oops, i think we over ordered again! :P

Looming deadlines, a to-do list that piles up faster than i can tick off and crazily long hours thinking about work. That's how i would describe my life for the past couple of weeks and the weeks to come. At the same time though, it's going to be exciting helping these kids get through one major exam in their life, to help them bridge the gap between school and the life after school.

As busy as life gets to us, one should never forget about time with our loved ones. So here's one shot of our very crowded table of sushi. Mummy, lyn and i brought gramps love to their first Jap meal. Thank God mummy manged to snag a seat next to the 'roll roll thing' (i.e. conveyor belt) :) I hope they had loads and loads of fun!

And more importantly, thank God my maiden journey to Toa Payoh went without harm. Jesse once said, there are 3 categories of bad drivers in Singapore: 1) P-plate drivers 2) Red plate cars 3) Lady drivers. Unfortunately, i fall into all 3 of them. You get the idea.

And here's one for the week. A really stupid picture of Socks and me. If we perm our hair, this is how we would look. Or if we change our jobs and move to UK as guards :)

Have an awesome week guys :)

'The Lord bless you, and keep you;
The Lord make His face shine on you,
And be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace.'

Numbers 6:22-27

a mini weekend get-away

Who says we can't pretend to be tourists in Singapore? :) :)

Just over the weekend Isaiah and myself treated ourselves to a mini break in Fairmont Hotel, Singapore. I like to pretend that I'm a travel magazine writer/hotel reviewer/someone-who-gets-paid-to-stay-in-hotels-for-free person! So sometimes, we try to live this dream alittle. Heh.

We checked in early - where we each rushed some work till about 4pm (!!!) But with the emails sent and our hearts at ease, we happily went swimming in a bid to lose some calories for our major pigging out fest later on.

Prego Restaurant
Fairmont Hotel

Warm lovely bread for starters (which they kindly refilled :))

Tuna carpaccio for starters

Prego Speciality Pizza - Parham Ham, Rocket leaves and cheese i believe

Chicken dish with mashed potatoes that came with Isaiah's set

Glorious Agnolotti (Pasta with minced beef filling)

Rice Tapioca & sorbet ice cream for desserts
light and yummy - absolutely perfect way to end of a really huge meal

The meal was awesome overall. I wouldn't say that it was drop dead absolutely wonderful - but at the same time, the food was just right. Even the heavier dishes didn't give this sense of being too full or too sick of the same dish. Service was absolutely excellent and attentive.

After the huge dinner we went on to catch a movie - Going the Distance. Neither of us can tell you what's the movie about or how it ended because we both fell asleep (!!!) while watching the movie. Even moving our feets and getting back to the hotel, which was just a stone's throw away, was such an ordeal.

A couple of pictures i managed to snagged off my sis' camera (which she still doesn't know i took and i cleverly didn't check to see that the batteries are dying) before we dozed off with happy dreams of our dinner :)

Zonked out!

Pretty hotel toiletries
These Fairmont people dun scrimp on their goods! Their towels are seriously fluffffffy!!

A great breakfast is a great way to start a morning :)

Thank God the hotel was kind enough to grant us late check-out the next morning. So as Isaiah was making his way to work, i had a variety of options - sleep/swim/stone - to choose from. Of which, i did all :))

Fairmont was awesome - albeit alittle on the old side. But with super fluffy towels and old world charms, and for the price we paid, i would say it's definitely worth it. Not too sure if i'll recommend if someone's paying to stay there at full price ($200ish) though. Nevertheless, a much needed break fulfilled and a great way to start the work-filled hols!

treat-yourself sept hols

The Sept hols can be rather unkind to teachers - we have a truckload of marking to clear with the looming marks computation deadlines, admin work blah blah blah and to top off, trying to convince our friends that no, we are actually not that free.

So my besties colleagues and i decided one day to throw away all work and find someplace to pig and chill out (recently there seems to be so many reasons to pig out! Hoorays or what!). We needed somewhere away from the outside world of students and books; somewhere where we can leave the reminder of work far far away from our minds. Almost like a refuge really.

Nuff said. Too many words already. I'll show you what my trusty BB bold camera can do :)

Ps Cafe
288 Harding Road

Happy hols to us all - with whatever that's left of it :)

a little something to warm your tummies

It's been 3 weeks since we are back from the honeymoon, and i can't help but go... only 3 weeks? It felt like a million things have happened since we reluctantly left Sydney, boarded the flight to Melbourne and then got blessed with an upgraded seat in Business for our ride home. There was Christmas, Youth Camp, going back to school, New Year of course and then the dreaded school reopening.

In anycase, i'm hoping to document the Honeymoon here with pictures to show how beautiful the country is. I'm also planning on talking more about bits and pieces of the wedding and what went on behind the scenes! I hope hope!

Just alittle something from the Honeymoon album for the time being. This entry is dedicated to CF who answered my billion and one questions on Tasmania, and then provided more tips and advice. When Tasmania was a blur to us, he was our GPS :) I always remember him going, 'MUST EAT THE OYSTERS AHHHH!' So this one is for you CF, partly to make you hungry, drool and miss Tassie also. Hehehe.

Prossers on the Beach

On our second last day in Hobart, we finally got the chance to dine in Prossers, one of the most highly acclaimed restaurants there. In fact, we were recommended to go there by a fellow chef whom we met in Swansea. The restaurant's so popular that when we rang the day before for dinner, they were fully booked up till closing.

Cooked Oysters for starters

One sentence says it all - the oysters were a-m-a-z-i-n-g! If the shells were edible, we would haven eaten it as well. Imagine, fresh oysters paired with spices that were light yet tasty and heavenly on the tongue at the same time. I want more now!

This piece is entitled - 'Where have the oysters gone??'

To save $$, we shared a main dish so that we can afford to get dessert later on. We were torn between this fish fillet puff thing or a soup thing. Eventually Isaiah settled for the former. To be honest, i wasn't getting my hopes up because its a puff after all. I couldn't be more wrong; the fish was so fresh and tender, coupled with an amazingly light pastry and fantastic sauce. We could go for seconds, thirds, fourths!

Tucking into the main dish. Fish Fillet with an amazing sauce.

When it was time for dessert, we couldn't decide on one that was as appetizing as the meal we had. Thus we thought we might as well have another seafood dish. Even the waitress couldn't agree more :)

And this piece entitled - '... into my tummy heheh'

Looking very happy and satisfied :)



Till the next time, i hope you enjoyed the pictures, drooled alittle and made yourself so very hungry by now :)

the next time i overeat...

Daddy made the most amazing salad :) I practically walked around (quoting my colleague) stuffing my face in it. Forgot to take photo also to make you guys drool.

And now i am so full (cos i also added biscuits and layang layang la) that i'm on a high. Can't do work, can only walk around and disturb people. Next time u see isaiah or me stuffing our faces, remind us that our wedding is in 2 months. *woooots!