National Gallery

Our bossy will be expecting guest later this month and he would like to bring them to a place with good view for light dinner and drinks. We talked it through and finally decided to check out the bar at the National Gallery.

When we arrived this evening, there was a crowd already but we were lucky that we made the reservation for the outdoor seat which was a fantastic choice as the view from where we were seated was absolutely gorgeous!

We ordered some dishes to try out and our best choice went to the burger which was so yummy!! The beef were juicy and tasty. Simply love it! As for the fish & chips, it wasn’t much of what we were expecting and it turned out to the fish fingers instead of the sliced of fish… mmmh… not of my choice if I were to visit again.

The night view was beautiful and I really felt proud to be a Singaporean to be able to live in such a beautiful and peaceful country. Thank God!

Beautiful Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa

It’s been quite almost a decade since my last visit to Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa and I am happy that we are invited to have a site inspection of this beautiful resort by our account manager Van.

When we arrived at the resort, I was thrilled to see how much it had changed. The resort lobby felt so lively and relaxing as we were greeted by our 2 friendly managers who welcomed us with a garland made with shells. It was simple and yet beautiful.

Van started to walk us through the resort from the lobby, ballroom and followed by the guest rooms. When we arrived on the guest room level, I was stunned by the view and decided to take a group picture so we can capture the beautiful sunset.

Their rooms were fully refurnished and I am totally impressed. The room size remained unchanged but the feel of the room was much cozier than before. I love it!

They had a new category of room type which is very welcomed by many… the Family Room which can accommodate 2 single beds or 1 king bed with an extra bed. The rates that he offered to us were simply attractive which includes breakfast for kids, free entry to the kids’ club and the extra bed.

After the viewing, we headed down to their restaurant for dinner. Though the spread wasn’t the best but I would say that I was attracted to their kids’ corner rather… their selection of food was simply more alluring but heard from Van that usually the staff will try to inform guest that the kids’ corner is exclusively for kids only…. Hahahaahah… however, that night, we managed to sneak ourselves to that cool corner and stole some food… kekekeekekek

The overall experience at Shang was great and I would want to stay for a night or two. Now I finally found a resort where I do not need to take the ferry… Woohoo!!!!

Celebrating Gu-Jie’s Birthday

I am happy that we have this tradition to celebrate birthdays for our elders in our family and that is perhaps why our family is able to stay closed.

Today, we arranged a birthday celebration for our beloved Gu-Jie at our Gu-Jiong’s place as it’s always better to have home-cooked dinner than at the restaurants. As usual, our up & raising chef BG (my cousin) and Rosanna (uncle’s helper) whipped up a fantastic dinner for the family.

With all the practices and effort my cousin BG had put in, it turned out to be a pretty good spread. On my side, I could only prepare cake and desserts as I couldn’t find time to cook. L Perhaps I will compensate for CNY.

The cousins were extremely happy during this meet up and they couldn’t stop hugging each other till we commanded them as it was dinner time. They continued to play after dinner while the adults continued to enjoy the spread.

As we had to leave early for Lady Faith’s ballet coaching class, we had the cake cutting ceremony almost immediate after dinner. The kids were happy to sing their Gu-Por the birthday song and they even tried to help during the cake cutting. Happy that the kids cooperated to distribute the cakes and that allowed us to finish our portion before leaving.

Happy Blessed Birthday Gu-jie!! May the good Lord bless and watch over you always.

WTA

Hubby has been dreaming to attend any tennis tournament and finally we had a chance to go for one. Though this may not be any of those Grand Slams or Wimbledon but we are happy that we are able to go for this WTA.

After settling the kids with mum, we went to have our lunch and set off to Indoor Stadium for the match. I was equally excited to watch the tennis match for the first time as hubby and we were hoping that our seats are good.

When we arrived that the indoor stadium, there was already a crowd at the entrance and since we were early, I browsed through their items, I kind of like a few stuff from there. Hubby preferred to get stuff after the game and we proceed to our seats after getting our snacks for the match.

The first match was a semi-finals women doubles and I was really happy to watch once my favourite tennis player Martina Hingis playing in that court. I was keeping my fingers crossed for her but ultimately, the other pair was better and went through to the finals.

After 45 mins of break time, we went back for the singles semi-finals which were such an amazing and entertaining game where both players fought so hard to win the game. There were times when I almost got up my seat and wanted to hit the ball for the player though I have no clue who she was…

This is one fantastic experience for both of us and we are sure we will be back here again next year. J

The Rambutans Meet Up

Everyone is usually busy with their own stuff and it’s really hard to have everyone available to meet. We have tried to arrange a date many times and finally everyone is available! Woohoo!

I arrived at The Ship which is one of our favourite joint and very happy to see my friends seated happily browsing the menu. Well, I got to say that most of the food is nice in this restaurant especially their Sliced Fish Noodles where you have to pre-order when you make the reservation.

We ordered the salad and chicken wings to share and also our own mains. There are so many things I want to try or to have rather but stomach space is limited… sighz… finally, I decided to order their special baked lobster and sirloin steak which is available for today. It was very delicious though the lobster was slightly salty.

After dinner, we went for a stroll but ended up at Zara which was having a Sale. We went to shop on our own within the store but ended up doing stupid things when we gathered. Their winter wears were out and being silly and too filled, we tried them on and actually pretended that we were in winter countries … very funny indeed and we usually happy to self-entertaining.

As the night is still young, we decided to have coffee at 10 Scott but ended up ordering some cheese and bread with coffee. I would say that we never stop eating whenever we gathered. The environment was great at 10 Scott and chatting up till late night was one of those rare nights for me.

I thoroughly enjoyed the outing with my best buds and till the next gathering… good night girls!

Stayover

This would be one of the happiest moments for our kiddos as their favourite cousin Genevieve will be staying over at our place for 2 nights.

The moment she arrived at our place, the kiddos welcomed her with hugs and immediately led her to play with them at our living area. They were playing their play blocks and they were happy to have Gen to join them on their building.

It was indeed a rare opportunity for cousins to stayover at our place and if I would want to have more of such bonding sessions for them as much as possible. With them seeing more of each other will have stronger bonding among the cousins which I had been through when I was younger.

Lady Faith was happy to be sharing the guest room with Gen and I would say this is the first time for her to get into bed without anyone yelling! I went to check on them and found out that they were chatting in bed rather than sleeping.

Jana’s Confirmation

I am truly honoured when I asked by my best bud Bird to be her daughter’s God-ma. I remembered holding Jana in my arms when I visited her at Mount E. and she was so tiny then.

Today, I am sitting on the pews behind her witnessing her confirmation which is one of the important events in her life as a Catholic. I didn’t consider myself as a good Godparent as I did not manage to spend more time her and that made us quite distance. Despite that, she still regards me as her god-ma which I am thankful.

I was so excited for her when I walked with her towards the priest to get her anointing as a sign of her confirmation. After that beautiful moment, she is officially on her own as a grown Catholic. I am sure she will continue to practice her Faith and trust in the Lord.

Congratulations Jana! May the good Lord continue to bless, protect and watch over you always.