Bon Weekends

Last Fri, hubby & I had dinner at Asia Square Tower's Food Garden.  Interesting concept.

Economical Imperial Treasure dinner (even come with a drink), yet quality not compromised. 

Yummy!

White Collar Boxing Asia Cup 2012, HK dragons vs Spore lions.

Watched a few rounds while enjoying our dinner (as our seats were right in front of the game).

On Sat, the morning was spent at the clinic of our regular doctor.... seems like clinics have been the most visited place for me for the past month :(  Recovering from a bad cough... so bad that my ribcage is over exerted that caused inflammation, according to my doctor.  So I'm put on a 2-week course of anti-inflammatory painkiller.  Yes I'm getting better slowly... :)

In the evening, we'd very belated Mother's Day dinner with inlaws & family.  FIL was overseas during the Mother's Day week & last Sat was the next common date that could gather everyone.

Dinner at Beng Hiang Restaurant, Amoy Street.

After dinner, we visited Ivan & Con's new nest & watched a 3D movie :)

Last weekend was a very short one for us as hubby left for Phuket for Management Retreat on Sun morning.  So so glad that I'll be able to see him tomorrow! :D

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19-20 May weekend.

On Sat, we'd Mother's Day lunch with mum.  It's supposed to be on Sat of  the Mother's Day weekend but we're all sick.

Lunch buffet at The Line, Shangri-La

We'd a relaxing Sunday.  It's the first weekend that I felt much better, after weeks of being sick & grounded at home.

After church & brunch at Suntec, we'd tea @ TCC, Marina at Keppel Bay.

Explored Malaysia Food Street @ RWS.  Interesting place. 

We'll definitely be back as I hadn't fully recovered & couldn't eat many food.

It's an extended weekend again as we're on leave on the following Mon.  Just rest at home & fed ourselves with some episodes of TVB drama.  I wish we could have more long weekends ....

Our Last KL Trip

Was extraordinary... A pretty "eventful" one..

On the first day in KL, we didn't shop.  We did many things, but shopping. 

To start with, I made a big big mistake of online booking a hotel too rashly.  Especially for someone who's very fussy.  Guess hubby & I weren't in our right mind when our flight fare jacked up by almost $50 in a mere 10 mins of delayed booking (waiting for Con & Ivan)!  So I thought better settle the accommodation before the price increased.  Originally wanted Parkroyal but Con mentioned about hoping to pay cheaper so I thought she'd wanted elsewhere.  Then after the airfare shock, we rushed into booking the hotel - Fahrenheit Suites.  I only read online reviews after making the prepaid reservation for all... & they weren't good ones, except the excellent location.  So we preempted the Lims. 

Upon arrival at Fahrenheit Suites early morning, I was in complete shock.  From the lift to reception, the environs of the apartment, the lift from reception to rooms, the corridor...... we're all beyond astoundment, or at least for me.  I'm all to blame for landing all of us in such a place.  As it's too early (@ 9am+) to check in, we left our baggages there & walked around.

Breakfast at Dome, Pavilion

After a slow breakfast, hubby & I went in search of hair salon while Con & Ivan walked around.  Hubby had a haircut & I did hair treatment which took 2.5h.  By the time we're done, it's time to check in (& we got really nervous, ha!).  Ok, the rooms were alright as they're being refurbished mostly.  Ivan & Con were ok with the room.  While hubby was also fine with it, he let me decide if I wanted to change hotel.  Initially I wanted to stay on as didn't want to waste money but I was really unhappy & very bothered... so a tough decision was eventually made - change hotel!  My understanding hubby was supportive of my decision... didn't chide me for wasting money.  Well, who on earth can take me better than my dear hubby!? 

It's just nice that we're snacking at Pavilion.. so we went near Dome (why Dome? because we got their free WiFi that morning) & made online booking with my One X ;).  Once done, we went back to Fahrenheit Suites to pack up & go!  Con & Ivan were napping so we didn't disturb them.

Can't wait to say goodbye to this place.

Waiting for the lift, which looked exactly like cargo lift

So we moved to Parkroyal.  And we only had the time to put down our luggage as we're meeting Con & Ivan at 5pm for early dinner.  They're pretty surprised that we're so quick in our action.  They'd no intention to move... it's actually very good that they could make do with it... frankly I wished I could too.. it'd have saved us $200 (as the first booking was prepaid, totally non-refundable).

Satiated ourselves with the good food we've been craving for long... especially the 辣子鸡 & 流沙包!

