超人不会飞

After a torturing long wait... I finally laid my hands on my 超人's new Album! *jumps around the room* Had pre-ordered this album coz I wanted to get the pre-order promotional item.. so happily went to collect the album on the stipulated date on the voucher..

*Thunder and flashes of lightning*

I was utterly disppointed and heart broken... Like a little girl's dream being shattered into pieces.. Not being able to go to the concert was bad, and news that the album release date was delayed was like another stab into my fragile heart... =P Sullen, I went back feeling empty... but but...

I finally went to collect my 超人 few days later.. braving the long and humid walk from office to the CD shop at chinatown~ YAY!

Presenting to you.... the limited edition badges bearing the album picture of each of his past albums.. This is his 10th! =) *claps* proud of him.. haha..

Every one of his albums brought me through my schooling and growing up days.. every tune and song resonates with the memories and feelings at every stage of my life.. sweet, happy, sad, angry, cool, etc~

Happily unwrapping my prized possession.........

Presenting to you, Jay's 10th album: 超人不会飞

guess what............

I've just dropped the lucky draw form - to win the tickets to his concert, into the post box and I hope Mr postman will deliver my golden ticket to the right hands and to the lucky box..

May the lucky hand pick the lucky ME!!

please~ =)

Jean's baby Full Month

A very warm welcome to Baby Ethan~ Jean and Gabriel's precious little one =)

Have known Jean since my Yokogawa days (5/6 yrs ago).. and have met Gabriel since then.. haha.. but of course their love story started way way earlier.. when they were 16? haha.. Jean, Gabriel and others from the gawa clan had gone overseas together to places like BKK, Genting, Kukup, countless OTs, supper and KTV sessions... That was when all of us were younger, and free-er... haha.. Now that all are busy with their own lives, busy earning money, meet-ups and gatherings became lesser.. but nevertheless, seeing them again brings back lots of happy memories.. haha... and everything seemed like yesterday and Im glad we still keep in touch every now and then...

Jean and Gabriel decided to tie the knot 2 years ago... I've attended their wedding and now I've attended Baby Ethan's full month party... Suddenly, I feel so happy for them =) setting up their own little family, step by step...  

Baby Ethan sleeping so soundly.............. Blue=Boy.. haha! Why can't boys and girls all wear green? =P Baby Ethan has his dad's nose.. haha...

Me and the baby~ He's so small and fragile, I'd better not carry him, just in case I plant a baluku somewhere on him.... haha..

Cammie and I.. with the small one in the middle.. and coincidentally, with the parents' picture above his head... HAHA...

Gawa mates unite! Mummy Jean is still as pretty as before.. I still rem her nickname given by us back then... "Pong Pia".. haha.. coz her face is round, but definitely cute and still pretty... haha.. Baby Ethan was beginning to cry when we were taking this pic.. Look at his red red face =P

Desmond (extreme right in the picture above) almost forgot about the full month party! =P I had to ring him up to remind..... omg~ haha...

The proud and happy parents... with the very shy Baby Ethan~ Be good and listen to your parents k... haha!

As they enter another phase in their lives... I hear wedding bells ringing for another member in the clan... Congrats Desmond! Another one getting married......... haha... 

Happy Mother's Day, dearest Mummy~

9th May is Mother's Day... =) We had an advanced celebration few days before the actual day coz Mummy had to work.. But nevetherless, on Saturday, Daddy drove the whole family out for a lovely brunch at Jalan Kayu! haha.. It was a simple, sumptious and oily brunch.. Though there're so many stalls selling prata along Jalan Kayu, we've been eating at this particular stall since I was born.. haha.. maybe daddy and mummy pak tor-ed there during their younger days..

Daddy striking a super handsome pose... With Mummy flashing her beautiful smile! =)

All of the same colour... haha.. almost the same taste, but different filling.. some kosong, some terok, some with meat inside.. haha... prata has so many forms! =P

Dig in! Yummy~

Oh, by the way, our dear Ah Qi has rebonded her hair.... hahahhaa... she's been talking about it for don't know how many months.. maybe years? and finally.. she went to do it.. and guess what?

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I think she looks like me now........ We share the same nose shape, front teeth 'angle', hair length, etc.......... with just the hair parting different.. In short, we're mirror image to each other.. goodness~

Haha... 

