Dad's 60th Birthday

Dad, mine and my niece's birthdays all fall in the month of July. 

Today's the 17th and it's my niece's birthday! That little girl has grown up so much already and is demanding for an iPad as her birthday present! Kids these days....

Doesn't even know how to type and spell, yet demanding for an iPad.

So anyway, 12 July was my dad's birthday and since my brother's family will not be coming back to our house as it is the fasting month, the hubs and I decided to bring my father for a dinner to celebrate his big 60th. 

My mum used to tell me... that when you're 59, it's a "dangerous" age to be in. You either make it to your 60th or you'll die when you're 59 (not sure where she heard this from). This saying was actually quite scary because earlier this year, my father had a cancer scare and I thought this saying was coming true. But I'm glad it's all over and whether the saying was true or not, my father did make it and we would be celebrating his 60th! :) 

Hmmm.... yea, I'm still at the #wefie stage. 

I was makeup-less, and had only applied lipstick ! See how amazing my camera is, and how important a lipstick is to brighten and lit up your entire face!

So this year, we brought them to Thai Village for his birthday celebration. Initially, he had not want to go to this restaurant, because it is pretty expensive, but my mum persuaded him to go. 

Some pictures while we were waiting for our food. Must make use of my new camera!

And the dishes that we had ordered.

Shark fins soup to share. 

I know there are tons of  people out there who are anti-sharkfin cuisine, but I really love my sharkfins soup. I'm sorry. 

Crab beehoon. The hubs think that there is a smell to it, I guess he was referring to the ginger taste, but I love it. The only time I can have my seafood is when I'm with  my own family because the hubs does not like seafood. He does not know what he is missing out in life. 

Some salted chicken or something. Totally didn't look like the picture in the menu, and I regretted ordering this, because it was so so salty! No, I don't like this dish!

Fried beancurd, which is tasteless on its own, but delicious when dipped in the sauce that they gave. Crispy on the outside, and soft in the inside!

This dish needs no further introduction. Broccoli with scallops. Too little scallops I think. I only got to eat one, unless the hubs had taken more than (teehee)! 

Seafood fried rice! This dish was the last dish (I've no idea why), and by the time it came my stomach was almost filled to the brim already. But I still tried squeezing it in! Love it still. 

And finally a family photo! 

The bill came up to almost $300. It would have been much lesser if we had not ordered the shark fin's soup, but I thought the money was well spent! $300 for the smile on dad's face. Priceless. 

And an #ootd #wiwt shot by the mum! Not bad I must say. 

27th Birthday Dinner

The husband had also made reservations at a Japanese Teppanyaki restaurant and kept it as a surprise. 

It was indeed a pleasant surprise because I was never a fan of Japanese cuisine nor Teppanyaki. I was expecting that we were going to have dinner at western restaurant since it was normally the case. So when he brought me to the door of the restaurant I still thought he was kidding until he told the waiter that he had made a reservation. 

When we reached, the restaurant was rather empty and we were the first customer at the Teppanyaki bar. 

We were given the menu but the husband refused to let me take a look at menu. He said that he had already decided what to order for me. He had refused to let me look at the menu because he knew I would choose the cheapest meal and would also nag at him for bringing me to such an expensive restaurant. ( I'm usually very willing to spend on food, but we are currently on a 'saving mode' due to the wedding). 

But anyways, he still made the decision for me and ordered a lobster meal for me because he knew I'm a huge fan of seafood! He ordered a beef set for himself. 

This mister here is our Teppanyaki chef. A really very friendly, nice and excellent chef. 

I must say, it was pretty difficult to take pictures of the food because as with teppanyaki, they don't serve all the food together. And each time, the servings were pretty small. I tried to take pictures of the food, but they don't look really appetizing. 

Here's the pictures of the food and look at our creative chef! He made the fried rice into a heart shape!

He had also make the fried rice 'alive' by making it pump using his ladle. And the fried rice was extremely delicious!

See, I told you it was really hard to take pictures of the food. The picture on the bottom right corner was mayonnaise lobster and was really good as well, the pictures really did not do justice to the food. 

And here's not forgetting our #wefie using my brand new camera!! 😄

And finally ending off with my birthday #ootd. It was initially a very tough decision of what to wear for. Y birthday #ootd. Was contemplating between this and a dress, but I felt that since I was always in a dress no matter what occasions, I decided to wear jumpsuit for a change and I'm really glad I did. 

Jumpsuit - mdscollections | necklace - New Look | bag - Chanel Wallet on Chain | shoes - prettyFit 

"Age is irrelevant:

You can be ravishingly beautiful at twenty, charming at forty,

And irresistible for the rest of your life. "

And I'm ready for 27! Bring it on! 

Twenty-Seven!

My favourite months of the year has got to be July and December. July because it's my birthday month! And I get to recieve presents, have free meal treats and so much love from close friends! Most importantly, I get to openly declare that I'm a princess and nobody will say anything to put me down! (Heh heh heh) 

December because it's the month with so many festive holidays (and public holidays) and also the month when there's least work cos everyone else feels demotivated to work in December! 

So after months and months of waiting, it's finally JULY and it's finally my BIRTHDAY!! 

An hour before the clock struck 12am, the husband told me that he had a stomach upset and was going to the toilet. 

Yes, in case you were wondering, we do report to each other on the mundane stuff that we do..... 

