And so 12 Aug marked our 10th year together.

We went to work as usual (work is just mad for both us these days). We didn’t plan anything nor go for any fancy dinner.
In fact, I even had to work late and he had to pack dinner from my mum’s for me.

That’s how our life is. No need for fireworks, excepting catching them at the NDay Parade (at the Swissotel this year).

I’m grateful. I’m happy. I’m loved. I’m contented. I’m blessed.

We had a really good chillax time in Bali with friends. There was nothing much on our agenda, other than food. We kinda planned our day around food and chilling (or trying 101 ways of jumping into the pool) by the pool in the villa.

By night, we sat and chatted by the pool and looked at stars. Beautiful. We even spotted shooting stars! (Yes, by last count, I wished for 3 Birkins!Hahah).

It felt as if we were back in the good old days of “chalet-ing” with friends…It’s our first trip with friends in a long while and we are really thankful for eye_deas and bw and their partners for accommodating us and a toddler who could get abit cranky at times. Really appreciated them entertaining Nat.

And I loved that I had some time out to read! There was no Internet connection, or rather, we didn’t pay for it. And so, we just did what we do before Internet came along – watch movies, play ipad games, chill by the pool with music and drinks etc etc.

And yes, my appetite really did get back in time! It started from a pre-flight meal of pizza hut, then a $10 chicken sandwich on board Jetstar…And went on to…

:: On our night of arrival, the rest decided to head out in search for supper and found a gem of a place – Teh tarik and prata shop (murtabak!) located near our villa. It was so good, we went back again and again, packed back to villa every day for supper and tea.

:: We chilled at Cafe Wayan after Ibu Oka Babi Guling. And we chilled for a good 2 hours, with drinks and dessert. “This is life”, I proclaimed!

:: Metis (the foie gras!) was absolutely yummilicious and worth every IDR we spent. It was our first dinner and it was a high benchmark to match. In fact, we were joking about booking the next cheap flight out, just to eat the foie gras!;)

:: Though we had breakfast in-villa, we opted to venture out for food. Kopi-Pot was a great discovery, introduced by our friendly driver (highly recommended!). I am still thinking of the banana pancakes! *slurp* Our next breakfast haunt – Klapa – was great in terms of view, but low in terms of food (by the last day, we had many many good food liao!)

:: We came to a conclusion that places with good view doesn’t necessarily equate good food. La Lucciola was one such place. But then again, we were benchmarking against Metis. But hey, Nat enjoyed his fish&chips, & that’s all that matters to me!

:; Before our night flight, we managed to head down to Seminyak for dinner at Ultimo. It was a good choice! The food was great and certainly very value-for-money. Definitely a good foodie note to end the trip.

And with this, I shall let the photos tell the story…

Christmas isn’t Christmas
till it happen in your heart
somewhere deep inside you
is where christmas really starts
So, give your heart to people
you’ll discover when you do
that it’s Christmas, really Christmas for you

Blessed Christmas Everyone!

Last Thursday, we did a couple of things which ironically we should have done but didn’t when we were younger.

1 :: The herbal dinner which tehpeng had wanted to bring me to, when I was pregger. Almost 2 years later, it’s better late than never, I say.

As I proclaimed :: I’m incubating your future child!

2 :: A moonlight walk at Fort Canning.

Well, it was an uphill trudge for us as we tried to figure out how to get to…

3 :: The outdoor concert that was F1 Rocks.

By the time we figured it out after walking one whole big round (what a workout!), our moods were quite on the low-side and we had to sit at a corner to recuperate (while A*mei was performing).

And we were accosted by a young chap wanting us to do a feedback survey on the concert. Well, bad timing, so our ratings weren’t exactly high-flying.

All these for Jacky Cheung…

Well, let’s just say, he is definitely better enjoyed indoor, in air-con comfort and better sound system.

It’s 9 years of togetherness…and look who gets a present?

Interesting how we have become less-of-us and more-of-him yet still yveon.

Thank you Lord for all your blessings. May we learn to love each other more and let there be only joy and peace in our household. We continue to commit our little family unto Your hands. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

Some weeks back, tehpeng told me – let’s go out for dinner next Thursday.I happily keyed into my iphone cal – dinner with tehpeng. The day came and the dinner date didn’t happen. I showed tehpeng my calendar entry…

Tehpeng:: we have dinner everyday what.

It’s just not the same yah.

So last night, I made it happen & it was impromptu. It was a chain of events…

The weekend started with cycling at ECP which Nat enjoyed thoroughly. Again, I’m surprised at myself cos I think this is the 2nd time I went cycling with tehpeng. I really am not an outdoors person. Anyway, I figured it’s a good place for breathing in fresh (not!) air and taking in the sea view and spending some fun time with Nat.

Well, I came home with a massive headache (almost wanting to bash my head against the wall kind) and had to take a lie-down. Tehpeng knew I must be really unwell as I didn’t even check on Nat’s lunch and wanted to forego my own lunch! I couldn’t make it for Nat’s class (tehpeng very sweetly brought Nat alone) and had to skip Cookyn with Mervyn’s launch party. I woke in time for dinner. A whole afternoon of sleep. Glorious!

The next day I rested more (being socially responsible!) and by Sunday evening, I was much better and we headed out to Pierce for an evening walk with our 2 boys. Honestly, we were running out of ideas to entertain Nat at home. Haha. By the time we turned out into the main road, Nat was flat out. Not surprising given that he didn’t nap at all since waking up!

With Nat out for the night that early and us needing dinner, I prompted tehpeng for a date-night despite me feeling tired with huge inertia to drive out. And that’s how we ended at Le Bistrot, which we both like and tehpeng was happy to know (and see) that berms and slippers are part of the dress code. Hah!

We ate, we chatted (more than just about our son), we drank, we laughed. It was a good night out. We walked out of the restaurant hand-in-hand (so rare since one of us is usually carrying or holding onto Nat). He said something which made me tear (I totally blame it on the wine. Heehee) and it was a good round up of our dinner date.

We walked to our car and saw the parking fine. What? No free parking on Sunday at the Stadium?

Still, we took it in our stride and went on home to give more goodnight kisses to our sleeping son.

Such steal-away times are precious. We might muse about how much of our own-time is sacrificed (or almost non-existent) but it’s so much more fun with Nat now. Plus, we wouldn’t have appreciated our time together alone this much.

Till the next date-night!

Nat was next to me as I was flipping through the mag…and as usual he wanted to see too.

lilsnooze :: Baby, is this papa?

Nat :: *nods head*

lilsnooze :: Oh, mummy wish too.

And I burst into laughter! Just kidding around la. Tehpeng is the bestest!

Well, tehpeng was just next to me too and he laughed along with me. He indulges me in my silly nonsense (but I know my limits la).

Oh no wait, he allows nonsense from babysis too! Just the other time, for some reason we were talking about Andy Lau (must be about his cancelled-supposed wedding)…

babysis :: Wah how cool if Andy Lau is my brother in law…

(daydream is a trait in my family, apparently)

tehpeng :: Eh!