Our Xmas tree

Just 6 more days to Christmas!! WOW @_@

We finally bought n decorated our Xmas tree!!

:)

Unfortunately, we didn't get a real one. A real one would be nice, with the nice pine smell but we think it'll be a hassle to dispose of later.

And as what Tom's brother, Micke mentioned, they keep finding pine needles in the house all year round.. Which i personally think is really cute!

Saw an advertisement on wholesale Christmas stuff down at Wing Tai building. With 50% off all decoration!! Hoot!

Christmas trees on display. This is our 6foot Christmas tree in a box
Moi carrying the Christmas decorations :)Setting up the Christmas tree!!!It's pretty simple to set up. All the branches are labeled with alphabets and you just match it again the alphabets on the pole in the centreLook how engrossed and serious moi looked!And finally the tip of the tree

Moi quickly grabbed it from Tom's hand and pushed the tip in!!!!
I did the last bit lalalala *sing song voice* The bare tree!! but not for long All our Christmas decorations

Not bare anymore :)
Tom placed the star on the tip of the tree!! Booo~~

The lights were broken cos Tom probably yanked it out from the box too roughly :P
In the end, moi had to go all the way back to get it change

Tata!!! With the colourful lights..
Notice a lone pressie underneath the tree? It's from my sista.
She put it there when she came over yestie.. I'm so touched
Our first xmas pressie!!
Tom bought a small tree for his office desk s well... Awww~ isn't that cute!

London in December

Im losing my voice as im writing this... caught the flu buggie in Melbourne *cough cough*

Anyway, moi just came back from London a week ago.. Been flying to London on a monthly basis.. In fact, i have another London flight next month...AGAIN~
Moi all warm and snug to go SHOPPING!!!!

:) It was so funny when i was up in Malmo last month... moi was just wearing a T-shirt underneath my coat and Tom's Mom and Dad were hovering over me like a mother hen telling moi to wear thicker clothes and how it's so cold up here in Sweden. Tom's mom even dug up this thick sweater that belongs to Lucy and make me wear it.. Haha

Thanks, Tom's Mom n Dad!! It was really a nice gesture :)
Moi have to admit i totally underestimate the freezing cold weather in Sweden.

In fact, Moi was contemplating bringing my open toes sandal to Malmo and Tom totally freaked out.. He was like yelling "Do you know how cold Sweden is right now?!?!?! You wanna get frostbites on your toes?!!" In the end, i had to pack my knee high boots just to pacify him.

Back to my London trip!

My first stop! PRIMARK down at Oxford street!! I love this place so much cos everything here is so trendy and CHEAP!!!! It's always jammed packed with shoppers. I hate to be there over weekends cos you'll just be squeezing with people.Moi usually buys their home range like towels, mat, cushions etc... their towels at 5pounds each (S$12) are thick and huge, similar quality to those white bath towels found in 5-stars hotels.

Prices range from as little as 1 pound to probably 30-40pounds?? which is so so reasonable...
like the hair accessories below? They were selling for just 1pound (S$2.30) each!! And the 4 coffee mugs was marked down from 4pounds to 2pounds (S$4.60)!!!
Wahahaha!!!
I heard their baby clothes are a great steal as well! Cheap and good quality!!

After Primark, It's time to go to my second favourite hunt, Mark & Spencer where moi stocked up on drystores like cereals, pasta and cookies. Tom always wonder why moi get stuff that's readily available in Singapore as well. Good Question. I wondered too. I guess it's cos you are overseas and you'll tend to go like "Hmm, it's sightly cheaper than Singapore so BUY BUY BUY!!"

Haha...i know it sounds weird to put it that way but that's how it is for moi :)

Another of my favourite hunt... H&M H&M H&M!!!!
I'm putting the words out again... Bold, large and ALL CAPS no less!!!!!

H&M!!!! PLEASE COME TO LIL SINGAPORE!!!
I LOVE YOU!!!

Check out their latest winter collection!! Don't you just love the colours???
Rich Purple!! Turquoise Green!! Yummy~

OH MAN!!! i just realise i have fallen head over heels for RICH PURPLE!!!
It just look so sophisticated and rich and vibrant!! Le Sighz~

I just had to buy clothes in this wonderful colour.... *droolz*Bought a lacy H&M stockings to go with my RICH PURPLE dress. (Tom thinks i'm in Purple mania mood btw) It took moi a long time before i decided to buy it cos it was going for like 10pound!! Imagine paying S$23 for a stocking!!!!!! God forbids!!! But Moi did.Bought another jacket (add to my countless number of jackets) as well.
It's was just 20pounds (S$46). I would feel extremely bad if i don't buy it. Especially after paying half that amount for a flimsy stocking.

