Monday, June 7, 2010
Phukety Phuket Video~ 2009
Watch Alvin and Emily conquer Phuket & Phang Nga Bay in 3 days! (apologies for the poor video quality!)
Saturday, May 29, 2010
An impromptu trip - 23rd May
Hoped onto a bus which took us to Marina Barrage after church service one Sunday!
After which we woooooalked to Lau Pa Sat fer dinner where we stuffed ourselves full! XD
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Campin' on our Anniversary! - 19th May
All I wanted was a unique anniversary celebration fer the both of us and I've got more than what I've bargained for! - A hottttt date!
We bought a tent meant for 4, prepared light bites such as canapés which we enjoyed putting any toppings we thought would go well together (gawd.. the blue cheese's stench.. but it blended in well ) and what nots.
By the time we were all ready to go, it was late in the evening.
I remembered Alvin kept commenting who the heck pitches a tent at night (for leisure), it's darn difficult!
Indeed so!
We were the only ones amongst the other campers still busy pitching a tent in the dark.
LOL. We're like dumb and dumber.
When we finally settled down, the canapés had already soften. Bummer.
To top it off, the weather was ridiculously warm and humid!
After dinner, we decided to watch Fantastic Mr Fox on Alvin's iPhone.
Because the screen was kinda small, we've got to lie close to one another, but you know, at that time, it was the impossible.
As soon as the lovely show ended, Alvin and I readily agreed we should go out fer a stroll.
(The stroll here meant circling our tent as by law, at any one time, there should be no unattended tents around)
However, upon realisation that the stroll wasn't of much help, we decided to retreat back to our lil' oven and retire early for the night.
Um, I didn't actually plan for anything other than a picnic dinner.
I thought it'd be just a lazy night out and we'd have a great chat as we lay among the green pastures.
Blessedly, our saving grace was the Jesus-sent rain that cooled us down in the middle of the night.
The pitter-pattering sound of raindrops on our dual skinned tent even sounded soothing.
It lulled me to sleep and I'm sure that was the case fer Alvin darLIN too.
By sun rise, we're woken up by taichi players blasting ching chong songs.
It was only then we aware that the rain had seeped thru our tent!
Miraculously, we're all warm (literally) and dry =)
My ever so helpful darLIN took down the tent by his own whilst I stood on a stone bench from afar guarding our stuff and most importantly, to stay away from red ants (if any).
To conclude, this trip was a bittersweet experience, but I'm raring to go for one again, only during the wetter months next time.
Happy 3rd Anniversary Darling!
We bought a tent meant for 4, prepared light bites such as canapés which we enjoyed putting any toppings we thought would go well together (gawd.. the blue cheese's stench.. but it blended in well ) and what nots.
By the time we were all ready to go, it was late in the evening.
I remembered Alvin kept commenting who the heck pitches a tent at night (for leisure), it's darn difficult!
Indeed so!
We were the only ones amongst the other campers still busy pitching a tent in the dark.
LOL. We're like dumb and dumber.
When we finally settled down, the canapés had already soften. Bummer.
To top it off, the weather was ridiculously warm and humid!
After dinner, we decided to watch Fantastic Mr Fox on Alvin's iPhone.
Because the screen was kinda small, we've got to lie close to one another, but you know, at that time, it was the impossible.
As soon as the lovely show ended, Alvin and I readily agreed we should go out fer a stroll.
(The stroll here meant circling our tent as by law, at any one time, there should be no unattended tents around)
However, upon realisation that the stroll wasn't of much help, we decided to retreat back to our lil' oven and retire early for the night.
Um, I didn't actually plan for anything other than a picnic dinner.
I thought it'd be just a lazy night out and we'd have a great chat as we lay among the green pastures.
Blessedly, our saving grace was the Jesus-sent rain that cooled us down in the middle of the night.
The pitter-pattering sound of raindrops on our dual skinned tent even sounded soothing.
It lulled me to sleep and I'm sure that was the case fer Alvin darLIN too.
By sun rise, we're woken up by taichi players blasting ching chong songs.
It was only then we aware that the rain had seeped thru our tent!
Miraculously, we're all warm (literally) and dry =)
My ever so helpful darLIN took down the tent by his own whilst I stood on a stone bench from afar guarding our stuff and most importantly, to stay away from red ants (if any).
To conclude, this trip was a bittersweet experience, but I'm raring to go for one again, only during the wetter months next time.
Happy 3rd Anniversary Darling!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Amanda's 24th - 16th May
I must say Amanda's 24th was celebrated in a unique fashion, we played badminton! That it was the first sport we do together even made it all the more memorable.
We even planned to do badminton fortnightly. Excited by the prospects, I specially bought a cross training top for our future biweekly meets. Heh
It has been years since most of us last held a racket and quite expectedly, the game started off with a few missed serves and loads of shuttle cock picking. Only half an hour into the game, we felt we were too ambitious to book a two hour slot. It was hot and stuffy indoors and very soon, I felt a headache was imminent.
