Wany's birthday presents!

It's Wany's 30th birthday and her party is Little Mermaid themed so we must get her Little Mermaid presents! It's her favourite character from Disney.. and it's my favourite character too! 

As a child my favourite cartoons from Disney are Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Aristocats. I didn't had an English name when I was born and many people had difficulty pronouncing and remembering my Chinese name so when I was 10 years old I got sick and tired of reminding people what my name is and decided to give myself an English name. I was contemplating choosing between Ariel, Jasmine or Marie as my English name. Did a poll with many people asking them which name suits me the best and Jasmine had the most votes so I chose Jasmine. LOL! So now you know why my name is Jasmine.

Anyways, I told Le hubby to buy his own present for Wany so she will have more presents! Hahahahaha! It's fun to open presents during your birthday! Especially when it's the same theme as your party. Heh heh!

He ordered a super cute Little Mermaid keychain from an online seller. We bought the 3D postcard from Loft during our Osaka trip last month. It's super duper good quality and the 3D effect looks soooooo awesome.

I bought her a bag from Samantha Thavasa in Japan! I was hunting high and low for a present for her and couldn't find anything suitable. Nearly gave up but at the airport I spotted this bag in the shop and I grabbed it!! Really lucky cos she loved it a lot and she said she actually wanted to buy this when she was in Japan but hesitated and when she wanted to buy it it's sold out at the outlet she went to. Heng ahhhhhh!

Since it's her 30th birthday, I also wanted to give her something special as a momento of our friendship! I got a photo album (sea theme, can't find Little Mermaid theme) and printed out our old photos and holiday photos and did a personalised album/scrapbook for her.

I got this from Loft in Japan! Super funny right! It is like a pop-out card which I pasted in between the pages so when she opens it, I will pop out and yell "Happy Birthday"! If only I could add in sound effects. Hahahahahhahaha!!

Took me a long while to do the entire thing so hope she likes it! ∩(︶▽︶)∩

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!!! ^_^

Hello Kitty Robot Exhibition (Suntec)

We went to the Robot Kitty Exhibition at Suntec City yesterday!

It's until 21June so there's almost a week left!

The admission ticket is $28 and the Robot Kitty is $38. All excludes GST. If you buy the Groupon (that's what we did) it's only $51 nett. And new sign ups get $10 off so I ended up paying $41 per person. #auntyjasmine

You can get the tickets at the entrance, or buy a Groupon (cheaper) If you missed the early bird deal.

Initially I wanted to skip this event cos the games are those electronic and computerised types so I didn't buy the early bird tickets or did any pre-order for the merchandise (30% off!).

But yesterday one of the organisers messaged Le hubby and asked why he did not see us at the event and Le hubby said "cos no fishing". Hahahahahaha! 

We made a trip there last night just to support him!

He was very friendly to us last year when we went for the Hello Kitty Go Around Singapore event at RWS and even though I won over 100 dolls (over 3 days), he was still very nice and encouraged me to play more instead of face black black. 

When we visited last night we catch up a bit and saw his young daughter too! Because we got tired after a few rounds of playing, his daughter helped us play! Hahahha! So nice got helper one.

There are 5 game stations inside. For every game you win, you will get coins aka "Koins" that will be accumulated in the RFID chip in your Robot Kitty.

All the games super cute and the difficulty is infant mode. Seriously. After trying out 2 stations, I gave up and made Le hubby play for me because it's toooooo easy.

They really want you to win the points to redeem the accessories. But you definitely have to recharge to earn more points because there's a max limit on how much you can win.

You have to play games to earn "Koins" to redeem for exclusive accessories to customise your Hello Kitty Robot. 

There are two colours of the Hello Kitty Robot. White or Black. I took both white cos black is not the original colour even though it's "limited edition". But I saw many people buying the black one (same price at $38).

Our two white Robot kitties! 

If you don't buy the Robot kitties, you can still play the games but you don't get to redeem any accessories in the end even if you won the points. You must buy the Robot Kitty to redeem for accessories.

I tried playing this game and I was stepping on the pedal furiously when the girl panicked and told me don't be so violent, just aim the thing and step gently. Lololol! 

Sorry ah! When it comes to games I'm very competitive and crazy one. Hahaha!

