Daddy & Mummy's Little Honey

The time has arrived. Without us realising, our little Honey has already grown up with her own set of mind.

Note: She is only a toddler, 2 years 2 months old.

She is firm & decisive. I'd discovered when I was about to dress her and got ready to meet a girlfriend over the weekend for some shopping and dinner stuff. However, my little Honey just pushed my hands.

Honey Celestine: No, I don't want to go.

Mummy Fiona: Are you sure? Don't you want to follow ma ma? We are meeting Auntie Pearlyn.

Honey Celestine just go on and rejected me.

Honey Celestine: I want to follow Po Po, Grandma. I want to stay here.

Well, I just turned around and looked at hubby. At that instance, we just realise our little gal has grown up. She has her own set of mind. Her own desire to do what she wants.

I seriously have no idea if allowing her to make her own decisions at this fragile stage, would she results in any repercussion during her youth and adulthood?

I'm beginning to feel, an endless responsibilities piling on me, as a mother. Every encounter is a challenge and we as a parents must learn to handle and take charge. Of course, very much depending on how a parents want to instil on their child.

Like I say, every encounter is a learning experience and I just have to trial and explore. No one is perfect and I'm just doing what a mother should do.

Bless me.

Bleeding

My back is bleeding profusely!

Why?

Because, I was back-stabbed by someone. Not quite done yet. In fact, the back-stabbing is a daily affair. It may not happen to me this time round, but could be someone else.

I'm puzzle.

Why would someone wanna do that?

Doubts me.

Imagine, you are spending most of your time together, in theory, you should be much closer than your next kin but why is it not?

What's the motives behind?

Well, "You're" already the apple of his eyes and by doing all these means "you" are trying to get rid of us? "Your" words hurt. It takes us lots of effort to counter-reacte. Wasting our energy to protect ourselves which I think it's damn waste of my time. Every encounters with "you" would end up sending ourselves to the grave.

Mind "you", I'm a fighter and ain't a pushover!

I can rataliate anytime and I'm not a bimbo. I know what can be done and not. I take pride in my job and "you" as someone who doesn't know anything about Sales & Marketing, please step back. Don't step on my tail! You are just wasting my time and energy. Remember, I'm not here to take over your role as "someone important" but to deliver my role & responsibilities.

This is frustrating!

Karma ...

KING OF POP DIES

Michael Jackson, 1958 - 2009

This Legendary King of Pop dies at the age of 50 before his London Comeback tour.

The other day, I was on the cab listening to the radio channel and the DJ was just mentioning about MJ. His famous everlasting songs like Billie Jean, MoonWalk that makes me wanna dance again.

His song, Heal The World touch my heart and soul. This song remind ourselves to be nice to the people around us, the animals we care and the little children we love.

I was shocked this morning when I open the laptop to see the news blasting everywhere. I just can't believe. No doubt he wasn't my favourite singer but I must admit some of his albums are enchanting.

It's a pity to see a legendary icon is gone and it's forever.

Let's pay a tribute to him. Just for the last time.

May You Rest in Peace, Jacko

Feed My New Friend

Keiko, my lively cyber pet hamster will keep you company throughout the day. Watch her run on her wheel, drink water, and eat the food you feed her by clicking your mouse. Click the center of the wheel to make her get back on it.

Have Fun!

Just A Conversation

Bed time conversation with this young lady, Honey Celestine.

Honey: Ma Ma, take bus, find Po Po (Grandma).

Before I can answer, she cont'd ...

Honey: Po Po not here, Po Po at Bukit Batok, Po Po at Yi Yi's house (Aunt's house)

Little Honey will go on & on until she cont'd her next topic.

Honey: Good night Ma Ma, Good night Dad Dad, Good night Po Po (Maternal Grandma), Good night Gong Gong (Grandpa), Good night Rocher (Our Doggie Rocher), Good night e, i, e, i, o (Old Mac Donald's Farm), Good night Doll Doll (Her favourite cuddy Dolly), Good night Pink Pink (Her favourite Pinky Dolly), Good night Nai Nai (Paternal Grandma).

Finally she stops ... to cont' her next version ...

Honey: Morning Ma Ma, Morning Dad Dad, Morning Po Po (Maternal Grandma), Morning Gong Gong (Grandpa), Morning Rocher (Our Doggie Rocher), Morning e, i, e, i, o (Old Mac Donald's Farm), Morning Doll Doll (Her favourite cuddy Dolly), Morning Pink Pink (Her favourite Pinky Dolly), Morning Nai Nai (Paternal Grandma).

