whole family not well...

B1's having cough and sore throat.Doc said her lungs seems to be infected.Need to go for review on Thursday,and she's given MC to be excused from PE for a week....she's taking her Bronze swim test this Sunday...supposed to be few months ago, but we couldn't fix a suitable date for her test..always crashed with her other classes.

Hb's also having cough and sore throat...but he's still going for drinks with ex-colleagues tonight,and dinner tomorrow...

B2's having running nose...,monitoring her too see if she's having fever (HOPE NOT!)

Me? also having running nose and sore throat...no more mooncake,chocolate and sambal chilli for me.

Grill Beef Salad with Oriental Dressing

Grill Beef Salad with Oriental Dressing
Originally uploaded by VANnBER

Love this salad from Swensen!

Too bad,they removed this from their new menu this year!

Bertina at 13 months...

She walks all the time...We just bought an anklet for her, so that we know which corner of the house she's walked to.

Her favourtise words must be "eat" , "more","biscuit" and "Bye Bye"... She's interestested in whatever food we are eating or we offer her, very different from her sister.

Just brought her to take photograph for passport.Very hard to get her to sit still and look at the camera.

I could have taken the photo for her myself, but we didn't have any white background for passport photo taking.

She's now eager to learn whatever words we taught her...uncle(she pronounced as Gir) ,aunty(as Tee),Yi Yi,Po Po,Jiu Jiu Jiu,Gor Gor,Yes, No (as New)...

She points her index finger rather than thumb whenever we said she's good,and her good is "Geed"!

Instead of mama and daddy, she's also learnt to call Mummy!

At 13months, she' already showing her temper, scream and cry whenever sister took away her things.

Hong Kong Tour in Dec?

Hb said we could start planning a trip to Hong Kong in December.By then,B2 will be 16months old, I feel that she's still young to travel to HK in colder December.

I have never liked to go HK in Dec, cold and only winter clothings and shoes for sale...and got to prepare winter wear for the kids,though it's dry winter, still quite troublesome.Especially for B2, no point to buy winter clothing as she won't have chance to wear after that ,and very soon she will outgrow them.

Hb seems convinced by me, and said may be we should go next June!

Chilli prawn...

One of my favourite one-dish meals for my lunch is chilli prawns,besides chilli sotong.

Quick & easy to cook,and much cheaper compared to the $4-$6 coffee shop/food court/restaurants are charging.

Chilli prawn...

One of my favourite one-dish meals for my lunch is chilli prawns,besides chilli sotong.

Quick & easy to cook,and much cheaper compared to the $4-$6 coffee shop/food court/restaurants are charging.

restaurant:grandma's...it's so local...2nd visit

Surprised to see Tang Dian Wana at united Sq is also closed,and replaced with Xin Wang! We have 1 less nice place for food in u.sq!

Took lunch at Grandma's again last Saturday,wanted to use our $25 voucher,but forgot that it's eve of puplic holiday so the voucher can't be used.

We ordered young coconut,fried chicken wing ,stir fry mixed vege and beef rendang(again!)

Flooded Parquet Floor

18 Sep 09 Friday

Drainage of our study room's balcony choked. With the heavy rain, the balcony flooded,and water overflowed into our study room.

It doesn't help that the weather for the past few days were bad,raining & drizzling non-stop.After two days, the floor still feel damp and smell awful!

May be should engage some professional help to fix the probelm? Or the floor may turn mouldy/warp/pop???

Review: Yu-Be Moisturising cream

USD15 from skinstore.com or sephora.com

This glycerin-based moisturising cream is supposed to be good for intensive mositursing,but It didn't work for my flaky chin and forehead when I was having sensitive and dry patches on my face.

PLUS,the camphor smell is very off-putting.Though it dissappeared after a while, I still couldn't stand applying camphor-scent,greasy gel on my face.

Not to waste it,I'll probably apply it on my cracked heels before going to bed

Hong Kong VIP Discount Card No. Excel File

Save this file to PC/Notebook, send by Bluetooth to Handphone and save it for opening by Quick Office (if you have this application in your phone).

Don't need to print and bring thick stack of paper to Hong Kong anymore!

Click the following link to my blog at multiply.com to download the files:

http://vangsk.multiply.com/journal/item/265/Hong_Kong_VIP_Discount_Card_No._Excel_File

Hb missed his flight...

Hb went Zhu Hai on Thurs, supposed to come back tonight, but he misread his flight details.Supposed to be 18:30, he thought it's 8.30pm!

Missed his flight in HK and has to book a cheap city hotel there for a night, then see if he could catch the next SIA flight back tomorrow at no/minimal extra charge? or book HKD1000+ one-way ticket from jetstar asia back!

Initially he offered to get me some DHC stuff from HKIA...seems like he may have lots of time to buy if only he catch jetstar's flight back.

Birthday Celebration

...my favourite Premium D24 durian cake from emicakes & dinner at Gyu Kaku restaurant.

Review: L'egere UV Whitening BB Cream SPF34

It says "Water-proof,Sweat-Proof,UV Protect+Whitening+Soothing+moisturizing+wrinkle-free+skin cover"

According to its packaging, it is supposed to be Good For: Skin that needs protection,irritated skin by peeling and laser procedures,sensitive and troubled skin...sounds like something I need...

I have not been using foundation since my skin became red and sensitve.I used Palgantong BB cream color#20,from Hong Kong occassionally but find it too thick and "heavy" for me.

The L'ergere feels lighter,thinner and cooling compared to Palgantong's.

It does make my dark circles and spots on cheeks less obvious,but I still need some concealer if I really want better coverage.

Though it's not mentioned in their packaging, I found that It is good at concealing my pores,a bonus!

