Monthly Archives: August 2012
[FOOD] Mooning over snowskin mooncakes
It’s that time of the year to dust off your lanterns, roll out your top grade Chinese teas, get together with family and friends and watch the moon: Mid-Autumn Festival is right around the corner.
Re-inventing old favourites and crafting innovative new hits, Feng Shui Inn will be introducing four new snowskin mooncakes – Almond with Bird’s Nest, Wafer Crunch with Custard, Black Sesame with Green Tea and Chocolate with Coffee.
[INSIGHTS] 3 Horror-lific makeup tips
I had no time to put on makeup this morning.
After seeing the bold splashes of colour on display at the Halloween Horror Nights 2 audition, we realised there is a lot more to wearing makeup than a mere swipe of mascara or a measly dash of brown eyeshadow. Here are three tips we picked up.
[INSIGHTS] C: Cakes and COOKIES!
So it’s the start of the week and you’re feeling down and not a little bit out. The doctor would probably recommend a good dose of de-stressing exercises or meditation, but we prescribe a different medicine – cakes, cakes, and more cakes – at Festive Hotel’s Boulangerie. We laid out the spread, shortlisted the hopefuls and here are our top three scrumptious selections.
[FOOD] Bowled over by Penang Laksa at Malaysian Food Street!
For many Malaysians, when Penang is mentioned, they think about food; not of posh restaurants but rather of humble eateries and hawker stalls along narrow streets. To most foodies, Penang is synonymous with awesome hawker fare.
This 27 August to 9 September, you’ll be in for a spicy and sour treat at the Malaysian Food Street. For only two weeks, guest chef Auntie Mooi from Penang will be in town to dish out the traditional Penang Laksa, more commonly known in Singapore as the Assam Laksa.
[INSIGHTS] 3 Horror-lific ways to ace an audition
Jump to scare.
So you’ve always wanted to play Freddy Kreuger from ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ series – surely scaring people with a burnt and disfigured face can’t be that difficult? Or perhaps a horror movie scream queen is your thing, one who has the incredible ability to screech on the director’s cue. But there’s a problem – before your big break in showbiz, you must pass this thing called the auditions.
[INSIGHTS] B: BABIES and children’s day out at RWS
A day out with kids usually requires plenty of planning. Even then, most plans fall through the moment they start screaming for that cute soft toy. For those with children (up to the age of 10), here are some things that might help when planning and making a trip to Resorts World Sentosa.
[INSIGHTS] 3 ways not to get starstruck by Tyra Banks
A supermodel smile.
We never thought we’d see the day when we’d come face to face with supermodel Tyra Banks. After all, it’s not every day you get to meet someone who has been repeatedly ranked as one of the world’s most influential people by Time magazine. The media personality is also the creator and host of the popular reality television show America’s Next Top Model (ANTM).
[INSIGHTS] ABCs of RWS
Get to know RWS, and its ABCs.
A – Art trail
B – Babies
D – Dirty business and eco-friendliness
I – RWS Invites
K – Kopi
L - L’atelier Lunch
M – Munchies around the resort for under $10
[INSIGHTS] A: Go on an ART photo trail
You’d think that the prime photo-taking spots in Resorts World Sentosa are at the spinning Universal Studios Globe, the Lake of Dreams or even the statuesque twin guitars of Hard Rock Hotel Singapore. But if you take a walk around and keep a lookout, you’ll notice more than these signature landmarks – art pieces like quirky sculptures, exquisite glass installations, bright pop-art pieces and a brooding thinker.
[INSIGHTS] 3 DAZZLE-ing Life Lessons with Lu Chen
Life lessons with Lu Chen.
We were expecting someone showier when we got up close and personal with Taiwanese magician Lu Chen. After all, having seen how the 36-year-old wowed audiences in countless YouTube videos, we thought he would be a celebrity as glitzy as his tricks. Instead, we got a man who is as simple and straightforward as they come.
