Christmas gathering

A great gathering as usual! Looking forward the CNY gathering, where the guys will have their annual brotherhood game :)

Wii Sports Resort

Our latest toy and activity for the evening :)

Christmas Eve 2009

Too lazy to cook this year so we bought food instead. The Cold Storage ribs and ham are quite yummy!

Nice group pic.... but missing our 2 other pals in London.

And thanks for the cute present Irene :D

Too lazy to take out the Christmas tree

Have a Jazzy Christmas!

Sipping a glass of champagne at our yearly Jazzy Christmas concert by Jeremy Monteiro :)

Christmas tree at Taka

As usual.... a huge beautiful Christmas tree at Taka :)

Xmas lunch with colleagues

Our 2nd last big meal together...

15 years difference

15 years ago....

Today... 15 years later, at Margaret's wedding...
Don't we all look the same? Kekeke :P :P

Loyang Bungalow - our 3rd year already!

Our 3rd year at the bungalow with the family, and still had as much fun!!

Mona Lisa

Artist assistants stand next to 3,604 cups of coffee which have been made into a giant Mona Lisa in Sydney , Australia . The 3,604 cups of coffee were each filled with different amounts of milk to create the different shades!!

So cool!!!

The "I want to try some day" list

1) Horse-riding - DONE! in Tasmania
2) Take a helicopter ride - DONE! in Tasmania
3) Rappelling
4) Flying Fox
5) Air rifle / shooting a gun
6) Ride in a hot air balloon
7) White water rafting
8) Swim with the dolphins
9) ....

And no... bungee jumping is not on my list and will never be on my list!

Book - Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult

I've always enjoyed Jodi Picoult's books and this was no different. The plot was quite unique and it kept me reading, wanting to find out what happened. But i was really disappointed with the ending as it was so ambiguous, one that lets you draw your own conclusion. I was so frustrated as it did not answer the question. I felt like i wasted my time reading the book as there was no answer at the end.

Tasmania photos!

Finally got all the photos sorted out. Next is to get them developed and organised into an album (Oh yes, we still love having them in hard copies!)

View all the pics at our Picasa web album :)

I want to...

1) Take up cooking, maybe even a cooking course?
2) Read, read, read (have so many books lined up on the book shelf)
3) Take up a short Photoshop course... maybe...
4) Source for more products for Babybeans
5) Go meet friends for lunch
6) Clean up the house, need to tidy up the cupboards
7) Throw away any unwanted stuff that i've accumulated over the years
8) Pull out my Pilates DVD and start Pilates again
9) Exercise
10) ....
11) ....
12) ...

And most importantly, Rest & Relax and just spend some time by myself, for myself!

Will update the list as i go along! Can't wait for 1 Feb 2010 to come (*.^)

Hmm... Ant, I'm sure you have your list as well, do one too!

Book - The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Had my reservations when i first picked up this book. Expected it to be good but serious like Tuesdays with Morrie.

But I absolutely loved this book! So original and interesting. Thought provoking too. Everybody's lives are linked and everyone's actions affect someone else's lives. This was illustrated so well in the book.

I wonder who i will meet in heaven...?

Oh so desperately missing...

The fresh and juicy fish and chips (although we got a bit sick of them there).
The seafood subway sandwich.
The cool weather (think my hubby misses this more than me!)
The many many many stars at night!
The wallabies, tassie devils and wombats.
The horseback ride!!!
The helicopter ride.
The sound of the waves while sitting outside enjoying a cup of tea.
The lovely scenery.
The beautiful flowers everywhere.
The yummy pies we had for breakfast.
AND spending quality time relaxing with my hubby!

Yes yes yes... photos coming soon!

Book - The Shadow of the Wind

Quite an interesting storyline. Though i was so busy, i took a long time to finish it. But the last bit was exciting and really got me going.

Lunch @ JPot

Christmas Promo at Babybeans

Pretty Flowers at Tasmania

Hot Chocolate

A nice hot chocolate for breakfast at Port Arthur

Parties

Taken at Peihua's baby boy - Joel's full month party.

