Amazon purchase had arrived

Yeah.. My goods had arrived! My brother and I got ourselves some items off the amazon.comduring the Black Friday Day sale. During the Black Friday Day, there were messy discounts for most of the items. We were given free shipping because our total bill was more than 125usd. However, not all the items direct ship to Singapore so if you really like the item, have to get a 3rd party shipping company. 

I got myself a pair of white heels from Nine West at a great discount. It was really a steal. The shipping took about 2 weeks to Singapore. And it was delivered by Singpost. 

Tada!!! The 2 big boxes here. On the left is my heels!! 

Planning to keep the new heels for either Chinese New Year or ROM.

Its was my first time buying from Amazon. 

Overall, i am a happy customer. Will buy it again next year.

Our Pre Wedding Photoshoot with idoidobali.com (IDO IDO BALI)

I have never dream of a overseas pre wedding shoot. When it was our turn, we took it in Bali.

I am really thankful that I found Ido Ido Bali that did our pre wedding shoot. I have to say that we had a enjoyable experience with Ido Ido Bali. They are very honest and flexible people. The most important is they listened to our requirements and there were no hidden charge. All the payment and what need to be paid stated clearly way before we pay the deposit. In fact, they did not give us any "surprise" which we were very thankful about. They did more than what they promised which impressed us the most.

Ido Ido Bali is a bridal shop in Bali. In fact, they are very close to the airport. It provides a one-stop service including professional prewedding photo tour,wedding candid photo shots, elegant decorations,bridal make-up and hairstyles, a large inventory of wedding gowns and groom suits, a wedding planner and exclusive album making.

The day before the shoot, we went down to the bridal shop to do our fitting. Then the next day, we went down to the bridal shop at 9am to start my makeup. Yes, they did the alteration of the gown within 1 day. In fact, you can bring your own gown for the photoshoot too. 

In the mid of doing my makeup and hair

And we are good to go

The whole process was a enjoyable one. We had 2 photographers that did our shoot. One is the main photographer and the other one is the trainee. Not only that we have 2 makeup artists that followed us the whole day to change my hair, touch up my makeup and also changing my gown to the beach dress. From location to location, transport was provided.   

Overall, we were very happy with their service and photography skill.

We took their package that priced at USD 1080 that included 2 gowns, 2 suits, all the raw and simple edited pictures (at least 200 copies). 

Here are some of our favorite pictures:

The friendly staff behind the scene

Phone :+62 361 750277

E-mail :info@idoidobali.com

Address :Jln. By Pass Ngurah Rai Komplek Puri Alit No. 1 Kuta-Bali, Indonesia

Operating Hours :10am-7pm Monday to Saturday (Bali Timezone : UTC/GMT+8)

Brunch places in Singapore we have visited so far

Here's a list of cafes that we went for brunch so far.

* Our favorite brunch place

Updated: 29 Dec 2014

1. Prive *

Address: 2 Keppel Bay Vista, Singapore City 098382

Phone: 6776 0777

Baby Friendly: Yes
Must Eat: Eggs Benedict, Fries with Truffle Mayonnaise 
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2. Wild Honey (Scotts Square) *

