1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #143 - Peacehaven Nursing Home, Singapore

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #143

- Food From The Heart, Peacehaven, Singapore

 

("Do a good deed everyday"..whenever this happens, it's an experience to savour. Being a supporter of Food From the Heart, I have this opportunity to pay it forward, whenever they call to bring excess food from The Sandwich Shop to Peacehaven, a Salvation Army-run Elderly Nursing Home. And today, it was a whopper of a delivery with 43 packets being brought to the nursing staff there. I hope they enjoy the food quality and variety from this excellent shop, for they surely deserve this small but meaningful - for me - treat)

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #142 - Amarin Spa, Marina Mandarin Hotel

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #142

- Amarin Spa, Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore

(On paper, this was supposed to be my mother-of-all spa treatments..90mins of body massage that "soothes the body and mind for deep relaxation", with a $190 price-tag on it. In reality, it was kinda ok, not one that I would return to, to be frank. I have had better, and they were much friendlier for the pocketbook. Or was it the "Groupon" that was presented to them that made my experience rather so-so? Well, maybe the old saying holds true.."you get what you paid for", 5-star hotel or otherwise)

 

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #141- House of Seafood, Singapore

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #141

- House of Seafood, Joo Chiat, Singapore

 

(I have never had 2 crab dishes before in one sitting but this time, at the House of Seafood in Joo Chiat, we decided to try it, after buying some good-value Groupons. And wow, it's a new sensation for the mouth! Both the white-pepper crab and the butter crab were so yummy good, we said we will have to return, soon)

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #140 - Woodbury Premium Outlet, NY

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #140

- Woodbury Common Premium Outlet, NY

 

(Have I saved the best part of my NY-Washington-Niagara-Boston tour for the last? Yes, indeed. Woodbury Common Premium Outlet trumps all the other outlets I have been to so far, including what I thought was the mother-of-all outlets in Parndorf, Vienna - http://www.beatcancer10.blogspot.sg/2012/05/1000-placesexperiences-to-see-or-savour_18.html. Just under 2hrs from NYC, it has 220 stores in all, but my 2 favourites were also there, viz Gucci and Prada. Learning from previous experience, we brought an empty suitcase with us this time. Needless to say, it was pretty full when it was time to leave. Actually, I got 2 bites of the cherry - went there twice: the 2nd time, the snow was so thick on the ground that the gazebo was fenced off for fear of falling snow and ice from its roof. What a treat for me..and why not, for all the hard work put into the past 12mths. I deserved it!)

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #139 - BB Grill, New York City

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #139

- BB Grill, New York City

(We didn't want to come all the way to NYC and leave without having a nice steak or primerib in one of its restaurants here so, with one night left, we headed to BB Grill's, around Broadway area. True to form, the steaks we had were very good, and with an appetizing price tag to go with. Yes, tummy filled and satisfied with a New York steak!)

 

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #138 - Lobster meal, Boston

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #138

- Lobster meal, Boston, Massachusetts

 (For those who knows, they say the Boston lobster meal is a must-have. Guess what? They are right, it's a terrific treat! Yes, the lobster in a Chinese restaurant doesn't quite add up but the truth is, the sweetness of fresh lobsters served steamed hot and red is amazing. Look at the size of these beauties..definitely the biggest we have ever had, and all for U$38, with a 7-course Chinese meal)

 

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #137 - Boston Harbour cruise

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #137

- Boston Harbour cruise, Massachusetts

 (The Boston Harbour cruise gave a different view of this famous city from  the waters. It's not as visual or filled with landmarks as the New York City harbor, but wasn't the historic Boston Tea Party from this harbour? The last photo showed the area where the bombs went off during the recent Boston Marathon)

 

 

 

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #136 - Harvard University, Massachusetts

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #136

- Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

 (The legend says that if I touch his toe/shoe, I will return here to study in Harvard University as a student. Who's toe? John Harvard, the founder. Well, perhaps in my next life. The parents in our tour group were the first to queue up and why not, especially if their precious China girl will be back again to graduate from this oldest and most prestigious Uni in the US, and some say, the world. Don't know of anyone personally who'd graduated from there, to be honest)

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #135 - Niagara Falls in daylight

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #135

- Niagara Falls in daylight

 (This is a real winter wonderland..no words necessary, just the pictures will do. The Horseshoe side of the falls was even more thunderous. I wonder if the falls ever freeze over totally. Even with a record-breaking snow-storm across much of northeast USA the past 2 days, the water never froze. But the thickness and freshness of the snow made for a perfect time to create a snow-angel ..something the child in me had always wanted to do - see video)

 

 

 

 

 

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #134 - Niagara Falls at night

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #134

- Niagara Falls at night, Niagara

 

 (The thunderous falls were audible from afar but walking from our hotel at 9pm we just couldn't find the source, in the middle of winter with hardly a soul around. Then, we had a hunch that following a tour bus would be a safe bet. And there she was..Niagara Falls for the 1st time for us, in all its glory and colour on a winter's night. It is breathtakingly beautiful! And we were 10 steps away from Canada too, via the Rainbow Bridge)