Blessed Christmas from Us

We, Vicky, Niki and myself would like to wish each and everyone of you and all your loved ones a

Blessed Christmas and a jolly new 2008 year. May this blessed season bring you gifts of joy in every way.

Lots and lots of hugs and kisses

Us

And woot woot, there'll be a Christmas potbless at Siva & Joey's tomorrow and I'm bringing corn on the cob! Have reason to celebrate & eat corn at last *sorry this is an inside joke* Don't you just love the holiday season to bits especially when it's peppered with some soiree or another which means endless eating and reasons to make merry ;-) Yeah, we simply adore life simple pleasures ..

As usual will update with as much photos as I can lor!

Heading into the holidays

Ever noticed how when the December month is in full swing everything including yourself get into a warped slow-mo version of your former energizer bunny self? Well that's how I am at this point .. I'm feeling all holidayee .. and not in much of a mood for work thought there's still work nonetheless ..

Niki feels it too I guess coz it's getting harder & harder to get her out of bed in the morning, when I do wake her she'll just roll back into a gentle slumber with her blankie wrapped around her neck .. (much like a muffler!) even if I turn on the tv with cartoons it won't break her morning mini snooze .. since it's so close to Christmas I'm giving her a break too.. poor kid's gonna be in Nursery come January 3rd so .. little chicca can live a little .. :-)

And tonight Chicca is gonna have a sleepover at her Amama's as a prelude into her holiday .. she is so looking forward towards it just because her Amama, Tata & Ammu-ka spoils her silly .. ! And she gets away with everything including being a bratty brat.. but .. let's hear it again .. it's already the holidays & well she's off the hook.. for now at least

Just think by this time next week it's already Christmas!!! So excited at the prospect of going home .. *loses plot and starts singing a carol* .. "tis the season to be jolly, falalalala ..lalalala .."

Ok .. so what was I saying yup .. everything is really holiday moodsy .. and tomorrow we're gonna go Christmas shopping to get gifts for all the kids .. I've asked them what they wanted under the tree weeks in advance so at least I don't have to go around thinking what to get ..

Vicky wants to check out some hip jeans&t shop from turkey and I'm going hunting for my knee high leather boots .. already saw them a few days back and they have my size .. yay! I'm just thinking it over for another day .. before I go get them .. *ok ponder, ponder* ..

Ok it's about time to get my butt to the salon for my hair appointment .. I've been putting this thing off for the past few days already and my hair is practically wailing an s.o.s, so I'd better listen to it and go get it done already .. so ciaos my darling journal till my next post ..

A quiet dinner

My hon asked me out on a date last evening.. being an adult only type of invitation we left the the kid at home with Ammu. Felt like ribs and my honey always had a soft spot for steaks so went to tony roma's in sunway .. and had a wonderful dinner .. while overlooking the nightime sunway lagoon view which is quite pretty at night ..

I highly recommend the boneless ribs .. it was totally yummy and might I add that it's one casual dining place that provided us with one heckuva service, we enjoyed ourselves immensely and our server was wonderful ..

But you know what's better .. the company I had ;-) and of course being enveloped in his warm arms as we chatted the evening away definitely scored big in my love-o-meter! Thanks for an utterly wonderful night out honey ..

xoxo

Spot Me!

can you see little me here .. (middle row, and second from the right)

first row nearest to the grass, third from the left, yes, that's me trying to look coy!

Go ahead try and spot me la in this old pic taken while in school .. vicky had a good laugh when I showed him this .. thanks to Mimi & Azlita for the pics, which I shamelessly took from their fb!

Pic One : the primary one (the one where everyone's way shorter & wearing the navy blue pinafore -- I think we were like in Std 6 or something)

Pic Two : my form 5 class .. I had long hair and liked to pin it up to back of my skull ..

Enjoy ..

Enjoy laughing I mean .. ;-)

Siew Hoon

my friend, siew hoon

I met with Ah Hoon last Wednesday at Dome.

It's been like nearly ten years since I last saw her. And might I say that she's looking mighty fine .. but then she always had ;-)

And even though its been ages we picked up where we left off so naturally, well I guess childhood friends has that special magic don't they?

And so we ate & talked the evening away while laughing our heads off..

And of course we talked about the good ol' times and stuffs that's been happening in the lives of our mutual friends since Form 5 .. to put it mildly .. it was good to catch up .. and it felt good..

I have been guilty of not staying in touch enough and well I told Siew Hoon that's its a lesson learned and that I promise with *scouts honour* to keep in touch more often .. i reckon we get more sentimental as we grow older *cough* .. and friendships are appreciated more ..

at one point our waiter shot us a "how can girls talk so much?" look so I asked him to pour more water into my tea ..hehehehe ..just to let him know that we'll be staying a wee bit longer ;-)

Weekend daze

I was in a daze all weekend because I was sick ..

with fever, a sore, sore throat, headache and everything else..

