Desmond's Wedding~

Attended Desmond's Wedding some time back, and it's nice to meet some of my Yokogawa colleagues at the dinner =) Haha.. Another member of the gawa-mates getting married~ Not counting Fayn (coz she was already married when we met her.. haha!), then we have pretty Jean who got married 2 yrs ago, who thereafter gave birth to a lovely boy named Ethan recently...

Now, Desmond's getting married.. haha.. really glad that one by one, I see the Yokogawa buddies whom I went overseas with, getting married! =) Next up, I foresee attending Cam's wedding soon~ haha.. Cam if you are reading this, pls overtake that Leon.. haha~

Anyway, it was Desmond's night that evening... Congrats Desmond!

As usual, like all Chinese weddings, his wedding started a little late too... haha.. so I had time to take some pictures of the menu and door gift, which is a nice glass coaster~ =)

Food glorious food~

Caught up with Cam and Fayn who were at the same table with me.. Chatted and chatted.. haha.. until it was time for the newly wed's march in =)

There, can you spot the couple? haha.. We were seated 'strategically' in a corner =P and I was skillful enough to snap a picture of the couple from our table.. haha.. through the gap..

The 3 flowers from Finance.. haha... Fayn still as pretty~ She's a mother already by the way..

As the couple gets ready to toast on stage.. Oh ya, we shared the table with the brothers too! haha.. hearing their stories from the morning when they went to visit the bride, the 'torture' they had to go through.. haha.. I think they were quite lucky, coz the games the jie meis thought about seemed mild.. hahaha =P

Together with the Finance team then.. some of them had already left the company, but we still have fond memories of the times there.. haha! seems like a good company to work for.. some of them have been working there for 20 over yrs already I think.. =)

A change of gown and a change of lighting~ The newly weds walked down the aisle once more...

Pretty bride in a lovely blue gown.. It's a nice gown~ Lovely in blue! 

Finally a group shot with the bride and groom... with the brothers too.. haha! and 3 strangers who were quite quiet throughout.. =P

Grabbed them for a shot... actually our table was their last stop... That's why Desmond's taking a break at our table.. Can see how exhuasted he was.. But I'm sure he's beaming inside =) haha!

Garnered his strength for another shot with us, the 3 flowers from finance.. then... HAHA!

Desmond finally surrendered... haha! With his good 'brother' Minghui giving him a nice shoulder massage~ while Desmond's wife Huixin looked on with amusement.. haha!

Congrats Desmond and Huixin! =) I wish you both a happy and blissful marriage.. hurry make some babies soon! haha..

Birthday celebrations with the girls~

Went for a KTV session with PPG and gang few weeks ago.. haha.. belting out tunes that were always so close to our hearts.. though we do try to keep up with times and learn some new songs.. HAHA!

yay! finally took a secret shot of the girls.. hee hee *victory sign*

Yet another shot! hahaha.. I'm such a sneaky photographer.. hee.. Enjoyed the few hrs of singing with them.. Thanks for the gifts too.. now I have another new bag to add to my collection.. time to keep away the old and tattered ones.. hee! =P

Met up with my JC clique one weekday for dinner too..... It's nice to meet up with the babes, during midweek, to laugh and joke away, and to chase the work blues away.. haha! This time round, we went for Skinny Pizza!! =)

New restaurant, but I seem to have seen similar dishes at this restaurant at House@dempsy which I've visited before.. Strikingly similar, even how the food was presented was the same, the desserts menu/magazine.. maybe they are linked? HAHA...

Anyway, they have special names for their pizzas.. this is called english breakfast.. haha! see that sunny side up in the middle? doesnt it reminds you of a typical english breakfast =) sweet! are you drooling now? haha..

This is some blueberry turkey ham pizza... I forgot the name.. haha.. blueberry jam and ham combination? surprisingly pleasant! =) haha..

We ordered other dishes like pasta too, but these 2 were the more interesting ones we ordered...

Qian Ru and Lifang~ Looking pretty with the food.. haha..

Me with pretty lily~ haha.. who's a tuition teacher now.. =) we worry for the kids.. HAHA!

Huijun and Seetoh who joined us later.. haha.. busy with work =P tsk tsk...

We went to MOF for some sweet desserts...and finally posed for a gp shot before we part.... pretty all in~ HAHA!

Thank you ladies for celebrating my birthday with me =) Enjoyed the company with the babes... Cheers to many years of friendship.. and counting! *big hug!!*

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As part of my birthday week additions.. haha... Mr Koh and I visited I Light Marina Bay.... =)

Those who are interested in Light installations, or would like to find some free yet interesting things to do, do head down to Marina bay area for this event =) it ends on 7th Nov I think...

Beautiful Light installations are planted along Marina Bay area.. stretches all the way from Marina Bay Promenade area to the Clifford pier to fullerton to esplanade to MBS.. in short, it's actually the perimeter of the beautiful Marina Bay~

Saw this light 'garden' at the promenade field... one of the more beautiful installations there =) maybe coz it's designed like flowers.. thus, making everything look more colourful amidst the dark background..

There's a pink tree too! =)

Pink showers.. how nice~ This effect was not intentional.. haha.. it's caused by some limitations of my camera phone.. hahhaa.. imperfectly perfect~ =) I like.. haha..

Now that I'm officially a year older... I hope time will just crawl so that I don't grow old so quickly.. haha..

A simple note to myself: Happy Birthday wor........ hee...

My birthday celebration at Universal Studios! (Part 2)

As continued from the adventures at USS - Part 1 =)

We slowly exited the Sci-Fi city and entered the beautiful streets of New York... (song ringing in my head: "in new york, concrete jungle where dreams are made of... there's nothing you can't do...) =P haha..

