Spending time with good friends

I was baffled at how fast this week has gone by. Are the days getting shorter? Gee no.. the last I checked, we are still having 24 hours a day and it's still 7 days a week. Strange. It seems that time files when the year is coming to an end.

Have you been spending time with family and friends much these days? I did! and when good friends come together, food is always involve :P

Monday 2 Nov

First up was movie at Cathay with P. It was my first time watching a 3 D movie :P yea..i know.. really way behind you guys . We caught Coraline and thru the 3 D glasses, it was such a treat! The characters came alive! The storyline is simple. Be contented and give thanks to what you have :)

we took short walk to Mr Bean's after the movie
and settled down for drinks and
this rock hard brownie..yes it was super hard
but at the same time, it was still palatable

Tuesday 3 Nov

The need to settle some work issues brought me down to the vicinity of Bukit Merah on this raining Tuesday. By the time I was done, it was almost lunch time. Seeing that there wasn't much of the lunch crowd at the coffeeshop, I quickly ordered a set of Ayam Penyet and a can of coke zero. You can't go wrong with ayam penyet.. and the chilli is good even though it is a killer. The coke zero came in handy to wash down the fire in my mouth.

Tuesday evening

Both Chris and I decided to meet , for what? No reason actually. hahaa. We usually do this just becoz we are bored or restless. It was off to Chomp Chomp for Frolick .

Mine's the one with mango topping and her's 士多啤梨
*士多啤梨- strawberry in cantones :D *

Friday 6 Nov

I had quite an easy day at work which was really pleasent. No stress, no 'life and death' issues to deal with. * Happy*

Was even happier to leave on the dot so I can go meet dear Liz in town :) I wore my new scarf from Uniqlo. The weather was lovely.. cooling enough for the scarf to make its debut :)

Dinner was homemade style beef soup at Cedele. Liz had the chicken soup ala indian spices. We are great fans of their soups and bread.

it was a no make up day for me and liz..
hence this tiny pic of me with my scarf..

How apt right? Liz was wearing her puma jacket
while I have a scarf around me..
It feels almost like winter time!
Christmas is just round the corner!

Balls :P along orchard road

b.e.e_z.z.z weekend Part 2 - In Celebration of Val's Arrival

Sunday 1 Nov

Royal Plaza on Scotts

It was a cozy family and good friends get together to welcome the arrival of baby Val. Dear Lynn and Vincent invited me and some of our good friends to partake in the Carousal hi tea last Sunday . I was looking forward to it as it is a good chance to catch up with the rest of our friends. Pity Jandy couldn't make it due to her work trip.

Carousal was teeming with hungry diners that afternoon. Lynn had made prior arrangement with the hotel and we were all seated in a nice corner, just right next to the windows and away from the main crowd.

Now here's the happy mummy and cutie Val

close up of lil Val

Oh yes, both mummy and baby went around the tables and posed for photos with all the guests!

Here's one for the album *_^

This was the singles table :P
4 pretty ladies and a young chap :)
When I got to know Jun hong, he was still a cute little boy ..
How time flies~ :P

Haven't seen Veron in ages..
except on facebook :P

I didn't try every single item and here's some of the food I've eaten.

Would have been fun if the rest of our bunch could make it... guess the next meet up would be around Christmas time'

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I know it doesn't seem quite appropriate to pose this photo now..
but look what I found in the toilet cubical in City link that evening?

Say hi to post Halloween trash..
some girl just dumped Mr Pumpkin in the loo!~

b.e.e_z.z.z weekend Part 1 - Mouth Restaurant Dim Sum

Saturday 31 oct

Mouth Restaurant

Eileen Ng gathered me and Wei Ting for a morning dimsum session at Mouth Restaurant as there was credit card promotion. So it was off to Chinatown at 10am :)

Baby Xenia came along too with Eileen and her hubby. She was in her inquisitive mood, eyes darting around the unfamiliar environment, taking in the sights and sounds :)

Mummy and Baby


Dim sum selection at Mouth Restaurant is surprising good







Dry ice chilling the mango pomelo!
we were surprised with the presentation :) wasn't expecting it :)


Note that the edible part is the top dish and not the bottom bowl..that is where the dry ice is..

