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August was an exciting month for someone. He has requested a birthday staycation at his favourite building. Can you make a guess? Jonathan turned 5 last month and at the tender age of 4+, he had developed a keen interest in tall buildings and skyscrapers. It was no surprise that Marina Bay Sands (MBS) caught his eye. For a year, he did crafts with this iconic building as theme. For example, he would draw many pictures of MBS and he would build MBS with his megablocks, complete with the curving structure. MBS He likes MBS so much that he wanted a birthday cake with MBS theme. I had a hard time finding a baker who could do a MBS cake. In the end, it was baked with photo insert. Cloud9 & their bake So the brothers celebrated the birthday in school with this MBS cake which Jonathan said he was very happy and the cake was very yummy. Happy Birthday! Prior to school celebration, we held a small celebration in Church with his Sunday School's ...

Last weekend, we spent a very busy Saturday morning and suffered from what I called a wedding fatigue. Although the wedding couple was none other than my younger brother, both my mum and myself were exhausted for our own reasons. My Makeup @ 6am Simple loop-styled hairdo It was a day where whatever could have gone wrong, went wrong and I shall not elaborate further here, as the event was over and most importantly, everyone still had a great time! I think that's most important for the wedding couple and their families. Whose wedding doesn't have a hiccup? Because of the wedding, we had a mini staycation at their hotel venue. Ramada @ Zhong Shan Park was a no-frill business hotel. It's new and conveniently located. I thought it would make a great hotel stay for business travellers. City View Entrance View No-frill toilet We roomed in for the whole night and the husband bought dinner from the mall next door. Next morning, we had our...

Last week, the admin lady from the preschool which the boys attend, asked me for a favour. She asked if I could write a testimonial about the boys' experience with the preschool and also if I could do up a A4 sized decoration. She briefly showed me a work from one of the parents. I didn't think much, it was a Monday morning, my brain hadn't started work. So I just said yes and took the frame home. After that, I was asking myself why did I agree! Thankfully, it was a lull week at work since there was an external audit ongoing so I was able to conceptualise what I intended to write and design the frame decoration. 1 page testimonial I used one of the weekday nights to write up the 1page testimonial and printed out. While the boys were in Berries, made a pit stop at Daiso for some craft decorations. While the boys napped, I sent the photos for printing. Last night, I completed my task. decoration for the frame Presenting my effort of bookmarking the h...

One day, the husband hurried home after opening the letter box. He was exclaiming: "Wife, you got a strange letter. It's from the PMO." Oh wow… PMO (Prime Minister's Office), what could it be? For that split 10 seconds, I guessed various possibilities. Was it the maid? But that should be from MOM. Was it the maid's levy? Hey, that should be CPF. Was it work related? How could that be? Aha… and so I gingerly opened the 120grams envelope to reveal a neatly tri-folded letter that had the header NPTD. What? NDP?? NPTD? National Population and Talent Division .. I gasped! I held my breath for that one minute as I read the letter and then as all movies' cliff hanger… the ending was super anti-climax. It was just a letter to inform me that I was selected randomly for a survey. Ya.. I know. Super anti-climax right! Haha… but for that moment, it was quite a suspense. Good to have such a break from the monotonous routine I have.

and so… the youngest decided to tie knot with his sweetheart after dating for almost a decade. 喜饼，过大礼 Their wedding will be our 1st staycation for Twenty-Sixteen so stay tune for the macro-micro happenings on that special day. 

Do Not Mixed with the Yolks I have never like soft boiled eggs.  I like eggs, don't get me wrong but not when it is uncooked or half cooked.  I need my eggs to be hard boiled, totally cooked.  So what do I do when I have an expensive plate of soft boiled eggs in front of me?  Scrapped off the whites and leaving the yolks untouched.  And that's how I learn to eat my soft boiled eggs.

This was a dress which I bought on a whim when I was into my 2nd trimester of Jonathan's time. It fitted me nicely as it was an empire cut dress in chiffon. However after 2 pregnancies and all, I ballooned too much to fit into the dress again. But I kept it. You know how… some ladies kept a piece of their smaller-size clothing they once wear. Well… this dress was That Dress. After almost 5 years.. I can finally fit in again although the arm hole still feel tight. It's a great incentive to stop the weight from piling and may I reduce to my original state  soon before the big 40.