lunar new year... those 3 days of fun! (??)

初一

dear decided to visit his mum again this year after the standoff last year.. and i must admit i was real worried abt the reception we will get.. and boy! am i surprised at the warm welcome & hearty laughter of the family, directed especially at ms sweetie..

kudos to ms sweetie for the part she played in warming their hearts.. she was so well-behaved that day, i wondered if she was mine! she addressed them, kept her hands to where they shd be and came up with a few new tricks there.. woah! impressive for my sweetie who was actually down with a bad flu & UTI... will upload the pics of the gathering at my mil's place soon.. once i get them from sil... =D

hmm.. must add that dear & i lost $10 to 婆婆 though.. she was betting with us that my mil will be all nice & happy with her grandchild but we disagreed, taking the other side of the bet. we thought she'd be just cordial... well, who knows! haha.. but i must say i m glad with the outcome though.. it means i can bring ms sweetie to swim @ her place.. hahahaha!

then it was off to my fil's.. simple gathering and he's elated as usual to have all little & old ones visiting him!

then it was back to mummy's place... with most relatives already there! i believed ms sweetie was looking for familiar grounds, esp since she's in need of her nap & after the morning out.. but it was way too crowded.. lucky though that she did manage to nap for an hour or so in the room.. phew! else it would be worse.. haha..


e silly gang... keke.. but i still heart them!


MY sweetie...


五代同堂 5 generations...
great-great grandpa with his great-great granddaughter...


初二
auntie mary invited the troupe to perform the lion dance at her stall and braving a swollen eye (brought on by god-knows-what??), i went down to soak in the atmosphere too.. taking lotsa pics while trying to avoid punctured ear drums.. keke..




ms sweetie engrossed in the lion dance... haha! she enjoyed it sooooo much!

it was off to mummy cousin's (my aunt la...) place.. ms sweetie enjoyed herself watching the kids at the pool and walking up & down the step... haiyo...
dun we just look alike?? i've come to the conclusion that dear & i CONFIRM have 夫妻相, though we knew it long ago.. but with adri, it is more obvious cos we have 2 camps who argue that she looks like either of us.. hahaha.. aiya.. she's our baby, our darling.. it doesn't matter la.. as long as she doesn't have his size.. OOPs!!!



i love this photo! cos i love the 2 of them.. so much!!!

erm.. anyway.. this is how ms sweetie walks nowadays.. crabby... i just hope her character ain't crabby too.. hee..

oh.. and she LOVES posing these days.. look at those corny kiddy poses.. hahaha! they are just soooooooo sweet, aren't they?

初三
anthony 姨丈 treated us lunch @ turf city.. yummy!



one of those poses again... haha!

then it was off to 美姨's place for some R&R... gambled abit with mum & all but my hands are still ITCHY for more... itz just an annual affair leh.. can we have some volunteers out there game for more? keke..

ms sweetie harbouring thoughts of ms notti...

taking R&R literally.. ms notti is clearly enjoying...

...

恭喜发财！！！

祝大家在牛年里行大运。。。

福星高照，心想事成
身体健康，大吉大利

may all wishes come true & let's all have a smooth & wonderful year ahead...

all the best in the year of the Ox!

lots & lots love & regards,
cherie, fabian & adrienne...

reunion dinner with my beloved family!

23.01.09 friday

same location as last year's reunion.. @ amk for the mouth-watering food with the same beautiful family for the same wonderful company... =)

wat made it more meaningful was the fact that we, young working adults paid for the dinner this year!! cool... 4 of us are involved... bro, liang, qiuu & myself... so proud of us! hahaha.. but i hope the adults remember i m still a kid at heart wor... LOL


the table of the young ones...


the oldies with mummy out out the pic on the right.. hmm wonder how qiuu took this pic??? keke...


