Second day of work, engine is still not revving up yet so I tot of sharing some pictures I took last week. Look below for details.

It was Dad's Birthday on the 19th. The day I got back from Surabaya. we had dinner at OCBC building. Have not been there for ages. Used to play hide and seek in the carpark when we were younger (notice the word younger, not young). Not anymore though, it would look weird to see a twenty something playing hide & seek.

I bought Dad's Birthday cake from Conrad Hotel's Bakery. Recommended! I love chocolate cakes and this one was good. Kinda expensive though. $24 plus for a small cake.........it was a good size for us though cos our family are not really cake eaters.

{Dad is already 54 years old. Can you imagine!}

See the little face on the left? Looks like little Clement is waiting for Dad to hurry and cut the cake.

{Had to squeeze in to get into the shot!}

Family picture or wat's left of the family anyways! Qiao & Xin Dong! Bixue and Yong are in Michigan having their own fun!


Adrian & Tanya's wedding. Hmm, probably our last picture iwth them because they are moving to England after the wedding.

{Dress designed and made by my friend, Widya}

Got these dolls on the day that RH and me got together. For those who are wondering about the inter-species union. RH is born in the year of the tiger while I was born in the year of the sheep. Ever heard of the chinese saying "Song Yang Lu Hu Kou" (sending the sheep into the tiger's den, HAHAHA)

I added the veil and butterfly tie myself AFTER I knew we were getting married. I can't help thinking that the sheep's face look bigger than the tiger's face (look at pic above the above pic)which is quite true in real life.

Went to the site of our new apartment on Saturday to check out its progress. The property agent actually told us that it would TOP in early Dec 2005. Its already Jan 2006. Hopefully, it can TOP before CNY. It looks almost done.

Its funny but were there green and purple walls in the aprtment mini model. Check out my previous posts. Well, the purple and green walls make sit look like a playground......

{Ronny insisted we took some pictures to show our 'future' kids}

{My trusty anti-UV ray umbrella......need to keep my skin looking fair and pretty}

{Night view of the swimming pool area}

Holiday Season

You must think that I am the laziest blogger alive. See below for my excuses. I shall compensate with pictures.

1. Company shut-down for a week, no free and readily available internet. (not that I would travel all the way to my office during holidays)

2. Home internet down, due to some setting error which RH finally found out yest.

3. Went KL for 2 days so did not bring laptop to KL

Wow, lots to update, where should I start?

Hmm, many wonderful dinners for this year's holidays. I should probably wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year before I start on the food........ :P

I missed my Christmas Eve dinner cos of RH. Supposed to go for my buffet at Pinetree Club with my family members and RH HAD to call me up and say that he needed me to pick him up from Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal. Do you know how far the ferry terminal is from my YUMMY dinner?

Oh well, a good wife is suppose to support her husband in his business endeavours and that is excatly what RH was doing in Bintan. Showing the bauxite mine to some customers from China. Bauxite is actually some by-product of Iron mining. Luckily it paid off and they actually signed a contract for that.

But alas, Christmas came and it compensated for my lack of Christmas Eve Dinner. We went to the Brazilian Restaurant in Sixth Ave. Stuffed ourselves with MEAT. Brazillians just love meat, ya! Well, another thing famous that start with Brazillian is of course the B********* W**. Yup, why do they call it that. Its not as if the Brazillians all go bare.

However, I forgot to bring my camera to the dinner so no pics. Sorry! Food is yummy though and would be better if they were more vegetables.

On the 27th, our small group had a Christmas potbless. Wonderful, wonderful food again. There was pasta, beef stew, mashed potato, pizza, etc, etc.......The beef stew was really really heavenly! (No pun intended) Also, we had turkey with stuffings, courtesy of Uh-hum, ME! I must confess that most of it was done by my cousin, Fanny! Hmm, pictures below. Have to practise more!

The Voodoo Turkey, hehehe! Look at all the sticks poking out of it and those are bacons covering the Turkey in case you were wondering. We had to really skewer the Turkey to keep all the stuffing inside and the legs folded in.

Our Christmas Sacrifice is ready for roasting, bound legs and all! HAHAHA (evil laugh)! Hmm, it actually does not look so appetizing this way. Oops, forgot to take picture of the cooked turkey. It was quite delicious! You just gotta take my words for it.

