Tonite we went for dinner with our young adults group in Abbotsford. It was supposed to be at the Ed&Me Pizza Parlour restaurant at 6.30pm but since that restaurant can't accomodate 30 pax of us, we moved to the Mango Tree restaurant, also in Abbotsford.
I was so grateful that we changed the venue. I wasn't into eating pizza tonite but have to go to accompany hubby whom likes pizza so much. Mango Tree is a Thai restaurant - so happy to eat Asian food that not cook by me tonite hehehe
I ordered vegie green curry with steam rice and hubby ordered pad thai. We shared each other's food - that's the beauty of being husband & wife LOL... hubby ordered for me to take home a green papaya salad which turned out that i ate little bit of it at the restaurant shared it with some of my Caucasian friends-amazing to find out that some mat saleh lady can take hot food hahaha
We finished eating around 8pm. while the rest of them left to our Pastor's house for movie & game nite, m e& hubby have to rush back to Chilliwack coz hubby will have a meeting with Stan & Collin at the office. That's one of the 'not beauty' being a businessman's wife LOL...
So tonite, i ended up sitting in front of the tv in the living room, up-dating my blog while accompanied by our neighbourhood cat, Kitty. Kitty usually doesn't like to come inside the house, maybe it is too cold outside that she decided to rest indoor tonite.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Hubby's 34th Birthday!!!
Yesterday 16 Oct 2008 was my hubby's 34th birthday! :D
No big party of celebration; only me & hubby at home. We wanted to go out for dinner with some family members but due to some reasons, we have to postpone it til next week.
How we celebrate it: just a small tiramisu cake with a candle (hubby says 'so cute' hehehe) with sparkling apple & grape juice and a card! and yea, i sang "Happy Birthday" to him to while carrying the cake from the bedroom - hubby was sitting in the living room that time ;)
He made a wish that had been granted by God (lol)...then i prayed for him.
These are the photos taken last nite:
(and i loves this photo)
No big party of celebration; only me & hubby at home. We wanted to go out for dinner with some family members but due to some reasons, we have to postpone it til next week.
How we celebrate it: just a small tiramisu cake with a candle (hubby says 'so cute' hehehe) with sparkling apple & grape juice and a card! and yea, i sang "Happy Birthday" to him to while carrying the cake from the bedroom - hubby was sitting in the living room that time ;)
He made a wish that had been granted by God (lol)...then i prayed for him.
These are the photos taken last nite:
(and i loves this photo)
Thanksgiving Dinners 2008
Canadian celebrates Thanksgiving on 2nd Monday every month of October.This year we have 2 seperate family Thanksgiving Dinner. Sorry, didn't bring my camera along for both occasions, so no picture was taken :(
1st Dinner was at my mother-in-law's home in Abbotsford on Friday nite, Oct 10th. There were my MIL & her husband, David; my SIL, Gina and her son, Jack; me and hubby, and my BIL, Collin & his wife, Elsie. As most of the family members are vegetarian, no real turkey was served but only vegie turkey with other food like mash potato, baby carrot, peas, etc.
2nd Dinner was at my father-in-law's home here in Chilliwack, just few block away down the road from our house but on a different street. The Dinner was held on Sunday nite, Oct 12 and this time got real turkey with gravy & stuffing but i didn't eat. Worry if hubby will puke if i eat turkey in front of him LOL...just kidding as the real truth, i don't eat turkey! Save the turkey meat for other people to enjoy it hahaha
There were my FIL, Stan with his wife Anita; Anita's Dutch parents Fred & Grace (whom we called them Opa & Oma), Anita's son Corbin & his gf Megan; me & hubby; and Gina & Jack. Gina's hubby Glen was not available to come home this year to celebrate with us in BC.
That's my Thanksgiving celebration story for this year! :D
1st Dinner was at my mother-in-law's home in Abbotsford on Friday nite, Oct 10th. There were my MIL & her husband, David; my SIL, Gina and her son, Jack; me and hubby, and my BIL, Collin & his wife, Elsie. As most of the family members are vegetarian, no real turkey was served but only vegie turkey with other food like mash potato, baby carrot, peas, etc.
