Yesterday, 19 September 2009 was a real hectic day for us all.
Alan and I slept in till almost 11am and then hurriedly left the house to shop for fresh food and groceries for the party that evening. First, we headed over to the promising wet market to pick up some fresh prawns for our Seafood Aglio Olio and then we bought 7 slices of tender pork chops for Alan's creation.
After our pork porridge breakfast, we returned home to throw the food in the fridge and then ventured to TMC to pick up MORE foodstuff. I was i/c of making creamy mushroom soup and the salad that evening and I also had to bake the doggies a birthday cake.
Again, we spent RM300+ in TMC (we are fast turning out to be their biggest spenders) and then zoomed back at around 2pm to start the cooking mania. I started by baking the Almond and Banana Cinnamon Cake for all the doggies. That took a while and after the blending, mixing, baking and cooling, I creamed the top facade and then Alan sprinkled some icing sugar on it. Oooolalaaaaaa.
Next came the mushroom soup. I used shitake and portobello mushrooms and some garlic and butter and very soon, a creamy and delicious soup was boiling on the stove.
Alan came in then to cook up a storm. His Seafood Aglio Olio had fresh herbs, prawns and squid and was just marvellous. So was the apple sauce and pork chops. What a spread.
By 7pm, our guests had arrived and they ooo-ed and awwww-ed at the house politely.
We had invited the Tan family (whose poodle, Chloe attends the same class as Coco) and also Yi Siong and Sheena - Coco's godparents, who brought along their Westie, Bizzy and their showdog poodle, Myra.
Then, we all tucked in. *yumz* For dessert, we served up fruits (strawberries / bananas) and marshmellows with a chocolate fondue fountain. Meiting had brought a home-baked butter cake to add to the spread :) Then, all gathered to sing Coco a birthday song to celebrate his first birthday belatedly. :D All 5 dogs gathered to enjoy the home-baked cake as well. They also went home with a doggie-bag made up of some of the cake and also a tub of milk cookies I had baked specially for them.
The 5 dogs went chasing one another around and we had a field day watching them.. hahaha That's entertainment for you. The humans bonded over chocolate fondue and chatted about their pooches. hahaha. Amazing, the party lasted till almost midnight! :O
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Selamat Hari Raya
HAPPY LONG WEEKEND FOLKS. The one good thing about living in a majority- Muslim country is the extra public holiday during Hari Raya! *yay* The weekend has started and it will end only on Tuesday next week. Whoopeeee!
Tomorrow evening at around 7pm, we have a house party during which we will host 2 families ( 8 people in total including ours) and a total of 5 dogs (including Jay Jay and Coco). ahahaha. Alan will whip up a storm in the kitchen and present his speciality - Seafood Aglio Olio. He will top it up with yummy pork chops. I will be responsible for salad and creamy mushroom soup. For dessert, we will serve up chocolate fondue with strawberries, bananas and mashmellows and our friends will bring with them a decadent chocolate cake. hahaa. Sounds utterly sinful. The dogs will have a freshly baked banana cake to celebrate the one year birthdays of Coco, Myra and also Chloe as well as some home-made milk cookies - all done by yours truly. :) It will truly be an exciting few hours... :D Now let's hope the doggies won't baptise any of our furniture. :X
On Sunday, we will also head to Cres for the much-lusted after facial session at 1230pm. And then on Monday perhaps we will head to MVMM again to check out the Baby Expo. There are still so many items to buy in preparation of Ethan's arrival. :)
Tomorrow evening at around 7pm, we have a house party during which we will host 2 families ( 8 people in total including ours) and a total of 5 dogs (including Jay Jay and Coco). ahahaha. Alan will whip up a storm in the kitchen and present his speciality - Seafood Aglio Olio. He will top it up with yummy pork chops. I will be responsible for salad and creamy mushroom soup. For dessert, we will serve up chocolate fondue with strawberries, bananas and mashmellows and our friends will bring with them a decadent chocolate cake. hahaa. Sounds utterly sinful. The dogs will have a freshly baked banana cake to celebrate the one year birthdays of Coco, Myra and also Chloe as well as some home-made milk cookies - all done by yours truly. :) It will truly be an exciting few hours... :D Now let's hope the doggies won't baptise any of our furniture. :X
On Sunday, we will also head to Cres for the much-lusted after facial session at 1230pm. And then on Monday perhaps we will head to MVMM again to check out the Baby Expo. There are still so many items to buy in preparation of Ethan's arrival. :)
Thursday, September 10, 2009
A Visit to the Clinic and Hospital
After a huge plate of fried rice each for lunch, Alan and I sent Ening for her medical check up in a clinic in Bangsar. After her blood test and physical examination, we had to bring to Pantai Medical Centre for a follow-up X-ray. *sigh*
After the X-ray, the wait was around 30-45mins so we all burnt some time with a Baskin Robins cone each. (That was probably the highlight of my day.) And then after we collected the X-ray report, we had to make our way back to the clinic to hand it over to the receptionist who promised to expedite En's application to work in Malaysia.
