My 30th birthday
Wow it took me 5 days to finally update on my birthday. No pictures though... lazy to upload. :P
As usual my persistent questioning of 'what are you going to do for my birthday?' worked well, Chris planned a midnight cake and glutton-like celebration with a couple friend of ours Jonathan and Karen. We were slightly delayed because of our Kairos lesson which ended at 945pm on 20 April and rushed over to their place to meet for supper/dinner at Chomp Chomp for some good stingray and kang kong. The stingray was really good, fresh fish, tender flesh, nice sambal though I'd like more! The kang kong was not bad (I've tasted better) and portion a bit small for $10. All in all my craving for stingray was met and we adjourned to Jon and Karen's place to apparently 'pick up' something big Chris was borrowing.
I had anticipated a lychee martini cake from Pine Gardens when we met them at their flat downstairs for supper then realised the cake could be at home, waiting for the stroke of midnight. And it did happen, though 5 minutes early (Jon's clock was 5 min faster) and lights were shut off while I was reading and then alas the birthday song was sung with a nice lychee martini cake from PG (as anticipated).
We had fun making Chris sing a solo for my birthday song and it was a blast. We even got it captured on video, just waiting for Jon to upload to Youtube and link it up on FB for all our friends to watch! Hah!! He's not done it yet... which reminds me...
We ate 2 slices each and felt the ultimate sin of gluttony. It was quite bad... i felt so fat when I got home and had to prepare for bed... imagine sleeping with a full stomach! The next morning, we got up early and 7-ish 8am and Chris had planned a surprise day for me. He brought me to have breakfast at a place I've never been to and never heard of. It was called Hatched at Evans Rd on Evans Lodge. It was a cosy and quaint little bistro that serves.... eggs! It was my first time having a fancy breakfast (in Singapore) and eggs benedict, I enjoyed it! Though the wagyu beef wasn't all wagyu-tender to me, the overall was okay. Chris enjoyed his ham sandwich and we'll definitely be back to try other stuff on the menu. They didn't even charge service charge which was great! The service was good with the only server chatting with his customers, though a little slow.
Then we headed home and I was to pack for an afternoon of sun, sand and sea with PorkChop which I'd thought would be at Sentosa. Chris was to head out and run an 'errand' which I already guessed what it was. He had some trouble running the 'errand' as he could not find his IC. I had already guessed we were going to hire a car for the day and so the cat had to be out of the bag when he told me to help him look for his IC at home. He returned home and we both spent about 20-30min looking for his IC. When we were on the verge of giving up, out of the blue, I just stuck my hand into a side pocket of my Porter bag and dug out his IC!
So Chris returned to the rental company with his IC at about 11.45am. He came back at about 12.15pm with a smile on his face and we were all set and ready to go in 15min. Pulled along by PorkChop in his usual excitement, we went downstairs with all our barang and I waited at the void deck for Chris to retreive the car from the carpark. Five minutes later, I saw a silver Mitsubushi inching slowly down the narrow ramp of our carpark and I was laughing at his snail-like moves. We loaded up and had to put PorkChop into the carrier cos the rental company didn't allow pets in the car.
Well it was a good thing we did, for we found so much fur in the backseat even with him inside the carrier! PorkChop really liked the car ride we guessed for after barking and whining for 5-10min (after he was done chewing his rib... we had to put it in or he wouldn't go in), he kept quiet and even lay down. I think he really liked the A/C and the scenery in the window, plus we kinda ignored him.
Chris drove to East Coast Park and we found a place to park near the Road Safety Park and headed to the beach. We forgot to bring a canvas to lie on and had to settle for a shelter near the beach. The waves was surprisingly big and current was also strong. We brought PorkChop into the water and tried to help him get accustomed to the water. He was quite frightful because of the bigger waves (compared to Sentosa) and the current felt quite strong for him... he looked like he was going to be swallowed up by the water.
We didn't last long there and wanted to do lunch but the sky was turning dark and we barely made it to the car before the storm came upon us. We drove around and ended up at Thomson for our late lunch. We found a cafe/bistro along the row of shops and settled down for lunch at 4pm. The rain caught up with us as we reached the shops, we barely made it to cover again (we'd parked a distance from the shops). Parking is ridiculous for cars... hard to find and expensive!
This little cafe place was called ICE and had surprisingly decent spaghetti and the strawberry ice cream I ordered strangely tasted similar to Movenpick's strawberry ice cream except their strawberry bits were a tad smaller than Movenpick's. It was nice and we had wedges too! :)
After the rain stopped we went back and drove home. Porkchop desperately needed a shower but we could only do it the next day for we had to rest and prepare for dinner later. Chris thought it would be a good idea to make our car rental worthwhile by driving all the way to Changi for dinner. And so we did.
