Kevin's 1st Birthday Party (Minions Theme)!

It's Kevin's birthday party today! Yayin & Nic's 1st born child who was born on Christmas Day last year. So nice to have a Christmas Baby!

The theme is Minions! Incidentally, Kevin is also the name of 1 of the minions.

Really creative & fun poster!

We decided to have a games set-up with prizes that the players can redeem for.

I had some of my Minions theme party supplies from Le Hubby's birthday party a few years ago, and Wany's sister lent me her super cute Minon popcorn bucket from Universal Studios Japan.

The Party Minions Crew!

Nat & I went to buy Minions themed clothing just for the party!

Group picture with the mummy Yayin! 

She wanted to win the cloud cushion I bought from Perth. LOL!

Nat is in charge of the Penguin game!

Wany is in charge of the paper net fishing game! I think we need to get more ducks.. Seems like the pool is too big.

Yayin & Nic prepared this super cute food placards!

First ones to eat! Heh heh heh!

Minister Lim Swee Say came for the party!

Happy Birthday Kevin!! :)

After the party, Nic & Yayin said we have to start our own party business because all the guests enjoyed themselves very much with the games. After some discussion, I decided to do it part-time since I have been also doing it for my other friends' parties for the past few years. 

I started a new Facebook page for this project! 

https://www.facebook.com/ThePartyMinions/

You can message me through the app or email me if you wanna find out more details. Our package price starts from $299 onwards inclusive of manpower, game booths and prizes! :)

Wany's 30th Birthday Party

It's Wany's 30th birthday yesterday!! I've known her for 17 years already.. more than half of our lifetime! OMG!!!!! Wany don't usually do parties for her birthdays. Actually.. come to think about it, the last time she had a birthday party was during her 21st. Hahahahahaha!

She decided to have a party for her 30th and she spent so much time, effort and money on it! She decided on Little Mermaid which is a no-brainer cos she's a Little Mermaid fan. She also likes Kuromi, Kerokeropi and her current ultimate favourite is Kumamon.. but she decided on Little Mermaid cos it's her childhood favourite. However it's not that easy to find party supplies in Singapore. It's either not very well-made or very expensive (cos they ship in from overseas). Luckily I happened to be in Perth during May and found some very nice Little Mermaid themed party decorations, plates and balloons at Big W which didn't cost a lot! And she was in Japan a few months ago and bought a lot of Little Mermaid themed items for the door gifts and prize booth.

After travelling so often, we all realise that things in Singapore are overpriced. There are certain things that are cheap here but a lot of things are expensive because the sellers have to import them from overseas. Can't blame them cos of the freight costs, rental & staff costs.. But it sucks having to pay 2-3 times the original price for something that we know we can get cheaper elsewhere. #Aunties So we seldom shop in Singapore anymore.. in fact I think it's been years since I bought shoes, clothes, bags, and a lot of other stuff in Singapore. It makes more sense to save the money, go on a holiday then buy your stuff there. Or find ways to buy online and ship them in from overseas. But if I really need something urgently then bobian, just have to pay more to get it locally. 

For the location, she wanted Crowne Plaza Changi cos of last year we celebrated Le Hubby's birthday there and she love the suite that I booked for him. It's big, has beautiful daylight cos of the windows and it's suitable for small parties because there's enough sitting for around 10-12 people. The location is good cos it's near the MRT station and there's a NTUC at the basement to buy drinks! 

For the balloons, we bought the numbered (30) balloons & stars balloons from Give Fun. Paid them extra to inflat the Little Mermaid balloons I got from Perth. Previously I always go to the giftshop at Nex Mall cos I was staying nearby, but Give Fun is cheaper and the parking is not such a pain in the ass. To make the number 30 stay side by side, you have to use tape to stick them in the middle. If not it will just keep swaying around and it's hard to get a nice photo of it.

For the food, Wany ordered the mini buffet from Neo Garden.They delivered to the hotel lobby and we just need to bring it up and display it on the table. The suite has a nice long table in the living area plus a big round table which we used as a dessert table. For the drinks we put them in the pantry so everything is very compartmentalized and neat, just the way we like it. I highly recommend the King Suite at Crowne Plaza Changi for small parties!

#miffybakes

Wany is so lucky that my sister is in Singapore during her birthday so she's the designated baker for the party! She made everything! The cake, seashell macaroons and jellies!

The seashell macaroons are awesome! Salted caramel flavour!!!! Super love!

We had games for the party guests! 

Didn't managed to take pictures of the other games cos I was busy with the preparations.. but luckily Nat managed to take a photo of the prize booth which we set up in the walk-in closet! Hahahahahaha! Love the suite! Even got a shelf for us to display our prizes. Wheee!

So many presents!!!!! ⊂((・▽・))⊃

Had a really fun time helping out with Wany's party! I really love parties and organizing parties. Maybe one day I'll set up my own party planning services! Meanwhile if anyone need party advice please email me ok? I will be more than happy to help! o(≧∇≦o)

Wany's birthday dinner at TCC!

Every July we will head to TCC for our annual pig-out session! It's been a yearly tradition between Wany, Nat & myself. Le hubby joined us after both of us started dating.

