i m a millionaire!! yoohoo!!

just in case u are wondering if i have been dreaming too hard, the answer is NOPE and i am REALLY a MILLIONAIRE though in the terms of RUPIAH and in Batam and not in SG! hahaha...

went to batam over the weekend with dear for a short short short getaway.. itz not a bad trip though and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves despite the short time we spent there!

booked the hotel & ferry with holiday bagus and topped up only $15 per pax for a land tour which includes seafood lunch! woah! well, the seafood ain't that fantastic but c'mon! wat do u expect of $15 anyway? LOL..

here we are, cam-whoring on the ferry, at the ferry terminal & at the hotel grounds.. (which btw, is harris resort @ waterfront batam)

we checked in, dump our bags and went for the day tour! 1st stop: Balerang Bridge.. hope i didn't get the name of the place wrong..

nice structure which oversees the nearby islands! beautiful! just like me.. hiaks hiaks!


then to the authentic, licensed polo ralph lauren shop (not the local indonesian polo brand wor!) for some shopping b4 having our seafood lunch at golden prawn restaurant.. and then after the lunch, we watched some local cultural performance. thereafter, it was off to some local produce shop and then the temples for praying...

the hard work that these performers put in... opening a coconut with bare teeth, eating glass and jumping thru' fire hoops.. aiyo...

and then.. the cam-whoring starts again on the bus! dun think we are trying to act cute wor.. we are just trying different poses with our hands to hide our fat faces!! hahaha... dun u tink we look slimmer already?

erm.. sorie for the act-cute poses of both of us.. cldn't help it... =P

at the Tua-Pek-Kong Temple and the largest Buddha Temple...

check out my silly, goofy smile. this is something never to be repeated again! hahaha.. i just wanted to look like the laughing buddha.. hoho..

and off to Batam City Centre for shopping! must buy items: toothbrushes, shavers, cotton pads and pads! hahaha.. they are soooooooooo super cheap here! ORAL-B toothbrushes are only less than $2 for 3!! and the model is one of those top of the range one okie? haha... Gillette shavers for him & for me & razor cartridge costs us less than $12 for all 3 items!!! piangz.. in SG, 1 would easily cost $10 +...

anyway, after 3 hrs of shopping, we were whisked back to our hotel and as I have made prior arrangements with Isabella Massage House (near Nagoya Shopping Centre), we were picked up by their staff for our spa session.. very excellent service provided by the staff! they even fetched us to a makan place called A1 for our dinner while they waited to send us back once we were done.. and dat was already close to 12am batam time!

introducing our cosy cabana room at harris resort b4 we head back to sg...

we had to take the earliest ferry back though as we were meeting the family for lunch @ shin yeh @ liang court.. thanks lilian jiejie for the drool-worthy fare! yummy taiwanese cuisine, here i come!!

ooohhh.. missy seems to love the food! or is she playing with it??

in case u are wondering watz e bowl of thing doing in these pics.. itz my fav dessert, OR-NEE!!! dun u like the way itz presented? so enticing!

missy taking her after-lunch stroll around the place.. i know i know the pics are blur but i just love her smile!


and last but not least, have u eaten a SGD$18.50 loaf of bread??? piangz.. we found it at meidi-ya supermarket!!! our dearest lilian jiejie actually bought 2 loaves of it to be shared amongst us!! omg.. datz $37 for 2 loaves!!! itz called buono bread by the way...

missy's new fringe... courtesy of mummy!

mummy is on leave from blogging and me, missy wee is taking over today.. showing off my cutie image..

mummy decided that she has had enough of my messy fringe.. and she refused to bring me to the hairdresser cos she is trying to "tahan" and let my hair grow long.. (just in case the hairdresser decides to snip my hair too short.. can't take dat chance!.. haha!)

"mummy, am i prettier now?"


"quick, give ur comments la..."


"what do u mean by 'i have to think abt it'?? grrrr..."


"hee.. so finally u nod ur okie.. i m the prettiest and cutest!! heehee"

have a great weekend to all pretty aunties, handsome uncles and other kiddos like me out there!!!

xoxo,

missy...

random updates...

some random updates on adri…
p.s. dun mind the funnily-worded and no-linked entry.. like i say.. random random updates nia.. in order to assist in my c.m.i. memory ha!

she has learnt 3 diff languages.. english from ourselves, mandarin from her grandma & cantonese from her great-grandma.. so she’s kinda speaking in a “rojak” way.. hope she can differentiate them soon enough though! keke.. i dun mind the use of all 3 languages cos this is the best time for them to absorb, isn’t it?? ha..