2nd Dinner was at my father-in-law's home here in Chilliwack, just few block away down the road from our house but on a different street. The Dinner was held on Sunday nite, Oct 12 and this time got real turkey with gravy & stuffing but i didn't eat. Worry if hubby will puke if i eat turkey in front of him LOL...just kidding as the real truth, i don't eat turkey! Save the turkey meat for other people to enjoy it hahaha
There were my FIL, Stan with his wife Anita; Anita's Dutch parents Fred & Grace (whom we called them Opa & Oma), Anita's son Corbin & his gf Megan; me & hubby; and Gina & Jack. Gina's hubby Glen was not available to come home this year to celebrate with us in BC.
That's my Thanksgiving celebration story for this year! :D
you know it is autumn...
It has been almost a month since the Fall/Autumn season set in. Just wanna share that you'll know it is autumn when you see these:
Leaves changing colour from dark green-yellowish-oranges-reddish-Fall to brownish and dissapear.
You know Autumn is here when the weather is not soo good, the temperature between 8-12 degree in Lower Mainland and the sky is always 'crying':
You know it is Fall when the tree become "togel" hahaha:
Leaves changing colour from dark green-yellowish-oranges-reddish-Fall to brownish and dissapear.
You know Autumn is here when the weather is not soo good, the temperature between 8-12 degree in Lower Mainland and the sky is always 'crying':
You know it is Fall when the tree become "togel" hahaha:
why I changed my skin-care products?
I remember the day i arrived in Canada 3 years ago, i was looking for St'Ives products for my skin-care regimen. However, believe me that this brand does not offer any toner in my area's market. Very weird!
I'm a firm believer of consistence & same-brand skin care product. Whether i'm a firm follower to obey the 3-steps, twice a day, that's a different story LOL...Since St' Ives does not carry the full range of skin-care product, i made a decision to try Neutrogena. This brand does wonderfully especially the "Illuminating skin polishing enzyme peel" :)
so if Neutrogena is good, why did i changed to Estee Lauder? Let me tell you the story. As my skin is getting older, i was wondering if there is any other product in the cosmetic world does wonder for me.We can't avoid wrinkles and sagging skins but what we can do is to slow it down.
Almost 2 years ago, I happen to stumble on advertisement about Advance Night Serum by Estee Lauder from somewhere, not on TV. It took months for me to finally trying this product. I started with the sample which lasted several weeks for me. It does wonder - the 1st sign that was obvious was my pimples & acne heals very fast & no permanent scar left. Some of the light wrinkles (which just started to appear) were gone.
So i think, Estee Lauder is truly one of trusted skin-care brands. Since the prices range were not much different with Neutrogena plus can last for months (depends on how we use it), i gradually changed my skin-care regimen overtime from Neutrogena to Estee Lauder. As i was always travelling oversea before, i got chances to buy Estee Lauder products at the airport with tax free.
3 years ago, i still remember: when i touch my face, i can feel the bumps underneath the skin. Now, it's all gone. Only once a while i got pimple & acne but i can tell that my face skin is really, really smooth. Hubby always praise that i look radiant all the time :D I think that must be the combination of eat well, drink enough water, better weather and better skin-care regimen.
(Warning: this post is more on "angkat bakul" session LOL)
I'm a firm believer of consistence & same-brand skin care product. Whether i'm a firm follower to obey the 3-steps, twice a day, that's a different story LOL...Since St' Ives does not carry the full range of skin-care product, i made a decision to try Neutrogena. This brand does wonderfully especially the "Illuminating skin polishing enzyme peel" :)
so if Neutrogena is good, why did i changed to Estee Lauder? Let me tell you the story. As my skin is getting older, i was wondering if there is any other product in the cosmetic world does wonder for me.We can't avoid wrinkles and sagging skins but what we can do is to slow it down.
Almost 2 years ago, I happen to stumble on advertisement about Advance Night Serum by Estee Lauder from somewhere, not on TV. It took months for me to finally trying this product. I started with the sample which lasted several weeks for me. It does wonder - the 1st sign that was obvious was my pimples & acne heals very fast & no permanent scar left. Some of the light wrinkles (which just started to appear) were gone.
