1-for-1 breakfast after church @ Marché Bar & Bistro Raffles City.
Meant to be breakfast but by the time we're served, it's considered brunch.
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Sunday, August 26, 2012
Brunch
Saturday, August 25, 2012
D Day
We took a day's leave last Wed & saw 3 doctors. To be exact, I visited a dentist, met an aesthetic doctor & consulted a Chinese doctor.
As I suddenly had an extra sensitve tooth, hubby helped make a last minute appointment with his dentist friend. After my dental appointment in Novena, I took the chance to fix my long overdue facial treatment appointment since it's in the same premise. There, I bumped into my dermatologist & we chatted a bit, even exchanged some TCM info..
As we're very near Orchard, we went Ion & in 2 hours, we'd lunch, bought some skincare products/daily necessities & a dress before rushing back to see TCM physician near home.
Though rush rush from place to place & filled with kinda stressful activities (saw so many doctors in a day!!), I managed to buy 3 dresses & that's a consolation :)
As I suddenly had an extra sensitve tooth, hubby helped make a last minute appointment with his dentist friend. After my dental appointment in Novena, I took the chance to fix my long overdue facial treatment appointment since it's in the same premise. There, I bumped into my dermatologist & we chatted a bit, even exchanged some TCM info..
As we're very near Orchard, we went Ion & in 2 hours, we'd lunch, bought some skincare products/daily necessities & a dress before rushing back to see TCM physician near home.
Though rush rush from place to place & filled with kinda stressful activities (saw so many doctors in a day!!), I managed to buy 3 dresses & that's a consolation :)
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Saturday, August 18, 2012
A Good 1 Month
The past month was quite an unusual one as I got to catch up with some individuals that I never got to meet for years.
Mid of July, hubby & I met up with Gina (my ex-JC mate) & her husband, Albert. It's on a sad occasion though... at the wake of Gina's mum. We've not met for at least 3 years... but there's some happy updates - we should be seeing more of Gina & family next year onwards as they'll be moving (from very West) to Sembawang.. to a Penthouse to be exact!
The following Thursday, I met Karyn for dinner @ Mandarin Gallery's Wild Honey as hubby attended a dinner event for work. We hadn't met for.. 9 years!!! Just about 2 years ago we managed to reconnect through FB. This dear friend has been going through a lot, for the second time, so much to catch up on.. so we adjourned to Brotzeit at 313 for dessert & drinks after dinner.
The following Tue, had lunch with Jo. She's our ex-neighbour whom we lost touch for about 4 years till we bumped into her couple of months ago. Recently I bumped into her again near my office & we arranged to catch lunch. She's like what we've guessed.. but it's her ex-hubby, the uglier of the 2, who'd affairs & we're surprised. It's a good 1.5-hour lunch... as we'd never chatted anything personal when we're still neighbours.
The first Fri in Aug, I'd a gals' night out with colleagues while hubby had drinks with his colleagues. After a simple dinner at Boat Quay, we'd drinks at a new pub at Circular Road - Cellarbration. At the end of my session, hubby came & fetch me to rejoin his colleagues. When we reached home past 1am, I was already a lil intoxicated after 2 sessions of drinks.
The following Mon, we'd a big group farewell lunch... first time so many of us from different departments could gather for lunch.
Besides meet-ups with friends/colleagues, we spent more time with our families too :)
Mid of July, hubby & I met up with Gina (my ex-JC mate) & her husband, Albert. It's on a sad occasion though... at the wake of Gina's mum. We've not met for at least 3 years... but there's some happy updates - we should be seeing more of Gina & family next year onwards as they'll be moving (from very West) to Sembawang.. to a Penthouse to be exact!
The following Tue, had lunch with Jo. She's our ex-neighbour whom we lost touch for about 4 years till we bumped into her couple of months ago. Recently I bumped into her again near my office & we arranged to catch lunch. She's like what we've guessed.. but it's her ex-hubby, the uglier of the 2, who'd affairs & we're surprised. It's a good 1.5-hour lunch... as we'd never chatted anything personal when we're still neighbours.
The first Fri in Aug, I'd a gals' night out with colleagues while hubby had drinks with his colleagues. After a simple dinner at Boat Quay, we'd drinks at a new pub at Circular Road - Cellarbration. At the end of my session, hubby came & fetch me to rejoin his colleagues. When we reached home past 1am, I was already a lil intoxicated after 2 sessions of drinks.
