Last week, on one of the nights, met up with BFFs for coffee/tea. We arranged to meet @ holland village, a place which i hardly visit. the last time i was there, we had dim sum @ one of the chinese restaurants but it was a touch and go event, we didn't really take time to explore the place.....
anywayz, it was 1030pm on a wednesday nite, third day of chinese new year. saw a starbucks but we were disappointed that it closes @ 11pm!! hahaha, actually it's very good liao lah that they are opened till 11pm on a weekday nite ;p but u know, we are in singapore, our expectations are higher ;p heeehee.
walked abit and we found a coffee bean tea leaf cafe. Yipppeee, it's opened 24 hours a day!!! Hoooray! welcome to singapore! :) love it.
went in and boy was it crowded and noisy. both hubbie and myself agreed that it was very crowded and full of 人气! :)
when my frens arrived .... one of them commented that "it's not so crowded today" ! she had thought that it would have been difficult to get a seat .... wahahaha, we had a good laugh cos here we are feeling the "crowd" and then the reality check came -- it wasn't so crowded afterall!!
welcome to singapore!! love the hustle and bustle. just have to bear with the crowd!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
夕阳无限好 ....
spent the entire day today at Universal Studios with BFFs (and kids) ....fun and tiring!!
love these shots of sunset that i managed to capture as we were preparing to leave Sentosa Island.
will write more about Universal Studios later..... i need to get some sleep now! heehee.
love these shots of sunset that i managed to capture as we were preparing to leave Sentosa Island.
will write more about Universal Studios later..... i need to get some sleep now! heehee.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Chinese New Year 2012 - Reunion Dinner
In a flash, the festivities of celebrating the Lunar New Year aka Chinese New Year is over!! although traditionally, there are 15 days of Chinese New Year celebration (for visitation and collecting/giving of ang pows), in reality, we are constrained by the official "public holidays" and in our case, only 2 days :( my fren reminded me that hong kong has officially 3 days of holidays to celebrate CNY ;)
First off, the reunion dinner 团年饭 -- for the last 14 years we've always had 2 rounds of reunion dinner on the same day!!
reunion dinners take place on the day before Chinese New Year Day 1 and as the name suggest -- it's for the entire family/clan to come together and feast. and if one is living overseas, it is in every sense of the word a reunion :)
both my and hubbie's family have their reunion dinners on the same day and so yup, we eat round 1 @ 530pm with my family and then @ 8pm with his family. i remember when we first started doing this, we were quite conscious of the amt we ate @ both dinners -- afterall there's so much food served, it is possible to overeat!! ;)
sad to say i think over the years, we have gotten used to the idea of eating 2 dinners for reunion and our stomach seems to have found the capacity to accomodate the food ;p i try very hard to control.... but i think i am still eating alot more than in the past!!
o well.
here's kaira and her cousin samuel getting for "Lo Hei" -- a dish that originate from singapore i believe and a must have during chinese new year meals. the dish signifies prosperity and every single ingredient has a positive connotation to it :) e.g. the crackers signifies money, he raw fish, signifying abundance, the sweet sauce that is used to mix up the ingredients signifies a sweet and happy year ahead so on and so forth.
When we reached home, it was past 11pm. way way past her bedtime!!! really rare that she sleeps so late ;p
First off, the reunion dinner 团年饭 -- for the last 14 years we've always had 2 rounds of reunion dinner on the same day!!
reunion dinners take place on the day before Chinese New Year Day 1 and as the name suggest -- it's for the entire family/clan to come together and feast. and if one is living overseas, it is in every sense of the word a reunion :)
both my and hubbie's family have their reunion dinners on the same day and so yup, we eat round 1 @ 530pm with my family and then @ 8pm with his family. i remember when we first started doing this, we were quite conscious of the amt we ate @ both dinners -- afterall there's so much food served, it is possible to overeat!! ;)
sad to say i think over the years, we have gotten used to the idea of eating 2 dinners for reunion and our stomach seems to have found the capacity to accomodate the food ;p i try very hard to control.... but i think i am still eating alot more than in the past!!
