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I HAVE MOVED!!

2011-09-08T13:32:00.002+08:00

I have moved to Wordpress on a whim.

Click here! ---> http://iammrstoh.wordpress.com

My dental clinic

2011-08-21T14:44:00.005+08:00

To be honest.....I realised I do not like my dental clinic. *sigh*

This dental clinic was recommended by Mr Toh as that Dr used to be his orthodontist when he was had braces too.

I do agree that he is super experienced. I am someone who is extremely terrified of pain and very 'sio ba' too. But during the appointment to put on the braces, I found him to be quite rough....I was quite unhappy... But what to do?

Also, during the period from my 1st consultation to the appointment to put on braces, NOBODY mentioned how much deposit we'd have to put down. And Mr Toh told me that during one of the earlier consultations, he asked Dr about the amount of deposit we have to put and he told him no need and not to worry about it.

So you can imagine my surprise when the receptionist asked for 50% deposit after I had my braces put on and was waiting to make payment.

FIFTY PERCENT of $5000 is $2500!

Nobody mentioned anything about a 50% deposit when we asked and now they expect us to just have $2500 for payment?

I know I should have told her what Mr Toh told her, that Dr said no need. But I was mortified and super embarrassed that I couldn't think. The receptionist even told me that some people pay the full sum at the 1st appointment. What is she implying?

I was damn fucking paiseh. Mr Toh wasn't with me as he was at home SLEEPING. Grrrr!

Now I am reading on the forums that people usually pay around $3.5k for normal metal braces and they pay around $600 - $800 deposit......so I was thinking have we been chopped?

My colleague also mentioned that $5k for normal metal braces seem to be on the high side....and I didn't get anything from Dr as well. For most of the people on the forums. stuff like interdental brushes and orthodontic wax seem to be given by their dental clinic.

But what did I get?

Embarrassment.

Braces update

2011-08-21T14:04:00.006+08:00

3rd day of braces: 14/8/11
Feeling much better. I didn't feel the soreness so much. It was much bearable than the 1st day, perhaps because I'm getting used to them?

Mr Toh did not wake up for dinner on Sat, I think he was very tired so I did not wake him up. I cooked maggi mee for myself. To avoid having to chew the noodles, I cut them into smaller pieces after they were cooked. Much easier to eat. :D Mr Toh woke up in the middle of the night saying he was hungry. Lol. He cooked maggi mee too. I could smell the fragrance in my semi conscious state!

When I woke up on Sunday morning around 8:30, he was still awake. which is a good thing as we have to go to my Mom's place to pray. We left the house around 10am. After reaching Mom's place and praying, we had lunch. I had the fried kway tiao noodles with some shrimp & mushrooms only. I couldn't handle anything else. Lol. Then Mommy brought out canned longans as dessert. I tried eating one but gave up halfway as it was agony to try chewing 1. T_T End up I just drank the syrup.

We left Mom's place at around 2pm as Mr Toh have to meet his friends to discuss something important. I decided to go home as I was feeling really tired and we had an argument earlier...so I didn't felt like accompanying him anywhere. :(

Took a nap and woke up for dinner when he came back. I only had some rice in soup, nothing else I felt like eating, besides the fried chicken wings but I wasn't ready for them yet. :(

Braces 4th day - 15/08/11
I realise my jaws are still stiff from the wisdom teeth surgery. Haven't fully recover. T_T.

Had fish mee sua for lunch. Loads of stuff stuck in my teeth. T_T hate it!!

Met Mr Toh & his friends for dinner at Tampines after work, they had something to discuss. Had fish hor fun for dinner. Been eating loads of fish recently. Meat is too tough for me, unless it's minced.

Been thinking if I should bring toothbrush to office. But I take a long time to brush my teeth, at least 8 minutes. So I decided against it.

I also realised 1 of the brace bracket on my upper tooth is causing me problems. It constantly rubs against my inner lip when I talk or eat and it feels like an ulcer is forming. Oh my god.... I wanted to buy dental wax but both Guardian & Watsons don't carry it.
We parted ways at around 11pm plus as we wanted to catch the last bus home~

The weather was really nice & chilly that night as it was raining most of the day. Super shiok weather to sleep in!

For now, the soreness of the teeth don't really bother me. Only when I bite stuff. Usually I take a while to fall asleep because I could feel the soreness and need to take some time to get used to it. But I fell asleep that night within seconds! Or maybe I was too tired. Haha.

Braces 5th day - 16/8/11
Got up extra early to catch an earlier bus to work. Planning to check out NTUC to see if they sell dental wax. Not carrying high hopes though. T_T Turns out they really don't carry it. *Sigh*

I also realised I have already gotten used to the soreness. It doesn't bother me most of the time now. Wee!!

But the abrasions are really starting to irritate me, I don't want ulcers!!

Had chicken porridge for lunch~

Met Mr Toh after work at Serangoon Nex. We were planning to watch Horrible Boss.

I reached 1st so I went to buy the tickets for the show at 9:10pm. Passed by Q&M,so I enquired about whether they sold ortho wax, the receptionist apologetically informed me they don't sell at this branch, but the one at Serangoon Central have it for sale! When Mr Toh reached, I went with him to check it out. Bought the wax at $3 and interdental brush at $8.50 I think. Happy sia!!

Had dinner at McD~ I had a filet-o-fish. I usually don't like it, but dunno why suddenly feel like eating it. My back teeth don't hurt so much when chewing food! Went to find Clara who is working at Eye Bejwelled for a chat~ then left for our movie shortly.

Horrible Boss was awesome! Good movie for destressing! Haha.

For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers...permanently. There's only one problem: even the best laid plans are only as foolproof as the brains behind them. [Source]

Super amusing and the storyline's quite good. I also loved the happy ending. :D Charlie Day was hilarious as Dale. I also loved the cameo by Mr Fantastic, Ioan Gruffudd as Mr Wetworks. Hahahaa, that part was SUPER hilarious! I almost wet my pants laughing.

Wetwork Man: Are you kidding me? I've driven all this way and nobody wants to get pissed on?

[Source]

I'm a bit not used to using the interdental brush, but it's ok, practice makes perfect!

Braces 6th day - 17/8/11
Feeling much much better!
I had wanton mee for lunch~ And kway chup for dinner! Yummy!!

Mr Toh went out after dinner and when he came back, I was asleep but could vaguely remember he gave me a good night kiss. Hee.

Braces 7th day - 18/8/11
Bought duck porridge for lunch. The auntie was very nice, when she saw I had braces on, she told the auntie cutting the meat to "切小块一点，小妹绑牙。Aiyo...so sweet!!

Bought dinner home for Mr Toh. I had Macaroni soup for dinner~ Chicken cutlet fried rice for Mr Toh. End up, he couldn't finish his chix cutlet rice, I coudn't resist, so I finished the rest of the chicken cutlet and egg for him. I can bite better liao! It doesn't hurt that much~! Weee!!

But still very sian whenever I eat, because at least 1/3 of the food will get stuck and the feeling sucks!

Today's the 10th day! Sometimes I even forget I have braces on! Hahaha....not much feeling of soreness liao~ Shiok!

Mr Toh just left for Vietnam yesterday morning around 5am plus....he'll be back on Monday night, I kinda miss him. Miss talking to him. T_T

It's OK, time passed very fast. Went to the library yesterday and I'm planning to rot at home the whole day today. Shiok~~

I never thought I'd say this......but Monday faster come!

Braces: 2nd day

2011-08-13T17:48:00.007+08:00

My bottom teeth felt reaaally sore yesterday immediately after putting the braces on! So kua zhang... T_T
Mr Toh met his friends at Tampines to discuss something...we had our dinner first at Tampines 1. Had sliced fish mee sua....had a little trouble chewing the fish slices. T_T Really not used to the braces. Luckily I can just swallow the mee sua without any chewing! I love mee sua! Haha.
Then they discussed their stuff until 1am plus! I was almost dead by then.

Mr Toh woke me up this morning at around 9am plus. O.o He didn't sleep at all last night and he still had some things to finish today so he asked me if I wanted to wake up, go grab some thing to eat and head to the library. If not, he won't be able to withstand the temptation of the bed. Haha! I said OK lor...since I am so nice. =X To stay awake, he drank a can of Monster energy drink! Lol~!

I realised my bottom teeth didn't feel so sore. But after a few hours, the feeling is back. And both sides of my back teeth is also feeling sore like nobody's business...damn sucks the feeling when I bite down on them. I cannot eat anything solid. Oh my god!!! Hais.....no choice. I can only hope these 2 years will fly past~!

So we headed to Tampines today where I had pork porridge~ I am super paranoid that there will be food stuck in my braces/teeth and that my teeth will rot!! So after every meal, I will take at least 5 minutes to rinse my mouth... So troublesome... Hai.....

Then when I get home at night, I will use the syringe that Dr Tay gave me to flush the 2 "holes" at the back of my mouth. I was wondering the other day whether I rushed things....it has only been a week since my wisdom teeth extraction and I already have braces on! I have been eating only soft foods for the past 10 days.....I think it may take a few months before I dare to eat normal food.*sigh* Kiang jiu ho, mai gey kiang. T_T

Anyway, after lunch, we headed to the library where Mr Toh did his stuff and I found a book to read. I was helping him when we suddenly heard someone talking on the phone really loudly. We couldn't see him from where we were sitting, but we could hear him clearly. Someone shushed him but he continued talking. Then Mr Toh went to take a look, when he came back, he said he saw the teen was talking using a earpiece. He said "Eh!", the boy dared to glare at him in a tulan way and asked him "What?!". Mr Toh stared back at him and informed him that this is a library. After a short pause, the boy said Sorry. And we never heard his voice again. Hahahaha~ My Mr Toh damn cool! Lol! "Wei Ming Chu Hai" - ridding the society of pests.

Seriously, teens nowadays think too highly of themselves or they think they are the kings/queens of the world? He was in the wrong for chit chatting so loudly in a library and he had the audacity to glare at people when they ask him to quiet down?! *Sigh* What's wrong with these teens nowadays?

It was around 4pm plus when Mr Toh said he couldn't take it anymore and wanted to go home and sleep. Lol... The Monster energy drink lasted him slightly longer than half day...not too bad, haha.

As I'm typing away, he is snoring away. I'm gonna sign out for now, going to read my book and take a nap later. See if I can wake him up for dinner....if not, I'll have dinner myself!

I'm loving the purple bands btw~ the colour is so nice! But I realised the bands on the bottom has turned pink! But still nice. Hehe.

Braces!

2011-08-12T16:44:00.004+08:00

So.........I just got my braces done today. The procedure sucks balls.... Dr Djeng inserted this two things at the side of my mouth to hold it open and it hurt like a bitch!! =( The assistant then asked me what color I wanted for the bands and I anyhow chose purple~! The color looks really nice....but my teeth looks super duper scary now. T_T Took pictures of them but I doubt I will ever post it online! Haha..

National Day was like any off day for me~ Nothing special at all. Mr Toh woke up quite late and we headed to Hougang Mall for lunch~ 状元府 again!! Andrew & Shiyuan were there too but they had already finished their meal. We had 炸酱面 & xiao long bao (小笼包) this time~ The 炸酱面 was in a much bigger serving than previous...but the portion was just nice for me, think I was too hungry. Hahaha. After eating, we walked around Hougang Mall. Then we parted ways. We were walking towards Dad's house but we were actually still deciding if we wanted to go Dad's house. When we were crossing the road, we saw Dad+Auntie+Hongyi+Wensheng+Xiangming and their gfs! In the few seconds we crossed paths, we gathered that they were going for dinner at Hougang Mall, we decided to u-turn and join them~!

After dinner, we went back to Dad's house and we took many pictures of Hong Yi! =X Blogger is having some stupid problems so I can't upload the photos here.

Gonna go wake up my piggy and go for dinner~ Hungry~

TGIF~!

Wisdom Tooth Extraction

2011-08-09T14:51:00.009+08:00

On Tuesday 02/08, I had my wisdom tooth extraction scheduled at KTPH. It was at 1pm, I was supposed to be there at 12:30pm. Mr Toh accompanied me and we took a direct bus there. I was starving by then....imagine not eating anything after 10pm and only drinking a glass of water at 2am. T_T

When we arrived there, we registered first, then the nurse brought us into the day care ward. I started feeling really jittery and anxious when I saw the beds. The nurse asked me to change into the gown, and after changing, she put the IV catheter on my left hand. It was my first time experiencing that, so I told her I was afraid of the pain and she was very nice and patient about it. =)

After that, we met with Dr Sylvia Tay again to sign the consent form. Then it was waiting time again....waited until 2pm plus until I wasn't scared. Lol.