We'd had a tower!
I was excited when I saw Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc while walking in so I "influenced" some of the gals to get it. And it's cheap @ $50!
Enjoyed the draft beer from the iconic Eiffel Tower :) Hubby would have been happier to have it as he loves 1664 Blanc. Hope hubby & I would have the chance to drink from the Eiffel Tower soon, hee.
The following Mon, we'd a big group farewell lunch... first time so many of us from different departments could gather for lunch.
Dim sum lunch @ Yan Palace.
Some snippets...
Our last singing session & steamboat dinner thereafter
Rachel's BD Party
We're supposed to eat some party bites but her lil friends gobbled up everything. So those who're late, like hubby & I & her own mom (half time from work), got no food :(
So I'm munching calbee & expired fishball crackers...
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Saturday, August 11, 2012
Another Lazy Sat afternoon ...
@ PS Cafe at A.S.H Park.
Crushed mint lime soda, Lemon ginger beer, Truffle fries & M's carrot & ginger cake... :)
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Monday, August 06, 2012
Monday Treat!
The waffle is just as good as the banana walnut & macadamia nuts ice cream!
It managed to make up for the disappointing dinner we had :)
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Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Nite-out with Siblings
Last Fri we'd dinner at Toa Payoh Lor 8 hawker centre & then drinks at Relish @My Village.
The 3 anti-social boys.
While June & I were busy catching up :)
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Chillax Time ...
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Weekend Comes Early!
We usually don't indulge in elaborated dinners on weekdays as we'll like to go for simple meal & then hit home early. But this evening, maybe because hubhy came to fetch me early, we decided to dine just next to my office.. we've been wanting to try their pork knuckle.
Looking forward to the siblings catchup tomorrow night! ;)
The Rotisserie.
The pork knuckle wasn't that nice.. the fish n chips was ok though, it wouldn't go too wrong anyway. Their Quarter Roasted Chicken is the popular one but hubby doesn't like breast meat so I never thought of recommending.
After-dinner drinks - Cherry beer & Apple beer at The Wine Connection @ Robertson Walk. Short but great chillout session with nice music :)
Looking forward to the siblings catchup tomorrow night! ;)
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The Big 'T'
Early this year, hubby bought me an iPad 2. But I wasn't impressed with its performance (by now I'm quite convinced that it's me though I don't know why).. pretty often Facebook couldn't be updated.. likewise for emails.. then the occasional sluggish web browsers....
So when we got a Sony Tablet S (WiFi only) as a free gift from the purchase of a Sony TV, it only made sense to let my iPad go since (1) the resale value of a pre-owned iPad is even higher than a brand new Tablet S & (2) I wasn't fully happy with my iPad so didn't mind trying out another tablet.
We redeemed our Tablet S a week ago & it's not easy finding it a case. In the end we'd to get the original one @ $90 (!!), without any choice of color & design. The price definitely didn't match the case design... as we'd to use a few double-sided tapes & velcro to secure the tablet to the case & it's bulky. But at last we got it all settled (though the initial experience was already pretty unpleasant). On the same day, we sold our iPad 2 for $400.
Only a week with Tablet S, I got the following problems - couldn't edit photos, couldn't upload photos on blogger & it's quite a hassle to be connected to WiFi only though I could still use my mobile as hotspot.
Then on Sun, my dearest hubby, knowing his wifey was unhappy with Tablet S, decided to bring her to shop for another tablet & eventually got a Samsung Tab 2 10.1 on the same day & traded in Tablet S for $180. Love ya, honey! :*
So when we got a Sony Tablet S (WiFi only) as a free gift from the purchase of a Sony TV, it only made sense to let my iPad go since (1) the resale value of a pre-owned iPad is even higher than a brand new Tablet S & (2) I wasn't fully happy with my iPad so didn't mind trying out another tablet.
We redeemed our Tablet S a week ago & it's not easy finding it a case. In the end we'd to get the original one @ $90 (!!), without any choice of color & design. The price definitely didn't match the case design... as we'd to use a few double-sided tapes & velcro to secure the tablet to the case & it's bulky. But at last we got it all settled (though the initial experience was already pretty unpleasant). On the same day, we sold our iPad 2 for $400.
