clumsy me... and another day out shopping

A few days ago, just as the hub and me were leaving home to go for dinner at the nearby coffee shop, and in my haste and as much as my tiny baby hands will allow me to, I tried to take the purse, tissue and also my water bottle.

In that split second, the water bottle slipped from my hand and went down to the floor leaving a huge puddle of water and a wide gaping hole in my bottle. *sigh* As much as the water is a mess to clear, I sighed for my bottle. I generally do carry a bottle of water with me when I go out and now my perfect size bottle is gone. *sigh*

Yes, we are gng for dinner but as much as possible, I try to bring my own water, since I'm trying to reduce carbonated and caffeinated drinks, bring my own water is the easiest.

Hub suggested getting another bottle since it was so cheap, $7 or so from NTUC but I declined. Seeing the quality of the bottle when it fell from my dining table to the floor and the mess it created out of my clumsiness, only a better quality bottle will suit my needs.

And I know just the brand that I'm gng to get! Nalgene! I have 2 Nalgene bottles currently. A 1L and a 300ml. It's too big and too small for bringing around with me. The 1L is in office, and it serves as my water jug and heater (the AC is amazingly cold!). The 300ml, served me fine till I realized the hub drinks from my bottle when we go out! *argh* This was still fine till our tap water is ermm.. u know... recycled. Since then, I've not refilled bottles at any water cooler nor tap water.

Both bottles have been dropped from various heights (my full height when standing with heels no less) to the floor when filled with water, stored HOT water direct from the pantry and it's still in perfect conditions only with scratches on the outside. I swear by Nalgene bottles for durability and of course the ability to take heat of up to 100 degrees is awesome. I just literally fill the bottle with hot water direct off the pantry!

Hence, today, the hub and I went to Queensway S.C. We were there to check out some Duffles to be muffin's diaper bag, for me to get my Nalgene bottle and also to get my pair of swim shorts.

We saw lots of Duffles, but either the zip is the "U" shaped kind or its too big or too small, just haven't found 1 that suits our needs. No sight of swim shorts in sight too. But I did get my new Nalgene bottle!

Pretty in Pink and woah BPA free too. I thought only babies bottles are BPA free even bottles like these comes w/o BPA now. Such a pretty and nice color too! hahahha..

From the Nalgene Website...
"The Next-Next Generation of Nalgene bottle is here. This bottle has 53 mm opening, making it right between our current wide mouth and narrow mouth. The cap features a molded in loop, providing a convenient spot to clip or a nice finger loop for simple, comfortable carrying. Graduations are molded right into the bottle. This bottles capacity is 24 ounces or 750 ml. The cap also has a soft touch material for easy gripping.

Now made with Tritan

• Extremely durable
• Resistant to staining
• Resistant to retaining odors
• Recommended for "extreme" adventures
• Dishwasher Safe (top rack only)
• Withstands temperatures from -40ºC (-40ºF) to 100ºC (212ºF)
• BPA Free"

Being so near to Ikea, we went there for more of muffin's things and also to rest. Ikea is freezing cold too and the hub filled my new Nalgene with hot water and we used it as a heater! hahaha... it really works very well.

Over at Ikea, we got those plastic soft bibs,1 hard plastic bib set and high chair with removable table for muffin. Ya, very KS I know. The muffin is still in utero and we already gotten high chair... but since we're there, there's stock (coz someone told me, forever OOS wan or missing parts but hor, there were PLENTY, in fact BOXES and BOXES of chairs, legs and tables for the choosing) and while there's no physical muffin + muffin's diaper bag to get in the way, we just buy and store somewhere first.

Time to start heading home the items are bulky and are weighing us down. Put down all the things and rested and mulled over what or where to go for dinner then to our boring J8 again.

And this time, towels and cot bumper for muffin while I finally got my swim shorts.

I'm beginning to feel kind of left out here... all if not most of our loots are muffin's now. And I have a feeling, there's still plenty more of such trips to go!

Been shopping much.

Shopping is indeed addictive and now that I've entered into 2nd tri and with all the great sales going on, we decided that we should really hit the malls to do some retail therapy for muffin and ourselves.

After having kaya roti in Old Town White Coffee, we went on our way to the malls.

First stop, Taka! To replenish my RMK supply of the Orange Gel which I'm using as a night moisturizer. I wanted to get their 2 way foundation cake as well but I realized it din suit my needs as 1/3 of the cake is actually pressed powder which I already have a full version. No point to spend $ on only 2/3 of something which I need.

Went down to Watsons and I got the cheapo ZA cake. Value for money la.

Walked to Robinsons after that and woah. There's a 10%+20%+GST absorb lei! Too good a deal to miss and I stocked up on the cotton pads that I'm using and also got a big tub of the Borgese Hydrating Mask. After the huge discount, it's only around $75 lei!

The price must have been a real good steal coz in the end, I paid for it but I can only get my mask end of this mth! Which the SA promised she'll give me a call when the item arrived.

