This is so exciting! I have good news to share with all of you which is Smoothie King has opened their first
store in Singapore!! And I am so honored to be one of the first few we are given a chance to try food on their menu before their official opening on 12.12.12 at Centrepoint!
Their store is the first shop that welcomes you when you stepped into Centrepoint (first level from the main entrance)
Yup yup, see the slogan there? "Make it Skinny!"
You have guessed it right, they serve only the freshest and nutritious...
Let's look at their menu
Just solely on smoothie, you know you are spoilt with choices!
And they are really sweet bunch, they actually included the calorie information of every item they have.
So, this is a superb news for those on diet and who are health conscious.
Not only these, they have an in depth break down on the sugar, carbo, protein of the beverages
in their nutrition guide. The best part, they have free Wi-Fi so you can surf as you gulp!
I snapped some photos of the staff preparing food for us!
Busy Busy Hands!
Pretty staff preparing Salad for us!
Before the start of the food tasting, our young and charming CEO of Smoothie King, Wan Kim, shared with us his plans for Smoothie King. They are planning to open 9 more stores in next year and also planned to open stores in other parts of Asia such as Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Which also means
We will have more smoothies! Wee~
Okok without further ado, we can start with our highlight of the day, Foodie and Smoothie!
Smoothie #1 - Strawberry X-treme
Energy: 164Cal
Who is He?: Made from Strawberries, Soy Protein and Papaya..
Characteristic: Dangerously delicious, bodacious and bold.
Category: Refreshing
Salad #1: Citrus Walnut Salad
Energy: 205Cal
Who is he?: A little bit of Grapefruit, Orange, Cranberry, Walnut & Veg
Characteristic: Refreshing and mouth full of freshness
Smoothie #2: Mango Festival
Who is He?: Made from Mango, Electrolytes and Soy Protein..
Characteristic: Rich tropical fruit taste witha variety of health benefits
Category: Refreshing
Salad # 2: Morzarella Taco Wrap
Energy: 205Cal
Who is he?: Tomato, Morzarella Cheese & Lettuce
Characteristic: Crunchy, Juicy and Cheesy
Who is he?: Mr Grill Teriyaki Chicken Wrap
Characteristc: Flavourful, tender chicken served warm in its soft outer wrap skin
Smoothie #3: Angel Food
Energy: 194Cal
Who is he?: Bananas, Strawberries, Non-fat milk and Soy protein
Characteristic: Fantastic low fat, cramy blend of bananas and strawberries
Category: Slim & Lite
Smoothie #4: Almond Banana
Energy: 173Cal
Who is he?: Bananas, Almonds, Vanilla Protein and Whey Protein
Characteristic: Great tasting high protein smoothie known for fighting hunger cravings.
Category: Nutritious Meal (You can replace one meal with this smoothie to lower calorie intake without missing nutritious intake from a normal meal.
I would totally recommend all of you to try the teriyaki chicken wrap and angel food which are my top picks,
hmm I can't wait to try out the Jeju Green Tea Smoothie with my mahjong sweeties, will do it one of these days after my mad xmas shopping!..haha
That's not all Smoothie King have given us a goodie bag each (full of interesting stuff which I will cover in another blog post). They have given me an opportunity to know more blogger friends such as Jaslin and Justine (so coincidence, both names start with J) and of course got to meet up with some old pals such as Stephanie and Ziwei from my Genting Trip!
(From Left to Right- Me, Stephanie (tallest), Smoothie King Mascot, Justine, Ziwei and Jaslin)
Who's cuter? The Mascot or Us?
Last but not least, I want to thank the generous Smoothie King for giving us extra coupons which well I will be giving them out to readers of my blog. Since they are available for use in Singapore only, this giveaway will only to open to readers in Singapore....Sorry to readers from other countries, don't fret, I am going to organise more giveaways for you guys so be patient with me ya!
I will be giving away 10 Smoothie King "Buy 1 Get 1 Free Coupons". All you need to do is to be the first 10 to like Smoothie King's Facebook Page and Comment on this blog post with your contact details such as name, email and mailing address. Will announce the winners in a blog post and I will individually email all of you, so wait for my good news!