You can imagine she has been doing these for the whole week. Though I can anticipate what's she going to say but quite frankly, I do enjoy every moments of this. This is so heavenly. Our little honey is communicating with us. Each night, every day. Yet, I'm not tire.

Every moment with her is precious. All I can do is to pay it forward! Hubby planted lotsa of kisses to me & I shall plant all the kisses to our little honey Celestine.

A Quote To Hubby Deon

"The Price of Greatness is Responsibility."

Winston Churchill

Lady Bird

Old-style Ladybird books are word perfect

The Peter and Jane stories of the 1960s taught millions of children including myself to read before more falling victims progress to other methods in schools. Now the Ladybird series may hold a lesson for today's generation after a study found that children need to master only 100 words before they can move on to books.

Academics at Warwick University said that teachers were wasting time getting children to learn more words. Instead, just as in the Peter and Jane books, children should master the 100 most common English words and then learn others by reading a wide range of stories. The Government's literacy strategy requires children to learn 158 words by the age of 7. But the 1 million study by Jonathan Solity and Janet Vousden, of the Warwick University Institute of Education, found that only 100 of the most common words were needed to tackle any book, including adult fiction and non-fiction.

Ladybird's Peter and Jane

Let me try to hunt for the books again. Can anyone tell me where to buy?

May in Random

May was the time to do my proposal, strategize to tackle clients, our newborn newphew, Baby Xavier (26-05-09, Tuesday) was delivered @ Mount Alvernia, Singapore Food Exhibition hosted by Singapore Food Manufacturing Association, networking and meeting old friends from similar trade, training and running for my marathon. These were all enough to kept me busy and away from my Dreamy Bloggie.

Here's 2 shots during our exhibition:

Shelf Price & Team

Top Centre Clockwise:

Aric, Adeline, Carol & Me

Sundown Marathon

Marathon (42KM) - Women's Open
Total Participants in this Category: 955

Rank: 460

Bib No.: 6166

Name: Fiona Tarn Mei Ling

Chip Time: 07:04:30.94
0KM - 10KM: 1:17:10.94
10KM - 20KM: 1:58:30.48
20KM - 30KM: 1:32:08.48
30KM - 42KM: 2.16:41.21

Date: 30 May 09, Saturday

Time: 12:00am

There's a kind of magic that takes place when you run at night.

You See: Lights in the Dark

You Hear: Your footsteps, Your heartbeat

You Smell: The scent of the fresh night breeze

You Touch: The coolness of the air

You Taste: The nearing victory of completing your run

This is my biggest achievement. To complete my 1st full-marathon, though, it was far from my target completion time of 5 hours but for a starter like me would consider good enough. Training only began like 2 months before the actual date. Every session was like 1 to 2 hours, so having to complete the whole race like 7 hours was amazing.

To add more spices to this, I was working at a Food Fair on the same day of the race. Only managed to get some time off from my boss so that I would have ample rest before the run. For all I can remember, the whole day was pouring water to my throat. Kept hydrating! From 100 plus to H2O then to Ice-Milo, Bananas, Chocolate to save more energy.

To end our race, I & Hubby were holding hands and sprung our pace to the victory.

A kiss from hubby to end the race.

I'd accomplished my race! Yes, I did it again.

What to bring during delivery?

Before I forget or before I experience my next moment again, it's always good to record all the things which I need to bring during the delivery.

My sis was checking with me the other day but I was too lazy to recall and couldn't remember that I actually wrote it somewhere in my organisor.

To make things convenient, below are the basic stuff that we should bring along.

1. Maternity Breast Pads

2. Disposal Undies

3. Camera

4. Baby Wet Wipes

5. Toiletries

6. My New Born Apparel

7. Swaddling Blankets

8. Mittens

9. Booties

10. Contact Lens

11. Make-Up Set

12. Spectacles

13. Pyjamas

14. Marriage Certificate

15. NRIC

16. Letters from Gynae

17. All Medical Bills / Consulation Fees

18. Sanitary Pad

19. iPod Mini

20. Letter of Baby Bonus Application Form

Some items may not fit into your lifestyle or etc...

My Dosage of Ben & Jerry

Sitting at my desk waiting for a colleague to bring my tub from Ben & Jerry's!