It was almost 5pm when Alan drove us back. ZzZzz Not one of the more exciting days in KL, definitely!
On a lighter note, I baked Cheesy Herb Scones today. They look yummy (if I may say so myself) but I haven't tried any yet. ahahhaha.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
A visit to see Ethan
8 September 2009 (Tuesday)
We arrived at Dr Ravi's clinic 10mins late for our 10am appointment today but ironically still had to wait another 25mins or so to see him. From the last appointment, a month ago, our precious prince, Ethan, had already put on another 600g and is now tipping the scales at 1.45kg! *claps* Don't ask how much weight HIS MOTHER has put on though - very sensitive topic :P
After waving to Ethan via ultrasound screening, Alan dropped Ening and I off at Pavilion for some light shopping. I booked us a movie (G.I. Joe at 230pm) and then we headed into Parkson to spend the remaining vouchers I had.
Compared to Singapore, the choices of baby products here in KL are very limited. I ended up just buying 2 pacifiers (which I hope I will never have to use), a milk powder container, a baby comb and brush set and a pair of long pants and 2 pairs of shorts for Ethan. Ethan has LOADS of shirts but very few bottoms!
After that, we roamed into ROAM, Borders etc whilst waiting for Alan to meet us for lunch. We had Pepper Lunch - a Japanese DIY Teppanyaki Restaurant (it functions more like a fast food joint) and Alan and I enjoyed our beef steak set lunch 
whilst Ening wrote Happy Hari Raya cards to her family members.
whilst Ening wrote Happy Hari Raya cards to her family members.We coincidentally bumped into Uncle Jimmy as well and he didn't recognise me because of my baby bump (actually, it's not a bump, it's more like a HILL). Ening and I enjoyed (errr... that's an overstatement) G.I. Joe which lasted all of 2 hours. Then, we went to roam again whilst waiting for Alan to join us. I bought stuff at Watsons and also 3 egg tarts for supper whilst watching our serial. :D
The husband and I mulled over which clocks in Molecue to place in our living room 1 and 2 and emerged from the shop empty-handed. Then, we had dinner at a HK cafe on the top floor of Pavilion. Dont know what's the name though.