Sure enough, I had to take a breather. Amanda joined me, complaining of stuffiness. The ventilation at Serangoon CC was just horrendous!
Throughout the hour and a half game, Candice was the only one who took the least break. I attribute her long standing to the air being fresher at higher altitudes.
The last half an hour was spent slacking and taking photos. All these while, my headache got worse and I just slump onto the chair while waiting for Regina to flag a cab.
The Power 4.
Thankfully, all it took was one long warm bath at Candice's to feel 100% energized and ready to head out to celebrate Amanda's birthday. However, as soon as we laid our butts onto the most comfortable sofa ever whilst waiting for one another to finish bathing, we didn’t feel like moving out anymore.
Then someone had to mention the bright idea of ordering pizzas in. Yay!
Whilst waiting for pizzas to arrive, Regina played Guitar Hero.
The pizzas arrived real late and as you can see, we over ordered.
Haha, so this is how we exercise, and manage to regain our loss carbs at the end of the day. :)
We even planned to do badminton fortnightly. Excited by the prospects, I specially bought a cross training top for our future biweekly meets. Heh
It has been years since most of us last held a racket and quite expectedly, the game started off with a few missed serves and loads of shuttle cock picking. Only half an hour into the game, we felt we were too ambitious to book a two hour slot. It was hot and stuffy indoors and very soon, I felt a headache was imminent.
Sure enough, I had to take a breather. Amanda joined me, complaining of stuffiness. The ventilation at Serangoon CC was just horrendous!
Throughout the hour and a half game, Candice was the only one who took the least break. I attribute her long standing to the air being fresher at higher altitudes.
The last half an hour was spent slacking and taking photos. All these while, my headache got worse and I just slump onto the chair while waiting for Regina to flag a cab.
The Power 4.
Thankfully, all it took was one long warm bath at Candice's to feel 100% energized and ready to head out to celebrate Amanda's birthday. However, as soon as we laid our butts onto the most comfortable sofa ever whilst waiting for one another to finish bathing, we didn’t feel like moving out anymore.
Then someone had to mention the bright idea of ordering pizzas in. Yay!
Whilst waiting for pizzas to arrive, Regina played Guitar Hero.
The pizzas arrived real late and as you can see, we over ordered.
Haha, so this is how we exercise, and manage to regain our loss carbs at the end of the day. :)
Monday, May 17, 2010
Wedding of the Lau's - 15th May
Dang!
The much awaited wedding of the Lau family finally arrived.
My younger uncle (er jiu) got married this May.
Other than my younger aunt, it never occurred to me that any of my mum's siblings would ever make it to the aisle as years went by.
The last time (18 years ago) I saw my younger aunt was when she brought her month old child, Elisha, to popo's (maternal grandma) house.
I don't think I've ever seen her husband.
She has since migrated to Israel and gone on to have 7 more children. That's one amazing woman!
It's a pity I only have vague memories of her as she's often not at home whenever we visited our maternal grandparents on Saturday nights.
With that said, it's one of my must do list to visit her family and of course to witness the bible come alive!
As fer my mum's other siblings, they're already well into their late 30s, 40s and with one turning half a century old next year.
So one might have guessed the excitement when we received news that my er jiu's going to bring his then girlfriend home fer dinner back one day.
Fast forward a year later, they're now husband and wife.
May I have a cousin to play with next year!
Post Note: My er jiu mu (his wife) has an online blogshop selling direct import Kate Spade and Anna Sui stuff.
I've always wanted a Kate Spade bag! Haha, am glad I a have good lobang (much cheaper than in SG stores) now!
The much awaited wedding of the Lau family finally arrived.
My younger uncle (er jiu) got married this May.
Other than my younger aunt, it never occurred to me that any of my mum's siblings would ever make it to the aisle as years went by.
The last time (18 years ago) I saw my younger aunt was when she brought her month old child, Elisha, to popo's (maternal grandma) house.
I don't think I've ever seen her husband.
She has since migrated to Israel and gone on to have 7 more children. That's one amazing woman!
It's a pity I only have vague memories of her as she's often not at home whenever we visited our maternal grandparents on Saturday nights.
With that said, it's one of my must do list to visit her family and of course to witness the bible come alive!
As fer my mum's other siblings, they're already well into their late 30s, 40s and with one turning half a century old next year.
So one might have guessed the excitement when we received news that my er jiu's going to bring his then girlfriend home fer dinner back one day.
Fast forward a year later, they're now husband and wife.
May I have a cousin to play with next year!
Post Note: My er jiu mu (his wife) has an online blogshop selling direct import Kate Spade and Anna Sui stuff.