HUAT ar!!!


ms sweetie wee remaining oblivious to the crazy young adults & concentrated on her own "huat-ing" by snacking on the "gold" crackers from the yusheng.. hiaks!

p.s. credits to qiuu for the pics!!

yet another humpty dumpty dance =D

ms notti is actually ms sweetie

i will not call adri ms notti anymore. at least i'll try not to! haha.. cos she's actually a real sweetie but mischievous in our eyes.. =)

ms sweetie will share her toys with other kids. however, i realised that there are plenty of spoilt brats out there with super irritating adults as parents. these kids will watch over their "territory" like a hawk. and have manners worse than barbarians. and they terrorise adri by smacking her or snatching stuff away from her.

as her mother, i really feel like disciplining these ill-breds but guess it's not my job. i've seen adri's apologetic face as these kids bully her and it hurts me more than anything. i can only carry her away from such stuff. if i'm lucky, i'll hear a word of "sorry" from the parents. more often than not, this word eludes us. all thanks to their 'superb" upbringing as well.

it's ok. i shan't be angry cos i have a very sweet & sensible baby. who will not touch other's stuff if i tell her "no". who will wait for my approval before proceeding to anything foreign & strange. i should be proud of her (though the above mentioned good qualities only exists when we are outside. at home she's still the queen..ha!). heck.. like wat carol said, i shd be glad we have well-behaved & sensible kids! yeah!

and from all the babies i have met so far, i tink the OCTOBER '07 babies rocks!!
mischievous: YES, wat do u expect of kids??
well mannered parents: YES YES!
great kids: YES YES YES!!!

reunion weekend part 1 & xavier's 1st birthday!

16.01.09 friday

i dunno about others but i personally DISLIKE those CNY traditional clothings for kids cos i think they are garish & super duper OTT. they make kids look so much older than they are, when kids shd just be kids.. pure & innocent. ha! so imagine my horror when i saw this red cheongsam in adri's size when i was back at mum's!!! well, it wasn't my mum obviously cos she's even more picky than me regarding such stuff.. it was from a very very nice 姨婆 (granny's god-daughter) who bought it despite protests from mum cos she tot it was cute and she didnt mind us letting her don it only at home for show.. thanks for being sweet! i reali appreciate it & i'll actually appreciate a bigger angbao more.. whahahahahaha! so rude of me.. hiaks hiaks.. *just kidding!* anyway, since we're at it, here are some photos!

so tis is miss adri at the mirror.. unwilling to look at herself in the mirror.. LOL..


adri: so mama, tell me frankly how do i look?
me: erm...well.. u look like a overworked chinese waitress who can't wait to get outta here!


me: yes! u can finally take this off now.. i'd bet u dun like it too.. hahaha!


oops.. another pc from the same 姨婆.. i tot tis was much better but i guess it wasn't ching-chong enough thus she bought 2.. keke..

but ms adri can't take the fashion show anymore!


17.01.09 saturday

reunion with dear's father, adri's 爷爷, my FIL... hahaha..

and he was thrilled cos adri can call him 爷爷... =D

dinner wasn't thrilling though. went to Oasis @ Toa Payoh cos missed their fare but my recommendation to all in future: DUN BOTHER!!! food is mediocre yet expensive. wat a waste of my time! shd have gone to crystal jade with him instead... hmpf!

my pretty princess with the sleepy dad...

with 爷爷!

18.01.09 sunday

adri went for her gymboree lesson in the morning & she was "forced" to walk by herself cos we refused to let her revert to crawling.. poor baby but i tink we've got no choice since we wanna build up her confidence! and i must say she did quite well...

and it was off to Xavier didi's 1st birthday in the afternoon! and itz theme is pooh & friends! cool... and before i forget, thanks Eileen for the great party!!

there were many people by the time we reached as we had waited for adri to wake up from her nap. but she clearly enjoyed the atmosphere esp the balloons!! "ball ball ball" she repeated & repeated.. aiyo!

i dunno wat to comment abt this pic but dear said tis pic make him look so handsome & machiam very slim wor... so... there u go.. haha!

ms sweetie exploring the toys while telling us not to go.. haha!

god knows what she's 怕怕about...

the very beautiful & yummy pooh cake! triple choc & lychee martini.. yum yum...

birthday boy Xavier with very very happy parents!

dun care.. i insisted on taking pics with ms sweetie too.. y must it only be daddy?? hmpf! moreover mummy is so pretty... *pukes*

something cute to share: she loves fishes so naturally we'll bring her near to the fish tank @ eileen's place. we asked if she can touch the water, she waved her hand. so i told her, "yup. u can't touch ok?" and wagged my finger at her. and she copied the finger-wagging action & shook her head along with it.

