmas store with plenty of nice Christmas decoration and ornaments.

I love Dutch cheese very much, bought some nice and fresh Dutch Gouda Cheese in Herb & Garlic flavour, my favourite, and had a picture with the tall and pretty Dutch Lady. 

Happy to be back in my warm and cozy hotel room with my loot!!!! - Stroopwaffles & Dutch Cheese.

Gonna spend the rest of my afternoon cozing in my room.

Take care and stay warm in winter.

XOXO,

CeL|Ne

Miso Soup for Dinner

Sunday night
Cold, humid and foggy Amsterdam.

I've been following a strict diet recently to loose a few pounds and some love handles. It's pretty sad when you can't fit into pants and dresses that you once looked so good in, and you start to look for cardigans or tops and dresses with sleeves because you can't stand the sight of your flabby arms. You look into the mirror everyday before you shower and before you dress to find yourself growing not taller or bustier, but rounder and sideways. It's time to do something about it!

Besides going to gym and swimming regularly, i start to skip carbs for almost all my meals, and try to stick to vege and seafood for all meals. Well, occasionally i do give myself some "off days" to indulge in beef and pork... Few nights ago i replace my usual bowl of rice with miso soup.

Why miso soup?

One plain cup of miso gives you 36 calories and only 1g of fat! It contains 2g of protein in every 25-calorie tablespoon of miso paste, making it a concentrate source of protein. It also contains magnesium, zinc, copper and iron, which is very important in stimulating immune function, healing wounds, boosting energy production and antioxidants. Studies and researches also show that fermented soy food, such as miso, delayed the appearance of induced cancer, resulted in lower rate of cancer. How amazing it is!!!!

It's as easy as a-b-c when it comes to making yourself a bowl of nutrional, warm and yummy miso soup.

Ingredients :

Miso Paste, easily available at most supermarket or japanese supermarket.

I love to add egg toufu into my miso soup. I also add in a teaspoon of noodle soup base to enhance the flavour.

Cut your seaweed into thin strips.

Add miso paste, noodle soup base and toufu into boiling water, stir to mix well. Add more miso paste if it's too blend, and bring to boil. Add the seaweed and voila!!!!

Toufu & Seaweed
By adding toufu and seaweed into miso soup, you are actually doubling the goodness you can get in that small bowl of soup. Toufu are a good source of protein, and also helps in promoting immune system and antioxidant in the body, the omega 3 fatty acid of toufu helps reduce the risk of heart diseases. Seaweed are high vitamin A, B and C, which are very essential in our day to day life. There are antioxidants, too, and help us to reduce the risk of disease and cancer, promoting good immune system against infection.

Do you know?
Miso and toufu are easy on stomach, if you are having diarrhoe and difficulties in digesting solid food, miso soup is a home remedy to restore nutrients and to prevent dehydration during diarrhoe. So next time when you are having diarrhoe, drink miso soup to help you recover fast!

A small bowl of miso soup with toufu and seaweed, and all you get is antioxidant and antioxidant and antioxidant, plus boosting immune system and reduce risk of getting cancer. And it has no fat, so you can drink it at night as dinner and need not worry about putting on weight!

I'm so gonna have more miso soup as dinner in the future.

People always say : you are what you eat!

So eat healthily! Exercise regularly!


XOXO,
CeL|Ne

Source from : www.LIVESTRONG.com

It's here... Right here with me... iPhone 4S

Rainy thursday afternoon.

It's all hot and sunny 30 minutes ago, but now it's raining cats and dogs with thunder roaring, sour my swimming plan. Sigh. How i wish the sun will just stay hanging up there in the sky for another hour, and i'll be able to go for a 15 laps.

After my brunch yesterday, i went to the Singtel shop at Ngee Ann City. Initially i was just thinking of checking out the price of the latest iPhone 4S, but i ended up paying for one. LOL.

It's time for me to bid farewell to my old iPhone 3GS and welcome my new iPhone 4S. My iPhone 3GS is still alright, still in working condition, besides it runs a little slow, occasionally hang; the battery life is the main reason i wanted to change it away. I need to charge it almost every now and then, and have to carry my charger or external charger around to avoid getting flat. How sad is that... Sigh.

