wonderful, wonderful Wicked of Oz

Absolutely fabulous :-) My boys, my Mr Man 'n' I sooooo enjoyed Wicked the Musical at the Marina Bay Sands Theatre...

Of course, in true 'me style' we were 'running' (quite literally) late. A quick dash through the Marina Bay Sands, dodging folk through the Shoppes and finally, breathlessly collecting our pre-booked tickets from the box office. In very not 'like me style', everything went smoothly with collection and we got to our seats with 10 minutes to spare...phew :-)

I love a show and especially a musical and was very much not disappointed by Wicked...it was wicked ! :-) the story worked great, and linked straight into the original Oz movie. Those of my readers in Singapore, I say "go catch it while you got the chance"!  Before booking tickets I was unsure of the suitability for my kids, but, my boys aged 8 and 10 years totally enjoyed it :-) :-)

Marina Bay Sands...the resort, the complex, the experience...whatever you call it! Really is so out of this world...I'm calling it 'Dubai-esque' :-) fabulously over the top in grandeur 'n' spendeur!  fab :-)

I'm off now to eat some French cheese with, fresh out of the oven, bread and drink a glass of Argentinian Wine :-) SPCA 'n' gym tomorrow ;-)

http://www.spca.org.sg/

Kisses 'n' smiles from me xx :-)

Wine Universe, Margarita's 'n' New Asia

I thought I would do a little blog on some Singapore restaurants 'n' bars which have been making me smile these last few days :-)

Marina Bay Sands viewed from 71st storey at New Asia

Boat Quay viewed from 71st Storey of New Asia

I met my Mr Man for lunch this week and he treated me to a lovely lunch.  Oenotheque by wine Universe on Millenia Walk (check the link to their website...)

We took their lunch time set menu...I took the soup of the day, which was parsnip, followed by pork served with garlic mash, to finish off a very yummy freshly prepared crème brûlée served with mini side dish of soooo chocolatey ice cream :-)

Service and their staff, setting, food and drink were excellent.  I would recommend you book a table as even the lunch time seating gets pretty busy with business guys 'n' gals.

New Asia

Friday was my parents-in-law's last night in Singapore so something very special was required.  We began the evening with sunset 'n' cocktails at my favourite - the New Asia Bar which is perched on the 71st floor of the Swissotel, The Stamford.  Absolutely breath-taking views of my beautiful Singapore and a Lychee Martini cocktail worth every S$+++ :-)  For dinner we chose Margarita's at Dempsey Hill and we were extremely pleased with our choice :-)  Most definitely need to book a table as it's a big fave especially at the weekend.  We booked for 8.30pm, arrived on the dot and the restaurant was packed and remained so up until us leaving 2 hours later.  The ambiance, decoration, food and drinks are highly recommend by me for any occasion...wonderful.  There is a downside to this location which is lack of taxis...none passing through and a real struggle to get one on call. 

This was my Margarita glass...
I so wanted to pop it in my bag 'n' bring it home! 
Where can I buy some?

The only problem with all this yummy, yummy food is that I need to get back into the gym next week to row 'n' run off a kilo or two...

Lastly, I mentioned in a previous post that Wicked the Musical was coming to Singapore.  Well, it's been here since the beginning of December and I've finally got around to booking tickets...very excited to be going see the musical and check out the Marina Bay Sands Theatre :-)

kisses 'n' smiles from me xx ;-)

SPCA, Wicked 'n' Christmas ideas

This week I'm smiling because I started my training for reception work at the SPCA animal shelter.  I felt very much like the new girl on her first day at school but everyone is very friendly, helpful and, of course, we are all animal lovers so I'm going to be in good company.

http://www.spca.org.sg/

There is just one major problem which I'm going to come up against - this is to not allow myself to bring home random animals who might be available for adoption...Mr Man has put me under strict orders to keep our home to just one dog - but we'll see ;-)

Wicked the musical...who's seen it?  What do you think? Could my kids see it?  More importantly, will it make me smile? :-) 

The show opens here on the 6th December and I'm thinking I might 'need' tickets. Bit pricey, but if it's as good as the reviews say then it will be an excellent show.  I do love a good Broadway musical :-)

If I understand correctly, it's kind of what happened in the land of Oz 'n' wizards before Dorothy arrived. It makes me think to a friend's wall post on Facebook recently...this very much made me giggle and smile ;-)

Holidays are coming, Holidays are coming...oh yes, the decorations are going up all around the city (all around the island actually).  The official light up day is 19th November.  Twinkling festive lights really do make me smile :-)

I love the whole coordinated Christmas tree and decoration thing, and asked my Mr Man for his opinion on my choice of 'orange, gold 'n' blue' for this year...a shrug of his shoulders - he never fails to make me smile :-) anyways, I'm taking that as an approval...

So, writing lists and I'll soon be on my way to Spotlight to buy blue 'n' orange ribbon 'n' tons more blue 'n' orange sparkling Christmas goodies.

kisses 'n' smiles from me xx :-)