Non-stop partying the whole of Week 16th!

Monday 22nd dec - after the wedding, build-the-bear xmas/bdae party, surprise party for uncle j, ann & i organise a luncheon for kidos. we went to disney naturally. my 2nd time here and i still find the place small. stick to the pizzas cos i dun find the rest of the food interesting... excited little ones shop alittle at the bookshop while the mums buy grocery. then feel very xianz... very tired of the things i have to face... worried for mum.

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Tuesday 23rd dec - can't wait to chop of my hair! had my long-awaited haircut... couldnt wait till new year! wanted a new look for the new year. after the haircut, nesa and i head for lunch everywhere was crowded! we decided to eat at out of the pan and we got high chair seat near the fountain. pretty cool and nesa was excited. the fountain, the crepes, the dessert was great and of cos sitting in the high seat eating lunch. she asked me how much the lunch cost. for the first time she asked me. when i asked her, she wanted to bring her family here. very filial. then we head back to tpy to meet joyce and got all our ingredients. then we had 3hours baking session. we made our faourite Macadamia nuts, cranberry, white chocolate cupcakes and also dark chocolate orange marmalade cupcakes. i was exhausted after the cupcakes were baked.


to view pictures : http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=55411&l=1978e&id=745787682
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Wednesday 24th dec - woke up very early to decorate the cupcakes for gx to bring to office for his collegues. after gx left i started loading photos and uploading them on facebook. then met up with aunt k and nesa went to novena to do my last minute shopping. then nesa and i ate teabreak while waiting for aunt k to finish her grocery shopping. then we head to aunt o house for the xmas party. the boys were incharge of the party planning this year. they really put in alot of effort to put up a xmas show for the kiddos. i was to help to "control" the kids. it was great! a veyr childlike xmas. aunt o was very nice, she got everyone a gift. i got an extra gift as a thank you gift for planning the past years xmas games. aunt a oso gave the older cousins movie ticket vouchers! aunt a and nesa gave me m&s bathing cream. it was very nice to have a very unique xmas photo this year! a big thank you to the boys who dress up and make the year's xmas different. more xmas pics : http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=55418&l=7c624&id=745787682

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Thursday 25th dec - woke up late and gx bot mcdonalds breakfast. that was our xmas meal. then we laze around and i got to upload all photos to facebook and glad i cleared it! then we prep to head to soh's place for gathering. glad that with the last minute arangement we could meet up and was happy to see mic and agnes too. soh and helen's baby is very cutez with chubby cheeks! we gave the family a doremon doll. mic & agnes gave an elmo to the baby! we had kfc for dinner and played a new board game. then end the meetup with an awfully chocolate rum and cherry cake that M&A bot. also had bens&jerry ice-cream! it was nice to see all of them again.

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Friday 26th dec - met my dear fren who i have seen for almost half a year at the busy orchard! everywhere was crowded as many prob didnt work today! with the boxing sale everywhere... endless stream of people! we ate at DTF. had XLB! then we walk about at taka. head to burberry to check out the sale and i managed to find something for gx for cny. good deal as it was 50% off and then with serena's taka card i had additional 10%. met my aunt and cousin and was happy when T hugged me. serena and i walked around and time really flew! we settled at a new cafe at Wisma for tea. the milkshake we ordered was nice. S had choc while mine's vanilla. then we shared an apple pie that was topped with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream. i like the homemade feel of the apple pie but its alittle sweet for me thou. the decor of the place is quite nice and i enjoyed sitting at the "birdcage" area. check out serena's blog for the update and pics!http://starrfire7.blogspot.com/2008/12/met-up-with-lc.html

we walked on to isetan as i wanted to get some bread for mum but in the end i didnt like the smell of the bread then we walked on to borders and met up with Huiyi and kok leong. its also been a long time since i saw them. caught up abit and i head for the train to go back to mum's place. last meetup with the twins before they leave for shanghai... sis got me a organiser from disney and she too love H&M! she got many clothes from HK! glad that gx like the top. slept... i really need sleep very tired but i am glad to meet up with long time no see friends.

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Saturday 27th dec - messed up the mess at my side of the room and started trashing things and i have more to go... could have finish packing but i napped for almost 2+hrs! then sis popped by with d to save some pics to go print. their "potato" photographer will take 2months to deliver the photos. eager to have some prints sis printed 700 over pics! 500+ from wedding and 200+ from her short trip in hk. then gx and i prep to go over to pat's house for bbq. good to meet up with everyone at the party. each time i meet a mum, i always learn new things! tired as usual once i hit the bed.