I had a horrible tastless fishy fishball noodle that spoilt my afternoon. To remove the fishy taste within my mouth, I gotta put something to camouflage the bad breath! Hope the sweet-bud would work miracle!

Oh gosh...the first thing in mind is to get my dosage of Ben & Jerry again...even though, I know I had one last week :)

Can't be bother with the weight gain cuz I'm sure this evening jog will burn part of the calories and coming Friday, the nite jogging with Hubby is going to make wonder for me. Don't believe? Try to run 2 hours and you see the result :)

So another tub is alright at the moment. "Good luck to me"!!!

Monday Blue

Today is definitely not a smooth day especially on a Monday.

Boss doesn't understand my message & pushing me for sales was inevitable but doesn't understand my strategy was even tougher.

Making sales call was bad!

Meeting nasty client who snapped at me!

Making me feel so blue on a Monday ...

Until I received this from hubby:

Always feel great to see hubby's email ... & I smile instantly ...

An Indulgence

What's an indulgence without a rich cool ice-cream from Ben & Jerry?

I'd had mine! What about you?

Random Fashion Browsing

Marc by Marc Jacobs

Latest Update

My sister who was admitted to the hospital, has already discharge this afternoon.

Her throat is still pain and that makes talking more difficult. Her result showing could be due to virus and fever. No significant sign.

I was asking if she's suffering from any 'swine' and does she need to be quarantine?

Hope she has a speedy recovery.

Fainted

11-05-09, Monday

My 2nd-sis was fainted in the office. Mum called to inform me at 5:30pm. Brother-in-law, Ignatius who was at Tampines was rushing down to Raffles Place where my sister works. Before anything happen, I rushed down in the middle of my work. By the time I got to her office, I was told she has already admitted to the A&E at Singapore General Hospital by the ambulance.

Visiting a patient at the hospital is more hassling than ever before. Everyone has to register at the counter, informing the nurse who are you visiting and temperature check is compulsory. A face mask is given before you enter to the main hall. Per visit of a patient is only limited to two, that means you must take turn to visit friends or family members. The whole process was executed in a mannerly way.

Except 1 particular nurse who was temperamental and frowning when I checked with her with regards to my sister's condition. I was rather pissed off by her attitude but then again, I tried to cool off to remind myself that people has bad days too. She was behaving like that because of the swine flu and the pressure she has to face in her daily work in this fast-moving department. All patients needed her care and her attention.

Sisters were calling me to check out my sister's condition but no answer from any doctor. She was kept under observation and to see how her body reacte to the medication that the doctor has injected. We would know in 1 or 2 hours time.

By the time I left the hospital with Hubby, it was already 10:30pm and no report was out yet. My sister's cell-group leader and her hubby were waiting.

I hope my sister is well and she can discharge from the hopsital by today.

18 Days Before My 1st 42KM

Yes, been training quite a lot these couple of weeks. Running to strengthen my stamina in order to conquer my 1st 42 km full marathon.

I have no idea how long would I need to run to complete the whole race but i'm well prepared to stroll in the middle of the journey.

The other day, just completed a 2-hrs session with Hubby, exploring different places around the Western part of Singapore. Places that we have not explored.

It was a crazy proposal during the run that I shared with Hubby. "When our little Honey grew up, let's run across Melbourne. It is my dream to run along Great Ocean Road or if not, a run during the winter in Melbourne is just fine".

Oh dear, what was I thinking?

Just a crazy thought!

Mother's Day @ The Botanical Garden

It's just a normal Sunday affair. Woke up in the morning and brought our little Honey for a breakie at the coffee shop. As usual, we ordered siew mai (Cantonese) and milo for Honey & I to share.

Hubby was reading his usual Sunday Times while Honey & I relaxed. Everything was normal. Nothing special about this day except that we bought mum a stalk of carnation. Seriously, I can't really recall when was the last time I presented a carnation to her. Shame on me. :p

In the afternoon, we went to St James Church to witness a friend's wedding. It was a simple church wedding with family and close friends. Basically the whole process took at least an hour and refreshment was free & easy.

Since the day is still young, we decided to head to Botanical Garden and to bring our girl to Jacob Ballas Garden where it belongs to the little children's paradise. I took the chance to remove my 3 and 1/2 inches of heels. Walking barefooted in the garden.

