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 

Picnic at Perth Park

Missing Launceston's beautiful scenery and weather. This was from some time last year that we took a walk down to the park near Perth river and it was absolutely wonderful. Singapore is fantastic with it's city life and multitude of things to do. But it lacks natural beauty and calm peaceful locations. We had a beautiful time, even found a home made bong which someone had stashed among tree roots. That's something your never gonna come across in Singapore lol.

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.

                                           

               

D.i.y party favours

Jacob turned one while we were still in Aussie and unlike singapore where you can find shops selling anything and everything, Launceston doesn't have much. So hunting down decent party favours that didn't cost a bomb was not an option. So I made my own :D. I am kind of a hoarder. Not for rubbish though, but things I can definitely use again, in this case, the key items would be baby food jars and scrap booking paper. Every time I see a beautiful patterned paper in a magazine/flyer anywhere at all, as long as it had no words or other pictures spoiling it, I cut it out and stuck it in a file. See in Launceston I was lucky enough to have a spare room for myself which I stored my heavy coats, bags, shoes and all my hobby craft and sale items so I could simply collect what I want and store it. And I kept baby food jars to portion out Jacobs meal portions for daily use. 

Instructions 

- remove sticker label and sticky residue from outside jars, simply removing the label before u put them in the dishwasher is enough. Let the dishwater to the work. 

- fill the jars with jellybeans/gummy/candy whatever u want, but avoid chocolate unless they are individually wrapped pieces. 

- measure the size of the cap, cut out circles from the coloured paper you want to paste on the top of the cap. Write your event/guest names or whatever you want on the top for easy viewing. 

- measure the jar and cut out long strips of paper you want to cover your jar in, this depends of course on the size of the jar and exactly how much of the jar you want to cover. 

- finally, attach a ribbon round the screw top for extra embellishment, if the ribbon refuses to stay on you can use a tiny dab of non toxic glue to keep it there. 

There you go! Your very own d.i.y extremely affordable party favours !!!  

edge of tomorrow

I am not a fan of Tom Cruise, but I do love Emily Blunt. The edge of tomorrow was sort of a weird version of groundhog day. When the movie first started I thought it was gonna be one of those typical 'explosion explosion explosion' movies and nothing more. But it turned out pretty good. It even had an element of comedy to it which surprised me. SPOILERS UP AHEAD so STOP reading if you haven't seen the movie.

I loved how they developed the movie as TC kept dying and re-spawning at the same point every time, and I found it hilarious how Emily blunt kept using him as a reset button. The movie doesn't go too deep into any character development, not even TC. We see a little bit of insight into TC & EB as they spend a little bit of time together, (not that she remembers anyway). I felt like I was just thrown into the movie with no back story, but I suppose no back story was really needed. The Aliens were pretty awesome but more robot like than alien. Predictably, when Emily Blunt said that she lost her 're-spawning powers' when she landed herself in hospital and got a blood transfusion, that TC would end up in the same situation to give a difficult 'twist' to the situation after being able to constantly reset every time they got into trouble. You have to be paying attention to realize the reason why this started happening is because TC died covered in the blood of the alpha that he killed. Emily blunt was a hard ass in this one and she definitely worked out for this movie, you can see she's pretty ripped. That was all the good bits. Now the ending, I did not like. I felt like it built and built and built up to the climax and then it all just ended so quickly. Like it simply just happened and then it was over. And conveniently he died covered in the blood of the alpha again and it took him back all the way to the start, no one remembered him, everyone was alive again, and they had defeated the aliens. Yup. Shitty ending if you ask me. But the majority of the movie made up for the lousy ending, so I still say it's definitely worth a watch.

22 jump street

I'm a little behind time, but I only JUST got the chance to watch 22 jump street, and just like the first one, I LOVED IT. The comedic styling of Jonah Hill + the 'duh duh' hottie Channing Tatum make a perfect combination for the main characters, and they are oh-so-endearing. It's full of slapstick jokes and is pretty much similar to the first one, but that's just proof that sometimes the same joke works twice ;) Ice cube was hilarious as always. The movie is pretty predictable, but if you're like me - a sucker for main stream (almost teenage) comedy films, then you'd have loved it too! There were scenes which had me clutching my stomach laughing, but there were some lame jokes that I did chuckle at lol. I'm easy... Oh and I adore Amber Stevens from Greek, I think she's absolutely beautiful and a wonderful actress, mind you I haven't seen her in any challenging roles, but she's doing great for what shes done anyway. So if you're expecting an award winning emmy nominated movie, then this movie isn't for you, but if you're looking for a fun night with lots of laughs and giggles with your pals, then get this for your next movie night. This movie is NOT for 'squidwards, but more for spongebobs and patricks if you know what I mean. LOL. I leave you with a quote from the ending scene of the movie (this bit almost reminds me of the bit in dumb and dumber - dude! what does my tattoo say, SWEET what does mine say! Dude but what does mine say? bla bla u get the gist, let me know what you thought of 22 jump street. Have a listen to the soundtrack too! It's pretty catchy. Til next time <3 <3 


