My Christmas Wish List (Item no. 1)

A cool thing we just saw at Challenger..

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Welcome On Board!

Hubby brought him back from Starbucks..for his wife:) 
First sign of Christmas!  :D

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IN

Bought this dress more than a year ago & am delighted to know that leopard print makes a comeback :) Or did I have foresight that it'll be the in item after a year? Haha.
Wore it to a wedding dinner last Monday (yes!! Wedding banquet on a MONDAY!!!)... still looked trendy! ;)
Love the V-shape low back!

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Hot Wings

This the best buffalo wings hubby & I've ever had so far...

From Cornerstone Restaurant @ Bishan Park 2.  Can choose spicy level from 1 to 8 or 9 (can't remember).

Yummy!

Crème brûlée is very nice too! (nicer than sis'... oopss :P)

Canton breakfast

Buying breakfast at Canton Paradise when we're shopping at 112 Katong.

In exactly 2 weeks, we'll be eating the real made-in-HK food!! :D

Mid August, we've purchased air tix when there's 2-to-go promotion.  Soon after, we got some good news on the accommodation too.  I asked the hotel (the one that we've decided on among the few we've booked online) for corporate rate & we're pleasantly surprised to be quoted a rate that's nearly 30% cheaper than online rates & with a free upgrade!  So what are we waiting for!?  Grabbed it, of course!  Hee!

Hubby has been busy @ work for past weeks.... so we're really looking forward to our 5-day Anniversary break.

Taste of Thai

While waiting for hubby who's in a marathon meeting + pizza.
Compensate myself for having to dine alone with all my fav Thai food - Tom Kha Gai, Phad  Thai & Lemongrass drink :P

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Always A Snack Time

Last Mon hubby & I went for comprehensive health screening, that's from his company.  And I was just shocked to discover that I'd put 3kg in the past 1 year!!!! 

Actually I shouldn't be too surprised as there's always endless supply of bites in the office.  Besides those bought by the ladies, my team travels frequently & here're some of the snacks they brought back for the past 2 months..

Nice chocolate from Bulgaria. 

V brought this back from Melbourne & I love it!  So placed an order to K who went back to Sydney to work for 2 weeks.  Nice!

And he also bought Lamington.

Chongqing tidbits from Sha.

Even Jen who visited HK, brought some nice egg rolls back.

Goldilocks from Manila.

This the latest (last Thurs).  Boss bought this in Osaka & he asked his wife to specially deliver a box each to E & I as he made his next trip without stepping into the office.  It's something like mochi in original & green tea flavour but a lil too sweet.  I'm touched though :)

Tink !

Had been trying to find a suitable character for myself since the D&D theme was Once Upon A Time... something about fairy tales.  Initially thought of dressing up as an (random/nameless) angel.. just wanted to doll up & be pretty for that night. Then  when hubby suggested Tinkerbell, my first reaction was "NOoo!".

2 weeks before the event, we went to this costume house at Toa Payoh... it's huge!! Nothing caught my eyes & I definitely didn't want to be Snow White or Mermaid! Then we saw Tinkerbell's outfit & I thought it wasn't that bad, the skirt was a lil too short but definitely I'd wear shorts :)

Dearest hubby was amusing himself in the shop!

Days before D&D, I was busy getting all things ready & finding solution to a situation which I was stuck in - S said would follow me home as she wanted me to do makeup for her & C wanted to have afternoon tea together before the Dinner (& I felt obliged because C said she'd go because I asked her to).  And even though we'd have an early knock-off @ 3.30pm that day & hubby had made prior arrangement to drive me office-home-MBS-home, I foresaw that by the time I reached home I'd only have time for myself. Hence after much consideration & discussion with hubby, we eventually rented a room at MBS, so that the ladies including myself could get prepped/have tea in the room.

