HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

 

Project 365 has officially come to an end for us. All the red pictures for the whole year, I'm surprised we sustained till the end. 3 cheers and 3 cheers for red and green! Hip Hip Hooray!

 

Live, Laugh, Love-- the life guide, motto and resolution for 2013. I hope everyone had a fulfilling 2012 and i wish everyone out there a blessed 2013!

 

Love,

Redstripes

goodbye 2012

as project 365 comes to an end, let's exit the year on a happy and good note! :) am so proud of us completing this! even though we slacken off towards the end. nonetheless all 366 posts done! two pats on the back!! :)

hope u enjoyed following us on this project365 journey. and with that, we take our exit.

happy new year to you!! :))

afternoon tea at smittens

caught up with friends over brunch at kith cafe followed by coffee/tea/juice at smitten. both are small quaint cafes at Robertson quay.

a good afternoon of catch up :) I love meeting up with friends. here's to the last Sunday of the year! cheers!

Tau Kae Noi (365/365)

Aitthipat Kulapongvanich started Tao Kae Noi nori snacks, which became popular all over Asia their launch in 2004.

 

Tao Kae Noi is a Thailand-made Japanese-inspired snacks using crispy toasted seaweed sheets called nori in Japanese.

When i first saw it back then, ir caught my attention and i actually got quite addicted to it for a while. But somehow after a while, i prefered the real deal. The real seaweed i mean and so i stopped eating this cripsy kind. Also because it is crispy, dropped everywhere, all the tiny bits and pieces.

 

 

 

 

Arbite Cafe

finally had dinner with my girls at arbite cafe today! serangoon gardens isn't our usual hangout but this cafe is indeed a gem! the food is awesome!!

I ordered the truffle hamburger and I love it!! the beef patty was very nicely done! and priced very reasonable too! after reading lots of raving reviews online, we ordered the pappardelle with mushrooms and Parma ham to share among the 5 of us. it's good for showing but probably not a dish to eat on your own cos the cream sauce can make you je lat. just right for us to share!

the desserts were good too! ordered the Gula Melaka tiramisu and the wife's choc cake. be careful when eating the tiramisu, don't choke on the cocoa powder which 2 of them did!

I would definitely go back to this cafe again! there's still the breakfast set that I wanna try!

Last dash (364/365)

I remember my new year resolution for 2012 was to exercise more often and to shed some kilos off myself but it has been a lazy and procrastinating year, as usual. So to end off the year proper, i went to Fitness First for my last dash!

BETTER HEALTH, EXERCISE AND FITNESS FOR 2013!!! i don't wanna be a fat bride. That is how my friends threaten (motivate) me these days.

the evils of online shopping

with everyone busy with their own parties or work, i don't really have many dates or people to hang out with :( spending more time at home results in me digging bigger holes in my pocket from online shopping! terrible!!

every other day I'll be receiving a parcel in the mail. my mother is starting to question me about all these parcels!! either I change sending address to my office or I really need to control myself more!!

somebody put a firewall on the gmarket website on my laptop!!

Last official work day (363/365)

This is a stamp i always use to chop my documents before sending it out. And since this is my last official work day, nothing beats using this to represent better! =)

green macaroons for you?

although Christmas is over, the festivities and indulgence is still not over yet! there's still the new year celebration to look forward to! so meanwhile, let's continue indulging in the yummy food around. and celebration is not a celebration without sweet stuff! enjoy the desserts! the diet can wait till the new year!

oh btw, can't believe project 365 is ending really soon! as we count down to the new year, we also count down to the completion of project 365!!

My comfort food (362/365)

This might be a surprise. But i grew to love it since it is right under my office and it's the easiest food i can pack, other than Macs. I don't really like Macs.

I love the Hor fun at Hans, even the fried rice. Though it is expensive, $7.80 for a hor fun or fried rice but oh well, especially when it is raining so often and i am simply too lazy to go further to pack. so i just pop in my favourite hans. Try eating the hor fun with lots of chilli padi. SHIOK.

cute little dustbin

this mini dustbin caught my attention when I was at some home display store. I think it's so cute! it can be used as a mini bin in the room or can even be a pencil holder on the table. but well, I don't have much use for it. so it's only good to see but cannot buy!
this can be another gift idea! ;)

Happy Boxing Day! (361/365)

How many of us really wait until boxing day then open our present. Well, traditionally, what i know is that boxing day is the day where you open your presents and in places such as Britain and Ireland, boxing day is a national holiday and another day to spend with family and friends and eating up the leftovers but its origins are steeped in history and tradition.

