Sweet Indulgence?

Decided to check out Sweet Indulgence on Stanley Street after seeing it in HGW's interesting places to visit in July.
Well, unfortunately it wasn't gonna be a good day to visit, it seems..Called up at 2+ pm to check if they were still available for late lunch, the person on the other end was like "er.. yah?" I specifically asked (twice) if it would serve lunch all the way till dinner time, maybe I still wasn't clear enough.

When I got there, the waitress informed me that lunch was over. (what??!)

I decided to come back for dinner since the specialities still sounded interesting, me being a seafood fan reading about Mussels and Seafood. Plus, the tiramisu was said to be a must try. (i lOOOve tiramisu)

Dinnertime and I returned. The place was quiet and cosy, creating a rather relaxed ambience.

We ordered
Mussels in White wine sauce
Lamb Shank
Spaghetti with spicy prawns

Mussels were great, fresh and the white wine sauce so was just so tasty.
Lamb shank was great when it arrived on our table, but towards the end, it just seemed to have lost its flavour (I don't know why). The mashed potato that came along wasn't too spectacular either, the sauce was slightly strange.

Spaghetti with spicy prawns? There was nothing spicy about it, not a flake of chilli or anything that might have made me feel it was even a tad spicy. Perhaps it should have just been named Prawns Aglio Olio.

Sweet? Not for me, not today. The tiramisu was not available, that was a real let-down, and not being informed about the lunch hour even when I called, not good.

Overall, the mussels were the only things I would miss, but probably not enough to return.

蝶

silly subtitles 你們的LP掉了嗎

Watched the Dark Knight today, while I loved it so much I said I could watch it again the moment the credits started rolling, the subtitles were really hilarious at some points. Yes, I happened to notice the subtitles in Chinese.

Joker: "Did your balls fall off?"
Subtitles: "你們的LP掉了嗎?"

OMG i almost fell off the chair laughing! But wait, one more.

Someone: "This is NOT good"
Subtitles: "事情大条了"

Talk about lost in translation, this is just the strangest and definitely funniest bit of translation I've seen.

Simple composite

Finally a lesson that held more substance heh. Fourth lesson for photoshop and learnt couple of tricks on compositing. Here are the two pics that we were given..



And.. TADA!! beautiful sunset! check out the reflection of the sun in the water. Probably child's play for the pros, but its still cool for a beginner like me.. Happy with today's lesson =)

Pre Rup

20 June 2008

Pre Rup was our first stop after lunch.

The Husband excitedly starts climbing immediately.



See how steep the steps were?






The different views as I walked around the courtyard.

Banteay Srei

20 June 2008


Half an hour away from Kbal Spean was Banteay Srei. This temple was known to be one with more intricate decorations and carvings despite being a small temple.











I thought this stump looked very much like a snail.

Bun Han decided to pack some fruit buns back for snack later that day. These looked special, all pink just like the fruit, and they were all steaming hot.



And we continued on our long journey back, the greenery and blue skies just blew me away.





This was a rather common sight with people loading their bicycles or motorbikes with goods.


And it was time for lunch.

save 3s

I was so tickled by this I had to snap it. Honest mistake or an intentional ploy to get attention, it certainly got mine.

Kbal Spean :: The River of a Thousand Lingas

20 June 2008

It was our second day in Siem Reap. We woke up early to start on a 2hour-long journey on the tuk-tuk to visit Kbal Spean or The River of Thousand Lingas. Thousands of linga or phallic symbols were carved in the stone of the riverbed, and during dry season, they could all be seen clearly.



After a long (and for me, terrifying) climb, this was what awaited us at the top of the hill, 1500m away and almost an hour later.

Those round objects were already slightly worn down by the river running over it for years and years. As the rainy season had just started, we couldn't see all it as clearly though the river was rather clear.


Our driver decided to climb with us, he must have been worried we might get lost. Here he is looking at the riverbed, must be wondering why we bother to come so far for this.

A super long line of rather huge ants. Couldn't capture them very well as they were scurrying way too quickly in the low light condition.

As we started our descent, I finally got over the scare and started taking pictures of the path we took. It was rocky and steep at many points and I thought I would not make it up, OR not make it down if I did finish the climb up.

Yes, as described, rocky, steep.. We had to navigate our way around the gaps between the rocks. I was on all fours grabbing on to any rock, tree or just the roots on the ground for support. Suddenly, even with the trees full of spider webs or sand, it didn't matter.



Everything was looking a little too brown until we approached this part of the path that wasn't covered by trees and the blue sky just cheered me up a little.

But I was barely a third of the way out and here comes the next steep portion. Though somehow, I must have scared myself too much while going up and over-psyched myself for the down trip that I wasn't have as jittery as I was on the return journey.

And before I knew it, tada! Back to the 1500m mark where we started!


And back to where we came from for the next part of the journey. I rewarded myself with the 3 pieces of Hello Panda I saved to be savoured when I reached the foot of the hill. Now I kinda felt like Scooby being treated to ScoobySnack for a job well done. =P