春到人间， 福满门！
Friday, January 27, 2012
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For keys, thumbdrives, and everything else
On her recent holiday, Ondine helped me get this from the USA. Very useful when I'm carrying a bigger work bag. Everything small gets dumped inside!
Monday, January 9, 2012
Hong Kong #5
Dug up these 2 photos from my computer.
Days leading up to Christmas, the malls are completely packed. We love the buzz and managed to do some shopping.
I miss Hong Kong. If only we can spend Lunar New Year there. :)
Days leading up to Christmas, the malls are completely packed. We love the buzz and managed to do some shopping.
I miss Hong Kong. If only we can spend Lunar New Year there. :)
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Supper
at Fat Boy's turned out great. I love the fat basterd burger! But it's really HUGE and I had to share with J.
Best of all, they have my favourite cider! But for $10 a bottle, it felt a little like daylight robbery.
J prefers strawberry while I'm more partial towards elderflower.
Best of all, they have my favourite cider! But for $10 a bottle, it felt a little like daylight robbery.
J prefers strawberry while I'm more partial towards elderflower.
Happy New Year?
It's taken me a while to blog about the arrival of 2012 because I can't think of what's possibly happy about this new year. Yes, I'm all dreary, bleak and pessimistic this 2012. Boo hoo.
But I guess there's always a silver lining no matter how dark the days ahead look. I got myself a moleskine diary for half the price. :) Well, considering it was already the 6th day of January 2012 when I chanced upon it and the store had piles of planners in stock, 50% discount is no surprise.
I told J that these days, going to work in the morning feels like booking in to the army camp by 2359.
Ever the optimist, he tells me that the worst will be over in 3 months then. Because it's the initial 3-month BMT that sucks, life just gets better after that. Wow! I'm so encouraged. :P
So hang in there I will. Meanwhile, let's pray I'd find some bureaucratic blood in me so I can survive my 'BMT'. :)
But I guess there's always a silver lining no matter how dark the days ahead look. I got myself a moleskine diary for half the price. :) Well, considering it was already the 6th day of January 2012 when I chanced upon it and the store had piles of planners in stock, 50% discount is no surprise.
I told J that these days, going to work in the morning feels like booking in to the army camp by 2359.
Ever the optimist, he tells me that the worst will be over in 3 months then. Because it's the initial 3-month BMT that sucks, life just gets better after that. Wow! I'm so encouraged. :P
So hang in there I will. Meanwhile, let's pray I'd find some bureaucratic blood in me so I can survive my 'BMT'. :)
Monday, December 26, 2011
Hong Kong #4
Here I am at Kowloon Station, wondering if I should make a trip to the speciality store in Sogo at Causeway Bay after visiting the boutique at Elements!
In the end, I got ...
A mug for the new work place. :)
A bon shopper which can only be bought in HK! So worth the money! Actually J's money. Hee hee...
In the end, I got ...
A mug for the new work place. :)
A bon shopper which can only be bought in HK! So worth the money! Actually J's money. Hee hee...
Hong Kong #3
I have always known that the HK kate spade outlet does not sell its stuff cheap but still I cannot resist making a trip there each time.
For over an hour, I debated over a pair of shoes which fit but felt a little snug. In the end, I left with these items.
Journal flat pouch. This is from the earlier batch which means it's an old stock. But I like the red zip pull over the new one which is a short black ribbon of sort.
Bet you can't tell what this is.
Unzip it and you'll find a grocery bag! 环保袋!
Now I feel so glam doing grocery shopping! Plus no more plastic bags so I'm doing my part saving Planet Earth. :)
For over an hour, I debated over a pair of shoes which fit but felt a little snug. In the end, I left with these items.
Journal flat pouch. This is from the earlier batch which means it's an old stock. But I like the red zip pull over the new one which is a short black ribbon of sort.
Bet you can't tell what this is.
Unzip it and you'll find a grocery bag! 环保袋!
Now I feel so glam doing grocery shopping! Plus no more plastic bags so I'm doing my part saving Planet Earth. :)
Hong Kong #2
Eight years of travelling together, this is the first time we left with two pieces of luggage and came back with three!
J was rather indulgent this time and let me buy everything I fancied. With my new job, it's unlike that I can drop my work in an instant and accompany him on his work trips. This means us travelling together less next year. Which makes me sad! Hence his indulgence in a bid to cheer me up.
This is me very very anxious because for a long time all we got was J's bag. The loots were in the other two bags of mine!
