Hi,
Hasn't been posting for a long long time, been busy with work and cindy has been tired since she is expecting. Busy eating, anyway it must been hard on her and i really appreciate her as my wife and as a mummy. Will update on our status once we find some free time!
Cheers
Hubby
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
Dinner@Apollo Banana Leaf
When Little India is mentioned, when came across most people's mind are the "In Du Ren" smell, coconut oil, mutton and curry smell. Actually, it is also a good place for food. Some of the popular restaurants like Mutu's Curry actually originates from there.
I am a sucker for Indian food, just like the taste of the spices and curry they cooked. Though the dishes are either red, yellow or brown in colour but trust me, they taste splendid. Most are acutally not spicy so don't be deceived by the look.
So Cindy and i decided to go on a adventurous dinner @ Little India Race course road. The restaurant is named Apollo Banana Leaf who sell a mixture of northern and southern india food. It was Cindy first time having indian food. At first reluctant, but i have managed to convince her. Here are some photos of us in action:
Indian "Keropok" The yellow Dhal and Eggplant dishes
It is definitely a fulfilling meal for both of us and the price is reasonable so i urge you to go and give it a try, you will never regret.
Cheers
I am a sucker for Indian food, just like the taste of the spices and curry they cooked. Though the dishes are either red, yellow or brown in colour but trust me, they taste splendid. Most are acutally not spicy so don't be deceived by the look.
So Cindy and i decided to go on a adventurous dinner @ Little India Race course road. The restaurant is named Apollo Banana Leaf who sell a mixture of northern and southern india food. It was Cindy first time having indian food. At first reluctant, but i have managed to convince her. Here are some photos of us in action:
Indian "Keropok" The yellow Dhal and Eggplant dishes
It is definitely a fulfilling meal for both of us and the price is reasonable so i urge you to go and give it a try, you will never regret.
Cheers
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Hihi
Hi there,
Been busy with work and settling our life at the new nest. Ever since we have moved in, i have been reporting early for work. Used to wake up at 8.30am and now i wake up at 7.45am, keep up the good work.
Pipi and miji has been growing fatter and fatter and they are alway moving their toys around and end state, my wife need to put them back again.
My 3 ft tank is up and running and all the fishes have been transfer over from the old house and now i am in the midst of introducing the shrimps. Hopefully no casualties!
Been going back regularly for dinner at my parent's house as our cooking sector is not up yet. Will post the photo of pipi and mimi soon...............
Cheers
Been busy with work and settling our life at the new nest. Ever since we have moved in, i have been reporting early for work. Used to wake up at 8.30am and now i wake up at 7.45am, keep up the good work.
Pipi and miji has been growing fatter and fatter and they are alway moving their toys around and end state, my wife need to put them back again.
My 3 ft tank is up and running and all the fishes have been transfer over from the old house and now i am in the midst of introducing the shrimps. Hopefully no casualties!
Been going back regularly for dinner at my parent's house as our cooking sector is not up yet. Will post the photo of pipi and mimi soon...............
Cheers
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Victim of Culture
So lonely, i am so lonely.........
I need somebody by my side.................. When it come to marriage, some of us are bounded rules and regulations set by our ethic groups. First there is selection of marriage dates, the older generation alway like it on the weekends.
Then the "Guo Ta Li" which both family will sit down and talk about what to give and take from each other. To me, this is more like negotiation and they always say to keep it simple but in the end, it ended up like thousands of items......Is it really that simple? The thing i hated most is the seperation of the couple. For my case, my dear has to move back to her house before the "Guo Ta Li" and she will stay there until the day of the marriage. To a guy like me, i just cannot accept the way things are done although i know the reason behind it.
But it will end here, Starting from my era.
Loner
I need somebody by my side.................. When it come to marriage, some of us are bounded rules and regulations set by our ethic groups. First there is selection of marriage dates, the older generation alway like it on the weekends.
Then the "Guo Ta Li" which both family will sit down and talk about what to give and take from each other. To me, this is more like negotiation and they always say to keep it simple but in the end, it ended up like thousands of items......Is it really that simple? The thing i hated most is the seperation of the couple. For my case, my dear has to move back to her house before the "Guo Ta Li" and she will stay there until the day of the marriage. To a guy like me, i just cannot accept the way things are done although i know the reason behind it.
But it will end here, Starting from my era.
Loner
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
2 weeks more to go!!!!!!
Hi,
2 weeks more to my wedding bouquet. So fast, and so many stuffs to do but i just cannot think of any. Btw, my new flat is completed and we are left with washing of the floor which is taking place soon. The bed is arriving this saturday, finally. Will posted the process of my renovation soon. Stay tune!!!!!
2 weeks more to my wedding bouquet. So fast, and so many stuffs to do but i just cannot think of any. Btw, my new flat is completed and we are left with washing of the floor which is taking place soon. The bed is arriving this saturday, finally. Will posted the process of my renovation soon. Stay tune!!!!!
