Ray-ray, Nat-nat and Gi-gi

Nat and Gigi hung out with Raiden today, Monica had popped in to visit Swana and was later on joined by Melissa, Bernard and Rachel. Banu also put in an appearance!


Raiden, Nat and Gigi are about 7 months apart, will we see an addition to the brood in another 7 months? Somehow I don't think so, although I'm quite sure someone within the gang will pop next year.

Fed Nat her dinner which was a total mess. She cannot sit still in the Bumbo chair anymore and her spinach and potato combo flew everywhere, including my pristine white jeans. When washing her up later, she stepped on the shallow bucket splashing water all around and my not-so-pristine white jeans got soaked. Had to use a hairdryer to dry myself off!


Kevin and Bernard had plans to play footie at East Coast at 10 pm and Nick got tempted into joining them. He had initially declined but it's been a while since he played and his feet were itching, so he caved.

Earlier, I had a nostalgic lunch at MacKenzie Rex on Prinsep Street. Used to go there pretty often when SES was at Cathay Building, but today I followed my colleague to Sim Lim to collect something and since we were in the vicinity, she agreed to check it out.

We both had the crispy san mee and shared a ngoh hiang. Both tasted so-so, the ngoh hiang wasn't as good as I remembered but still, a satisfying meal nonetheless.


Gigi is two weeks old today, there's been not much to blog about because she hasn't done much! All she does is eat, sleep, poop and squeal. Her face is definitely much rounder, she had a mild case of jaundice and a ear infection was detected but it's getting better now. She drinks quite a bit for a newborn, almost 80 ml every 3 hours, am quite sure it's a lot more than Nat at this stage.


Tomorrow we're bringing her to The Studio Loft for her close-up. I hope she behaves!

It's wedding season!

This past weekend I attended the first of 3 weddings spaced a fortnight apart...there goes my bank account!

My childhood friend Edwina married her long-time boyfriend Simon on Saturday in an Anglican church ceremony. This was followed by dinner on Sunday night at Amara Hotel.

Edwina is Chindian like me and Swana, and she has a sister too so the 4 of us would play and hang when we were younger - our fathers used to work together at the Seamen of Singapore organisation. Sadly, Edwina's father Uncle Charles passed away several years ago from asthma so he wasn't there to give away his daughter, though I'm sure he was smiling from above.

Anyways, me and Nutty wore matching outfits for the church ceremony which was held at a basement chapel of St. Andrew's Cathedral. The bride looked lovely of course and I shed a tear as she walked down the aisle and I remembered Uncle Charles.

The ceremony was a little different from a Catholic one and it was over fairly quick. However, there was an incident during the tea reception that marred my enjoyment of the wedding.

Basically, there were small rectangular tables arranged in a foyer for people to sit and eat, and each one could only take about 6 persons. Me, Arlyn, Ma and Nutty had parked ourselves at one and occupied about half the space. When Mummy went to get food, a family of 6 descended on our table and started planting themselves on the available seats.

While I didn't mind sharing, they did not pause to ask if the seats were available and started dragging more chairs to accommodate their brood. They were even eyeing Mummy's seat but I parked Nutty's diaper bag to deter any chair-stealers.

Ma elbowed out of her own table!

It was a tight fit squeezing 9 around a table meant for 4-6, but they were oblivious to our discomfort, choosing to eat into our personal space and slowly but surely nudged us to the corners, leaving little elbow room. We have a long way to go before becoming a gracious society!!!

Suffice it to say, we didn't linger and left shortly after finishing our meal, but not before snapping some pictures with the bridal couple. Their wedding cake was topped with an interracial couple, how cute!

The festivities continued the next day at the banquet dinner. Don't ask me why the two events were not held on the same day - something about auspicious days and church policies.

Dinner was an 8-course feast at Amara Hotel, we could have walked there! I wore one of my JC Penney purchases, a multi-coloured printed dress. Am still undecided if the dress is 'busy in a nice way' or just plain gaudy!


The dinner programme had me puzzled though, Nick calls it bad planning. At 8.30 pm - which is pretty standard - the couple walked in. They did the usual cake cutting and this was followed by a speech from the bride's best friend.


