Valentine's Day and My Birthday

Valentine's Day was on the first Day of Chinese New Year. Hence, we had an advanced celebration on the 10th, Wed. This was our first Valentine's Day together. :) We went to JB, City Square Mall, Massage and dinner at 大马花园.

And on my birthday itself, 17 Feb, we went back to the same places. Singapore is too small!

We went to JB and tour around City Square Mall. Its been a real long time since I last visited JB. I think the very last time was during my early Uni times. The causeway has changed to a much more clean and safe route. But a longer one. And now, you can never take many "white cards" at a go. The officer in charge will distribute 1 to 1 person.

We had Thai massage at the same place in City Square Mall. Shop's name is "Thai Odyssey".

A foot massage and Traditional full body Thai massage on 2 different days.



Had a room for just 2 of us. Pardon my Blackberry 2 megapix. I know it sucks..

We had changed clothes!.. Very cheap prices and good services!
Foot massage 60 mins for RM50, which is SGD around $25. Traditional Full Body Massage 60 mins for RM75, which is SGD around $37.50. In my hometown, it will cost $100 ++ for full body massage!..
We watched a movie too, 72 Tenants. And its in Cantonese. I like to hear the real voice of each actor and actresses. It sounds more real. But poor Dear Dear has to bear with the subtitles because he cant understand Cantonese. Movies at Cathay City Square is only around $5! So happy! haha..

Next up, we had seafood!

And this is the place! 大马花园。Not only black pepper crabs we had tasted, there were crayfish, oats prawns and veggies. We shared a glass of sugarcane as it was quite big size. Everything costed us only around RM80+. In Singapore? oh no.. one crab is already that price.

Hehe.. I love this picture taken on a escalator.

On the first day of Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day, I went to his house for dinner and brought him my homemade butter cookies! hehe.. My first try. With the help of my Dad.

Heart shapes and stars. And as you can see, some of pieces were thick, some were thin. haha.. oops..

Dad's hand at work. Laying the cookies on the tray.

Into the oven!..

Decorated the butter cookies with Hershey's chocolates and chocolate rice. "J" for Jia Gui, my Dear's chinese name.
Into the container, with a heart shaped label saying "For My Valentine" :)

And DearDear says it tasted nice. hehe.. Cant believe I did it for my first try.

And on my home desk, an additional to my favourite corner. His handmade photoframe. hehe.. I was quite surprised by his artwork.

Here he appeared at my doorstep when the clock struck 12 for 17th Feb 2010. Thank you Dear Dear!

It was a great celebration. And next up, my birthday with my friends!

Passed my Driving Test at the First Time!

This is probably the best birthday gift I have given to myself since last year. In 2009, I have only given myself a Kate Spade Red Patent wallet which is so far, 2nd most expensive wallet after my Patent Miu Miu from my friends.

But this year, is even more expensive and meaningful. I am a qualified driver now! Though it was a long belated birthday gift due to the test dates, but I am a very happy girl now!


Before the test, I prayed many times to Lord for a not so old tester and friendly one. At the driving centre, I have never seen any young tester before. But on my test date, my Lord gave me a surprise. This tester is only in his 30s I bet. Hooray! First fear removed.Throughout the test, I was told to drive on this road that is much shorter than my usual practises. But Ubi is never a easy road to drive. Always be cautious. And if you are getting ready for a driving test, do gear up more in the circuit. Its there where they purposely want to catch your mistakes.

After the test, I met up with Dear to have a mini celebration.
At Somerset 313's Marche:

I must say I quite miss the Marche at Heerens long time ago. We had Marche Crepe that has ham, capisium sauce, mushroom butter sauce.. And its nice!

All time favourite : Rosti!

I think I really love Dear's hp Cam. Its 5 megapix, as compared to my lousy Blackberry...only 2 megapix. Damn it. And I cant take pics of Tavia Yeung when I saw her at airport a few days ago. Yes you are right. She was in Singapore for 1 day with Jessica Hsuan, Miu Kiu Wai, Bobby Ouyang and Eric Tsang Chi Wai for a private function at Hard Rock Hotel Sentosa. Ok I missed the pics with only Tavia Yeung's smily face imprinted on my memory now. She is superly slim and beautiful! Ok, back to me, the happy girl with driving license mailing to me in 4 weeks time.

