Date: 25th July 2008
Venue: Four Seasons Hotel
Time: 7.30pm

I was so looking forward to this wedding because amanda is a bridal gown designer and joe’s family is in textiles. That’s how they met too. While amanda was looking for fabric, she stepped into the shop and so happened joe served her. =)

At the cocktail reception:

Tons of strawberries with chocolate dipping and cream on a huge ice table.

Wishing cards and wedding photos. (tt’s my mom!)

In the Ballroom:

Impressive huh! These are huge photo frames.

i like this gown. touch of oriental + victorian.

DJs from 93.3fm as hosts.

First march-in…

Live-Jazz.

amanda’s gown is so beautiful! *envious*

from left-right: distant relatives, cousin and her family, the wedding couple, my aunt and uncle, my shanghai cousin, distant relative, my uncle from holland (dad’s younger bro)

my bro, my dad, me. mommy is sitting in front.

2nd march-in. They danced their way in with clubbing music.

they stood in the photo frame! cute.

Champagne time~

the usual yummm-seng!

Grandma and me.

Food:

Marinated baby octopus, grilled unagi, fried crabmeat ball, peking duck, marinated jellyfish

shark fins’ soup

scallop, mushroom, sea cucumber, spinach

salted roasted chicken with crackers

giant prawn with ox sauce

pan-fried cod fish with poached egg white (this is really yummy!)

fried mee sua with chicken bits

White chocolate mousse with crunchy praline and lime sorbet.

The mould is made of chocolate. I love this combination man!

One thing good about sitting with grandma’s’ is that they can’t eat much. Food is always passed on to me and my brother.

It’s been a hectic week and it’s still going on.. i’m kinda exhausted. =S

NOTHING!

Brought Jack to the Discovery Center last Tuesday.
Silly me, i thought discovery center = science center.

Just updated Frenchfleurs and i gotta prepare for my casting later.

Will update more soon!

[Amanda's Wedding, Day @ Sentosa, Delicious Sushi, Haste Run, Russian National Day]

I’m gonna be living a family family life for the next 2 weeks man!

We’re hosting a kid from China. And he’s putting up at Ron’s place. He’s got 3 cute little kids.

So, there’s gonna be lots of activities: Science Park, Night Safari, Sentosa, Hare Run. etc.

I managed to keep myself busy with other things and avoided some outings. haha.. Anyways, we brought them to Singapore Flyer. Together with Jack and his mom.

At Ron’s place.
Ashley.

playing UNO cards…

on winning streak…

Leo.

cute little thing. =)

At Singapore Flyer. Family pic w/o ashley..

Posing for the camera! She insisted on brining Toyo to the flyer. lol..

We settled for some Popeye’s since it was still early for the ride..

Julian. Shy at the camera. Trying to hide behind daddy’s leg.

Showing off his “Shrek” teeth.. haha..

He bit one of his mates in kindergarden 4 TIMES!! waoo..

Excited to see food! haha..

Uhm~ He’s quite a big eater. Finished the tub of mash potatoes and 2 bread biscuits.

Me carrying Leo. He’s quite a heavy one! 7.5kg~

Me and ashley.. Queueing up… 

Glimpse of the flyer..

Boarding the capsule…

Going up! =)

Leo sucking his thumb.. haha..

Julian, Ron, Jack..

Julian was really thrilled when the capsules started moving up. Screaming and jumping.. haha..

Me with julian..

Everyone~

*darn, my arm look so huge.*

Sea view..

The IR in construction.

Daddy and baby..

We’re at the top!

=D

Ashley’s being so happy~

Nice view. Cant believe it’s Singapore yaa.. haha..

Old baby with small baby..

“Happy Family”

sweets.

the 30mins went past pretty quick. After the ride we explored the Rainforest.

Jack feeding the fishes…

I’m dead tired after a few hours with the kids! Ashley was yabberring non-stop in the car..