But when the nurse led me into the operating theatre, I started feeling nervous again. Just seeing the bed in the middle of the room was pretty scary. The nurses asked me to lie down and started putting the high blood pressure and heartbeat monitors on me. She told me the doctor is coming soon and then the anesthetist came. She mentioned the music was very soothing, which I agreed with. Then the nurse put an oxygen mask on me and asked me to breathe deeply. I took 1 breath and I could feel the anesthesia going in my arm, after 1 more breath, my view started to blur and then I was out.

I woke up when I heard people talking. When I opened my eyes, I was quite disoriented. I was having a dream before that. Couldn't remember what though. I asked the nurse for a tissue to wipe my nose, and when I saw some blood, I asked the nurse why, and she mentioned it was because they had inserted a tube into my nose and throat to help with my breathing...and that I'd be having a sore throat for a few days after that. She then changed my gauze and pushed me out to the ward.

I felt like shit.....couldn't feel my lower jaw at all. After a while, the nurse came by again and changed my gauze and gave me a cup of apple juice~

I was lying there trying to sleep, but the ward was very noisy. T_T Then I saw my Mr Toh who just came back from having his lunch~ Spent the rest of the time trying to rest and trying to talk to him. Lol. The nurse advised that I could go home at 5pm if there is not much bleeding.

We went home at around 5pm, Mr Toh bought HL milk for me. When i reached home, I removed the gauze, it was still bloody....but I couldn't care less, then we went to sleep. We woke up at around 4am plus. =X Jitao skipped dinner.

There was no pain! I drank some milk while Mr Toh ate some fruit loop, lol. Took my medicine and we watched 醉后决定爱上你~.

I slept again and woke up slightly later. Cheeks swollen like sai. Drank some milk again and took my antibiotics.

We had lunch at KFC Hougang Mall~ I had the whipped potato while Mr Toh had a Zinger burger. Later in the afternoon, we went to GV Plaza Sing to catch Sex & Zen! They had a promotion going on~ Buy 1 ticket at S$8 and get 1 free! The movie was crap though.

While waiting for the movie, we went to have Gong Cha, and I discovered that their plum green tea is very nice! For dinner, I had wild mushroom soup at Saybon while Mr Toh ate their crepe~ The soup was yummy! Couldn't say the same for the crepe though. We then went to Dad's house where I bought Chawamushi from Ichiban Sushi~ I thought it was delicious and really value for money for $3.90.

Thursday 04/08: 2nd day
Woke up in the morning and drank milk again before taking my medicine. Napped again while waiting for Mr Toh to wake up. We went to Bedok to meet with his friends. I had pork porridge at the hawker centre. Still can't bite the pork very well...felt hindered by my swollen and stiff jaws. T_T
Had ice cream at McD! It's been so long since I've had that, I thought the price was still S$0.50, but it is now S$0.70. O.o After that, we went to Bedok Point and had dinner at Kungfu Paradise. I only had their mushroom soup though, but it wasn't nice.... Went home after that to rest.

Friday 05/08: 3rd day
As per usual, I had milk for breakfast and took my meds, then we booked tickets to catch Planet of the Apes. Went to meet Mr Toh's friends again at Bedok. Bought chawamushi from Sushi Tei to eat. It sucks. More expensive, smaller portion and not nice. T_T

After meeting them, we went to Tampines to catch our movie. It was pretty good~ I had a corn soup from Mos Burger before the movie. After the movie, we headed back to Hougang where I ate porridge. I got quite fed up cos I had to eat so slowly. T_T Went home after that to rest.

Saturday 06/08: 4th day
Woke up and took my meds as per usual. I have to take 6 pills every morning. Damn sian.
Cheeks still a little swollen. We headed to Hougang Mall for lunch, there is this new restaurant called 状元府. We had tried the xiao long bao before and we loved it~

This time, we ordered the set meal~ It consists of their 炸酱面, xiao long bao (小笼包), sweet & sour pork, 口水鸡, garlic kailan and glutinous rice ball in ginger soup~ The set costs $36 for 2 persons.

Super yummy 炸酱面! Loved the taste and the texture of the noodles~! Delicious!

Looks super yummy right???

Another favourite dish of ours: 小笼包~! The soup is very flavorful but Mr Toh finds the meat inside a tad tough. But it was alright for me. I am drooling just thinking about it.

Sweet & sour pork which I did not touch at all...didn't dare to eat something so "hard". T_T But Mr Toh commented that it is very yummy though, quite surprisingly~

Another pleasant surprise was this saliva chicken, 口水鸡. The meat was tender and usually I don't like chicken cooked this way as they tend to have a weird smelly taste. But the dish here was yummy~ and free of weird smells. I remember we had this dish in Taipei 鼎泰丰, and it sucks. It gave me a very disgusting memory of this dish, but the one here is nice!

For dessert, it was rice dumplings in ginger soup~ The rice dumplings were normal enough....but the ginger was overpowering. T_T Mr Toh choked on the soup. Lol!

Overall, it was a great meal! 1 of the yummiest ever since I had my teeth extracted! Damn happy!!! Had lots of stuff stuck in my mouth after that though. Lol. Mr Toh said he felt like listening to people sing so we jio Andrew and his gf to East Coast. But they had something on early the next day so we didn't go in the end. We had dinner at dad's place and went home after that~.

Sunday 07/08: 5th day
Woke at 11+, had milk and took my meds.

Waited for Mr Toh to wake up. While he was washing up, I hid under the blanket and tried to make myself as flat as possible. When I heard him come in, I waited for him to call me, but he didn't! I could hear him opening his drawers and getting dressed, so I popped out from under the blanket, I was scared he will go out without me! Turns out he didn't even know I was in the room! *faint* Super funny!!

He said he was thinking how come he didn't see me anywhere in the house when he was on the way back to the room from the toilet, he even looked in Grandpa's room but didn't see me, so he decided to change first. Lol!

I was also saying that Mr Toh likes to torture me, he always sleep late and wake up late then play game somemore when I am starving already!! When I tell him I am hungry, he tell me people attack him. T_T.

The weather was very good today cos it rained for the whole morning. No wonder my piggy sleep until so shiok.... We went with Andrew to 四马路 to pray then we had lunch at Burlington Sq, had our favourite Parklane Wanton Mee!

Slacked at Cafe Patisserie until dinner time. I had grilled fish with mash potato and beans at Astons at the Golden Wall Centre. Nothing else to do after that, so we went home~

Monday: 08/08
Going back to work today after resting for so many days! I only have 1 day of work before the public holiday on Tuesday~ Shiok~

But I woke up with blood in my mouth!! Ahhhh! Spit out some blood and small pieces of a brown stuff. I told Mr Toh and he said it is probably because the blood clot got dislodged. Scary stuff.... T_T Was bleeding a little on and off the whole day.... =( But no pain at all these few days, so at least that is something to be happy about.

Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor and His Legacy

2011-07-11T13:40:00.010+08:00

We went to the Terracotta Warriors: The First Emperor and His Legacy exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum with Andrew & Shiyuan. It was our 2nd time there~ The 1st time was for the Kangxi exhibition with Sis 2 years back I think.

The preview by Justin Lee, very cute!

Some items that caught my eye.

1 of the main reasons why we came!!

The infantry officer in front with the carriage driver at the back.

The general at the front.

Oh look! It's Mr Toh's 'brother'! Hahahahaha~!

Some phrase that we saw and thought was very meaningful.

Transformers + New baby!!

2011-07-11T13:18:00.004+08:00

Friday, I met Sis at the train at City Hall and we caught Transformers: Dark of the Moon @ Tampines on Friday 01 July.

[Source]

Shia LaBeouf returns as Sam Witwicky in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. When a mysterious event from Earth's past erupts into the present day it threatens to bring a war to Earth so big that the Transformers alone will not be able to save us. [Source]

I really liked this movie. Very exciting and action packed! Even though we thought there were some parts that didn't add up and some unanswered questions, I really enjoyed it. I don't care much for Shia LaBeouf, I was just glad that there was Josh Duhamel. Gorgeous eye candy. =D
I was pleasantly surprised to see Patrick Dempsey! I had no idea he was in this film. What a yummy villain. =P

So, this is my new baby. $359. T_T *ouch*

Mr Toh was the one who suggested to buy one hor.... =P He was also the one who chose this model as he likes Sony's cameras. I must say, their cameras are really pretty~~

Model T110. I can use it for my KL trip~~ Weeee~!

We went to Funan IT Mall for shabu shabu again~! Before dinner, we checked out this camera at Song Brothers, it was selling for $339 only! But we decided to think first whether to buy or not. So we went for dinner first. We had decided to buy already but the shop was closed. T_T So I thought we can go Mustafa! As almost everything is cheaper there right? WRONG!
=( The camera was $359 there...with the same free stuff. *hais... Wrong judgement...but we still bought it there as I didn't want to waste the trip. But it's alright. $20 more means we have to cut down 1 trip to eat xiao long baos. =X

Ì cooked, I ate, I watched.

2011-07-11T12:22:00.006+08:00

June 10 Friday
I took a day off for my wisdom tooth consultation @ KTPH with Dr Sylvia Tay. I had seen good reviews of her on Flowerpod for wisdom tooth surgery so, I am at least not *that* afraid.

I will be undergoing General Anesthesia for removing my 4 wisdom teeth + 4 pre molars.

Dr Tay only does surgeries on Tuesday and her earliest available date was 2nd August. I am hoping that there won't be any permanent side effects from my surgery.

Mr Toh usually gets off on Fridays but he has changed his off day for the week before my surgery to the day of my surgery. Meaning he won't be having any off days for the week before my surgery! And that means he'll have to work for 10 consecutive days before he gets off on 2nd August & again on 05 August to accompany me... *sigh* Felt so guilty... T_T Sorry deardear~

After that, we headed to the IT show to buy some stuff for Sis, she asked Mr Toh to help her upgrade her computer~

June 12 Sunday
I cooked dinner! Not really a full meal...but I fried rice and fried some chicken. =D But my fried rice was kinda not successful but it wasn't a total failure either lah. Mr Toh had dinner at home before meeting the guys~ Even though he commented on some points I can improve on, he still ate 2 bowls of the fried rice! Love you deep deep!! He must have been very hungry, ahahahhahaa. =X

June 13 Monday
Mr Toh gave me a strand of his 鼻毛. LOL!! =X

June 16 Thursday
Met up with Piriya and Meiyan for dinner at AMK Hub~! Piriya and me reached first, then we had to wait for Meiyan, who was late, as usual. Some people never change! =X It really made me feel nostalgic though. I remember the times I used to have to wait for Meiyan back in secondary school. LOL!!

We had McD's, after that we just sat around chatting. We then went to Koi to buy milk tea (for me & Piriya) and Gong Cha (for Meiyan)~
The main point of meeting was to discuss a trip to KL to visit Sulehka who is currently working there~ Piriya is gonna be leaving Singapore for studies in June next year and most probably won't be coming back often. That was why she wanted to visit Sulehka before she leaves for Australia. =(

After his work, Mr Toh came down to join us and we continued chatting while he had his dinner. We only left at around 1am+... Goodness, I was like a living zombie the next day. T_T Getting old(er) liao........... =(

June 17 Friday
We had shabu shabu with Andrew & Shiyuan @ Shabu Shabu Akashabu, Funan IT Mall. Damn shiok I tell you! I loooove the shabu shabu there!

A future neighbour took a picture of our *almost* completed home!

So beautiful~~~

June 18 Saturday
Helped Sis to do her computer today. We met Sis at Tampines and headed to Sim Lim Square quite early in the afternoon, after buying the rest of the stuff we needed, we headed back to her house to do the computer.
But ended up her old HDD was not compatible with the new motherboard! *faints* We had to go back to Sim Lim Square again! Luckily she had borrowed the car from Godpa, if not....really don't know what to do.
There was also some problems with some of the drivers, that's why it took the whole freaking day to finish. T_T
It was also Fathers' Day the next day. We decided to have a small gathering to celebrate. Nothing fancy, just ordered pizza and KFC~~

June 21 Tuesday
DIY-ed my nails!

Newspaper print style. =D

June 24 Friday
Met up with Meiyan and Junyi (secondary school friend) after work for movies and dinner~!
Meiyan brought us to Sumo House @ Ang Mo Kio Central for cheap and good Jap food! The food was quite alright, I considered it good value for the prices we paid.

