It’s Christmas…

While everyone’s telling me that they can’t sense the Christmas feel this year, I am feeling quite on the contrary. Usually during the Christmas season, I always find it hard to really indulge and soak in the joyous atmosphere of Christmas because I’ll normally be busy collecting data and stats for the various Christmas services. But this year, the happy feeling keeps coming back and I’m glad it’s Christmas. Loving every moment of it!

As always, my church’s Christmas services never fails. And so glad I could attend the service last night by sitting in the main hall! My dear hubby took care of Baby Jayne in the nursery so that I could attend the service. The Christmas drama this year is moving and embodies a great and meaningful message. I think it can touch a chord in the hearts of most people because it talks about love with parents, siblings and spouse. It was the same Christmas story of Mary, Joseph and Jesus, but the angle taken was more contemporary this year. I like it.

 

After Pastor Kong’s simple & impactful sermon, it was time for altar call, and we hit our highest record number of new friends who responded to altar call! The area at stage front was fully packed and the aisles on both sides were filled up! It was such a touching moment. When I see people give their hearts to Jesus, with tears in their eyes, I am reminded of the time I gave my heart to Jesus. Without Him, I will not be who I am today.

I Love You, Jesus! =)

Merry Christmas! :)

I’m slowly soaking up the Christmas feel in the air! The Pastoral Admin Department had our gift exchange today and it was great fun!

My bestie in the office!

The very excited people.

Look what I got from Juslin!

Cinnamon Star

And a rocker bracelet from Topshop! (“I’m a rocker now!!!”)

A bunch of happy people!

Ben Ten Cafe

Situated at Level 1 of Illuma is a small little cafe – Ben Ten cafe. It serves up western and italian food, and a great selection of desserts.

 

Check out how they serve their sashimi – with sesame seed oil! Smells really good! And I love how fresh the salmon looked.

 

They serve pretty good aglio olio too!

 

Check out my mango parfait. Lovely with cornflakes at the bottom, mango cream in the middle deck and topped with mango ice cream and syrup. Really yummy & refreshing!

Expect to spend around 10 bucks per pax for lunch there.. Desserts come in mini glasses, tall glasses, full size and even sharing sizes – In one big glass tub of parfait! Very grand-looking.

My Really Cute Handphone Charm

I wonder how many people has got this??

Isaiah bought his Gatsby hair cream, and it came with a free handphone charm – Miniatures of the hair cream containers in the same rubber material!

 

So cute & colorful! I like!!! =D

My Journey To A License

I had a most nerve-wreaking time this afternoon. I went for my driving Basic Theory Test!

 

Seriously, when was the last time I actually had to sit for an exam or test?? I was so not used to it!

I reached the driving centre at about 1.35pm as my test was scheduled at 2pm. Almost  the whole waiting area was packed with people pouring over their theory books, doing last-minute studying. The atmosphere was tense! They started registration at 1.45pm and we were allocated specific computer terminals to do our test.

Just before the commencement of the test, they played a video of instructions on doing the test. Frankly, I was quite nervous. I was really worried that I could not answer the questions as I didn’t really prepare much for the test. We were given 50 minutes to complete 50 questions and I thought that was so rushed!

So when we were told that we could start, I quickly punched in my password and started the test. I tried to answer all the questions as fast as I could, as I kept thinking that 50 minutes was very short. Thank God the questions were all manageable and I could answer most of them confidently.

Finally reached the last question and I submitted my answers, and waited for the result screen to appear 3 seconds later. 1, 2, 3

TADA! :):)

So nerve-wreaking, don’t you agree?? The result appears immediately upon completion of the test! But thank God I passed and can now go on to the Advanced Theory Test! One step closer to my license!! Weeee weeeeee!

My 1st Icing Experience! – THE WEBCAST!!!

Do you still remember that I went for an icing competition organized by The Icing Room and omy.sg sometime back? (You can read about that post here). The webcast is finally up and I had a great time laughing at myself in the video! It makes me feel creepy hearing my own voice in the video, but hey, it’s all in good fun!!! =D

Fat Boys Burger Bar

Quirky names grab my attention.

So when we drove past this burger bar called Fat Boys, I told myself I have to try it someday. We finally did step into the burger bar along Upper Thomson Road yesterday!

I like the decor. If I’m going to have my own shop in future, I’m also going to paint my name on the ceiling.

 

Wall stickers. I like.

