Monday, July 12, 2010

Little things that can make me very happy..

There are many little things in my world that can make me very happy effortlessly.

1. Hubby working morning shift on a Saturday:

that means that after Alvis baby's afternoon nap, we will usually make our way to town to meet the Daddy. <3

It was a rather wet Saturday.. It rained when Alvis baby was taking his nap. At about 5pm, it stopped and there was a little bit of sun. While I let Alvis baby snack on his organic raisins and watch Chuggington, I quickly prepared to move out..

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Yummy raisins he loves.

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Indulging..

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Ok, all ready.

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He was an angel that late afternoon. He helped with changing, with preparing and with getting the stroller out of the house. When Daddy is not with us, I can sense the extra helpfulness, consideration and cooperation in him. :)

He ate out with us for dinner that evening... Went to Imperial Treasure after checking Sushi Tei, which was packed and with a long queue.

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As you can see, we were stomping in.. haha. H U N G R Y

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Daddy was still snapping, we were already reaching our table.

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We ordered a fried rice, braised hor fun and another veggie dish...

While waiting for the food to be served..

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Busy with his cutlery

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Even though the angle made my face looked damn round in the picture below, I still wanna share it with all my readers. :)

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Hahaha.. As round as a full moon. :P

After dinner, I went for my waxing appointment while the boys walked around Wheelock..
The therapist was, as usual, shocked to know that I am already married with a kid. Haha. That day, someone on the street asked if I am 18 years old. A cabbie thought I am only 20 and was shocked to see me with Alvis baby on one random morning. This therapist couldn't believe that I am 24, let alone believe I have a 2 yr old son, and married for almost 5 years. Seriously, I frankly, don't think I look that young. I must have been real on luck these days, people just kept flooding me with compliments.

We then headed over to Ion, bought some drinks and then back to Tangs to get our car. Alvis baby sang all the way home. :)

My Sunday was a pleasant one. Except for bedtime, which I will fill you in later.
I was indulging in my Cadbury on my sofa when my prince shouted for me to announce him waking up from his nap. Good timing, because I was nearly finishing the whole bar during that short 20mins. Lucky he saved me in time.

I prepared macaroni for him. He ate it dilligently but didn't finish all. I didn't want to stress over it but was a little disappointed, thinking that my pasta wasn't that appetizing after all.. He looked at me with his hands on my head as I was cleaning his mouth and told me "Delicious" and stroke my hair. My, I nearly cried at that moment.

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His pasta I cooked with all my love. :)

Wholesome of nutrients. Spinach, mushroom, carrot, potato and some very rare crab sticks..

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Ingredients-overdose, maybe? :P

We spent our evening happily anyway. He sat by the window watching the cars that went by... Spotting every car he could..

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My darling. Love him so much. He's so caring these days, we sometimes wonder if he has really grown into a big obedient boy.

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Love his priceless smile and chuckles..
But dont really like his "No" and whining. :P

Pointing out cars to me...
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Then suddenly decided to do some writing...
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Soo serious, like a school-boy
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"Mommy's turn"
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A not-so-glam photo of me. :X He requested to take a photo together. :)
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We went to Compass Point because I thought of buying him some new Play-Doh moulds and accessories.. Shopping was ok, we had fun at the toys department. Walking home was breeze..until bedtime.. He finished his milk and turned into a monster. He rolled on bed, walked on the bed here and there, kicked the quilt, made some noise, laughed out loud, talked alot, and only fell asleep 1 hour later after I scolded him and shouted at him.

I felt terrible. He cried, but that was when he knew that he really had to sleep.
I was almost crying as I watched him drifted off to sleep.. My heart was aching..
I apologized to him and explained that I didn't meant to scold him, I want him to be a good boy.
And he nodded his head in his sleep, my heart went sour. :(

Then I quickly got up and prepared Hubby's supper.. I had told him that I would make him pasta..

So here it is.. His very heavy supper at 11pm. :P

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It was very nice, to be honest. I am very pleased that he finished up everything, almost, leaving only some noodles left cuz it was simply too much.

Bought a new pair of shoes just now for Alvis baby. He spotted this at Metro and commented that he wants something like Daddy's. And his old osh-kosh was a tad too small already, so I got him his first pair of Converse.

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Dr. Seuss x Converse

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Hi-cut Converse, just like Daddy's hi-cut Vans with laces.

