W Hotel Singapore - Drop the T2

I recently wrote a High Tea review for ENVY, and I'm too lazy to write another one for my own blog, so here's my review copy and pasted lol. 

I recently sat down with W Hotel Singapore’s gorgeous b&f insider Laura for the much acclaimed ‘drop the T2’ high tea in the much talked about Woo bar. Upon arrival, the doormen rushed to open our door for me and kindly gave me directions. W hotel is nestled in the luxurious Sentosa Cove so it can be quite difficult to get to, fortunately you can make use of their shuttle bus from Vivo City. Check out their shuttle bus schedule here. Entering the hotel, I was enchanted by their eclectic furniture settings following their modern and hip urban jungle theme. I caught up with Laura in the comfortable Woo bar, overlooking the pool and gardens, colourful bean bags bringing vibrancy to the green and blue hues of the outdoor area.

                                                                                                                                                             Woo bar 

                                                                                                                                                              Woo bar 

                                                                                                                                         Woo Bar

                                                                                                                                                   Pool & Gardens

W hotel’s drop the T2 set comes with a free flow of freshly brewed coffee and a variety of Dilmah’s finest tea, including their exotic seasonal flush, harvested only once a year! As much as I wanted to try the tea, I cannot resist a good coffee and theirs was so good I had 3 cappuccinos!! The staff was quick to take our drink order, followed promptly by the arrival of the high tea set, layered up in a beautiful bird cage.

                                                                                                                       High tea bird cage set

The sweet treats consisted of chocolate crackles, gorgeous macarons, crispy crones (croissant-scones) baked to perfection, flavoured curd balls, crunchy on the outside soft on the inside whoopie cookies, rich chocolate cake covered in orange cream sprinkled with nougat, and finally, my personal favourite, the fresh berry trifle served in adorable little glass jars. The staff were extremely attentive to our needs, refreshing our teas and coffees when we were dry. To our surprise, they even brought us savoury treats which was exactly what we needed to balance out the sweetness of the birdcage selection. The savouries included a foie gras chocolate tart, a egg & crab sauce mantou, a tika salmon papadum combination, and my personal favourite, and a surprise to me, brie cheese sushi. I had to have multiple cheese sushis to be satisfied, the soft cheese with the sourness of the pickles hidden underneath was indeed a delight.

                                                                                                                                     Cappuccino 

                                                                                                                       Chocolate crackles

                                                                                                                         Flavoured Crones 

                                   Berry Trifles, whoopie cookies, macarons, chocolate cake with orange cream, curd balls 

 

                                                                                                                                      Brie Sushi

 

                                                                                                                                      Chili crab mantou

               

                                                                                 Foie gras chocolate tart & tika salmon papadum 

   

B&f Winsider Laura can help you with all your b&f needs during your time in W Hotel, she’ll give you insider tips on the coolest most awesome place to hang out in Singapore. She’ll help you customize your holiday to however you want it, whether touristy or understated. If you need a special dinner, a party or even a surprise proposal set up, Laura will arrange it all for you. Contact her at Wbfinsider.singapore@whotels.com for all your b&f reservation needs or ask for her when you get to the hotel.

Dear Laura & I 

I give W hotel Singapore 5 thumbs up!! Thank you to the beautiful b&f Winsider Laura for having me, It was the best possible place for us to spend my Friday afternoon 

Halloween

Oh my goodness, this post was supposed to be up months ago !! Jacob's first halloween in Sommerville Park. We are super lucky to live in Sommerville Park. It's an expat area so there's a huge mix of foreigners hence we celebrate lots of special days here. I have grown up trick or treating and I wanted my son to get the same experience. Now the costume was the tricky part; Singapore is so hot, and Jacob hates anything strapped on, or slung over him, or anything on his head. So no headpieces/hats. In the end, after searching for weeks, we found the costume at home! It was my brothers old space robot costume from his kindergarten  performance! And it fit jacob perfectly :) Best thing about it, it was airy, loose, not too long, it was as simple as slipping it over his singlet and shorts.