We caught the Green Lantern~

[Source]

In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan.
Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle, and along with his determination and willpower, he has one thing no member of the Corps has ever had: humanity. With the encouragement of fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), if Hal can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be not only the key to defeating Parallax... he will become the greatest Green Lantern of all. [Source]

The movie was OK...not a very good one IMO. The Green Lantern definitely won't be on my Favourite Superheroes List, that's for sure, even though Ryan Reynolds is sooo hot~ But I thought the moral of the story was good, at least what I think it is lah.

"With willpower, you can overcome fear."

Very comic book hero stuff. =X

X-Men

2011-06-06T13:30:00.003+08:00

I went to meet Mr Toh after his work last Saturday~ I had wanted to have fried hokkien mee for dinner but 1 stall was busy and didn't want to entertain me while the other stall's hokkien mee was sold out already. So delicious ah?~

After dinner, we took a bus to Serangoon, the bus ride was very fast, around half an hour or less. I had bought tickets to X-Men First Class in the afternoon, Mr Toh was the one who chose X-Men over Hangover II. I also read that the reviews for X-Men First Class was better than Hangover II. I figured we can always buy the DVD for Hangover II. The movie was at 11:30pm but I remembered the wrong time, I thought it was at 11pm, so we were rather early...went walking around the arcade and saw some children playing this new game, Plants vs Zombies! I loved the computer version! Must give it a try some other time~

[Source]

X-MEN FIRST CLASS charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time.
Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to prevent nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men.

I loved this prequel!! It was well filmed and even though there weren't much action scenes, I wasn't bored at all. I also loved Hugh Jackman's 5 seconds-1 line cameo as Wolverine! "Fuck off."
LOL!! As always, I'm all about the eye candy, I thought that the actor portraying Magneto, Michael Fassbender, was so darn handsome! Very charming and yet, so suitable as Magneto!

Yesterday, I went back to Mommy's place for lunch~~ My brother was supposed to join us but Leah had a fever, I hope she's OK now...

After that, I went over to Dad's place~ It has been almost 3 weeks since we went over! I blame it on my sore throat/cough. =X

Tonight, we are going over again for an early celebration of Keqing's birthday~ He is flying to China with 姑姑 and Grandpa for a holiday~~ So good~~~

Work has been the same as usual...

The thing that I am anticipating the most is my braces! But I can only get them fitted after the extraction...and I am NOT looking forward to that. =(

May

2011-05-31T08:24:00.008+08:00

01-05:
Went down to AMK to look for Mr Toh after I went to Mommy's place, then we took bus to Tampines & met up with WS, HM & KQ. Took train to Tanah merah to meet XM.
We were going to the airport to send off 小姨. Wanted to eat Fish & Co but they were closed already. So we had Swensens, who were very smart to open so late because there was a looooong queue.
During dinner, we were asking what zodiac each other was, WS replied by doing a vomitting expression. I didn't get him at all, then he said is rabbit cos "兔" = vomit (sounds the same).
LOL till I almost peng san. T_T

Then Mr Toh called for bill, after signing the bill, he kept holding on to the pen, until the waitress had to ask him twice for the pen. Lol!! His reason was he forgot he was holding the pen, but we secretly think he wants to keep the pen. LOL!!

02-05-11 morning
I woke up early to iron shirt for Mr Toh as I forgot to iron the day before. When he was preparing to go out, I was using his pillow to create a "fortress" to shield my eyes from the morning sun. And his pillow was very soft so I said "你的枕头没有用，很软."
He said "你没有搓一下?" I was still half asleep, so I asked why, he said "搓一下就硬了。" T_T
I told him, "Mr Toh, you suck at telling joke." LOL!!
After kissing me goodbye, he left for work and I slept like a log after that~

ELECTIONS
It was my 1st time voting! So exciting! I'm glad that I finally changed my IC add last year, if not, I'd have to go all the way back to Woodands to vote! *faints* Mr Toh said if that happens, I'm on my own. *bleah*

All issues aside, I am very grateful and proud that I have a chance to vote at 26 years of age when I see someone voting for the 1st time when they're already in their 50s...our polling station was at the void deck of the block right beside Dad's house. The queue was a little long but overall, we didn't have to wait very long. I had made my decision weeks ago and I didn't waste any time, so I was out of the voting booth in less than a minute's time. =)

I was very happy with the Aljunied and Hougang wins by the WP. But at the same time, I was also very disappointed that Potong Pasir fell. The stronghold of the Opposition, gone. A 27 year legacy, gone.

To the people that voted for PAP, regardless of what area you're living in...remember this, you have voted for them to retain a majority of the seats, so from this day on, we do not wish to hear any of your complaints and whining. Take it to your elected MP instead. Don't bother the rest of us.

After voting, we met KQ at Serangoon Nex, we were gonna catch a movie. Fast 5! We had booked each other for this movie weeks ago. Heheh.

[Source]

Vin Diesel and Paul Walker lead a reunion of returning all-stars from every chapter of the explosive franchise built on speed in Fast Five. In this installment, former cop Brian O’Conner (Paul Walker) partners with ex-con Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) on the opposite side of the law. Dwayne Johnson joins returning favorites Jordana Brewster, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Tyrese Gibson, Sung Kang, Gal Gadot, Matt Schulze, Tego Calderon and Don Omar for this ultimate high-stakes race.
Since Brian and Mia Toretto (Brewster) broke Dom out of custody, they’ve blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de Janeiro, they must pull one last job in order to gain their freedom. As they assemble their elite team of top racers, the unlikely allies know their only shot of getting out for good means confronting the corrupt businessman who wants them dead. But he’s not the only one on their tail.
Hard-nosed federal agent Luke Hobbs (Johnson) never misses his target. When he is assigned to track down Dom and Brian, he and his strike team launch an all-out assault to capture them. But as his men tear through Brazil, Hobbs learns he can’t separate the good guys from the bad. Now, he must rely on his instincts to corner his prey…before someone else runs them down first.

The movie was awesome and funny too! Based on the ending, I can't wait for Part 6!

10-05-11 - Mr Toh's birthday!!
I ordered a durian cake from 717 Trading after seeing good reviews about their durian products on a forum.
After work, I asked Mr Toh what he wanted to eat, pizza or KFC. He chose KFC so I ordered KFC for dinner. After dinner, I was thinking when to get the cake out to surprise Mr Toh, when he said he wanted to watch movie. So we watched Underworld: Rise of the Lycans on the computer together.
After the movie ended, it was nearing 12 already! I was so kan chiong! Faster took the cake out and while I was lighting the candle in the living room, Mr Toh walked out of the bedroom!! Huh! My heart almost stopped! Haha. I sang him his birthday song and we had a slice each. The cake was good!! Filled with real durian pulp! Although the cream was too thick, but it was really good! Yummy!!

[Source]

Mr Toh commented that he didn't know what the cake was supposed to be, cause it was just a dome of cream. I thought it looked cute~

13/05/11 - Friday
Met Mr Toh and Andrew at Tampines after work and we caught Priest together.

[Source]

PRIEST, a post-apocalyptic action thriller, is set in an alternate world -- one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest (Paul Bettany) from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church.
When his niece (Lily Collins) is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on an obsessive quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend (Cam Gigandet), a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess (Maggie Q) who possesses otherworldly fighting skills.

The show was quite disappointing, because we expected more. The lead actor's very handsome though.

14/5 - Saturday
It was a quiet day for me. I went to the library, went home to rest then went to daddy's house.

15/5 - Sunday
I met Chris at PS for high tea at Tea Cosy! We had been planning it for almost a week~ The food was pretty good. I love the atmosphere there too~
After that, I headed to Dad's house to celebrate Xiangming's 21st bday.

16/05 - Monday
I was on my way to work, when I crossed the road and suddenly felt very lightheaded. Took 1 more step and my body swayed to the right. I hastily reached out to grab the traffic light pole to steady myself. After taking a few breaths, I felt a little better... But that scared the hell out of me... :'( But there was no repeat of that incident *choy* so I guess everything's fine now.

I was sick for the week (23 May - 27 May), it started with a sore throat and became a cough with a little flu like symptoms, damn sian. Didn't dare to go over to Dad's place for fear of passing it to Hong Yi.

27/05 - Friday
I took half day off work to go for my dental consultation~ It was time for the extraction of my teeth. I had initially thought I'd only need to extract 4 molars, but Dr Djeng told me a bad news. I need to remove all 4 wisdom teeth too!! The upper 2 is fully grown and the lower 2 is impacted, which means they'll require surgery. I wanna opt for GA, but the cost quoted by the doctor at Dr Djeng's clinic was exorbitant!! Total cost was around $5k plus for the 8 teeth. T_T~~
I joked with Mr Toh that if I did the full set there, total cost for my teeth would be around $10k plus, I'll buy insurance for my teeth!! If I fell and chipped my tooth, I'll claim them for $$! Lol... But of course I won't be extracting my teeth there, it is waaayy tooooo expensive. So I went to the polyclinic and got a referral letter to KTPH, where I read on the forum that Dr Sylvia Tay is very skilful~ Hopefully, it won't hurt that much... Wish me luck!!

28/05 - Saturday
We caught Kung Fu Panda on Saturday @ Nex. I met Mr Toh at his workplace and we had dinner together before going over to Nex. When we reached there, Mr Toh suddenly felt like eating something, so we went to Cartel for the 50% off their coffee, cakes and ice cream! Mr Toh had a banana split which I kept calling ice cream split. I don't know why! Lol. I had wanted to order a brownie cheesecake but that was sold out. T_T Boohoo~

[Source]

In KUNG FU PANDA 2, Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five.
But Po's new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy kung fu. He must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins; only then will Po be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed.

It was good!! Really funny and touching at some parts, I did tear at the part when his mom put him at a safe place and ran out to sacrifice herself so her son can live. T_T~

Surprise

2011-04-30T14:20:00.002+08:00

Mr Toh sent me this MMS yesterday while I was at work.

So cute! Chopper is Ace's hat, he even has the Whitebeard tattoo and ACE tattoo at the back!

Called him and asked where he saw it, he said at Funan IT Mall, I then asked him how much it was, he refused to tell me. Then he said that it is with him and that he already bought it for me! It's been a while since Mr Toh surprised me, and I was pleasantly surprised and so happy! So sweet!

After meeting him and Andrew at Chinatown after Mr Toh's haircut, we went to Tampines to have dinner and to catch Thor! Chris Hemsworth is SO hot! =X

We had wanted to go to the WP rally at Serangoon stadium yesterday, but Mr Toh wanted to watch movie instead.... *bleah* It'd have been interesting to attend a rally as I've never been to 1 before! It also seems really fun and there were soooo many people attending the first one on Thursday! But then again, perhaps it's good we didn't go, the amount of people attending is crazy!

In these past few days, the more I read the news regarding the elections, the more disheartened I am. I've already stopped reading Singapore newspapers for years..........I prefer online news.

Can May 7 come faster?!? I cannot wait to see the results....I am excited yet scared at the same time. T_T

Singapore Elections 2011

2011-04-28T20:53:00.003+08:00

So....history has been made. For the 1st time in many many many years, 82 out of 87 seats in Parliament will be contested by the Opposition parties.

I am concerned about the kind of future my future children will have.

Finally, it is my turn to vote this year. I'll be voting in the Hougang SMC which is being held by the Worker's Party. It is 1 of only 2 seats currently held by the Opposition party in Parliament, by Mr Low Thia Khang, the current MP of Hougang, who has held this position for more than 20 years. Mr Yaw Shin Leong, the candidate for Hougang SMC this election has very big shoes to fill. And Mr Low Thia Khang will be contesting in our neighboring ward, the Aljunied GRC with a team of 4 other members.

Will they win? To be honest, I hope they do. Mr Low has sacrificed his position in Hougang in order to compete in Aljunied, let's hope his sacrifice does not go to waste.

I've been reading the live tweets from the rallies being held around Singapore tonight, and I noticed that the PAP is advising the citizens to vote for who can give them a better future. But if the past few years have been any indication, I think we all know who we should vote for.

They also keep harping on what PAP have done for Singapore all these years, we all know that, no one is denying that PAP did contribute a lot to what made Singapore what we are today. But does one's past glory guarantee one's future success? Not necessarily.

I'm not a good writer, I'm not good at writing nor turning my thoughts to words, I just wanna blog some of my thoughts down..I'll end this post on this note.

If we don't give the Opposition parties a chance, how can they learn and improve?

Now's as good a time as any to give them the chance to learn.

Will we make history again by having more than 2 Opposition MPs? We'll know soon.

Vote wisely.

