New York: Madam Tussauds

“In New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of. There’s nothing you can’t do. Now you’re in New York, these streets will make you feel brand new, the lights will inspire you. Let’s hear it for New York, New York, New York….”Alicia Keys

New York is a fascinating place. There’s really nothing like New York.

Three Autumns ago, My friend and I made a transit stop at New York prior to flying to Canada. It was a public holiday and the streets of Manhattan were freakishly empty and quiet.

4 months later, after our exchange, we headed back to New York for a 10 days long holiday. Those 10 days were the best days of my life!

Day one, we headed to the busy streets of Broadway and headed for the Madame Tussauds.

The hall was bustling with activities.

I met a lot of celebrities.

Or at least wax versions of them.

I even met Einstein!

Now a wax figure of myself.

Night was spent shopping along the streets of New York. It was close to Christmas and the air was filled with excitement and happiness.

Shopping in New York during festive days is a treat. The sales are incredible! What a pity I didn’t step into Saks 5th Ave to get a Chanel bag. =( I did, however, get cosmetics from Nars. *Laughs*

In the next post. Remembering 911.

DC: National Archives

My roommate fell ill during our trip to DC. So for the large part of the DC trip, I travelled alone. It’s rather refreshing to browse through the museums at my own pace. The only downside? You have to bother other tourists to help you snap pictures.

On my must-see list…

The archives of USA.

It houses the original copy of the Declaration of Independence. You live only once, you really got to see this manuscript in person.

I had to queue 1 hour to get in… And I was one of the early birds!

Hello humans… Jostling with the thick crowd is no fun at all.

And here it is. This is what I came for.

These people really have lovely handwriting.

After having spent my early morning looking at the document, I headed to see gems at the Smithsonian museum.

And I thought these were huge.

This, I like. It costs $1 billion Chanel bags?

Can I bring this home? I think it’ll look really pretty sitting in my room.

This would do too. =)

But my favourite, is this.

The famed “Hope Diamond”.

And that rounds up my trip to DC. See you at New York!

DC: The statues whisper.

Resuming my journey through Washington DC.

The air is cold, the wind is chilly and my butt is FREEZING.

But here I am, admiring towering statues of great men who once had a hand in shaping American’s history.

Jefferson Memorial.

The mood is sombre.

Across, the Washington monument looks on; casting a stiff reflection in the still waters.

Oh those days when DSLRs were the toys of professionals and we common folk had to struggle with non-anti-shake cameras. Thank God for photoshop.

This was taken at the Roosevelt memorial. The 4 lines sum it all up.

Perched on a hill, stands the Lincoln Memorial.

It’s so quiet in here, you could hear a pin drop.

He commands so much attention.

Moving on, the war memorials sets the tone for the evening. Here, we commemorate those soldiers who lost their lives forging for a better America.

I had chills just walking through the memorial.

Miss CC Pendant

In response to a reader’s comments, here is my CC pendant. It’s the most reasonable piece of CJ from Chanel thus far! Haven’t gotten around to wearing it though.

It comes in three colours - gold, silver and pewter.

Meanwhile, orchard is decked out with the Christmas decorations.

Hurry hurry, let it be Christmas!

Funan Weng Ipoh Hor Fun

Whilst on a drive, I chanced upon the new location of Funan Weng’s stall at Maxwell Road.

I was beyond exhilaration.

The feeling is a little like meeting a long-lost friend.

I had to park somewhere and rush to savour a plate of their famed Ipoh Hor Fun.

We go waaaay back… Here goes the story.

Before Funan Weng’s current location, it was located at the Ghim Moh market - home of several hawker delights.

One fine Saturday, during my busy examination period, I asked my Dad to buy lunch for me. Knowing that I love Ipoh Hor Fun he purchased a packet of Funan Weng’s famed noodles.

I was hooked.

I’m entirely serious when I say, I ate their noodles almost every single Saturday ever since that fateful encounter. My order would always be, “Ipoh Hor Fun, extra prawns, no chili”. It got to a point when I could decipher whether the plate of Hor Fun was cooked by the man himself, his wife or his son.

Then I moved. And they moved.

So here I am, digging into the familiar sauce and smooth noodles.

Except that I couldn’t justify paying $6.20 for the original $2.50 famed Ipoh Hor Fun. So I opted for the crayfish version for *glup* $8.50 instead.

Women.

After gamely declaring to my sister that I was going to finish my bowl of noodles, I limped back to my car with a full tummy.

I’m pretty sure I was glowing.

Funan Weng Ipoh Hor Fun is located at Maxwell Chambers.

32 Maxwell Road
#01-07
Singapore 069115
Tel: 6238 5038

The season is coming

Without a doubt, my favourite season of the year is the winter season. Even if it’s a 30 degrees warm winter season.

(Wearing: Clover necklace; Ness tunic & black tights; Grey jacket - gift; Morelle orange clutch bag)

The Classic Updates.

Many blog entries ago, I talked about my classic earrings.

Some readers asked me as to how they could go about purchasing the big CC studded with swarovski. Well, truth is, Chanel stopped reproducing it shortly after I purchased mine and came up with this instead.

It’s shinier all round to enhance the crystal look.

I don’t know which I prefer. It depends on what one dons. The former adds a nice touch and class to a pretty outfit. But the latter glams up an otherwise plain outfit.

Happy weekend!

Rock Chick Chanel CJ

You ladies are in for a treat!

I had originally wanted to blog more about my trip to DC. But realise to my horror that I left my external hard disk at work!

So here I go with Chanel CJ indulgence.

No prizes for guessing that I do like Betty the Boop.

I purchased this pair of earrings after salivating at my sister’s black version.

This was purchased in 2008. It can be worn two ways.

*Flip*!

Happy Weekend!

And a shout out to Yuan Shan: “Happy Birthday Girl!”