I attended a 3 days course which ended yesterday and it was really interesting (not exactly talking about the course but the people I met through the course) and the food is fantastic too. Heee
I met someone who is currently working in the same company as I did years ago. And I also met someone who is from Interpol. I don't think I have ever met anyone from Interpol before. He is a Singaporean but based in Interpol HQ in France. Being the curious me, I started asking him about Interpol and his life in France. It sounds interesting. Maybe I should go and look for a job in Interpol...hahaha.
You know the movie - The International where Clive Owen starred as an Interpol agent. It was shot at the Interpol office in France.
There are also several interesting characters in the class and we discussed about politics, education and everything under the sun.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Family Gathering
Decided to do a BBQ cum Min buffet at my place on Saturday and asked my family as well as hubby's family for the big gathering.
I don't recall I ever had a gathering like this except during my wedding. Hubby and I started the day with a nice lunch at the East Coast Park Lagoon Hawker Center. Wanted to try the pig's trotter after watching the show on TV. Well....hubby already tried it before and he finds that it's nice but I find that it's ok only.
Then we proceed to Tanjong Katong where we bought satays, ketupat, charcoal, wire mesh and firestarter for the BBQ. Yes, we are only BBQ-ing the satays...hahaha. I decided not to go full fledge BBQ cos' it will definitely take a long time trying to BBQ for so many people and the kids and old folks will definitely be hungry already. So I ordered a mini-buffet from a caterer.
We booked a few facilities including the tennis court and billard room. All of them came around 3.30pm. So my in-laws went to to play billard while my nephew, sis-in-law n bro-in-law went to play tennis. And what are the kids doing? Of course they will be at the pool...kids just love the pool.
It started to drizzle around 5pm and everyone had to go back up to my place instead. Half an hour later, the buffet person called and I directed the person to the BBQ pit next to the pool. It started to drizzle again around 6pm...thank God it stopped 10mins later. The food is ok to me but the rest think it's pretty good. I think I am having a weird tastebud.
The kids are having a ball of a time at the playground next to the BBQ pit. It's amazing how fast kids can make friends with each other. After the BBQ, all of us proceed back to my place to chat.
Not long after, everyone started to leave as the kids are tired.
After they left, it's work for us. We vaccuumed the place and mop the floor. Washed the toilets etc. It was not as bad as I thought it would be...logisitics-wise. I hope everyone had a good time.
And we are left with a lot of left-overs...hahaha
I don't recall I ever had a gathering like this except during my wedding. Hubby and I started the day with a nice lunch at the East Coast Park Lagoon Hawker Center. Wanted to try the pig's trotter after watching the show on TV. Well....hubby already tried it before and he finds that it's nice but I find that it's ok only.
Then we proceed to Tanjong Katong where we bought satays, ketupat, charcoal, wire mesh and firestarter for the BBQ. Yes, we are only BBQ-ing the satays...hahaha. I decided not to go full fledge BBQ cos' it will definitely take a long time trying to BBQ for so many people and the kids and old folks will definitely be hungry already. So I ordered a mini-buffet from a caterer.
We booked a few facilities including the tennis court and billard room. All of them came around 3.30pm. So my in-laws went to to play billard while my nephew, sis-in-law n bro-in-law went to play tennis. And what are the kids doing? Of course they will be at the pool...kids just love the pool.
It started to drizzle around 5pm and everyone had to go back up to my place instead. Half an hour later, the buffet person called and I directed the person to the BBQ pit next to the pool. It started to drizzle again around 6pm...thank God it stopped 10mins later. The food is ok to me but the rest think it's pretty good. I think I am having a weird tastebud.
The kids are having a ball of a time at the playground next to the BBQ pit. It's amazing how fast kids can make friends with each other. After the BBQ, all of us proceed back to my place to chat.
Not long after, everyone started to leave as the kids are tired.
After they left, it's work for us. We vaccuumed the place and mop the floor. Washed the toilets etc. It was not as bad as I thought it would be...logisitics-wise. I hope everyone had a good time.
And we are left with a lot of left-overs...hahaha
Friday, April 03, 2009
Teppanyaki....Shopaholic....Birthday.....
Had a belated celebration for our anniversary as hubby is not free on the actual day. So we took half a day off so that we can go and have lunch and movie together.
Had lunch at Sakae Teppanyaki at PS. The food is not bad....although I wished the set comes with fried rice and the veg should be cooked a little longer. Makes me think of the 50Euro teppanyaki I had in Netherlands...yum yum...expensive but its good. I had it 3 times in total...of course over a period of 2 years...hahaha
Decided to watch Confessions of a Shopaholic after that and well....the show did not meet my expectations. I thought there will be more fashion and buying but it got a bit slow and I almost fell asleep (maybe it's the lunch...I don't know).
After the show, we went for a little coffee and then it's to my mum's place for dinner. As it's her birthday and my niece's birthday so we went up to have dinner and cutting of the birthday cake.
As the baby was kicking me quite frequently, I actually asked my niece to put her hand on my tummy and see if she can feel the baby moving and she really felt it. She ran out of the room telling everyone that she can feel the baby moving. So cute. Then my nephew came in and tried to see if he can feel it too but too bad, the baby decided not to move for him. Haha.
Had lunch at Sakae Teppanyaki at PS. The food is not bad....although I wished the set comes with fried rice and the veg should be cooked a little longer. Makes me think of the 50Euro teppanyaki I had in Netherlands...yum yum...expensive but its good. I had it 3 times in total...of course over a period of 2 years...hahaha
Decided to watch Confessions of a Shopaholic after that and well....the show did not meet my expectations. I thought there will be more fashion and buying but it got a bit slow and I almost fell asleep (maybe it's the lunch...I don't know).
After the show, we went for a little coffee and then it's to my mum's place for dinner. As it's her birthday and my niece's birthday so we went up to have dinner and cutting of the birthday cake.
As the baby was kicking me quite frequently, I actually asked my niece to put her hand on my tummy and see if she can feel the baby moving and she really felt it. She ran out of the room telling everyone that she can feel the baby moving. So cute. Then my nephew came in and tried to see if he can feel it too but too bad, the baby decided not to move for him. Haha.
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