Here's a really backdated post to share with you guys! In fact, I am almost 7 months late, hmm, forgive me because this is really such a long post that needs much research and editing to be done! The first draft was done in November 2014 actually..!
Recently, *Ahem, ok maybe not so recent, I just went for my second staycation! Remember my first staycation at
BIG Hotel? This time around, it is even better than the first, because a lot of things were free! Plus, I was entitled to lots of free activities. Ok, the "auntie" radar in me has just got activated. Haha. If you like freebies as much as I do, plus you wish that you can stretch your dollar to the max, choosing The Quincy Hotel as your staycation venue is the most ideal choice ever. Mind you, staycations are the the latest fab nowadays as we noticed more Singaporean couples during this period of our stay.
So, the two lovebirds decided to indulge in the Qool Weekend package ($379) for our 3rd year anniversary celebration. This package includes the following:
- One night stay at The Quincy Hotel's Studio Room (twin-sharing)
- Buffet breakfast for 2
- All-day light refreshments by Dean & DeLuca and Modesto's
- Evening cocktails
- One bottle of red wine
- Complimentary in-room mini-bar
- Free entry to The Butter Factory for 1+1 (Each hotel guest can bring in one other friend into the club)
- Late check-out till 3pm (subject to availability)
- Local calls
- Unlimited Wi-Fi access
If you are there on a Saturday, you are entitled to couple art jamming class (3-4pm) and movie night by the pool. If you are there on a Sunday, you can get your hands on for some cup cake baking (3-4pm) whereby you can savour your own creations. We were there on a Saturday, so we tried the couple art jamming, which turned out disatrous. Haha
Okay, I am sure I have talked enough, here comes peektures!
Here's our studio room king size bed, the room is pretty spacious and I love the view that I get.
The view we get. Not breathtaking, but interesting.
Magazine we found on the table.
This is a better representation of the bed. It is humongous! The bedsheets were properly laid out and tucked, but I always leap onto the bed whenever I enter the hotel room. It's almost the very first thing that I always look out for! Hence, the crumpled bedsheets! Haha
You can lie by the windows and admire the scenery too! A little complain, the curtains are really dusty!
A classic example of how you can relax by this corner.This photo was taken at night.
See through curtains for the extra excitement (if you get what I mean.)
If you are shy and you want the extra privacy, you can always bring down the blinds (automated with a switch)
The envelope you will see on the table when you enter the room.
Oh, so it's a welcome letter! I like the fact that it is personalised n reading this letter does makes me feel warmly received by the staff. We were being served at the concierge by Mark (in the pic) and he promptly brought us to the lift, even showing us how to use the lift (tapping the access card before pressing the button). He smiled brightly at us and that instantly made me a happier customer that day. It's psychological you know.
Multiple electric points, especially handy if you are here to do work and you have plenty of electronic gadgets. Sadly, Breadman was there to do work and I was neglected for a couple of hours. Hmph. But ok la, during the first staycation, I did work, then second one, his turn to do work. Let's hope we have no work to do for our third staycation.
Telephone and table lamp. Quincy is also sensitive enough to provide note pads for you to jot down stuff when you need to. The table lamp was faulty though. There were two table lamps but only one was working. We didnt alert the staff cuz we do not really need it. Well, one thing I m surprised to find was absent in the room was the lack of religious materials! Usually hotel rooms are equipped with Bibles, Quran etc. This one doesnt have. Or probably, I missed it out?
This is the complimentary mini bar, it's free! I repeat, everything is FREE in here. Twinkle in my eye! Ahem, Breadman, you know what to do ah, bring back these goodies!
This is free also! Tee Hee. For your info, we gobbled the potato chips and the home favourites' orange cookies. They were extremely tasty. Well, it cant help that we didnt have lunch then.
Complimentary bottle of wine. I guess this is to heat things up for couples who are going for the staycation. For your information, we didnt drink it and Breadman brought it back home for his Mom.
Ok, off to the bathroom to check things out!
