MJ MJ 我爱你！

the last time i played MJ with the peeps was back at CNY this year.
gosh, a good 6m+ liao.
berry berry happy to have a session (albeit a short one-just 两圈) with them today!
as usual, 小赌怡情. its just 两毛，四毛 for us.
still, glad that i managed to win my cab fare back home haha.
very happy bubbly time with them.
i wonder when can i play MJ again?! hopefully, soon!

leave on a monday is shiok!

both hubbi and myself are on leave today!
and we had a super long, tiring but fun day with the kids!
we lazed and woke up late at 8+pm... even the kids cant wake up at their usual timing too. hehe.
after breakfast with the kids, we sent YZ to childcare.
decided to do that so that we can have most of the day with YR alone. its v v v rare for YR to spend time alone with us.
it always the other way round with YZ since YR stays over at my mum 2 nights per week..

spent an hour or 2 doing some housework chores (never-ending!) before we bathed and left for town. :)
we reached wisma at around 12+pm for lunchie and then its shopping time!
YR took his nap in the pram for an hr or so leaving us to shop in peace.. ahhh.... such a long time since hubbi and me get to do so.

went ion and its not v. crowded.. good.
topshop having 40% off 2nd piece but i JUST cant find a 2nd piece that i fancy in the whole shop. :(
in the end, i bought a linen coat at original price. @_@
we cut through wisma from ion to get to taka and hubbi managed to get tees from esprit.
went to mooncake fair and was quite dissappointed. wanted to get raffles hotel champagne truffle mooncake but its missing from the fair.
wanted to get 面线 from a hong kong brand but its missing too when its here during the CNY fair. pui.
very upsetting.

next stop: paragon!
went to collect my lancome miracle teint liquid foundation which i bought during the last metro sale but it was OOS then.
metro having 20% sale storewide so i got myself a enzo-angiolini flats at 50% off! :)
we bought a big lego duplo board for the boys to build castles/farm/zoo etc with their many many duplo sets!
by the time we were done at paragon, the day was still young!

we went to fetch YZ at 5pm and decided to go raffles city! wahahah.
actually, its me whining to the husband about raffles hotel mooncake!
we had dinner there and continued our shopping! :P
by 8pm, we were really tired out.... so bought the mooncake and we went home.

the boys helped us by K.O-ing by 10pm.
leaving me to savour my champagne truffle mooncake in peace. *yummmmm...*
MJ session tomorrow with besties. better hit the sack soon too!

explorer kids + durian!

today, the ng family trooped down to downtown east's explorer kids!
it is the 1st birthday of jia xuan - junren's daughter!


my boys! :) ok, 1 too old to be one.

in the lift also must take photo. can you spot the other 2 kissing in the background? tsktsk.

we had a fun 3hrs + there!
especially the boys who ate loads of food that they dont normally eat - fries, cake, chicken wing etc.

and hubbi and i took turn to accompany them in the indoor playground..
super tiring lor! and the slides are so fast and scary! haha.

little one very amused with the tag on his wrist

going crazy in the ball pit

they were soooo tired that they dozed off once in the car. ha.

we went to vivo for dinner and there was a mooncake fair in front of tangs!

i wanted to go taka for the mooncake fair initially but dreaded the crowd hence vivo..

so it was a pleasant surprise!

continuing my mad tradition of eating durian snowskin mooncakes!
-from goodwood park & peony jade

we ate 1 from peony jade once we reached home!
the durian paste was thick with slight bitter undertones. yummy! somehow, the pandan skin goes well with the durian. *yumyum*
shall try the goodwood park one tomorrow!

hoping to get the champagne ones from raffles hotel soon!
hubbi said he's going to buy that for me! yeah!

the boys were pretty tired and were now fast asleep liao. hehe.
my her world mag reached the mailbox timely today. im going to enjoy it with some chips. :P

黄勇睿很棒！

peanut surprised us when he completed the below jigsaw all by himself without anyone's help!
we bought this jigsaw for YZ from perth when he was ard 2.5yo.
of cos, at that age YZ had it figured out soon after some help from us.
still, im very impressed with YR for being able to do so at only 19m WITHOUT any guidance from anyone.
ok, i bet he must have been "copying" gor gor for sometimes and having much trial and error on his own before he can do it all by himself.

comparatively, being not the only child in the household, YR does not get undivided attention like YZ at the same age.
most of the time, we just let him play on his own/with gor gor while we go about doing the 101 things to do (be it housework chores/our own stuff).
i do feel guilty from time to time and wonder if he will be slower compared to gor gor as i've not been diligent in reading to him on a regular basis (sadly, he doesnt take a liking to reading as much as gor gor... ) or teaching him more things.
but, little pumpkin still surprise us from time to time when he demostrated his ability to self-learn & grasping concepts on his own. :)

勇智出猜迷！！

Today, yz asked me 2 riddles which he learnt from school! I'm v impressed with him!