That day, as planned, we left office at 3.30pm & hubby drove us to MBS.  We're glad that hubby came as there's a long Q at the taxi stand & it's changing shift time so not easy to get a cab.  After checking in, hubby did his work in the hotel room with his laptop while the 4 ladies busy dolling up, chatting, sipping tea & having dessert.  I was the first to start preparing so I could help C & S.  But I made a big blunder :(  In order to have the best effect, I bought a pair of blue lenses.  But I have totally forgotten about it till I was 80% done with my makeup.  Having (almost) perfect eyesight meaning I didn't need to wear contact lenses, I struggled with putting them on (which took me more than 15mins) & then trying to remove them as they pricked my eyes.  After more than half an hour's attempts, my whole face was soaked with perspiration & yes, my makeup completely ran.  So I gotta remove all my makeup.. & started the whole process again.  I was really upset with myself especially after so much fuss & delays, I still went sans blue lenses!  And threw $24 into the bin!  But the 3 ladies had been really patient with me... none of them chided me for wasting so much time & still tried best to not disturb me.  When I was done, it's already past 7pm & we supposed to be down @7!  In the midst, I only managed to help S with the eyeliner - the Queen must have fierce eyes!

Upon checking in, I told MBS we're celebrating a friend's birthday (S' fell on this month).  And they delivered this to our room.  So we've a free afternoon tea (in-room TWG tea + Raspberry Choco cake)! ;)

Helping C with her hair.

Notice mine's quite blond?  Hubby & I searched for colored hair spray & hubby helped to spray on after I was done with dressing up.  Everyone's impressed with the effect! ;)

Ok all set!  & it's already past 7.30pm!

We then realised that it's a looooong walk from the hotel to the convention centre.... from one end of MBS to the other end - down the escalator - through the casino - past the shopping mall to reach 5 levels of escalators before reaching our destination.  Of course, we attracted many stares.  It's my first time :P

While we adjourned to the D&D, hubby enjoyed his dinner at Kraze Burger & then went back to the room to continue his work.  And yes, he confessed that he played with the blue lenses but failed to put them on, haha.

It's a night of fun for us...  Took lots of photos with buddies Cindy & Adel & the group. Boss wanted me to sit with the team but I preferred to be with my friends (& a group of us formed our own table).  So I'd to also run between my table & the teams'.  Happy that I didn't choose to dress up as an angel as there're many nameless angels around that night.

Love this!  The hall was so big that we kept missing each other & it's impossible to Whatsapp/call as the connection was bad!  Imagine... there're 260 tables (x 11 pax/table) & how many were using their phones.

So we're like long lost friends when we finally bumped into each other :D

Towards the end of the dinner, I joined my team & got stuck there (when the ladies went back to the room to get their stuff, they told hubby I was missing! hehe).  By then many members in my team were seriously intoxicated.  One of them told me that they'd been drinking since the start of the dinner... & instead of being served by the waiter, they asked to have the whole bottle of red wine left on the table & the flow of red wine never ceased!  Well, I guess that's the privilege of being at the VIP table.  But I really thank God I wasn't sitting with them!!

After a few dances, I "danced" off to the exit & hubby was waiting for me downstairs to fetch his Tinkerbell wife back :)

Finally, a pic with my beloved when we're back in the room, before ending the night.

Rise & Shine the next morning.  We got a nice city view room :)

At least it didn't waste all the efforts in preparing & I have my beloved hubby to thank! From shopping around for ideas, searching for suitable characters, going to/from the costume shop a few times (not only for myself but for a couple of colleagues too!) to looking for other accompanied items for the character, hubby had been so supportive that as if he's the one who's going for the event.  The ladies were in fact impressed with how hubby took care of me & they kept asking "ok tell us, what else did you do/pack by yourself??".  Yes, I'm so blessed to have him!  Thank God!!  And thanks honey!  Muakz!!

Once Upon A Time @ MBS

I had my company Dinner & Dance last Fri & the theme was Once Upon A Time.  It's a night of fun & photo taking :)


Which character is this? ;)






A group pic

 


It's such a coincidence that my boss dressed up as Peter Pan haha!