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Sunday 28th dec - lazy sunday. came up with a list of things we need to get for the baby. then we looked thru the newspaper for sales items. wanted to go town to check things out but we ended up being so lazy, didnt want to be in the crowd... we stayed at home and again i napped for a couple of hrs. think i have used up my energy over dec! then woke up to watch dvd with gx. Mummy 3. then we head home for dinner. mum brew me a whole pot of chicken essence. i am a veyr lucky gal cos mum feeds me the most delicious soup and tonics. also my mil is preparing home cook food every monday with nourishing soup. then we head home to park the car then we walked over to get some grocery for our baby! on the list - milk powder, fruits and a packet of chips! yes potato chips are no good... but sometimes we need to indulge and trust me i dun finish the whole pack! i like to keep some for the next few days to savour. gx got hooked on nectarines. we ate some at mum's on friday and then he was off to find some and he was so ready to set his teeth into one once we got home. slept and have been having weird dreams... hope i dream of something nicer...

Me vs 4+1 October Bdae people!

A long awaited gathering. finally we got a date and before Helen goes into labour, we met up at Coca at international building in Orchard to have dinner. As usual, mic was the earliest! He's always on time! once there i was hungry.

so eager to start that i didnt take any pics till our 3rd round of raw food was cooking! i like the wantan here. We were the first to arrive but not the 1st to leave thou! think we had almost like 5-6rounds of food order but we gals stopped much earlier, the boys of cos had much more room!

after dinner, we head to tcc at the ground level and we were pretty lucky to have our seats pretty soon. everyone was too full to have a slice of cake each. so i only ordered a mont blanc to share and a chocolate grottine for the bdae celebration. the deal was i was going to treat the rest including gx who are all born in month of October thus 4adults+1. helen's baby in the tummy, the little boy is soon gog to be arriving anytime in October!

i sang a bdae song for all of them. haha a very fast one emphasising alot on U and pointing to all of them. too bad everyone so full, we got to share the 2 cakes instead of 4 cakes. thou the mont blanc is a little sweet, i still find it nice and i have yet to find another place that served it. the chocolate grottine was nice too. the chocolate mousse in the covered dark chocolate walls was rich. while everyone had drinks, i just have warmed water to go with the sweet treats. i really couldn't take anymore food!

envy helen! i wish you helen a safe delivery and i wish you and soh happiness. i was happy we met up and had this little gathering. i am glad we still can sit and have meals together. Mic stay happy! and so am i going have 4 slices of cakes from each of you guys in April? we shall see!

Graze @ 4 Rochster Park

its our first time at Rochester Park. we have heard of this place but haven't been here before. with some luck and right timing, from last school year's parents, i was presented a voucher to one of the restaurant in that area . We planned this dinner on friday to mark a day gx had with me for my falls hols. i have been alone this whole hols. he has been busy and me lazy and sadly, yes fall hols is ending this sunday.

after i did a little shopping, gx came from work to pick me up from vivo. when we got there i was very hungry! the small carpark was full... then we drove in to look for the black and white house #4. gx decided to valet park... we decided to sit indoors, thou i was ready with mosqi patch! i immediately ask where the soup page was and i was surprised when i was told they have only one kind of soup. Cauliflower soup with prawns and double-cooked hens egg... too hungry to say no so i ordered. when it came i was alittle paiseh to take photo as we were sitting in the centre of the restaurant... so no flash....

the very first picture is when it was taken with no flash! the restaurant atmosphere is soft lights, dim and very comfortable but when it came to taking photos... it just turned out black! using photoshop i brighten the dark photos taken. the cauliflower soup ($18) turned out to be not bad. i liked it! prawns were fresh. but i did not liked the fried ball of breadcrumb thats in the soup. i forgot that there was suppose to be an hen's egg so i cut into it and out came on my spoon, runny yolk. never fancy sunny-side up eggs cos i am scared of the wobbly yolk! and the raw taste of it. gx liked it so he had the rest of the soup with it. as for the bread dipped in black vinegar and olive oil... the one i had with dap at portsdown italian restaurant was much better. the vinegar was much nicer and stronger in taste. here we got more oil on our bread than vinegar.

for starter we ordered ($29) 6 bbq scallops served with ginger in XO butter! these were nice! loved the fresh scallops on shells, we didnt even need the lime and lemon. i like the way they wrapped the citrus fruits so that when its squeshed only the juice sip through without the seeds and pulp. clever and neat.