After dinner, we went back to hotel & changed room as the first room was infested with ants.  What a day..... we'd been busy with such extraordinary activities. Hmmm.  Then we quickly got ready to meet Con & Ivan again for drinks & we're already running late.

Drinks at @live.

  A nice chill-out place with entertaining performances.

For this trip, one of the disappointments was not being able to eat Meng Kee char siew as it was not opened :((   But we're all happy that we had a great dinner at Jalan Alor instead.

All the dishes were delicious including chicken satay that's not in the picture. 

Jalan Alor street stalls.  It's a new experience for me too as it's quite different from my last visit there, which was 大排档 style.

The 2nd night, we went back to @live to finish up our bottle.

Very crowded even on a Sunday night

A bottle of Glenmorangie shared by 3 of us (Con drank something else) & we took 2 days to empty it... The 2nd night's was a killer.  Guess I drank too much & too fast :(

Nice dim sum at New Shanghai, Pavilion.  But also got me instant sore throat :(

Battle of the Year

For the past 2 weeks after our trip, I was busy... getting sick :(

On Mon morning (in KL) when I woke up, I felt extreme dryness in the throat but I was greedy, ordered many deep fried dim sum items for tea time before heading to KLIA. Almost instantly after eating, I had sore throat. Then at the airport / on the flight, I felt feverish. Upon reaching Spore, I confirmed I'd fever as I felt cold. Tue (May Day) was spent mostly in bed, attempting to recuperate. I felt ok when slept on Tue night. Then in the middle of my sleep, I felt really unwell & went to A&E at 4am, to know that my temperature hit 39.4°C & according to the MO, I got throat infection. I was given 3 days medical leave Wed-Fri.

The week before our trip, I got infected by one of my dear colleagues. His virus was really powerful (1 hit 3! those around him!). I'd mild fever & a bit of runny nose then. In a week's time, praise God that I recovered more than 80% & was ready for the trip. And I got no one to blame for the relapse but myself. All the heaty food + boozing... I've really learnt a lesson about self-discipline...

So I thought I could go back to work on Fri but nope, I felt weak & cough started to develop too. And for the past 1 week, I've been coughing badly... & at the end of each day, I'd feel so breathless that all I wanted to do is to zzz... In fact am still coughing now :(((
Now it's hubby's turn to fall sick. Poor him... been trying to nurse me back to good health for the past month but he's been surrounded by viruses at home & in office. Mum hasn't been feeling too good lately as well. Because of me being sick, the annual tomb-sweeping was postponed & Mother's Day celebration.

Just hope that all of us in the family will get well soon .....

Good morning KL! :)

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Short Getaway!

KL here we come (via 1st flight this morning)! :D

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Surprise On A Wednesday Evening

One X from hubby dearest! :D

Our 1st packed lunch for tomorrow

Soba Salad with Miso & Sesame Oil Dressing :)

Birthdays Staycation & All

I planned for a surprise birthday dinner with the siblings on the Sat before hubby's birthday. It's at one of his current favourite spots. Then just 2 days before the dinner, I'd the idea of a hotel stay as wanted hubby to drink to his heart's content without worrying about how to get home after that. To justify the amount spent, it'd be for both of our birthdays. So almost the whole of Fri was devoted to an intensive search for hotels. Top requirement - gotta be near to where we're dining at (ie. Raffles Place) which didn't leave with many choices. Not considering Fullerton Hotel as the standard room is miserably small. Finally, just before end of the day, I booked us a room for the next day but almost regretted when I got to know there's no carpark within the premise. And then I saw the old façade of the building when I saw it after work.. somewhere which I've never taken note of in the past though it's at Raffles Place & we passed it everyday.

To spice up the whole celebration, I decided this as the second surprise for hubby. Initially I didn't even want to tell him we're having a 2D1N short getaway (like what I did before) but due to the very last minute plan, I didn't prepare at all by secretly packing our clothes & all needed... it's totally impossible for me to pack everything & hide in our car in a whole 10 minutes. So all I told him was a hotel stay, which was surprising enough for dear hubby:)

Hubby suspected it'd be in CBD and for the whole night, he's trying to fish information from me but I successfully dropped misleading hints to diverge him, haha. Anyway, I was very sure he wouldn't know we'd stay there. Was really relieved that I only needed to keep the secret for 1 night as there're times I nearly blurted out!