However, in Singapore, we don't have it as a national holiday. but some places have sales on this date.

Why is it called boxing day? Arguments abound on the origins of the name Boxing Day.

• A ‘Christmas Box’ in Britain is a name for a Christmas present.
• Boxing Day was a day off for servants and when they received a ‘Christmas Box’ from the master. The servants would also go home to give ‘Christmas Boxes’ to their families.
• A box to collect money for the poor was placed in Churches on Christmas day then opened the next day.
• Great sailing ships when setting sail would have a sealed box containing money on board for good luck.If the voyage were a success the box was given to a priest, opened at Christmas and the contents given to the poor.

Oh well, I am a very excited and happy person when i received gifts so i don't wait till boxing day. I will just rip open my gift!

Merry Christmas! (360/365)

Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas, everyone!! I am the Santa Claus, pudgy i may look but all the kids love me!

This year, i made quite a few handicraft as ornaments for Christmas! I kinda like it, think maybe i will do some for chinese new year too. But it would be good if i can get kids to do it for me. Nowdays, kids also dun really fancy cutting and coloring anymore. Guess, i have to rely on myself.

Christmas lights

I like Christmas decorations! especially decorating a Christmas tree and brightening the house with festive Christmas lights! totally gives a very joyous mood!

when I have my own house next time, I'll be sure to put up a Christmas tree and if the house has a balcony, decorate it with pretty lights. it'll be so heartwarming. and I'll definitely host a Christmas feast and invite my family and friends over. ahh hope all this can come true soon!

anyway, blessed christmas all! have a joyous christmas!! :)

hanging bananas

a green stand to hang bananas! saw this at cold storage. sure does attract attention right smack in the middle of the entrance. actually the resembles abit of a Christmas tree and the bananas the ornaments on the Christmas tree, don't you think?

Christmas Feast (359/365)

And the feasting starts! This is my annual christmas dinner with my cousins. We are very particular with our food and also the arrangement of the food. For it to look pretty for the camera. This christmas feast is indeed a very special and memorable one for me because i managed to survive one night with a dog in the kitchen, licking around and running around. Gosh, my heart will still jump when the puppy suddenly come near my legs but after the night, i got pretty much used to it already.

we had meats and sauces this year round. Though most of it is bought (cos we were too tired to cook this year), i still enjoyed myself very much!

a chopping board for mum?

or for any newly married lady with a new home. this cute chopping board would be an interesting and practical christmas gift! definitely will brighten up the kitchen! not sure if I mentioned in this blog before, but when I have my own house next time, i will want to buy colorful kitchenware for my house since I love colours! :)

I think I'll be happy to receive a gift like this next time!

Future Family Bowling Day (358/365)

Such a catchy subject title. What I meant is family bowling day, it is just that it is the boy's family bowling day. and i went along. to be shamed! i cannot bowl and initially, they kept saying they are the gutter kind of people or they play lousily. so i went ahead. How would i knoe everyone was just being HUMBLE!! They did gutter but not as many times as me. My first round of game i only got 22 points!! for the whole game!!!! can you believe it. Yes, i am that lousy. And even when i got better in second round, i am not consistent, third round, i went back to 20 plus points. Oh gosh... bowling is indeed my lane of shame.

a green Christmas?

haha! what i mean by green christmas is being a more environmentally friendly christmas! yes i know, i keep blogging about this topic.

but i saw some interesting post about adopting some 'green' ways this christmas. let me share some of them. firstly, instead of using gift wrappers, why not be creative and wrap your gifts in an interesting way with recycled papers, like old magazine paper, newspaper, or those brown recycled paper. it does give the gift an edgy look! won't look like a trash if done tastefully! ;)

having odd shape items that are very diffcult to wrap? why not put them in an old box leftover from your other purchases like your handphone box. For me, i stuffed a friend's tshirt into a reused mask box so that it was easily to wrap. At least the box is of a regular shape.

i saw a post on instagram of someone creating their own christmas tree with recycled materials. and the tree looks quite pretty! 

see, so many ways to be green this christmas! let's all aim for a greener society! 

Smart Towel? (357/365)

First smartphone, then smart tv, now smart towel?? If you can see the caption above, it says, probably the msartest 3 in 1 wet towel ever. I was laughing when i saw this, are the wet towels now competing who can provide the best service, which is the smartest of them all??

This is ont funny red picture of the day.