Food & movies this week.. ;)

Everytime I visited Pastamania, the dish I would frequently order is their ever-popular Creamy Chicken Pasta..

But recently, I've tried their Carbonara Pasta, & I'm hooked!!! LOL.. :p

Just had it for lunch again on Monday afternoon @ Causeway Point Shopping Centre.. LOL.. :p

My Carbonara Pasta @ Pastamania.. :P

Also met Sherlin & Ace @ AMK Hub

for some dessert that Monday evening..

We went to have desserts @ this dessert shop, located on Level 2 of AMK Hub..

Sweet Spring 糖水春 dessert shop @ AMK Hub

Sherlin & I tried their Glutinuous Rice Balls in red bean paste & ginger soup while Ace had their papaya with fungus sweet soup..

Their desserts were not bad at all! (Sorry, I was too busy eating, didn't take any photos here.. ) ;p

On Tuesday, I was @ White Sands Mall during my lunchtime..

After doing some shopping, I dropped by the Japanese food kiosk - MEN MEN DON DON @ the mall's level 1 and tried their Tonkutsu Ramen set.. :)

Delicious!!!

The ramen texture was surprisingly smooth & tasty!!! :)

Had my all-time favourite Subway meal for lunch with 2 of my colleagues on Wednesday afternoon! :)

A foot-long Subway Melt Meal!!! :)

On Thursday afternoon, me & my colleague, Vellos, went for lunch @ Ajisen Ramen, located inside the Food Street - Tokyo Walker, located on Level 4 of Plaza Singapura..

I had the Tan Tan Ramen set,

while Vellos had the Cha Su Ramen set..

Yum Yum! :p

After lunch, we went to buy snacks from Daiso! :)

Random pics of snacks & drinks.. 

also bought the DVD for the local Horror movie - Haunted Changi..

I have not watched it yet & plan to watch it this weekend.. ;p

Michael Jackson Duet with Akon - Hold My Hand

Love this song & MV sooo much!!! :)

Have been listening to it umpteenth times these past few weeks! :)

Love you forever, MJ!!! :)

On the 2nd day of the New Year 2011.. A day @ Bugis Junction..

Our family visited Bugis Junction today!

I dropped by the M1 Customer Service outlet @ Bugis Junction today..

Finally decided to get myself a Blackberry Curve to replace my current Nokia company phone..

(Yeah, the iPhone 4 32GB is my personal phone..)

As the company mobile phone expenses & its usage is paid for entirely by my company, thus, I decided to get the Blackberry Curve..

Now having both an iPhone 4 32GB & a Blackberry Curve.. Comparing between the both of them.. I must say I still prefer my iPhone 4 32GB best! LOL.. :p

Here's a photo of my new Blackberry Curve taken via my iPhone 4 32GB.. Hee hee.. :p

After getting my company phone, we had lunch @ NYDC cafe, located on the 2nd floor of Bugis Junction..

Here are a few snapshots I took via my iPhone 4 32GB while we were eating there.. ;)

Shawn Ethan chomping on his pasta..

Hey! Who has been stealing my mayonnaise for my Fish & Chips?!

THERE! is the culprit! Jonathan Ezra!

See!!! Did you see that??!! There he strikes again with his colorful plastic knife! :S

BB also bought me a belated Christmas present while we were @ Bugis Junction..

A Braun Buffel wallet!!! :)

Love it lots!!! Thank you BB!!! Mmmuackz! :*

On the very first day of the New Year 2011..

Like I mentioned in my earlier blog post, the very first day of the New Year's a very eventful day for us..

It was Mabel Eva's birthday.. My aunt Maggie's birthday.. Our friends', Joanne & Phillip's new shop official opening ceremony & also my maternal grandfather's 90th birthday party!!!

Thus, in the morning, our family celebrated  Mabel Eva's birthday with a pandan-flavoured cake from Bengawan Solo..

In the afternoon, our family attended our friends' Joanne & Phillip's new shop official opening ceremony @ Eunos..

They specially had lunch buffet catered..

Their new shop is much bigger compared to their previous one..

Here's a snapshot I took of their new shop @ Eunos Interchange via my iPhone 4 32GB..

Congratulations to them once again!!! :)

That evening, our entire family, relatives & friends all attended my maternal grandfather's 90th birthday party held @ their residence in Edgefield Plains, Punggol..

Here are a few snaphots I took via my iPhone 4 32GB..

HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY, GRANDPA!!! :)
(Photos of the birthday man & our family were taken via another camera..

Thus, hopefully I can get hold of the photos & upload them up here soon!)

Here's a pic of the birthday cake my mum & my aunts got for my grandpa!

So pretty!!! :)

The dinner buffet consisting of Peranakan dishes were so yummy! & I am so proud to say that all the dishes, except the Satays, were all cooked & prepared by my mum & aunts!!! :)

Cheers to our Peranakan heritage! :)

Year-End Party @ Furama Riverfront!!! ;)

Me & Vellos.. People say we look alike.. Do we? ;)

Ah Nan & "Auntie" Ruping were invited to our Year-End Party to entertain us..

Their Hokkien jokes were a little crude & they were so funny that everybody all laughed so hard till we teared!

"Auntie" Ruping singing a special song item - the ever-famous Taiwanese Hokkien song - "我問天"。。

＂Auntie＂Ruping..

Colourful lightsticks..

Colourful lightsticks..

Colourful lightstick neon bangles..

Colourful lightstick neon bangles..

HERE'S WISHING EVERYONE A...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! It's 2011!!!