Bathrobes, iron, laundry bags. All in place.
Molton Brown bath amenities! This is what all bloggers rave about. I havent tried this brand before, so I am unsure of how it fares.
See through glass door. Turns up the heat factor, especially for couples.
In case that see through glass door isnt enough, you can lie comfortably on the bed, while admiring your partner while he/she is in the shower. Of course make sure you get your partner's consent first! For the less adventurous, there's a switch for you to turn the blinds on. But our advice for couples is, dun do that! Haha.
Our first selfie of the day! My humongous arms steal the limelight in this photo. Eeks... Anyway, I have a penchant for monochrome series. Probably, it captures beauty at its most natural state. My hair was unruly during that time as it was neither short nor long.
In case you are wondering, what gift did I prepare for Breadman? I actually painstakingly made this photo scrapbook about our journey so far, how we started till to date... I took 3 nights to finish ok! I had to print out photos using the canon selphy printer Breadman gave me during my birthday this year, then i had to organize each of them in chronological order. For those without dates, I have to cross check with my blog posts here. No simple task leh. So someone better appreciate the lengths I go to in order to prepare this gift for u. Why this gift? It's because Breadman has a poor memory, he cant remember stuff and that usually makes me upset, especially for special days and occasions. So I hope this book can come in handy next time. Also, it's gonna be handy when we grow old together and we will pass it on to our kids, for them to admire our love. Wahaha. Well said indeed.
My famous drawing of Breadman and the not-so-nice almond cookies. So much at winning his heart by targeting his stomach first.
The tiramisu cake I made for Breadman, which cousin loved it as well! I made this twice, before I made the actual thing. I was adventurous enough to add Loaker's wafer biscuits into my cake because I wanted the crunch factor. But I didnt expect it to turn soggy! This is an example of a smart alec.
This is my more recent Hair for Hope 2014 on 1 July 2014. I remember this day clearly because I was both apprehensive and excited about the haircut and I also felt that Breadman look especially handsome in the white shirt. I love crisp white shirts!
There there... this journey continues. My handwriting nice right? Cursive somemore.
Breadman looking through the scrapbook intently. Let's hope this somehow brings back memories of our old days. These days I have been less hard on him, because I understand that he is too drained from work. It doesnt make sense if I keep on challenging him to remember past events. However, that said, some memories ought to be remembered.
After lazing around a while, it's time for art jamming! Bear in mind that Breadman didnt spend much time with me during these couple of hours. I was seeking my own entertainment. Poor me :(
Art Jamming takes place at the same level as the gym and the pool. The area isnt too big. Participants need to register before hand as slots are limited. When we first stepped into the area, I was astounded! Whoa. Look at all these paintings. Are you telling me that these came from unskilled painters/non-artists? I dun think so.
Oh dear. My stress level going up. What if ours is the ugliest! Mind you, I dun paint much, what I do best at is doddling using pens. I can show u my notebook of doodles.
Tubes of acrylic paint and easel stands were available for each couple. Materials are sufficient, well laid out. Ok, let's hope ours will turn out fine! We had no idea of what to draw and there were too many people browsing through the books for inspiration. Ah, why not draw my fav character, Domokun?
This was ours! Very cute right? Unfortunately, I didnt get the proportions right. My domo is too small and the white fellow was positioned too high up. In the end we have too much space at the bottom. Well, that's how non artists draw, dun they? A true reflection.
I painted domo while breadman painted the other one. Though this was supposedly a joint effort, we had difficulty working out, cooperating. Very hard to work with the self-centred breadman leh. He even criticized me when I made a small mistake by writing the wrong date :( So nasty of him.His exact words : You ruined my painting. Nasty right? It's not your painting, but our painting. I cant figure out why other couples can do this while laughing, joking whereas we were so tensed up and I had to keep on asking him if I can paint this area or that area. I mean it isnt supposed to be a stressful activity. It's meant to evoke fun.
