Valentine's Day without Jeremy

Hello readers! I didn't really celebrate Valentine's day this year as Jeremy was not in town, so to me it was just a normal day especially when CNY is approaching and there were so much to help out in my house. I did took leave just to do my hair before going back and Jeremy was so excited as he wanted to make sure that i stays at home during the evening because he mentioned there were surprise for me! So this beautiful bouquet of flowers and teddy bear was his surprise to me even though he couldn't celebrate Valentine day with me this year.

Before that, my colleague was sending me this photo that she took after she went to buy a box of peach and it looks good so i went to tease her whether the peach comes with the 'cai shen ye' and the cat plush toy. To which she tell me 'NO.' Hahaha. but i love peaches and the best peach that i ever taste so far was in Taiwan! Big and juicy peaches! I was however quite skeptical with the peaches imported in Singapore, because none has ever taste the same that i had back in Taiwan.

She didn't bought the whole box of peach to consume as she shared with another of my colleague about half of the total quantity, so the next day back in the office, she told me that i can try it for myself before deciding if its good. So i tried it, though it was still not as juicy as the one i had in Taiwan, however this was better than the typical peaches sold in the supermarket! So i get from her the address as this supplier do not have any physical store and it's self collection at her place, they imported this from Australia. It was pretty cheap too, selling for only about $28 for 23/25/28 pieces per box. So i started order taking among my friends as i wasn't sure if i could finish one box and eventually i went to liaise with the supplier and was going to purchase 3 boxes!

Another colleague of mine went with me to collect one box home while i brought the other 2 box back. The peaches are fragile so we had to handle them with care otherwise it get dented very easily as it was quite juicy. As i am writing this post, i really miss the taste of this peaches. 

Tadah, the two boxes of peaches that i bought home!

It can get really addictive as i think i eat at one time 3 a day! 1 is simply not enough! Due to over-consumption, hahaha my throat feels funny on the day of valentine day. Some of them told me peaches could be quite heaty and since it's super sweet that contribute to my sore throat on valentine's day. So after my hairdo on that day, i was home in the evening and was waiting for my surprise which i already knew it should be a bouquet of flowers that he is sending. But it was very funny when he was asking me almost every hour when the delivery man still did not delivered the 'surprise' he has for me.

I received the bouquet of flowers only close to 10pm. To me, it was quite unacceptable, delivering at such late timing might as well don't deliver. It doesn't mean that i am not celebrating valentine day or my husband is not in Singapore that i deserve to collect my flowers last right?

It was damm irritating and they could have knew it because of a postcard that Jeremy has specially asked them to write on it. I was happy to receive the flowers from Jeremy but i did also mentioned to Jeremy that he can consider ordering from other florists next time.

Making the bouquet of flowers look more outstanding with my magic hands. By using the fairy lights~

Actually, i was quite surprised that Jeremy got me this cute teddy bear as i wasn't expecting this. Hahaha. I am not really a fan of teddy bear but this teddy bear is so soft that i am keeping this! Haha even though i had been clearing soft toys as i do not have any intention to bring all into our new house next time.

Hahaha, this was in my instagram stories after i received the gift on that day.

Took this photo for olm valentine day flowers too!

Then i remember i have my duffy and shelliemay bear so i brought it out to display together! Haha

Happy Valentine's Day everybody!

Till then.

CNY Shopping in Johor Bahru

Hello readers! My first new post in 2018! It's been long since i meet JJ and JY so we decided to go in JB together, my MACS lane has expired and despite expecting crowds due to the upcoming CNY festive season, i thought i wouldn't be visiting JB so often so i didn't want to renew my MACS lane. 

However after the trip with them the other day, both SG & Msia customs were pretty crowded so i changed my mind by deciding to renew my MACS lane for this year again. Hahaha. It was a good decision that i renew my MACS lane because i was visiting in JB more often for cny shopping and it's help to shorten my waiting time at the Msia customs. 

We went to KSL mall, just a normal casual hang out day and we had blackball dessert!

