Happy 牛 Year!

Our little decor  on the front door

so CNY is here is another 2 days. Cleaning has been done and a lot of goodies has been bought and finishing!! Will be having reunion dinner with in-laws tomorrow and will start the Pai Nian tradition of visiting relatives. 

Also, will be celebrating ah ma's birthday on 初一 and I have ordered a durian cake from Emicake.

Lastly, thinking of going to Sentosa for their annual flower festival. Definitely a crowded affair. The weather has been rather hot these couple of days, I hope the flowers would not wither so soon.

From the Moochs =)

Hunnie's lovely Day 16Jan09

It was lovely, the weather was great. There were happiness all around.

For the first time in my life, I went on stage to do the yum seng thingy and actually roar along with the rest at the jie mei's table.

Maybe it was the alcohol... *hicks*

More pictures here.

Jan 09 Makans

Here's the pictures of my New Year's gathering, Fraser Place stay and makaning for Jan so far...

2009

2009  has waltzed in and it's now 12 days into the new year!

so far, it has been good. We ushered in New Year with Ron and family, managed to see the fireworks (the tall kind) from afar (must really stretched out). Had a lovely dinner with Miz and family on New Year's day and played with Mackie and Tracy.

We went to stay at Fraser Place for 2 nights over that weekend. It was big, 2 bedrooms, 1 kitchen and a nice bathtub. I didn't sleep well the first night though. It was nice and quiet, a resort in a city with free shuttle buses into town and my fave Liang court just a corner away. The breakfast they provided was great, love the scrambled eggs!

CNY songs are being repeated everywhere. Unlike X'mas songs which are actually soothing, CNY songs gives me a headache.. it actually make me wanna shop faster and get out! Haha.

I met up with HC and Purplecreme last week and the lunch cum coffee session was satisfying! Also met Hunnie with Z  who is getting skinnier but won't admit so! Afterwards, we had dinner with Gav and Hubby at Safra Mt Faber's Japanese restaurant.

Went for a haircut and hair colour last week with SY too.

Hunnie will get married this Fri and it would be nice. =)

All snuggled up and still eating!

So X'mas has passed and the new year is coming in 3 days. I'm still having the X'mas mood because we are still finishing up our X'mas lamb!

Yeap! Lamb stew and lamb with mixed peas for Fri and Sat respectively. Lamb tasted very good stewed and fried with Red wine, rosemary, basil and thyme. But too much lamb makes me feel heaty, so we are having a rest today and will have tofu instead.

Anyhow, X'mas was good, we had a party at Ron's place and had turkey and honey ham and lots of veggies and baby potatoes and baked fish. Afterwards, we took a bus to HV and had me a cup of Toffee Nut Latte and him Dark Cherry Mocha Frappacino whilst stock last till end of X'mas season.

The X'mas jingles are now replaced by Xin Nian ge over radio waves and CNY goodies will be everywhere. I'm not really looking forward to CNY but I don't mind buying nice Cow related decos and ang pows and eating pineapple tarts from Prima Deli and Prawn rolls from Bread Talk.

And there will be a wedding in 19 days!

Tiger?

A pretty cat resting above the letter box in the opposite block. Look at her tail, resembles a tiger's.

Merry Christmas!

X'mas eve evening was spent having dinner with hubby and mummy. Hubby bought a lamb leg and I cooked vegetable. Dinner was nice and cosy and it was raining.. really cold and windy. Let your imagination run 10x and the raindrops will be transformed into snow. Haha. 

Lamb with garlic and mint sauce.

Broccoli, asparagus, baby potatoes, baby corns and carrot bathed in margarine and dill.

Here's a little card I received from SPCA, it's cute and made me laugh. Pay attention to the sheep and turkey.

Have a lovely Christmas with your friends and loved ones!

Spread the joy of LOVE and the birth of CHRIST, our Lord Jesus.

Merry Christmas!

From The Moochs =)

Berry Christmas from Miss Strawberry Shortcake!

My Favourite childhood character

@ Tiong Bahru Plaza

OSCAR'S

Last night, Hubby and I went to for an oyster buffet at OSCAR'S - Conrad Hotel. The oysters were plentiful, fresh and were opened by the staffs as you choose.

There were 12 different types of oysters from Australia, France, Canada and Ireland. The biggest and chewy oysters are from Australia; and the France and Ireland oysters have a creamy texture.

I ate about 15 in total  ("0"), ok, that's not really alot. Haha.

 

I enjoyed the meal but I was stuffed really quickly. I ate turkey, lamb, sashimi, laksa and lychee chicken. I also had chocolate waffles (better than the waffles at Melting Pot), gingerbread ice cream (1st time I tasted it, very gingerish, haha), lavender and chocolate mousse and chocolates. No wonder I'm so full!

After we had dinner, we went for a walk around the fountain of Suntec City and took pictures with the Precious Moments figurines. We met up with D & L and chatted with them till 1130pm and caught the bus home.

Don't you  just love Christmas lights? The comfy feeling of the flickering lights? I love December wind and I love the scented candles of Conrad.

Pasta

My family loves pasta and I prefer the tomato based pasta anytime. So once in awhile, my mum would ask " Should we have pasta for dinner?" and I would take my favourite pasta sauce stored in a jar out and proceed to cook!

My all time favourite: 

Leggo's Tomato, Olive and Chilli.

When I'm feeling healthy, I add in chicken meat, but on days when I want to eat more processed food, I add in chopped luncheon meat. I used angel's hair and I topped it with lots of cheese!

I love olives and I'm enchanted by the arrays and varieties of olives at the counters of Cold storage and Market Place. There are so many types to choose from!