Bakerzin

I've always love the Strawberry Shortcake and Tiramisu from Bakerzin. Especially the Strawberry Shortcake. It's the most yummy cake in the world!

Last Monday, I had a lunch date with Bob at Milenia Walk. He told me he wanted pasta but said to meet him at Bakerzin. I was like "Huh? Bakerzin for pasta?! You sure?"

It was the first time I had a meal at Bakerzin. Usually I will order takeaways for the cakes. While I was flipping through the menu, did I realised how suaku I am. Not only they have pasta, they also have lamb curry, chicken curry and even escargot!

I ordered the escargot dish and strawberry shortcake while Bob had Clam Pasta. They were SO YUMMY! I'm surprised that a shop specializing in cakes (well, the shop's name is Bakerzin mah) will have such delicious fare. Especially the pasta, it's even better than those so called pasta restaurants.

Since we had such a wonderful meal there, we decided to have a dinner there too. Last Friday, we brought Tara to United Square. This time, we ordered more.

At United Square, Tara enjoying her car ride

I had a pork chop with greenish-vege-coated pasta, while Bob ordered a mushroom pasta and shared a plate of flaky pizza. We ordered pumpkin soup for Tara, which tasted so-so only.

As expected, the pasta was wonderful. The flaky pizza is, well, too flaky for our liking but the toppings are yummylicious. For dessert, I decided to try something new. I had Warm Chocolate Cake and Bob ordered a Mango (yuck!) Mousse Cake.

Bob gave Tara a taste of his Mango cake and I think Tara hate it cos when Bob tried to feed her again, she turned away, with a disgusted look on her face. Well, that's my girl, mango are such smelly stuff.

The chocolate cake came with a vanilla ice-cream shaped as a strawberry on top. I almost went hysterical with happiness when I saw the ice-cream melting down on the cake! I love chocolate, cake and ice-cream. Put them all together and you will see a 27 year old started behaving like a excited kindy kiddo, literally jumping on my seat, well, almost... Then when it came to the centre of the cake, thick creamy chocolate oozed out and mixed with the vanilla ice-cream, oh.... I almost went giddy with glee! To think that a small plate of $9.50 chocolate cake can make such a big impact on a big adult like me.

The guy behind Bakerzin, I think his name is Daniel. Oh, you are the man, you are the man.....

My day as a SAHM

Last Wednesday, I had to take leave from work to look after Tara, which was good, since I've always wanted to spend a day with her alone.

I woke up early, about 8.00am. Tara was sleeping soundly, after her morning milk feed. I called office at 8.30am to take a day off, settle some work issues, did the laundry, and log on to email my buddies.

I sms Cindy and asked if she wants to meet me for breakfast. Tara woke up, I dressed her and decided that we will go for breakfast. Thought of cooking porridge for her and decided to go Jurong Point to get the ingredients.

My driver came to collect a client's file and since I have to walk to the car to get it, I might as well drive to Jurong Point. I thought of strolling there but the weather was so hot, both of us will be cooked by the time we reached there. Did not receive any reply from Cindy, sleeping soundly I guess. I left the house at about 10am.

We had breakfast at Coffee Bean. I ordered Eggs Ben. Not as yummy as before. Hmmz, too much cheese this time. Tara did not like it much either, and would crinkle her nose when I gave her the eggs, but the little tam chiat girl still ate a lot.

Grabbed the groceries at NTUC and drove to the new library. Borrowed 4 books and went home. Oh man, the weather was a killer. I was praying that Tara will not get sick cos we were going in and out of aircon premises and hot sunny outdoors.

The moment I reached home at 12pm, I received an sms from Cindy. Finally! The sleeping beauty. Hehe. We decided to meet for lunch, but I had to let Tara have her afternoon nap first. I bathed her, put her in her sarong, cooked her porridge, and surf net again. 2 hours of peace and quiet, I managed to edit some photos, and did some housekeeping on the folders. Too much clutter.

Tara woke up at 2.30pm and I went down to the coffeeshop to meet Cindy. Coincidentally, both Cyrus and Tara are wearing stripe rompers! Whereas Cindy and me wore Hard Rock tees.

