pizza delivery

I got a delivery at my door step today and it was better than pizza.

My bestie, Ivy, came by to pass me my birthday present!

She knows I love working with Ananias, my netbook, on my bed, so she got me a Lap Desk from RoomItUp.

It is lightweight and comes with a built-in cupholder. No more hot lap.

How cool is this?

Mini me

Caleb passed me a surprise today. It was an avatar of me, lovingly created by Bok Hwee.

It is so adorable! Thanks girl!

tea off

My tea and dinner party coincidentally was at Meritus Mandarin Gallery, the relatively new four-storey mall at Orchard.

I would normally dread spending the whole day in the mall, but spending time catching up with good friends over carefully plated and delicious food made me change my mind.

It has been months since the last time the girlies met up. We see one another at church every week but you never get to the juicy details when everyone is rushing for service or juggling five conversations over lunch.

Pih, Kengyi, Grace, Shiuan, Marianna and I had a lovely afternoon in Lawry's. The S$15 tea set included one savoury snack, one dessert, and a drink. We tried almost everything on Lawry's 'Afternoon Indulgence' menu.

Savories

• Prime rib yorkshire roll up
• Sauteed cream of mushroom with garlic bread
• Honey baked ham on cantaloupe
• Ham cheese toast
• Smoked salmon and cream cheese puff
  

Sweets

• Homemade scones with devonshire cream
• English trifle
• Strawberries ala chocolate
• Brownie with Haagen Dazs ice cream

The food was a bonus, the real deal was the catch up. I thank God every week for these sisters in Christ who keep encouraging me.

the bachelorette

Do you remember the reality show 'The Bachelorette'? I enjoyed several episodes, normally the earlier ones of each season before it gets painfully complicated. It is just wrong dating so many people at one time and having to meet their families.

The title reminded me of the show but really the bachelorette of the day - or at least of this post - is none other than my best girlie at work, Becky!

She has two weddings, well sort of. A dinner in China, then a bigger affair in Singapore. I have the privilege of being her coordinator for the ROM and wedding dinner in Singapore.

There is not much really to do. Most of the time, the bride knows what she wants exactly and gets stuff done pretty quickly. So for the few times I was assigned the role of coordinator, it really was sharing of the emotional stress, and being there whenever the bride needed to bounce off some ideas.

The most exciting part of this role, in my opinion, has always been the organization of... The Bachelorette Party!! Getting the girls together for the evening and making sure the bride-to-be feels like a princess for that day!

Becky always wanted to own a cheesecake cafe, so we booked a private cheesecake baking class. Chef Liu from Creative Culinary spent slightly over three hours teaching us how to make Oreo Cheesecake and Orange Cheesecake.

At the end of the class, the 姐妹 gang left with three cheesecakes that looked as good as they tasted. Much of that success was because they tasked me with the camera so I did not get a chance to ruin the cakes. Smart.

To celebrate our victory, we threw a slumber party at Becky's new home, with Super her dog as the guest of honor. After a quick tour of the lovely home, we gathered around a basketful of nail polish and did our DIY manicure while ogling over Kevjumba on YouTube.

We chatted over chocolates, crisps and cuttlefish snacks. It was only until 3am that exhaustion kicked in and we decided to call it a night. It was so much fun. We should do this again soon. Now, the only task is to find the next bride-to-be.