Believe me, it was good to walk barefooted once a while. It's so comfortable and a natural foot massage with pebbles on the floors and soaking into muddy water to give an instant moisture to the feet. But then again ... never forget to scrub your feet once you get home. Ignore the staring from the strangers ... they are just weirdo and someone who doesn't know how to relax and embrace the surroundings. They think you are crazy but just IGNORE! Ignore them and you have fun!

And so, this was me, barefooted...pushing my little Honey's pram around the garden.

Happy Mother's Day

10 May 09, Sunday

A mother's day message to all the pretty mothers.

A mum is a rose whose petals are soft.

A mum is a lily whose stem is tall & strong.

A mum is a person who is never wrong.

A mum is a person you should Love Forever.

Trust her, believe her & never doubt her.

Free Cone Day

April 21st, 2009

Free Ice-Cream For All!

From 12pm to 7pm today, Ben & Jerry’s will be giving away a free cone to everyone who steps into their participating outlets. Check out if the following outlets are near to you and you might be in for a treat!
Only available on 21st April 2009! One day only.

Thanks to Ben & Jerry
& that's how you've brightened my days with just 1 big scoop of Macadamia ...

Sweet enough to whole the day.

Craving shall start once again!

What Herb Are You?

You Are Mint
You are a honest person with a strong personality. Your frank point of view is refreshing.You've been quite lucky in your life, though you have made more of your own luck than you realize.You are engaging and disarming. You definitely have the "gift of gab!" You live an edgy, dynamic life. Sometimes you get a little burned, but you always bounce back.

So what about you?

Happy Birthday To My Baby Darling

Happy Birthday To My Beloved Hubby

Me

View for the evening

This year, there is no surprise present for hubby but we managed to spend quality time alone at Pan Pacific.

We had a marvelous evening at one of the finest Cantonese Restaurant in Pan Pacific Hotel, Hai Tien Lou.

Peach Flower

Duet of Deep-fried Prawn coated with WasabiMayonnaise & Pan-seared Scallop topped with Green Mince Ginger

Shark's Fin Dumpling in a Broth

Steamed Fillet of Cod with Superior Soya Sauce accompanied with Vegetable Sprouts

Pan-fried Beef Tenderloin Filletwith Japanese Sesame Sauce

Cantonese-style Stewed Fried Rice with Barbecued Duck

Homemade Soya Milk with Hashima & Lily Bulbs

To do it or Not!

Kylie Minogue confesses to Botox
Kylie Minogue, 40, has admitted she has undergone cosmetic procedures to delay the signs of ageing. A source from msn celebrity news

My question is, Would I be doing when I hit 40? Could I still maintain what I am now?

Earth Hour - 28-03-09

To support Earth Hour, I'd switched off the lights from 8:25pm to 9:00pm, merely 30 mins break.

I felt the urge to save the planet yet guilty as my little honey was moving around in the dark with the television set running. Playing at the background was her favourite songs and rhythms - Old Macdonald had a farm e-i-e-i-o -

I'm not going to strain her eyes so decided to do just a little to make a better World.

I was delighted to see so many of us have participated in this awareness and I think it should be a continuous effort in our daily lives.

Friends who go online, please please please, turn off your laptop if not in use, or if not, please switch to a sleeping mode. This little effort will save The Earth.

Rainbow

The rainbow appeared after a heavy downpour. This was how it looked on a Saturday evening.

Our little honey was there to witness her first sight of rainbow. As a kiasu mummy who stood besides telling her how many colours does a rainbow have? There are 7 colours.

This was what we found out from the webbie...

Traditionally, the rainbow's colours are described as red, orange, yellow, green,blue, indigo and violet. In fact, our eyes can discern many more indivual hues.

Too Early for My Birthday

25 March 2009, Wednesday @ 11:20pm

This was what I received through a sms.

Dear Fiona, hope I am not too late in sending my greetings on your Birthday. Happy Birthday and May all Your Dreams Come True.

My replied: Thks for your greeting but it's not my birthday! I'm afraid u may got it wrong!

And the message came in.

Oh no then there is something wong with my calendar entry. So sorry for the boo boo! Do take care in the meanwhile. Sweet dreams for now :)

What a boo boo! My birthday is about 3 months from now!

A Decade is Over

A hidden chapter in my heart has recently been unfolded.

There are still many doubts about the whole issue and I did not allow it to rest and not even until today. My sorrow, no one knows. My hurt, no one knows. All I could do is to push it away at a very small corner of my heart.