My set of Borch soup , fruits and a pork ribs with fried rice was average but Alan's fried udon was as delicious as it was salty. En broke fast with a plate of fried rice and honey glazed chicken. Then we left for home to sayang the poor dogs who had been caged up since the night before. :(
Monday, September 7, 2009
Malacca with Puppy.com
5 September 2009 (Saturday)
We packed our bags and headed for Malacca Afarmosa resort with En and the two little ones today at around noon time. But before that, we had a tasteless wanton noodle breakfast at the coffeeshop in Bangsar. Gosh Malaysian hawker fare pales definitely in comparison with Singapore's. :P
We arrived at around 130pm at Afarmosa and drove to the clubhouse to check in. When we entered our Family Studio, we were quite disappointed at the quality of lodging (for RM240, we feel we deserved better). The room was old and cramped and not very exciting. En took the designated couch - which apparently was more comfortable than our bed ;P
After a sandwich / french fries lunch, we headed back to the room for a short snooze and then emerged unwillingly, under the hot sun, to join in the puppy.com games and fun. There were quite a few games for the doggies - such as The Best Recall dog (the dogs lined up on one end of the field and the owners on the other end and as the horn blew, the dogs were supposed to run to their owners), the Best Dressed Dog (Jay Jay's lady bug costume didn't win him nuts), The Best Simon Says Dog (Jay Jay went quite far but was eliminated for sitting next to me and Coco actually won third placing - a trophy, no less- but it was his father who had gotten him eliminated from the competition. hahahaha), Best Trick Dog, Best Sit-Stay dog etc.
We all had a good time, albeit being burnt by the scorching rays of Mr Sun and adding more unwanted freckles to my arms and face. :P At almost 545pm, the games ended and we bade the Tan Family goodbye and went back to the studio for a quick shower.
Then, it was CRAB GALORE! Alan drove like 45mins to our milky crab restaurant (Fei Lee- opposite Bay View Hotel) and we indulged in three crabs - milky and spicy and sour, seafood horfun and a claypot toufu with vegetables. Ening ate like there was no tomorrow - apparently it was her first time eating crabs! :O The bill- RM172. Quite cheap when considering what we had ordered.
Next stop: Although absolutely zonked out, we decided to hit Jonker Walk which was just a stone's throw away from the restaurant. We parked at the car park and took a leisurely stroll down Jonker Walk (and memory lane). Nothing very much caught our eye, although I did contemplate buying the cool and chic umbrellas (which came packaged as a bottle). I bought Ethan 3 hangers and 3 Keychains (in the shape of Croc's sandals - coupled with the little buttons somemore!) and 6 paper holders. Very cute.
Strolling on further, Alan picked up some microfibre cloth and we contemplated buying a RM15 (onion / garlic cutter). We stopped by the big stage to have our durian chendol and also to watch and listen to some singers croon. Then, we headed back to the car.
The night for me was not a restful one. I had gallantly given En my quilt and since I had a bed to myself and my husband was afraid of the cold, I volunteered to sleep w/o a quilt , just directly under the airconditioner. I fell asleep almost immediately but woke up a couple of times in the night because of the cold.
6 September 2009 (Sunday)
En decided not to fast today and joined us for breakfast because the Tans had offered us their breakfast coupon. We had an unappetising breakfast of cold noodles and sambal and toasted bread with yucky jam and then headed back to KL thankfully.
Alan drove like Schumi and we arrived back home in no time at all and then vegetated in front of the tv , watching our dvd serial. In the evening, after I had a short nap, we headed out to the pasar malum to pick up our usual seafood / fruits / vegetables. Dinner was a miserable and soggy Char Kuay Teow which we did not enjoy at all. ;P
We packed our bags and headed for Malacca Afarmosa resort with En and the two little ones today at around noon time. But before that, we had a tasteless wanton noodle breakfast at the coffeeshop in Bangsar. Gosh Malaysian hawker fare pales definitely in comparison with Singapore's. :P
We arrived at around 130pm at Afarmosa and drove to the clubhouse to check in. When we entered our Family Studio, we were quite disappointed at the quality of lodging (for RM240, we feel we deserved better). The room was old and cramped and not very exciting. En took the designated couch - which apparently was more comfortable than our bed ;P
After a sandwich / french fries lunch, we headed back to the room for a short snooze and then emerged unwillingly, under the hot sun, to join in the puppy.com games and fun. There were quite a few games for the doggies - such as The Best Recall dog (the dogs lined up on one end of the field and the owners on the other end and as the horn blew, the dogs were supposed to run to their owners), the Best Dressed Dog (Jay Jay's lady bug costume didn't win him nuts), The Best Simon Says Dog (Jay Jay went quite far but was eliminated for sitting next to me and Coco actually won third placing - a trophy, no less- but it was his father who had gotten him eliminated from the competition. hahahaha), Best Trick Dog, Best Sit-Stay dog etc.
