Simple Celebration for Father's Day... Time flies when you have children.. And it's so tiring to manage everything with 2 of them but when you look at both of them, you will realise it's all worth it.. ;p

 We had dinner at Crystal Jade Jiang Nan @ Vivo... Check out the food.. Very nice dinner for us..

 

After dinner, Daddy Sky wanted to go Best Denki.. Asked him why.. He said he wanted to check out the water oven that Mommy Me had been eyeing... Guess what, he declared that it's a Father's Day gift for himself and he lugged it home... =.='''

Dunno if it was Father's Day or Mother's Day lor...

p/s: Of course, I am delighted cos I am the one 'eyeing' this... hahahaha

Breakfast @ Tiong Bahru Bakery

Daddy Sky read about this new place @ Tiong Bahru and he knew we had to go... Was keeping our fingers crossed that Lucas could recover from his fever soon so we could go check out this new place.

Luckily his fever was kept in check the whole Saturday and so we decided to bring him out for breakfast..

Super crowded place in the morning.. Many tables but it was packed!!!

Many families were in there and we were really excited as we saw many kinds of bread... Lucas was super excited. He ordered a brioche  for himself and Daddy Sky was on a bread spree.. He ordered 4 kinds of bread.. OMG...

Lucky the latte was superb and yup, the coffee was from Forty Hands.. It was a joint venture apparently according to a waiter...

Nice breakfast but wondered when the craze could die down so that I could enjoy the bread properly without being squashed by the crowds.

We go swimming again...

The weather is killing us... Since we pay monthly maintenance fees, we better make good use of the facilities... We decided to go swimming... The boys were realli excited.. As though the pool was a giant bath-tub...

However, cannot realli swim too long, scare they catch a chill... =.='''

Amazing Vending Machine

Daddy Sky made me guess what is the latest vending machine on the estate... Frankly I had zero idea. To me, vending machines usually are for soft drinks and junk food.. lolx..

To my surprise, we have a NEW bread vending machine on the estate!!!! Hurray and kudos to the people of Gardenia who actually thought of this... Now I dun have to worry if I forget the bread cos there is the vending machine right there.. Though a slight premium is required, still it's a happy problem...

Daddy Sky was most pleased as that would solve his potential supper issue when he cant find food at all... =.='''
Brought the boys to check out the machine... Unfortunately, I did not have enough coins with me to buy the bread..
Daddy Sky and Lucas went to check out the machine again after dinner and brought home a loaf of banana walnut bread... Cool... ^^

My New Pots

Now that Bb Lewis is slightly more able to self-entertain, Mommy Me resumes my working full time on weekends.. ^^

To satisfy my own demands for my cookware, I have purchased a brand new set of pots.. (lolx, rather to satisfy my fetish for kitchenware la..)

Waited a good 7 days and ta-da, they have ARRIVED!!!!
I was so excited to receive the box from my security guard who had received the items as I was out to fetch Lucas... Of course, Lucas insisted that it was a prezzie for him and helped me to open it.. When he realised they were all pots, he walked away in dismay.. =.='''

Anyway, my excitement continues... Check my pots out...
Made my kitchen so bright and cheery.. ^^

p/s: This is a way in advance birthday prezzie for myself.. woots...

10 Years

Time realli flies...
I cannot believe it that Daddy Sky and I have been married for 10 years..
That's 1 decade!!!
Of course, night celebrations are out at the moment and so we had a simple lunch @ MBS - db Bistro Moderne...
Another restaruant by a celebrity chef. lolx.. just last month when I asked Daddy Sky guess where I am bringing him today.. Without much hesitation, he guessed this place... =.='''
Some days I wonder if this is the result of spending 10 years together, he can read me like a book...

We enjoyed our lunch very much at the restaurant and service was good.. ^^
The lunch cost me $165.. but it was a real great experience..

p/s: In case you are wondering why I paid for the lunch... ;p Cos Daddy Sky got me a real expensive gift... lolx... but it wont be posted here...

Anyway, he remembered to get me flowers... ^^
Daddy Sky,

Thank you for your love, trust, support & tolerance... Today marks the day where we have spent 10 years of our lives together and let's look forward to many more years ahead as I continue to annoy you for the rest of our lives.. ;p

Latest Craze

Well, not me... It's Lucas and Daddy Sky...

Lucas is into his latest craze known as Dinosaurs... He reads up and examines all of them...
Plus, his grandparents bought the toys for him... And of course, all of them went into this craze together with the sketches and whatnots...

Daddy Sky added to his craze by buying this book for him.. Mind you, he did not just buy one.. He bought TWO... One more is kept to be given to him at appropriate times... =.='''

Even Lewis is fascinated by this.. Today in Shichida's class, there was an activity involving a small dinosaur.. He was so excited...

p/s: I realised I have been poisoned too.. Cos I was telling Lewis the different small dinosaurs that the teacher was handing out to the class to play... =.=''''

V' Day 2012

It gets increasingly difficult for Daddy Sky and Mommy Me to spend the evening or night out.

