last year of my twenties!!

ok, its that time of the year again.
when the whole world is counting down to the end of my birthday.
as usual, nothing really special being planned on the actual day.

though half day at work, i was kept busy the whole morning!
but at least i managed to leave by 1230pm to fetch yz.
onwards to vivo for lunch with my ex-PSA colls.
is this becoming a tradition? we did lunch @ the same place (bakerzin @ vivo!) last 31st dec too!
haha.

hubbi reached around 3+pm to relieve me for a spot of shopping for awhile. heh.
after that, we watched "the tourist"!
poor yz was so tired that he slept during the show. also good lah, we can enjoy the movie peacefully. :P
if not, the boy will be fidgeting here and there and talking loudly in the cinema!
the show aint half-bad. it definitely deserves a higher rating than the 2 stars in reviews!
perhaps a 2.5 stars? wahaha.
mainly due to the half-baked plot and lack of chemistry between jolie & depp.
even depp (fading) good looks cant save the day. sigh.

after the show, we had a light dinner before making a beeline for home!
the crowd was swarming in by the tens!

i had a teeny weeny small cake to "celebrate" with the elder son and husband.
yr was staying over at my mum's place.
he was very much missed by me. :(

ok photos!

im gonna make my last year before my big 3-0 a blast!!

i mean, i try lah. :))

recap of 2010

another year zoomed past just like that.
i guess time accelerates as you age. so unfair!
just when you understand better about yourself, know surer what you want in life, cherish more the people you love and whom love you, then its time to say bye bye to the world.
what's the logic?!

still, one must do the recap of the past year to grasp the sense of existence.
at least for me.
(read only if you are very bored or a stalker of me)

jan: arrival of 黄豆豆 to the ng family! :) such blessings for me to have a smooth delivery and the help of a confinement lady this time round. post-natal blues (barely) kept at bay and start of maternity leave for me!

feb: getting abit uptight stuck at home with a demanding 2m old baby. trying hard to cope with lack of sleep and childcare arrangements.

mar: starting to settle into being a SAHM routine. struggling with my fats from pregnancy which refused to budge.
yz's 1st outing to the zoo at 2.5yo!! he really enjoyed it!

apr: sentosa staycartion @ siloso beach resort before going back to work. back to work in mid-apr. upgraded yz to booster seat!

may: signed up with california fitness. my last 3kgs HAVE to go! GSS starts (of my nightmare).

jun: GSS continues... @_@ yz was sleep-trained successfully to sleep by himself! we used to have to lie beside him till he fell asleep. world cup starts! go, italiano! 2nd trip to the zoo zoo zoo with hubbi's corporate pass. and ohh.... i got my latest bag. :)

jul: watched the best film of the year - Inception. 3D2N redang cruise which yz fell sick on the 2nd day! turned out to be HFMD and he spreaded to both didi and me after that!!! what a mad, tiring july.

aug: yr was sick with a chesty cough. :( overall, just a boring month.

sept: 4 years wedding anniversary for dear dear and me! went down under with the elder son and hubbi! it was a great trip though not much shopping for me. heh.

oct: yz turns 3 years old and he decided to be toilet-trained (in the day) few weeks before his birthday! :) celebrated his bday at USS & 1 night stay @ festive hotel.

nov: pre-30 party with the gang @ MBS. it was a blast. went hanoi for teambuilding with my colleagues. it was a fulfilling trip as we got to help out less fortunate kids over there.
finally got my long sought-after solitaire ear-rings too! :)

dec: sean lau photography for yr and it turned out great! the ng family boarded the singapore flyer for the 1st time!
and of cos, me starting my last year in my twenties. *gulp*

all in all, 2010 has been a great year for me! may all those whom i love and who love me continue to be blessed with H&H (health & happiness) for the coming new year!
2011 will be equally good, if not better! :)

advanced bday lunch celebrtion - dozo

like last year, hubbi brought me out to celebrate my birthday in advance.
with 2 kids in tow, it is almost impossible to have a nice dinner without them.
unless we decide to inconvenient my mum by asking her to babysit them for the evening.
but it will be a hectic one as we've to ferry them to her house and then rush back after to fetch them.
hence, hubbi and i decided to take leave today together and enjoy a day without the kiddos for my bday. hiaks.

like last year, bday treat was for lunch as we need to fetch yz from his childcare in the evening.
after reading positive reviews online, we made reservations at Dozo jap modern cuisine @ valley point for lunch today!
the restaurant decor and ambience are nothing fantastic but the set lunch was rather impressive (at least to us!).


