My birthday! 22 June

Deardear bought the cake i have been longing for a long long time and i am so so happy!

It is the ChocoCheese Cake from The Patisser :) What a pretty cake! Look at the nice red bow!

My mummy cooked a feast and brought the food to my place! The meal consists of Curry Chicken, Chicken Stew, Yam Paste Dessert, Fried Noodles etc etc...Everyone enjoying the meal heartily...

First time celebrating my birthday as a married couple :)

We rarely get a nice family picture where the kids are sitting/standing still and looking at the camera, smiling...this is one of the nicest shots....but too bad Sheena and James are touring in Europe, so they are not here....

See what i mean? Only ger ger is looking at the camera....so hard to get the 2 boys to sit still and look straight.....=p Nonetheless, they are still my cute nephews and niece :)

This year's birthday is special....the first as a married couple, the first time at my new house....I'm so HAPPY!

Visit to Yishun Safra Country Club

It was the birthday party of Ian's 2 boys at the bowling centre. Since Ian is Dear's buddy, we decided to make our way there even though we had a tight schedule that day and it was really far!

Look at how cute Ian's 2 boys are:

Dear and I were too formerly dressed as we just went to Alyssa and Solomon's wedding lunch at The Mandarin Oriental....didn't think we would bowl but we did! And having not done so for such a long time....it was real fun! I must say my husband looks really cool and suave when he is bowling :)

By the evening when the party ended, we walked around and found this pretty nice bridge at the country club. It overlooks the wall for rockclimbing and the pool....pretty nice sight :)

Well, nice to visit new places that we haven't been before and to catch up with friends :)

Manila (16-19 June)

My first trip to the Philippines. Never had intentions to visit this country for travel just as yet. Had the opportunity to go there cos of work.

Deardear took leave to help me with the packing and getting ready to go to the airport....so touched!

Manila is pretty cosmopolitan and the city center is pretty developed, more than i imagined. The city is huge....

I stayed at Shangrila, Mekati...its in the midst of lots of shopping malls....very nice room and service there!

The traffic there is really bad.... we kept getting stucked in traffic. The cab drivers there are also really skillful drivers...the way they cut lanes.....makes me feel i can never drive there....

Peak hour traffic at Mekati:

I had the opportunity to go to Krispy Kreme for a bite....so excited! cos they dun have an outlet in SG. I love the donuts there....lotsa unique and nice flavours....:)

Since i was going ga-ga over the krispy kreme donuts, i decided to go all the way...to model for them :)

I also had the chance to visit Hard Rock Cafe. Had dinner there and bought some T-shirts there :)

Caught sight of this Tweety Jeepney on the way to the airport....a popular public transport for the locals there.

Another great trip.....the locals are really friendly....and another eye-opener for me in terms of a work stint....looking forward to more trips :)

DearDear's Birthday! - 24 May 2008

Another belated entry.

We celebrated deardear's first birthday as a married couple at our new home! I bought deardear's favourite New York Cheesecake from Starbucks for him.

Celebrating deardear's birthday as his wife, Mrs Koh :)

Deardear's family came over to our place to have dinner that day. Shian's mum even cooked at our kitchen....haha, at that time our kitchen was still quite inadequate, she really had a tough time making do with the lack of necessary equipment....but nonetheless....we had a sumptious dinner......it all takes an experienced cook to do the trick :)

The Koh family :)