Week 13 was a BUSY week!

GOSH!!! i started this entry on tues but never got to finish till SAT! everynite i sit down for less then 15mins and i head for the bed! tired cos almost everyday i have been running around to shop for xmas, sis' wedding, i even started cny clothing shopping! its hard to get fitting non-preg clothes so when i see it i rather get it first!

Week 13 -my little one had a busy week! prob busy stretching that i experienced pulls here and there in my baby belly! a pretty scary experience for me cos i was worried that something was wrong... Wednesday 3rd Dec - couldnt get up cos there were pulls... almost like cramps but not as painful ... i went to gynae and dr.l said that its normal... baby's growing and so is my tummy.

then i was given the oscar report. it was ensuring to hear from the dr that my little one is doing fine. the print out scans were the picture of the measurement taken near his head, the back of the neck. zoomed on one of the photos to show little one's head. this is the side view of my baby. the little nose, little mouth and eyes...

told dr.l that during the scan gx and i saw our baby very active and asked if thats normal. dr.l laughed and said that the nurse must had a hard time scanning! he said its normal and my little one was just caught at its most active time. but when dr.l did the scan, when i looked at the screen, it didnt look right! dr.l smiled and told me not to worry as prob he could tell from my expression... he said that my little one is sleeping on its tummy! heads facing down and the spine is the white curve. baby is sleeping... he tried to peek if its a gal or boy but said we needed to wait till 4th month to be able to tell for sure... heard from my collegues, that by reading the heart rate, the doctors from the very beginning, they are already able to tell... just to be very sure, they wait to see if readings are right. We both are happy either gal or boy. As long as we get a healthy little baby!

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Thursday 4th dec - head down to vivo to buy a recommended almond oil to rub on my tummy. From L'Occitane, Amande. love the smell of almond! very comfy when the oil is rubbed onto my baby bump! this bottle cost about 78 i think... there is a cheaper alternative, palmers cocoa cream, thou i was recommended by some friends this cream, my gynae advised me that some ladies suffer rashes when they used the product. i love that gx helps me rub the oil everynite! but usually i am deep in sleep oredi but i know he applies cos the oil smells very good. this almond oil helps to restore and protect the skin's support tissue and fight skin slackening and loss of elasticity. helps to fight dry skin, ideal to prevent the formation of stretch-marks. hopefully... then met gx after he finished work at asian kitchen to have dinner. i like the XLB here cos its got more soup in it! was glad we both had a nites out.

Friday 5th dec - after schooll rushed home to grab my dress for exchange. then alone in the busy orchard, after grabing a bite at orange julius, i head home! crowd! i cannot take crowd! was alone at home on a friday cos gx went for a talk.

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Sat 6th dec - met mum early in the morning and head to orchard to look for mum's evening bag. couldn't find any. then we head to ted to see mum's cheongsam. her very first fitting. mum's cs looks very good. i like it and mum was happy with it. then we head to kcb. very tired! cos gx went for dinner at client's hm and came to get me at almost mn! mum and sis and aunts and nesa wasn't asleep then cos they were all busy helping to pack angbao.

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Sun 7th dec - woke up at wee hours 6.30am to order tpy famous mini baos for breakfast at mums. then we head to mums for sis' GuoDaLi. will do an update on that on another entry. after the delivery of cakes to my relatives place, gx went for spa while i shop at centrepoint. found myself a very matching sweater for my evening dress for sis wedding. met up with my boy cousins. they were trying on suits for sis wedding. had coffee at kopi ten, jap coffeehouse at cuppage. we had a good laugh chatting. while gx and i went on to get my new camera, the boys went on to look for their clothes. TIRED!

sept - so many good things happened!

its oct 4th but i am still posting things that happened in sept. too many good things happened in sept and i hope it continues into the rest of the year! there were many big thing gog on for me in sept such as my baking classes, canepe class, family birthday celebrations, my wedding anniversaries - lunar (lantern/mooncake festival) and actual wedding rom day!

i wish i cook more but i really hate washing up~~~ i drag it but i really enjoy cooking once in a while, planning the dinner, getting the food, i love supermarkets! thou i used ready made frozen mushroom pasta sauce, i love adding fresh ingredients! mushroom, bacon fettucine. gx liked it! the sauce is good quality form melvados, where i get good mango sorbets! haven been to the frozen wholesalers in woodland terrace to 3mths, think we are gog to oragnise our trip soon!

also i finally got to meet joyce! we had a few dates cancelled due to my flu. she is so sweet! when we met up at big o she gave me this gift for me and i was thrilled! this cost $11! she did take out the price tag of cos! she didnt know that there was one more tag in the insides the book itself!


i loved it! it was so sweet and i have a few more classes i booked for in Oct and Nov. and i started using this to record the days i have classes using the stickers! its fun and i love every page cos it has different illustrations! KAWAII! it came with a magnetic bookmark too! i gave her a handcream to keep her hands beautiful for her wedding! funny thing is that i never got a chance to take any photos when i am out with her! we just chat and chat and never got to take any photos!

after our seriously lousy tea/dinner at Big O - standard dropped!!! only the spike d made it. we walked over to isetan and i had to pop my head in to check out the jap fair. not as exciting as the hokkaido fair but i spent $18 getting some japanese tapioca pastries. i actually like the white/yellow one better than the purple! it was nice to try but not something i would buy again thou.