Picking yourself up after a fall...

2011-04-27T21:00:00.001+08:00

I was working OT today. Decided to leave the office at around 8, to go look for my Mr Toh to have dinner together. When I got downstairs, it was drizzling. I hurried my footsteps, the next thing I know, I was kneeling on the ground and my bag was on the floor.
I had tripped on a stone slab that was loose... My first reaction was to pick myself up first and hope no one else saw it. T_T

My next reaction was to cry. T_T Not really cry as in sobbing, but cry as in let out a cry of despair. "Why I so suaaaaay??" =(

Called Mr Toh after that, and I really wanted to cry then. But I managed to control myself somehow... Only let out a few sniffles here and there. *somewhat strong face*

Now both my knees look like mini waffles covered in chocolate sauce. ="( And they hurt like hell, doesn't matter if I'm sitting or standing. Stinging like shit.

Mr Toh says he'll take a look later. I want SAYANG! And "hu-hu"....

Damn suay today. =(

Updates~

2011-04-24T13:30:00.006+08:00

So, earlier this month, I went for my cervical cancer vaccination, which Crystelle told me about, as we are entitled to Medisave subsidy if we do it before we are 26, luckily my birthday's only in Oct! But the vaccination consists of 3 jabs! It has been a while since I've had any injections, so I was pretty nervous, but it turns out it's not as scary as I imagined it to be! I just hate the soreness that comes after. T_T

Anyway, my next jab is next month, and the final one will be in October. Another piece of news is that I will be going to the dentist next month for braces consultation. *scary... I will be visiting Mr Toh's dentist, Dr Djeng. I like his surname, like "Djeng djeng djeng!" =X But his services are soooooooo ex!! Who knew braces were still so expensive!! Never mind, it's for my own good...

Had dinner with Christina at Cafe Cartel, Dhoby Ghaut after work on 13/04/11.

My Minty Lime Soda.

We had a good chat, it was really good seeing you babe~
We later ordered dessert, and the guy told us to order after 9pm because then we'd be entitled to 50% off, so I also ordered a New York Cheesecake for my Mr Toh.....but.....I forgot to take it when we left!! *facepalm* The box was white, the table was white, the partition was white, it blended in, camouflaged! =( Luckily it's only half price.

So, after my vaccination on 15/04, me and Mr Toh went to Orchard. I had wanted to try the Cold Stone Creamery for weeks! But first, lunch!

We had lunch at F.I.S.H, which was managed by Fish & Co. at the basement of 313 Somerset.

Mushroom soup, thick and creamy, but taste wise, only average.

*love*

My chicken sandwich which was their tea time promotion, $6.90 with a glass of drink. So good! The bread was really yummy and the mayo sauce was delish!

Mr Toh's main, cod fish fillet, which was unevenly cooked, some parts done well, most parts so overcooked. Disappointment.

After that, we headed to Orchard Central for ice cream!!

Mr Toh chose the Founders' favourite, which had brownie bits inside which was so good!

My Cookie Minster with oreos & chocolate fudge! I preferred Mr Toh's. =P

Sat 16/04/11, I decided to do something different. Called Chris to come with me to this exhibition that I saw an advertisement for, it was at the National Museum of Singapore.

After the exhibition, we went for dinner at the nearby Funan IT mall.

@ Shabu Shabu Akashabu.

Waiting for the soup to boil so we can have our shabu shabu! Their black pork slice was damn yummy~!

The sushi is very good! I also loved their wasabi!

Thursday night was Mr Toh's off day, so I met him at NEX after he returned from JB with Andrew.

We had dinner at the Nura restaurant at the 3rd floor.

Cold tofu~ We felt that the sauce was too salty at first, but the dish was good.

Chicken wings! Good too~ Skin was crispy on the outside and the meat was tender on the inside.

My white miso ramen~ Skin was tasty, but Too. Much. Onions.

Mr Toh's miso chashu ramen~

Friday, I went over to Daddy's house.

Look who's a big boy now! Can sit baby walker already!

But he kept biting the 'bapu bapu' horn in front. Lol. T_T

Cutie pie kept smiling at me, but I couldn't manage to snap a pic of him smiling! Lousy photographer me.. T_T

Mr Toh took a day leave on Saturday~ We went grocery shopping at NTUC after lunch at McD. Filet-O-Fish 1 for 1 is love!

We decided to make mango jelly/pudding. Mango juice in da pot!

We used this agar-agar powder! Old school leh, I've been using the same brand since my secondary school days!

Stirring the powder in~ and adding in some evaporated milk~

Mr Toh poking the bubbles.

But this experiment wasn't that successful, the jelly wasn't sweet enough~ And Mr Toh said it's too hard, he wanted something more pudding like....so we'll try harder next time! And we shall succeed!

Anyway, long weekend's over...waiting for the next one!

$_$

2011-03-17T21:12:00.002+08:00

So, Mr Toh started work on the 28/02, and I've been to have lunch with him last Sun and Sat the week before...now my weekends are spent all by myself! Not very used to it.... But it's OK! We have to work really hard for our future together! To clear our debts, have our wedding and to start our own family... =)

Fri 10/03, Mr Toh and Andrew went to the IT fair to buy a few things....after I got off work, I met them and Sis at Suntec for dinner. We shared a cab back with Andrew because he was carrying too many things.

Sat 12/03 was a really quiet day for me. I went to the library in the afternoon to return Mr Toh's books and then went to Daddy's house myself in the evening~ Playtime with Hong Yi! Hahaha~~ He is sooo cute!

Sun 13/03, I met Mr Toh for lunch~ He had the pig organ soup while I had the bak kut teh~ The soup was really flavourful and the meat tender. *drools*
姑姑 had a gathering at her place that night, I was told there was no particular reason for it. I went over first before Mr Toh came after he finished work. The food was yummilicious! But Hong Yi seemed a little cranky, perhaps because of the new environment as he had never been to 姑姑's place.

Good news to share too! We finally got our increment letters last week. Heh. I'm always happy with more money. $_$

Sharing the housework~

2011-03-09T08:27:00.002+08:00

Mr Toh has to wear formal long sleeve shirts to work everyday now. On Monday morning, I realised he didn't have any ironed shirts left, I forgot to iron for him on Sunday! I was in a rush to get to work, so I only ironed 1 shirt that I picked randomly for him first and decided I'd iron the rest when I get home later that night.

While on the phone with him later that day, he said it was as if I was forcing him to wear that shirt because it was the only one that's ironed. Lol...
He also asked me to iron the rest of the shirts that night and he'll change the bedsheets. I said Ok, but I was already planning to do everything myself. A sales job is more tiring than my office job.

When I got home, I rushed to get everything done, then met him for dinner after he reached Hougang. When we got home, he saw I had done everything, he slapped my fat thigh and jokingly accused me of stealing his job. T_T Fine lor, Mr Toh, you like to do housework so much, everything let you do in future! =P

Reached my workplace rather early today and was buying breakfast when I saw my big boss. Turns out we were buying the same thing, lor mai kai 糯米鸡~ Was gonna pay for my food and coffee when the lady boss told me he had already paid for mine too! So paiseh...but so nice too. I know he doesn't read my blog, but if he ever does, thanks boss!

Torrential downpour

2011-03-08T08:30:00.003+08:00

There was such a heavy downpour early today morning! I got woken up by the sound at around 3am plus...and had difficulty sleeping again. T_T It also didn't help that Mr Toh kept kneeing me! I thought it was because I was grinding my teeth.....but I wasn't! I was wide awake already.

Imma take revenge later today!

=X

edit to add (09/03/11): I reenacted the scene for Mr Toh, and he said he remembers feeling cold, but doesn't remember kneeing me. I know! He must be thinking, "I am so cold, why isn't my wife covering me with the blanket?", and knees me once. After a while, he should be thinking, "Damn! I am still cold! Where's the blanket?", and knees me a second time! *faints*
I took my revenge and kneed him while he was sitting at the computer chair, hahahahah.

Random updates

2011-03-07T13:20:00.005+08:00

Some random updates plus stuff that I wanted to keep for future.

Wednesday 23-02-11
Mr Toh accompanied me for breakfast in the morning, then came to meet me for lunch & we had dinner together after work! *happies*

Busy weekend !

Saturday 26-02-11

Sat morning, we accompanied Keqing to Tampines to do some stuff for his poly enrolment, like thumbprint and Singpass. Why SP poly enrollment soooo many things??? I remember when I enrolled in TP, also never so mafan! Luckily Mr Toh was smart to suggest to go to DBS instead of queuing like an idiot at POSB. Hoho.

After that, Keqing left to meet his friends at Pasir Ris and we had brunch at Tori-Q! It was around 11am, there wasn't a lot of people and the food and service is much better. Yums~

Wanted to do a 神圣 thing (Mr Toh's words) and buy Koi to drink but they haven't opened yet. =( Think they opened at 12pm only.

We then went home and took a nap, as we were attending a wedding dinner at Regent later that night.

Met Xiang Ming and Wensheng at Hougang, where Wensheng bought a new pair of leather shoes, as the ones he had split apart earlier. Lol. =X

We took the train to Dhoby Ghaut, Mr Toh had done a search on Google map and saw that there's a direct bus to Regent from there, but we were unsure which direction to take. So when the bus came, we asked the bus driver if this bus goes to Regent, he says yes and he'll tell us when to get off. But as the bus drives along, we got skeptical, because on the GPS map, it shows we were getting further from the hotel! After checking with him again, he thought we were going to Carlton. WTF? Regent and Carlton sounds alike meh??
Nvm, we alighted and took a cab as it was already 8pm. Zzz. When we got there, they were just preparing to walk in for the 1st dish. So still considered not very late lah. Dinner was good, we were seated with Mr Toh's cousin who was the sister of the bride and her sister-in-law's family. Wonder why she wasn't sitting at the VIP table?
Wensheng got bombarded with questions to why he became so fat. =X Xiangming received lots of praise for being 帅. Lol!
We also got bombarded with requests to hold our wedding dinner next year. T_T

After dinner, we got back to Hougang for some tea with the boys and we sat there chatting until 3am plus! Walked home slowly with Mr Toh as my heels were killing me!

Sunday 27-02-11:

We went to pray at 双林寺, Toa Payoh in the early afternoon. While waiting for the lift as we were going out, Mr Toh got a call to go pick up the book he reserved at AMK library. So after praying, we went to AMK for lunch and then to the library.
It is like damn far from the MRT. T_T
I also saw that there's a really nice McD branch with really great ambience, but we had no time to go there as we were waiting at the library for more than 10 mins for the book. Apparently, there was some problems with the reservation but thankfully, it was resolved. If not, we'd have wasted our time getting there.
We then went to Taka to look for my eyebrow pencil, I decided on Shu Uemura (S$35!!) , but I didn't buy it yet.
After that, we headed to Carlton Hotel for a dinner. It was Mr Toh's Grand-Aunt 80th 大寿! Her grandchildren were very sweet, they read a poem for her and they had a cake with a 寿桃 image. The cake was yummy mango! Mr Toh said it reminded him of Emicake's mango cake which was his Mummy's favourite. 三婶 also said the same thing. =)
After dinner, the eldest 姑姑 gave each family a box of Royce Chocolates!! My eyes went O.O when I saw it. I tried some of it at Grandpa's house, it was a light brown box, mild cocoa flavour, I still preferred the green box that Eric always buy for us. =P

Monday 28-02-11

Had a bad start to my day. I used the top up machine to add value to my EZ Link card, but it ate my $10! :( The transaction auto cancelled after I put in the $, printed a receipt but didn't return me the money! Gosh! So pissed off. I had to walk all the way to the other side (this was at Kovan station, it was a long walk from 1 end to the other end) to speak to the customer service. Luckily, the uncle said this often happens (T_T) so he took down my details and topped up the $10 for me. Whew~~

Friday 04-02-11
It was my date night with Mr Toh! It's the only day he gets off since he started his new job on 28/02/11.

I met him at Nex, Serangoon where we caught I Am Number Four. Before that, we had time to spare, so we went for dinner first. We had the teppanyaki which was in the food court on Level 4, IIRC. It was so so only, we will probably not go back again.

My squid.

His pork with chilli and garlic.

The movie was nice, 有美女&帅哥!

John is an extraordinary teen, masking his true identity and passing as a typical high school student to elude a deadly enemy seeking to destroy him. Three like him have already been killed ... he is Number Four. [Source]

I really like the girl that's number 6 though. She's damn cool! Can't wait for the sequel!

