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CNY Kinect Housewarming party

On the 3rd day of CNY, we had a mini potluck party to celebrate the occasion! 😀 It was kinda like a small dream come true because it’s the 1st time BH and I held a party at our home! The feeling was great! I mean… we have like 6 PURE REAL Singaporeans in the same place at the same time! How cool is that! Then again, it would have been better if we had all our Singaporean friends over. hahaha.. oh well.. I was really tired preparing food but it was satisfying to see pple enjoying the food

Photos courtesy of WQ – Thank you v much for capturing the fun times!!





Alvin, WQ,YL made chicken rice!!! super yummy can!!! 😀 thinking of it make my mouth waters!!
Julius ‘da bao’ chicken chop and waxed sauages – very touched that he came though he was not feeling well
I made Pandan cake , cupcakes and stew ( not pictured 🙁 because it was still in the oven ) hehe… I made my stew in the LC french oven!! super nice can!!!

Here’s a picture of me and my carribbean! Very happy that I managed to buy it at craigslist for $120 NIB instead of $240 in stores!




After food.. was KINECT time!



It was super funny to see everyone dance on Dance Central and ‘compete’ in Kinect Sports! So tiring to laugh so much!!!




Thank you Julius for the wonderful ice wine!!!

Everyone who attended the mini party! Huat ah!!! 😀


Next up.. Little Big Planet Party!!! hahaha… bring your PS3 controllers!!!

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Leavenworth in Winter

It was our 1st time to Leavenworth. Finally!! We found some Singaporean friends who are in Seattle and keen to go on this day trip together 🙂 The trip to Leavenworth was abt 2.5 hr long, it’s always nice to travel with more pple.. mks the trip more bearable.

Prior to the daytrip, BH and I were very worried abt the road conditions as the weather at the other side of WA isn’t ideal – It was cold, icy and snowy… roads were closed! However, the morning of our trip, weather seems to be better.. so we happily set off

After a long drive, we reached Leavenworth.
[Sidetrack: I first heard abt Leavenworth from Caryn – who told me that it was a german inspired town. Our first time here would have been with Caryn .. felt so bad and guilty upon seeing this place as Caryn would have loved it!]





Leavenworth at this time is a Winter Wonderland indeed! The place was snowing cats & dogs. I felt like I was trapped in a snowglobe and a naughty child was shaking the globe profusely – The snow was falling around us!! It was a great feeling to see snow BUT too much of it just mks things very inconvenient, wet and cold.

Nevertheless, we braved the cold and snow and walked ard downtown… soaking in the christmas cheer! oh yes… it was super crowded!

Met Frostie, it really came to life!





Picture of Yilun and me .. Yilun is my pri/sec school senior!!! haha.. how cool is that!




We went Wine tasting – $5 and we get to taste 5 different wines in generous amt!




Saw some pretzels on the tree.. haha.. even my Beary mittens want a bite





4 of us in the snow





BH and I outside a cool looking Bavarian Hotel





The bear wants some candy cane!





and it still haven’t had enough…. haha





Many trapped Gingys!!!





Even the signboard have Bavarian feel!




We stayed till abt 4.30pm to witness the X’mas lights ceromony!





It was a pretty sight! 🙂

Finally, last few pictures before heading back to Seattle








(Most pictures in this blog entry are made possible by Alvin! Thanks!)

The trip back to Seattle was kinda rough in my opinion. We walked back to our car, to find it covered with snow – poor Blackie.. it must be shivering cold. We did not have a shovel BUT fortunately, we have strong travel mates who pushed Blackie out of the snow puddle and we started our journey home. It was a tortuous drive as it was still snowing… the roads were filled with snow and ice. I felt our car skid a few times and we were travelling at snail speed. It took us abt 3hrs to reach a decent place for dinner. I’m glad we made it back safely 🙂

A great trip with wonderful company! If only, there isn’t that much snow! I hope to visit Leavenworth on a more sunny day.. haha…hope to buy cherries and peaches the next time round!

Ending this blog post with a cute T-shirt BH bought –





Love the pun on ‘Bear dropping’!

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Thanksgiving weekend

Because of the snow.. BH had a v long weekend. While he worked at home, I had to be the maid – preparing his meals. hmmm.. I still like him at work then I can do whatever I like.. keke.. he’s ‘spying’ on me when he’s home :X

anyway, BH was working and checking on deals.. geez.. he didn’t lay a finger to help at all.. I was super busy and at the end of the day.. tired

so I made Sausage Croissant for snacks one afternoon. Played cheat.. used the ready-made dough..





Impressed that the dough already had triangles on them.. so just roll in the sauages and put in the the oven





surprisingly.. they taste good!!





Only 3 left as the rest were in our tummy!!!

For Thanksgiving dinner.. instead of Turkey, I roasted a chicken and cooked Mee Siam… how Singaporean is that! haha





Julius came over for dinner… pardon me looking so shag.. it was a long day preparing food without help.. boo




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On Black Friday itself, we went to Vancouver with Julius and friends – it was raining.. so sianz.. didn’t do much.. it was a eating trip.. and I think i gained a whole lot of weight already!

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The next day.. BH and I went to get ourselves the WINDOWS PHONE and we saw a notebook on super duper sales so we bought it! It’s probably the most geeky day ever for us .. haha





Beanie came Free with our phone… hehe.. looks good??





If you think iphone is cool… u need to try the WINDOWS PHONE! It’s way cooler! haha… and I’m loving FOTOCHOP app.. Other than that, I’m loving the overall look and simplicity of the device 🙂 At least, I don’t feel overwhelmed by looking at so many buttons/icons .. loving it!