I told Dr D to give me hardcore meds so I can get better & get myself to work by Monday,

the meds worked like a charm and I felt all better by yesterday evening ...

note to self *augmentin is a super duper antibiotic that cures all!*

Birthday shoutout to Niki's Amama!

Niki's Amama blows out 55 candles today, yay!

Happy Birthday, Amama!

Collage of Pangkor

uncle lim's chinese restaurant

in bed with niki & her blankie

picture perfect

leaving PLR

at the infinity pool

our villa's front porch, surrounded by the lush green jungle

our villa

niki and her daddy

at the Feast Village for dinner

around the resort, breathtaking views everywhere

chapman's bar at emerald bay

here's us the Lumut office

in PLR's ferry

arriving at PLR

the night turn down in PLR

Here's our holiday album of our time in Pangkor Laut Resort.

I can't even start to tell you how beautiful the resort and the island was, it's hard to believe that it's nearly 10 years old coz it is in superb condition and the people there.. are fabulous and made us feel really warmly welcomed at this island paradise, the picture doesn't actually do PLR much justice, and let's just say we were so heavy hearted to leave this morning.. PLR is a spectacular getaway, and it's so romantic ..yes, even with Niki with us, it still can be romantic, we just need to improvise ;-) ..

Did I mention earlier that our villa was just next to the pavarotti suite? To think that the famous late tenor stayed just right next to us in another place and time..

A Day for total R & R

What to do after filling in a sumptous breakfast?
Go to the pool for the rest of the day of course with a good book ..
and the love of my life .. Vicky & Niki!

:-) photos on our return k, k gotta go lap it up!

Here we are at last...

After dreaming for such a long time about Pangkor, today Vicky whisked me and Niki away for a short vacation..where else if not the beautiful &luxurious Pangkor Laut Resort or as they call it here PLR. I'm writing now from the library lounge surrounded by books and day beds and plush sofas, if there is a heaven on earth I think this is it, or as close as it can get in M'sia. The last time I lapped up such luxury was we were in the Holiday Inn Phuket.

The people & service here is impeccable and we are in the hill villa, which is overlooking the hills and the sea at the same time, with a huge balcony and an open garden bath tub made out or marble.. just now the room maid came for night turn down and also helped us draw our bath water and scattered rose petals into the water .. it was beautiful, right now we're heading back to the room, and we're gonna light up the scented candle that the maid left by our bedside to calm our senses before we turned it.. we're feeling pretty pampered at this point I guess. Niki is sitting on my lap as I am writing this..and she's humming a song while instrumental christmas carols are playing softly in the background ..

And we're gonna be here for a couple more days before we head home ..

ps. and yes the food here's excellent as well .. :-)

And yes for you guys who are planning to holiday in Pangkor, don't go anywhere else .. come here .. if you want to read more go here ..www.pangkorlautresort.com

Prawnie galore!

everyone caught at least one (even me!!) .. joey i think caught the most, she's a natural!

the pond's got pond scum, the bait which was chook liver and sea worms, the prawnies, and yeah that's joey with her rod, she caught at least 15!

Fishing .. frankly bored the heck outta me, went once quite a few years ago and nearly keeled over with boredom..yesterday was another story altogether .. we went prawning! Yup you've read it right .. there is such thing .. and nope its not as yucky as one thinks ..

I pretty much enjoyed it once I was there though ..

The prawn farm was somewhere near the desa water park .. but the great thing is they have food there .. and available food is always a good thing innit?

Prawning is pretty much similar to fishing .. maybe except that it's so much easier .. even klutzy and unsporty me caught one ;-)

Ok now for the math;

1 kg prawns from Tesco would cost one about RM40

We spent;

RM 180

breakdown of costing

3 rods @ RM15 per rod/hour ..

we were there for 4 hours last evening

and caught a total of 1.5 kg of fresh prawns

But all in good fun .. it was (it pains me to say this .. but it was fun!, ok i've said it, it's heckuva lotta fun!) .. will I do it again .. possibly yes, but maybe not on a weeknight ..

So guess what are we having for dinner tonight ..? We're all heading to Barbara's tonight to dine on our catch!

An All Girl Weekend!

even my hubby joined in the fun *beams*

ta da! the finished work of sandart

This is the follow-up to my previous post, our weekend last week was indeed filled with peels & squels of laughter..not a dull moment and lots of giggly ones. Made me remember my own childhood when my best buddy Yip came over and we'll be laughing and laughing until I started wheezing really badly. It was the same albeit in a totally different era :-)

Niki thoroughly enjoyed herself as did her cousins, it was such a slumber party and all of them all slept in one room (with us!) .. it was all comfy & cosy and our room was practically one gigantic bed with pillows, bolsters, blankies and stuffed animals strewn everywhere, it was a heavenly bed of mess!

Also took the kids out to the Bukit Raja mall for food and sand art. Vicky himself was teaming with Lei and came out with a really colourful one!

See pics above .. just puts a smile on your face doesn't it?

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