Sunday, December 11, 2011

My 1st time Photoshoot with 2jphotography today, it's a homebased studio located at yishun. It's a young couple about my age, friendly and fun to work with. I would say the price i pay for is reasonable as it comes with a photographer, Guo Qiang which is the husband & the wife, Jocelin who will be doing the editing, cropping all this on the spot. I also sign up a package of 10 hrs after the session today as i find the location is very convenient for me & cherie. Most importantly, we are comfortable with them. Oh ya, they also have a cute dog, Lucy who is very friendly & clever too.


 
I got my friend's sis to shoot for this collection & she will be my permanent model too. She did blogshop shoot b4 once but it's quite some time back. Prepare balloons, hats for this photoshoot & this time round, i got abt 30 sets of apparels for 2 collections. Hope i didn't tire her out. 1 sneak preview to curious readers out der how my new model, Cherie looks like. Ain't she sweet & lovely? Hee...



Behind the scene, i took this pic using my iphone:


Stay tune for Beaubello X'mas launch on 18 Dec 2011, Sunday.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Dog boarding

For friends who knows me should know that i'm a dog lover. Since i've qing fang, i really love dogs, it has become my passion, my hobby. I understand a dog's feeling, their actions, it's a bonding towards you and the dog. If u own a dog or u really love them, you will know what i'm toking about. I really treat them as part of my life, my family, my everything. I can call back home to ask my mum to let my dog listen on the phone & i tok to my dog before both qing fang & Milky. My colleagues overheard b4 & said that i'm really crazy. But i dun really care cos i know my darling knows that mummy is on the line & they understand what i'm talking.

Dogs like human, they have different characters, different behaviour.
Though Qing Fang is a girl, she's very daring. She is not afraid of anything except thunder & my scolding. Even when she see golden retriever, so much bigger than her, she wanted to pounce up & fight with the dog. Deep inside her, she loves to make friends, everytime when i bought her down to walk & i say "Look, ur friend is in front." She will wag her tail & run very excitedly towards the dog. But yet she's afraid that the other dog might bully her cos she got bully by other dogs b4, so she will always act fierce to other dogs.

But Her loving & caring character never fails to warm my heart, when she see me cry, she will come to me & lick my hand to console me. When she's at her weakest period, coughing non stop at night, she will scratch the door to ask me to let her out of the room cos she do not want to cough in the room w me around. That's how sweet my darling girl is ! While typing this & recall back, i cant help to hold back my tears.

Darling Qing Fang
My 2 babies

My current dog, Milky boy though is a boy but he's so much more timid than Qf. He's really timid & sticky towards people. He will be afraid when he's left alone at home, he'll bark when no 1 is ard. Compare to Qf, he's not as clever & brilliant but his innocent character never fails to cheer us up. He's quite different from other dogs when he went downstair & happen to walk past other dogs, he's not excited at all, he'll just walk past the dog & pretend he did not see them...He's also a gentleman, he will always let romeo & juliet to drink first even though he's also thirsty but he will queue bhind them. He's very protective towards my mum & me too, everytime when my brother lift his hand & pretend to beat us, he will bark non stop & pounce towards him.
Milky Boy. Love his longan eyes.

For the month of Dec, i'm clearing my leave & most of my days are lazing at home so i came up with the idea of dog boarding since it's the month of Dec where many ppl will be going overseas. I understand that every dog owners will always feel very heartpain & worry to leave ur furkids while you are happily enjoying during your holidays. I'm lucky that everytime i'm overseas, my mum will take care of him.

I'm so lucky to have a 1st customer sparky, the Shih Tzu for half a day. The owner is planning to go for a 7 days trip so he bring Sparky here to see if he get along well w Milky & if he's able to adapt. Needless to say, He's upset & lost when his owner left him & not very sociable w Milky. I dun think he have the mood to play also. The whole family came & i can see that the mum who always take care of Sparky really cant bear to leave him. He hid below the Tv console after his ower left & he does not like any1 of us that he's unfamiliar w to touch him. He'll growl, meaning dun come & mess with me..As what i said, dogs like humans also will be unhappy & bad mood. Haha so we just leave him alone. But after few hours, i decided to bring him down for a walk to pee & shit as the owner said he only do his business outside the house.