Tara enjoying Cyrus' biscuits

We chit chatted till it was almost 4pm when I saw someone familiar. He was sitting at the table just beside me, and didn't noticed that I was in front of him. My ex-boyfriend! I quickly hid myself behind Tara. Actually I don't mind bumping into him, even though that time when we broke up, it wasn't exactly harmonious. But I was in such a mess! My hair was messy, I look hideous without make-up and not in an exactly presentable garb. I tried to hint Cindy but she was busy chasing after Cyrus and then hiding herself cos she too, saw her ex-schoolmate. Haha, the irony.

After a while, I gave up hiding and just pretend that I didn't see him. From the corner of my eye, I saw that he was looking at me, most probably thinking, "Wah! Is that her?! Fat and ah soh (aunty) leh. Lucky we not together liao." It wasn't easy to feel at ease in his presence. I told Cindy that we should head home, since we would be meeting that night again.

While we were walking back, I told Cindy who I saw and the Miss Kay Poh actually walked back to take a look. She told me he don't look like the kind of person I have described. Actually bumping into him brought back all the unhappy memories, which I will blog about later.

Cindy and I have yet to finished our conversation and decided to go to the garden down our blocks. We continued our chit chat while the kids roam around the garden, plucking leaves.

The cute little tots looking at the neighbour's dog

Acts of vandalism, at such young age. Look at their cheeky faces!

Reached home at around 5pm. Log on again, edit more photos and did more housekeeping and msn-ing, while Tara watched Hi-5.

Met up with the girls in Jurong Point (yup, again) at 7.30pm. Lots of catching up, gossipping and chit chatting over dinner at a pizza place. Finally reached home at around 10.30pm.

Washed up, showered and rest for the day.

End of my SAHM day. Kind of mundane and typical of a SAHM life but I kind of enjoyed it. Being away from the hustle and bustle of working life once in a while is pretty rejuvenating.

Trip to Sim Lim

Yesterday morning, Bob called me and gave me a task. I think I'm becoming his personal assistant or something! And he kind of forgot that his personal assistant is a part-time one who has a full time job.

Anyway, he told me to go Sim Lim Square and get a DVD writer. He decided to get one cos the games he wanted to buy are all DVD roms. As usual, we seek the advice of computer expert, Joe, Cindy's beloved.

Armed with the model and brand, I went to Sim Lim Square. I have problems initially, cos I don't know how the hell do I get to Sim Lim in the first place. After some navigation on my street directory, I managed to reach the side of the road where the EXIT of the carpark is. Fortunately there's public parking, if not, I gotta either make an illegal U turn on the 1 way road or exit ERP and pay the charges to go in again.

Sim Lim sure is a bustling place, even though it's a weekday afternoon. The first shop I went was selling the writer at $88. I sms Cindy and told her that and Joe, who happened to be at home, checked and told me to try another shop selling at only $74.90! Auntie me of course chiong there, only to find that they don't carry the stock. Cindy directed me to another shop, no stock either. And I was about to give up hope and go back to get the $88 one when Cindy told me to try one more. I managed to get the BenQ 1640 at $78. *Thanks Joe & Cindy! Muacks! You guys are the best!*

I've also bought a Logitech EX 111 wireless keyboard at $58 in the same shop. I'm not sure if it's a good buy? Initially, I told Bob I thought of getting a compact one and he wanted wireless, which only comes in the bulky sizes. The first shop I went, prices were ranged above $80. But Bob said he will pay and told me to just get it. Alright, he's the boss right? I'm just the personal assistant. Anyway, I did managed to get a little savings for my boss.

At night, I mumbled that I'm like a maid, told to do this and that and he retorted jokingly "You don't use meh? You use more than I do okay?"

Alright, he won again.

Tara's Milestone @ 16 months

The little girl is becoming such a pesky little kid. She has to have everything her way, if not, she will kick up the biggest fuss, until we finally give in. I've told Bob not to let her win everytime, but when we are outside, we just had to let her have her way. It's way better than letting her scream, shout and kick violently. But at home, it's a different scenario, she will be punished if she's naughty and we'll leave her screaming until she's tired.

