iHerb, Good Buys, Food, Health & Chitchats - Part 2

[The_King]

proud owner of la pavoni

 

[TsukasaX87]

They look gorgeous. Darn, I do not think there are any of these makeshift fruit stalls near my place. But I am content as I did a lot of fruitful (sorry for the pun) grocery shopping this week.

Oh, the ladies mentioned that you have good recommendations for sriracha sauces?

I always find avocados very hard to keep. They either not ripe or overripe and become hard like rocks.

However avocados are very good to go with protein shakes. I had avocado protein blends for a while every night and my weight was easier to manage than usual.

 

[eddy2099sg]

I always find avocados very hard to keep. They either not ripe or overripe and become hard like rocks.

However avocados are very good to go with protein shakes. I had avocado protein blends for a while every night and my weight was easier to manage than usual.

After all several batches, what I learn is that I should not keep them in the fridge before they ripen or else they will never ripen. I guess leaving them out in the open will help them ripen.

 

[hcl_ching]

HELP!!
Any recommendations where to get Macbook repaired?

 

[bella_]

and lazy people flour less cookie

mix banana, oats, cocoa powder, protein powder (optional), espresso little bit and haha cheated w nutella

actually no specific measurement of quantity. I just mix all into a gooey mess.

bake for 30 mins at 170 degree

taste is not sweet. gd for me since I try to avoid sweet stuffs.
not crunchy thou. soft like chewy cookies

 

[eddy2099sg]

HELP!!
Any recommendations where to get Macbook repaired?

I've never done before but here they list a few places

http://macplussg.wordpress.com/2014/07/11/apple-service-centres-in-singapore/

Apple Authorised Service Centres in Singapore

QCD@WheelockPlace
501 Orchard Road, #05-13/14,
Wheelock Place Singapore 238880
Tel: +65 6555 0500 Fax: + 65 6235 9665
Email: support_wheelock@qcd-tech.com
(Mon – Sun) 11.00am – 8.00pm

A.LAB@CCP 5
Changi Business Park Central 1
#01-55 Changi City Point Singapore 486038
11 AM to 9 PM daily

A.LAB@PS 68 Orchard Road
#04-12B Plaza Singapura
Singapore 238839 11 AM to 8 PM daily
Tel: 65.6784 1318
Fax: 65.6784 7626
E-mail: a.lab@alab.sg

 

[Duncerblur]

I always find avocados very hard to keep. They either not ripe or overripe and become hard like rocks.

However avocados are very good to go with protein shakes. I had avocado protein blends for a while every night and my weight was easier to manage than usual.

I find that here in Singapore, the way to ripen avocadoes appears to be to leave them in the bag on the counter till they ripen, then you can keep them in the fridge. As eddy2099sg says, they just do not ripen in the fridge.

I love my ice avocad so I tend to make them like a dessert with my avocado blended with milk (or coconut milk if I am being very naughty), chilling for a little while & then drizzling thick gula melaka syrup over it. Yummers!

Now I really wish my camera works because I just made black & blue flank steak with cold noodles! I even decorated the slices of steak like a lotus flower on top of the noodles! OK, saving for the new mobile phone ... focus ... focus ...

 

[Duncerblur]

I've never done before but here they list a few places

Apple Authorized Service Providers in Singapore | Mac Plus SG

Apple Authorised Service Centres in Singapore

QCD@WheelockPlace
501 Orchard Road, #05-13/14,
Wheelock Place Singapore 238880
Tel: +65 6555 0500 Fax: + 65 6235 9665
Email: support_wheelock@qcd-tech.com
(Mon – Sun) 11.00am – 8.00pm

A.LAB@CCP 5
Changi Business Park Central 1
#01-55 Changi City Point Singapore 486038
11 AM to 9 PM daily

A.LAB@PS 68 Orchard Road
#04-12B Plaza Singapura
Singapore 238839 11 AM to 8 PM daily
Tel: 65.6784 1318
Fax: 65.6784 7626
E-mail: a.lab@alab.sg

Sorry to hear your Mac is down. Fair warning that the Wheelock Place centre will charge you $70 just to diagnose the problem. At least they did the last time I went. I finally went to a little shop in Sim Lim on the top floor near the escalator (sorry I forgot their name but it's got Apple something in the name) & got it sorted. Good luck!

 

[Duncerblur]

and lazy people flour less cookie

mix banana, oats, cocoa powder, protein powder (optional), espresso little bit and haha cheated w nutella

actually no specific measurement of quantity. I just mix all into a gooey mess.

bake for 30 mins at 170 degree

taste is not sweet. gd for me since I try to avoid sweet stuffs.
not crunchy thou. soft like chewy cookies

Looks yummy! I love chewy cookies. No flour at all? Hmmm, I was going to have the last Tong Heng egg tart for dessert but now I am tempted to make something. LOL, I am so easy to influence.