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Can't wait for the weekend to put his new shoes on for my prince. :)

2. Hubby on morning shift this week and off on both days of the weekend

Yes. My hubby is on morning shift this whole of the week, off on Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday! This is the most ideal schedule I could ever ask for. This also means that we could spend all the time off work together, family-bonding, dinners together. I can't wait for the week ahead but at the same time, praying that time will slow down so that this week could last forever. <3

3. Hubby's endless smiles

I had quite a long Sunday. That 1 hour to put Alvis baby to bed was the most energy-draining 1 hour the whole of today. He stayed out because I had previously texted him to tell him not to come into the room as I didn't want to distract Alvis baby further. His sweetest smiles to me lifted off all the tiredness that were on me. He gave me a pat on the shoulder and all those smiles just spelt out how much he appreciated everything. It was unexplainable but I am thankful for that. <3

and..there are many other itsy bitsy things that please me all the time without fail and I hope that you have your little things in life that can make you very happy because its these little things that can make you go a long way.

Have a blessed week ahead, readers!

Marina Bay Sands

-9th July 2010-
It was a Friday evening.. Hubby was off and my two darlings fetched me from work. I always look forward to seeing him downstairs. I would always try to speed across the road to his car in my highest heels, of course always praying that I don't trip and fall. :P That evening, I waited for them at the porch, I was delighted to see them both. :)

Hubby had planned to dine at Marina Square, then walked over to Marina Bay Sands because I had yet to be there and then walked back to Marina Square to get our car. I was very excited because it was my first time there.

We wanted to dine at Pu-Tien but the waiting time was approximately 40mins.. Went over to Waraku (not that we like Waraku that much, we don't have much choice), it was crowded as well. Last resort was to Cafe Cartel. We were seated almost immediately but the food took the longest time ever to come. The restaurant was super short-handed.

After dinner, sped over to Marina Bay Sands.

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Hubby wanted to try taking night shots there..
It was rather tough, his first time there at night, plus he "manual-everything" so kinda hard to get the best color, best effect, but I felt it was a great first try. :)

And because it was at night, either his hands must be super steady or the object must be super stationary, it was pretty hard to capture Alvis in the sharpest clearest effect.

Nonetheless, I still love the pictures.

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Using the free tripod we got when we purchased the camera. Not the best quality tripod but good enough to capture a family photo without the help of others. :)

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Alvis and I were self-entertaining ourselves alot while Hubby was snapping away...
We disturbed him when he was focusing on the scenery, to take photos for us. :P

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Alvis baby was extra cheeky that day.. He came up with funny poses, had lotsa fun walking and running around and posing for Daddy of course.

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Our cheeky, cannot-remain-still boy. :)

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Hearts.

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His cheeky smile that night, we had no idea why. And of course, super heart-melting.

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Busy stepping on the red and green lightings on the ground..

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We walked and walked...
snapped and snapped..

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Very nice night landscape and I requested to take a photo just with Hubby Love right at that exact angle..

Look what happened:

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YES.

Your eyes are not playing any trick with you. My Alvis baby ran in and out and in again while we posed for the camera. He stood by himself and then happily ran away and came back to stand at that exact position. But because of the camera mode, it required the object to be stationary for at least 5secs, therefore the effect of Alvis baby on the 2 photos were like shadow -.-"

Though our lovey-dovey picture were spoilt, it never fails to make me laugh each time I look at it.

Still walking....

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Finally we reached the shopping arcade...
Air-con was shiok-est to the max! hahaha..

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Surprised to see many labels there. Because it was rather late already, we didn't really shop... Went to Tiffany to visit Hubby's colleague..

And Alvis baby was acting shy in front of Damien..

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Stuck to Daddy like super glue.. Hubby had to force put him on the table to rest his arms..

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Still acting shy. LOL.

We went home shortly after that. Took a public bus back to Marina Square to get the car cuz were too tired to walk back, it was a great experience and both Hubby and me agreed that we shall go there again very soon to explore further.

Great way to start my weekend. <3

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Tuesday Fun Lunch

It was an impromptu lunch on Tuesday, 6th July. We met Candice aka Candaman (formerly known as Lily) at Bugis for lunch. It was a short but totally fun catch-up. Lunch couldn't be more enjoyable. As Hubby was on half day that day, he came along as well. :)

Wanted to lunch at some tze char place but it's under renovation so we settled for this restaurant call 来来 along Liang Seah Street. It was my first time there, surprisingly, they serve quite a variety of food and food was quite nice too!

Candice and Karina ordered Curry Pork Rice, as you can see, they were very hungry and busy with their food. Candaman called this nose-in-the-rice, adapted from nose in the air. LOL
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Me and Hubby had Braised Pork Rice set that came with a soup of the day. Yummilicious~
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Candid - Just for entertainment. Hahaha.
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Ok, a nice, proper and sweet one. :)

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Miss Candice so much. :S

And last but not least, me and my man. <3

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L.O.V.E_3.V.O.7

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Hope we will still be able to do more lunches like this in future.. Happy lunch. :)

I learnt 2 new short forms today:

M.L.T and M.T.L

Go figure it out.

Happy Mid-Week everyone! :D