Love, Joy and Happiness

“To have and to hold, to love and to cherish”

Congratulations, H & F! And, thank you for inviting me to the 1st Malay's wedding I have ever attended. :)

We were early then coz some of them need to leave earlier before the “bersanding” ceremony at 2pm.

“Bersanding” is a ceremony that begins with the groom’s procession with friends, relatives, musicians and et cetera to meet the bride. Many a time, various good-humored attempts are made to stop the groom from getting to the bride. Which in a way, I think it is quite similar to Chinese’s wedding. *winks*

After all the joy and fun, the “bersanding” ceremony requires the bride and bridegroom to sit together on the bridal couch to be sprinkled with yellow rice and scented water by family members, relatives and guests as a sign of blessing.

Beside being really excited and happy on the special day, the bride was extremely friendly. Haha. She kept asking if we had eaten whenever she saw us that day. (p/s: perhaps we looked really hungry then *gasp*)

Ohhh, noOooo! They didn’t serve my favourite Roti Jala that the bride used to make for us and also not to forget the Ayam Masak Merah!! Special request was then made to the bride, who promises to compensate us in the upcoming Hari Raya open house. *happy*

At the time being, let’s just settled with what we could get first. Hehe.

Can’t wait for end of August 2011 to come. Grins.

Serenity Spanish Bar and Restaurant, VivoCity

Have always been wanting to try out this Mediterranean-style ambience restaurant. Was first attracted by its catchy colour combination - blue and white (well, it is indeed catchy at least for me - nice, simple and comfy) :P

PAELLA!! I saw paella in the menu!!! Haha, I was so excited then. *grins*

The last time I had paella was in Melbourne with my cousie and brother. That was soOOoo long ago, so how could we give paella a missed? Paella takes approximately 20-30mins to serve. Hence, we decided to order some appetizers to fill up our empty stomachs. *winks*

To start with, we had my all-time-favourite Ensalada de Melon con Jamon (melon wrapped with parma ham) …

And, one of the recommendations from the waiter, Tortilla Espanola (Spanish omelet with potato and onion)...

The starters had not let us down and so was the Paella Valenciana (for two).

How can we not have a SWEET ending? Ladies are known to have another compartment for desserts even when they have had more than enough at main meals. LOLs.

We had 3 desserts in total that night!! *Gasp*

Well, we ordered only 2 desserts but we ended up having 3 cos one of them was my bday cake. Thank you once again for the surprise.

Ohh, not forget to mention that Serenity has a live band entertainment that does birthday special for you upon request. And with their singing capability you can almost guarantee that your birthday song will be one of the nicest! *winks*

First dessert served was the surprise bday cake - Pastel de chocolate (a light and moist cashew nut brownie with caramel candied orange)…

Then we had Flan de Leche (creamy custard served with vanilla ice-cream)...

And lastly the well-known Churros with hot chocolate sauce *yumm yumm*

Oops, not to forget the well-known Spanish cocktail, Sangria de Original…

Yes, we overate! BUT who cares!?! It was a special occasion! And good food gives us more joy on special occasion like this.

Thank you, C for treating me to such a wonderful birthday dinner. *hugs*

Candles on the Cake

I am counting my blessings. Seriously.

I had my birthday celebrations at Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia this year. On different days of course. Thanks to all my dearest, beloved friends and family. First time in my life that I had my-day celebrated at 3 different countries.

First candles blowing was in Vietnam, on the 17th May...

Then on the 24th May, in Malaysia...

Finally on the 25th, 27th, 30th May respectively in Singapore...

And lastly on the 31st May, one of my besties in Singapore delivered me some home-baked yummylicious carrot cupcakes for my-day! (Just when I was craving for carrot cake since the week before, lovely ^^)

I'm really grateful to have known all of you. To have you all, lovely people putting in efforts to celebrate my bday, plan for surprises, get all those thoughtful presents and some of you even DIY!!

I owe u all a BIG THANK YOU!! THANKS!!! You all are truly and greatly appreciated. Cheers!

"Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more."

*winks*

Celebration of Life, Love and Happiness

Two lives joined together, two hearts that beat as one.

Witnessed and celebrated a church wedding yesterday.


The wedding was held at the Church of the Sacred Heart, a really nice church along Tank Road.

And the ceremony was sweet and lovely.


May this day you share be filled with love and laughter. May all the days ahead be happy ever after!

Congratulations G&G! ;)

Dietitians' Day 2011

Finally!! After all the planning and preparation over the last couple of months, our inaugural Dietitians Day at our hospital went well with all the help and support from many of you.

More than 250 participants turned up on our public health awareness event, in conjunction with the Dietitians Day held at our hospital on the 8th March 2011. Our aim for the event was to create awareness amongst patients, staff and visitors on the role of good dietary choices in curbing obesity. As such, your generous contribution helped make our event’s aim a reality.

A BIG thank you to everyone, including staff in our hospital who collaborate with us or even by just turning up at our stations on that day itself to participate and wish us good luck, not to forget our suppliers with their kind sponsorship and/ or booth display and volunteers from Singapore Polytechnic.

Also, special thanks to all my lovely colleagues for the support on that day.

Thanks HH for all the guidance and advice

Thanks AN for being the co-runner

Thanks LF for being the IC @ the "Guess the amount of calories"

Thanks GM for being the IC @ the "Cooking Party"

Thanks Chef Ho and HR for being the IC @ the "Nutrilicious Walk"

Thanks CC for being the IC @ the "Know your BMI"

Thanks Val for being the IC @ the PA system

Thanks CT for being the IC @ the "Let's go Smart Shopping"

Our event would not have had this great success without you all.

With students from Singapore Polytechnic

Honestly, I really like organizing event.And, I am really glad and honoured to be given a chance to run this event. I was supposed to be in-charge of the World Diabetes Day last year, however it was stillborn due to the Healthcare Day that happened be on the same week. The responsibilities for Dietitians Day fall on me when my colleague who was supposed to be the in-charge felt that she could not cope with the increasing workload.

I really appreciate the opportunity given and I must say that I have learnt a lot from the event. Thank you very much my dear all. Your support in our health promotion event is truly appreciated. Cheers.

5.24.2009

Quarter of the century

Happy 25th!

Thanks for all the birthday wishes.

Thanks for making my day special and memorable.

Thanks for the effort in getting me something.

Thanks for the special delivery.

Blessed.

xoxo

4.22.2009

Pre-birthday

Honestly, it is way too early to call it a celebration. However...

Cake eaten;
Greetings received;
Lucky stars accepted;
Effort seen;
Sincerity felt.

Thank you.

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