First time to City Square Mall

Had a gathering with my secondary school friends at City Square mall. It was my first time there.



So, it seems like a very eco-friendly environment, in fact it's Singapore's first eco-mall! There were eco-messages around and I spotted an open area just outside with lots of people line dancing. And there was a gigantic Santa!







Never had the time to explore the inside of the shopping mall as we targeted the eateries and filled our stomachs first. We filled us in with our developments and I got a "red bomb" at the end of the gathering... the last of the group's. Congrats!

Too bad, the location is not convenient for me or else I might consider going there more often...


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Long Queue at J8

When I was queuing for bubble tea, I saw 2 Filipinos each with red freezer bags. I thought they were going picnic with the bubble tea.

When we walked out of the supermarket, one auntie requested us to give her our receipt. I thought she wanted to enter the lucky draw.

When I was about to queue for the lucky draw dip at the info-counter, another auntie stopped me and told me to rush upstairs 2nd floor for freebies. I thought she was kidding me.

Then, when we were walking out of J8, we saw lots of people with the red bags. I finally dawned upon me that the above were all connected!

The first ladies had already gotten the freebies.
The second auntie wanted to redeem the freebies.
The last auntie got hers and shared with me so that I could also collect the freebies!

We didn't queue for it. The line was crazily long! We didn't even get the sure-win dip. The queue was very long too!



When we reached home and told my in-laws, mil volunteered to collect on our behalf. So off she went there alone but came back empty-handed! The goodies from CP were all given out and the gifts (cushion) was fully redeemed!


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Harry Potter And the Deadly Hallows

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 1
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Director: David Yates
Genre:Action/ Adventure
Language: English
Release Date:17 November 2010
Running Time:146 minutes


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final adventure in the Harry Potter film series, is a much-anticipated motion picture event to be told in two full-length parts.

Voldemort's power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. But little hope remains for the Trio, and the rest of the Wizarding World, so everything they do must go as planned.

Part 1 begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort's immortality and destruction--the Horcruxes. On their own, without the guidance of their professors or the protection of Professor Dumbledore, the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever. But there are Dark Forces in their midst that threaten to tear them apart. Meanwhile, the wizarding world has become a dangerous place for all enemies of the Dark Lord. The long-feared war has begun and Voldemort's Death Eaters seize control of the Ministry of Magic and even Hogwarts, terrorizing and arresting anyone who might oppose them. But the one prize they still seek is the one most valuable to Voldemort: Harry Potter. The Chosen One has become the hunted one as the Death Eaters search for Harry with orders to bring him to Voldemort...alive. Harry's only hope is to find the Horcruxes before Voldemort finds him. But as he searches for clues, he uncovers an old and almost forgotten tale--the legend of the Deathly Hallows. And if the legend turns out to be true, it could give Voldemort the ultimate power he seeks. Little does Harry know that his future has already been decided by his past when, on that fateful day, he became the Boy Who Lived. No longer just a boy, Harry Potter is drawing ever closer to the task for which he has been preparing since the day he first stepped into Hogwarts: the ultimate battle with Voldemort.

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Might not have watched this if there are other movies showing at 2+pm but we had lots of vouchers to be used up soon. So today, DC and I went off to Shaw Balestier for the movie.

Like I say, I'm not a fan of the Harry Potter series. I don't know what was doing on in the movie (well, most of the time) but at least I didn't fall asleep this time! :) I guess all I could say is that wow, the actors and actress have all grown up!


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Megamind

Megamind

Cast: Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey
Director: Tom McGrath
Genre:Comedy/ Family
Language: English
Release Date:4 November 2010
Running Time:96 minutes


Megamind is the most brilliant supervillain the world has ever known... and the least successful. Over the years, he has tried to conquer Metro City in every imaginable way. Each attempt, a colossal failure thanks to the caped superhero known as "Metro Man", until the day Megamind actually defeats him in the throes of one of his botched evil plans. The supervillain Megamind finally conquers his nemesis, the hero Metro Man... but finds his life pointless without a hero to fight. Suddenly, the fate of Metro City is threatened when a new villain arrives and chaos runs rampant, leaving everyone to wonder: Can the worlds biggest "mind" actually be the one to save the day?

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The super villain turns superhero and wins his girl. I like the cute news reporter and her short hair. :)

This animation is pretty cool for adults like DC and me but I wonder if the tods and kids would get the message (being good is good and if you are bad, you can turn good). The part about Megamind, the bad guy who is so good at being bad but finds good over evil and gets good in the end could be confusing to the little minds!

So good or bad? See it and decide for yourself! :)

Shopping Spree - Will this be the last?

Again, I couldn't resist our low US-SGD rates. So I bought another for CP and myself.




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I think I've gone mad. Maybe I am determined not to buy any more new clothes for Baby A after this round. Here I am at RL again for their Thanksgiving Sale. I selected a total of 11 pieces for Baby A. Why not, it's a sale and an additional 25% off the sale price!










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After I bought for Baby A, I chanced upon a sweater in the store here. When I checked out the price at the US website, the difference in price is too tempting to give up. So here's another RL buy, this time's for me!



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It's a sweet deal to get Baby A's clothes from the US RL store. Shipping is through Vpost with a 20% discount through HSBC cards.




This one tops it all. Personalised initials for Baby A!



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Why no crowd?

