Little Surprise for Cheryl

M & D at WaRaku

Hmm, Ben is not in town and tonight, M & D went to WaRaku. Sorry for the lousy photos, it was way too dim to take good one.

Service is bad, nothing to rave about. Maybe because it was only 2 of us, the seating is pathetic, don't think I'll come back to this outlet at Heeran, still prefer the one at The Central and now, regret for not ordering their pasta..With this charges, I was expecting the food to be better.

Parent's 34th Wedding Anniversary

Coincidently, it falls on Halloween..but parents wanted to go M'sia so we decided to dine out a day before instead.

At Soup Restaurant

This is their 34th wedding anniversary and these 2, still holding hands when they go out. To sustain a long lasting relationship, there are just too many things to learn..

1. forgive & forget
2. remain positive
3. get rid of all insecure feeling
4. trust
5. respect
6. acceptance
7. empathy
8. be a listener
9. sharing

And the list goes on...

Sydney 2006

I know I know, super late post! I was suppose to blog about our trip in 2006 but.. I lost our CD and yeah, I found it now! PLEASE BEAR WITH ME, there are just tooooooo many photos, more than 200, Ben said you guys are not going to get pass the first 50 photos..how? I made them into 2 parts. Enjoy!

Here I am trying my very best to remember what we did, what we ate and where we went...

Day 1 :
- Touched down Syd Airport
- Had simple lunch, slept and went out dinner with my cousin family and then rest at home.

Day 2 :
- Rainy Day
- Train to Circular QUay
- Went to the Rock
- Walk along George St
- Queen Victoria Building
- To Arncliffe for dinner (Jackie's place)
- Bad, I had migraine on this day

Day 3 :
- Sunny Day! Our PS day
- Went to Jackie's place for make up and tied my posy
- Gordon reached by 2pm and PS started
- PS Location : Arncliffe, UTS, Garrison Church, Observatory, Pier 1, Botanical Garden, Macquarie Chair, St Mary Catheral Church, Hype Park and Park Hyatt

Day 4 :
- Sunny
- Went to Central (Chinatown) but Paddy's Field Closed on Wed
- Went to Market Place after that for lunch
- Strolled along Darling Harbour, Chinese Garden, Sussex St, Goerge St, QVB
- Went to Kinokuniya and bought a 500 cupcakes book.
- Dinner at Beverly Hills

Day 5 :
- COLDEST DAY in NOV, temp around 9-10 deg celcius!
- Went to Hurstville, Miranda

Day 6 :
- Left B.Hills
- Breakfast at Macdonalds'
- Went to Coogee Beach?
- Went to Darling Harbour, QVB with Margaret

Day 7 :
- Dim Sum at Marigold, Chinatown
- Train to Circular Quay
- To the Opera House
- Went to The Rock with Margaret
- Took photos at Strand Arcade
- BBQ at Jackie's place
- Margaret and Parents went to Koolewong with Uncle Gordon and Aunt Pat

Day 8 :
- Ben and I took a train from Arncliffe to Woy Woy, Uncle Gordon picked us up to Koolewong
- Went to Hunter Valley with Aunt Pat, Uncle Gordon, Ralph, Jackie and Mya
- Mum made Mee Hoon Kuey for dinner

Day 9 :
- Went shopping at Erina/Arena? at Gosford
- Ben and I took train + bus to the Library nearby

Day 10 :
- HOTTEST DAY OF MY LIFE 39 Deg Celcius
- Went to Blue Mountain & Wentworth Falls

Day 11 :
- Uncle Gordon brought us to Woy Woy to see Pelicans
- Daddy went carbbing with Uncle Gordon
- Aunt Pat cooked crab and mum cooked Roasted Pork today

Day 12 :
- Took pretty nice photos at Avoca
- Went to Tuggerah and got Cheryl some clothes
- Had fish & chips at the Entrance and saw Pelican again
- Dinner : Curry chicken

Day 13 :
- Had Pancake at home and left Koolewong
- Took a train back to Arncliffe
- Packed our luggages and left at 2pm to airport
- SQ222 at 1655hrs
- Took a maxicab back home

Lastly, I hope you all enjoy the photos and sorry for the captions, just to lazy to insert. We really thank the Cox Family, Uncle Gordon and Aunt Pat for EVERYTHING !

Babysitting

Eh..like "A HAPPY FAMILY" portrait? ..hahahaa.. Actually we babysit little Cheryl today, while her parents went to attend a talk at Victoria St.

So how was it? It was actually quite fun, a good start off to learn about parenting and at the same time, have fun with little Cheryl...

Lunch at Lulu Restaurant. Saw the 3 peach buns? It was foc because Oct is Ben's birthday month.After lunch, we walked into Topshop to look for sun glasses and Cheryl was obviously more enthusiastic than me. Look at our model-to-be.We got sweater for little Cheryl at FOX, not the pink but her "barney" colour..Ice Cream ! Cheryl kept asking for ice-cream the whole afternoon and here we got her banana chocolate and uncle Ben got his a lychee sorbet.

