初二 ：回娘家

Its a yearly habit to always have Macs breakfast on 初二

Or should i say its my dad’s habit hahaha

So we dabao-ed mac and drove back to my parents place first thing 初二 morning.

It was one of the most efficient Macs ordering we had thanks to J.

If you use the macs kiosks to order and pay by card, the order gets injected into the system for cooking and you kinda beat the Q!!!

Anyway apart from breakfast, we hung out w my fambam the rest of the morning before finally having a light louhei lunch!

With leftover Buah Keluak on the side hehehe

Its J’s first time trying this. So my bro gave him a lowdown on how to go about eating this.

Our day 2 couple photo!! :)

Vday / Eyelash / Random spams

How was your vday????

Vday felt strange this year maybe cause cny is just around the corner (but also cause we are not usual fans of vday celebrations. its too commercialized and the flowers are too expensive lol)

Anyway we had homecooked dinner at home and finally opened one of our freeeee packets of 胡须张卤肉饭！

YASSS yummy as how i remembered and lomantic enough for us lah

also whipped up some minced pork with simple seasoning to go with the 卤肉饭 sauce. and some steamed broc as veg of the day

After that….

We went and did major spring cleaning till late 😂

Anti climax max.

Isit #marriedlife??????

Hahah also packing angbaos for our first cny as married couple. Lol

(This year’s bloomberg angbaos damn chio btw)

In preps for CNY i decided to retry my hand at eyelash extensions! #dayrebeauty

The last time i did eyelash extensions was in 2015 but i kinda did not enjoy the experience because

1. The eyelash glue stung my eyes everytime i washed my face.
2. It only lasted 2.5 weeks

Therefore i thought it was an uncomfortable and wastemoney experience

But then i saw sgbudgetbabe recommend ed_legant_flutters and she mentioned that the glue did not sting eyes. 😃😃😃

Also pricing point $58

Decided to give it a go this CNY. I did the classic lash set in 9-11mm length.

I must say the session was very comfortable i fell asleep.

Also it had been the 4th day since putting on the extensions. It wasn’t as heavy as i thought it would be.

And it was rather easy to maintain and wash my face (as long as i dont suddenly rub my eyes and be gentle hahahaa)

Most importantly,

the glue did not sting my eyes!!!!!!!

So far i’m liking the whole dunnid to draw eyeliner and put mascara thing.

Fuss freeee indeed!!!

Also Hot Yoga with my damn sweaty face was okay with the lashes too.

Wanna continue monitoring to see how long i can make this set of lashes last!!!!

Decided to do some last minute CNY deco for the house with my silhouette cameo

Downloaded some cool chinese calligraphy from http://www.freechinesefont.com and pieced this together

And stuck this on our tv wall, just nice where the track lights spot light on the wall.

Got shadow effect #okcan

finally had icecream with my bro at his favourite place

he always jio but i always end up no time or too rushed to go after dinner

lychee rose/ honeybutter / dark choc on a waffle

of course need to wefie

GXFC 🍊🍊

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Hope yall are having fun with your friends and family :)

Didn’t know bitmoji has cute cny mojis. hehe
the dog looks like a fox though

Took a pic before leaving the house for the day

Its our first CNY together as a married couple, giving angbaos and all

we managed to squeeze some time to meet my auntie (and my fam) after temple visit with J’s fam.

Was supposed to only visit them tomorrow but yay i got to see them todayyyyy

Its the first year J and I are doing this together so we are kinda still working around the schedule.

So far so good.

cnyootd in my tansshop dress!
shoes from oka.b

Highlight of the day was definitely seeing her smile.

its not been easy on the fam in the past few months because her dementia has resulted in very strong and sudden mood swings.

It was nice to see her not get angry and laugh when her great grandkids came to visit.

Then she looked at J and I and said she wanted one from us next year

😅☺️

#imstaying / fayth and tansshop reviews

Opened jannypenny wordpress which has been dead for sometime (i used it for scrapbooking posts last time). Contemplated to start “dayring” there and mess up the entire flow of things. i.e scrapbooking posts then suddenly talk about random life there.

Couldnt do it.

Decided that albeit the fact that dayre may/will die after Feb 28, WTF i’ll just post here lah until dayre dies then i think about whether i wanna continue blogging or not

Just cant see how blogs like stellar/medium/wordpress/weblogit will make looking for tips, reading and commenting on other ppl’s blogs as easy as dayre lah

so lets 珍惜…..

#fayth tryouts

i saw this and liked this so much online

but when i wear… mehhhh

This is Mayfair Crochet Dress

This is the very long ago Loewe Lace Dress.

I always thought this dress would be super mini on me cause 32-33” and i’m getting too old for that kinda length dresses hahaha

Buttt no leh

It surprisingly looked good! This is M. Its a bit overall but a very comfy fit.

