Birthday Staycation at Fairmont Singapore

Birthday staycation at Fairmont Singapore! Fairmont is one of my favourite hotels in Singapore because of it's awesome location. It's located above Raffles Shopping Centre which has a lot of food options. City Hall MRT is just steps away and it is super centralized for everyone. Only drawback is the hotel doesn't offer free parking for in house guests. It is cheaper to Uber here and back home for us than to drive and park overnight.

The last time I stayed here was during my Hen's Night and my 26th Birthday! How time flies lah!

I booked the Fairmont Premier Room cos it is the only room category with 2 double beds. Word of advice though, the double beds are not really queen sized... more like in between a super single and a queen bed. So if you are planning to have 2 person share one bed, it will be a little squeezy.

Initially the plan is for Santi & Welly to stay over with us, but they had something on at the last minute so thankfully Nat & Wany decided to stay instead! Yay! :)

Expresso machine and mineral water. I like that they have their own brand of bottled water, unlike W Sentosa Cove which uses Dasani! The rooms at W Sentosa are much more expensive but they cannot afford to provide better drinking water or make their own in-house brand! ＼| ￣ヘ￣|／ Then again, Fairmont is a very popular business hotel cos they have a lot of meeting rooms, so it makes sense to have their own branded water. Brand image and all, and no free advertising for the mineral water companies if the photos are publicized in magazines and newspapers.

The hotel is super generous! There are 7 of us and all of us were really thirsty because somehow the room is very dry and the horrible haze is making our throats itchy. We could have gone down to the supermarket to get big bottles of water but we were happily chatting and were lazy to go down. Hahahaha! So we just called for water every now and then and they delivered them without charging us extra!

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I super love Fairmont Hotel's toiletries. It's the same in every Fairmont property around the world, Le Labo Rose 31. I don't think there's a shop in Singapore selling Le Labo, but I know it doesn't come cheap. Barneys New York is selling a bottle of body lotion 237ml for USD65! So technically my 40ml bottle is worth around USD10.83 (SGD15)! Just a few sets of the toiletries is equal to the price I pay for the room! And yes, this is also one of the reason I like staying in this hotel because I really really love the scent of Rose 31 and the hotel is very generous in giving me free sets of toiletries when I call for them. #AuntyCheapThrill

Unlike the usual room that we always stay in, this room doesn't have a bath tub. But the shower area is huge! Not sure why they don't want to include a bath tub because it can definitely fit in.

There is a small balcony but the view wasn't fantastic cos we were on level 6. The haze also made everything outside have a permanent fuzzy white view so we kept the doors closed and hid inside. Level 6 is where the gym, spa and pool are.. so it's easy access for people who wants to make use of the facilities. 

The room is huge! There is a big empty space where you can add in an additional rollaway bed or baby cot if you are staying with children.

The boys are busy talking about techie stuff and exploring the room for wires and plugs (as usual) and are totally ignoring me. Haha! We were the first to arrive! Nat stays near us, so Pam picked him on the way to the hotel and dropped us off before she went for her yoga. Thanks Pam for saving us a trip on Uber! Heh heh! 

We reached at 12pm and were lucky to score an early check-in cos the room was already ready! Woohooo! The rest arrived shortly (except my sister who can only come in the late afternoon). 6 of us then went to TCC for lunch using my 50% birthday discount before heading back to the hotel to just nua and chit-chat. It's so hard for all of us to meet up together cos Santi & Welly lives in Batam.

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Then it's time to open my presents!

Santi & Welly got me a super nice smelling DKNY Be Delicious Fresh Blossom perfume! The last time I used DKNY was their first series (the green one) almost a decade ago! Wah lao eh why time pass so fast one!! I am so out of touch with perfume that I didn't even know they have a new pink colour one! I am still using the perfume that my friends gave me (still got 2 new ones) that's why I don't need to go shopping for one.

It is super risky buying perfume for someone else, but they were spot on because Santi and I have the exact same taste for perfumes! 10/10 times we will agree whether a perfume smells nice! And somehow I think our skin is the same pH because perfume smells the same on us! She's like my perfume soul sister. LOL! 

Wany bought me a Hello Kitty edition of the Scholl Velvet Smooth! She said she saw it in a magazine in Hong Kong and was super happy to see it selling in Singapore so she faster grabbed one for me. I actually have the original design, but it's nice to have two so I can give the other one to Le Hubby! Heh heh heh!

I haven't opened Nat's present yet cos he delivered it to my house last week and it was wrapped so prettily I couldn't bear to open it. I am waiting till my actual birthday before I open it! Heh heh! Thanks Nat! o(^^o)

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Thank you all for the presents!

Lazing around while waiting for meimei to come!

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After meimei came, we went downstairs to buy food for dinner! Yum yum!

 Group picture!

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Happy (advance) birthday to me!

Teppanyaki & Robatayaki lunch at Mikuni, Fairmont Singapore

We went for lunch at Mikuni which is located at Fairmont Singapore. It is one of my favourite Japanese restaurant in Singapore. We seldom dine there cos it's quite expensive. Though Le hubby has the Amex Platinum card which gives us 50% off when we dine there together, a set lunch for two person will stilll set us back over $100 even after the discount. 

( ≧Д≦) During our pak-tor days we can go out as often as we like and splurge on food.. now after getting married we have to be more practical and save the money on other stuff.... like holidays! Ok ok, more practical stuff like our future home or future baby. 