So i think, Estee Lauder is truly one of trusted skin-care brands. Since the prices range were not much different with Neutrogena plus can last for months (depends on how we use it), i gradually changed my skin-care regimen overtime from Neutrogena to Estee Lauder. As i was always travelling oversea before, i got chances to buy Estee Lauder products at the airport with tax free.
3 years ago, i still remember: when i touch my face, i can feel the bumps underneath the skin. Now, it's all gone. Only once a while i got pimple & acne but i can tell that my face skin is really, really smooth. Hubby always praise that i look radiant all the time :D I think that must be the combination of eat well, drink enough water, better weather and better skin-care regimen.
(Warning: this post is more on "angkat bakul" session LOL)
shopping trip to Surrey, BC
on Oct 12, 2008 - hubby went to Abbotsford with some of Chinese friends to pick up furniture for the office from his uncle's place.
As for me (& the Chinese ladies), Prof. Lisa & Holly, we decided to go o Surrey for little shopping trip. We left home around 11.30 am and i was the driver of Lisa's Ford Explorer truck. Over here, they called a big car as a truck. I've driven her truck many times now & i really enjoy it.
See the photo of the Ford Explorer below:
This truck is way bigger than my Jeep Liberty :) but i still loves the Jeep Liberty as it is easier to handle for city driving.
While driving down to Surrey, not far from home yet - i saw our Jeep & the trailer were coming from the other direction. I quickly honked hubby & get my subscripted sunglasses. yeah..have to wear sunglasses to prevent wrinkles around the eyes LOL...
We arrived at the Guildford Shopping Centre in Surrey around 12.20 pm - went to Motherhood Maternity store to exchange clothing that i bought on Friday before. For a normal price of $35.00 maternity skirt, i exchanged it for another 1 maternity skirt, 1 legging pant & 1 camisole ;)
Then we moved on to the Bay where i got another very good deal on Estee Lauder products.Since i was almost ran out of toner, i decided to buy the biggest bottle. in USA, it will cost about US$29.50 but for some reasons, eventhought it cost about Cad$39.00 in Canada, i dont mind buying it here as i can use my 10% off HBC coupon and collects HBC points that will automatically transfer to Airmiles points later.
Beside the toner, i bought a Hydra Bright moisturizer (in special package - see photo)for Cad$57.00 (in USA US$47.50):
Another best deal that i got from buying those 2 products was i get a GWP (gift with purchase). Currently, the Bay does not offers any GWP for Estee Lauder. So how did i get the GWP? Ask the friendly promoter hehehe. She told me that if i buy those 2 products which value more than Cad$100.00, she can give me the last month ended promotion GWP. Yes!!! Sold!!!
With less than $100.00 (with coupon), i got the 4-pcs skin regimen (full size Hydra Bright mosturizer with small sizes of Cleanser, Advanced Night Serum & Pore Minimizing Serum), 1 big bottle of 400ml toner and GWP consists of 2 cosmetic bags,a full-size lipstick, 4 colours eye-shadow, 7ml Hydra Bright moisturizer, 30 ml Smoothing Manicure/Pedicure Treatment lotion (i was wishing to try this product couple months ago) and 2.8ml mascara.
I can tell you, i walked out from the Bay with BIG SMILE!!! Holly asked me whether i regularly use those stuff, i said 'yes' and asked her to touch my face. She said "wow...very smooth like silk" :D
From the Bay, we went to the Asian supermarket, the T&T. By then, i was hungry and since my 2 friends reluctant to have lunch (they have brunch before we left actually), so i went to the Food Court alone :( O well, pregnant woman can't escape meal. As for me, must eat before i become really,really hungry to avoid over-eating later.
After lunch, i joined my friends do groceries shopping in T&T till 2.30pm. We arrived home around 3.20pm, just enought time for Holly to get ready for her evening working hours.
