Boxing Day

It has been a tradition to allow the kiddos to open their Christmas presents on Boxing Day and I am really happy that Faith kept that in mind.

Early this morning, she actually reminded me about opening her presents and asking me when will be the good time…

Faith      : Mummy, when can I open my presents? It is Boxing Day today right?

Mum     : Yes sweetheart, you can open them today but perhaps after dinner.

Faith      : Huh… how come have to open after dinner? I will be having lunch later right? Cannot open     after lunch?

Mum     : mmmh… don’t you think it’s better to open your presents with the family? We can wait for     Papa right?

Faith      : mmmmh… Okay lor… but I have to wait so many hours until it’s after dinner… I wish we      can have DINNER now!

Mum     : **Eye Rolled**

Baby Emma wasn’t sure what she was doing but somehow happily tearing the presents and smiling when I helped her to open some of the gifts.

 Thank you everyone for your gifts.

Christmas @ Cousin’s Place

It is a yearly affair that we will have a family gathering during Christmas season as one of the bonding session. J

This year, we celebrated Christmas with someone closed missing in the family. My dear Third Aunt who passed away just a day after Emma was born. It was one of my greatest regret not being able to see her for the last time and not able to send her off.

My cousin BG invited us to her place for Christmas dinner gathering but I do feel her presence though she is no longer with us. She was the one who taught and spoke to me in Teochew since I was little and I do miss her pretty much. Mmmh….

I am pretty proud of my cousin BG who single-handedly prepared the food for us with very little help from my other cousin’s helper. Cousin BG, someone whom I know with very little knowledge of cooking could now stirred up a table of delicious food. Thumps Up!!

This would be the 2^nd visit of Emma to cousin BG’s place and though she is pretty much unfriendly towards my relatives but at least, she was comfortable to be left alone to play at least for about 20 minutes. :0)  

Though it was a simple gathering but to me, it was a great session and fellowship the family. Our kiddos are happier in receiving X’mas gifts from their aunties while the adults enjoyed food, talks and laughs.

Merry Blessed Christmas everyone!

MC Annual D&D 2016

This year’s D&D is slightly different from the usual as we celebrated MC’s 60^th Anniversary during our event. Many programs were aligned for this special occasion and I would say I am very happy to be part of the committee.

Since the theme is Glamorous 60^th so, we requested my best buddy Rie to do our make up for the night and man…. she did such a fantastic job! Not only that she was our MUA but also the partner of Jessie so that she can join us for the dinner too.

The crowd tonight for the event made an historical number of 440 guests which is one of the highest numbers! Though the ballroom was able to accommodate maximum tables of 42, we somehow managed to squeeze everyone in and there were still room for walking. J

The night began with the Taiko Drum as the opening and followed by GM’s speech, Long Service Awards and we arranged a cake cutting ceremony to mark the 60^th Anniversary for our company. The cake was distributed to every table after the ceremony and was really happy that it was enough to feed all. J

Before the dinner was served, there was a slide presentation of our company’s history back from 1955 when our company was established. I was happy that everyone enjoyed the slides which I had prepared and I did received good comments for it too. J Woohoo!!!

I was able to enjoy the dinner with old colleagues as we invited the pioneers to join us and with their company, it made the event even more special. The program did not bore us as there were many performances by staff and we added bonus draws in between the dinner to surprise our guest. Besides the bonus draws, we too prepare 25 lucky draw prizes compared to the usual 20 prizes. :0)

 

The entertainer that we chose for the night really brought the whole event to the highest point of joy. Charles the beatboxer, who did such a fantastic job and the whole ballroom, was filled with excitement and everyone was so attentive to his performance. For me, I wanted to bring him home to be my personal radio…. Hahaahahahaha

Thought it was just a few hours of fun but at the end of the event, I felt a sense of relieve and satisfaction for it went very well. I really want to thank the SUPER DUPER GOOD MC Joshua Tan who made the inactive crowd to join in all the games and making them enjoyed the event! Thumps Up! 

A big THANK YOU to my fellow committee members who worked so hard for this event and deep appreciate your kind effort and cooperation!  Cheers!

 

 

Star Wars Craze

The Star Wars movie released yesterday and many of my friends managed to get the tickets for the premier or the opening screening. For me, I would love to go but can’t get the tickets as most of them bought the tickets a month or 2 ago.