{Apple Stuffing! I love stuffings especially Boston Market Stuffing!}

{All the ladies around the dinner table. I guess ladies are more greedy! :P}

{Eh, there are guys too, my mistake. The biggest glutton is here!}

{The Tans!}

{Daphne & Baby! But not her baby lah! Its Nij & Carole's. Can't help but feel the baby looks more like Nij}

{Some of the gang! Su li, our host, is the one wearing a blue t-shirt! Thanks for welcoming us into your house!}

{Group picture with new addition baby Mikayla}

Then, me and RH went to KL........lots of good food there. Most of them by the roadside though! Forgot to take pictures! Sorry AGAIN!

RH took this picture because he kept forgetting where to turn right for his beloved original Ampang Yong Tau Foo. As if he is gonna bring this picture the next time he goes to KL. Anyways, Foong Foong Yong Tau Foo is very nice. Should try it next time you go to KL.

The address is 621-A Jalan Besar Ampang68000 Ampang, Selangor Darulehsan.

Sunway Lagoon Mall! RH tot he ought to be a tour guide and bring me there since I have never been to SLM and he was working in KL for 2 years. Notice my new necklace. Bought it at Petaling Street for 15 ringgits. The next day, another vendor actually tried to sell me for 25 ringgits. Of course, I did not buy it from him bit found another vendor who let me buy it at 15 each.

{NG! That was not intended to be like tat!}

{Much better!}

Then came New Year's Eve. Turns out that Dad booked three PANAROMIC rooms at Pan Pacific and booked us all a buffet dinner that hotel.

{View from 19th flr elevator!}

{Really cloudy that day! Luckily, it did not affect the fireworks}

This is such an artistic picture. I should just blow it up and put it in my new house. (just talking to myself, please ignore)

We ate from 7 pm to 11 pm. You should see the way we rushed to the buffet table for second, third, fourth fifth helpings after the waiter informed us that the buffet is going to be closed in 15 mins. Hehehe, we are gluttons indeed.

Being Silly!

Must be the wine!!!!!

New Year's came with a big bang. Literally! The fireworks at Marina Bay lasted for a full 10 mins. Cool and we had just the best view ever on the 29th floor of Pan Pacific facing Esplanade. Actually, there are no pictures cos I actually took video of the fireworks display and I dunno how to put it on my blog. Sorry! But there are some night view pics below.

So after all the feasting and stuffing, (I actually feel a little like the Christmas Turkey), I think I need at least a month to burn off all those extra fats..........I feel so bloated!

Milan Photoshoot

I think I have just quit about writing on RH and my life story. Better to continue with everyday mundane stuff. My writing is not able to catch up with everyday events.

So, after I came back from my week long "vacation" in surabaya planning for my wedding (reason for quotation marks on vacation), I was so so so really bushed. Waking up everyday at 6 am in surabaya, the sun there really rises early, not that the sun actually eats worms. Coming home really late like 11 pm and running around making decisions about a million things and at the same time have to battle my FMIL. Hehehe.

Even after sby (Surabaya), I am not able to rest. One of my small group members got hitched. Congratulations Adrian. Yup, so happy but then the bad news is that he will be moving to England to be with his wife. Means, no more Bible Study with him. Nope, his wife is not ang moh, he is actually. He is originally German and his wife is a Singaporean studying in England, I think!

Then came my PS (wedding photoshoot). I had to wake up at 6 am again. This time to wash hair and be at studio by 8 am.

Some pictures below ffrom behind the scenes PS. Hehehe, RH also very vain, he had me take many pictures of him.

Me & MUA (make up artist) Fanny from Milan. I must truly sing her praises. She really listens and tries to give me what I asked for. Plus, she is really detailed. She took a long time with my left eye cos my eyes are not proportiona and she never gave up after several tries.

{Half done, a little more to go}

{First Indoor style done, 4 more to go}

{RH's turn!}

{Traditional costume. Look so chinese!}

{Taking a break......going for another style}

{Done! Mom is gonna kill me if she sees me in a veil before my wedding}

{Still got time to read some more....}

{Last hairstyle. There are ribbons in front but cannot see from photo. Have to wait for the actual ones to be done}

{RH's back}

{RH's Front......}

{Around the studio! Our stuff all spread out on the table. Hehehe!}

{Make up area!}

We went to 3 places for outdoor! Wanted four but alas, Sentosa has to be out. RH keeps telling me that we can still take pictures in Indonesia and its irritating me because the style of teh photographer is different. And there was no sun! Now, really worried that the photos will look grey!

