Dax @ 29th to 35th months!!!

Our darling is 3 years old!!!! opppsss... mummy cant keep up with the monthly post ever since we move to Cote... =b here are some photos....

having fun with papa mama big and small jie jie at the Hort Park.. dunno how many times have Dax went there before, i think minimally around 6 times....Ironically, i still have not been there yet!!!



at the zoo... they looked like they are navigating the route.. hahahaa

so much fun feeding the rabbit...




Dax @ Borders.. He loves to go Borders to read story books... sadly, borders parkway is closing soon.... =(
picnic together!!
so cute!
watching Macqueen movie together!!

ate his yogurt and left some on his face.. hahaha.a..
with his weekday favourite playmate!!

celebrating Po's bday at Mac!!

with his wednesday playmate!!
@ Majestic restaurant
so funny...
on the plane to melbourne...


with Pororo from Pak May....
eating pasta on his own- he is also a pasta lover!!!
having his hair cut at Parkway Parade... he loves to have his hair cut here...
after attending Sarah meimei's bday party!
skate scooter expert!!
playing at Playground at Big Splash!!
@ Liz meimei's bday party....

5 years in Citi

It's official, we are in the bear market... I doubt people in the main street felt it... Exactly like 3 years ago... Retrenchments are going on secretly and silently....we are always the "forerunner" being more sensitive to the market.. The last recession was fast, guess it only lasted about half a year before market came back again... That was then.. When the Federal reserve has the power to launch QE, to print unlimited amount of money.... It was a different story now... With the leading developed countries in terrible debt situations, it would be difficult to "save" the economy like before.. US, Japan, European countries etc are running endless deficits............

Only 5 years in Citi, 8 years in the industry can witness so unprecedented market swings... Q4- last quarter!!! Got to be very focused!!! haven clear my compliance leave and still planning a last business trip for the year, hopefully.. its not going to be easy, but got to get the carrot!! It will be horrible to miss the last lap... too bad i cant go for business trip this month, have been "zhuo-bo" for at least 3 weeks liao.... if only we can run the last Q target earlier...

Time to tighten our belt again.. so glad that we do not have any big items to spend going forward... Next year shall be a "resting" year for me... so said alot of my other colleagues, all anticipating a resting year next year.... hahaaa.. May the currency market be with me for the last quarter... Jiayou!!!!!!!!!

dreaming...

wishing.. hoping.. dreaming of....

Fast Forward

Can i press the fast forward button to fast forward to April 2012 pleaseeeee??

Our darling is gonna celebrate his 3rd birthday this friday in school as well as with immediate family members and hall friends/jiemeis of daddy and mummy this coming saturday... He is so excited about his birthday party and it's so cute & heartwarming to see him picking his party items for his party! hahaa.. My boy has really grown up.......

A dedication to our Home sweet home

Wow! It's almost a year since we moved into Cote. Sep 25 (same birthday as my mum.. hehehee) will mark our 1st year of nesting over here.. It certainly doesn't feel like we have already stayed for a year, the stay here is always so refreshing and happy..

This one year marks alot of happy and joyous occasions and celebrations at Cote.. Staying in Cote has been really a blessed and wonderful thing to happen to us! we love our home sweet home! =)

Back in Nov 2009 when we still rented this place out to the Japanese family, we threw a surprise birthday celebration for my 2nd bro aka Dax's papa..

followed by our darling's 2nd birthday celebration in Sep 2010.

A birthday celebration for Seng + steamboat gathering in Nov 2010.

Another surprise party for my 3rd bro in Dec 2010...

Xmas 2010 celebration with buddies...

New Year Eve countdown to welcome 2011!!

then, My little nephew Jiale's BIG 1 birthday in Jan 2011.. too bad i was on biz trip back then.. =(

and mui mui's BIG 30 birthday celebration in Jan 2011 @ function room!

Mei mei Birthday in April 2011...

Dage's birthday celebration and mother's day celebration in May 2011..

and Weizhen's birthday celebration in May 2011.

not forgetting a BBQ celebration with the June babies birthday - Lijun, Hongwei and Huishan in June 2011..

steamboat gathering with the gals and family..

the kids singing happily away!

ersao aka Dax's mama birthday celebration in August 2011....

