ever since i was pregnant. i've been banned from sashimi! It's pretty crazy n boring to go to a Jap place n have cooked food. i seriously wonder how i've survived the sashimi ban. I seriously miss my maguro and hamachi. But hey, i did it!!!! AND my hubby is so proud of me! And i'm so proud he's so proud of me.
Since i can't have sashimi, i decide to shift my taste buds to elsewhere whereby i can eat FREELY without restriction with the menu. I hate to open up a menu n realise i have to abstain from half the menu. It's torturing!!! And i hate that feeling. Well, it's a choice i make. Since i can't have it, i DON"T wanna have it!!!! So , T& I decide to go Mexican these days! NAchos, tacos and more nachos. We've been exploring restauarnts with Nachos with diff dips.
Birthday was at Viva Mexican @ Cuppage. Pretty good food. Nachos with refreshing spicy chilli dip. Quite good! Thumbs up. Food was quite good. And the restaurant was real quiet . It's a place to enjoy real peace away from the shopping crowd. Price range: $35-45 per pax.
Went to CAfe Iguana today at Clarke Quay to satisfy my nacho craving. They have the cheese dip which i tot was rather heavy n too rich. I dun like it. But hubby kinda likes it apparently. Well, we R OPPOSITES even when it comes to eating. I kinda prefer it with the tomato salsa n avocado. Highly recommend the prawns. Juicy and elastic! One of the best prawns i've eaten. Comes in skewers with capsicum n onions in sizzler plate. So food stays warm for some time. But, this place rather crowded with lotsa expats. Rather rowdy crowd, those who kinda wanna party. Halloween tonite, perhaps that explains the crazy crowd too. Price range: $25-40 per pax.
Perhaps after the mexican craving, we'll starting going Indian. Hubby loves indian food! :) Watever, as long as there's no sashimi! I eat anything cooked!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
wat i wanna do...
5 mths! Yes, that's all i have b4 little leong arrives. Phew! ANd i tot there's like soooo many things i wanna do b4 the little one arrives. I need more time! :P
We finished reading the book of John to little leong. So now, it;s on unto Proverbs, Psalms. Well, while Terence enjoys reading more Gospel books to the little one, i kinda like the psalms with poems and proverbs with more wisdom. Seriously, we dun reallie know if the little one understands, but to us, we tot it's good for the little one's spirit and it is our desire to bring up this little one to know and love the Lord. Away with the worldly values! THis is sometin we seriously dun wanna bring up our kids with -all the worldly value systems and materialism. Though i luv SHOPPING, i dun wanna my kids to grow up shoppa kids who spent their weekends in shopping malls n restaurants. It would be far too sad if the little ones love the fancy clothes more than the beautiful creation of God.
Most importantly,reading the bible everynite to the little one kinda trains us to be more self-disciplined. I guess, spiritual self-discipline is important, especially in ministry and somehow God seems to be teaching us this lesson during this time. Pray for us as we seek to be self-disciplined in our spiritual life, that we may impart the same values to our little one too.
Well, many of our frens have been asking us about our US trip. With the coming of the little one, seriously, we're praying for God's direction in our lives. Our applications are already with Central Seminary ( Minnesota) and IBC. ( International Baptist College) and we have told them to hold our applications due to the unexpected pregnancy. If the Lord wills, perhaps we will just bring the little one with us to US when he/ she reaches one. Or if the Lord wanna us to stay put in S'pore, we'll just stay.We won;t know where or when we should go. But somehow, we know that for the next 1 year, we'll surely be in Singapore for the little one;s sake. Continue to pray for us dear frens. That whenever, wherever God calls us, we;ll be ready to go.It could be 1 yr, 2 yrs, 3 yrs, 4 yrs, 5 yrs or soooo. We reallie dunno. It will all be fulfilled in God;s timing. But rest assured that when we are confirmed, we will surely keep u informed! :)
5 mths.!!! That's all i got! Hey, i wish i have more time!!!