There wasn't anyone at the Robatayaki counter when we visited.. so it's like we booked the whole little room to ourselves. Very quiet & private. The japanese waiter serving us actually remembered us from our last visit! It's super amazing cos the last time we came was in August last year!! 

You can choose from two different lunch set menus. See here for the menu. We usually order one from each menu so we can share. Also there's some stuff (sashimi, etc) I don't eat so Le hubby can eat those. Heh heh! I am so blessed that he is a super non-fussy eater! 

 

 Starters! Chawanmushi, salad & crackers.

 I love the Hokkaido butter scallop & the cod fish!

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 The golden prawns, corn, chicken & beef skewers are all good! 

 This is some weird prawn in seaweed thingy.. 

Le hubby likes it. I find it too slimy.

 Miso soup & garlic fried rice!

 The Unagi roll is not included in the menu, but Le hubby always orders it cos it's super yums.

 I don't like this noodle dish.. too fishy for me.

The best dish is the beef!! WOOOO!!

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 Dessert! Somethings it's ice-cream.. but I love the pudding the most!

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 Super smooth and yummy!!!

 Chocolates to end the meal! :)

 Two happy & satisfied diners!

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 This lobster was sitting right in front of us on top of the ice.

Le hubby kept staring at the lobster and he felt so sorry for it cos it's alive.. it's just sitting there helplessly waiting to be someone else's meal.... I had to kept telling him to stop staring at the lobster cos it's just so weird! But luckily lobster meat is not in the menu or he'll be very sad. 

I wanna go to Japan for Japanese food! We are planning for a trip to Japan the end of next month with my sister when she flies back from Los Angeles and transit in Tokyo. One more month to go! Yay!! I've not seen her since January and I missed her!! 

My Hens Party! ❤ [14-09-2013]

2 weeks ago on 14-September 2013, my bridesmaids + Nathaniel threw me the best Hen's Party ever!

I mentioned before how much I dislike wild havoc crazy hen's nights so my bridesmaids have to think of a clean but fun Hen's Party for me. Everyone is so stressed cos I am usually the party organizer and they have to organize something for me in secret.. but they did a really fantastic job! I am so blessed to have such wonderful bridesmaids!

Pamela is the head planner and she is so sweet to rally the bridesmaids together and plan for my hen's party.

The night before Le bf stayed over at my place and we woke up to go for lunch before he drove me over to Aramsa Spa at Bishan Park. Pamela was supposed to come pick me up but there was a massive traffic jam and she kinda went by the wrong way so Le bf had to drive me instead. It was really funny cos Le bf was being grumpy about Pamela being Pamela and always so blur and not on time (his words), and she should have gone by this route not that route, blah blah.... and he could have just fetched me there himself in the first place cos it's very near my house and Pamela need not come all the way down to pick me up.. blah blah.. Just harmless old man grousing. Cheryl was in the car with my little sister and I was whatsapping them and we all were like "HAIYO! PAM!". 

So we met at Aramsa Spa and Pamela was apologizing profusely to her korkor.. LOL!

Pamela & my sister walked me to Aramsa and signed me in and paid for the treatment before leaving me in the good hands of the spa people and left to go and decorate the hotel room for me.

I was shown to the ladies where I have to change into a bathrobe and lock my stuff in the locker.

Disposable panties & shower caps!

Ice water for kitty! :)

I explored the shower rooms & sauna room too.. Really outdoorsy!

Beautiful garden walkway!

After changing, my spa therapist led me to the treatment room..

Pam chose the treatment for me so I don't know what to expect.. She's super cute cos she kept reminding them to be nice to me cos I'm getting married in 2 weeks time. Hahahaha!

There's a private garden in my room with an outdoor shower and bathtub! ^_^

Really relaxing and I enjoyed myself a lot!

Meanwhile, they have been busy decorating the hotel room!

Nat cut so many of these "feathers" and stick them all over the room! Soo much details! The theme was "peacock" but I didn't get the memo. LOL! Only my sister wore a peacock print top. The rest main wore blue/purple.

Look at all the food!!!! O_O

Potato Party. LOL!

Home made pastries! 

These are the only "dodgy" stuff they made for me cos I wanted a clean party. Joyce's brother made the cupcakes and Joyce made the penises. Damn funny lah!!! Hahahahahaha! And somehow I guessed at the first try that it was made by her and she was so indignant and yelled "HOW YOU KNOW???". 

Cos I am smart. Hahahhaha! And she had the cheeky smile on her face lah.

All my bridesmaids (except Santi who is in Batam) and Nathaniel, my bride attendant!

With my 2 future sister-in-laws!

Queen gang Joyce & Yaya! Old time friends from Poly!

I don't know what she was asking me to do.. LOL!

We tried on the bridesmaid dresses and Nat helped everyone tie beautiful patterns and designs cos it's a convertible dress. I wanted to get those bridesmaids gown but it's so hard to find one that everyone likes (I have 8 bridesmaids) and also their sizes are so different! So they voted on the colour and I bought these convertible dresses as they are sorta free size and they can wear it in whatever way they want. :)

Afterwards we played some games and had loads of fun! I love girly sessions like these! 

No alcohol and he's already high. Wahahaha!

Thank you darlings for putting so much effort, spending time & money for my Hen's party! Love you all!