She's also becoming quite a selfish little person. It's "me and mine" only. The other day, I was feeding her snacks, and decided to pinch a little piece of biscuit. She saw me putting the biscuit into my mouth and started screaming away! What!?! Me, the mother and the person who bought the biscuit, can't even try one!?!! I really don't know what can I do to teach the kid to share. I ever read that it's too young to teach sharing, but I can't stand this kind of behaviour. Mum also told me the same thing, no one can share HER food. And she loves to feed herself, and she MUST hold the food in her hand. Lucky thing is she knows how to nibble the food rather than chomp away, hence we just leave her alone.

She's also quite funny at times. She would take something which she's not suppose to, and when she saw me walking towards her and giving her a reproved look, she would immediately threw the object on the floor and scurried away! It was so funny that sometimes, I will forget to reprimand her!

The little girl is starting to do a lot of mimicking and always bring amused laughter to people who saw her cute actions. A cheery and friendly little girl, she would go around smiling at everyone and would wave goodbye even when we didn't ask her to.

She does not have any new vocabulary recently, but she would repeat words we said when she's in a good mood. So far, I've heard "diaper", "patrick", "tara", "yes", "no", "shower". I simply love it when she repeat "f" after me, she would go "eh..f..f..f".

When my FIL stayed over, Tara would get her daily stroll at the small park down our block. And I think it's from there that she learnt the word "mao" (cat in chinese). But almost every animal we saw, be it birds or dogs or cats, she would go "mer.. mer". She meant to say "mao" but it didn't come out right and most times, pointing at the wrong animal.

Nowadays, she would do heartwarming and lovely gestures. She would walked over to me and hug me, or my leg (when I'm standing). So sweet!!

I think one day when she grows up, I will miss this stage of her growth tremendously. Though pesky, but very entertaining and funny. Haiz... And at times like this, I would have the urge to start Project B II.

Wrong Jab?!

Last Sunday morning, we brought Tara to Kelly's for her jab, which was due since CNY. We haven't been able to bring her there earlier cos there's the CNY, the travels and stuff.

When we finally decided to bring her, we found out that Kelly was on leave when we stepped into his clinic. We decided to go ahead with the jab, cos it's only a jab right?

We went in the room and saw a young doctor on duty. I gave her Tara's health booklet and said she's due for her 6-in-1 jab. He looked at the booklet, took out the vaccine, and went on to jab her. It's the 1st time Tara cried so loud! Think even jab needs skill yah?

While waiting for payment, the clinic assistant, who knew us quite well, told us that Tara should be getting her MMR vaccination and not the 6-in-1, and asked me the doctor didn't check with me? I told her I never keep track on which jab she's due to take as I'm always reliant on Kelly to tell me. Kelly, who's a friend of ours, will usually tell me when to bring her for a jab, and I don't pay attention to which jab she's due, cos I trust Kelly to know. But I didn't expect the young doctor to miss this point cos I showed him the health booklet right? As a doctor, he should know which jab to give.

Then again, I did tell the assistant that I told him Tara's due for the 6-in-1, that's probably why he gave her that. Bob was pissed that the young doctor did not give us the right advice. But I told him it might be my fault too, cos me, the mother of the kid, don't even know which jab is due!

We frantically asked the assistant will there be any problems with the wrong jab. To our relieve, she said Tara will be fine, just that it's too early to take the 6-in-1 jab (due 18 months and Tara is only 16). We will need to bring her back for her MMR jab after one month.

This time round, I will make sure I pay attention to details like this. I wouldn't want to put my little girl in any dangerous situations. I felt so bad. Bad mummy.

My new notebook

After our dinner at Shashlik last Thursday, we went to Borders for a walk. I just loved going to book stores. I was happily browsing through the note books when I came across diaries for 2006 at 50% off!

And it happened to be wire-binded! I have a penchant for wire-binded books. Needless to say, I grabbed one. At $12.50, it's a steal!