Saturday 05-03-11
I met Mr Toh for lunch at his workplace. He recommended this cheesy chicken chop. Damn delish!!

Sunday 06-03-11
Yesterday was Caden's 1st birthday bash! But the birthday boy was rather cranky, I think it was because the weather was very humid and he was tired. I had fun playing with Nicole though. She is sooo adorable!

I went to Mummy's place earlier in the afternoon to help her do some stuff. After that, I took the bus to Aloha Loyang, thank goodness for Google map! It was fairly fast, the whole journey took only 1 hour plus, with 1 bus change in between. When I reached Pasir Ris, I was stuck at the stupid bus stop because it was raining and I did not have an umbrella! T_T Stupid me... I asked Crystelle if she could come out to fetch me, but she didn't know where I was. I think the directions I gave very lousy. Lol. But the rain stopped after that, so I just walked in lah. The food was nice and the cake was very cute. Elmo! I didn't get to carry Caden though. Only Tommy managed to 骗到他. Haha. We left at around 8pm plus and Tommy gave me a ride home, thank you!

Huiyi's Birthday / Lucky!!

2011-02-21T12:10:00.006+08:00

Lucky!!!

I just received a phone call from this company Launch Group, and the nice lady on the other end of the phone informed me that I had won a $40 Jetstar voucher!! She started off by asking if I had participated in a HTC competition, I was like "???". She then said at NEX, and I remembered that me and Mr Toh both had participated in the small competition when we were there last Sunday 13/02! They had a roadshow going with a guy playing classical music on the keyboard and a few people scribbling on this big piece of canvas on the floor. We were just looking when a girl approached us and asked if we wanted to take part in a small lucky draw they had, just fill in the form and answer a simple question, which was to guess what theme were they drawing on the floor. After we filled the form, the girl took a look at our answers and told us we were correct! Lol! So heng heng win a voucher (again!!) today! I wonder if Mr Toh got win anything... But 我脱离不了vouchers的命运! Ok lah, better than nothing. =D

So, yesterday was my sister's birthday, Happy 20th girl!!! We had a small steamboat lunch at home, then she headed off to meet her friends for dinner~ We bought a Pierre Cardin wallet for her, she says she likes it. Hehe.

My aunt with my niece, and Mr Toh yawning in the background.

Or-ni-gu!!!!

Sooo cute!!

She was in a really good mood ytd, when my mom was talking to her, she was smiling and laughing. Lol~

*yawn*

Staring outside the window~

Making her 'Ö' face again, so cute!

Sleepy.... Zzz... My brother says she snores! And she is a little tyrant too. Whenever she gets uncomfortable in your arms, she'll start screaming. And when she is hungry, she starts crying immediately! Never give you time one leh!

Saturday, 19/02, we went to Xiu Hua's house for a gathering, she has kindly invited me and Mr Toh. We were pretty punctual (for once!). =X We left at around 5pm plus, and took a bus to Orchard. Her house's location is so convenient lor!

But it was raining heavily in Orchard. T_T I had wanted to alight at the bus stop outside Tangs, but Mr Toh said to alight at Heeren instead. Later he told me it was because he remembered the distance from Heeren to the bus stop was shorter than at Tangs, and we'll get drenched less that way. Awww...so smart my Mr Toh. Lol!!

We were shopping for a present for my sis at Orchard, as I have Taka, Tangs & Robinsons vouchers!

Before that, we were walking around Heeren waiting for the rain to stop when we saw this Vietnamese coffee shop, Trung Nguyen~ Mr Toh asked if I wanna give it a try and I said yes! How can I say no to coffee?? =P

We ordered 1 cup to share~

This was their Creative One, said to have strong flavour, if I remember correctly.

That is the filter/brewer on top, also known as phin. Mr Toh bought 1 home from Vietnam on his previous trip but we have not given it a try yet. Lol.

The coffee is brewed as it slowly trickles through the pressed coffee powder inside the filter to the cup. Mr Toh said don't order this if you are thirsty, because you might have died from thirst before the coffee is ready. *exaggeration

There is some milk in the bottom of the cup, so once the coffee is done dripping, you only need to give it a good stir, and the coffee's ready!

Inside. The coffee was really rich and robust! I loved it! And no, I did not have trouble sleeping that night. =P

After the coffee, the rain had stopped and we went shopping at Taka then Tangs. Sadly, I discovered that my $40 Robinsons vouchers had expired in Jan 2011!!! So sad. Mr Toh said it was heart wrenching to see me tear the vouchers up and throw them away. T_T

I bought Huiyi a wallet at Taka, then we went to Tangs to try to spend my $50 voucher, luckily they have a Clinique counter there so I was able to buy my moisturiser~ The moisturiser was $42, when I made payment with the $50 voucher, the cashier was like, "Mam, you still have $8 value, don't waste it, you can go that area to see if there is any small items you like, like a coin pouch, etc." So I did go look around and I found a really cute little Perllini pouch for myself! *happy*

A day of shopping without spending any $$, besides on food and drinks that is.

Customer bought a box of emicakes durian puffs for us that day!

Huge durian puffs! They were pretty good, but the ones from Joo Chiat still wins hands down!!

开工宴 @ 风水廷 (Feng Shui Inn @ Crockfords Tower)

2011-02-16T08:30:00.011+08:00

So, yesterday was our 开工宴 at Feng Shui Inn which was located at Crockfords Tower, Resort World Sentosa.

Mr Toh called me around 17:45pm and asked me if I wanted to meet him at Tampines. I T_T? for awhile before reminding him (again, for the 3rd time) that I had my office 开工宴 at night!
He then said he forgot (again) and mentioned that luckily Andrew wanted to meet him at Tampines, if not, he had initially wanted to fetch me after work and was gonna be on his way over to my office. *awww* So sweet and really lucky for him too! If not, he'll make a wasted trip. Forgetful Mr Piggy.

When we were seated, I saw this.

1st time I'm using 3 pairs of chopsticks for chinese food! The long one is for 'yu sheng', the silver one is for public use and the gold one is for personal use. Like, whoa....so mafan! Lol. *suaku*

The yummiest 'yu sheng' I've ever eaten, seriously! All thanks to the generous helping of salmon skin!! *drools*

It was a 10 course dish, I think. We had bamboo clam soup (soup very gao!), peking duck with mexican buns (something different from the usual), prawns (really fresh!!!), scallops with asparagus in XO sauce (also very very yummy & fresh & succulent!), steamed fish (cooked perfectly, their seafood was really good), sweet & sour pork (pork was fried well & the sauce was yummy), duck fried with spring onion and ginger (meat was really tender), almond roasted chicken (crispy skin, but bland meat) & seafood fried rice (awful...mushy rice & tasteless).

Dessert was mango & pomelo sago, which costed $8/head....so expensive!!! It's only mangoes and pomelo leh!!! We had a theory that the mangoes and pomelo must have been airfreight from Japan. =X

Picture of the peking duck with mexican buns! So cute right the buns? Instead of the boring mantou's, they have cute little buns like these~ There was also sugar on top~ Definitely something I have not tried before.

Scallops & asparagus!!

When I got home, I was showing Mr Toh the pictures and telling him how yummy the scallop was, and he said, yes, he know! I was thinking how was that possible when he showed me this.

The silly boy had zoomed into the scallop picture until the scallop filled the whole screen! LOL! He said he can see the juiciness of the scallop. Hahahahaha, I laughed till my sides hurt! Heehee.

Sorry, only have prawn shells.

I only remembered to take a picture after I finished eating. Also, I wasn't very familiar with most of the people at my table. T_T So no more pictures after that. The guys at our table, with the exception of Eric ate very little! And some were also rather fussy, this don't eat, that don't eat, even more fussy than me!! Never mind, that just means more food for us! But almost everyone was so so so full after that.

We started at 7:30pm and ended around 10+pm.....we were so tired after that! Who knew eating could be such a chore??

We also had a mini lucky draw during dinner. Big boss was walking around getting all the directors & random people to pick a name out of the lucky draw bowl.

My winnings! Vouchers (again!! But ok lah, better Taka than Tangs) and a little cash (picked by Gerard). Heng heng ah!! *HUAT AHH!!*

Overall, I really enjoyed the dinner, it was scrumptious~~~

Colleague then sent us back to AMK where it was nearer for us to take a cab, and therefore cheaper too! =)

CNY is officially over!! May the bunny year bring everyone lots of luck, happiness, health & wealth!!!

Jiaxi's Full Month Celebration and 13 February 2011

2011-02-13T21:42:00.010+08:00

On Saturday, we met Mommy, Huiyi and Wilson at Novena to shop for a full month present for Jiaxi!

Didn't really know what to buy...we ended up buying this gym mat toy for her~ After a small meal and drinks, we headed over to AMK. The weather was incredibly hot that day..... T_T

She's getting chubbier!!

Tiny feet in her pretty booties~

Tiny hands! She was decked out in gold man~! So cute, the tiny rings!

She kept pursing her mouth into an "O" shape. So funny!!

Sleepy baby.....what a huge yawn!

Don't know who she was looking at~

Why so grumpy, baby?

Slightly different angle and she looks different!

Getting sleepy again~

Pink and purple pacifier. My favorite colors!

Today (13/02), Mr Toh woke up really early because he slept very early last night while I was attending a colleague's wedding dinner at Sheraton.

When I got home last night, I realised I forgot to bring my keys. (stupid me!) Luckily, Grandpa haven't gone to bed yet....if not I might have to sleep at the staircase outside. =X Mr Toh was half awake at that time, and he said, "看啦, 谁叫你不要带锁匙!". T_T Sleeping still can scold me.

Then the next day, he told me that he couldn't sleep when I wasn't at home beside him, that's why he was awake when I got home. *Awwwww* So sweet! But don't know if he was serious or joking....lol!

Good boy patiently waited for me to wake up (=X), then we headed to Nex for brunch at Swissbake~ Today's our date day. =P

$4.50 Chicken Salad with thousand island dressing. Love the butter lettuce and the croutons!!

$9.90 Chicken Sausage Pizza. Sad to say, it wasn't as nice as it looked. And there was salt mixed in with the pepper flakes! Mr Toh likes to add a lot of pepper flakes to his pizza and it ended up way too salty! T_T Wonder whose stupid idea it was, or whose stupid mistake.

Huge glass of Ice Latte. $4 for 1 glass, but only $5 for a drink and a slice of cake OR a bowl of soup.

We chose the cake because neither of us wanted the salmon chowder soup (yucks!). The latte and cake were both average.

After that, we bought tickets to Green Hornet @ 3:10pm~! We had a lot of time to spare, so Mr Toh brought me to Serangoon Central to look-see, look-see as I had never been there before. He called me a 'suaku'. =(

We also walked around Nex, and went to Pet Safari~! Did you know, their shop has a 2nd floor and that is where all the dogs are??? I didn't know, so suaku!! We saw this 2 really cute chihuahuas in the shop for sale, they added up to almost $3k!! So ex! *faints*

From the 2nd level, there's also an exit to the K9 dog park and a water park area for the children. There was also a dog cafe beside Pet Safari, we saw the most gorgeous golden retriever inside!! Beautiful fur and tail~ But hugeee.

After all that, since we still had time, Mr Toh went for a haircut at Snip Avenue and we headed to the cinema after that~

Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), son and heir to Los Angeles' largest newspaper fortune, is a rich, spoiled playboy who has been happy to maintain a direction-less existence. When his father James Reid (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets an impressive and resourceful company employee, Kato (Jay Chou). They realize that they have the resources to do something worthwhile with their lives and finally step out of James Reid's shadow. Kato builds the ultimate weapon, The Black Beauty, an indestructible car with every weapon imaginable and Britt decides that in order to be heroes, they will pose as villains. With the help of Britt's new secretary, Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz), they learn that the chief criminal in the city is named Benjamin Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). He has united all the gangs under his power, and he quickly sees that the Green Hornet is a direct threat to the prosperous criminal underworld he controls.

Jay Chou is damn cool in this movie, besides his lousy spoken English which makes me wanna laugh every time he opens his mouth! He makes me wanna be the sidekick, Kato instead! But Seth Rogen's character makes me wanna slap him...he was such a dick! =X Overall, I thought the movie was pretty funny. Really enjoyed it.

I saw this really cute Chopper soft toy in the machine at the arcade! Too bad Mr Toh ain't good at this. T_T

Bye bye Chopper~~

After that, we headed for dinner!

*luv luv*

Bio-ing girls. =X

New York Fish & Chip! We had the same dish, hoho.

After a fulfilling dinner, we headed home~ Gonna watch some anime, play a little Facebook and go to bed. It's Monday again. Ganbatte!!

