Happy teachers' day! 

For rayous's teachers.

Stayed up the night to help him write thank u message and wrap the presents.

Ahh.

StayCaTioN @ FullerToN HoTeL

haha, honestly, i was expecting this yr's national day to be a sad one, cuz it's soooo damn close to the end of my maternity leaves. i remembered looking at the calendar before i went on leaves, and secretly saying to myself that by ND, i should be quite sad liao. haha.

but, ok la. ND not as sad as i tot. cuz hubb brought us to staycation!

as said, since cannot travel overseas, so money used on staycationing le lor.

fullerton hotel!

sorry, never bring didi along, cuz dont think the loud firework is suitable for him. so, ND was also the first night raythorous was away from me. ok, being 2nd time, it's definitely less emo than the 1st time when rayous was away from me. hahahah.

at the balcony of our room, can see the pool right outside our room. the pool is small and nothing impressive, but... it's a very 'special' pool for me. will explain later.

our room's at the back

the boy, as always, 手多脚多... always playing w stuff that he shouldnt be playing w....

our in-room dining.

as expected, the hotel food are freaking and unreasonably expensive. they are charging like what, $10 for a nissin cup noodle, and $12 for an in-room dining coke?? that kind of crap pricing ok! so, i dont know about u, but i will definitely not pay such unreasonable high price. what nasi lemak, laksa, chicken rice.... these things are soo affordable at hawker centres, so it will really be stupid if we were to eat these at the hotel.

and so, we ordered steak and ribs. at least, these things are about equally expensive if we were to eat outside..

the steak, $60+. yummy! but the rice.... very 'indian' style.. haha

and the ribs, $50+. the meat abit tough though..

i tot the butter was quite special. haha

the boy is sure enjoying!

and he gets to collect a scoop of ice-cream daily! the pass is still with us, wondering if we can still go and collect ice-cream, even though we r not staying there anymore. haha.

the stay also entitled us access to the roof-top where free-flow drinks are served..

the boy,  disturbed by the cannons firing..

yes, he was really disturbed by the loud cannons firing..

after that, we went to collect his ice-cream and went back to our room to rest awhile, before returning to the roof-top for the fireworks.

think the boy was too disturbed previously liao, that he kept asking us to leave the roof-top when we returned for the fireworks.. 

and i suspected he kind of psychoed himself to sleep while waiting for the fireworks.. haha.

the fireworks!

spectacular!

and the little boy really slept throughout the fireworks! if u can just feel how tight he was holding on to me. dont know is real sleep or forced sleep.

after firework, we went chill at the bar. the boy is all happy again!

buffet breakfast the next morning. yumm yummm.

spot me in the pic!

and though it was quite rush, we still went for a quick swim in the pool, b4 having to check out at 12noon. 

this pool is just a small rectangular pool, but it's really special, becuz at 1 corner of my office, can look out to see this pool. whenever i go to that corner to collect print-outs or scan/fax stuff, i will look at this pool and really envy those pple swimming at that hour while im stuck in the cold office.. 

so, very happy that i also got a chance to swim in there. next time look out to this pool, wont be so sore liao. will remember swimming there w hubb and boy. kekeke. 

and the pool is really dirty inside la. got alot of dark particles... so bad so that i dont even wanna open my mouth underneath the water.. eiyer.. 

yup, so that's our 1 night staycation on national day. 

happy =) 

ByE ByE MaTeRniTy LeAves..

sian, why is the sun sooo big and bright outside now??! no plan to swim today, cuz tmr back to work liao. but the big sun makes me sooo gian again. almost wanted to go, but the weather just now seemed like not much sun. but now, the sun soo big again la! grrr. should have just went! but dont go also good la. last day to nua at home liao, better get some rest. sobz. 

ok, so it's for real. back to work tmr. though i got an urge to tell them that im extending my leaves! ahahahaha, no la, kidding. 

anyway, w reference to my post on 8 aug, there were a couple of things which i wanna do b4 work starts, and boy, am i glad and grateful that i managed to do most of them! 

great family time just b4 work starts. buffet lunch last thurs at orchard central kiseki =)

and then shopping at ion. darn shiok la. no need to work. go makan and shopping! long long time no go orchard liao..

then sunday went kwan imm temple to pray, after that dinner at vivo soup restaurant followed by swensens. woohoo.

and swimming! yesterday went for my 'last' swim. but yesterday no sun la, unlike today. will really missssss swimming on weekdays 3pm. dont know when can do such thing again liao. haiiiiz. 

and yesterday also ate steamboat buffet - hai di lao at IMM! finally get to try out this very much raved about steamboat restaurant. most of the comments i heard are that the food are very good, the soup are very good, but it's also very expensive. finally get to try. haha, pardon the sua ku me. 

honestly very impressed w the service. even b4 u pay anything, they already served drinks, ice-cream, snacks (popcorns and crackers), and fruits. free-flow somemore!

and not to mention the manicure service, children corner etc. wow.

but the wait is really quite long leh. it's tuesday night and we waited for about an hr, i think? wait until i also no mood to eat liao. the crew said 1hr very fast liao wor, sometimes the wait can go as long as 4hrs worrrrr.... 

after snacking on their complimentary food, we went to buy stuff. just when we can go in to the restaurant, it was my turn for the mani service! diao. 

so did the mani 1st lor. haha

i think i was cut a little by the manicurist when she was picking the dead skin. shucks. i hope they did sterilise all the equipment after each customer....

and tada, our steamboat.

actually, i thought the food is so so only leh. the tomato soup base is nice. and the mala soup base really super mala. the 麻 will come a while later, and it was really super 麻 ok! can really feel the lips 麻-ing away! quite scary actually, haha.

the service is good la, but all the china staff lorr. then alot of gimmicks la, give plastic cover for handphone, give apron, give hair band etc. and of cuz the complimentary food and services b4 the entrance. i wonder how they cope w those pple who just eat the complimentary food, use the complimentary service, but in the end ciao and dont eat. haha. sure will have de right..

and they provide so many snacks, 还没进去就snack饱一半. like that pple will order less of the payable food right? 

but i bet they have already factored in all these costs into the price of the pple who really eat and pay. that probably explains why the prices quite steep..

as told and expected, the bill came up to about $50/pax. topped up abit more can go hotel buffet liao. 

lucky i did the manicure, no lugi. hee. if i had known earlier, shouldnt have cut my nails the day before. kekekek. 

yep, so hair cut, treatment and colored. decided not to perm, better to let the hair rest first. 

new clothes, bought 3 tops and a new jacket. no new bottoms cuz really many liao.

new heels, bought 1 pair only. 

facial not done, but nvm, that one can go after going back to work. 

just need to pack the stuff (y do i sound like im going travelling??), and tmr.... it's back to work! 

jiayou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

be positive, chillax, heck care ok! 百毒不侵，百忍成金!!!!!!

我可以的!! 我做得到!!