What I love most about the diary is, it's a full page for a day. I usually have lots of nonsense to write in my notebooks. My appointments, my pending jobs, my deliveries, and a lot of other personal writings. That's why I need a lot of space. The diary also comes with a plastic sleeve, which is just nice for my stash of paper.

I used to own 2 wire binded note books, 1 for work and 1 for personal. But it's not a diary, just a plain notebook. And I always lost track of where my appointments are written cos there's simply too much rubbish in it.

I've also bought a new address book, which I love so much. I had thought of writing down my clients' addresses and stuff but now I can't bear to write anything on it.

Since I'm an fanatic of notebooks, I guess I might just put it into my collection. Hmmz.

About Tara

Tara turned 16 months on Saturday. I tried to make it a point to take a few shots of her every month on the 11th. This one's taken at the coffeeshop near our house. A nice breakfast before Mummy goes to work.

She decided that sitting like this is the best way to enjoy her breakfast.

That night, I brought her along to a wedding dinner. The dinner was at a Chinese restaurant in Miramar Hotel. The food was yummy! Some hitches on the wedding video though, guess the bride was jumping mad then.

Bob started giving her fish oil a couple of months back. He's really convinced now that it's the fish oil that kept the harmful bugs away. Well, I guess so.... We didn't start her on the orange flavoured ones cos edgy me was worried that it might trigger her phlegmy cough. Until now, we can still hear her noisy breathing. Guess the cos-she's-still-young-that's-why-her-airway-not-developed reason no longer sounds convincing. It's time I bring her back to the paeds. Doctor said on her last hospital stay that she would need to see him after 6 months to check on the noisy breathing. It's way overdue cos I could not bear to let her go through the scope down her throat procedure. Anyway, back to the fish oil. This morning, I fed her the fish oil myself, for the first time. I'm truly surprised that she's not put off by the taste! Bravo, my young lady.. Even smelling her breath after that was enough to make me run miles away, less to say put the yucky stuff into my mouth. *puke*

I've been thinking of setting up an activity corner ever since she turned 1. It's mostly on arts & crafts. The forever procrastinating me, well, procrastinated. Until one day, about a month ago, someone stepped into my office and tried to sell me this.

Cost me $25. It comes with a mahjong box lookalike which I think would have cost $15 already? And a month after I bought that, that is a few days ago, did I finally bought a drawing block for her. A strawberry shortcake one which I had to get. It's so sweet, it's hard to resist. 2 books of 18 pcs each cost me $4.90. I got it at the Popular Bookshop in Compass Point.

Okay, once I got the activity corner done up, we'll start doodling! Yeah! But that might be another month, I reckon. Hmmz..

Accessories Box

I needed an accessories box. I wanted those with divided compartments. Some time back, I bought a plastic one but Bob's using it for his watches and stuff and there isn't any stock at Daiso anymore.

Yesterday, I tried to tidy up my dresser and the sight of my necklaces hanging on the corners of my mirror irked me. I simply could not go on (with tidying) any further until I find a solution. I walked around the whole house, in search of a suitable box that I can keep those necklaces.

After a while, I gave up. I guess the only way is to do one myself.

I used one of the many empty product boxes that are doing it's best at cluttering the house. Might as well make it useful.

Some taping, stapling, wrapping, pasting (and 2 hours) later....

Voila! My DIY accessories box! I'm glad I kept a nice supply of wrapping and coloured paper at home.

It may not be the coolest or classiest looking accessories box, but it does it's job. I'm happy. Now my next project will be a box each for my watches, my earrings and my beaded belt. I might need another accessories box though, cos my collection is growing pretty fast!

4th ROM Anniversary

Bob reserved a table for 2 + 1 at Shaslik tonight. Yum yum, love the Borsch Soup man. *Slurp*

Holo Pa-twig

This morning, I helped Tara put on her shoes, got her ready to leave the house. In a rush, I gently shoved Patrick (a red dog soft toy her aunt bought for her during our KL trip) into her arms and said "Darling, can you please hold Patrick?"

Tara held on to Patrick tightly and said: "Holo Pa-twig".

I looked at her, surprised, stumped and went "Huh?!". Although I clearly heard what she said, I just couldn't believe my ears! She talked! She talked! Oh..... She talked.....

