Phuket 22-26 Nov 09

It was considered my best holiday todate! Such a romantic hotel, built just 3 yrs ago! To us, it is a 5 stars rated hotel. 

For daily breakfast, you can opted to have it in your room, in the open terrace or by the pool. Shiok man!!

On our 2nd day, we went for the theatre show at Phuket Fantasea (http://www.phuket-fantasea.com). On the exterior, you can see 999 sculptures of elephants (considered as their sacred & worshipped animal). For S$20, we get to take a portrait with a tiger cub. Dinner was splendid! Wide range of food served like  for royalties.

Eythan took this opportunity to tailor make a business suit. For G2000 price, you can get pretty decent all cotton suit.

Our next holiday!

I'm hooked on vacation holidays! Ha... So glad to know that Eythan has few days annual leave to clear before year end (and exams).

Planning...

We spent a short while visiting tour agencies at Pearl Centre (when treating my injured wrist recently) & shortlisted few vacation locations - Maldives, Mauritius, China, Phuket & Goldcoast.

I have always wanted to go Maldives/Mauritius for those ocean villas! Imagine you can dive straight into the clear blue sea right from the doors (and windows) of your room. Shiok!! Too bad, the one I like and with promotional rates is fully booked until Nov. :(

We explored China tours to JiuZaiGou. Scrapped this idea once I heard alot of time needed for the road. I don't want to end up puking on my vacation!

Confirmed!
Finally booked Phuket 'cos Goldcoast's dates clashed with Eythan's new semester. 

It was love at first sight when I spotted this small hotel on one of the websites. Never seen this around before! Check out the photos on their homepage.

They have daybeds on the big balcony!! Now we can finally sunbath in our own room! Yippeee...


Another good thing about this hotel is... It has free wifi! So Eythan & I will be bringing our own lappies there. Will post online real time photos when there next week 22nd - 26th Oct!!

Wat'm I up to lately?

It's been quite a long while since I log in to my blog for any serious updates. This has not seem to be on any of my topmost To-Do list lately.

Been searching for our new house & went few viewings at the following:

New launches
- Fontaine Perry = Nice... but seriously overpriced! :( Crazy crazy crazy...
- Hillvista @ Hillview = Very good location (near future mrt) but good units not launched yet.

Resales houses below (more affordable choice) :
- Ventana @ Pasir Panjang Hill (where I used to stay.) = Very exp location!
- D' Hillside Loft @ PP Hill again = Again, expensive!
- Palm Green @ Pasir Panjang Rd = Very dirty unit as few indian NTU students currently renting this place)
- Palm Haven @ Kovan = nice place as we went to see Yoke's sister, Adeline's 2 bedder unit. However pool is right infront of all 1st floor units.
- 28@Jansen @ Kovan = Just an ok condo with an ok pool. Not exciting.
- Palm Grove @ Kovan = our most ideal project so far. Almost bought a 3 bedroom there but was hit by the height of property prices. So we lost in our offer.
- Houses @ Thong Soon Green = where my SIL (sister in law) is staying = it's another consideration from condos. Different commitment, different budget, different future plans. Gotto think think think...

Going for a viewing later today again! Penthouse at Palm Grove. Hee... When & where will we buy?? Probably early next year cos waiting for price to soften... unless we see something we can't resist. I can't wait!

Dim Sum crave

Last month I had this sudden cravings for DIM SUM!! Make some efforts to go different places for different dim sum with different people. Ha... 

The photos are Red Star Restaurant at Blk 54 Chin Swee Rd.

So many awards!

Went on weekday, very very quiet... But went again one weekend, this is what u get!!! Super long queue!!

After that May month of dim sum-ing, I stopped until now... Hope I will not get sick of it!

Fire! Fire! Fire! 10 May 2009

This night, Eythan & I were watching my favorite actor, Ashton Kutcher's comedy romance when we smelled something strong and burnt. 10 mins later, we received a blackout. The end of my movie + fan in a damn hot day in May!

Apparently, a fire broke out 2 storeys above! So... kpo nature kicked in and immediately we went took a look. Saw black smoke coming out from above and few firemen. 

Soon we were asked to evacuate to the ground floor where we waited for an hour or so... Neighbours said that the resident is an indian and is always drunk. One said he always throw beer bottles from his window!

Saw small flame from below.

The next day, we went up to the unit for a (kpo) look again. Need to snap snap to show you guys mah!

The ceiling of the corridor is charred from the smoke.

The inside of the house are all charred at the aftermath. 

Bad news for one family but good news for many. Days later the Unit No. #4520 of the said house came out 1st in the 4D!! Number not in sequence though but surely many people has benefitted.

Mothers Day!

Eythan brought 3 mothers (his mom & 2 aunts) for dinner for Mothers Day celebration. 

We went Suntec to fetch the mothers after their concert at Convention Hall. They went for that concert performed by many popular Taiwan actors/actresses. In the car, these mothers suddenly became somewhat like our daughters! Haha... So excited about meeting which actor/actress, who is prettier and handsomer etc. 

Brought them for zhi cha at our usual Geylang popular seafood restaurant. 

For the 1st time, we ordered a new dish - Shark's cartilage (on its head, see below T-shaped bone). The staff recommended this dish for mothers because it's good for Guan Jie Yan (not sure what this is though).

Scrabbling Scrabble Scrabbler!

As like many others, my company has implemented the recession strategies and what my GM assured is currently the "least painful" options. Every month from February, our plant and office will be shutdown for abt 4 days (compulsory annual leave).

I do have to agree with my GM. In fact, I kind of enjoying this option!


