Last few hours of 2008

Its the last day of 2008.

Nope, no sparklies today. still no street party for me ( yes ha ha so wierd for someone in my line) , i anticipate an even quieter ringing in of the new year tonight much like last years!

http://happieguppyadventures.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-did-you-spend-your-new-years-eve.html

This guppy went bowling with moomoo and porkchop!

Moomoo brought us to this cool wanton noodle joint in Joo Chiat road for some wanton mee brunch. The noodles didnt look palatable but when you take that first bite - YUM! definitely worth that trip out to the east hee hee


After the big noodle treat from moomoo- ofcourse with extra orders of broiled chicken and more wantons, Moo declared that we should go bowling at the nearby Kallang Shopping Mall


Before we knew it, the challenge was thrown - and we placed our bets! WINNER of 3 sets of games will take all!


place your bets!Game On!

P.G = Power Guppy
P = Porkchop
M = Moomoo!game 1 : Won by porkchop! ( despite this guppy's constant distractions and yelling "Long Kang!" (Gutter!)

Game 2 - won by Moomoo!
As you can see this guppy is not a very good bowler! grrrrrrrr!!!!!!



Game 3 - won by MOOMOO again! aargh!!

a VERY happie and also newly rich moomoo who won all our hard earned marnies :P

and its on to starbucks to end off our day with yummy chocolate delights ! YUM!

Now this guppy wants a bowling ball of her own! Will love and sayang anyone who finds and gets me this Vis-A-Ball Finding Nemo Bowling Ball !There are many new years eve parties planned for tonight, but as usual, big parties, dancing and insane crowds are not my thing. I prefer to spend it quietly and reflect over what has occured in this year.

On a serious note:

Nothing Im reading , or hearing now in the media has good news for 2009. The economy is still forecasted to be pretty shitty with more job losses expected globally - and at home in Singapore. Theres nothing left to do except , take that deep breath, and that confident step forward - Let's work hard in 2009!

New year's resolution ?

Hahaha i didnt manage to accomplish most of my New Years resolutions from this year too! Let me think about it and tell you more in my New post for 2009 next year :D ha

Happie New Year everyone :)

Ponyo on the cliff by the sea

Went to watch Ponyo on the Cliff by the sea today

I'd always felt like a fish out of water ... hah and when Studio Ghibli came out with this latest animation film, I couldnt believe how similar Ponyo is to my outlook in life! The movie really stretched the imagination a little - like how the hero would save Ponyo with "tap water" we know .. GOLDFISH or any fish will DIE in tap water! aargh! .. BUT Ponyo was a magical goldfish...oh well...

watch the trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfAUIZMccCA

Alas i was double booked today. had to join Porkchop , Andrew and Wendy for dinner at the Esplanade - for dinner at Mirchi the Indian restaurant. and had to leave the theatre halfway through the movie!

damn! - will have to wait for the DVD to see the ending for myself then ...sigh

It was great to catch up with Andrew and Wendy over dinner today. Andrew's taste in food is still good as ever, hah Mirchi served great indian delish foods ...the only thing that spoiled my "Indian gourmet experience" was the fact that we were served by a waitress who was NOT indian. we were served by a mainland china waitress.. who had trouble expressing herself in english . it was disturbing and i must admit, a minor littl mood spoiler.

Wanted to take pics of the delish yum yums but it was too dark in the restaurant, we ordered butter chicken, some cheese and spinach dish, curry fish, garlic naan, lamb in spinach and chickpea curry! good stuff man!

Lets do dinner again soon guys!

Christmas Lunch for 6

I love cooking for my family

Woke up really early this morning ( despite not being able to sleep the night before, i was busy wrapping up the xmas gifts I bought yep, very last minute but hey i was busy owkay :P ) neeways, the family was coming over for Xmas Lunch!

On the menu

• Roasted Butterball Turkey
• Prawn Spaghetti
• Pork Tacos with avocado
• Mash potatoes
• Field mushrooms sauteed with garlic in white wine
• Honey Mustard Carrots
• Macarons + left over Tiramisu with strawberries
• 2001 yr bottle of French red

:)* yum yum , well everything almost went down the drain when i realised at the end of cooking every other dish that I had put the turkey into the oven but failed to switch it on ! aaargh! Luckily everybody was late so there was still enough time to cook the turkey through!

This year i decided it was time to spoil mommy daddy chookine and yarrl. ( plus city chain watch shop was having a cool sale!) heh i bought everybody a watch each and ofcourse still gave dad his standard bottle of johnny walker, and mom a bottl of perfume .

Im glad everybody liked the pressies and hope i will be able to give everyone something even better next year .

Merry Xmas Happie Gupsters!

How did you spend your xmas day today?

love love.

A Fridge Full of Leftovers :P

This is shaping up to be quite a happie December for this little guppy

Porkchop is back in town ..
I am officially on holidays from work..
Had a successful potluck partee over the weekend..
managed to catch up with so many people in one afternoon

not bad! woohoo!

A Fishy X'mas was a blast , so happy friends could make it , and turned up with lotsa food , pressies and their kiddies in tow too bad in all the madness, i forgot to take pics :P oh well...

On the menu :
Butterball Roast Turkey, Roast Beef, Honey Leg of Ham on Bone, Brussel Sprouts, Boiled Carrots, Boiled Corn, Seafood pasta, fresh lettuce egg salad, grilled Sausages, Malay prata
Chicken Curry , Beef Curry, Tiramisu , Apple Pie, Blueberry pie, Macaroons , Fresh Peaches , Cherries, A wild assortment of egg tarts, Dimsum and Buns, loads of moscato, beer, juice , wine, drinks and more!

Post event -
I now have a fridge full off leftovers, and with porkchop around...ive settled into a feeling that i havent felt in a long time.

It feels nice.

I think Im feeling - contentment .

Oh gosh. its already december

70s Retro Dinner and Dance party :


5th December was a blast. Went to the company's Annual "Family Day " cum Xmas Dinner Party. it was a 70S disco Retro themed party , and almost everyone came dressed for the occasion - the prize for best dressed was an unprecedented - 2 DAYS ANNUAL LEAVE- that will be added to our leave entitlements! ( not bad aye? )

I went dressed as a 70s era getai singer , complete with sequinned black dress and a head of feathers ( dead black chicken on my head) * hhahahaha I got nominated as one of the top 10 best dressed and dubbed "feather girl" but didnt win...damn!

launching the party with a run/dance through the red carpet with our MD. Yeah wat to do I make a great mascot dont i? camwhoring with my colleagues, my other colleague took the pics, he liked to kneel / squat and take pics...which resulted in my very unflattering DOUBLECHINssss but man he had one cool camera! hahahah group shot with the ladies from accounts - the gatekeepers of my marnies and general happiness . group shot with my lovely team mates ! without whom work life wouldve been a dull bore! whahahah parteeeeEh i did win a prize in the end! WHAHAHAHA but it was for being a cute little mascot. I thought i wasnt gonna win a thing as in my position in the company i wasnt qualified for the lucky draw..sobss... but woohoo bosschick prepared some nice little prize for me ...awwwwww

Incase u were wondering why the hell i didnt win? well the The winning entry was a 70s biker in leather pants and long hippie hair! uber cool .


There are lots more pics...but cant seem to find pics of me in "less compromising drunken, reckless" stupors...so we will stick with the above PR approved ones ahhahaha!

It was really different from the last "xmas party/ family day" event I attended at the beginning of my job last year. After over 12 months, ive gotten to know more people better and grown to love my colleagues and enjoy working with them ( yes even if we disagree and want to strangle each other. )

Its been a great ride with this job . Looking forward to more adventures here~