Häagen-Dazs

Today clinic was really busy, as most muslim staff went on half day leave and I got "stucked" in the room with Dr Nancy right after my break at 1pm. She is really a very nice doctor and she laughs a lot! So sorry for not able to pick up calls and plentiful of messenges in my inbox, yeah, about 50 of them. Please allow me to reply you all after my hectic day, I still have 2 more boys to settle after work. Oh, talk about after work, Ben and I went to Häagen-Dazs as I wanted so much to eat their ice-cream *remember my voucher?* We were told that the fondue can feed 4 pax and we called Margaret immediately !

You could tell, we were having a great time at Häagen-Dazs!
Sinful Sinful.. We spent $53 for the fondue.. It was really nice and we will definitely come back with Cheryl!

Tumbling Tower Time

Uncle Ben played Cheat!!!

Hahahaha...we all had fun playing the tumbling tower!!

Surprise Surprise !!

We decided to give mum a surprise - To Celebrate Her 56th Birthday, actually not one surprise but TWO!

First, we told her not to cook and our weekend gathering will be over our place on Saturday. Of course, I will be the one cooking. Ben was very kind to accompany me to do some marketing at Cold Storage and NTUC as he knew I can never carry all the bags on my own. Yeah, we took a cab home after that.

What's for dinner? LAKSA!! Eh...don't ask for recipe because I used premix and add other stuff. *come on, one man show leh, use only 4 hours, ok?*

I know I know, no big deal right? This is not the first time cooking dinner for 10 persons, so what's the surprise?

Tadah !! Peach Longevity Bun from D'Bun ! Mum was so happy!And our second Surprise - ICE CREAM CAKE for mummy!

Although it was a failure but mum never complained and she never did, I remember

- Baking numerous non edible stuff and wasted more than 50 eggs, she always says," Try again tomorrow.."

- During my Sec, I was so FAT that I still thought I was a pretty girl, why? Because no one(in the family)ever tease me. Of course now I know I was indeed SUPER DUPER FATTY BOOM BOOM. I was so touch when she told me she will definitely send me to Marie France..

- I SPENT $800 yakking on the phone with an idiot in my Poly 1st year instead of buying myself an air ticket to London but mum didn't scold me.

- I drove our Toyota out without license and banged against the lamp post, causing a big hump at the front and headlight was gone, mum said," you're so daring.." I thought she was going to wallop me! Maybe she would if it is dad's Merz..hahahaha... joking, I didn't get to drive daddy's Merz because I don't have the guts to get a car license after that accident. *chicken la*

Yeah, that's our mum... Happy Birthday Mummy!!!!

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We Cook, We Eat !

Count the calories and divide by 6

Ben's kopi C (coffee with fresh milk) and my teh (tea with condensed milk)

Mum cooked prawn noodles - home recipe

The very tasty and cute hello kitty fishcake from Japan

It was so yummy that we all took at least 2 bowls of prawn noodles each (picture is for illustration only, we had a bigger bowl)

14th Ngee Ann City National Lion Dance Competition

We had so much fun watching.. time flies, I remember blogging the same stuff last year and eating mooncakes at the same time.

Look at our funny chubby Cheryl !

Mooncake Tasting at Takashimaya

Cute right? The three little pigs are from Hong Kong 奇华饼家. Well, as mentioned before, I don't eat the traditional mooncakes so why am I still here?? Hey, I eat kimchi, ok?

All right, I have no idea why there are stores selling food that has got nothing related to mooncake festival (eg. pickles, kimchi, japanese food), maybe they cater for people like me. haha.. Anyway, the one thing I tried was their yam paste flufy pastry mooncakes. Hey, I know what are you thinking, cheapo, right? Go and Try for free, I got buy okay!Hahaha

Nat bought mooncakes from Shang Palace from Shangri La Hotel for SGD49, yeah, it is pricey but mind you, the most expensive mooncakes in Singapore for year 2009 costs a whopping $1288! They are from Mandarin Oriental, containing Ginseng Premium Bird's Nest, Pearl Powder and Omega Egg White Custard. Eh, "bao nya" (sure win) if you buy this to your potential MIL and remember to blog about it. (and let me know)

Here is the chef of Four Season making Snowskin Mooncake

Kenny Rogers Roaster

Nice food + Funny Waiters = We enjoyed ourselves so much at Kenny Rogers !

PHILIPS Carnival Sale

Million thanks to our BIL for ferrying us to Philips for their Carnival Sale on last weekend. Yes, it was pouring like crazy and the human traffic was bad later in the late afternoon. For those who didn't go, YOU'VE MISSED THE BOAT!!! The prices slashed by more than 50% for most items and with SGD263 (UP approx.SGD450)we got dvd, radio clock and dect phones! N and C strongly recommended this phone to us as it is different from the ordinary analog cordless phone whereby it won't interfere with WIFI signal. The best part is the set comes with 2 phones, so we don't have to run up and down when the phones ring. *thumps Up*