Merry Christmas 2009

Had a enjoyable Christmas this year.. Both in office and at home. Posted the pictures in FB, here's the link..http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=136216&id=641798797&l=8847a16ca0

Took a clip of J&J fighting for the toy. JZ being the kor kor, won at snatching the toy. And Jared boy surrenders by raising his hands and running to Grams in the kitchen for rescue. Just so funny watching them at play..

Other than prezzies from friends & colleagues, these 3 are more special.. Obviously right?? Haha!

Anyway, this is the cheapest among the 3 and it's bought by me for me! Haha! Asked William to get it while he's on holidays in Paris. Muaks!

Next is I'm officially a iphone user! Contract with singnet has ended so decided to switch to M1 cos they have this offer where I can call another 2 M1 users for free! So Roy has no excuse of ending calls early with me when I call him! 2 Muaks to him for getting me the phone though.. 32gb somemore, time to load all the Bleach & Naruto animes that I'm missed out for months liao..

Last but not least, the most pricey of the lot. Love it to bits! 3 muaks! :)

Not much activities over the weekend cos I got a really bad headache due to er.. erm.. :P
So Roy being so sweet, took over to accompany Jared to MyGym on sat & sun for the make-up class.
Only just managed to remember to take some random pictures of the little bugger at home.


This boy will never sit still obediently & let you put on his clothes & diaper for him. Instead, he will just take off & run all over the place naked, after a bath. You'll need 2 pairs of hands to handle him during dressing time.
ps: Mom jumped with a loud shriek, gave me a shock! I asked what happened? She replied Jared boy pee ed on her leg.. O_o


And he thinks he's a little gangster by sticking out his leg while watching tv programmes.. *Piddles shaking her head*


So anyway, this boy is full of actions & also nonsenses. Sometimes he listens to what we ask him to do, sometimes don't. So we caught him in a good mood, and there you go, seeing him shaking his little booty & TLP diaper. Haha!


YeeYee came over on sunday for dinner, and gave Jared boy a little backpack. The boy is so delighted & runs amok when we put on the backpack for him. I can only captured him in a blur.. @_@


Only when he finally stood still to fiddle with the dvd player control, that I got a clear shot, heh heh..


This boy is super pampered, refusing to drink plain water from bottle & we must spoon-feed him instead. So on & off, while outside we'll feed him some beverages from straw. So I tempted him with some berry juice that he's got no choice but to try sucking up from the straw. And viola! Now he knows how to drink from it liao..! Phew~

Yesterday while giving Jared boy a bath, saw him doing something new so Piddles quickly took a clip of it.
She noticed all babies or rather, all kids like to play with water. And Grams always throws in a small container just to keep him occupied. Previously he will just trash the container about & pour out the water but this time, after much coaxing & demonstrating, he managed to scoop out the water nicely! Just so funny to see him bend his whole body to scoop & splash the water REPEATEDLY. And he's so proud of himself that he started clapping. Funny boy.

Met up with my sis & bro-in-law for breakfast at Swensons at T3. We looked forward to this outing as its been some time since the 4 of us met up, together with the little one. To think I used to complain why the families like to bring their kids to the airport cos they're so noisy & running around like monkeys. That's becos airport has plenty of space and most importantly, its air-conditioned! Now I'm one of those "families".. =_=


Bro-in-law brought along his fierce DSLR cammie to take pictures of Jared boy. My little ixus is simply incapable of capturing his fast-actioned movements!


Aunty Shimei bought him this tee from Gymboree, and he looks good in it. And Roy is feeling smug about it cos he is the "dad" that can fix anything. Haha~


His little finger is always sticking out, pointing at anything he sees.. Luckily its not the middle finger though, haha! O_o


And he always has this habit of raising his hands for balance when he's walking.. Just a interesting sight.


Afterwhich he felt tired and just sit down on his bum on the floor.. humph!


And Roy pointed ahead hoping Jared will walk straight ahead.. But the boy just look on amusingly and walked sideways without watching traffic, to see himself in the glass.


And laughing to himself in glee.. I think he's already enjoying himself just by being out of the house. ('',)

A gift

My Neighbour Totoro (keeper of the forest), a Japanese anime in year 1988. One of Piddles favourite anime of all times. She can watch over & over again without getting bored.

And this is her favourite character (not Totoro though, hee).

What is Little Mei peeking at?

Isn't she a cutie?

Just checking out what Totoro & his friends are up to!

There is this board in the office where we would write down the days when we're away for everybody's knowledge. And this is the only month where everyday, there's somebody away on holidays.
December always is a month of festive mood & enjoyment for all.


Piddles has only 1 day left to clear, which day is a good day? :)

Beijing, Nov 2009

Super long belated post. Finally! Spent a lot of time describing the pictures, thanks for bearing with me peeps!