So at 6pm, when we were looking down and saw heaps of witches wizards and all sorts of magical creatures gathering downstairs, we hurried down for the free ice cream and pop corn and started round the estate. Halloween is always a sight to see, with kids running from door to door and the echo of 'trick or treat' coming from all corners. The estate is absolutely huge, so you can get bags & bags of candy. But Jacob being so little, we didnt go too far, just enough for him to have 3/4 of his pumpkin bucket full, and home we went. I may be 25 and a mother now. But I still adore Halloween <3 <3

Jacob's little space robot outfit 

Too impatient to wait til we get home lol 

Some of our awesome neighbours

examining his haul 

tasting his haul :)


How do you spend your halloween ???
 Share your experience with me!

<3 

UTC corporate shoot

Some stills from my recent freelance production stint. I may be a full time marketeer now but that won't stop me from ocasionally accepting free lance production jobs! Believe it or not I actually took leave to do this. I absolutely adore producing and I will never be able to completely give it up. I'm very lucky that my producing mentor and very good friend Shane calls me to come work with her. We worked so well together when we were working together in Moving Bits, and we still work great together <3 <3 

We got to shoot in the UTC office on top of Raffles Place, and the view was absolutely spectacular!! Their office is huge and glassy and simply oozes corporate charm. The pantry is beautiful, fully black and silver with top of the line kitchen equipment. And at lunch time, delicious healthy food is served for all the employees to indulge in. I met one particular employee who left quite an impression on me. She was a lady of colour with the most stunning features, tall and thin and dressed perfectly, and I overheard her conversation with another colleage about her dolce & gabanna shoes. I assumed she was American from her accent, and overheard that she used to be in the military. I immediately wanted to be just like her. Honestly. She wrapped her scene at 10pm, and I asked if she was heading home. Unfortunately, she was stuck in the office waiting for a conference skype call coming from the USA. Apparently it happens quite often. That's when I realised, that they probably get paid giantic salaries, but they devote a lot of their time to work. No matter how much I want to be in her Dolce & Gabanna shoes, I would'nt give up time with my little Jacob for all the money in the world. Anyway, loved meeting everyone from UTC, they were extremely friendly and I loved working with them. 

We also shot at W hotel, and I'd like to thank the lovely b&f Winsider Laura for her hospitality & Euphi as well for helping us out with all our requests for loading and laying tracks and equipment and house keeping to constantly remake the beds for all reshoots. W hotel is absolutely beautiful and is perfect for a staycation! Tucked away in the heart of Sentosa Cove, it's theme revolves around 'urban jungle', hence the birdcages and modern nature like motiffs. The pool side is dotted with colourful bean bags for chill time. I recently was invited to try WOObar's 'Drop the T2' high tea set. Will do that in a seperate post for my fellow foodies benefit :)  

W Hotel Singapore is located at  21 Ocean Way, 
and you can call 6808 7288 for bookings. Winsider Cara can help you with all your booking needs.  

gorgeous room setting at W hotel Singapore

Lobby of W hotel Singapore 

View of CBD from the UTC office at night

Rolling, ACTION! 

Lobby of Raffles City Office Tower

Lift Lobby

Filming in progress!! 

My Favourite producer Shane <3

ENVY Flatlay Contest

Hello everyone <3

To all my instagram flatlay lovers & beauty bloggers, ENVY is having a #flatlay contest !! And the prize iss ....

A gorgeous NYX Winter in moscow makeup palette! 

All you have to do is grab your absolute favourite cosmetics, and create a flatlay of them & post them on ENVY's contest post on facebook! Click HERE for the fb contest post. Don't forget to tell your friends and family to vote for your flatlay because the flatlay with the most amount of likes wins! 

So start flatlaying your cosmetics now! I've already entered my picture <3 

Singapore Grand Prix 2014

SUPER LATE POST. First time at the grand prixx !! Well actually, first time I've actually been in Singapore when the F1 was going on. Big thanks to my dearest cousins Viresh & Viraen for giving us tickets for the Stamford grandstand, we got the opportunity to see the cars slow down to make 2 turns. Was loud, a huge adrenalin rush, great view, fantastic cars. Unfortunately we didn't stay long enough to see the live performances by international artists Robbie Williams, Ziggy Marley & J Lo as we had to get home to our little boy who my mother very kindly babysat. We decided to take the MRT instead of driving and I think it was a good decision to make. Christopher's first time on the MRT went pretty well then. Sorry for the rushed post but I'm so tired and I gotta head to bed :) Enjoy the photos.