This is the story of the lucky girl named Mindy.
what makes her so lucky?
She bought quality shoes at low low prices!
Her trip to Korea and New HP is sponsored by Aunty
People showered her with unexpected gifts
Have a boyfriend that gave her $200 budget to shop for her own X'mas gift
Get to taste new food first for free!!
Lucky because I am living in a better condition and have a lot more than many less fortunate people in the world
Not dying in the year 2012 that is believed to be end of the world
Have the capacity to share, share the love, happiness and joy in life!
Super thankful of all the good things that had take place in my short 20+ years and more to come, also need to thank that I have some obstacles in life which had made me a stronger and better person. Things that one will need to go through to have that so called 'taste of life'.
haha gonna show off what I have...
Firstly, new shoes...
Shop for Korea Trip,
Bought them all from H&M cheap cheap less than $50!
Goodbye I Phone, Hello Samsung!
My Colleagues from my Perm job and another colleague for my Part-time job went overseas and bought some small little souvenirs for me...So sweet of them~
Jann bought Fifi Lapin Cosmetics Bag from BKK
Sow Har bought this cutesy looking panda from Shanghai.
Library Staff went for outing and made soap and they gave me what they have made. Look the Hello Kitty ones are so cute!
One of the popular Fashion trends the Peplum Top + 1 red bottoms, new earrings and belly stud (yes, I have a belly piercing) from Mindy's X'mas Funds from Ah Pork.
Special event I went....(doing my first ever giveaways in my blog soon!)
I am making a comeback into the blogging scene, this time I am making it BIG! lol
Actually nothing like that just want to make my "so called comeback blog post" more dramatic. haha
Tons of stuff happened during the time when I was on blogging, but I felt very guilty to not blog for so long and still have to face to say I am blogger (-_-)
I was going to blog and try to pay off my " blogging debts" (blogging debts - first known to be from Stephanie, friend I know from the Genting Trip) YES YES YES we are still in contact, we have a shared group chat on WhatsApp and we are planning to meet in Dec after my Korea Trip.
Opps nobody here have been updated about the trip as yet, haha I am going Korea this December *Wee~
23 more days to KimchiLand!!
I was trying to say although many people in the blogging scene are sometimes a bit fake and very realistic, I am glad I have made really down to earth and true friends during the trip! They are really a bunch of sweeties who will always update you on the latest online contest, update you with latest interesting news and interesting stuffs in their lives. So sweet and cute of them - mainly those in our Calm and Cool Blogger Group Chat like Stef, Vonnie, Mei Hui. Some other lovelies like Ziwei & Quinie la. Must say I never regret taking leave from work to go for the trip. I am so grateful that I have such lucky and fortunate stuff keep happening in my ordinary life.
I think life kinda of slowly changes when I joined Nuffnang, it begins with small contests like winning movie treats from them to sponsored trips. It is so amazing cause I am those kind of people that never win anything in lucky draw kind always get the "Thank you for your participation" note one. Nuffnang has opened many little doors of opportunities and I enjoyed every little bit of it. And I am a half official G+ member (receive the phone call le still waiting for the email)!
Look forward to knowing more interesting friends and more fun-filled events!!
Digress Digress wow I am quite amazed by my self distracted skills, actually I was going to complain about that when I was about to set up my mind to blog about Mid Autumn (I know its like expired for 2 months already since Mid Autumn is like in Sept and now going Xmas) *Stressed Max still got around 120 pics to upload, I got a notification that looks like this
Unable to upload photos as Picasa space limit have reached...
*Pull Hair*
Now I am loading my photos to this mejuba photo storage place hopefully I can start my blogathon tomorrow night.
So right now, just paying some interests first with this post lol!
Since I love Nuffnang so much, I must do abit of advertising for them here, Nuffnang have come out with the improved blogging platform called Nuffnangx, can download the iphone app or android app, it brings blogging to a greater heights. You can follow your favourite everywhere you go (provided you are with a phone and internet connection), there is direct chatting avenue to reach out to your favourite bloggers. Cool stuff!
