Just got back yesterday and we're so spent Sean actually slept from 4pm yesterday till 8am this morning!
It was a bit maddening travelling with a three-month-old, especially in a frenetic city like HK, but it was nice getting away from everything for a bit, watching him take to new experiences and rediscovering old gems of places again, now as a family of three.
Sean was actually very well-behaved the whole trip, perfectly content to be in our arms.
Well, save for the flight there where he decided he hated flying and screamed two-thirds of the way there. Big apologies to you if you were sitting near us that day!
I'll post some pics and short write-ups over the next few days once I get them sorted.
But here's one in the meantime:
I know it's such a touristy thing to do but the silly romantic in me just loves taking the 'old skool' Star Ferry across the Victoria Harbour and soaking in that spectacular HK skyline - no MTR experience can even come close :)
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Baby Matt: 姑妈 brought me out yesterday.
Off to T3 we go! This time round, no need to see 姑丈 and 姑妈 off to somewhere.
Got myself a directory and walked on my own in search of Crystal Jade. Look, no need to hold hands here!
While waiting for 姑妈’s girlfriends to arrive with my playmates, 姑丈 and 姑妈 test me on colors and numbers found on my bowl.
Kristy 妹妹’s mummy, Aunty PF, brought us to a place where we can run around like mad after dinner. I like Aunty PF – she makes me laugh with her funny actions.
Before we were let loose..
we take a group picture — 妈妈s+姑妈 and us babies!
p.s: Group picture from Nat-gorgor’s Daddy.
one more p.s: I didn’t sleep when I got home. Instead, I KTV-ed with 爷爷 and 奶奶. 
18:09 We always end up at @thegardenslug when we wanna chill... Love the mash, wedges & hot choc. twitpic.com/rftij
18:20 @thegardenslug you're not here, are you? =) but we just brought another new friend here who loves your place too.
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Dinner was really simple today.
Sometimes, you don't need to put a lot in a salad for it to be good. Just Romaine lettuce, a handful of baked almonds and I grated in some aged Gouda or was it mimolette from our Europe trip which has lasted for a long time! The salty hard cheese adds a good oomph to the salad - love biting into random pockets of salt chunks.
Dressing was simply canola oil, black pepper, mixed herbs, seasoned salt and truffle oil! It was such a delicious salad! I love truffle oil!
That was our sashimi which was a treat since we rarely buy such a huge chunk of it. B.T sliced all of it up!
Dessert? Half a punnet of strawberries that were ultra sweet!
Note - it was rather light on calories and we had to share a bowl of noodles 3 hours later :p
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Check out the price tag!!
I don't care if the strawberries are hand picked from the highest mountains in Japan, I'm not paying SGD$49 for a punnet of strawberries. Make that 8 strawberries -_-
Strangely, there was this section of premium fruits from Japan in Cold Storage. Insane prices!
We picked up a punnet of American strawberries for SGD$9 - which are really expensive since it's usually half the price but we were craving for it and it looked good.
Grocery shopping set us back at SGD$82 today. But the veggies for roasting will last us for 3-4 meals, likewise for the Romaine lettuce.
Those bottled herbs and spices aren't cheap but we needed to replenish our stock and they do last for awhile. Added paprika and lemon pepper to our current collection - can't wait to use the lemon pepper seasoning.
We also spent SGD$20 on salmon sashimi and a few other items.
I love grocery shopping :)
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On our last night in NYC, we ended the trip with one helluva big bang of a meal. It cost each of us USD$145 BUT, it was really really worth it. There was no ala carte menu and it was all Omakase. Each of us had about 13 plates of sushi, over 20 pieces - no kidding. We were so stuffed that we were struggling towards the last couple of plates.
The selection here is unique. You have all kinds of sushi that you probably have not heard or tasted. For example, blue crab sushi, names of fishes that I have not heard in my life ever. Honestly, I can't write down any of the names because it's been almost a month and I can't in the world remember. The waiter will explain each dish as he serves it and tell you how to eat it whether you dip it into the soy sauce or eat it by itself. But I do remember that the fish was so good, it mostly tasted like butter - smooth, silky and it melts in your mouth. The pictures taken here are not all that we had. I didn't take good pictures as the lighting was dim and the fish uh mainly white and I was too excited to eat the sushi to bother with the settings and getting the perfect picture.
