Pre-Japan trip...but poor Dear Dear fell ill

This weekend we prepared ourselves for our upcoming Japan trip next week. Went to the tour agency for briefing and Dear also got himself a smart casual jacket. Guess we were in a happy mood on Saturday. Unfortunately on Sunday morning, Dear fell ill. He started with a slight fever and I urged him to see a doctor so that he can recover in time. 2 hours after taking his first dose of medicine, Dear started to have fever chills.

It was quite a scary experience as it happened while we were driving to my grandma's place for lunch. We were almost reaching already when the sudden fever chills came upon Dear and he started to shiver quite badly...all this while he was still driving. We could not really stop to change over, so he drove on. Lucky it was only for a short distance more. After that, Dear really shook non-stop for a while. My family all got worried for him and all were busy getting him to lie down, cover up and put medicated oil all over his forehead! The afternoon was thus resting time for Dear while I took on the role of looking after him and checking his temperature every now and then. He hit a high 39 degrees at one point. Anyway, was really glad that he felt much better by dinner time, though he is still not fully recovered yet. Just pray that he will be well in time for our trip...

Another year older

Yup, that's right. It's my birthday and I'm another year older today :) It's nice to have your birthday falling on a weekend so you don't have to work on that day. Dear treated me to a nice dinner on Saturday and I must commend that Melt the World Cafe's buffet is really good... It's got a good variety and even their desserts/fruits corner was quite different. You could pick fruits you wanted like Mango or Jambu and the service staff would cut for you on the spot. As for the sweet stuff, I really enjoyed the ice cream waffle though I'm not really a 'sweets' person.

This morning, Dear surprised me with a lovely bouquet of roses. Thanks Dear! Really appreciate it. In the evening, it was another round of eating again. Think we really ate a lot this weekend. Feeling fat at my stomach!! Celebrated with my family and dear's family together by treating them to some 'zi cha' food. After which, they came to our home to rest a while before my cake cutting. Finally, a family picture to close the evening.

I look forward to a blessed and wonderful year ahead :)

A Good Friday and Easter Weekend

It was a good weekend break with the Good Friday public holiday just over. We had a couple of stuff going on this weekend, starting from Friday where we went to get a hair cut. Took some time to have lunch with my parents too and they kind of celebrated my birthday in advance for me :) Saturday was more of a day of relaxation and some KBOX singing fun for us.

With the lovely Easter Sunday morning, I decided to join my Mum at her church for the Easter service on her invitation. I guess it meant a lot to her that me and Dear joined her, along with my Dad too. Although it was quite a traditional service, I was still thankful to hear God's words through the Pastor's sermon.

As for the highlight of the evening, Dear and I attended his cousin's wedding dinner at Conrad Hotel. I find the whole circle of relations quite interesting with me and Dear's family... well, the thing is, I actually know some of his relatives before we both even met and we never knew this until we got married! Talk about small world. Anyway, the story of Dear's cousins Sabrina & Cheryl is that my Dad knows their Dad (ex-colleagues from many many years back) and we actually ever went on a trip together before when we were kids. So it was quite a big surprise to realise just a few years ago that they are Dear's cousins. However, I only got to really see them and talk to them this year as they had been overseas for some time. The coincidence does not stop there...another of Dear's cousin has a wife who happens to be my Secondary schoolmate.

Anyway, here's some shots of the wedding dinner:

Us with Dear's cousins - Sabrina & Cheryl

I love dogs!

It was a happy weekend for us and pretty much a poochie weekend too :) FIrst of all, I was really glad to find out that Nike had been given another chance to live again! Ok, this is my grandmother's dog I'm referring to. He had an ear infection and my uncle's family had decided that it might be linked to this meningitis illness (which he had in the past). They were quite ready to put him to sleep, but took one more chance to check out with the vet first. Turns out it's only a ear infection that can be cured with careful treatment! So hopefully he recovers...

Sunday morning was also poochie time for us as we headed to Bishan Park to check out the Class95 FM DOG WALK 2007. Despite the slight rain earlier in the morning, hundreds of dogs and their owners still came to the park. It was the first time I've seen sooo many dogs gathered together, so it was quite an interesting sight indeed! From this doggie gathering, you also realise what type of dogs most Singaporeans. There were the big dogs like the golden retrievers and huskies, and small dogs like the jack russell, maltese, schnauzers. One 'community' that really caught my attention were the Corgis! Check them out below :-)