Thursday, January 29, 2009

CNY Day 1 ~ 4

新年快乐~!恭喜发财~!!

As usual, we had good food & had fun doing visitings. Day 1 was to my grandparent's hse, Day 2 was @ my house. Thus, we are still left with 3 houses to go;- my small aunt hse (tomorrow), my big aunt hse (saturday/sunday) & my small uncle hse (sat/sun/next weekend) to go~ This had been our usual pratice since many years back. LOL~ Food + Gatherings + Blackjack~ Yippee!

-=Day 1=- *Gu-Ma's hse + Grandpa's house*

Definately, i brought Ebi & Emma along with us! Been doing so since Ebi came & joined our family. Was hestitating @ first to bring Emma as she gets agitated whenever she sees kids (i've many many newphews & nieces *sweats*) & too many strangers. But we gonna be out the whole day & i don't feel good to leave her alone @ home. Tried convincing Mom, she finally relented & asked me to don on the CNY cheongsam on them & off we go~! Yeah~!! Kekeke =p

Below's some pictures i took in the morning before we bath & get ready to leave the house in the noon for my Gu-Ma's hse first b4 going to my Grandparent's hse..

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Emma & Ebi in CNY costume
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They loves each other though they fights @ times. Hurhur~
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The Duos in CNY mood~!

Sis came over in the morning to 'bai nian' with Mom & Dad, then giving Cat & Me, our first 'HongBao' of the day before we got our second from Dad. Geez~!
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Belle
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Ryan & Belle

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Hamper + Dogs
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Ah Mer & Ah Bi~

-=Day 2=- My House

Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Nephews & Nieces came over for the CNY gathering on Day 2 of CNY~ House was packed with humans & the 2 dogs were locked w/i the baby-gate in my room as the main gate was opened for the guests. Heez~ Dad & Mom was busy preparing the dinner & we needed 3 rounds of food for everybody~! LOL~ I was busy packing the many cans of beer into my ice-box & the packet drinks into another smaller ice-box. Our relatives came over 1 by 1, from 5pm~ =)

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Maegan~
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CNY goodies~! There were more but had to be kept away from the little kids. =p
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Playing
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Emma simply loves to nuah~! Anywhere, anytime. Especially loves to nuah on my Daddy's lap or on our stomachs. LOL~
She got bored while waiting for the guests~ Hehe
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Ebi & Emma~!

Oh yeah, Emma finally got her own sofa bed! I threw the old zip-zip one away as the zips were spoiled & it was soiled with urine (hmmpf! wondering who did it!). She loves to sleep on Ebi's sofa bed & thus, decided to get her 1 too. Same red colour, but smaller in size as another big 1 would take up too much space. =p

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Tadah!

Didn't go anywhere yesterday & i slept the whole day thru-out & it was very tiring for the past 2 days. Oh yah, watched "LOVE MATTERS" on CNY day 1, midnight show @ 1.10am & cinema was almost full. The show was great, very funny indeed! Watched "The Wedding Game" this afternoon too, with Eng & Collin. Pretty funny show as well but i still prefers Love Matters. Next up shall be.. All's Well End's Well 2009~

Tomorrow will be gathering @ Sis's house with her colleagues for steamboat lunch & blackjack. Then off to Small Aunt's hse in the evening for dinner & blackjack yet again~ Yeah~!! Sunday will be off to Boss's house @ Lorong How San for visitng & then, finally starting work next Monday! Bossy Tan was kind enough to let us rest for so many days & did not deduct our leaves. Phew~!!

Once again, Happy CNY to all~! Win more!! Huat ah!! Tsktsk~ (",)

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Updates of the week, before CNY~!

Hooray!! Tomorrow's the official Day 1 of Chinese New Year~! Am so looking forward to meet-up my *long-time-no-see* couzzies, having good foody & drinks non-stop & most of all, collecting angbaos!! So excited! =p

Oh yeah, i've finally managed to get my Red Top that i've been searching for high & low over the past week to match my new pair of Levis jeans & a green+white stripes polo-tee from Everlast to match the other pair of new Levis jeans. Have also gotten a top, a jumper & a dress from Hypnosis, another 2 black tops from Chinatown & This Fashion respectively. And finally, another black dress from Butterfly. Oh yar, i also spent nearly $100 for 2 tshirts from Slurplife @ Bugis last thursday. Woosh! I guess i bought the most apparels for CNY this year & i've spent at least $600.00 on them, including the new Longchamp bag! Goodness! LOL~

**New Clothes**

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Red Top & Jeans for Day 1
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Green+White Stripes Polo-Tee & Jeans for Day 2/Subsequent Visitings
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Hypnosis Top + Tshirts from Slurplife
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Black Top from This Fashion, Jumper & Dress from Hypnosis

**New Gate**

In this new year, we've also gotten a new main gate (as the previous was so old & dirty already), signage & repainted our wooden door. =) I paid for them as i got my bonus last week, it costed me $480.00 for the gate + signage..

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New Signage + Gate
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New Gate + Re-painted Wooden Door
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Nicey~ I liked the designs!
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New Signage (the contracted got the color wrong, the base is supposed to be the same colour as my gate w/ tinted gold.. not green! he said he will come again to repaint it after the CNY holidays..~)
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New Gate
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Old Gate (10 years old!!)