His fav ball but he do not 1 2 play w us cos we r not his owners.
Sparky feeling emo
I ask milky to tk a pic w sparky..haha


Amazingly, he ran towards me & started whining happily when i took out his leash & he's such a clever boy, his hands will automatically lift up 1 after another for me to put up the leash for him. And when i'm inside the lift with him, i can touch him without him growling. Haha..dog are also very xian shi 1....Some photo of him at the roof garden
At e roof garden but he's still not very happy. gloomy face

This reminds me of milky & Qf but this is Sparky. Look below photo.
I'll consider boarding the dogs only when i'm not working / on leave so try to let me know earlier in advance if possible. Do contact me for the rates at tanmichelle@hotmail.com if you are interested.

Jamie's Advance Bday Lunch became dinner





Was supposed to meet Jamie at 1230 as i'll b meeting Milly at 2 pm to sign the lease agreement for "The Blogshop paradise" at bugis st. Yes, if u've heard before, Milly is the one who opened Milly's Hair & Nails, she won a young entrepreneur award b4. I'm so full of envy with her. I've tot for quite sometime & finally decided to take the risk to rent half of the shelf. Partly i wanted to take this opportunity to let more ppl know of my branding and the best thing is the contract is not that long so i can choose to renew or not after that. Reali hope the upcoming Festive season, Xmas, New Year, Chi New Yr & V'day will boost up the sales for me..



Next, we took a train down to Raffles Place to pass the lady the Watson receipt as proof & sign the free 1 yr cleo magazine while i left my car at bugis. I got woken up by a call this morning who called me 3 times. At first, i still do not want to pick up the call cos everyday i received calls fr diff banks to promote their products so i'm v.scare to pick up unfamiliar nos. When i picked up the call, the lady told me "Congrats, you've won a 1 yr cleo magazine." I tot i heard wrongly or is ppl trying to play prank so i asked her to repeat herself. Den i rem it's the Lactacyd set that i bought from watson sales. And the best part is not only i won, i can choose a friend to enjoy the 1 yr cleo magazine too. I know my sis surely will want it but another part, i feel that Jamie also deserved it cos she acc me to sign the form & also if not for her, i might not even buy this. So i decided to give her & my sis 6 mths issue each. Gd for both of them....Hee....This is the $28.90 set that i bought, 3 bottles of Lactacyd wash, 2 wipes, a free gym sling & shoulder bag & a free dispenser pump.



2 happy things in a day for me...I'm lucky that i've got jamie to acc me to help me check out w Milly all the things i need to know for the retail store as she's experienced cos she also own a corner for her blogshop, TheStagewalk at KissJane Bugis. She's always there to give me advice & guide me along. So thankful that i've got her.

We finali setttled down for our early dinner at Ma Maision & poor jamie was so hungry that she commented that "she can eat a cow." Haha...Our lunch became dinner....We got no time to shop at Bugis st & bugis but there will be lotsa chances in future as both of us can arrange to come together to stock up our stocks. Sounds pretty fun!

Will be taking stocks tml for my upcoming launch on 18 Dec, Sunday & also to stock up at the blogshop paradise. This Sunday will be having photoshoot at a homebased studio house w my new pretty model. So looking forward to everything, my online blogshop, my small retail corner, my home boarding business....I pray for everything to go well & smooth...Wish me luck every1....I'll inform every1 abt the shop location once everything is ready....=))

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Dear's 29th Bday

It was Dear's bday, his 3rd bday spend with me, i vividly remember his 1st bday in Yr 2009 was quite an unlucky one as initially i've booked a Phuket Getaway Trip but he was hospitalised & was only discharged on that day of  his bday so bday cake cutting was spend at his home. But luckily, everything's over & good health will be with him always.


*Pardon for the ugly, fat & no make up me !*
His 2nd bday in Yr 2010 with me was Spend at Bangkok, cake cutting @ Amari Watergate hotel.
Basically every yr of his bday he wants to be out of S'pore, to go to bangkok to pray.



So this year, because i still cant get leave as i have not pass my company 3 mth's probation & it's not so nice to start work for 1 mth den take leave so he's willing to wait for me to delay our once a year bkk trip till Sept. *Thanx Dear (though still may nag @ times)  =) *

Bday this year was a simple one, we strolled along Orchard after his Sat half day work. We went to Taka food court to have our lunch den shopped ard fr Taka to wisma to Ion to Wheelock & back fr Wheelock to Wisma to Taka. We have ou Hi-Tea @ NYDC & bf suggested Mudpie ytd as it's been a long time since we last ate. We played monopoly together with his Ipad which is quite fun. He still remembered when he's still wooing me, he bought a Coffee Club's Mudpie up to my hse once b4 but until now never anymore....Hahaha....

                             
We share a cookie Monster Mudpie!! 1 Mudpie cost $10.95 which i think is quite pricey anw is only made of ice cream. Everytime i eat Mudpie, i'll always think "Y is this called a Mudpie?" Any1 knows??