We all had a good time, albeit being burnt by the scorching rays of Mr Sun and adding more unwanted freckles to my arms and face. :P At almost 545pm, the games ended and we bade the Tan Family goodbye and went back to the studio for a quick shower.
Then, it was CRAB GALORE! Alan drove like 45mins to our milky crab restaurant (Fei Lee- opposite Bay View Hotel) and we indulged in three crabs - milky and spicy and sour, seafood horfun and a claypot toufu with vegetables. Ening ate like there was no tomorrow - apparently it was her first time eating crabs! :O The bill- RM172. Quite cheap when considering what we had ordered.
Next stop: Although absolutely zonked out, we decided to hit Jonker Walk which was just a stone's throw away from the restaurant. We parked at the car park and took a leisurely stroll down Jonker Walk (and memory lane). Nothing very much caught our eye, although I did contemplate buying the cool and chic umbrellas (which came packaged as a bottle). I bought Ethan 3 hangers and 3 Keychains (in the shape of Croc's sandals - coupled with the little buttons somemore!) and 6 paper holders. Very cute.
Strolling on further, Alan picked up some microfibre cloth and we contemplated buying a RM15 (onion / garlic cutter). We stopped by the big stage to have our durian chendol and also to watch and listen to some singers croon. Then, we headed back to the car.
The night for me was not a restful one. I had gallantly given En my quilt and since I had a bed to myself and my husband was afraid of the cold, I volunteered to sleep w/o a quilt , just directly under the airconditioner. I fell asleep almost immediately but woke up a couple of times in the night because of the cold.
6 September 2009 (Sunday)
En decided not to fast today and joined us for breakfast because the Tans had offered us their breakfast coupon. We had an unappetising breakfast of cold noodles and sambal and toasted bread with yucky jam and then headed back to KL thankfully.
Alan drove like Schumi and we arrived back home in no time at all and then vegetated in front of the tv , watching our dvd serial. In the evening, after I had a short nap, we headed out to the pasar malum to pick up our usual seafood / fruits / vegetables. Dinner was a miserable and soggy Char Kuay Teow which we did not enjoy at all. ;P
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Mundane posting
Goodness gracious me! I cannot recall when ALan and I had caught our last movie. FOr the life of me, I cannot remember what movie it was too. My Goodness. Anyway, tonight, we will go ' dating' ahhaha. We've been so caught up with doing house stuff that we havent enjoyed a night out together in a long time. What's more, with the maid around, it's hardly the 2-people-world (loosely translated Mandarin term) which we are so used to anymore.
So, tonight, we are going to catch this Cantonese flick, a prequel to the very interesting drama serial "Emergency Unit" we had caught on DVD. :D and Yes, we will have dinner out as well. Ohhh what luxuries. :P
So, tonight, we are going to catch this Cantonese flick, a prequel to the very interesting drama serial "Emergency Unit" we had caught on DVD. :D and Yes, we will have dinner out as well. Ohhh what luxuries. :P
Monday, August 31, 2009
Happy National Day Malaysia!
Because of the long weekend, Alan and I (and our maid En) could head back to Spore from KL. YaY YayY YayYyyY!
28th August 2009 (Friday)
After 2 tuition classes and frantic packing, we left our lovely home and headed to Dogroomz in Kuchai Lama to 'dump' the two lil' doggies. hahah. They are happy and very pampered there so we have no qualms leaving JCo there. :D
We commenced our drive at around 4pm and arrived in Spore in no time. We were supposed to meet Jean, Mum, Yvonne and Paul for dinner at Ambrosia at Arab Street. When Alan and I got seated finally after going round and round to look for a parking space, we saw disappointed faces all around. The food sucked- Jean was contemplating to have her 21st Birthday party there and to cater for all her friends but now the plans fell through because of the CMI food.