It such amazing that Ron and J can handle the 3 kids.

been doing some deep thinking recently, with some fruitful results in certain aspect. still feeling slowly about the rest. 

i realised that for a relationship to work out, it’s not how both parties complement each other. it’s not how much you are giving or taking.

it’s about yourself. all about yourself.
whether you’re happy in the relationship.
whether you like the “you” in the relationship.

when we interact and communicate with people, the other party influences the way we present ourselves to them.

in a relationship, with long term and high rate of interactions, one tend to change oneself. Whether you like it or not, it’s a fact that one do change. It could be minimal, it could be drastic.

put it in another way, different people brings out the different thing in you. So, it’s about whether you like what is being brought out of you.

I behaved very differently in my relationships. I know what i like about myself, i know what i dislike about myself.

if you ask me whether i like the current me, it’s a yes and no.

what’s your views about “the you”?

I was doing my homework on the journey back home from french lessons. I drop off and Raffles Place instead of City Hall, hoping that there will be seats. As i took the escalator up, i saw the train there and i rushed in without looking at the signs. I comfortably seated myself in and continued with homework.

After several stops, I looked up and saw a shopping mall that look extremely unfamiliar.  As i was wondering since when a new mall is up in the east, I heard the announcement “Ang Mo Kio”.

SILLY ME! I took the wrong train~

-_-”

ok, i made it back to tampines though. but the story doesnt stop here.

I took 293 home and i made sure i got on the correct direction. But the bus driver went the wrong way!! He drove to the stadium instead of library~

I was wondering.. What’s with tonight man…

feels good to be having a cup of hot coffee on a gloomy rainy day.

im tired though. contemplating if i should go for french lesson.

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The driving trip was good. We woke up early in the morning and set off at 6am.

early in the morning w/o makeup… been a while since i went bare naked. lol.

hit Malacca at 9..

Malacca road map. my maxi dress and vintage bucket bag..

drove along the coast since it was still early..

love the apple green color. =)

Shah’s Beach Resort.

everything else seems nice except for the sea… it was brown and dirty.. =(

headed back to city…

chicken rice for early lunch and it’s packed!

yummy chicken rice balls. i love it! =D

stopped at this bird nest shop for bird nest egg tart!

double-boiled bird nest with honey..

bird nest!!!

slurping down to regain beauty and radiance. lol..

We went in to a Peranakan museum house. 8rmb for entry. but NO photos allowed.
It was quite an eye-opener though. I love the intricate carvings on the wood and the embiodery skills.

Home-make kueys. TASTE GREAT!!! =)

it was freaking hot when it hit noon time.. we hurriedly bought all the stuffs we need and head back to the car for AIR-CON-CON-CON~

so hot! =pPp

the dark clouds on our journey back…

we hit singapore in the evening and managed to catch Red Cliff.
It wasn’t fantastic.

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Attended the French National Day celebrations last night. It was quite a disappointment..

Singapore Art Museum lose all out to Goodwood Park Hotel.

I can’t believe they adopted the self-service buffet style this year. The whole place was small, flooded with people.

Food wasn’t impressive. No fresh osyters, no foie gras. The macaroons were overly-sweet.

The only thing good was the cheese. Look at the luxurious spread of cheeses. This was only part of it.

For the first time, i enjoyed cheese so much! really good cheese. yum yumm…

Well.. i believe russians would keep up the standard and it cant be any worse off at Shangri-la.  haha.. vodka, vodka, vodka.. and sexy russian models!

In a recent TV interview in Shanghai, Tony Leung revealed why he is finally marrying his girlfriend of 19 years, Carrie Lau.

“Why are we getting married this year? Possibly it’s because Carina’s father died last year. She felt that while our families are around, we should let them witness what they ought to witness.” Apple Daily qouted him as he spoke to the TV host.

Leung also revealed what made them tick as a couple. “I’m more of a loner and quieter, with a few friends. We’re well-balanced as she’s cheerful and has many friends. If you’re alone for too long, you’d hope for some excitment but not too much. But after a while, when there’s a meeting with many friends, I will feel happy. And it’s fun.”

