年初一

拜年咯！
1st day of CNY is always busy for me. for the past few years, dear dear and me will go to his parent's house for lunch, then to his gramps for awhile.
and then we'll reach my gramps hse ard 3+pm and stayed there till dinner time.
and its the same for today.
totally enjoyed my time with my relatives, esp my cousins! :)
though i lost $50 playing zhuang for blackjack. oh well, everyone enjoys themselves.


baby yz playing with his new toy in PJs



all dressed up ready to go out!



me + my cousins!

年除夕2009

today's itinerary is much more simpler and less tiring than yesterday,
just reunion dinner at my mum's place.
so we lazed the morning and early afternoon away. baby yz took a 2hr+ nap from 11 till 1+!
and i slept with him. good catching up on sleep for me!
hubbi and me also did last minute cleaning up like vacumning, mopping, washing bedsheets etc for we are supposed to NOT do any cleaning tomorrow (1st day of CNY).

at around 4pm, we got ready and left the house for parkway parade.

hubbi attempted to put gel on yz's hair but not successful. with his little hair and not to mention stubborne hair too. ha.

me in my ted baker top! i totally heart this top! totally good buy at 60% off. *hiaks* the original price is simply too atrocious!

me+hubbi 大头照

黑皮family!

parkway parade was not too crowded and many shops were already closed by the time we reached. we just spent some time taking photos with the CNY decorations outside and then bought a small set of yusheng from crystal jade for lou hei @ my mum's place.

yz with the moo-moo decor

with mammy!

dancing to the CNY songs played loudly from the displays

dinner was simply delicious. i so love home-cooked food. but hor, i wonder how reunion dinner will be like for yz next time for i cant cook for nuts. ha.
mum decided to go to gramps house for lou hei instead and all of us went to gramps place at around 7+pm. im glad cos i got to see 2 of my uncles and gramp there! :)
yz had fun exploring the new environment too. he knows who is his great-grandmother now and aint shy around her! he even sayang her by stroking her hand.
so sweet of him, ya?


discovered a bag with 2 mandarin oranges.

拜啦，我去拜年了！

i cant wait for tomorrow to come! 1st day of CNY!
ang baos for yz, blackjack for me, CNY goodies for all of us, merry-making with my relatives and friends.
holidays have never been better in sg. :)

finally CNY 2009 is here! today has been a pretty hectic day for the ng family.
we went to tiong bahru plaza for breakfast in the morning and NTUC to get some grocery done.
and it was packed full of people to the brim! gosh! so many people doing last minute CNY shopping.
we made home in one piece and settled the lil'one for his morning nap.

after his bath + lunch, we left for frances house for a dow gathering!
had fun catching up with some of the ex-dowers. and the chicken wings cooked by frances's maid is simply delicious! *yummy*
even for a non-chicken wing lover like me!

at 4+pm, we went to ah long's parents' house for early reunion dinner.
baby had fun at both places and completely tire himself out.
by the time we reached home, fed him milk and wiped him down, he was all ready for sleep.
and zonked out he did in 10 mins time!

ok some photos of today:

ready to go out!

happy baby

with jean + frances!

milk + lars

catching up on good shows recently.

1) Harvey milk
how can i resist sean penn?! not after his all-out retard performance in "i am sam" of course.
heh. thats like my fav show for that year.
so with hb not using the car and baby @ my mum's, me ventured out to vivo for some screen time alone.
hiaks.
been ages since i last caught a show myself. and i still stand by the notion that some films are better watch alone.
milk being neither, though.
its a tad long and slow but given its premise of "based on true events", its hardly surprising.
in short, milk is the 1st openly gay elected official as the supervisor of San francisco back in mid-1970s. more on the show: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013753/

great performances tuned in by the leading and supporting cast. esp. James Franco.
lil' green goblin has certainly came a long way. :)

2) lars and the real girl
finally managed to see it at home with the husband yesternight.
despite having no subtitles! *horror of all horrors*
but i watched milk without too. ha.
a really interesting show and ryan gosling is really good!
but his good looks from the notebook is gone. so sad.