Address: 6 Scotts Square, #03-01, Scotts Square, 228209

Phone: 6636 1816

Baby Friendly: Yes

3. Dean and Deluca *

Address: 181 Orchard Rd, 04 – 23/24, Orchard Central, 238896

Phone: 6509 7708

Baby Friendly: Yes

4. Kith cafe (Park Mall)

Address: 9 Penang Road

Phone:  6338 8611

Baby Friendly: Yes

5. Lot Gourmet

Address: 965 Upper Changi Rd N, 507665

Phone: 6633 9651

Baby Friendly: Yes

6. Spruce (Fire Station)

Address: 260 Upper Bukit Timah Road, #01-01, Singapore 588213

Phone: 6836  5528

Baby Friendly: Yes

7. Eggs and Berries (Westgate)

Address: 3 Gateway Drive #02-06 Westgate Mall Singapore 608532

Phone: 6465  9189

Baby Friendly: Yes

8. Food for thought (8 Queen Street) *

Address:  8 Queen Street, Singapore 188535

Phone: 6338 0873

9. Lola's Cafe

Address: 5 Simon Rd, 545893

Phone: 6284 0349

10. Bochinche *

Address: 22 Martin Road #02-01 Singapore 239058

Phone: 6235 4990

Baby Friendly: Yes

11. Five and Dime Eatery

Address: 297 River Valley Road, Singapore 238338

Phone: 9236 5002

Baby Friendly: Yes

12. Supply and Demand (Orchard Gateway) *

Address: #02-13/14, Orchard Gateway, 277 Orchard Road

Phone: 67026218

Baby Friendly: Yes

13. The Provision Shop Cafe *

Address: 01-79, 3 Everton Park, Singapore 080003

Phone: 6225 9931

Baby Friendly: Yes

14. Artistry Cafe

Address: 17 Jalan Pinang, 199149

Phone: 6298 2420

15. The Coastal Settlement *

Address: 200 Netheravon Rd, Singapore 508529

Phone: 6475 0200

Baby Friendly: Yes

16. Maison Ikkoku *

Address: 20 Kandahar Street Singapore 198885

Phone: 6294 0078

17. Hatched (Holland Village)

Address: 267 Holland Ave, 278989

Phone: 6463 0012

18. Forty Hands *

Address: Blk 78 Yong Siak Street, Singapore 163078

Phone: 6225 8545

19. Pies & Coffee (Rochester Mall)

Address: 35 Rochester Drive, #01-02 Rochester Mall, 138639

Phone: 6570 0080

Baby Friendly: Yes

20. House (Dempsey)

Address: 8D Dempsey Rd, Singapore 249672

Phone: 6475 7787

Baby Friendly: Yes

3 Ways to spend a day as a couple without costing us a bomb

1. Watch Movies at home
Watching movies at home is more cost saving than watching in the cinema. But that doesn't mean we do not go to the cinema anymore because we cant afford to go cinema every time when we date.

2. Cooking together
Ron loves to cook and so do I. We will buy ingredients from the supermarket and usually cost us $20. That means it cost $10 for each. And we are good for a good dinner. In fact, this is our favorite activity together.

3. Exercising together
We are the members of the California Fitness, so sometime we will go to the gym together rather separately and do sets together as part of our dating activity. By the way, we spent our 2014 Valentine's day in the gym. I am not complaining but i find it very special. If you are not the gym member, you can do other exercise like jogging, swimming and etc.  Its also a way to lose weight because we tend to put on weight in a relationship, at least Ron and i do.

Privé Cafe @ Keppel - Favorite Brunch place in the year of 2014

Today i am going to write a short post on one of our favorite brunches in the year 2014.

Privé Cafe @ Keppel

The first time I went to Privé was 4 months ago when Ron and his friends had a small gathering there. Way before that I had people keeps telling me the food there is awesome,  including Ron says so too. But because we were so busy and there were other brunch places to visit, Privé was always in our list of brunch places to visit and we never execute it till 4 months ago. I wouldn't said that I have been to many brunch places in Singapore but I have to say that after I been to Privé , it has became one of my favorite brunch places.

I think the first thing that attracted me the most is the decoration / theme of the cafe. The color scheme they used give a very relax feel. And the place is very spacious too which i love the most which makes it baby friendly. Food is good and thats the main reason why i want to return.

My favorite order: Privé’s Ultimate Brekkie (2 eggs (any style), 6-inch chicken Frankfurter, maple-roasted bacon, roasted Roma tomato, sautéed button mushrooms, potato rosti, housemade wholemeal toast). Trust me, the portion is very big so i  usually share with someone.

Love this Eggs Benedict (English muffin, smoked leg ham, streaky bacon, poached eggs,

Hollandaise sauce). This is one of the good ones i had tried so far. 

Every time i am there, i will definitely order this place. Recommended to add $3 for the truffle mayonnaise. The truffle mayonnaise will bring the fries to a new level. Yummy!!!!

