The little musician

Babies generally love music. And I have no doubt about that with Justin.

Everytime he sees his daddy with the guitar, he goes gaga and will insist that his daddy sit down and play the guitar for him.

Even when he goes over to my grandparent’s house, he must pose with the guitar.

And apart from Guitar, his next favourite musical instrument is the drum.

So the popo bought him a drum set a few months ago.

It actually come with the cymbals and shaker. But he is only interested in the drum.

Daddy bought him this 4-string toy guitar and his daily routine to sit down with Daddy every night to play the guitar.

And last week, we added to his collection with a professional drum set! :D

He was thrilled, though i pity our ears. :p

Daddy is now planning to buy him a real guitar to start his training.

Maybe by 3 years old, Justin can play a song for mummy! :DDD

Pak toh day

It’s important for couples to take time to spend quality time with each other, especially parents. Being parents, our weekends are mostly or wholly devoted to Justin, church and family bonding time.

So we purposefully take half a day off yesterday to spend quality time. Felt like ages since we last did that. But it definitely feels good!

Our program was nothing fantastic: Lunch, coffee and movie!

Sounds boring? Ya, but it’s definitely not something that we can do it easily these days.

We wanted to go and try out the korean BBQ at ECP, but as it kind of clashes with our plans, we decided to change the venue to Vivocity instead.

Went to this nice DIY BBQ place at Vivocity, Level 1.

We actually went there almost 2 years ago, Shabuya that was before Justin came about. But that time, we tried the hotpot.

This time round, we went for the DIY BBQ.

This is definitely something that we can’t try with Justin at the same table.

Since we had a movie to catch in the second half of the afternoon, it is a no-no to have a super full dinner. Otherwise we might just end up snoring in the cinema.

So we went for the set lunch and top it up with an ala-carte order of additional portion of beef.

Our side dishes that came with the set lunch

Garden salad

Miso soup

Tempura

And the main food

The beef was pretty average, but well, for price of set lunch $19.90, cannot hiem too much right?

We also ordered an additional portion of Wagyu Rosa beef.. but forgot to whip out my iphone to take the photo…

so show you the aftermath after the sizzling cooking!

Had a very satisfied lunch and went for a short walk to let the food digest.. while waiting for the show time to start.

Decide to stop for energy booster.

Though it was a short afternoon, but we were glad that we spent quality time and had a relaxing afternoon with each other’s company.

Every parent should make it a point to set time for your spouse.

This not only makes the marriage go further, but it definitely makes you treasure your spouse even more.

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ugly nails going to be resurrected!

 

Thanks to my colleague who bought an extra voucher from Groupon, my very ugly and cui nails are going to get some rescue tonight! =)

Carousel – committee appreciation lunch

With the success of another family day event, our MD was very pleased and asked the HR director to organise an appreciation lunch for the recreation committee.

After much searching around, we finally decided on the buffet lunch at http://www.royalplaza.com.sg/carousel.php.

Having heard much good reviews about the buffet at this place, I was pretty looking forward to it. I feel that that the lunch was priced at a rather affordable rate of $46++, because the spread was really very good for the price to pay. Currently, they are also having Amex promotion of 15% off the bill.

When we step in, we are all captivated by the ambience, because we are grandly welcomed by rows of macaroons, tiramisus, fruits tarts and mousey cakes. , tiramisus, fruits tarts and mousey cakes. I feel so happy just looking at the colorful macaroons!

The main eating area is divided into four areas: and The Living Room, The State Rooms, The Verandah and The Terrace, with the buffet spread right smack in the centre so that you are not too far off from the adventure.

Food

One of the attractive thing about this buffet is the colourful spread of seafood, sushi and sashimi. Other than the Japanese fare, the spread is made up of Mediterranean, Asian, French Rotisserie and a rather impressive dessert station. And there was mini Indian station as well! So my Indian was super happy yesterday and it was the first time he really ate a LOT compared to last few lunches. Oh yes, their buffet is Halal too. So I think the management is really good at his marketing idea! Target all groups!

I love the way the cutlery are being arranged. Very neat and organised.

Only pity that I did not have my camera with me and I have to be a bit more professional, since I was with my HR director, my manager and some other rather senior staff who are in the committee, I cannot be too sua ku or touristy and start to take out my Iphone to snap away.

So i only managed to snap a few shots of the food that I tried.

The Japanese section on the top left and the seafood section on the bottom left.

Jap and seafood. The drunken tiger prawn in herbal soup was very good!

Indian and Chinese dimsum.

