What a melodious weekend

I was here!!! At Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert Hall for the Piano Plus! performance on my Friday night.

I was keeping captivated for two tuneful hours with Beethoven, Ravel, Glière etcs' works (since when did I become a high society who interested in classical music?).LOL

Actually, my sisters came over the weekend to search for some music schools. And it so happened they were having some free admission piano event and we decided to go have a look.



The exterior design of NUS music school during the evening time.






The concert hall, with grand piano.

The programme List.

My elder sis, Kian Peng, the soon-to-be bridegroom.


My younger sis, Arion. When is your turn to perform on the stage?


The pianist and violinist were playing Sonata in G major by Ravel. It was brillant! And I can't stop putting my hands together.


Apparently, experts in US say that classical music is good for brains, especially for babies and it can stimulate a child's development. So, in order to have a smart baby, prenatal education with classical music is necessary.


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Okay, back to the topic. Lets' talk about food.



The day before, we had our dinner at Marché, Vivo City after they landed from KL.


Of course, its signature bull with an awesome spot on the rooftop of Vivocity.


Cozy ambient and not many people though, because it was 5.30pm.

The Marché Crepe, a type of very thin, cooked pancake wrapped with vege, chesse and chicken. I love the homemade sauce, it tastes milky and creamy.

A typical caesar salad.

My best-loved Swiss Rösti!!! We actually finished up in a split second and order another one. Hehe...

Average-tasting chicken pasta.


Pork and cheese sausages. Yummy!

Carbonated Root Beer from Bundaberg.



Arion just bought the hair band and I tried on it.

Chilling out with a full stomach after 3 hours of chin-wagging. It's good to have you all here.


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It was a sunny and warm Saturday, and it's shopping time for 3 compulsive shoppers!




After all dolled up, get ready to patronize.....

Didn't actually shop a lot, so we were getting a pit stop at Starbucks. I love Saturday afternoon with Green tea frappuccino + magazine + gossip with my beloved sis.

Arion forever cuteness.

Snapshot #1

Snapshot #2, closer a bit.

And, we carried on our shopping spree at Orchard before we heading to the main purpose of the whole trip.

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The Romantic Fantasy Worlds, presented by Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music at Esplanade Concert Hall.

The concert tickets for four.

Before the concert begins...

We managed to get seats quite near to the stage, I was very excited despite his was my 2nd time watching a concert (or rather a play) at esplanade. I was there for Avenue Q (A musical play based on the Sesame Street with puppets operated by actors onstage and it was super hilarious).

See this, this is amusing!!!

More and more concert goers filling up the hall and the performers got seated, tuning the respective instruments.

The sound of violins, violas, cellos, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and harps slowly saturated the hall.

I was lucky to be a part of this two hours, hefty-duty performance, that featured the Felix Mendelssohn and Hector Berlioz's pieces. Indeed, the most mind-blowing overture was the Wedding March from Felix Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The popularity of these selections was greatly increased when they were used for the wedding of Princess Victoria. You all would be very familiar with this song as it would be played during a wedding, usually during the entrance of the bride or the departure of the married couple at the end.

I was exhausted by the time I sent my sisters off to JB to meet my brother-in-law-to-be and I really am happy to have my sisters here over the weekend. Pity Jasmine can't join us.

I love you all so much!