Been missing since my last post cos January is the busiest month for us..... Jo's birthday, our anniversary, spring cleaning, Reunion dinner and CNY.....phew.... but it wasn't all work and no play.....I had lots of fun catching up with friends and love ones during this festive season! I shall update all in this long post.

16/1, Friday - Peter, Tracy & Nat (from Perth) visited us on that day and we updated each other on our happenings. Btw, P & T were our marriage counsellors and till now, I still think they are the best marriage counsellors I have ever known. Going to miss them lots.



17/1, Saturday - We celebrated Jo's 3rd birthday a week earlier so as not to crash with Reunion Dinner night. I am glad that Jo enjoyed his party and we had a great catching up with some old friends. Jo received so many pressies that our storeroom resembled a mini toy shop! For more pics, pls go to his blog (see links).

I baked some mini donuts by using muffins pre-mixed packs and packed them as party favours for our guests. I thot they were cute!









18/1, Sunday - It was CNY shopping in JB for us. Gil came with us too. Bought lots of CNY goodies and hampers for our family members. And I must mentioned this, I found the best Claypot Chicken Rice (IMO) at City Sq food court..... I tell you, it was soooooooo good that I almost grew wings on my back and flew to heaven...LOL! Am drooling just thinking about it but too bad, I was too attracted to that pot of rice till I forgotten to take pic of it...will do that the next time. We also had a nice dinner at Kinsahi Japanese Restaurant. This branch at Pelangi was way better than the one at City Square and they even served vegetarian Jap food.



20/1, Tuesday - We had an advanced Reunion Dinner with my family at Kam Boat Restaurant, Marina Square. As usual, dinner was late at about 8.30 pm cos most of them were used to being fashionably late....sigh!




Video of us "laoing" Yu Sheng



23/1, Thursday - We had an advanced 9th Anniversary dinner at Sakura, RP. This branch is quite new and I like the view of Admiralty park from the restaurant. The food was fresh and they served items that I had not seen at other branches like oysters, laksa and hot plate stuff! Think we'll be back cos it just a short drive from our place!




25/1. Sunday - We skipped church that day and did our spring cleaning in the morning. Then it was Potluck Reunion Dinner with the Tans cum Jo's actual birthday celebration. He was so happy to see Thomas, Annie & Clarabel on his cake! Dinner was early as most of them had something on in the late evening. Am glad cos I could paint my nails and do my mask so would be ready and "prettified" for CNY the next day!




Videos of us "laoing" Yu Sheng at my in law's place






26/1, Monday (CNY) - We woke up early to get dressed and visited my parents and aunty first. Tom and I were looking forward to my dad's Cantonese style Chap Chai that he would cooked every CNY. Tom loved my mom's pineapple tarts so much that he asked me to get the recipe from my mom...... they were really yummy! We also had lots of delicious food awaiting us at my aunt's place. I loved the feeling of being home and surrounded by all the first class (IMO) home-cooked food that I missed so much! My sis' BF commented that he didn't have so much good food till he met my sis..... hmm.... that's what Tom said too when we were dating!

Then it was off to my in laws' place. Jo fell asleep in the van and we decided to let him sleep in the van for 45 mins before we went up to their place. Jo always enjoyed the company of his cousins, especially the girls!

CNY Day 1



Rachel, our pretty God daughter visited us in the evening together with some of our young friends. Missed this gal from down under. Gracia popped by too after her dinner. I had a hard time understanding their Aussie slang! We had "Ham and Crabsticks" Yu Sheng when everyone arrived. Jo threw a really bad tantrum that night cos he was tired out by all the visitings and sleep deprivations!