Forgot to throw in a picture of my shoes. Cute hor! RH not very tall so I must wear flats. Bought this in JB (Johor Bahru) and added the ribbons myself. :P

Delimanjoo

Gonna do some promotion for the cake! Of course, it is because my mom recently bought the franchise for Singapore and they have OFFICIALLY opened on the 30th Nov. Yup, what is it?

Its actually a very healthy snack from Korea. Made of mostly egg, the cake is soft and moist. Most of byou have eaten the Pandan cake? Well, I can say that it is more moist and soft than a pandan cake. It is made bite-sized in the shape of a corn. Inside the cake a a dollop of custard. Sweet of course. It is suppose to be very popular in Korea but I would not know cos I have never been there but I shall take the words of my mom and sister. Surely, they would not lie to their own family member . To you, maybe but not to me.

Here is a picture of the cake.


Here is a picture of the machine. You can see it at my mom's counter. Its operation is quite interesting.

Another product of Delimanjoo, the magic pop. Its a keropok type of snack. Very crispy and it is very healthy as it is made of wheat rice and popped like popcorn, not fried like our normal keropok. Healthy alternatives for kids who loves keropok.

Magic Pop Machine. It makes a very very loud sound when it pops the cracker.

So, i just realised that I did not tell you where to get this thing. It is located in Singapore, of course. You can find it in Trengganu Street which is actually very near to Smith Street at Chinatown. So, if you can't find it, just follow the loud popping sound created by the Magic Pop. :)

And apparently, they have a website. Check out

http://www.delimanjoo.com/delice/eng/index.html
for more information about Delimanjoo.

Starville Showroom Pictures

I wanted to post pictures of the Starville showroom the last time I posted but there was something wrong with the website so here it is.

We took some pictures of the showroom before it was demolished. Lucky we did because it helped us to remember certain details when we talk to ID (interior designers).

{Dining Room}

That is RH's father at the entrance to the kitchen. The corridor on the right leads to the bedroom. Of course, our apartment is a different layout than this.

{Bedroom 2}

This is the second bedroom. They converted it into a study. A weird study at that.

{Bedroom 3}

This is to be our guest bedroom. For my FFIL and FMIL when they come to visit us or whoever wants to come and visit us can stay here. Not very big like 5 star hotel but don't complain cos its free.

{Bedroom 3}

Clearer picture of the guest bedroom. Notice the windows, quite bright but RH and me both hate the bay window because it takes up space. Hate balconies too. Think that they are very unnecessary.

{Master Bathroom}

Master bathroom. Notice the large windows again? In this case, the effect is totally different. Why do they put such large windows in the bathroom? Do the developers assume that everyone is an exhibistionist nudist? This is ridiculous and gives us a headache on how to cover the windows. I prefer opaque films, easy maintenance. RH prefers blinds because he does feel secure about the films. He insistes that people are still able to see through. and what about the planters? No one in their right mind will have actual soil in their bathroom. It breeds mosquito, insects and the poor plants will die on contact with our soaps, no?

{Master Bedroom}

Ah, finally the master bedroom. They only gave us 4 door wardrobe. Can you believe that? It is not even enough to house my clothes. RH would have to use the guestroom wardrobe. Hahaha! We have decided we are gonna get the ID to build us more wardrobes.

I dunno why we took this picture but it just shows the entrance to the balcony from the master bedroom. Remember how I mentioned I hated balconies. another useless place.

{Living room}

This is a picture of the tiny living room. The floor are for this showroom is 1218 sqft and our actual apartment is 1238 sqft. I hope it does have a bigger living room cos my TV is 30 inch normal tv. HOW?

In laws

My FMIL (fututre mother in law) is here since yesterday. She came here to get a mandatory check up for the health insurance she is signing up with. She is already 57 years old and no health insurance. This is not good. It is due to the fact that my FFIL (your guessed it, future father in law) is a very traditional person and he feels that buying health or life insurance is just like cursing the person to fall sick or die. Of course, that is not true and so RH went seraching for health insurances for his mom.

Well, she came with RH's youngest sister. RH's parents love her the most among RH's siblings. So, means that I cannot offend RH's mom, dad and sister. Hehehe. Anyways, these few days are gonna be really really busy. Entertaining FMIL, helping out mom with Delimanjoo and stuff.

And I am down with flu. I hope that I can survive this weekend.