Went for Peishi's son Darius' 1 year old party on Friday. And unfortunately, going miss Susan's baby girl Alecia's full month party next week. Wow... so many parties! :D

Hubby's 2nd bday dinner

Free ice cream at Swensons for his 2nd birthday dinner at Changi Airport! It sucked that I had to be in Malaysia on the his actual birthday. But at least it was a day trip only.

Since i would be back too late for a good dinner, we went to The Line at Shangri-la the night before. The dinner was good! We were SO full we had problem sleeping that night! Haha :p

My birthday - 4 Oct

Had a wonderful weekend at Hotel Intercontinental for my birthday cos they were having a one for one promotion. And a fabulous dinner at Dozo, very highly recommended! The food was delicious! 7 course dinner in a Japanese fine dining restaurant, all very yummy (I'm still salivating over the beef and my hubby is still raving about the escargot!)!

And my dear hubby always has a nice surprise for me... such a pretty Swensons ice cream cake! At the stroke of midnight! My 3rd birthday cake (the first 2 were surprises from the hotel and Dozo) for the day but definitely my favourite :D Thank you my dear dear hubby!

Our poor car

Our car got sandwiched last Friday, what a start to my birthday weekend celebration. The car behind knocked into us and the impace caused us to knock the front car. Thank goodness we are both ok.

We were harrased by a few workshop workers, all wanting us to go their workshop. The thing is, they appeared out of nowhere minutes after our accident! Was it all their doing? There have been cases of workshop staff patrolling the highways and purposely causing accidents.

And on top of all these, we have to put up with a dirty, smelly replacement car!

Exercise at home

Target - Cycle for at least 20 mins, 3 times per week!

Us 3

Darius - Dancing to the music

Darius - Yes food pls!

Singapore's Kaya Toast @ the Emmy Party

I was pretty amused to know that Singapore's Kaya Toast will be one of the dishes at the Emmy Party. And it is introduced as a hangover food!

http://www.etonline.com/awards/emmys/2009/2009/09/78698/index.html

Dirty Dancing - Time of my Life (Final Dance)

Really sad to hear of Patrick Swayze's passing... This is one of my all time favourites and i still love it! Rest in peace Patrick, you have fought so strongly and is now finally free of pain.

Books - Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult

As usual, I always enjoy a Jodi Picoult book. This was a very good read, a touching story, and an interesting insight into the Amish community. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

They make me smile at work

After having my Samsung Pixon phone for 8 months, I only just realised that the camera has got some rather interesting functions :p

Decided to take a pic of the cuties on my office table as they are about to lose this home of theirs soon.

Keychains

One of the very first things my hubby got for me was the keychain. He had the Janice keychain and I had the Anthony keychain. It's been years and we still carry it with us. Over the years, i think keychains have sort of became our couple "thing" and we've had quite a few. And i love this latest pair that my hubby bought... but... why is the boy looking so angry? I wonder.... hee :p

Looking for an angel..

Angels exist, but sometimes they don't have wings.

They are called Friends...

*quoted from a forwarded mail...

Heineken Ad Part 2 - Get it?

Book - The Object Of My Affection

It was an ok read. Storyline was not fantastic and it got a little draggy at the back. Didn't really keep my interest for very long.

Black skies.... oncoming storm

At 6pm today, suddenly the skies turned so black! Hope this is not an indication of the week ahead. Happy Sunday! Enjoy the rain and the cold breeze!

UP Official Movie Trailer #3

I love the movie! Want to watch it over and over again!!

East Coast cycling

Wow, it's been a long time since we last went cycling at East Coast. Decided that we should get off our butts and do some exercise! It was tiring man! As much as it sounds like an excuse, the bikes were so hard to ride!!!

Then we adjourned for a yummy breakfast at a German bakery at Siglap. The ham was really good!! Sucha thick slab too! Ant already wants to go back for more :p