Firstly, we dun think it is right to get the grandparents to do OT... Secondly, the bois dun realli fancy staying overnight outside home without the both of us.. Lastly, we just can't bear the idea..

Ha... So even for V'day, we decided to celebrate it by having lunch... ^^

Daddy Sky has been complaing that he had not tried the dim sum at Royal China while Mommy Me had raved about the food a couple of times.. ok, I made a reservation to bring Daddy there... ^^
We had 4 kinds of dim sum...
Just a simple quick lunch and some quiet time for both of us was good enough..

Of course, most importantly, Daddy Sky 'ok' the food... ^^

Oops, I did it again

I have a fetish for home organisation ideas... lolx...
When I spotted these boxes, I knew I had to get them..
On the pretext that it would make it easier for the boys to get their toys, I went ahead and bought 2 boxes...
Of course, when the boxes arrived, I obtained further approval from Daddy Sky to get more... ^^
And ta-da, I organised the play room... The boxes and the toy rack on one side of the room and the play yard with the book shelf on the other...
Actually, the boxes were still not enuff.. Cos they have too many toys!!!!
Never mind, it will make do for the time being until I spot new toys (I mean new toys for me, not them!!! ^^)

Gathering again for CNY 2012

Mommy Me has this group of JC friends that we will gather at least 2-3 times per year.

Potluck is usually our way to share the food.. Like what Mommy Me's gerfren's hubby shared, only at our gathering, he can eat chinese food.. LOLx... Cos Mommy Me's gerfren is pretty angmoh n so are her other friends..

Check out what we had:

Forgot to take photos of the asparagus with XO sauce and the fried nian gao by my one of my fren's wife.. yummy.

Mommy Me made this...Braised Lion Head (狮子头)Here is the recipe for sharing:

Ingredients

Minced Pork – 500 grams
Water chestnuts – 6 pieces (can replace using shallots if water chestnuts is not available)
Long white cabbage – 500 grams
Cooking Oil – Half Cup
Cornflour mixture (mix 1 tablespoon of cornflour with some water)

Set A
Egg – 1
Salt – 1 teaspoon
Sugar – 1.5 teaspoon
Soy sauce – 3 tablespoon
Cornflour – 2 tablespoon

Set B
Water – 1 cup
Oyster sauce – 3 tablespoon
Soy sauce – 2 tablespoon

Prep and Cooking Instructions

Mixed the minced pork, chopped water chestnuts with Set A.
Mould them into meatballs the size of your fist.
Set aside in the fridge so that it will be easier to handle later.

In the meantime, boil about 3 cups of water in HappyCall Pan.
Blanch the long water cabbage (slice into 10 cm each)
Remove and line them in a claypot.

In HappyCall Pan, add cooking oil.
Heat it for 2 minutes.
Place the lion head into the pan and pan fried it for 3 minutes on each side with the pan closed.

Remove and place them on top of the cabbage.
Mix set B in a bowl and pour into the claypot.

Simmer on low heat for 5 minutes.
Thicken with the cornflour mixture and serve hot with rice. ^^

Woots.. I am so looking forward to the next gathering... ^^

Ren Ri 2012

For Ren Ri, I decided to cook the dinner on my own... Was up and about busy in the kitchen since morning:
Soup and peng cai stuff being simmer away...

For the yu sheng, I bought ready one from Giant...
Toss to a smooth year ahead and good health:
For dinner, I double-boiled fish maw with chicken soup.
And cooked my peng cai:
Din manage to do this butter scallops well... Guess I forgot the fact that scallops will give out water... the sauce was right taste but it just din thickened... =.=''''But still, it is nice to have a simple homecooked dinner during ren ri and I dun have to go squeeze with people in the restaurants... ^^

Annual CNY Start Work Dinner 2012

It is Daddy Sky's company culture to start work on the fifth day of the year.. And on the fifth day, they will have their annual company dinner as well...

As this is a family business, it also becomes a tradition for all of us to attend the dinner... We had the dinner at Wo Peng at Furama hotel along Eu Tong Sen Street.

The food was surprisingly good.. Check out the dishes:
Lo Hei
Roast Goose - which is pretty rare.
Deep fried fish and the fish meat was very moist.
A BIG peng cai

Bb Lewis could not go for the dinner as he was having flu... So only Lucas went with us... And he had a great appetite...

After eating, it was playing the ipad and iphone with his cousin, Yu Heng...
Funny faces... It is always very lovely to look at them..
Thanks to the second brother-in-law who helped to keep a lookout on the dinner arrangements so that Daddy Sky and Mommy Me could focus on feeding Lucas.. ^^