(left) those stick-like thingy are actually cheese sticks - yummy!
(right) some plum drinks served to us before appertiser/starter to "activate" our palate


our starter: scallop, foie gras & smoked salmon :)

after that, hubbi had mushroom soup & i had crab bisque soup!

my appertiser: escargots in cheese/butter garlic while hubbi had chawanmushi with truffles added to it

hubbi's main: lobster gratin with pumpkin puree & risotto

my main: baked cod with potato croquette & rissoto

and then its finally our desserts where i had warm chocolate cake w vanilla ice cream and hubbi had mochi w black sesame & green tea ice cream.

*yumyum*

we were nicely full after all the food as the portions of all the courses aint big but just right!

after that, its shopping time for us!

though more of window shopping for me as its berry hard to buy things with the husband. LOL.

after all, i had (sorta) bought my share from the recent topshop sale - wahahaha.

i've managed to get a harem pants, a top & a jumper.

and judging from the selection @ wisma isetan & ion, i shant be getting anymore...

anyway, back to shopping with the husband!

finally, i know what to get him for his birthday! *phwee* its getting harder and harder as the years pass!

hope can get it successfully tomorrow!

as for myself, i managed to check out some prices for my "wants" for 2011. :)

it has been a really good day out with the husband!

we should do more of such outings next year! :)

yappy kissmus 2010!

'tis the season of sharing and i saw my boys sharing some love this morning! :)
yz was having his yogurt and decided to feed didi some after some "urging" from didi. haha.



:)

this is totally random but i really like my macdonald bears! :)


tada! hand-in-hand somemore.

hubbi and i had to attend 2 friends' gatherings in the late noon/evening with the 2 boys in tow.
and we decided to up the challenge by bringing the boys out earlier to orchard road!
wahaha.

we managed to get 2 last minute xmas presents for others and also for each other! :P
nothing fancy but just what we want at the moment.
so we were really glad with them.



loves of my life!

黄豆豆 is my 心肝宝贝！

after braving the crowd @ ion & isetan orchard, we left for hubbi's friend house @ duxton.
his unit is on the 42nd floor and the view is fantastic!


cute lil' leann! 4m old and so chubby!

yz and yr had great fun with the other kiddos (there were 8 of them including yz & yr!).
especially yz who got to play with so many toys and to eat so many goodies (ie. gummies/chocolates...) there.

see how happy he is!

we left around 8pm to 跑场 to fifi's house!

i didnt manage to go for the last xmas gathering as i was too preggers with peanut last dec.

it was good to see all the hall friends again!

and i even managed to play the wii guitar hero twice.. LOL.

its really my fav. wii game! thanks to hubbi for babysitting the boys. :P

waiting for yan to upload photos in fb!

both boys fell asleep on the way home. cant blame them cos at nearly 11pm, its wayyyy past their bedtimes!

poor hubbi and me are still stuck with waiting for the laundry to be done. *yawn*

still, xmas was great for the ng family today!

leather and lace

who qualifies for a shopaholic?
not me. though i may come very very close.

anyway, year-end sale is as bad as GSS.
by right, i should be buying lesser as the season on sale should be towards autumn/winter which are mostly neutrals and muted stuff.
so some brands have dropped off from my radar as their sale collections are just too dull to appeal.
BUT, some brands are evergreen and i cant going back to them again and again.
sigh.

gg5 is one of the culprit.
so far the sale started on tuesday and i have been visiting at least 1 outlet daily.
going out on a daily basis is very dangerous nowadays!
damage from just this sale: 3 dresses + 3 tops + 1 jacket + 1 pair of shoes. @_@
and they will be stocking new stuff next week. *gulp*

and and (if you haven't hear it yet), topshop sale is starting this sunday followed by zara.
*double gulp*
im just very scared now.
i can only hope that nothing catches my fancy when i "drop by" topshop stores this sunday.

anyway, i think leather and lace combi is one of the best invention this year!
lace no problem but where to get the right leather pants/skirt.
hmmm....

tou tou went zara to try out some pieces today.
some are really pretty. hope they will be on sale soon!
so i can just grab and pay without trying again. wahahah.
ok ok, my shopping talk must have sound unhinged to some by now.
more posts on other stuff soon....

my best x'mas present!