By then, I'm exhausted and I can feel muffin beginning to protest with cramps. I badly need a break. Very urgently, a break.

It took me close to 1 hour before I feel better. And honestly, the cramps quite scare me. I've never felt it so bad. But it got better after a long rest.

Our last stop, Mothercare. There seem to be a major sale but after we went in, we only came out with a romper pack, socks and pants pack. Everything in neutral colours since we still do not know if this muffin that we're baking is a blueberry or a raspberry muffin.

And to get neutral colors is not really easy. Minus the full whites, there really is not much choice.

I just hope that the detailed scan later this month will show us just which flavor is the muffin that we're spending so much time, effort and energy in baking!

Short evening out

It's been a long long long time since the Hub and I ventured into Orchard on a wk end and on Sat, we decided to do just that. Venture into Orchard!

Was actually supposed to go earlier, like after lunch or so, but after lunch, we both decided to take a nap and by the time we woke up, it was almost 5!

Changed and then we went off.

Oh mann... Orchard IS packed. Very. Packed.

We had a simple dinner at KFC (SINFUL and unhealthy!!!) then walked around.

At the end of the trip, the Hub got himself a new memory foam pillow with a nice name to boot - "Chiropractic Contour Pillow" and I got myself a small 3 drawer tray for my MU as I've shifted my MU to another room complete with a table and chair so I can sit down while doing my MU. The 3 drawer thing will help me organized and keep dust away.

We got a roll of cabinet mat for our cabinets and some toys for our Goddaughter whose Bday is coming up!

Though no clothes, no shoes nothing else for myself, I felt quite happy with the short trip.

Must be because for far too long, I've not gone on a leisure shopping with the Hub and such simple time is really peaceful and feels good!

Jer hit 3!

A few minutes ago, Jer was hitting the new chapter of his life. The big 3. Now, he is OFFICIALLY in chapter 3, 1 day into it to be exact! heee...

Our usual Bday / anniversary celebration is to go for a meal. I suggested Ma Maison at Bugis, but he wanted Seoul Garden. And so, Seoul Garden we went.

Food's ok. But I do think that variety is much lesser as compared to the past.

Only thing I really really dislike is to smell like BBQ. My hair, clothes, bag and even my HP! =( I'm wondering how long its gonna take before the lingering smell clears. *sigh*

Anyway, I was early and I waited and waited and waited. From an empty restaurant, I waited till it was full and still no signs of the Bday boi!

Oh well, at least we had a window seat. Overlooks Liang Seah street. This lane does brings back memories, we used to come here often when we were doing our wedding prep. Our bridal shop is just down the lane.

I was so bored, till I snapped pics of the spanking clean BBQ hotplate and steamboat bowl. And my own reflection from what is supposed to be Jer's seat. I finally can't take it any longer and so I cooked while waiting, I thought he should be hungry by the time he arrives, can start eating no need wait. And when I was done, he's still not here!Fast forward to after dinner and we asked 1 of the staff to help us take a pic.

First shot. I like this shot. Only thing is, I had to crop the pic as the manager of the store choose this moment to walk out and he's in the frame.

Second shot.Blur. =(

So, that leaves just 1 good shot.

Nevertheless, can any of you tell that my left lower eye lid is swollen? I was a little uncomfortable since yesterday but earlier today, it got more and more uncomfortable and starting to irritate me. Towards the end of the day, it hurts a little too.

Sigh... another episode of eye infection I guess. I just recovered from the last one less than 2 weeks ago! Maybe the bacteria is too strong as I let it heal naturally without going to the doc and the bacteria did not clear totally. I guess, I must go to the doc if the swell is still here on Sunday.

But still, Happy Birthday, Hubby! Love you always!!!

4th Wedding Anniversary

Time really flies by quickly and this is already our 4th Wedding Anniversary. So, we took leave on the actual day, 1 Oct 2009, Thursday to spend time together.

Honestly, we did make quite a fair bit of plans.... like Vivo / China Town for brunch, movie, Flyer and then lastly dinner at KPO.

But after working out the traveling and finer details, we decided to just go straight to town for some shopping, ride on the Flyer and lastly dinner.

Headed to Isetan at around noon and we went straight to see if we can get tickets to Cloudy.. I have some Shaw movie vouchers but those cannot be used for the movie and not wanting to spend additional, we decided to not watch any but headed to get my shopping done.

I used up my $60 of Isetan vouchers on Fancl and then we decided to head to McD for brunch.

We could have gone to a nicer place for brunch but I have McD vouchers and we area already going to spend a fair bit on the Flyer as well as dinner so we decided to cut costs and have a simple brunch.

The weather was really nice and we just roam around. Walked over to Ion, spent a short while there and we went to Taka. I was on a quest to Watsons in Taka coz I wanted to buy the MU brushes. I needed badly to wash my 2 brushes at home and I'm handicapped without other brushes... I could have gotten the Body Shop's brushes but those are expensive. 2 brushes would have set me back by at least $50 or so even with discount! The watson's ones only costs me $38 or so for 2 brushes and the quality is quite good. What I like best is that it's eco friendly!

