Coastal Settlement

Finally tahan until a super long weekend (clearing leave)!!

Yesh.. have a looooong list of restaurants to try... errands to run... activities to enjoy....

Coastal Settlement was the first on the list since it's near our office...

Check out the retro decor... quite unique



Thin crust pizza...

Grilled sausages with mashed potatoes and onion rings..

Food was good.. and the desserts look nice too (but too full to try).. but not really value for money.. slightly pricey for me...

Outback

Hubby brought me to Outback.. My first time.. heee.. so sua ku :)

Got a pleasant surprise when they served warm bread and butter! My favourite! heee.. but as usual... after finishing the bread.. I was quite full liaoz....





Caesar salad was nicely tossed :)

Ordered nachos as starter but it came out such a big portion!... heng ah (not calling you, ah heng) we only ordered one main course.. else dunno how to finish siah...

Tried the ribs... next time will be the steak :) the ribs were nice.. so were the fries :D fresh and not-so-oily kind...

thank you ^ ^

Arrival of Randall

Arrival of my 3rd nephew :D .. he can't wait to come out!.. Was supposed to be an April baby..

 The 2 happy elder brothers... haa.. keep wanting to carry him.. hope they don't bully him lor...

 *carrying very stiffly.. don't dare to move*

So curious to see the world... seldom see newborns keep opening their eyes and looking ard.. heee..

Strange Sightings

Different levels of GangJeongNess

Try at your own risk!

Sporadic reports of transformation to spider

The store that is trying to give 7-Eleven a run for their money

Presidential Pictures

Went cycling for the first time since we transported the bicycles over from Bedok!!! Leisure ride around the neighbourhood and there were some signs of a possible downpour. There was also pockets of area under bridges that were dark and dangerous, so we adjourned to the training ground of the Gurkhas. At least it was easier for their protection job! :o)

We've already showed how an appetizing presidential photo should look like, so this time we decided to recommend a sporty presidential picture. Hmmmm... not too bad I think... after all, not everyone got 6-packs to show off... in fact, a big community believes unity is strength and sport the ever popular ONE-pack physique.

Healthy Lifestyle that Health Promotion Board may endorse?

The initial shoot would be quite demoralizing for the citizens eh?

Lunch at Changi Sailing Club

Had a good lunch with Cass today.... food was delicious (and portion was HUGE).. nice ambience too... enjoyed the cool sea breeze.. so relaxing.. shiok!... we didn't feel like going back office...

My YUMMY penne (chicken + button mushrooms in cream wine sauce).. look at the great presentation.. and it tasted absolutely fantastic!

Great sea view by the beach...

Shld be quite romantic at night too..

Chris' lunch (when I sent him my lunch pics)... imagine the feast is for TWO.... gluttons... scary... hahhaaha..

Valentine's Day

We took leave on 13th Feb (Monday) with no intention to celebrate Valentine's Day, which in actual fact I did not remember at all. Yes, I am a boring husband and we do not celebrate particular anniversary, birthday, whatever day. We just enjoy ourselves whenever wherever.

Since we were on leave. Suggested to go try the Suntec porridge buffet that Debbie has always wanted. So in a sense, that was pre-Valentine's Day meal. With no one to snatch seats and definitely cheap enough hahaha... Check out the spread!!!

I think we may go again someday because we did not get to try everything. I love the fish porridge though. Considering our leave plans, we may have another chance pretty soon! *hiak hiak hiak hiak*

We were working on Valentine's Day itself and actually, most people were! Hmmm, I gather most people would be celebrating this commercial day after work. Facebook should be spammed with a million pictures on 15th Feb... For us, it is just appreciating a picture that I found and sent to her.

Post Valetine's Day meal followed... (Hmmm, it seems that we celebrate more than one day now!!!)

Any time to eat is always a good time eh?

Imagine photo of Mr & Mrs President in the whole country like this?
Everybody see already also happier and more shiok ah!!!

(But for some reason, it is always an enlarged IC photo. Why ah?)

Iron Man

Iron Man - Protector of the World

Iron Man - Housekeeper of Avon Park

Traditional Chinese New Year Dish

Something that we (MUST) eat every Chinese New Year!

It's a lot of hard work to prepare this actually, but Mum always do it with love :o)
I show my appreciation by eating a good 2-3 bowls! Not including the da bao packs of course!!! Can eat this all the time, just that cannot find any as nice as my mum's cooking!!!

There were a number of other CNY dinners that I had, but I did not snap pictures for most of them, except one. This was with the last bunch of Singaporeans I worked with in Shanghai. It was a feast at Ah Yat Seafood... poor little piggy... *gobbles*

Happy CNY!

 Reunion Dinner at Civil Service Club.. Super large servings!! Had to dabao half of everything! Look at our stuffed faces and round stomachs...

Gathering at Grandma's place... Mama Loh machiam advertising chee ku chips and bak kwa.. hahaha!.. Sis' stomach getting bigger n bigger!.. We will have a new family member soon!

Chris looks the same every year.. like 16 yr-old boy.. so stressful for me.. to maintain and stay young looking.. soon I'll look like an elder sister to him... time in invest in bird's nest, masks, collagen drinks, botox and....



Photo below taken 3 yrs ago!.. Same right??!!??.... maybe slimmed down a bit? :)) Benjamin Button Tan....





New Household Helper

Highly recommended by Andrea. No more dirty hands and spins the mop quite dry, I must say.. suitable for our wood laminate flooring :) No more squeezing the sponge mop!

My new helper! :D (in addition to my Rainbow vacuum cleaner..)

Victoria Peak

Some things always happen to the places we go, or the places we eat. Hahaha, not sure why though. But Egypt, Japan, New Zealand, etc etc... Perhaps we have an impact to the world. This translates to the food area too. New stalls/places where we try the food, they close down not long after! Even though we think some of them are quite good too!!! How come like that???

We had dim sum at Victoria Peak in Suntec not too far back. Pretty good actually and not many people. Buttercup decided to organize her meetup with the January birthday babies there on Sunday. The phonecall to make reservations was responded with a "they do not operate here anymore" kind of effect. Just days after only!!! Strange that the restaurant people do not inform us though. Should they not try to keep us as regular customers? (Or perhaps they heard about our fierce reputation?)

A nice photo of the whole group there with smiley baby!

This was outside the restaurant. Nice bright colours. Wonder if anyone else knows it is there. Anyway, perhaps this is not the last time that we will be there. Orchard Central does seem to have quite a number of places to eat. Yummy!

Happy 4th Anniversary

Happy 4th Anniversary, Mr & Mrs Prawnkid Buttercup Tan-Loh!

4 years and counting!!! :o)

What Do You Catch At A Fishing Pond?

To date, we "caught" two sets of PS3. Of course sold one (and keep the better one lah)!

With the support of our fishing buddies and a loan of some points, we logged our next "catch"! It will be ready for collection on 18th January 2012 :o)

Now I need to look for a good screen protector and a nice cover...

Looking forward to the days of bigger mushrooms, bigger slimes, bigger words and bigger smurfs?

New Beginning to the New Year

It's the new year and something new MUST happen! Otherwise, what is the point of keeping to the calendars, other than tracking when is the next time you can go on a holiday? So what is the something new for us?

It is the creation of a joint blog.

After all these years and procrastinating efforts by both of us to keep up with our individual blogs, we suddenly thought of just having one. So both of us can blog whenever we want to and be updated together. After all, we spend all our time together! :o)

I guess, it is goodbye to siaocharbor and prawnkid blogspots and a big welcome to The Buttercup Prawnies!

Stay tuned!