New Pet #1 - A part-time pet

Hubby had asked me a few times if I want to get a puppy, cos he know I love small animals. But I always say no as I know that I will not have time for the poor little thing.

But when we shifted to our new house, hubby and I saw this cute white cat a couple of times.

It all started when hubby bought a da-bao and he doesn't like to eat the skin. So he gave the skin to the white cat and she gobbled up everything. We started to get her to come up to the 3rd floor (that's the level we are staying), she was cautious initially but eventually she gave her trust to us.

Now whenever I used my house keys to make the clinking sound, she will appear at our doorstep. :)

Hi, I am their new-found part-time pet. They gave me a whole load of names: da-bao, cat-cat, mao-mao......I love them all. :)

I love sleeping on Sandra's sandals and basking in the sun at the same time. :)

But sometimes the sun can be too glaring......

This is what I call a cat-stretch. :)

Chef Hubby #2 - Tomato-based sauce Linguine

Hubby decided to cook pasta today.

When I went downstairs to buy 4D with the money I found on the street, Hubby had the idea to bake potato chips.

Failed attempt. But they taste good, seriously!

We bought minced beef and hubby added cheese to it before deep frying them. Was supposed to add eggs but hubby forgotten about it. The taste? Heavenly!

We used ready-made pasta sauce this time round but we thought the taste wasn't that fantastic.

The cleaning process is horrible. I had to mop the floor thrice before it is free from grease. You can imagine my reaction when Hubby said he would want to use tomato puree to create his own tomato-based sauce next time round.

Chef Hubby #1 - Carrot Cake

We were at Sheng Shiong the other day when I just casually commented that we can cook carrot cake ourselves. Hubby bought it and we had home-made carrot cake! :)

Carrot Cake in the making

And......if you still remember, this is my half-naked chef, a.k.a. my hubby~!

Household Chores #1 - Making the bed

Dear Dear woke up this morning and he made the bed, though it's just simply covering the bed neatly with the quilt, every little thought counts ya? :)

Customary #2 - An Chuang

Today is the day for an chuang, which means preparing the bed for the newly weds.

For some reasons (which I don't know what), we were not allowed to stay and watch, thus no photos on the process.

The bed after the An Chuang Process

The things which were placed on our bed.

Not forgetting the bedside lamps.

And so, no sleeping on the bed until Tuesday!

We collected some photos from the bridal shop on Saturday and we hung the wedding photo up today as well!

The Chuang Tou Photo

And the two table top photos.

Two different types of feel.

Love the feel of this picture with the design of the frame.

Solemnisation #6 - Photos!

Finally, after much waiting, the photos are ready!!!

I can't possibly post all photos here but I have them in Facebook.

The links:



Part 1



Part 2

Customary #1 - Guo Da Li

The Hokkien call this "Lup Cai" or 纳彩 (Na-Cai) in Chinese. We had to do this procedure today and the auspicious hours are from 9am-3pm. We didn't manage to take any photos of the entire process or the traditional stuff as both the Bride and Groom need to work today!

Eric's aunt came over to my mum's place at around 10+ in the morning. My cousin was shocked when she got to know that we were not at home on such an important occasion (important, in their definition).

We ordered our wedding cakes from a local online cake shop, based on the recommendation on sgbrides. The name of the shop is Sweetest Moments. They can do free delivery if the order is above $200.

The amount of cakes we order doesn't amount up to $200, yet we are not willing to pay for delivery, hence we order some of their cupcakes to try.

A box of 20 cost $36. (Their signature flavour range)

We bought another box of 10. This costs $19.90.

Verdict for the cupcakes: Too creamy for everyone's liking. Everyone has the same comment, deardear, my mama, deardear's friends......the list goes on. They look pretty though but quite pricey too.

Our wedding cakes for the bride's relatives.

The boxes bear our names too. :)

The inside. 4 jam swiss roll, 4 mochi, 2 packets of sweets plus a personalised wedding card.

The wedding card is like the "Save the date" card in the western style to remind relatives of the date.

Close-up of the wedding card.

Verdict: It is definitely much convenient for the groom's side since they do not have to collect the cakes and  deliver the bulky stuff (the cakes were delivered straight to my place). However, do not pin too high hopes on the cakes and stuff. Quoting what my deardear likes to say, it doesn't taste bad, but they are not delicious either.

Deardear and I rushed back to our place after school to help my mum deliver the cakes to my relatives.