Bangkok Trip

5.40am.
"Mrs Chia, my phone wasn't switched on. It was a little cranky the day before and I think it failed again. Am I late for the flight?

6.10a.m
In cab and uncle went like 130km/hr

6.45am
Changi Airport. Ran past 100m, 200m, 300m... lost count. GOSH Gate 19 is the furthesT! Yikes.

7.00am
Reached gate. Just in time for boarding. Flight took off....7.10am. *phiew*

Was supposed to reach airport at 5am. When was I ever late? Haaa I mean... er.. this late? I guess this is what I call 'once in a life time moment". Won't wanna relive it again. I strongly felt that it was God who woke me up. I mean 5,40am. What a weird time to be awake isn't it? Felt totally bad to have Ella (the local tour guide) and Mrs Chia to wait for me til I reached. And of course to have Siew Chin and LeeLian to run through every floor in my block just to look out for my purple NIKE shoes, attempting to find my unit is really a *sigh*. Thanks guys.

Anyway I made my way up on Jetstar and *Sawadikah* reached Bangkok at 9.30am (sg time).
Day 1 - Temple visitations and Suan Lam Market @ night.

Shao and I on the nearly broke down bus in Bangkok... heading towards the temples.

At the king-used-to-live-in palace. Its scorching tell you.. urgh.

Shao and I looked totally small in comparison to the grand palace behind us. Since I am in the palace... doesn;t tat makes me a princess? Hahahah Princess Soo Wei. Sounds nice. I LIKE!

Went for a quick swim on the first day and then head up the the observatory area our hotel - Baiyoke Sky. Claimed to be the tallest hotel in Thailand.

Standing from the 78th floor of the hotel, the view captured is nothing but
a piece of concrete jungle.

Was a little bored til we met Shawn - Mrs Chia's son. Cute hor? Another 6 year old. He is rather shy. Din wanna take a picture with us til I told him, "Shawn, you should take a picture with us cos one day Shaoying Jie jie and I are going to get rich and famous and then this picture that we take today is going to worth a lot." Haa Yes. I really told him that.

Breakfast time with Lee Lian... I lurve brekkies.

With Li

*Fly me to the moon* I wanna sit in a real one....

Shao din wanna sit a real TUk Tuk with me so I gotta take pic with this.

Day 2. Temple visit again followed by Chatuchak

Nothing to do... so waited outside the temple and took pictures. Siew Ling and I.

Bih Jeng - My mortal during the trip. She wanted to eat A&W curly fries.
But I couldn't find one and so the ingenious me DREW it for her.

Saw this lotus outside of the temple. Can't help but to think of how creative God is to have created so many different species of lotus. This one is so pretty... even the bees wanna take a look.

Bought this small pineapple at JJ Mall and it cost me 30 bahts. But its super sweet.

We had our lunch at MBK and well I guess I just had to give KFC a try there. :)

But I still think that Malaysia's is the nicest. Din really like the oil smell from these chickens.

Even Ronald Macdonald looks diff there. Ha.

We then took a skytrain to Central World. Nice ride.

Day 3.

Ooooo this looks digusting but its YUMMY! Nomtak style slurps. Had this at Big C.

Had a fruit buffet for 150 baht right after pedicure. Tell me, what kind of life is this? *grins*

The fruit aint that nice la... photos are deceiving k?
However I had cravings for mangosteen so yeah.. still satisfied. :)

While waitin for the coach to come pick us up.. bored girls do crazy things.. haaa poor Dyan.

Like I say, I was bored! URGGH!

Took this pic from the bus. It was sunset... Can't wait to get home....

We were there at 18:10.

Siew Chin and I were bored.... waiting... and waiting and waiting.....
BOy! Are we tired!

Took the last pic with Zuli - the sweetie before boarding.

01.10am. Home Sweet Home
02.00am. ZZzzzzZZ

06.45am. Di Di ...Di Di *snoozed*
Bully Free Camp @ Fengshan Primary Day 1. URGH !!! *yawns* to the power of infinity.

Birthday@Swensens

Got to meet a new friend on my birthday last week. Wesley, 6 yrs old. Truly cute. He made my day! Doesn't he look so much like the lady on my left? Haha Yes it's Lee Lian's youngest boy. The one sitting on Siew Chin's lap is Brandon - her eldest. What a young mummy eh? :) Thanks for the lovely companion and of course the gift. :) Appreciate the thought put in to every gift placed in that bag. :)

Had a free bowl of ice-cream and a photo taken. Not bad eh?
However, nothing beats Haagen! haa Yes Biased.

Chefs@WOK

In celebration of my birthday, we had a potluck at Rachael's house on Saturday. Wah! Its like at Jalan Ulu Tilu Tampines lor! hahaha but now I do realised the distance she had to travel each time we meet in the west. Thanks Rach for always being so compromising and sacrificial.

Here's the whole spread that night... thanks to all the great Chefs. Machiam like international buffet. From Chinese to French to Italian, hows that sound? *slurps*

Can't really see from this helicopter view, but shall tell you what we had.
From top left:
Rach's Canned Soup with Raw Corns hahahahah comon' admit it! Raw corns right? ? Right?
Lionel's grilled sundried tomatoes + Salad in french dressing
Lionel's mozarella cheese with tomatoes (expunsive!)
Esther's Fettucine Vongole but Lionel cooked. Hahah

and also not in the pic...
Cher's Jiao Zi from Chinatown... Ooo HOT
Kenneth's sparkling grape juice Ooo SWEET
Michael's Dragon fruit and strawberries Ooo Exquisite
Cuixian's Durian Ooo Ngiam + Gao! Ha
Jeanie's Tiramisu Ooo Creamy
Jeraldine's Honey glazed chicken Ooo TASTY

Thank you all once again. :) Felt very blessed by all your well wishes and yummy-licious dishes.

