Faith’s Creation

When I came home this evening, my little wonder came running to me telling me that her Elmo went to the beach. At first, I was puzzled and told her that I will hear her out after my shower.


She patiently waited for me outside the bathroom and was excited when I got out. She showed me to the living room and to my surprise, indeed, Elmo looked like he went to the beach…

On the floor, there was a white towel with some blocks as pillars, an umbrella and some food in a bowl. Elmo was found lying down seemed to be enjoying the sun… hahaahahahah… it was indeed a funny sight but I would say that she is pretty creative.

Casual Dinner

It has been in the planning for couple of weeks and finally so many obstacles… we finally got to meet for this dinner. Our dearest mummy Florence was able to meet us despite her busy travelling schedule.


Linda & I met her at NEX before heading to the restaurant. When I first noticed mummy Florence, I was surprised that she got a hair-cut. Later did I found out that that was actually a wig which she bought from Korea. It looked very natural and nice on her.
We went to La Pizzaiola for dinner and that would mark mummy Florence’s first visit. She browsed through their website before visiting and she thought the place was nice and cozy. Leng & I discussed and I placed the order finally.

While we were waiting for my hubby to arrive, we ordered the egg plants, burratina & focaccia bread as our starters. It was quite a good time for the three of us to catch up on stuff before hubby gets here.

After hubby arrived, we ordered the mains like squid ink risotto, squid ink pasta, mixed pizza of tuna & spicy salami and the beef cheeks. These are some of our favorite dishes in this restaurant.

I really enjoyed dinner with them and thank my friends for joining us. Mummy, wishing you a pleasant and enjoyable trip to Europe. See you again when you get back ya. 

Rie’s Birthday Lunch

Our dear friend Rie celebrated her birthday two days ago and today, she gave us a lunch treat. Leng, our ‘Food Director’ kindly went to get our luncheon for us. They bought our lunch from Far East Square which Daphne recommended one of the popular wanton noodles.


They also bought other dishes from another restaurant. We had a simple gathering at our very own dining room and we were happy. The food was pretty good though the wanton noodles were not as tasty.

After our lunch which ended pretty early, we went to the infamous meeting room where we took many silly pictures with the birthday girl!

Happy birthday Rie once again! I hope you enjoyed the luncheon & the photo-session! Thanks for the lunch treat! hahhaahahah

SVDP Outing to Melaka

The team of SVDP at BSC organized a members outing to Melaka and hubby gladly signed us up for the trip. I remembered the last time we had a dinner gathering instead of travelling. This would be the first time for us joining the team.


Woke up early and assembled at BSC Church to wait for the coach. I was feeling sleepy and tired but Faith was all awake and excited. We had a great & smooth coach ride from SIN to Melaka as our tour guide & driver were fantastic.

Our first stop was in JB where they stopped us for breakfast. We went to this simple coffee shop where we had our breakfast. The food was cheap and pretty tasty. After our breakfast, we continued our long journey to Melaka.

When we finally arrived in Melaka, we went straight to the local Chinese restaurant for our lunch…food was great. Our tour guide Richard told us that our rooms at Hatten Hotel are ready and we happily checked in after lunch.

This would be our second time staying at Hatten Hotel. We visited Melaka with our family last year and we stayed there. The rest of the group went out for some shopping while I preferred to stay in with Faith.

The coach came to pick us up to St. Peter’s Church for sunset mass. It is our first experience to attend mass. The St. Peter’s Church was built in 1710 and till date, it’s about 303 years old. The place is very well kept and it really has the traditional church feel when we stepped on the church ground.

After mass, we went for Peranaka dinner at one of the popular restaurant where they considered one of the better ones. The dinner was pretty good and our little Faith enjoyed dinner even though she only had eggs with rice. We finished our dinner early as we tried to avoid normal dinner time as many will be celebrating Mother’s Day.