see my tired-looking gx with his main course... he's been working hard and partying hard the nite before! company had dinner at no-sign board followed by short partying at st james. i like the photo-wall behind me. i love the decor of the place but i didnt take picture other then our area. we took pics with flash cos when i spotted people taking with flash, i was less hesistant to do so!

gx's main course - pork hock. ($33) bbq? prob till it was so crispy but soft inside! it was tasty. i had entree-sized mushroom risotto. ($18) glad i didnt order the main course size cos this was enough to fill me. too much risotto and i wot be able to swallow. this is nice just not too much cos its creamy. if u are wondering that's enough? wait till u see our dessert choice!

we were told that we have to wait for 25mins for our dessert. so gx ordered a cappucino. as for choosing the dessert, i was looking through the list and came to one that got me very interested. Dessert Tasting Plate ($35). i asked whats included in this dessert and i was thrilled to be told all of the above items stated before Dessert Tasting plate will be served in a smaller portion for 2!

thats like the most exciting dessert item i have ever ordered! when u can't decide which to ordered and have a chance to try all of them, why not! esp when we mit not come back here again... so with that we chatted while waiting for the dessert but both of us felt sleepy cos with a filled tummy and dim atmosphere with soft music... its hard to keep awake!

when the dessert tasting plate came, its huge! i was so ready to ... take pics bcos everything look so nice and cute! the lady who brought the dessert to us, link the names of the dessert and describe to us the contents individually.

in all 10 items! we had #1-kiwi sorbet which was the ice-cream of the day. fruity sour but refreshing! next to it was #2-classic afrigado. this was something new to us. we were suppose to pour the espresso and we were advised to pour only half of it into the dessert cup which was filled with a liquor jello, biscotti, vanilla ice-cream and toasted hazelnut.

wooo... bitter! i like the jellied frangelico liquor thou, gx like this dessert as its very coffeebased. one of my favourite would be the #3-chocolate creme brulee. it was very rich,, thick chocolate based topped with honeycomb ice-cream. behind #3 is #4-green apple, roasted pineapple and sour cherry crumble. this was pretty sour for us cos the rest of the dessert was so sweet. we didnt touch much of this dessert.

#5-australian trifle which is the one, far back on the left topped with strawberry, sad to say i did try it but didnt have any special impression of it. gx seriuosly was so full when he tried most of them and was saying thats too much dessert!!! infront of #5 is #6-homemade honeycomb ice-cream and strawberry ice-cream with chocolate sauce. i liked the honey coated nuts and the home-made strawberry sorbet. next to #6 is #7-palova. the base is a meringue and topped with passionfruit sorbet. gx freaked out with the passionfruit sourness and i personally dun like merigue cos its too sweet! the only goodthing from this dessert was the sweet peanuts that was served with it.

#8-Graze black & white pudding plate was the other dessert that we enjoyed. we actually ate this first cos it better to have it while its hot! its the first time i have a "white" lava cake thou! this was served with ice-cream. white pudding with choc ice-cream and black pudding with vanilla ice-cream. i was looking forward to eat the #9-sundae with deep fried banana. yes goreng pisang but it was nice and crispy served with chocolate ice-cream. My favourite of all the dessert is #10- warm Michel Cluizel bittersweet chocolate tart with banana. i love banana with chocolate! the chocolate was very soothing! while gx had the tart at the very start , i kept mine to the end!

they have an outdoor sitting where they play oldies black and white film on the wall. while waiting for our valet that cost us $8, we took some last shots.

the total bill for this dinner for 2 was $141 before gst and service charge. After presenting the $100 gift voucher, we paid $65.96 for the dinner at Graze. the food is nice and for the first time we were unable to finish all the desserts. we finished mostly the chocolate desserts and left the rest as were really filled! it was a nice experience but with the price tag, i was glad i was given a voucher to try it out.

Spizza for friends!

felt so handicap without camera for a couple of days becos i got mum to bring my camera to beijing to take all the good things she sees, eats, hear, smell! on saturday, arranged with sis to have dinner together before heading to airport to fetch mum. together with dan and gx, we had dinner at spizza at jalan kayu. it was crowded! so with out my camera, i relied on my hp... thus results poor images. we are looking to buy another camera...can't wait!

we didnt need to wait long for our table and sis was oredi busy with deciding what to have when we were in Q. for Antipasti - appetizers, sis wanted smoked salmon with onion rings and capers. this was nice, we both loved the capers but the boys thou. i wanted the cripsy calamari with "pizzaiola" sauce. when we were waiting, i saw the waiter dished out this golden plater many times! it was nice, very crispy and i like the herb batter! definitely ordering this dish when i go back top try out their many other dishes.

