Wedding planning... once more.

It's mighty stressful helping someone with her wedding when the memory of my own wedding is still vivid in my head. The prep, the stress and everything I experienced is all coming back to me now.

Not good. 

But I had awesome friends who stepped in when I needed their help, so I hope I can be there for the bride-to-be as well. 

*Sweats*

It's really not easier being on either sides. 

My first time stepping into Tiffany's today and I came out with a big and beautiful blue paper bag. Sadly, it's not for me, but I'm hoping that I've just made someone really happy! :)

I want... :(

Weekend Updates

My apologies for being delinquent with weekend updates that only gets published mid-week instead of a Monday because you see, Mondays are busy days for me and Tuesdays are "why is it only Tuesday?!" whiny days where I'll spend a good portion of the day lamenting on why Friday is so damn far away. This usually dies down by Wednesday and that's when I'll settle down to start blogging about the weekend. Very very bad I know... I'll strive to rid myself of this nasty habit. Monday shall be blog days, or at least I'll try.

so damn full...

Hubby (yes him again) had a thai craving to satisfy so we went to good ol' Nakhon Kitchen along Bedok North for some yummy and affordable thai fare. I'm a bonafide tom yum connoisseur and I am very picky when it comes to the sweet, spicy and sour concoction. I'll rate this soup a 7/10 because halfway through the soup became cold and I am seriously pissed when that happens. Who likes cold soup!? I give high commendations to restaurants who bother putting soup in a claypot or on top of a tealight or something that will keep it hot throughout the meal. But the taste of the soup was sublime. I always go for the chilli oil version as opposed to the more popular clearer base because I fancy the extra oomph in my tom yum :)

The rest of the dishes were equally yummy and I particularly liked their rendition of the Sambal Kang Kong. Delicious and spicy! The pandan chix could have a tad more pandan taste to them, but the chicken thigh meat was tender and moist. I love the pineapple rice, although nothing beats my absolute favourite from Nam Sing in Bangkok. Hands down, best pineapple rice in the world! The fish with thai chilli was nice but unnecessary seeing that we were dying from the over-ordered amount of food on the table. *a hungry man should NVR be allowed to order food*

Saturday saw us waking up waaaay too late when we had so many errands to run. We made our way to Philips to collect our free coffee grinder that came as a GWP with our spanking new coffee machine. I am so proud of us for investing in a manual coffee machine although I don't actually drink a single drop of coffee. But owning a machine like this makes me feel sooo grown up! Can't wait to have guests over at our new place! :) Then off we went for a suit fitting for some hiao pok who wanted a new suit for work. We then headed to MBS to try on some new jeans. Premium jeans are so blardy comfy! Sliding on a pair of buttery 7-for-all-mankinds makes you regret ever buying Levis from the beginning. Like omg why have I been torturing my poor legs? But they ran out of sizes and we left sans new jeans for the hubby but with 3 new bottles of perfume!

They were on sale and he had been wanting them for ages so he finally caved and bought them. Then because I gave him puppy eyes for watching him shop the entire day... he got me my Hugo Boss Jour perfume. Now I have both the Jour and Nuit. Been loving them since my first whiff. Happy puppy! :)

We settled for dinner at Ichiban Boshi at Suntec after deciding that restaurants in MBS are meant for occasions only. Much too pricey for an everyday meal.

we are getting fatter by the minute...

Hubby was really cheesed off with the pathetic piece of unagi in his set but I was pretty pleased with my Sukiyaki set because I was given really thick slices of salmon belly sashimi! Yums max! Really really stuffed.

Then it was off to a date with The Hunger Games - Catching Fire. I found the ending really abrupt am now really tempted to get the book to read just to clear my confusion. What do you think? Is the book better than the movie? Will I regret reading it?

Another fun-filled weekend coming up, featuring "My Best Friend's Wedding Part 1". Excited much! :)

Happy 731 days!

You used to laugh at my childish notions of romance

I've learnt not to expect serenades under my window and tea lights by the sea. 

From you, I've learnt that roses are expensive and violets are a waste of money.

But then you went and did this even though it's not your style, but mine. 

 

so sweet :)

Thank you for doing this :) 

For the mushy words and the thoughtful gesture! I love you.



Morton's Steakhouse for a double celebration!

Dinner at Morton's was amazing. If only all steaks were this awesome. Hands down, best beef in Singapore. At $100 a pop, how can it possibly get any better than this? The kind waitor shaved $60 off our bill because he gave us 2 complimentary desserts to celebrate the occasions. We were mighty thankful for that.

Happy Birthday and Happy 2nd Anniversary!

Updates on the week!

Had a surprisingly good time at a car survey yesterday for some extra moolah. Met people from many different walks of life and for the first time, reckoned I could be friends with a couple of them.

Then of course there were the occasional creeps who were really full of themselves. Okay, creep, singular. I knew the session was being filmed and that we were being observed through a two-way mirror hence I avoided rolling my eyes at all cost. Otherwise it was a thoroughly enjoyable session. 

Yums!

And they gave a pretty good spread for dinner! I was really hungry and wolfed down a couple slices of pizza and tons of cakes and garlic bread. Carbo overload... *pokes tummy*

Got home a tad late at 9.30pm to a pretty duck egg blue invite from the bestie. 

Pretty!

Someone's getting hitched! Teehee!

Poulet with the hubby after a 1/2 hour queue was, okayyy. I was desperately hoping for the chicken to not be the typical 'dry boobies' sort but it still turned out dry. But the taste of the Chardonnay sauce and the mash was fantastic! I may return to try some other really interesting items on the menu :)

Yums!

