3 year old Lucas

Ok, Jan & Feb flew by too fast! Way fast for me to even catch up with my photos uploading and journaling all my events.
Decided not to go all the way back to January.. hence shall start on Lucas birthday!

It's actually his birthday today! But we celebrated in advance for him since today is a weekday.

Please let me braggg about this cake first. This is sponsored by his aunt... and he specially requested a Peppa Pig cake.... Cost me a huge amount! Well, huge amount for a cake so small lor. Comparatively.

But what to do?! Love him so much that I decided to part with my money to see him sooo happy.
He was really very happy and excited to see his cake. To the fact that he asked his mum to keep the train and his name in a container.... hahha... I hope he don't actually eat it...

Lucas, I hope you remember this though. If not, your aunt will remind you when you are older. :p

 

 

My sis-in-law's family.

My bro's family with Godpa & Godma.

 

So happy singing away....

Kids nowadays are getting smarter than before. Technology does make them know more things at a younger age.
Seeing all of them growing up so quickly, I understand the woes and joys of a family. It's really not easy to juggle all of them. And both parents must support each other. Finding a right partner is definitely an important part, and mutual understanding of each other will help to have a balanced lifestyle. #justrandomthoughts

Anyway, the very next day we actually celebrated Charlotte's full month. That's why this aunt is so busy. Cause I had to prepare for Lucas birthday cake, and prepare his gifts to his schoolmates, and preparing Charlotte's decoration.
Thankfully, I had the help of GGH. He really helped a lot and my sis-in-law actually commented his talent. OKAY...... he isn't very talented to me .... well.. he is not the sweet type mah.... but occasionally he does display his talent... but NOT TO ME... :(
The deco was not bad lah... I just didn't think of it mah.... I got so lousy meh?.... haha

ok, shall update soon. cya.

 

 

Dasao's Birthday

Missing my nephew and niece, so decided to do this post...

 

Celebrated my dasao's birthday last weekend, and it was at a neighbourhood restaurant that serves great food at an affordable price!!!

 

Now, it's one of my favourite Chinese restaurant to go to. hehe..

Was recommended and brought by my new boss.

 

It's called Jing Long Restaurant at

Blk 412 Bedok North Ave 2 #01-152

Tel: 64429398

 

It's a red sheltering in case you cannot find it. Unfortunately, didn't take any of the food photos cause was missing entertaining both the kids.

 

Lucas, who's growing sooo fast that i'm not catching up anymore!

He talks a lot, and fast at learning new stuffs!

Velda is such a sweet little girl who doesn't talk much and can sit quietly eating her food!

Guess that's the difference between a boy and a girl?

 

Bought this from Rive gauche, one of my favourite cake shop besides fruit paradise.

Would go to this if I was craving for chocolate or shortcakes.

 

Happy Birthday Dasao!

And I'm sure this is your best gift, having another child coming up in December!!!

Yes, welcoming another 3rd of that generation. :):):)

So excited!

 

 

As we grow older and with the kids in the picture, we start to take more family photos and buy birthday cakes, not because we like to eat cakes, but it's for the kids to blow the candles which they love.

Family in Phuket

After a mia-ing for a month, I'm back to diligently back-tracking what happened last month.

 

The highlight was I went for a short trip with my family, and this is our first family trip out of Singapore through air! Our first was just a trip to Malaysia so it was a drive up.

So this time, was glad we could bring our parents slightly further!

 

Our family trip: Phuket (4D3N)

Bro wanted to take SQ but I refuse (budget la)... so decided on Jetstar... and all of them haven taken a budget before except me! lol...

SQ was going at about $360 while we only paid for $200 for Jetstar!!!

 

It was an early flight 8.20am departure but luckily all of us were punctual.

 

This trip is supposed to be very nua... so not much activities.

So, bro wanted somewhere far off the main area and just wanted a place where kids can play.

So we decided on Grand Centara West Sands Resort & Villas which is super duper far off the main area. In fact, we were just beside the airport! haha... It took us about 20min from the airport only!

Why we chose this was mainly because of their kids friendly facilities like Kids Club and Jungle Splash. Yes, this trip focus is the kids, and adults to NUA to the max.

 

We were ushered to The Club for checking in (probably because we booked Penthouse Pool Suite)

Because we were very early, and we were kinda restless, the service staff noticed and decided to upgrade us to a Luxury Pool Villa 3 bedroom (4 beds) which is apparently bigger in space and pool size is bigger too. The cost was $2K for 4D3N of 8pax which I think it's quite reasonable.

 

 

The Club entrance

The Club lounge (outside)

So cute!!!!! :)

This is how restless we were.... like 2 hours waiting for our room...

By the time we were given a room, it was already like 11.30am and we were hungry already cause it was Singapore time 12.30pm!

We then proceeded to The Club lounge to eat some light snacks. Apparently, we were able to come to The Club to have snacks all day long ... Guess that's because we booked the Suite/ villa.

And... the snacks were actually so much nicer than the normal breakfast!!!

 

 

Throughout our stay, we really just come here daily and diligently to eat... haha...

cause really quite shiok to eat free flow of good stuff!!! The sandwiches were really way better than breakfast!!!

What they serve daily, but there is a variety everyday!

Our Villa pool!!! So huge! My first time staying in a villa.. so was very pleased with this size of the pool! haha..

 

The fully equipped kitchen

The living room.

 

And baby Velda who's enjoying her babycot! Seeing the kids smiles always make everything so worthwhile.

 

The bedroom upstairs which has 2 beds. All the bedrooms are so spacious!

Top view from the bedroom upstairs

A typical toilet for all the bedrooms. All bedrooms are en-suite.

Really, we didn't do anything on the first day. All were lazy and wanted to sit in the living room do nothing when the kids were napping...haha...

