Faith’s First Hair Cut

I have been Faith’s hairdresser for the past two and the half years and usually was scolded by friends for cutting Faith’s hair though I thought it looked alright…


Anyway, we finally brought Faith to the REAL hairdresser near our place. Initially she refused as she was used to having me to trim her hair instead of some stranger. But after much talking to her, she agreed to sit enter the saloon. There was a children’s corner for haircut and special seats & entertainment too.

We were happy to see her seated happily and cooperating with the hairdresser while she was watching Barney. The hairdresser did quite a good job and she too told us that Faith was cooperative enough to have it done faster than the other kiddos.

Faith was happy with her hair cut and told me to take pictures of her. We asked her if she would want to go to the saloon again and without any hesitation, she answered ‘YES’.

CNY Gathering@Jessie's Place

It has been quite a tradition that we will have a CNY gathering at Jessie’s place every year and this year, though not many people could make it, at least some could.
This is one of the gathering I wouldn’t want to miss as I will get to meet my ex-colleagues whom I probably only get to meet once every year. When we arrived at her place this super sunny afternoon, I noticed that she has prepared home cooked food rather than buffet she catered the last few years.

I was pretty blessed that Faith was able to hang out with her God-ma Linda while I hurried to have my lunch. Not long later, I noticed that she was playing by herself with the toys at Jessie’s place. After luncheon, we did not waste any time and started playing cards like the good old days. How can CNY do without card games!!

Before heading home, Jessie’s prepared Yu Sheng for us and it was a great tossing session though only a few of us gathered at the table. This Yu Sheng has finally marked my final toss for the year…

Thank you Jessie for inviting to your cozy home every year… it has been a great gathering!

ADM Dept. Reunion Dinner

It is a yearly affair that our boss will invite us to CNY dinner and this year; it will be his last year. He has been here for 5 years and it’s time for him to leave. We have a new boss and he seemed pretty nice and warm. I really do hope he will stay the way he is.


Linda & I were given the honour to pick the restaurant while boss chose the menu. We decided to dine at Tung Lok Signature located at Vivo City which was quite well known for their good food and services.

When Linda & I arrived, we were given a table right at the corner of restaurant. We requested to change the table as it wasn’t a nice area and squeeze for 10 persons. We were then led to another more comfortable table where we were seated at the heart of the restaurant.

The dishes were served almost immediately when everyone arrived. The first dish was the Yu Sheng where it was one of purpose we came for the dinner. We certainly had a great ‘Lo Hei’ though we were not as loud as the uncles on the nearby table who shouted at the top of his lungs to HUAT!

Our bosses kept us drinking beer and wine… Leng was spotting enough to drink up with both the bosses. The rest of us too had our rounds with the bosses. It was a great ‘get to know’ session as our new boss introduced himself and we found him really witty. He was a total different person at work and at play. While he was in the office, he was really serious about his work and I could see the passion in him. As for play, I believed he is a fun person when it comes to having fun.

We totally enjoyed the dinner and the fellowship we shared. We too also noticed that someone at the table was ‘feeling sour’ like a pot of vinegar! Hahaahah… anyway, not like we are bothered about that.

Leng was really tipsy after all the drinking and mixing of drinks during dinner, despite having tons of lemon slices to keep her sober. On our way home, Leng was really noisy and I do understand as she was high on alcohol. It was quite hilarious when she spoke loudly without knowing that she was somehow the center of attraction on the TRAIN! I was thankful that we have MRT and we were home rapidly!

Site Inspection At Gallery Hotel

This hotel has been around for quite many years and I have always wanted to visit boutique hotels but never had a chance to.


Finally today, sales manager Dervyn invited us to view his hotel and it was quite an exciting trip as he arranged a van to pick us from our office.

The hotel is not big and I did not have high expectation on the hotel as it’s a boutique hotel. We started the inspection by viewing the rooms and though the rooms weren’t big but they were nicely decorated.

After a fun room inspection, we went to their coffee house for dinner. Dervyn kindly arranged their signature ‘Peking duck’ as well as the prawns. Can’t recall the prawn dish but it was very tasty.

We too had Yu Sheng and it was my 10th for this year and still counting. The Yu Sheng surprisingly tasted good as some hotel’s sauces were too sweet. This was pretty good I thought.

As for the buffet spread, you really can’t compare to those restaurants in the five stars hotels. The spread were limited but I would say some of the dishes were pretty nice. This is one hotel that I believed we can recommend for leisure stay and guest who are on budget.

Thank you Bro for the site inspection and the dinner too. *winks*

CNY Gathering At Mummy Florence’s Place

It’s almost a yearly affair that Florence will try her best to open her place for CNY gathering for us. This year, she did the same but it was a pity that majority of our colleagues were unable to visit her place due to their personal engagements.


After mass today, we went to mother in law’s place for Maggie’s 12 days childbirth celebration and we stayed for luncheon. We left for mummy Florence’s place when most of the relatives left in-law’s place after lunch.

When we arrived at Florence’s place, we were welcomed by her and her family members who were already there. She prepared so much food for everyone and it was really nice to see an old friend/colleague. Joanne, Florence’s niece who used to work in my company many years ago… we used to be quite close, heading out to KTV, hanging out for drinks etc…

I am very glad that we still managed to have many topics to talk about even-though we lost touch and only keeping in contact via FB. She certainly made very good Kueh Lapis… really YUMMY!

Faith was pretty shy at first but managed to warm up after quite a long time. In the late afternoon, I was so glad to another familiar faces… Yoshiko and her kiddos… I was happy that she came and at least managed to catch up during CNY.

Thank you mummy Florence for the food you prepared and the warm invitation.

Lo Hei Dinner

Hubby decided to have a Lo Hei dinner with the family and we decided to go to Red Star Restaurant since it’s convenient for our in laws.


I was surprised to see my sis-in-law Maggie who just given birth to her 2nd baby 10 days ago to join us for dinner. Super Power! We decided to order a-la-carte menu instead of their set dinner menu which was not really favouring to our choice of dishes.

We wanted something simple but yet tasty. We had Yu Sheng, braised E-fu noodles, mixed roast meat, Lo Han Zai, sliced fish with vegetables and prawn rolls. They were all tasty especially the E-fu noodles which Faith finished the whole bowl on her own.

After her dinner, it was time for her to bond with her cousin. They hang around the table while we continued our dinner. They were really happy to see each other and can’t seem to get enough of one another.

After dinner, we went for desserts at People’s Park where we completed our Lo Hei gathering.

Goodbye Port Dickson

After breakfast, we went back to our room to do the final packing before we head back to Singapore.


Faith seemed to be upset about us going home after an enjoyable 2 days in this relaxing resort. She wanted to swim for the last time before we head home but we preferred to be home before the weekend traffic.

It was a very smooth and pleasant drive back to Singapore as the traffic was smooth and weather was good too. Faith behaved well and slept almost half the journey and I managed to keep hubby awake by talking to him and feeding him with tibits and snacks we brought from Singapore…

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