Last week of CNY

Last week of CNY update!

A few more of the usual gatherings before the CNY comes to a close :(

Just realise it's all pictures of food! 

Plus a few picture of a bunny T_____T

So our weekends were all about bingeing at people's place.

WC's mum made us tepanyaki lunch! 

I love how much effort she always put into her food preparation (that explains why he is such a sucker when he sees some novelty in food! hehe)

Eat at home also lay out until so nice! 

And at night, we headed over to Lena's place for our yearly steamboat dinner.

With my favourite girlfriends 

The usual gang :)

 

Special dessert prepared by Bella and her sister for the night. 

Everything handmade from scratch!

And look what I received from Bella and Gen!

It was such random gifts.

Bella bought me a baby shirt when I am nowhere near getting pregnant ( just cos I am her only friend that is getting married recently zzz)

And they started telling Lena's grandma that I am pregnant so the grandma went on and on to say that it is good that I am pregnant early cos she was already with a few children at 24! 

That made us all roar with laughter. Old people are so open minded nowadays meh?

And I am more old fashioned than an ahma!

The pair of Cony and Brown wedding dolls were from Genevieve, 

She knew that WC and I are fans of Cony and Brown and since we are having our photoshoot next week, she passed me as soon as she got it.

I received a message from Serene the other day.

She wanted to help me do my makeup for my photoshoot cos she's super pro at it. 

It's like at 6 in the morning and she didn't mind it at all.

Seriously, I have never expected that from her.

What have I done to deserve friends like them? 

I was really touched by their gestures and so glad these childhood friends will be by my side during my wedding! :)

And yesterday was Valentines and also 元宵节. 

So we decided to head home and have dinner with our families at home.

Look at the feast my uncle prepared!

And our highlight of the night.

Loser me was hiding behind my cousins throughout cos I was scared of the bunny that was roaming around. 

But still, he's so cute!!

Last Lou Hei for the New Year!

Concluded the CNY with a $8 win at Ban Luck and WC winning the $10 million TOTO!(I wish)

Haha a sub prize of $20!

Still very huat!

On a sidenote, we have finalised of AD photographer and videographer!

So happy!!!

Gonna go and get ready for brunch cos WC made booking at East Ocean cos Lao niang has cravings for custard bun! LOL.

CNY 2014

My favourite festival is over :(

But I am still thankful for the long "rest" over the weekend with loads of catching up with friends and relatives.

I am particularly excited over this year's CNY cos it is technically my last year as a Missus and will embark on a new New Year with WC next year :)

The eve is usually the most bustling in my family.

My mum will be cooking in the kitchen since morning till evening.

That's what I am always looking forward to, cos I always enjoy those moments at home when everyone is buzzing around, helping each other with chores to prepare for the new year. 

That's my sis who inherited my mum's ngoh hiang recipe.

After a hard day of work, the most yummy home cooked lunchie!

My cutesy ahma stepped in to help while the rest of us were busy cleaning the walls.

The new abalone ambassador!

The yearly affair!

So this year, I decided to accompany my mum to my uncle's house to 拜年 after our reunion dinner.

Haha so funny cos we were all counting down to the new year show on teevee and immediately 拜年 when the clock struck 12.

So we spent the night chatting away while overcoming my fear with my cousin's new pet. 

Say hi to 宝贝！
So hard to capture a picture cos this bunny is so hyper!
Apparently it leaped out of the cage and jumped onto a wall and fracture its leg last week :(

And after a few hours of sleep, it's rise and shine again to accompany my grandma in our annual routine. 

She always make it a point to go to the temple on the first day of CNY.

I thought it was pretty meaningful though I am not a believer, but whatever makes her happy:)

Mad crowded!

Mummy's charcoal dessert and soup on first day of CNY.
Soup is the best when boiled using charcoal :)

My favourite pig stomach abalone mee sua!
I was laughing so hard when my sis sent me this photo.
Sis: you know where I got the background from?
Me: Where?
Sis: DADDY'S FAY STOMACH!

HAHHAHAHAHHA

The family is gathering to watch a CNY MV that my favourite did.

Damn retarded but so funny!

What's CNY without lou hei???
大家捞个风生水起~

Treated the family to a CNY lunch on 初二 before going to WC's house to 拜年.

So disappointed because most Chinese restaurants were closed so we settled for Bali Thai.

Quite a disappointing meal because the food suck despite the price being marked up.

My pretty sis and daddy!

Thankful for a very appreciative daddy who keep telling me the lunch was not bad cos I was so upset to drag the whole family to NEX but have nothing good to eat :(

Our yearly affair at River Ang Bao on second day of CNY!

All the zodiac at home!

Forgot to take our 初二 photo so one in the lift!


Luckily we did!
See how lousy our photos turned out at River Ang Bao :(

Steamboat and banluck at YP's place

They are WC's secondary friends but I love hanging out with them cos they are ever so funny.

We left the guys to decide what to have and they got more than 100 fishballs for all. 