But I know she loves her straight hair alot.. Swee lah!

After brunch, we presented Mummy with her Mother's day gift and trotted off to do some shopping before sending Mummy to work.. =)

Happy Mother's Day dearest Mummy~ - From the 3 little pigs + Papa Pig

*which means Mummy is Mother Pig =P* hahahha...........

MBS

Finally, MBS - Marina Bay Sands opened its doors to the public! Another iconic architecture to add another sparkle to Singapore Skyline.. Singapore's Nightview has changed over the years, it has become more colourful, brighter, livelier and I'm sure there'll be more to come in years to come...

I still remember passing by the MBS construction site some time back and it was barely visible from far.. It was basically grey and boring (and dusty).. haha.. small rocks and stones often flew up from the roads (and hit me =P) when Mr Koh and I rode past it.. haha...

Now, we have come to witness it's soft launch...

There were traffic jams everywhere.. Human traffic and car traffic.. both equally bad..  =P That I understand, coz that's what makes us Singaporeans~ We're all excited about its opening!

Me with the stylish hotel..

Beside me is the Convention area.. haha.. The carpet looks posh I must say.. perhaps it's due to it's proximity to the Casino nearby, that they chose red as the main colour of the carpet? Red means fortune ma.. Red was like the theme colour.. red clothes, red underwear, etc.. HAHA! spells "Huat arh!"

Somehow it reminded me of the Genting Casino....... Will I ever go in one day? haha.. hmmm... I wonder...

Shopping was abundant too! Alot of branded stores I forsee.. but most have not opened yet... There are around 3 levels of shopping, with the basement shops looking more familiar to me.. HAHA... casino level boutiques belong to another realm (don't really appeal to me), for casino's big winners to shop their hearts out.. haha..

Throngs of people... everywhere! Thankfully the aircon was working fine.. haha.. If not I'll be drowned in my own pool of perspiration =P

More people...........

We went down to the lower levels to check out what's in store......

The empty canal on the right of the picture looks like some some water pathway.. though it's empty now, I strongly believe that it will be a water canal.. water in fengshui terms means WEALTH! very logical deduction.. haha.. reminds me of the casino in macau though.. coz they have a venice themed casino, with a similar water canal in the middle of the shopping area + casino..

We ventured outdoors to enjoy the nightview....... captivating!

Of course, how can we miss the hotel???

Haha... Everything about the hotel spells posh and style.. The lighting, the deco, the ceiling.. We went "WOAH" for a good 2 seconds.. like some suagu tourists who've never been to a hotel before.. hahaha.. but seriously, I was charmed... =)

Mr Koh will treat me to an all expensed paid stay at the MBS hotel.... *in my dreams*... HAHA!

Check out MBS if you've time... You'll be pleasantly entertained by the sheer architecture and deco.. It'll only get better.. =)

Saturday at Istana!

It was labour day last Saturday~ and I read on the news that the Istana will be open to the public that day!... I've never been to the Istana (having heard much about it since young, but not sure what they had inside), so suggested going there that day! =)

And what perfect weather we had.......

Lush greenery awaits...

Entering the Istana is like entering a massive grassland.. There is no lack of green.. suddenly I feel like I'm not in Singapore.. coz it's pretty rare to find large plots of never-ending greens.. Btw, Singaporeans get in for free that day, while foreigners had to pay a small sum of $2 (I think) to enter the premises..

Entering another big gate which brings us to another large plot of grassland... haha.. The weather was too hot for comfort.. but still better than rain.. =P

As we entered the gates, we could hear melodious music played by a symphonic band from afar.. haha.. and true enough, there was a school band nicely nestled inside the tent, playing catchy tunes to entertain everyone at the Istana.. Seeing how hot the weather was, I had to bring out my 'armour' too!

Though it's black (black absorbs heat), I still need it to shelter me from the harmful rays....... =P

suave conductor... HAHA...

We proceeded up the gradual slope which led us to a white house lookalike building.. haha...

Posing with my lovely 'hor sua' =P and drops of perspiration happily soaked my jeans.. luckily my jean's dark, if not people would have thought I'd pee-ed in them...

