Brother's POP

Starting my Saturday with the brother's POP.

After being in the army for 2 mths, i hope he has grown to be slightly mature.

But somehow I dont seem that way! LOL! But for any reason, he is still my baby brother.

The one who always asked me to head out for jogs, the one who always fight with me since young.

Oh yea, my bro is in army now. How time flies.

The Saturday weather was slightly humid, mommy drove down to Marina Bay floating platform to attend bro's graduation from Tekong. LOL! But I love being in town, seeing such nice scenery, somehow makes my day a better one (:

The banner that shows BMY Graduation Parade. 

A little booklet that comes with the Parade Sequence. Quite a good brochures i would say.

Pretty front cover showing how the boys graduate from their BMT.  

Another view showing the helix bridge which links to MBS. Dark clouds covering almost half of that area. LOL!

 

Another view showing the other end of Esplanade. Pretty place and feeling calm! (:

And the boys started marching in in groups/batches. There were at least 2000 people marching towards that soccer court given that there were 100 people in a company! LOL!. So all of us were in fact trying to search for my little brother from far! LOL! and this is the best my camera could zoom! 

Slowly forming in their position.  

And soon after all were done! (: It was such a pleasant sight. In fact, I actually love looking at contingents marching ard! But this sight could only be seen during National Days.! Ever since i've joined the uniform group back in Secondary school, I always find marching contingents so suave and so cool! (: Btw i've always been in Girls' Brigade and till now I've not regretted joining them, but oh well, i do regret not performing well during those days.   

Siren came which means the boys had to remove all the their barang barangs to get ready and be at east.   

And here they welcome the arrival of Chief of Army Mr Ravinder Singh.  

And after which they had awards presentation for the best recruits, those guys in berate are their instructors. Quite cool huh? (: 

After their award presentation, they were getting ready to march off, and prepare for their second march in! (:  

Slowly they march pass the reviewing officer, Ms Ellen Lee (The chairman for Defence and Foreign affairs).  

And accompanied by their military band which consists of full time recruits! (: I dont deny, they really play very well! (: Mayb because i've always been a fan of musicals and bands but never once i've tot of joining band! hahaha!  

After which, the boys enter for their second march in! They have already return their riffles and came out with a lighter loot! (: But still with that tortoise shell bag!  

Back in their new formation, but the brother is still in the same place! (: 

Them doing their BMT Roar! Weird but okay, its their cheer!  

And off they take their army pledge and also singing of National Anthem. Which followed by tossing of their cap and dismiss! I didnt manage to capture the image of them tossing their cap! but it all happened too fast! =D 

And them giving each other huggies for the effort they have put thru this 2 mths. 

It has somehow become a place where they met good buddies and in the end, being lead to different units which they soon learn new skills.  

This is my brother! Check out his super shag face! But hey, i think he looks good here! Hhahaa! They actually had another individual shot which was taken and it looks really awesome! 

Sometimes i just feel so proud for my brother! 

 

 

And a shot taken with my mom!
 

And with mom and me, to end the day!. 

The boys ended their BMT with a 24km march, which baby brother mentioned they started since 7pm the day before! It was all hard work but hopefully this will make them grow! (:24km road march isnt easy at all! In the past, during my GB days, i walked a 10km walk from Changi to Pasir Ris and I almost died! LOL! So kudoos to them! (: 

You know your effort paid off!

Drop me an email at jessicilious@gmail.com if you have any enquiries! (:

A Special Valentines Day!

On this special day, my brother got enlist into the army!

Hoping this will eventually turn him from a boy to a man! =D

It was raining so heavily since the morning, and I was so tempted to continue to sleep my way thru. I had to sacrifice my sleep and head down to Tekong with my family.

Camwhore a little before the bus come and fetch us to the SAF ferry terminal.

Beautiful scenery despite the heavy rain! That I wish i was on my way for my vacation! =D

I wore LBD tgt with my favourite kitty shoe and bag! (:

Actually was preparing for the night out with the boy!

The officers bring us out for tours and took a look a the boys bunks before heading to the auditoriums for more presentations by them.

And actually the more i see, the more i feel like staying in tekong! LOL.

After all the presentations, we were being brought to the canteen to try out their food.

Okay, because i hadnt had breakfast nor lunch, my first meal was their chicken rice!

And i mistook the green bean soup for the chicken soup (how stupid!).

After which, we set off back in to the ferry and back to the main island.

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Met up with the boyfriend at Clarke Quay, The Central.

