A Wild Time Amidst the Madness

Falling behind yet again with my blog entries. It's the time of the "B" - Budgeting. Given that the company is run generally by a number of shrewd Chinese bankers, there's no room for slip-ups on our part, everything has to be detailed, precise and accountable for. This explains largely for my absence from the cyberspace.

Catching up a little here, the BBs and I celebrated @ndrea's belated birthday a few weeks ago at Wild Rocket at Mount Emily. Our first time there, we totally enjoyed ourselves, the food was really as good as the reviews have been.

More importantly, it was quality time spent with my BBs, as we caught up with each other on how we have been separately. By the end of the evening and 2 bottles of vino, we were all giggly-happy, like how we have always been back during those days at the Bay.

Sigh, I do miss those times.








Not wishing for the night to end so soon, it was spontaneous Rochor bean curd thereafter, even though we were totally stuffed after a sumptuous dinner.

Much has happened since the day @ndrea and I left the Bay, yet the bond between the 4 of us remains strong and steadfast and I am just simply thankful and appreciative for this friendship and camaraderie.

BBs, LUP!!

The "Other" Birthday Party

After going goo-goo-ga-ga all over at a one-year old baby's birthday party, innocent and all, and short of humming to the next Barney's sing-along tune, the next birthday party that we attended the same evening was definitely of a different world.

It was a dinner gathering at Moomba to celebrate the birthday of the Piceans, them turning THIRTY this year.

The email said "to come dressed up", and our friend Mudgod obviously took the meaning literally and even further - he showed up in a dress. One of Ms P's old dresses in fact, while she was dressed in shirt, pants and cap. But then again, Ms P wears the pants in their household all the time anyway.

And in this white, "flowy" dress, Mudgod had actually walked all the way to the restaurant from the carpark, along Boat Quay. We had nothing but total RESPECT for that man.


The food was excellent - we ordered some mouthwatering starters of fresh oysters, duck salad, and crab cake. For the mains, The Boy had the kurobuta pork, which was very juicy and flavoursome, while I had the tender confit of duck. Paired with an excellent sparkling shiraz, the dinner of gourmet food and great conversations was absolutely enjoyable.




The birthday cake of bananas and chocolate was divine. Followed by lots of cam-whoring, including the guys trying peep up Mudgod's skirt and doing a Marilyn Monroe on him.






The old folks in their 30s versus the SYTs in our 20s. Come on, I had to make my last year in the 20s age group more memorable.


The gathering was a great success, thanks to Pamcake who organised it from the start. And we didn't end there, we even went for karaoke thereafter.

More pictures of the evening here.

Julian is 1!

Our beloved nephew Julian turned one yesterday, and we all celebrated his birthday at Go Go Bambini at Dempsey Road, complete with games and a lovely cake from Cherylshuen.

We ordered our 1st Anniversary Cake from Cheryl before and this time, she didn't disappoint again. Her chocolate cake was yummy!

It was such a cute place, with kids and babies everywhere. In the "caged up" play area, which I think was about 3 storeys high, kids were running around, climbing up and down, with their parents trying to catch up behind them. It was, erm, riotous!! It was a place that The Boy had always dreamed of playing in, so he was seen running around amongst the little ones.


I'm sure all of us remember our childhood days of "swimming" amidst the brightly coloured balls at Ikea. Here, it was a joy watching Julian playing around among the balls, he looked so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. It was so heartwarming to see how he looked as if he was in kids' paradise!






Lucky birthday boy got a "convertible" as a present from his parents - he sure was one happy little baby that day!


We also learnt that he was fascinated with the iPhone. He sure has the techno whizz genes of his daddy!


And with that, he's a year old already. Soon, he'll be walking and running around. Soon, he'll be starting school. Life is truly amazing, and we thank God for this addition to the Heng family, that Baby Julian has given us much joy and laughter. May the Lord bless him and watch over him as he grows and learns the way of His Word.

Keppel Bay for the 1st Time

We finally got our chance to go over to Prive over at Keppel Bay last evening.

It was a friend's birthday, yes he's a leap year baby, celebrating his birthday for the 7th time in his entire life! It was quite funny when he attempted to cut the cake first before blowing out the candles, given that he has only done this 6 times before. Haha!

Anyway, The Boy and I decided to grab a bite first before the birthday party. Was hoping to check out the Prive restaurant but it was closed for a private event. So we ended up at the Prive bakery cafe, which we were sorely disappointed. The cream of organic mushroom soup was too salty and the pastry of the chicken pie tasted too "flour-y" which I suspect that it was one of those pre-made ones. And Baker's Inn Croque Monsieur is a million times better. Gah.

So while the place is all chic with a gorgeous view at the waterfront, the gastronomic experience (or rather, lack of) left much to be desired. Maybe we'll have better luck at the restaurant next time.

On This Day

On this day 3 years ago, The Boy (then boyfriend) arranged an unforgettable birthday party for me, with some of our dearest friends and loved ones. He spent all his time prior, making me this very special birthday video, which reduced me to tears by the end of it.

(By the way, you can see that I was quite chubby at that time. Ha.)





Little would I have expected that on this day 1 year later, we would be exchanging vows at Flutes At The Fort.


Now, on this day, today, we revisited Flutes for lunch. Thanks to Chef Francois, thanks to Eileen, we had an extremely lovely lunch. This was a treat from them, in return for letting them use some of our ROM photos on their website.


Took a shot with Francois as well, from whom I had learnt a number of French classic dishes. The 5-course lunch he prepared thereafter was simply amazing, from the appetizers of fresh scallop, to the Boston lobster, pan-fried foie gras, to our mains of cod and rack of lamb.









The ultimate treat was the desserts. You know how you always look at the dessert menu and can't decide which to have, and would love to have them all - we had that on our platter. Warm chocolate fondant (I know this one!), carrot and apple cake, tiramisu and lemon tart - simply decadent!


Great food, great wines, great conversations, great time reminiscing. Even though I wasn't actually feeling in the best of health (think I caught a chill from Bintan and was feeling feverish), we ended off the afternoon very gleeful.

And here are the rest of the pictures.


Oh, and for the records, he said since I didn't feel well today, he would give me another day to be my "birthday" - where I get 110% of his attention. Now, shouldn't that be every other day?!