Monday, April 7, 2008
Updates
HiHi,
Long time no blog, been busy with reno, wedding and of course my wife's psp. Renovation had been smooth since my dad took over and there are lesser conflict between the two of us who are amateur level in the realm of renovation. Nevertheless, there are pros as well as cons. On the pros side, you get to save a lot considering the deduction of 30-40% commission by the Interior Designer or Renovation Contractor as they claimed to be. Con is that you have lesser control of what the desired outcome will be cause my dad is there to stop us from doing "funny thing" that will cost a lot. As he alway said: "This one want that want one, you think you got a lot of $$$" but no all proposals were rejected, after all i am his beloved son.
Apart from the reno, we are also busy with our wedding preparation as the big date draw near. Recently, we have collected our wedding cards and by end of Apr, we should be sending out the red bombs. Another event is the selection of menu and arrangement for food tasting. Lastly for this section is our photo selection. The designer has completed the editing of the wedding photos and we are going down to vent through the photos.
Lastly, not to forget our new member, Mr PSP. It had added fun into our life and now both of us are playing PATAPON. PON PON PATA PON PATA PATA PATA PON.......
Recently, we had celebrate our 8th Anniversary and looking back on the road that we have walked, i realized that we had lost some essential foundations along the way. Foundations like a smile to greet each other after a long day of "SHIT" and tiring work, asking how the day like for her. So i have decided to backtrack for a while in search of the lost foundations, hope that i will be able to find them back in our life.
Cheers
BS
8-Apr-08
Long time no blog, been busy with reno, wedding and of course my wife's psp. Renovation had been smooth since my dad took over and there are lesser conflict between the two of us who are amateur level in the realm of renovation. Nevertheless, there are pros as well as cons. On the pros side, you get to save a lot considering the deduction of 30-40% commission by the Interior Designer or Renovation Contractor as they claimed to be. Con is that you have lesser control of what the desired outcome will be cause my dad is there to stop us from doing "funny thing" that will cost a lot. As he alway said: "This one want that want one, you think you got a lot of $$$" but no all proposals were rejected, after all i am his beloved son.
Apart from the reno, we are also busy with our wedding preparation as the big date draw near. Recently, we have collected our wedding cards and by end of Apr, we should be sending out the red bombs. Another event is the selection of menu and arrangement for food tasting. Lastly for this section is our photo selection. The designer has completed the editing of the wedding photos and we are going down to vent through the photos.
Lastly, not to forget our new member, Mr PSP. It had added fun into our life and now both of us are playing PATAPON. PON PON PATA PON PATA PATA PATA PON.......
Recently, we had celebrate our 8th Anniversary and looking back on the road that we have walked, i realized that we had lost some essential foundations along the way. Foundations like a smile to greet each other after a long day of "SHIT" and tiring work, asking how the day like for her. So i have decided to backtrack for a while in search of the lost foundations, hope that i will be able to find them back in our life.
Cheers
BS
8-Apr-08
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
2nd Apr 2008
2nd of Apr is an important date to bs n me as it is the date where we get together and this year is the 8th year, bs n i both took leave to spend the day together. Here was the plan for the day
- cook lunch at home
- have dinner outside
Sounds boring right but in actual there was a surprise awaiting for me. In the morning bs n i went to the nearby shop and save to get some intregients for our lunch which we did not manage to get it the night before at NTUC. So what was the lunch? Japanese curry and kasu (pork cutlet) by mr low :) below are some pics
In the middle of preparing lunch, bs received a sms from his dad that the tiles would be delivered in the afternoon and asked him to go down to verify the tiles. The tiles are placed on the ground floor, I was wondering why they placed there anyway don't think anyone will want to steal it cos it too heavy to move it hahaha. Now Bs n i will need to start buying stuff for the kichen and toliets: sink, toliet bowl, taps etc... After that I accompany bs to pick up some broken tiles nearby his house guess and what is it for? Is for him to tie his mose. While he was busying picking up those broken tiles I was been bitten by inscents argh... now both my legs are those red swollen dots which is damn itchy...
When we reach home, I quickly took a bath cos the weather is damn hot!! Right after we headed to Orchard for window shopping. At around 6pm we went to Sushi Tei (our fav jap restraunt) for our dinner. We are really pig cos we have the following: assorted sashimi, fried baby optopus, salmon head, hot pot with seafood, fried tofu, crab legs tempura, sotong tempura, seafood with cheese sushi. While waiting for our food bs finally show me my 2nd present which he has been dropping hints during the last few days "2 piece of paper which cost $60", I had been thinking what kind of paper will cost $60.... Is 2 tickets to the Singapore Flyers!!! I was surprise cos I had been pestering bs to bring me go but he always gave me negative feedbacks that turn me off...
Sunday, March 30, 2008
PSP
Just notice that bs n i have not been updating the blog since Feb... OMG is like 1 mths plus ago. So what are we busy? Work, reno and wedding preparation.
Anyway, bs has finally bought me a PSP about 2 weeks ago as what he promised... so happy! Actually, wanna get a baby pink or lavender but he say too girly, then white and black is so common to me so end up get a baby blue :) These days has been engrossed in playing PSP whenever I am free. It is also my good bubby during the 45mins bus journey from home to work and via versa. Currently, I am playing a game called "Loco Roco" is fun man. It has 6 worlds, each stages consist of 7 stages, I am half way through :p I always thought that I am not a game lover, but sad to say I am addicted to games... lolz...