Yellows actually quite nice and happy (Its not thisssss yellow irl lah. more like a pastely yellow)

Ixoria dress

OMG this was THE DRESS i have been waiting all year for in THIS COLOUR.

I regretted i didnt buy it last year because it went oos and then nobody was ever reselling it in M?

Anyway the verdict this year upon retrying is… Maroon makes me look old. So therefore i should get it in navy instead

hahahah

Madelyn High Collar Dress in M

I love the colour ALOT but was a bit half half on whether i really liked the design

Stella Lace Midi in Navy

This was in S and i could only zip it halfway?

Dress is surprisingly DAMN NICE?

High Collar in maroon

Ok this confirms that i cannot wear this shade of maroon

(Or isit i blend in with the curtains? 🤔😂)

Alice Midi in pastel lavender

Aiyoooo i love this alot!!!
Colour and all!!!

Couldnt try the Esme Lace Dress cause no more size already…… Thats also on my kiv.

Anyway im uk 8-10 and usually a #Fayth Size M for Dresses and size S for tops

Tansshop reviews

Bought lots of #tansshop #taobao this time and its really all my cny clothes

This should be my CNY dress!

I love the fit and the cute flare part of the top portion.

Colour also on point for cny. ++

I wear M for this. Fits perfect

Bought this on a whim cause i was desperate to get free mailing with the above mentioned red dress. (Also cause it looks chio and only left 1 black in M)

Kiasu me decided to just baiiii

Turns out it was a bit loose at the bust area.

Hips part was okay

I love love love pastel purple.

Its the only other pastel colour (other than pastel yellow) that i look good in.

and so i also carted this

but my concern is i look like i have a preggy midsection?????

Is it cause the gathers????

(pardon the messy bed ahaha)

My Other CNY piece!!!

Also my fave and i cannot wait to wear this to work ((:

Got a bit 依依不舍 cause dayre is closing down.

Also kinda mad at dayre cause of the flash sale stickers? like what? is this your means of making a quick buck from the crowd just before u close down?

Minimise losses????

Haha oh well, that aside, i came to dayre only last year to record down snippets of my wedding and reno journey. Along the way, i kinda loved this huge sharing culture this whole community had. 💓

Sad that i only got to be a part of this for a short while

But glad to be part of it nevertheless! (:

Well we will never know.. maybe dayre would do a zouk – and not close down when the deadline comes…

🤞🏻

I had a craving for mcd twister fries and went ahead to get this craving settled during lunch

But then…..
How come now the twister fries so salty one!!!! :(
And the mc chicken burger sucks.

Maybe its just the clifford centre outlet.

I think this meal will deter me from mcd-ing for a while

Lip Tints & Skincare

Recently i’m super into #dayrebeauty posts. Been reading up on mamonde lipsticks ALOT

Reason being… i bought my first lip tint at the etude house recently and loved it! (I bot pk004 at the etude house sale at pwc building) then i remembered hoppypoppyz talking about mamonde lippies so i had to check it out.

Quite torn between Highlight Lip Tint # 6 Pin Spot and # 7.

Swatched # 6 which J said was better. This one here is # 7 (bro said look lik pinoy????? rofl.. seems like i can never find a suitable shade of red for my face lol)

i also like the True Colour Lipsticks in # 19 (top) and # 14 classic (below)

i’m very likely to suit 19 better
(lol my hand actually quite hairy😳)

Aiyoo but actually i only put lipstick once a day and quite rarely touch up. so idk if i should actually go about buying this.

Anyway I also read into skincare..
Can you believe I just found out abt cystic acne like last week and realised this shit has been plaguing my right cheek and ears since forever?????

Lol ok la better late than never.

So i went and read up abt Tea Tree Oils and AHA BHA stuffs

And decided to spend money on buying these stuffs instead of the lipsticks for now LOL

Bot this to try on my cystic acne and pimples upon reading sweetpea’s recommendations

Also cause i still have some liveup rebates left just before it expires!

And this after reading many rave reviews about it here on dayre.

Lets see if my nose blackheads really stop coming back! (it will be my first time using cosrx and bha though)

Jaybeeeee

JB Trip be like

Eat

Wa i liked this one

nudbad this wtm

Nope it was not very nice but we came here to lim kopi and kill time before the malls open

🤤 enough said

Di Hwang Ya – KSL level 3.

Pls go if you like fatty char siew like me. Guaranteed it will be ETCHED IN YOUR MEMORIES.

actually our main purpose of the trip was to 买年货

And we did!

We were there last year and apparently my friends left such an impression the moment the shop owners at 饼饼香 saw us they knew we were the returning singaporean customers from a year ago. Lol!!!!

We did have better self control this year though. Also cause we knew what we liked and wanted and also some of the stuffs we liked were OOS

Menu!!!!

