It was a lovely sunset

Sunsets are peaceful yet dramatic, and for me is one of my favourite parts of the day. Just looking at one calms me and I think the colours are more vivid and intense compared to sunrises, which are nice too...Unfortunately I'm not awake early enough to appreciate those!

Last Thursday, there was brilliant sunset which I caught from my balcony. Shades of vermillion, orange, yellow and red against mid-level altocumulus clouds. And as dusk settled, the lights from the buildings and cars glowed and the Church of St Teresa resembled the Sacre Coeur in Paris.

One of the reasons why I love my house is because I get an unblocked view of the sun setting. I think as the years pass I'm gonna end up taking endless sunset pictures, but here are some of the ones I took last Thursday...wasn't it a lovely sunset?

Crocodile Nuttee

Nick's relatives in Darwin passed us some pressies for the munchkin and included was a crocodile stuffed toy. I think it was meant to remind us of them, since there are plenty of crocs in Darwin. It's name is Charlotte and it's Nutty's first proper stuffed toy. Some people get teddy bears, mine gets a croc...crikey!

Anyway, right now it's about the same length as Natalie and I've got a new nickname for her - Crocodile Nuttee...like Crocodile Dundee. Told you I was corny! Here's Crocodile Nuttee with her new friend, they've even wrestled!

Meet the Amah

Last Saturday we went to have a look at the second-hand car mart in Ubi, just being kaypoh. Am not a fan of buying a second-hand car unless it's at an irresistible price and in very good condition with low mileage. But first, we have to offload Pedro...

Anyway, Nutty slept throughout the whole viewing, even when one of the car alarms went off and beeped loudly for a while. It started pouring halfway through and we decided to head to Nick's grandma's house. She had not met her latest great-grandchild and some of his aunts were there too.

Cousin Kim fawned all over Nutty and Amah was oblivious to the whole thing, preferring to pat and talk to her teddy bear instead. She kept asking whose child was that, and was told several times that the kid belonged to Nick but after 10 seconds she would forget and ask again! It was quite funny. All she said was that the baby was 'cantik'.

After Amah's house, Nick drove to a different part of Ang Mo Kio to show Pedro to a trade colleague, who also happened to be my Shatec classmate. She might be interested in buying the car and test drove it that evening.

Her block was across the street from Mellben and Uncle Leong and I persuaded Nick to tapau crab from Uncle Leong, since it was less crowded. You have no idea how much I had been craving their butter crab and the wait was worth it. Nick bought 1 butter crab and 1 chilli crab and the two of us whacked when we got home.

Mmmmm....butter.

It was a Good Friday

Last Friday was Good Friday and we decided to venture out with the munchkin. Munchkin is what Nick calls her, I extended it to Munchkin Monut, like Dunkin Donut, geddit? I know, I'm corny!

Anyways, we popped over to Swana's house in the afternoon and just lazed around. Kavi and Siva were in but went out in the evening. I attempted to take another family photo, but Nick was not cooperating as you can see.

For dinner, we drove to Anchorpoint. It was Nutty's first mall outing but we did not venture into any shops. Just had dinner at the food court and left. Tonight we might go Vivocity, pretty soon she'll conquer all the malls. Ah, a girl after my own heart!

Funky fruits

The other day, Swana and Kevin came over for dinner and brought with them some funky fruits. You might think they were funky, but I had never seen or tasted them before.

What were they? Well, there was golden raspberries and kiwiberrys. The raspberries tasted like normal ones, maybe a bit more sour and the kiwiberries were lovely. They taste like a cross between kiwis and something else, can't put my finger on it. But at least you don't have to peel them, just pop in your mouth! Try it next time you see it!

It's been a while

Oooh, it's been a while since my last update hasn't it? That's because the little rugrat is taking up more of my time! She's more awake during the day now and more alert so this mummy has been trying to entertain her.

Only a week and a half before I go back to work, how time flies. Natalie has really grown compared to when she was first born, my wrists are kinda sprained from all that carrying. She's starting to lift her head without being supported although after a couple of seconds, it flops over. She grunts when she poops and her eyes now follow my movements as if watching a tennis match.

I've also managed to capture some funny pictures such as this shot of her looking extremely bored where she appears to be supporting her head with one hand, and the next one of her raising her lip, ala Elvis. She can even smile fakely, where she looks like she's patronising you!

It's been raining quite a bit these days, but 10 days ago it was bright and sunny, and Mummy pointed out the sky to me. The sun was hiding behind some clouds and there was a multi-coloured glow around the clouds. This is what I mean:

My stroller and diaper bag have finally arrived, can't wait to start using them! They don't really match but they are both so pretty.

Am still waiting for the Bath & BodyWorks stuff and recently I also ordered some things from Old Navy and Victoria's Secret. This weekend is the Body Shop Warehouse Sale, I am trying to exercise some self-control and not go. Yeah, right!

The anti-climatic anniversary

One week after the actual anniversary, we finally went out to celebrate it. I had told Nick to plan something to make up for not getting me a card or pressie on time and for not being romantic, but in the end, I made the reservation, I arranged the babysitter and I picked out my present! MEN!!! What an anti-climax.

On Saturday evening, we headed to Raffles City so that he could check out Timberland and see if he could exchange the shoes I had gotten him for something else. The surrounding roads were jammed and parking was a killer, in the end we parked at Raffles Hotel. When we got to Timberland, he tried on a different pair of boat shoes but they looked funny on him. After deliberating, he decided to keep the pair I bought.

We walked around Robinsons for a while, I knew he had not bought any present so I was keeping a lookout for something. When we got to the first floor, I saw that Ralph Lauren was giving away a nice travel bag for purchases above $120. The salesman showed us a limited edition bottle of Romance and since by this point, I was a little 'sian' already at the non-event of an anniversary, I just told Nick to buy it as my present, even though I have so many unused perfumes at home. In our 8 years together, not once had I received a bottle of perfume from him so I figured it was about time. It was ironic that the scent was Romance, since I had been lamenting on the lack of romance from him...he gave it to me in a bottle!

Dinner was a fine dining affair at Garibaldi, I had been meaning to try it for the longest time. It was voted one of Singapore's best restaurants and we were not disappointed. Service was attentive and the food was excellent. There were so many things I wanted to try and most of them were featured in the gourmet set menu, so that's what I had - except I exchanged the gooseliver for a lobster broth. Nick had the same soup and tried the crab pasta for his main dish.

My gourmet set menu comprised of:

1. Air-Flown Spanner Crab with Avocado and Orange & Saffron Sauce
2. Lobster broth with Lobster Dumpling
3. Angel Hair Pasta with Lobster, Sweet Peas and Tomato Sauce
4. Roasted Atlantic Cod with Baby Spinach & Tarragon Sabayon
5. Molten Lava Chocolate Cake with Hazelnut Gelato and Raspberry Coulis

Trust me, everything was lovely. I especially loved the crab appetizer, while the chocolate cake was perfectly complemented by the hazelnut gelato. Wouldn't mind going back again man!