Dining In The Dark...

This month, I managed to get around to going to alot of places I've been curious too. The most recent was 2 days ago.

Sunday, 24th February, I met Mel for his belated birthday dinner. One of the things that stood out from the very beginning was this: 

It honestly brings great joy to my life to annoy my friends in such a way. I.e: Making them carry a balloon bouquet everywhere. 

Honestly, being an event stylist and having access to a list of vendors, this random balloon was made available much easier than most would think. LOL. If anyone in AMK looking for a nice realiable and really pretty balloons, MistyDaydreamSG would be the most easily accessible for you guys. They have a ton of combination or you could ask me to come up with a combination for you. But, my services comes at fee of course. Depending on how nice you are, I would give a discount. LOL

But this is not about me right now.

This entry is mainly about the place that I have been reading about that exists in the US and to cut the story short, I have been curious about this for a very very very very very very long time.

So what better opportunity than to do it during Mel's birthday right?

Therefore, I made a reservation at:

*Drum rolls*

NOX - Dine in The Dark

Guess what was the most pleasant surprise out of this whole experience? That my waiter is blind. Maybe all of you are all well aware of it and maybe I have been ignorant about that fact since I thought that they were gonna function like the ones in US where they have some sort of night vision goggles (just shows how long have I been away from this country that I'm really not that updated with its ongoings, i'm pretty sure it was all the hype when they first opened).

But nevertheless, I was still pleasantly surprise. My waiter, Bernard, was the most efficient, funny, and reassuring waiter i've ever met! He was truly a delight to converse with!

I remembered thinking that what a new door of opportunities such a concept opens to those with sight impairment. They're even able to be part of the food and beverage industry if more dining areas are able to come up with a creative concept that is able to integrate disabilities into a career.

So how it works is that, they're obviously a reservation only restaurant. Therefore, when you make your reservations, you would also inform them of your dietary requirements. You will be served a 3 course set meal for dinner and each course contains 4 different items plated in separate bowls for easy eating in the dark.

When you first arrived, you'll be ushered into their lounge area downstairs where the bar is. You could have your cocktails/mocktails/wines while waiting to be seated. You'd also have to lock all your belongings and anything reflective in the locker provided. When you're ready to head for dinner (the dining area is upstairs), your personal waiter will come down to greet you by the stairs and guide you up into the darkness.

Given the setting of the experience, we obviously do not have any foodporn pics! lolol

However, we definitely had a good time. 

Everyone at NOX was so friendly and inevitably gave the restaurant such a great vibe. I wouldn't say that their food was extraordinarily great, but the whole experience was so pleasant that the food was somewhat forgiven.

For those of you who have not tried NOX before and have always been curious, I would say... go for it! It was definitely worth it to experience something like that at least once in your life. 

Priced at about 78/88++, I would say it is not exorbitantly expensive to the point where it is not affordable. I think its a good price for a special occasion if you're thinking of something different to do.

The experience is a 5 out of 5!

Happy trying ya'll! let me know what you guys think of it!

p.s: I also realised that sighted individuals tend to start whispering the moment they put in a dark place. 

Of Birthdays and Celebrations

My Birthday came and went. Its been about a week since the 25th of October.

Quarter of a Century

I've hit a Quarter Century officially! And its been a week since i've been 25.

Turning 25 was the same as turning 21, 22, 23, 24, or even turning 1. No difference... at all. The only difference is that your friends tend to rub it in and your relatives tend to ask you when are you gonna get married... Yeah, I know. Lame.

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FINALLY CONTINUING MY BLOG ENTRY.. as you can see.. its not just a week since i've been 25. I've been 25 coming to 2 months now! dammit!

Turning 25 on 25th was fun. LOL! well not fun as in there was a grand ball all set up for me. but fun coz where i'm living right now, my housemates, bimz especially was so eager to celebrate it! She woke me up so early in the morning wishing me happy birthday both on paper and in text. HAHA! it was sweet. I kinda suspected it was all bimz idea coz of the presents. Coz the previous birthday in the house, she bought DVDs too and she got me DVDs as well. Not that I'm complaining. I mean everyone else will think what the hell?? i got DVDs for presents? LOL! but DVDs here do not come cheap. But well, i've never actually received DVDs from my friends before... so this is definitely a first. Mel just stared and laughed when I showed him my presents the following day. I also got this chocolate round thing and the coral coloured roses that you see  in the picture below! so pretty rite?!

