Christmas 2009

The lovely celebration came and went...but not without leaving me with yet another sweet and meaningful memories to be stored in my mind for as long as I live.....

First..it was with my beloved family members on the eve of Christmas....a warm and close-bonded gathering with the most loved and treasured people in my life....

Zach on Roy's bike - christmas gift fr mommy n daddy

Not many pics were taken that night because everyone was busy being together and yakking away....

BUT....it was a totally different story 2 days later.....

.....a gathering among my closest friends from primary and high school......some of my BFFs and boy! it was indeed a great night to end the year with a bang! We had so much fun that, as cliche as it may sounds..... words just cant describe how much fun we had that night...well, I shall let the pics do the talking.......

Yup...it's a blue-themed christmas this year....

2 lovely and definitely memorable Christmas celebrations in a year which will remain in my heart and mind a long long time....

What more could I ask for????? A christmas well spent with the people I love, treasure, cherish and appreciate....

Happy Christmas everyone!........Have a blessed new year! See you in 2010!

The stupid me...

Was busy zipping up my wallet without realising that a RM10 note's edge got stuck with the zipper....and this is what I've got.....

What else? Puzzle fixing and pasting ler.....No way I'm just gonna leave it as it is...it's a bloody 10 bucks! no one's gonna accept a torn note.....the last time I got a note with some marker scribbled on it...took me damn long to get rid of it from my wallet....finally managed to use it after folding the note into half to pay for 2 packets of chicken rice....>_<

Done! Managed to get rid of it to a jockey in Midvalley.......I sound like a swindler here...but hey, it's not a fake note...just a slightly torn one...hehe

Food Blog

The MGS gang has came up with a brilliant idea of creating a food blog where each and every one of us is welcomed to contribute to the blog....
Reason for such blog is for us to share our recipes, our mothers' recipes or even our grandmothers' recipes in bringing home closer to some of us who are abroad and miss home-cooked food. Or simply, for the fun of sharing our culinary talents/experiences/encounters with each other, as well as friends who are not in the MGS circle ;)

So here it is....presenting.....

Pink Apron Goddess

Do feel free to drop by and leave comments after you've tried out the recipes posted in there!

Warehouse sales mania

The whole month of December is unofficially THE warehouse sale month where many companies take the opportunity to clear all their stocks and make way for new products when the new year arrives.

Well, tht's good news for most shoppers, me included.

So last week, the first weekend of December was the start of all warehouse sales like Corningware, etc, FJ Benjamin, Nestle, Coach, branded cosmetics and fragrances (Lancome, Shu Uemura, Biotherm, Benefit), Cadbury, Giant, Watsons, Metrojaya....just to name a few....more actually...u can log onto www.shoppingnsales.com 

Well, I'm only gungho over certain products so I picked n chose which sales I wanted to go (my plan was to 3 sales - Corningware etc, Coach and FJB). So there I was.... all hyped up and geared up to brave myself into crowds of mostly housewives, mothers, daughters who go gaga over Corningware, Corelle, and Pyrex sale in Atria Jaya on Friday (4 Dec 2009). I was there with Vky and her bf, Benny. Thankgoodness Benny was there to help us carry all those stuffs. Our purchases took up 4 full trolleys. No Joke!

The results???

OK...the only things that are mine are 1 Corelle Dinner set, 6 of those white bowls, those 2 pots, 2 small Corningware and glass casseroles as Xmas gifts. The rest are LK's, CL's and Xiu's.

A fruitful outing indeed. These stuffs are more than 50% off the original price, except for Corelle dinner set. So, it's worth the buy....my own justification to myself.

More cooking to come to ensure I fully utilise them :)

We actually planned to Armada Hotel for Coach sale as our next stop after Atria. Stupid me for seeing the wrong date for Coach sale. It's on Sunday (6 Dec 2009) and only sale for ONE day. Bloody hell...forget it. No way I'm gonna go through the crowds in warehouse sales on a weekend.

OK...so those were the results of the first warehouse sale I went to.....

Next planned sale was to FJ Benjamin's in Klang with Maria the next day. Was actually looking forward to getting my hands on some cheaper-than-usual-price clothes/lingeries for myself, hubby and kids...but was disappointed by their sale this time. Nothing captured my attention. Nothing at all! And as I was walking towards the exit....this caught my attention....and it's my only purchase from their sale.....