and at this point, her silly daddy decided to put his finger into the tank. to which, adri shook her head & wagged her little finger at him.. hahahhaah! and poor dear kena smacked by me on the palm in front of his daughter.. LOL.. serves him right though!

i m tired...

i promised myself this will be a blog for my sweetheart adri but let me borrow 1 post and rant.

i m sick of my job!! i m super tired and the enthusiasm & drive is no longer the same.. esp after learning about the pending restructuring of the dept... the resignation of my boss.. the pending but confirmed shared-service which will see 2 headcounts gone... the politics being played out in the dept... i tink enuf is enuf ba?

i m glad i have found a new & better (i sincerely hope & pray for it to be great...) job in such times! however, there's still a sense of loss. esp when tis is one of my longest job. i have never been one to worry abt throwing the letter and leaving just like that. but tis is making me slightly sad. cos i loved the culture & the people here. in better times and before some politics-playing lazybum of a woman (i m trying my very best to avoid profanities in this blog) joined us...

well, the letter has been thrown. the match is fixed. i will move on with a cheerful smile & renewed enthusiasm & drive to the new company! here i come...

hello kitty collection!

i'm going to be so super duper irritating in this post..

i realised 7-11 has just started their hello kitty figurines thingy. and hmm.. dun they look familiar??? i got the whole set from HKG's 7-11 last year in feb!! and itz a full set! must thank my cousin joyce in hkg who actuali sent my missing 4 to me even when i was back in sg. and also the nice aunties at the 7-11 i went to every nite while in hkg. they were the ones who sourced for me watever designs that were missing from my collection and even gave me the extra stamps that other customers didn't want, needed for the redemption of the figurines .. hohohohoho..

so here it goes!

e casing for the figurines.. also opens up to a stage. (dun tink itz available yet in sg..)


the box opens up to a display unit for the collection..


and ta-da! the 14 pcs in the collection!


in case any1's asking, i will let go of this set at the price of $1k! hahaha..

exorbitant? nah.. not exactly... per redemption stamp is given with every $5 spent and u need 5 stamps + $3.90 or 10 stamps to exchange for 1 figurine.. which works out to $28.90 or $50 per figurine.. which in turn works out to $404.60 or $700 for a set.. and it doesn't mean the whole set will be complete cos of repetitions etc.. and even so, there isn't any casing.. hahaha!

actuali the price is high cos i love it alot and am not thinking of selling it.. (unless someone can match my asking price! then it'll be a different story.. i can consider! LOL) else, it remains part of my cute collection... hohohoho...

hello kitty fans, enjoy the pics and go get ur pretty set from 7-11!
non hello kitty fans, pls feel free to laugh at my post! hohohohohohohoho...

ms notti cutie

trying to crack my cam lens with her 一阳指...


ohhh... ain't she pretty in b&w?


checking out my stuff... as usual...


hey u! stop taking pics of me with my chubby cheeks & double chin!


not happy? u can either smack me or kiss me...


erm.. i'm very sure she wasn't pointing her middle finger at daddy on the bed!


running away from the "crime" scene..


saturday @ greenland vegetarian restaurant along upper serangoon.. yummy yummy! thanks 珮姨！

hey! y is it u again?



awww... this is such a sweet sight... daddy holding ms notti's hand while napping...
ms notti must be having a day-mare judging from her expression.. hmm.. mummy love u k?

e later part of sunday was spent with the family again! lunch on weiliang for taiwanese buffet at windsor hotel.. so nice of him! thanks boy!

something super duper sweet happened.. dunno watz up with ms notti.. guess maybe she was still sleepy from her short nap after gymboree.. she was sticky to me initally at lunch and just hugged me quietly for a very very very long time.. i tried to pry her away but she just continued to lean in on me.. awwwwww........ so sweet... and i m soooo happy!! cos i feel i m needed and i m her beloved mum after all the initial calling only "pa-pa" antics! hiaks hiaks...

then it was off to cny shopping @ raffles city with the aunties.. keke.. good fun!