Samantha saw the news about the Star Wars Ez-link cards to be on sale today at selected 7-Eleven stores and I rushed down to get the cards this morning! I was Feeling happy that I was their 1^st customer to buy the cards since the sales opened. J

Well, though it’s the Star Wars craze is only for the time being but being a big Star Wars fan, the craze will last me as long as it takes… J

Goodbye Penang

After a wonderful 3 days of adventure in Penang, today marks the last day of our family holiday for the year. At breakfast, our kiddos were not on high spirits as they were told that we will be heading home and no more indoor playgrounds, shopping and chilling with the cousins.

It was a happy breakfast with the family until baby Emma cried as I have stopped giving bread as she had too much… she started crying and I thank her sister Faith and cousin Gen for the rescue as they tried to soothe her and made her laugh again. J

We settled our lunch at the hotel café since it’s was our last day. I thought the food at the café was pretty tasty especially their Hor Fun which our parents ordered. As for me, I took their Penang fried kway teow since I did not get to enjoy the famous one the other day.

It was our baby girl’s first ever flight experience and was a good one from Singapore. I do hope that she will have a pleasant flight back to Singapore later… J

Penang, I am sure we will be back again… J

Penang Adventure Continues

We have exciting program for the family today as we discussed over breakfast this morning. We planned to visit the 3D museum and hoping to check out their famous street paintings.

We set off to the 3D museum right after breakfast and we were lucky to have hired a van for the day since we have a couple of places to visit. Our driver was one super punctual and nice guy. It was by chance that we were connected with him when he took his taxi last night and he started to introduce Penang to us which ended up hiring him for today. J

Our 1^st stop 3D museum was pretty refreshing to all of us as this would be the first time we visit a 3D museum. Hahhaahahaha…  it’s always great to be early so that we can beat the crowd which follows up not too long after we arrived. J

The journey in the museum started off with history of Penang and those war days which did not interest the children at all. But when it reached the objects like bicycle, trishaws and some interactive stuff along the way, the children became very awake and ALIVE!

The background or pictures on the wall were very pretty and what made it more interesting was the turnout in your camera… simply fantastic! Both adults and children had loads of fun in the museum.

After an hour of fun in the 3D museum, we told the guide that we would like to visit the streets where we can see those beautiful wall paintings and it wasn’t far from where we were. The sun was too hot for us to walk the whole street and we managed to get some pictures of the famous one…J

Slightly before lunch, we headed down to Chinatown so that the elderly can do some of their shopping. To our disappointment, there is nothing much to see or buy at Chinatown except for many Baju Kurong. We went to have lunch at the nearby coffee shop instead and the food was good but I wasn’t in the mood as the weather was too hot!

Before heading back to hotel to chill, we went to their local souvenir shops to get some local goodies for our friends back home. Mum was happy to shop and man… she bought quite a bit of stuff despite me telling her that she only had one cabin luggage!

Day 2 In Penang

We definitely had a great night sleep and the kiddos were excited over the day’s program when we told them over breakfast this morning.

After our breakfast, we walked over to the nearby shopping mall it housed the indoor playground. It was recommended by Maggie’s friend who went there recently and told us that it will be great fun for the kids.

The indoor playground was pretty big and the kids should be able to enjoy the entertainment provided for them while the adults and the elderly started their shopping in the same premises. As it was early and many shops were not opened yet but I was still able to get some stuff from the gift shop located beside the indoor playground.

As for luncheon, hubby suggested to head out for Penang’s famous Char Kway Teow while the kids will be taken care of by Maggie & Amos. We went back to our hotel to settle down our shopping bags and took a cab to the famous street that served delicious char kway teow. Honestly, it wasn’t far from our hotel but under the scorching sun, it’s better to get a cab. J

When we arrived at the coffee shop, we noticed that there were many people standing around waiting for seats and I was quite concerned about little Emma might be cranky due to the heat. When we finally got seated, we ordered the famous kway teow, rojak and their ice kachang.

The so-called famous char kway teow was overrated in my opinion. It was tasty but I preferred the one back in Singapore located in Bedok! That is my favourite and will be my only LOVE. J The only thumps up will be the kway teow wasn’t as oily as what we had in Singapore.

After our sweaty luncheon, we returned to hotel and went to chill at the Club Lounge. We were happy that our rooms were upgraded to Club and able to use the facilities especially when our elderly preferred to chill with their coffee. :0)

For dinner, we headed down to Gurney Drive for seafood and it was pretty delicious with good reasonable price. That’s wraps up the 2^nd day of our adventure in Penang. J