Little Lizabeth's 1 Year Old birthday

It is definitely a happy occasion to see little babies celebrating their birthday day. My little niece Lizabeth is turning 1 next week and we had a pre celebration today at Long Beach Seafood restaurant at East Coast Park. It is a mixture of feelings, happy and sad... sad for the obvious reason that I am getting older... cannot defy nature...


Natalie looking at the live seafood in Long Beach.


She is getting difficult to take a decent photo with her, she struggles all the time.

See, she doesn't look into the camera anymore.

My happy father with the birthday girl in his arms.

Happy young grandparents.

My cousin Nicole.

My grandmother, which means she is Natalie's Great Grandma. She has always been very proud to be a great grand mother amongst her sisters and friends.

Reese and her baby sister Lizabeth. They look very alike don't they? They are 2 years apart.

Nice birthday cake from Bengawan Solo.

Lizabeth was so delighted when everyone started singing to her, she was a real star!



In another 2 weeks time, it's little Natalie's 2 years old celebration! See I am getting older... my baby is turning 2~! Hehehe

A Tuesday night wedding banquet at Goodwood Park Hotel

It was rather unusual to have a wedding on a week day as the turn out of the guests will be very unpredictable. Last night Jeffrey and I were invited to attend his friend's wedding banquet at Goodwood Park Hotel. It was my first time attending a wedding banquet on a Tuesday night and I wondered if the turn out will be affected. True enough once we reached, the Bridegroom was complaining to us that many of his guests back out at the very last minute. He had prepared about 27 tables + 1 reserved. In the end there were about 3 to 4 tables empty. It is quite risky to hold banquet on a week day for another obvious reason, the 'ang bao' money might be lesser... I am sure many of us will feel that it is definitely cheaper to hold banquets on week days therefore people will not give as much compared to weekend banquets.

I am quite a regular at Goodwood Park hotel, don't get the wrong idea, I frequent their restuarants like Min Jiang, Tatsuya and their high tea not forgetting their delicious cakes and pastries. I have to be fair and say that couples who had their wedding banquet there or are planning to will be guaranteed with good food. I love the food at Min Jiang, they are very establish and it is also value for money. What I want to say is that wedding dinner held during week days will not be any inferior than weekends. What's most important is the venue and the food.

My 1st photo with a Christmas tree for this year.

I bought this evening dress in Bangkok at Platinum, it cost me only 1000 Thai Baht. It is cheap and good!

A photo with the bridegroom, Max. He helped out in our wedding too.

Love my red Chanel! I can use it for Chinese New Year!

Happy to see couples tiying the knot! Jeff & I always reminise our own wedding when we attend friend's wedding banquet.

Cam whoring while Jeff was taking a puff outside the lobby.

A group photo with the beautiful bride and bridegroom.

Can't wait for more wedding dinner invites! Who is next?
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A Day at Jurong Bird Park

One of the things I enjoy doing with Natalie is everyday after work I will take Natalie out to look at the birds flying from trees to trees, roof to roof. She gets very happy whenever we spot birds flying over our heads. So I thought maybe she likes birds and suggested to Jeff that we should bring Natalie to the bird park. The last time I was there was a few years ago with Apple and her guy friend. We were there before their renovation, so this time we took Natalie there hoping to see some new changes and to fascinate my little young girl's mind.

We picked a normal Sunday, assuming that it will not be very crowded as bird park is not as popular as the zoo or underwater world. Either I was wrong or I was unlucky, that particular Sunday bird park organized VASANTHAM FAMILY DAY CARNIVAL@ The Bird Park.... -__-'''
I thought I was in India and not bird park.... It was extremely crowded, too much for me to handle, I see human more than birds. I guess Natalie must have felt the same way too, she was looking on the ground more often than birds glaze... sigh




Natalie looking at the ground, she liked stepping on the dried leaves. She was not very happy with birds that can't fly... You know what I mean right!




My pretty little girl and me!


I like this photo. D&D = Daddy & Daughter.

We spent about 2 hours in the park and suddenly it started to pour, Natalie laughed at the pouring rain. I guess I was more fascinated by her than anything else.

I am a Shopaholic

After self diagnose, I am quite confirm that I am a shopaholic. Just this year I bought 8 bags, thanks to my friend (Tina) that reminded me about it. She said that I could have bought a Birkin with the amount of money spent on all the bags I have. I overlooked the fact that I had purchase the later and got another one recently. But I have been eying on this particular one for months and after some disappointment in Paris, I found it at the Chanel boutique in Singapore. So this is the one, a red classic flap!
This was my first red bag, I bought it at Milan, the first Prada boutique with a history of more than 50 years. My love for red bags is going to cost me a lot.

These are my other pride and joy.

The strongest survive?

Recently, I watched the movie 2012 with Jeffrey over the weekend. If the movie was true I reckon I will be killed just like the vast majority in the movie. I do not have 1 billion euros to get a ticket to the 'space ship'.... It was depressing after watching the movie, to get slap right there and then that I am just one of the 'masses' that the rich and famous people or politicians categorise us. How sad but true...

So I begin to wonder, if it's the strongest or the riches that will survive when it comes to disaster? Anyway I really hope that whatever was shown in the movie will not happen, I still want to live to see my baby girl grow up, graduate, get married and have children. A simple wish that seem vulnerable...

Year end post for 2009

I guess by now no one ever comes in here to check for updates. Actually I wanted to close down my blog as I cannot squeeze out any time to blog. Seriously I don't even find it tempting to turn on the internet as the bed and tv is more appealing to me now. Today is an exception, I am home now as Natalie is down with fever. Natalie was sick since Sunday, today is the 4th day and hopefully the fever will be completely down by today. She has been a very strong girl, I should take credit for it as I have been taking very good care of her since she was a baby. This is the first time she actually fell ill for pass 23 months. As a mother now, it's hard to see Natalie fell ill, it's even more painful to see her cry when I had to force the medication down her throat... I had to remind myself that I am doing the correct thing, it's for the better so that she can recover as soon as possible. My friends and colleagues has been very supportive too, they will drop me sms and fb messages to give me moral support. Seeing kind words from them also gave me strength and confident.

I went Europe in October with my husband, it was our first Europe trip together. We traveled to Italy, Switzerland and France. We signed a package with SA tour and was there for 12 days. Actually we were in Italy for 4 days, Switzerland for 3 days and Paris for 2 days. It was not enough, I was just beginning to enjoy myself and then the tour ended. I can't leave Natalie back home alone with my maid and parents for too long, they were kind enough to help me take care of her while we were away. Hopefully when she grows older we can travel together as a family.