Friends meet up 2017

as the years go by, our family commitment grows, we make more friends, we have more work-related stuff to look into, we have new priorities and obligations in life hence i find that committing one's time to meet up with friends from all over to be increasing difficult as we age.... 

so i am extremely thankful for all these friends who makes the effort and heart to remain in contact or to re-connect in 2017... luv all of you deep deep.... =* 

the adv dippies 

  

2 meet-ups this year with the 2012 P1 teachers...

with the 2 new junior members

with the artsy teachers from JPS 

babes from NIE at Mab's house warming, especially for us.. =) 

ex - colleagues from my first job at Uncle Yew Cheong's house warming 

with Jess, my very on-the-ball financial adviser since year 2000

24th student council with our +1/+3 @ James' house for steamboat 

the babes from JC ... the group that skipped class together... =P 

two official occasions for secondary school pals to meet up this year.... this was at baby Teo's 1st birthday party 

and the other was at xiuting's church wedding ... 

and not to forget, my solo trip to Perth to meet the Teos... =D 

reconnected with primary classmate, Jasmine, last year and am extremely glad that Xiao Ping, another primary classmate, could join us this year.... was so amused when she told me that she remembered me because of the school bus accident that i got caught in that resulted in 3 stitches to my forehead when we were in primary 3... 

meet-ups that missed the camera this year .... Mr Tay, Lina, Auntie Fei Mee, Bernie, Xinying & Vivian  

Yeah to more meet-ups & reconnection next year... =) 

to Changi airport with MX & Agnes

MX invited me along for her date with Agnes to Changi Airport terminal 3 ... 

happy to see Han Sai Por's sculptures on display when i entered the airport from the bus terminal.... she's one of the artists whose work will be introduced to my P2 kiddos this year... 

Lunch was @ Ramen Champion 

the kani salad looked so appetizing that i just had to order it even though it was at $9.80... =S  


after which we headed to the departure atrium where there was a 2 minute laser & bubble 'show'



the whole set up was really very xmas-y.. luv luv... so we snapped and snapped and snapped lots of pics.... =D

can check out Agnes' blog for more pics that we took.... 

lunch cost over $60 so we got to purchase this 'My Melody' soft toy @ $8.90 for Agnes... =D 

cute hor???.... 

(pic kopped from Agnes's blog) 

PTL offered to buy one for me but as much as i like the 'Lala' soft toy for its cuteness & prettiness, i don't have the habit of collecting soft toys as i really do not know what to do with them except to let them collect dust at home... so i dont have a single soft toy at home... =S 

anyway, continued our shopping at the basement and spotted this at The Cocoa Tree

it was selling at $5.30/ pack with a Buy 3 get 1 Free promotion... texted the 3As and Alfred requested for them... blessed his friends.... wahahahaha

to the Hello Kitty Cafe after shopping, not because we were hungry or tired and needed a place to rest from the shopping ... it was just because it was HELLO KITTY CAFE and there was NO QUEUE!!! .... much to our happiness!!! 

Agnes shared with us that this double ribbon Hello Kitty was designed especially for this cafe in Singapore oh 

we ordered a tea set for 2 @ $20++ to share as we were all still very full from our lunch... the tea set consisted of 2 drinks, a slice of cake and a cup of yoghurt with 1 choice of topping.... quite worth it.... 

enjoyed the outing much although i was not feeling optimal that day ... Hope both of u had fun too... =) 

Meixiang's & Yingkai's Wedding

Another bestie is married!!! A marriage so beautiful and so meaningful, i had tears in my eyes.... 

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Wedding prep began with baking cookies as wedding favours... the couple had arranged for the sisters & brothers to bake the cookies together with adult students from Association for Persons with Special Needs @ the APSN Centre located within Kembangan-Chai Chee Community Hub ... 

given the time constraint of 2 hours, the baker, together with the students, had prepared the dough in advance.... what we had to do was to weigh the dough into 10g portions and roll them into tiny balls

(caught in a salt bae pose seh...call me dough bae from now... wahahahaha) 


the dough balls were then arranged on baking trays following a 8 x 6 matrix 


then they were flattened into cookie shape before being sent into the oven

the cooled baked cookies were then lined to be individually packed ... here we have the groom using eye power on us.... =P 



the packed cookies were further packed into goody bags of 6 cookies each

tatatata..... the band of brothers and sisters with 200 packs of cookies!!!! 

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the babes and I also accompanied MX to get her nails ready for the wedding @ The Nail Social, a socially-conscious salon located at Haji Lane that was established with the aim of training and employing local underprivileged women with a higher barrier to employment, so as to help them progress from a position of vulnerability to security and self-sufficiency.

requested for manicure + gel polish @ $57 ... 

luving the glitters much much .... Xmas came early for me... heee.... 

and with 2 more babes who joined us later, we headed to I AM cafe for lunch... 

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The wedding lunch reception was held @ Food for Thought @ National Museum. 

woah...such a stylish bride!!!... luv the gown + denim combi... =D

Qingyun's hairstyle was also very stylo... i like... 

the lovely couple 

the infinity loop which represents everlasting love between the couple... so meaningful...  

stenciled groom & bride board by yours truly ... =D 

seated @ table 2... 

wedding montage created by the groom himself.... 

Congrats once more on becoming Mrs Chen.... Wishing you a life-time of happiness and blissfulness ... 

favourite woobbee to end this beautiful day ... =*


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pic credit: 
high res pics from the official photographer of the day
low res pics from my phone.. =P