........wat i wanna do b4 little one comes......
1) 1 more HOLIDAy!!!
2) Catch up on parenting books
3) Deco & Furnishing for the little one's room
4) Sterilise my house. it;s real dusty in Punggol.
5) Confirm a confinement lady
6) Confirm a name for the little one
7) ENjoy the last of our honeymoon days with Ter!!!!:)
after the little one arrives.. my wish list goes:
1) Hair Spa with new hairdo
2) MAnicure/ Pedicure
3) Sashimi Salad from Waraku and Sushi Tei
4) Away with the flats, i welcome my heels!!!! haha
5) Run up the overhead bridge (without a bowling ball)! :P
6) Aerobics ( i miss my aerobics class!)
7) SHop for HeeLs and skirts!!!!
8) Piggyback on Terence
9) Roll in my bed
10) MASSAGE/ SCRUB/ JACUZZI/WRAP!!!!
11) Swim! i miss water!
12) CAnoe!
13) Run everywhere i go...........It's a privilege to jusz run without a bowling ball in you
wish list for the little one:
1) Healthy, strong and active
2) Beautiful or handsome in God's eyes
3) Love and serve the Lord
4) Loves mummy n daddy!
5) Filled with God's joy!
6) Amuses and entertains mummy and daddy! :P
That;s for now. Perhaps, ill load our Japan & birthday pics when we r like More free! :)
We finished reading the book of John to little leong. So now, it;s on unto Proverbs, Psalms. Well, while Terence enjoys reading more Gospel books to the little one, i kinda like the psalms with poems and proverbs with more wisdom. Seriously, we dun reallie know if the little one understands, but to us, we tot it's good for the little one's spirit and it is our desire to bring up this little one to know and love the Lord. Away with the worldly values! THis is sometin we seriously dun wanna bring up our kids with -all the worldly value systems and materialism. Though i luv SHOPPING, i dun wanna my kids to grow up shoppa kids who spent their weekends in shopping malls n restaurants. It would be far too sad if the little ones love the fancy clothes more than the beautiful creation of God.
Most importantly,reading the bible everynite to the little one kinda trains us to be more self-disciplined. I guess, spiritual self-discipline is important, especially in ministry and somehow God seems to be teaching us this lesson during this time. Pray for us as we seek to be self-disciplined in our spiritual life, that we may impart the same values to our little one too.
Well, many of our frens have been asking us about our US trip. With the coming of the little one, seriously, we're praying for God's direction in our lives. Our applications are already with Central Seminary ( Minnesota) and IBC. ( International Baptist College) and we have told them to hold our applications due to the unexpected pregnancy. If the Lord wills, perhaps we will just bring the little one with us to US when he/ she reaches one. Or if the Lord wanna us to stay put in S'pore, we'll just stay.We won;t know where or when we should go. But somehow, we know that for the next 1 year, we'll surely be in Singapore for the little one;s sake. Continue to pray for us dear frens. That whenever, wherever God calls us, we;ll be ready to go.It could be 1 yr, 2 yrs, 3 yrs, 4 yrs, 5 yrs or soooo. We reallie dunno. It will all be fulfilled in God;s timing. But rest assured that when we are confirmed, we will surely keep u informed! :)
5 mths.!!! That's all i got! Hey, i wish i have more time!!!
........wat i wanna do b4 little one comes......
1) 1 more HOLIDAy!!!
2) Catch up on parenting books
3) Deco & Furnishing for the little one's room
4) Sterilise my house. it;s real dusty in Punggol.
5) Confirm a confinement lady
6) Confirm a name for the little one
7) ENjoy the last of our honeymoon days with Ter!!!!:)
after the little one arrives.. my wish list goes:
1) Hair Spa with new hairdo
2) MAnicure/ Pedicure
3) Sashimi Salad from Waraku and Sushi Tei
4) Away with the flats, i welcome my heels!!!! haha
5) Run up the overhead bridge (without a bowling ball)! :P
6) Aerobics ( i miss my aerobics class!)
