2 more days and CNY is ending soon. As i get older, i'm not as excited and looking forward to CNY. House visitings also became lesser after great grandma passed away. I guess it's always like this when the most elderly pass away, there will not be any more gatherings for that side cos it's like no point.

So this year, i've already guessed my CNY will be a a simple one thus i'm so clever to earn some extra $ at this festive period. Remember i mentioned about furkidsholidaystay, home dogs boarding that i'm doing since i got so much free time. I took in a Schnauzer, DaDa and a Japanese Spitz, Pillow during the CNY period. 2 dogs = $700 not bad right? You may think it's easy $. But trust me, it's really not as easy as what you imagine as you've not seen all the "behind the scenes 苦工"  that i'm doing. Seriously, i clean like siao on the first few days. Change newspaper & taking a mop here & der to wipe around the house like a Siao Char Bor. And i'm super particular about urine smell or stain so if 1 of the dogs urine at 1 corner, i will mop plenty of times and spray the disinfectant and perfume so that milky wun smell it and learn from it as milky is newspaper trained.

Presenting the playful yet obedient schnauzer, Dada:

Dada came & started to have dirrhoea on the first 2 days of his stay. It might be due to his timid character and the new environment without his owner thus he feels frightened. Dirrhoea is the worse thing you can ever imagine cos gotta clean the house here and der plus wipe his butt every now and then in case he sits around with his dirty butt....So poor thing right? Luckily for dada, he do not have much butt hair so e shit all this dun get stuck in his hair. Unlike everytime milky or last time qf dirrhoea, their shit all gets stuck at their hair & no matter how you use wet tissue to wipe, the shit just cant get off & sometimes it gets even worse. So definitely need to use hands to wash their butt with shampoo....Haha....e most disgusting part is sometimes when my fingernails are long, the shit goes into my nails....How gross !! Aaarrgghhhh.......But no choice, without me to clean for them, who can help them with the cleaning, they are just like babies.

As for pillow, it belongs to my friend, Lenie's dog & they are going for a 2 weeks honeymoon holiday to Europe. Pillow's not toilet trained nor sterilised so he will tend to urine mark. Luckily Lenie bring his big playpen over and also pillow will not bark or whine when being confined in the cage unlike milky boy, confine 5 mins only, he bark & whine like crazy. Pillow is only 2 yrs old and he's very active and loves to play.

I prepare homemade pasta for them during CNY eve for their lunch. As you can see, i'm using v.healthy ingredients such as egg, green peas, small sausages, golden mushroom & spiral spaghetti.

1st step: Boil the spiral sphagetti first for 5-10 mins
2nd step: throw all the ingredients in to boil till the sphagtti gets soft , i boil the egg in a seperate pot.
3rd step: scoop up everything dry & add 1 tablespoon of ketchup sauce for more taste if not it'll taste v bland & boring for the dogs.

This pic is before adding the ketchup sauce.

Dada healthy meal: Dry food w mixed peas

Shredded chicken & mixed peas w dry food....

The 3 babies:

Ending this post with a few photos of me & the furkids:

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Shall continue next post on house visiting on CNY...

Happy New Year 2012

Times flies, 1 year has past just like that and it's the dragon year this year. May the new year brings gd health, prosperity and wealth to everyone.  So i shall summarise my new year resolutions and what i've done this year.
My 2012 Resolutions:

•  To fulfill my dream ( this is gonna be a secret and i'll know if it can be fulfilled or not in 2 month's time so wish me luck, ppl. If my dream is fulfilled, i promise to share with everyone.  )
• To save 10 k into my bank account ( i need alot of $ in order to have a nice reno with my future hubby. Together we're working hard towards our goal)
• Not to spend unnecessary $ ( meaning to say if can dun travel den dun waste e $ just for leisure & fun )
• To slim down

What i've done in 2011:

• We finally got our house, Prive @ Punggol
• Set up Beaubello blogshop in Sept 2011 and experience a business of my own. But sad to say, i really regretted cos its not the right time to set up now when there are so many compeitiors all around. And it's really very hard to earn any profits after spending on advertising to increase traffic flow and create awareness to my bs, model $, studio $. 1 collection sometimes can never even cover back the cost for a start. Really waste $$, effort and time....
• Rent a rack for my blogshop at The Blogshop Paradise hoping to clear the stocks
• Set up home dog boarding since i've passion towards dogs and i'm loving it. I finds it interesting for me to understand different breed of dog's behaviour.
• Change to a new job scope, not doing any sales. Pay is much lesser but i'm still loving my job.

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.

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....=))

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*

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...