Happy Birthday, auntie Selina!

30 August 2011

Hari Raya Aidilfitri!

Today is a public holiday because the whole malayu kampung is celebrating auntie Selina's Birthday!

Lunch at Cha Cha Cha Mexican Restaurant located at Holland Village... We did not order alot of food - 3 starters, 3 mains and a glass of signature mango margerita (for myself!).  Salsa nachos on the house (I think...), I don't know, I didn't checked the bill which coughed about S$100 odd.

We gate-crashed the Yeo's after our lunch... not too bad, it only took Mrs Yeo to tidy up the house within 20mins upon receiving our whatsapp notice.  ++heh++  :))

SMURF-ing in Singapore!

26 August 2011

Smurfs are coming to town on BIG screens on 1 September!  Too bad I missed the date to pose for a picture with Clumsy Smurf, Smurfette and Papa Smurf mascots on 7 August at Bugis Junction (I learnt about it when I saw my friends - Ornigu & Dipsy posted their photos on Facebook!).  I am not missing this childhood cartoon on BIG screen therefore I am watchin' it!!!  :))

Overview

While on a mission to retrieve one final ingredient for Papa Smurf's potion, Clumsy Smurf accidentally falls into the Cave of Wonders, a magical portal which transports him from Smurf Village into the modern world mistaken for a toy, Clumsy is taken to New Jersey where he befriends a new family.  Meanwhile, back at the Smurf Village, everyone is up in arms over Clumsy's disappearance.  The Smurfs rush to concoct a plan to bring Clumsy home and simultaneously avoid the devious wizard, Gargamel that is always plotting to capture the Smurfs.

In conjunction with Singapore’s 46th National Day, over 50 Smurf figurines have been exclusively designed by our local celebrities, radio personalities and overseas artistes.  The list of participating celebrities include Fann Wong, Christopher Lee, Tay Ping Hui, Elvin Ng, Joanne Peh, Felicia Chin, Nat Ho, Jade Seah, Qi Yu Wu, Joi Chua, Derrick Hoh, Kit Chan, Olivia Ong, Jessica Liu, Bryan Wong, Chua Enlai, Dick Lee, and more.  These specially designed figurines are showcased in Bugis Junction (entrance of InterContinental Hotel). 

I liked the 红头巾smurf best!  ++SO SINGAPORE...++  Some peektures below...

Updated on 3 September 2011: Smurf-ing good time with ah Thiang

Behind the Scenes with Giselle's Closet!

23 August 2011

We enjoyed our photo-manic evening with the team and Management of Giselle's Closet last weekend.  Jessie had scheduled an indoor shoot with the studio located at Arab Street and we were invited to preview this inaugural shoot of her first launch upcoming this weekend!

We tried some jumping shot while Serene (aka the model) changes her wardrobe.  Jessie, ah Thiang and I took turns to captured all the funny expressions we had during the jumps - they were hilarious to the max!!!  ah Thaing also suggested that we should just rent the studio for few hours just to have some fun with our toys!  Weekend rates are $40/hr, min block of 3hrs and some other studios charges like $40/hr inclusive of photographers.  Isn't that sounds greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?  ++GREAT!!!++


+++Can see that ah Thiang is also not very good with the coordination of the shots, SLOW! HAHA+++

Updated on 27 August 2011: More jumping shots in the studio



NEW Kate Spade iPhone Cover!

22 August 2011

I'vegotaNEWKateSpadeiPhonecover!  Sounds cool?!?! 

With the help from Jean's (my newly appointed 2011 insurance agent) friend who was travelling to US, of course!  SG store no longer bring in iPhone cover for 3Gs model...  ALL 4G!  ++SHING!++  She was very kind and offered me to bunk in my order with her so that her friend can ship back with all their purchases.  Today she met me for lunch just to pass me my new iPhone cover... she is that sweet... US price is retailing USD19.99 and after conversion it only cost me SGD27 - a fraction of what is selling in SG store!  :)  ++must cam-whore abit with my new toy!++

Nigel's Pre-Birthday Celebration & Visit to Terracotta Warriors Exhibition!

20 August 2011

Thomas organized a little pre-Birthday celebration for the 43-Man (Nigel) on Friday... don't ask me why #43... I also donchaknow!  Haha...  He raccee this new cafe along Yio Chu Kang Road which serves some Taiwanese bistro named 八度空间 (next to where ah Thiang and I had our night supper/teh tariks dates... formerly the store beside this cafe was "ah Thiar" an indian prata store --- HEY, that was like almost 5years ago!!!)... 

What got me so excited was, the store was decorated with Jay Chou's promo merchanise!  The walk-way banner... some album covers --- ALL Jay Chou!  ++FWAHAHAHAHA++  Food was so-so... and after dinner we drove to ECP Starbucks and had coffee.  ah Thiang introduced some no brainer games to the gang... and all eyes were so-glued onto the iPad2 and didn't bother to smile towards my camera...  Heh!