So if you visit NYC and want to savor some true blue Japanese Omakase by native Japanese and don't mind spending on a meal, this is the place to visit. In fact whilst we were dining in the little restaurant, it felt as though we were somewhere in Japan..
Oh. On a side note, I am totally in love with Yuza salt or dip if anyone knows where to get it..it resembles a paste.
( Loads of sushi here )
Sasabune Omakase
401 East 73rd Street
New York 10021
+1 (212) 249-8583
I always prefer sunrises compared to sunsets because it seems to signify a new beginning rather than an end. However, I have taken many nice photos in the evening just before the sun goes down and when it is during Fall or Winter, the serenity and beauty is somewhat highlighted.
The world is really a beautiful place if you can take the time to look at it with different perspectives and allow yourself to slow down and not go through life so quickly, giving yourself time to rest, relax and heal.
Anyone has a good interior designer that specializes in small studio apartment spaces to recommend?
Thanks!
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Because the restaurant we initially wanted to dine in was booked for a private function, we ended up checking out a new Chinese restaurant at Central and were very pleased with what we found!
Victoria Peak Chinese Restaurant. The food was excellent, and so was the service.
( recipe for corn soup )
we also had cow for dinner. a lot of the steak recipes require putting the pan (used to sear the steaks) in a hot oven to finish off the cooking process. but having no oven, we just had to make do with cooking the ribeye steaks over the stove. oh well.
193.5km - 4km at the gym on wednesday and another 4km today.
Was looking at the videos of my ex dance school Studio Wu and felt kinda nostalgic.. This is what I tried to and used to do in University days where I had heaps more time and energy. It was fun.
Videos here
Meredith Kerr hiphop
Raffles City Flash mob (Super cool)
Open studio Mad by Ne Yo
Open studio choon hui to Justin timberlake
Kiss me through the phone
10:07 @missus_teh ps carpark doesn't make sense at all.... so everyone ends up getting trapped waiting for lots.
10:07 @missyT oh, by the time i tweeted about ps, we were driving out of the carpark already...
10:08 @madmoneymonkey that guy didn't look rich at all. and i was surprised cashier didn't double-check if the note was fake.
19:34 surprise yellow-and-black bridal party for @cjred & @sleeptrip in church! success! twitpic.com/ramp5
22:59 Post bridal party hangout at @oriolecafe... Good coffee & desserts, & great service too! Chevy's too high from this evening's excitement.
Follow me at here to get instant updates. Daily twitter feeds are powered by LoudTwitter.Since he has been annoying me for the entire day, I decided to pay it back. I got my chance when I saw the outfit that he picked out for our evening run. I chuckled and waited for him to be fully dressed, then got out mine.
I picked out the exact same Nike Human Race event tee and wore it. We both hate wearing couple outfits and refuse to even wear a similar design tee that is in a different color.
B.T: You did not!
A: Oh yes I did.
B.T: Now we're going to look like twins!
(my shorts was black as well :P)
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B.T: People are staring at us! You are so annoying!
A: They are not! Don't be so sensitive (actually they were :P)
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B.T: Did you see them looking at us??!
A: Hehehehehehe!
As we crossed the road, he held my hand and I burst out laughing and said,
A: Now people are going to say, arww that couple is so cute. Wearing the same outfit and holding hands :P
B.T: -_-
B.T: I'm not going to wear that tee shirt again!
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I win.
But it was all squared out again when we made dinner..
A: Why do I always get the end of the bread?
B.T: Ok you can have mine then.
A: It's okay. I'll take it.
B.T: Wheeeree is myyyy puuuuuddding??? I loooove puudddding!
A: You stupid piece of shit.
We were considering upgrading our mattress and investing in a good one. Afterall, we spend 1/3 of our lives SLEEPING.
Totally in love with our new Tempur pillows, we are wondering whether to get a Tempur mattress or an Omazz. We had a detailed download of the Omazz and it sounds really good too. We tried sleeping on it and it's super plush and comfy but the Tempur is softer. So we don't know. Price wise, the Omazz is slightly more expensive but has a 20-30 years warranty compared to 15 years for the Tempur.
Anyone who is using either brand has feedback?