I am such a lucky girl! Or could it be that Nuffnang love me?? I won movie tickets to watch the preview of Paranorman 3D! Created by United International Pictures - Paranorman is never the usual animated movies that we watch nowadays. See this video and you will understand
Do you all remember there was a film called Nightmare Before Christmas?
This film by Tim Burton also uses the same method - with handmade puppets and changeable expression.
Bought my tag-along...who other than my Ah Pork
Don't feel jealous of us okie? Here's a trailer of Paranorman for all of you...
It is a story of Norman Babcock who lives in the small New English town of Blithe Hollow. Unlike his peers, he is born with a special talent which is he is able to see and communicate with ghost. But, everyone did not believe him not even his family members and he got bullied in school. Due to a curse of the town, he became a hero.
Can't tell you the whole story la , you all go catch the movie yourself!
But, I can tell you what I have learnt from this movie.
What can we learn from Paranorman?
It is alright to be different from the rest, every individual is unique.
Brave and be true to yourself
In difficult situation, have faith and trust in yourself
Adults are not necessarily correct all the time
One should learn from their mistakes, own up, apologize and be responsible for what he / she have done
Learn to forgive
Be grateful for what you have, count your blessings
Family bonds are tighter than anything else
Loyalty as a friend
Guess what surprises we had? We were given Paranorman Stickers after the movie!!
Cool Stuff right!
Last but not least, Big Thank You to Nuffnang, United International Pictures and Cathay!! If you wish to know more about Paranorman, do visit their website, Click here : Paranorman
All videos are credited to their rightful owners. Tata~!
Lucky girl me was running through my emails on phone and saw this sweetest direct message tweet!
I won a pair of tickets to watch the new animated movie- Paranorman!! Will share with you my reviews on this film after I watched it so stay tuned!!
I got to know about this movie while working part-time in the library as a form of promotion, NLB is giving out the Paranorman stickers if you borrowed 6 items and present your receipt during the promotional period and if you only borrow 4 items you can get the bookmark!
Picture credits to Geylang East Public Library
I love to watch animated movies or what people called cartoons. I was learn something after watching these films. So excited about it!!! Big Big Thank You to Nuffnang for organising such awesome giveaways!
I have many things I need to do over the weekend:
1. Go Natas Fair and compare prices like Aunties
2. Work
3. Meetups with Uni friends and Genting buddies!
4. Watch Paranorman (liked)
5. Pack my room
6. Finish reading "The Secret" and put it to practice.
Only halfway done with the book, but I think it is working- for instance, this morning I took a cab to Bedok to chase after my company bus. The kuku driver send me to the wrong place, he dropped me at a hawker centre that was not the one nearer to the company bus pickup point. In my mind, I visualise that I reached the pickup area and the bus came when I reached. I was initially abit scare as my watch is already 7.47am which is 2 minutes late, but amazingly, I managed to find my way and reached the designated pickup point and just like what I have visualised I managed to board the bus. The scene was at least 95% identical to the one I have visualised earlier!!
I am so going to challenge what people deemed as impossible, recently I keep telling Ah Pork, I am growing taller at mid twenties lol. They think I am crazy but I really did grown taller by 1cm before even reading this book. I am going to change my life with this powerful book!!
Tomorrow is the department meeting that I don't really look forward to. I am going to do a presentation ~ I am going to test out the laws of attraction once again by thinking I am a very good public speaker to see how it goes tomorrow! Hahaha wish me luck or rather wish me abundance (greedy haha abundance sounds like every aspect of life is included).
Apart from the well known gambling scene on the peak where I made my very first WorldCard which my aunties would already have points in it enough to get them a complimentary stay in Genting.
Here's my overly bloated face on my card (the counter staff took it from bottom to top instead of the slimmer shot method top down Argh..)
But too bad, didn't get to the chance to try out to see if I have the beginner's luck. Maybe next time, but I did went for a walk around the casino. Saw the free refreshments so tempted to help myself with the milo lol...
