Ya Hua Bak Kut Teh and Randoms...

29 July - Ah Yat Lunch and Dinner at Jack's Place...

30 July - Finally brought Daddy and Amanda to try Ya Hua Bak Kut Teh... I tried here once with my ex-colleagues and thought the Bak Kut Teh here is awesome... but somehow have never had the chance to bring Daddy and Amanda here to try... and the verdict from Daddy and Amanda???....  2 Thumbs UP!!!



Lunch at Mama's, Amanda's New Specs, Nespresso & Fruits Galore

22 July - Lunch at Mama and Kongkong's place... Daddy helping to wash up after the meal... Not bad huh? LOL!!

23 July - Amanda's New Specs and Universal Studios....  We brought Amanda to Mee Mee Optics again for a new pair of specs as Daddy says her current plastic specs doesn't look too good on her... Well, her power has increased slightly... only 25 degrees per eye... but that's quite a bit over 4 months too....

amanda choosing her specs and having her power checked... specs would be ready in 20 mins, but we decided to drop by universal studios for tea-time and some rides first, before collecting the specs...

having mediterranean snacks for tea time... extreme right below - inside the theatre watching monsters rock again... decided it was boring to watch the second time, hence left the show halfway through...

amanda looking so sweet in her new pink specs... 

26 July -  My new Nespresso Machine, like finally... hahahaha.... and no regrets at all... In fact, after drinking their coffee, I am beginning to dislike drinking Starbucks and Coffee Bean's coffee... Pale in comparison... LOL!

so many colours to choose from... we had initially wanted red, but daddy saw the titanium red and said it wasn't too nice, so we chose blue... daddy and i so love shopping in takashimaya on a monday morning... peaceful...

amanda enjoying her chicken wings...

29 July - Fruits and Juice Galore...

Lea's Birthday, Mellben and Randoms

16 July - Lea's Birthday...

don't they look cute? 

17 July - Dinner at Mellben...

below right - japanese goodies from my neighbours japanese wife...  it was yummy...

21 July - Randoms 

lunch at 328 katong laksa followed by dinner at sakae sushi...

bought these 2 tees for amanda... mummy loves me and daddy loves me.... totally love it!

Randoms for the week and more Durians!

one of our home-cooked dinner... my specialty kong bak (daddy's and amanda's favourite), broccoli with capsicum, seafood tomyum, and home-made kfc fried chicken wings...  yummz... 

(left) one of days when we had supper at old town white coffee...

(right) complimentary delifrance breakfast at cycle & carriage when we brought daddy's car for servicing...

(left) watermelon juice for her... thank goodness she didn't vomit after drinking so much juice....  :p

(right) angry bird key chain from darren...

 free durians from my neighbour.... father and daughter doing the same pose....

daddy's first time trying to open a durian... thank goodness we have kakak to help out... lol!

look at their faces! the satisfied look!

drinking salt water from the husk... old wives' tale? hehehe....

ZH's Bday, Bro-in-Law & Durians!

10 July 2011 - Amanda attended ZH's birthday today... Apparently only 2 girls from the school were invited... The rest were boys...  It's much easier to buy pressies for girls than boys... I shopped for a long time before deciding on the Nike Haversack...

During the party, we received a phone call from Bro-in-law... Left the party early to fetch him over to our house before he returns to NZ...

a light snack at al-ameen as he had already taken his dinner...

we heated and toasted the youtiao for him to try....  and bro-in-law having a second cup of tea... this time tea halia, as he's missing it... the first cup at al-ameen was normal teh tarik... :)

12 July 2011 - Kongkong and Mama came over to deliver Rendang to us, and at the same time they bought us durians!

my home-made cranberry loaf

look at them enjoying the durians!

13 July 2011 - Decided to take out my "white elephant"... My Jack LaLanne's Juice Extractor I bought some 10 years ago... Machine's extremely silent and most importantly, I am able to put the entire apple in, without having to cut it up... and the pulp that comes out, is super dry, which means to say, the fruits are squeezed to the max for their juice... :))  Hmm, why didn't I take it out earlier?

as usual, she's curious about the extractor and wants to try using it!

Geylang Adventure

Our Geylang Adventure this weekend....  Started off with Turtle House for turtle soup (of course)....

daddy and i ordered yam rice while amanda preferred white rice... the turtle herbal soup tasted simply heavenly... and did i mention the soup was free flow? they would keep topping it up when they see it half full...  :))

this was followed by geylang's famous youtiao and smelly toufu....  in case you're wondering if our stomachs are bottomless pits? ermm, well no.... we packed all of them back....

daddy almost puked in the car because of the smelly toufu.... lol!!!.... i was surprised amanda didn't mind the taste and she actually shared the toufu with me! ahh, i now have kaki for smelly toufu.... kekeke!!

Randoms....

decided to take a picture of the railway since we didn't have time to walk along the tracks before it's closure...

she simply loves the beef stew at cedele... brought her to eat it after her prefect training...