I know I know...another peep-toe...I havent even worn the earlier 2 pairs I've got from NY. Well, I've always loved peep-toe shoes, just that I couldnt really find a nice and comfortable pair before this and those that I've got before this gave me blisters and I gave them all away. And this particular pair costs RM389 (usual price) and I dont think I'll fork out that much at it's original price lor. Well, I've got this at only RM150 at the sale...it's so comfy and it's by GUESS. 

Isnt it a good buy? *grin* even if they give me blisters in future...it's still a lovely pair :)

Well, shopping didnt stop there. Subang Parade was the next stop with hubby and kids. And this is what hubby got.....

Now.....I'll have more confidence driving myself to KL.........and I wont get lost shopping in KL or even out of KL!

It was indeed a weekend with many holes in the pocket!

They have arrived!

They are finally here...arrived safely!!!!

My babies from NYC...Love 'em! Absolutely no regrets in taking the risk of purchasing 'em without trying 'em on.

A big thank you to CL for giving such a good review about 'em and to Rach for taking the trouble and effort in buying and sending 'em to me.

Now I'm all set to party in my new footies!

A date with Alan & Hacken

First of all, I dont own a single album of neither singer.

Secondly, I dont read, write or even converse in Cantonese in my daily life.

But those didnt deter me and hubby from catching both singers in concert last Saturday.

To be honest, I dont find more than half of the total songs they sang familiar, I was clueless on the lyrics featured on the 2 big screens next to the stage and yet we enjoyed the show thoroughly.

Alan and Hacken were two of the most famous singers in HK, especially during the 70s and 80s (for Alan, when he first started with the Wynners) and 90s and early 21st century for Hacken. It was indeed a concert well done and prepared eventhough they have been performing in Malaysia numerous times and if I'm not mistaken, annually for the past few years. It was a concert worth watching and we didnt regret going, eventhough we were clueless on most of the songs they sang during the entire concert. Poor hubby was even more clueless than me because he couldnt understand a single thing both singers were saying on stage and I had to be his personal translater with my half past six fluency on the language.

Well, we enjoyed ourselves, nevertheless.....in fact, it was our first live concert together since we knew each other! A memorable one indeed.......

Pictures taken from my phone....

Computerised (they admitted on stage) pictures of the two "muscular" singers

We were one of the early birds to arrive (kiasu - arrived 2 hrs before show started)..so apa lagi...take pics la!

Still-empty stadium

From our seat - Row 18 from the front. Not very near though, couldnt even see their faces.

It wasnt a full-house concert and the best part was - we've got the whole row to ourselves! No joke!

Stage prop with the initials of both singers' name

Opening act..... Hacken (left) Alan (right)

A good, exciting, memorable and fun date indeed.......

Inflammation of the what????

Just like any other obedient mothers,wives, sisters, girlfriends, daughters, I finally had my annual pap smear done. It was actually 4 months delayed but I got it done somehow. It was last month - November 2009

So there I was, in the doctor's room, having whatever routined scans done by my ever-cheerful, attentive and alert obsterician/gyanecologist. And, I was there to enquire further about the cervical vaccinations (esp Gardasil, which is the popular and most reliable vaccination of all) which I intend to get to prevent myself from the obvious - cervical cancer. Well, I was to wait for my pap smear results and if everything turns out fine, then only I'll be able to ger myself vaccinated.

Emerging from her room, I didnt give much thought about how my results will turn out to be, thinking everything's gonna be ok. Not until 2 weeks later when I receive a call,

"Doctor wants to see you regarding your pap-smear results".

Now....was I naive before this or what?????

 Damn! Fuck! All worries came flooding my mind and I have like millions of questions going through my head guessing what could it be! You see, one usual pattern about my gynae is - if your medical result turn out fine, she wont asked to see you. She'll just get her nurse to call you and tell you to just come and collect your results anytime at your convenience. Now, the fact that I was told to go and see her - SOMETHING is definitely not right!!!!

Well, it'll be a long and boring post if I were to go on to every single details leading to my test results. In short - I was told that I have some bacteria inflammation of some cells in me that COULD possibly lead to cervical cancer. The last C word is indeed alarming and scary! But those words - 'could' and 'possible' did make a good calming factor. There she goes...bla bla bla about 97% women who face what I'm facing will usually have their inflammation cleared after a week of prescribed antibiotic to clear up those inflammatory cells. 1 out of 5 women who undertake the prescribed antibiotic will usually have their inflammation cleared and their pap smear results coming out ok and normal after that. So,

"it's actually nothing to worry about. Just take the antibiotic for a week, and come see me after 2 months and get another round of pap-smear done, you should be cleared of those inflammation"

Now, back to how I perceive the whole situation. To say that I'm not worried at all would be a lie. Of course I'm worried. It's cancer we are talking about here. And I have signs and factors in my body that show that I'm prone to it. Damn! Well, there's nothing much that I can do except to take those antibiotic obediently and wait for 2 months before I could finally know for sure if I'm at risk. With God's grace and mercy, I'll be cleared from it. Otherwise, there would be more test, i.e, biopsy to determine further how serious it can get. URGH!!!!!