I saw so many girls holding on to flowers, and I got my boy to get me one! And after walking a few rounds while waiting for the boy, i overheard an indian guy asking the sales person, how much are they selling the flowers at. And the sales person mentioned, its SGD$150! I was shocked!

Because basically it was day light robbery! LOL! In fact, i didnt knw the prices of flowers would jack up to be so high on this day!

After the boy arrived, we head down straight to our favourite restaurant. At first we had made a reservation at The Frementle Fish Market, however, we ended up turning that down because their Valentines day menu wasnt really that fantastic and we had to pay up to 200 bucks! Okay talk abt being expensive, does Valentines day always got to be so expensive?

We turn down that booking and head down to another restaurant, and we saw Hooters. I heard rave about how great their chicken wings are, and how sexy the girls are. But okay, we are there not to look at pretty girls hahah! But to enjoy the wings. LOL!

Pretty heart shaped balloons as decos because its Valentines day! (:

The list of drinks they served, and it was rather limited.

We tried their cocktails and I had Hooter-Rita (SGD$12.50) the one n the left while the boy had their Hooters Island Tea (SGD$14.50) the one on the right. 

The drinks are really bad! My Hooters-Rita was a little tasteless while Boyfriend's was too sour. 

Definitely wont go back for their drinks.

So I've ordered their well known Buffalo wings (10pcs at SGD$11.50).

It wasnt that fantastic afterall, mayb i'm not someone who enjoys sour stuff. But overall, I think these wings are better thn their main menus. They are able to choose from the different level of spicyness and also you are also able to choose if you want the sauce to be put separately or mix it together with the wings.

And we opt for option 2! Mix the sauce together with the wings.

Camwhore a little before our mains has arrived! =D

Next up would be our mains.

Ive ordered the Beef Fondue for myself (SGD$22.90)

Beef was a little too hard, and it comes with 2 kinds of sauce - Pepper , Curry Mayo and BBQ Sauce. The potatoes wedges are still acceptable and the coleslaw was a little too dry for my liking.

While the boyfriend ordered Garlic Butter Sole Fillet (SGD$18.90)

The fish was a little tasteless. but I do like the Garlic taste at the top. And the fish wasnt that fresh too.

Overall, beef foundue wasnt something that I will be ordering again.

What i like abt this restaurant:

Their atmosphere was really nice.

Mayb it was valentines day, and it somehow seems a little quiet.

I like their layout of the restaurants. A little old school design.

What I dislike abt this restaurant:

Its a little hard to get the attention of the waitress. The food wasnt up to my liking.

So if i were to head back, it will be to try out their buffalo wings again. LOL!

Overall Ratings: 6.5/10

Food: 6.5/10 (Beef Fondue) / 3/10 (Garlic Butter Sole Fillet)

Pricing: SGD$95.00 for 2 pax

Where to find them?

Blk 3D River Valley Road

Clarke Quay #01-03 Shophouse Row

Singpore 179023

Tel: 6332 1090

http://hooters.com.sg/Home.php

Because Hooters drinks cant somehow satisfy us, we head down to The Bungy Bar which is just beside the GMax to watch people playing while we enjoy the drinks. 

Some random lady approach and get the boyf to get me one flower! 

hahah! Cheapest rose ive seen at Clarke Quay. Only available at SGD$5.00!

But anyway, doesnt matter la, flowers or no flowers hahaha (:

First time trying out their Pina Colada. 

And it was a little too milky! ):

But overall, I'm quite happy with their drinks! (:

The Boy tried their Strawberry Daiquiri and it wasnt my cup of tea. But the boy likes it.

Sorry no pics on that thou )): 

After this drink, we both ordered another Red Rock (Beer) for myself and Johnny Walker Black on the rocks for himself. 

A must try over at The Bungy Bar would be their Cheese Fries if im not wrong.

It has always been a must order for both the boy and I.

What i like abt this restaurant:
They always had a band who will sing for the audience.
Nice ambiance. Sitting at the lily pad areas are better than sitting at the indoors.
The service are quite fast. Always able to spot us whenever our drinks are almost finished.

What I dislike abt this restaurant:
Their menus doesnt comes with the kinds of ingredients that was being added into the drinks.
Some of the drinks really ended super awful, eg. Rusty Nail (Its a type of cocktail, btw (:)

Overall Ratings: 8/10
Pricing: SGD$66.00 for 2 pax

Where to find them?

Blk 3B River Valley Road

Clarke Quay #01-07 Shophouse Row

Tel: 6339 5707