Pre BD fun

Been exactly a week after my birthday & too busy to do any updates.

My birthday celebration started on friday with a few colleagues, a very small one though. But it's the thought of gathering for the 1st time & for my birthday that's greatly appreciated :)

They're not from my team - 1 from the 7th floor, 2 from 14th floor & I, from 18th floor. We got to know each other through work separately & later discovered we all knew one another.

We had a quick lunch at one of the nearby coffee shops & then moved on to Far East Sq's Spinelli. They bought me a slice of cake & one of the gals, Irene, suggested singing birthday song. What we least expected was.... she sang real LOUD. Cindy who actually started to sing got too shock to carry on... we're embarrassed (me, especially) & couldn't stop laughing. I shouldn't have dared her... earlier in the morning when she suggested lunch, she said she'd sing me a birthday song in public. Can't remember what we said, I told her that if she dared to sing aloud, I'd have the guts to be there too. So now I know she's one who can't be challenged.

This is Ms Irene, who seemed oblivious of the people around. There she was singing happily & loudly while clapping.
She's so nice to have organised this lunch.

With Zoey, Irene & Cindy (behind us)

For My Birthday Boy :)

He didn't know what the whole day program was.

Due to the cranky weather lately, I came up with Plan A, Plan B & Plan C. But I missed out the part that rain might hit at noon... don't ask me why.. just didn't cross my mind despite the planning :(

And it's raining heavily approaching lunch time & I panicked. We ended up in Parco's Sakae Sushi so we could be all sheltered.... it's a last minute decision. After lunch, took hubby to where I wanted to bring him for lunch. Since the rain had stopped, we went there for tea instead.

Having a cuppa @ TCC, Marina at Keppel Bay

Nice ambience. Would even be better without the construction.

Marina at Keppel Bay

Then we headed off to Sentosa. Since it's already past 3pm, we decided to only visit 1 or 2 places & not getting the package.

All set!
If you notice, we're donned different sets of clothes before that. It's a "decoy".. hehe. That's why hubby was a bit reserved when he knew we're going to Sentosa as we're dressed appropriately & was a surprise for him;) He'd have known if we were to leave home in these outfits. So I smuggled a bag of clothes & slippers & hid them in the boot while hubby was showering the night before. It's so thrilling to pack all the stuff needed, go to the car & come back before he's out from the bathroom! :P

Parked our car at Beach Car Park & we hopped on the Siloso Beach Tram.

Siloso Beach

We visited Underwater World.
Hubby's touching a starfish!

In the tunnel

By the time we finished, there wasn't enough time to travel to Dolphin Lagoon which was included in the ticket we paid. So hanged around the Siloso Beach a lil before going back to get our car.


We then drove back to the same place as we'd be having dinner buffet in Rasa Sentosa.

I'd made 3 advance booking... 1 with the beach-front Trapizza (Sentosa) as hubby likes pizza, 1 with Marriott (in case it rained & the plan to visit Sentosa had to be aborted) & the last was with Silver Shell.

We played a round of pool in the hotel before having dinner

The food was :(( So was the service. The consolation was that we only paid 50% because of credit card promotion.

Ice-cream Man! Hee..

Took a stroll before we left

We're so tempted to stay over on the island (Amara Sanctuary's offering $209+++ for locals) & gotta take big efforts to resist the temptation. Told ourselves that we'd be off for a short trip soon :D

Ended the night with supper at a famous beancurd shop on Sembawang Road.

Nothing sophiscated but hope hubby has enjoyed the day :)

Fun times

Last Sat, Con, June & I planned to have picnic & kite flying at Marina Barrage. But the weather was bad... Fri no rain, Sun no rain (scotching hot in fact) & it'd to rain on Sat!

Anyway our contingent plan was to have it @ ours if it's a wet day. So we met later, for dinner instead. Since the rain had stopped & it's a cool evening, we had it in a pavillion downstairs.

Lil Rye

Dress code for the evening (without discussing) - racer back tee & shorts. Guys - round neck tee. :)

After dinner, we played monopoly & it's fun. :D

Con, the banker

The Danger Zone! I preferred hiding in jail actually haha.

Nope.. I was not the ultimate loser. But because of my soft-heartedness, I let hubby off twice. Hmm!

Enjoyed it so much that we still chatted on FB after that ;)

We agreed to play another round soon that include Ben who's working that day & complained we went ahead sans him. Hehe.

My Collection

The BB cream I own

From left (the oldest):
Scandal- from Sasa. A bit too glossy & fair on my skin.
Skin Food - My second piece, bought during our last Korea trip. Price was cheaper by nearly half! Initially I found it good but gradually feel that my face greases pretty easily.
Etude House - BB pact.
Etude House - BB cream. This & the previous were also bought when we're in Seoul. Disappointly, too rich for my skin!
Castledew - Good. Been using for more than a year but only less than half is depleted. Quite a matte finish with medium coverage. Goes well with my new Lotree Rosa Davurica Loose Powder.
Lotree - my latest addition. Matte finish but a lil too sheer. Am alternating between this & Castledew's.

Heard Lotree's DIY BB cream is good... hmmm.... But nope! I'm not getting it any sooner as I've banned myself from shopping before our KL trip! :P

Gift

Hubby has bought me a birthday present but I can only "use" it a day before the actual day as it's a 3D2N trip to KL. Hee!

Haven't gone for a trip for exactly a year so we're really looking forward to this holiday though it's a small one.

The airfare of S$74/pax (including taxes) is too good an offer:) So as the hotel rate.. It's even cheaper booking directly with the hotel (Parkroyal KL) @ S$130nett. Have been quite a struggle for me to make this choice & forego the 2 regular hotels I used to stay. But Mandarin Oriental & Ritz Carlton are out of our budget as we plan to spend as little as possible for this trip. Hopefully this will be a good one in terms of location & the room.

It's also gonna be the first time we're taking a flight operated by a budget airline.

Going back to somewhere we're familiar with... Can satiate our charsiew craving.. indulge in the Japanese buffet again... & the dai pai dong... some shopping too.... Can't wait :)

A Nice Sunday Lunch

Had lunch with mum @ sis' as I was craving for my favourite confit de canard.

Chef at Work.
It's an open kitchen... can see clearly what sis puts in the frying pan:P It's running a full-house but she could still smile & pose for a pic... haha.

A new extension from the bistro which is very garden feel. The down side - it's by the main road so it can be a bit noisy occasionally. But I like this lil lush area especially at night when it's surrounded by tiki torches. It's so exclusive that some mediacorp artists like to dine in there.... the latest one would have to be the celebrity couple from the most recent local movie (& you guess who?).
One of these days, I will want to hold an intimate, private gathering here too, if there's an occasion to celebrate. ;)