I heart Xmas!
What about you?
Anywho, we met fab SAs today from all 3 stores.
Which explains the splurge from the man.
Impress him enough and you can hear kaching not far away!
HB's initiales damier belt, we finally found the right size at Ion; my early xmas pressie from the man
dun we all love the blue box? i decide on this even though he will rather buy me a similar one set with this tiny stone
and finally, my new toy!
20 more days to xmas! hohoho!
- Mood:
bouncy
Its time to enjoy the well deserved break!
Despite the heavy downpour and everything wet and cheerless, we headed for town.
Its time to do the Xmas shopping anyway.
And what better time than now? Really.
Perfect for its a rainy weekday and HB honestly need to visit the tailor desperately for new working wear!
lunch at Xin Wang Ion
posing with my tivoli
The haul we bought home:
xmas pressie for the folks, besides the LV, the rest are all mine! HAHAHAHA
- Mood: bouncy
Yawn, gotta hit the sack after this.
Still need to wake up early tomorrow.
Its going to be a long day.
Hope everything will goes well! (shall blog more on it in my private entry)
Anyway loots from today's shopping at JL besides the usual lingerie.
And they justify my spending (only spent $55) if not of the entrance tickets to Kitty Lab.
perfect way of spending the weekend away: braving Sitex and people watching with HB
- Mood:
chipper
The weather doesnt allow for anything else besides some soupy hot noodles, i tell you.
And so, its ajisen instead of the usual thai and jap when we were shopping for early Xmas pressies.
its been ages since i have them, and they are way better than what i rem! Must try!
HB's tontoro ramen
my tomyan ramen
and we shared the fried cuttlefish and fried tofu
Pretty good deal with UOB credit card, servings are just right for "lunnier", and we managed to redeem this year Sesame street umbrella and calender after that.
Woke up bright and early on Sat morn as Pucci was due for his grooming session at Vivo city.
Woke up bright and early on Sat morn as Pucci was due for his grooming session at Vivo city.
Pucci getting all edgy; and we saw this cute little bunny as well
the lonely old man vs the happy chap when he came home
We had breakie at white dog cafe while pucci was being groomed. Its our first time and we will definitely be back!
Superb services from their staff, and food are all yummily sinful!
cream of chicken with an extra order of the button mushrooms, they are huge!
our lunch value set are all worth the money, will definitely come again, have i already said that earlier?
and i just need to have this when i saw it! So oriental!
That nite, the 3 of us took a short walk across the lorongs wanting to check out the new prawn fishing farm (the former Singapore badminton hall) At $30 per rod, we went home with 12 prawns 3 hours later.
Not too bad for first timers like us!
Not too bad for first timers like us!
we will be back soon, the HB gets the kick out of it, he wants to go again!
supper after prawn fishing at ho kee, we were super hungry, burp!
- Mood:
awake
The long weekend has been packed with all sort of activities you can think of.
Movie, catching up with the folks, prawning (yes, prawning, had never tried that before!), shopping, trying out new dining places...
Didnt even sleep late these days, wanting to head out as soon as we can!
And we have enjoy ourselves really really much. (Except for the disappointment with Kitty Lab.)
Hey Jac, i did popped by expo today bright and early armed with my cam, but the ticketing officer still said no to photo taking inside...
Tragedy isnt it? And so manage to console myself with more shopping at JL.
The man didnt even grumble one bit!
He will rather have me shopping for clothes! And he promise the trip to Puroland soon!
I was hopping around like a mad old lady on Thursday. Coz, it was officially the last day of school.
No more waking up at 7am to reach school at 8am. And our school newsletter team wins ourselves the OCA this year! Hooray!
Was helping Nura with her spring-cleaning of her workstation when some of the colleagues started singing her the birthday song.
Goodness me! I wasnt even aware its her 29th birthday. Was so guilty that i had asked my RO for timeoff to head out so as to get the gal a tiny cake. The rest of the day was spent catching up with the gals, no more spring-cleaning. Oops.
The birthday gal; taking pictures with some of the skinniest people around is really no fun!
That nite, instead of catching up on the beauty sleep, (check out my panda eyes!), i had made HB drove us to GV Grand.
New Moon New Moon New Moon! The movie is anything i expected, (boring, that is coz the book itself is the least fav of my installments) but both of us have a great time popping popcorn and checking out Jacob, my all time fav character! And i do appreciate the fact that the movie follows the book really closely. Now i cant wait for 'eclipse' to be release on the 30th June 2010, at least i dun have to wait for another year!
