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. 

Weekend Brunch: Food For Thought

I am extremely upset because this is the second time I'm typing this entry. I have no idea why blogger didn't auto save my entry and I was so shocked when I saw that this entry had only pictures and no words when I published it :( :(

As you can see, I haven't gotten over my new selfie camera and still take loads of #selfies or #wefies as some might call it. Totally in love with the beauty mode function because it gives me such flawless skin!

But I guess, camera makers might want to consider adding a second function to the camera, and that is to have an automatic slimming function to faces/bodies. V-shaped faces are all in the rage now and I think many girls are going under the knives to achieve that Vshaped face. So for gutless people like me, the auto-slimming function mode in the camera will suffice for now!

So these are our #wefies before we left for our weekend brunch at Food For Thought!

I have known about Food For Thought for a few years now, because they are employers for my clients at my workplace. I have always known them as a social enterprise with big heart. I've never tried their food because I was wary of meeting my clients when I dined there. But I decided to give it a try as I have always heard good feedbacks about the restaurant. 

We went to the Botanical Garden's branch because reviews said that food at this branch was slightly cheaper than the other 2 branches and there's no service charge or GST which is excellent for people who are in a saving mode like us! 

Look at the crowd on a Sunday late morning/early afternoon! It was bustling with people! It was such a good place to be at on a Sunday morning, because you can hear laughters, and see friends gathering around to have a good time together. 

Though it was crowded, it was not difficult to find a seat (probably because there's only 2 of us) because the place is pretty big. 

There's also a playground outside the eating area, to occupy those hyperactive kids, while the parents enjoy their Sunday brunch with each other :) 

And here are more pictures of us while waiting for the food. 

We had ordered 2 sets of the customised which meant that we could choose what exactly we wanted on our  plate. This set cost us about $15 which is pretty affordable. And the serving is really huge as well. Both of us couldn't really finish the food.

The butter toast was also very delicious! 

The whole point of this picture is to show my sharp chin! (hehe, shameless creature here), but I have been diligently using my Clarins Lifting serum that was just launched in May 2014 and I really hope to get rid of the water/salt/fats/sugar retention in those bubbly cheeks! And it really seems to be working, doesn't it? 

Food for Thought did not disappoint and we agreed that we would definitely drop by again one of these days! 

And finally our #ootd #wiwt for our branch. Since I got the camera as my present, I have been training the husband to take nice #ootds for me. He's a really hard one to train (totally no photography talent!) but, I will persevere! 

Alrights, that's all for our lunch date and till the next! :) 

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!