In the month of Oct 09... ...

I supposed it was a busy month for me in Oct. Here it goes... ...

The DHW has quite a few outings this month. CH & XL brought me to Dragonfly on the 1st friday of the month. 3 of us finished a bottle of Henessy, which I think is normal. But XL kept emphasing that we drank alot!

Wow... I saw William Scorpion performing, as well as Dee Hell Six! Didn't know that WS is performing there. COOL! The moment he started singing, everyone started screaming and behaving in a very "high" manner. *hahaha* Reminds me of the Shanghai nites and B1 days :) Anyway, that was Part I.

Thanks to the gentleman in white, we managed to get a picture of Six. Apparently he is a regular customer and know the band. When he knew that I was trying to capture a picture of him, he told me he will help me to call Six. Thereafter, he kept telling me when is appropriate to take pictures with Six and how I should approach Six to take pictures with us etc etc... ... To an extend that I find him irritating! -_-"
Singaporeans... mean, we scold; kind, we also grumble! :p

3 babes

At about 1+, we switched to UP and had 1/2 a bottle of Martel! Nic didn't keep his word!!! He didn't manage to keep the Blackie which he "fish" out from the machine because it has been almost 2 months! but he gave me a QQ instead :p *Luckily*

Nic & Judy

Beary came to pick me up after his movie session with his colleagues and home sweet home!

On Mid-Autumn Festival, Beary brought us to a vegetarian restaurant for dinner. It was superb! We loved the food and enjoyed every mouth of it! *Yum Yum* I told my family to bring me there on my b'day :) After eating those good vegetarian food, i realised that vegetarian is actually yummy!!! *hahaha* and I am almost craving for it everyday!

We were playing Sparks @ the corridor outside our flat.

After dinner, we went home, had mooncake and played whistling sparks with mavis. It was so loud that we decided to go to the playground at the ground level to play after lighted 5 stix. However, when we were at the playground, we decided to play only 2 packs and played the rest on other days cos it's simply too loud and we were worried that we might disturb the neighbours!

The care bears celebrated the October babies' b'day on 10 Oct 09. I'm so proud that the bbq was a success and within a budget of not more than $20/pax, though the food were still good!!! I managed to "get hold" of Uncle Justin on the day of the BBQ! *Whew* I almost gave up looking for him. and a big THANK YOU for the complimentary Blue Berry Cheese Cake *yum yum* -- I am damn bad, fancy asking the b'day boy to get his own cake :p

I visited Karen at Iluma on 3rd Thurs of the month, while waiting for YL & CH for a vegetarian meal and followed by a shopping spree. We spent 1hr+ in Dorothy Perkins trying outfits and of course we bought them :) Great discounts! 50%!!!! Women are after all women!!! *haha*

Next day, XL called me when she was about to leave the office and asked me out for dinner. I didn't have any appointment and was actually waiting for Beary to pick me, so I agreed. We went Railway Mall for Rocky's Pizza but to find out that it had closed down! Went into a chinese restaurant and wanted to settle for Fish soup in steamboat kind but left without ordering because Beary decided that we should go Arab Str instead. We waited rather long before the food was served. That place is always crowded because they are famous for their fish soup!!! After dinner, we went Up Entertainment again for a drink and left around 12+ to 1am.

Our family had dinner @ Jack's pl (AMK) on Deepavali. Lousy Food and Service! Mavis said we should complain to Jack! :p Yes, we spent so much money only to get lousy food and service from there? Beary & I have decided to draft an email to lodge a complaint but err... we haven't started drafting anything yet :p

Had dinner with LC @ Seoul Garden on one of the weekdays. The last time I had that was about a year ago :) The variety was so-so but the BBQ was something different because I have been having the traditional kinda steamboat in the recent years.

4th Thurs of the month, YL came to Gombak to fetch XL and I after work. Supposed to meet up with CH as well but her gals were fighting at home! -_-" Since she was not joining us, we didn't go Little India to buy Saree for our Deepavali Nite! Instead we went MS and hit Dorathy Perkins (again)!!! *Why am I buying clothes from others again??* -_-"

As YL was still on vegetarian diet, hence, we went for Rama Pasta again!!! XL tried it for the first time and enjoyed it too!!! *pictures were captured using YL's camera!*

I had an enjoyable weekend on the 4th week! Beary & I accompanied Kareen for wine tasting -- We tried a few different types and the sales person (or maybe the boss) kept "feeding" us with different types of wine. A very hospitality sales person. We also bought a bottle of red and white wine to celebrate XL's b'day later that evening.

