The last few weeks of the school term really took a toll on me, what with all the work we had to do for the exhibit/cca in addition to all the work I had to catch up, I was, exhausted, from head-to-toe and sleep never seemed enough. Apart from all these commitments, I also had to meet up with my friends to hang out. But hey, I'm not complaining when I've got such awesome company :) I'll ditch homework anytime for them, as I have already done so hahahaha.

I'm swarmed with so many commitments that my weekends are always burnt with tuition and piano so whatever time I had left is supposedly dedicated to school work and revision etc, because there just isn't any other time to do them! But of course I heck care and rushed down to Holland V after piano lesson to catch-up with my girls~

Not sure if they got "infected" with my outrageously bad luck, because the plan didn't go as smoothly as it should. Our original plan was to hang out at "D'good Cafe" which had beautiful interior, what if all the white swings and beanbags and rooftop alfresco nightlights setting. If you haven't checked out this place, you can always head over to their website for the photos! Hopefully, I'll have the time to visit this place soon. As I was saying, the cafe was packed (should have expected it because it was a Sunday), and they looked for "The Book Cafe" which was apparently closed down since last year... 

It was a blessing in disguise because they ended up at this quaint little cafe called "MU Parlour Cafe" located at the second level somewhere along Thai Express and Coffee Bean if you know what I'm saying. It's quite hidden as it is on the 2nd level which you may msot likely miss if you weren't paying enough attention. I say "blessing in disguise" because the interior is pretty darn neat.

Take a look and you will know what I mean.


They've got nice large artsy prints on the white-washed textured walls.



Can I express my love for all things white?!





 Perfect place to chill out in the day




For smaller tables, they have these cute princessy chairs that look so grand and elegant





The handwritten menu and the counter with their pastries and cakes!




Toilet sink. Love the rustic, untouched vibe this place gives.
btw, spot kailin and I in the reflection hahaha





Gorgeous gorgeous classy furniture. I want to steal them home LOL



I absolutely adore the white interior, the walls, the chairs! I think I have a crazy obsession with white stuff, even my wardrobe is filled with white dresses... hmm....



I reached there in the late afternoon and didn't have appetite for a full meal/wasn't hungry/too broke to afford anything anyway, so I didn't order any food but from what the girls took photos of, they look darn appetising la and well, I'm a complete sucker for all-day breakfast. Who can resist poached eggs, am I right, am I right?

Since they couldn't finish their food, I ate some of their fries for them haha, it smelt too good to resist even though I wasn't hungry. If I'm not wrong the fries were cooked with garlic or something cos it   was  goooooddd. 




Chocolate cake that defines "Guilty Pleasure" accurately. The thickness and creaminess of the layers of chocolate. Wow. A piece of it is huge but it can certainly satisfy all cravings of chocolate and of cake. But but but, it's a bit sweet, and a bit gelat one piece is all I can take.

The menu and the cakes at the counter can tantalise all your taste-buds and I believe, when my wallet gets thicker, that I will pay them a visit again, this time, actually spending some money.

Personally, the whole point of visiting a cafe, is to soak in the ambiance. To me, that's key. You want to feel like you're in a different dimension, as though you teleported to a different world. The thing about cafes is that they are all unique and special in their own ways, the interior and the food. And it's always something different at a new one you visit. Which makes it all the more interesting, with surprises at every corner. 

MU Parlour
16A Lorong Mambong
Holland Village
Tel: +65 6466 9336
Sun to Thu: 11am – 11pm
Fri & Sat: 11am – 2am
Nearest Station: Holland Village

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Enough of all the raves of the cafe, the best thing about it is that they didn't chase us away even though we stayed for hours!


Both of them were dressed in Midnight Blue coincidentally! Great minds think alike! 

Wahhhh everyone's so pretty~~ insecurities acting up again... surrounded by all my pretty friends....









As usual we had a great time gossiping about the people around us, talking about shit in school and just random out-of-the-blue conversations. Like when we talked about The Sims, hahaha Jingting and Yuting were quite into it and they told us all the crazy things you can do, like say, have a ghost-baby?! whhaattt hahahaha





Love them forever and ever.