I'll definitely keep an update 2 months from now.........

Well my advice to all who read my blog....get yourself, your mother, sister, girlfriend, wife, daughter (ok...perhaps I dont have readers that old yet..) to have their pap-smear done. It's not something to be shy about. It's a simple procedure with a big effect if things/problems/complications are detected earlier.

Remember: Health is Wealth

Where is the kids' luggage????

"Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This could not have happened!!!"

We missed out the kids' luggage??????
Yup...we DID!
Everyone's luggage was unloaded and the kids' was nowhere in sight.......
SHIT! FU@#!

I mean????? there were 6 adults and we had missed out ONE huge luggage? GReat! Just Great!
Anyway.....we made it to the flight; with the kids' luggage, of course! - but not before going through the stress of trying to go back and get it, going through long queues during check-in AND best of all, having our names announced  through the PA system - how embarrasing!

It's my VERY first time experiencing such stressful, dramatic, time-chasing and tensed moments throughout my travelling experiences.....well, it's definitely not something worth experiencing.....

Oh yes...did I mention that it was a trip to Club Med Bali?

A proud mom...

My elder boy, Zach who's in his first year in kindergarten came home with this in his school bag today......

So I asked him....

Mom: Zach, what is this? A trophy for you? Top 5 in your class?! Wow!

Zach (bluntly, oblivious to my excitement): Yeah...teacher Aaron gave it to me today because I'm a good boy....

Well.....I guess he's still young to understand what academic achievement is all about....
I found out later that he was chosen, together with 4 others in his class as the Top 5 achievers (no exact positions tho) throughout his one-year in school. No paper tests whatsoever (cos afterall, he's only 4); but just from observations by his class teacher on his overall performance in school in 2009.

Boy, I'm ONE proud mother indeed, tho lil fellow is only in kindy.......Bravo, Zach!





More similar achievements in future I hope...*fingers crossed*
I hope I dont turn into kiasu mother.....just hope to see my kids achieve great results academically....

Disappointment and recoveries...

First it was my shoes......

I wanted to ordered these.....

N......in the end I've to settle for the pair in black and this one in snake skin

A quick recovery from the disappointment of knowing that the 2nd pair doesnt come in my size.... I really like the other color as well......and the pair in snake skin costs almost double the price of the pair in black!

Then off to Pavilion KL over the weekend and thought I could finally get my hands on my pre-ordered T&Co necklace....

Ordered this (above).....

But got this instead cos the former was too small and somehow it looks weird on me. The latter has got bigger rings and I finally settled for it. The ones in silver and gold interlocks doesnt come in a bigger size. Hence the purchase of the one with 2 silver interlocks.

So I would't say I was disappointed....I still got what I wanted..only some changes in colors and sizes. I'm still a happy woman over the weekend :)

Good parenting???

I was busy updating my previous post on MJ when I received a call from a close friend, K in a panicky voice telling me that we won't be meeting the day itself because her 15 month old daughter just fell off the bed, somersault stunt!

Boy! I had wild imaginations running through my mind thinking of the injuries that poor girl might suffer and all based on K's descriptions on how she landed on her face, flat and turned her neck 180" with a 'crack' sound! That 'crack' sound relaly made me worried to death that I didnt know what to say to K. I didnt want to make things worse for her so I just told her to be calm and since she's on the way to the Emergency Room, lets see what the doctors say and then only we shall take the next course of action. I was praying silently in my heart, hoping that everything would be fine.


Well, everything turned out well afterall.........PHEW!!!!!! The girl didnt suffer any serious injuries or whatsoever, just some bruises on her nose and forehead. Other than that, she's perfectly fine! That 'crack' could well possibly be the thumping sound effect from her hard fall onto the floor which might have been mistaken for a broken neck by the poor mother.....