Bf wanted to get a Bag as he wanted to put his business File, Ipad, Hp during work. We went ard to c, Agnes B 1k+, Porter $900+, he do not want to waste $ buying such a pricey bag as he said is only for work. So in the end, we finali settled on a DKNY leather black bag which after 50% Sale deduction cost $300. And i bought it as a Bday gift for him though we have said b4, bday dun need to buy present for 1 another. It's the matter that both are happily spending the special occasion together that counts. Have forgotten to take a photo of the bag...

We proceeded to Dempsey for the dinner reservation @ 7pm. It's better to call to book a reservation in Advance as it's quite crowded by the time we arrived & most tables were reserved. I abit regretted that i did not chose the outdoor seatings as i feel that the greenery scenery was fantastic but it's ok, der's always a next time. 70% of the outdoor dining were occupied by Caucasians. I saw a few of them eating salad, enjoying their tea while chatting. Duno y, i always envy Caucasians, i always feel that they really know how to enjoy their life & their life seems relaxed.

PS cafe
Address: 28B Harding Road

Tel: 6479 3343

Operating hours: 11:30 Am - 5 pm
6:30 Pm-12 Am (Mon-Thu & Sun)

930 Am-5 pm
630 Pm-2 Am (Fri & Sat)

Website: http://www.pscafe.sg




Ok back to the dinner topic, Bf as usual ordered Ribeye Steak while i go for sth different,  the dish is called "Moussaka ( $25 ) ", i asked the waitress what dish is this? And she explained to me that it's sth like "Lasagna but more for people who like Eggplant added with fresh herbs, cheese & tomato sauce & bacon, i'm an eggplant lover so needless to say, i decided to go for that & i simply love it. Seriously speaking when i eat it, i cant taste that i'm eating eggplant cos i kept telling bf it's delicious & he does not like eggplant so after he tried, he also told me that it tasted like pizza rather den eggplant & he also agreed it's delicious.





Bf's steak cost $48 but i feel that it's worth it cos the portion is quite huge if u c the photo of the ribeye steak clearly, the steak is actually folded into half so when u opened it up, it's quite long. We finished our dinner at 8pm & his buddies are still nowhere to be seen & worse is my hp batt left 5%. His buddies are quite sweet to arrange a bday surprise for him & agreed to meet up after our dinner. After every1 gathered @ Dempsey, they decided to go to Club Avatar. But when we reached Marina Sq, after the guys have their dinner settled @ Long John Silver, they switched to chill out @ Tawandang, a thai restaurant cum chill out place. I still do not know of this place but the deco of the restaurant are quite posh, i believed they must have spend a bomb on the deco & i love the live band. They also have another outlet @ Dempsey, if we know, we should have gone there. After bf came back from his smoking session, a surprise from the staffs & singers from the stage sang bday song. A waiter will hold a very big sign "Happy Birthday" with lights running ard the sign & hold up at the bday boy & basically every1 at the restaurant will be turning to look at our table which is quite ps if you are the very shy type but is fun la....

Tawandang
Address: 1 Raffles Boulevard , International Convention & Exhibition Centre , Suntec City
Operating hours: 12:00 noon-12 am (Sun-Wed)
12:00 am - 1 am (Thu-Sat)
Tel: 6243 2291
or
Blk 26 Dempsey Rd, #01-01 s249686
Operating hours: 1130 am-1 am Daily
Tel: 6476 6742
                                                  
                                                        Website: www.tawandang.com




This year no bday cake so the mango sticy rice replaced the bday cake.


The staff got their DSLR camera & helped us take a group shot & washed this out for the bday boy. Gd service i would said. I hope my Boy enjoyed his bday this year & may gd health, good luck & happiness be with him always !! *Loves*

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Sick Again ...

This Few days, i tot i've a terrible sorethroat as i've difficulty swallowing food, i felt chest pain & throat pain when the food goes down which makes me feel damn uncomfortable. Not the usual sign of sore throat, 10x the pain & so i tot is i must be eating too much chocolates & cookies past few days that result in that. So i bought liang cha & the sore throat powder from those herbal store & drank. The powder i finish 3 packs in 3 days but it totally nv recover not a single bit but instead like more n more pain. So i decided to c a doc today again, my 2nd time seeing a doc in this mth, oh & i need not paid a single cent cos i've got medical card fr my co. Haha...Pardon me for being sua ku & excited cos this is the 1st job that gives me this benefits...Previously, all the sales job in bank, they din give us this benefit cos is under contract staff...Damn Lousy...