Just when our stomachs were rumbling and we hoped the first course would be served, we were thrown a curve ball when it was announced that we would be 'yum senging' next! We had to wait for the groom to pop the champagne bottle, wait for the family members to get on stage, and instead of 3 'yum sengs', there were 4!

It was a little disorganised to be honest. Did I mention that we had to sit at a different table than originally assigned because some people decided to sit where they please?

Once dinner started though, the courses moved along fairly quick. I couldn't resist taking a picture of our fish dish. Instead of the usual sea bass or tilapia, we got cod but not just any cod, mind you. Usually we see them in steak or fillet form, but this was a whole slab!


I found the ballroom carpet interesting too, it was full of words and not a floral or geometric print. Nick forgot where we parked and I made a $10 bet with Kevin on the location, he was sure it was B1 but it was actually B2. When I followed Nick to Pierre while the rest waited in the lobby, I snapped a picture for Kevin to prove I was right. The money though was used for cab fare since Pierre didn't have space for all of us.


Waiting for a cab is another story! I know it sounds like I'm complaining a lot but I can't help it. Not only did we wait over 20 mins, we got cut off twice by inconsiderate people who popped out of nowhere, I couldn't get through to call a cab and there was this pushy 'ang moh' woman who zig-zagged across both sides of the road trying to steal cabs.

Whenever she saw a green light, she would just cross the road and wait in front of someone else. How rude! I heard she's actually a local tourist guide.

Anyway, it will be Nick's cousin Xinyi's wedding on F1 day, what shall I wear???

Starting over

Well, my future at the company has more or less been sorted out.

Will now be supporting 2 sales directors, 1 alliance manager, 1 Asia Pacific CFO and 1 customer service head. It may sound like a handful but with the amount of travelling these people do, I think it will sort of balance out, plus I think they are quite independent and self-sufficient.

I just hope I don't get confused between their different functions. Will give it a go and see how things work out, will need at least 3 months to adapt I think, so will assess the situation in December.

Wish me luck!

Wen Made It

Wendy has a new blogsite to showcase her self-made pouches and wristlets. Now you can just log on to see the latest designs and prints. She'll be expanding her repertoire so do pop by the site once a while if you're on the lookout for gifts.

Check out:

http://wenmadeit.blogspot.com/

Please help to spread the word!

Oh, woe is me

Am feeling a little lost.

Today was my boss' last day, his resignation came rather out of the blue with him only tendering 2 weeks ago. He's going to spend more time with his family for now and take a break until he decides what to do next. I have no idea what I'll be doing next, don't think HR has made any plans for me yet.

He was a really nice guy, pretty independent but appreciative of my support. Despite his senior position, he had no airs about him.

Sigh, I was hired specifically to support him and now I am left pondering my fate. While I doubt I will be made redundant, I am a little concerned about who I will assist next. Am not sure if it will be 1 person, 2? Or perhaps even a whole department?

I hope I get some inkling by this week, otherwise I have to start stalking the JobsDB website!

I didn't really say 'goodbye' to my boss, just shook his hand, it was so rushed...I think he hates goodbyes too. But to me, it wasn't goodbye. Who knows, we might work together down the road so I chose not to say bye. Will thank him in an email later.

Sigh, oh woe is me...

Handmade bags for sale

My sister-in-law Wendy has embarked on a new craft project, making pouches and bags by hand.

These are great for Christmas pressies or any other occasion. Use them for cosmetics or week-day lunchtimes. There are 2 shapes for now, a pouch measuring 8" x 6" ($13) and a wristlet bag ($20). There are more to come in different prints!

For enquiries and purchases, drop Wendy a line at wenandrea70@yahoo.com.sg or ask me for her number. She also hand-paints glass bottles which you can check out samples here:

http://www.iznryan.blogspot.com/.

Support, support leh!

And it's back!

This is just plain strange.

Uncle Cyril's company truck has mysteriously reappeared in the carpark! Locked and parked on the same level he had left it!

Either someone took it for a joyride or maybe it was mistakenly towed away? We'll never know but at least it's back and intact!