Here are the Chefs behind the scene, busy preparing and cooking....

Look at how packed the table was!

Enjoying the NGIAM and GAO durians.

Michael, we know your secret! MUAhahaha

Laughing really hard cos Lionel was trying so hard to Smoke some ingenious birthday greetings! That was a little unbearable especially when it was just right after Cheryl's highly entertaining "I can see a rainbow.." song. Haa Cher, don't worry I have the video.. should we post it on Germinite? Share the joy? grins*

Jeanie - our photographer cum organiser that night!

Doesn't this look like some quan jia fu? Haa Where is Eleena and Hannah???????

I love this flower pic. Wah the colour makes it looks like some pic taken in the 80s....Don't the boys looked exceptionally nice with their 'petals'? Eh? What's Michael and Esther doing? Flowers from the same region bloom together... kekekekeke

Thanks people...:)

Kiddy Palace or Kiddy me?

Dad nearly bought me a set of Jenga for birthday today from Kiddy Palace!?!!?? Hahah nearly flipped.

Thanks Hannah.

Finally... the long awaited pic! The one where we are ALL (i mean nearly all..:( )in.

The CHe-bang picture.

Little hands with a great future.

I am such a fan of him.

Saw this boy on Justin's blog before. Found another clip of him... watch and get ready to drop your jaws.

RL Outing - Jeanie's Birthday

Was out at Penang Place last Sat, thanks to Johann for his recommendation. I think the food was yummy. Decor of the place was so-so but WE made up the ambience. Oooooo hoo! It's peranakan buffet and I wished I was a cow then. moo. moo. There was so much I wanna eat but not much space to stuff them in. We took some nice pics and of course still awaiting for Hannah to send us the WHOLE gang pic... deng ni deng dao wo xin tong... ahahha er actually I think it is wo deng dao hua er ye xie liao. Sadly, Cher, Eleena and Michael could not make it, if not it will be the first RL outing with full attendance!!!!??! Nevermind... maybe Christmas? When everyone is slightly more free. :)

Cuixian and I took this I and think its so nice..

just then, I complained about her eyes being so small and
hence we decided to strike another pose.

Do I look like a korean? or maybe a Blind? hahah YIkes... thank God for big eyes.
Aiya... decided to blurr it since its so Um. ...

Rach and i in that... aiyo 'how sweet can we be" look!
Then again, we are just too sweet to be true! Muuuahahahah

With Queen Esther, of course the pose must be more dignified right?

Then again.... kekekke Queen Esther can be cheekily notie too!
But all seemed good. Still good. :)

Coming to the end of the dinner, these kids wanted to take a SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS pic. PIangs! Where is the class? 1,2,3?

Look at how miserable I have made these guys turned into? Haha Just a picture la brudduh!Relac! Be more natural the next time k? Kenneth, ni shi mei de! hahaha

And now... allow me to present to you *drum rolls* R-age most eligibles! hahah
Missing Contestants were, Jeraldine, Cheryl, Lionel, Kenneth and Michael. Look at Hannah! How cool? Actually i think that night she was drunk haaahhaha on sambal chilli maybe?
haha she was so high.....!!!!!

Ok this is a more complete one, at least with Jeraldine and Kenneth in. EH? Where is Lionel? Uncle, lih dih dou lou?

still awaiting D' pic from Hannah... Come to think of it, could that 007 hand sign be Hannah's favourite pose? Ai seh!

Booster.

I was doing recess duty last Friday, as usual, a few of my little ones would come and sit with me.

Celeste: I am sitting beside you *grins*
Soo Wei: me too *raises eyebrow*
Soo Wei: Do you enjoy school?
Celeste: YES! (confidently)
Soo Wei: Why? *smiles*
Celeste: Because of you! *tilt head and smiles shyly*
Soo Wei: *Heart melts*

I was very encouraged.

Atlas Moth - systematic eaters

Caterpillar Marching On.

Look at those leggies? Cutsie right?
Btw, please ignore the background conversation. Hahah some passer by. Dun know who.

Atlas Moth

This is the recent craze in school now. Teachers...children... canteen aunties.. uncles... and of course.. even MOI am into it. Though I dun really fancy animals and insects but this thing really reminds me of God's creativity each time I look at it.

Can you believe it? This thingy is approx 8cm long and tell you if it is ever squashed, you'll probably have a cup of wheat grass juice look alike on the floor.. YIKEs. How would it taste like? kekke

I observed it for a couple of days and was so intrigued by its slow but orderly movements. The way they (oh there are 7 of them btw) systematically munch on the leaves was enough to make me watch it for minutes.

Look at those legs.... they are like magnets when they move. They GIAB together. Very cute.

I thought this stance quite SEI for a caterpillar. Gotcha!

This is the head though. Enjoying it's lunch on the nearly botak plant. They are eating so fast that the poor plant is really looking pathetic.

Do you walk like Daddy?

Yesterday morning, when I was walking to school, I saw this little girl who walked the exact same way as her dad. The slouch, swinging of arms and the pace of the footsteps... exactly the same. They smiled as they walked on.

Do we then also walk like our Daddy God? Are we walking on the same pace as Him? Ahead? Behind?

"I wanna walk with YOU everyday of my life,
to talk with YOU in the good and the strife,
You're my friend, my Father, for all time....
Nothing can keep us apart, You're the Lover of my heart."

Every morning, Daddy God walked me to school too. :)