Mom needed to work OT on Haji and so HB and i decided to spring a surprise on pop when we dropped by in the evening with Yoshinoya takeaway and his fav durian puffs
And this is when the Dare comes in; that is IF i am able to catch Philip's chinchilla and pass it to HB, he will get me the Chanel cambon im eying on for the loooongest time. And so!
as the saying goes: never dare a woman; especially when its for something she wants...
And oh, we bought a new figurine for the coming Xmas from Jessie as well.
our love makes a lasting impression #910065 number 1816 out of 5000
Part 2 coming up next, before the sleepy bugs kick in!
- Mood: chipper
Hello World, my leggings were torn before the day ends
- Mood:
embarrassed
Thank u very much Mdm!
The 3 Ss headed for the nearby Northpoint, finally settled on Bakerzin when starbucks is way too crowded for gossip session.
Had enjoyed the company so much i almost forgot about the man! LOL.
Only reaching havelock at 7.30pm!
their tea time special is so attractive we had a tough time choosing The cake
shirley's gracious wish (flourless cake) and latte
siew beng's foret noir (i like this the best!) and rose tea
am not very sure whats mine called (one of the festive cakes though), tea is lemon blush, very niceeeee!
Totally enjoy this tea session with the gals, a pity Nah couldnt join us!
And i even met Jessie! How coincidence!
I mean i just visited her yesterday at precious thots making order for some PM figurines, and today we met again in the cafe! Yup, thats me. I am usually friends with SAs who give thumb up services!
Some random pic to end the nite!
spotted this mushroom beside Lace this morning when i was on my way to school; the little men from the Retreat, so Xmassy!
- Mood: chipper
Besides, today's Retreat session ended an hour earlier. Holly Molly!
Too good to be true isnt it? lol.
And so, headed quickly to CWP, wanting to get the pressie on behalf of the sch for the VP.
We sure will miss him. A few of us were even rounded up to do an impromptu farewell speech by the poolside during lunch time.
Seriously, i hope they will have it shown to the rest of us tomorrow. I bet i look ridiculous with all my hand actions and funny tone of speech!
(And Sarah, thanks for ensuring me over and over again about the FAT's issue. I will survive! Thanks love!)
Up next: Photologs will dominate the rest of my entry!
nibbling on chocolates to keep oneself awake; thats wee kiat, who had taken a better pic of me using his iphone
and so i came home and practiced on the man; am bringing it along for tomorrow's session
the pendant given by the school for my 5 years of service coincide with the bracelet the late granny-in-law had given me during my wedding;
more reason to wear them as a set one day.
Had also bought 2 books for the hols, an ultra huge hair craw so that i wont risk misplacing it again, and this really cool skull imprint stole.
Last stop before heading home: Collection of my babies at Goldheart. They came back bright and clean!
- Mood: chipper
While some remains locked only for friends' privilege, these are pretty decent for all to see.
moi looking super tired as the evening rolled out with this year's best dressed
Colleagues for 5 years, Friends for eternity
- Mood:
sleepy
Colourless, lifeless, and the fringe desperately needs trimming.
Missed doing my signature 'bird nest' aka 'amy winehouse' hair style coz i misplaced the haircraw.
It must be the pre monday blues...
And moi totally dread reporting to OCC tomorrow morning at 7.30am...
Pictures with the folks awhile ago at fortunate restaurant toa payoh.
Food shoots and its sooo expensive!
Only the durian fritters are passable (no photo though as we ate them before realising)
The teochew fried rice will have pass the mark, if only its not so pricy!
HB's skill vs the wobbly shot from the waitress
6 freaking hours more before work starts, bravo...
6 freaking hours more before work starts, bravo...
- Mood:
bored
Love them. Love Them. love them.
tale capolavoro adorante
They have so many stuff i swear by.
And who can say no to their eyelash curler?!
Though i was super tired from work, we were at Marina Sq this afternoon, soaking in the coming Xmas spirit.
Popped in their outlet to grab some sweet for the colleagues who volunteered their help that the other day.
"Lunner" was at Cafe Cartel. Super yummy, or is it because its a beautiful day? Hmmm....
ELF eyeshadow cream in Oliver, sheer enough for daily look
the poor man was so hungry with no food the entire morning while i reported back for work
and the SA was so sweet to pack all my goodies in this santa looking eco bag!
im so addicted to their xmas city line, and this london hanky will come in handy the time we visit London again!
Exam is over, been there, done it.
Arent going to cry buckets for mistaking this particular female SIN poet as a Malaysia poet.
