^_^v

The 2 monkeys. Taken just before I sent her to school today. See how she tries to imitate me (the ^_^v). Her teacher asked if I'm her mother. I replied that I'm actually her JieJie (big sister) and the teacher's eyes almost popped out.

carlton hotel & bedok blk 461

Yesterday was a stressful day of eating and shopping.

#1: Carlton Hotel. Fav tudi had made a reservation for 3 at the Wah Lok restaurant. I picked the place for its famous Hong Kong dim sum.

Awaiting the arrival of tudi and rae. They were late due to the torrential rain.




Check out the triangular pastry thing in the middle. That's one of their specialties - bbq pork (char siew) pastry puff. The honeydew soup with pork ribs was a killer too. First time I dined here was about 10 years ago. They have maintained the standard. Still as good.




#2: Robinsons at Raffles City. I went on a mad spree for bedsheets and bought 3 sets for my mum's bed, bro's bed and uncle's bed. Also went around trying out clothes and hunting for a pair of shoes for myself. While exploring the revamped basement food area, we decided on the destination for our next meet-up: Japanese Food Bazaar. It's a new Marche style eating place that looks like a mini Jap village. We went in and toured one round to recce all the yummy-looking Jap food.






#3: Marina Square. Had a regular very vanilla latte at Gloria Jeans and was 1. shocked by the price ($6.40!!!) 2. disappointed that it's not as good as those in Sydney. After wandering around the huge mall for about 2 hours, I finally bought a pair of shoes for CNY.

#4: Dinner with my family at Bedok North Blk 416. That was the first ever dinner in the last 5 years where everyone was here. Bro, his girlfriend, Mum and her boyfriend.

Check out this blue peg! The store auntie used this as the 'token' to recognise where we were seated so she could deliver the food to us. Strange. My first such encounter.

And she couldn't see us in the sea of people. What do you do then? Wave it high high! Or you don't get your food!

It was another of those eat-til-wanna-puke days....

sold out

My current favourite bag on my etsy wishlist was sold! Gasp.

I have not been able to control myself from shopping in etsy with all its handmade goodies. I have been adding on stuff to my to-buy list but always hesitate to make the purchase because I know I would not be able to stop buying once I start. I have bought a few items before so I know.

This bag, I have been eyeing it for a while, going in to check everyday to see if it's been sold, and now... I have not quite accepted the fact that I won't get to carry it. T_T

Maybe I shouldn't hold myself back anymore...

throb. ugly in the morning.

Met the brack labbit at Brewerkz, an ex colleague who was my daily breakfast-kopi-and-eggs kaki and now a drinking buddy.

He brought along a couple of friends and I was stumped to find myself in the company of celebrities the whole night. Here's introducing Dharma and David. Dharma is a guitarist in this band Throb and David, also a guitarist but in another band called Ugly In The Morning.




Because the previous pic didn't do justice to the suave David, I took a special one with him. I even threw in a yummy bared shoulder ok! Must make him happy happy cos he has a fellow band member who plays for David Tao. David Tao leh! Must go check out if he's single or not. I like men who can sing well.




And in the next pic are Choon, also a guitarist from Throb, and Evan, a bassist from I-forgot-which-band. But I call him David Gan's brother. Oh and see the guy in the background seated at the next table? He is Moby Sky, whose blog I read very regularly. (I even submitted an application to be his blind date for V-day 2 years ago when Blinkymummy put up an ad on her blog, but was sadly rejected.) I was squirming in my seat trying to decide if I should go up and say hi cos I really wasn't sure if that was him as I kinda thought him chubbier than he actually looked. Eventually we said hello la.




So. Guys, sorry if I 'got eye couldn't recognise Tarzan' hor (literally translated from a chinese idiom, go figure). It doesn't matter if you guys are stars or not, I really enjoyed the night's conversations on chicks, men, love, homosexuality, the L7 position and Dharma's sex boat.

14.1" vs 32"

Thanks to P who's now my tenant living in my old room in my Simei flat, I now blog, surf the net and watch my anime on a big-ass 32 inch LCD screen in the comfort of the big-ass and super comfy sofa bed he bought. (I also watch the silly Mediacorp series on this TV and oh how I miss these brainless shows!) He'd revamped my entire room to welcome me back - refreshing new paint, the LCD TV doubled up as the PC monitor, the surround sound system, the sofa bed, the romantic lighting, all brand new.

Picture below shows my laptop with a 14.1 inch monitor in comparison with the new TV he bought.

(Note to self: I should probably start scheming to take back the room and kick him out of the house to keep all these for my own enjoyment. hehe.)