Forget to mention, my office has recently moved to Toa Payoh hai no more shopping at bugis junction during lunch time, hope it can help me save more money since less temptation now:P
Anyway, bs has finally bought me a PSP about 2 weeks ago as what he promised... so happy! Actually, wanna get a baby pink or lavender but he say too girly, then white and black is so common to me so end up get a baby blue :) These days has been engrossed in playing PSP whenever I am free. It is also my good bubby during the 45mins bus journey from home to work and via versa. Currently, I am playing a game called "Loco Roco" is fun man. It has 6 worlds, each stages consist of 7 stages, I am half way through :p I always thought that I am not a game lover, but sad to say I am addicted to games... lolz...
Forget to mention, my office has recently moved to Toa Payoh hai no more shopping at bugis junction during lunch time, hope it can help me save more money since less temptation now:P
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The fear for steamboat
What a CNY good week we have, holiday was super long and i never understand the word "hunger" at any point of time. However, during these few days i have gradually develop the fear for steamboat. Why? Just imagine you are having steamboat everyday. Now the word ring the feeling of vomit in me. OMG....... I am schedule to have one or two more times before i am done for this CNY, poor us......
Monday, February 4, 2008
Good Job
My darling has been working off her ass on her assignment for the past couple of weeks and her hard work really paid off. Now, she is at conclusion portion. Guess we can really enjoyed CNY. Good Job, darling just a bit more.
Cheers
05-Feb-08
Cheers
05-Feb-08
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Meet up with contractor
On wed night we met up with a contractor which is recommended by Cat, first impression with Nicholas is he is a very approachable person. He has been in this line for about 13 yrs, through the whole coversation we knew he is an very experience person n know his stuff well. Although the quotation that he quoted us is around 45K (which is damn x) cos the material he used is of better quality but at least when dear told him our budget is only 20K he asked we guys to treat the quotation as a "shopping list" and see where we can reduce he will try to work out with our budget. Unlike the ID @ IMM just give us that kind of remark "sure exceed 20K one" before even she given me the quotation.
Guess we should have expected the cost to be quite high due to many hacking work, those we are getting new flat can really save a lot on this portion. I have discuss with dear that for sure the kitchen, service yard, 2 toliets, waredore, and platform bed has to be done. The rest will be optional as for the flooring we are thinking of retaining it. Currently, we are still waiting for Zhong Wei to finish the 3D design of the house and the quotation from one of his friend then we decide what to do next.
We will continue again after CNY, for the time being let take a break :)
Cindy
31-Jan
Guess we should have expected the cost to be quite high due to many hacking work, those we are getting new flat can really save a lot on this portion. I have discuss with dear that for sure the kitchen, service yard, 2 toliets, waredore, and platform bed has to be done. The rest will be optional as for the flooring we are thinking of retaining it. Currently, we are still waiting for Zhong Wei to finish the 3D design of the house and the quotation from one of his friend then we decide what to do next.
We will continue again after CNY, for the time being let take a break :)
Cindy
31-Jan
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Synovate CNY dinner
Yesterday night was my company annual CNY dinner and this year it is held @ M Hotel. We reach there around 6plus but waited till 8 plus then started reason been we are waiting for "our guest of honor - an ang mo" who took a flight from Beijing. As most of you know it is snowing terrible in China and his flight was delay for 7 hours. But everyone is complaining hungry plus tomorrow is still a working day :( I just dun understand whyy my company like to arrange events on such day y not a Friday...
While waiting for our guest of honor to arrive, we play a virtual mahjong game. Since last year our company has been divided into 4 teams, so this year the arrangement of the team is still the same. So this is how the game goes, each team will nominate 2 ppl to play for the team, there are a total of 6 puzzles, we need to identify what are the possible missing tiles. Our team won the overall for last year, but guess what for this game we got -13 point lolz cos each mistake there will be a 2 point deducted *pengz* from the 1st to the last one...but ok la let other teams has a chance to win (say this to make us feel better)
Finally, the dinner started we have 8 course meal which consist of yu sheng, shark fins, spinach with abolance, steam groupa, pipa duck, lotus rice, dumplings with red bean soup and lastly fried nian gao.. overall the food taste average... As our company are quite active in charity activities, we have 2 rounds of luck draw whereby each employee write their name on the $ note (min is $2) and all these $ will goes to charity group our company support. The first lucky draw is a 8G ipod touch pad and the next one is $888 cash!!!!
As usual, i am not the winner *sad* hw I wish I can win the $888 then it can contributes to my reno expense... (daydreaming again) Towards the 4th dishes, I can sense that they r trying to end the dinner asap.... (similar to what happening during weddings) Finally, we manage to leave around 10pm and shared a cab with 4 colleagues since all of us stay @ hougang. Total damage of the cab fare is $18.90 (inclusive of ERP $0.50 and CBD $3) which is damn X lor. Lucky is share by 4 of us else i will rather take a train back.... :P
Cindy
30-Jan
While waiting for our guest of honor to arrive, we play a virtual mahjong game. Since last year our company has been divided into 4 teams, so this year the arrangement of the team is still the same. So this is how the game goes, each team will nominate 2 ppl to play for the team, there are a total of 6 puzzles, we need to identify what are the possible missing tiles. Our team won the overall for last year, but guess what for this game we got -13 point lolz cos each mistake there will be a 2 point deducted *pengz* from the 1st to the last one...but ok la let other teams has a chance to win (say this to make us feel better)
Finally, the dinner started we have 8 course meal which consist of yu sheng, shark fins, spinach with abolance, steam groupa, pipa duck, lotus rice, dumplings with red bean soup and lastly fried nian gao.. overall the food taste average... As our company are quite active in charity activities, we have 2 rounds of luck draw whereby each employee write their name on the $ note (min is $2) and all these $ will goes to charity group our company support. The first lucky draw is a 8G ipod touch pad and the next one is $888 cash!!!!
