Jie jie had an appointment last saturday to find out the sex of baby #2. And this is what she SMS-ed us.
SMS 1: And the baby is a…
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This is more of a photo post, and I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

House of Trousers (H.o.T) says goodbye to Gentle Reflections with a not so gentle party. The boys were moving out of their crib on Gentle Road and it was a good enough reason to have a costume party!

Theme was Wild Wild West, and yet again I was tasked to do the e-invite, which I must say came out pretty nice and was well received by everyone I do enjoy designing invites. First it was Kimmy’s Birthday, now the Wild West one. I did another 2 more after this which I will post later on.

I went with the cowgirl look coz it was easier to pull off.

- Bandit scarf
- Toy gun & holster
- Rope
- Cowgirl belt buckle
- My mum’s flannel-ish shirt (Which she made when she was in her 20s by the way!)
- Shorts
- black boots

Everyone looked fantastic! Effort! It doesn’t work if your guests aren’t game enough.

(Pictured above) Presenting the H.o.T boys, Sam, Chris, Adam & Joel.

But the real H.o.T.ties are my girls of course.

Till the next costume party…

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There’s no such thing as a quiet night out when Jon is in town. Davo tagged along this time, and contrary to what you might think, no they are not a couple! Jon is as straight as a pencil lead.

More photos to follow, but here are the best few from the night.

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This may not interest a lot of you, but this post is more for family members and close friends more than anybody.

When I was younger, my sister would never tell me what she bought the parentals for Christmas, because somehow I’d always accidently let it out! But I’ve definitely earned the trust over the years, and have kept secrets a secret.

So this is a post I’ve been dying to write for a few weeks now, but I promised I wouldn’t say anything, until now.

Even during my trip to India, I was so happy I wanted to tell Roh, but I just bit my lip and smiled.

So what’s this all about?
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Spent one weekend in June with Jules at the pool.

Played in the baby pool with him until he mastered the skill of filling a watering can and emptying it through the nozzle. It’s the simple pleasures in life, watching this little fella learn, absorb and grow.

Found it fascinating that baby board shorts come with a little “catchment layer” in case of “accidents”!! O_o

My favourite picture of the day top left. That little curl in his lip is distinctively my sister’s genes. Doesn’t Jie Jie look beautiful in these photos?

Not very PC, but check out the photo bottom left. He looks like a mini KKK from the back! Or maybe an Ewok from Star Wars?

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Or just a baby Jules…

What I came home to one day.

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Happy Birthday to one of my dearest and oldest friend Danli!

(Pic of our set of keys: can you tell we’re friends? Just realised, on each key chain there’s something from you, something from me, and something we got together )

It’s been 20 years…looking forward to many more years of fun and friendship!

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A picture post of SF’s birthday.

Chris’ birthday started off with all of us hiding in the en suite bathroom to surprise him.  Check out the classic expression on his face in the photos below!

After recovering from the shock, we all boarded the 32 seater Kim booked which took us to Valentinos at Jalan Bingka near rifle range road for some Italian food and vino.

Cake was ordered in the shape of a wakeboard from Jumi Cakes (Misato’s cake company). In fact, his present was a wakeboard, but it just wasn’t delivered yet. To show his thanks, Chris went round the table giving everyone a kiss, no one was spared!

Guests in attendance…

Then down to Stereolabs for a lil boogie woogie.

loving the night function on my DSLR

Happy Birthday SilverFox!

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Night started off with us coming togeher at Michelle’s place for a Prata party before heading down to Zouk for Ladies night and Mambo.

Sadface we lost one Sake girl to the UK, but gained one back from Dubai. It’s been awhile ladies. See you for the next session this coming wednesday.

Are you scared? I am.

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To my travel and life experience cronies,

You remind me a little each time to live. And that one can live with very little. What’s material means nothing, it’s what’s intangible that counts. Our collective spirit brings us closer. And with every trip I love you more.

“What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. When you’re travelling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least Heat Moon

One of the songs in our holiday CD Compilation

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You’re not a baby any more lil fella.

Jules is such a bright kid it’s unbelievable. When we were in Cold Storage over the weekend, he walked around with such inquisition and excitement, pointing out to fruits he knew and questioned every one he didn’t.

Milestones
HE CAN FINALLY SAY 阿姨 (Ah Yi)! Yay! For the longest time I was called “Ahya”.
He is now able to say “seven”. He struggled with that one for a looong time.

Here’s a list of commonly said words by Jules
Lewon = Lemon
Appo = Apple
Bred = Bread
Eck = Egg
Bus
Truck
Tektek = Taxi
Cold
Owl
Abbit = Rabbit
Abra = Zebra
Shoes
Wet
Gone!
How?
Done
Bao Bao = (carry me)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0<–He struggles with zero, he keeps saying woah woah

When playing with his car, he would go “Broommmmm pshhhhh” = like a mod-car with a blow-off valve

He yells M! When we pass by McDonalds.

JieJie: “Are you ok Julian?”
Jules: “Ok”
Jie Jie: “Are you sure?”
Jules: “Sure”

Basically he will repeat any last word you say….

Jules, your Auntie Angela is so proud of you. Sigh. Could you slow down a notch  little man? I need more time to take this all in!

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Danli told me about her annual pilgrimage to the Buddhist temple in Bugis, which is apparently the most popular one in Singapore.

