i love BJ!

the annual CNY meet-up for the gang was at grace's house for this year.
her new place was really very nicely done up!! every cent of the hefty reno bill is well spent, heh!
as usual, we met up early like 11am to play MJ till dinner time.
this year, dinner was ta-baoed zi char which was sumptious and eaten up by us in a flash too...
after that, its everyone's fav blackjack!! LOL.

we were so engrossed in gambling the whole day that NOT a single photo was taken.
how disgusting right!
anyway, i continued my lucky streak in BJ emerging as the biggest winner for the night! *wee*
think i won more than last year.
after lessing out the minor loss in MJ and cab fare home, i still have some shopping money left. hiaks!

cant wait to try my luck 2 weeks later on board. heheheeh...

CNY 2012

CNY is wayy early this year. before i know it, we are already in the year of Dragon!
busy with work and ongoing reno, it was only until saturday night then i've the time to prepare all the ang baos!
but CNY affair is getting quieter by the years...
ever since my gramps passed away 2 years back, reunion dinner is no longer a big affair with all my extended family.
now, we just have it with my parents and brother.

since we are already staying at ubi for CNY this year, we didnt have to travel for reunion dinner at all. ha.
as usual, flowery legs ng family went out to raffles city before dinner time.
everyone bought something except me who are still hibernating after the splurging in dec. *gulp*
our ploy to tire the boys out worked for they were ready to zzz early after the dinner itself!
both were fast asleep by 930pm, muhaha.
ah long and me grabbed the chance to make our way to vivo for "haywire".
the show aint half bad with its convincing action sequences.

then its CNY day 1!
the routine has been same for the past few years:
1st stop is to my in-laws house.



some shots with my boys while waiting for the lou hei

the handsome boys! YR showing off his gold bracelet, LOL!

second stop: to ah long's grandma place

on our way there. when i asked him why was his expression so, he said he forgot to smile... zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

last stop: to my big uncle house where all my extended family goes to.
and we stayed there from 3 - 7+pm.
the 2 boys actually skipped their naps yesterday!
they were so tired that they fell asleep the moment we loaded them in the car.
with this power nap, they woke up again when we reached vivo for our movie - journey to the mysterious island!

its a good thing the show is just 90 mins long.
we were glad to give the boys a quick wipe down, their milk feeds and finally settled them to sleep before 11pm..
it had been a long day for everyone, but a fun one nonetheless!

YR turns TWO!

yesterday was a super busy day for the husband and myself!
we ran a dozen errands and were out of the house from morning till night....
in the morning, we woke up at 7+am even though we were both on leave for the day. zzzzz
after sending the boys to their schools, we went to meet up with the wallpaper person to take site measurements for our new house.
done in a jiffy, we drove to paya lebar area to make final payment for some furnitures to be deliver to the house by end jan.

THEN, we met up with ah long's friend to make our way to JB to collect our lightings purchase as well as to source for the rest of the lightings required for the new house!
lucky for us, traffic was uber smooth and we were in JB by 11+am!


1st stop: yummeh bak ku teh for lunchie first, of cos!

we spent the next 2 hours "chop chop" select the remaining lightings for the house.
wahaha, 100% of our house's lightings were bought from JB lor.
good savings of at least 40% compared to prices in SG!

back to the new house again to deposit our purchases so our contractors can fix up the lights after CNY.
then we went to pick up YR from his childcare. our little boy turns two yesterday! :)

brought him back to mum's place and let her freshen the boys up while hubbi and me took our time to rest awhile after the hectic day...
then, its time to bring them out to ...... NIGHT SAFARI for YR's bday celebration! :)


@ night safari entrance

family shot - but check out YZ's eyes.... @_@ and YR's awkward smile... LOL

the boys enjoyed themselves lots there.
especially for YZ who can name out most of the animals and was totally amazed (or scared...) to see the animals so up-close during our tram ride.
YR, surprisingly, was quite unfazed with most animals and tend to over-shout a wee bit at them... haha.
the only animals he said "pa pa" were the buffalos and cattle.
so, he is afraid of his own kind. LOL.

it was almost 11pm when the ng family reached my mum's place!
after wiping down, the boys K.O.ed in minutes...
hubbi and i still find time to savour some chips after bathing. :)
though a long day but i cant help smiling the whole day for we got things done and spent a lovely evening with the 2 boys!

weekend galore!

been a super busy work week for me. think i worked OT for 2-3 nights... *sulk*
no choice, with jan being a peak period for me since it's half year reporting and the auditors are here for 2 weeks. zzz.

at last the weekend is here where i got to spend time with my lovely boys!
the weekend kinda started early on friday when i met up with my ex-DT peeps for lunchie @ harry's bar.
it;s been awhile since i last saw GS, PP, cher ying and frances!
we still yakked like last time. :)
then its supper with zm like the good old days when i was still living at east side (now, im back!).
though supper may not be that good an idea for such a busy week.. i was dead tired when i finally got to zzz at 2am...

the boys must be tired out by their weekdays routine like hubbi and myself.
for on saturday, all of us napped for a glorious 3 hours from 2-5pm! LOL.
we moved out from my mum's place at 6+pm, heading to taka square to get some CNY goodies!

we bought mostly from vendors who flown in from overseas.
mian sian and egg rolls from HK, prawn rolls and pineapple tarts from indonesia.
the very nice kueh lapis from rasa sayan indo was sold out - :(

late dinner @ wisma food court.

had an early reunion lunch with hubbi's family today @ vivo's akashi.
the boys were super happy after lunch when my father--in-law let them take kiddy rides with the cousins to their heart content!


