It's always a different experience going to Botanic Gardens. Mummy was really excited coz it's my first time feeding the swans too (so suaku)...We brought some Gardenia bread with us and threw it to the fishes, turtles and swans to eat...But surprisingly...(i guess the swans must be so sick of eating bread)....the swans simply ignored the bread! We realised that the swans preferred to eat grass...We shall bear that in mind in future and bring some vege to feed the swans the next time. keke. Nonetheless, it was still a Fun Sunday for us!

hmmm...it seems that foreigners really like natie wor...when they saw her, they always say "so cuttteee"...i guess it's becoz of her thick bushy hair....then they request to take a pix of her. Daddy says we shld collect royalties next time...;-P

Mama, where's the swan?



Alamak...y the swan swim away?



Ahh...finally i get to feed the swans!



Natie: The next sprint queen

We visited Ma-Ma and Ye-Ye today and brought Natie to West Coast Park! Hmmm...the playground is really fun but there are only a few things that Natie could play with...Think Natie still loves to slide even tho we let her play on the see-saw and some bouncer animals. When she's bigger, we will put her on a swing. Both of us are sure that Natie will definitely love it!

Here's a pix of her horsing ard:

What's a birthday without the birthday girl? Think she kinda of enjoyed her lunch at Tung Lok. She only had the steam mantou but she definitely had a lot of fun playing with their bowls, fork and spoon...until Grandpa was tempted to buy the utensils from them. After that, we went shopping at Vivo...and hai...Natie refused to drink milk lei...no matter how we coax her. She was more interested in watching the shoppers and the clothes display...

Fun Time at Tung Lok



Natie at Vivo!

Today, we celebrated Natalie's Chinese Birthday. We had our lunch at Tung Lok Signature at Vivocity. Food-wise, there were some winners and losers. Here are what we ordered:

1) Ee-Fu Noodles with Crayfish (supposed to be their special dish)

Verdict: Quite flavourful and the crayfish was plump and juicy (it's located at the top of the pix...one tiny little orangy piece). One of the best ee-fu noodles we had! Wished there were more!


2) Fried Pork Ribs with Sesame Mayo

Verdict: Worth it! Very delicious. The meat is quite tender and has just the right amount of fats. The meat juices simply oozes out with each bite!



3) Spinach Beancurd with Mushrooms

Verdict: One of Tung Lok's Signature dish. First had it at Club Chinos and wow...it was great! But funny how it didn't taste as delicious as before ;-(



4) Fried Coriander Ball with Cheese

Verdict: I guess this is what i call a chinese fusion dish bah. Taste quite nice, crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside (becoz of the cheese lar)



5) Peking Duck

Verdict: OoOoOo...i love this. Even my mum enjoyed the dish! Wish there were more on the tabl but expensive lar...hehe

6) Siew Mai

Verdict: Yummy!

7) Har Kou

Verdict: Disappointing. Prawns were crunchy but the skin was too thick liao. I've eaten betta ones...So dun bother to spend money to eat this dish

8) Xiao Long Pao

Verdict: Crystal Jade's version is still the best!

9) Famous Pork Belly Cubes (i.e. Siew Yok)

Verdict: A lot of us loved this expensive version of siew yok....hehhe...it's crunchy with even spread of meat and some fats.... the flavour of the pork just burst in your mouth when u pop it in! Doesn't taste too salty and it goes really well with the sauce (we suspect it's wasabi mustard)... A twist to the traditional serving

Dessert
1) Chilled mango with pomelo and sago

Verdict: Didn't particularly like this dish. Doesn't look as appertising as the menu's pix and has a bitter aftertaste (i guess it's becoz of the pomelo...can't they buy any sweeter pomelo?) Not worth the price of $5



2) Chilled Mango Pudding

Verdict: Mummy personally liked this dessert. The dessert has chunks of mango bits and the pudding has a milky taste. But hor Uncle Paul finds that it's ordinary


3) Coconut Ice-Cream with Purple Rice Puree (sounds so exotic but it's pulau hitum lar)

Verdict: The favourite dessert of all! Everyone loves this dessert. The coconut ice-cream wasn't too overpowering and gives a nice flavour to the pulau hitum.




So will we go Tung Lok again? Grandpa is not really that keen lei....he's saying that it's not value for money. For dim sum, we rather go Zi Yean or Crystal Jade...kekeke

Natalie has been feeling cranky these few days. She's chewing on all her fingers and drooling. We all suspect that she may be teething again (She has 4 upper teeth and 2 lower teeth). So wise grandpa and grandma actually put a few teethers into the freezer, hoping that the cold teether could relieve some of the irritation and pain. Here are a few pix of Natie and her combi teether...seems like she's enjoying it!

Mummy says i should be independent...should hold the teether myself:



Ok...i try my best to push the teether in my mouth:



Ar! Succeeded!



What a clever girl!

Mummy didn't realise that Natalie really love slides until she was brought to the playground with her cousins. Her face lit up instantly! Daddy and Mummy is sure to bring natie to the playground more often!

Grandpa is 64 this year! Mummy bought a cake from The Patissier. It's called the "Green Tea Bavarian" cake. It consist of a layer of flavoured chocolate sandwiched between Green Tea Mousse and rum soaked raisins. Sounds yummilicious...looks wonderfully scrumptious and taste heavenly! Mmmmmm

Grandpa decides to celebrate Natalie's birthday in his own way today. He bought Hotcakes from MacDonalds for Natalie to eat! Yum Yum! In addition, he also gave Natalie her first taste of durian!

Not only this, Natalie surprised mummy by finally calling "ma-ma". What a great birthday this is!

More photos at the birthday celebration....

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Natalie just loves to open presents! Here are some of her presents for her birthday!



Hmmm...how do i open this present? First i have to untie the ribbon...



Then i flip the box....



Har....how come still cannot open? Mummy, can help?



Arr....the box is finally opened! How come still got another layer of paper?



Ewwww! Show u the dress!



Pretty right?!

Natalie had her 1st Birthday Party yesterday! The theme was Pooh and friends! We hope everyone enjoyed the small little party at Jack's Place! Here are some photos to share!

Preparation:

Natalie having her porridge while everyone else were decorating...


The pooh scene setter from US which uncle Weekeng helped bring over...



Natalie's Growth Chart



Pooh Birthday Favors


Pooh Menu




The Birthday Cake



Natie and her cute cute birthday cake



Birthday Gal with Mummy, Daddy, Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Paul!

Mummy tries to catch up on lost time by doing scrapbooking for natalie. Realised that it is really not easy to do a nice scrapbook coz a lot of design thinking goes into it. Mummy is not really that pro with PSCS2 as well. Wanted to rush a series of scrapbook photos for natie's first birthday...but really cannot...coz it's too time-consuming...

Here's one of the few works that i've done...nice bo? hee

Natie learns how to say "Oscar"....oscar who, u may wonder...it's oscar from sesame street! She never fails to surprise all of us!

Natalie's fave cartoon character is "el-po" aka elmo. Seems that she is having a challenge in pronouncing "m"...wondering whether that's the reason why natie is not calling "ma-ma". hehe
Yesterday, we went Borders and snapped up 4 sound books - Baby Einstein Playbox, 2 Elmo books and 1 Nemo book. Daddy said mummy is too lavish liao but what the heck lar. The moment natie goes "el-po" at the elmo books, mummy feels that the money is well spent!

Here's a pix of her elmo sing along book: