Sunday, March 31, 2024

JOY in March

31st March (Sun)

given the ugly experience of stuffing myself silly with this brand of gummy last October that resulted in 2 MEGA HUGE acnes, i told Alvin & wifey that they should stop gifting me these heavenly gummies... 


well, they rationed it for me this round... two small (작다 - jak da) packs of which one was supposed to be shared during games(게임 - ge im) night with joyce, cy & ai ling and which of cos didnt happened... 😂😂😂... thanks for the 💖 oh 蔡小宝 & wifey... 



30th March (Sat)
Feasting @ Tenderbest Makcik Tuckshop after 2 rounds of our favourite game (
게임 - ge im)... such a big feast of 炸炸s, i walked 5km++ home (집 - jip) to reduce my 罪恶感...  


completed book (책 - chaek) #6... messed up story of a run-away 13 year old who staged her own kidnapped, ended up on the street, returned home after 8 years with a truckload of lies as cover up... flashed back style of writing from different POV on a non-sequential timeline confuses me, especially when the main character goes by several names in that 8 happening years...

need to work on my fiction book selection skill cos the other book that i borrowed from the library doesnt look promising too... 😂😂😂



29th March (Fri)

my 宝贝 before & after a shave...😂😂😂




23rd March (Sat)


1.5 rounds of our favourite game @ michelle's before claire's hatchday feast @ PS Cafe (카페 - ka pe), i12 Katong 


followed by a 10 minutes walk through the 'OG' Hari Raya bazaar @ Geylang Serai on a super full tummy just to take in the atmosphere since we were in that area and also because it was long queue everywhere... 😂😂😂



22 March (Fri)

super yummy (맛있는 - mat iss neun) NY original pizza  & pork ribs for dinner @ Roberta's, Mbs 


before the 3 of us 回到童年 with one of our favourite childhood's classic > Matilda 😍😍😍



lovely opening stage ... enjoyed this very entertaining musical with much luv for its creative use of props & screens to depict the different settings; school entrance (입구 - ip gu), playground (운동장 - un dong jang) with swings and classroom (교실 - kyo sil)...




17th March (Sun)
completed book (책 - chaek) #5... a book right up my alley...

i'm indeed living well, loving my family, friends & work (내 가족, 친구와일을 사랑해요 - nae ga jok, chin gu wa il eul sa rang hae yo) much much and laughing oh so often... 😍😍😍



16th March (Sat)
Proud 100th day @ learning korean (
한국어 배우기 - han guk eo bae u gi) with the duolingo app... mastered 52 of 58 lessons at Section 1: Rookie...  


S.M.A.R.T goal :
able to read (읽다 - ilk da) menu & signages by my next trip to Korea (한국 - han guk), hopefully in 2025 Term 2 to see cherry blossom ... 🌸🌸🌸



13rd March (Wed)
super belated hatchday treat for XT @ Crown Bakery & Cafe before a stroll @ the nearby Botanic Gardens and a chop chop visit to the National Orchid Garden... 



10th March (Sun)

new kaki for JB trip = new makan places discovered... 😍😍😍


lunch @ 鸭王 and 鱼片米粉 for dinner @ 海脚人... both are super yummy (맛있는 - mat iss neun)... like it much much (좋아요 - joh a yo) 



super satisfying day @ JB... bought a whole haversack of snacks from Lotus's + a dress (드레스 - deu re seu) from Padini + happy with my hair cut, colour, treatment + shiok shiok 1.5 hour massage @ Bangkok Spa




8th March (Fri)
thankful (고맙다 - go map da) to have Qi Yi with me for today's (오늘의 - o neul ui) briefing for my kiddos' adults

had fun making this basket of pipe cleaner flowers (꽃 - kkot) for the adults to present to their kiddos (아이 - a i) after the class's choral reading (독서 - dok seo) performance... 😍😍😍

i think my little girl (제여자아이 - je yeo ja a i) is very cute (귀여운 - gwi yeo un)... 😍😍😍



7th March (Thurs)

got summoned up to level 4 pantry by Ai Rin to collect an 爱心 egg tart to celebrate WEEK 10... WooHoo!!!... and chanced upon another of her encouraging 杰作... 😍😍😍


i took the one that made me burst out laughing... 😂😂😂



6th March (Wed)

happy happy to have a new bag (가방 - ga bang) for school (학교 - hak gyo)... like (좋아요 - joh a yo) its functionality & design and received it at the right time where i was looking for a new haversack since aging spots were spotted in the old one a few weeks back...


random day to receive not 1 but 3 prezzies... thanks Nas, Mr Yap & iCare...


& today (오늘 - o neul) have joyce to do hamster walk walk (걷다 - geot da) with... with friend (친구 - chin gu) will walk more.... heee.... 17k steps achieved!!!



5th March (Tues)


free champagne and magic show while the staff fixed their technical glitch -> Le Petit Chef went on strike!!! 😂😂😂



interesting experience of watching Petit Chef preparing each dish 'comically' and had fun playing peek-a-boo with our dessert... 



Happi early hatchday Claire... glad you enjoyed the experience too, though the food (음식 - eum sik) was meh... 😅😅😅



4th March (Mon)
小宋 二十 快乐 !!! 



2nd March (Sat)

Angela treated delicious ramen (맛있는 라면 - mat iss neun la myen) for lunch before we headed to NATAS fair @ EXPO...after roaming around and talking to 3 tour representatives, we signed up with ASA for our Turkiye tour this (이 - i) June... 😍😍😍


Happy with the deal we gotten... SQ direct flight + free flight to 三亚 by 2024 + free 4GB international data + 28 inch luggage +  a haversack + a deck of poker cards + a pack of softlan... 😅😅😅

Monday, March 25, 2024

Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience with Chuas & Mx


the Chuas @ Yao Yao Sauerkrant Fish for an over the top 饱饱 dinner before we sent 蔡妈咪 home then met up with mx to go on an adventure into the Forbidden Forest of Harry Potter @ Sentosa...  

luv the coloured lights, the background music, the ambiance that made the whole Forbidden Forest (숲 - sup) so harry potter-y & so magical... 


this pose just because i thought i heard someone said Hermione was choked by this giant, Grawp, Hagrid's half brother... apparently, that wasnt the case... Grawp merely lifted her up cos he liked (좋아 - chol a) her.... 😂😂😂


Hagrid & Fang


Alfred was the only one who needed to bow twice before he was accepted to be worthy enough to touch (만지지 - man ji ji) it... 😂😂😂


Nifflers posing like a gang of arrogant flashy gangsters with all the thick gold chains and coins... 😂😂😂 


Hedwig, Harry's mail owl 


a kiss under the mistletoe... 😘😘😘

上面 亲亲爱爱 下面 各分帮派

Wizards vs Witches... the WITCHES WON !!!



Spotted mugglers who failed to light up the lamps no matter how hard they waved @ the Incendio Spell station... 😂😂😂



super sweet butter beer (맥주 - maek ju) @ $14 each.... the one at USJ was way yummier (맛있는 - mat iss neun) and foamier.... 


with the flying car (자동차 - ja dong cha) that escaped into the Forbidden Forest after it was bullied by the Whomping Willow... 


this tiny wand chose me and with it, 


heard the "see what?" at the end of the video???... hahahahaha... i was coined the 假粉 for not remembering almost everything we saw on this trail from the books (책 - chaek) &/or movies (영화 - yeong hwa)... i announced i shall re-read the books... they replied, "Jie, watch the movies easier & faster (빠른 - ppa reun)"... 😂😂😂


greatly enjoyed this one hour+ of 慢慢走 慢慢看 多说说 多笑笑 with family (가족 - ga jok) & mx... and thanks to Alfred's phone (폰 - pon) with a superb camera (카메라 - ka me ra) function that all these clear & vibrant pics and videos could be captured for memories...he even said that we could exchange phones for my trip to Turkiye this June.... 😍😍😍


we Chuas really love (사랑 - sa rang) Harry Potter... happy happy to add another potter adventure to our list; 
Angela celebrated my hatchday with a Harry Potter theme dinner also in 2017... 😍😍😍

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Yuan's Hatchday Celebrations

15th March (Fri)

decked in Yuan's favourite pink colour, we went on a 8+ km hike @ MacRitchie Reservoir as Yuan's hatchday celebration activity this year... 

sad to see the monkeys feeding off food (음식 - eum sik) & drink (음료 - eum ryu) packaging that i assumed were discarded carelessly or salvaged from the trash (쓰레기 - sseu re gi)...


finally reached the entrance (입구 - ib gu) of the treetop walk after about an hour of ups & downs... good news: we conquered half the hike.... bad news: we still have another half of the hike to conquer...😅😅😅


Our first exploration to the treetop walk was shortly after it was officially launched in 2004. 5 of us; Cy, Sm, Yuan, Ant & me had agreed to check out Singapore first free-standing suspension bridge upon being told, most likely by Cy, that it would only be a 45 minutes hike!!! Cy & SM turned up in flip flops... horror oh horror... it turned out to be a 11+km hike over 3+ hours... 😰😰😰


dug through my toyogo box to find the photo album that the RSS clique had put together for my 24th hatchday and found the only photograph i had of this memorable day... 

40% smaller but same group of friends (친구 - chin gu), same colour top & same habit of having my sunglasses with me for day time walks...
想你了 Ant... 


We made many more treetop hikes since then and Yuan found this pic that we took in 2013... 

and here we were, trying very hard to replicate it... 

cannot > 后面有人


cannot > 要多一点 suspension bridge 



OK !!! 

now as i upload the pics then realised; 

cannot > angle 不对... we should have leaned against one side of the railing and not stand across the bridge... and this is the boardwalk bridge, not the suspension bridge... 😂😂😂



am impressed with these two little ones... yes (네 - ne), complained a little (조금 - jo geum) and declared their regrets of coming along but completed the 2+ hours hike without much hassle & clinginess... 👍👍👍




16th March (Sat)

coordinated with Tony to surprise Yuan @ Simply Retro with a " Oi, 这么巧啊。你们也来这里吃 dinner 听歌啊?!?!?! " 😂😂😂



Food (음식 - eum sik) is really delicious (맛있다 - mat iss da)... my prawn aglio olio was good, Cy's & Tony's sirlion steak was good, the black garlic roast pork was good... 


then came the drinks (음료 - eum ryo)... Simply Retro serves 4 types of shots!!! Thanks to Tony's 口头禅 "没有酒了"... We had 4 types of shots!!! 😅😅😅



The 4th type of shots was Melon Drop... but we were too high by then to take pics &/or video of the drinks le... 😅😅😅


shots 喝完了 就变成了 loser of 5-10 had to drink 半杯半杯 的啤酒 (맥주 - maek ju)... 

this pic is titled: 各家老公 看各家老婆 😍😍😍


one of the most frequent last pair to fight it out!!!  


the two who lost the most number of times at 5-10... 😅😅😅



朦朦的... 好多年没喝这么多了... 耳朵烧烧, 头皮痒痒, 脸红红... and so high was i that the meanie in me wanted to leave laughing emojis @ someone's past posts but the nicey in me told me to just 放眼看... 

so being one who always look on the better side of situations... thank you (감사합니다 - gam sa hap ni da) for snatching away the dirty trash (더러운 쓰레기 - deo reo un sseu re gi) from my life... 😂😂😂