An ongoing journey

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Baby Swimming 8

Baby's cranky and kept crying in the tub today! :(

The staff said that was because he can recognize people now. We had quite a hard time coercing him to kick and finally, to entertain us, he kicked a bit and then stayed afloat unwillingly. We got him out of the waters soon after...

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Friday, January 15, 2010

Birthday Celebration 4 - Tiffin Room

We specially took another day of leave to celebrate CP's birthday. Yesterday's at Iggy's was without Baby A, so doesn't really feel complete right? :)

So off to the Tiffin Room at Raffles Hotel for high tea we go! We were quite blown away with the interiors when we stepped in. It had a majestic feel to it, high walls, brightly lit, quite fitting to the Raffles Hotel namesake.

Sandwiches were quite alright, the rest of asian cuisine like siew mai, dumplings, popiah were passable only.

However, it was really a nice place for photos. We were very pleased with the way the photos turned out.

Dad and Mum off to China again!

Just back from Ah Ma's grand post-funeral procession in China in Dec 09, now they went off to China again to settle Dua Pek's funeral!

I was waiting for my duck meat (birthday lunch) when a call came. It was Mum. She called to inform that uncle (actually god dad) had passed away the night before and they would be flying to China to attend the funeral the next day for 6 days!

Shocking! I really ought to be on compassionate leave too!

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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Birthday Treat 3 - Iggy's

The actual day itself, I decided to lunch with CP at Iggy's. Took us almost two years to finally stepped into this place. It grabbed the 1st place in Miele's Guide 2008 and 2nd place in 2009.

Located at the Regent Hotel, it's tucked away on the 3rd floor, right in front of the escalator. Although I made the booking on Monday, the tables were already fully booked, leaving only the counter seats facing the kitchen.

We ordered the 5-course set lunch, CP and me choosing different items on the menu.

Complimentary starter: Peach tomato essence with sweet tomato, a very refreshing drink and a good start to the meal proper.

(DC) Iggy's Salad - Mushroom, tomato, mango, avovado, mesclun, red onion, herbs, truffle and Hollandaise. The Hollandaise is fantastic, very fragrant buttery flavour.

(CP) Tomato Tart, basil and Parmigiano Reggiano

(DC) Peppered beef tongue, tomato relish and root vegetables. Tenderly delicious, even the black pepper granules tasted great.

(CP) Sakura ebi cappellini with konbu and home-made scampi oil. Ohhh ... it was somewhat like the angel-hair pasta at Gunther's. CP and I agreed that it tasted great with the dried shrimps.

(DC) Classic onion soup with gratinated cheese croutons

(CP) Mushroom Cappuccino - Can't go wrong with this!

(DC) Chargrilled wagyu beef rump, rosemary potatoes and mesclun salad - Juicy steak.

(CP) Confit of duck leg, rosemary potato, mesclun - The duck was so tender although the skin looks to be fried crispy. A tasty surprise here, delicious!

(DC) Souffle and pina colada - Almost all the diners chose this dessert. No wonder, the souffle was so fluffy. The sweetness isn't overwhelming, I finished the whole souffle and don't feel choked from the sweetness. Make a hole in the souffle, pour in the ice-cream and enjoy the pina colada shake in the meanwhile.

(CP) Caraibe chocolate bar, mascarpone ice-cream, green lime zest

At the end of it all, there's a surprise dessert for CP!

Gin jelly, feijoa sorbet and lime foam.

Not forgetting, my present for CP.

I also got CP the iPhone 3GS 32GB. There was no queue this time round!
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

When I grow up...

The company is organizing a D&D this week. The theme is: "When I grow up...". It has been refreshing every Monday since 5 weeks ago to find new posters pasted on the lift door, the office door and on the toilet doors of each floor! Love these posters, they are so creative!

Since we're already on the topic, when you are young, what do you wanna be when you grow up? Do you know you are going to be what you are now back then? Hmm... for me, I never would have thought I'll get into my current profession. All my younger school days, I've been thinking of becoming a teacher. How did I end up not becoming a teacher? Beats me! Perhaps it's just like the song "Que Sera Sera" - what will be will be! :)

The lyrics of Que Sera Sera:

Que Sera Sera
When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty, will I be rich
Here's what she said to me.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

When I was young, I fell in love
I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead
Will we have rainbows, day after day
Here's what my sweetheart said.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

Now I have children of my own
They ask their mother, what will I be
Will I be handsome, will I be rich
I tell them tenderly.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, Sera
What will be, will be.

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Saturday, January 09, 2010

Birthday Treat 2

Ok, it's more like I wanted steak but CP isn't complaining. She likes the desserts here. After Baby A had his little swim, it's off to Dan Ryan's again.

Nice loaf of bread and cake to start.

The steak here never disappoints.

Striploin done medium.

Lasagna for CP.

Brownie for dessert.

Not forgetting our precious baby A, we found something for him over at Burberry ION too!

Baby Swimming 7

It was full house today! Luckily we didn't have to queue for it.

Not in a very good mood, he preferred not to kick so hard today. He learnt a new trick - you'll see him do some turns from back to front! :)

His favorite swimming position today: Legs propped up behind & criss-crossed, then very swiftly turned to the front.

He didn't swim for 2 weeks and I thought he would have missed it a lot. I wonder if he likes the new outlet better cos he seems to enjoy himself better there. DC said it could be that the water temperature today is higher than usual... hmm, I'm not so sure about that, we'll see if he behaves the same next time.

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Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Birthday Treat 1

Hot on the heels of November and December's feasting and celebrations, comes January celebration. It's CP's special month :) I personally like birthdays because there's always special privileges offered by various restaurants, credit cards, service providers, etc.

For lunch today, we took advantage of M1's birthday treat at Tony Roma's. I think it's been more than 10 yrs since I dined at Tony Roma's. CP had never tried it. I quite like the ribs, tender and tasty. CP had grilled seabass, which was quite good as well. Finally, nothing like a nice ice-creamy dessert to finish it off.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Good Riddance!

No more TV Mobile!

Sunday, January 03, 2010

New Year at home

We spent our new year at home. That's right, all 3 days at home - so unlike us!

During these 3 days, we actually accomplished quite a lot... for one, Baby gets to sleep a lot and drink a lot (Yes!). We also kept the christmas tree and set up a new toy for Baby.

Instead of good meals (at 50% off), we had simple and instant meals throughout the 3 days, not very nutritious huh but hopefully, it helped to cleanse the rich food we had the past 2 months before we start to engorge ourselves with food again! :P Happy 2010!

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