The Unbalanced Libra..

I had the best Friday ever since i came back.  Yesterday, my day started at 9am at K's office.  We worked for half a day, then headed to the Takashimaya baby fair during lunch. I had wanted to go to the fair since it started late last month, but kept postponing it till now.  We walked through the fair with my shopping list but left empty handed.  I basically just jotted down the prices to compare. Will probably buy before the fair ends.



After our little baby fair experience, we headed to the new Ion Orchard to take a look see.  Didn't manage to walk through the entire mall though.  But we lingered for quite a while at the food hall level, where i sampled honey lemon tea, BBQ pork slices and lots of goodies from Bengawan Solo (cookies, my fave snow skin green tea mooncake, and pandan cake).  The nice lady at the shop kept opening boxes of samples for me to try, and K had to ask her to stop before i finished all her samples! And yes, I finally got my Pandan cake yesterday! = )

I took the bus for the first time since i came back. K and I went from Orchard to Raffles Place where one of his serviced apartments were.   K brought me on a mini tour of the condo and the apartment he was renting out, and i fell in love with the place. The viewing gallery actually had a direct view of the floating platform where the NDP is held every year. Which means residents get front row seats to view the fireworks. How nice..

Pandan cake.  More specifically, Bengawan Solo pandan cake.

It's been 2 freaking weeks and i still haven't satisfy my craving!! So far, i only managed to go into the BS shop at the airport twice to sample the pandan cake..

I hate whoever came up with the saying: "You can't have the cake and eat it."

For K's birthday present this year, B bought him this:

I can't believe K got his own book even BEFORE i got mine... =(

I hate durians. But for the sake of baby Bria (and to stop my mom in law from nagging), i shall overcome my fear and devour the unsightly and awful smelling fruit.

Because K had the same phobia, I had to lock myself in the study room and eat the durian by myself..  = (

The smell was so strong even though the fruit was covered inside a Styrofoam box with a layer of plastic film on top, and then wrapped in 2 separate plastic bags.  I nearly puked after the first bite, but continued eating and drinking water at the same time to dilute the taste.. After all that trouble, i only managed to eat 2 pieces.  I wonder if that's enough to make Bria strong and healthy.. haha..  = )

Breasts and babies.. These would be the 2 keywords to summarize my day today.  K and I attended a breastfeeding seminar organized by Philips Avent this morning at the Philips corporate building in Toa Payoh.  For 2 hours, we listened to healthcare professinals explain the advantages of breastfeeding.  We had signed up for the seminar mainly for the goodie bag, which was supposedly valued at $118.  For $10 registration fee, i thought this was a good bargain.  But the goodie bag didn't impress me.  All it had were Pampers diapers, a small 125ml milk bottle, a milk storage bottle and some vouchers.  The buffet lunch was not too bad though.  I had 2 helpings even though we were supposed to attend a birthday party in the next hour.

After the seminar and lunch, we headed to the service center in the next building to check if my hair straightener had been repaired.  I have been on the verge of going crazy from not being able to straighten my messy hair for the past 2 weeks since i came back from NZ.  Unfortunately, the guy at the counter told me it's not ready yet, despite me sending it for repairs 4 days ago.  Argghhh... looks like i still have to continue tying up my hair or risk meeting my customers with messy let down hair..

We went over to K's cousin's place in Punggol for her son's 1st birthday.  More buffet food and relatives asking about my baby etc.. The birthday boy wasn't too happy though, kept crying throughout. Which was a real pity, cause he's such a handsome boy. K's cousin actually entered him in a photo competition, which he didn't win, but got into the top 12.. here are some photos of the birthday boy taken for his photo competition.  Simply adorable isn't he?!  And so full of expressions.. = )


If we weren't relatives, i might match make him with my baby Bria!

K had his first attempt at making black chicken soup for me and Bria.   It was good for a first timer..



I love being pregnant!! = P

B brought me to Raffles Hotel Jubilee Hall today for the grand finals of the Singapore Airlines Octave III  singing competition. One of his colleagues had made it to the top 12 and had bought 2 tickets for B to come and support him.  According to B, the tickets actually cost $60 each!  Which is over priced if you ask me, cause there were no food served, the goodie bag was nothing fantastic, and we were gonna watch a bunch of unknown amateurs, not some budding rock star!

Anyway, it's been a long time since i attended a concert or performance of any sort, so this was a welcome treat for me.. Plus, i loved the pair of Gordon Max diamond earrings that was included in the goodie bag!!  This must be what the $60 tickets are for.. = )

The whole thing ended around 1045pm, and K came to pick me up.  I had worn the wrong shoes and had developed really bad blisters by the end of the day, so i had no choice but to ask K to pick me up.  Which made me feel bad cause i had planned to take the MRT back with B after the concert.  Sigh.. stupid me had wanted to dress up for the night, but had no proper pregnancy-friendly shoes except my Crocs (which does not go well at all with my dress).  So.. i wore my pointed toe low heeled black cloak shoes and walked the entire day in town, meeting potential customers and then B, and then to the concert.

B's friend did not make it to the top 3 in the end.  Which was a pity, cause he chose the wrong song.  Then again, none of those whom i thought were good won. To me, it's all political, the top 3 for both male and female categories are from different races.  Even though i thought at least 2 Chinese (one of whom was in the top 7 in "Project Superstar") should be in the top 3. Plus, the 2 male and female champions can't sing.  They probably won only because of their showmanship, even though this is supposed to be a singing competition. 

I think Baby Bria enjoyed herself tremendously though.  She kicked quite a few times during the concert (B got the chance to feel one of her kicks / somersaults).  Then she continued kicking throughout the whole night, causing me to lose sleep.. I actually woke up at 3am and she was still kicking! = )