Other than this game I only tried the jackpot game at the end (got 52 points x 5 jackpot! Woo!).

For the rest of the games, I made Le hubby play for me. Hahahahaha!

Each station lets you win a maximum of 50 points.

At the very last station is a Jackpot game which allows you to multiply the score by 0.5 times to 5 times. So if you get 50 points and win the x 5 jackpot, that's 250 points! 

Maximum per round you can earn around 450 points.

If you finished one round you can recharge for $16.05 and go again.

Bad Badz maru want to be a Kitty too. Hahahaha! It's so weird but funny!

The detailing of the exhibits were very good. Everything was also well made. Lots of photo ops!

Le hubby won the Robot wings (350points)!

It's actually easy to win points, the difficult part is getting the exact accessory that you want. Because getting the points doesn't guarantee you the accessory, only gives you a chance to spin in that category and it's up to luck if you get the item you want. So you can have lots of points but still not the accessory you want if your luck isn't very good. 

And that's the reason why I see hardcore people running around playing nonstop.

I won the rose gold helmet (650 points) and rose gold wing (650 points). SO LUCKY! 🍀 

Missing the rose gold shoes (650 points) to get the full set, but nevermind lah!! It's not worth the time and money to gamble for it. And I just like these two items. 😊

So lucky to get all the accessories I wanted! I also wanted a silver helmet (350 points) but I didn't have enough points and I didn't wanna play anymore cos even though it's easy, it's very tiring going around the stations. (I old liao 😂)

I overhead a woman who spent 6 hours with her husband just running around non stop to play games to clock up the points and spent a few hundred dollars. Wahhhhh! 😅

Also spotted a group of people around our age recharging like crazy and going around to clock points for the accessories. They also spent few hundred dollars.

There was a friendly couple who wanted to exchange their helmet with our wing cos they couldn't get one but I declined cos I really like the wings. Sorry guys!

There are also exclusive merchandise which only ticket holders can buy. If you preorder them you get 30% off! Too bad I did not preorder any because I didn't plan to come to this event. 

The LED umbrella, Keychain and luggage are my favourite items!

Kyushu Pancake Cafe

Wany always wanted to try the pancakes at Kyushu Pancake Cafe so we decided to go together.

Actually i'm not really excited about cafes in Singapore. I've been to quite a number of them, even the wildly popular and super overrated ones... None of them are actually good enough for me to want to go back regularly. 

Maybe it's cos I've had better coffee & food in overseas cafes that's why I'm so fussy? Moreover we have good coffee & food in hawker centres at a fraction of the price!

You have to place your order at the cashier and pay first.

Nat was fascinated by the cups cos he is a sucker for pastel colours. The staff were very nice to let us choose the cup's colour we want for our drinks.

I had the fruit tea (too sweet), Wany had the hot milk tea and Nat had a coffee.

Kyushu Pancake Cafe

Matcha Mont Blanc.

This was overly sweet. I don't like it too.This dish was the "fastest" among the 4 dishes to be served. We waited 45mins for this.

Kyushu Pancake Cafe

Matcha Tiramisu.

This was overly sweet. I don't like it. Le hubby ordered this and he said it's not filling at all. He ate half of my waffle and chicken. Hahahhaa!

We waited 55mins for this dish.

Kyushu Pancake Cafe

Karaage Chicken Waffle.

The only dish that I liked. And luckily this is what I ordered. But it took 1hr to appear on the table.

Kyushu Pancake Cafe

This is the sampler platter. It's quite worth it cos you get to try their waffle, pancakes and toast. 

Surprisingly for a cafe that has "Pancake" on it's signboard, their pancakes were lacklustre and totally didn't live up to the hype. Waffles and toast were better (but not fantastic).

The staff told us it takes 30mins to prepare this dish.. But it actually took 1hr10mins!!!!

The kitchen is so slow!! Why do they need so long to make pancakes which takes a few minutes to cook!!!

While waiting for our food (1hr) there were people leaving the queue outside cos they got impatient. And there were empty tables inside the cafe. Because of the long wait times for the food (other tables were also waiting very long), the turnover is very slow. 

I wonder how long can they remain in business if it continues like that...

As for me, I'm never going back again. The food is too sweet for me and waiting 1hr for pancakes (which is not even that delicious) is just ridiculous.