12th Wedding Anniversary

Seems like we've been married for a long time, 12 years!

This year's anniversary falls on the Sunday and it's during the Chinese New Year period. How rare!

We've booked a hotel room to stay last week as a pre-celebration as well as to spend the CNY holiday with the Chewzies. There was a gift from the hotel for DC and me for our anniversary, how sweet! :)

The photo taken at the hotel room... I love the smiles on our face. :) May we have many such moments together in future!

Happy 12th Wedding Anniversary!



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Lately, my colleague has been asking us (who were all married) and updating us on the preparations for her upcoming wedding such as Guo Da Li, ROM venue, wedding dinner, and also home searching.

Wow, all these customs sounded like they happened a long time ago and I couldn't remember some of them clearly anymore! Fortunately, I had the blog where I detailed some of the things down.

Thanks to her, I'm enjoying the little recaps of the wedding preparation here and there, now and then. :)

And just last night, she asked us where her parents should be sitting during her wedding dinner. Both DC and I were certain that my parents sat with us that night. It was after I flipped through the actual day wedding photos stored in the computer, that I realized we were both wrong!

So much memories these photos had brought! So much work, effort and love had gone into the preparation for the actual day but now we don't even celebrate the wedding anniversary anymore?

So I say to myself, we must make it a point to remember this significant day and celebrate the day we became man and wife! And, I will rely the same message to DC too!

Happy 11th Wedding Anniversary, my Man!

Here's a photo that will definitely bring you fond memories of the day we met, the day you put on the ring on me and the day we wed!

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The Maze Runner

The Maze Runner ~ 移动迷宫

CAST: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Will Poulter, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Aml Ameen
DIRECTOR: Wes Ball
LANGUAGE: English
OPENING: 11 Sep 2014
RUNTIME: 113 mins
RATING: PG - Some Violence

When Thomas wakes up trapped in a massive maze with a group of other boys, he has no memory of the outside world other than strange dreams about a mysterious organization known as W.C.K.D. Only by piecing together fragments of his past with clues he discovers in the maze can Thomas hope to uncover his true purpose and a way to escape. Based upon the best-selling novel by James Dashner.











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This was THE SHOW, both DC and I thought as we were watching it in the cinema! The recent 2 movies we've watched were letdowns and this one brought us excitement and anticipation. Not a bad one to spend our dating anniversary!

The plot or scenes made you think of the Hunger Games movie series -- victims forced to be in an unknown land with traps, constantly fighting for survival, etc.

We liked this and will be watching the second installment. :)

Great Getaway at Rasa Sentosa

We had a great weekend at Sentosa as usual!

It was a free stay again. This time, we brought the grandparents along.

The staycation was originally planned to be on Mother's day weekend, and we postponed it to a week later. Instead of Mother's day celebration, it became early anniversary celebration. :)

Ever since we told A about the staycation, for the whole of last week, he asked for it the first thing he woke up every morning! He had to count down from "3 more days" to "2 more days" to "1 more day" to the actual day - it was a long wait for him!

We requested for a connecting room with the grandparents. Both A and B happily roamed freely into the grandparents room each time the door was opened. We took our usual family photo on the bed, this time we had the help of my in-laws, how great!

See them jumping up the bed, how happy!

The weather was good, needless to think more, it was swimming time with the kids. The water was warm (i like!).

Then we went for some yummy food at Casserole. The last time we went, A and B enjoyed the food very much - to the extent that they were licking up the soup pot! This time, the food didn't disappoint either.  B drank the soup and finished up the vinegar olive oil bread dip. A had great time eating satay and asked for chips! He still remembered the chips there?! The most amazing thing was that the waitress remembered him after one year!

The next day, we woke up late, had buffet, packed up and then checked out.

It was a relaxing and peaceful trip. It's a pity that A was having slight cough, but he definitely enjoyed it better than anyone of us, I'm sure! For after the staycation, he kept asking to go back again!


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DC was resting at home trying to heal his swollen knee. Somehow, DC decided to meet me for lunch, somehow we chose a fine dining restaurant that we always wanted to try and somehow, DC suddenly remembered that today's our wedding anniversary in the middle of the course!

Thanks God! Otherwise we will be thinking that it was just a normal weekday and regretting that we didn't remember it at all! :)

I like the restaurant decor and the cutlery they used. Different from the usual; there's a fish tank and a rock with knife on it on every table!

There were 2 types of menu to choose from - either French or Japanese.


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The 15th already?

Due to a number of unforseen things cropping, our dinner date had to be postponed to 14-Oct today. No matter, we are here to give the acclaimed Joel Robuchon a try,

I decided to give L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon at RWS Sentosa a try. For one, I like to see chefs at work and I quite like this concept of the L'Atelier.



However, the experience was somewhat lacking as we would soon see. No one opened the door for us ... and the door was heavy. No idea what the guy at the reception was doing ...

We had the counter seats where we should be able to catch some cooking action.



The bread was hard and cold ...



L'Amuse Bouche - Foie gras custard with red Porto wine and parmesan foam



Le Caviar Imperial - Imperial caviar in duo of French butter beans
This was unevenly cooked. Some of the beans were too hard whilst others were soft.



Le Homard - Sauteed Maine lobster on broccoli couscous



Les Eringi - King oyster mushrooms and prawn tsukune in a giner bouillon
Forgettable. The waiter forgot to give us spoons ... does he expect us to lift up the bowl and drink?