DC and I walked past this cafe and saw this sign:


No outside food and drinks...

No studying in premises...

No using of laptop...

No wonder no crowd! :P


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Project Fitness Kicks Off

I finally kickstart my exercise regime last week! :)

Wonder what took me so long to make use of the gym when it's there all the while? It's just a lift press away!

Here's a photo of me at the cycling station.


I'm planning for more sport activities like swimming, pilates (普拉提), etc to come...

As usual, I hope it will last. :P


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My 16-month old Baby

Baby is 16 months old. :) It's time again for an update!


His motor skills certainly improved by leaps and bounds. He's more mobile now and would crawl into the rooms and everywhere he likes, but luckily he seldom moves far away from sight.

I hope his diet would improve too... He only likes his puffs, my mum's (his grandma's) cooking and our food on the dining table. It's becoming a challenge to feed him at his high chair. He is now into feeding himself and would shut his mouth unless his spoon or food he desires is approaching his mouth! On the other hand, we were consoled when we managed to get him to drink more milk (by giving bigger teats and adding Horlicks to his milk) since last week.

He's also very into biting nowadays. Maybe he's still teething, that's why... You may be surprised but his bites hurt (ouch!). My mum told me he wouldn't bite just anyone... it seems like it's only me that he bites, the 'lucky' one :(

Baby also had his first car accident on the road. We were involved in a chain collision, thank god, he was unharmed!

We started bringing him out at night now that his sleep time has extended till past 10pm. He attended two night parties (his uncle's wedding and his mummy's DnD) and celebrated 4 birthdays (his paternal grandpa, his maternal grandma, his daddy and his little buddy Joven's) and there are more night events coming up in the next month! :)

We also brought him to another staycation (his fourth this year) at Fairmont. There, we got him to swim. He didn't really like it though.

We brought him to more play trials and was happy that he was enjoying himself! We love seeing him move to the beat and clapping his hands! New tricks: twisting and turning, pressing buttons, stacking and feeding himself with spoon! :) He could also point to things when asked where the item is e.g. flower, leaf, bird, cat, etc. We also saw that he was getting very familiar with his toys, so we got him more toys to play and that includes an outdoor slide. :)

This month, DC and I did our online spree and crazily got Baby 15 apparels! He is sure a lucky Baby to have both DC and me pampering him like that! :)


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How to prevent yourself from tearing ang baos wrongly

After DC helped to open up "all" the ang baos that I found while clearing my remains at my mum's, I did a counter-check to prevent history from repeating itself! There's a quick way, this was how I did it...

Find a light source and put the red packets against the light.


If you are able to see through the design on the other side against the light, you can be sure there is no money inside.

If you can't see through it AND the packet does not feel empty, LOOK INSIDE, there is likely cash inside. :)

DC looked into each pack disbelievingly to verify if my method works and haha, it was proven to be effective! I recovered 3 filled ang baos worth $50 that he had missed out! :)



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Steamboat at the Rajah Inn

My parents and sis recommended a steamboat place, so off we went to the Rajah Inn on a Sunday evening. :)


It's been a long time since I took steamboat outside of home. This one tastes great, the meats are fresh and tender and the pots are small and personalised (i.e. you get to dip whatever you like in your own pot). There's even unique dishes such as the quail eggs, chocolate fondue and fried durian to order! One thing bad: the ice lemon tea tasted like ice tea. I had to request for 6-7 slices of lemon to make it taste like ice LEMON tea!


Baby was sitting right at the end of the table. We had cautiously placed the pots away from him to prevent him from touching. He had his home-cooked porridge there and his appetite that day was good!


There was another baby in the restaurant (in the background) and he was crying all the way that his parents had to take turns to carry him. We were glad that Baby did not behave the same way. As a reward, he gets to eat his ice-cream by himself! :)




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OMG, SATC Rocks!

If you like the movies The Devil wears Prada and Shopaholics, you might probably like the Sex and the City as well.



DC and I just completed the DVD that we rented and we were blown away by the labels that were shown including LV!



Labels or Love? I want both PLUS the walk-in wardrobe and the shoe!! :)




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Pieces of nostalgia Part II

I spent 3 hours clearing my stuff that still resides at my parent's today.

More treasures were found this time, more than just books!

Presents:
Lots of them in boxes, many were still wrapped! Of course, many were given by DC before we were married.

Old photos:

That's a precious photo with Ah Meng!

Dairies:

Since age nine!

Bookmarks:

Remember 小彬彬? I completely forgot about these!

Stars in a bottle:

Each star were supposed to represent something? I had my fair share of folding these when I was in my teens and of course, I received a number of them too!


Hello Kitties and Dear Daniels:

Remember how the whole Singapore queue for them in year 2000? Oh, they are 10 this year! :O

Phone cards:

It's phasing out... I don't even own any now!

Transitlink cards:

Can't really remember what color stands for what!

Pagars:

Who carries them now?

Ancient Comb:

Not mine. I wonder what was it doing in my cupboard?

Piggybanks and Angbows:

The real treasure that I've found! Guess how much was that? Shhh... it's a four-figure! :P

Real Gem:

My newspaper cutting of my dad's heroic act years back and I heard that bro was there too!

I also found my art folio with my artworks, my snow white (clay), some photo frames and lots of unwanted letters!


Anyone remembers how to decode the message?


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