Still feeling like my life lacked some direction, purpose and motivation, I decided to go with her to say a lil prayer for the year ahead. I’m spiritual not religious, I’ll absorb whatever I can absorb.

Today, we’re midway through the year. Here’s wishing everyone a great second half of 2010!

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Is it a waste of time and money to just sit there in a cafe when you can be sitting home. Drinking coffee which you could have made in your kitchen. Dress up, when you can be in your slacks on the couch.

yeah..maybe…it is a waste of time and money.

It’s something about physically being there which makes it a tangible effort on your part to “keep in touch”.

But being there and being present are two different things. And I’m guilty of not “being there” many times. So I’ve made it a point nowadays to be totally engaged with conversations and really listen to what people have to say.

I am grateful for friends who listen. And I mean really listen.

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Best wedding of 2009 has to be the beautiful union of Brian Wey and Diana Lie. Throughout the wedding planning process, I would hear details from Dru. At times he took a more active role in the planning such as finding the right live band for the evening.

So when the day finally arrived, seeing the culmination of all those ideas is probably why wedding planners keep doing what they do. Seeing the success of a well-planned and well–executed wedding must be so gratifying.

When you first walk into the ballroom, the first thing that caught my attention was the floor to ceiling fabric that draped elegantly down the walls. This was by request of the family, and to be honest, probably the best decision they could have made. With the help of mood lighting, the room was transformed to an amazing dining hall which looked elegant and nothing like the usual drab hotel ballroom.

The flowers were amazing and I believe were from Boenga. Ballroom was not overly flowered, and was smartly placed. White table bouquets looked chic and were arrange high above eye level so your view wasn’t obstructed.

The night was just beautiful. Speeches were kept short and sweet, and the party went on late in the night. I have to say I was particularly proud of Dru’s speech, because he wasn’t too excited about delivering it. You should have more confidence in yourself, you did really well!

Food was great! But I already knew it would be if it passed through Dru’s taste test. My parents were also friends with the mother of the bride, so it was nice to have them there with me too. I got to slow dance with my dad, and I THINK, that’s the first time we’ve ever did that!

My beautiful deep blue silk Georgette asymmetrical drape gown was made by Eelyn from Yu. I loved how the fabric gathered Grecian-styled at the sides without making me look frumpy.

If you don’t want to look like the other donkeys in (god forbid) Daniel Yam dresses, and want something (YU)nique, you must look for her. She has a bespoke service for those who really want to go custom.

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Kimmy’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ themed birthday was a complete and utter success and the best theme party of the year! The H.O.T. party comes a close second.

First, invitations. It took me a whole weekend of messing around on photoshop to get this done. I scoured the internet for ideas and images and after hours of font browsing, image extractions and layering, this is the final artwork:

Next up, decorations. Kimmy had booked out Krish @ Rochester Park as the venue for her party, and although the Rabbit Hole/The White Rabbit would have been perfectly app for the theme, Krish was owned and run by friends of ours and she really wanted to support their new venture.

I found some fantastic ideas online which I shared with Kim and Artika from flower choices and table deco ideas. Things like chequered table cloths for the “tea party”, moss around the candy buckets, tower of cards, but my favourite was the googly eyes on the daisies. It took forever to glue gun those eyes on! Everything came together so well, it almost looked professional!

But the party isn’t a success unless guests dress to theme. And on that night EVERYBODY made a stellar effort!

When Kim told me the theme was Alice in Wonderland, I knew straight away who I’d like to come as.

Getting the costume together was quite a challenge:

Ears and basic black tail – from Cheeks @ Far East Plaza. Tail was wrapped and glue-gunned with faux fur in 2 purples from Spotlight @ Plaza Singapura)
Leggings – from Cheeks Far East
Black swimming costume – my own
Striped long sleeve shirt – my own
Boots – my own
Cheshire smile – I painted it in acrylic so the colours won’t run, mounted it on foam board, cut it out and stuck it to a bamboo stick

There was bound to be plenty of repeat characters, but it was made very clear. There was only to be ONE Alice in the party, and that would be Kim.

Snapped so many photos that night, and just too many I want to share with you in one post.

I loved how everyone got into character when posing for a photograph. Best actor award goes to Ken & Paul as Tweedledee & Tweedledum. Best dressed hands down would be SilverFox as the Rabbit.

Kim’s true-to-theme intentionally lop-sided cake was prepared by Artika.

Check out my tower of cards on the bar top! Finally those old SIA playing cards come handy. SilverFox also printed out massive playing cards and hung them all over the place…effort!

I wonder what next year’s party is going to be like. Will be tough to top the Hong Kong party the year before or this Alice in Wonerland one!

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When Rachel was back in Singapore, we had an impromptu cheese and wine night at the West Wing. Rach had brought back several amazing pairings of cheeses and dried fruit from Melbourne, and all I brought was some crummy cheese from the home fridge which really paled in comparison to the cheeses I brought from home in the fridge.

Evening was spent catching up over Martinis, wine and the good company of Rachel, Janice, Andrew and Gary. Will miss these nights when you guys finally move out! I say Raclette & Ravin Rabbids again before we say bye bye to the West Wing!

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Friends & Family, Snaps & Clips Jules, Julian, Julian Wong, video

Jules learns how to say Nom nom nom nom.

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“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.” – Elisabeth Foley

Dinner with Talenia & Nat at P.S. Cafe harding road.

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