After a chicken wing and a miserable and cold kebab, Alan and I proposed that we have REAL FOOD somewhere nearby. Lavender FC was super packed and we thus proceeded to Katong Village where a 24hour HK Cafe had been erected. We ordered and ordered like no tomorrow (excuse - Ethan was starving) and Yvonne and I exchanged pregger-notes. My sis is due 2 weeks after me, if you didn't know it already. ahahhaa. Amazing, but true.
ANW, it we headed home straight after to rest our tired selves from the long drive back.
29 August 2009 (Saturday)
Alan and I tried to sleep in today but I only managed to hit 930am. There is immense contruction works going on just directly behind my apartment and the roar of the traffic (we live along the main road) doesn't lull me into a slumber anymore as we have been used to the peaceful serenity of Bangsar Baru. (Boy am I glad that I have decided not to do my confinement in Spore.) Alan slept in till 11am, tired out from the drive the previous day.
After our showers, we made a beeline for Katong Shopping Complex. Our task : Find out information about how our present maid, En who has indicated that she would like to work for us in KL, could be transferred over to KL to work for us. Also, we needed to find my mother a replacement maid ASAP so that she would have company and that someone can cook / clean for her whilst she is out at work.
We settled our enquires and vowed to bring my mum back to KSC the day after to choose her a maid and then had lunch at the kopitiam downstairs. Roasted chicken rice beckoned and it didn't disappoint, as per normal. We topped up our meal with chicken skin and a piece of beancurd and some (free) soup.
Alan HAD to go down to Tamiya at Paya Lebar next and he kept me waiting in the car for AN HOUR whilst he had a module 101 course by the kind salesman in the store on how to repair his RC car. :P
Next, we headed to Centrepoint. FIrst, we met up with Benjamin to discuss car insurance and etc at Starbucks and then Alan and I shopped at Robinson's for his bolster (he keeps stealing mine), bolster case and baby items (such as milk bottles/ food and bottle warmer/ itercom system etc). God ,baby items do cost ALOT!! :O
FOllowing that, we left to fetch my inlaws and Ah ma for dinner. We were due at Amara Sanctuary (Sentosa) for a food-tasting dinner. My sisinlaw and namesake is to be wed on 26 September 2009 and Alan and I were invited for her food-tasting at the hotel.
Ohhhhh the dinner was delicious. There was succulent cod fish, thick sharksfin soup and my favourite was the dessert- Yam Paste. Olalalaaaaaa.... it absolutely melted in my mouth and I could not resist Ah Ma's offer of her bowl as well. hahaha Ethan one bowl, Mummy one bowl.
Alan and I returned home satiated and happy and chatted with my mum before hopping into bed. ZzzzZz
30 August 2009 (Sunday)
Mr Gary kept me waiting (what is new?) for a mere 45mins and picked me up at 1115am. We skipped our fav haunt (cafe cartel) and ended up next door at Coffee Club where I had a Shephard's pie and he a quiche and coffee.
I had to cancel my pending lunch appointment with Elaine / Leo and Kala for various reasons sadly and also because I had a pressing errand to run.
Alan (with mum in the car) picked me up and we headed to KSC again to complete our Find Mum a Maid Task!
At the second agency, we found what we were looking for - Nanik, a pleasant 24 year old who could suffice as a good replacement for my mum's maid. We were very happy with our find! :) YaY
After that, Ethan was complaining of his starvation and we quickly headed to the dessert shop nearby to feed our bellies. We had some desserts and some finger food which would last us till dinner time. Next, we did a quick stop at the shop where we always bought our shampoos and soaps etc and I picked up some necessities and bought Mummy some hand cream.
Toa Payoh beckoned shortly after and we picked up TK for dinner.
We changed the dinner venue from Siglap to Parkway Parade which was good because (a) it was drizzling and (b) we had errands to run. The choice of dining restaurant: Ichiban again! Before dinner, we chanced upon a great sale at Aussino and bought another set of Ethan's bedding for a cool $39.90!! I also bought another container for all my creams to be placed on the counter top in front of my mirror.
