We Finally Found It!

The perfect wedding ring for us. Hehe… It’s simple and sweet.

No pictures yet, let’s keep it as a surprise for now.

Anyway, we are collecting it next week. Next to do would be the engravements which we have sort of decided on.

We have been really busy with work, school and family. There hasn’t been much progress on the wedding preparation for some time now. With the purchase of our wedding ring, the picture of the wedding is slowly coming into focus.

As the big day is drawing near, we will have to put in much more time and effort to finalise the arrangements. So look out for updates…

An Eventful Saturday

It was a relatively relaxed morning of dragon boating simply because there were plenty of new rowers in the boat. If only we get new rowers every week. Hehe… After washing up, we head down to BANQUET at Raffles Place for an organic lunch. It was JK’s suggestion and it’s his treat so we went along with him.

Vin was pretty reluctant as he was neither a fan of vegetables nor healthy food. Sel had only tried Yogi House organic food at Boon Tat Street. Since that experience, she was not really keen either. Having organic food after dragon boating feels so unrewarding! Well, it was a pretty relaxed session so we don’t really deserve to pig out anyway.

There was a variety on menu. JK ordered 4 different dishes to share between the 5 of us and a nutty jelly each for dessert. We came out surprisingly full. Thank you Uncle JK. Hehe…

Then we head down to Vivocity to run some errands at the bank. Vin had been pestering Sel to switch from POSB to UOB because of the instability of the bank currently. Well, after much nagging, she relented and got it done there as both POSB and UOB have an extended hour branch in Vivocity.

With nothing planned after that, we decided to do some window shopping and tried looking for the perfect wedding ring for us. It will not be easy because we both have very different preferences and Sel insist that we get a matching pair. While aimlessly walking around the shopping centre we ended up in Giant. Guess who we bumped into? Fairus and girlfriend! Hehe… That was pretty awkward.

All the walking had made us hungry so we started to hunt for food and stumbled upon The Chicken Rice Shop. The outlook of the shop wasn’t very good, it looked very yellow. Clueless about what to have, we decided to eat there anyway. We ordered the Set B for 2 and added a side dish of fried wanton.

The service was fast. See we only managed to get a few shots of ourselves.

And the food looks good too.

Pai Tee

Fried Wanton

Ipoh Bean Sprouts

Braised Chicken

Grilled Butter Chicken

The picture on the leaflet looks more yummy...

All that we ordered

All of them gone...

It was really YUMMY! Probably the best chicken rice in Singapore. It’s even better than Mackenzie Rex chicken rice. Even the bean sprout which we both dislike tasted good. The price is comparable to Mackenzie Rex as well. It is not cheap but for the quality and quantity, it is definitely value for money.

Must try! Must try!

With our stomach full and our feet aching, we head home beaten. Not because of dragon boating but due to the walking.

Minty Grape Pops

The weather has been really hot these few days. So here’s a recipe for a Popsicle to cool you off. It’s easy, yummy and low in calories!










To be honest, we have not tried it yet. Hehe… But it looks tasty right?

I'm Sorry, Please Forgive Me...

OK, we had a huge quarrel on Sunday. There wasn’t any argument or any form of drama that you will normally find in a disagreement. Vin was being his oblivious self while Sel was giving him the silent treatment. It was so easy to overlook the issue as we were watching DVD together. But Sel wouldn’t let it go.

Don’t want to go into the details over what we were quarrelling over but we did not speak until Wednesday. Actually, Vin was making every effort (call, sms and email) to get to Sel every few minute but she completely blew him off. Well that’s until he dedicated the clip below.

That’s what broke the silent war between us. Plus the constant and repetitive line “I'm sorry, please forgive me”.

So, our relationship is not perfect. But we are trying to make the best out of it. For ourselves. For our parents. For our future.