Duh... Just leme clear this!
even wore my fav jumper for extra luck
Before i could even mop over the stupidness / carelessness, its back to work.
Reception team, annual dinner and dance.
Woh, all within a day, u say it again.
Seriously. But its fun.
And terribly satisfying now that everything has ended beautifully.
The HB took me to Melting Pot for dinner on Thursday nite. To size up the car park, the man said.
But secretly, i think he just wanted us to have a post exam dinner celebration, Heh heh
with the man i love so mwah
Food selection is really so so. No food pictures as we didnt eat much.
While the HB enjoyed his, i spent mine replying SMS to the hotel's operation manager.
Lovely guy, who even got me a front carpark lot when the topic of my lousy parking skill came out.
No joke. Im off big time in small diminutive underground carparks.
Anyway, frontal service is good at MPC, but the waitress served me the wrong tea instead of Earl Grey.
I must really look stress out! Hah!
Bright yellow Chamomile instead grey earl grey label? I have no idea whats in this cake, but the tangy burst are so unforgettable!
Had worked more than 14 hours on Friday. Wanted to catch some winky over at pop's before setting off for the hotel.
But the short afternoon was spent bitching with the folks. Grin, we are having dinner tomorrow nite, Philip's treat!
The whole group of us left the school at 4pm, reaching the place at perfect time.
Didnt park at the promised lot as the colleagues' cars were right behind.
Had went into the carpark crossing my toes secretly i wont injure Lace.
The gals who were with me gave me much confidence. I even managed to park on a "humpy" lot.
And when the manager called mentioning he had spotted my car at the underground car park, I am so proud of myself!
Thanks to colleagues who offered their extra help, everything was done and ready before 7pm.
(Photos coming up next!)
Million thanks to Oliver and Ivan of Holiday Inn Atrium, we managed to snag lovely grey table cloths that match this year's theme:
A Black and White Affair
while everybody were hard at work, thanks peeps! All 188 bottle done in the midst of laughter from 12 super nice people
Reception team, annual dinner and dance.
Woh, all within a day, u say it again.
Seriously. But its fun.
And terribly satisfying now that everything has ended beautifully.
The HB took me to Melting Pot for dinner on Thursday nite. To size up the car park, the man said.
But secretly, i think he just wanted us to have a post exam dinner celebration, Heh heh
with the man i love so mwah
Food selection is really so so. No food pictures as we didnt eat much.
While the HB enjoyed his, i spent mine replying SMS to the hotel's operation manager.
Lovely guy, who even got me a front carpark lot when the topic of my lousy parking skill came out.
No joke. Im off big time in small diminutive underground carparks.
Anyway, frontal service is good at MPC, but the waitress served me the wrong tea instead of Earl Grey.
I must really look stress out! Hah!
Bright yellow Chamomile instead grey earl grey label? I have no idea whats in this cake, but the tangy burst are so unforgettable!
Had worked more than 14 hours on Friday. Wanted to catch some winky over at pop's before setting off for the hotel.
But the short afternoon was spent bitching with the folks. Grin, we are having dinner tomorrow nite, Philip's treat!
The whole group of us left the school at 4pm, reaching the place at perfect time.
Didnt park at the promised lot as the colleagues' cars were right behind.
Had went into the carpark crossing my toes secretly i wont injure Lace.
The gals who were with me gave me much confidence. I even managed to park on a "humpy" lot.
And when the manager called mentioning he had spotted my car at the underground car park, I am so proud of myself!
Thanks to colleagues who offered their extra help, everything was done and ready before 7pm.
(Photos coming up next!)
Million thanks to Oliver and Ivan of Holiday Inn Atrium, we managed to snag lovely grey table cloths that match this year's theme:
A Black and White Affair
while everybody were hard at work, thanks peeps! All 188 bottle done in the midst of laughter from 12 super nice people
The doorgift for all, (matches my kitchen tiles so much!)
And i won a $50 Isetan shopping voucher! More shopping!
- Mood: bouncy
And i shall spend the next couple of days cramming in all the post-colonial literature theories i can remember.
It is NOT going to be easy, but im doing it!
Ho voglia di fare bene
Devo fare bene
Ho bisogno di fare bene
the 1 day old are still bright and cheery!
Were at IKEA getting the 188 glass jars for the coming D&D.
Thanks HB for helping!
Dinner treat from HB at Spageddies Bedok. And so i need to do well for the final paper.
need a fringe cut soon
Butterfish, chicken scallopini and escargots!