For the rest of today, "Holo Pa-twig" kept ringing in my ears. Melodious.

Short Weekend in KL

We are going Kuala Lumpur by train tonight. YBIL (Younger BIL) has finally got his new house after 3 years of waiting and he wanted us to have a preview of his condo.

It's the second time we are travelling by train to KL. The first time wasn't much of a problem, Tara was only 6 months and all she did was sleep and sleep throughout the 8 hour night train travel. I'm crossing my fingers that there won't be any problems this time too. The inquisitive little-tottering kid might not behave as well as the first trip, I guess.

And I hope that there won't be backpackers on the top bunk this time. Backpackers with smelly shoes are no fun.

I'm gonna have the very yummy "har-lok" (prawn dish) and steamed fish head. It's gonna be a food trip this time. No more shopping, I've had enough on my last trip to Bangkok.

We will be staying at Sunway Lagoon Hotel. The last time I stayed there, Bob was on business trip and working most of the time. And I spent my time enjoying the lagoon view in the comfort of the hotel room, ordering room service and sleeping.

We will be back on Sunday night, by plane.

I regret

When I first shifted into this house, I never thought I would have so many issues after I have a baby. When my friends came over to view my new house, they would always ask the same thing "Eh? Where's the baby's room?" Baby's room? I never thought that I will need a baby room then. And I just conveniently pointed to the guest room, which is across the hall to my master bedroom and said that's going to be the baby's room.

I do have another bedroom, which I converted for other purposes. Half of it is my study and the other half is my walk-in wardrobe, which I'm so damn happy about. I have sealed the original door of this room, and hacked a door each for my study and my wardrobe.

I've never had major problems with this arrangement, until after I gave birth to my little girl.

Actually, it's not immediately after I gave birth. You see, I'm not comfortable with my girl sleeping all by herself in another room so she has been bunking in with me and Bob in our cosy little bedroom. She had her own playpen cum bed. My PILs started staying over. They stayed in the suppose-to-be baby's room and it has since become their room, or so, they thought. They would stay for a month or so and would go back to Malaysia for a month and come back again. Though I'm not comfortable with others in the house, I didn't have a choice. Everything was fine and everyone (almost) was happy, so there weren't any big issues.

Now my girl has grown, her barang barang, i.e. her toys and clothes, has grown too. There's no place for me to keep her stuff. I pestered Bob, telling him I need to convert the only spare bedroom into Tara's room soon cos I simply could not find any other way to do this. Bob agreed, he understand that his little girl will need to sleep in her own room one day. I started packing Tara's toys, and planned on how I wanted to decor the room. I shifted all the barang in the hall into the room.

Then PILs came over for their one month stay, and I gotta shift those barang out into the hall again. And I thought, Tara will never get her own room if PILs are going to come over often. Now I'm stuck. I wanted to create not only a bedroom but also an activity room for Tara, a place where she can play and maybe do some drawings and stuff and I'm gonna need a whole bedroom.

So now, the only place I can target the study room, although it's a 1.5m x 3m space, I thought a toys and activity room is better than nothing. I told Bob we gotta shift the computer to our bedroom. He refused at first, cos he felt that computers don't belong to bedrooms and our room is quite small already. But it didn't take me long to convince him. And he told me to do whatever I want.

Now the big headache is, how do I do it? The study room has a lot of OUR barang which I could not find a place to keep. It also has a big frosted glass door which is very child-unfriendly. I've also got low no door bookshelves with lots of books. And I'm now faced with another big headache. Every night, I would go home and look around the house, looking for some inspiration, for some ideas which can save me lots of trouble and money.

I'm gonna drop by Ikea, hope that I can get a really nice and affordable small computer table. Guess I'm gonna take little steps at a time now.

Big headache. I should have converted the baby's room much much earlier. *sulk*

Scam?

This afternoon, I was driving into a carpark at Bukit Merah, while I was queueing to get in, I noticed a couple standing in the centre of the entrance, together with an old lady on a wheelchair. When it's my turn to go into the carpark, the man blocked my way with the old lady on the wheelchair and the woman spoke to me.