Now....not bad for a recovery from a 15 month-old baby from a hard fall, as described by her mother! Falling flat-faced onto the floor with a somersault landing and only a couple of bruises on the nose and forehead? She'll grow up to be a very tough girl, I suppose....


Just when I hung up with K on the phone after she informed me of her precious daughter's super-fall, I received a MSN message from another friend telling me that she accidentally slammed her car door and injured her 5 year-old son's finger!


Sigh.......2 news on children accidents in a span of 20 minutes?....



Now...that really got me thinking.....


Are we, parents to be blamed entirely when accidents happen to our kids? I mean, it's not as if we are not careful or whatsoever in taking care of them but somehow, someway, sometime things just happen and we just cant avoid them....


Well, I've faced what my friends went through...

• Zach rolled off the sofa when he was like 5 months old? He just rolled over and *thump* landed on the floor the minute I put him down and turned myself around...it all happened in like less than 5 seconds????


• Zach fell off the edge of the bed a few times and landed on his palms.....worst was the one where he landed at the corner of the bed and got a bad bruise right at the corner of his eye! It was a mm away and he could just be blinded by it? I trembled, thinking how bad it could end.....


• Zach fell off 2 steps from the stairs and bit himself on his lips - that was bloodied and I actually cried with him....his lips grew double the size immediately after the fall! That was when he was around 1 year old..


• At 3, he fell down 4 steps from the whole flight of staircase....


• He was 8 months old when he put his fingers near a candle and burned his skin on 3 fingers! *I happen to have a pic of that particular incident...*

*notice those blackened fingers??...*




• Roy fell off the bed twice in a week when he was barely a year old....


• Roy - jumped and fell hard on a mahjung marble and bit his upper lip - that was pretty bad......


• and countless fall here and there by both boys while playing at home, in the garden, playground, anywhere and everywhere.....swellings, bruises, cuts here and there....I could just go on and on on the injuries my kids suffered and definitely more to come....

So, are we to blame when they fall and hurt themselves? Well, as parents, we definitely feel bad and blame ourselves when accidents do happen to our children. But most of the times, they are just unavoidable, unexpected and unpreventable. Hence, we should not blame ourselves entirely *tho we may have heartaches seeing our children in pain; or hearing their deafening cries*.....what we could do is to try our best to provide a safe environment for our children and bear in mind that accidents might/could/would happen anywhere, anytime but not anyhow. As long as we ensure their safety whenever or whereever we may be, we might just prevent the worst from happening but sometimes we just cant avoid the unexpected ones.....

Accidents happen. Kids fall.

They need to learn from their own mistakes (or the consequences of their curiosity and inquisitive nature) and feel the pain to learn what danger is all about.... the word itself will not leave a mark in their head; but the pain definitely would!

Legacy???

You might have noticed by now that I'm suddenly so updated in my posting for my blog after a 6 month long hiatus. Well, I've had thoughts for the last few weeks that I might as well keep my blog active and updated again for my self-reading pleasure and well.....some of you might have a good laugh at this.....I can have leave behind a so-called legacy when I'm dead and gone one day. At least my children, friends and family members can still visit my blog from time to time to read on what I left behind and have some memories of me?? perhaps? hehe...I'll leave it to you to perceive it your way....



Anyway, speaking of legacy, hubby and I went for Michael Jackson "This Is It" movie last night - the final day of showing in cinemas worldwide (apparently) and boy were we mesmerized by the man himself! He was almost 51 and he could still do his stunts he did 30 years back! And he blended so well with his backup dancers who are like probably 30 years younger than him?








It was indeed worth every minute, cents and effort we had to catch the man ALIVE in that movie. Afterall it's the last piece and video captures of him alive before his untimely death in June this year. Some of the clips shown were the ones taken less than 24hrs before he was found dead! Somehow, someway we still have unbelievable feeling that the man is actually dead and gone! He looked so energetic and healthy in the video that it's just hard to believe that he died the next day!



I actually had tears in my eyes watching the man so intense in his performance that I wish all this was still a joke and that he'd jump out from the screen and tell us that the whole movie was just a snippets of his much-antcipated concert and that he is still very much alive and look forward to his performance live in London! Boy! it's been 5 months since he died and I still find it difficult to accept that MJ is gone forever.....



Kenny Ortega, the director for MJ's supposingly comeback concert did the perfect job in the movie by having some clips edited and made into such an amazing piece of artwork by the great King of Pop. It was indeed a movie filled with emotions, both happy and sorrow to see the man himself so involved in the making of what was to become his greatest masterpiece of all. He was so hands-on in his involvement with the crew and all that one would say that he's a true perfectionist when it comes to his profession - all in one objective - to bring out the best for his fans and the enjoyment in his passion for music.