As usual, i am not the winner *sad* hw I wish I can win the $888 then it can contributes to my reno expense... (daydreaming again) Towards the 4th dishes, I can sense that they r trying to end the dinner asap.... (similar to what happening during weddings) Finally, we manage to leave around 10pm and shared a cab with 4 colleagues since all of us stay @ hougang. Total damage of the cab fare is $18.90 (inclusive of ERP $0.50 and CBD $3) which is damn X lor. Lucky is share by 4 of us else i will rather take a train back.... :P
Cindy
30-Jan
IMM ID
Recently, we has been sourcing for contractors to reno their love nest. We have shortlisted 2 ID and 2 contractors, one of the ID is based in the IMM hub. So let talk about this IMM ID, its a she. Darling and i went down on a saturday's evening to look for her, do the usual stuff like introduction and how we found her blah blah blah........
Apparently, she screw up the moment she started making her 3rd sentence about the main topic. So guess what she did: 1st she ask for our floor plan, 2nd she ask which floor are we staying and we answer her 2nd storey and........the 3rd sentence goes like "Wah, so low ah.........hahahaha" and there was a moment of slience for a few seconds. She added on "Ai yo sometime low storey also good, no need to walk too much." But too late, she cannot redeemed herself, in our mind it goes like "You have screw up".
But still we listened to what's her proposal and plan, after all we came so far from Buangkok and eventually fixed an appointment with her to review the quotation which is on last friday. So on friday, we went to meet her again. Guess how much her quotation was........35k wah lau eh.......my darling and i goes like WTF. She went through the individual items with us and the best part about her quote was the free gift she gave. Free colour glass panels for the kitchen wall, hahahahhaha, i was thinking "Hello friend, other companies are giving away SYSTEM 3 air-con system and you, glass panels, why not i pay for the glass panel and you replaced that with a System 3". This is really a bad deal that the ID had offered, i must be an idoit if i take up the package. This ID is definitely out of our list for the comment she made and the quote she offered.
We will be meeting a contractor on wednesday, hopefully this one turn out to be good.
Think B4 You Speak
29-Jan-2008
Apparently, she screw up the moment she started making her 3rd sentence about the main topic. So guess what she did: 1st she ask for our floor plan, 2nd she ask which floor are we staying and we answer her 2nd storey and........the 3rd sentence goes like "Wah, so low ah.........hahahaha" and there was a moment of slience for a few seconds. She added on "Ai yo sometime low storey also good, no need to walk too much." But too late, she cannot redeemed herself, in our mind it goes like "You have screw up".
But still we listened to what's her proposal and plan, after all we came so far from Buangkok and eventually fixed an appointment with her to review the quotation which is on last friday. So on friday, we went to meet her again. Guess how much her quotation was........35k wah lau eh.......my darling and i goes like WTF. She went through the individual items with us and the best part about her quote was the free gift she gave. Free colour glass panels for the kitchen wall, hahahahhaha, i was thinking "Hello friend, other companies are giving away SYSTEM 3 air-con system and you, glass panels, why not i pay for the glass panel and you replaced that with a System 3". This is really a bad deal that the ID had offered, i must be an idoit if i take up the package. This ID is definitely out of our list for the comment she made and the quote she offered.
We will be meeting a contractor on wednesday, hopefully this one turn out to be good.
Think B4 You Speak
29-Jan-2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Something good to share
Hi ppl,
Came across this website call cashpro, it enables us to earn credit by just click on some advertisment links and leave the web on for 30 seconds. Eventually the credit you earn are converted to cash and you can do a redeem later on by which the cash are mail to you in a form of cheque. Quite cool esp. for those ppl like me who spent like 50% of my daily life on the net, why not earn some extra cash. Check out http://www.emailcashpro.com/?r=dwgi32
Cheers
25-Jan-08
Came across this website call cashpro, it enables us to earn credit by just click on some advertisment links and leave the web on for 30 seconds. Eventually the credit you earn are converted to cash and you can do a redeem later on by which the cash are mail to you in a form of cheque. Quite cool esp. for those ppl like me who spent like 50% of my daily life on the net, why not earn some extra cash. Check out http://www.emailcashpro.com/?r=dwgi32
Cheers
25-Jan-08
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Unlucky 22nd
Yesterday was an unlucky day for me. First of all, got a last minute recall back to office while i am attending training in HP. Guess you cannot change the fact that last minute stuffs are alway happening at work, what to do just suck it up and swallow it.