My heart is filled with hubby's love which I'm allowed to spread this love to our daughter, Honey Celestine.

Still, this unrested chapter would always be hidden in my heart somewhere. No one knows except myself, perhaps if there's a chance, I may share with my only Honey.

A decade has passed, everyone has already moved on. Life still goes on. Time is tickling. I've picked myself. I've learnt more things in life. I'm blessed. Today, I'm writing this down yet feeling very sad. Fated to be where I am now.

3 is enough

No wonder Singapore is a fine country.

What do you think when I received 3 parking offence within a short time frame?

23-02-09, Monday: $30 fine for putting a wrong date

07-03-09, Saturday: $30 fine for not putting a carpark coupon

14-03-09, Saturday: $6 fine for not replacing a new car park coupon

Polka-dot & Stripes

Our super daddy was baby-sitting our little honey when I was out for a drink with friends.

I was impressed because he helped to bathe our little gal.

Our little gal was in her dreamland when I got home. As I switched on the light and about to kiss my little honey, I just couldn't stop giggling. My little gal was wearing her stripe romper with her polka-dot trouser. What kind of fashion is this?

I was wondering if anyone wear polka-dot with stripes. Kind of funny looking but it was very sweet especially I know daddy has taken good care of her.

What else can I ask for?

Thanks to our super daddy :)

I feel GOOD

I feel soooooo soooooo GOOD after what hubby said last night during a stroll with our little honey at the park.

Hubby: After our little honey grew up, we can spend quality time together.

Me? I feel so so so good lor!

Frankly speaking, my heart melted and I just grabbed hubby's arm and continue the stroll. :)

And this was my conversation with hubby this afternoon through msn.

Chrismas = Fiona & Stoneage = Hubby

Christmas: i feel so shiok after hearing it & the thing is i can remem where u said those words lor
hee...
StoneAge: heehee otherwise why shld i worry so much abt our financial security and deferrd gratification & preach sacrifice for our future .. certainly now a future where we spend all e time working n paying bills n quarel bcos of life / financial strain
Christmas: hahaha, i'm putting wat u said on my blog
StoneAge: thot u always wan to pack up and go whenever we have little arugment ??
Christmas says: wat do u mean? dun understand
StoneAge says: if u behave childish .. how to have marriage bliss n longevity n spend quality golden yrs tog
Christmas: u tryin to threaten me huh?
StoneAge: not threaten la :p
Christmas: but u must also understand we as women sometimes need to be "hong" 1 leh
StoneAge: jus remindin u are a mother now .. must be mature and responsible even when responding to bad situation in a family . .regardless u are more Right or Wrong
Christmas: :p
StoneAge says: noted, I know u need to be 'hong'
Christmas: but u must also understand even though i'm a mother now and u r a father, that doesn't give us the excuse for not loving each other and doting each other
StoneAge says: always like to pamper u but notice u tends to take things for granted over time
i am jus preoccuppied wf lots of committment .. work .. family .. child .. future
Christmas says:
but u can't manage all at the same time u must also learn to relax
StoneAge: its a critical stage of our life to work really hard!! to put things in rite direction .. & EARN IT WHEN WE RETIRE .. ENJOY GOLDEN YRS TOG WITHOUT WORRY AND GUILT cos we done well earlier of our life

My hubby is working hard to achieve the best thing in life. Not just for himself but his wife, Fiona & our little cutie pie, Honey Celestine.

I feel so good.

What does your birthday said about you?

Recently, I'd just did a quiz from facebook.com & this is what they said about me.

June
Thinks far with vision. Easily influenced by kindness. Polite and soft-spoken. Having lots of ideas. Sensitive. Active mind. Hesitating, tends to delay. Choosy and always wants the best. Temperamental. Funny and humorous. Loves to joke. Good debating skills. Talkative. Daydreamer. Friendly. Knows how to make friends. Abiding. Able to show character. Easily hurt. Prone to getting colds. Loves to dress up. Easily bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Brand conscious. Executive. Stubborn.

In certain extend, it's quite true.