Steamboat Siao!

2011-02-11T13:32:00.004+08:00

We had steamboat dinner for 3 nights consecutively! Thursday at Dad's house, Friday, at Dad's house again (just us, Dad and Auntie) as we didn't finish the food on Thursday. Then Saturday at Sis's house, which is kinda a yearly tradition for us. Heh. The food was really good too, with yummy meat balls and pig intestine that Godma cooked!

Sunday night, we just 'nua' at home.

Monday, we got off work earlier~ Boss declared we could go off at 5:45pm, better than nothing! So I booked tickets to watch Mr & Mrs Incredible, 神奇侠侣 at the recommendation of Eric!

Love is never meant to be an easy matter -- especially for superheroes.

Huan aka the Gazer Warrior (Louis Koo) falls in love with Red aka the Aroma Woman (Sandra Ng) during a superhero standoff. But life as a superhero means little time for each other. Getting tired of their busy vigilante lifestyle, they decide to retreat to a small village and start a family together.

Five years have passed. Huan and Red seem to be living a quiet and happy life. But once you were a superhero, there is no way out.

Louis Koo is damn shuai! It's really funny, and the storyline was kinda touching too. [Source]

Before the movie started, we went for dinner at Kim Gary~ We both ordered the same dish, Korean noodles with spiced pork dice. Yummy~!

Gonna be really busy this coming weekend. Jiaxi's full month + Emily's wedding + going to the temple to pray (补运)~

Happy Lunar New Year 兔 everyone!

2011-02-04T11:36:00.012+08:00

1st Feb 2011.
After work, I met Mr Toh at Nex for dinner, some shopping and a movie! I only bought a denim skirt though. Try as I could, I just didn't find any nice sandals.....I find the styles trending now really garish and just not my type....

We caught Solomon Kane, it was pretty gory, the storyline was quite interesting and I certainly didn't expect the ending. We had our dinner at Texas Chicken, need to remind myself never to eat their chicken burgers. T_T. It wasn't hot and it didn't taste nice at all..... *sigh*

I also got myself a new phone, like finally!!

My new phone~

Motorola Defy MB525

So, this year's CNY Eve on 2nd Feb, I got off work at 1pm. We had our reunion dinner at Mommy's house in the early evening, then we rushed back to Ah Gong's home for "yu sheng"!

As usual, a few people lost their chopsticks again. LOL!

The huge plate of "yu sheng". (Pic taken from Yuan Xin)

Mr Toh bullying Hong Yi. =X

His onesie says "Attention Seeker". LOL!

Yesterday was the first day of CNY, and we went to Grandma's house to bai nian~

She still has trouble remembering us, but she wasn't as thin as last year, and she seems to have a good appetite, which is good!

Mr Toh (aka Mr Ang Bao) watching TV

Leah, looking satisfied after sis-in-law changed her diaper which was literally full of shit. Eeew! Lol!

She looks so chubby from this angle! I still don't dare to carry her though. T_T

Big fat 萝卜 to welcome the Rabbit year at Grandma's House!

We were gonna have dinner at Dad's house, so we invited Huiyi and Wilson too~ Wilson dropped us off at Potong Pasir and we went back to Kovan to buy steamboat supplies for dinner at Dad's house~ Xiangming and Wensheng came to help us.

Dinner was good! The soup which Dad prepared was super yummy~! After a very fulfilling dinner, we left and walked back home~ Most of the family, including Ah Gong has left for their Penang trip, hope they have lots of fun!!

Here's wishing all my friends and family an abundance of wealth, health and happiness for this Rabbit Year. HUAT ah!!!

Hilarious post!

2011-01-03T15:13:00.004+08:00

From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.15am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Poster

Hi
I opened the screen door yesterday and my cat got out and has been missing since then so I was wondering if you are not to busy you could make a poster for me. It has to be A4 and I will photocopy it and put it around my suburb this afternoon.

This is the only photo of her I have she answers to the name Missy and is black and white and about 8 months old. missing on Harper street and my phone number.
Thanks Shan.

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.26am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
That is shocking news. Luckily I was sitting down when I read your email and not half way up a ladder or tree. How are you holding up? I am surprised you managed to attend work at all what with thinking about Missy out there cold, frightened and alone... possibly lying on the side of the road, her back legs squashed by a vehicle, calling out "Shannon, where are you?"
Although I have two clients expecting completed work this afternoon, I will, of course, drop everything and do whatever it takes to facilitate the speedy return of Missy.

Regards, David.

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.37am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Poster

yeah ok thanks. I know you dont like cats but I am really worried about mine. I have to leave at 1pm today.

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.17am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
I never said I don't like cats. Once, having been invited to a party, I went clothes shopping beforehand and bought a pair of expensive G-Star boots. They were two sizes too small but I wanted them so badly I figured I could just wear them without socks and cut my toenails very short. As the party was only a few blocks from my place, I decided to walk. After the first block, I lost all feeling in my feet. Arriving at the party, I stumbled into a guy named Steven, spilling Malibu & coke onto his white Wham 'Choose Life' t-shirt, and he punched me. An hour or so after the incident, Steven sat down in a chair already occupied by a cat. The surprised cat clawed and snarled causing Steven to leap out of the chair, slip on a rug and strike his forehead onto the corner of a speaker; resulting in a two inch open gash. In its shock, the cat also defecated, leaving Steven with a wet brown stain down the back of his beige cargo pants. I liked that cat.
Attached poster as requested.

Regards, David.

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.24am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

yeah thats not what I was looking for at all. it looks like a movie and how come the photo of Missy is so small?

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.28am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
It's a design thing. The cat is lost in the negative space.

Regards, David.

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.33am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Thats just stupid. Can you do it properly please? I am extremely emotional over this and was up all night in tears. you seem to think it is funny. Can you make the photo bigger please and fix the text and do it in colour please. Thanks.

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.46am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

Dear Shannon,
Having worked with designers for a few years now, I would have assumed you understood, despite our vague suggestions otherwise, we do not welcome constructive criticism. I don't come downstairs and tell you how to send text messages, log onto Facebook and look out of the window. I am willing to overlook this faux pas due to you no doubt being preoccupied with thoughts of Missy attempting to make her way home across busy intersections or being trapped in a drain as it slowly fills with water. I spent three days down a well once but that was just for fun.
I have amended and attached the poster as per your instructions.

Regards, David.

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.59am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

This is worse than the other one. can you make it so it shows the whole photo of Missy and delete the stupid text that says missing missy off it? I just want it to say lost.

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.14am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.21am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster

yeah can you do the poster or not? I just want a photo and the word lost and the telephone number and when and where she was lost and her name. Not like a movie poster or anything stupid. I have to leave early today. If it was your cat I would help you. Thanks.

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.32am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Awww

Dear Shannon,
I don't have a cat. I once agreed to look after a friend's cat for a week but after he dropped it off at my apartment and explained the concept of kitty litter, I kept the cat in a closed cardboard box in the shed and forgot about it. If I wanted to feed something and clean faeces, I wouldn't have put my mother in that home after her stroke. A week later, when my friend came to collect his cat, I pretended that I was not home and mailed the box to him. Apparently I failed to put enough stamps on the package and he had to collect it from the post office and pay eighteen dollars. He still goes on about that sometimes, people need to learn to let go.
I have attached the amended version of your poster as per your detailed instructions.

Regards, David.

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.47am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Awww

Thats not my cat. where did you get that picture from? That cat is orange. I gave you a photo of my cat.

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.58am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Awww

I know, but that one is cute. As Missy has quite possibly met any one of several violent ends, it is possible you might get a better cat out of this. If anybody calls and says "I haven't seen your orange cat but I did find a black and white one with its hind legs run over by a car, do you want it?" you can politely decline and save yourself a costly veterinarian bill.
I knew someone who had a basset hound that had its hind legs removed after an accident and it had to walk around with one of those little buggies with wheels. If it had been my dog I would have asked for all its legs to be removed and replaced with wheels and had a remote control installed. I could charge neighbourhood kids for rides and enter it in races. If I did the same with a horse I could drive it to work. I would call it Steven.

Regards, David.

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.07pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Awww

Please just use the photo I gave you.

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.22pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.34pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

I didnt say there was a reward. I dont have $2000 dollars. What did you even put that there for? Apart from that it is perfect can you please remove the reward bit. Thanks Shan.

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.42pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.51pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

Can you just please take the reward bit off altogether? I have to leave in ten minutes and I still have to make photocopies of it.

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From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.56pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

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From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 1.03pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

Fine. That will have to do.

LOL!!!

[Source]

What I did in 2010.

2010-12-31T16:41:00.004+08:00

So, 2010 was a really quiet year for me.

We held our sports themed D&D at Marina Mandarin. I donated $ to the Hope for Haiti program, it might not be a big deal to you, but it is to me!

We went to Pulau Ubin to watch the race! I last went there about 15 years ago. O.O Man, am I feeling old... T_T

Got lucky in my office's CNY lucky draw and won $50! I know, it's only $50, but better than nothing.

Went to Taiwan for the 1st time with Mr Toh! Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves! I wanna go back again and do more touristy stuffs this time!!

We celebrated Mothers' Day at Chye Lai Curry Fish Head which was opposite the Sembawang Shopping Centre. I think I haven't been there for about 12 years??

Attended the first vegetarian wedding lunch ever at Pan Pacific.

We moved office! A bigger and nicer one~ But also further from the MRT station. T_T

Christina invited us to the MBS skypark to relax~ The view is A-MA-ZING!

Mr Toh and I attended the F1 event for the 1st time ever, for free! All thanks to free tix from Chris~!

Had a company dinner at Basilico @ Regent. Umm, bad choice.

World cup!

Celebrated my birthday this year with the family @ Bei Sheng Seafood Yishun again. Hah, we love the food there~

We welcomed a new member to the Toh family! Adorable baby Hong Yi!

Went to Bangkok & Chiangmai for a holiday with Do and Chris!

And we welcomed another new member to our Lim family. My brother's daughter, 我做姑姑了!!!
I still don't know her name though. Lol.

So, this year was about revisiting old places and welcoming new members!

Here's to a better year ahead to everyone!

Happy New Year 2011!!

2010-12-31T08:50:00.006+08:00

There's still about 15 more hours, but I'm here to wish everyone a Happy New Year 2011 first!

This marks the end of a decade...

Seriously, where did the time go to?!

Anyway, let's all hope for more good things to happen to us in 2011!

我做姑姑了!!!!

2010-12-28T18:40:00.001+08:00

Guess what?? I have officially become a 姑姑!! My sister-in-law gave birth on Boxing Day, 26 December 2010.

They chose not to know the gender of the baby before she gave birth so it was a surprise to them. And.....it's a girl!!

She looks soooooooo cute! But she also looks ALOT like my brother! Mommy commented that baby was asleep the whole time when she was there.

I am super curious to know what her name will be.....as she has a malay mommy and a chinese daddy.....hee.

That's 2 babies for our families within this year! Baby rabbits~

Christmas 2010

2010-12-26T11:27:00.012+08:00

So, I don't celebrate Christmas, but we had an unofficial gifts-for-everyone session going on at the office, so I bought a little something for everyone~

Wrapped all of it myself, except for that Royce box.

Eric's gift, cute little miniature perfume~

Irene's gift, Winne the USB fan. So cute!

Karol's gift, furry slippers! Very warm and cosy. xD

Piglet cushion/soft toy? from a customer who is away for the holidays but got his colleague to pass our gifts to Eric. So nice!

Naraya pouch from Brandon, always good to have an extra pouch. Cute precious moments stuffed pillow from another customer. She specifically said there are only gifts for the girls, haha!

Mini Forever Friends drawer from Kat. It's pink! 'Nuff said. Haha!

Adorable door stopper from Weiliang! Useful to have around at home~

Pink capsules ear phones from Don. I had actually wanted to get a pair of cute ear phones for ages, but my phone's not compatible with other ear phones and I don't have an mp3 player, so I couldn't justify spending $ on it. Now I got it for a Xmas gift! Shows that I've been nice this year? Lol!

Little piglet in an airtight container from Steven. So 'wu xim' (got heart)! He knows I like Piglet. 1st thing Imma store in that container? Cookies!

Super cute mini fan from a customer! He gave me, Irene and Weiliang each a gift, which he passed to Eric. And Eric just randomly passed it to us. Weiliang then opened the one he got, and out came this pink little thing and he was really puzzled why did the customer buy such a cute little thing for him?! Turns out....that was for me, because I noticed Irene's name on the gift I got, and Weiliang's name on the gift Irene got. The gifts got mixed up because Eric didn't see the names. Haha......ended up Weiliang got a mini fan in the form of a blue spotted mushroom boy, so cute! But if only this gift came 3 months earlier, I could have used it in Bangkok. Lol.