Thereafter, we went Central for dinner @ Azumi. The ramen was kinda nice. After dinner, while waiting for XL, we walked around Clarke Quay and saw some people in Halloween costumes. In the end, XL couldn't make it to meet us (due to her long day at work) and she was in the west zone... :( She was quite apologetic and proposed to keep the wine til my b'day. *but i was quite disappointed actually*

Anyway, we decided to go Beary's pl to drink wine and play games. In the end, we drank more than what we have bought!!! *hahaha* We also ordered McDonald delivery as supper :)

Sunday is always supposed to be relaxing -- We had early lunch @ Tampines Foodcourt. We happened to know that there were some sales going on @ Bodyshop and I bought some stuff @ great discounts :) Went Expo because there were some fairs ongoing as well ;) Head home, rest and to go K-ing @ Downtown East! It's a cool pl. Perfect entertainment centre!

They happened to have an offer for dinner KTV -- 1 set of dinner and free flow of drinks + 4 hrs of singing @ only $20/pax!!! Isn't that cheap??? *hehehe*
*Home Sweet Home @ 11+*

On Monday, we had lunch @ the "all prawn" wanton noodles in yishun. We haven't patronise that place for a long time and i've decided not to dine there anymore unless they improve on their wanton! :p

After lunch, we went AMK Hub to catch a movie -- 500 Days of Summer. It wasn't exactly funny though it was supposed to be a comedy! :p

One particular part which I like about the movie was that the Director (was it?) or the author of the story insisted that this story is fiction and if it does sounds similar to anyone, it's purely co-incidence and this statement was especially made to a lady by the name "Jennifer". He says "especially you Jennifer, Bitch!" *LOL* I guess Jennifer was the lady who broke his heart huh!!!

After movie, we decided to go home and take a nap. We met up with Oliver and had dinner @ Pizza hut because I have got a b'day voucher from Pizza Hut.

We hired someone new to tend the shop and it was her first day on Tues, hence, I didn't go to work but went down to supervise her. *hahaha* After spending 4 hrs with her, I realised that mummy sure didn't know her dialect group! :p Anyway, quite blur. Don't think we gonna keep her for long.

After we were closed for the day, i went back to wait for mavis to come back from school and had lunch together. She's always happy when I don't go to work. Beary came home for dinner that night :)

Went back to work on Wed and had another shopping spree!!! even at the canteen, we can shop -_-" Spent $60 over dollars. *Spendrift* I bought an ACM Cushion and Decal for Beary! Hence, its my turn to look for a Doraemon Decal :)

Meet up for dinner with Kareen, together with Beary, @ MS. LC supposed to join us too but due to work commitment, she can't join us. We had sakae sushi buffet! It has been a long time since we last had buffet :p

On the last Friday of the month, we had Deepavali Nite @ the Mess. Of course I wore my Punjabi. :) I did a henna too! We also took a group photo together and have them printed out for all of us :)

We also had a large variety of indian food for dinner. Around 10+, we left the mess and took a cab down to Clarke Quay. We also saw non-indians don on sarees and punjabi suits in Clarke Quay - supposed there's some party going on with the indian theme :)

We scout around Clarke Quay and hoped to get into somewhere comfortable but found none. Probably that's Halloween week, all the pubs and disco pubs were filled with patrons and everyone were queuing to get into the premises and we're not familiar with the place. *wow* Clarke Quay sure was happening. Meanwhile, we were also waiting for YL to join us.

While waiting for YL, we found ourselves attracted to the pinky horns and CH bought one for me :) *Thank you!!* and we started taking pictures at the central stage meant for halloween performance :p

After the "photo taking session", we took a break at Whoppers Bar! How cool! It's a bar operated by burger king. I was too lazy to take any pictures but that place looks cosy and comfortable. A nice place to rest and relax while waiting for your friends to come :p

After YL arrived, she bought us to Attica II! My first visit -- extremely crowded and packed with people of all races :) and of course, we danced with our horns :p and got all the wrong warms crawling over -_-" *hahaha*

After watching Michael Jackson's movie, Beary was so keen to buy a hat and so I accompanied Beary to Bugis Str to buy one on the last day of Oct. We got it at quite a good price. Thereafter, we went back to take a nap so that we could last longer into the Halloween Nite!!!

After dinner, we went Clarke Quay (agn) and it was very crowded and happening. There were performances at the central square and Glenn Ong was the host -- I have no idea but Glenn Ong would always remind me of Michael Ma, though I know that they dun really resemble!

