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Aug 08 Dayout

Breakfast at Privé
Breakfast at Privé

Its been a tough few weeks for Pearl and I and today, we pampered ourselves and had a full day out.

We started with having breakfast with kids at Ang Mo Kio Macs, then left them with my parents as we planned for my dad to bring them go swimming in the afternoon. The kids love it.

We went to Privé for lunch and ordered from the breakfast menu.

Breakfast at Privé
Breakfast at Privé

The ambiance was great, the food was so so, but its our first visit, so we do think its quite a nice place.

Marina at Keppel Bay
Marina at Keppel Bay

Then later in the evening, we went to Broth as i read about it from Danesh’s blog post sometime back.

Dinner at Broth
Dinner at Broth

For appetizer, I had the “Baby spinach and portobello mushroom salad raspberry vinegar dressing and fried shallots” and it was fantastic. I never could imagine what a person can do with a few leaves.

Dinner at Broth
Dinner at Broth

I had the “Braised duck w roasted figs in flaky pastry w rocket salad & balsamic dressing” as the main and it was not as fantastic as the appetizer. It really felt like a plate of expensive braised duck. Its braised duck. Eating it strangely reminds me of a heartland coffeeshop.

But i have to say the ambiance was fantastic, they played male jazz vocals and the waiters were very very good. Will come back next time, but maybe i’ll try lunch instead.

Overall, it was an excellent day and i’m many dollars poorer, but i made my wife happy.

A happy wife is a happy live.

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CNY08 Day 1 – YuSheng Extreme

Clié and Cleo CNY Day 1 Outfits

Its the first day of CNY and the girls are all decked out in their new outfits. NICE! I think my wife is a real good shopper. I’ve seen many parents put their kids into China Doll outfits and i think that style can be quite tacky.

Grandparent’s Place

First stop was my parent’s place in Katong area. We had the traditional long life noodles and stayed around abit, then it was off to my in law’s place at West Coast. We had nice red dates longan dessert and just chilled out at my in law’s place. We both feel asleep. Yawn… the sofa i tell you… it has mystical powers… when ever i sit on it, i feel like sleeping. lol…

YuSheng

Then off to my wife’s granny place in Bukit Panjang. We had snacks, watched abit of cable TV, then its off again to our next stop which was my wife’s uncle place in Yishun. We had steamboat and everyone ate alot.

Every year without fail, we will also Lo Hei, this year its super extreme. The YuSheng was laid out directly on the table and it formed a huge “Fu” (Prosperity in Mandarin) shape with Abalone at the peak of the mounds.

YuSheng in Fu Shape

It is quite an amazing sight.

Floor Protection

It will surely get messy, so the floors had to be protected.

Weapons distribution

As everyone came into the kitchen, weapons were distributed. Here you can see my bro-in-law passing a pair of chopsticks to my father in law.

All in Position to Lau YuSheng

Everyone was poised and with a loud “Huat Ah” (Prosper in Hokkien), the chopsticks tossed the colourful dish in the air.

ATTACK the YuSheng

I’ll try to put the 30sec video up when i’ve got time.

Cleo with Playing Cards

And without fail CNY will always have playing cards. Here you can see Cleo trying out her knowledge with numbers.

Thats basically how the first day went.

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Family Christmas Night

Presents for Kids

This year’s Christmas instead of having it at my Parent’s, we invited everyone over. As you can see everyone got the kids presents and they really stacked up like a mountain.

Presents for Kids

The happy kids.

Presents for Kids

The wild opening ceremony.

This year’s is quite different with previous years. The family vibes is very different… everyone seems relaxed, everyones older… i feel i want to love everyone more… :) and i do…