Thinks far with vision - I'm visionary on the contrary, you may call me a dreamer
Easily influenced by kindness - A tendency to sympathy things around me
Polite and soft-spoken - Yes, I'm polite but rude to people who are close to me and soft-spoken to everyone except Hubby, I suppose :P
Having lots of ideas - Yeah, full of crap
Sensitive - Very loh! What to do? I was both in the month of June, Cancerian. Hard on the surface but damn soft on the inner!!!
Active mind - No way man, I'm not going to crack my brain loh!
Hesitating, tends to delay - A procastinator by nature
Choosy and always wants the best - Choosy only if you are cash-rich loh! No $$$ still wanna be a chooser! Tell me who doesn't want the best?
Temperamental - As volatile as the stock-market! Touch me not!!!
Funny & humourous - Yes, xiao ding dong loh!
Loves to joke - Why don't u tell me ur joke instead?
Good debating skills - Too bad, I'm not a lawyer
Talkative - Yes, talk non-stop
Daydreamer - A visionary person loves to dream but whether to execute the plan is a different story
Friendly - Given the right tools la
Knows how to make friend - Not friendly then how to make friends???
Abiding - Yes only to my hubby :p
Able to show character - Don't play play with me loh
Easily hurt - Yes, but I need time to heal
Prone to getting colds - Sneezing non-stop in the morning
Loves to dress up - Very ME!!!
Easily bored - I don't feel bore with hubby for sure
Fussy - Depending on what
Seldon shows emotions - NOT TRUE! I'm such an expressive person!
Takes time to recover when hurt - Life still go on right?
Brand conscious - LV, Gucci, Miu Miu, Chanel
Executive - No, I'm a full-time maid to hubby
Stubborn - Not really! I compromise quite a lot

True or False? U Decide!!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSAY 10-03-09

Fiona: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Hubby: Oh, March 10th also consider? Hee...yup same to you.

Fiona: Of course, every 10th & 18th of the month is our Anniversary.
(10th was our ROM in Year 2005 & 18th was our Wedding Customary in Year 2008)

And this explain my greeting.

My 1st Excursion

Mummy Fiona has planned an excursion for her honey Celestine.

Honey Celestine's 1st trip to The Singapore Science Centre.

Probably Honey Celestine was too young to learn about Science. But then, this whole trip was not about learning but more of spending time exploring things which we both didn't know.

It was an eventful day although Honey was quite afraid. She kept saying 'NO' to some weird objects.

To end the whole excursion, I've decided to explore the Eco-Garden despite walking under the scorching sun. This was the best part and Honey enjoyed herself very much especially she can said 'Hi & Bye' to all the fishes & tortoise in the pond. I've explained to her about water hyacinth and many other stuff.

I'm pretty sure she must have learnt something today. For instance, we had seen how electric currents travel and it trigger sparks of flame on the wire. To expIain upon chance, I described about the danger of touching my mobile phone when it is charging. To make things sounds a little exaggerating, I explained to her that those sparks of flames can even burn her hands.

This topic was reiterated after we got home. I think I'm right. She is afraid and wouldn't want to touch the wire anymore.

Then & Now

We were 1 month old!!!

We are celebrating our 2 Yrs-old on next Month!!!

Beer-coholic

I'm a Beer-coholic!!!

My 1st Time

In life, there are thousands and one 'first time'. Like what hubby always said, there are simply too many 1st time that we can hardly afford perhaps in monetary sense from his perspective. But still, it's always good to capture every significant moment somewhere before it is gone with the winds.

From my 1st Birthday, my 1st day of school, my 1st exams, my 1st certificate, my 1st boyfriend, my 1st job, my 1st paycheck, my 1st IT bag, my 1st IT shoe, my 1st driving license, my 1st ride, my 1st wedding dress, my 1st honeymoon, my 1st preggie look, my 1st childbirth, my daughter's 1st hug & kisses, my daughter's 1st vaccination, my daughter's 1st pair of shoes, my daughter's 1st ... & the list just go on & on ...

Ever since I got my driving license, I've never given a lift to my honey darling, Celestine. Because of a simple reason, FEAR! I guess my driving skill is not up to standard & I drive DANGEROUSLY!!! Till Monday, 02 March 09, finally decided to drive Honey around. It wasn't that bad afterall.

Prior to the ride, I was afraid that she would be restless and so I've prepared couple of items to keep her busy.

1. Her 3 mini books

2. Her magnetic sketching board

3. Her do without dolly!!!

To provide more, I bought her a giant Minnie Mouse, an alphabetical bible book & her 1st jigsaw puzzle just to keep her seated in the car while mummy was driving.

