[[My magical love journal]]

Friday, January 30, 2009

[[Chinese New Yr (Part 1)]]

Happy Chinese 牛(New) Yr!

Seems like I had been MIA for quite some time during this peak season. Hehe...

Busy wif spring cleaning, reunion lunch & dinner as well as house-visiting & outings for the past 1 wk. Thus the lack of time for updating of this space.

Many activities were planned after the 2 public holidays of CNY as darling is still enjoying his long holidays. :>

Sun ~ Reunion lunch & dinner.

Mon & Tue ~ House-visiting.

Wed ~ Zoo.

Yesterday ~ Sentosa.

Today ~ Movie & house-visiting.

Tomorrow ~ Sentosa again & house-visiting.

Sun ~ Probably shopping.

A fun-filled & fully packed happy week. =)

Lots of overdue pics in my lappy but I decided to post the CNY ones 1st since the CNY mood is still ard. (:

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18 Jan 2009 Sun... Adv reunion lunch wif my parents at a steamboat place in AMK.

Buffet style steamboat wif 2 types of soup base, chicken soup & tom yum. Quite a nice variety of ingredients & there were oso side dishes of fried food, free flow of drinks & ice-cream at an economical price of $15 nett per person.

24 Jan 2009 Sat... Brought little Zenden to Civic Centre NTUC to buy ingredients for the next day's reunion dinner at my mother-in-law's place. Darling's sis went along.

A few poses for my camera b4 leaving the house...

25 Jan 2009 Sun... CNY Eve.

We had reunion lunch wif my uncle & family at their house as well as pay respect to my late grandparents. Itz the same practice every yr.

B4 setting off...

Zenden having a shot wif the 元宝. I love this pic! :>

My lucky boy.

Father & son both in PRL polo tee.

At my uncle's place...

Zenden's making himself at home. The big boss. Hehe...

He's fascinated by the golden cow tat could shake & sing CNY songs.

So happy wif his mandarin orange & mini fan in hand.

Last yr during this period, Zenden was still a 1 mth+ tiny little baby & we had to cradle him in our arms to take pics.

This yr during the same period, Zenden is already a 13 mths+ boy.

Yu Sheng.

4got to take pics of our reunion lunch. We had 2-in-1 steamboat wif a few home cooked dishes.

Haha... I only remembered abt it after we finished eating. These were the left-over food.

In the evening was reunion dinner wif my mother-in-law, darling's sis & bro. Had 2-in-1 steamboat. Busy wif eating until 4got to take pics again. Hehe...

On the nite of CNY Eve after we got home, Zenden wore his new Mickey Mouse pyjamas to sleep.

Zenden slept at 11 plus. He's too tired to 守岁haha...

A busy nite for us. Washed our car, prepared red pkts & got our stuffs ready for the next day.

We hid a red pkt under Zenden's pillow. Itz his 2nd yr getting ang bao from us.

26 Jan 2009 Mon... Itz the 1st day of CNY! =)

Zenden took out his ang bao from under his pillow after he woke up.

Prepared this ang bao juz for our little precious. Itz in his fav Pooh design. When pulled from the side, the pic will transform from non-coloured to coloured. ;)

Woke up super early as we needed plenty of time to get ready.

The 1st destination was my 姑姑's hse.

Zenden wore his 中国装 & carried his Pooh bag. He looked like he's going to school lol...

My 姑姑 & us having pics taken wif our little emperor.

Loves.

2nd destination was my grandmother's hse.

Crowded wif relatives.

Darling & I were busy giving & receiving red pkts while Zenden was busy playing & being carried ard. =)

Enjoying himself wif the basket of toys. My cousins' children as well as my grandmother oso played wif him.

My grandmother was toking to Zenden.

He's so cute, sat in a corner & played toys wif the gals.

3rd destination was darling's grandparents' hse.

Many relatives were there too & once again we gave & received red pkts for Zenden.

Zenden went up onto a bus for the 1st time. Darling's 五姨丈& 五姨 brought Zenden to their bus & he's so happy playing in it. He's a bus-lover. Whenever he sees a bus pass by, he will point to it & say "bus" & now he finally had the chance to sit in it hehe...

In darling's grandparents' rm...

Zenden looked like he's shooting a lunchbox & 如意油 commercial. Lol...

The 3 of us. =)

Zenden was performing on the bed wif many of us looking. He's having such a fun time & darling said tat Zenden was like doing stunts in a circus wif many audience. Hehe...

Our little 开心果, made everybody so happy on the 1st day of CNY. =]

Chubby chubby face.

* The few pics above were taken using darling's sis' camera. (: *

The last destination of the day was my 五姨's hse. She cooked buffet dinner for all.

We were dressed in our family tee.

Photo time wif my lovely cousins & hubby.

After reaching home, changed Zenden into another set of new pyjamas.

~ Pics of the 2nd day of CNY will b posted in my next entry ~

A few overdue pics of Zenden at play to end this post. Taken on 19 Jan 2009.

Gd nite! [^-^]

Labels: Baby Zenden, Chinese New Year 2009, photos

[[Joanna, wife of Edmund & mummy of Zenden & Rayden Wrote On]]*|11:58 PM|

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

[[Dinner & clubbing]]

Wow! 4 more days to CNY EVE & 5 more days to CNY! =)

Done wif getting all of our CNY's stuffs but not yet done wif the spring cleaning. Too much things (or should I say rubbish? Heee...) to clear.