anyway the show is one enjoyable ride as you see how the whole town play-along with lars and his real girl, bianca. up till the point lars decided to let bianca die.
funny and touching at points. an understated gem of a show. :)

3) 2009 movies i want to catch so far after seeing MANY trailers
- Revolutionary road
- Doubt
- The curious case of Benjamin Button
- Slumdog millionaire
- The Wrestler
- Valkyrie

what about you?

why must i see someone to see someone?
*infuriated*
on a more positive note, i will be seeing someone significantly lesser for the next 2 weeks.
so, REJOICE i will.
bah!

little bubble updates

baby (actually no longer a baby but a tod liao) yz seems to have grown up overnight!
taller, with a toddlerish look.
oh, and he starts walking last week!
so cute to see him taking small steps, walking around our house like a little drunkard. heh.

yesterday, hb was holding yz's hand and walking with him from the study room to living room.
and hb cant help exclaiming yz has really grown up.
and the look on his face spelt 不舍得。
yah, this is what the husband and i have been feeling recently.
yz seems to be growing up too fast.
but still, happy to see him growing up healthily lah.

however, along come the bumps n knocks. *sigh*
he managed to crawl underneath the dining table and decided to stand up and walk.
hence, bumped his head when doing so. lucky just a small bump cos he squatted back the moment he hitted the table. no bump no bruise.
but really, now has to look after him constantly. and we installed the safety gate too.
kitchen is officially out of bounds to him. not that he can enter in the past.
not with me growling at him whenever he approaches the kitchen, ha.

and he loves to twirl my hair with the hand resting on my shoulder when i carry him.
so sweet! :)
15 mths in a week time! 15 mths on 年初一！

National Geographic @ Vivo

some backdated photos of baby @ National Geographic shop in Vivo.

17 times and counting...

hubbi and me love travelling!! (or so he proclaims.)
hence, we've been each other best (?) travel companions for the past 7 years.
yup, ah long and me have been together for nearly 7 years! but lets talk about this in another post.

so. on one night not too long ago, i asked the husband how many trips we've been to together.
and so we sat there counting and i was really surprised that he remembers all the trips!
he actually manged to get the sequence right though i can even get the timeline right even.
heh.

and so, ah long+wenhui have been to these places since we got together in early 2002!

1) KL Jul 02 - yup, our 1st trip together was just a humble short trip to kuala lumpur! wat to expect from 2 poor uni students. heh. we went via the KTM train and its really a lovely experience to take an overnight train. though the time taken is sooo much longer as compared to coach.

2) Hong Kong Dec 02 - we did all the touristry things like going to the peak, mdm tussauds etc. oh, and of cos shop and eat till we drop! nice cool weather too! :)

3) KL Jan 03: still poor uni students. esp after so fast after our previous trip to HK last mth, so to KL again for us. i dont really remember wat we did there. ha.

4) Genting May 03: we've finished our last sem papers! a small break for us before our graduating trip! baby treated me up together with his parents! eeks! but we managed to spend most of the time alone except for dinner times. heh.

5) Italy + France August 03: our graduation trip! moi 1st time to europe too! we agreed that this is our favourite trip. :) my 1st time to disneyland too. n italy! me still hasnt learn italian till now. bleah.

6) KL Dec 03: this is our 3rd trip to KL in 2 years. and i think it really put us off. so we didnt revisit it till 07.

7) Bintan Aug 04: nothing much to do there but we got to spend quality time just chatting and doing nothing by the beach. the next time i go back, i wanna try club med with hubbi and baby yz!

8) Australia Dec 04: wee! one lovely trip too! i esp. heart melbourne! i cant imagine relocating anywhere but for melbourne, i'll definitely reconsider. oh, and the little fairy penguins from philip island! :)

9) BKK Jul 05: so dirty there till my forehead break out big time when we were over there. bleah. nothing much for me to buy too. never revisit it till today.

10) Sunway Lagoon Dec 05: a nice short getaway with baby. but i lost my K750i there. pui.

