I'm 36!

I have to confess that I haven't been in the best of moods recently. Devastated & distraught - Celebrating my birthday was probably the last thing on my mind. The moodiness was further exacerbated by Meg declaring that she is going to go Pulau Ubin on my birthday with her BFF instead. 

Hence, I declared to my family that I do not want a cake nor a celebration this year. I think my mum was kinda disturbed by it because we celebrate every occasion in this family. Since I didn't want to go out for food, mum decided to order take-aways of my favourite food and have a quiet dinner at home. 

This was way better cos I can have an assortment of all my favourite food in the comfort of my home

I was initially really upset with Meg but she more than made up for it by secretly baking me a gorgeous cake! My mum let me in on the secret that Meg baked it without any help while everyone was out working. The poor girl couldn't find the egg beater & had to do it manually!

Meg even bought a special candle!

With my 2 baby girls. I'm lucky & blessed. I can't ask for more :)

Nothing else matters as long as I have my family with me

My wish? Start slimming down!!!

The cake was so so good! Very moist & not too sweet - just nice :) I'm not saying that just cos Meg baked it for me! It was a very unbiased review. Meg says she got the cake recipe online. I'm really proud of her, I've got to admit that she's all grown up now. I have never even baked a cake in my entire 36 years of existence! 

Happy birthday mum!

Celebrated mum's birthday with a crab feast but sorry no pics of that cos I was too busy stuffing my face :p

Proceeded home for the birthday cake

Family is da best!

And so is mum! <3

A belated celebration continued - Lavaedge

As promised, you didn't have to wait too long for this post :p

Brought mum & Erykca to one of my current hangout - Lavaedge located in Changi City Point

I looove their unique spicy escargots but I'd recommend that you eat them without the pastries though. It's a tad too thick & thus conceals the taste of the escargots.

Erykca agrees with me that it's one of the best Caesar salad we'd ever had. Granted, you should take my opinion with a pinch of salt but never doubt Erykca. She's got one of the best palate around!

The choice for both mum & Erykca

They serve surprisingly good food for a watering hole!

The Ravioli can do with another minute or so of cooking but the plating is so pleasing that I'm willing to overlook that :)

My favourite time of the day - Dessert time!

I know beer is not synonymous with dessert but I NEVER fail to order them when I'm here for drinks in the evening ♥

Their Vanilla Panna Cotta is a must-have! 

I noticed there's a promotion featuring set lunches. So if you're working around Changi Business Park, I'd strongly urge you to go there & give it a try.

However strangely, for a Sunday afternoon, the bistro bar was surprisingly empty. A huge contrast to the bustling atmosphere within the mall. The pricing is definitely not a problem because with all the food & drinks we had ordered, the bill came up to slightly lesser than $150 including taxes for 4 of us.

Definitely no problem with the food, price, ambience & service. So I gathered that this could be due to the location. I think many are not aware of its existence as it's located outside the mall with no directional signages. And for those who do, are probably hesitant to enter, seeing it being empty. Weird human psychology, isn't it? How we always associate good food with crowd or long queues. 

Go on. Take your first step & you might find that you like Lavaedge as much as I do. And maybe I might even see you there during happy hours!

Cya soon peeps! xoxo

Lavaedge Restaurant & Bar

5 Changi Business Park Central 1

Changi City Point (The Oasis)

#01-72/73

Singapore 486038

Tel: 6636 3226 

A belated celebration

With Erykca being away in UK and all, we decided to postpone Mother's Day celebration till she's back. Though it's a little late but I believe mum had a wonderful time. I'll just leave you with some neoprints we took that day but do come back, cos there's more pics in my beloved camera that I have yet to upload.

Mum, I know I've never really expressed it but I love you and appreciate all that you do. xoxo 

Happy birthday Erykca

Happy birthday my dear lil' sis! Missing you & can't wait for you to come home ...... Love you xoxo

Singapore Flyer

I had the opportunity to spend some time with Meg recently & so I decided to add one more category to my blog - 'Family Activities'. It might come in useful to those who're scratching their heads on where to bring the family to for some fun.

So where did we go for our family fun?

But it was a real shame that it was raining cats & dogs the entire day. We could barely see anything afar :(

It was however Meg's 2nd visit & the 1st thing she did was to plant herself at a corner of the cabin to read her book. That's all she did throughout the entire ride. =.= 

Now you see from whom I'd inherited my cam-whoring genes from :p

Lomo-fied

A word of caution. The ride lasts for approximately 30mins but 10mins into the ride, and you'll be wondering how to keep yourself occupied other than cam-whoring.

Check this out! This was taken in 2008. I'd purposely chosen to wear the same top so that I can make a comparison. On hindsight, I probably shouldn't cos it only serves  to emphasize how much I'd aged & ballooned! Mixed emotions surfaced while reading the old post. Sadly, what's gone will never come back. 

Treated all to a nice dinner at Seafood Paradise @ Flyer

Overall, on the yummilicious meter, I'd rate it 7/10

Seafood Paradise @ Flyer

30 Raffles Avenue

#01-01 Singapore Flyer

Singapore 039803 

Tel: 6336 5101  

Opening Hours:

Mon – Fri
11.30am – 3.00pm 

(last order 2.30pm)

6.00pm – 11.00pm

(last order 10.30pm)

Sat, Sun & PH   

11.30am – 11.00pm 

(last order 10.30pm)

Have a sweet merry X'mas!

Savouring the sweetness of the cupcake baked by Meg & Erykca. Feeling the love & warmth of Christmas spent with family.

Merry Christmas everyone! xoxo

Blogged via iPhone

Ester & Ryan's wedding

Meg had just left for Penang with her dad & I'm having real trouble falling asleep without her right next to me. So I'll attempt 1 more post before I head off to bed.

Attended my cousin, Ester's wedding on 29/10/11 (super late post yet again)

Meg & Dylan kicking off the program

Since I'm going to be out of job soon, please do consider me if you guys need an emcee, ok? I'm effectively bilingual! hahaha …….

Erykca's maiden attempt at being an emcee & she did a real wonderful job!

Meg's attempt was really good too! I'm a proud mommy :)

Huat ah! (that's what we were supposed to be shouting, though it sure didn't look it.)

Wishing Ryan & Ester a lifetime of marital bliss!

With the exception of Meg, all of us are cousins. The most awesome bunch of people that I can call family.

The entire extended family from my mum's side ♥