Was on leave on Wednesday. It was my Daddy's death anniversary, I went home to help my mom with the praying. After that, accompanied Mr Toh to Tampines where he went back to work and I went to City Hall to buy Eric's gift - Royce Chocolate Potato Chips, cause he's a big fan of Royce.

I wanted to go the the outlet at Raffles City Shopping Centre which is at City Hall, but I kept thinking that I had to alight at Raffles City. T_T Moments after I alighted, I realised I should have gotten off at City Hall instead....stupid me!

After that boo-boo, I managed to get to the right place and found the shop after a little navigation. Never realised that the basement of Raffles City Shopping Center is quite huge and so confusing. T_T

I bought an extra box for Mr Toh to try. I left it on the computer table in the paper bag still, and when he came home, he saw the paper bag, and it looked empty from the outside, so he asked me, "Why you never buy for me?". T_T Told him to look in the bag, of course I'd buy it for him to try! I love sharing good stuff with him. *muacks*

After he tried the chips a few days later, he commented that they are very addictive but he prefers their nama chocolate. Well, darling, I'll try to keep that in mind next time. :P

On Christmas Eve, Santa Eric strikes again! A little Royce chocolates for everyone! I finished the nutty bar by myself in the office, it was delicious! Then I brought home the cookies for Mr Toh to try. We both loved it, it was really delicious and had a great flavour to it. *drool*

This year's Christmas at the office was really quiet. No buffet lunch, no log cakes, no lucky draw. =( No restaurant lunch for our own company too. =(( And we could only leave at 4:30pm, ok lah, better than nothing, I know. AND it was raining cats and dogs when we left.....thank goodness Eric gave us a lift to the MRT station. We love Eric!

Christmas Eve night, we went to Sis house for a little gathering. Kelvin whipped up a little something something for us to eat~

Mussels with cheese and fish roe. Damn nice!!! I don't eat mussels at all because I think they're damn fishy but this dish really changed my perspective! Yummy!

Fried some mushrooms and cheese sausages.

Our little spread. We bought the chicken wings and onion rings from Kovan. =D

After eating, we had a little wine, watched some CSI & Criminal Minds on Fox. I concussed and fell asleep on the sofa after 1am, I think. While they continued chatting until 2plus and we took a cab home. It was an enjoyable night. =) Thank you~

On Christmas day, we went to catch Yogi Bear the movie!

I found it really entertaining, but no one else thought so...lol. T_T After the movie, we went for dinner at Pizza Hut. Surprisingly, I really liked their Cheesy 7 - Christmas edition pizza. But I could only have 1 slice, any more than that, and it would have been too heavy. I also just realised that we ordered garlic bread yesterday, but it never came. I wonder what happened.

We left shortly after that to join Andrew and Shiyuan for Tron @ Nex! There was a slight mis-communication about the movie timing, we heard it as 9:50pm when it was actually 10:50pm, so we rushed to take a cab down to Nex to meet them at 9pm, but turns out the movie's only at 10:50pm. We only realised it at ard 10pm...lol. Sotongs.

The storyline was a little confusing but the effects were fabulous. Very cool movie.

After the movie, we walked to 7 star coffeeshop along Upper Serangoon Rd for supper and then walked home~

So that's how I spent my Christmas in 2010.

Hope ya'll had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Bangkok & Chiangmai Trip - 03/10/10 to 09/10/10

2010-11-28T13:24:00.001+08:00

Finally!! I've finally finished uploading the pictures on Blogger..

So! We met at an ungodly hour....Mr Toh & me took a cab to Tampines to fetch Christina, then we met Doreen at the airport. I think we met at around 6plus in the morning as our flight was at 7am+...... Waaaay tooo early! But it's all good, that way we don't waste any time!

Our tickets~ Flying Jetstar~

On the plane! Chris with her ticket.

Here's me with mine, sitting in my favourite window seat. =D

And Doreen~

We were seated quite in front...I think we were in the 6th or 9th row.

Us~~

& our feet. =X

The sun was shining BRIGHTLY~ Wonderful weather to start our trip with!

Look at the rays of sunshine~

Filling up the forms.

Chris looking VERY happy. Haha!

Christina's adorable pen!

Crazy women! Hahhaa! This was taken during landing...lol!

I don't even know what to say... =X

We have arrived in Bangkok!! At 8:30am Bangkok time. Gawd...so early!

Me & Chris!

Christina's ever ready for a picture! This picture was taken while we were walking...lol!

Me & Chris~

Doreen & Chris~

Doreen & me!

While waiting for our airport transfer~

We reached our hotel really early, around 9am plus Bangkok time. We were staying at the Le Fenix hotel @ Sukhumvit area.

Luckily they let us check in first, so we went up to our room to put our luggage and get ready for Chatuchak!!

The hotel provides a complimentary tuk-tuk service to the nearest BTS Skytrain station.

Us on the hotel tuk-tuk~~

Our driver~

This was the station nearest to our hotel, about 10min walk? Nana station.

We bought the BTS card, since we'll be staying at Bangkok for 4 days.

Our BTS model. =X

Towards Mo Chit~

Yummy fried chicken at the roadside stall outside of Chatuchak market. Three of us shared 1 drum, Doreen was in charge of feeding us. =X

I wanted to bring the girls to the fabulous pasta stall that me and Mr Toh had the previous time we were here, but....I couldn't remember which area it was at....so we gave up and anyhow chose a place to sit and eat.

Weather was *VERY* hot. T_T

2 things that saved our lives, ice cold water and Doreen's portable handheld fan! In pink color some more!

Chicken fried rice or 'lice' as the locals say it. =X Not nice at all.

Pad thai, slightly better....but still, meh.

We sat down for a drink of sweet cold orange juice!

Not yet ready.

There we go....what a nice picture. =X

Our resident model advertising the yummy orange juice. 150baht for 1 big bottle that 3 of us shared. xD

Model No. 2. 100% orange juice!

We left at around 3pm+, as we couldn't take it anymore. Too hot and bothered.

Passed by this Man U bar on our walk back to Le Fenix from the BTS. Pardon me, for I look like sh*t.

View from our room, I think. =X

We went back to the hotel and went for a swim at the hotel's indoor pool~ More like soaking in the water for me lah. But it was shiok, like our private pool, cos there was no else there for the entire time! Haha.

After that, we went out for dinner at this local eatery along Sukhimvit, that was between Asok BTS and Rex Hotel. They had fabulous braised duck! Or was it goose? I can't tell. T_T After dinner, we went for foot massage, but before that, we got waylaid at a Naraya shop! Bought some items for colleagues and myself~

We had a 1 hour foot and shoulder massage and it was damn shiok until I fell asleep! But Doreen's masseuse wasn't very good, she didn't understand what 'softer' meant, and Do was in pain. T_T

After the massage, we took a cab back to the hotel, 43 baht only, damn cheap!! I love Bangkok! Haha~!

Early the next day, me and Do woke up for a half day tour of Bangkok~

Breakfast~! Me pouring milk in my coffee or tea? Can't remember. =X

My plate looks empty....lol.

Now that's what I call a sumptuous breakfast!

Beautiful watermelon carving.

Her favourite eggs~

The restaurant was empty! Look at her jump! Lol!

No jumping for me. :P

Their legal smoking age is 20?! I didn't know that.

We saw this ad from afar and from that angle, thought that it was a real person sitting on the tree!

On the bus on our way to half day tour!

Our cute guide!

Gorgeous Buddha statue.

The beautiful interior of the temple.

Next stop: Another temple, 1 that I had visited with Mr Toh before!

A&W @ Pantip Plaza~~~!!

While waiting for the girls to come out from the ladies room, they took this picture and said they were gonna send it to Mr Toh, saying see how much I bought! When more than half of it was theirs! Bullies!

Dinner @ Chili Culture~!

Having drinks, a chillout session at our hotel's rooftop bar~

My mojito~ Yummeh!

Wth is a banana club?!

Going to Chiangmai!!!

A very kind and friendly Caucasian man took these pictures for us and had me return the favour by taking a picture of him and his wife with his huge ass DSLR camera. I was so stressed. T_T

Chris wanted to take this picture with the toilet sign. T_T

I LOVE this picture!!

Ohai Chiangmai!

Our cozy little hotel!

Even a little hotel like this has a 42inch LCD TV! I want!

Us on the Red Bus to the town central~ We didn't see much tuk tuks around though.

Dinner! Yummy pad thai!

Starfish!

Half a starfish.

The other half. =X

Sawadeeka~

Mobile ATM. So interesting!

Where is my breakfast!?

Freshly squeezed orange juice~!

Pancakes~

Om nom nom nom~

Scary elephant ride. :(

Our elephant trainer has a wicked sense of humor. He waved bye to us after helping us take these pictures. Thankfully he came to his senses and didn't abandon us. Lol.

Ox cart riding. Feels safer than elephant riding cos we are SO much nearer to the ground!

Village women preparing to go bamboo rafting.

@ Butterfly & orchid farm

So cheap!! 12 baht only!

Ice cold towels that looked like buns.

Delicious Blueberry cheesecake!

Warm chocolate cake with ice cream.

Yummy curry puff!!

Blurry but successful shot.

Breakfast the next day~ I tried the Waffles! Not too bad...very homey feel!

Went to the famous temple on top of the mountain.

Super adorable tribal girl who took a picture with me after I gave her 10 baht. She was singing earlier but didn't understand a single word. T_T

Super enchanted by the bling bling giraffe on Doreen's necklace and almost didn't want to let go. Lol!

Super hot day.......almost couldn't keep my eyes open.

Super early birthday cake! Thanks babes!!

Notice the shop behind has an APPLE sign?

Super Doreen!

My loots~

Doreen's~

Advertisement for the yummy tea in Oriental Bangkok!

Us 3 girls ventured out to the place where we had dinner the 1st night! Missed the duck (or goose?) meat a lot!!

Chilling out at the bar of another hotel, bar name is Long Table.

My hot chocolate~

Doreen's mojito!

Christ's baileys.

Love all the little quotes on these little cards around our MOBKK room.

Going for lunch with Christ's MOBKK colleague, who has so nicely invited us.

Everything was delicious except for this little dinosaur egg thingy, it had a really weird taste that I couldn't get over.

What you see when you first step into the restaurant. So majestic looking.

Last day before flying back to Singapore! We went out to get manis and pedis! We also managed to get a late check out until 6pm! All thanks to Christina's colleague. So nice! Haha.

Mani/Pedi @ Silom Complex, next to Sala Daeng BTS Station!

Last meal at BKK, at the airport.

Bye Bangkok! I will be back, don't miss me!

Photo uploading in progress

2010-11-25T13:40:00.003+08:00

It is such a pain in the a** to upload photos to Blogger. I can only upload 5 at a time, and I have 500+ to upload from our Bangkok and Chiangmai trip!!

*argh*

Why can't Blogger have a photo upload feature like Facebook?!

Hong Yi - 07/11/2010

2010-11-08T13:19:00.005+08:00

Went to Dad's house for a short while yesterday after dinner, to see baby and also to pass Dad something.

He just had his milk, once Auntie put him on this rocker, his eyes were wide open.

Still a little sleepy looking.

"Ah...why is the light so bright?" *squint*

"Hmmm, what is this auntie trying to do?"

"Haha, she is so funny." Was playing with him when he smiled so big~ Soo cute!

Looking at Huimin....

Then started smiling and laughing. Ahhh....sooo cute!!

I'm sorry.

2010-11-01T21:04:00.002+08:00

I'm sorry I'm such a lousy person. I shouldn't have lost my temper at you, I should have paid more attention to you.

But is it too late now to say sorry, is it? I really hope it's not.

I just want you to be safe. No matter what has happened, please be safe, PLEASE. Nothing else matters as long as you are safe.

Just as long as you are safe and come back, I will change. Please give me, and us another chance. Nothing must happen to you. How can I answer to him if anything happens to you?

I am truly sorry...we miss you a lot, and we love you, always.

Please, please come back...

ECC Nite Jamboree 2010: Burung Hantu Ride - 30th October

2010-11-01T12:03:00.003+08:00

Was at the ECC Malacca night race on Saturday, we were there as sponsors, and had a booth displayed there too. Will try to get some photos to post here...we were really busy and I wasn't the designated photographer so I didn't have much time to take pictures.