Now I can catch up with my long overdue plans to do my stuffs and also rest plenty! And PLAY!!


Was at Villa Bali with my friend this hot afternoon, enjoying a cold Czech beer & playing Scrabble. Lost a round and have to pay for the beer + snacks! #$%@!

Wedding night (not ours again!)

Recently we have attended a wedding of Eythan's ex-colleague at Jurong Bird Park. It suddenly dawned upon me that I have missed this tiny spot in Singapore for like ... almost 20 yrs??!

Anyway the park is so nice and oh, how I miss that smelly, musky stench (as if)! Ha...
Right at the main entrance, we were greeted by many mandarin ducks! So cute!!



In a few minutes walk, we arrived at the restuarant where the wedding was held. Our table was right at the glass wall where you see a small lake which was donned with many many many pink flamingoes! What a picturesque scene!! I was so overwhelmed by the view, I was least interested in the buffet spread.


Note: do not expect any nice picture with my new smart mobile phone now. Compromise, compromise, compromise... Sigh...

East Coast day

This is quite an old event which I didn't have the time to post it.

There was a weekend Jessie, my colleague and I went East Coast for our favorite Coffee Bean & hung around by the beach. The weather was pretty good and cool as we found a spot under a shady tree.
Just as I was in the relax mood, my friend said she was "going to have heat stroke" and have to pack! Argh...


We decided to go cycling... Never cycled for quite some time so we booked the bicycle for 2hrs. Just half hour cycling, the heavy clouds decided to pour!! $#%@... Well, we spent the rest of the afternoon inside this shelter with like 1,000 children!... Sigh...

Friday Night Movie

A friend gave us a free pair of movie tickets to Shaw & we went for "Marley & Me" at Lido. We were busy shopping so we ended up missed about 10mins to the show. We missed the front part where Marley started as a puppy!! *sob*

Anyway this show is over-rated. To me, it's just an ok one...

Finally got myself a Lacoste polo tee, which will not make me look round or wrapped! Ha... How can I not?? When Eythan is such an ardent fan of Lacoste! He MUST go into this shop whenever we are near & swear by this brand.

I always thought that their female apparels is boring... He always wanted to buy me one for like years but I just can't find any I fancy. Anyhow, I like this red "Vintage Wash" tee especially the logo is so unique. Damn cute! Wanted to buy another KID tee for myself but they feel so thin.

See the different logos? Mine is the top left! Can't wait for the Spring collection come April!

Popping away....

Finally got a chance to try the DIY popcorn I bought from Taiwan! I was actually quite excited when preparing it... Will it explode inside the microwave? What if they're not cooked or burnt after I opened? Ha... 

The original packaging before putting it into the microwave.

The process in just 5 mins... After 1min, you can hear the popping sound & smell the sweet butter! It becomes so big after 4 mins I have to stand behind my kitchen door (in case it explodes!) Ha...

Actually I'm not really the movie popcorn person... Eythan is! He loves popcorn when watching movie whereas I prefer nacho. He always get what he likes as nacho is "more expensive" and heavy for our stomach!  :(

Anyway Eythan finished the whole bag and as you can see, there are indeed many corns not popped yet, as the bottom! Wasted.

My Birthday 2009

Probably birthdays do not mean as much to me anymore or I've resigned myself to the aging destiny... This year's celebration was brief and simple with close friends.

6th Feb - Had a sumptuous dinner with my (ex)colleagues. We had zhicha at Bt Batok kopitiam! Yue Lee (whose birthday is just 1 day before me) & I shared a damn nice dark chocolate birthday, from Gin Thye Confectionery. Sinful night... Ha!

8th Feb - Had dinner with Abishag, Lydia & Matt @ Cafe Cartel, Siglap.

Forgot to take pictures as we were too absorb in chatting. 

9th Feb - Met Shawn for dinner @ The Mussel Place, Vivo. Ordered many dishes with practically almost all mussels. Quite jelat at the end. Haha!

10th Feb - No special plans from Eythan. Last minute we decided to just settle for dinner at Sushi Tei (Holland V). It's been 2 mths since we last ate there.

Well, as usual, no present from him... So I demanded a Canon semi-pro camera! :p

11th Feb - Met up with Joni & Suzie at Holland V again, for dinner followed by Chai Latte at Coffee Bean. They got me a nice rosary and cute bracelet! 

Our first Chinese New Year 2009

Made our special stamps for the Chinese New Year this year, chopped on all the angbaos! But ended up stayed home 'cos we were both not feeling good. Haha...

Eythan's Polar...

He has got a new toy again! This time round, it's his Polar training watch. After discount, it's still $300+! He said it's his own christmas gift for himself. Fair enough I thought initially... 

But then hello... I got him a $120 yoga mat and got nothing from him for Christmas! How fair is that??!! $#%^@ 

So I demanded a new HP - SEC905 from him and he unwillingly obliged. Hee... In the end, we are both happy people.... :p

Wallace's bday - 1 Jan 2009

It's Eythan's favorite nephew's birthday and we went to his house at Thomson for his party bash! This playful yet shy boy readily took this photo for me when I asked.


They even have a magic show for the kids! Lucky children nowadays...

Wallace's sister, Mildred, also joined in the game.

New Year 2009 countdown

We went Fullerton for the Countdown cum Fireworks on the eve of new year. Haha! No more Zouk and booze countdowns... 

The time when millions of bored people like us took efforts & time to drive all the way there (in 1 single car), painstakingly find a parking lot there, walk miles to the right spot, stand among the sardines and enjoy that moment of 8 minutes fireworks! Sigh... Oh, and we ended the night with an hour stucked in the multi-story carpark! haha... What a new day it was...