It goes like this:
红头盖，禄头盖，
有人怕，有人爱！
Can you guess what is the answer? Hee hee.
I pretended not to and he gave me a clue. A very obvious one, anyway:
" 很辣的！ 妈咪，你懂是什么吗？！＂
Lol.

The next riddle is :
外面是禄的，里面是红的，
吃下去是甜的，吐出来是小黑黑的！
haha!
Really tickled me to no end!!

man with good body, i like.

caught 2 movies these 2 weeks!
"captain america" with hubbi and the elder son last week and "cowboys and aliens" with the husband only this week.
"captain america" is actually the better one among these two.
wholesome hero, good action sequences, alrighty plot, what's there not to like?
"cowboys and aliens" on the other hand, is lopsided in its portrayal of the cowboys than the aliens.
the aliens are of no value-adding, typical and totally uninspiring.
the show would really fare much better just as a cowboy flick.
daniel craig & harrison ford are totally believable in their cowboy get-ups!

the next month or so are quite boring for the big screen... nothing much to look forward to.
any suggestions?

mini facelifts for the house

the ng family went furniture-hunting yesterday!
just a small detour to upper serangoon area before going my parent's place...
saw some furniture stores having warehouse sale in the area so we decided to drop by.

when we first moved into our redhill flat 5 years+ back, we bought a glass coffee table from a furniture shop at liang court L2 (cant remember the name) as well as a dining set (solid wood table + 4 leather chairs) from barang barang.
over the years, the leather chairs have slowly disintegrated (peeling leather, can you imagine!!? eeks.) and we have threw away 3 of them! so now left only 1 lonely (peeling abit too!) chair with the dining table... haha
and for the coffee table, my dear papa broke the centre part (it's a small rectangular pane a layer lower than the main table to hold magazines) by putting his weight on it when retrieving something. @_@ 1 year+ back.

so we managed to find replacements that we like yesterday!
4 leather dining chair & a glass coffee table. :)
can't wait for delivery and see the facelifts done to our living/dining room.

勇智笑语录

that day, yz was wearing covered shoes for a change since we were heading out to town.
on normal days, he will be wearing his usual open-toe crocs sandals.
in the car, he suddenly told us:" 以后我不要穿这个鞋了！"
so i asked him why.
to which he retorted:"等一下我的脚很痒，我怎样爬？！"
hahahaha, damn funny lor.

NDP 2011

like NDP 2010, we spent the evening around marina bay area.
this time round, we went to my office which has a bird eye view of the area. :)
so after the boys' nap in the afternoon, we got ready to leave the house.


i must post this photo. dont you think yz's expression is hilarious?! haha
before we took the photo, yr went to bite his shirt, leaving a big saliva stain and the gor gor got so upset that he cried.
wahahah.
we changed his top in the end... @_@

we reached MBFC in a jiffy and we took a slow stroll outside (surprisingly the crowd is all concentrated at MBS side) before settling our dinner at the link mall.


yr & us

me with the reluctant one

we reached my office at around 630pm..

fantastic view! can you spot the stage for NDP?

we settled down at a nice spot at the pantry area waiting for the parade to start. :)

can you spot the parachutes?!

the boys had the most fun i think. running around in the office.
snacking on-off on all kinda rubbish food. hmmm...

see, having fun with the white board around..
i think what he drew were berry cute..

of cos, the highlight has to be the fireworks and the boys watched with mouths agape. haha.
both hubbi and i had our arms full carrying each of them so no photos taken.
anyway, fireworks is best to be seen with naked eyes not through lens!
and we already have a glass pane between the fireworks and us liao...

once the fireworks was over, we got to our car and drove out at the first instance.
already, the roads were filled with people! people, people everywhere!
after some initial jam, we still managed to reach home within 30 mins so not too bad.
both the boys were so tired out by the day that they slept before 930pm..
while hubbi and i struggled to watch movies on HBO (starhub opened up all channels yesterday!) till 1am.. tsk tsk.
in short, a real tiring day for the ng family!

new haircut!

after having permed hair for almost a year (yes, painstakingly making it last by using hair cream diligently everyday...@_@), i've decided to go back to straight hair!
so after a harrowing 3hr+ "session" at the salon yesterday, i emerged with a lighter head and a frizz-free one too! :)

when i reached home, all the boys in the house found it hard to accept initially.
hubbi commented my 面包脸 is back........
yz said he preferred me with my long hair.
yr..... simply cried when he saw me and waved his hand furiously while shouting "no, no!" at me.
oh, and running away from me at the same time..... @_@
it took some bread plus an hour before he is willing to call me 妈妈。。。。
oh well.
looking forward to the fuss-free routine for the hair in the morning now! yay.