yr's sean lau photos were ready for collection in 1.5 weeks time! :)
collected the soft copies on tuesday and i must say im pretty satisfied with the photos.
the photoshoot for yr was not as breezy as compared to yz and sean took a slightly lesser shots too.
still, i gladly took back all the soft copies as my baby's smile was great in almost all the shots! :)

here are some of the shots:

忙忙忙

weekend zipped past in a flash as usual.
still, i rather enjoyed this weekend for it was filled with activities that are not the usual run-of-the-mill type.

on saturday, the ng family lazed at home for whole of morning and most of the afternoon!
*shiok*
after that, hubbi and i decided we should get our asses moving.
given the cool weather after the downpour in afternoon, we took the train to raffles place to explore the new marina link!
the marina link mall aint anything fantastic but the its a good stroll when you exited it to walk to sands. :)
the scenery is really nice!
we had dinner and went walking around sands before taking a cab home from there.

the kiddos were all tired out by the outing that they zzz promptly by 930pm leaving hubbi and me to spend a quiet night feasting on chips and watching the tube. wahaha.

sunday was really packed for me, with me flying all over sg during the day!
i left the house with yr in tow around noon and made my way from redhill to tampines for shirley's housewarming cum xmas lunch party.
it was good chatter with the girls again.
im glad that shirley's like my present of vintage-designed earrings from soon lee & i absolutely love my agnes B notebook from ah boon. *beams*

after that, its mad rush to drive from tampines to ubi to deposit yr before zooming back to redhill to pick up the hubbi & yz for a movie at vivo!
sometimes, i amaze myself that im willing to spend so much time and effort just for outings.

we caught "Tron: Legacy" at 430pm and i must say i really like the show.
the effects were cool and the storyline was not as weak as i thought it will be.
most of all, im pretty touched by the father and son's love and the relationship between the creator and the programme.
jeff bridges acted so well, especially in the CLU's character! :)

after the movie, my parents and yr have arrived in time to meet us for dinner at tung lok signatures!
its my dad's bday this thurs so i've arranged to treat mum and him since we've got the tung lok vouchers!
its good that the voucher entitles us to $100 discount for over $200 receipt!
so its almost half-price for us.
the dishes were all good, but definitely not worth the retail prices. :P
it has been a real busy but good weekend for the ng family! :)

黄豆豆十一个月大了！

小不点多一个月就一岁大了！！

时间过的真快.

let me note down his schedule as of now:

7am: wakes up on time everyday like a alarm clock! @_@

730am: milk feed #1 (210ml)

930am: breakfast (cereal + veg/fruit purees)

1030am: Nap (1-1.5hr)

1230pm: lunch (porridge with veg/fish)

330pm: milk feed #2 (210ml)

4pm: Nap (1-1.5hr)

7+pm: milk feed #3 (210ml)

9+pm: zzzzz

11pm: milk/dream feed (210ml)

geeks attack!

i bought 2 specs from Far East for fun today.
and we had a fun time trying them on!
wahaha.


hubbi said he looks like those school teachers from post-war era. i couldnt agree more. ha!

uber cute!

*drum roll*.. its starting!

*sniff sniff*
year-end sales are slowly but surely descending on our tiny dot of an island!
MNG private sale started yesterday and ever-resourceful me manage to drop by the bugis branch after work.
as the selection was rather limited over there, i was out in 10mins.

went to pick up the elder son and settled dinner with him @ vivo while waiting for the hb to meet us there.
with hubbi's help to babysit yz for awhile, i managed to comb the vivo MNG branch and picked up 1 top & 1 skirt! :)
and chanced upon pedder red (ok, i know im late)'s sale!
walked away (unintended pun!) with a new pair of shoes. *sweet*
i can never pay $180 for a pair of shoes!
and finally managed to settle some xmas shopping for my colls.
ahhh. what a fruitful evening for a tuesday.

upcoming anticipations:
- topshop
- zara
- gg5!

i am such a loyal patron of a few brands!
i need to go explore far east soon!

xmas dinner @ PS Cafe

had an early xmas dinner with the gang yesterday.
squeezing with the crowd in orchard on xmas day itself is no longer suitable for old fogies like us.
furthermore, most of us have different commitments on the actual day itself too.
again, procastination on the venue till the last minute!
this time round, its PS cafe @ palais.
we wanted to try the ann siang hill branch but sadly, its closed on sunday. :(

again, to accomodate me, yz will be staying over @ por por's house.
though yz is really glad to be staying over - he's the KING over there! tsk tsk.
hubbi will be taking care of yr alone for the evening & night.
im really grateful to my mum & husband for willing to help out when i;ve my own social activities to attend to!
it makes motherhood much more manageable. :)



dropping off yz at my mum's place
anyway this 黄豆豆 is getting nottier. and he prefers por por the most! followed by papa then me! :(
boo! maybe cos im the disciplinary figure for him. sigh.
still, he can be v. loving when he's in the mood. muacks!