We finally went to ride on the Flyer after getting lost at Ritz... ha! Coz of the F1, there's barricade all round and we have issues trying to find our way out of Ritz!

There's a couple who booked the entire capsule for their ROM ceremony and the capsule is nicely decorated! Quite pretty and so nice, we share the same 'marriage' day! =) Oh.. they went on 2 rounds (or maybe more? I don't know) while we only once. But I guess, 30 mins in the air is enough for us too.

Our turn to get on the capsule and we shared with 3 other foreigners and 4 PRC ppl. Sigh... these PRC are so irritating. Talk damn loud la. The whole cabin can only hear their voice!

But the 3 foreigners are quite nice. 2 of them even volunteered to take our photos for us without us asking!

We had dinner at this Jappy plc, SuKi Ya where we can have buffet sukiyaki or shabu shabu. The meat is nice. Wafer thin and soaks up the soup base. The accompanying sauce is the best! I like it very much! Best of all, it's only $19.90 before GST. No other charges lei.

All in, we had a very nice day. What I enjoyed most was not shopping, the food nor the ride. What I enjoyed the most is the time spent with Hubby! The chit chats, laughter and just the company that we both share.

Happy Anniversary Darling! Love U.

Photo entry

Finally managed to upload the pics from HP and camera into the PC for last week!

Dinner @ Shokudo with the SW Gang. Part of Hub's and my dinner.Some chicken with rice covered in eggs. Not bad.

We prefer the pizza actually, but we were both too hungry and just ate without taking any pics. There was a 1-for-1 promotion that day too. Very worth!

And a pic of our darling God-daughter! My my, she has grown so much!!

She was looking at Godpa (I think) when this shot was taken. No longer has the baby face, now is really a toddler, and very girly too!

And on Monday, when we took a day's leave.

Katong on a Super Duper Hot Day! Very pretty and colorful Paranakan Building.Hub said, "Must take a pic then can show that we're here, you know!" Ok.ok. So I took...for him standing outside Aston where we just had lunch.

Then we went to Vivo to hang out for the rest of the day.

Super glaring, that's why hub can't even keep his eyes open!Here we are sitting at the un air-conditioned portion of The Pacific Coffee.He had the chocolate paradise and I had the berry something.

Surprisingly, even though it was sooo hot, it was rather breezy and we just sat there to laze, ang mo watched.

High Tea

Had high tea buffet with my 2 sisters, mom and Hubby earlier today at Lao Beijing @ Novena Square.

Service was not bad, not much crowd and food was ample. Some of the items on the menu were on the buffet table while the rest were served when we place orders.

The various dumplings and noodles had to be ordered but for a start, each of the dumplings will be served without us having to order and we can re-order as much as we like. But we did not. There are plenty of other things to be eaten and we had our fill.

The only item that we could have 1 serving each is this...

Self wrapped Popiah.

On the menu, it's call "special popiah" or something to that effect.

Erm... the only special is that we got to self wrap lor. What others so special? Nothing what.

Each of us only can have ONE serving, so I told my sisters, mom and hubby that we have to take a pic of our creation before eating BUT hub's popiah was already in his stomach, hence, there's only 4 popiahs on picture.

Clockwise, Top left, Mom's, Youngest Sis, Middle Sis and lastly mine.

We all had a good laugh over our popiahs. Mine's flat and fat! Mom's looks the best.

Of course mine will look flat and fat... look at the liow in mine!

BOUNTIFUL!

We went to Plaza Singapura later on and I bought loads of Japanese condiments that will go with rice, good for those days when I'm too lazy to go to the market and we are too lazy to go out to eat too.

Various Japanese condiments for our choosing, includes a miso soup base somewhere in there.

Of course, I know its not healthy to be eating all these too frequently. So I shall space it out. These are really so convenient for those mornings when we decide to bring our lunch.. just cook rice and pour this on! Or just bring a sachet and do it when we are ready for lunch.

In addition to these, hubby was walking around and he found this.

Knob replacements! Hence, instead of spending more on a kettle, he found the knobs which he can use on the kettle lid.

To give a general idea.... this is how my kettle lid looks like now.

SEE! I wasn't exaggerating when I said my lid was in 3 pieces!

The bad news is, the screw on the knob is too big.... Hubby spent at least 20 mins expanding the hole on the lid. The knob finally fitted BUT, my kettle will no longer whistle.

That flab that is making the whistle is just too difficult to fit in... so either we spend more $ or we live with the non-whistling now.

I guess, since the kettle has no hole underneath and can still serves its fundamental purpose of being a kettle, i.e. to hold water to be boiled, then we shall keep it.

It IS the economic recession after all, though it certainly DON'T look that way when we were in PS.