Secondly, while i was making my way back to the office in a yellow cab. I was enjoying my good chit-chat seesion with Uncle Zhou when out of a sudden, i felt a slight knock at the back of my seat. Guess what, an uncle in his last 50s drove his car and knock into the back of the cab. It was not a bad knock as the cars were in stationary mode. Guess it wasn't that unlucky after all, otherwise maybe i would end up in some other places.
And after the day of work and last minute requests, all i can do is to go back home and listen to the song "I had a bad day" follow by "Keep on looking at the bright side of life, ..."
Unlucky Dog
23-Jan-08
Secondly, while i was making my way back to the office in a yellow cab. I was enjoying my good chit-chat seesion with Uncle Zhou when out of a sudden, i felt a slight knock at the back of my seat. Guess what, an uncle in his last 50s drove his car and knock into the back of the cab. It was not a bad knock as the cars were in stationary mode. Guess it wasn't that unlucky after all, otherwise maybe i would end up in some other places.
And after the day of work and last minute requests, all i can do is to go back home and listen to the song "I had a bad day" follow by "Keep on looking at the bright side of life, ..."
Unlucky Dog
23-Jan-08
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Mahjong Fever
Ever since my 2nd brother returned for Taiwan after serving his nation service attachment, there was a on-going Mahjong fever in the house. We never failed to play at least 2 games on a weekly basis.
It was when my little doggy bank started losing weight as each game went by. The major winner for most of the games is my grandma and of coz the biggest loser is me, sometimes my mum too. Sometimes, darling also participated and she join in the loser pool, contributing to "Ah ma"'s success. Well guess old ginger is still spicer, we have to pay more lesson fees.
Cheers
Tiger
21-Jan-08
It was when my little doggy bank started losing weight as each game went by. The major winner for most of the games is my grandma and of coz the biggest loser is me, sometimes my mum too. Sometimes, darling also participated and she join in the loser pool, contributing to "Ah ma"'s success. Well guess old ginger is still spicer, we have to pay more lesson fees.
Cheers
Tiger
21-Jan-08
Friday, January 18, 2008
Photo Selection
Finally, this day has come!! Last Fri, bs n I plus Peilin went down to the bridal shop to selection the photos we took last week. I have asked Peilin along cos I knew she like to looks at pics plus she has missed my fitting, she also act as the "third voter" in case bs n i have any disagreement in any photos. To our amazed all the pics turn out quite nice even before any editing has been done. Peilin was happily looking through the adlum and keep say "this is nice, tat is nice"... BS reply "tat is not very helpful" lolz.... We are suppose to choose 65 pics, both bs and I have agreed to stick with that figures as we have spend abt 4K for the bridal package.
Firstly, we review the adlum once to have a quick look at each photo. Next, we group the photos into the outfit. Since we have 7 outfits, we start with the casual, victorian, evening gowns, outdoor and we ended with out actual outfit for the day. During the selection, at some points we do not know which one to choose, on the other hand, the boss, Roland, keep saying "buy more photos lor...". But we are very determine and at the end we manage to choose 68 photos (include 2 photos on rings and flower which Roland say is a complimentary for us). I am also suppose to confirm the actual evening gown for the day, but was delimma which one to get finally I decide on the red one... hehe....
The whole process lasted for 2 house, but by the time we finish is already 9pm++. Guess what happened when we walked back to the car, BS kena a "summon" for parking at the yellow line... he was like "wat the F***". Total damage is $50. In the end, we headed to "chomp chomp" to have our late dinner....
Lesson learnt:
- Be firm on the num of photos to choose n dun get influence from the boss lolz
- Group the photos into theme for easy selection
- It might be a good idea to get someone else tag along to have a 3rd opinion
- Lastly, dun park at yellow line as these days these "fatima" is damn hard working
Cindy
21-Jan
Firstly, we review the adlum once to have a quick look at each photo. Next, we group the photos into the outfit. Since we have 7 outfits, we start with the casual, victorian, evening gowns, outdoor and we ended with out actual outfit for the day. During the selection, at some points we do not know which one to choose, on the other hand, the boss, Roland, keep saying "buy more photos lor...". But we are very determine and at the end we manage to choose 68 photos (include 2 photos on rings and flower which Roland say is a complimentary for us). I am also suppose to confirm the actual evening gown for the day, but was delimma which one to get finally I decide on the red one... hehe....
The whole process lasted for 2 house, but by the time we finish is already 9pm++. Guess what happened when we walked back to the car, BS kena a "summon" for parking at the yellow line... he was like "wat the F***". Total damage is $50. In the end, we headed to "chomp chomp" to have our late dinner....
Lesson learnt:
- Be firm on the num of photos to choose n dun get influence from the boss lolz
- Group the photos into theme for easy selection
- It might be a good idea to get someone else tag along to have a 3rd opinion
- Lastly, dun park at yellow line as these days these "fatima" is damn hard working
Cindy
21-Jan
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Poor BS
Since last year dear has been pestering me to start working on my research project (my final paper to complete my degree). But I have been taking my own sweet time dragging the whole project since I have a year to complete it. Initally planned to complete at least 50% by Dec 2007 but sad to say failed to meet the target. When 2008 arrived, I finally realized so much time has been lost I really got to wake up my idea as not much time is left!!! Plus I need to mail the hard copy to london before 1st May... which mean I have 3 mths to go only shit.... Plus in the first half of 2008 we will be busy with our house reno and wedding preparation, no matter what I need to complete before CNY else I will miss out the whole planning process for house n wedding....