Well, Vin was incredibly shy about his dedication being posted here. He is a much better guitar player than a singer. However, Sel insisted to do so as part of his punishment. And also, the fact that she didn’t find it bad. Maybe love is not just blind, it is deaf as well. Hehe…

Pak Long Special B'day Gift

We had never celebrated Pak Long’s birthday, what more bought him a birthday gift. But since the holiday to India last month, our families have become much closer. Mama and Aunty Mimah decided that we have to buy him something this year as gesture to thank him for the all expense paid trip last month. And they knew the perfect gift for him.

Pak Long was bargaining to buy an old fleet model in India. However, he didn’t get it in the end because he was looking for something bigger. Thus, Mama, Aunty Mimah and Mami insist that we help them find a big old fleet model for his birthday gift.

After searching high and low with Mama and Mami, Sel finally found one at LIM’S Arts and Living at Parkway Parade. But the old folks think that it’s too small. Thanks to the helpful Branch Manager, we managed to order a bigger one to be delivered directly to Pak Long’s house in Woodlands. Deliver charge was $30 but it would have probably cost more to take a cab to Holland Village from Marine Parade and then back to Yishun. The downside is we didn’t get to see or choose the model. Oh well, it’s much easier that way.

Anyway, Pak Long and his family are very pleased with the gift.

Sorry, this is a really bad picture taken from a handphone.

It was an advance birthday gift because his birthday falls on the 22nd. Happy B'day in advance Pak Long!

PCAP FY2010 Kick-Off

Another financial year is over with a blink of an eye. Here are some of the memories to share…

After the usual meeting and discussion in the morning, there was a teambuilding program C.S.I. in the afternoon and BBQ in the evening. The C.S.I. case was so complicated that Sel got a headache from playing the game. For your information, nobody solved the case. Hehe…

Vin came over the chalet after school for free food. We had so much leftover raw BBQ food. Fortunately, Mami had organized a chalet for Friday and Saturday. So we finished everything by the Saturday night.

We went shopping with Ibu at Tampines IKEA and the John Little sale at the Singapore Expo on Sunday. She and Vin bought pillows to throw out their old ones. Actually, between the 3 of us, Ibu bought the most things that day. Maybe it’s because she seldom goes out shopping.

It was a fantastic weekend! Great BBQ food, swimming, shopping & …

For those of you who don’t know… Mami is Sel’s aunt.

Our Future Home @ Jade Spring

We did not get our favourite unit. It was not even our top 10 choices. Being in the room, sitting in the small cubicle in front of the HDB officer was one of the most emotional experience we both will ever face. Maybe it’s because we had drawn ourselves a picture of our perfect home so clear that the choices left for us were a huge disappointment. It was such a let down that Sel was on the brink of tears.

Don’t get us wrong. We know it’s difficult to get a queue number for BTO flats. We know of many couples who had tried and tried again, only to have wasted their money and precious time. After wasting a few years of hoping, they finally resort to buying resale flats. So we are thankful and grateful to get a queue number. But it was a difficult choice to make (to forego the choices we have at hand and wait for an opening of better choices OR to make best of the choices we have at hand). After much discussion, we decided as a family to go with the latter.

Looking back now, without a doubt, we know we made the right choice. We even felt silly and foolish over how we reacted to the situation then.

Vin seems to have come into terms with reality fast. Shortly after the selection, he sent an invitation to his colleagues.

Note the date sent and the actual house warming date.

The attachment.

Only Vin will get so excited over something due in 2012 to send an invite in 2008! Only Sel will find that silly and adorable at the same time and love him to bits!

April Fools'!

Sel calls Vin after school:

Sel: Dear, I lost my wallet...
Vin: Hah?! Where did you put it? *panick*
Sel: I don't know... How?
Vin: Where are you? *concern*
Sel: I'm at Dhoby Ghaut MRT station.
Vin: How did you take the train without your wallet with you? You mean you lost it during the train ride? So careless! Now what?
Sel: I don't know... Guess I am stranded here.
Vin: Hmmm... Let me think...
Sel: APRIL FOOLS'!!!

It was a classic story of a damsel in distress and he was going play the hero. Although it was just a prank but Vin was a darling.