The conversation:

Woman: Miss, can you help this old lady (pointing to old lady on wheelchair)? We are her neighbours and we brought her here to see HDB regarding her house (shows me HDB documents). She very poor thing, she has problems with her house and has lots of unpaid bills, and now she had no money to go home. She stays in Clementi. Can you spare her $10 to take a taxi home?

I looked at the old lady, and I thought I saw her turn away in embarrassment.

Me: (open my purse and saw no small notes) sorry, but I don't have any small change.

Woman: Please, can you help her? (showed me another stack of HDB bills). We are her neighbours and we brought her here to see HDB. We staying in Pasir Ris, brought her all the way here leh.

Wait a minute. The woman said she lives in Pasir Ris and the old lady lives in Clementi but they are neighbours?? And I thought HDB shifted to Toa Payoh?

Me: Since you already helped her so much, why can't you give her another $10 for the taxi ride?

Woman: We already helped her with a lot of our savings. And I'm not working now, was retrenched recently.

Me: Sorry, I really want to help, but I've got no small change.

I drove away.

In fact, I wanted to offer sending the old lady home. But when I parked my car, the couple and the old lady was gone. Maybe to find other good samatarians for help. Initially, I thought that the couple wanted a free ride but they actually asked for money.

But the more I thought about it, the more I found it fishy. Firstly, the old lady should be going to either the HDB at Clementi, where she lives or the the HDB Hub at Toa Payoh right? Second, the couple look like they can afford $10 but they chose to ask for it? And third, how come they can come all the way from Pasir Ris to Bukit Merah but can't go the extra mile of sending the old lady to Clementi, and instead, chose to ask for money for the taxi ride?

I should have offered the ride and see how the couple react. If this is a scam, I pity the old lady, for being used by the couple.

I'm back!

Actually I was back since last Sunday but I was too busy with work and spending time with Tara to blog. I had lots of fun in Bangkok! And Jaime, to reply your question, yup! I did enjoy this budget trip. Let's just say that the company we had was wonderful! Just like what Jaime said, even though 4 of us have different characters, we were able to get along really well and thus enjoyed ourselves tremendously. It was a truly 101% shopping trip. From shops open to shops close. I spent almost every single cent I brought there and even used my credit card. In total, I spent almost $900, excluding airfare and accomodation. But I still haven't shopped enough. I had to pay additional 1000 baht for having a 5kg overweight baggage!

Anyway, lots and lots of photos and super long entry!

Bob brought Tara to send me off at the airport

Wonder why there's a space beside Jaime?

It's actually for Cindy! Too bad she wasn't able to join us

In-flight meal, $3 Tom Yum Cup Noodle

Our first stop (Day 1): Suan Lum Market

My haul from Suan Lum Market. I love the top! But it's too tiny for me, so I gave it to Sis. Sad..

Chinatown (Day 2): The wholesale paradise

My haul of bags from Chinatown

Hair tie from Chinatown too. Enough to last me for the next 10 years.
Watches, earrings, belts etc. The squeaky ducky for Tara from Sis and hankerchiefs for Bob & FIL

We felt bad that Cindy couldn't join us, but we did not forget her. We bought her share too!

Pratunam Market (Day 2) Part II: Another wholesale paradise

My haul from Pratunam, love the t-shirt stands! So cute. I intend to use it as photo frames after I take out the tees. The bikini is for my beach party but in the end, I decided not to wear it. 150 baht = S$6

The four of us decided to be adventurous and squeeze into this tuk tuk. The driver was having a good time listening to us gals squealing and screaming while he whizzed past cars at dangerous high speed. I tried taking a pic of all of us, but I just could not get it.

Big C (Day 2) Part III. The gals looked like they just nipped something.

My haul of Tara's stuff from both Pratunam and Big C. Noticed I bought pull up pants? The auntie in me couldn't resist the cheap price.

I found a storage area for all my shopping

Day 3: At Asia hotel, me and my dear Sis

Day 3: At BTS station outside Asia Hotel. It's so convenient! The BTS station is just on level 2 of the hotel.

