Gwyneth Paltrow's....

I have been reading a few blogs on kitchen designs, dining designs... but one really caught my attention is Gwyneth Paltrow's home. She has one of the most stunning dining hall I have ever seen. But then again, I have to remind myself I am living in the tropics. If I am to design mine like hers, I would need to switch on the AC every meal I have and that would burn my hubby on the bills. These pics make my heart skip a beat... Can I make Deux look like that?

This is her living room. Her taste in pictures are great and her home seems very clean. Her home seems more to a black and white theme... I can try to make it but with Daniel in a toddler phase... what if my white start to have streams of colourful crayon across them, or spaghetti spots on them.


Her bedroom wallpaper is really nice. Ok, I have decided! I shall get wallpaper for my master bedroom. And I will go for white theme! What ya think? Kinda nice to have a purple grey wall with white furniture, don't you think?

Aiyo!!! If I have a daughter, I would go nuts dressing her up, decorating her room etc! Just look at Apple's room. It's so chic! Well, now I just need to focus on blues and more masculine prints like airplanes and baseball for Daniel.


So far I have never seen an impressive kitchen. This kitchen was so so at 1st glance until I saw the chandeliers!!! TWO some more!!! Wow. There's a breakthrough in my head. It's spacious and almost surreal to have a kitchen like that. I am absolutely speechless when I observe how modern yet simplistic yet... classic this whole concept is. I guess I like the skylight with the chandeliers. I am a sucker for chandeliers aren't I?

I just saw lights like this at Lorgan's at Pasir Panjang Rd. Pretty cute to have them.... Hmmmm.... I may put it at the high ceiling at my family hall.

Gywneth's foyer. I think Zhi Xiang would love this picture. And yes, TIME FOR WALLPAPER! But of course, no cloth sofa for me. I don't wanna see any yellow spots once I start toilet train Daniel.

I was thinking of bright toilets for Deux but aiyo... this picture is so cute! Look at the lights. I will never get such lights if I see them in a light shop but the effect is cute. Interesting isn't it? Hmmm... white furniture against black wallpaper....

I love, love, LOVE her dining hall. Check out her USD$30k priced chandelier!!! I am planning to get a chandelier but maybe not as complicated as hers.

Another designer chandelier... a bit too hard to clean though....

Ahhh... lastly, the outdoor. This will never be in JB. KK maybe. I will name my future daughter Gwyneth!!! (You know I am just too into her designs).

The PARTY!

So the party began.... I shall let the pictures to speak a thousand of words.

We had,

100++ guests (but we projected 40)

a designer birthday cake

(hek em, designed by yours truly with Uncle Jeremy)

the birthday candle

(painstakingly found in Bugis)

the birthday suit

(thought and planned since 3 months ago)

the 'United' parents

(look at the badges properly)

the potential babysitter

the blessing



cake cutting ceremony
(with one of the cousins more eager to cut the cake)


the clown a.k.a cake designer #2


my homemade delicious fruitpunch




the 'lok lok' cart


the kids




the stylo cousin from KL


the presents

the laughter




the bountiful amount of food
(thank God the leftover was minimal)




the minor incident that needed some intellect




the killer look
the slaying of the Cap Monster
and some great pictures

Happy birthday my dear son!

Daniel's 1st Birthday - Preparation Stage

I got up at 9 am on 1 Nov and I thought "THIS IS THE DAY!". After breakfast, I went over to in law's house and start pumping balloons. My heart was full of excitement and anticipation. The caterers, balloons, cake, guests and my baby boy will all come together TODAY. So, I got Fen to help...

and she got Ivy and Melvin to help.

They were saying I was ambitious with the decorations. To me, I love beautiful things. I love to be creative. Hence, the big dramas and colourful backdrop back in my youth days when it comes to Easter and Christmas celebrations.

The decor was done up by 4 pm. Of course, there was resting and lunch in betweens. I was no longer the slave driver I used to be. Haha! So with this, I promised a TGIF meal with my decorators... probably this coming Saturday. At 5 pm, when ZX got back, we went to get the helium balloons which I think really enchanced the decor to another level!

Guests started to stream in at 6:30 pm. There was once when I was having my shower, I was thinking how to have economical decorations. Then a heavenly idea came. I have seen those party plates which cost so much lesser than banners and streamers but as colourful, why not use them on the wall?? Hence, I got some Pooh plates and 1st birthday boy plates and stuck on the wall. Voila!

Thank you Fen, Ivy and Mel! You are the best!