What to do on a boring night? What about catching a blockbuster movie?
Cinema
Snack Bar
Went to watch these cute guys from Ice Age 4!! So funny the holy crab lol..
What are the perks of watching movie there? The 3D Premium Tickets cost only RM19 and comes with a snack (got free snack leh, I paid money at Singapore's cinema only got my ticket stub back)
What else is in store for us?
Midnight Bowling on these neon lit bowling alley. Cool right?
There is also KTV and Pool. Jiejie, Me, Sharon, Aunty, Mei Hui and Yvonne went to sing K on the second day. Right after watching Khalil Fong's concert, it is time for mine muahahahahaha...
What did I found in the KTV room?
A microphone with a polka dot shower cap on!
How can we forget the concert?
We bloggers were given complimentary tickets to watch Khalil Fong (honestly, he was a very strong pulling factor to why I have wanted to join this Foodie Tour)
So excited about the concert that I gone bonkers..
Haha just nice the bubble can cover my big butt lol! Look like Siao Char Bo (Mad and Distress Woman)
Obviously, I am not the only crazy ones...
A fly might be able to fly into Yvonne's mouth lol...With the light sticks I bought (intend to use it on Big Bang concert...cheapo me!)
Getting Sitting (See the venue before concert)
When the concert starts, the whole venue was filled with colourful lights very pretty (damn, my lousy camera can't really see how beautiful it was-another valid reason why I need a DSLR badly)
Khalil Fong with Fiona Sit (我对不起你们乡亲父老!Because of my lousy camera, you all can't see their faces clearly) But I do know some of our bloggers on this tour had superb camera and had filmed part of the concert which is obviously illegal haha... but because we want to show you the best we break the rules set! See how much we love you guys!
He sung one of my all time favourite song called Love Song
Love his R&B tunes, you hardly hear Chines have such smooth and soulful voice.
When we thought we are all gonna leave with the rest of the crowd...We were so so wrong. I think all of you will be so jealous of us - We have the backstage passes!! Woohoo seeing him in real so close (my first backstage pass *grinns*) And we managed to take a group photo with him
This is what you call so near and yet so far. 方大同 was drown in the crowd and looks a bit like the wax figurine you see in Madame Tussauds maybe due to the lighting and makeup ba! Lucky Ziwei and Leonard (lovely couple) are nearer to him. Mei Hui and Vonnie (Yvonne) both shook hands with him. *Jealous me!*
The jealous me was grabbing their hands when they said they shook hands with him lol!
After talking so much about activities at night, let's go for some activities in the day. Sorry ah.. Nocturnal animals like me introduce the night activities before day activities haha.
Peeps that still has that wild and playful child in you, theme park would most likely be your hangout place. There are a number of exciting rides not to be missed. One of it will be the Spaceshot.
It looks like a tower of terror right with the dark clouds shadowing it. But it was really fun. It feels exactly like jumping down a building, the moment without warning and you find your heart sunk with the fall and butts away from your seat. Not for the faint-hearted. It is 185 feet tall and lifts up at 67km/h within seconds!
It rises up to 8 feet high and has 1500 bright lights on it.
How can we miss the cockscrew - the name sounds abit funny but it is a roller coaster ride that makes you overturn at 90 feet above ground and has a speed of 70km/h. Erm missed this ride though, can see a technician walking up the track? He is doing his routine checks at the moment.
Want to know how it feels like to be a superman? There are two rides that can fulfill your wish.
1. Flying Coaster (Outdoor Theme Park)
Sorry folks to photos allowed so we only have a youtube video.
By the way, just to take note - for sky venture there a limited slots a day so have to book before hand and for the rides be it indoor or outdoors queue early or set aside more time for them. Waiting time is a killer on weekends.
If you think you are not young anymore or these rides are just not your cup of tea, you can also visit the strawberry farm, mushroom farm and lavender farm which many other fellow bloggers went.
Good Food, Exciting Rides, wonder what is missing here? That will definitely be the new lovely friends
I meet on the trip! Fellow bloggers some famous some unknown like me, Nuffnang and Genting Staff. To thank them for making this trip so memorable and fun. It is like getting to know this City Above Clouds again.
