YabadabaDoooo!!!!

Our first Halloween Shanghai...


Costume was tailored at the fabric market, RMB200 (SGD 40) for both outfits. I think we were the only ones who actually went to tailor costumes, everyone else bought ready made.


Hosts.... Aileen the Harajuku gal, and Daren the villian from SCREAM.


Us and Cheng. Little Red Riding Hood... Act cute somemore. Her hair is a wig, she fooled us all.

Ming Yen the Angel...

Us Girls....The boys took off their costumes pretty early in the night (excpet lester cos he can't actually take off his costume and walk around barebodied)...




Freezing Flintstones....


Everyone had loads of fun and it was indeed a night of frighteningly crazy people! We were exchanging wigs and props, played taboo and took lots of mad pictures.

Here's more of it.


Angel


Marilyn Monroe


Jackie O
Look Ma, we have hair... Rrrrr... The mummy is jackson by the way. The idiot used toilet paper to wrap around himself.

Erm... Paul McCartney?





Drunk Hippie...hhmmm....i love beeerrrrr.....


Darkness looms for Ming Yen and Heather...

For more pictures, go to

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=28419&l=a3a45&id=611505872

Happy Halloween to All!!

In memory of Lemon Plant

2 weeks ago, Les and I finally got our act together to decorate our balcony. We finally went to Hong Qiao Market to buy our plants...Its a pretty cool place. Not only can we buy potted plants/fresh flowers, there was also a good selection of plates and kitchenware.

So at the end of our shopping, we got ourselves 1 christmas tree, 3 violets, 1 rosemary, 1 basil, 2 lavenders, 1 chinese flower plant, 2 chili padi (free) and 1 lemon plant.

Kring kring kring... come christmas, this tree will be thick and full, good enough to decorate. hee hee...

My row of herbs. I'm Jamie oliver!

Chili padi plant came like this, so i didn't kill it. it was already sickly.

R.I.P. Lemon Plant (who is no longer after 2 weeks)

Lemon plant oh Lemon Plant.... Rest in Peace. I'm sorry i didn't take care of u well enough. I shouldn't have listened to Lester when he told me not to water u too often. I'm sorry that u have to die of thirst rather than drown in water which might have tasted like fine wine to you.

In memory of Lemon Plant, i would like to pull the plug and donate his "Organs" to the 4 pots of Sangria Aileen will be making this weekend. His leaves will also be preserved for future use....

Lester's Statement about Lemon Plant on MSN, Aileen as the detective (This conversation really happened)

Aileen: I heard you killed the Lemon Tree! Refuse to give it water...
Lester: I wonder how, I wonder Why...
Aileen: But it was defenceless!
Lester: It was a fool's garden.

Wedding Planning- Why i love my friends

We finally made progress in wedding planning, after slacking for soooo long...
Esther calls me the slackest bride and i couldn't agree more!

It's not easy trying to get things going when i'm not physically in Singapore. Les and i have been doing a lot of brainstorming, think of things to do but then we really haven't done much except thinking.

Today, i gathered a wonderful task force who are willing to participate in making this holy matrimony happen, and it signals a great start.

Thing about getting people to help is that its always a big dilemma. Don't ask also u scared to leave them out, but then ask also scared kenna rejected. It's just such a relief to know that there are people out there whom I haven't totally been there for, but then they are still willing to help.

In our opinion, wedding planning should be fun, it shd be relaxed, everybody should enjoy being part of the process. And if anyone should feel stressed, don't be because Les and I are more than happy to have friends to just share the occasion with, there is no report card saying u did a good job or a bad job. We'll love u and we want u to keep loving us back, that is most important.

To Irena

Hello cuz...
i know i'd have u by the dog picture. Its so cute, only a little bigger than my palm, i hope it doesn't become someone else's meal.

I took all those pictures, did a bit of editing/cropping. The scenery is damn beautiful, the people are interesting also. I used a panasonic digi cam, but i'm looking to buy a good one do u have recommendations?

Anyway, good luck with ur tennis lessons. It's been 2 months since my last game cos summer was too unbearable to play. The weather in SH is about 20 degrees now, perfect for a sweatless game...

Ella

Our Journey to the West....

Les and I were holidaying in the Yunnan Province (Lijiang and Shangrila) this october golden week. Lijiang and Shangrila are the few remaining places in China where the minority groups still thrive, by minority i mean non-han, the remainders of the genghis khan clan... The air is fresh, scenery untainted, and the place is thick with culture. U can call it the utopia of china.

Here's a collection of our favourites...

Lijiang

Shangrila