We were talking and enjoying the radio and got so distracted that we did not realise we were heading straight towards an ERP entry along the expressway. Chris made a smooth maneuver from the third lane to the shoulder lane within 50m of the gantry and we stopped there, hazard light on and all. We desperately searched for a cashcard even though we already knew Chris left his in his bermudas pocket at home and I left mine in my pouch at home. I was all panicky and weighing the options of going through the gantry and getting a fine or parking there to wait for the ERP to go off. We were there at 7.55pm.
Chris decided to wait and we found 2-3 vehicles behind us waiting. I was so worried about getting caught. Alas 8pm came and the lights went off. We thanked God but I'm still worried we'll get into trouble because there are cameras there! So we headed to this bistro at Changi that Jon had recommended. We spent 10min searching for a way into this secluded bistro and had to U-turn 2-3 times just to get in. It felt like a looped dream where you kept going to the same place again and again.
After so much frustration we parked our car and headed to the bistro for dinner. It was 9pm. I had chicken chop in hickory sauce and mushroom soup while Chris had a set meal of rib eye steak. There was no breeze and Chris was sweating like a pig as we ate. I was paranoid about getting bitten by mosquitoes even though I had a mosquito coil burning near my feet.
After dinner we headed to my aunt's place at Pasir Ris to check Chris' eyesight and have his new glasses made by my uncle. We relied quite heavily on the map app in Chris' iPhone and after Chris parked his car, all the way at the top deck, and after admiring Chris' impressively straight parking, we realised we parked at the wrong block and this was not her block!
After much grumbling from Chris, we made our way to the correct block in the cluster of flats opposite this one we were at. Finally made it! We did our deed and then went home at close to midnight. What a day! Just when you think the night is over, we spent another 5min searching frantically for our book of 50cents coupons for the parking of the car from 7am-8am the next day. Then I found it hidden at the side of the front seat. What an eventful day!
We made full use of the car rental and took PorkChop out early the next morning for breakfast at West Coast Park. We had Mackers while PorkChop had his usual Go Natural! Salmon & Oatmeal kibbles. We met a nice lady from Holland with her brown poodle Ben, who didn't like PorkChop at all. PorkChop kept sniffing and wanting to play with Ben even though Ben kept snarling at him countless times. PC just doesn't get it and don't take no for an answer.
We rushed home and then returned the car at 11am. I cleaned up the car of all the fur and I think the rental car dude was very happy with its condition, he grinned and asked us to rent again!
If you're wondering what Chris got me that day, he had not gotten me a gift then, I was too picky and he had no idea. But I finally chose a silver intertwined ring from Tiffany's last Sunday to mark my 30th birthday from Chris. :)
As usual my persistent questioning of 'what are you going to do for my birthday?' worked well, Chris planned a midnight cake and glutton-like celebration with a couple friend of ours Jonathan and Karen. We were slightly delayed because of our Kairos lesson which ended at 945pm on 20 April and rushed over to their place to meet for supper/dinner at Chomp Chomp for some good stingray and kang kong. The stingray was really good, fresh fish, tender flesh, nice sambal though I'd like more! The kang kong was not bad (I've tasted better) and portion a bit small for $10. All in all my craving for stingray was met and we adjourned to Jon and Karen's place to apparently 'pick up' something big Chris was borrowing.
I had anticipated a lychee martini cake from Pine Gardens when we met them at their flat downstairs for supper then realised the cake could be at home, waiting for the stroke of midnight. And it did happen, though 5 minutes early (Jon's clock was 5 min faster) and lights were shut off while I was reading and then alas the birthday song was sung with a nice lychee martini cake from PG (as anticipated).
We had fun making Chris sing a solo for my birthday song and it was a blast. We even got it captured on video, just waiting for Jon to upload to Youtube and link it up on FB for all our friends to watch! Hah!! He's not done it yet... which reminds me...
We ate 2 slices each and felt the ultimate sin of gluttony. It was quite bad... i felt so fat when I got home and had to prepare for bed... imagine sleeping with a full stomach! The next morning, we got up early and 7-ish 8am and Chris had planned a surprise day for me. He brought me to have breakfast at a place I've never been to and never heard of. It was called Hatched at Evans Rd on Evans Lodge. It was a cosy and quaint little bistro that serves.... eggs! It was my first time having a fancy breakfast (in Singapore) and eggs benedict, I enjoyed it! Though the wagyu beef wasn't all wagyu-tender to me, the overall was okay. Chris enjoyed his ham sandwich and we'll definitely be back to try other stuff on the menu. They didn't even charge service charge which was great! The service was good with the only server chatting with his customers, though a little slow.
Then we headed home and I was to pack for an afternoon of sun, sand and sea with PorkChop which I'd thought would be at Sentosa. Chris was to head out and run an 'errand' which I already guessed what it was. He had some trouble running the 'errand' as he could not find his IC. I had already guessed we were going to hire a car for the day and so the cat had to be out of the bag when he told me to help him look for his IC at home. He returned home and we both spent about 20-30min looking for his IC. When we were on the verge of giving up, out of the blue, I just stuck my hand into a side pocket of my Porter bag and dug out his IC!