Since we can use Grab in malaysia, it was really convenient for 3 of us to hail the grab instead of taking the RM1.50 ringgit bus back to city square. For our dinner, we cabbed back and Jieying brought us to this cafe called that she has visited previously, sharing with us the speciality of this cafe, their authentic thai boat noodles'  The cafe is located near the Jalan Dhoby, which houses different cafes but we were looking for this cafe called Amphawa.

We were too hungry by then and i forgot to take a photo of the boat noodles, it cost only RM 1.90 per bowl, each of us ordered about 5 bowls and i remember they add on the quantity because it can get quite addictive and since the serving is meant to be small for each bowl so look at the numbers of bowls we have cleared. This was before they add on the quantity of the bowl noodles!
We ordered the chicken boat noodles and the tom yum prawn boat noodles and 3 of us preferred the tom yum more than the chicken boat noodles. The chicken boat noodles soup broth taste is not to our liking. But the tom yum one was really good.

We add on this peanut butter toast after the dinner, this is good too!

If you are interested to check out the cafe, the address as stated below. 

Amphawa Boat Noodle Restaurant

40, Jalan Ibrahim 

Bandar, Johor Bahru

80000 Johor Bahru

On another separate JB trip, this time round with my auntie, cousins, lm & Jieying, we booked a mini van to bring us around for our annual shopping trip. I think we paid total $35 per pax for a day trip to go around the few places that my auntie has arranged.

It was the first time Jieying joined us, we had to wake up early as we want to skip the heavy traffic jam upon entering msia customs.

We went to this shop that sells all sort of tidbits, noodles, drinks, sauces and i would strongly recommend anyone that drive to visit this store. (Because you might end up buying too many that you it's more convenient to have a car instead. However due to time constraint, i didn't have time to slowly browse through all the items as we were heading to the Bee Cheng Hiang factory outlet.

This time round, i was smart to bring a hand carry luggage instead so i can throw everything inside and pull instead of holding so many different plastic bags after each purchase. As it was about two weeks before CNY, i guess most of the drivers was booked to bring customers around so our driver was actually the driver wife that was activate to bring us around.

However the driver was not familiar with the route and i don't have mobile data with me and it took us more than 1 hour to reach the place that disrupt our entire schedule. Her driving skills was quite scary too because i saw when she was reversing, she didn't check her blind spot and it was such a close shave that she almost knocked down a passerby when she was reversing.

After driving round and round, we finally found the Bee Cheng Hiang factory outlet. We were kinda of hungry and tired by then. Beside selling the Bak Kwa, there were other goodies that were available for sale. 

After that ,we went to Paradigm mall for our free & easy 2 hour shopping here. 

This is a newly opened mall and it was my first time visiting and this mall is pretty huge, though there were some shops that were still not ready yet, so this was another mall to consider visiting next time beside going the usual city square, KSL mall or even Sutera mall. We only had two hours over here so we went for our own late lunch and within the short shopping time, i bought my akemi bedsheets over here too! If you are a fan of akemi bedsheets, their store in Paradigm mall is bigger, and has more variety of the bed linens plus it's way cheaper compared to purchasing in sg. Just for an eg: a S$200++ akemi bedsheets purchased in singapore include the duvet cover, same material, same thread count is sold over here @ around S$135. 

We had this @ Awa Mee Bar, the price is still quite reasonable for a restaurant in paradigm mall!

After our brief short time in paradigm mall, we went to Sutera mall which was the last place to visit before we go back to Singapore.

My auntie had make a reservation of two tables, it was a 8 course meal, but we were actually pretty full since we had our late lunch. We couldn't finish most of the dishes and we tried to get them packed for us and see if we can clear the customs.  I couldn't remember the name of the restaurant, but it's walking distance that can connect you into sutera mall. 

After our dinner, we went to Sutera mall to buy some of the cny goodies. Usually before the cny festive season, there will be a food fair setting up gift hampers, selling all sort of CNY goodies in Sutera mall. We bought a few too, however do remember to make your own calculation for the conversion rate as i find sometimes the price may cost about the same if you were to purchase in Singapore. 

Guess this shall summarise my day trip in JB for cny shopping.
Till then!