Today, we visited the Terracotta Warriors Exhibits - The First Emperor and His Legacy.  It was pretty crowded maybe due to some free entry till the end of August and everyone including us, went down...  BUT there is a catch.  ONLY permanent galleries are FREE... so we had to pay S$5 per entry to this speical exhibition - a visit the long dead warriors.  Not too exciting, they only have about 10 displays for this exhibit. 

我们和兵马俑有个约会!

We visited Jessie after our date with 兵马俑 where she did her Giselle's Closet studio-shoots with Serene modelling for her... the whole shoot ended quite late plus the after shoot supper and short shop at Mustafa... I reached home at about 1am!  Will post about "behind-the-scenes" next!  Let me get some beauty sleep first...  :))  ++SO SO SO excited about the jump-ping shots!++

Trail to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve + SengSeng-O's Birthday Celebration!

15 August 2011

Back-dated abit on my post of our trail to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve on our National Day Holiday!

Nature reserve located in the Northwest area of Singapore.  It is the first wetlands reserve to be gazetted in Singapore in the year 2002.  It's global importance as a stop-over point for migratory birds was also recongised by the Wetlands International's inclusion of the reserve into the East Asian Australia Shorebird Site Network.  The reserve, with an area of 130 hectares, was listed as an ASEAN Heritage Park in 2003.

It's really a long walk during the low-tide season...  There is really nothing much to see other than mudskippers and mini-crabs so ah Thiang and Donald was joking that they would love to pay at least S$5 as entrance fee just to catch a glimpse of crocodiles or even python snakes in two-three years time - that's when IF they were to come back for the trail again... (btw, entrance fee to the reserve is S$1)!

The trio went to the airport to welcome Mrs Yeo who is flying home from her first buying trip to Bangkok!  Flight touched down on time but the aircraft door doesn't open till 45mins later.... we were all stucked outside the arrival hall having kopi, burning our creative juices and created a mini-animation called "Bo Link" (meaning it doesn't link to any of scene/storyline) while waiting for the other trio to step out from the arrival hall.  Haha, I tell you... this is hilarious!  Nope.  I'm not sharing... file too huge to upload... someother time perhaps.  ++Hiak hiak hiak++

We also had an advance Birthday celebration for my lil Brother!  Oh boy... time flies... he is already 27th years old (not lil anymore)... and this means I'm aging too...  :(  Daddy sponsored our crab feast and the Birthday boy received Polo Safari perfume from me and ah Thiang, a Cartier namecard holder from aunt and 3D2N stay at MBS from his darling as his Birthday presents!  OOOH, the lovely cake is sponsored by Mommy of course!  ++幸福的小孩++

Another EXTENDED Weekend!

10 August 2011

Another extended weekend past... having major haul in my office and dust are flying all over the shop for the whole of last week!  My boss decided to enforce a day off on Monday (8/8/2011) so that the renovation works can speed up (including tearing down the wall at the current entrance and re-laying of new carpets etc) when we are all gone celebrating National Day Holidays.

Wasted Saturday slacking at home, rotting on my bed for a long lazy nap... went for a post-thank you lunch hosted by Chee Kiong and jio-ed Nigel & SF for a round of mahjong session on Sunday...  Took Mommie out for a lunch date on Monday afternoon while ah Thiang is stucked at work (who couldn't take a day off and go kilang with moi) and catch the hilarious comedy <Horrible Bosses> with Donald after dinner - and that was a good laugh!

Next post will blog about our trail at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve... took the blaaaaardy long walk under the crazy hot sun, fully equipped with my UV umbrella and now suffering from the post-trail heat rash... ++ITCH ITCH++

Majulah Singapura!

09 August 2011

I love you Singapore.  Happy 46th Birthday Singapore!

Our Pledge to you, Singapore:

We, the citizens of Singapore,

pledge ourselves as one united people,

regardless of race, language or religion,

to build a democratic society

based on justice and equality

so as to achieve happiness, prosperity and

progress for our nation.

For Peace and Harmony, We strive for our best.

About the Pledge:

The National Pledge was written in the mid-1960s in the aftermath of the racial riots that had affected communal harmony in Malaysia and Singapore. Rajaratnam believed that race, language and religion were the main factors contributing to the division of the people. In wording the Pledge he sought to bring across the message that these differences can be overcome if Singaporeans were committed to and caring enough for their country. The dream for Singapore is spelt out in the ideals of the Pledge. It calls for a sense of nationhood to be fostered despite differences, and encourages all to bring reality to the dream of building a country which all Singaporeans could be proud of. Rajaratnam remembered taking only a day or two to pen the words although it was refined further by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew before submissions to the Cabinet. Some sources suggest Ong Pang Boon had a hand in the writing of the Pledge, but generally, Rajaratnam is credited for its entirety.