Half an hour later, he told me again that he had another bout of stomach upset and needed to use the toilet again, and then said he needed to focus on his big business in the toilet and hence couldn't msg me further.. Little did I know, that that sneaky fella was actually on his way to my place to give me surprise! 

He wanted to be the first to wish me happy birthday and wanted to deliver the chocolate cake that I so desperately wanted him to get for me. 

The hubby lighted up the candles and we sang a birthday song for me.. Aww.. So much ❤️

And of course, we needed to take picture   Together! 

This is what happens when you get a noob mum who is totally not tech-savvy and probably still living in the 80s to take a picture for you. 

And then we tried to take one ourselves! Quite cute I say! 

Pardon the white stuff on my face. I was already ready to go to bed, therefore the pimple cream, the makeup-less face, the PJs. 

If he told me that he was coming, I would definitely don on the prettiest looking dress I could find! 

And here is the present that the hubs gave me this year. 

A hand written card.

A self-recorded birthday song on his phone. 

A samsung nx mini selfie camera! #selfiesFTW! 

I have already tried using the camera, and the pictures are so so pretty and the colours are so bright! And it's so easy to transfer the pictures from the camera to my phone and Instagram immediately! 

Love love my presents! 

Thank you hubby again, for the wonderful surprise and I hope we will always be able to celebrate each other's birthday till we get old and wrinkly! 

26th Birthday

2 July 2013 - Birthday Celebration

This year's birthday made me feel really loved, really blessed. I can safely say that it's one of the best birthday celebration.

No big parties, no clubbing, no fancy celebration. Just a quiet and simple affair with the loved ones. 

Received many birthday greetings from friends whom I thought I've lost contact with. Received greetings from the close friends, family members and the beloved colleagues. And all these small and seemingly unimportant gestures, made me feel that I was remembered, that I was important to them.

I had the privilege to take my birthday time-off, and I decided to have some me-time before meeting up with the boyf in the evening for dinner. I seldom have the opportunity to dress up since I am at work most of the time, so I jumped at the chance to dress up myself to the nines. 

& so this was my coordinates for my 26th birthday.

Went for some makeup shopping at Tangs and Wisma before I headed for my manicure and pedicure session at Far East Plaza. To me, having pretty nails is as important as having nice make-up on the face. 

I have a package with this nail salon at Far East Plaza, and honestly, I signed up with them because it was relatively cheap. My gelish package (manicure/pedicure) cost only $150 for 6 sessions. However, I would advise against going for their services, because they are pretty unprofessional. The shop is run by a group of (I think) Vietnamese friends, and they are not the most meticulous manicurist. Sometimes I think I can do a much better job than them. My nails are occasionally filed to a weird shape or when there is an obvious flaw in the final product, they simply just ignore it. 

Anyway, that's my own experience. 

The nail salon is located at 

Beauty Nails Spa

14, Scotts Road #04-31

Far East Plaza

Tel: 68875773

Anyway, after my mani pedi session, I met up with the bestest BFF ever. Even though we only had 10 minutes to spend with each other, because I needed to rush off for my dinner, she insisted that she wanted to meet up. So touched. 

She passed me my surprise, which was really a surprise because I did not expect her to give that to me. She gave me a charm for my Pandora bracelet and it was a pretty fairy, which she also has. 

I guess she wanted to tell me, that she would always be my guardian angel that she already is, always there for me, through the ups and downs, through the thick and thin. 

Thank you Bops. :)

But I guess sometimes, she hates me as well, because she always takes the ugliest picture of me. I don't thinks she's cut out to become a photographer. Yes, she should remain as a teacher.

 And because its one of those days again where I craved for cupcakes, the BFF gladly oblige to pay for the cuppycakes :)

 After our very brief 10 minutes, I had to rush off because the boyf had made an appointment at Bornga Korean restaurant at Buona Vista at 7pm. According to him and the reviews, we needed to be punctual because the restaurant is pretty famous and gets really crowded during dinner time.

Bornga Original Korean Taste
The Star Vista, #02-24
Tel: 66944696

This year, I would say that part of the reason why I felt so blessed and loved was because the boyf  was there (physically) to celebrate this special day with me.

For the past 5-6 years, my birthdays was always spent with friends, shopping. Not that I don't enjoy it, but somehow it's just not as meaningful as spending it with the one you want to spend it with the most. And I am really glad that I can spend it with him this year.

Anyways, back to the restaurant, I LOVED this restaurant, because the service staff were so friendly and had super good customer service. They just made the whole dining experience so so pleasant. Food was good as well, pretty authentic Korean taste.

Food Food and more food!

The boyfriend patiently grilling all the food for me. Totally felt like a princess for the day! 

And by this time, we were really really full, but still want to eat. 

Good lightings = camwhore time.

And this was my #ootd #wiwt #lotd.

Dress : From Hong Kong

Clutch : Prada

Shoes: From Hong Kong

and my birthday present from him. So glad to receive this because I had all along wanted a necklace, so that I can always feel that he's close to my heart. Cliched but its the truth! 

That's the end of my birthday celebration. 

And thank you to those who had in one way or another made this day a really special day for me. 

And most importantly, thank you baby for everything you have done, so that I could enjoy this day to the fullest. and thank you for treating me like your little princess on this special day. 

 xoxo