All ten of us (my Inlaws, Mum and Jean, Paul and Yvonne, En and TK , Alan and myself) feasted on yummy Japanese cuisine to celebrate the third win of the month by my inlaws. (amazing but true). We chatted and laughed and enjoyed each others' company and time flew by... I polished off my salmon meal and also enjoyed an appetiser of thick and succulent birds nest which my MIL had painstakingly boiled for me (Ethan).
31 August 2009 (Monday)
Even though we had declared the night before that we would be leaving for KL early 10am, we still found ourselves in bed at 930am. haahha. What is new?
Alan and I had brunch at East Coast Road where we enjoyed our favourite staple :Mee Pok Tah in the newly revamped shop. Delicious -even though it seemed as if they had cut back on ingredients. ;p
Then, we headed to Paya Lebar for OSIM spare parts and Alan parked along the filter lane and rushed into Tamiya again to pick up some grease. :P We picked up En and all the barang we wanted to bring back to KL and then left for Tiong Bahru market where we bumped into Sharon , Chris and Ah Ma. Dad gave me more delicious kueh kuehs to bring back to feed Ethan (hee, good excuse) and then we left at 145pm for the causeway. :P
The drive was long and hard and towards the end (at 5pm) there was a massive traffic jam and poor Alan almost fell asleep at the wheel a couple of times. *sigh* The taffic police in Malaysia DO NOT help with alleviation of the traffic condition but ADD to it. :P
We arrived home at around 6pm, took a rest (Alan watered his dying grass) and then zoomed to Dogroomz to fetch the two doggies after dinner at the Chinese restaurant next door.
28th August 2009 (Friday)
After 2 tuition classes and frantic packing, we left our lovely home and headed to Dogroomz in Kuchai Lama to 'dump' the two lil' doggies. hahah. They are happy and very pampered there so we have no qualms leaving JCo there. :D
We commenced our drive at around 4pm and arrived in Spore in no time. We were supposed to meet Jean, Mum, Yvonne and Paul for dinner at Ambrosia at Arab Street. When Alan and I got seated finally after going round and round to look for a parking space, we saw disappointed faces all around. The food sucked- Jean was contemplating to have her 21st Birthday party there and to cater for all her friends but now the plans fell through because of the CMI food.
After a chicken wing and a miserable and cold kebab, Alan and I proposed that we have REAL FOOD somewhere nearby. Lavender FC was super packed and we thus proceeded to Katong Village where a 24hour HK Cafe had been erected. We ordered and ordered like no tomorrow (excuse - Ethan was starving) and Yvonne and I exchanged pregger-notes. My sis is due 2 weeks after me, if you didn't know it already. ahahhaa. Amazing, but true.
ANW, it we headed home straight after to rest our tired selves from the long drive back.
29 August 2009 (Saturday)
Alan and I tried to sleep in today but I only managed to hit 930am. There is immense contruction works going on just directly behind my apartment and the roar of the traffic (we live along the main road) doesn't lull me into a slumber anymore as we have been used to the peaceful serenity of Bangsar Baru. (Boy am I glad that I have decided not to do my confinement in Spore.) Alan slept in till 11am, tired out from the drive the previous day.
After our showers, we made a beeline for Katong Shopping Complex. Our task : Find out information about how our present maid, En who has indicated that she would like to work for us in KL, could be transferred over to KL to work for us. Also, we needed to find my mother a replacement maid ASAP so that she would have company and that someone can cook / clean for her whilst she is out at work.
We settled our enquires and vowed to bring my mum back to KSC the day after to choose her a maid and then had lunch at the kopitiam downstairs. Roasted chicken rice beckoned and it didn't disappoint, as per normal. We topped up our meal with chicken skin and a piece of beancurd and some (free) soup.