Why July? Cos it's both Wany's & Nat's birthday month and Wany have the TCC membership card which gives us 50% off the entire bill! Since then, Le hubby and myself also managed to get the membership too so our annual pig-out session has been extended from 1 time to 3 times. LOL! 

Happy Birthday Wany! Can't wait for your birthday party next week!!! ^_^

Happy birthday Le hubby!

I organized a Pineapple themed birthday party for him at Crowne Plaza Changi last week! We had the staycation a week before his actual day cos that's the day that Santi & Welly could make it before they went for their Bali holiday.

On his actual birthday yesterday, I asked him where he want to go and he said "Funan IT Mall". I thought he was joking but he wasn't. 

Seriously.... (￢0￢)

We spent hours walking around the mall before he bought a Samsung tab thingy for himself as his birthday present for himself. 

Pam & Vincent was there to buy computers too. Pam bought an iMac and Ah V bought a Macbook Pro. Big spenders, we are. Hahahahahaha!

Afterwards we went to buy a cake and went home for dinner with the family. The Chew family's cake of choice is Chocolate Origin (Dark Chocolate). We buy the small one, 15cm for $36. It's enough for 6 to 8 people. Super super yums and it's not too sweet which is perfect. Usually this is the cake we buy for birthday celebrations. 

My other favourite cake is the "Fickle Feline"from Cat & The Fiddle. It has 10 different cheesecake flavours in one box and all of them are really good. It's $38.90 for the 10 slices and if you sign up for an account with them you get 5% off. Put in a discount code and you get further 10% discount. I use my sister's school promo code "NUS". After all the discounts it's only around $33. Super worth it. The packaging is really nice too.

After dinner we went out with Nat & Wany for karaoke! We tabao some food and had a mini supper party together!

 

 

 

 

 

All of us felt so hip because we stayed out late instead of sleeping.. Being older now means we get tired more easily than a decade ago so if we go out and stay late we feel like it's a great achievement. Hahahahahaha!

[20-September-2015]

The next day we met up again cos Wany want to buy a Macbook Pro to replace her current one which is super old. We went back to Challenger to look for the nice salesgirl cos she wasn't pushy and was super helpful the day before when Pam & Ah V bought their Macs. And they get commission for sales so we want to reward good service! :)

Happy Wany!

Afterwards we went to Liang Court for ramen!

Skirt, W Sentosa

Le hubby said birthdays are never a big deal in his family but ever since we got together, it has become a bigger deal.. especially for the two of us because we don't just have 1 celebration on the actual day but the whole month is full of celebrations! Whee! I love birthdays! To me, it's more of a birth-month than birth-day celebration! LOL!

Well, we just had dinner at The Kitchen Table with his family on Monday and we are back at W Sentosa's Skirt for a romantic dinner just for the two of us. 

Remember I have $500 worth of F&B vouchers I have to use up? It's better to use it at Skirt because it has the lower discount compared to The Kitchen Table (which has a 1 for 1 offer at the moment but you cannot use vouchers to pay). Yes, so silly that the vouchers can only be used without the discount... but it is what it is. Do not sign up for the Sip & Indulge membership! Super not worth it! If you wanna know more about it, I blogged about it here.

The interior of the restaurant is so lovely. Super high ceilings, beautiful fixtures and lighting. Service was really good too. Unobtrusive but attentive. Well, considering the price of the food here.. everything better be atas to match the atas pricing.

See how high the ceiling is!

Take picture first with the natural daylight before night falls!

♡＾▽＾♡

The menu!

There are also the aged meats in their aging cabinet

The manager brought out the special seasonal meats that are not on the menu. 

Free flow bread with some spicy oil thingy, olive oil & balsamic vinegar

BBQ Sauce to flavour the beef & Apple Bourbon to freshen your palate

Truffled Potato Puree SGD16++

Sauteed Portobello Mushroom SGD16++

Actually I forgot what we ate.. but it costs over SGD200++.  (´Д｀υ)

Is it worth it? ...... Not really. I prefer Kobe beef or those top grade Japanese Wagyu beef because those melt in my mouth.. Other steaks just pale in comparison. Also, I am not really a steak person.. I don't like eating steak because it's just too much meat on the plate. When I eat a steak, I actually enjoy the side dishes more than the steak. That's why I seldom, if not never go for steak dinners. Le hubby said it's not bad but knowing how much I paid for it, he said it's not worth it.

Oh wells, romantic dinner attempt failed. ๑ΘдΘ๑

Next year I will bring him go eat Mcdonald's instead. He's always happy when I accompany him to Mcdonald's cos he is a die hard fan. I am so sick of Mcdonald's from my night shift days cos it is the only place that opens 24hrs and all I ate was Mcdonald's for a year. Every single day. I actually lost weight during that time before our wedding cos I will only eat 1 meal a day since I was always so exhausted from staying up the whole night... so thank God I did not become a fattybombom bride. 

Now I eat healthier foods but I am fatter. Ironic hor?

They gave Le hubby a complimentary birthday cake (chocolate mousse) but the one at The Kitchen Table was bigger and nicer. Whyyyyyy ah? #Freeonedonthiam

(⋈◍＞◡＜◍)。✧♡♡♡

I LOVE YOU DEAR DEAR!