CNY Part 1 - The night before

[To avoid disappointment: Not as exciting as Sexual Innuendo's.]

We usually have a steamboat reunion dinner at home, but this year we had it at The Mushroom Pot restaurant at Orchard Point. We pretty much got lost finding our way around inside the building. Anyone who has been there before when the building was closed would understand why.

Anyway, we got there, along with another family who was just as lost as us. We got seated and waited for the food which took a VERY long time to come. It shouldn't have been the case since it was supposed to be a steamboat thingy and everything really should be extremely "standard" and easay to serve.

We complained and reminded them we were waiting and finally someone attended to us. Little Zaki was very curious about the Yu Sheng, since he was seeing it for the first time.

We had a good dinner. Mummy, Daddy, Zaki, Zaki's parents, my sister and her bf, and me. Dearie had his own dinner and couldn't come along. Kiki enjoyed dinner just as much I think. He had a whole mango pudding to himself.

On the way back to the car, we saw some skateboarders at Somerset MRT station.

Ki was probably seeing them for the first time. He was fascinated and promptly told my dad: I want skateboard.

Naughty little cheeky boy. We sent him home with his parents, and my dad sent me to meet Dearie at Jurong Point.

Finally got to watch Memoirs of a Geisha. Not bad a movie at all.
I dropped by Dearie's place and at midnight, his mummy asked me to pray with him at the alter. Well, it was also Guanyin so paying my respects was fine with me.

Dilly-dallied a while and contemplated dozing off, but later told myself to get my act together and join my sis, YL and Bladey at Bar None. Dearie doesn't like these places so he didn't come.

I got to Marriot hotel and wow. I tell you Bar None is my kind of place. Not because of the ang moh's but solely because of the live band. I love it when music is LIVE. That's how it should be. And at least the sound levels weren't as ridiculous as Devil's Bar.

Had a good time, saw Shan Wee (the one from Eye For A Guy 2) and Douglas Olivero (it's his club what), and left for supper reluctantly 'cos I really wanted to sleep. But probably not as much as Bladey wanted to. Poor fella had to wake up at 9am next day.

It was a good CNY spent with ALL the people that matter. Haha! Family, friends and Dearie. Who says you can't meet them all in a day - and enjoy every moment?