I did video part of the fireworks display though.

Sooo pretty!!! I didn't even know there were gonna be fireworks until I heard the sounds, heh. What a treat. =D

Newest addition to the Toh family!

2010-10-25T13:04:00.008+08:00

Say Hi to the newest (and I daresay, cutest!) addition to the Toh Family!

Toh Hong Yi, born on 25/09/10. Sleepy face...he loves this chair, was napping on it for hours.

Dad held his full month celebration yesterday. We were a little late getting there as we had a few things to buy.

Big Toh with Small Toh. =X

I super love this photo! Hong Yi's expression is soooo cute! Ain't he just precious?

Fake "全家福". LOL!

This is from us to him~ We had wanted to buy an anklet for him, but gold prices are ridiculously high nowadays! So we settled for this pendant. Cute eh? Comes with a free Baby Mickey plush toy too! He is gonna be a blissful little baby, with 4 big brothers to dote on him! Hee.

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Outfit of the Day - 21/10/2010

2010-10-22T13:47:00.003+08:00

This was what I wore yesterday when a colleague asked why I slimmed down, is it because my job is too stressful. I don't know if he was playing a fool...but I think he is either blind or my outfit works wonders!

Both pieces were bought in Bangkok~! The top is only 95 baht! So cheap! And I loved the detailing on the neckline. When I first saw it, I really liked it! But I seldom wear tank tops now, so I curbed the temptation. But in the end, I still bought it, as Doreen also had a few that she had her eye on, and if we combine our purchases, the price is cheaper!

You can't really see the detail on the skirt, but there is actually a bow on the left side of it. I super love this skirt too! We had such a hard time finding a stall that sells skirts! Lots of stalls were selling shorts, but no skirts! But luckily, we managed to find the stall after all, and I bought 2 similar skirts~

Bruno Mars!

2010-10-21T20:42:00.004+08:00

He has totally captivated me with his songs and his voice. I usually prefer male singers with deeper voices, but I don't know why I am so enamored with him!

Perhaps it's the meaningful lyrics of his songs, perhaps it's his cute face or perhaps it's the way he plays the piano. *swoon*

This is his super famous hit, Just The Way You Are.

New single playing on radio! Grenade.

I'm just gonna flood this post with his song videos!

Another great song, Talking To The Moon.

All She Knows.

Again.

Ok, that's enough. I super love his music and his style! Go check out his album and his website here!

Belated birthday cake!

2010-10-18T21:25:00.004+08:00

We had KFC for lunch today at the office for my birthday. Eric's treat. :D Craving for KFC egg tarts for quite a while already, and we had it yesterday! Wee! But I'd recommend having it at the restaurant itself, because for takeaways, it got cold. T_T

But what I did not expect was a cake! Durian cake some more! Irene bought it, and poor her hates durian! What a sacrifice!

Also got another angbao today! Wee!

Received lots of well wishes and love this year. Thanks to each and everyone of you for the presents, angbaos, delicious meals and well wishes! I love all of you! *hugs*

Birthday celebration officially over! Not sure if I am looking forward to next year or not...haha..

Happy Birthday to Me!

2010-10-17T21:29:00.005+08:00

Wee! It's my birthday today! Kinda bittersweet though...it just means I am getting older! *argh* But it's OK...it's something that is inevitable, so why not make the best out of it? Hee.

I had my birthday cake in Bangkok, dear Christina and Doreen bought it for me and surprised me with it. While waiting for the hotel staff to send up the candles, Chris had to hide in the bathroom area and Doreen had to keep me from going in, hahaha. I kinda suspected something was up though, so they weren't very successful with the surprise. LOL. But I really appreciate the gesture.

Then, I received my 1st birthday present last Monday from Doreen. Loved it so much!

Friday evening, Sis and Kelvin treated me to dinner at Fish & Co at Suntec, thank you so much!!

Then Saturday evening, Mommy treated us to dinner @ Bei Sheng Seafood at Yishun and even gave me an angbao! Using C&S Lines angbao some more, so supportive! Hee!
Then I passed her the perfume I bought for her at duty free and also the stuff I took from the hotels. Hahahahha, so 'auntie' right?! =X

Had a really simple and quiet day today at the movies, caught Detective Dee, it is good! Great acting and good storyline.

Happy Birthday to me again. =)

Holiday / More mooncakes / Birthday pressie!

2010-10-12T12:13:00.013+08:00

Wee! I am back from Thailand! It was a long trip, but it was fun. We wanna go back Chiangmai!!! There are still many things we have not tried yet!

Anyway, during this trip, I found a miracle product for my oily face! Doreen was very nice to lend me her sunblock everyday. And I found that after applying the sunblock, my face was not oily or shiny at all even after the whole day out! Amazing!

Ta-daaaaa, the miracle sunblock! I am so gonna buy it!

Picture taken from here.

I realise I still have mooncake pictures to post! Mooncake eating in the office.

Eric bought Häagen-Dazs® ice cream mooncakes!!!

Yummy! Our absolute favourite!

Durian mooncakes from Carlton, it was also very nice!

*drools*

Here's a little preview of the photos during our holiday in Thailand!

Bangkok hotel room! Le Fenix @ Sukhumvit.
The room was quite big, and it was very clean. No bathtub though. The hotel was really modern, we loved this hotel! It is only about 5-10 mins walk from Nana BTS station.

Look at the chio 32" white LCD Samsung TV! I almost wanted to bring this back to Singapore, but it didn't fit in my luggage. Haha.

Our hotel at Chiangmai also had a 32" Samsung LCD TV!

Beautiful orchids at the Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep in Chiangmai. It is a temple on top of the mountain. Abundant fresh air there!

Our last night at Bangkok, we went to the Long Table~ Superb view! Loved the music there too. The DJ was rather cute, hehe.

Me in their toilet! Wearing the new top & bag I bought the day before. Ran out of clothes already. Heehee.

Yesterday after work, Doreen suddenly sms-ed me asking where I was and told me she had something to pass to me. I thought it was the CD of our Thailand trip photos, but she passed me a Citigems paper bag and a plastic bag. She said it's for my birthday. Aww....so sweet of her! The plastic bag contained a guava. A sweet guava, which was different from a normal guava. I had introduced it to her when we were at Chiangmai, and she liked it. When she saw it selling at BKK airport, she bought 8 of it home, saying she wanted to buy it back for her dad...so filial! And she gave 1 to me, knowing I liked it as well!

My 1st birthday pressie this year.

Lookie what's inside! It's so pretty! I love it! I felt kinda paiseh that she went to the expense, but....still, I felt very happy and touched.

Seriously, I am thankful for such great friends.

More photos to come~

Videos of F1!

2010-09-27T16:57:00.006+08:00

I was testing the camera of the Bb. Hee hee.

Video of Turn 12.

2nd video of Turn 12.

F1! Vroooom!

2010-09-27T12:36:00.009+08:00

On Thursday night, we had a small farewell dinner for our accounts who's leaving at the end of this month. *sad :(

We went to Basilico @ Regent. There was an appetizer and dessert buffet. For main course, we get to choose 1 item from their special menu of about 10 items. Sad to say, the Italian food wasn't to our liking. T_T

Appetizers. The smoked duck was really the only good thing I liked about their appetizers. The scallops and prawns were very fresh but...it wasn't very memorable. The ham was of course nice, who can screw up ham?!

My main course, Saffron Risotto with Pan Seared Foie Gras and Barbaresco Wine Reduction.
I was so disappointed with the foie gras! =( I felt that either the rice overpowered the foie gras or it was just not cooked well. There was no taste of the heavenly foie gras that I know and love.

Dessert! This was the highlight of the night. The tiramisu in the small cup was heavenly! So was the vanilla gelato with granola...yummy!

Wine that Eric ordered for us~ At $110 a bottle, it was pretty good.

On Friday afternoon, Chris called me and asked what was I doing that night. I thought she was gonna ask me out, but turns out she had tickets to F1 that night and asked if me and Alex were interested in going. I checked with Alex, and the first thing out of his mouth was "Need to pay?". LOL! He said yes, he was interested to go for the experience, so I met up with Chris that night when she passed me the tickets and 2 set of earplugs. When Mr Toh saw the earplugs, he asked if it was necessary, as he didn't think he'd need it. When we were inside, he couldn't take it after the 4th or 5th car passed as his ears were starting to hurt, so he put on the earplugs. Teaches us not to be 'gei kiang'.

While waiting for Christina, I walked around and they had this car on display.

We had dinner at Yoshinoya, after that, Chris went back to work and off we went to Zone 4!

Our tickets~

Bright lights a-shining!

Us sitting at the free standing seats~

After we realised there was no races from 8:30pm to 9:30pm, we went for a stroll~~

Peacock girls! =X So many people clamoring around them for a photo.

Missy Elliot concert! We didn't go in as it was sooo crowded.

We also saw a lot of antique cars on display.

One of my favourites! Gorgeous Rolls Royce!

So cute! I nicknamed it Green Bean.

Me with Green Bean.

Everyone, meet Red Bean! Lol!

Me and Red Bean, sooo cute right?

Our vantage point! @ Turn 12. This was a good spot! Can see the cars clearly!

Us! We were early so we had good positions!

I must mention that there was this guy with a bigass DSLR standing next to me and he was fucking irritating lah!! I was already standing beside this board, and he had to squeeze in next to me. Ok nvm, I let you stand, then as the cars zoomed by, his fucking camera lens kept hitting me in the head when he was trying to capture the cars! Like, OMG lah. Soooo irritating!! Granted, he did say sorry, BUT the experience was ruined. Thanks a lot for that. I was thankful that I did not pay for those tickets, if not, it's such a fucking waste. There was a lady standing beside Mr Toh who kept pushing him with her bag, trying to make space for her bf/hubby/whatever. If you want a good spot, come earlier lah! What is wrong with these people?!

After a while, we left to explore more. The road by the Esplanade, so pretty!

Mr Toh checking the map to see if we were still in Zone 4 when we were denied entrance to the area on the other side of Cavenagh Bridge. Turns out they were having a private function.

Us at another part of the track, which was straight. The cars were so fast that we couldn't even recognize what team they were from. I could only tell Red bull's car apart from the rest.

Me~

Behind us was this view! Gorgeous!

We left at around 10plus, as we did not want to be caught in the human jam later. It was already crowded enough.

Mr Toh.

Thus ends our F1 adventure.

Saturday, Mr Toh had a delivery to make, I waited for them in the van for almost 2 hours! Butt sore, legs fell asleep. T_T

Sunday, we went to Mommy's house and stayed there till evening, then we went home and bought Honey Chicken chop at the pasar malam stall at Hougang interchange. It was delish! Delish enough for my Mr Toh to say that it is one of the best ones he have tried before!

Nothing much happened, we have very boring weekends. Hee. But I love it~!

Skypark & Mooncakes

2010-09-20T13:14:00.006+08:00

Over the weekend, we went to Marina Bay Sands on Saturday! Not to stay though....Christina was staying there, and she invited us to visit the Skypark since her room card could sign 4 people up for free. If not, we'd have to pay $20 on normal days.

While waiting for Christina to come fetch us to her room~ we saw this model of the MBS, chio!

The view from the hotel room. Awesome....it'd be more awesome once the construction work is done.

Corridor~

View from the lift lobby up on the 40th floor. Postcard worthy!!

At the Skypark, Mr Toh looks very happy, cos many bikini babes. Lol!

Chris, Do & me!

Chris & Do~

Do & me!

Me & Chris~~

Relaxing on the lounge chairs while the rest went into the pool. There were a lot of lounge chairs! But also a lot of people!

View of the sky~

As the sun sets, the city lit up~

Mr Toh & me, after he came back from the pool.

On our way to dinner, we snapped this picture while on the Helix Bridge. Sooo beautiful!

Byebye MBS!

Our dinner at Gluttons Bay! The baby sotong dish in the middle was delicious!

On Sunday, I went over to Sis's place in the morning while Mr Toh was still asleep. And we spent the whole day making mooncakes!! It was labour intensive...so much preparations to be done! But it was also fun! It was also very satisfying to see the moon cakes in their finished form! There aren't much photos because we were very busy and our hands were always dirty..

Yellow's mango flavour and the green is lychee flavour!

Personally, I do not eat snow skin moon cake, I was making it for Mr Toh, who gave our moon cake a score of 7.5/10. Heehee.

We started at around 11am, and ended only at 7pm. Last year, Sis said she only finished at around 10pm! Scary...lol.

We had a very fulfilling & fun filled weekend!