Xmas celebration @ Cote

We had our Potluck Xmas celebration at Cote this year... how time flies, this is already the 2nd celebration here... =)

its not easy to get the kids together to take a photo!! hahaa...

Jayven is being "stopped" to run away.. hahaa..
so cute!! see how well they can pose and play together.. no wonder Karis mummy says that Karis will always want to come Dax gor gor's house on weekends....! =)

Dax loves to unwrap presents and he loves to receive presents!!!

what a feast!!!!!

The kids happily singing Xmas song...

looking forward to next year celebration with more new additions!!! =)

3rd trimester!!

last lap... 2 months plus to go!!! The 3rd trimester with Dax back in 2008 was quite bad- with constipations, backache, piles, infections etc... Hope that Mei mei will be a good gal....

Have been experiencing sleepless nights for the past few nights, oh no..... i hope that this will not persist on...

Mei mei oOOOOoooo... be a good gal and see u soon!! =)

It's almost decided...

Dearest princess chin,

Nai Nai has picked 3 dates for u to meet us all: 31st March 2012, 2nd April 2012, 3rd April 2012..... The timing will be between 9am to 11am, same as ur gor gor.... As Qing Ming is on the 4th April, we would prefer u to come out before that....

Daddy and mummy love 31-3-2012, wow it's quite cool to be born on 31st isn't it? we got to check with Dr Ang on the next appointment to see if it's feasible....

Though Mount A is still undergoing renovation, daddy still prefers to let u come out there...

SInce baby girl is usually daddy's girl, I would leave it to daddy to choose ur name....

These are the list of names daddy comes out with:

Danae

Daralis

Daria

Danelle
Dalenna
Dabria
Danette
Deavione
Deion
Desiree
Devon
Dovelyn
Drina
Dulcea
Dumaine

Seems like Desiree Chin is in the lead now!! shall see if daddy changes his mind.. hahaa...

As for your mandarin name:

Mummy loves 欣....its Xin1 and the meaning is Happy... =) so lovely isn't it?

When mummy is preggy with ur gorgor in 2008, I have always wanted to give the name of Xin1 yu3 if its a girl..... However, there is no nice word with "yu3"... So we got to think of alternatives now...

Oh yes, u must be wondering mummy being such a "feng Shui" oriented person would not consider to let fengshui masters to count ur strokes to come up with all of ur names... As mummy feels that ur name is ur identity, mummy would prefer to name u something that we like and its from us... If we give it to the fengshui master, I'm quite sure we got to compromise alot and might end up with the name or meaning that we don't like but got to use it as they will tell us the names we chosen ain't suitable bla bla bla...... Just like ur gor gor, his name is picked and chosen by mummy, daddy and nai nai, we did not consult any fengshui master.....

these are the whole lists of name Nai nai comes out for u.... =)

Taiwan Trip Dec 2011

Oh yeah! Its our maiden biz trip together with Sherry Tan!! What a pity that I'm preggy and was unable to do alot of things that we can do!! like massage, hair treatment, hair coloring, spa and going for hot spring since its such a cool weather!! and no concerts during the period we went too.. =( nvm, there is always a next time!!!

Of cos not forgetting to bring my 拜拜 Kaki to 龙山寺!! HUAT arrrrrhhhhhhhh!!!!! May we conquer the Taiwan market together and be the Taiwan Queens!!!!!

We always come here whenever possible to offer our thanks and prayers...
presenting the uptown girl!!! hahahaa..

what a perfect timing as this pregnancy craving is tepanyaki!! Taiwan has one of the best tepanyaki besides Japan!! U rarely can find any good tepankyaki in Singapore...

We went to Room 18 along the happening stretch of Taipei!!!! Luckily my jacket is able to hide my stomach to let a preggy in to chiong!!! heeheee.. We left after a while as there was too much smoke inside, bad for meimei...

ohhh yeahh, together with some nice colleagues... we had a good feast at dinner prior to that, guess we ordered about 12 dishes??!!

Though i have been to Taiwan for countless times, I have yet to visit its Taipei 101!! woooo... like tourists!!

Next we proceed to 红花 tepanyaki for dinner.. This is one of the best tepanyaki i have ever eaten.. quality, quantity, variety- all in 1!!!!!! i think there is at least 8 courses of premium food, it's not cheap but definitely worth the money!!

my favourite!
we had our own room, own chef, own waitress to serve us...

yummy lobster!
such big foie gras!!!! it is really very very yummy!!!!!

we went up to Ping Xi old town for its sky lantern!! wow... this old town is real cool!! we released our sky lanterns along a live railway track!! we got to evacuate the railway track whenever there is a train coming.... haha.. so fun! this place was where the show "Apple of my eye" was filmed! love the feel.. very taiwanese!!

there are 4 sides to the sky lanterns with each color representing different aspects of life... u got to write ur wish and send it UP UP and UP!!! we even bought the one with the fire crackers... the fire crackers will go off half way through its path...

a great place to chill as well...

look at the bridge behind us... we did not have the time to go there.. maybe we can bring Dax there next time!!

bought TWG gifts for my clients.. and not forgetting the Xmas pressies for my godmum's children! Guess its gonna be a while to my next trip... at least got to wait till August...