IT Show, ThaiExpress & Music Dreamer Live! Cafe

IT Show. From 6th march to 9th march 2008. 12pm to 9pm at Suntec City Convention Hall, Level 1, 3, 4 & 6. This is the biggest IT show yet in Singapore.

Went on Thursday to survey what were the items going on display and the price ranges for the products.

And decided on these items:
- Thumb drive min. 1gb
- Refillable printer ink
- Ear phone.

Bought this at S$10.00 Thursday was going at S$11.90, so I saved S$2.00. I wanted to buy the 2GB version at S$12.90, but it was sold out already. *Sigh*

Bought this ear phone (White colour) at S$24.00 There were other booths offering at $29.90, $27.90, $26.90. But I guessed I held on till the end and finally found the lowest.

Next IT Show, this is the item I am going to buy:

iMAC 20" PC

or

Macbook Pro 17"

Why do I want to switch to Mac? Here are a few reasons why:
1. It just works: Things don't crash, so doesn't an Mac. Ready. Plug. Go!
2. You can make amazing things. iLife, iMovie, iTune, iWork. What more you want?
3. Everything ready. Run MAC OS X & Win Vista or XP. GOD-LIKE.
4. Virus?! What is that?
5. Forest of wires? Not with Mac...

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After the IT show, I went to meet Ber Ber for dinner at ThaiExpress. Despite the crowd in the restaurant, it was quite cosy.
The waitress and Manager were very patient and friendly. They bothered to understand what we wanna try and recommended some dishes accordingly. Brilliant!

Classic Tom-yum glass noodle soup. Classic, Brilliant, Godly. You will never expect a typical tom-yum soup to appear this way. No chilli oil, no overpowering of spices. Just simple, traditional Thai Tom-yum soup. DO NOT LET THE APPEARANCE FOOL YOU! Once you start on this, I can guarantee you that you will be HOOKED onto this dish!
The tom-yum soup is very oil-less, yet spicy, sour and refreshing. Combined with the glass noodles. It attacks your taste buds DIRECTLY! Fighting against it, is simply waste of energy.

Fried Stuffed Tofu. At first look, you will expect the tofu to be overly oily and has the bad after taste of food which are deep-fried. But you don't get that taste from this appetizer. No. No. The tofu's skin is fried till almost perfection, and very crispy. To make eating simpler, the Chef even sliced the top of each tofu into four sides. So, all we need to do is peel each slice apart and we can pop into our mouths. Very thoughtful.

And get this. The crispiness and great taste still remains even after leaving it in the open for 45mins! You hardly get this kind of dishes in restaurants. Normally, deep-fried food would lose their crispiness and taste if you leave it in the open for more than 30mins. But not this dish. It's created to own you.

Classic Thai Laksa. Thick, savory soup. Packed with laksa spices that don't clash. Normally, typical Laksa would be either too "cocnut" or too spicy and overwhelm your taste buds from other wonderful flavors. But this bowl is just perfect. The soup is thick, but the spice are not overwhelming. In fact, they blend together harmoniously and you are still able to enjoy the individual flavors in the soup. They used the classic white noodles and they cut it into manageable lengths for easy consumption.

Steamed sweet tapioca with coconut cream. This dish I can say is the BEST! It should be awarded the "Top 10 desserts in Singapore". The presentation is so simple, that you will underestimate what you will be experiencing once you place the first piece into your mouth.
The tapioca is steamed till such a degree that it is barely holding together. Remember M&M's catch phrase? Well, this dish should replace M&M's. It JUST melts in your mouth. Just melt. If you are not a fan of tapioca, I can guarantee you that your perception will totally change after you finish this dish. Because you will never ever expect something this simple, this ordinary, to delivery such a deadly and lingering punch in your taste buds.

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You never notice this small little cafe that is located at the out skirts of Marina Square. Walk towards The place where this is Carona restaurant, walk to the outside and keep left and you will see a sign board that points to Music Dreamer Live! Cafe. Keep going in that direction, it is located after a feet reflexology shop.

The audience crowd ranges from age 18 to Mid-30s, and the singers are also from this age range, all the songs they sang on stage are dedicated by the crowd and also singing their own favourite songs. Most important thing is, the ambiance is very relax, the singers on stage will constantly connect and interact with the crowd and making them part of the whole performance.

CHEERS! (mine is the white cup... Extra right?)