Heh!

Pictures of his 27th

As I was uploading pictures from my blackberry to my computer, I came across this picture. Which reminded me how I have squeezed my brain juice to get a cake that will be memorable to him. Its his first birthday we celebrated together. His birthday falls on the 27th October 1982.

I rushed to Tampines One Mall to get his cake from Bakerzin. Many ideas had been flowing since days before. And finally I settled down with this design I did myself. There were a mix of cakes. Sumatra and the other one with roses, which I cant find the name from Bakerzin's website anymore. But they all tasted heavenly chocolatey.. Ooosh..

Beautifully decorated for Him. With lots of love.

Just like any other days

Chinese New Year was just ok for this year. As usual for the past decade it has always been, bland. Nothing to woo ha about.

But I just love my brother and sis-in-law who stayed over since Eve. Though we spend most of the time watching tv. But its simple peace and joy.

Jesus, Happy Chinese New Year. Please help to ask Satan get out of my life. He keep haunting me with those broken pieces among those suppose to be beautiful memories. I am exhausted.

Finally I have sent Chinese New Year First Day away. I think the happy First Days of Chinese New Year had died since my Grandma left too. Bye Bye..

Bangkok Trip Day 4

And here's the last day of my BKK trip!



His sad face .. We are leaving.. Awww...

From the 2 of us. Wow we still have extra 20 kg! Oh manz.. should have buy more.

Inside the airport.



To explain the picture above.

Even before we left, he must have Pizza Company! Its located at the F wing.

And for this eye mask, its really useful when on board as sun shining in.
I really love my Bangkok Trip. Its the first time I went travelling with Dear Dear. I know more are coming on its way for the both of us. Jesus in you I put my trust.

And we will have many first time coming in. First Valentine's Day, My First time celebrating Birthday with him, My first time driving, First Easter Holiday, his Uni graduation..lots and lots..
May the blessings overflow on us!

Bangkok Trip Day 3

Hello people! I know its been quite some time since I blogged on the Second day of my trip. Chinese New Year is nearing, so how is ur spring cleaning? I did a wardobe clearing and cleaning this afternoon with hot sun shining into my room. Manz...its dehydration. Right back to Third day of my Bangkok Trip.

Breakfast at Samran place. We decided to have a break from American breakfast and chose food that are simple. Chicken rice noodles soup and Chicken Porridge. Hehe.. I thought my noodles tasted better than Dear's porridge.

And as we are nearing to the end of our trip, still unable to find my A&W restaurant, we opened our mouth and asked the hotel receptionist. She said its just nearby alittle further down from our hotel. Oh my god! Hence, without any hestitation, we sped up to find it after dressing up. And there we were!

We had the famous waffle ice-cream, twister fries and rootbeer float. This is A&W super waffle meal which costed $122 Baht. Hooray!~ Finally I had A&W after so many years! Since I was in lower primary school you know. Thats more than a decade!

He with decorative background. Missing it!

Slurp! Slurp!

That day, we went through the markets infront Pratunam Centre. Whereas Pratunam Centre itself has nothing much to shop around. We went passed Big C Shopping Centre as well. And there I bought my Mum a pair of shoes. I hope she likes it! Were initially from Baiyoke Garment Shopping Centre and Pratunam Markets. And as we reached opposite Platinum Mall, we came across this crepes roadside stall. So, we gave it a try. The aunties were friendly. however, I still prefer Platinum Mall basement level 's crepes stall.

Crossed the roads and found A&W at Pantip Plaza. I just have to take photo with the mascot. Its gone in Singapore you see.

Cheeky Cheeky!

Before we saw A&W, there were many roadside eating stalls infront of Pantip Plaza. We had some of it and mostly tasted delicious. But the best was still coconut ice-cream. We got it at 10 Baht. There were peanuts and nata de coco. Its definitely a great refreshing dessert! You cant miss it.

When the night started to fall, we went to Yaowarat, the Chinatown of Bangkok.

Dinner was at T&K Seafood. If you are taking cab, the cab driver will surely stop somewhere around here. Hence its not difficult to find. Look at that spread of food! Crabs, Shark's fin soup (Thick and hot!You can just spot the Shark's fin!) , large Steamed Fish and Kang Kong veggies. Wow! I am hungry now!