Asked if Lau regards him as her source of strength, he said: “She looks strong but is inwardly weak. I am both strong outside and inside. We match. So when she feels confused about things and is perplexed, I will tell her not to worry.”

Asked how they sort out any squabbles, he revealed what may be the secret to their long-lasting relationship.

“I will avoid confrontation.. calm down a bit and view the issue objectively. Life’s too short to fret over things.”

today’s dental appointment almost killed me.

it wasn’t physically painful but what the dentist did was mentally torturing!

My upper teeth mid-line is 2mm off the center so we’ve got to adjust it. By right, my dentist promised me to shift both front teeth together. However, the professor insisted on moving one tooth at a time.

The moment i heard that, my face turned pale. *OMG* It means that I’m gonna have a stupid 2mm space in between my 2 front teeth for bloody 3 weeks!!!!!!!!

I looked at my dentist pitifully.. but it didnt helped at all~

While he was cutting the wire and banding it, the thought of the 2mm space hunts me over and over again.. And i nearly burst into tears.. =(

hai.. 3 weeks.. 3 weeks.. 2mm space…

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I’m happy that July is here as there’s a whole lot of activities in line for me. =)

Met up with adam last Thursday. We had SOUP SPOON!
Somehow, it was quite a disappointment…

Indochine Prawn Wrap.

Clam Chowder. Now you know why i’m sad. It looks like baby food!

Kept in mind to eat healthy and so I got the cranberry raspberry snapple~

We headed to town for his shopping spree but nothing much was good.

I was kinda tired and the word “FOOD FEST @Takashimaya” perked me up.. haha…

You Tiao Dip..

Wanted to try but upon looking at the oil…. erm….

Cute little button sponge cakes.

I really missed the walnut sponge cakes that was in Tampines Mall long long time ago…

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Night out with Kelvin on Friday…

We had drinks at Cafe Igauna…

And we walked over to Le Noir for 2nd round…
The bling bling crystals at the DJ Consol.

His eyebrows are so funny la… haha..

Headed to a new place called “Helipad” to meet the Edwin.

Digitized autumn leaves…

Went up to the open space where the “helipad” is…

Cool huh.. We did a mini catwalk on it.. lol…

The view…

Last round was MOS. Went in, drank some champagne and headed off..

Never been a fan of MOS. I like helipad. =D

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Saturday was dinner with the gals.
Initial plan was Timbre but I didnt expect it to be Full House.
So we headed to Ricotti by the river.

photos will be up when i have them.

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As I said, July is filled with activities.

I have decided to set up an online fashion store. YES! Busy with preparations.
Btw, have you seen ru ping’s beautiful seeds?

Going for a casting tomorrow and saturday. Wish me luck. 
Well… I’ve been played out several times for jobs. So… hai…

Sunday will be our driving trip to Malacca. Hope it happens!

Attending French National Day on 14th, Russia National Day on 29th. Foie gras & macaroons, caviar & vodka, HERE I COME~

JBEAL lunch next saturday.

Hui Jing’s 21st on the following saturday.

And not forgetting, Amanda’s wedding! It seems like a big affair! My aunt lent my mom a beautiful cheongsam and told my dad to wear suit. Guess i gotta put on my long gown too~ Feeling excited about it. Can’t wait to see her bridal gown! With her customizing for others, i wonder what design she’s getting for herself. And also, bridal media will be there too! *gleams*

now that the gst rebate is credited, i so have the urge to spend!

browse through GoJane and i got so tempted…

Look at the lovely candy colors~
And i cant believe that that i missed the white again! It’s OOS for the 2nd time!!

the nautical series. looks good too~ i like the green.

No more sizes for the metallic one. The fuschia is so alluring~

how can i miss out gladiator heels??
the gold one looks so shiny! haha..

short or tall? i like both. =(

this would go so well with a vintage dress! cute.

alright, i can’t afford to buy all. Probably one heels and one gladiators? hee.

one thing for sure that i want to do is to open a shoe shop that sells really fashionable and comfortable heels! and also, with large sizes for big feets!