Meditarian and French

Though there was not a single dish that left a great impression, most of the food was consistently fresh with above-average quality.

I had to be very selective in my food selection, because there are simply so many variety of food there and there was no way to try everything!

And of cos, I have to end off with Dessert!

They have such a wide spread selection of dessert, ranging from cakes, fruits, yam paste, bur bur cha cha, kueh kueh, bread pudding, apple crumble and etc etc etc….

By the time we left, I was almost exploding.

Definitely a buffet that is value for money. =))))

My boy is growing up too fast!

Just like many parents, I always have this dilemna within. As much as I hope that sometimes, my boy can grow up a bit faster, but at the same time, I secretly wish that he will slow down as well. Because I am a working mum, so the amount of time that I have to spend with my little one is really limited. Does not help when I am in the finance line, so is ever busy.

Ever since Justin turns 15 month, i started to notice that he is picking up new things almost every week.

Apart from the activeness, he is now a lot more expressive and he can easily express his wants to us. Even though he has not learnt how to speak in sentences, but he always uses his body action to tell us or bring us to the things that he wants us to get for him.

In a few days time, he is turning 21 months. As of now, I tried to count the words that he can say:

Mummy, Daddy,

Popo, Gong, Ah Yee, Chek (Alvin), Gor (Audrey)

Car, Bus, Light, Fan, Duck, Star, Biscuit, Book,

Please, Xie Xie (in chinese), Night Night, Amen, Pu Pu (his cloth)

Apple, Boy, Balloon, Ball,

And does his gun shooting action and pretend dead on the floor.

These are the words that he uses almost every day for now. I think not too bad, haha.. bias mummy lah.

And on last sunday, he surprise me with another action. After we have changed and all were ready to leave the house to go Suntec for service,

he suddenly squat down and was in an all ready position for big business!!!

We immediately brought him in to the toilet, sat him on the pot and he was saying pot pot all the time.

Mummy and daddy were pretty impressed, because he could actually tell us that he was going to shit, even though we have been telling him umpteen times but never ever work. But suddenly, he was just so sensible. Hahaha.

And so, mummy could not resist but to whip out her iphone immediately.

Justin: Hey Mummy! Can you come pls?

Justin: errrrr…… (using his might!! =,=)

Justin: I am done. Where is mummy? help me out!

Mummy says one more picture first before she rescue me from the pot.

To me, this is a big step of achievement for Justin. Well done Baby!

So you see, my baby is really growing up fast. I really need to slow down and enjoy him more before he grows up and decide that he does not want to hang up with me anymore. =p

Majulah Singapura!

Seriously, I must admit that this is the first time of my life to attend a live NDP performance.

Even though this is just the preview, but to me, it is a great experience, and from now on, I would try to ballot for tickets every year.

Watching it live is never quite the same as watching it on television every year. Apart from the crowd and the heat of the sun, the rest of the preview was simply awesome. Its the one time of the year that really bring Singaporeans together in one heart, one soul.

And this year, the NDP is going to be held at Marina Bay Floating platform, and the view is breath-taking especially after the sunset, because the audience will be facing the entire Marina Bay Sands view. 

It was also considered a night out with mummy and my sister.

On the way to the platform.

The stage with the MBS background before sunset.

many people were already there by the time we get there at 445pm.

My sister and mummy.

My mummy and I

Busy cam-whoring around while waiting for the parade to start…

the view of MBS before the sun set.

 

and a sea of red!

really a very heart warming sight when everyone starts to wave the flag in sync and started to sing all the national day songs.

Many of the songs were those that I used to sing in school. Nostalgic!

Now is one of my favourite part of the parade every year.

Wanna make a guess?

I think these men are cool!!!

And not forgetting the must-have: SG flag flying high in the sky with the jetplanes.

and soon, the program started- this year, it is in the form of a musical, where Sharon Au was the main lead.

Through the form of storytelling, they brought across the development of Singapore over the last 46 years. We have gone through tremendous growth and changes and today, we are such a developed and beautiful nation.

The stage. Pretty lightings with the skyscrapers in the background. Perfect match.

As the sun start to set in a span of minutes, MBS also start to transform its beauty.

And of cos, the best part of the entire night!!

The fireworks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Too bad I did not have enough time to figure out to use the correct mode to capture the moments.

So ended up with the Auto mode.

Snap, snap, snap!!

It is indeed a beautiful and special night.

So thankful to the committee and everyone who had put in their effort to make this NDP preview a success.

And of cos, the organisers for giving away the free tickets.

Will definitely be looking forward to NDP 2012!

 

 

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