Not forgetting the CNY celebrations with the entire big Chin Family, my maternal side family with all the aunties and uncles as well as with the Citibankers... There is even a matchmake session organised by my unit head at the function room.. hahhaaa... (too bad i dun have any of the photos)

On top of that are the countless mahjong sessions and talk cock sessions @ Cote... what a eventful one year for Cote... so many fond and happy memories and celebrations here...

thank you for being such a home sweet home! =)

Our Darling Boy!

Our darling boy is growing so fast that i have no time to catch up on his progress... He is such a cute and entertaining boy to be with... Manage to capture some videos of him recently...

He is able to communicate very well with us, telling us stories and relating to us on his daily life.. He has been feeding himself at meal time.. He doesn't wear diapers to sleep anymore since 2 months back (hmm.. that save alot of our diaper money!!! heheee) and he doesn't pee on bed... We are so impressed with his development and looking forward to see his "new stunts" every now and then....

we love you, darling!

Our Big 30 Trip!!

wohoo.. finally a trip that we had "planned" for, for the longest time... A compromise by all of us on the dates and venue- Cruise to Melacca on a 3D 2N on Royal Caribbean...!!

A rather disappointing cruise with alot of service lapses that made us really angry at times... Lucky we have each other!!! the power of sisterhood... well.. it was really an enjoyable and happy time for all of us!!! It really "relived" our secondary days when we would stay overnight in chalets, each others' houses and even the airports!! hahaa. time really flew fast during these 3 days!!

Though we had not much "secrets" on BGRs (level 1 to 10??!!!) and our lives have been very settled down unlike the past, we were glad to have each other for the past 17 years!!! We can talk everything under the sky and it is a great reliever to have listening ears as most of us are going through the same phases of lives together... =)

3 cheers to our Long Lived friendship- and so glad that all of us are putting in efforts to maintain this closeness =)

Not forgetting the Star award that we used to have every year....the voters are of cos none other than the 8 of us on board.. I am happy to bag 5 awards and hence have the privilege to keep the list.. hahahaa... Below are the winners (we shall see if next year there will be contestant for each award!!! heheheee)

Most Housewife Award : Baoyu

Most well maintained : Xiumin

Most sexy award : Jac

Most Blessed award: Shuyun

Most entertaining award : Xiaoyan

Most influential award : Shuyun

Most positive award : Jac

Most thrifty award: Baoyu

Most Innovative award : Lynn

Most easy-going award : Meidi

Best Jiemei award: Shuyun

Most Happy award : Shuyun

Most IQ award: Jac

Most EQ award: Shuyun

Most seductive award : Lynn

Most Motherly award : Meidi

to Tuan, Pat and YX, hope u all can make it to the next year event!!! =)

we had a surprise Hen's night party for our Miss Po!!! This also marks the end of Hen's night party for our group of sisters... we are all in the MRS Club!!!

we specially dedicated a song to Po and the singer on cruise actually sang for her!!

Congrats Po!! wish u a blissful life ahead with QL!!! stay happy and "housewifely" always... =b

we really had a great time!!! Shall we have one more Big 31st trip next year???? heheheheheee....

Dad and Ruien's birthday celebration!

It's dad and Ruien joint birthday celebration! This time round we went to The Square at Furama Riverfront. This is the place 2nd bro and SIL held their wedding back in isit 2001? I remember i was still in Uni and I did not know Luck yet.. hahaha.. wow, time flies...!!

Food is good.. It serves international cuisine and it is buffet style! There are satays and chilli crabs etc etc

congrats to mum and dad!! They have upgraded to a 5i room flat in Jalan Tenaga. It is just one street away from Jalan Damai, it is within walking distance... it is much cosier and bigger than Damai... They just gotten their keys on 26th July... oh boi, u can see their excitement over this new flat.. it's a corner flat and all the rooms don't face the corridor.. It has been quite newly done up, the seller renovated it bout 2 years + ago... All rooms including the living room is equipped with aircon...

Now waiting for reno quotes to start the renovation..

and check out the potential of these 2 flats.. wohhooo... an MRT in between them... we have check out the condo launch near Tenaga, EU Habitat... its by Far East.. the launch price is about 1100 psf... wohoooo! Bedok Interchange is undergoing massive renovation to convert itself into a big air condition interchange plus shopping mall and glad that Paya Lebar is building its way to be a business hub too..

the 4 angry birds.. Irene bought it from Thailand.. so cute!!

when i ask them to act angry................. hahahaa...