The 1st thing I did was to put Bambi as my screensaver 😀 Happy that I could have all my fave things in 1 place





Bambi mks me smile.. though she can be very naughty.. oh well.. shh.. got her X’mas gifts already!! Can’t wait to send home!!

Okok.. BH & I also went shopping for X’mas deco and tree!!! We didn’t deco ur place last yr coz we were moving.. this yr… we are going to! Excited!!! Will show pics soon!

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Kinect weekend!

This weekend is probably one of the most fun weekend ever!

On Sat. , we went to BH’s collegue’s place for Kinect party!! 😀 hang out and played the Kinect games – Adventures!! So cool!! Love playing 20,000 leaks!! oh.. i was too shy to try out the dancing game on BH’s collegue’s Kinect though 🙁

On Sunday, we met up with Julius for dinner at Din Tai Feng. This is the FIRST + 1 and ONLY Din Tai Feng in Seattle. Oh yes.. the wait was horrible… it took us 3hrs to get a table!!! :O Food is nt as nice as the one in SG …




ok.. This card shows u have to eat the xiao long bao! hehe… interesting!!




After the delicious treat from Julius, we went to his home for…. KINECT!!! o… and I got to tell you.. BH really can dance!! ok fine.. i think i m just bad with coordinating my arms and legs! anyway, BH is GREAT with the dancing games!! woohoo!! keke.. will try to record it down next time!!

Here’s a pic of us playing Kinect Adventure!

Kinect made me feel that Machines are ALIVE!!

That’s not it!! Came home.. checked our letter box and I got this!!



YES!! Won this in a giveaway!! 😀

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Parting is such sweet sorrow

I think the quote above is sooooooo overused by me.. but.. parting was indeed sweet sorrow!Sweet as in BH and I can’t wait to be back to our usual routine but on the other hand, we’ll miss our family and friends

Our families met up at Dian Xiao Er T3 for dinner. My sis rushed down from work – there was some screw up with her company’s shuttle bus so she took a cab down ( which was v ex considering it’s peak hr!) I was v touched! If you know my sis..  she’s quite good at entertaining guests! I know that it must be super weird for her to talk and entertain my in-laws ( who are quiet pple) BUT she did it awefully well! I mean.. it’ll be soooo weird if the dinner table is very quiet! At least for my family, it’s nv quiet when we are together and food is always MORE than enuff.. that’s what I miss abt home.. my home!

I had a wonderful time catching up with my family in SG, even when my sis is working shifts , and is hardly ard during weekends. I guess we mk up on her off days. This time she drove us ard instead of I drive her ard 🙂 She’s grown up!!! 

Erm.. with BH’s family – it was ok..no offence but i don’t feel comfy with his family some how.. their family is very much more reserved.. v v different from my family! I sure hope that MY OWN family is the open type – you know.. those talk alot and laugh out loud type… I attended BH’s extended family’s dinner and I thought of getting to know his relatives personally – his cousins actually said ” iyah.. no need to know our names.. just call us no. 1 , no. 2 and no. 3″ I was like WTF??!! I was being friendly… it’s so different from my own family 🙁

ok.. so.. finally, it was time for us to go into the gate.. i gave my family and dear friends a tight hug.. thanked BH’s mum for buying stuff for us .. held back my tears.. u know.. i’m quite a emotional person.. ohh.. my mum looked so tearful!! 🙁  Crossed the customs, waved our goodbyes.. till 6 mths later!

Bye SG, Hello Tofu-land!

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More meet-ups

I guess I shld quickly round up the meet-ups entries of our SG trips! haha.. it’s getting boring isn’t ? BUT i just thought tt I shld blog abt it.. just to rem 🙂

we went to YY and WT new home.. well.. it was very nice! I was seriously jealous ( in a good way.. haha) coz I know tt our home might not be this nice. BH always gets very upset when I think lowly abt us… but I guess.. it’s just me 🙁

and Aug and Jes is getting married next July – tt’s when BH and I will be back in SG 🙂 we will always be v grateful for Aug who solved our BIG prob at church on 6eptember! I am super happy and excited for Aug and Jes!

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He’s Able (Abel)!

haha.. of course, we need to meet up with our friend who helped us with the BIG move 🙂 Without him, we won’t have light in our bedroom and we won’t be able to move ALL our furniture! Thank you and we are v grateful!

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Reunion after 10 yrs!

THIS IS CLASSIC 🙂

At our old playground, SR Gardens… we met!

I not only got my dose of Sugar Cane juice + Fried Carrot Cake + Stingray ( not pictured) …..

I also got to meet KL!!!!

Really glad that Fel managed to meet us later in the night.. mking the reunion almost PERFECT 😀

“Oh baby tonight, SR Gardens got us falling in love again!”

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OMG LOL ROFL

I went through ups and downs with these girls at work 🙂

Extremely glad that we cld mk time to catch up! A very rare occasion indeed!

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Marina Bay Sands

It’s amazing how much Singapore had changed since we left 🙂

Together with YM, BH and I went to explore MBS – we were suppose to go for this Light Festival thingy .. HOwever, we just don’t see it? haha.. it was fun nevertheless!








No joke.. we collaborated and caught a HUGE fish





I still think MBS looks lopsided. Then again, why would u wanna have a hotdog on top of 3 joss sticks?? heh


Pretty flower blooming in the evening sky


I have to note down that it was extremely hot and humid that day! No breeze at all! We cannot take it.. so we took the taxi home. haha..