Ristorante Bologna

Hello all,

I've not been publishing anything in the past 1 month. And now I guess I have few articles to be published.

April has always been good to me; my birthday falls on April 6th, other than that I'm counting down to my wedding day (yay! =) )

We went to Ristorante Bologna to celebrate my birthday

dinner.

Ristorante bologna is an Italian restaurant in Marina Mandarin hotel. They serve wide range of pasta and Italian main course. I didn't see if they're serving pizza because I didn't notice their pizza menu.

I love the lamb pasta, it doesn't taste like ordinary pasta :) The pasta was so chewy and I love the taste of the lamb meat.

However, I'd say the fish that I ordered wasn't as good as I expected. It was just too ordinary for a 5 stars hotel menu.

As for my birthday cake, Ristorante Bologna surprised me with their signature tiramisu cake. I'm not a big fan of a tiramisu cake, but I'd say their tiramisu worth my two thumbs :) love it!

The price of their pasta & mains range from $20-$40, while the price of their tiramisu is about $14-$15.

If somebody ask me whether I'd visit Ristorante Bologna again, there's no doubt that I definitely will!

The Lion King

Hellooo.. ;)

I've been wanting to post this for a few days, so here it is..

Last week me and Erick went to Marina Bay Sands Theater to watch The Lion King.
I've bought the tickets for quite a while. I guess I purchased those tickets on November which is already about 5 months. Some friends told me that the show is really worth to watch. I have always been a fan of musical, so I ended up buying those tickets few months before the show.

This is my first time watching a musical in MBS theater. In my opinion, I prefer esplanade's theater. I like their seating plan better than MBS because esplanade's are less high, hence if I'm buying the cheap ticket, I'd still be able to watch the show nicely.

The property of the musical was superb! I have never seen any musical in my life that could bring out the "feeling" of the scene. One of my favorite scene was when Simba is frustrated waiting for his father's "guidance" and then his father's image emerged from a water reflection. Woww I had a goosebumps!!

So guys if you want to watch the show n still hesitate to buy the ticket, I'm reassuring you that you won't regret each cents of your money to watch this fantastic musical. ;)


xoxo

Aquamarine Marina Mandarin

We were having dinner at Aquamarine for Erick's birthday.
Aquamarine is actually a buffet restaurant specializing in fresh seafood and local food. But we were not there for the buffet dinner but the ala carte dinner.

The range of the menu was good; they serve western food and Singapore's local delights such as laksa, rendang or even curry fish head.

We ordered two main dishes; silver cod wrapped in pork bacon served with corn salad and roasted potato.


The taste of the fish was yummy and it is perfectly cooked. The portion of the food was quite decent, it wasn't small nor too big.


The other main dish that we ordered was gordon bleu chicken


Erick liked the taste of the crispy chicken. But personally I think the taste of the chicken was just ok. There wasn't anything special about it. But I certainly love the sauteed vegetables they served. It was so juicy :)



It was a lovely night for us to dine in Aquamarine. We had a chocolate cake for the celebration, unfortunately I didn't take any picture of the cake.

Happy birthday dearest Erick <3>

Last weekend I went to Banyan Tree Bintan to have a weekend getaways. The environment there was so green and relaxing. It is a perfect weekend for anybody who wish to get out of a hectic life in Singapore. There wasn't much to do there other than swimming, eating or relaxing in the midst of forest and beach. Hence we can forget the problems we have in our days.

xoxo,
Meryl

Valentine 2011

This is my 3rd valentine with my dear, and I have to admit that this is the best valentine in 3 years. =)

What's the real meaning of valentine's day? For me, it is to spread love not only to your bf/gf but also to your loved ones; your father, mother, siblings, friends.
So this year, I'm celebrating valentine's day not only with my beloved fiance, but also with my mom who was coincidentally in Singapore on valentine's day.

Fields Of Gold

Dearest Erick,
We'll be holding hand through the rest of our live.

Although I know life wouldn't always give us happiness,
but I'm sure when there is you beside me and I'm beside you,
the end of our path would be always in the fields of gold.

Cherish the Moments

In life, we often complain about the people, the moments or anything. But if you realize, time really flies. It's been almost 4 years since the first day I entered Singapore as a student. Life has been pretty good to me, there was no big obstacle for me.

My parents came here last week. One thing I can say is: I'm truly blessed to have them in my life. When I'm still in Jakarta, I don't really cherish the moments I have with my dad, mom and brother. But after spending few years in Singapore, I do realize that some moments are really meant to be cherished.

My brother is 5 years younger than me, he's a high school student in Jakarta. I remembered how we used to quarrel over trivial things when we were very young. But after time passed by, we started to enjoy every moment that we have to spend our family time together.
I'm surprised how he had grown up to be a man. He could give such a good advice to me whenever I have some little doubts. I didn't really expect that 4 years ago =)
Yea however, sibling would still be my sibling. Though he had grown so much, he's still my younger brother. We would still talk about those silly things that no one could ever understand. We'd laugh about stupid things happened to us or super silly jokes that only us think that it is funny =D