True enough, the crowd started flowing in by the time our dinner ended. Richard then suggested that we should take a walk at Jonker Street as it will be cooler to walk in the night than the day.

I remembered the last time we went to Jonker Street during our visit, it was in the day and it was so hot that we did not even enjoy ourselves. This time, we walked slowly and noticed that there was quite a lot of stuff to buy and see. As usual, I bought some (in fact) lots of goodies from San Shok Gong… that’s part of the reason why we visit Melaka. Lol

After a tiring and fruitful day, we went back to hotel to rest… Good Night Melaka!

A Pleasant Surprise

I decided to be home earlier to finish up some packing for our weekend trip to Malacca than to shop around after a long days’ of work…


After dinner, I sat down to chill with Faith while she was watching her shows on YouTube. She was showing me some other videos like how they made a rainbow cakes & cupcakes. This is the usual quality time I can spend with her daily after work.

When her papa returned from his dinner at his parents’ place, she told him to open the store room to get her school bag. Hubby was puzzled and did as he was instructed. She opened up the bag and brought out a card… she then held papa’s hand and walked to me saying… “Mummy, I made this for you… this is my heart… you see, nice?” I was really touched by the gestures and how thoughtful my little wonder was.

I asked her if she did that all by herself and she told me that Teacher Priya helped her to write the words and she did the decorations… Cool stuff…

Thank you darling for the lovely Mother’s Day card which made the occasion such a meaningful one!!! I love you very much little wonder!

Lunch At Xi Yan

Since my new boss, Yatomi-san took over as our new DH, we made it a point to do a monthly inspection to new restaurants. We went to Wah Lok Cantonese Restaurant last month and today, I brought him to Xi Yan.


This would be my second time visiting this interesting restaurant. It’s more like a private dining where they will only entertain guest with reservation and menu to be pre-ordered. I remembered my first visit was with Minowa-san & Linda where I had an enjoyable lunch.

Our first dish was their signature Greenhouse tomatoes in wasabi sesame which tasted heavenly. I remembered that taste on my first visit and it is still the same. THUMPS UP! Our soup was Ginseng, red date & chicken. The soup was a clear and very extremely DELICIOUS! These two dishes were their starters for any pre-ordered menu.

Our mains were braised pork belly with stewed mushroom… it was YUMS though the pork belly was rather fatty. The sauce was great and not salty. The Dory fillets in spicy lemongrass sauce were pretty good too though it was deep fried but somehow it was oily.

Next was the spicy basil noodle with mushroom in special wine broth. This soup noodle is fantastically tasty! I love the soup as it was light and fragrant. Last but not least, our favourite of the day… their dessert. It was their signature tang yuan in aged ginger soup. Their tang yuan was different as one of the tang yuan was filled with black sesame and the other was the salty egg yolk which was SUPER GOOD!

This is one of the fine restaurants that I would recommend to boss for their entertainment for it is very private and quiet. THUMPS UP!

Ramen For Lunch

Today, we decided to visit Orchard since I have stuff to get at Takashimaya. We usually spent our Sundays near our home so that we can be home beating those traffic jams in town area.


We reached Takashimaya early and decided to have our luncheon before the shopping to beat the lunch time crowd. We walked and check out some eateries and ended up at this corner which served ramen. Baikohken Ramen is located at a very corner of the basement where their tables & chairs are mixed with other Japanese stall. Very small area with limited seats.

We waited for a short while before our seats were ready. Shortly after we were seated, our ramen were served. I ordered the miso chashu ramen so that I can share with Faith while hubby ordered the Tan-tan spicy ramen. We were very shocked to see how big portion our ramen was and I was really thankful that I was sharing the noodles with Faith (though she is not a big eater).

The ramen were served in big bowls with toppers like chashu, egg & vegetables. At the look of it, I began to feel full… LOL… the ramen tasted fine but not as good as the ones at Marutama. The soup was not too salty but not as tasty.

This would be one place that we might not visit again due the limited seats and the not so tasty ramen.