阿虫说话很好笑

i've just cut my hair yesterday and so i was asking the elder son on his opinion today.
me: 你喜欢妈咪绑头发，curly 头发还是现在这样的直头发？
wormy: 我喜欢你绑头发的样子(while pointing at my wedding photo on the wall). 你年轻的时候很美!
me: ?!?!?!??!?! 妈咪现在很老么?! 不年轻么?
wormy: 你现在年轻!
me: then 谁老?!
wormy: 爸爸咯!
me: 他那里老?
wormy: 屁股咯!

hahahahah, cracked me up totally though what he said was totally 无厘头!

the walking dead....

hubbi and i have started on a new serial together!
(yup, i have abandoned city hunter for time being.. somehow action and minho just dont go well together..)
and the new show we are chasing now is "the walking dead" by AMC based on a comic book series.
ooh.. my fav. - shows translated from comics (think watchmen, sin city etc).
the storyline reminds us of "i am legend" and "28 days later".
yes, its a zombie show!! which is really not my cup of tea.
to make things worse, these (un)dead come out in the daytime also. :(
but the plot and make up are really good!
it has started showing on channel 5 every sat at 10pm since last sat.
but i think we will finish the serial in a jiffy!
i like such time spent with the husband. :)

sunday evenings should be always this lazy!

was having desserts time with the husband and the 2 boys at PS cafe @ paragon just now.
my boys are really growing up!
we actually can have a short munching time in peace without either one of the boys going cranky. :)
i will miss this moment pretty soon, i know.


taken with my lousy hp camera...

no more paci!

since friday night, we've removed the pacifier from peanut's sleep routine!
i was trying my luck since he kept pulling out the paci to babytalk and sing non-stop when its sleeping time.
so i took it fromhim, half-expecting him to scream for it everytime i do so, and told him:" no more du-du, ok?".
thinking its no longer sleeping time, he sat up straight on the bed ready for play.
so i repeated again, "no more du-du ok? 豆豆, you say no more."
which he repeated in 漏风 way:"mo-more." while making the no-more action with his hand.
then i put him down on his pillow again and said:" you see, gor gor also dun need a du-du."
he seemed to understand and held on to his chou-chou pillow instead.
so we waited to see what happen.
and wait we did, for a long time!
though he didnt demand for the paci, he tossed and turned for almost a good hour before succumbing to the sandman!
even yz slept already by then!

and for today, he managed to zzz for both his nap and at 9pm without the paci.
but he needs longer time to settle down.
think its a matter of time before he adjusts fast to sleeping without paci!
im so proud of my baby!
he did it almost the same time as gor gor who was weaned off paci at ard 18m too. :)

an afternoon @ the house of robert timms

do you remember the name of the cafe in borders previously?
it is now the house of robert timms!
and i just cant recall the previous cafe even though i've dined there once.

were there with the girls last sunday for cecilia's bday.
the food is so-so. not bad but wont be tempted for a revisit.

me & the girls!
on a sidenote, shirley's wedding is only 2 mths more and i still have not buy the requred pink bridemaid dress!!
*oops*

here we go again...

weekend is here again!
so, the ng family made their weekly visit to vivocity...

some photos.. been ages since i last brought the lumix out!


waiting for papa n the car


yz really like to do this thumbs-up thingy recently!



yr doing his own share of doodling in marche


anyway, GSS seems to have tapered off and ive no mood to trawl the shops.
cashflow not exactly very fluid in this last week before payday... hehe.


yz likes this knight display @ vivocity!

anyway, the evening ended early for us since yr got cranky from his short afternoon nap.
oh well, continue to read book 4 of my trueblood series!

难得的 foreign movies

watched 2 foreign films with the husband recently and we liked it much better than some of the mainstream hollywood shows.

