Grandma's Birthday

Grandma's birthday (my mother in law) was celebrated in the span of 3 days! The eve of her birthday, since it was a Sunday which means Hai Sui night, we had dinner at New Hong Kong. It was the 1st time I drank 3 glasses of red wine since I was pregnant and I was immediately bloated the next day.


At first everybody was singing to my mom in law, later everyone started to focus on Daniel.


Everybody was singing 'Happy Birthday' as if it was Daniel's birthday. That's because everybody wanted in the deepest desires to see him 'high'. Haha! Even Ah Kung was fascinated when Daniel laughed non stop.





Grandma demanding her birthday kisses from Daniel.




Daniel observing how the cake was cut.


And yes, there was his infamous birthday handshake now where he would shakes everyone's hands.
It was a great time of food and laughter. And not to mention screams from Daniel. He's growing 2 teeth at the bottom at 1 shot. So I guess that would cause his discomfort and tantrum throwing episodes. To the point my nanny is telling me she's bored of the job (again!). I need to get a maid soon....

Nevertheless, Happy Birthday Grandma!




Oh yes, I just had to take a pic of the cake... It is made by Mrs. Kim (as usual) and even though it's a blueberry cake, it still tastes like hr infamous red bean cake. I think it will be nicer if we just stuck to her red bean cake.


Oh, Daniel made a frame for Grandma. I didn't manage to take a picture of it, maybe next time. It was suppose to have his hand prints on it, but my dear son hates to get his hands dirty and sticky. So the finger paint didn't really work for him.

Meanwhile Zx and I got mum a Dior Prestige Revitalizing eye creme. Costs a bomb but the sales lady at Parkson, Holiday Plaza was really nice to give a sample of full sets of Prestige products. I really like the smell! Miss Dior products... Now I still have a batch of Dermalogica products lined up for me for the next... 2 years?

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!

Baby approaching one year

Last night, I went to the most dramatic wedding dinner - ever! My mother in law told me to get ready by 645 pm for Ah Hong's wedding. But by 640, Daniel was still asleep after playing with cousin Sing Ning. So I gently woke him up (to maintain his mood) and get him dressed. Surprise surprise, almost no one was ready in the Phang clan. Haha! Once everyone got ready, they all looked so nice that I couldn't resist a picture.

Their li'l grandsons

Dinner was very nice at Kang Yi Restaurant. Daniel wasn't able to sit well as the place was pretty crowded and noisy. Occasionally he would want to cry because everybody was being too warm and loud for him.


This is a great pic by William... which the pink menu only kept him still for 20 seconds the most. At the end of the last dish, there was a BLACKOUT! To my horror, Daniel was not with me in the midst of the darkness. He was with Choy Che, Chen Ku and Aunty Mag (one of the most trustworthy ladies in Daniel's life). The lights came back but went off again the next minute. I knew I had to leave, so I grabbed my stuff and walked in darkness to where I knew my mother instinct would bring me. Voila! I was with Daniel at the stairs and we rushed out as we saw sparks and smoke at the fuse box. I really thought the whole restaurant will go up in flames! There was a guy with fire extingusher but he fell from the stairs. Apparently, at the peak of karaoke session, the power was overloaded and snapped. Wasn't a big deal really but the only thing I miss was shaking the bride and groom's hands goodbye.

Daniel was being a fantastic baby. He didn't cry a tear. I think he was too amused with the lights coming on and off plus the smoke and sparks! Haha!

The next day, the wedding was really a hot topic. It was godly timing as well, as people had no choice but to leave. The party was getting a bit too loud and drunk by the second, so it was a good thing.

Next morning, we went to San Low to eat the noodles. Daniel's 1st try on mee hoon! And he loves it! But I really think he just slurped it up without much biting. He has been eating a lot of fish! San Low has got new rides for kids too!

Daniel is a boy who I should say cheap to maintain. He would not play with his expensive Fisher Price toys for more than 5 minutes but he likes my Dior shade CASE and he could spend 10 minutes fiddling it. Next time, I will just get him some cardboard boxes or shoe boxes for him to play instead.