I look weird in every photo so just ignore me, don't know what was wrong that day :(





For the 2 group shots you saw in front, I had to ask this other customer which made me feel really bad cos we didn't want to disturb their good time and be a total nuisance. So we were trying to find some way to take a group photo without troubling that person again. She was so kind and even helped us with our polaroid shots!

I placed my camera on a table to get the shots below...




Settings was off but couldn't change it cos a group of people came in and had to sit in the area where I put my camera... I look so freaky luh wts askjdlakjdaknsnjl hate this photo the most... should have just stood behind them..... sighpie





Polaroids courtesy of Julia! The polaroids are cool huh? With the tile-coloured frames! Julia gave me one so now it's at the back of my phone cover since my cover is transparent. So I get to see them all everyday lol. Sad that Amanda and Soekhui couldn't make it. That soek la go her cousin's birthday party or something don't know what luh -_-   D:





"Pretty women, walking down the street~" the most apt song for this photo 




xoxo,
Gracia

So I wrote this really long post here and it went poof. Screw you blogger. Rewriting it now urgh. waste my time. I've got tests to study for you know!

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I'm so screwed, like super duper x999999999 times screwed! 1st time in my life that I haven't finish like super lot of holiday homework and haven't revise for tests etc. etc. This holidays is so damn short, short until it's gonna be gone so soon! It's like you're eating chocolate, you thought it would be enough but it's actually puny as hell and you're savouring it. BUT someone (read:school) comes over and snatch it away before you can even finish it! AHHHHHHH. So dead. Never been so anxious in my entire life before. And I'm still going out with my friends because we just have to catch-up! life ssuccckkkssss. This is bad because I'm going to be starting the school year on this note:



HAHA too funny. On a side note, Frozen (the movie) is great! Should go catch it before it doesn't show in the cinemas anymore. Not sure if it's even still available but go try your luck.

Back to today's story.... Amanda and I decided to go check out haji lane. Actually I've been there before luh but didn't actually shop. How do I say, I sort of passed by it during a photog outing/event. I also watched budget barbie and apparently there are a lot of sales stuff there! Me being me, have to shop for affordable stuff. Status of my wallet now is: broke. Super little money. I think during school days have to try to save the money, will try skipping recess or something hahaha, jian fei also leh, kill 2 birds with one stone. Then again, not sure if I can ignore the hunger pangs...

So, yeah, you can tell I get distracted A LOT. current biggest weakness. Haji Lane also seemed kind of cool with all the graffiti and quaint little shops, not to mention they actually have cafes there! No, I did not mistake the pubs as cafes. I didn't see them previously so I reckon they should be relatively new? But I haven't been there in a while so perhaps it's not thhaattt new.



Standard Haji Lane shot. Basically, it's just one whole street of shops at both sides of the street. 

There was a sign that says no photography but what the heck, it's not even open. You can't stop me muaahahaha. Kidding. I'm not so lame.



Random restaurant/bar. These bars are usually more frequented at night which explains the emptiness.


Thanks Amanda for modelling for me! Hehe lucky she thick skinned enough to just sit there cos we weren't eating there LOL. 




I absolutely love this piece of graffiti because it looks like the guy on the wall is staring at you at the corner of his eyes! At first glance, you can't tell but it seems like it's going for an Egyptian style. The baby blue shade made it more street-like!



There were more at the top which made me wonder how those people got up there. I'm thinking it was most likely a hired job because we saw an Egyptian restaurant around the corner hahaha



We went up a shop which had 2 adorable pugs who licked our feet and pounced on us immediately when we entered! Unfortunately they were so active I couldn't snap a proper shot. And I thought pugs were lazy...



Such cute buttons on the wall! Because there was a shop named Buttons something.



They were so cute Amanda decided to make friends with them! HAHAHA I told her to jump for me to shoot and she kindly obliged, in fact she had fun jumping! Suddenly reminded of the crayon pop song, jumping and jumping~


 "Let's be friends!" Amanda says

I took a couple of burst shots so there were horrid unglam ones but I won't post them of course, too nice to do that.



wah wah who is this pretty lady! Wee-ou-weet~ 

Amanda is nailing those bangs, it suits her exceedingly well! She even inspired her friends in her clique to cut the same hairstyle. Honestly, I was also a bit triggered to cut bangs because I have had the same hairstyle my entire life! I don't have a fringe or rather it is the same length as my hair. 