1 person see doc, 3 ppl waiting for me...Haha....Sufang, Jacus & Milky sat in the car & waited for me while i see the doc as we r heading to pauline's hse after that to get the things that she bought for us fr her Bkk trip. Doc said i do not have any sore throat, is the burning sensation from my chest, Heartburn. This is my 3rd time kana heartburn, i rem past few years i oso have a serious heartburn and i see many diff doctor cos i totally cant really eat anything well due to the pain which is caused by the acidic stomach fluids of my gastric. I'm wondering why after the food poisoning case that i suffered on May and resulted to a terrible gastric flu, makes my gastric becomes weak and now keep acting up which i do not have any gastric problems all this years.

Heartburn, also known as pyrosis[1] or acid indigestion[2] is a burning sensation[3] in the chest, just behind the breastbone or in the epigastrium.[4] The pain often rises in the chest and may radiate to the neck, throat, or angle of the jaw.
Heartburn is usually associated with regurgitation of gastric acid (gastric reflux) which is the major symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).[5] It however may also be a symptom of ischemic heart disease so concluding that it is gastroesophageal reflux disease prematurely may lead to misdiagnosis.



I hate the Milky btl.....Eeeeeee yucks....Reali hope i can quickly recover & stop the medication. But i doubt so cos i rem heartburn will take quite some time to recover. I need to recover by Dear's bday which is july.
Some photos taken, none of my pic as my eye has yet to recover too....FML right? i'm so unlucky .... :



                                                         My 2 Bestie's Precious....


Pauline & Jacus !!

The very Active Jacus who cant stop fidgeting for a moment...But still that adorable

Pauline bought back a Pink New Bed for Twinkle...Looks comfy...Ok that's all for today...Gotta head off to bed...

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Happy 2 yrs 6 mths & still counting....

Today's my off day & i still gotta pull myself out of bed to Hq to tk photo for our new access pass. So since i'm already out, i proceeded to Hersing Hub for my part time job. Initially, dear told me he might not be able to fetch me as he got a meeting at 5 pm @ Alexandra. But in the end, he still managed to come over to pick me after my work for our dinner. =)
Last week, Dear being a spaghetti lover spotted the 4 course Fine Dining Italian Cusine at Voucherlicious & asked me to take a look. I thought that the price was reasonable for the food & proceeded to book. $38 for 4 course dinner. It's located @ 35 Keong Saik Road S(089142), The Pasta Inc.


 The manager opened the door when i enter & direct me to a private room w glass door. Not an individual private room but with only 3 tables including mine which i feel that the ambience was really good. Dim lights w candle...


Dear focusing on his menu...

I chose my favourite Prawn as the starter while Dear chose the wild mushroom soup :


This pic was taken fr the website as mine was finished up by me den i rem....Actual only got 2 prawns but slightly bigger den tis...& it was very fresh!!

We did not wait long for our foods to be serve...

His Main course, Chicken aglio olio



My Squik ink pasta, first time trying it & i love it


Servings for the spagetti was slightly smaller compare to 1 plate of normal spagetti...

3rd Course was the Pan Fried Beef Tenderloin which was Superb...This was the best beef i've eaten...Just the right tenderness that i want & the sauce which makes the dish so perfect..


Lastly was the Tiramisu dessert,


Overall, i will rate the Service, Ambience, Food all 9.5/10. I feel that it's really worth it & i'm glad that both of us enjoyed our dinner. It's been quite a long time since we have a romantic fine dining. Al thanx to The Pasta Inc. For those who r interested, the voucher is still on so hurry Register & head down for the Romantic Dinner w ur loved one.


Happy 2 yrs 6 mths to the both of us!! I Love U, dear...Looking forward to the spaghetti that you said that you will be cooking for me in future in our Love Nest...*Muacks*


Sunday, June 19, 2011

Happy Father's Day


Times Flies In the Rush, I forget to stop and tell the people i love how much they mean to me ,
But today I'd just say Thank You for all the time you've been there and for the very Special Man You are,
Happy Father's Day, Daddy !! You're our best dad in the world!!

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Punggol has developed and More to come....

Finali have time to blog about the new happening places at Punggol....Now Punggol is no longer Ulu...It's so happening & i'm glad i'm a Punggol resident now & future !! Since Chi New Year, Punggol Promenede has developed....

                                                            Our Virgin Trip To Popeye !!

And gd news to doglovers who are always like me sourcing places for our furkids, now Popeye & Frienzie Bar & Bistro are 2 more pet friendly places that we can bring our furkids along as we dine der...Below u can c my Milky boy w me dining at popeye but of cuz at Outdoor area.