Table hop! 
We're sitting far apart that night - my team's was right in front of the stage, the VIP table,
but I chose to sit with my friends which was right behind, near the entrance.


 

 

Posing with good friends






Busy night as I was moving from table to table.  Food wasn't the focus for most of us!





An inter-unit picture :)
The one with turban is our big boss.
See 朱葛亮 in the middle (he's actually my boss when I first joined in 2008)?
 When we're about to take picture, he started to look for something on the &
those around him helped in the search too.
Just when I wondered what was lost, he whipped up his feather fan (朱葛亮's signature)
out of no where.  Lost & found!  Ha!



Those in the leadership team dressed up as Indian royals.



Pretty witch

Some pics! (taken from friends as I was busy catching up with different friends and didn't get to take shots of some interesting characters)



When Genie met Moses :)



Prepped!

For this Fri's Dinner & Dance.  With matching gold shoes! :D

I-craze

My dear honey got his iPhone 5 in exactly half an hour - from queuing, buying to paying because hubby enjoys the priority queue privilege :)

We're shopping at Ngee Ann City & saw that the Q was not too long when we walked past Singtel shop.  Was told the normal waiting time was 2 hours but were glad we got it in 30 mins.

Tea Time

In the evening after a series of grooming appointments & dinner. And the schedule was so tight that we'd no time to catch lunch.

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Key Lime Soda

This a great thirst quencher & "burp-me-up" after spinning all the way up to Level 7C at OC.

Back Again

Last Sun morning hubby had to be at the Singapore Bay Run.  Our plan was to leave home early & have breakfast together at City Hall.. then hubby would go to the Bay Run & I'd stay on for another hour before walking to church.  However, the actual situation superseded our plan (which I thought was a near perfect one in terms of timing & location for the both of us).  We didn't anticipate crowds at such early hour.  When exiting CTE, we didn't feel quite right as we're already in a Q at 5.55am!  We originally wanted to park at Raffles City but it's full.  Went to Marina Square's instead & we made many rounds in the carpark before finally finding a lot.  It's a long walk from Marina Square.  By then, it's already 6.30am so we parted half way, he to the event venue and I, to McDonald's next to Bras Basah for breakfast before leaving for church at 8.

While I walked to church alone, some reminiscences returned... back to my college days when I went to church alone (parents rode their vespa & I took bus)...  Then during worship service, I was like back to those days when the whole family attended service together (except bro & family).  That time, there're 6 of us... Last Sun, only the 3 females in the family - mum, sis & me.  After so many years, I'm much much happier now... whereas for sis, I'm not sure.  And mum.. She's been such a strong old lady without daddy.  So much has changed.  Suddenly I missed hubby so much though it's only a short break from each other.

After church, I stayed around to wait for hubby.  But Raffles City was unbelievably crowded at 10 in the morning!  And all the cafés were full!  After walking around for half an hour, I managed to find a place to enjoy some tea & dessert in a quiet, relaxed ambience.

Swissotel's Lobby Court.

I had their tea set - a pot of TWG chamomile tea + a Chocolate truffle cake, from a good selection of tea & cakes/pastries.

After enjoying solitude for an hour, hubby's back! :D

C O U G H

I've been coughing for almost FOUR months!!!  I'd get well for 2 to 3 weeks & cough again... On & off, on & off.... again & again ..................

The last relapse was 2 weeks ago.  Last week I went to another GP.  He's concerned about my condition & referred me to lung specialist who sent me for x-ray.  Praise God that my lungs are clear.  His diagnosis of my persistent  phlegm in the throat - my sensitive nose which causes mucus backflow & gastric acid reflux and I was given 2 weeks medication.  Thanks to sweet hubby for taking leave last minute to bring me to the doctors :)

I must really cut down on desserts and tea intake ....