There is only one color,but it's supposed to "match your skin tone and present natural look after 15min",according to what's been written on the packaging.

It looks dark when squeezed out from the tube, but turns lighter when applied on my face. I find it slightly lighter than my face skin tone,but still acceptable.

Though it's said to have "Good Control of Sebum & whitening you skin at the same time", my T-zone,especially nose does shine just after about 2 hours.

The promoter said the Original version,with lower SPF has better coverage,but for me I think this lighter,whitening one with higher SPF is good enough for me.

Birthday gifts/goodies/benefits from Loreal

Got this birthday gifts from Loreal today.

50ml facial foam and 125ml whitening toning lotion. Not bad?

Hang Ten's giving 50% off for birthday month, and Bossini's 40% off regular price items,5% off offer items.

Metro is 20% off.

Esprit 20% off,but need to show Esprit Card & IC, & Giordano..

Many others,and some gifts I didn't have the time to redeem...yet!

Xin Wang,Tang Dian Wang...

Just few weeks back, saw "Tang Dian Wang" opened at Bt Panjang Plaza,but Friday when Hb and I decided to go there for lunch, we couldn't find it! Thought I remembered wrongly its location but soon realised it's gone!

Got to use my $15 birthday voucher last night at Xin Wang.Was given a free bowl of mango pudding and a bottle for red wine as birthday gift! Citibank credit card holder will get a bowl of mango pudding for order above $45. B2's been laughing and waving and blow-kissing everybody at the restaurant last night.Even the aunties a few tables away were seen waving bye bye to her when we left the restaurant.

Also joined Watson's life-time membership for $5. For that I got a stack of discount coupons, get to earn some rebates/points whenever I buy from Watson.For Watson's house brands it's x2 points, and x5 points for birthday month.Lots of skincare now having 20% off at Watson.Should stock up some Loreal products next trip to Watson! Tried their Revitalift Eye Gel & Serum yesterday,seems quite good...doesn't have any sticky,greasy feeling.

http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=167551&catid=12355&aid=333181&aparam=sespider

Oh...Esprit,Hang Ten,Bossini,Giordano etc have additional discounts during birthday month...got to check them out!

Hainanese Chicken Rice

http://www.yamierice.com/yamierice1.html

Cooked this Chicken Rice today.

B1 and I tried the claypot rice,yam rice and chicken rice at a promotion counter in Taka.She likes the chicken rice so I bought one packet to try.

One packet is good for 2-3 persons. Just add rice and 330ml of water to rice cooker to cook.After 7min,stir the rice mix, then continue to cook.When the rice is cooked, leave it to sit in the cooker at Keep Warm mode for at least 20min.

While cooking, I could smell the kitchen and living filled with aroma of chicken rice.

It says "No added MSG",but the ingredients listed emulsifier,anti-cake agents and chicken flavour.

The rice is fluffy and not too oily(forgot to take a picture of therice).Taste quite authentic.This is good for people who work or study abroad and miss Singapore Food.

The Yam rice taste squite authentic too.It has the flavour of yam and Hay-Bee(dried shrimps).But the claypot rice is just so-so.

B2 enjoying her rides in our estate...

SVPS -Be Yourself Day

31 Aug 09

Teacher's Day celebrations and "Be Yourself Day".

Students are encouraged to dress as creatively as possible.

B1 chose to dress as a chef.

Helped her searched the Net for ideas on how to make the hat.

We used two A4 white art paper, and a plastic bag from Fair Price supermarket. Does it look real?

There's a contest, two lucky winners get to receive $50 voucher each.

B1 managed to get into semi-finals.Another of her classmates got into the Finals,dressed as a doctor,but both of them did not win any prizes.

Still,B1's very proud,especially when she told us, when the finalist got on stage, one teacher pointed to her and said, "they should have chosen this girl(B1)."

Her teacher told her that she could wear the same thing again for 01 Oct Children's Day Celebrations.

I told her may be she should make and bring some cookies to share with teachers and classmates, to show them that she doesn't just dress like a chef, she IS a chef!

If not because she has too much school assignment to complete,we actually planned to make cookies for Teacher's day.

Teacher's day...shuttle bus from Borneo Motor Bodyworks

School holiday today.

Sent car to Borneo bodycare workshop at Pandan Cresent.While B1's having their Milo, one uncle stood at the door and said "shuttle bus to MRT leaving!"

Didn't know that there is such service, but decided within seconds that we should hop on the shutttle bus instead of calling for cab from Pandan crescent.Told B1 to quickly finish her Milo and we managed to catch the last shuttle bus.

It's a small 10-seater van actuallly.We were a bit clumsy,with B1 & B2 and a stroller.Luckily two ladies in the van helped.One helped to carry B2 while and collapsed and carry stroller,the other help to move and hold the stroller in the van, while I took over B2.

The van stopped at a HDB car park opposite the MRT station,which is much better than stopping at the roadside,so we can take our time to unload the stroller and alight without added pressure from blocking traffic.

Flagging cab at the roadside near Clementi MRT station is fast and easy.Cost $9.40,taking the Bukit Timah Route.

The Borneo rep said car should be ready at around 3pm-4pm. Still drizzling outside...hope the rain stopped by the time the car is ready,or it would be harder to call cab down and troublesome too.

Called the workshop at 4.45pm.My car's ready for he forgot to call me! Immediately called a cab down,reached there at 5.20pm,they are closed at 5.30pm! Cab fare cost about S$16.50 from CCK to Pandan Crescent.

Passed by IMM on way back,so decided to take dinner at IMM's Cafe Cartel.

B1 ordered Fish & Chips and Oreo milkshakes,while I ordered Banana and Peach Waffle.