I've always wanted a Kate Spade bag! Haha, am glad I a have good lobang (much cheaper than in SG stores) now!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Dinner at Forlino's - 11th May
Wee Hong brought me to Forlino’s at One Fullerton for a treat!
For starters, it was Pan Seared Goose Liver (with Amaretto and Pumpkin Cream)
It was something which I’d never order in my life if not for the set meal.
I must say it’s an acquired taste for me cause it’s soft and mushy meat.
But I’d never forget my main! - Homemade Spaghetti with Black Cod, Baby Artichokes and Mint!
The mint made the dish unique leaving it with a delightful aftertaste I can’t describe. =D
I nipped a bit of Wee Hong’s Wagyu Beef which was great too!
Our dinner ended with Molten Lava Chocolate Cake with Banana Gelato and Rum Sauce.
Sweet!
Post note: Felt ‘floaty’ for awhile after dinner. The Rum Sauce sure had high alcohol content.
For starters, it was Pan Seared Goose Liver (with Amaretto and Pumpkin Cream)
It was something which I’d never order in my life if not for the set meal.
I must say it’s an acquired taste for me cause it’s soft and mushy meat.
But I’d never forget my main! - Homemade Spaghetti with Black Cod, Baby Artichokes and Mint!
The mint made the dish unique leaving it with a delightful aftertaste I can’t describe. =D
I nipped a bit of Wee Hong’s Wagyu Beef which was great too!
Our dinner ended with Molten Lava Chocolate Cake with Banana Gelato and Rum Sauce.
Sweet!
Post note: Felt ‘floaty’ for awhile after dinner. The Rum Sauce sure had high alcohol content.
The Grand Dame's 50th
Celebrated Mummy's birthday a few days early at Lerk Thai restaurant.
That evening, Jasmine just finished a shoot for Yummi Yogurt!
She's now Yummi Yogurt's poster girl and we get to have free vouchers.. heh heh heh
On Mummy's actual birthday, 4th May, we celebrated her birthday with much fanfare and pomp (lion and dragon dances) amidst hundreds of old fogies at the Singapore's Fuching Clan Association Hall.
LOL. Very much befitting for a 50 year old.
As you can see, it's officially 5 big candles fer mommeeee!!
A family portrait sans Geraldine who's busy studying at home for her midyear..
And that's my grandpa (the most handsome one) up onstage toasting to Singapore Fuching Clan Association 54th Anniversary.
(Yea, that's why my mum insisted to celebrate a few days early).
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Last of P.E.As
Well well.. I may not have the luxury to do this again, unless I further my studies.
So here's my list of recreational activities I'd like to do during my 3 month sabbatical in no particular order:
-Kelong Stay
-Farm hopping
-To RWS
-To Malaysia don't know where yet day trip
-Fishing
-Read finish Destined to Reign & Unmerited Favour
-Read more fiction books
-Do up my travel videos
-Use my Bamboo to create more cartoons
-Renovate my bathroom (should my bathtub stay?)
-Summer clean my room (recreational meh. hence procastination is ok)
-Repair & Expand my wardrobe
-Paint my room to rid the nail polish scratched marks
-Spruce up my porch
-Clear backlog of blog posts
-Graduation trip to Europe
-Hold a garage/online sale for my archi materials or be Santa
-Transfer blog to wordpress (maybe)
-Learn to cook certain dishes from mummy
Those which can be extended to working life:
Attend
-Photography courses
-Pottery courses
-Korean language courses??
-Sign language courses
-First Aid courses
I'll add on the list.
So here's my list of recreational activities I'd like to do during my 3 month sabbatical in no particular order:
-Kelong Stay
-Farm hopping
-To RWS
-To Malaysia don't know where yet day trip
-Fishing
-Read finish Destined to Reign & Unmerited Favour
-Read more fiction books
-Do up my travel videos
-Use my Bamboo to create more cartoons
-Renovate my bathroom (should my bathtub stay?)
-Summer clean my room (recreational meh. hence procastination is ok)
-Repair & Expand my wardrobe
-Paint my room to rid the nail polish scratched marks
-Spruce up my porch
-Clear backlog of blog posts
-Graduation trip to Europe
-Hold a garage/online sale for my archi materials or be Santa
-Transfer blog to wordpress (maybe)
-Learn to cook certain dishes from mummy
Those which can be extended to working life:
Attend
-Photography courses
-Pottery courses
-Korean language courses??
-Sign language courses
-First Aid courses
I'll add on the list.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
FB Games? Toodle Doos
Used to play with FB games, when the period's not appropriate (this meant during the school semester).
FB games were an excuse to give myself breaks.
Breaks from the computer? Gee, I wondered how that helped.
Alvin even changed my password once as he deemed my few hours interval breaks a lil’ too frequent.