Schmidt: Man, What did you say back there? 
Jenko:Something Cool
 Schmidt: Yeah, what did you say?
 Jenko:Something Cool man 
Schmidt: Yeah, but what did you say
Jenko: I said something cool

etsgrocery.com

Grocery shopping can be a real pain, going to the supermarket can mean heckling for parking, maneuvering your trolley through tight crowded isles, queuing at the check out, and still having to lug your groceries all the way home. Why go through all that trouble when you can sit in the comfort of your own home and have them delivered right to your doorstep! Ets grocery has amazingly competitive prices and they do next day delivery RIGHT to your doorstep! And if you order over $75 worth, you get FREE delivery! Their product list is growing fast so check out  http://etsgrocery.com/ now! ets guarantees quality fresh goods so you don't have to stress about grocery shopping. Become a loyalty member of ets and you get points for all the groceries you buy, which can be exchanged for vouchers to knock down your next grocery bill! They have prices like nowhere else in Singapore and even offer special items made specially for ets! So get a taste of local flavor, shop local, shop etsgrocery :)

For a limited time only, use the code GET20%OFF and knock 20% off your total bill! Follow them on facebook at  https://www.facebook.com/etsgrocery 

 I just got my first delivery for my husbands birthday party!! Thank you ets !!

Remember to use your discount code GET20%OFF at check out!! 

#GIVEAWAY

Hi everyone! Envy is doing their very first give away!! We all know how important it is to keep your lips hydrated. And if you're like me, and you don't have the time to drink as much water a day as you should, your lips sometimes get chapped and dry, I carry around my crazy rumours Red Velvet flavoured lip balm all the time, but.. i always forget to apply it lol. Envy now carries Pucker Singapore's collagen and hyaluronic acid infused lip masks! They hydrate and moisturize your lips and prep your lips to receive all the goodness from your lipgloss!! All you have to do is join envy HERE, and share the facebook contest post with all your friends on facebook! 

There are only 10 pieces to be won!! So quick quick quick join and share today! And while your browsing the Envy site, use  ENVYVICTORIA for 20% off all your purchases!! <3 

Styletribute

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be selling a few of my branded goods on styletribute.com !! Everything from shoes to accessories to clothes. 

Style Tribute offers the amazing white glove service which handles everything from the photography and the shipping and authenticating of your products! You have to have 8 pieces and above to make use of this service but don't worry!! you can still do it yourself if you have less! It was as simple as filling up the sell form and then dropping my items off to their amazing warehouse where they store heaps of beautiful branded items for you to browse while you wait :D Was so tempted to shop, but managed to finish up without buying anything. The team at style tribute was absolutely wonderful and one of the pretty ladies even dug out a gorgeous vintage Chanel bag for me to oogle at as well as help me pull out some pieces in my size. Not only do they photograph your items beautifully and do the research for the write up for you, they even have an open house sale at the end of every Saturday for the public to browse and shop. That means that stuff for sale goes flying off the rack even quicker! I've had a wonderful experience with styletribute and here's hoping some of my items sell so I can use the money to buy more things. LOL.  

http://styletribute.com/skirt-rochas.html

http://styletribute.com/dvf-wrap-top-2295.html

Here are a couple of my items already up :D Anyone feel like shopping ?? Okay now gotta get back to work, so so busy xxx more updates soon !! 

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Red velvet

Knowing that I absolutely adore red velvet anything, a good friend of mine got me this lovely lip balm: Crazy Rumors - Red Velvet flavour, and let me say I am loving it!! It's hydrating, smooth not gloopy or sticky! And most of all it actually tastes like red velvet! I can't stop licking my lips ! I hate lip balms that spread a thick sticky layer all over my lips, but this is NOT one of them. Nice thin smooth layer, great for applying under any lip stick. I drink less water daily than I should and sadly I do occasionally get chapped lips, and this lip balm is an amazing amazing help !! The cherry on top is that all Crazy Rumor lip balms are natural, vegan and CRUELTY FREE !!! so no animals were harmed in the making of this product! 

You can get the Crazy Rumors Red Velvet lip balm here!! 

http://envy.sexy/products/crazy-rumors-red-velvet?variant=830026395

at Envy e-store for only $8.90! 

For a further 20% discount, use the code ENVYVICTORIA at check out !! 

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