Everyday dear will nag at me "have u done your research today", "hw many pages completed"..... Frankly speaking, at first I am a bit piss off but as time goes by I notice the research project has progress a lot, really appreciate that guess I only learn from the hard way.... I am just too slack so got to have someone by my side to push me.... On the other hand, guess dear is also quite sian have to repeat this and nag everyday :(
Dear thanks for all the nagging these days + enduring with my attitudes (showing you "buay shiong" face, throwing things around) lolz... Please continue to nag at me will try to fine tune my attitude a bit... :)
Cindy
17-Jan-08
Everyday dear will nag at me "have u done your research today", "hw many pages completed"..... Frankly speaking, at first I am a bit piss off but as time goes by I notice the research project has progress a lot, really appreciate that guess I only learn from the hard way.... I am just too slack so got to have someone by my side to push me.... On the other hand, guess dear is also quite sian have to repeat this and nag everyday :(
Dear thanks for all the nagging these days + enduring with my attitudes (showing you "buay shiong" face, throwing things around) lolz... Please continue to nag at me will try to fine tune my attitude a bit... :)
Cindy
17-Jan-08
Monday, January 14, 2008
Return of Cindy
Hi there,
Good news to share with everyone, No.1- my darling has drove on expressway for the first time after acquiring her driving license. The speed went up to 90km/hr, shiok right? The journey was from Tampines Gaint to home via TPE. I am really happy for her and i can tell from her face that night that she was delighted too. See darling, you can do it if you try and have faith in yourself, finally we are one step nearer to boost your confidence level.
No 2.- my darling has gradually recovered from her flu and cough virus thanks to all the "Ang Mo" and chinese medications that she has taken and of coz not to forget the little pinch of care at night from her "nagging hubby", must take some credits what as singaporean mentality, :P.
The viruses seem to be quite powerful as it stay in my darling's hotel for almost a week, but nevertheless we still went out for some sweet dating during the weekend. Had claypot rice with "powerful smelly salted fish" which expolde and melt in your mouth and authentic brewed barley drink that will definitely cool your body down.
Today is also significant as it marks the resume of cindy's exercise regime after taking a 2 weeks plus holiday or should i said detraining peroid. Place her on a 30 min threadmill jog, in hope that she dun collapse half way through.
Happy Cat.
15-Jan-2008
Good news to share with everyone, No.1- my darling has drove on expressway for the first time after acquiring her driving license. The speed went up to 90km/hr, shiok right? The journey was from Tampines Gaint to home via TPE. I am really happy for her and i can tell from her face that night that she was delighted too. See darling, you can do it if you try and have faith in yourself, finally we are one step nearer to boost your confidence level.
No 2.- my darling has gradually recovered from her flu and cough virus thanks to all the "Ang Mo" and chinese medications that she has taken and of coz not to forget the little pinch of care at night from her "nagging hubby", must take some credits what as singaporean mentality, :P.
The viruses seem to be quite powerful as it stay in my darling's hotel for almost a week, but nevertheless we still went out for some sweet dating during the weekend. Had claypot rice with "powerful smelly salted fish" which expolde and melt in your mouth and authentic brewed barley drink that will definitely cool your body down.
Today is also significant as it marks the resume of cindy's exercise regime after taking a 2 weeks plus holiday or should i said detraining peroid. Place her on a 30 min threadmill jog, in hope that she dun collapse half way through.
Happy Cat.
15-Jan-2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Final meal in 2007 @ Azabu Sabo
We have a nice eating place to recommend called Azabu Sabo another option for japanese food and deserts lovers. After the "secret meeting" with Chua's couple, Dear n I decided to dinner out since it is the last day of a great 2007. So two aimless mice took the MRT from Jurong-East heading towards town area in hope to find some quiet place to have their dinner.
During the ride, Darling asked me the same old question, it goes like "Dear, where are we going to have out dinner" and my lame reply was "See loh.........we will alight at the "one" station that we feel "song". So the sweet loving couple landed in marina sqaure around 7pm and the first thing that came to mind is "Shit, why are there so many people" and my darling told me Esplanade is having count-down and fireworks.
We head towards City Link where we bought a pack of Godiva chocolate and carry on to marina sqaure. We were strolling at the main alley when something attractive caught our eyes. It is the food display cupboard outside the restaurant. What attracts me is their "desserts", yes all of them looks so yummy.... while queuing I was amazed on the wide range of desserts varities they have n keep telling dear I want this and that lolz. We waited for a fair share of time before getting a seat for ourselves ordered a cold ramen with seafood, kimchi pork bento, Japanese rice cake in imperial style sweet red bean soup and fried dumplings with ice cream.
Waited again for a while and the food arrived. The portion was quite ok, not too small for a pair of greedy pigs from the Low family. Well, kind of disppointed with the cold ramen, maybe not use to its coldness and saltyness. But the kimchi pork bento was splendidly cooked, the sourness of the kimchi makes the dish very appetizing which makes you want to have more and the pork is finely slice, tender and juicy.