Ventured into a shop selling vintage furniture/decor which is really handy for those who wants to give their houses a makeover! We were saying this would be ideal for the show "摆家乐" where participants get the chance to makeover their living rooms for free, if they win of course. It's interesting because you get to see how people conceptualise their ideas and think out of the box to be more creative! kind of interested in interior design hmmm...



Lovely shot here!



I didn't take many shots of myself that day probably because of the many insecurities tugging at me recently. Bad skin, bad hair etc. etc. My hair is horrible, getting oh so frizzy and out of control.



Look at it look at it! Want to shave them all off, nah kidding I take that back. My head has a odd shape so if I shaved my hair, it would look really really weird. so, no way.



Orh-horh never look at the road still use phone





We passed by a shop which I presume if a cafe/bar as they serve alcohol and breakfast food! There was this lady sitting outside the place drinking beer (at this hour in the noon!) and studying at the same time?! How do you even do that. I wanted to snap a photo but I was afraid I would get whacked LOL



This is my absolute favourite out of all the pieces there along the streets. The gradient, the textures on this. wow, breathtaking.






Should have brought my tripod along so that we can take more shots together but it's bulky and heavy... Hopefully some nerd will build compact, foldable lightweight equipment! I mean if winter coats (those found in Uniqlo) can be folded into the size of those foldable umbrellas why not right? Possible possible maybe not the near future.




Initially, I told Amanda to get up on this motorbike but we were afraid the alarm would sound or something so we didn't. We almost did. YOLO right? Nope. 






Stickers and poster on the walls





Went into this cafe in hope of good food. However, they don't serve much legit food, only sandwiches and desserts. Don't the cakes look good? Yeah they really really do. My palate was salivating standing there. Next time, maybe?



You see that cat there? so creepy!!! The owner was standing there petting it and it had such a weird purring sound, not sure if it was sick or what. Gave me the goosebumps from the moment I laid eyes on it. You know those horror stories about feline spirits and all that? eww eww eww freaky much.




The interesting thing about shops in Haji Lane is that there is a huge range of them! For instance, this hair salon is inside a shop selling ladies apparel. Cool huh?



Wheel barrow full of gold. Nah, just gold-plated bricks. Nope, didn't encounter a windfall here.






Enchanted by this beautiful large black and white mural of the canals and bridges in Amsterdam? My sentiments exactly. The details are so intricate it caught my attention instantly!



This is opened by a muslim family which explains why there are many muslims enjoying a meal here!



Amanda was seated at the best spot because I could nicely capture the mural behind here! Display picture worthy right? Lady luck was on our side. Or maybe because it's raining which spoilt our plans so heavens went kind on us.




We were super thirsty because we didn't bring any water out lol, so dumb I know. Everything on their menu is affordable, much cheaper than many cafes out there! This was Cranberry juice and Fruit punch at $3.50, if my memory didn't fail me. And it's served in such cute glass jars, thumbs up for presentation! 

And it wasn't diluted at all, thirst-quenching.




Fish and chips, another one of their signature dishes! The fries are made of potatoes, as stated on the menu. The batter is really light, much like the English style which I like! But I had a sore throat so I couldn't eat much. 15 bucks if I remembered correctly.



OMG RAINBOW LAYERED CREAM CHEESE CAKE! Yes yes yes this is the highly-raved rainbow cake that has been super popular on social media, with everyone instagram-ing it and posting online. It's served in other cafes as well, though I have never tried it before.




Looks so pretty right? It tasted as good as it looks! Actually, it tastes just like red velvet cake just that it looks so much more appealing! The size of one slice is HUGE I swear, it's like the normal size of a cake x2 or x3 the height, can easily serve 2 to 3 people! One slice if about 9 bucks, worth it!

This is one of the best cafes I have been to. In fact, it's the best! The food is really affordable! We paid about slightly over 20 per person for drinks PLUS main course, PLUS cake! where to get for cafe standard with such great, calm ambiance and good service? The service is friendly and efficient. Highly recommended especially for those who happen to visit Haji Lane. Would definitely be back the next time!