7) SHop for HeeLs and skirts!!!!
8) Piggyback on Terence
9) Roll in my bed
10) MASSAGE/ SCRUB/ JACUZZI/WRAP!!!!
11) Swim! i miss water!
12) CAnoe!
13) Run everywhere i go...........It's a privilege to jusz run without a bowling ball in you
wish list for the little one:
1) Healthy, strong and active
2) Beautiful or handsome in God's eyes
3) Love and serve the Lord
4) Loves mummy n daddy!
5) Filled with God's joy!
6) Amuses and entertains mummy and daddy! :P
That;s for now. Perhaps, ill load our Japan & birthday pics when we r like More free! :)
Me and my Little Leong
Ok, I haven't talked about my little cutie Leong (the baby yes that one). At 4.5 months old, all the gynaes think she's a she. But the books say 5 months is 'sure'. Girl can become boy, but boy cannot become girl you know. :P
Little cutie Leong has been really active these 2 weeks. When I called Daphne during lunch time, she suddenly said "Ouch! Baby's kicking again.". When I called her to tell about my IPPT miracle, she kicked again too. I think ar, she next time will be karateka or some socceroo. :D
We've been reading John, Proverbs and Psalm to her (almost) every night since week 7. Now we're reading Psalm in mandarin too, so she'll be bilingual when she's grown (unlike her kantang daddy haha). I'm really praying that God will use her mightily in full time ministry in the future. It would be such a joy to see our future kids dedicated and serving God and making their lives count for Him. Amen? :D
Daphne's remarking that her tummy is getting really big. Can't run, can't swim , can't eat her fav foods for now. And she's made me promise her a blitz of massage/scrub/wrap/sushi/sashimi salad (sushi tei & waraku)/soft icecream/etc treats after she gives birth (and after confinement of course). Better start saving up lulz :D
Little cutie Leong has been really active these 2 weeks. When I called Daphne during lunch time, she suddenly said "Ouch! Baby's kicking again.". When I called her to tell about my IPPT miracle, she kicked again too. I think ar, she next time will be karateka or some socceroo. :D
We've been reading John, Proverbs and Psalm to her (almost) every night since week 7. Now we're reading Psalm in mandarin too, so she'll be bilingual when she's grown (unlike her kantang daddy haha). I'm really praying that God will use her mightily in full time ministry in the future. It would be such a joy to see our future kids dedicated and serving God and making their lives count for Him. Amen? :D
Daphne's remarking that her tummy is getting really big. Can't run, can't swim , can't eat her fav foods for now. And she's made me promise her a blitz of massage/scrub/wrap/sushi/sashimi salad (sushi tei & waraku)/soft icecream/etc treats after she gives birth (and after confinement of course). Better start saving up lulz :D
IPPT Miracle - God is so good!
7 sessions of Remedial Training have passed. Actually 6, cos 23 Oct 08 was a 'free day' cos of some unknown reason, and I was able to celebrate a nice cosy delicious happy fun Mexican birthday for my beautiful happy gorgeous darlingiscious Daphne at "Viva Mexico" at Cuppage Terrace. Mmmmmm I loved the brinjal/spinach/cheese appetiser.... mmmmm.......
(Daphne says she loves the nachoes starter with the spicy dip) :D
Anyway, back on topic. Today was session 8: RT Phase 1 Test day. Last night I was so zonked out after work I slept at 10.30pm and didn't open my eyes till morning. What's worse, I actually dreamt of IPPT! I dreamt that I was as the pull-up station and I did 10 pull-ups, but I forgot to zap my scorecard!!! Oh well it was just a dream haha.