The nice thing about winter is wearing stockings and leggings and scarves and stuff :)
I really love the Uniqlo heattech stuff! Keeps me warm and snug like a bug. It's even available in leggings! I saw an ad that it'll be available at the new Uniqlo opening at Sommerset 313.
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Chewing on his favorite toy.
These days, my precious keeps himself [and myself] entertained by going round and round in circles. Every night, he will drag his food bowl to the middle of the cage and run around the food bowl in circles.
Uber cute.
Papa asked me to call him Round Round instead of bernbern.
I really want to get another chinchilla as a playmate for bernbern but he's still sick and I don't want to run the risk of infecting the new chin. Its been 6 months and and he still has not recovered.
I've asked myself this question so many times... "Will my lil furball ever get well?"
I have no answer. Neither does Dr Hsu.
I will never give up on you, don't give up ok? Fight with me baby, fight this illness with me. We must win this bad illness ok?
It's a long weekend!!! :-)
Can u believe that I woke up at 8am on PH yesterday?!?
I need to wake up sooo EARLY because I have finally persuaded my mum to teach me how to cook!!!
My mum (*sorry no pic of her) is really a great cook! She can invent/cook/steam/fried/boil all kinds of Yummilicous dishes. And whenever she taste a new dish, she will think about what are the ingredients in it and how to cook the dish.
On my first cooking attempt, my mum taught me how to cook CURRY CHICKEN , STIR FRY BROCCOLI & MEAT BALL with EGG SOUP!!!
And since my Dad is at home, he offer to teach me DEEP FRIED PRAWN!
Step 1 : Chopped the prawns into small pieces.
Step 2: Mix the prawns with XO Powder, Salt & Pepper
Step 3: Deep Fried it to golden brown colour!!!
Yes! You didn't see wrongly! Haha.. I suppose to cook Broccoli but I actually mix up the 2 kind of vegetables. And ended up cooking Cauliflower instead. Heehee..*Blur me*
My mum teach really FAST lorz! We finish cooking the first dish Curry Chicken in half an hour time!
And by 10.30am, we are ready with the 4 dishes!!!
Dar Dar tried my cooking! When he see all the dishes, he couldn't believe that I can cook! Wahahaha!!
He finds that the curry that I cook is a little too watery, should add more coconut milk!
" Very Good try for 1st attempt, room for improvement!!!" - Joseph Dar Dar
After cooking, I spent the whole day packing my wardrobe! I can't believe that I DIG OUT 2 big bags of clothes that I will never wear again!!!
*Oopz! I was soo busy.. Forgot to take a picture of my before/after packing wardrobe!!!
Anyway after a long tiring day, I drag Dar Dar to Canele @ Raffles City for Dessert!!!
YES! I NEED TO JIAN FEI BUT I HAVE SWEET TOOTH!!! :-P
~~ Lemon Tart, Cheese Cake, Rose & 70% Dark Chocolate Macarons ~~
I was wearing Peacock Throwover in White from Bonitochico and we saw this Barbie Doll Exhibition @ Raffles City.
Took a picture with the peacock feather! Wahaa.. so matching to my Top lorz!!
** I am really thankful to both my parents for being so understanding & patience towards their daughter, Me!
** Dar Dar, I promised I will learn to cook more dishes for you ok? ;-)
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A lovely, yet simple idea, this printable cup wrappers help to add a touch of festivity and cheer to your Christmas parties. Print print away! Available from How About Orange.
Heading to China Sq for free screening of Yasmin Ahmad's movie Sepet. Quite excited :)
@ncvbxfgf We almost there. Where u?
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*echoooo of emptinessss*
Sorry about the lack of updates here. Writing here has always been an outlet, but I just haven't been in the right head-space to express myself recently. Tweeting has been filling the gap for me in the past few months, allowing me to share links and the occasional observation or mundane update, but it was never intended to take the place of actual blogging.
I have an explanation:
Sometime late last year, after months of cantankerous and subversive behaviour, my muse finally went on strike and refused to come back until she was given better renumeration and her contract was updated to include new-media royalties... she also wanted her own Aeron office chair, the bitch. She's only recently started to drop by again, although she's still acting pretty rebellious and I'm inclined to believe she might stage another strike anytime, this time for her own mini-fridge.
I wish I had a better muse. Maybe I should put up a post on Craig's List or Monster.com for a new muse. Hm.... that's an idea.
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