American movie and French food

Finally watched The Great Gatsby yesterday at GV Vivo City! Been waiting for it to screen since last year after reading the book. There is this retro/indie streak in me, so I enjoyed the movie. More than the book whose prose were more challenging, I think. But then this seems to be often the case for most books-turned-movies... and I like Tobey Maguire :)

Vivo City has changed so much and it has only been over a month since I last visited! Gosh!

We had dinner at Poulet which serves casual French food.


Onion soup - nice and tangy (if you know what I mean?) :P I was expecting a puff pastry to go with the soup though...



 

The shop is named after this dish - Poulet :P Roast Chicken which was tender. The creamy sauce was just nice, not too heavy on the palate.



Braised Duck Leg - tender too. Portion was small though. I like the carrot!



Salad de Paris - a refreshing balance that went well with the meat. 

As the portions were small, we decided to add on order of a mushroom appetiser and baguette but they never arrived and we cancelled the order. Warm water (at $0.50 each) only came after we asked and asked and asked... Food was ok, not as value for money as I thought it would be.

Poulet is new to Vivo City, so I reckon that was why the service is slow and not up to speed (yet), I hope. But I'm glad we have more French food options now. If you remember, I had French food at Saveur a few months ago and I found the service better and the food more delicate. All these French food reminds me of my trip to Paris in 2011 and food for thought - maybe I should go search for some of the food pictures and compare notes one day (soon), I hope.

So this summed up my American movie and French food Saturday night ;-)

 

The Happiness Project (in Club Med Bintan?)

I just came back from a holiday in Club Med Bintan. Was supposed to start on the book 'The Happiness Project' but did not managed to do so - too much (food, activities, conversations) occupied me for the last few days.

There's no pictures yet (I did not take a lot anyway) and I really want to share a conversation I had with a G.O.

Was talking to a G.O. from Philippines last night - nice chap who came to talk to me when YK went to the dance floor :) There's a lot of human touch in Club Med - not really me because I really don't like to talk that much but definitely interesting. He came across as very talented - rock singer, water sports/extreme sport athlete. I remember we talked about diving - he can dive but doesn't have a licence because it's too expensive. And what came to my mind was: so many singaporeans just take diving lessons for fun, get a licence and add it to our collection of papers. Maybe dive once or twice a year. It's like we take too many things for granted - some of the many things that we can achieve easily in Singapore could be a luxury for many others.

Back to 'The Happiness Project' - does this make us happy? I don't know.

Am I happy? Yes, I think so. I am contented with what I have in life. But...am I really happy? Could I be happier? When was the last time I felt really happy (or really sad)? When was the last time I shed tears of joy? And tears of sorrow? When was the last time my heart beat with so much excitement that I thought it was going to jump out from my mouth? And my heart beat with so much pain that I thought it was going to die. I cannot remember and it's kind of scary - it's like I am in so much control of my life that I forget to carpe diem (to seize the moment) or diem carpe (if it can be translated like this, to let the moment seize me)?                                                             

I'm going to start on 'The Happiness Project' book soon - will it make me happy or happier? I don't know. But it's worth a try.

And to the G.O., thank you for the conversation - it really set me thinking. I hope you get a diving licence soon (somehow I got the feeling it's not something you really want because I am sure you will achieve what you want if you set your heart to it). G.O.! :)

今天，我是宅女。 你呢？

1月2号2010年，毛毛细雨。

好悠长的假期， 可以好好地休息。这四天，我关机了， 也没约人。 算是宅女吧？

新年除夕，和堂妹看了AVATAR 3D版。有一点头晕，但感觉很棒！但愿人类与大自然的故事永远说不尽。 因为这样意味着两者并生存着，不是吗？

2010年的第一天， 在家里度过。跑了3KM，收拾了房间，读完了读了3个月的书 （天啊!），许了新希望。2009年末，我在FACEBOOK的一个STATUS是‘realised it's the time of the year to make new resolutions and realised that some old ones have not been fulfilled :P’ 我想有些新年希望是不会实现的，但还是忍不住许了。 今年会更努力地实现所有的希望！加油！

今天，起了一个大早，与家人晨运。从HENDERSON WAVE走到HORTPARK。很热！DEPOT ROAD 的 LASAK 是午餐。很辣！不是为什么，总觉得没有以前在 DEPOT ROAD 吃得辣，也没那么好吃。。。在去年的圣诞礼物 （那才不过几天前的事啊!）当中是　MITCH ALBOM 的HAVE A  LITTLE  FAITH。开始读了几页。或许是新的一年的关系，有一点感触， 不禁想起自己的EULOGY - 它会是怎么样的？明天又会怎么样的？