Nic & Azzah were so sweet. Meet us for breakfast & sending us off.

Nic's eyes full of envy wishing she can go with us. Wish I can pack her in my luggage & fly her to PEK too. Big hugs! Next time ok? Piddles wants to travel with Nic someday too! FYI, she still has a ticket left. :)

Even before landing, just looking down at the snow capped houses are enough to make Piddles shiver! Brrr~

Reached the apartment at Lido. We got a king size bed, nice!

The apartment is well equipped with a kitchen and laundry room too. But we wouldn't wanna step into the kitchen for too long cos its cold!

It snowed a few days before we arrived and some of the snow

Well, most of their restaurants don't engage dishwashers, most of their dirty utensils are sent for cleaning & came back all nicely packed.

This has gotta be one of the best sweet & spicy soup I've ever tasted. Super spicy, and if you bit into one of their pepper corns, your whole tongue will go numb!

When in Beijing. of course you'll have to try their peking ducks. Its a must! Its prepared upon order, and took at least 45mins to roast. Nothing is waste, even the bones are deep fried. But we were too full so we packed them back for supper back in the apartment.

Their infamous Qingdao beer. Piddles also wanna try their booze!

One whole row of food stores that stretch for a few streets near their shopping district WangFuJing.

Piddles wouldn't eat it even if she's paid a thousand bucks! Well.. maybe ten thousand she might try.. Hiak hiak!

Anyone fancies some giant scorpions? (The tiny ones are the most venomous though).

At the summer palace. It served as a summer resort for Empress Dowager Cixi

Two of the most important men in Piddles' life. Heehee..

Gotta take a picture with the dragon, guess why?

Really scenic views, they really know how to enjoy life last time..

The pillars are all hand painted, no paintings are the same, the whole stretch of them!

The rest saw Piddles on the snow so they all hurried over to join her for a groupie shot. :P

Saw this signboard at a man-made rocks.. :P

Had our hoods up at the Forbidden City. The place is huge & open & no protection from the wind. I wonder how people from last time survived from the cold?

At TianAnMeng square. "Long Live Chairman Mao"

Everything is huge there. Gives them more "face" I guess.

While the guys are busy taking pictures, we hid one corner to escape the harsh cold wind.

Wanted to take some angular shots of the shadows but my cammie cannot make it.. -_-

So decided to take shot on our shadows instead, heehee..

All the piles of snow swept up neatly.

All the senior citizens gathering around for choir singing. Mostly patriotic songs, like during the days of Chairman Mao.

Went to this wuxia restaurant for dinner, where all the waiters talk in this old chinese lingo. Sounds profound.

Once inside, straightaway head to warm our fingers, can't really feel them!

They got this giant urn where they'll brew those tonic soups inside, super warm. We just keep standing near to it, felt so comfy.

Dinner with Ben, who's stationed in pek airport and family.

The braised duck is cooked to perfection. Really good!

We must be crazy to eat icecream during winter. But it doesn't make me any colder, just nice to dig into some icecream.

See, Piddles is so happy with her combination of chocolate chips & banana concoction. She has had no fruits for a few days & feeling a bit constipated. :P

Went to a cafe popular with the college students.

As usual, Danny gathered everyone for a group shot.

The weather was so dry & cold that my fingers started to crack, no matter how much handcream i applied. So painful, like papercut. :'(

Every coffee or tea we ordered came with a little jug of warm milk. I drank up all the remaining ones though, nothing's gone to waste. :P

This is my perfect english breakfast! Missing the time when I had them in London last year. I can eat it every morning!!

Lotsa ketchup on her sunny-side up. This is how Piddles likes it.

The building on the left looked blacken.

Chinese New Year 2008: 40-storey Mardarin Oriental luxury hotel was completely destroyed by a massive fire and could be seen for miles in every direction. Luckily no casualites as construction was close to finishing. Amazing that the structure has not collapsed even though all the floors are damage. What a waste right?

This restaurant is famous for their xiaolong baos. But I prefer our Dintaifeng ones, more juicy & succulent.

Looking happy before the meal start.

We had fish at every meal, its so cheap & affordable.

It's like a foodies trip for Danny, he took pictures of all the food that he's tasted. In this case, he took picture of the fishhead that Renee is eating.. -_-

Nothing is gone to waste.

Their toilets have no cubicles!! Piddles felt so shy to use it. But I guess when you're in China, just have to follow what the Chinese do! (When nobody's around, that it.. ) @_@

Helping Danny chose the better quality eggs. :P

The teapots are so cute, so colourful. Yoyo will like the cats though..

My fav is the one with the flying pigs, can you see?

They really felt as soft as real bread! I kept squeezing at them but never buy though.. ha!

What's the point of drinking beer if its alcohol free???

I posted this pix up in FB and Yong has no clue what is this? Haha! Can't blame her for she is a vegan. She said it looked like a work of art. Heh heh..