The fireworks @ Marina Bay are sooo pretty!!! :D

2010 was an awesome year.. :)

2011 will be even more exciting, that's for sure! :)

Just today alone, our family already has a line-up of activities..

Today's our friend, Joanne's new shop opening ceremony @ Eunos! And is also my sister-in-law's birthday... as well as my aunt, Maggie's birthday... and also my maternal grandfather's 90th birthday party!!!

Visited the doctor this morning..

He gave me 2 days of m.c. & told me that I have to stop talking & rest my throat.. :p

He told me my vocal chords were very swollen & if I continue talking & exerting my throat, the condition will worsen..

Doctor gave me LOTS of medicine & told me to just smile & not talk for the time being.. :p

Thus, even though I was given 2 days of m.c. by the doctor to rest my throat but my body's still functioning perfectly..

So...

I'm on my way to a YEAR END PARTY!!! ;D

Woo hoo!!! ;p

LOL.. :p

Nice shades? ;)

I am dead tired..

Super busy these days..

So busy on certain days that I did not even have time to have my lunch..

So worried that my gastric problem will be back anytime..

There were one or two occasions when I almost had it again..

There were days when I was sick & still worked.. :p

I am still sick.. Still having a sore throat..

Thank you.. 謝謝。。:)

I would like to take this opportunity here to thank all my colleagues, friends, fans, buddies, family members & loved ones, for all their very nice, very sweet, very cute, very thoughtful Christmas presents! :)

There are a few I exceptionally adore! :D

Thank you once again, my dears! :)

謝謝你們送給我的聖誕禮物！我很喜歡！:)

So proud of Shawn Ethan! He was awarded a bursary scholarship award today! :)

Our family attended the bursary scholarship 2010 presentation ceremony held @ Eunos Primary School today! :)

As Shawn Ethan, is academically among the top 25% in Singapore, thus he's privileged to be among the selected to receive the bursary award! :)

So proud of you! :)

Keep it up! :)

Mabel Eva & Joshua just came back from their honeymoon trip to Japan! :)

Mabel Eva, & Joshua, just came back from their honeymoon trip to Japan! :)

They visited Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hosu, etc. :)

They bought gifts, souvenirs & lots of tidbits from Japan upon returning.. :)

They bought me these lovely gifts as well! :)

Doraemon cute letter papers; pencils; ruler; eraser.. Doraemon handphone accessory.. Doraemon "angbao" packets.. A cat pouch! :D

Thank you very much, bro & sis! I adore them! :D

HERE'S WISHING ALL MY BLOG READERS & BLOG FANS..

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :)

Doraemon Kiddy Wipes..

Hubby bought some more Doraemon stuff yesterday.. :p

Doraemon kiddy wipes!

Gosh.. We have so many Doraemon stuff toys & items at home, we can consider opening a Doraemon shop! :p

Got hold of these DVDs this week.. :)

Despicable Me

Watched this 2010 American computer-animated 3D comedy film from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment that was released on July 9, 2010 in the United States already..

I absolutely love it! :)

It is such an awesomely cute, adorable, hilarious, absolutely entertaining, beautifully artistic, "art-house" animated production!

It is no wonder the film earned positive reviews from critics, and grossed more than $500 million worldwide, against a budget of $69 million.

A must-watch! :)

The Last Airbender

The Last Airbender is a 2010 adventure fantasy film released on July 1, 2010. It is a live-action film adaptation based on the first season of the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender.

The Last Airbender was produced by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies. Development for a film began in 2007; it was adapted into a film by M. Night Shyamalan, who also directed and produced.

The Last Airbender was made for $150 million and marketed with a budget of $130 million, making total costs at least $280 million. Premiering in New York City on June 30, 2010, it opened in the United States the following day, grossing an estimated $16 million.

The Last Airbender opened at the top of the box office, and eventually grossed $131 million domestically and $318 million worldwide.

Despite the fact that critical reception was very negative, criticizing the writing, plot, acting and the low quality of the 3D conversion.

I personally feel this movie's visual effects were stunning!

Highly Recommended! :)

Up next I have 2 more DVDs I'm gonna watch!

The Expendables

& the very successful Taiwan movie,

Monga


in which one of the lead actors - Ethan Ruan, bagged the Best Actor award at the recent 2010 Golden Horse Awards!


Check out the awards & nominations this Taiwan movie received!

Impressive! :)

Awards and nominations

2010 Taipei Film Festival
Won: Best Art Direction

Nominated: Best actor (Ethan Ruan and Mark Chao)

Nominated: The Grand Prize

2010 Hawaii International Film Festival
Won: Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema Award

2010 Tokyo International Film Festival
Nominated: Best Asian-Middle Eastern Film Award

2010 Stockholms International Film Festival
Won: Telia Film Award

2010 Golden Horse Awards
Won: Best Leading Actor (Ethan Ruan)

Won: The Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year (Lee Lieh)

Won: Best Sound Effects

Nominated: Best Original Film Score (Sandee Chan)

Nominated: Best Art Direction

Nominated: The Outstanding Taiwanese Filmmaker of the Year (Doze Niu)

The film has been selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards

Random Pics via my iPhone 4 32 GB..

Christmas pressies Jonathan Ezra, received from a few of his playschool teachers @ the playschool's Christmas Party today! :)

One of the Christmas pressies I've received so far.. :)

A very cute goodie bag filled with lots of different kinds of chocolates..

A Christmas pressie from the most awesome manager I've ever had in my entire life! :)