Popeyes
Address: 10 Tebing Lane, #01-05, Singapore 828836
Daytime Of popeye !!


Nightime of Popeye!!



My Milky Boy!!

Next will be the Xian Seafood Restaurant that i've went twice b4, once w dear & the other time was dear's grandma bday.....Their Black pepper crab was not bad...

Xian Seafood Restaurant & Bar
Address: 10 Tebing Lane, #01-01, S828836

For those who prefer to dine outdoor w ur family/friends facing the river and the promenede walk...

Opposite Xian's Seafood will be the other pet friendly place i mentioned just now..I've not went der yet so far but have book a reservation & will be gg tml for dinner w Dear & Milky Boy!!

Frienzie Bistro & Bar
Address: 10 Tebing Lane, #01-02, Singapore 828836
Tel: 64410966
Opening hours: 5pm-10.30pm (for dining)
5pm-11pm (for the bar)


And besides Frenzie will be the newly opened Japanese Restaurant :

Shin Nichi (新日)
Address: 10 Tebing Lane, #01-08, Singapore 828836
This 4 restaurant i mentioned earlier, Popeye, Xian, Frienzie & Shin Nichi shares a carpark & behind will be more to entertainment & also more food. They share another carpark but dun worry, it's very near so no difference where u park if u r driving.
Crab lovers, have u all heard of Melben Crabs @ Blk 232 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 #01-1222? And opposite Melben there's Uncle Leong  Blk 233, #01-1194. Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 (St 22) which is part of Melben too....For those who never heard of, their crabs are very yummy,  their must try will definitely be their crab bee hoon cos the soup is heavenly. Every slurp of soup is a literally a burst of flavours in your mouth.
Must be wondering why i suddenly jump topic talking about crabs?? Haha......Cos i'm happy that Uncle Leong has moved here :
Shall go there soon....I love crabs....Bestie Sf has went twice already & she commented that food is comparable to Melben only Service wise needs to be imroved. They dun take in reservations during PH or special occasion like father's or Mother's day so must be der early to queue....



 Spot their Opening Flowerstand @ the Entrance !!

Opposite Uncle Leong is the happening places for youngsters/guys, i use to hang around Billard places when i was young with my Ex bf at Hg green or Kovan der...Thinking back, it's rather boring... haha....:


And Beside Uncle Leong will be the Prawing @ Hai Bin,

Operating Hours: 7pm - 3am Daily (inclusive of Eves, Public Holidays and Weekends).

For per rod, the charges are as follows:
1 Hour - $15
2 Hours - $25
3 Hours - $30


Unused time can be utilised with purchase of at least 1 Hour on next visit.

I was surprised to c so many people at 1030 pm on a Sat...





Dun worry, if u do not wish to pay for the fishing, u can also stand der see see look look..


Some1 caught a fish...I've never tried Fishing b4 cos i feel it's cruel to hook a Fish's tongue. Imagine the poor Fish kana cheated, happily taught got food to eat & in the end, the tongue was hooked up. I can feel the pain for the Fish...*Ouch Ouch*


The poor fish flip flap many times & i saw blood all over the fish's mouth...I feel heartache all of a sudden....Though i got eat fish but i still feel tt it's cruel...Pardon me...

Another place yet to open will be the Street Soccer court, dear is excited about the opening so he can have his soccer there with his friends in future.

The 4.9 km Promenede Walk which costs 13 million ( wow  0_0  ):
U will c alot of people cycling, jogging along the walk....



I always enjoy long walks after my dinner...And it's reali a long walk as it connects to Punggol point / Punggol East.

For children or people to work out..But i hate the sands, it makes the side of the floor very sandy...

Auntie very clever to sell ice cream here....Gd business & it's nice to stroll along with ur ice cream...


V.nice lights on the grass at the side ...

My Milky Boy again at the bench @ Punggol Promenede walk relaxing.....

Now talking abt how to come to this places, it's located at


It's quite ulu in, u cant c anything from the outside...So when u reach the Lrt track & u-turn, u will c Sing See Soon Floral shop on ur Left & notice the "Tebing Lane" Rdsign, turn left in & u will c a Temple on ur right hand side, u r on the right track. After the temple, go al e way & turn left in, u will reach the destination.

For those taking Public Trspt, u can alight @ Riveria Lrt stop or stop at the Bus stop with Bus 83, 85 from Punggol/ Sengkang Bus Interchange. Do rem to check out the places if u've not been der....U'll definitely love it!! =)