As for me (& the Chinese ladies), Prof. Lisa & Holly, we decided to go o Surrey for little shopping trip. We left home around 11.30 am and i was the driver of Lisa's Ford Explorer truck. Over here, they called a big car as a truck. I've driven her truck many times now & i really enjoy it.
See the photo of the Ford Explorer below:
This truck is way bigger than my Jeep Liberty :) but i still loves the Jeep Liberty as it is easier to handle for city driving.
While driving down to Surrey, not far from home yet - i saw our Jeep & the trailer were coming from the other direction. I quickly honked hubby & get my subscripted sunglasses. yeah..have to wear sunglasses to prevent wrinkles around the eyes LOL...
We arrived at the Guildford Shopping Centre in Surrey around 12.20 pm - went to Motherhood Maternity store to exchange clothing that i bought on Friday before. For a normal price of $35.00 maternity skirt, i exchanged it for another 1 maternity skirt, 1 legging pant & 1 camisole ;)
Then we moved on to the Bay where i got another very good deal on Estee Lauder products.Since i was almost ran out of toner, i decided to buy the biggest bottle. in USA, it will cost about US$29.50 but for some reasons, eventhought it cost about Cad$39.00 in Canada, i dont mind buying it here as i can use my 10% off HBC coupon and collects HBC points that will automatically transfer to Airmiles points later.
Beside the toner, i bought a Hydra Bright moisturizer (in special package - see photo)for Cad$57.00 (in USA US$47.50):
Another best deal that i got from buying those 2 products was i get a GWP (gift with purchase). Currently, the Bay does not offers any GWP for Estee Lauder. So how did i get the GWP? Ask the friendly promoter hehehe. She told me that if i buy those 2 products which value more than Cad$100.00, she can give me the last month ended promotion GWP. Yes!!! Sold!!!
With less than $100.00 (with coupon), i got the 4-pcs skin regimen (full size Hydra Bright mosturizer with small sizes of Cleanser, Advanced Night Serum & Pore Minimizing Serum), 1 big bottle of 400ml toner and GWP consists of 2 cosmetic bags,a full-size lipstick, 4 colours eye-shadow, 7ml Hydra Bright moisturizer, 30 ml Smoothing Manicure/Pedicure Treatment lotion (i was wishing to try this product couple months ago) and 2.8ml mascara.
I can tell you, i walked out from the Bay with BIG SMILE!!! Holly asked me whether i regularly use those stuff, i said 'yes' and asked her to touch my face. She said "wow...very smooth like silk" :D
From the Bay, we went to the Asian supermarket, the T&T. By then, i was hungry and since my 2 friends reluctant to have lunch (they have brunch before we left actually), so i went to the Food Court alone :( O well, pregnant woman can't escape meal. As for me, must eat before i become really,really hungry to avoid over-eating later.
After lunch, i joined my friends do groceries shopping in T&T till 2.30pm. We arrived home around 3.20pm, just enought time for Holly to get ready for her evening working hours.
Friday, October 3, 2008
latest news about my pregnancy
this is not soooo new, but few days old news. just dont have chance to upload earlier.
At my last midwife visit (18th Sept), i did a blood test to screen my risk having a DS baby. The result came a week after where the midwife called me about it.
Kim said that i do not need to do any further screen test as my result was really good. The risk having a DS baby very, very low with me i.e. only 1:13,000. Thanks be to God! :D
Today, we're going to see our baby via the 4D ultrasound in Langley. Yes!! I'm excited to see my baby - not in black & white 2D but real movie of 4D :)
I think my baby was asleep few minutes ago, but now after i done with my 20 min shiatsu massage, the baby is awake! :)
At my last midwife visit (18th Sept), i did a blood test to screen my risk having a DS baby. The result came a week after where the midwife called me about it.
Kim said that i do not need to do any further screen test as my result was really good. The risk having a DS baby very, very low with me i.e. only 1:13,000. Thanks be to God! :D
Today, we're going to see our baby via the 4D ultrasound in Langley. Yes!! I'm excited to see my baby - not in black & white 2D but real movie of 4D :)
I think my baby was asleep few minutes ago, but now after i done with my 20 min shiatsu massage, the baby is awake! :)
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