7th Wedding Anniversary

Last week, we celebrated our 7^th Wedding Anniversary.

As per our usual practice, we took the opportunity to clear some of our leaves during that period.

Here is what we did…

24^th November (Monday)

As wifey wasn’t feeling too well, I let her sleep in longer while I did some vacuuming and mopping. What better anniversary gift to present to your wife than to be greeted by a spick and span home, first thing in the morning? ;o) 

In the past, we’ll probably have insisted to start the day real early and then line it up with plenty of activities (breakfast, swimming, movies etc…) but I decided that this year will be a simpler affair. A time of rest for the both of us and spending the days at a more leisurely pace.

Wifey woke up in the late morning and we went over to have lunch at Alexandra Village.

We had roast meat & duck rice with a plate of vegetable.

After lunch, we walked over to Anchor point and bumped into small Eugene. Wifey managed to get a kitten top from one of the stall. We then walked back home. Weather was rather wet, so it’s good to stay home.

Dinner was something special! we made use of a Groupon voucher for WA Dining – the crab bar

It was located at UE Square and we had a little bit of problem locating the restaurant BUT as usual, we managed to find the place after some pre-dinner navigation.

It was a nearly empty restaurant that we walked in to, so it feels as though we have reserved the whole place to ourselves. Isn’t it nice…?

Wifey tried her Instax8 Polaroid camera for the very first time at the restaurant J

 

 

We then placed our orders of 2 crabs (white pepper and chilli) and a plate of bread.

 

The voucher also entitled us to a pint of beer and soft drink plus complimentary dessert kiwi puree.

My initial fears that the crab would be very small and not enough to fill our tummies were unfounded as they brought in 2 crabs of fairly big size. We had a very delicious, satisfying and filling meal on that night,

 

After dinner, we took a stroll to Clarke Quay, taking a few photos along the way with the Christmas decorations before heading home.

25^th November (Tuesday)

Had some mom-cooked porridge for lunch before heading to GV Vivo City for our movie date. We went to catch the highly rated “Interstellar”.

 

As we were early, we went to get wifey her daily coffee fix and the choco thingy at St Marc’s.

Even though I am not really a fan of Sci-Fi, I found the movie quite nice though wifey felt that it was overrated. I am glad I can understand Christopher Nolan’s film a bit better now as compared to “Inception” .

Dinner was at Burger King as I had craving for that. After dinner we went to the roof top to take more photos of the Christmas deco.

 

 

 

We also rested on the bench and just listened to Christmas carols playing on the speakers while enjoying the breeze.

 

26^th November (Wednesday)

Went to KKH in the morning before heading to OG Albert Complex where wifey finally got her fit flop sandals which she has set her eyes on for a very long time. Hope that this pair will really help her backache problem and not cause any pain while walking. We than walked over to Bugis Junction and bought some Christmas presents at BHG. It was a rainy day as usual so we were feeling quite cold at the mall…

 

 

For dinner, my initial plan was to bring wifey to Por Kee to try the tomyum fish and champagne ribs but to our dismay, it was closed when we reached Tiong Bahru.

Thankfully, we managed to settle our dinner at the Thai Food Stall at Tiong Bahru Market.

 

 Wanted to try the café after dinner but we were too full.

 

Thanks God for the time spent with each other as we look forward to creating many more beautiful memories together as we continue to grow our marriage with Jesus... even if its just doing the simple things in life... 

SGS Family/Long Service Award Day

Last Saturday was SGS Family/Service Award Day at Sentosa.

I am blessed and honoured to have wifey joining me to witness me receiving the 5 Years Award.

We started the day early and had McDonalds breakfast at Vivo City before taking the monorail into the “Island of Fun”

After alighting at the Beach Station, we were halfway through walking under the scorching sun when we spotted a beach tram which stopped alongside. We gratefully hopped on and the rest of the journey was a breeze, literally.. ;o)

The tram alighted us at the Sapphire Pavilion and we did the necessary registration and collected our door gifts (umbrella and a small exercise bag)

The Long Service award started soon after and I received a certificate with some monetary token of appreciation.

   

With the MD

After that, I was picked to play in some tele-matches. My group name? RED BULL haha…

We started with the “waiter race”, then “drunken sailor”, followed by “minefield” and the last and most challenging item was the very challenging Tug of War. Thank God that my team was made up of all (mostly young and hungry) guys, hence, we managed to come up tops in 3 of the 4 items (losing in the waiter race as we collected lesser water than the yellow team)





THIS IS HAARRRDDD WORK!

TEAM RED BULL

Total winnings amounted to $30 Capital vouchers (not too bad for an hour of games, sweat
and some abrasion)

Wifey’s observation from our Tug of War performance was that we were physically less strong than our opposition in the finals as they were bigger sized than a lot of us. However, she saw that we were hungrier to win and that was the key to our victory.