1. i was greeted with her “bei ngo” (canto for 给我 which used to be “gim-me”) & “daw jae” (多谢.. it used to be “jae jae” or “k-you”.. new canto version now..??) on fri when i went back to mummy’s place.. ha! “bei ngo” wat? her new toy from ah-liang: ultra huge air-filled hammer which she has taken to whack us on our heads every now and then.. er…

2. telling us to “go back” or “go away” with that oh-so-cute expression and hand gesture of hers..
3. and surprising us by saying“不要” to her milk bottle when we tried to feed her b4 her music class.. and not forgetting her “keep” and hand gesture to keep the bottle.. keke..

4. her "auntie" actions when she went into her room with the lights off and realising that we were not following her.. she went "哎哟。。。怕怕哦。。" and then started to saunter out.. wahahaha!

5. and this little bossy fella wun hesitate to ask u to do things her way.. when she plays the music on her tricycle, she expects us to clap along with her.. else she'll just point to the culprit and go "papa" or "mama"... or while you are carrying her, she'll start on her "go there" x many many times till u comply...

i can tell she’s trying hard to piece all words together to form a sentence now.. but itz all very broken.. so itz reali so funny to listen to her trying to make sense of her own words.. haha! and she has been calling “mama” non-stop each time i call home.. and from her tone, it seems like she reali has something to tell me but can’t put in in proper sentences yet, thus the non-stop “mama”… aww… how sweet.. i am sooooo looking forward to the say she can tell me she miss me or love me while i m at work.. haha! i know itz a long way to go.. but i am so looking forward to it.. hee..

and another thing, she has taken on another trait from me.. she LOVES shoes.. erm.. how i know? from how she’ll eagerly sit down at those kid boutiques once i say i wana buy shoes for her… from the way she refuse to take off a pair of new shoes once itz on her… from the number of shoes she has at home… aiyo… and.. she loves crocs.. seems to be bringing her the best comfort… hahaha! thanks to her great-grandma who bought it for her.. ha! those crocs i bought? paiseh.. she can’t fit yet.. dumb me buy too big.. think it will most likely collect dust for another year or so before she can fit.. but that hasn’t stopped her from trying them on and attempting to walk around the house in them.. aiyo…

so this little one has gotten both our features including the ugly noses, our fiery & stubborn temperaments, my clumsiness & shopping traits.. wonder wat else does she have from us? hope it’ll be the good points from now.. LOL! if we have any ba… hahaha..

little sweetie baby, mama loves u!! muacks…

new bicycle & bruise???

finally itz her last play class at gymboree! haha.. dun get me wrong wor.. i like the classes but cos this last set has been dragging for more than 3 months due to missy falling ill due to vaccinations & the short trip & some other activities.. so woah! itz done & settled at last..

dear & i hv been thinking abt where to bring her next for classes.. and we decided we'll continue with gymboree.. haha! not play classes now.. we signed up for a set of music classes.. seeing how much she loves dancing & singing (in her own baby language), i certainly hope she will enjoy this! *fingers crossed*
and in order not to let her feel weird for coming to gymboree without stepping into the play area, we are going to bring her for playgym prior to music class! hope this works too.. hmm.. will update again next week after her class! keke

now... back to the BICYCLE (or rather TRICYCLE)

while digging out my old photos for the previous previous previous post on whether missy looks like me, he was complaining abt the tons of toys i have esp the cars & bikes.. whahahahaha! and he cldnt take it anymore and decided while on our way to hkg that he's gonna get adri her tricycle once we are back.. and yes, this crazy man dragged the both of us out on a stormy saturday noon to get the tricycle for missy... and missy's look (as my dear fren has described her nephew's look) was PRICELESS.. haha.. she refused to let the tricycle out of her sight even when i had to carry her to get into the lift while dear handled her new toy...

tis is the 'hao lian' missy with her toy.. even her act cute pose is so posey.. she's not even smiling! piangz.. act cool... haha..





and the bruise mentioned in the title has NOTHING to do with this new toy of hers though..

it has everything to do with her notti-ness though... ha!


she has been quite fussy the whole of saturday, no thanks to dear irritating her while waking her up for gymboree in the morning.. she went crazy in the evening and used her forehead to almost break my nose bridge twice.. then she proceeded to smack me.. and of cos such notti acts called for some smacking by me.. and she was unhappy and venting her frustrations while walking out of the room, after mummy.. and cos she wasn't watching where she's going, she walked straight into the door frame!!! and thus her super big buah-luku.. aiyo!! heartpain sia.. but luckily it subsided pretty quickly after applying the cream.. so phew!




and... we went to harry's @ dempsey for dinner.. food standards reali dropped at this branch but still had a great dinner cos itz with the family! and with compliments from 珮姨。。。


missy was so funny... she was very mischievous and wanted to walk ard the table while we were having our dinner.. but haha! thanks to 舅舅who always have a way of making kids behave with his fierce looks, missy was quite good thru'out..

nearing the end of the dinner, i wanted missy to drink her water.. but our dear miss just started playing with the straw with her tongue.. but when 舅舅 sat up to talk to guan, she quickly slurped up her water.. whahahahahaha

missy & her sunglasses...