While walking around, we found a sofa that we really really love! I personally adore the colour, the fabric, the look, everything about it! I just can't really decide on the classy beige or the pretty dove grey. 

I'm loving the simplicity of this design!

Chic and classy! Very up my alley!

Thoughts anyone? If I live in a perfect world where dirt and stains are not an issue, a clean WHITE leather couch is the perfect way to go. So so dreamy!

 

One great things about this sofa is that they have pocketed springs in them instead of being a fully high density foam cushion. Here's a link explaining why pocketed springs are a much better investment than high density foam sofas and they can be found here.

 

My newest fashion obsession is this pretty flower necklace from Zara. It's so so bling! Throw it on top of a simple black tee and it's instant glam! Loving this so much!

  

The weekend's here! Someone's abandoning me for an entire week again. Grr!! 

All About Polishes

I am absolutely furious with Singpost. What part of the words "Fragile! Please handle with care!" do they not understand?

I bought some nail polishes and they were delivered via normal mail. When I arrived home, I saw the package lying on my front porch, which is 20 meters from my gate. The gate was locked, which means my package flew 20 meters from my gate to land on hard granite floor. Sure my polishes were double bubbled wrap but as soon as I opened the envelope, I was greeted with a nasty smell of nail varnish. Uh oh... 

And sure enough... 

Polish Number 1

Polish Number 2 :(

Yes Mr Postman, you are damn brilliant. Go try out for touch football why dunch you! #%*\?£¥!

Have since lodged a complaint to Singpost and they have promised to issue him a warning letter. Sobs... Money down the drain. 

Hubby is overseas and I miss him terribly.  But he'll be back tmr! Whee!

I'm loving this nail colour at the moment! 

Pretty!

It's called A Butterfly Moment from the Mariah Carey Spring collection. The perfect shade of pinky nude!

Christmas season is near!  I know this because OPI launched their holiday collection! (I know... holiday collection in October? Crazy)

I'm in love with all 18 colours from the Mariah Carey (Huge) Holiday collection! 

Mariah Carey Holiday 2013

So so so beautiful! I want them all! If I had to choose, my top picks will be...

1) Sleigh Ride for Two (Mahogany Red)
2) Underneath the Mistletoe - Broken (Red with amazing glitter)
3) Make Him Mine - Broken (Rose Gold Liquid Sand)
4) My Favorite Ornament (Champagne Gold Glitter)
5) Ski Slope Sweetie (Pearlescent Gold Shimmer)
6) Warm Me Up (Chocolate-Espresso)

A long weekend of Krispy Kreme and Chilli Crab

Krispy Kreme launched in Singapore, 5 donkey years after I got back from Australia.

Good grief...

And yes... we queued. But it was fun queueing because we were showered with snacks and drinks by the snack bearers. So we candy crushed for abt 40 mins and when it got to our turn, we were led by a guy carrying a Krispy Kreme sign that says "Follow Me' down the escalator and into this  'blink and you'll miss it' corner where trays and trays of yummy doughnuts were being wiped out. It baffles me as to why they allocate such a tiny corner for such a prominent brand. Hell, this place deserves a drive-thru the size of a Kallang Macdonald's, and not this cafe like corner at the basement of a department store. Seriously!

But let me tell you, this queueing system does not work. I had a mysterious guy appearing out of nowhere in front of me enroute to the donut counter while meadering through the basement of Tangs. Blardy cut-queuers.

The donuts made up for it though, $50 worth of it. And no, I still can't believe I forked out a blue note in exchange for 24 pieces of donuts. Daylight robbery.



Woah, check out the couple behind. Sweetness overload huh?

Chanced upon this adorable pair of gloves at H&M. Awww... Did not get them though, left them for someone else who travels more. Boo..



cutest thing ever

As usual, the mister had cravings. But I didn't really feel like spending for the real thing, so we made a trip to NTUC and Tekka Market and he made...

CHILLI CRAB!!!

 

Hell yeah, we did! Ok, he did.

It was quite a feat, killing and cleaning the crab. But to get 2 800g crabs for $36 and a pack of Prima Chilli Crab sauce at $7 beats forking out $55 per kg at Jumbo. The crab was cooked to absolute perfection, because the Mister insisted I get out of the kitchen to let him concentrate on getting it right, and got it right he did. It tasted amazing! Better than the Jumbo one it seems. Jumbo's crabs are more 'ketchupy' if that makes sense and quite frankly, not really power-packed enough. I like mine spicier. And the chef added 2 eggs, shiok la! And because we were lazy to fry our own man tous, we cheated and got them from a Tze Char store.

Only 2 days to go till the weekend. Yay!!

The One with the goodbye to Granny

So, a week has come and gone. We spent it running from Bedok to Suntec to Bukit Gombak to Thomson back to Bedok every single day. I'd like to thank my wonderful husband for his love and support over the past 1 week. He was the designated driver and anyone who drives know that it can be the most exhausting thing. That coupled with the lack of sleep doubles the lethargy factor. So thank you my dear, love you mountains high! 

I appreciated the time spent with my paternal family over the last week. I think it's the most I've seen of them in years. Sad as it sounds, the death of a loved one does bring the rest of the family closer together, so I suppose every dark cloud has a silver lining. 

I know it's a tad inappropriate but I kinda like this picture that hubby took of me as a joke. He claims I look silly. But I think it makes light of a sad situation. 

After all that have transpired, it makes me think about my remaining family members and how I don't see them often enough. Just a reminder to everyone to not take anybody for granted and to always treasure the people around you. Life is too short, so drink up! Be merry and love with all your heart! Here's to the ones who have passed, the people we know and the strangers we have yet to meet!