Just hours after i got the phone, i send it for a total make over. I went to Holiday Plaza in JB, a place well-known for getting pirated DVDs, and now, it's another paradise for smart phones and tablets makeover! I was happily selecting and discussing with my bf which casing is nicer and cuter, and ended up realising that, iPhone 4S casing are different from iPhone 4 casing, and the selection for iPhone 4S is very limited, because malaysia has yet to launch the iPhone 4S ( -__- |||)

In the end, i've got this hello kitty casing, so cute right?

I believe most people must be wondering how is the Siri, the intelligent assitant, working. Bf and i were trying out on it, and seriously, most of the time you cant really get information from it.

I tried asking about the weather, and here's what i have got - the weather forcast.

I tried asking for the time, and Siri has no idea what time is it at my location, weird!

Nevertheless, i'm loving the 8 MP camera, it's so much better than my iPhone 3GS one.

Another thing that most people worried about, are transfering of games to their new phone!!! All the games that they have been playing and achieved high levels from their previous iPhone, may be lost and have to start all over again in the new phone. I thought so too, and was totally depress cos my Bakery Story that i've been playing for such a long time, and i have achieved level 68 after so much hardwork and effort, don't tell me i have to start from scratch again... Argh!

I went online to google about transfering of games from old device to new device, and i found this site:

http://www.teamlava.com/ 

At the bottom of the page, you will see transfer account. Just follow the instruction and you can transfer all your Bakery Story, Restaurant Story, Fashion Story and whatever stories over. Amazing! I guess this will save a lot of heartaches!!!!

I'm very happy and loving my new iPhone 4S.

If you are thinking of upgrading your iPhone4 to 4S, i would say - no need la! LOL. But from 3G or 3GS to 4S, yes, i guess you are facing the same battery issue and slow processor like i did. Christmas is coming soon, good time, great chance and best excuse for you to get a new phone as Christmas gift.. Hehehehe

XOXO,

CeL|Ne

Brunch & Coffees are ♥ with the sistas!!!!

Sunny Wednesday morning.

I woke up with 100++ whatsapp from my "Hi-tea gossip catchup" sistas, that gave me a shock in the morning. I was so tired after coming back from London, that i fell asleep before we can set the time and venue for our catchup today. That explained why my whatsapp got so many messages.

I didn't really sleep well last night; fell asleep at around 11pm and woke up at 4am from the pain from my migraine and tummy cramp. Trying to distract myself to go back to sleep but the pain juz got worse and i have to have my dose of paracetamol to fix it, and finally managed to fall asleep again at 630am.

Nonetheless, i still feel kind of refresh this morning, and very much looking forward to my catch up session with my 2 lovely sistas - Vivi & Elaine.

16.11.11 | 1130am | Mandarin Gallery... Here we are...

Wild Honey  

Elaine and Vivi both suggested that this is a great place for all day breakfast, as well as a place to hang out with friends. This is actually a very cozy corner indeed.

I am not exactly a coffee drinker, but catchup without a cuppa just ain't complete, so here's our caffeine fix to get the chat start!

Cappucino with Love  |  Caramel lattes

How lovely is that?

I guess one thing that i don't really like about Wild Honey, is that you have to go to the counter to place your order, instead of servers coming to your table to take your order. It kind of turned me off, especially from such a nice and cozy restaurant. I didn't expect something like that, seriously. Still, we placed our orders and here's our yummilicious all day breakfast around the world.

 My European Breakfast - poached eggs on toast with parma ham and mushroom.. i love parma ham

 *ear to ear grinz *

Vivi's English Breakfast - Scrambled eggs with Ham and thick toast and potatoes. *delicious*

Elaine's Japanese Breakfast - Egg balls with salmon in it and rice. *yummy*

The three pretty sistas who spent the whole noon talking and eating and talking and eating. We had so much to catch up that we can't even finished all our stories over the brunch. We have made a promise to meet up every month, and i hope we really stick on to our promise ok sistas?!?!?!

 Dec 2010 in the coldie Milan, that was where we first met and fell in love with one another.

the 38 sistas!

:P

Both of you have made my wednesday's noon filled with laughters and joy, and plenty of sharing and love. Meanwhile, take care til we catch up again next month.

xoxo,

CeL|Ne