Personally, I felt that despite the tactics and technique given by our captain before the game (squat down, lean back and wait for opposition to tire before we start pulling) everything becomes quite messy once the game started and I found it very difficult to carry out the instructions. End of the day,. I guess techniques plays a part but like what wifey rightfully commented the desire to win was a very key factor.

We had buffet lunch after the games followed by some stage interactions and then lucky draw (which I did not win) . We loitered awhile more after that and tried the mini putting and shooting games booths before attempting to take the beach tram back to the beach station.




We did not succeed initially as the tram was always full no matter which station we waited.

So, both of us decided to just take a slow walk and while walking…. Tada… the beach tram appeared again and this time, there were some available seats. We board the tram and it took us back to Siloso before making a u-turn. The journey itself was enjoyable as we could take in the sights along the beach, so we decided to extend our ride and take to Palawan Beach and back to “explore” a little bit more, since we are in no rush to go home.



Selfie Time!



Sentosa is really a nice place, especially the Palawan area which looked quiet and peaceful with a nice lagoon. Will be back to spend some time there next time.

We headed home for some rest and to wash up before going over to Anchorpoint for dinner. Saw Garfeld there and took a pic with him.

We had Spaghetti (soft shell crab for me and aglio for wifey) at the food court that evening. It was delicious and reasonable priced.

Our Climbing Experience

Yesterday we took a day off to visit TCM and then had breakfast at Marine Parade Hawker Centre. We tried the Neptune Tim Sum there which was good.


Dearie enjoyed the glutinous rice and I liked the spare ribs. We also had shrimp dumpling, steamed carrot cake and fried beanskin roll for $14.70 which was a reasonable price to pay for a good meal.

After that, we took a bus down to Kallang Wave to try their wall climbing facilities. I was a bit apprehensive at first but dearie was enthusiastic to try it so…

We did our kiosk registration and

Made payment. $30 per pax for first timers (inclusive of registration, shoes and harness rental for full day) but because we have 20% discount vouchers, we only need to pay $24 plus $2 for socks purchase.

So in total, we paid $26x2 = $52.

Next, the lady took a photo of our pretty/handsome face and then gave us 2 cute little tags. We are now registered.

 

We changed into our shoes, proceeded for a quick briefing and then we are good to go.

 

There are a few types of walls. One of which you need someone to be a be-layer while the ones on the higher platform are auto-belayer system. (For those going alone).

There is also an area where you just climb with your bare hands and legs and if you fall, there is a mattress below to cushion the impact.

My classic wifey suffered some bruises and abrasion almost immediately after her first try. That is because she hasn’t got used to descending and did not dare to release her limbs away from the wall and as a result suffered a few knocks on her way down.

She then went to wash the wound and put a band-aid on the wounds and then we continued our climbs…

Pierre Png and Andrea De Cruz were there too, with their goddaughter.

We rested for awhile after a few hours of trying the different walls (it was so scary as you go higher and especially when you need to descend)


I went to NTUC Extra to get some vitamin water and 2 buns from the bakery beside it as we took a break from all the climbing.

We left Climb Central around dinner time at 6pm and had our dinner at Aston’s Specialities (our usual orders of double up Chicken for me and grilled fish for wifey) before walking to the bus stop and heading home.


Exhausted, limbs sore but satisfied that we finally managed to try wall climbing. Together. ;o)

Keep Calm & Look Up, We Go Again...

“Keep Calm and Look Up” was a sermon done by my church last year.


The title serves as a reminder to me that as a Christ follower I am to keep calm when I get anxious and to look up when the going gets tough and when I get weary.

Because I am living in a fallen world, when I look around me, I may see things that inevitably disappoint, hurt and distract me. But when I look up, I find resilience, comfort, hope, wisdom and truth from the source of all good things. By intentionally fixing my eyes on the Lord, I can then see things and people in a much better perspective and with much more grace too.

“We Go Again” was a rally cry issued by Liverpool’s captain Steven Gerrard during their failed assault at the league title last season. Immediately after a hard-earned victory over the mighty Manchester City, he huddled his teammates in a circle and urged them to forget about that victory and focus on the next game. “this game is gone” he said. “this does not slip now, we go to Norwich, Exactly the same. We go Again”

It was goose bump when I saw that on TV and i believe that image and those words will stay on my mind for a very very long time. (even though they still lost the title ultimately)

It became my personal rallying cry too. When times are good, when times are challenging, when you get the praises, do not let it go to your head and when you get the critics, do not let it keep you down.

If they are true, try to reflect and do better and if they are false, God will vindicate eventually.

Whatever is it.. keep calm and look up, we go again.