3rd day onwards... till home sweet home!

3rd day 30.03.09 monday: 长洲

bro still had to go with my aunt for one last tomb-sweeping at my dad's birth mother so we were free for at least 2 hours in the morning. thus the 3 of us & missy decided to go to lai chi kok as recommended by sam for some shopping at the fashion wholesale centre.. good place to go to for a feel of the trends to look out for but dun get ur hopes too high abt stuff that u like as not all shops do retail business.. argh... i loved one beautiful bag and as all who knows me, not getting the bag i like can really infuriate me!!! pui! angwee.... hehe.. but not for long though as i had loads of other stuff to keep me going.. at least for now.. (though i m still tinking abt the bag right here in sg... sigh...)

after we were done, we were off to take the ferry again to cheung chau!!! yoohoo!! my favourite place in hkg cos of the fresh air and seafood and lovely view! and as the "抢包山" festival is coming, there were loads of merchandise on sale: for the 平安包.. and bro kena cheated by me & got me a "bao" cushion.. which i love! haha.. thanks bro!

while waiting for the ferry...

on the bus & ferry..

the crazy parents.. us!

while waiting for the ferry & on the streets of cheung chau..

and we visited another aunt & cousins of ours.. then SHOPPING for more clothes and then another sumptious dinner with loads of mantis prawns which i lurve lots & despite my allegry to too much seafood, i whacked lots & lots of it (and dear was of cos surprised.. cos he has obviously NEVER seen me eat so much prawns in one sitting & i didnt even need him to peel for me!! hahaha)...

then the half-hour long ferry back to e hotel... for some snooze before the shopaholic takes over me tomorrow as it seems that itz the only free day for me to SHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4th day 31.03.09 tuesday: shopping!!!

1st off to brekkie, then to fa yuen street.. and i bought almost all of the available girls' designs for the little missy... and continued to "cheat" mummy to pay for some of them cos i m obviously hoarding my own cash for more of my own shopping.. hiaks hiaks! and dear managed to get 3 tees for himself at this overpriced but super good quality tees shop while mummy got herself a pair of jeans after we warned her we wun change any hkd for her in future if she dun start shopping for herself.. haha..

the loot for missy...

then to mongkok, langham palace for shopping at the "eluding singapore" h&m.. woohoo! and as usual, ms not-shy managed to "hook" up with one kor-kor of abt 3 years old who was very happy to have found a playmate in her while the mothers shopped.. hahaha! and erm.. mummy complained abt me taking too long cos she disappeared for 15mins and got 4 tops at edc while i was still stuck at h&m after 1 hr.. oops! love u mummy!

and then next stop was "sneakers" street in mongkok too.. for my bro's shopping.. but as usual, he hasn't quite made up his mind abt what to get as his kobe's nike shoes were all SOLD out... hurhurhur.. poor dear...

and then back to hotel for some rest and to tsimshatsui for dinner with my cousins!

missy in her ducky bath which i bought for this trip cos she hvnt started to learn bathing standing up.. hee.. washing up b4 the dinner!

my cousins! & bro with cousin & aunt at cheung chau..

then, our last stop for shopping was at tsimshatsui itself, with me buying more clothes at a boutique before venturing to adidas where bro finally got his 1st item for himself.. a cool jacket!

and off to granville street! my trustworthy street where i literally stepped into 2 boutiques and came out with bags full..

one good thing i realised abt a tight shopping schedule is that: u just buy!!! if u can't fit, give it to someone who can but u JUST BUY!! haha.. and lucky for me, all that i bought, i managed to somehow still be able to squeeze in.. LOL...