 

[bella_]

Looks yummy! I love chewy cookies. No flour at all? Hmmm, I was going to have the last Tong Heng egg tart for dessert but now I am tempted to make something. LOL, I am so easy to influence.

yeah the ppl know me here. I'm actually a low carb-er
avoid flour. . wheat.. carbs..
just tt I'm more lax lately haha!

 

[Duncerblur]

Nam Feng Tangerines

I finally succumbed and bought the Nam Feng tangerines from Sheng Siong. Partly because they are so small & cute & only $1.89 for 400g. I gingerly tried one after dinner & it was rather sweet! The membrane is rather tough though so I am thinking they will not be as good for a salad. Still a good snack.

 

[wizzyslurpee]

forget.

i brough the machine direct from itay itself so it sgd$760 including gst, shipping, etcc but i round up to $800 so it easy for me to calculate.

i have the machine for 1yr plus, but i make it to 1 yr , and so $800 for 365days is around $2.15 per days

if you want to add my pharos it already paid for myself as i got that pharos when i do french press for 2 year and use it for 1 yr plus the machine for another 1 yr.

i can said i already break even....

Enjoyment cannot be measured in monetary term. It is obvious that king enjoys it so the experience is priceless.

 

[hcl_ching]

Thanks, Eddy n Duncerblur
I don't dare go Sim Lim square alone.. Lol. Maybe will ask my brother to help.
To think we actually bot the Apple Care Protection Plan when we bot the mac but forgot to register it!!

 

[wizzyslurpee]

and lazy people flour less cookie

mix banana, oats, cocoa powder, protein powder (optional), espresso little bit and haha cheated w nutella

actually no specific measurement of quantity. I just mix all into a gooey mess.

bake for 30 mins at 170 degree

Spoiler

taste is not sweet. gd for me since I try to avoid sweet stuffs.
not crunchy thou. soft like chewy cookies

I tried with just 2 ingredients - bananas and oats. Looks cookie-like but kinda chewy. Didn't taste fantastic either. I also tried with orange juice and oats only. This one is even more chewy and not nice... because that orange I squeezed from happened to be sour lol.

 

[wizzyslurpee]

I've never done before but here they list a few places

Apple Authorized Service Providers in Singapore | Mac Plus SG

Apple Authorised Service Centres in Singapore

QCD@WheelockPlace
501 Orchard Road, #05-13/14,
Wheelock Place Singapore 238880
Tel: +65 6555 0500 Fax: + 65 6235 9665
Email: support_wheelock@qcd-tech.com
(Mon – Sun) 11.00am – 8.00pm

A.LAB@CCP 5
Changi Business Park Central 1
#01-55 Changi City Point Singapore 486038
11 AM to 9 PM daily

A.LAB@PS 68 Orchard Road
#04-12B Plaza Singapura
Singapore 238839 11 AM to 8 PM daily
Tel: 65.6784 1318
Fax: 65.6784 7626
E-mail: a.lab@alab.sg

Be prepared to shell out good money. Fixing anything apple will be at a premium. If you need to change any parts, it will be more expensive too.

Spoiler

Just my guess. No secret that I am anti-apple... just because "everyone" is pro-apple LOL.

 

[bella_]

I tried with just 2 ingredients - bananas and oats. Looks cookie-like but kinda chewy. Didn't taste fantastic either. I also tried with orange juice and oats only. This one is even more chewy and not nice... because that orange I squeezed from happened to be sour lol.

haha orange juice omg ..
i think peanut butter / chocolate chips will make it taste better

 

[Duncerblur]

I was curious about the crab and persimmon combination being poisonous story as I had not heard of it before today. I reckoned it was a Chinese thing till I saw this article. Now I am just confused. Which is my usual state.

Website challenges China's "crab and persimmon" myth - Xinhua | English.news.cn

 

[hcl_ching]

Whole lot for less than 10sgd!
Part of the stuff my sis gave me fr her fortnightly tesco, jb shopping trip
The lemons are so big! Going to bake lemon poppyseed cake tmr

 

[Duncerblur]

Whole lot for less than 10sgd!
Part of the stuff my sis gave me fr her fortnightly tesco, jb shopping trip
The lemons are so big! Going to bake lemon poppyseed cake tmr

Ooohhh, what a fab haul! Yummers, may I have some please?

How did you get your poppyseeds? I tried to buy some at the Cold Storage & they told me they could not import that in!

 

[hcl_ching]

Ooohhh, what a fab haul! Yummers, may I have some please?

How did you get your poppyseeds? I tried to buy some at the Cold Storage & they told me they could not import that in!

Poppyseed, like chewing gum r banned in Sg. Got mine fr my sis who got them fr her visiting sis in law