So Chris returned to the rental company with his IC at about 11.45am. He came back at about 12.15pm with a smile on his face and we were all set and ready to go in 15min. Pulled along by PorkChop in his usual excitement, we went downstairs with all our barang and I waited at the void deck for Chris to retreive the car from the carpark. Five minutes later, I saw a silver Mitsubushi inching slowly down the narrow ramp of our carpark and I was laughing at his snail-like moves. We loaded up and had to put PorkChop into the carrier cos the rental company didn't allow pets in the car.
Well it was a good thing we did, for we found so much fur in the backseat even with him inside the carrier! PorkChop really liked the car ride we guessed for after barking and whining for 5-10min (after he was done chewing his rib... we had to put it in or he wouldn't go in), he kept quiet and even lay down. I think he really liked the A/C and the scenery in the window, plus we kinda ignored him.
Chris drove to East Coast Park and we found a place to park near the Road Safety Park and headed to the beach. We forgot to bring a canvas to lie on and had to settle for a shelter near the beach. The waves was surprisingly big and current was also strong. We brought PorkChop into the water and tried to help him get accustomed to the water. He was quite frightful because of the bigger waves (compared to Sentosa) and the current felt quite strong for him... he looked like he was going to be swallowed up by the water.
We didn't last long there and wanted to do lunch but the sky was turning dark and we barely made it to the car before the storm came upon us. We drove around and ended up at Thomson for our late lunch. We found a cafe/bistro along the row of shops and settled down for lunch at 4pm. The rain caught up with us as we reached the shops, we barely made it to cover again (we'd parked a distance from the shops). Parking is ridiculous for cars... hard to find and expensive!
This little cafe place was called ICE and had surprisingly decent spaghetti and the strawberry ice cream I ordered strangely tasted similar to Movenpick's strawberry ice cream except their strawberry bits were a tad smaller than Movenpick's. It was nice and we had wedges too! :)
After the rain stopped we went back and drove home. Porkchop desperately needed a shower but we could only do it the next day for we had to rest and prepare for dinner later. Chris thought it would be a good idea to make our car rental worthwhile by driving all the way to Changi for dinner. And so we did.
We were talking and enjoying the radio and got so distracted that we did not realise we were heading straight towards an ERP entry along the expressway. Chris made a smooth maneuver from the third lane to the shoulder lane within 50m of the gantry and we stopped there, hazard light on and all. We desperately searched for a cashcard even though we already knew Chris left his in his bermudas pocket at home and I left mine in my pouch at home. I was all panicky and weighing the options of going through the gantry and getting a fine or parking there to wait for the ERP to go off. We were there at 7.55pm.
Chris decided to wait and we found 2-3 vehicles behind us waiting. I was so worried about getting caught. Alas 8pm came and the lights went off. We thanked God but I'm still worried we'll get into trouble because there are cameras there! So we headed to this bistro at Changi that Jon had recommended. We spent 10min searching for a way into this secluded bistro and had to U-turn 2-3 times just to get in. It felt like a looped dream where you kept going to the same place again and again.
After so much frustration we parked our car and headed to the bistro for dinner. It was 9pm. I had chicken chop in hickory sauce and mushroom soup while Chris had a set meal of rib eye steak. There was no breeze and Chris was sweating like a pig as we ate. I was paranoid about getting bitten by mosquitoes even though I had a mosquito coil burning near my feet.
After dinner we headed to my aunt's place at Pasir Ris to check Chris' eyesight and have his new glasses made by my uncle. We relied quite heavily on the map app in Chris' iPhone and after Chris parked his car, all the way at the top deck, and after admiring Chris' impressively straight parking, we realised we parked at the wrong block and this was not her block!
After much grumbling from Chris, we made our way to the correct block in the cluster of flats opposite this one we were at. Finally made it! We did our deed and then went home at close to midnight. What a day! Just when you think the night is over, we spent another 5min searching frantically for our book of 50cents coupons for the parking of the car from 7am-8am the next day. Then I found it hidden at the side of the front seat. What an eventful day!
We made full use of the car rental and took PorkChop out early the next morning for breakfast at West Coast Park. We had Mackers while PorkChop had his usual Go Natural! Salmon & Oatmeal kibbles. We met a nice lady from Holland with her brown poodle Ben, who didn't like PorkChop at all. PorkChop kept sniffing and wanting to play with Ben even though Ben kept snarling at him countless times. PC just doesn't get it and don't take no for an answer.
We rushed home and then returned the car at 11am. I cleaned up the car of all the fur and I think the rental car dude was very happy with its condition, he grinned and asked us to rent again!
If you're wondering what Chris got me that day, he had not gotten me a gift then, I was too picky and he had no idea. But I finally chose a silver intertwined ring from Tiffany's last Sunday to mark my 30th birthday from Chris. :)
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