Let me introduce the sweet and fun-loving group of peeps
Room mate 1
Trying to see if the hands are fairer than the face...
Room mate 2 "Amanda the act punk angry rabbit"
I think the fellow bloggers that happens to read this post will kill me. OS: Thank the stupid rabbit only? What about us?
Idol Spotted!
Swarm for photos..
Here's a photo with our new found idol that had caught me snapping photos of him secretly - Kenneth aka Fang Xiao Tong. We have Stephanie,Yvonneand Ally.
This is Stephanie without her fake hand pretend specs
She is our pretty entrepreneur..Owner of Carosbella. Do visit her blogshop!!
Yvonne otherwise known as Vonnie is a diehard fan of Elvin Ng, one of the youngest among our clique.
Ally the girl with a pocketful of sunshine, nearly forgot to mention - smart girl very smart!
Due to the fact that I am abit of camera shy, so I never go take a lot of photos with the rest.hee hee..
Sharon and Me act one intellectual.
And the cute Mei Hui!!
Die Die oso must introduce our Captain Planet..
Save my World, Save my World
Save my World, Save my World
As far as you can see
On the land and out to sea
There's something very wrong
And it's time to change... Zyon is really special cause we don't normally meet people who blog about environmental issues everyday right?
Quinie the cool girl.Amanda the fashionista. Esther the sweet girl who have the love for Arts.Ziwei our future pop star.Angie with a cute voice and lots of cute stuff. This year's Finalist of Singapore Blog Awards Best Y-Bloggist! Do vote for her! Go girl!
Other peeps that I didn't have chance to talk to (._.) ..
Cheryl with Ally. Cheryl is a food blogger can't tell from her petite frame lol! Proudly present the Seniors 前辈s (in blogging world)
Photo credits to Beixin
Sorry Beixin, want to make the photo bigger so got to crop your bloglink out. But no worries I have link everyone to your blog by your names. So you are just a click away.
For the guys who were left out need to introduce abit oso lah. Clifford (Rachel's Beau), Sanyu also Chee Guan (Thiang's Beau), Roshan
Beixin is also the owner of Whisical Alley. Do drop by her blogshop too!
Hope I didn't miss anyone out!
All thanks to Angie we got a group photo! All of squeeze together taken using a very cool camera
The camera very good hor!
Now time to hao lian (boast) abit. I took pictures with Ladyironchef, Brad.
太感动了! I actually talk to him and took photos with him. I read his blog and now I have a chance to know him in person. At first I thought he will be yaya papaya (proud) but he is a really nice and down-to-earth guy.
I managed to ask him the secrets of being a food blogger and keep a slim figure. It is not high metabolism rate which I suspect but it is E.X.E.R.C.I.S.E!! Behind the glamourous surface and all that food there is hardwork a hell lot of hardwork.
SEE! SEE! Dedication and hardwork! On a trip still need to tweet and look after our bags..Ironladychef leh!
Well I must say we had to applaude and salute him for his efforts and being good at his job which is making us Hungry. Want to know the best place to dine in? Visit Ladyironchef 's blog!!
Hurry hurry feed your tummy!!
Not to forget our pretty pretty very pretty Song Ge Ge (Gabby). Thanks for accompanying us and 陪我们疯! Thanks Nuffnang for organising this trip! We had lots of fun!
Gabby, Mindy and the big Tummy
Thanks to Resort World Genting for being so generous and great hospitality! The Team!
Thanks for taking good care of us! I am terribly sorry I forgot one of your names...My bad. I think the name ends with y..So sorry..
Just remember still got Leonard (Ziwei's hunk) wanna see the mystery man's face?He is just next to Ziwei in the group photo with Khalil Fong (scroll up up and up) or alternatively just go Ziwei's blog la....
Oh ya still got Sharon's mum, Ally's mum and Cheryl's aunt .
All in liao!!! Yay！
All I wanna say is this
That's all folks on my adventure to Genting (btw it is pronounce as Ger-en-ting) !
