Discovery Singapore : Mind Cafe

Went to mind cafe on the last day of 2006.
Not a bad place, lots of game to choose from.


visit the website as shown


we are playing "travel around the world in 80 days".
It is fun!

It sucks : The Altivo Bar @ The Jewel Box

Not every food is tasty; not every place is nice and not every person is good. I am going to blog some of my bad experience that I encounter personally. Here is it, ladies and gentlemen I would like to present you The Jewel Box. For your information, The Jewel Box is located on mt. Faber.

I dined at the Altivo Bar with my colleagues days before Christmas. I really had a bad dinning experience at that restaurant.

There are 3 occasions that I am pissed:

1. We had our reservation on Friday night. The staff told us that we can have a ride on the cable car at the rate of SGD 3 if we dine in at the restaurant. What happened when we reached there was we have to pay for SGD 10.90 for the cable car because the promotion is only applies on Mon to Thu. Since We made our reservation on Friday, the staff shouldn't tell us the special rate that only applies on Mon to Thu. We tried to argue but they refused to give us the special rate. I feel cheated and so are my colleagues. I thought of cancel the reservation but my colleague's credit card number has been taken down. That's means we will be charged upon cancellation of the reservation. Looks like it is well planned (the trap). In the end my colleagues paid SGD 10.90 for the cable car and one of my colleague and I pay SGD 3 for the 'bubble' snow show. It is compulsory.
   
2. Secondly was the ordering. We were looking at the most expensive dish on the menu, it was the "Prawn and steak plate". We ask the waiter what does it has in the dish and he told us there are a steak and 3 BIG prawns according to his description (with the aim of his hands). So we order 5 and I request for mid-rare for my steak. When it came, according to our description the prawns is normal size (I think the waiter never see a tiger prawn before and he has problem describing size with the use of hands) and 3 prawns become 2 prawns. Thus, we asked the same waiter. Guess what did he answer us? He said due to the heavy rain the delivery of the prawn is delayed (Yes, he is joking). So we stare at him, now he sensed the tension and apologized (waiter:"Sorry, sorry") and walked off.
   
3. Lastly and the most hilarious. When our drinks came, the waiter (the same waiter as above) leave the drinks on my left hand side and spoke to me. "Can you help me to pass around (the drinks)? " was what he said. I was shocked and I ignored him. I am speechless! Hello! This is not a kopitiam. Even kopitiam's auntie won't ask me to pass around the drinks. This is ridiculous! What the heck I am paying for the 10% service charge? This is the first time I ever encounter this kind of service.
   

Our conclusion?
Bad service, nasty food, nice view, nice decorations and good ambience.

My suggestion?
I would like to suggest the management of The Jewel Box to train their staff properly and set a better standard of service. Else with the can-you-help-me-to-pass-around kind of service will have to rewrite "Singapore's Iconic Hilltop Destination" to "Singapore's Iconic Jokes".

The snow show
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Entrance decoration. NICE!
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吃篇天下无敌口之 ：螃蟹米粉

I am home! opss... this ain't my home.
I am BACK!


This the famous place for crab!
The first kopitiam I ever been that has a wait-to-be-seated-counter


Look at the size of the craw and the soup!! Yummy

Where is it located?? Somewhere near the Mayflower secondary. Ask the taxi driver, they should know it. Remember the name of the kopitiam. There are a few of them similar in the area.

Melbourne Trip : Healesville Sanctuary

Went to the zoo. kinda far away, took an hour to reach there. I insist to go to the zoo, while my mum said it's a waste of money, there are nothing special. I told myself that I must go because if i never see a kangaroo and took a picture of it. I am considered never been to Australia! Ha, here is it. Kangaroo!!!

Kangaroo~ they ain't cute at all


It is hard to take a front view of them.
They only show you their butt.




No, this ain't Kangaroo. They are rock wallabee, they are cute


Wow, these bloody Pelican are huge! their height reach my waist.


yeah, black swan


Platypus!




I forgot their names. They are cute and fat like a German sausage






Tree frog


Ah ha! Wombat! he is damn cute!
It is a pity that i am not allowed to touch him.


This is a Emu not an ostrich.
The second largest bird walking on earth after ostrich


It's a bird
(forgot it's name :P )


This is not a toy. Can't remember their name too.


This bird has a rainbow colour on it's wing.

Melbourne Trip : Crown Casino

Crown Casino! yeah! Great place, great food and great game. Play a few round of the slot machine. I find it kind of pointless, sitting there clicking the button and keep inserting coins.
We were looking for the fire show at 10, but we failed. In the end, we accidentally bump into it on the way back and it is going to end. I managed to capture the last bit. pity~ :(

You can feel the heat if you stand around the flame tower.
The tower is 1 to 2 storey tall.



The last one~

Melbourne Trip : Twelve Apostles

Today we are going to the Twelve Apostles. I am not sure how far is it. I only know we left in the morning and reached home at night. It damn far away!

On our way, that all I saw. Wide, flat land, those are farm.


we stopped for toilet after a few hours of driving.
This is a wild parrot and he is no zoo keeper.


wild koala~ Just above the parrot.


mummy~


unknown flower


Apollo bay! Another stop for lunch


Apollo Town


Bloody Twelve Apostles, here i am


These are Apostles, total of twelve.
However there is only 8 left.
See the pile of rocks at the bottom?
Those are the remains of a collapsed Apostles.




They looks small yeah?
They are actually 6 to 9 storeys tall.


A small dot on the shore may represent a human.
Just to let you know how big are these rocks.
Same to the wave.


Endless land~


Feel the wave~ It will blow all your work, stress, sadness away


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We are so small, hehe








That is my mum again. She is covering her mouth.
Because there are flies, particularly aiming your mouth.
I don't know why. May be they are sourcing for water.
The weather is dry and the land is mainly sand.
Thus drinking water is very valuable.


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The wonders of the mother nature.


Previously was a Blowhole.
After years of corrosion of the wave and wind, it become like this.


Thunder Cave.