9th September 2006
Our official door opening ceremony! Dear managed to source out this date from a normal calendar...and seems like this is the only day in months to come. Since it was a rather last minute decision, we only set off to buy the necessary items on the morning itself.
After getting most of the necessary stuff, which includes fruits, rice, cooking oil, red color paper and also a sticker with the word "man" for our rice bucket, we set off from my MIL place to our new house. Now we're the official owners of this house!! Yay~
Lotsa $$$ in our house...more come more come...hee.
14th September 2006
Food Tasting Day ~ we invited a total of 10 people for this food tasting..they include our family, Shirley, Huixin, Melissa and James. Overall was good...the portion was filling as promised but just some points to improve on. The table setting is very grand as well...just hopes everything turns out fine on the day itself.
This is where our wedding will be held. Nice isn't it? We spent a bomb..hope the guests will get the hint and give a bigger Ang Pow ;)
We're the only table for food tasting that day...so it looks like we booked the entire hall for dinner. Keke.
The menu
First Dish - Cold Dish Lobster Salad Combination
Yummy..I love this...
2nd Dish - Sharks Fin with Crab Roe...a bit salty but have requested to improve.
3rd Dish - Steam Garoupa...yummy and fresh.
4th Dish - Broccoli with Sea Cucumbers...this dish had the most comment...from presentation to taste...personally I find it too bland..has requested for more sauce to it.
5th Dish - Roast Chicken..only seeing the pics then I realise the chicken is arranged in a Heart Shape. So thoughtful of them...chicken is juicy but a tad too salty..have asked to improve as well.
6th Dish - Stir Fried Prawns with XO Sauce...not suitable for me cos its spicy but most guests find it ok.
7th Dish - Ee-Fu Noodles with Abalone Sauce...this is yummy. Thinking about it makes me hungry.
8th Dish - Mango Pudding in the shape of a fish...symbolises Good Luck. Thumbs up from everyone on this dish..just wished there is more...din have enough.
Pardon me for the yellowish pics....the lightning in the hall is orange and I forgot to use flash...anyway the last pic here is the uniform that the waiters and waitresses will be wearing on that day...classy right? At least its not the conventional white shirt and black pants.
He is the one we tipped as well...patient and excellent service!
On a sidenote, after numerous attempts to trap twinkle in our kitchen with the playpen fence, we decided to surrender...its useless cos she has means to escape no matter how, and it is causing serious damages to my new walls and floors...:( so Monday evening, I decided to make a trip down to IKEA after work to get the child's gate which according to some forumers, it doesn't require any drilling...and true enough, it works perfectly well! Twinkle is now trapped to the place where she is far away from our bed..(no more worries about pee and shit shock on our bed when we come home, no more having to change the bedsheets every 2-3 days.) And we can even use the gate when we have kids next time....managed to get a discount of S$15 for this gate cos I redeemed my Friends points for it...finally something that is worthwhile from cards.
Work wise, my event turns out to be a great disappointment. My only consolation is that I managed to get a fair good number of leads which can contribute to appointments...hehe..and its finally over, no more worrying about lack of attendees..but that is till our next event.