5th day 01.04.09 wednesday: home sweet home

brekkie as usual.. then walked to tsimshatsui for more shopping though most of the shops ain't open yet, i still managed to grab 1 more piece!! hahaha...

and it was a frantic morning search for nike sandals for who else but my dear & my dear bro!!! aiyo.. these 2 men didn't seem to be able to make up their mind earlier and now?? both want the cute sandals.. so.. we had to walk all the way back to harbour city to get from the nike shops there and phew!! they were opened earlier and lucky they had their sizes.. keke.. so we were back to the hotel, all happy with our shopping!

and my personal shopping loot? 19 pieces of clothing! or is it 22? some accessories and some cosmetics.. hohohohoho..

so off to the airport happily where we got some foodstuff to bring home to sg for friends & colleagues.. and there is a disney shop in the departure hall of the airport!! woohoo.. mummu kena "cheated" again to get me a set of keyrings.. and i got myself a bracelet and a princess 'lego' set for missy.. then HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yippie.. feels great...

missy all prepared to check out and off to the airport!

the toys from the 7-11 auntie and the disney princess set dear got for her at the airport..


oh.. before we go... here's missy in her favourite position of all time! tink her flat foot helps alot in this stance.. LOL..

packed 1st & 2nd day to hkg!

what a packed back-to-back trip to hkg!!

1st day 28.03.09 Saturday: OFF to HONG KONG

missy seems to know that we are going on a trip! she was in a super great, happy mood for the morning! 美姨 & 珮姨 sent us to the airport.. and as itz美姨’s birthday (happy burp-day!!!), we had a little breakfast celebration @ ya kun before the flight.. hee…

missy at t3's ntuc for some "shopping" 1st..


on flight! missy slept for about 2 hours.. phew! she is still under the weight allowed on the bassinet (weighed her b4 flt: 10.2 kg! finally hitting the 10 mark.. ha!).. however, she is too ‘long’ so she slept with her legs bent or over it.. haha! funny sight to us but she's quite a poor dear.. hee… however, guess she's too tired too bother with the leg-room or lack of it...



the afternoon was ‘burned’ cos we were waiting ourselves silly for my aunts to call us for dinner.. but well… at least missy had some rest to gear up for the crazy days ahead! hee…

lazing ard waiting for that dinner..


oh.. and not forgetting the must-have visit to the 7-11 opposite the hotel before we head back for snooze! for mummy’s idea of 土产 (her stash of hk magazines that weigh a ton) and our snacks… and seeing the nice lady who is working there again! (ohh… she gave me a bunch of doraemon stuff this time round.. keke..)

2nd day 29.03.09 Sunday: 扫墓

woke up super duper early despite the late nite as we have to take the mtr to tung chung to meet up with the rest of the family. then we took cabs to reach the destination which is a good 45 mins drive up & down, round the mountains. which almost induced a bout of butt cramps cos i had to squeeze my bums to prevent myself from flopping onto dear while the taxi manouevered right and left in a F1 driving style.. LOL but itz true!! grr...

all groggy after the trip and i had to climb up the hill on itz rocky & slippery path in other to pay respects to my paternal great-grandparents. nice view from the top though.. literally 背山面海! however this little hike up totally ruined my ballet flats & left me breathless.. woosh..

when i came back down to ground level where dear, adri, mummy & some of the other relatives were waiting, they were all laughing.. at adri apparently as she had said "pleeeeassssssse" to some other kids at the same area, asking for a piece of potato chip!!! goodness... and since mummy told her she can't do that, she has walked over to them and proceeded to play with them a little and viola! after less than 3 mins, she managed to get a piece offered to her without her magic "please".. wahahahhaha!! tis girl ar...

then we proceeded to pray at dad's altar. nice view here too. and it seems real peaceful. think he's resting in peace. i certainly hope.. oh... and after this, my mood took a change. for worse. cos i was unwittingly pulled up another hill without me even realising it as the path was clearer by my aunt. to pray to my grandpa and some granduncle.. piangz.. and my thighs and ankles were hurting.. and best part? tis time round was accomplished with missy in our arms... lugging a 10kg toddler up ain't such a nice joke ya. and i have a phobia of such hikes! c'mon.. i can even fall while walking. wat abt uphill??

anyway... we were back down soon with one of my cousin to go look for my 姑妈 at her place which was not far off. she's the ever beautiful, lovely lady i knew.. who loved us much much... hee... then it was off to lunch for the 3 over tables full of pple with my same surname, 樊... =)

with gu-ma!

right after lunch, it was off to tuen mun on the ferry (of abt 1hr 15 mins.. woah!) to visit my granny. she seems to have aged & i wonder if dad's passing has anything to do with it.. sigh... but she was very happy to see us, especially little missy!

we went off after a sumptious seafood dinner with granny, 叔叔 & family. there were 2 shops selling burberry blue label which i got all excited over but sob sob.. nothing catches my eye.. i cldnt even get a wallet to replace my old one.. hmpf...