 

 

They have specialty burgers all put together for you if you are lazy to think of what to put into your burgers. Otherwise, you can also choose all the ingredients from the burger bar and put together your own creation! They have wholemeal wheat bun, white sesame bun etc. Patties come in beef patty, fatty beef patty, pork pattie, grilled chicken patty and veggie patty. Ingredients to put into your burgers are abundant, from grilled mushrooms to bacons and cheese, etc. You can also choose what sauce to put into it.

 

The corn chowder is yummy! Full of corns and very thick & nice!

This is the burger I chose – Holy Caesar! White sesame seed bun, grilled chicken patty, bacon and caesar salad! Very NICE.

Every burger comes with thick fat fries! Expect to spend around $15 when you are there.

 

Fat Boys Burger Bar is located at:

187 Upper Thomson Road (S) 574335

My Hero!!!

Even with a knee injury, Dear managed to complete his Standard Chartered Run of 10km with a good timing!

 

Clap Clap! :))

Next year, we shall attempt to run as a family!

My 1st Icing Experience!

A BIG THANKS to omy for giving me the opportunity to be part of a meaningful event last Thursday. I had a most fun time icing and decorating my own log cake! =D

This cake decoration competition is organized by BreadTalk’s newest, snazzy specialty cake shop addition, Icing Room. As part of their community contribution for the Christmas season, they will duplicate 15 cakes of the top prize winning design and distribute them to a charity organization of the winner’s choice. Meaningful, isn’t it? Christmas is all about giving and bringing joy and hope to the less fortunate. I am so honored to be one of the 3 bloggers invited to be a part of this charity drive!

We went to The Icing Room located at Jurong Point. The whole shop has such a Princessy feel, don’t you think?

 

It’s basically a shop that sells pretty cakes & cookies, and also a place where you can decorate your own cakes to personalize them. I was just in awe of all the pretty things they have. It just makes the Christmas spirit jump right out!

 

AND ARE YOU READY FOR THIS????

This is the chocolate log cake I will be working on!!

What we are given to decorate the cake..

Because all 3 bloggers have never done anything like this in our entire lives before, the chef did a demonstration for us.

She did it amazingly fast (not surprising since she does this for a living!) and finished the whole cake in no more than 5 mins!

  

It’s my turn!!!!! Gosh, so nervous!

 

It was not as easy as it seems. The cream and icing comes out in amounts totally unexpected. I get big blotches that totally destroyed my original design and I had to make many emergency rescues. Haha!

 

And it’s nerve-wreaking because everyone is staring at you making a mess out of the originally-lovely cake, and a camera shooting you from every angle.

It’s almost done, can you see??!

And VIOLA!

My other 2 blogger friends!

 

 

Finally all 3 of us are done with our designs!!! Gorgeous for a first-try, don’t you agree??? =D

 

Mine! The main theme is ‘Things in the sky’. Haha! You will find stars, clouds, rainbow, snow and of course, the Christmas tree. =P

And finally, we ended with an interview in Mandarin! Hahaha.. We shared our views about the meaning of the competition, which charity organisation we would like to help, and how we would spread the spirit of Christmas!

I really enjoyed myself at the event. It was an interesting experience, not just decorating the cake, but also in filming for a publicity video! We had to follow the instructions of the cameraman to do certain poses, actions, and some of them are really hilarious! I think when the video gets uploaded on the website, we will laugh ourselves silly! What’s more important though, was the meaning behind the whole event – and that is to bring love and joy to the  less fortunate. We, too, can be a blessing to someone this Christmas!

Thank you once again, omy and The Icing House! :)

Wedding Bells Are In The Air!

I had a fun Sunday last weekend – One that was soaked in bliss & happiness!

My dearest friend, Joyce’s wedding is coming up in a couple of months’ time, and I went for my bridesmaid gown fitting at My Bridal Room!

I’m not exactly her bridesmaid, cos I’m coordinating her wedding, but she’s kind enough to let me take one of the gowns! Hee hee, how fun! =) *When was the last time I wore something like that??!*

The place was packed, packed, packed! Just check out the number of shoes at the entrance!

Oh lovely! :)

 

 

The very lovely couple. :) I’m SO HAPPY for them!!! And I seriously can’t wait for their BIG DAY!!! woo hoooo!

This is extremely exciting for me, because almost all my good friends are not married yet. Not joking. Some of my bestest friends are all swinging bachelorettes and I’ve not had a chance to really be part of a wedding of a good friend! This is like one of the firsts! I think I might have friends who are way too young. =P