Le Foie Gras de Canard - Pan seared duck foie gras, glazed mirabelle prune and gingerbread
I hated prunes but here I downed two in a jiffy. As usual, foie gras is always good but then it's a cruel way to eat ...



Le Cabillaud - Roasted cod with white Paimpol beans and Iberian flavours
The Paimpol beans were from Brittany and in season. Sadly, the cod was way overcooked. Too tough to be enjoyed. I didn't finished this dish.


Le Boeuf Wagyu - French-style wagyu skirt steak with shallots confit
The beef tasted quite bland ...



Signature Joel Robuchon mash potato
Apparently a signature of Joel Robuchon. It is smooth and buttery.



La Caille - Caramelized quail and mash potatoes



Le parfum des iles - Smooth passion fruits, dark rum granite, light coconut foam
This must be the highlight of the dinner. Smooth and refreshing. The crushed ice below was the dark rum. Love it.



Le Mango - Brittany biscuit disc, caramel lightness, mango sorbet
This was good too. Thankfully the patissier was good with his creations.



Service was really bad. The bill took a good 20 min to settle. Spoons forgotten for the soup. Door wasn't opened for us. The waiter spoke too softly in his introductions to the dishes. Luckily we asked to keep the menu. In reality, the L'Atelier concept didn't really took off well. For one, there is no interaction between the chef and the diners. You also couldn't really observe what's cooking as the kitchen top was a distance away. In the end, the kitchen staff was just rushing to complete all the orders and the waiters were all overwhelmed and flushed.

Nah, doubt I'll be going again. Next one, back to Les Amis :)

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DC placed a big brown box on the bed yesterday.

Haha, it was obvious enough for me to see it when I came out of the bathroom after shower!

And in it contained a bag that I wanted! In fact, this was new in town. DC told me that this was the only piece that just came in today! :)

Tata, the new re-invented LV IT bag - Noé BB!

I've to admit that I wanted yellow color initially, however this color, like what DC says is really a much better match with clothes. I thought his decision may be a wiser one.

Thanks hubby for the anniversary gift! I LVoe it! :)


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不在乎天长地久，只在乎曾经拥有


The next day, I made up for it and we had a nice lunch at Tatsuya. Finally CP could enjoy all the sushi and sashimi she wanted.

Susi and Sashimi Set. All the fish just arrived that morning from Japan, we were told!




I couldn't resist the uni sushi!


Fruits were fantastic (a bit ex though at $35). The Japanese musk melon was so overwhelmingly sweet and soft!


Overall, it was a very satisfying lunch. I doubt it will be our last outing there :D


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I didn't remember it until today! I texted DC that today is our special day but didn't expect much out of it.

In the evening when he came to pick me up from work, I was pleasantly surprised to see a box of chocolate on the car seat! This brings a wide smile to my face!

I opened it up straight away to see and guess what flavors the chocolates were! *Love* 



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Surprise again from LV! This time it was a rich chocolate cake!





It was really sweet of them to have remembered our anniversary! Couldn't feel more happy about it! :)

Now, DC must have felt guilty not returning to LV, instead he bought a Gucci for me this anniversary!


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Finally, we have a day to ourselves, CP and me. The highlight was lunch at Iggy's. They had moved to Hilton hotel since we last dined there. Iggy's is now No. 25th on World's 50 Best Restaurants and No. 1 on Miele Guide. We went expecting a great dining experience.

Eel parfait with caviar - Excellent. This was not on the menu and I think it depends on what comes to the chef's mind that day.


GILLARDEAU OYSTER with sago pearls, wakame, buckwheat - Fresh with a tinge of the sea. I gobbled it down in no time.


SALMON with orange, savoy cabbage, basil seeds


Focaccia bread - Disappointing. Served cold and rubbery ...


FOIE GRAS with chawanmushi, shimeji, poultry jus


CAPELLINI with sakura ebi, konbu, shellfish oil


WAGYU CHEEK with spring vegetables, pinot noir jus


DUCK with lentils, beetroot, orange - Fried to a crisp!


PEANUT ice-cream with green apple, celery, puffed rice - I enjoyed this very much! The sweet rice crackers and ice-cream blends quite well with the sour green apple slices.


SPICY MANGO with greek yoghurt, lime, white sesame - CP didn't like this. I'm sure mine tasted better :)


The $15++ tea. I wasn't too happy about this, slightly caught off-guard as I expected coffee and tea to be included with the set lunch.


The $8++ coffee. We didn't finish as we were rushing for time.


CP had a busy time taking pictures of all these artworks.




Overall, we felt it wasn't as good as 2 yrs back. Most of the dishes had rock salt sprinkled on, even the butter for bread. I don't think it was necessarily. We would rather enjoy the ingredients in their original flavours, with minimal seasoning.

After lunch, we caught the Avengers movie! At long last :D

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This year's anniversary was the most overlooked one! We forgot about it and when we realized, we couldn't arrange for anything special... A has lessons on weekends and B is still very young to go for a staycation! And, DC's uncle just passed away and he had to attend the funeral procession on Sat. After that, he had to rush to his office to do work. His parents had to take turns to look after their twin grandsons during that weekend, so they can't help me take care of mine. I went to my parents'. Why must things just had to happen in that weekend?

Even so, it was a weekend to be remembered as it was very different from the rest, making it special. I enjoyed the time spent with A that weekend and I missed it now! Things we do, in pictures:-)







And we went back to grandparent's place for dinner and then, home sweet home! :)

On the next day, DC had to go back to check his installation and it's me taking A to his music class! Again, after class, we went to find Papa... :)

B stayed at home with her paternal grandparents...



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