o well.
here's kaira and her cousin samuel getting for "Lo Hei" -- a dish that originate from singapore i believe and a must have during chinese new year meals. the dish signifies prosperity and every single ingredient has a positive connotation to it :) e.g. the crackers signifies money, he raw fish, signifying abundance, the sweet sauce that is used to mix up the ingredients signifies a sweet and happy year ahead so on and so forth.
my family "Lo Hei"-ing -- mixing up the ingredients :)
Kaira , all changed and ready for round 2 with my in laws.
When we reached home, it was past 11pm. way way past her bedtime!!! really rare that she sleeps so late ;p
Friday, January 20, 2012
Chinese New Year is Coming!!
As a child, i looked forward to cleberating chinese new year because it meant collecting ang pows (red packets with $$), eating lots of chinese new year cookies and goodies and playing with cousins from the extended family and of course, it's holiday from school!
and now it's kaira's turn to enjoy all these!!
p/s bak kwa - is like beef jerky -- but it's pork, sweeter and less chewy! i love it very much too!! ;p
and now it's kaira's turn to enjoy all these!!
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| eating Bak Kwa - her favorite CNY scnack |
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| Yummy kueh bangkit |
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| traditional "prosperity cakes" that signifies good fortune for the rest of the year! |
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Labrador Nature Park
Heard on the news that the authorities have revamped the Labrador Nature Park area and there's now a connected boardwalk to Vivocity.
Decided to bring Kaira there to take a look last weekend! Nice idyllic place, i believe we will be back again....but maybe during the evening when it's not so hot!!
we were there late morning and the sun was just blazing!!!! there's more to the place that we should explore (like the play area etc) so i think we should be back!
Plus, this place is near to the NUS Guild House which is a good place to hangout for the family :)
talking about the NUS Guild House, it's been like 10 years since we have visited it and boy has it changed!! the the Clubhouse is now so posh, we almost couldn't recognise it!!
will try to remember to take some photos the next time........
Decided to bring Kaira there to take a look last weekend! Nice idyllic place, i believe we will be back again....but maybe during the evening when it's not so hot!!
we were there late morning and the sun was just blazing!!!! there's more to the place that we should explore (like the play area etc) so i think we should be back!
Plus, this place is near to the NUS Guild House which is a good place to hangout for the family :)
talking about the NUS Guild House, it's been like 10 years since we have visited it and boy has it changed!! the the Clubhouse is now so posh, we almost couldn't recognise it!!
will try to remember to take some photos the next time........
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| that's Reflections in the background. love the contrast of concrete and greenery. |
Friday, January 13, 2012
Celebrating Papa's Birthday!
she's born in Nov 07 and in Jan 08, during his birthday kaira was recovering from surgery and we were in no mood for any celebration. then from 2009 - 2011, he's always back in Netherlands in January while we will stay in Singapore!
Finally, Kaira has the chance to celebrate his birthday this year! Good thing he arrived back in Singapore on his birthday from a business trip, otherwise, it will be another missed year!
i know i know, there are probably many years ahead for Kaira to celebrate his birthday, but every missed celebration will never return! so, good to enjoy every single one! heehee :)
Happy birthday to Papa!!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Look Mum!
Kaira was quite excited to see her "work" on the notice board located just outside her class.
close up:
although i think kaira can draw very well ..... 一山还有一山高!!!
there was one worksheet that caught my attention and that's because it was obviously a scene from Angry Birds!! waahahaha, so cute, one of her classmates actually drew the angry bird scene !! *amazed*
close up:
although i think kaira can draw very well ..... 一山还有一山高!!!
there was one worksheet that caught my attention and that's because it was obviously a scene from Angry Birds!! waahahaha, so cute, one of her classmates actually drew the angry bird scene !! *amazed*
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