Chatuchak market (Day 3): The gals bought ice popsicles, which I dare not try. Food poisoning in Bangkok was a history I dare not repeat.

My haul from Chatuchak! Lots of rubber slippers and tops.

Mah Boon Krong (MBK) (Day 3) Part II

We went to Siam Discovery Centre before we headed to MBK. I just had to visit Loft, my favourite shop in Bangkok, where I got my usual pillowcases. Went to my favourite Boots pharmacy in MBK to get my skincare stuff too! And some tidbits for colleagues and PILs.

In the hotel room (Last Day): My luggage, I went to Bangkok with a 1/4 filled large suitcase and went home with a filled to the max case and an additional carrier bag.

Going to MBK for last minute shopping

Me and my sis at Siam Square. I told my colleague that I look different in my photos taken at Bangkok. He told me it might be that I didn't have the stress of work and also caring of my baby, that's why I look more radiant and fresh. Hmmz, I think he's right.

In the mini van, on our way to the airport. Kind of sad that the trip ended so early, yet happy to go home and see Tara and Bob.

My last minute haul from MBK & Siam Square. Managed to get my shoes, one more bag, some pouches from Naraya and clothes for Tara! I've even bought 2 small havers for her. Splurged over S$140 at Siam Paragon, with the intention to get the VAT refund, as I'm only a thousand baht away, but in the end, I totally forgot about it and realised only when I'm onboard the plane.

At the airport: Look at the amount of luggage the 4 of us have! Shocking!

It's the 1st time I came home with only 50 baht (S$2) left.

The in-flight meal? It's cup noodle again, but it's $4 Korean spicy noodles. Yummy.

I didn't know how to pack my luggage, so I left it there for days. Just unpacked this afternoon.

Flight Delay!

Writing this entry using free internet access at the waiting area. The flight will be delayed for 35 mins. And typical Singaporeans were already queuing to go onboard even though no annoucements were made yet. Arrgghh....

Be back in 4 days!

I'll be leaving for Bangkok tonight and will be back this Sunday.

It's the first time I'm going overseas without Bob. And being the super scatterbrain-ed me, I'm quite worried that I might forget to take my passport or my money or this and that. The 1st time I went Bangkok with Bob, I lost my passport. It's pure luck that I lost it after I went in to Bangkok customs, hence, I was able to fly back to Singapore (where I realised the loss) and came back with just my I/C.

The 3rd time I took a plane, to KL to meet Bob, who was there already, I lost my bloody way and got out through the domestic side of the airport, hence, didn't get my passport stamped. Blur eh? Well, that's me loh. That's why I'm very reliant on Bob whenever we went overseas.

I only get to travelled by plane once before I met Bob, as my family wasn't that well-to-do to afford trips overseas. And that one time was a return flight to Penang. So I think I can be excused for being such a suaku hor?

Anyway, this time, I'm travelling with Angela, Jaime and my dear Sis. It's my 4th time in Bangkok. I'm leaving Bob and Tara here. I'm gonna miss them SO.. SO.. much. Especially Tara, who has never left my side for a single night ever since she's born. But Bob said I should learn to let go (for being too attached to my girl), and learn to be independent (without him). He's right. I'm 27. It's time I learn.

It's also the first time I'm going there on a budget, as in budget airline and budget hotel. Bob, being someone who really enjoy life, he wouldn't even think of going on budget. Hence each time we went Bangkok, it's always 5 star hotel, Singapore Airlines or Thai Airway, and eat in a little too ex kind of restaurants. What can I say, I'm already spoilt by him. When I told him I'm taking Tiger and staying Asia, he frowned until his eyebrow almost knitted together! But I told him I can't always enjoy life right? Let me try a budget trip for once.

There's so many things I want to buy! My Botanics skincare, more bras and panties, Tara's clothes, Bob's stuff, lots of shoes and bags and (cross fingers) my clothes! Hope I can get clothes of my size there. A few of my colleagues and a friend had already tong bang me to buy some stuff for them. And I have packed my super big luggage bag already!

Be back in 4 days! Bangkok, here I come!!