It's a meat galore!

Anyway, the waiters look at us with raised eyebrows.. when they saw our singaporean way of eating steamboat is to put in lotsa food to cook for all to eat while the chinese only cook what they want & take themselves & kept the soup clear. They dun drink the soup at all, so wasted. Well, I still prefers our method, share the food together, makes us more united.. Baa~

Ultraman has fallen! Cos he is drunk! Muahahaa!

A satisfied meal feeling warm & fuzzy in the midst of winter. Not forgetting the strong mala smell on our jackets, poofff! Have to air them at the balcony overnight mann!

The next morning, had to wake up real early for the 1.5hr journey to the Great Wall. Only show you a teeny bit of Piddles snoozing away (with mouth slightly adjust?) in the backseat. Unglam lah... =_=

On the cable ride up. Both Piddles & OB are really scared of heights but somehow they managed to put on a brave front and take the plunge. She's busy taking pictures too, haha!

Piddles being serious and professional during photo-taking..

Even when taking OB's signature backview aka God of Gamblers. Heh heh~

SHock's spidey. I like this pix a lot.

Piddles is really glad that she's finally made it to one of the wonders of the world. ('',)

Having great difficulties climbing the steps, they are freaking steep! What is Qin Shi Huang thinking when he had the wall built!?!?!

Such perilous steps. One missed footing might plunge you to your death. *shivers* =_=

There's a chinese saying that, If you've scaled the Great Wall, you'll come down as heroes.

So the heroes & heroines must take a group photo for memory sake. :D


Piddles & friends also wanna take group pix at the great wall too!

Attack of the giant foot! Everybody run for your lives!!!

Really can see the wall stretched out for miles, simply amazing..

They are getting restless.. With full bladders.

Enjoying a scenic view while doing business. Priceless. Haha!

Went to this greenhouse restaurant on our way down.

Wanted to eat fish so have to choose one fresh from the pond outside.

It's really nice to see some greenery in the middle of winter, where its cold & outside in the open.

Dropped by a factory making vases and stuff..

There're people working on different process on the vases, and here you can see the lady putting colours on it.

Close up. Don't think they can afford to make any mistakes, might have their pay cut hor?

After putting on colours, they will be sent to another room to be heated, and another room to be polished to smoothness. Here's the end product. All handmade & very expensive.

I enjoyed watching her painting such tiny drawings on the inside of the bottle. A closer probe revealed that the brushes are made from the fur of wolves.

Such deft fingers. Again, she cannot afford to make any mistakes if not, will go down the drain. Cannot just delete & retype again like what we are doing.

Really exquisite & down to the last detail.

Danny bought all of us something to remember from pek.

Managed to squeeze some precious time to drop by Hardrock. Bought a tee for Jared, that's all I can afford cos the adult tees are ex!

Goods sold, return to taiwan instead of the counter.. ?_?

At the subway, studying their map figuring out which stop to alight.

Huddling together in the cold on the trishaw. Really freezing!

Passed by a little playground, the locals with their kids.

Took a closer look at the todd, he looks so cute with rosy cheeks. He just learn walking, and fell down earlier, revealing his bare backside! Apparently, the kids there don't wear diapers. They just wear the bottom with a hole in the middle for easy access of the pee & poo.

Making our way to the tower. No lift! Die lah!

But the sky is so blue, so nice.. :)

Just looking up at the looonnnng flight of steps make me wanna puke!!! @_@

After much difficulty, finally made it to the Tower of Drums.. Just some freaking drums.. -_-

Look! Piddles can hold up the gigantic drum by one hand! Hahahah!

In the olden days, the magistrates are given houses to stay by the emperor. We were lucky to be able to visit one of the last remaining ones, their courtyard are exquisite.

There's no doorbell at the main door, you just have to hold on to the "ring" and hit against the door to alert the owners.

Piddles wished she can bring all the money back home! $_$

Just simply too cold out in the open, so we hastily looked for a local eatery and rushed in for the warmth. Ordered their beijing delights, common food for the locals.

Let Danny try their tea leaf eggs, still steaming hot. Think ours are nicer though..

Buying a pack of roasted chestnuts.. The wind is blowing strongly even on a sunny day if you notice.. Damn cold~

Browsing through at one of their gift stores. Just cannot get anything that's printed in english.. :P

Beijing National Stadium, otherwise known as the Bird's Nest for Olymipic '08, looking majestic even at dusk.

Got up in the morning to see SHock, Danny & Leng gearing up to continue their 2nd leg of the journey to Shanghai. Took a group shot in my PJs, with the just woke up look.. Zzz~

Bye bye Lido, nice staying with you!

At the business class lounge at pek airport, coming back home. Missing Jared boy & family!

That's all folks! Time to rest my tired eyes after such a long post!