Muackz!~ And that kiss went to his favourite...

Steamed Fish! Looks great right? The whole dinner costed us 830 Baht. It maked the most expensive meal of our trip but I still think its worth it. hahaha...Look at that fish again!

Back to the bustling side, Siam Paragon's Gourmet Food Market. He was in a daze.

"Haiz..this is my last night and its ending..when am I coming again?..."

Outside Siam Paragon.

The loots from our 4 days 3 nights trip.

"Ah!"...

Another successful pose.

Bangkok Trip Day 2

Breakfast Time! We woke up almost 8am every morning. After lazing around on bed and washing up, we headed down for our breakfast. I was wondering how it will taste for our first morning at Bangkok...

American Breakfast Set 1, toast, jam and tea. With..

Scrambled egg, saugages and ham! Wow.. satisfying!

Dear Dear's omelette. At Samran place, there is no breakfast buffet style as it is a small hotel. While munching through our food, we realised that there is this practice. The Chinese are usually the ones who will wake up extremely early to start their day. And the later ones will be the Westerners.

We both agreed that the toast with jam was really good!

My face was as white as a sheet. I am missing the food real badly!

At the entrance. Him.

Me :) Yes. I was in my sleeping pyjamus. haha..

Dear Dear with his vintage coke drink at our massage place.

We chosen this which is located around the Asia Hotel where we found good reviews on this on the net. We decided on foot massage which costs 100 Baht each. Which means SG$4 +. I thought my masseur was not that good. She wore super low cut blouse which led me to think that perhaps thats why she did not want to give me a good service. She preserves her energy for the MEN. haha.. These were the thoughts that came across my mind. Dear Dear's one was an auntie. Very professional lo..

Still cannot be compared to SG's Far East Plaza second floor's Thai massage. But I must say its really cheap at Bangkok.

Look, he is just like a kid. Oh well, he has never seen the BTS train even he last stepped foot on Bangkok since 17 years ago. Understandable. haha..We walked around MBK to find the Dim Sum which cost only SG$0.50-$0.60.

And the famous shop is call Mr Meng!

If you have trouble looking for it which one of my friends complained, look for this mascot outside the shop. I was quite sad on the first day when we came to look for it as it was closed early for dinner. We looked at the notice pasted but it was in Thai and ended up we ate at Yum Saap Thai Restaurant which is just beside it. These 2 popular restaurants are located along the shopping path towards Tokyu Shopping centre. So, imprint this info into your brain system!

The menu. The most expensive dim sum is only in 22 Baht! Oh my god.. And Dear Dear was shocked and happy with such good treats.

We had fish maw soup, (the soup base was hot and thick!) custard buns, har gow, siew mai, fried dumplings..and there is this delicacy I must introduce.

The chrysanthemum tea is a must try! A little bland with sweetness staying on your taste buds. They put in lots of herbs to boil such a good stuff out. Oh manz.. There is nothing like this in SG alright. Even if there is, it sure cost a bomb. But here, you get it with reasonable price.


"Wa!.." hehe..gluttony..

At the new Shopping centre, Central World.


The shrine outside Central World. We walked through the markets and "whacked" the Platinum again. This time, we came up with a strategy route to conquer the big mall. Dear Dear said there were around 2000 shops inside. haha.. Shopping was great for the both of us as we need a change and topping up of Chinese New Year clothes. However the sad thing was Bangkok was not like before. Slashing of prices were difficult unless you are buying in wholesale. Else they will just ignore you and entertain the other customers. So sad! but its still cheap as compare to buying in SG la. Even at SG's bugis street ok. Because you cant get the same item at bugis street.

After the whole afternoon battle with shopping, we took a rest at the basement and enjoyed our crepes. The crepes was crispy and we had pork floss, ham and chocolate as ingredients. hehe..

I encouraged him to take a tuk tuk ride to hotel and unload our goods. Its 17 years ago la!.

We headed down to Suan Lum Night Market for food and shopping again. But this time round, shopping was far too expensive and unreasonable. Food was still alright and ex too. Suan Lum has changed ever since 3 years ago I went. The flyer was gone too. Happy faces of the stall holders were gone too... How time flies..

And this is our loots of second day. Anticipating the third day!
As usual, I am drooling at this hour to blog about food! Argh..