The guys ended up getting stuffed by fishballs since they bought so much!

1-2-3 say cheese!

Plus a lou hei prepared by Eric every year.

Ending off with a picture of the future heartbreaker!
He's 10 months old but eat the same food as us i.e. cheng teng and fried bee hoon.
Haha that explains why his bulging tummy is always out!!

Our Foodie Day!

This blog title, because the mister says so!

The weekend is so contradicting. 

On one hand, it is so precious you want to fully utilise it. 

On the other hand, you feel so tired you just want to laze around and do nothing. 

So, our sporty weekend failed again and we ended up just eating! (What's new?)

I can't remember why but we ended up at Clarke Quay.
Our unplanned date always ended up enjoyable, because we are so good at entertaining ourselves. LOL,
I only remembered spotting WC's sister while buying the roadside ice cream.
We were so excited to see her with another guy that we decided to "stalk" them.
(Actually it's just me la!)
Haha and what's new? We lost them in our debate whether to continue following them.

Headed to Liang Court cos I wanted WC to try out Dulcet & Studio.
Some grocery shopping at Meidi-ya and I love the varieties they have there.
Our first time there and we were like some children getting excited over all the new stuff we saw there.

I was asking WC wad was this


He turned it over and said Yurine, get it? *roll eyes*

And I think Tampopo is really rich to import snow from Hokkaido for children to play in Liang Court!
So I touched Hokkaido snow before! Hahahaha.

Finally brought WC to Dulcet & Studio but think he didn't like it :(
Honestly, the food didn't taste as good as the previous time I went.
Probably the highlight of the shop is their main course.

Since we were caught in the rain, we spent some time there planning for our house.
Heehee WC was so pissed with me cos I keeps yawning while he's trying to explain some concepts about our home design to me.
(Then I realise it was because I was falling sick! I was listening okay?)

Headed off to Chinatown after that because I was craving for claypot rice!
WC never fails to satisfy my craving, especially when it comes to food! LOL.
We didn't know it was the lighting up ceremony for CNY that day and as expected, Chinatown was mad crowded.

One random shot for instagram and I got this. Haha.


And since we were already at Chinatown, we might as well immersed ourselves in the CNY mood!
CNY is my favourite festival.
I feel excited looking at these decorations and blasting New Year song everywhere!
And I am particularly excited this year because it will be my last Chinese New Year before getting married.
(Say booo to no ang pow days!)

Insisted on taking a selfie in the crowd no matter how chui we look. Haha.

Like I say, we were there for the claypot rice.

The whole hawker center was really crowded and thankfully we managed to find a windy spot cos the wait for the claypot rice was a freaking hour!

And of course, WC will never sit around to wait for food. 

No prize for guessing what he will do!

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He will get food.

And more food! Wahahahaha

And finally! The lead is here. 

Looks good right?

I have been having it since young. 

It's a small shop tucked in a corner (Near the toilet somemore) but it's always crowded.

Love how tender and flavourful the chicken is!!!

The expression says it all!

Ending off the post with the 招财猫 WC bought for me from the night market!

Our Annual Spring Cleaning

We had our second annual Spring Cleaning event to help out some elderly at Tiong Bahru area last Sunday.

It is always heartwarming to see everyone putting aside their busy schedule and precious sleep on a weekend to do something more meaningful for the less unfortunate in the society.

The lady that hosted us was eighty-eight years old and I hope I can be as fit as her when I am that age!

It's admirable how clean she kept her house so we just helped to clear some unreachable areas and persuaded her to throw away the piles of plastic bags that she had hoarded for years. 

Though we can't do much, I hoped we can at least provide a cleaner place for the elderly this festive season and to bring some joy to her that Sunday afternoon.

Our room was really noisy it felt  like a room filled with noisy grandchildren with their grandma. Haha.

Headed to Ikyu @ Yong Siak Street in Tiong Bahru for Gen's Birthday lunch.

I think the name "Ikyu" meant take a break in Japanese but ironically, the service was so not up to standard we felt so invaded in the restaurant!

It was a pretty high end Japanese restaurant but the food was pretty disappointing.

We paid close to $300 but left the place feeling totally unsatisfied.

To be fair to them, they were really attentive but it made us very uncomfortable having someone clearing plate and responding to our conversations every other minute. 

Just a collage of some of the food we had because there is nothing much to rave about. 

Headed home for a nap and woke up to a really good news on FB.

Our home is almost ready!!!!

It still seems a little unbelievable and though it's way ahead our plan, it still makes me very excited!

A simple date at City Square after that cos we were doing some recce for our wedding gifts for our brothers and sisters. 

Had my usual BCM cos lunch was so unfulfilling! :(

And this HK egglet is so addictive!

You need to have it on the spot while it's still hot and crispy. 

Hohoho guilt- free snack! 

And we had a good time in the arcade playing car racing after that.

On a side note, I finally won! Woohoohoo~

Ok gonna end really abruptly cos I don't know what to say anymore. 

Happy Midweek folks!