Darling will b taking half day leave this Fri to complete the remaining spring cleaning. He was oso on leave last Fri. We thought could clear up our room on tat day but not much time left coz we went to IKEA to buy boxes mainly to store Zenden's stuffs.

Darling told me a piece of gd news last wk. Initially thought he will b resuming work on 28 Jan (3rd day of CNY). But he said his company had given them off until 1 Feb & he will only go back to work on 2 Feb, which means he can enjoy 9 days of rest in 1 stretch without the need to take leave. We were all so happy as it means we can spend time 2gether. Making plans now for darling's super long holidays. :>

Presenting little Zenden's CNY clothes... He has so many, able to last him for many days. Lol...

New pyjamas. Bought them some time ago during the Takashimaya baby fair.

My uncle & wife bought this set for him during their holidays in China. Planning to let Zenden b a little emperor on 初一 hehe...

Family tee.

The POLO RALPH LAUREN series...

Polo tee & shorts.

Zenden can b matching to his daddy who oso has a few striped polo tees for CNY.

Another striped PRL polo tee. I feel boys & men look really gd in striped polo tees.

The POOH series...

Bought the white polo tee from the TAKA baby fair & the sleeveless top was a gift from darling's sis.

POOH sleeveless top & matching long pants. A gift from 五姨.

Bear bear white tee & shorts. A gift from my uncle & wife. They bought it from KL.

Jumper from TAKA baby fair.

PONEY denim shorts.

BOSSINI cargo pants wif the cute wordings "HAVING FUN AND HANGING OUT". Has many small pockets.

The FOX series...

Shorts from FOX. The material is gd.

A smart shirt.

Matching tee & shorts in a set.

The FOREST & WOODS series...

The MOTORCYCLE series... Bought them for our motocycle-lover boy.

The motorcycle print is in velvet.

When we showed him the clothes, he can identify the motorcycle by making the "Brroomm brroomm" sounds. Hehe...

His shoes for CNY. He has worn them b4 but since they r still in a gd state, so did not buy new ones for him.

We bought this instead. A pair of sandals. He can wear it for CNY too.

POOH bag. We let Zenden try strapping it on the shoulders & he looked really cute! It can b used to contain his toys & oso ang baos hehe...

Had a really fun time choosing & buying CNY stuffs for Zenden. Last time b4 I was pregnant, I could only LOOK at the cute baby's stuffs but now I get to CHOOSE & BUY them! Whenever I c adorable babies, I will envy their parents who r able to dress them up. But now I can dress Zenden up! Hehe...

During our shopping for Zenden's stuffs, I saw many nice clothes & shoes for baby gals. I showed to darling, told him how sweet & pretty they r. He told me to give birth to another gal gal then we can buy haha... I was tinking if next baby is gal gal then will b really gd but have to let nature takes itz course lol...

Okie... backdated to 3 Jan 2009.

We were heading to somewhere tat Zenden could not go so he was left in the care of my mother-in-law.

Darling in black shirt & jeans while I was in a black dress.

Some pics b4 we go...

Well... we were meeting darling's colleagues for dinner & clubbing.

Taken at HOT STONES CLARKE QUAY.

The 6 of us had dinner there. Me, darling, Liyana, Ivy, Kailun & Kaijie. Vinn Zen came later but did not eat & the rest met up wif us later.

Darling & I shared a seafood platter set served wif salad & garlic fried rice. The salmon, scallops & big prawn came raw & we juz cooked it over a sizzling stone thingy. No wonder the restaurant is called HOT STONES lol... Had pepsi wif lemon drink too. The seafood set we had was nice but rather ex, $35 for a small portion.

Nite scene at CLARKE QUAY.

Nice backgrd.

LUNAR - the pub we went to after dinner.

Outside LUNAR. We all went in at ard 8 plus.

The entrance.

The interior.

So many bird cages hanging from the ceiling as decoration.

Red fishes too.

The red cushion seats.

The bar counter.

The both of us.

All of us. From left: Vinn Zen, me, darling, Ryan, Kaijie, Kailun, Liyana & Ivy. Mak & gf as well as Liyana's fren came later so they were not in the pic.

The alcohol.

Our Chivas mixed wif green tea. Only drank a few sips coz either darling or me had to drive back.

Vinn Zen & Kaijie were having an alcohol challenge tat nite.

They drank diff types of alcohol including Lamborghini & Waterfall.

Vinn Zen's drinking.

There's pole dancing at the pub.

Darling & Mak secretly took pics of Vinn Zen watching the dance. Lol...

There's a royal chair & I took the chance to sit on it. Hehe...

We left at ard 11 plus as we wanna fetch Zenden back from my mother-in-law's place.

On the stroll to our car... took this shot.

Had a really enjoyable nite. Itz my 1st time going clubbing wif darling, a nice experience! He had been to pubs b4 in the past (b4 I know him) but itz my 1st time. Haha... Itz unbelivable rite? But itz true!

LUNAR oso had live singing. Darling said we could go there again next time to chill out & relax. Hehe...

~ More pics coming soon ~

** Edmund & Zenden... My life's complete wif the both of u **