After hanging out in Clarke Quay, we meet up with Karen, Adam and Vincent Red Dot in Dempsey.

We shared a tower of Monster beer (Green in color) and ordered some finger food.

After the chit chatting and drinking, we decided to head down to Bedok for supper, followed by Zzz zzz... ...

Judy & her Monster drink!

In the eyes of mothers... ...

After some calculation, I realised that I had spent $60+ at the canteen during my 1-hr lunch!!! There was a bizaar in the canteen today. CC & I decided to go and take a look while we were on our way to pack our lunch.

In the past when there were such bizaar, I would usually go with CC and we don't usually spend so much. I bet she had spent more than I do :p Felt alittle guilty that I spent so much but then like what CC said, the stuff are much cheaper as compared to outside and we are not finishing the stuff in an instant... hence, it's worth spending :) *Does make me feel better*

Anyway, one of the expensive stuff I had bought was a surprise I had for my dearest Beary!!! *hehe* I was so excited when I saw that there was a booth selling soccer items and I was even more excited when I saw ACM miniature cushion key chains. Immediately, I went over to the booth *FYI - that was the 1st booth I visited!* and I bought even more ACM stuff. *hahaha* I almost wanted to buy all the items with ACM but I have to be rational huh :p

In the end, I settled for a ACM decal and a cushion :) *its time to start looking out for a Doraemon decal as well :p *yah beary?*

Okay, I haven't touch on my topic yet... ...
When we were looking browsing thru a booth selling chocolates, CC was looking at some gift boxes, which some contained mini packs of chocolate waffle and some were Tiramisu and sweets. She then told me that these are very good gifts for children (xiao hai zi). I agreed... In my mind, the category of children refers to mavis. Hence, I decided to buy a box for her as a gift to encourage her to work harder. CC also decided to buy one.

After that, she was looking at bottles of chocolates with assorted nuts etc and she was talking to the lady and said "no no, i dun want dark chocolate ones.. for children to eat (xiao hai zi). In my mind, I was thinking... ... who are the "xiao hai zi" she was refering to? Her neighbours' kids??? Hmm... ...

When we were on our way back to office, she was very excited with the amount of stuff she bought and shared with us about what she had bought and who she had bought. From the conversation, I realised that her "xiao hai zi" refers to her kids who are aged 24, 21 and 19 years old respectively -_-"

I gave some thought on it and decided that in the eyes of mothers, their children are always their "xiao hai zi". Most parents are like that. I should be cautious that I will not say "xiao hai zi" when mavis has grown up. *hahaha*

I always remember this particular incident:
When Mavis was 6 years old, we were still cautious about her using scissors and sharp objects. One day, she was asking me for a pair of scissors and said that she wanna cut some paper to do some art work (not for school).
I said "No, you are too young to use a scissors. Use your hands to tear it."
She asked me why.
I replied that she may cut accidentally herself and it will be very careful.
Se replied "but you gotta let me learn how to use a scissors because I will be going to Pri 1 next year. I will have to use the scissors when I go to school next year too, okay Mummy?"

This short conversation allow me to understand that "in the eyes of mothers, children are always young and like a baby" and "mothers are always protective of their children and worried that they may get hurt"

SURPRISE -- Mid Autumn Festival

On 2 Oct 09, one day before Autumn Festival, I received another pleasant surprise from my friend! *haha* So sweet! Surprises one day after another really makes my day feel great!!! This is the first time I received a "gift" for Mid Autumn and it's not moon cake :) *haha*

I should reciprocate and give a surprise as well :) Shall update again.

01 Oct 09 - Children's Day

Happy Children's Day!

I remember that Mavis didn't have to go to school because it's children's day. However, it didn't really sink into my mind that it was Children's day until CH sent us an email and greeted us "Happy Children's Day!" in the morning.

When was the last time I ever heard that? When was the last time someone greeted me with it? That was more than a decade ago! but that's nice of her to send that greeting :)

Later in the afternoon, I also sent a greeting to my dearest Princess :) and I also greeted Beary in the email I wrote to him :) - I think it's so sweet to receive such a greeting. *hehe*

I also decided to buy a little gift for my princess to surprise her. -- I bought a Hello Kitty box of sweets and wrote a little note for her.

Later in the afternoon, I received a pleasant surprise. KJ brought back an envelope, from MDO, for me.

It's a sweet gift :)

So sweet of my friend to send a little gift to me on Children's Day. That's such a sweet gesture and it definitely cheer me up. I know my princess will be happy to receive the little surprise I prepared for her as well :)