Madam Saigon (Liang Seah St)

Crashed into this Vietnamese restaurant on 28 Jul 07, Sat at around 10pm with my friends. The 1st impression was that the place was clean and neat in a simple traditional setting. There were not much customers except for a few couples outside the shop itself; most probably it is close to their closing time.

Anyway, the manager/boss was really helpful in getting us settled down and taking our orders. The food was served up quite fast, which is really expected since we were sort of like the last group of patrons who ordered anything.

The 1st thing that came to my mind was the servings they gave, which were rather large as compared to usual Viet/Thai dish portions.

The Chicken Salad (cold dish) that we ordered was refreshing, good mix of veges, carrots and chicken slices (There’s also a tasty-fried-thingy which I couldn’t make up what it was in the end).

Chicken Salad	Special Beef Noodle

The Special Beef Noodle I had was not bad too. Good soup base, tastes even better when you squeeze lime juice into it (If I’m not wrong, they’ll serve up a plateful of herbs, bean sprouts and lime when u order any soup-based dishes). The beef slices were just nicely done, not too over cooked. The beef balls were “Q” enough, but not juicy enough for my preference.

P/S: Pics of the food above were from the Madam Saigon website. The actual food served looked just like that…

Personal Ratings:

3.25 /5

Sony Ericsson S500i

I’ve been targeting for this phone ever since it’s up on the SE website. Though I was initially looking at K810i, I eventually chose this S-series model over the cyber-shot phone for the following reasons:

• Sliding (preferred over normal candy-bar design)
• Slim (14mm)
• Sleek/Classy design
• Cool light effects

P/S: K-series > “Kamera”; S-series > “Sliding/Swivel”

Finally I bought this elegant gadget on 28 July 2007 when I upgraded my mobile, broadband and fixed line subscription plan to the SingTel mio Plan (an attempt to cut down my overall monthly cost).

Well, the box package is quite standard. It includes: Sony Ericsson S500i phone, charger, stereo hands-free kit, USB data cable, software CD, user manual & warranty card

And as compared to my previous phone, Nokia 6020, SE S500i is considerably slimmer but wider.

As mentioned above, the lighting effects of this phone are really great, especially at night or in dark places. The flashing calling lights can really spice up your day as it makes this phone looks like a hand-held black x-box with techno lights.

In summary, the pros and cons of this phone are as follows:

Pros	Cons
Slim & sleek design Themes that changes with seasons/day & night Supports EDGE Lightweight (94 gr) Fancy lighting effects Keypad easily recognizable in dark places	Not 3G Difficult to change sim card Short battery life (mainly due to the techno lights Heehee…)

For find out more on this phone click here!