Ebi, the "escape artist"

With the new gate, there was a bigger gap between the grills & being the usually smart boy, Ebi had learnt how to run in & out of the house freely, without having the need to open the gate! OMG~! He would just lower his body, leopard-crawled & squeeze his way out of the small gap that measures only 10" by 4.7"!! But luckily, he only does so when he's excited. Cat & I got a shock when we saw how he 'escaped' from the house to chase after Cat when she left for work yesterday morning. I used treats to lure him & witnessed again, how he squeeze his way thru the gate, back into the house. Dunno whether to be angry or to laugh~ HmMpf!

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The Escape Hole!
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Escaping out of the house~
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Sneaking back into the house~

I must get to the DIY stores asap to buy the wire mesh & block the gaps on the gate before they really escaped someday, without us knowing. I'm glad Emma did not learn the tricks from Ebi & had not attempted the 'escape'.. Phew~!

**New Toy**
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"Gleams BALL" for the dogs! Hurhur~
-Plays music, bounce & lights goes blinking once i ON it, like a mini Disco Ball-
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Ebi loves the ball totally & he gets all excited once he saw me taking the ball out of the box! He would chase, paw & trys chewing the ball. He barks when he gets angry, when he couldn't get hold of the ball in his mouth as it kept bouncing. LOL~

Emma on the other hand is very terrified of the ball! I wonder why? The moment i take it out, she goes into hiding - be it inside her crate, on our beds, mom's & dad's lap.. whatever/wherever, as long as the ball is far away from her! Muahahaha, what a silly gal~ I told Mommy that we shall lock her inside the crate with the ball inside on day, if she's too naughty.. Tsktsktsk! =p

Ciaoz! Going out for our last CNY shopping before we come back & start preparations for the reunion dinner & changing of bedsheets. Heez~ Happy CNY to everybody!

Monday, January 19, 2009

CNY Grooming~!

Tadah! As promised, here's the pictures of my duos after their full-grooming session this morning! Heez~ Definately im more excited than usual as this grooming is in preparation for the coming CNY~! WoOhOoz! 7 more days to go! (",)

Over the past week, i've been thinking whether to continue 'mohawk' for Ebi or the standard Schnauzer cut. If he's in mohawk, i find it alittle bit of 'mis-match' with the cheongsam i bought for him. Moreover, i can't wear the nice nice collars on him as it would flatten his mohawk down. LOL~ Anyway, after talking with Chris, i decided on the Schnauzer cut back on Ebi, for a change. I'll probably go back to mohawk during the next groom again. Muahahaa~

Emma's was more tedious. I wanted her fur short yet remaining fluffy. She gets easily matted because of the thick volume of fur on her legs & chest especially. Thus, i got Marc to trim it thinner & slightly shorter. The same goes for her beard as well. Had also asked Marc to retain both their eye-lashes & shaved off the fur around their armpits. Keke~ =p

Chris called me at 12pm & told me the dogs were ready. So i rushed down to fetch them back home, took a shower & rushed off to Janal's 1 mth-old party @ WhiteWaters. Today's grooming were exceptionally fast - it took only 3 hours! Thank GOD, they knew i were in sort of a hurry & thus, did their best to 'co-ordinate'! ("v") As usual, Marc never fails to disappoint me & always made me happy & very very satisfied with his styling on my dogs! Ebi & Emma shrinked 2 sizes down each time after their full-groom.. tsktsk! Oh yeah, when i went to pick them up - i saw Marc grooming Tamy! Too bad i didn't get to meet-up Ah Chel there. Geez

-= EBI =-

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Ebi's cute & lovely eye-lashes! Loves it~
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Sulking & looking angry. LOL~
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-= EMMA =-

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Great! Finally can see her eye-lashes after grooming! Keep it long & longer!
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Looking serious.. Heh
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They looked great & neat. Now, we can finally see their eyes! =p Oh yeah, i also bought pineapple tarts, marble cake & some cream puffs for Marc & all his staffs to thank them for the hard-work all along. I'll see them again soon, in another 2 weeks time to finish up my last basic grooming in the package. Heh~ =)

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Ebi says; Oh Oh! Mommy's on leave on Monday for an hair appointment with her dearies @ 11am, followed by lunch & perhaps some shopping afterwards! The appointment was booked a month ago, before X'mas & she hopes the 'special deal' as promised by the lady boss would be honoured! =p And yeah, Mom also brought me along to check-out the new petshop @ Siglap - KOHE Pets, when she went to deliver the nice foodies to my cute & friendly groomers. Uncle Simon's shop was very nice, clean & classy! I'm sorry i got a shock & was alittle scared when a cairn terrier came charging @ me to play, i pooped in the shop - but Uncle Simon passed Mom the tissues on time & my poo poo landed on Mommy's 'hand'.. Kekeke~ Mom's pretty much interested in their Spa treatment & might be bringing Emma mei-mei & me there after the CNY to try out their *Dead Sea Mud* treatment, which is great for our senstive skin. Yippee! We've been having bumps on & off lately due to the poor weather, mostly hot yet blowing strong winds at certain times. It's itchy & Mom had been applying Oscar Cream & Neem Powder on us to soothe the itch. I hope the bumps are gone soon!

Ciaoz~