The low down:

Love letters very nice
Arrowhead chips cheap and gd
Golden crispy cookies yummy
salted egg fish skin 🤤
matcha cookies nice new addition tbh
seaweed roll fish fillet (yews fave)

I bot the salted egg cookies too cause new flavour and unique!

Boot space always full when we go to JB. Whether its to buy fans or what nots.

We sure have someway to fill it up 😂😂😂

just like any of our other trips .. fruitful with endless random chatter and jokes

Family Bonding Saturday

Been a tiring but super fruitful day

Spent some time with my side of the fam in the morning and tried my bro’s handmade chocolate icecream (it was not bad!!!)

– Went to Phoon Huat to get baking goodies cause 10% off

– Cleaned the house and did other housework to prep for house hosting in the evening

Then SIL came over with the rest of the fam for our quick baking sesh before the bigger family event in the evening

Our agenda was

Pineapple Tarts!!

This was my first time ever making tarts (my first attempt with that batter which i used my thermomix to mix everything together at a slow speed of 3)… also the first time learning from SIL!

Really glad J helped arrange for this get together.

Then SIL MIL J and myself sat around the dining table and rolled the pineapple paste 🍍 and the tarts into balls!

It was fun and very communal – with the conversations and the chatter. A first for me with them since getting married.

It was something i really enjoyed and hope that we can have more sessions like that next time ☺️

I didnt think making pineapple tarts would actually be quite managable but what i really liked most was how baking this could be a really nice family bonding activity

We made cute tic tac toe patterns on our hand rolled tarts and egg washed those babies before sending them into the oven to bake

We served them later on during our housewarming gathering with the rest of the fam and wow they got snapped up really quick!!!!!

We had 2 full trays worth and by the end of the gathering, only 1 tray was left.

😆

Family gathering – housewarming

Huge turnout at home !!
We catered food cause if we cook its likely we wont be able to cope (trueee! spent alot of time chit chatting, pouring alcoholic drinks and scooping icecream 😂😂 but super glad everyone was having fun hanging out)

It was damn windy the whole evening so we were pretty blessed the place wasnt stuffy even though there was like 25 people roaming around in our 4rm

We catered

Ronnie’s Kitchen

Guess where we put the buffet?!!!

In the spare room! 😂
Cause there was no space in the living area or the corridor outside our home.

We also bought a foldable table from giant (and placed it by the sofa) and borrowed another small table to place by our photo frames so that everyone could sort of have a place to sit down and eat.

Now lets talk about Food 🍽

Ronnie’s kitchen was quite affordable (around $15/pax for 8 courses) and food rating on foodline was like 4* plus .. the higher rating of those vendors within our budget

we ordered :
fried rice (👍🏻)
curry chicken (👍🏻)
salted egg chicken (👎🏻)
broc and mushroom (👍🏻)
lemon chicken
oats prawns
kong bah bao (🤤👍🏻👍🏻)
yam paste (👍🏻👍🏻)

After the event was over, i was crazy enough to start bake #2. J’s sis was still around so i went and made almond cookies she recommended (she mentioned it was J’s favourite so good to learn Lol)

It was quite fuss free i think the whole baking process took only 30min tops! (including the 15min baking time)

🤩

Meanwhile SIL was using my cameo to make labels and she 顺便 made these for us. now we will never not know which cup is ours already 😂😂😂 YAY

I have a habit of always taking the cup with water and making it mine. And that cup always happens to be J’s 😂😂😂😂😂 (no need to refill ma!!!!)

anyway after everyone left we still chionged and clean up the house. dk where we found the energy.

Still got JB trip tmr morning in early am – time to crash 😴

Butter-basted Steaks 🥩

So i’ve been missing out on my bro’s cooking during the week cause the time i go back to my parents and the time he decides to cook for the family hasnt been coinciding

But i finally got to try yesterday evening!!!

He made us butter- basted steaks 🥩 (where you swirl melted butter over semi seared steaks to cook it quickly.)

And we had a wild rocket salad 🥗 on the side which was pretty well done tooo

So actually his steaks only require very few things and its pretty quick to whip up..

Writing down so that i remember haha

Steak 🥩:
Peeled Garlic
Salt
Pepper
Thyme
(and butter!!!)

Sear the beef a little over the fire. Once its lightly seared, add in butter and let it melt. Together with the beef juice, swirl and scoop up the melted butter and the sauce fr the beef.. and pour it over the beef again and again till its cooked 😋

Salad 🥗 :
Wild rocket and baby spinach mix
Olive Oil
Lemon juice
Salt
Pepper
Parmesan
Almonds/ any nuts
(Add kellogs cornflakes for extra crunch!! we only tried this out towards the end of the meal)

#dayrecooks