calm after the storm

okie.. i have insomnia again. boohoo.
anyway i'll blog abt this evening out with Norman :)

we agreed on gg out to marina sq. for dinner, cos it's quite a nice place to just walk walk. hehe.
unfortch, that wasnt the case, as i immediately headed down to esprit and british india and timberland AND levis at raffles city to check out their sales :P the funniest thing at BI was that Norman was more interested in testing the comfort of the few chairs that were on sale rather than the shitloads of clothes on display :P hurhur.

"hey it's leather lehhhh."
"ahhhh, aye nice to sit leh"
*girlish giggle* (by me lah!)

anyways. as he went to draw money, he found out that he received his deposit from the hostel and was feeling immensely RICH - which made him in a good mood for a nice dinner treat. *yummerz*

oh yah. so levis had a sale. the thing is, i've never really been to levis before, so of course i wouldnt know their models and styles and whatever not. the staff werent exactly friendly when FIRST, they asked what i was searching for, and SECONDLY, didnt really help when i was trying to find a pair in my size.

very cute hor. this kind of pple / customer service also got. =_=""
or issit because i was at the sale bin ah. geez..
and they made me feel awfully guity that i knew nuts about levis. except that they sold jeans.zzz
anyway, it's not EVERYONE that was gross. there was this particular salesgirl that was damn helpful. SOK LING :) kudos to her! she helped me find a-needle-in-a-haystack pair n norman when he had to help me get a bigger pair.. wheee~ n i found out, i'm a comfy levis 26! whoopee~
the good thing abt levis is that it hugs u at the correct portions. i think i've got chunkier thighs, so quite a few pants from other shops are too tight on my thighs or too loose for my waist. geddit? heh so levis' cutting is rather good for me! anywayyy...

their changing room doors are awfully noisy! creEEAAaAaaakkKKkkk. bleh. enough of rantings.

so back to our delightful search for a good dinner.
norman's first thought was crepes. i cant remember the name of the restaurant, but it's at Raffles City's basement. just beside the escalator. then we went round and round the merry go round, and finally went to Purvis Street, to a little restaurant called "Little Miss Clarity". wait did i get the name right? anyway, it was supposed to serve french food, but somehow during the meal, i forgot it was french at all. hurhur.

i had a garlic bread-crumbed dory with sides of potatowedges n some cabbage thingamajig. he had a chicken B. basically chicken thigh stuffed with shitake mushrooms WITH the potatowedges and cabbage thingamajig. haha. woot!
we also had a side appetiser of 1/2 dozen baked breadcrumbed scallops that were served on a plate of rock salt. beoootiful~~

the surprise during the meal was the kopi and teh that came at the end with the mango sorbet as our dessert.
POWER man!! haha. the coffee was my kinda coffee. not acidic and kinda err.. smoky? the teh tasted like it came from yakun / killiney.. which helped my over-bloated tummy :)

oh. better book before for reservations, unless u've got time to wait :P

so after the delish meal, we went for a little walk to digest the food.. before heading down someplace for drinks.
so we walked from purvis st, past the supreme court *urgh* to clarke quay with the horrible umbrellas and hair steamers meant for giants. norman was undecided on where to go ( with the exception of Clinic, but it had irritating lian-ish promoters), so we walked to...

Mohammad Sultan. whew! he wanted to bring me to some whine place. oops. i meant wine. hyuk~ but it was C.L.O.S.E.D.
by then yours truly lao niang was already hot and sticky from the humid air and exercise that i was getting rather fed up. (X_X)""""

so. BACK to riverside place. or what's it called again?! where brewerkz was settled.
and boy were our beers good!
mine was the lightest beer. (can't quite stand beer actually. i think even heineken is quite.. unpalatable :S)
he chose some emm.. india pale ale. and i must admit, the beers were good! :D
the best part was that there wasnt any ciggie smoke ard and i could BREATHE..
got a bit high haha yes, i'm a lousy drinker and started being more chirpy than normal.
i think norman likes me like that. -_-"

anyway, we're gg to try archipelgo next.. and they've got a really funky concoction of coffee and chocolate and beer! hmmmm. think this is only for the strongest tastebuds. not me. :X
hohum.. so tt wraps up the day with the man~

on a side note...
goodness. i dont react very well with generosity. which according to N, is bad for now, but good for marriage. aiyoh. dot dot dot. but many thanks and hugs to Norman for such a lovely evening :) wheeeeeeee

pictures later!~