Etna Ristorante Italiano e Pizzeria

I went to Etna Ristorante Italiano e Pizzeria  at about 1p.m. as a birthday lunch. Fortunately, it was not very occupied.  'elegant and cozy ambience decorated with Sicilian artifacts and furniture' I had a set meal with salad with vinaigrette, 100g of rib eye steak, ice cream and tea. 


In addition, I had Spaghetti alla Siciliana :
Spaghetti with cherry tomatoes, capers, olives, basil, extra virgin olive oil, pecorino cheese, in a light tomato sauce.

The total came up to SGD 50.40  $18+ for pasta---wowowow $24+ for steak -- not bad.

Well this is not the place where you will go to daily, only for special occasions. 

There were quite a few customers who came after us. 2 of the staff members seem to be Italian. Italian flag outside the ristorante looks nice. Inside, there is a glass wine cellar--amazing collection. Several bottles on the bar counter too. 

Highly recommended Italian restaurant---

smaller portions may be advantageous / disadvantageous. 






3 of those CLS seen today. 2 of them had the same colour. I think it's indium grey metallic. Out of these 2, 1 of them had a 'Euro-style plate', complete with Deutschland (D) EU stars and FE-Schrift typeface. The front was white. I assume the rear was yellow. The license plates look very good on Continental cars. I have seen 'F' Euro style plates on a Peugeot, 'GB' Euro style plates on a MNI and 'D' on a BMW 5-series.




Unfortunately, Singapore and Malaysia laws do not permit such fonts/white plate on both front and rear. 
In SIngapore: Vehicle owners whose vehicles are found with improper licence plates face a maximum Court fine of $1,000 or 3 months' imprisonment upon conviction in Court.


-.- 


Errr heck it, I want to mount authentic Euro plates on Continental cars in Malaysia. This image below looks nice. I want to take a step further and add the safety test sticker and German state seal to the license plate-authentic German plate. Let's see: Audi, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Opel, Porsche, Volkswagen.  Maybach anyone ??? haha

I was thinking about the Volkswagen Passat CC in Light brown metallic---gorgeous !!! 

AMG

There was this CLS 63 AMG along Mountbatten Road. It had a subtle roar to its throttle, no match for a Maserati hehe. Quad exhausts too. Behind, that was a  Jaguar XF.There was also a previous generation C class AMG.

M5

I ate Chicken salad at the Blk 85 market for $2.50 Mayonnaise with fried chicken ... Not too bad.
They went to this 7-Eleven store, to buy some drinks. I saw this car magazine and on the front cover was the 2012 BMW M5 in Monte Carlo Blue lol. Blue callipers with drilled brake discs are nice.

Also included in the magazine: Audi A7 and R8, BMW 6-series convertible, Mercedes C Class,  Porsche 911, Volkswagen Jetta.

O WOWOW there is  la langue chinoise tomorrow. 2½ hours of it. What am I going to do ??? 

Maserati Gran Turismo

WOW those exhilarating sounds from a Maserati Gran Turismo... I saw this red Maserati at Mountbatten Road. It's probably the same one I saw at Jalan Binjai last Friday. It might be a
 MC Stradale...
The driver had probably put the car in 'Race Mode' . (with the exhaust sound still audible from a kilometre away.) The sound of the acceleration and gear shifts = pure bliss.

We had English, Chemistry and Geography today. Mr Tan talked about GDP &; GNP. The US GDP was also mentioned, in comparison with Singapore. $14.2 Trillion  vs $ 182 billion. hehe He also compared the cost of living in the US and Singapore. Buying a HDB in Singapore is expensive... He said he needed at least 20 years to be debt free :| So much for loans. One of his brothers moved to the US, renounced Singapore citizenship and gained US citizenship--( that I like). It seems that's a way to withdraw all your CPF money. Another is working in California. Owning cars in the US :) ----a contrast to owning cars in Singapore.



The white BMW 3 series coupé convertible was parked beside that Honda Euro R (SJE 9227J) Caliper covers??? Seriously??? I can't accept it... lolzzz too pretentious hahahaha... The BMW had some sort of gold coloured brake calipers vs red caliper covers on the Euro R. That was so hilarious... The BMW was 'debadged', with nothing to indicate the model number. It had a quad exhaust, which made some amount of noise when idling and accelerating.

Hmm specialised time table comes in to effect today, with 1 hour and 15 minute periods.
We keep getting Chemistry Papers every single lesson -.-

There is a 2.5 hours of Emath tomorrow ...wow










The iPhone 4 S was released yesterday... The biggest features--- Siri ( an advanced voice control system) New A5 CPU and iOS 5.
The camera has also been upgraded, with 8 mega pixels and 30fps 1080p. It's also a bit heavier.   
"iPhone 4S fails to impress" seems to be the response. It is not recommended to upgrade to an 
iPhone 4 S, from an iPhone 4. 

Graduation Day

I took bus 12 home after school... 30 minutes for the entire journey.
Just saw 2 Maserati Gran Turismos. 1 white and 1 red. Nice sound... Maserati drivers like to revv . The red Maserati might be a Gran Turismo MC Stradale, as seen from the  diffuser-style rear bumper and twin exhaust.


 I want to drive a Maserati.

Faux Brembo Brake caliper covers II

I managed to get a picture or two of the faux Brembo Brake caliper covers ( although it was with a little hassle) :)

Front caliper cover

Rear caliper cover

HAHAHAHA the metal jutting out is so obvious.... What a give away... This is priceless...

I've also circled "the brake caliper bolts" AND THE  BLEED VALVE ---- all FAKES !!! Real Brembo calipers have 2 bleed nipples- 1 inside, 1 outside HAHA  Of course, there is no bleed nipple on the inside for this one (it's just a cover).

" Lying about the parts on my car is a big no-no for me."

Faux Brembo brake caliper covers

I just realised that faux Brembo brake caliper covers are not that uncommon.  I have been wanting to take a look at those 'Brembo' calipers, but didn't get a chance to do so... This Honda Accord Euro R had 'Brembo brakes ', as seen from afar.( Didn't believe it either---just not possible) On closer inspection, I could see some metal jutting out of the 'Brembo' caliper cover -.- I yanked it hard and sure enough, it wobbled -- all fakes. He / She even put those on all 4 points. Seriously ? What a 'poser'.
"Dont get that gay ass cover shit. And yes Brembo brakes are cool, but tying to make it look like Brembo is just sad if its not really Brembo."
Another round of CIP today. This time, it was physically draining work.