And the journey was fantastic. She was a great companion in the car. We both sang like nobody business. We talked nonsense & we made ugly faces to one another. That's the fun & it was our 1st time in the car!!!

Z & S Wedding

Just browse through my email and saw what 'S' sent with regards to their wedding

Subject: Hotel booked. Finally! Hey gal, New Updates to your blog.

Venue/Hotel: Orchard Hotel

Bridal: Already booked!

Honeymoon: Yet to decide

Oversea Photographer: My~S professional photographer --->my hubby-to-be =p.

Wedding Planner/Co-ordinator: I volunteer to be one if they don't mind --> I don't mind-from S

So what can I do to help this bridal?

Yeah...I kept asking the bride if she got any theme for her wedding and guess what, I got scolded from her dear dear! Anyway, I can't be bother...will still keep pestering S about such mitty gritty wedding details. Hope to give her more inspirations for her wedding.

On my part, I've already planned some dreamy details to the nite so let's wait & see :p

My New Toy, FujiFilm

Week ago, mum spoilt my camera, Canon IXUS 800IS of 6.0 mega pixels just because she has forgotten to tighten Honey Celestine's water bottle that made the water to spill.

Gosh, I gotta spend extra just to get it service. I was rather pissed off but mum thought she could get me a new one. For God sake, how am I going to demand from mum?

As I was reminded from hubby that we have a new camera at home and was given free when we bought our new television set. So finally, went to explore and realise the pixels was much clearer, 8.2.

My critic:
Though the function not as many as the Canon but then I'm quite happy with the image

A Bitchy Message

Message:
Gal, I knew a dark secret! BEWARE!!!
Help your man by reminding him not to offend women!
Women are the horrific creature in the World!
These incredicble despicable women can cause huge damage to our love ones!
I'M NOT JOKING!
This is very serious!
Someone whom you thought is an angel can turn to a devil in disguise!
BEWARE!

Another Wedding!!!

My last blog was about Proposal & this blog is about a Blissful Wedding that is approaching.

Counting down to another Blissful Moments of this couple!

To mark our calendar for Year 2010, 17-01-10, Sunday, this couple is tying the knot!

(Note: This is another couple I'm referring to, Z&S)

Venue/Hotel: Yet to confirm

Bridal: Already booked!

Honeymoon: Yet to decide

Oversea Photographer: Propose hubby & myself based on our past experience :p

Wedding Planner/Co-ordinator: I volunteer to be one if they don't mind

CONGRATS BUDDY

A Touching Proposal

Finally, the day came 14-02-09 (Valentine Day) ... a close friend of mine whose boyfriend has proposed to her after a decade of courtship!!!

Wow...sounds romantic! Really! Importantly, they both keep the romance going.

I was excessively happy for them that my tears began to fall ... Congrats!

And the juicy part was, the bf proposed to her with a carat diamond! Can't imagine. The carat looks real big though I don't get the chance to touch but I can tell from the photos on her mobile phone. The diamond reflects light with a brilliant!

Day Surgery: 18-02-2009

The pain was mild! Not as painful as labour pain! No big deal! But gotta leave a scar on my neckbone & this was the reason why I'd been procastinating till this day!

At first, it was just a mini lump then pus accumulated. After some period, the lump subsided and I thought it was gone until one fine day, it relapse once again! Friends reminded me time & time again to get it remove. Worst still, rashes are spreading from the lumps.

Stitches after the operation

Hotcakes

Today's Breakfast:

Guess what? Little Honey finished 3 mini slices while I ate half of it as I was not allowed to eat anything before the operation.

Tang Yuan

Historically, a number of different names were used to refer to the tangyuan. During the Yongle era of the Ming Dynasty, the name was officially settled as yuanxiao, a name derived from the Yuanxiao festival, also known as the Lantern Festival. This name literally means "first evening", being the first full moon after Chinese New Year, which is always a new moon. - Source from Wikipedia

Tang Yuan (Mandarin) is one of my favourite dessert. It's simple yet sweetening to the heart. Mother cooks during the "first evening" & this day, I decided to make my own Tang Yuan.

Ingredients are simple:

Glutinous Rice Flour

Yellow Sugar

Pandan Leaves

Rose Powder ~ to add colouring to the balls

Glutinous Rice Flour

Tang Yuan (Ball)

Pink balls & White balls

Pandan leaves to be added in boiling water

Yellow sugar to be added

Ready for serving once the balls floats on the surface of the soup