All I did was 'wow wow and more wows'........ enthralled by what's before my eyes.. I felt like I'm in some Ang Moh country... HAHA! It felt completely out-of-Singapore!

I think most of the pictures in my camera contained pictures that were taken at 'New York'.. haha.. the shop fronts (just the facades) were soooo cute, and english or should I say American (since it's called New York).. I love every shop... I wished I lived just above the shops....... hee...

Hailing a yellow cab~ =)

Posing in front of a theatre... can you see the yellow cab peeping from the side? haha.. Ppl were just furiously snapping away.. adults, kids, grandparents.. they all love this place.. haha.. although there were so many pictures that we wanted to take, we had to succumb to the evil rumblings of our tummies... hee!

It's lunch time!! =) *so hungry that I can eat him up*... haha..

Without further ado, we headed straight inside the restaurant and made our orders...... and chose outside seating instead coz the al fresco dining was too tempting.. Made us feel like we were in New York... =) cheap thrill!

our pizza and spaghetti... hidden from view... can you spot the yellow cab again? hahaha...

After lunch, it was back to some manual work again~ haha...

For me, it's snapping more pics.. while he drilled more  holes... haha!

How cute!! Where else in Singapore can you find this parking ticket machine? hahaha.. except from my little black box at home?

We continued walking along the streets of New York and chanced upon an old friend.......... Charlie!!

How can we not pose for a pic with the infamous Charlie Chaplin =)

another few steps forward and we saw another close friend of ours... Betty Boop!

What's with the hair Betty? hahaha..

We walked along... and discovered a burst underground pipe... someone call the plumber pls... haha..

Ohhh~ especially cooling on sucha hot day~ hee!

Introducing my fav shop!! The fruit and vegetables store =)...... hahaha.. the fake foodies totally made me happy and light up immediately.. I can almost imagine me doing grocery shopping at this shop everyday if this is real and I live along the street.. HAHA... so cute....

Decided to avoid the main New York street and ventured into the small hidden lanes... Indeed, we discovered a lovely and tranquil backlane...... with other smaller shops and houses.. =) Walking through the lanes felt so surreal.. almost dreamlike! haha.. never would I imagine myself strolling along such lanes.. perhaps in future? =P

So much so that I started posing silly with a lampost which was ridiculously thick.. haha =P I don't want to leave this place~

While Mr Koh had to pose with his yatch at the Wharf~ haha..

Reluctant, we left New York and headed to 'Hollywood'.. to find Frankenstein's Monster~

How dare you strangle Mr Koh! hands off you dirty monster.. haha..

With that, we pretty much covered the whole USS... and of coz covering USS once meant nothing.. we had to make our money's and memories' worth... we went another round again.. to catch the attraction rides that we had earlier missed.. HAHA!

Took a picture with Marty, Alex, Gloria and Melman!

We even went to enjoy a simple carousel ride with the lovely animals from Madagascar.. My personal favourite would definitely be~ Marty! =)

just like a kid... 20 yrs back.. haha..

We walked to Far Far Away land again........ and decided to spend the vouchers given to us.. it's free btw.. it comes along with the entrance tix bought.. we were each given $5 food voucher and $5 retail voucher..

we bought a humungous roasted turkey leg!!.. don't be deceived by the picture.. it's enormous, the length is about the distance from my wrist to my elbow.. go imagine that! hahaha.. of coz, it's proportionate to price.. this leg along with a pack of chips and a large drink costs $12.80 or so...

See Gingy in the picture too? =) I love gingy~ secretly find them very adorable... hahaha...

After filling our stomachs with the leg, we walked along to Sci Fi City again... and took a picture with I don't know who.. haha..

Sure looks like something Lady Gaga would wear... haha...

Walked past the streets of New York and stopped at this shop selling hats and accessories.. 

Yes, this huge hat makes my head looks small... for once =P

And this small hat made Mr Koh's head look even smaller.. hahahaha..

How relaxed~

Skies grew darker... and my heart became sullen.. knowing that night is nearing =p meaning it's time to go home soon.... =(

The castle looks exceptionally beautiful at night too... with the changing lights around the castle =)

Soon, it was time for dinner.... sadly we were only left with this fast food joint as the other restaurants were located at sections that were cordoned off after 7pm =P boohoo~ hence, this fast food joint became the only haunt to find food... haha.. and it's crowedd!

Foodie time! =)

We headed out of the restaurant after dinner and quickly settled for a nice spot near the central 'lake' area... to wait for the fireworks display =)

Who hates fireworks? hahaha...

Haha.. beautiful display of sparks and lights~ =) to celebrate my birthday!! hee...

Not willing to leave USS though crowds were slowly dispersing and leaving, we walked through each and every souvenir shop in USS.. haha.. shopping around like tourists =)

Fooling around again.. haha..

Betty Boop-head me! =)

I really didn't want to leave =P haha.. like a spoilt little brat.. I dragged Mr Koh back to the streets of New York with me... just to enjoy the final moments in USS... as the closing time was near =P haha!

For more pictures with Gingy and a lollipop! =)

Finally, sadly, reluctantly and wearily............... we surrendered and were one of the last few to leave USS... haha! time check.. we spent a good 13 hrs inside.. how amazing.. not sure how we did that, but I guess... it still wasn't enough for us... =P

Thank you Mr Koh for celebrating my birthday with me at USS... It really felt like going overseas and I became a young girl all over again =) hee! (though I am still quite young =P)

Totally enjoyed ourselves that day.. and glad that we took more than 900+ photos.. haha!

Till we meet again.. Bye bye USS! *waves*