Yup, we are cutting down on food!
All things beautiful; the fine beaded details on my new flats
gimme more of them anytime!
- Mood:
determined
Had to have them done this week somehow, coz i will never have the luxury for that come next week. Am crossing my eyes that they will last till next Friday for the D&D.
Its exam first, follow by the prize giving and before i know it, the day is here.
Period.
Anywho, the pedicure session was well spent replying SMS to colleagues tying up the loose ends...
Imagine sending 45 SMS messages within the 1 hour and 15minutes? Pretty impressive i must say!
Bastille My Heart from OPI, i wish my toe nails are longer; anyway, did u spot something really depressing in the picture?
Visited Mustafa like finally this evening. Have never ever been there before in my last 29 years of life.
Today seems like a perfect time since the HB wanted some hot pipping food for dinner.
We decided on Seoul Garden and remembered vividly that there is an outlet at City Square Mall.
To sidetrack abit, the outlet is having 1 for 1 on weekdays besides Friday(though), so drop by for fab service.
At least i did! Attractive servers, charming waiter who topped up drinks so often i lose count...
Its been yorks since we visit the restaurant, i think the last time we ate there was like 5 years ago? I have no idea about the other outlets, but this one works pretty much like Sakae Sushi; click and the staffs will bring over your food. Their mixed berry and oreo vanilla with nata de coco ice cream are yummy. U should give it a try.
Oh right, back to the trip to Mustafa. The place is huge, and honestly, it isnt as bad as i thought.
I would have love to shop alittle longer if not of the rain.
(We took advantage of the free parking redemption at City Square and decided to walk there instead)
There are so many things to see and check out. I am so amaze by the way the cashiers keep the money in their drawer.
So retro, so unseen these days in SIN!
i could barely open my eyes after a week of tough work; the interior decor is so different from what the memory serves us
flushed after all the bbq-ing; there's a halo above my head
thanks to a blog friend, i found the shoes im super smitten to that actually flatters my ankles
its world kindness day, and HB receives 2 gerbera daisies
- Mood:
busy
U bet, no breakie at all coz the man was out even before i woke up this morning at elevenish.
Food was instant noodle and the apple crumble we bought yesterday at carrefour.
I hardly wakes up without the man watching the telly besides me, but he was up and out early today coz he was planning something really sneaky.
Hence, no food, no HB, no cheer for the whole of the sunday.
Except for the yellingS from the irritating neighbor next door.
Am finally done with the 2 reports i have been brushing off for the whole of this weekend.
Its tedious work and when the HB suggested me doing them on Friday nite, moi declined flatly.
I so deserve to just park myself in front of my current read then.
Not to mention the final paper which is coming up the Wed after this.
Plans were to start 'flipping' alittle this weekend, but i didnt even have the time to iron the man's shirts!
Fortunately he has a full month supply to get him going.
I will iron next Sat and starts the revision on Sun. I promise.
Alrighty, enough of ranting from the silly old woman.
So what is this sneaky project the man was undertaking?
the before
and the after; see how dark outside was after Lance is finally done up?!
So there, weekend gone with the wind.
We only have a meal today, and thats the packed rice the man bought when he was on his way home.
U tell me, why am i still so fat?!
- Mood:
cheerful
1) On Food
2) On Shopping
3) On how a beautiful saturday should be spent
It can be so easy; when expectation is lowered
Devoted the whole morning with the last few chapters of "Mistress of the game" while the man was out busy making appointments for Lance.
Arent terribly impressed with the ending (well there isnt any, strictly saying) and what can u say when an amateur like me detected errors such as "Singaporian" and "thick, blond mop of old", when it should be "gold"?
Anywho, none that i can think of can really replace the great Sidney Sheldon. I say i will give it a 2.5 out of 5, really.
We had a simple dinner at Lerk Thai Marina Square this evening.
Im trying to keep to my resolution of blogging less on food since even the face seems rounder and fuller these days.
But i simply have to blog about this particular staff from L.T.
We have always enjoying dining at this particular Thai chain. Staffs are always attentive and polite, maybe its just how they treat one another back in their own country. The one who was leading us to our place was all lovely and pleasant. But i cant say the same to the one who took our order.
Upon hearing we are sharing our orders, he had asked rather loudly do we need extra plates for them.
Be it sensitive or whatever, i dun see the need for him to repeat the sentence "Do u need extra plates since you are sharing your food" at two occasions. (roll my eyes) I mean we already had an empty plate each.
Anyway maybe im too passive... Or i should have say yes to the request...
