B Day @ Clarke Quay ( 4 Jan 2008)

Another backdated post...

Thanks gals (Gen, Rong, Zen, Qian and Ting (ting a pity u cant come, but i will forgive u.. Haha) for the surprise! I really did not expect it.. I thought it was a usual get together before the peak starts...

The turnout.. Thanks gal. =)


Pasta de waraku is really so so only.. Looks rather appealing but the taste is kinda disappointing..

Food pictures...

Gotta thanks all that has send birthday wishes and prezzie to me, especially the follwing...

Thanks Xian, Qi and Fan for the sports top and bottom. Love it.. Xin ku ni men for walking so far to get it for me =)

Min, thanks for the cute bright torch.. U really brighten up my life.

Sp, thanks for the birthday card...

Cat, thanks for the sweet sweet necklace.

Ting yi, thanks for the cute ornament...

I know there are still many more who has send their wishes.. I really appreciate it. Thanks a lot. =)

Backdated post-- Live Tennis Match 30 Dec 07

A backdated post.. Was rummaging through my photos, and came upon the photos..
The story 0f the free tickets goes...

It was a usual Sunday when Ed will come over to my house and just slack around.. We will usually shop around Junction 8 in the afternoon.... While checking out the Nike shop, Observant Ed realise that the outlet is giving out free admission tickets to the Maria Sharapova match that evening with just any purchase...

Just nice, I got myself a Nike pouch at $40++ and we got 2 tickets.. But the clause is that admission is not guaranteed and it is on a first come first serve basis..

So we got home and kiasu us, g0t ready at about 430pm heading to our destination (Indoor stadium at Kallang).. my goodness, it was raining heavily while we were queuing outside since 6pm.. After an hr wait, we finally got in! We got quite a decent seat where we can really see the STARS... a pity, ed did not manage to get home and get the 10x optical zoom camera..

This being my first time watching a live tennis match.. Was initally quite bored at the start.. But I am really amazed that Maria can make such an impactful sound when she do the serving and smacking... The final outcome: Maria won after an intense fight!

The closest photo that I can get Maria from where I seat... (in the bottom left She's dressed in a maroon top )

An Interesting Saturday ( 2 Feb 2008)

Afternoon (12pm- 4Pm): Kranji Countryside Tour

Mum, Ed and I went for this tour after seeing it on a newspaper advertisement. For a $2 shuttle bus fee/person, you can board the hourly shuttle bus from Kranji MRT to several locations in Kranji, e.g. Goat farm, Agrotech, Frog Farm and etc..

If interested, can check out the website: http://www.kranjicountryside.com/template/farmpreneurs.html

Our first stop for the day: Nyee Phoe Petals and leaves...
There is a place where you can do fishing. Qutie a tranquil place... They do sell quite interesting flowers too...

The one in the middle left above, with the orange fruits is called big fruit plant! I was guessing that it is pomelo.. hee. The cactus looks pretty interesting too..

Second Stop: Aero-green Technology (S) Pte Ltd
My mum bought organic vegetables from here. Seriously, there is nothing much to see at this stop. Instead Ed and I were more interested in the grocery shop there. haha.. we tried out the butterhead lettuce juice.. Eeeks... Dont like it.. Too veg taste le... Haha..

Third and Last Stop: Bollywood veggies
This is the most interesting place. They has several difference plants here and they got different plots of land with interesting names like, Go Bananas (All sorts of bananas here, Zen will sure hate it) and Wild Singapore

Some interesting plant as shown below. I did not know that plants has gender too! Male papaya referes to the tree beside it.. It sure is strong and tall!
There is also a 40 clock flower.. Though I did not see any flowers at all... Oh realise the bottom left photos, it looks like a giant vegetable (like a huge Xiao Bai Cai) When Ed pointed it out to me, I cant stop laughing...

We had our tea break at Bollywood veggies.. It sure is expensive and not very nice. The prata cost $1 without the curry gravy and the carrot cake cost $6.. Too soft and wet.. Not nice.

That's all for our adventurous trip to the Kranji Countryside. Kinda disappointed with the place but it is a good experience anyway...

Evening 6pm: Chingay Full Dress Rehearsal @ People's Association

I won tickets to the full dress rehearsal at one of the contest held by Passion (a card for community center. I initally joined to go for dim sum class with Mum). Upon reaching, we got a lunch box and a visitor's pass where we (ed and I) can just roam around and take photos with the dancers... I realise I am considered one of the lucky few (about 30 people in total) who won tickets.. Guess my luck is getting better.

Some of the photos taken before the rehearsal

The full dress rehearsal starts...
This is my first time seeing a Chingay live... I must say it is really interesting and vibrant. I am still pretty excited over the fact that I am so up close with the participants... Lucky me..

New year cookies

Mum and I spend one saturday in Jan baking cookies... Tata.. Our results for the day...