After our bento, we have our desserts. In simple words, very satisfied with the desserts visually and physically...... check out the pictures and you will understand.
Guess we are too hungry that I forget to snap pics on the main dishes therefore only manage to take the desserts....
During the ride, Darling asked me the same old question, it goes like "Dear, where are we going to have out dinner" and my lame reply was "See loh.........we will alight at the "one" station that we feel "song". So the sweet loving couple landed in marina sqaure around 7pm and the first thing that came to mind is "Shit, why are there so many people" and my darling told me Esplanade is having count-down and fireworks.
We head towards City Link where we bought a pack of Godiva chocolate and carry on to marina sqaure. We were strolling at the main alley when something attractive caught our eyes. It is the food display cupboard outside the restaurant. What attracts me is their "desserts", yes all of them looks so yummy.... while queuing I was amazed on the wide range of desserts varities they have n keep telling dear I want this and that lolz. We waited for a fair share of time before getting a seat for ourselves ordered a cold ramen with seafood, kimchi pork bento, Japanese rice cake in imperial style sweet red bean soup and fried dumplings with ice cream.
Waited again for a while and the food arrived. The portion was quite ok, not too small for a pair of greedy pigs from the Low family. Well, kind of disppointed with the cold ramen, maybe not use to its coldness and saltyness. But the kimchi pork bento was splendidly cooked, the sourness of the kimchi makes the dish very appetizing which makes you want to have more and the pork is finely slice, tender and juicy.
After our bento, we have our desserts. In simple words, very satisfied with the desserts visually and physically...... check out the pictures and you will understand.
Guess we are too hungry that I forget to snap pics on the main dishes therefore only manage to take the desserts....
Japanese rice cake in imperial style sweet red bean soup
Fried dumplings with ice cream
"Making funni face" look like convicts taking pics lolz
Dear enjoying the rice cake
You can check our their website for more info: http://www.azabusabo.com.sg/index.htm
Rating 4/5
Cindy and BS
10-Jan-08
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
My darling is sick
Since the end of the photo shoot, my wife has been sick. It has been 2 days already and she has taken some flu medication but it is not working at all. First, Mr Flu came knocking on her door, then today, guess who else visited? Of coz, his best friend, Mr Cough. They are always a pair.
Got to be more hardworking at night to make sure she has covered herself with blanket and the fan is not blowing toward her. At least, this is smething i can do for her rather than just watching her suffered, really worried and sad! Get well soon, darling!
Worried Cat
09-Jan-08
Got to be more hardworking at night to make sure she has covered herself with blanket and the fan is not blowing toward her. At least, this is smething i can do for her rather than just watching her suffered, really worried and sad! Get well soon, darling!
Worried Cat
09-Jan-08
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Our Photoshoot Day
On Monday (7th Jan), dear n I went for our wedding photoshoot. It all start from 10am when we reach the studio, we proceed with the makeup first. This is my first attempt of putting on fake eyelashes, it makes my eyes looks dolly and big and I like it... Of course dear cannot run away from this process, he is require to put on foundation and shape of his eyebrown too (there goes his crayon shin's eyebrown lolz). So guys out there preparing for your wedding shoot, you can't run away from this session :) Overall, we are please with the makeup and hairdo.
Next, we process with the photoshoot session @ around 11 plus. In total we have 7 outfits: casual, victorian, 3 evening gowns, 1 actual gown & 1 outdoor gown. Initially, I am quite worry on how to post and smile but we are glad that the photographer guide us all the way through. We do have some funni shots like dear carrying me, piggyback, having tongue stuck out, making funni faces. The photographer keep asking me to open my eyes and smile more naturally, I think dear is more naturally during the photoshoot. After every outfit we did peep into the photographer's cam n it seem ok. At the end of the day, I guess the pics will looks nice since it will undergo editing lolz.... Due to we have quite a few outfits plus there is some miscom between the makeup artist n bridal shop we only manage to proceed for outdoor shooting around 5 plus. We went to punggol (for the lalang), changi bench and ended @ Fullerton for night scenes. I am kind of disappointed that we did not manage to have more time for outdoor shooting but hopefully our photographer had capture some nice pics for us. By the time we reach home is abt 9pm liao... both of us are so hungry that we had our dinner first.
We have to admit by the end of the day both of us are tired but we enjoy the whole process. Looking forward for the day to select our pics... guess it will be a headache process again...
Tips for those who are going for their photoshoot:
- avoid drinking lots of water the night before (this prevent eye bags as this is diff to be covered by makeup)
- apply masks when is near the photoshoot
- for brides avoid wearing bra the night before and for the actual day (prevent the mark of the bra if your gown happen to be low back)
- for brides try to wear slipper or some old heels for outdoor (as it will sure get dirty, anyway also can't see)
- if happen to have quite a few outfit better check the timing with the bridal shop and make up artist
- last by not else, enjoy the whole process!!