My agnes b. bag charm did not survive this trip. One of the blings fell off somewhere in HK. Because I do not even know where I dropped it, I can't glue it back. Sadly this means early retirement for this bling bling. It is my favourite and always will be.
J was rather indulgent this time and let me buy everything I fancied. With my new job, it's unlike that I can drop my work in an instant and accompany him on his work trips. This means us travelling together less next year. Which makes me sad! Hence his indulgence in a bid to cheer me up.
This is me very very anxious because for a long time all we got was J's bag. The loots were in the other two bags of mine!
My agnes b. bag charm did not survive this trip. One of the blings fell off somewhere in HK. Because I do not even know where I dropped it, I can't glue it back. Sadly this means early retirement for this bling bling. It is my favourite and always will be.
Hong Kong #1
Like many, we love the eating bit in HK. There's so much good food, I hardly take pictures of them anymore. Besides, a quick search on the Internet will lead you to a zillion blog posts about what and where to eat in HK.
What I did take a picture of is this dessert shop. I think it's called Hang Fa Lau. We were told it's pretty good. There is one just 10 metres away from our hotel. J and I love 甜汤 (dessert/sweet soup) and really nothing beats a hot bowl of sweet soup on a winter's day!
Double boiled papaya with white fungus is my favourite. I must have a bowl of this every day every time I am in HK. I know I can do it myself but I'm lazy and it's available every where in HK. So easy!
Usually at the dessert stores, you can also find fried radish cake. (萝卜糕) J swears the ones in HK are better. I think he's just biased. :)
Look at those glass bottles! For the sake of drinking out of a glass bottle, I ordered soft drinks with my wanton mee. So ancient and so nostalgic! I don't even know where we can find these in Singapore.
I eat these small sweet cakes for remembrance sake! We love walking from Tsim Sha Tsui to our hotel late at night. On the way, we will stop by this stall and grab some 鸡蛋仔. Because we did it the first time we went to HK, we have been doing so every trip.
Miniature egg tarts (蛋挞仔) are another of my favourite. I love everything to do with eggs! These are from our favourite dim sum place, Dragon Dynasty (龙朝) in JD Mall.
Maxim's Cakes came up with Angry Birds muffins this Christmas season. Hilarious I thought! The icing isn't great but the chocolate chip muffin is! Yummy.
What I did take a picture of is this dessert shop. I think it's called Hang Fa Lau. We were told it's pretty good. There is one just 10 metres away from our hotel. J and I love 甜汤 (dessert/sweet soup) and really nothing beats a hot bowl of sweet soup on a winter's day!
Double boiled papaya with white fungus is my favourite. I must have a bowl of this every day every time I am in HK. I know I can do it myself but I'm lazy and it's available every where in HK. So easy!
Usually at the dessert stores, you can also find fried radish cake. (萝卜糕) J swears the ones in HK are better. I think he's just biased. :)
Look at those glass bottles! For the sake of drinking out of a glass bottle, I ordered soft drinks with my wanton mee. So ancient and so nostalgic! I don't even know where we can find these in Singapore.
I eat these small sweet cakes for remembrance sake! We love walking from Tsim Sha Tsui to our hotel late at night. On the way, we will stop by this stall and grab some 鸡蛋仔. Because we did it the first time we went to HK, we have been doing so every trip.
Miniature egg tarts (蛋挞仔) are another of my favourite. I love everything to do with eggs! These are from our favourite dim sum place, Dragon Dynasty (龙朝) in JD Mall.
Maxim's Cakes came up with Angry Birds muffins this Christmas season. Hilarious I thought! The icing isn't great but the chocolate chip muffin is! Yummy.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas!
Christmas shopping was done in HK this year.
Blessed Christmas to one and all!
Love and peace be with you. :)
Blessed Christmas to one and all!
Love and peace be with you. :)
Friday, December 23, 2011
Taiwan #4
No trip is complete without a visit to kate spade. Lo and behold! The only store in Taipei was a short 10-minute walk from my hotel.
Service was marvellous. One of the saleswomen came up to explain which items were on sale and which were new arrivals. I asked her if I could use my membership card and found out it wasn't valid in Taiwan. Quick as a flash, she immediately offered me a 10% discount.
How could I resist?!
So in the end??
Hee... J bought me this lovely bangle. :)
Service was marvellous. One of the saleswomen came up to explain which items were on sale and which were new arrivals. I asked her if I could use my membership card and found out it wasn't valid in Taiwan. Quick as a flash, she immediately offered me a 10% discount.
How could I resist?!
So in the end??
Hee... J bought me this lovely bangle. :)
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