Even when I suggested the itinerary for the next 2 days, I had negative responses! They didn't even wanna go out.. lol...

But at least, we compromised and went out on the second day to town area.

 

The hotel has a free shuttle service to Jungceylon Shopping Mall in Patong. The journey took about 1 hr... After that, we hired a car to Wat Chalong, one of their grandest temples in Thailand. Indeed, it is very grand and bigger than the popular one in Bangkok.

It was going to rain....

Most temples you see in Thailand has this elephant. Although I'm not sure why.

The biggest and grandest out of the 5 temples inside.

After that, we went to Central Phuket Festival shopping centre which is 5 min from Wat Chalong.

We shopped around and got some goodies and headed for Fuji for dinner.

The thing about family trips is you can't eat roadside food .... haha... always must find a restaurant that kids can eat.

 

His favourite. Sitting on such stuffs. haha... I used to be like this too! hehe..

After dinner, we headed for the Phuket Night Market which is only opened during weekends. It's actually quite near the Central Festival. (It's at Chaofa Road)

It's really quite cheap. and there are many food stalls!!!! One of the 'must-try" in Thailand... but didn't dare. hahaha.... Yucks!

I remembered when I was 16, my first trip to Bangkok, I think I tried it. But that was THEN. haha...

 

On Day 3, we treated our parents (and ourselves) hehe... to spa! We decided doing it in hotel spa is the best option so that we could take turns, and rotate taking care of the kids.

 

Took the 90min aromatherapy massage. It was good enough for me cause I slept through it.

They have facial spa too which uses Origins products. Supposedly should be good and worth the money... but didn't try lah.

 

Jungle Splash!!! It's really quite fun for the kids, and adults they have roller coaster too!!!

I tried it, and it was great! hahaa...

Jungle Splash is similar to Singapore Adventure Cove. It has the lazy river and kid playground, the manmade wave, and a few roller coaster.

I think for family with kids, this hotel can be quite good for simple getaway. :)

 

Baby Velda loves this!!!

 

 

Because the kids are still young, they were only able to play a few of those rides. But nonetheless, just give them one slide they will be happy to play it repeatedly. haha...

 

A very simple holiday with the family and just catching up.

Hope to have more family trips in the near future!

 

 

Happy Lunar New Year!

Finally got a time to blog away while waiting for dinner.

This year, my family decided to eat our Reunion dinner early than the Eve itself. Also, it's our first time eating outside!!!

Well, reason why is because my two brothers have their own family already, and often they have to go to 2 sides (abit paiseh if don't go). Not only that, my 2nd bro needs to help up in the evening as there will be many people going his house to pray and stick joss sticks.

So, we settled for last Sunday at NUSS Guild House.

The food was actually not bad! Quite good for such a ulu place. It's ulu to me cause I didn't know there's a Chinese Restaurant in Guild House. And, who would have thought of having dinner there??

But yes, cause my sis-in-law works there. She recommended. Surprisely, it was full house. haha.

Can go back next time again and try their normal dishes cause we took their set menu for CNY.

My first Lo Hei!!!! HUAT AH! Hopefully, this year brings good health & wealth!

We were too hungry that I just ate without taking any pics. haha.. cause we had to wait for my bro like 30min. Starving by then.

We also took this chance to celebrate Baby Lucas's Birthday who's turning 2 this Feb 5th!!!

Seeing him grow up, time really passes so fast that if you miss seeing him for a month, you probably missed out alot in his growing up stage.

Like now, he knows how to "Gong xi gong xi" and stretch out his hands!!!

Sesame Street birthday Cake! Isn't it nice?!?! It's from Pine Garden. And they have very good cakes. I personally like the Lychee Martini. Go try it!

So excited when we were singing birthday song. He loves to clap.. haha

The way he blow his birthday cake. Not looking at the cake. haha.

Well, enjoy this CNY well and HUAT AH!

Shaking March

March is pretty hell of a hectic month... Many meetups too.
First was Abbott's D&D Retro theme!
Fun to see so many ppl dressing up and feels like the channel 8's old shows...
The most happening part was after the D&D because most of them were already very high.. and first time opened a $1,000 table! It's a 3L Bereveda something.. and..
I think all of us enjoyed ourselves because it's the first time in Abbott that so many of us actually went clubbing together. 20+ pax!!!
And all different functions and still have Directors.. hahaha...
I love this company people. Fun loving bunch. not the work though. heh.

Here's some memories...

My boss who has left us... :(

Nicely painted.. .Director Jeremy Ong.. super onz..

The Team!

And.. the atas club. 72nd floor. New Asia Bar!

The $1,000 bottle.

The winner of the night! "Jacqueline" - His real name is Jack Lim. Apt eh?

Oh well..... sensored... haha

Mr. Global.

My favourite funny guy! He always had a bottle of beer in his hands!!! And he's the merlion!!!

Well, the fun was over.. and I had to drag myself up for a concall the next morning... Heng I can wake up. haha..

That same weekend, we had a BBQ for Finance team. Occasion was actually a farewell for my boss. Time well spent with playing with the kids and playing stupid games like... Pepsi Cola 1 2 3 ... lol...

Last week, my family went for high tea! first time go high tea at such an atas place.

Shangrila.

Nice ambience and definitely seeing everyone get together spending quality time... heartwarming.

Seeing two little kids growing up.. :)

Some of you who know, this news have gave me lots of worry, unrest and many sleepless nights.
I don't know how long I can bear, and I don't know how long I can keep this from my family.
Very soon, I will going for operation, and probably not gonna meet up for sometime.
I pray, this will be the one and only operation. And no other therapy required.
Pray for me okie?

Cherish the people around you.