Worst of all, my left hamstring was aching, and my left calf was stiff. Ouch, last year's RT IPPT was the same, and I ran 14+ mins cos my pain threshold failed me. It's so annoying! I last ran on Sunday and Monday, and it doesn't ache/strain until 3 days later? Madness! *breathes*
Anyway, I met Joseph at Khatib MRT, and he was so sweet to sponsor the $5 cab fare to Khatib Camp. As usual, there were 500 people taking the test (yeah, Charlie was number 496 while mine was 463, and Joseph was 465. Joshua felt ill and pontang, that noti boy!)
So here's how the static station went:
1st Station: Pull ups - did 10 easily (dejavu with dream?) and I double checked my scorecard! :D
2nd Station: Standing Broad Jump: 216 cm. 3 points enough for my comfort zone.
3rd Station: Shuttle Run: 9.9s - I was quite surprised this time, cos I averaged 10.3 last year oh well I'm happy hehe.
4th Station: Sit Ups - Did 32 - Slacker me hehe I calculated enough points for incentive, so 3 points enough liao. Conserve energy mah I kiasu ok? :D
Now we were left with the dreadful 2.4km run. Joseph and Charlie were like so confident.
Joseph:"I think I'll try to run 11:20min, maybe can get the $100 bonus"
Charlie:"Wah last year fail by 1 second! I better not screw up this time grrrr. Gonna do 12min flat"
Me:"Aiyo you all overtake me lor. Just pray my hamstring doesn't freeze on me" ^^'
So after waiting almost 45 mins, we were queued up to run.
1st Round: 1:50min wow that didn't hurt. Thank You Lord :D
2nd Round: 1:55min - WOW! still didn't hurt, but starting to breathe heavy
3rd Round: 2:10min - ok this is the tough part. I was almost chanting mentally "Oh Lord help me!!!"
4th Round: 2:20min - siao liao, boh lat lung pain. *Oh God halp me pleeeeasseee!*
5th Round: 2:20min - hamstring felt a little stiff. Time on the board was 10:35mins. It's really close....
6th Round: Wah liao it's really do or die. I started striding for my life, lungs were burning. Legs were wilting and by the 2200m mark I thought my lungs would fail me. Then God was very good. I suddenly saw Charlie overtake me, and he was panting like a wild horse going for broke. Somehow that triggered me to burn my reserves and I chased after him. If you heard the 2 of us hyperventilating you would immediately call for a medic, noiser than snoring sia!
To my eternal gratitude, the scoreboard posted 464 - 12.30min. I PASSED! PRAISE GOD I PASSED! NO MORE RT FOR THIS YEAR! WOO HOOO!!!!! THANK YOU LORD!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I was having a double stitch and I was like hyperventilating for the next 5 minutes. The stitch took 30mins to recede and I took a cab home to give my darling a super smelly hug haha!
Oh well, Daphne's tired already, so I'd better go now. Ciao! :)
(Daphne says she loves the nachoes starter with the spicy dip) :D
Anyway, back on topic. Today was session 8: RT Phase 1 Test day. Last night I was so zonked out after work I slept at 10.30pm and didn't open my eyes till morning. What's worse, I actually dreamt of IPPT! I dreamt that I was as the pull-up station and I did 10 pull-ups, but I forgot to zap my scorecard!!! Oh well it was just a dream haha.
Worst of all, my left hamstring was aching, and my left calf was stiff. Ouch, last year's RT IPPT was the same, and I ran 14+ mins cos my pain threshold failed me. It's so annoying! I last ran on Sunday and Monday, and it doesn't ache/strain until 3 days later? Madness! *breathes*
Anyway, I met Joseph at Khatib MRT, and he was so sweet to sponsor the $5 cab fare to Khatib Camp. As usual, there were 500 people taking the test (yeah, Charlie was number 496 while mine was 463, and Joseph was 465. Joshua felt ill and pontang, that noti boy!)
So here's how the static station went:
1st Station: Pull ups - did 10 easily (dejavu with dream?) and I double checked my scorecard! :D
2nd Station: Standing Broad Jump: 216 cm. 3 points enough for my comfort zone.
3rd Station: Shuttle Run: 9.9s - I was quite surprised this time, cos I averaged 10.3 last year oh well I'm happy hehe.
4th Station: Sit Ups - Did 32 - Slacker me hehe I calculated enough points for incentive, so 3 points enough liao. Conserve energy mah I kiasu ok? :D
Now we were left with the dreadful 2.4km run. Joseph and Charlie were like so confident.
Joseph:"I think I'll try to run 11:20min, maybe can get the $100 bonus"
Charlie:"Wah last year fail by 1 second! I better not screw up this time grrrr. Gonna do 12min flat"
Me:"Aiyo you all overtake me lor. Just pray my hamstring doesn't freeze on me" ^^'
So after waiting almost 45 mins, we were queued up to run.
1st Round: 1:50min wow that didn't hurt. Thank You Lord :D
2nd Round: 1:55min - WOW! still didn't hurt, but starting to breathe heavy
3rd Round: 2:10min - ok this is the tough part. I was almost chanting mentally "Oh Lord help me!!!"
4th Round: 2:20min - siao liao, boh lat lung pain. *Oh God halp me pleeeeasseee!*
5th Round: 2:20min - hamstring felt a little stiff. Time on the board was 10:35mins. It's really close....
6th Round: Wah liao it's really do or die. I started striding for my life, lungs were burning. Legs were wilting and by the 2200m mark I thought my lungs would fail me. Then God was very good. I suddenly saw Charlie overtake me, and he was panting like a wild horse going for broke. Somehow that triggered me to burn my reserves and I chased after him. If you heard the 2 of us hyperventilating you would immediately call for a medic, noiser than snoring sia!
To my eternal gratitude, the scoreboard posted 464 - 12.30min. I PASSED! PRAISE GOD I PASSED! NO MORE RT FOR THIS YEAR! WOO HOOO!!!!! THANK YOU LORD!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I was having a double stitch and I was like hyperventilating for the next 5 minutes. The stitch took 30mins to recede and I took a cab home to give my darling a super smelly hug haha!
Oh well, Daphne's tired already, so I'd better go now. Ciao! :)
Thursday, October 16, 2008
all i want for my birthday...
i'm quite tired of all the birthday celebrations. All the birthdays are almost the same!! And, seriously , i can't really recall my birthday gifts for the past yrs.
So, I"M PROTESTING THIS YEAR!
No NOISY Birthdays with SMSs. I WANT a quiet birthday, alone with hubby, away from the rest of the world!!! :P haha....so romantic. ( oops, am i getting old?)
ALL i want this yr:
1) A Quiet birthday dinner with hubby ( with no teledisturbance) ( i will make sure HE shut off his phone)
2) A birthday song, kiss and hug from hubby
3) A birthday card from hubby with lots lots of sweet nothings! :)
And lastly.................juz ONE FURRY BAG i've been eyeing!!:P
That will make me happy!
So, I"M PROTESTING THIS YEAR!
No NOISY Birthdays with SMSs. I WANT a quiet birthday, alone with hubby, away from the rest of the world!!! :P haha....so romantic. ( oops, am i getting old?)
ALL i want this yr:
1) A Quiet birthday dinner with hubby ( with no teledisturbance) ( i will make sure HE shut off his phone)
2) A birthday song, kiss and hug from hubby
3) A birthday card from hubby with lots lots of sweet nothings! :)
And lastly.................juz ONE FURRY BAG i've been eyeing!!:P
That will make me happy!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
its cold here!
its cold here in Shinjuku! And im so glad we 're OUT of singapore, out of bounds to work n phone calls and can jusz spend our days walk down the streets in Tokyo, eat , sleep and hold hubby's hands without any teledisturbance from anyone. No MSGS, no phones. HAha. I luv it! ~daphne
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