11) Hong kong Sept 06: i cant go for my honeymoon straight after our wedding so i anyhow slot in this short trip right after it. heh. now that i got spending power, SHOPPING for me! i totally love HK clothings+ shoes! oh, n disneyland HK too. :)

12) Turkey+Greece Oct 06: our honeymoon! coldest holiday to date. temp drop to zero celcius at one point. and mist coming out of your mouth as you speak. isnt that wonderful! heh.
greece islands are sooo nice but seriously i like turkey more. their guys are very handsome. *ahem*

13) Cruise (Phuket/Penang) Jan 07: OK trip nia cos travelling with in-laws again. bah. phuket is really nice with its clean pristine beaches. but aftermath of tsuinami lor.

14) Cruise (KL/Langkawi) May 07: cruise again cos lao niang is preggy. and too chicken to take the plane. anyway, this is the most horrible trip for both of us too cos i was very sick with asthma and feel like dying the WHOLE time. wah lao. now i super paranoid of the feeling of being enclosed up in a cabin.

15) East Europe Jun 08: most expensive trip for us to date. even more so than our honey moon which we were away for 3 weeks +! i think i will never take up a package tour again. ridiculous! hubbi lah, lazy to plan for F&E. :P
but really a surprising nice variation from central europe. i learnt alot about history there.

16) Genting Nov 08: up to the clouds again! this time gambling is the highlight! heh. a really good short getaway for us. :)

17) Cambodia Dec 08: finally seen the angkor wat! we've been wanting to visit it since uni days but kept postponing it away in lieu of "better" destinations. the trip is a humbling one and again, travel teaches me about humanity more than anything else in the world.

18).... *drum roll* yup our 18th trip is coming up soon!
europe, see you again in march! *grinz*
clue: i finally get to go where i wanted most since 2001.

watssup!

just came back from the PD for yz's vaccine, and its only 10am! wow, the day is still young!
anyway, yz has his last dose of the prevenar jab and i suppose its a really painful jab for he cried while having it.
luckily, he stopped soon after.
and its not cheap! more than half of his baby bonus went to such jabs. bleah.
oh and yz has grown up abit too. now he's standing at 83cm tall and weighing 11.4kg!

some random pixs from my hp:

spongbob squarepants! my fav cartoon character! yz has yet to know who he/it is yet. will intro soon.
got this pair of crocs from the recent metro sale but its too big! :(
will try to exchange it but if cant, will have to shelf it for future lor.


ooh, and of cos my recent crush! YOGA! young pretty boy - totally my cup of tea! hiaks.
cant wait for his concert in feb!



realised i got 3 books awaiting me. time to squeeze out some time.

meantime, we have a cheery yz photo sitting prettily on our bookshelf. to be mounted on the wall soon by the husband.

oh, cant resist getting this pretty la prairie tonic during the metro sale. must be the auntie looking at me and exclaiming i got dry skin lah.
always falling prey to such comments. :[

now my SKII collecting dust for the time being. and if this turns out better, whats gonna happen to my miracle water extra unused bottle?!

baby yz's 1st & 2nd mth pix hanging on our fridge door! look how much his looks have changed!

now awaiting for the little one to wakey up from his nap for lunchie n bath. and still not too sure where we should go.
we have until 3pm to decide anyway. the bad of a weekend car. :P

SALE!

topshop, selfridge, dorothy perkins etc is having 1 day special 20% off yesterday.
knew it only when i chanced upon topshop branch @ bugis with the husband!
got me heart itchy itchy.

anyway hubbi was on leave yesterday so he came to bugis to look for me.
we started the evening early at 530pm! :)
we decided to spend a different evening (or maybe not) by exploring new places.
so after a simple dinner @ soup spoon, we walked to bras brasah complex to jalan jalan abit.
the shops there close early at 7-ish *gosh* but we managed to spend some time browsing some bookshops and getting a photo frame for baby yz's super 8R photo from sean lau.
hubbi set it up the very night and now its standing nicely on our tv console.
will try to take pic and upload later. :)

next, we walked over to raffles hotel where all the atas shops are.
strictly WINDOW shoping cos all too ex. me popped into LV of cos and hubbi more spoilt for choices. he chose jaeger-lecoultre in the end. but all see nia.