STAR BUYS OF SEPT!

i bot this SPOON/FORK/KNIFE! it 3-in-1! i always forget my own cutlery when i bring my own lunch to school. so i got this when i saw it! also when i was out looking out for princess decor for twins bdae, i chanced upon this stitch bag and i wanted it! its from japan disney... this shop apparently brings in toys and accessories from japan!

i was a daiso queen this month! after attending class with the same group for 2 weekends, i got influenced to step into daiso. its not my 1st time there, its just that i am scared of this place! its very tempting and i am so afraid that i will lose control in there! and I DID! i was there to check out the baking items but i ended up buying household stuff, kids stuff, kitchen ware and managed to check out 26 items within 1h30mins! yes i was at PS daiso... if i was at imm... think i will shop till it closes!

best find was the icepack! reusable icepacks that i can keep in my cooler bag when i go for class, deliver desserts or when i buy my frozen stuff! also i found a nice insulated lunch bag... $2 for all items! those above was bot in round 1... i returned to daiso for a 2nd round!
but i bot less and was more focus - came to get icepack cos my 1st set i gave it to a fren but still, i find things that wasnt on my list! pokka lime is a small bottle of lemon juice, used for cooking or baking! they ran out of the small pack of icepacks and i bot the last 2 bigger pack of icepacks on the shelf. i bot a pack of small shrimps, similiar to the ones i ate in taiwan. they served fried rice with those little prawns as topping. hopefully it will taste as good! i bot this mango jelly to try.

this while month... i have been out with ann on some afternoons after school. we went in search of twins' gift, goody bag stuff and party decor. then we ate dessert twice in chinatown. but we have been meeting up for almost 5-7? times to go woodland's pasarmalam to eat... RAMLY burger! its so good! it better when we stood there to see the process of the cook preparing our burger! one man show and lots of steps to get the burger the way it is! patty topped with cheese, mayo and black pepper sauce wrapped in flat egg omelette. we are gog to look out for the next pasarmalam!

beside shopping at daiso, i have got quite a few items from ikea... was there to buy a digital weighing machine... it not for me! its for measuring food! fell in love with it during class with chef nan. we get to measure everything ourselves, do everything from scratch which actually is better way to learn.

on 30th sept, i planned 1st oct's brunch! i just wanted to nuah at home without having to leave this house for anything! so i went on a supermarket spree and bot stuff for our brunch! did the stuff mushrooms i learnt from my canepes class and gx loved it! we ate it at about 1.45pm and we didnt eat dinner! we just had fruits, green bean soup and tried my mango jelly from daiso! i ot the mango was real mango cubes but it turn out that they are mango jelly too! it was quite nice mit try the peach if i dare to step into daiso again!

Aunt's special treat!

i am so lucky! think thats how most of us (my family) feels! after the saturday party, before we left, we were surprised to hear uncle m informing us that tomolo the party continues... at Ah Yat Restuarant. So on Sunday 28th Sept, we met again in the evening to gather to celebrate my aunt's Big day!


the boys esp gx was alittle affected cos its F1 final nite race in singapore. but we were glad to find out that the room has ktv, 2 flat screens and it has tv receptions! so we had the one nearest to us showing the race while those who are singing had to face the other screen.

way before we ate, we were served champagne. i love champagne but it has to be cold thou. the dishes started with the soutao. followed by a cold meat dish which was not bad. then the crispy sucking piggy was nice.


wooo the next dish was sharks fin. it was good and i like that they put the beansprouts aside allowing people to add according to their liking. then really we had bao yu. the abalone. cos this restuarant is known for its abalone dishes. it was nice! next to the abalone was prob duck feet.

yes we wore our "lovers tees" ... the tees he bot for me as anniversary present... haha his is considered my present too. as we sang through the nite, watch f1, play with kidos, te adults took the opportunity to talk and share their feelings... and of cos the food didnt stopped! next after the tummy warming soup and lovely abalone, we had prawns with snow peas.

what i love about steam fish in restaurant is that they smell so good, the soya sauce smell, makes me wana eat the fish! next we had crab. ALASKAN CRAB. thats not all.... its cooked in FOI GRAS sauce... yes we did taste the foi gras and the was black pepper in it but of cos its not the usually dosage of black pepper and i love the taste of it! first time ever for all of us eating foi gras alaskan crab!

the veg soup was a little weird cos the veg is very bitter but the soup taste good... fried rice to end the savoury part of dinner but i spiced it up with the remaining foi gras. then we had toasting! i drank several glasses of champagne through the dinner! i say prob 6-7glasses? drank alot that nite. and sure did my uncles too....


dinner ended with my favourite xue ge. gx and i was being crazy with the camera since he commented i had such a greedy look when my favourite is served! he like onee better! it was an enjoyable dinner!!