hubbi dropped me off at palais before heading home.
smarty me made the reservations at 7pm but told all of them to meet at 630om.
muhahaha.
and as usual, all of them started reaching only at 7pm lor.
so the timing turns out just right. haha.

grace, gb & ser

me, tanny & jx

me & my onion burger. super huge-ass cant finish.

desserts were good! *yumyum*

we yakked non-stop from 7-11pm. very scary.

but well, what to expect from the gang!?

hehe.

.....

hubbi has bought 2 foam swords from toy r'us to sword play with yz.
so the father and son duo has been "on patrol" in our house and role-playing the baddie vs the good guy many times at home.
so when hubbi was busy settling yr for his morning nap earlier on, yz was whining for papa to play with him.


to pacify him, i said:"妈咪跟你玩，好吗？".
to which the son protested:"不要！这是爸爸的 sword!".
irritated, i retorted:"妈咪也是可以跟你玩的吗！"
and he said:"cannot! because you are.........too crazy!"

thats his exact words. super lei diao. @_@
i wondered who taught him that!?

big circle for us!

hubbi and me took leave yesterday and we were outside from morning till evening with the two terrors!
what a feat but we did it!
though i K.Oed with the kids at 10+ pm, muhaha.
leaving poor hubbi to finish up some house chores and settling yr's 1130pm night feed. :P

we were out of the house since 830am!
1st stop: off to ICA to collect yr's passport!
yup! the lil' tot is going to have his own passport and will be travelling with us next year. :)

photo taking time while waiting for the husband to drive down the car.

2nd stop: after collection of passport, its sean lau photography time for yr!

the initial plan was to let yz join in the session.

but luck has it that he was in an extremely unco-operative mode yesterday, so we scrapped the idea. :[

photo-taking session with yr alone was no better!

even as sean pointed out, yr is a much more active baby than yz and his attention span is so short.

though much has to do with the session clashing with his all-so-important morning nap. @_@

i think im more tired than any of them after the session....

cant wait to see the photos too! :)

need to wait for another 2 weeks before selection time.

i wonder if we can get all the soft copies back before his actual birthday..

am in the midst of doing up a photobook for yr just like what we did for yz previously.

the photoshoot photos will be a neat addition to it.

3rd stop: food feast @ bendemeer hawker!

at the expense of sounding like a stuck-up, it has been eons since ive been to a hawker!

it just wasnt easy doing so with a baby.

but since yr was completed exhasusted and promptly fell asleep after his milk feed, i suggested going to this hawker which is near sean lau's studio!

i spent a considerable time here when my dad set up a 菜饭 stall here some 20years back. wahahaha.
we ate 猪肠粉，水馃，nasi lemak, sliced fish porridge & rojak. *burp*

4th stop: "big circle" time!

since we got an instant win from Mac of 1-for-1 singapore flyer ticket, the ng family decided to 登上摩天轮!

im wearing my $15 buy from bugis village. wahaha.

though the hubbi said it looks like PJ....

its good to visit during a weekday for we got the whole capsule to ourselves!

i thought i would have jitters from the height but the ride was over faster than i thought..

it's certainly not cheap even given the discount we had. :P

yr has fun crawling around on the benches inside. :)

this is the most interesting sight for the day:

floating balls on the river that will light up to an xmas-tree shape at night!

yesterday was a lil' hazy for view as you can see...

5th stop: Suntec city

it took me immense willpower not to buy any stuff but only a hair curling cream which is pretty much a necessity since my current one is running out.

we bought toys for the brothers though.

now, kiddy rides seem more worth it when the 2 brothers can take it together. haha.

brought the husband to try Ootoya as i thought their charcoal grilled chicken is really delicious.

in the end, he pefers my sweet & sour pork. wahaha.

he does have chinese taste buds after all.

happy hubbi - lookin more tanned and more like a thai after his stanchart 10km run last weekend.

after that, we made a beeline home.

we were too utterly spent for words!

though hectic, its been a fun and fulfilling day for us! :)