But at the same time i was also rushing to complete my essays so i was only home in time for dinner. Initially, I wanted to have dinner with mel, but we cancelled it since he wanted to have it during the weekends with just the both of us... SO i came home with Bimz trailing after me telling me that i have a huge bouquet delivered. I was like.. what huge bouquet? Bimz: "I found it sitting outside the door. I suppose it was delivered and no one was home. Its in the kitchen. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO OPEN ANYTHING ELSE ON THE COUNTER!!"


So, I rushed into the  kitchen (with inspector Bimz trailing behind me of course) and saw that! A delivery from my mom!!! =) so so happy!! and its so pretty and colourful!! SO. Once again, thanks mom!!!

The next present is from Mel. He gave me a week before my birthday coz he knew i was so swamped with assignments and this was his exact words "I know you have tons of assignments due and your present have arrived so I thought I should just give it to you so that you no longer have to drag around your laptop and break your back" hurhur. How sweet rite? rite?!?!

Truthfully, this was the surprise of the year. I never thought I would get the ASUS transformer Eee pad. There were 2 things about this that i was extremely surprise with. 1. The present itself. 2. The gifter. I was screaming so loud in his room!! i was so excited and happy and delighted and omg. no words could describe it. You guys should have seen his expression when he first asked me to guess and I asked excitedly if it was a Kindle. HAHAHAHHA! He looked as if he wanted to smack me.

But seriously. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU! FOR THE LENGTHS THAT YOU WENT THROUGH TO PLAN TO GET ME THIS! I LOVE IT!! I PROMISE TO TAKE CARE OF IT REALLY REALLY WELL!!

The next present came from my cousin. The one in Malaysia? Yes. That one!!! I was back for 5 days to be exact for her wedding and I passed her her wedding/birthday present. I'm sorry that I couldn't give you the honeymoon i promised 3yrs ago. I was working then.. and now i'm a student. *pouts*

Anyways, I got the Diana Mini F+ from her for my birthday!!!! HURHURHURHURHR!!! You guys know how long i've wanted this rite? Yeah well... I FINALLY GOT IT! OMG! MAD HAPPY!!! hahahahhaa.. it wasn't exactly a huge surprise since i pointed it out to her.. but judging from the price tag in Malaysia, I didn't think that I would get it. So when i left with her sisters for Sushi King, she went in search of my birthday present with her husband! So once again, THANK YOU WAI! Should i thank Kunyit too? hehehe.

And Finally my last present from my mom! *drumrolls!!!* I came back to Singapore on Sunday/Monday after the wedding and was flying back to Adelaide Tuesday. I didn't think that I was gonna get anything from my mom and I was also just looking around for a phone since ALL OF YOU already know the condition of my phone then. So I was looking for either the Motorola Droid Razr or the Samsung Galaxy Nexus Prime. The latter of which hasn't been released in Singapore. I was damn angry tho. I mean I wanted the Nexus Prime so badly somemore. And then, I was playing with the Droid Razr. I didn't think that I will get it. I mean I didn't want my mom to buy for me especially not at that price. I just stared at it and I stared at her and when she told me to get it, I was conflicted. I just told her its ok la some other time can buy.

She told me that it shall be my birthday present since she hasn't gotten me anything for my birthday though.. I nearly burst into tears out of guilt at the handphone shop. My mom has done so many things for me the past few years and she has practically given me everything I wanted and she spent so much in November for the wedding and all and my flight ticket for me to come back and my dresses. I really didn't wanna ask for anything more. But she got me the new Motorola Droid Razr anyways! despite my protest! 

Maybe I didn't protest that much... *ponders* I don't know. But I was in dire need of a phone then.

And you know what. I LOVE THE RAZR. lol. Its my second Razr! the first one was my flip phone and the second one is the NEW IMPROVED MOTOROLA DROID RAZR!! hahahahah!! Happy happy!

How pretty is that thing?!?!? SLIM AND SHINY!! 

And you know what, Turning 25 isn't bad at all! =)

I'll blog about my cousin's wedding soon! I'm gonna go eat now! bye peeps!