It's such a waste that MJ didnt live long enough to prove it to the world that he deserves all the honour bestowed upon him and that he IS indeed the KING of the Pop the world might not be able to find a replacement for. But then he definitely left behind a very much cherished legacy and memories to his fans that will not be forgotten in a long long time to come akin to the greats of Elvis Presley, John Lennon, etc...



That man could finally rest in peace now and May God Bless his Soul.....




MJ; you are gone too soon, but definitely not loved and remembered too late. Love you forever........

My latest fetish....

Thanks to CL (my fashionista friend) for recommending them and thanks to Rach (our so called personal shopper, residing in NYC), I've got them ordered all the way from US......I cant wait to see and feel my feet in them.....
They are gonna be my Christmas pressies to myself....
Hope to meet my new 'babies' by Christmas....

BCBGirls Women's Ariel High Heel Peep Toe - in T.Moro color

BCBGirls Women's Ariel High Heel Peep Toe - in Black Patent

Will Writing

Hubby and I met a will writer last night.

We were briefed the importance of will writing and the procedures on how to go about in having our wills written and how it could benefit our children when we passed on. It was indeed a very depressing topic but an enlightening one as well.

We knew much earlier on on the importance of having a will but we never put it into action until recently. Well, we were procrastinating about this whole issue for more than a year when I finally put my foot down to hubby one day and insisted to him that we MUST have our wills written as soon as possible. Hence the meeting with Mr Chong, our appointed will writer.

Do you know that 90% of Malaysians still do not have their wills written? In a recent report in the media, there are more than RM400 billions of frozen assets with the government resulted from people who died without their wills written. This is indeed alarming considering the younger generations are more and more educated and should know the importance of having their wills written. I don't have to go further on how useful and important it is to have our wills written because everyone knows the benefit of it BUT not everyone is willing to take the next step of putting it into proper documentations.

Do you also know that it could take up to10 years or more to finally get all documentations done to have access to the properties of your dead loved ones if they do now have a will? All this could be avoided if you are rational enough to put a peace of mind of your loved ones with a will you leave behind when you are dead.

But then again, most people think that only the rich and wealthy should have their wills written. This is such a wrong perception and this must change immediately. Have you ever wondered:

• who will have the rights and authority to access to your bank account in the event of your death? you might not have loads and loads of money in your bank account but it is still vital to appoint an executor to have an access to them and to see that everything is in proper arrangement
• who will be the executor to your loans and debts when you are gone?
• who will take care of your young children should you leave them suddenly? will they be in good hands? will they be able to further their education with the money you've left for them?
• who will continue your business operations when you die?

Well, I've had this thought running in my mind for as long as I remember since I started a family. Therefore I took the next sensible action of having my wills written in black and white to ensure that my family, especially my children's welfare is well taken care of should I leave this world one day. At least when I look at them from whereever I may be after I've left the universe, I can be rest assured that they are in good capable hands of my appointed trustee and guardians and then only I could rest in peace~

So, I'd advice my friends and family to seriously consider having your wills written for this is the only way you can be assured that your loved ones are well taken care of when you are gone.

Consider; write a will today....

A wonderful 6 years....

It's been 6 years since we walked down the aisle

proclaiming our vows in front of the Almighty God, friends and family;

saying "I Do" is the shortest yet most meaningful sentence I've ever uttered

for it has brought so much memories and changes into my life

year after year, we renew our vows;

to stay together in health and in sickness;

for richer or poorer;

happiness or sorrows;

we shall never be apart;

for we know only death could tear us apart;...

our love shall remain as strong as before...

I thank God everyday;

for HE has brought us together;

and blessed us with 2 beautiful sons.

I can't ask for more

except that He continues his blessings upon us

for we shall grow old together

and look forward to many more happy anniversaries to come....

Two beautiful and meaningful gifts to commemorate our long-lasting marriage.
Thank you, my dear......
Love you always.....

In Laws....

