January 12, 2009

MIL's Birthday!

Last Thursday was MIL's birthday!

I bought her a chocolate cake from the Prima Deli at Jurong Point.

Saw G's grumpy face.... hahaha... always like that... difficult to get him to pose properly for photo-taking...
Happy Birthday to you Mother/Nai Nai!

The January Babies....

My birthday gift from MIL... yes, I really mean the bracelet is my birthday gift from MIL... this year, she felt like buying a bracelet for her own birthday and so happened to see another one which she also liked, so bought for me.... Thank you Mother!

January 6, 2009

MIL's Bday Celebration - 3 Jan 09

This year's Mil's birthday falls on a Thursday, so we had to celebrate in advance for her.

We had dinner at the Crab Party, 100 Yio Chu Kang Road.

We ordered the 海鲜炒饭,炒面线, 咸蛋螃蟹, 辣椒螃蟹, 炸馒头, 葱爆鹿肉, 叁巴苏东, 西兰花带子, 炸猪蹄. The servings were generous for us, 6 adults and 3 children and most of us fancied all the dishes , except for Andy and Carol who do not eat broccoli...

I was admiring the pepper crab which was served at another table, and looked pretty yummy good.... must try in my next visit...

The expenditure for this meal was $235.

Farrer Gathering 7 - Joey's House

Went for the Farrer Gathering 7 to Joey's House on 26th Dec, 8 pm, at Blk 915 Jurong West.

The turnout was great as there were 15 of our Farrer friends, plus some who also brought their spouse, family and I brought GK along too...

The dinner for that day was KFC and Pizza Hut and lots of vodka and softdrinks and cocktails...

We were having great time playing the Indian Poker and drinking, and I must admit that luck for that night was not good, and I really got drunk after drinking so many glasses of the cocktails...

We left Joey's house at 12 midnight plus, and I was already feeling myself floating and couldn't walked straight...

Lucky one of my friends sent us back home, and I quickly tucked GK into bed as they had to wake up early the next morning for their swimming lesson.

As for me, I quickly took a quick shower and went to bed... but I tossed here and there, couldn't sleep at all...my head was splitting in pain... By the time, I slept, it was about 5 am, and in like just a minute, I was awaken by the alarm showing 8 am... had to wake up reluctantly and bring them out for swimming lesson....

I wondered what kind of strong vodka my friends had brought, and must beware of not getting to be penalised so often in the next gathering...which will be this coming Sat (10 Jan 09), at James' new house!

Pics for the gathering:
http://luvina76.multiply.com/photos/album/36/Farrer_Gathering_7_-_26_Dec_08

Shopping in Paya Lebar

On a fine sunny Monday (29 Dec), jeo-ed Alicia to Paya Lebar City Plaza to shop for clothes.

When we arrived at the complex, we saw most of the stores were busy sorting out their new clothes stocks on the floor for those retail shop owners to pick and choose. So, we were most of the time, shopping without catching any attention from the salesgirl, unless we called for them....

We ended the shopping in this complex with a 'lunch cum teabreak' at the Arnold's Fried Chicken, and only bought a short dress for myself costing $45.

We departed the complex around 3 pm and walked across to the Tanjong Katong Complex to shop at the This Fashion... but couldn't find any suitable pieces... While walking back to the MRT station, we decided to pop into the Singapore Post Centre, and there, got another This Fashion outlet... and it has a wider range of clothes to choose from. So, in the end, I bought another 4 pieces of blouse at $75.

As we walked to the MRT station, we saw another This Fashion outlet again... aiyo, how come this estate so many This Fashion outlets??? But one commendable point is that the clothings here are more nicer than those found in neighbourhood centres and neighbourhood shopping malls....

And of course, with the satisfaction of my purchases, I signed up membership with This Fashion and needless to say, this is going to my clothes-hunting boutique for the next 2 years...hahaha

(Afternote : the selling prices for the clothes in City Plaza are quite expensive)

The Beginning of Spring Cleaning

On 26th Dec, my hubby was on leave, so decided to start spring cleaning and clearing away unwanted stuff at the shoe rack/display cabinets...

And these were part of the 'victims':
My trophies won from 1986 to 1997.
For the description: http://luvina76.multiply.com/photos/album/35/TrophiesMils_Bedside_Lamp


And the most 'sayang' stuff was this pair of porcelain bedside oil lamp, which was bought by my FIL/MIL for their wedding... and it had almost a long 40-year history liao.... but well, since, there wasn't any place for us to display them, so, with MIL's consent, all of the above stuff were disposed of into the rubbish bin on 26 Dec 08.... Sayonara.....*sob* *sob*

Bye Bye OSIM Mermaid, Welcome Dyson DC22

On 21st Dec 08, my OSIM Mermaid finally retired....

Have been owning it since 2003, and i remembered that time, it cost $800 plus. Over the 5 years plus, there have been wear-and-tear, eg. the remote control cover is broken, some parts of the vacuum cleaner having scratches and chipped-off, the suction noise getting more noisier, etc... and finally, on 21st Dec, the motor died.... cannot start at all.....

So, upon recommendation by friends, and doing some research in internet, we bought a new vacuum cleaner - the Dyson DC 22, at $599 (UP : $699), available at Best Denki.

Christmas Gathering on 20th Dec 08 (Sat)

This year's Christmas Gathering was held at Bottle Tree Park and Alicia's House.

We reached Bottle Tree Park around 4.30 pm and started to get the children down to catch those longkang fishes... but seemed like the adults enjoyed the most.. hahaha!

There was a playground in the Bottle Tree Park, and GK enjoyed playing on swings and the slides....
We packed KFC and Pizza Hut from the nearby KFC/Pizza Hut delivery kiosk located at the 701A Yishun, and brought up to Alicia's house. Oh ya, must compliment Alicia's mum's sponsorship for the super-delicious braised duck and we finished it all without leaving any for Vincent, kekeke...

Next was the time that the kids had been waiting for! Presents!
For this year's Christmas presents, GK got Bakugans, and remote forklift trucks... Malcom got Power Rangers and Bakugan too... as the girls... wow... all pretty stuff; bags, backpack, Hello Kitty stuff, Barbie, MacDonalds' playset...