we ordered the special pasta served that nite. if i remembered correctly it should be Fettuccine. it was cooked in a Truffle sauce, served with mushroom and rocket salad. at first i find the pasta too thick but when it was mixed well with the sauce and with a bite of the mushroom, this was heavens! Authentic Italian Wood-Fired Pizza. for pizza here, they make the base when u order, there is this guy who will work on flatening the dough, spread the sauce and topped it up with your choice. here they have a very cute menu for pizzas! they have 24 types of pizzas and not just that they have names from A-V. we ordered Pamela - tomato, mozzarella, mushrooms and cooked ham. the thin- crust, almost crispy, hot from the oven pizza was soooooo good.

after the enjoyable meal, think sis was happy with the dinner, i head to airport with sis and dan. gx head to pick his parents. we were early, so we settled at tcc for sweets. while sis had tiRUMmisu, i had mont blanc. dan ordered a drink. sis's tiRUMisu was not very nice. the top was too cheesy. she pratically took the top off and say the bottom was still acceptable. mines nice. looking forward to make my own mont blanc!

Mum's bdae part iii

after school met ann. we went to chinatown and went in search for the dessert store. for lunch i only ate cracker and biscuits cos i was saving my stomach for dinner. but got really hungry after school. my dear cousin A is crazy about anything thats yammy! thats right spelling she loves YAM! got her to come along to visit this dessert store that i have been waiting to check out cos i heard about this place long time ago.

we walked the wrong way and we ended up walking in a loop before finding the dessert store. guessed many people who loves dessert knows about this place. For a 4pm afternoon and almost unable to find a seat, tells how good the dessert is! we ordered a plate of yam and carrot cake to share. suppose to have pumpkin cake but that was sold out. the carrot cake is yummy but i find the yam cake too pepperish. ann loved her yam onee. i find it ok. i ordered the mango pomelo sago dessert. its good but then maybe i didnt feel well, i should be really excited cos it was really not too bad... there was enough sweet mango cubes in this dessert. we wanted to order another dessert to share but i stop cos i have ten course dinner waiting for me! we are gog back next week to try other desserts.

parted with ann, i went in search for aircondition at OG. after meeting gx we stroll to the restuarant sis and dan chose. we got a private room on the 4th level. when we got there we were surprised that the room comes with karaoke. here the decor pretty old style but i like the setting. here they have their restaurant name and logo all on their plates, bowls, teapot, even on the rosewood chairs!

before gog to OG i walked all the way to get mum this box of mooncake. its not the lianrong type, its the mixed nuts mooncake. very old school but this is where i got my cantonese style wedding cakes. for my wedding i chose traditional cakes cos modern cakes are available everyday. not many occasions we will get to order tradition chinese cakes. as for the pic i took with mum, can't remember what was said but i couldn't help laughing out loud. this room is pretty nicely decorated. simple, modern, nice.

the peach bun served here is so dainty. as for the cold dish, the shredded egg looks plain but it taste the best! it was so yummy. shark fin soup smelt so good! even thou i still have a block nose i could smell. i didn't take pictures of all the food we ate because i was busy entertaining my twin cousins. we ate quite a few dishes and they were very nice!

五福大拼盘Coldcut Platter
蟹璜鱼翅Shark’s Fin Soup with Crab Meat
脆皮烧鸡Roasted Chicken
椒豉蒸活金目鲈Steamed Live Sea Bass In Special Bean Sauce
白灼游水虾Quick - Boiled Live Prawns
竹笙兰花Braised Brocolli with Bamboo Pith
三丝焖面Panfried Noodle with ShreddedChicken
椰汁蜜瓜西米露 Honey Dew Sago with Coconut Milk

this meal cost a bomb. a treat from my future bil... a big thanks to him cos the dinner was really good. they had a pretty good deal cos they order the set dinner and its some kind of anniversary promo, we were given a roasted suckling pig. sis and i tot it mit be a little piglet but it was much bigger! good deal cos the skin crackles when you sink your teeth on it.

bro and gf got mum 2nd bdae cake. mango cake. we were probably the last to leave the restaurant cos prob its monday, they didnt have many people dining at the restuarant. love the shot i had with mum. she was really happy. she said she felt like a queen for the last 3 days. do nothing and go out for good meals and relax. i wish that i could provide her such life everyday... how? when? ... for now i can only do what i can...

also love this shot with gx. feels like some lantern festival shot. next sunday is our 3rd chinese wedding anniversary... every lunar mooncake festival is our big day! we got married on the 15th day of the lunar 8th month.