I dont know if it's a sign/message or what..just yesterday it was reported in The Star that problems with in-laws is the #1 cause of most divorce cases in the country. I didnt think much about it cos afterall, it was reported that this applies to most Malay families where the in-laws like to interfere with the lives of the married couples, especially those who live together. I'm thankful, really really, extremely thankful in a way that I do not live with my in-laws.......otherwise I wouldnt dare imagine if I'll be part of the statistic reported......*touch wood*

To me, in-laws will always remain as in-laws/ or a meaner way to call them - outsiders...they are called 'in-laws' for apparrent reason - family recognised by the law. However, I have to admit that I do not have any major problems with my in-laws, neither do they come from hell...thank goodness for those...but then again.....I shall not say further.....Life is good so far.....

Anyway, as I was reading the May 2009 issue of Reader's Digest this afternoon, I came across this ......

13 THINGS YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW WON'T TELL YOU

...my response to each statement in red. Bear in mind, it's not directed to any person in particular, just my response in general....

1. I spent a couple of decades being the leading lady; now I have a character role. It hurts to be downsized

you are being sensitive. who in the world downsize you?

2. I know he's your husband now, but he's still my son

I very well know that too. That's why you are my mother-in-law. No husband, no mother-in-law

3. You don't seem very confident about yourself. The littlest comment from me is taken as a criticisim, so I'm very careful what I say around you.

Please continue being careful of what you say then.....volcanos won't erupt if you continue being careful.....

4. Every year, I send you a birthday present, but you never even pick up the phone to thank me.

That's because you probably didnt thank me too....

5. We mothers say to our children, "I want you to be happy." And we mean that. What we don't say is "But I would like to be happy too."

Aren't you happy that your son found his life-partner? And please be direct. Tell your children you want to be happy, just like them too.

6. I've bought and sold 13 houses in my life. Why won't you ask for my advice?

Well, your experience 50 years ago might be different from today's. Thanks anyway. Shall go to you for advice if required.

7. When I visit you, I'm not coming for a white-glove inspection. I just want to see the family.

Argh...admit it. You are in for a spot-check! You just do it discreetly.

8. When I really want to talk to my son privately, I don't call your house. I call his mobile phone.

Good! Keep it that way.

9. I'm so happy that you allow my son - your husband - to visit me on Mother's Day. I'm truly appreciative.

That's because I have a mother too. And I'm a mother myself. I know how that feels....

10. My dirty little secret: I'm afraid that if I don't get this right, you'll cut me off.

So make sure you ALWAYS get it right!

11. I'm in competition with your mother. She takes you on vacations every year and buys things I can't afford.

That's because SHE's MY mother.

12. Whenever I stay at your house, you always have my room ready, my towels, everything. You do all the right things. I'm lucky to have you!

Then why can't you just open your mouth and tell? We will be happier and feel appreciated.

13. I cherish the refrigerator magnet you gave me. "Age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill."

Good that you know how to...

30 years of happiness~

May 19, 1979 - the very day mom n dad tied the knot





May 19, 2009 - after exactly 30 years, they are still as loving and caring for each other as they have vowed to each other in front of the pastor, congregation and of course God.




I've learnt a lot from mom and dad on:-

how to handle a marriage...

how to persevere through the hard times...

how to withold grudges towards each other...

how to be patient with each other...

how to openly accept and adapt to each other's flaws...

how to handle crisis in my marriage...

how to respect each other...

...and many more...

mom told me something extremely touching last night which I vow shall remain memorable for me for the rest of my life - she never once regret marrying my dad ~



Tho her answer may sound simple and straight to the point, the factors which lie in her answer to my dad's question shall remain in my mind for as long as I live. My heart was pumping real fast and I felt deeply touched upon hearing that and revowed there and then that I will never dismiss mom, but to continue considering her as my role model in preserving my very own marriage. Who better to take on the role if not my very own MOTHER?

Looking forward too seeing mom n dad celebrate more happy wedding anniversaries in the future!

1 year younger!

Another year....with lesser candles on the cake? Hahahahaha...I wish!!!!!
I've been in states of denial with my age after last year's birthday....I'm not gonna be in my 20s anymore fr next year onwards!!!!! :(

But then again...age is just a number....I'll always be 25 at heart *wink*


Well, it's always nice to be celebrating birthdays with close family members around. Good food, good company and lots n lots of laughter...........ahhhhhhhhh....I love my family.....~

Wonder wht goes thru dad's mind when he lit the candles on my bday cake......his darling daughter is so so much younger! haha

Thank goodness Jean bought a cake big enough to accomodate those candles!!!!

The loves of my life~

My 'first' love....after hubby! hehe

Up to his mischiefs....

As always....he enjoys the cake the most.....esp dark black chocolatety ones!