Only a week with Tablet S, I got the following problems - couldn't edit photos, couldn't upload photos on blogger & it's quite a hassle to be connected to WiFi only though I could still use my mobile as hotspot.
Then on Sun, my dearest hubby, knowing his wifey was unhappy with Tablet S, decided to bring her to shop for another tablet & eventually got a Samsung Tab 2 10.1 on the same day & traded in Tablet S for $180. Love ya, honey! :*
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
So far so good.... like it slim & sleek & the colours are fresh (but not over glaring).
Hopefully this will perform well :)
Friday, July 20, 2012
Le Bunny Bleu
Last Fri a colleague launched her Le Bunny Bleu début in Singapore at MAAD Pyjamas which was held at Red Dot Design Museum.
I bought a pair of leather boat shoes. Very comfy ...
I bought a pair of leather boat shoes. Very comfy ...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Exchange Programs
Amelie told us about her plan of visiting Singapore next year with her daughter (Cilaé) & it got me all so excited as finally after almost 15 years, we're gonna meet again!!! Then she brought up her ideas - 1) an exchange program for her daughter with a Singaporean family 2) home exchange for holidays.
Project No.1 - Exchange Program for the Kids
The first I had in mind was sis. And as expected, sis was keen. Both of them are of similar age too.. 12 & 14... But the girls' school holidays are in totally different timing, so I suggested that Cilaé comes over during her holidays & perhaps spend about 10 days with sis & Rachel (my niece). Then when Rachel has hers, she'll go over to Amelie's. Both Amelie & sis thought it's a pretty good idea but would have to discuss in details about how they spend time together while one of them is attending school. Perhaps enrol the other girl who's not schooling in a short term English / French class? Amelie has even come up with the preliminary program - a few days at the countryside and a few on the mountain besides spending a few days in Paris. We think it's really educational yet fun to learn about another country's language/culture & to make new friends.
Project No.2 - Home Exchange
Hubby & I find Amelie's idea of home exchange interesting but as it's not common here, it might be difficult to make it happen. If Amelie & Cilaé were to visit, we would definitely have them stay with us for a few days. Then we thought if she could bring forward her trip to this year end to coincide with our anniversary trip, we could consider exchanging home with her?? But we both think the chance isn't high.
Whatever it is, I'm so happy that I'll be seeing her again... even though if it's next year. Can't wait!
Project No.1 - Exchange Program for the Kids
The first I had in mind was sis. And as expected, sis was keen. Both of them are of similar age too.. 12 & 14... But the girls' school holidays are in totally different timing, so I suggested that Cilaé comes over during her holidays & perhaps spend about 10 days with sis & Rachel (my niece). Then when Rachel has hers, she'll go over to Amelie's. Both Amelie & sis thought it's a pretty good idea but would have to discuss in details about how they spend time together while one of them is attending school. Perhaps enrol the other girl who's not schooling in a short term English / French class? Amelie has even come up with the preliminary program - a few days at the countryside and a few on the mountain besides spending a few days in Paris. We think it's really educational yet fun to learn about another country's language/culture & to make new friends.
Project No.2 - Home Exchange
Hubby & I find Amelie's idea of home exchange interesting but as it's not common here, it might be difficult to make it happen. If Amelie & Cilaé were to visit, we would definitely have them stay with us for a few days. Then we thought if she could bring forward her trip to this year end to coincide with our anniversary trip, we could consider exchanging home with her?? But we both think the chance isn't high.
Whatever it is, I'm so happy that I'll be seeing her again... even though if it's next year. Can't wait!
Sunday, July 15, 2012
De Thé et ...
Think recently I'm obsessed with tea. To be exact.. I'm obsessed with having tea with my beloved & I like it in a nice, relaxing ambiance. Our fav is Earl Grey but sometimes I'm in the mood to try different types of specialty teas.
This the latest that we went to over the weekend where we had a good 2-hour (though the place is a lil too cramped)...
This the latest that we went to over the weekend where we had a good 2-hour (though the place is a lil too cramped)...
ANTOINETTE, Parisian patisserie and salon de thé
I had Geisha Earl - bergamot + orange blossoms + lemon peels + sencha base. Nice.
Hubby took Earl Grey d'antoinette. Pretty unique but too flowery scented.
We enjoyed the all day breakfast - eggs with sautéed onion & mushroom... & the french toasts with salty caramel & crème Chantilly completed the great makan experience :)
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