Alan HAD to go down to Tamiya at Paya Lebar next and he kept me waiting in the car for AN HOUR whilst he had a module 101 course by the kind salesman in the store on how to repair his RC car. :P
Next, we headed to Centrepoint. FIrst, we met up with Benjamin to discuss car insurance and etc at Starbucks and then Alan and I shopped at Robinson's for his bolster (he keeps stealing mine), bolster case and baby items (such as milk bottles/ food and bottle warmer/ itercom system etc). God ,baby items do cost ALOT!! :O
FOllowing that, we left to fetch my inlaws and Ah ma for dinner. We were due at Amara Sanctuary (Sentosa) for a food-tasting dinner. My sisinlaw and namesake is to be wed on 26 September 2009 and Alan and I were invited for her food-tasting at the hotel.
Ohhhhh the dinner was delicious. There was succulent cod fish, thick sharksfin soup and my favourite was the dessert- Yam Paste. Olalalaaaaaa.... it absolutely melted in my mouth and I could not resist Ah Ma's offer of her bowl as well. hahaha Ethan one bowl, Mummy one bowl.
Alan and I returned home satiated and happy and chatted with my mum before hopping into bed. ZzzzZz
30 August 2009 (Sunday)
Mr Gary kept me waiting (what is new?) for a mere 45mins and picked me up at 1115am. We skipped our fav haunt (cafe cartel) and ended up next door at Coffee Club where I had a Shephard's pie and he a quiche and coffee.
I had to cancel my pending lunch appointment with Elaine / Leo and Kala for various reasons sadly and also because I had a pressing errand to run.
Alan (with mum in the car) picked me up and we headed to KSC again to complete our Find Mum a Maid Task!
At the second agency, we found what we were looking for - Nanik, a pleasant 24 year old who could suffice as a good replacement for my mum's maid. We were very happy with our find! :) YaY
After that, Ethan was complaining of his starvation and we quickly headed to the dessert shop nearby to feed our bellies. We had some desserts and some finger food which would last us till dinner time. Next, we did a quick stop at the shop where we always bought our shampoos and soaps etc and I picked up some necessities and bought Mummy some hand cream.
Toa Payoh beckoned shortly after and we picked up TK for dinner.
We changed the dinner venue from Siglap to Parkway Parade which was good because (a) it was drizzling and (b) we had errands to run. The choice of dining restaurant: Ichiban again! Before dinner, we chanced upon a great sale at Aussino and bought another set of Ethan's bedding for a cool $39.90!! I also bought another container for all my creams to be placed on the counter top in front of my mirror.
All ten of us (my Inlaws, Mum and Jean, Paul and Yvonne, En and TK , Alan and myself) feasted on yummy Japanese cuisine to celebrate the third win of the month by my inlaws. (amazing but true). We chatted and laughed and enjoyed each others' company and time flew by... I polished off my salmon meal and also enjoyed an appetiser of thick and succulent birds nest which my MIL had painstakingly boiled for me (Ethan).
31 August 2009 (Monday)
Even though we had declared the night before that we would be leaving for KL early 10am, we still found ourselves in bed at 930am. haahha. What is new?
Alan and I had brunch at East Coast Road where we enjoyed our favourite staple :Mee Pok Tah in the newly revamped shop. Delicious -even though it seemed as if they had cut back on ingredients. ;p
Then, we headed to Paya Lebar for OSIM spare parts and Alan parked along the filter lane and rushed into Tamiya again to pick up some grease. :P We picked up En and all the barang we wanted to bring back to KL and then left for Tiong Bahru market where we bumped into Sharon , Chris and Ah Ma. Dad gave me more delicious kueh kuehs to bring back to feed Ethan (hee, good excuse) and then we left at 145pm for the causeway. :P
The drive was long and hard and towards the end (at 5pm) there was a massive traffic jam and poor Alan almost fell asleep at the wheel a couple of times. *sigh* The taffic police in Malaysia DO NOT help with alleviation of the traffic condition but ADD to it. :P
We arrived home at around 6pm, took a rest (Alan watered his dying grass) and then zoomed to Dogroomz to fetch the two doggies after dinner at the Chinese restaurant next door.
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