The next day, I navigated hubby to drive to the nearest carpark. Slowly, more & more details unveiled.. it's almost as if I blindfolded him & led him to the destination. So, Mission Successful! It totally didn't occur to hubby that we'd be staying there.. He couldn't even remember there's such a place!

The place turned out to be a hidden jewel - what seemed like a tired looking building externally, is totally different inside, especially when we got into our apartment. We're very impressed with the luxury of space, the interior & the little details that are paid attention to.

The fully equipped kitchenette (including coffee maker, hidden washer/dryer & dish washer etc)

The open bathroom. Cool!

The concept is similar to Hilton KL (Sentral)'s but this is more thoughtful with a clear full view of TV while showering/soaking in tub. What's more - a speaker specially installed in the bath area!

Bed is placed in the middle.. special.. & they're generous to put 2 TVs.

L'Occitane toiletries.

Made ourselves very at home with a tapao-ed Starbucks earl grey & green tea latte ;)

Dinner+Drinks @ OverEasy. I made sure that we're the latest to arrive (it's only a short walk of less than 10 mins from Ascott) & hubby was surprised to see his siblings & partners as I previously told him they couldn't make it by giving a few convincing reasons.





BD gift from the siblings.

As for my birthday, I wanted a simple one (because I wanted a gift instead + the earlier hotel stay). Still, we took half day leave & had my favourite Peking Duck lunch at Imperial Treasure Ion (that's the only one that opens through afternoon). Then we met sis later who treated us to afternoon tea @ TWG Ion.

My present! Will show later what it contains.

About The Preps

For Con's wedding

I bought a dress that's worn by Karen Mok before. But it looked very different on me...

I looked fat, especially at certain angles.. Can you imagine? I wore a Size L!!

Hubby bought this gorgeous looking tuxedo shirt...

We took the opportunity to have an enjoyable 3.5-day long weekend. On Fri, we're on half day leave & started the weekend with my honey's favourite Korean lunch.

We'd a late & slow one at a Korean restaurant near my office that exudes quite a bit of Korean feel - Dae Bak BBQ Restaurant. I'd say, for now, that's the best Korean meal I've had in Singapore considering it's tasty, cheap (@$10/set for lunch) & we'd the luxury of time to savour our food.

Ginseng chicken soup set & beef rib soup set for hubby. It's the first time I could finish the soup & meat *thumbs up*

After lunch, since we still had time before my manicure at FEP, we took a stroll to Good Morning Nanyang @ Hong Lim CC for a cup of tea. After the long awaited move, the standard was as good as their franchised outlet at Sembawang Shopping Centre.

Nails to match my dress. A combi of the lady boss' & my ideas ;)

The Wedding

Of Ivan & Con on 4 Mar!

Pre-Luncheon Cocktail reception @ The Fullerton Hotel
A pic with our pretty AP birdcage. Guests were amused by it! :)

After the wedding lunch, the few of us wanted to have a drink before heading back. But both OverEasy & Level 33 were closed. Stopped over at Fullerton Bay Hotel's Lantern Bar but it's too hot to chill out.

So we walked further down to The Bank Bar & Bistro @ One Shenton.
We give them 1/5 for service so no, we won't be going back there.

AP "Box"

Con tasked us with making an Ang Pao Box for her Big Day.

So about a month before, hubby & I started to brainstorm.... thinking of ideas to dress up a big box. In the meantime, we got an empty copier paper box from my office. On the Sat that we scheduled to buy all needed materials, there's a sudden twist in the design & Serangoon North was where we got . . . . . .

This birdcage!

We visited all the bird shops in Serangoon North & hubby was so overwhelmed as we're being surrounded by so many birds & parrots! Haha. This was the first time that we bought a bird cage when we've not, in our lives, kept a bird before (& never will :P).

That evening, we went home to spray paint it & got the materials on Sunday. We'd 2 themes in mind... one's our style & the other was the couple's decor style for the wedding event. Just nice that we got to visit the wedding venue earlier that day for the food tasting lunch session.

First, we did it according to our own preference

After another week's consideration, we changed it to what we thought the wedding couple to be would prefer more :)
Just that poor hubby gotta smell the paint twice..

Voilà! This is the final creation of Vincent & Kelly! ;)

And it got a close-up shot at their wedding..

Talking about our 'creation' for wedding event, the last was for Vincent CH's wedding.

For Uncle CH's... we did the stage decor & floral pieces for the high tables.

We really enjoy doing such "special assignment" together! :)