Must Try: 
- Privé’s Ultimate Brekkie ($20) 
- Eggs Benedict ($16)
- Straight Cut Fries ( $10) + Add truffle mayonnaise ($3)

Privé Cafe @ Keppel

Address:  2 Keppel Bay Vista, Singapore City 098382

Phone: 6776 0777

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Batam: Montigo Resort Nongsa

Today's post is going to be about the Montigo Resorts @ Nongsa. Early in the morning, we took a early timing ferry from Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal to Nongsa. When we reached Nongsa, staff from the Monitgo was waiting at the ferry terminal to pick us using their in-house minibus. And after a short bus ride... Here comes the paradise!!

Welcome to Montigo Resort!!!

We were greeted by their friendly staffs with welcome drinks and dance. While our friend went to check in to the room, their staffs offered to do a free shoulders massage for us. Very nice of them!!!!!! 

Soon after we checked in, we followed one of the staff to the buggy and here we went to our villa. Because the resort was big, they offered buggy service to transport us around the area.

  After we opened the door and walked towards the hall.... HUH!! Am I dreaming?  The hall was so BIG and it comes with kitchen. And there was a mini swimming pool that called yours! Look at view!! I was totally sold by the mini pool. Ohh.. Where is the bedroom? Actually, they are at the second level! 

On the second level, there were 2 rooms. 1 with double bed and the other is the twin bed. 

Now let's take a look at their bathroom!! And their lovely big and deep bathtub.

And the 3rd levels was a open space for chilling out. Love the view so much!!!!!

Because our villa was near their inhouse restaurant, we walked there the next day to have breakfast.  The spread was good too. 

If you don't like their spread, they also have menu to order other food and drinks.

Montigo Resorts

Address: Jalan Hang Lekir Nongsa, Batam, Kepulauan Riau 29465, Indonesia

Phone:+62 778 7768888

Website: www.montigoresorts.com/

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* Photos were taken by Canon DSLR without photoshop except the first picture.

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Caratell made our Wedding Bands

Different couples, have different wants for a wedding and within the couple, there are different things that are important to each. And to Ron, the engagement ring, and the wedding bands are the few important things in the wedding for him. So many years in his mind, he always wanted a Mobius Strip design for the wedding bands. Mobius Strip means having a strip and do a single twist at one of the ends and then joins the 2 ends together. If you use a pencil and draw on the strip, it will still start and finish at the same place. With this, he wanted to made this idea into the design for the ring. It also means there is no start and no end in our marriage. I really like the idea. 

So we started going around the jewelry shops in Singapore and hopefully we can find one so we can get it off the rack. It will be cheaper. However, after searching for months we still couldn't find. 

We concluded that we needed to custom made it. 

Caratell is the shop that Ron went to do the engagement ring and they mentioned that they do customization/ designing of rings too. So they were one of the choices. However, we really want to shop around first and our idea was we might find better jeweler. Honestly, shopping around was the right choice because it made us decided on Caratell instead. 

In terms of customer service, they are one of the few good ones which Ron agreed. The thing we like about them was they listened to us.  Even the lady boss knows what exactly she is talking with good understanding of the material used in the ring. We really need somebody like them to understand how their service can help us. And not trying too hard to sell us their stuff. And i really want to thanks our designer, Serin. She is very down to earth and humble person. She listened to all our ideas on how we wanted to do. Whenever, we ask her about her views, she is honest and give us her best whenever she can. When the rings are ready for collection, she takes the initiative to take pictures and watsapp us. We really appreciate that alot. 

Today, we are very happy to be in Caratell to collect our wedding bands and both of us really like it alot. 

The whole process from drawing, fitting and collection of the rings took about 2 months. 

The left is the actual ring and the right is the mock up.

Top is the mock up and below is the actual ring.

Ron's ring: The left hand side is the mock up and the right hand side is the actual ring. They did one ring mock up so that we have an idea how would the ring look like.

 This is my mine. 

Proudly present our wedding bands and together with the engagement ring. We have to agree that they were nicely done.

*All photos here are taken by my Iphone 5. 

Caretall Pte Ltd

Address: United Square 101 Thomson Rd Unit 01-47/48/49,307591

Phone:6251 2292

Website: www.Caratell.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caratell-Diamonds/159311192063

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