1) 13 assassins
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1436045/
the plot is simple enough.
13 assasins (though 1 unwittingly becomes part of the group) came together to take down an evil lord.
much rather a suicidal act since the evil lord has like... close to 200+ underlings?!
a film that truly depicts samurai and their code of honor etc. tom cruise's last samurai is a joke!
the evil lord struck me as too handsome to be true but i just cant to recall him with that ridiculous hairstyle.
he turns out to be goro inagaki!! in case you wonder, hes 1/5 of SMAP.
the last movie i saw him in was "hynopsis".
the show finale was truly a masterpiece, a testimony of the director's skills.
it gimme the feeling of 一气呵成.
shiok was the only word as you see the group of assassins used their wits, tactics, skills etc to rise above their obviously out-numbered predicament.
but be warned, patience is still very much required for japanese films..

2) 3 idiots
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1187043/
as like most indian shows, this show is long at 2 hrs 44mins!
but sit through it (not that its difficult since its such a hilarious show!) like me and you will be rewarded with a film that teaches a lesson or two about life.
aamir khan played the very very charismatic leading role and im shocked that hes 40+ already.
he doesnt look a single day pass 30?
he acted in the famous show "lagaan - once upon a time in india" which only ah long managed to catch it years back when it was on arts central.
even i cant last the 3hrs 40+mins of lagaan.. @_@
the show is like a big plate of rojak - with comedy, drama, adventure, romance all thrown in. *yummy*
highly recommended show for 2011 though its released since 2009 already. haha.

my kinda of songs from a long time ago (maybe not that long...)

1) everytime you want - vertical horizon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwSaldFJofM
He's everything you want/He's everything you need/He's everything inside of you/That you wish you could be/He says all the right things/At exactly the right time/But he means nothing to you/And you don't know why
best i ever had by them is awesome too.

2) closing time - semisonic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGytDsqkQY8&feature=related
Closing time - every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

3) hanging by a moment - lifehouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYqDJ_EEhGY

4) here without you - 3 doors down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPBzTxZQG5Q&feature=related

5) how you remind you - nickelback
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cQh1ccqu8M&ob=av2n

6) one last breath - creed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnkuBUAwfe0

7) boulevard of broken dreams - green day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWNRUVMboq4
and of cos, when i come around.

8) wonderful - everclear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUfgAbFY4CA
please dont tell me everything is wonderful now...

9) drops of jupiter - train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xf-Lesrkuc&feature=related
one of. my fav. band!
Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star?/One without a permanent scar/And then you missed me/While you were looking for yourself out there?

10) somewhere only we belong - keane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oextk-If8HQ
So why don't we go/Somewhere only we know?

11) yellow - coldplay
who doesnt love this song?! 11 years back... wow. a berry young cute chris martin. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MwjX4dG72s
but the scientist always strike a special chord in my heart.

12) and my fav. fav. fav. band - matchbox 20!!!!!!!!!!!
push -1996
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAkHqYlqops - rob thomas look so so so cute here before he put on the pounds.. :P

ok, movie time with the husband.

rainbow fish

took half day off to accompany the elder son to the rainbow fish musical @ Laselle this afternoon.
it was an event organised by his school and he has been looking forward to it for some time.


us waiting to enter the venue at laselle. yz did the thumbs up on his own accord. so cute!
(pardon my haggard face. this is the end result of 熬夜 in the name of a particular mr.lee (minho)!)

the stage and the cast

glad that yz enjoyed the whole thing while i dozed off a few times during it.*oops*
too tired from not enought sleep lah.. *yawn*

after that, dragged yz to window-shop abit with me while waiting for hubbi to get off work.
and yz asked:"妈咪，为什麽你每天都要看衣服？"
i've nothing to say...... hahaha

its good to reach home early and spend time with the kiddos.
its even better when they zzz by 930pm.
finally, some time for myself and hubbi. but ive a list of frivolous things awaiting me:
-movie to watch, book to read, songs to listen, drama to chase.... *help*
ok, better get going. time is precious!

and i cried.....

at the scene where it showed remus & his wife dead. SIGH.
kept dabbing at my eyes with yz's t-shirt (cos i forgot to bring tissue). LOL.
and he kept asking me:"mummy, why you cry?".
and i told him:"mummy very sad these people no more liao."
ahaha, not sure if he understood what im trying to say.

book is really better than movie.
i remembered i wailed when i read what harry told his second son about his name origins.
and that snape is one of the bravest man he ever know.
i really WAILED. LOL.
but the scene just zoomed past without much emphasis..

sigh. has it been 10 years since HP1?
the good thing is the books are here to stay and i can re-read anytime i want in the future..

sidenote: yz can watch the movie better as compared to last year. he can follow the plot generally too. well done!