We've reached the white-house.. haha.. think this is the place where meetings and conferences are held.. and since we need to pay to get in.. we decided to just stay put and lingered around instead..

Coincidentally, Mr Koh met his colleague there and she was nice enough to help us take a shot =)

Spotted a fountain not too far away from the 'white house'

So before we trotted to the fountain, here's me saluting to say bye bye to the 'white house'.. haha...

To the fountain behind Mr Koh........... charge!

Tadah~ Sweltering heat made the stroll around Istana a little unbearable.. but still people still gathered around to take numerous shots.. haha...

Afterwhich, we walked towards another part of Istana - Victoria Pond.. Which is a little bit off the main area..

Nice red flower amidst the green... Thankfully, there wasnt any mossies in sight..

Erm... if I'm not wrong.. this is the statue of Queen Victoria... haha..

Interestingly, we spotted a pretty large canon, which was a hot favourite amongst photography enthusiasts..

This pretty much ended our sight seeing session at the Istana.. Happy Labour Day to all... glad I'll have my off-in-lieu... =P haha...

My Monday leave after Batam Trip!

I lived like a queen (still) after my trip to Batam.. hahaha... Feeling recharged after sleeping more than 10 hrs the night before, I woke up feeling super happy as I know I have a whole day of activities lined up ahead... on a MONDAY! hahaha...

Since it was raining that morning, we decided to ditch the bike and head for the MRT trains instead.. haha.. and since Circle line's been in operation for quite some time, as Singaporeans, we should try it out and see what's in store! haha... There's not much difference as compared to NEL, but the train is definitely much shorter... a fast and comfy ride!

First up! I've finally tried the buffet porridge at suntec city.. =) hahaha.. though the dishes don't look very expensive, but being able grab so many dishes of different varieties and colours of food made me very happy.. HAHA!

See what I mean?

Wah wah wah............. I'm hungry now..

at less than 10 bucks, I was as happy as a bird.. HAHA! What's more, it was pouring cats and dogs outside while we were having our feast.. porridge on a cold and wet afternoon.. wonderful~

We decided to catch a movie that day and we trotted over to Iluma Filmgarde.. We loved that cinema coz they never fail to disappoint us with its availability of tickets.. haha.. even at the very last moment =P

We bought out tickets and we headed to our favourite arcade =) at the top most level.. haha.. don't think many knew of its existence, but gradually this place has become more crowded.. perhaps due to word of mouth marketing.. We discovered this arcade very randomly on a random day some time back and spent quite abit of money there ever since.. HAHA.. the draw: they dispense tickets for almost every game in the arcade =)

so we have been aggressively collecting tickets since then.. and aimed for a toy to redeem once we've collected enough tickets.. haha..

Our lucky machine that day.......... 400 tickets with a dollar! Lady luck was smiling at us that day... No.. she was in us.. HAHA!

Soon enough, with the streak of good luck.. we managed to collect way more than enough tickets to redeem the toy which we've been aiming for a long time... YAY!

solar powered dancing monkeys!.. haha.. they are so cute.. watching them dance makes me wanna dance along too *dance dance*

Feeling super happy, we went for our movie..

Afterwhich, we went for ice cream! =) But it's super expensive, don't think I will go back there anytime soon, unless it's free.. haha.... We were given 2 bucks discount when we produced our movie stub.. but still, it was still expensive.. haha..

Rocher flavoured ice cream mixed with almonds and gummy bears! yummy~

We walked over to Marina Square after our dinner.. haha.. so that we could digest all the foodies we had earlier in the day =) It was good exercise too... haha.. And since the Helix bridge opened not too long ago, we decided to make a trip there.. to see how beautiful and amazing it really is...

Nice~ I realise the lights on the bridge changes colour.. so it's not blue all the time..

Futuristic!

Our IR, almost completed...

Us~ we had such an eventful day... haha.. What monday 'blues'? haha..

Looking over to the other side.. we used to gaze over from the other side in the past... haha...

Singapore does have a pretty nice night view~ Reminds me of Hong Kong!

Peeping over to see what's ahead... coz they've blocked 1/4 of the bridge.. think they are still doing some final construction... haha..

Go visit the bridge when you're free... It's worth a visit =)