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Spent my weekend at hometown, without my daughter and hubby.

12months plus Baby

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She is 1yr plus now. Time to get her a car to 'drive' around in the house.

I was searching in Muar and Melaka, but not able to find a nice one. At the end, I found this from a bicycle shop in Tampin. And this is a gift from Ah Mah to Xiao Yue.

Xiao Yue, you must thank Ah Mah when you know how to speak, ok?! :) Good girl.

She is so happy with her new car.

I never try passion fruit until Mum gave to me a few that she planted in front of her house. Passion fruit, has juicy interior with numerous seeds.

Have you ever try it? If you want to know the taste, look at the expression of my daughter, and you will know what is the taste of passion fruit!

Haha~~

Since then, me and my daughter love this fruit!!

:D

Happy Birthday, my sweetheart

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To my beloved - Xiao Yue:
"Happy birthday and a birthday kiss for you, my little sweetheart.Today you turned into 1, and mummy hopes you can grow up happily and healthy in this family."

Today is her birthday, and yesterday we have celebrated for her at home by having a small party, with some friends and relatives showed up to make the party more merrier.

After breakfast, we were busy tidying up our house, lining up chairs for guests, pumping colorful balloons for decoration..Xiao Yue was taking her morning nap at this hour.

About 11.45am, caterer Mei Hao 99 arrived setting up the tables with skirting for the buffet with 10 courses including drinks. They took about 15mins to get all done. Pretty fast. And they were earlier than I requested.

We were not sure how many people will turn up and whether the portion of 30 from the caterer is enough. Hence, we ordered also sushi and maki platters. Sushi platter 52pcs at 39.90 and maki platter 26pcs at 19.90. Collected at 12noon.

At about 1pm, the cake ordered from Yiling cakes arrived too. The cake is really big, with only 2kgs. Looks like a 2.5kgs cake. The cake was done just like what I saw from their website. Very nice cake. I will be buying from them again for any occasions, since their cakes are affordable and variety choices for any kind of occasions.

Thanks to Chai! He was the first to arrive. :D
Friends and relatives arrived after one and another. This is Xiao Yue's cousin, Bryan, 2yrs+1month old.

Xiao Yue seems to be a little frightened seeing so many people in the house, and everyone was trying to play with her. But she was just acting cool, and sticked to me and daddy.

Time for singing birthday song for her. She was happy checking out the big birthday cake.

And here are the birthday presents for Xiao Yue from our guests. Thanks to all..

Comments for the catering foods and cakes:

Mei Hao 99:
- pretty well decorations, with a pot of fake flowers on the plant watering can from IKEA.
- food served hot, with warmers and candles.
- the portion ordered is considered OK. Some of our guests take-away for their favorites. Luckily, else I will have to consume for the whole week. :D
- the seafood fried rice not so nice, because the rice are still hard.
- sambal prawns were not so fresh, but the sambal gravy is pretty tasty.
- vietnamese spring-roll and you-tiao with sotong paste are so-so.
- Thai style sliced fish which is fried sliced fish with Thai sauce. The fried fish by itself is pretty plain. You need to add a little bit of the sauce on the sliced fish, the sauce is good.
- pork ribs with orange sauce, braised curry chicken is very nice. A lot of potatoes and curry gravy. Most of my guests like it. The next time when I will order again, braised curry chicken will be in the list.:)
- brocolli with chinese mushrooms is the only vege. All the brocolli covered with mushrooms, and this dish consider OK. Drink and dessert are also enough for all. Eventhough hot weather, there are still remainings.

Yiling Cake:
- there are few choices for flavor of the layered cake:- strawberry, chocolate, vanilla, and some that I can't remember. I chose vanilla, which I think most people will accept.
- 2kgs is enough to serve 30pax with some buffers. I think enough for 40pax.
- Between the cake layers, there are 2 layers of creams. You won't feel too much creamy, and the vanilla cake tastes good.
- Last but not least, affrodable cake with nice design for special occasion.

Preparing for birthday party

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Has been busy on surveying for caterer and getting a cake for my daughter's 1st birthday on this coming Sunday.

First time organising a birthday party for ~30pax. Hopefully everything will fine.

Found out a lot of caterers on this island, with their variety menu. Corporate set, japanese bento set, easy party set, tea reception set, banquet set, ROM set, wedding set, a lots more... Making me don't know which to choose. At last, shortlisted a few:- Eatz catering, KCK catering, Yeh Lai Siang catering and Four seasons catering. Some menus are fixed, some beverages not included, some over budget, some with 10courses+drinks. At first decided to take KCK, but better to check on some reviews.

Good and Bad reviews I found. Making me even harder to decide.

Then, from forum, found another one which have more Good than Bad reviews - Mei Hao 99 catering.

At last, booking made with them. Choose their Buffet B. Hopefully their food are nice and setting are neat as well.

About the cake, I found Yiling Cakes looks quite nice for 1st birthday cake. They do have a lot of different categories of cake for any event that suits the theme. Variety of designs for you to choose from. And most important is the price is not too costly.

At last, choose a cake with a cute little girl design.

Here is the picture from their site. I hope the actual one will be not big differ from this. Will post up the picture of the actual cake next week.

Everything has been almost settled. Need to think of a little decoration at home. I hope she will be happy on that day.

Love you, Xiao Yue.

She is going to turn 1.

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My daughter is growing well. Day by day.. She is going to turn ONE another 2weeks.

Last Sunday at Mum's house, saw her trying very hard to stand and balance herself. And at the end, managed to walk a little steps. I was so touched at that moment. Tears almost drop.
I am really happy to see her knowing more and more everyday. Learning little by little. Hope she grow well and happy everyday.

Mummy And Daddy Love You!

Lunch @ Jalapeno's Pepper

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After few days in Muar, finally back to my home sweet home.

Need to go library.. Little sweetheart want to go out for a walk.. Lazy to cook for lunch today..
Haha.. The last one is the main reason to have lunch outside.

Little sweetheart with her new hairpin. Jus bought it. Suit her so much. :)

Few choices there, Mos Burger, Dian Xiao Er, Subway, KFC, CharChanTeng, etc... At last we chose Jalapeno's Pepper, which served Mexican food. And also because there is space for stroller. Never try before. And is it a franchise shop ?

This is a fast food restaurant. After you ticked what you want, then just proceed to the counter. Payment by cash only.
We ordered a salad and 2 main dishes, with mineral water.

Caribbean chicken salad served with mustard sauce:
Not too bad, and the price is reasonable. Without chicken, you pay sgd2.50. With chicken, only extra 30cents. Why not with chicken. :) On top, there are some corn.

Grilled chicken pasta with spicy tomato sauce, served on hot plate:
First time I ate spaghetti on hot plate. Not too bad cause it can keep the spaghetti warm for a longer period. The grilled chicken doesn't really looks like grilled. More like Cook in water only. :p But, the sauce is nice. This dish costs sgd7.20.

Fajita with Beef, served with fries and coleslaw:
From the outlook, the fajita looks not too big portion, but, inside hidden a lot of sliced beef. :) Covered with a lot of vege, nice. This mexican fajita costs sgd6.90.

All the dishes look not too much, but it's pretty filling. Nice...