My chirpy yellow Lancaster calf leather wallet with 0.12 carats of diamonds, made in Italy. A BIG wallet for a big fat CNY to hold all my angpows in. Do you love it as much as I do?
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Monday, February 7, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Post CNY Shopping
New year, new watch courtesy of Amex cards. I collected my free Aigner watch when the shop opened for the new year.
I also got new stationery, a bejewelled notepad from Metro.
With colourful traditional print paper inside.
Traditional Japanese attire scrapbooking stickers from Takashimaya.
I couldn't resist and got 1 more bar of Nesti Dante soap, a fruity pomegranate and blackcurrent from Metro.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Takashimaya Fukubukuro
Takashimaya starts the post CNY sale with fukubukuros in the lucky numbers $88, $188, $288 and $388. I didn't expect a rush for them here so I took my time and went after lunch at my cousin's place. I was partially correct.
By the time I got there, the lucky bags with Sanrio toys, women's makeup & accessories were all gone. The only bags left contained food, men's wear and nintendo games. What a disappointment! I am waking up at 9am next year.
So I did get my hands on 1 food fukubukuro. Not bad, I like the gourmet flora perfumed honey.
Tomato based gooseberry chutney.
Pineapple and orange "Good Luck" hard candy.
Fauchon pralines went into my tummy immediately.
Coffee, Tea and Jam.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Nespresso
Every house I went to on New Year's day had one of these Nestle Nespresso machines with it's companion wooden case filled with coffee shots. It left me puzzled and wondering what's up? Everyone says it's the new coffee maker, in 5 seconds you get an Italian espresso with whipped milk. That got my dad's attention.
So he made up his mind to get one. It starts from just a few hundred for a basic model to over a thousand for one with cup warmer holder and milk whipper. Looking forward to great coffee everyday and my maid will love us for this as it takes 20 mins to siphon brew our coffee.
My lovely aunt (in the pic) offered to help us buy one the next time she goes to UK, it's considerably cheaper there. I have to add that I look forward to her peranakan food and it doesn't disappoint. I had double servings of dried mee siam.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Tung Lok Pen Chai
It's the eve of the CNY eve, so we spend it with immediate family before the big steamboat reunion dinner tomorrow night. I ordered a poon choi or pen cai (big bowl feast) from Tung Lok restaurants because you can only get it once a year and Tung Lok has one of the best pen cai in the market.
The moment we stepped into the restaurant, we were greeted by a wall of pen cai carriers. Hhmm...seems like most Singaporeans love their pencai too.
This year's claypot is a bright Ferrari red, wide and low.
The take home feast also had yusheng with the signature citrusy honey plum sauce and salmon sashimi, ginger chicken and glutinous rice...yum! And the piece de resistance, delicious dark flavourful gravy over all sorts of chinese new year delicacies like tiger prawns, abalone, jumbo scallops, black moss, pig's thigh, duck breast, mushrooms, sea cucumbers, oysters, lotus root and cabbage.
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