Sunday, June 27, 2010

Last Day Of School Hols a.k.a. The Last Fling!

Today marks the last day of the school holidays and it's back to school tomorrow...  How time flies..  Nothing exciting during this June holiday since we didn't even bring Amanda anywhere for trips because of my busy work schedule; let alone Malaysia for an overnight stay...  *guilty*....  However, Amanda wasn't the least disappointed when I asked her if she felt sad she didn't go anywhere this holiday...  Well, at least she enjoyed all her weekends with us, including all the Universal Studio trips!...  haha... 

I bought some eyeliner and nail polish when I was shopping in Orchard this morning and when Amanda saw it, she wanted to try them...  I allowed, since I wanted her to be more girlish and not so tomboyish... 
can you see her blue eyeliner?...  nice?...
she's learning fast from mummy.... the art of camwhoring...  heehee..

We went to Muthu's Flavours at Dempsey for lunch...

can you see amanda's sweet pink nail polish?...
apparently amanda was given a kiddy dora plate....
today we decided to order rice and romali roti for a change, instead of the usual naan....
the romali roti is huge!....  S$5 per piece....
a fussy amanda...  she's cleaning off the curry which had dripped around the plate...
it's 4 times the size of daddy's large face?...  haha...
amanda enjoys the fish head curry....
look at her putting curry on her papadum...
close up view of her painted nails.....
amanda and mummy....
deep in thoughts....
dipping into the curry again...
trying to eat the indian muslim way....  use your hands campaign...
daddy looking so satisfied....  can you see his mouth is a mess?.....
getting into the car....  going home for a nap...  gosh...  i'm slowly getting into the habit of napping...  oh dear, this is bad....
daddy and amanda enjoying their bonding time (after our nap)...
aaawww.....  so blissful....
a family photo before dinner is ready....

ONE LAST FLING!!!
We decided to have durian as dessert after dinner....  We didn't want to eat there so we packed it instead since we wanted to catch Mr Bean on Channel 5.  We have always passed by the durian stall along Bukit Timah Road just after 5th Avenue, but have never had the chance to stop...  so today Daddy suggested trying their durians...

durian lingers....  quite a disappointment cos there are not so many durians around...  geylang seems better and cheaper....
their pricing was on the high side, at least i thought....  S$24/kg, S$15/kg, S$12/kg & S$10/kg....  if i recall correctly, their mao shan wang costs S$24/kg... omg, that's very expensive...  imagine paying S$60+ for a durian?.....
we couldn't decide which to choose... so ended up taking durian 101....  haha...  i didn't know durian also comes in101... i thought only beijing 101....  not cheap too.... S$12/kg...  and our durian cost us S$28.00....
daddy watching the guy weigh the durian...
amanda watching the uncle pack the durian....
amanda carrying her durian and happily walking to the car....
unwrapping....  mmm....  can't wait to sink our teeth into it....
our durian....  colour looks good...  tastes ok too, but not really worth S$28....  i've tried nicer ones in geylang which cost cheaper....
she enjoyed the durians while watching tv....

It was already 10 pm and she hasn't started packing her school bag for school the next day...  I had to start screaming before she started packing...  Guess she must have lost the momentum to do anything serious after the 1 month break....

kakak helping amanda to search for her 2B workbooks and helping to pack her bag...

Enough of relaxation and enjoyment....  It's now back to school Baby!!!

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Movie - Monsters Vs Aliens

Janie asked if we wanted to catch a movie together at USS before school reopens...  I jumped at the idea and thought to myself "why not?!"...  I'm sure the kids will have so much fun, as they always do, when they meet....  heeehee...  Today's movie at USS is Monsters Vs Aliens...  We have never watched this cartoon before...
amanda in her new outfit...  she loves the jeans but detests her sleeveless blouse....
we saw these guys on stilts when we arrived... wanted to take a picture with them but the guy in charge said that was the last shot and they had to get back to rest...
she refused to take off her jacket even though daddy and i have been asking her to do so...
the waitress gave me this to rest my bag....  how nice...
while waiting for huiting and her family...  we came earlier to reserve seats since we have a large group of 8 pax...
we ordered the same orange juice and sour plum juice as yesterday...  wow look at the steam from janie's dumplings...

Daddy and Amanda just ate a packet of nasi lemak each (compliments from kongkong) around 4pm when i was having a nap, hence she's still very full and didn't want any main course...  Instead she ate the prawn cake which I ordered, and pinched the noodles from Daddy and me....
my fried beef hor fun...  very nice...

daddy's pork rib soup with noodles...  soup was good...

we love this fried crispy prawn cake...  we were practically fighting for it... haha...

the kiddoes....
the good friends...
amanda trying daddy's soup....
happy families.... the 2 "S" families...  heehee...

yam paste for dessert again...  amanda didn't want any today... but when i finished everything, she asked me for the gingko nuts... i told her they are in my tummy... and she asked "all 3?"....  haha...  she remembered there are 3 gingko nuts in the bowl!.... 2 can been seen in this picture, probably the 3rd one was hidden...  :)

the kiddoes having fun with mobile phone games after dinner....

the kitchen where our food came from...  hmm.. i like their concept...

After dinner, Huiting's Daddy kindly volunteered to queue up for the movie tickets while the kids played near the water fountain....
look at amanda!...  she got "hit" by the water!!...  hahaha...  she finally got wet after playing at the fountain so many times...
daddy and kaijun were lucky...  3 of them walked together, but water missed them and amanda got it because she tailed slightly behind them...
lining up to get inside USS....
oh no... not again?!...  the kids seem to like this shoe shine chair a lot as all 4 automatically climbed on it...  haha...
Q-ing to get inside the pantages theatre....  no mascots today...  so sad...  i asked them why there wasn't any mascots and they told me there isn't any monster or alien around... haha, now that's funny...
family fun shot!...
the kids looking so relaxed...  and hey, they got their favourite seats again... seems like these seats are reserved for them....  :)
a group photo in the theatre....  photo taken on janie's camera...

Some fun shots after the movie before we proceeded for supper.....
daddy & i love this candid shot...  kaijun looks like he's flying and amanda's hair seems to be in all directions...  good action shot!...
happy kiddoes before heading for supper...
amanda placing orders at mcdonalds at tradehub...  she finished the whole happy meal... she must be very hungry since she didn't eat much during dinner...

Amanda had so much fun today and she's so looking forward to the next outing...  December school holidays maybe ya?....