Cindy
(9-Jan)
Next, we process with the photoshoot session @ around 11 plus. In total we have 7 outfits: casual, victorian, 3 evening gowns, 1 actual gown & 1 outdoor gown. Initially, I am quite worry on how to post and smile but we are glad that the photographer guide us all the way through. We do have some funni shots like dear carrying me, piggyback, having tongue stuck out, making funni faces. The photographer keep asking me to open my eyes and smile more naturally, I think dear is more naturally during the photoshoot. After every outfit we did peep into the photographer's cam n it seem ok. At the end of the day, I guess the pics will looks nice since it will undergo editing lolz.... Due to we have quite a few outfits plus there is some miscom between the makeup artist n bridal shop we only manage to proceed for outdoor shooting around 5 plus. We went to punggol (for the lalang), changi bench and ended @ Fullerton for night scenes. I am kind of disappointed that we did not manage to have more time for outdoor shooting but hopefully our photographer had capture some nice pics for us. By the time we reach home is abt 9pm liao... both of us are so hungry that we had our dinner first.
We have to admit by the end of the day both of us are tired but we enjoy the whole process. Looking forward for the day to select our pics... guess it will be a headache process again...
Tips for those who are going for their photoshoot:
- avoid drinking lots of water the night before (this prevent eye bags as this is diff to be covered by makeup)
- apply masks when is near the photoshoot
- for brides avoid wearing bra the night before and for the actual day (prevent the mark of the bra if your gown happen to be low back)
- for brides try to wear slipper or some old heels for outdoor (as it will sure get dirty, anyway also can't see)
- if happen to have quite a few outfit better check the timing with the bridal shop and make up artist
- last by not else, enjoy the whole process!!
Cindy
(9-Jan)
Thursday, January 3, 2008
When technology goes wrong
Hi,
As we moved further into the era of modern technology, most of our daily activities evolved around computer esp. microsoft products. However, they are not always error-proof, something they failed and they failed on the user badly. Take a look at the attached picture for example.
Here the story goes: My beloved wife was working on her uni report using Word 2003 and had managed to complete a few pages. she was kinda of "in the zones" and was typing in a "got dragon, got tiger" style. She was about to save the work when suddenly a dialog box pop out stating ERROR so she click ok assuming that she could save her work under an filename. And guess wat happened, the word auto-shut off by itself. What make the situation worse is the original doc was deleted from its location by Words. And that was when i heard a scream from the room follow by some swearing. Everything is gone, start from scratch.
Some lessons to share:
1. Alway have a backup copy of your doc.
2. Never trust technology.
3. Never work off your thumbdrive, had a copy on your desktop.
03-Jan-08
Tiger
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Cheapo bugular at malaysia
Got a sad story to share which happened recently and it goes like; my mum and uncle drove into Malaysia, Pontian to attend a relative's wedding dinner. The journey was one and a half hour ride to a small town. They parked their car beside the restaurant's kitchen and opposite a automobile shop at around 6.30 pm.
So the wedding kicked off around 7.30pm and while they were having a great dinner, gues what happened at the parking area. The car was broking into by 2 bugulars, they smashed both the left side windows and guess what they had stolen...... a bag of fruits, a bag of clothes and a few stack of "Joss stick and candle". Oh god man, you must be wondering about the kind of stuff they stole, where are their professionalism as bugular. I meant you will usually goes for money, who the hell in the world would stole these kind of stuffs and what make the situation worse, they smashed the car's window just to stole "joss stick and candle". Maybe they are too clever.....
Now the car was send to garage for repair, what a good closure for 2007. On a side note, for those of you who drive into Malaysia, beware of bugulars and robbers be it clever or stupid ones.
02-Jan-08
BS
So the wedding kicked off around 7.30pm and while they were having a great dinner, gues what happened at the parking area. The car was broking into by 2 bugulars, they smashed both the left side windows and guess what they had stolen...... a bag of fruits, a bag of clothes and a few stack of "Joss stick and candle". Oh god man, you must be wondering about the kind of stuff they stole, where are their professionalism as bugular. I meant you will usually goes for money, who the hell in the world would stole these kind of stuffs and what make the situation worse, they smashed the car's window just to stole "joss stick and candle". Maybe they are too clever.....
Now the car was send to garage for repair, what a good closure for 2007. On a side note, for those of you who drive into Malaysia, beware of bugulars and robbers be it clever or stupid ones.
02-Jan-08
BS
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
My First Time
Hi,
The pace of life is faster than i could imagine and times really fly. In a blink of an eye, i am already 27 going 28 and memory leak is unevitable. So have come out with this idea of blogging in order to keep track of the significant moments of our life together with my sweet and beloved wife, Cindy. In moment to come when we are old, Cindy and i could sit down and flash back on our sweet memories that we have created for each other.
2008 is a year where we are gonna get really busy due to reno and wedding which are happening concurrently. So i would loved to record the daily events happening and share it with my friends and buddies.
Lastly, Happy 2008 to all. A new year, a fresh start.
Tiger
02 Jan 08
The pace of life is faster than i could imagine and times really fly. In a blink of an eye, i am already 27 going 28 and memory leak is unevitable. So have come out with this idea of blogging in order to keep track of the significant moments of our life together with my sweet and beloved wife, Cindy. In moment to come when we are old, Cindy and i could sit down and flash back on our sweet memories that we have created for each other.
2008 is a year where we are gonna get really busy due to reno and wedding which are happening concurrently. So i would loved to record the daily events happening and share it with my friends and buddies.
Lastly, Happy 2008 to all. A new year, a fresh start.
Tiger
02 Jan 08