A older Caucasian couple came in asking for a window seat when its packed with diners. However none is available. Can u imagine the same staff walking to yet another couple and requested them to give out their window seats?!
The HB was saying that if a similar situation happens to us, he will have walk out of the place immediately. I guess the young couple is simply too kind hearted. If not of their lemon glass drink which resembles mum's, i will not bear with this either!
we didnt opt for a window seat, prefering having a cosy cushion corner; all time must order: Seafood papaya salad
we were sharing these, and its when the staff started to be rude
delicious bee hoon and 6 pcs tago
i look tired with no makeup on
Actually we were out xmas tree shopping. IKEA has some lovely live ones which will be really difficult to get rid of after the festive season. Had wanted to check out the ones in Carrefour, but they arent catching the man's attention. We ended up going home with no Xmas tree; but a new head gear for my coming D&D.
i hope this will look good for the event; posing with my newest love! Isnt she yummy?
Speaking of which, outfit for today was this long jersey dress i bought awhile but didnt have the chance to wear as yet. Because of this spidery coweb straps in front which totally spolit the look, i have them sewn together while the man was getting ready.
the before and after
am counting down to xmas!
- Mood: bouncy
So there, meet my #3.
I swear I am officially on bag-ban for the rest of my working
Thanks to the ever-so-kind HB, i can finally bring my NDS and a paperback out again.
So here it is:
My 09 Red Maxi Flap in Caviar
The red is in a lovely shade of fuchsia!
Meet the recent enquired family of mine
In case you are grumbling (if u have one) and wondering (if ur thinking of getting one) how well a medium flap works, meet my black doubleflap lambskin i used for work these days:
Am not joking when i said i can even put in an apple for my daily 4.30pm snack.
bundled nicely along with the rest of my life
- Mood:
happy
An Update:
Self Resolution for the rest of Year 2009.
"Thou shalt not blog on so many food entries"
Time to watch the weight pilling around the hip.
risate risate risate risate risate...
And oh, any idea what are these lines benealth my eyes? I have been spotting them often in my recent pictures.They make me look like some sort of cat with whiskers...
Don took this the other day using his D90
- Mood: determined
Hate waking up tomorrow. Hate the Monday Blue.
Hate thinking what to wear to make myself feel better...
Anyway, its been a lousy week.
With Pucci warded to Mount Pleasant for a nite on Tues.
Tons of exam papers to be marked over the weekend. Yada Yada Yada.
But the fact that i got to pick 2 PM figurines the HB bought me as our anniversary pressies never fails to cheer me up!
And we finally watched a movie after months of sticking to the DVDs.
MJ deserves better than the Blu Ray honestly.
Minus the fact the huge lady in front of me who was swaying along with all the songs i had to pat her on the shoulder, its a great show! Go watch it! If you a fan like me, or not a fan like the man.
Happy tots for the week:
met the gals for dinner last monday at New York New York AMK Hub
on the nite of Halloween (kose mask courtesy of HB's), moi came home with 3 blue boxes
first up: 2010 members' only figurine; look how sweet the pout is
2nd: Bought the newer version of the O21, after all the in house discount provided by Jessie, HB paid only $61.10 for this
3rd: The man was rather skeptical that i might get a double of this, i swear i dun have this yet; look how the sandals resemble my Chanel
MJ tee from last nite's movie; coloured tights from PP Isetan; only $5 each!
lashes still very intact after a week!
Lets roll in the nasty that has totally spolit the man's weekend chirpy mood:
some jealous freak scarred lance so badly he needs a new paint job soon; boo boo!
Io non sono supporre a maledire, ma come si fa?
Shame on you, whoever you are!
Shame on you, whoever you are!
- Mood:
listless
We were watching the telly last nite when he started rolling and trembling on the floor for a couple of seconds.
The FIL was so worried that he had held him tight immediately, with Pucci cuddling the owner like a kola bear, while shivering.
But he seem okie after awhile and even response to 'kaikai' with a cheerful tail wave.
We had thought he was alright and was perhaps having a nitemare or something.
I wasnt aware that he was running a fever today.
While i was bitching with the gals over dinner at AMK hub, the poor dog was sent to Mount Pleasant by the folks for blood test and everything. I should have come home straight after work, sensing the difference in HB's SMSes.
He kept telling me Pucci is okie, when he is seriously not. Im so angry with myself now.
Im not ready to face anymore loss, Dio, ti prego benedica tutti i miei più amore.
Pucci Baby, get well soon k?
- Mood:
angry
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