Then determined to tear away from the games, a month before submission, I forced myself to make a callous decision (or so I thought at that time) to sell away ALL my fishes in the aquarium (such a pitay cause it took months to get to top 2). Yes, Happy Aquarium was my favourite game. I’m a Pisces, does that make sense? Haha
I also made sure I harvested every darn plant I grew to prevent friends from ‘stealing’.
Had honestly thought I would make a comeback after submission's over!
But much to my amazement, after submissions were done and dusted, all the games which I had played fervently didn’t even interest me the tiniest bit.
Hm?! Yea, how unexpected. Right now, I only logged in occasionally to oblige my friends’ request to send 'free' items or to join in their farm co-op. (If that sounds alien to you, it’s Farmville)
Thus in retrospect, I must have played those games to escape from the harsh reality of doing work all the time and am proud to say I’m not a games addict.
With my sudden newfound freedom, I’m at a complete loss whilst sitting in front of my laptop. (er, to people whom I owe photos to, by this Friday k!)
I have no particular websites to visit other than the occasional online shopping or to attach documents to my emails. Catching dramas are just to while away time and planning for my grad trip seemed to be going nowhere yet.
All others like blog hopping, tweeting, wiki-ing and the like can be done without a hitch through my smart phone.
So........... that’s it toodle doos, I have to end abruptly as it is wayyyyyyy past my targeted 2am bedtime (It's 4.00am!!).
Heh. Before plonking myself infront of the laptop, I was cable surfing ‘I shouldn’t have been Alive’ and animal documentaries on cable TV – Predator CSI (it’s stoopid, talking about a hybrid Polar & Grizzly Bear finding) and Dolphin Bay.
Staring at a 50+inch PlasmaTV is definitely much better than a 15 inch laptop.
Good Night Handsome & Beautiful!
FB games were an excuse to give myself breaks.
Breaks from the computer? Gee, I wondered how that helped.
Alvin even changed my password once as he deemed my few hours interval breaks a lil’ too frequent.
Then determined to tear away from the games, a month before submission, I forced myself to make a callous decision (or so I thought at that time) to sell away ALL my fishes in the aquarium (such a pitay cause it took months to get to top 2). Yes, Happy Aquarium was my favourite game. I’m a Pisces, does that make sense? Haha
I also made sure I harvested every darn plant I grew to prevent friends from ‘stealing’.
Had honestly thought I would make a comeback after submission's over!
But much to my amazement, after submissions were done and dusted, all the games which I had played fervently didn’t even interest me the tiniest bit.
Hm?! Yea, how unexpected. Right now, I only logged in occasionally to oblige my friends’ request to send 'free' items or to join in their farm co-op. (If that sounds alien to you, it’s Farmville)
Thus in retrospect, I must have played those games to escape from the harsh reality of doing work all the time and am proud to say I’m not a games addict.
With my sudden newfound freedom, I’m at a complete loss whilst sitting in front of my laptop. (er, to people whom I owe photos to, by this Friday k!)
I have no particular websites to visit other than the occasional online shopping or to attach documents to my emails. Catching dramas are just to while away time and planning for my grad trip seemed to be going nowhere yet.
All others like blog hopping, tweeting, wiki-ing and the like can be done without a hitch through my smart phone.
So........... that’s it toodle doos, I have to end abruptly as it is wayyyyyyy past my targeted 2am bedtime (It's 4.00am!!).
Heh. Before plonking myself infront of the laptop, I was cable surfing ‘I shouldn’t have been Alive’ and animal documentaries on cable TV – Predator CSI (it’s stoopid, talking about a hybrid Polar & Grizzly Bear finding) and Dolphin Bay.
Staring at a 50+inch PlasmaTV is definitely much better than a 15 inch laptop.
Good Night Handsome & Beautiful!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Korean Fare!
Look at what we did on Labour Day!
We laboured ourselves happy by whipping up a fantastic Korean lunch!
Let's take a look at behind the scenes shall we?
Scene 1: Chopping up of veggies. As much as we tried, we couldn't chop as fast as Yan can cook.
Scene 2: Chef Candice and Chef Emily cooking Jeon and Tteok Bok Ki respectively.
Really Regina 'chap-ed' in = Imminent disaster
Scene 3: As mentioned, Really Regina tried her hands at frying bull's eye egg/sunnyside up. Flopped. Totally not her forte.
Chef Emily took over.
Scene 4: Poor Really Regina could only step aside and just looked on..
Scene 5: Fortunately, Chef Amanda pitied her enough to find her a simple job - Arranging bibimbap's ingredients!
Scene Finale: Presenting.. a WONDERFUL, FANTASTICA MAMA-MIA Meal! *applause* *applause*
Celebration Time! 1-2-3, Indulge!! =D
After party meal activities - Mahjong Time!
Now there, that's a life of a Tai Tai
-End of Story-
Quite abrupt huh.
Hahaha, stay tune for the next meal whipped up by C.A.R.E.!
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