Ending it off with a picture with Eileen and cutie Xenia :) It was time well spent with my friends~

Happy birthday Brother!

Are you seated comfortably? Please do so if you are not. That's because I am gonna bring u back in time. Well, not to worry, we are not going to see your horror hair do for your prom nor that ugly tight jeans with big loose shirt you worn 20 years ago. What you are gonna see is a picture of me and my brother~

Let's go back to 24 years ago.. get ready for the time warp.. everything is hazy and memories all juggled and mixed up. Are you lost already? It would be the year 1985. Yes, I do realised some of you are not even conceived/ fertilized...not even a zygote yet.

Those were good years..the 80's. It was the years of the centerpoint kids, the years of the Swing singapore, to which I never attended , not even once. ( A stretch of Orchard Rd. was closed for one Saturday night, and music would blast thru out the night and everyone gets to party on the streets~) So many good and fun things happened during the 80s.

I have digressed. * Get back on track Eileen!~*

Today, 29 Oct is my brother's Birthday.. and yet, i have chosen a photo of my birthday way back in 1985.

Why so you asked.

Can you see how happy my brother is in the photo? As compared to the birthday girl? Hahahha. Am I fashionable? . Look at that dress, look at those sleeves.. It screams me doesn't it? ( those who knows my style.... now you know it went way back..) Yet, that face doesn't go with the whole outfit.

On the other hand, my brother looked so happy and has this funny twinkle in the picture. So I thought this picture really do my brother justice~ :) We had so much fun while growing up. Those silly chats in our grandma's, before we sleep, lying side by side on the mattress. Like I say, the memories are hazy, I can't remember our ages then. In fact, we still have fun till today. What can i say, he is my brother :)

Happy Birthday Eddie!

In case you are wondering, that was a blueberry cake ; mum and aunts whipped out all my fav.food - baked beans and chicken wings among others.

Midweek insecurities

Drained and spent..
going round and round the bend..
When will all these come to an end?

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*note to self*
Glad that it's already mid week.
Happy that there are friends to be met.
Looking forward to a busy weekend.
Everything is great!

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Will be starting on my
" one photo tells a story'
by the end of this week..

watch this space!

Panji - Javanese Mask Dance Drama

My ensemble's performance was a success :) It was great being able to be on stage with one of Indonesia's popular entertainer, Didik Nini Thowok. He sings, he dances, and specializes in cross gender and cross ethnic dances . It was fun watching him perform. With him being famous in Indonesia, he has totally no airs and we all had a great time working with him :)

Mas Didik at one of our rehearsals

I wouldn't be writing too much, just wanna share some photos with everyone :)

Pre Performance... at the dressing room

See the big hair on Sherina's head? that's fake
And it's rather heavy :P


More pre performance photos...



Here are the guys

The hall was pretty small only with seating capacity of 400 some people came but couldn't get in. I got this photo from a friend.. It was full house by the way :)


back stage.. Mas Didik's masks

dancing to the tunes of Sakura..

eek..here's the ugly demon



I don't have any pictures of our performance
( duh.. obviously.. )
and photography by the audience
was prohibited :{

Here are the group photos taken after the performance



That's Mas Didik in the middle :)

Stay tune :)

I've been breathing, eating, sleeping, dreaming gamelan the whole week... today's finally our performance. Remember to peek back here soon for more pictures :)

Till then.. ciao. I am off again for the last rehearsal at3pm...


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My notations


This is one of my fav. scene.. it's hilarious ..look at that clown like colorful wig :D


The japanese lady offering 'sashimi' to the Prince


Thai music segment


Lastly, Helena and I