outside giant waiting while the boys did their kiddy-ride hop.

matching tees!

we continued walking @ vivo after the rest went home family by family.
i decided to utilise the BYSI vouchers that i had by buying a top.
then we chanced upon pageone having sale! but i didnt have time to really comb the place for YR started getting cranky after his nap.
also, i have already bought some books from prologue @ ion the day before... @_@

and we bought the TV for our new place too!
we had been window-shopping for awhile and kinda know what brand we wanted.
was at best denki today and a few models going at reasonable price. so after some consideration, we bought the model that we want!
cant wait for it to be deliver and mounted at our place in feb! :)
we still need to get a mattress for peanut and a dryer for the new place too..


trying on my shades and loving it!

and now, the most important thing is squeezing some me-time out for my many books!
*gulp*

apart from these, i still have 5 more books waiting for me!!

happy things!

though lunar year 2012 is not officially here yet, but i think things are looking more and more cheerier for me, hehehe.

1) we have just booked our first trip for 2012 - royal Caribbean cruise in feb! :)
it will be YR's first time on a cruise ship, my first time to malacca (yes, really!) and our first time on royal caribbean. hope the facilities/program will be more interesting than that of star cruise.
but what;s more exciting is the husband has gave the green light for our next destination in may/jun! :))))

2) we finally got the keys to our new place and renovation to commence next week onwards!
chop chop curry pok i like!
we took half day off on friday to iron out all the designs and materials with our contractor.
hopefully, it will turn out decent since we do not involve any ID same as last time for our redhill place.

3) the long awaited ah mei's concert on saturday!
the last time i caught her concert was 5 years back! it was a totally enjoyable concert!
i was on my feet almost all the time and only her can make the whole stadium stand up on their feet dancing to her tunes! COOL!
though ah long definitely didnt look the part of a happy concert-goer, he did enjoyed it.
which is good, for its his birthday that day. teehee.

with my peeps before the concert

at ah mei-s request to flash our lighted cell-phones

4) finally settled the boys' CNY clothings (minus the old boy and that's his business :P).
and YR had his unruly hair trimmed again - LOL.


5) supper and late night movie with the husband is possible again!
hehehe. now that we are at my mum's place, we can sneak out in the night when the boys are asleep. hiaks.
and its lovely that 112 katong to open in this period when we are here! talk about timing!
so on thursday after the boys snoozed, we went there for supper and late night movie - sherlock holmes 2!
as usual, RDJ continued to charm me on the big screen though i still prefer the previous one.

6) caught my week with marilyn on sunday and is totally impressed with michelle williams' portrayal of the sex siren.
she really acted well the vulnerability, insecurity and charisma of marilyn.
an oscar nomination is almost a shoo-in, im sure.

7) time flies and its grace and zm's birthdays again!
we got the birthday girl a T&C necklace and the birthday boy a masterpiece bag.
glad that both are happy with what they got. :)
dinner was at taste paradise which food was sumptious though as usual we felt it was abit over-priced.

with the exception of ser ser & jx

so far, it has been a super eventful first week of jan for me!
so busy till i've no time to read any of the magazines/books i brought to my mum's place..
tsk, time to allocate some me-time soon.

new year, new routine!

it has been a crazy first week of jan for the ng family!
before the new work/school week commence, we have shifted out of our flat to my mum's place.
with only a day to settle our stuff before the new routine starts the next day!
i really have no idea how come there are still so many of my clothings/shoes when i've packed 4 big boxes of those into the warehouse... zzzz.

and on tuesday, we woke up cheery and bright from the excitement (which soon wear off over the week, lol).
for YZ, he will start taking the school bus to and fro the new kindy.
for YR, he will start going to childcare on a full time basis.
and on the 1st day of all these new changes, it was also the first workday of my closing!
that means i reached home late only to see my sleeping boys. *sniff*
oh well, at least i get to take some time off in the morning to attend yz's kindy orientation with him.


both boys berry cheery with going school.
actually, YR cried at his cc when he realised gor gor is not joining him, ha.

(top) at the school hall for his orientation
(bottom) in his classroom

so far, yz has been settling well in his new school.
he is fine with the schoolbus arrangement and told me he likes school.
everyday after school, he follows the routine of lunch, bath, nap and then some writing under my mum's care. so things are good... until my parents fetch YR back from cc at 5+ and the boys will proceed to create chaos till ah long and me are back from work. tsk tsk.

30 is the new 20?!

and so its my turn. no more in denial since even the letter has arrived in the letterbox (yes, time to source for a new IC photo...).
after spending most of the month getting sooo busy with moving house, i just want to wind down as the year ends and of cos for my birthday itself.

as with tradition, hubbi treated me to a bday lunchie without the boys around.
after au petit salut & dozo, it was les buchons this year round.
i still find the food good but apparantly the hubbi think otherwise. oh well..

and on actual day, we went to 112 katong the new mall in the east before checking into our mini staycation - mecure roxy hotel! :)

lunchie at nando!

112 katong is not too bad, at least better than bedok point since it has GV!
now hubbi and i know where to go at nights after the boys zzzz when we are staying over at my parents' place in the interim!

after checking in and letting the boys have their power naps, we made our way to good o' PP (parkway parade) for happy relaxed time just walking around.
we had steamboat dinner at my fav. eating place at B1 foodcourt.
my boys have indeed grown up! they actually had steamboat dinner with me now! :)

we called it an early night and retreated back to the hotel to just laze around watching star movies with the boys.
after they turned in, we continued watching movie while enjoying our fav. chips of cos!
ahhhhhh.. the simple joy in life. to be surrounded by my loved ones doing what i like!