That's the error I made. Should be October instead of September... Such a teeny meeny error which Breadman had to comment on. That instant he commented and gave me an irritated face, I could feel my blood boiling. Haha.That's why, we need to work together more lest that we have more such quarrels in the future.
Tried to resolve the mistake by painting over it. Because of this, we quarelled and it wasnt pleasant. Verdict: we cant cooperate well. One party must compromise.
I was quite unwilling to take this shot when the staff asked me to, because I didnt enjoy this art jamming session. We both need to work on this issue a whole lot more, at least towards cooperation.
After that it is almost time for dinner. We went downstairs to have dinner (all inclusive under Dean and Deluca's). Dinner wasnt fantastic but at least it filled our stomachs.
Dinner comprises of pasta, fried rice, fish and prawns. Served buffet style.
Here's my cocktail. Totally free! Hee
Complimentary Tiramisu cake that was our surprise gift from the Quincy folks! That's really a nice gesture :)
After dinner, we took some shots at the lobby, while sitting in this cocoon chair. I think I would love to have this at home someday.
These shimmering art pieces were placed next to the toilet. I really like them because it made me look at them before entering the toilet. Efforts at integrating artwork into your life..
After that, we went to Paragon to shop around and to get our bath bomb at Lush. We were lucky to chance upon some gigantic structures made of cardboard! I cant remember which shop was it advertising for, Prada? Not so sure. Anyway, it's playful yet it captures your attention. Lots of passerby cant help but to stop for a picture with these.
Rabbit!
Trojan Horse. Can you see the little men hiding in the horse?
Mission Accomplished. We bought a foam ball instead of a bath bomb because the latter does not produce any foam and it dissolves rather quickly.
But before we hit the showers, it is time to shed some kilos at the 24 hr gym that's located at the same level as the pool and art gymming area. Actually, Quincy does have some space constraints but it is skilful enough to be able to fully utilise its available space. Art jamming, movies by the pool, gymming; they are all done at the same level. All thanks to the gym at Quincy, I have developed an interest in gymming! Why? Quincy has a stairmaster/cross walker that I can work on for hours. Besides that, there are 3 threadmills, a gym ball and some dumb bells. We went there close to 11pm and we were the only 2 people in there. That made me happier because I value privacy when in a gym. Haha. So after an hour or so spent at the gym, it's time to head back to the room for some cozying time!
Here's how the bath tub looks like after the foam ball was ended in! Let's have some foamy fun!
Somebody just looks too relaxed with the remote on hand, while lying down on the bed in Quincy's bathrobe
That marks the end of day 1. We didnt have much time on Day 2 and it's a time chasing game again.
Day 2 started off with buffet breakfast that was inclusive in our stay.
Breadman tucking into his food.
I simply love croissants!
This yoghurt is good too! I can have seconds.
Scrambled eggs and hashbrowns. Nothing can go wrong with this combination.
Looking all freshened up after a good night of rest! My hair's all long now, nothing like this in the photo after 10 months since Hair for Hope 2014. I have been contemplating whether to go for it a second time around both for charity and vanity. Why vanity? Shaving the head makes the new hair grow better and the roots are stronger!
Here's a photo of us before we depart for our complimentary Funvee Island Hopper ride!
On board the Funvee. First time going for such rides, it's a first for Breadman too. I love being a tourist in Singapore.
My face is humongous in this one! I need Bio Essence Face Lifting Cream please.
Some views from the Funvee.
Time to alight! Beaming with smiles.
After the Funvee ride which took around an hour or so, we went back to hotel, hoping to have some lunch. Sadly, there's no proper food provided by Dean and Deluca apart from muffins and cakes. So that was what we had.
Softserve Ice-cream
That marks the end of our 2D1N stay at Quincy Hotel. It was as good as it lasted (minus our mini tiff during art jamming) and I encourage all couples to go for it if you havent! Lotsa freebies to take and activities to take part! You can try out cupcake baking session and share with me how it is? This is our 2nd staycation, but it will definitely not be the last!
