Here's my very first Peppermint Mocha Frappe for 2014!

In the Philippines, Christmas "season" start as early as first September. Christmas lights and lanterns will fill the streets. Christmas shopping list will be made. Christmas traffic will frustrate more drivers! These are the things I have been missing for the past three years since I moved out of the country.

Christmas here in Singapore is very different and far from home. (minimal) Christmas decorations will only be up second or third week of December. The spirit isn't as festive as what I've been used to back home.

Here's where Starbucks comes to the rescue! I always say that Christmas is officially around the corner once Starbucks releases their annual Christmas drinks. I hurriedly visited the nearest branch to get a feel and taste of my first Christmas 2014! I go crazy over Peppermint Mocha. Like really crazy! I don't drink coffee, thus, not being a fan of coffee shops. The only time you'd ever see me sipping through coffee cups is when it's one of those mocha flavoured drinks or really just for the Peppermint Mocha Frappe!

But wait, there's more! 

When we went there around 8:00, Selena and Helen were quite surprised how "empty" the place is. They told me that the dim sum place would normally be packed and crowded. When we ate there, there were only 3 tables occupied. I asked them to take the honor of ordering as they would know better what to order. Here are what we had FOR BREAKFAST.. Did I mention these were for breakfast? Yes? Breakfast!

These were the beancurd skin with shrimp. $4

I can't recall if these are the Fried Yam Cake or Fried Carrot Cake. $3.50

Golden Custard Bun $3.50

Above: Shrimp Dumpling (Har Gao) $3.30. Left: Siew Mai $4.50. Right: Xiao Long Bao (I suggest you to go to Paradise Dynasty, Crystal Jade or Din Tai Fung for your Xiao Long Bao fix, not here.)

Fried Prawn Dumpling! (I've been craving for these since I had it on a Noodle shop at Expo) $4

Our bill for 3! It's all written in Chinese so yeah.. yeaaaahh.... When I was reading similar reviews/blog posts about 126 Dim Sum place, I found out that it is being described as something similar as to some "Hong Kong road-side style dim sum". For a newbie on food blogging, it was a great start! The food didn't fill me up easily as the serving were of mini-portion you'd have enough to try (almost) everything in the menu.

Image from Google Search

The iPhone 6 release {which I'm not getting anytime soon} is just around the corner. And normally, Apple will release the new iOS days before the phone release {and of course I'm always excited for new updates so I got it already minutes after it was out}. I was a little unhappy with the downloading time as it took about almost close to an hour just to download it. If I'm not mistaken, it only took me 15 to 30 minutes to download and install last year's big iOS update (could be my internet connection too). Anyway, I didn't fiddle through my iPad after the update was done as it was already 5 in the morning then. There were no major display changes, just the keypads. The rest are fine. Here are the things I like and, well, not like about the new iOS update:

It's been a while since I last posted here. I've been very busy with a lot of things lately. Good thing my sister came for a visit and I was able to take a leave for one whole week. It has only been two days but it felt like we've been to a lot of places already! On her first day, she joined me and my housemates for a lunch out at Buffet Town.

Technology has been a part of traveling nowadays. We use our phones or tablets to search for places, take pictures, convert money, and/or translate words. But these won't last the whole day, that is why I am very thankful that power banks come in handy now. You can charge tablets, phones, and even (some) cameras.