then its off to raffles city, back to normal shopping for moi again!
saw this gorgeous top at selfridge.
went to try it on but since i was wearing a dress, i anyhow grab a shorts to try and the shorts turned out to be of nice cutting and fit.
and its a sale item! how to resist.
since the sale is applicable only for ocbc card, got to ask the husband to sign for me.
sigh. he refused lor! and i got to whine and whine till he did so.
*pui* and he's not the one paying for them leh.
why does my husband restrict my shopping?! *woes of a woman*
but falala, got them and feel tremendously satisfied.
oh, i got 3 cute undies from topshop too.
to replace some of my current sad, not-so-cute undies.
heh.

aiyah. too many sale going on.
so you'll still see a few more posts labelled shopping for the time being.
ciao.

grace + me bday dinner @ viet lang

met up with the gang for grace + me bday dinner @ viet lang (at the art house) on saturday.
vietnam food is indeed light, refreshing and feel healthy!
jx was late from working late (!) and hence i didnt get to see her afterall.
for i've to rush home after the dinner to tend to a sick hubbi. humpf.
hiaks, im such an unloving wife.

ok, some photos from zm's camera.

solo drive, spending moolahs, yoga!

im so proud of meself today! today marks the 1st time of me driving out without the husband by my side.
ok, technically not the 1st time. i drove to tiong bahru alone to get my hair done few days back.
BUT, today, i drove to vivo for shopping time with baby YZ only! :)
teehee. isnt this why i want a driving licence for? :P

cheeky baby

ready to go!

had a smooth ride to vivo and got a good parking lot near the lift lobby. goody good.

YZ was sweet too. allowed me to shop/eat in peace by staying in his pram and taking his usual noon nap.

and as the husband said, i must buy things when i go out. that is absolutely untrue.
i didnt buy anything for the past 1 week!
haha, which means i spent moolahs @ ted baker today. fantastic sale! :)

after 2 hours @ vivo, i realised ive been there so often that ive run out of shops to shop! *duh*
hence, drove back to our house to pick hubbi up and we headed to great world city for our dinner. and of cos more shopping for me.

yesh, even @ great world.

got myself a novel (50% off!) + a pair of shoes from charles & keith.

anyway, been letting yz has outside food for his dinner when we are out during the weekend for the past 1-2 weeks.
nothing too fancy, mostly porridge.

so far so good. hope the seasonings outside is not too much for him.

enjoying kiddy ride.

oh, by the way, im watching yoga's concert on 20th feb!

so happy to be able to get CY to watch with me in such a short notice!

and managed to get seats just behind ayu n boon! hiaks.

i TOTALLY HEART yoga! for his lovely voice + boyish looks + 无厘头personality! :)

1 year older.

*gasp* im 27 year old! no longer young and nubile liao. *pui*
anyway, birthday for me is a small, quiet affair.
i've long gotten over the fact that more than half the world out there is counting down to the end of my birthday, just so to welcome the new year.
so, on my burpday, we dropped baby @ my mum's place and headed out to vivo.
hubbi initially wanted to treat me to buffet @ the ikoi restaurant at miramar. but we decided against it since the price is much more expensive on new year eve day and hubbi is really not a big japanese food fan.

he made reservations @ akashi in the end. i ordered the usual goody for meself - salmon sashimi, agedashi tofu etc. *yummy*



after that, we went to catch ip man. which was a really nice show by the way.
a wee bit of back to the old HK movie days. plot with substance, i like.

oh, and i was happily surprised by a small bday card from the husband. normally, i ve to remind him to get me card. heh.
hubbi initially wanted to get me a pair of shades since i passed my driving and it'll come in handy on sunny days. but, we were both so lazy that we never really have the time/effort to get down to shopping for one.
hence, in the end, his bday pressie to me become my hair cut,color plus soft straightening.

yup, i got a new hairstyle! my natural curly wurvy hair is irritating the hell out of me.
so there, i tamed my hair.
new look for the new year. goody.