And all my shopping stuff.. blocking my hotel room doorway. Moi was just so tired after all that shopping. So all these gets dumped unceremoniously onto the floor :P
Btw, If you are really into Organic food as i am right now, there's this supermarket call the "Whole Foods market" down at Kensington that sells all Organic products. My friend Elizabeth brought moi to the shop one day and I LOVE IT! Tom is not really a firm believer in Organic products cos he read some research articles about organic stuff and how they are not as 100% organic as claimed. Anyway, I love to buy Organic products from there. So you could probably popped over if you are interested.

Walked by this church a zillion times but it's the first time moi really notice it! Was drawn to the red wreaths scattered around the memorial for the Men of Kensington who died in the Great War 1914-1918.

It's a magnificent church though.

Trying out my new purple dress!! :)

Tom says i look funny with the "poofy" hair. Hmph

Omigosh...Christmas in just a week time!!

In Malmo

Everyone meet Micke n Helena's first child...Baby Minna!!!

Awwww...Isn't she totally adorable??

Happily eating the Pandan cake we brought over from Singapore
Moi was flying up to Copenhagen so Tom decided to use his airline miles to get a free ticket up to Copenhagen with Moi. After a quick nap in Copenhagen Hotel, we caught a train over to Malmo to visit his family.

Special thanks to Micke, Helena n lil Minna and also Kimmy who took the 4plus hours gruesome train ride from Stockholm down to Malmo as well :)

Clockwise: Lucyna (Tom's mom), Micke (Tom's elder brother aka Minna's DAD), Tom and Moi truly.
Psst: Tom, the bunny ears thingy is so passe.I do feel like a lil dwarf standing among them.
Sighz, Why can't i be taller :(

Moi with lil Minna. She's turning thirteen months btw.
Something to think about: I'm not a mother (YET!) but what's with BBs n months? i mean, countless times when i asked mothers how old the BBs are and they would go "Ohh, she's 22mths" or "he's 18th months". Why can't people just say he's a year and a half? or "She's turning two years old soon"?
Can you imagine moi telling people "Ohh, Im 353months old".

Tom seems to connect with BBs more. Maybe cos he's the Uncle.
Uncle Tom *sing song voice*
Tom holding Lil Minna handsHey Tom, adults who steal ball from cute lil BBs will not get any Christmas presents this year.The same goes for adults who make lil BBs cry.
Moi innocent!!
It was a really great trip with amazing food made by Tom's mom and family. It's like a pre-Christmas gathering with some Christmas dishes, Christmas gifts-exchange, a small lil Christmas tree and good company.

Miss you all already
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Moi in Japan

The almost 2hours bus ride from Narita Airport to Shinjuku is totally worth it!

Somewhere in the middle of Shinjuku..Holding hands :) Lunch was Tonkatsu: Deep-fried breaded pork cutlet served with shredded cabbage. Happily grinding the sasame seeds.It was really fun..My friends and moi had a competition to see who can grind it the fastest.
Of course i lost.

The tonkatsu sauce (which is kinda sweet n sour) is added to make it into a dip. Honestly, i prefer eating the tonkatsu minus the sauce.
The Pork cutlet was so tender and chrispy!! Yummy~
It was so so good~ You know what's so funny? I realise that you can never go wrong with food in Japan. Everything just taste so fantastic here!! You can just walk into any restaurants in Japan and order something, and you will never be disappointed with the food. (Hmm...am i being too biased here?)

I don't care! I just LOVE JAPANESE FOOD!!! Even the shredded cabbage tasted fabulous~
After lunch, we headed over to the electronic area in the shopping mall. One of my friend was thinking of getting a digital camera. We approached one of the sales lady and that's when we realise we have a small lil problem. We don't speak Japanese (at all!) and the sales person couldnt really understand English. There we were trying to communicate with her in English whether the camera has a worldwide warranty and stuff and she was like replying in Japanese!

*faint*

Moi turned to my friend and said in chinese "I seriously don't understand what's she talking about."

Suddenly, this sales lady looked at us and replied in CHINESE "I can speak chinese!"
Turns out she's from China and came over to Japan to work. Super funny!
After that, we were all like good pals and communicating in chinese.

Came across this cute lil Digital audio player in the shape of Mickey Mouse's head!!
Awwwwww~
Moi is seriously thinking of getting a Polaroid camera!!! Is it just me or does the photos taken using a polaroid camera somehow makes people look prettier??
Moi was so so so close (><) to getting one but Tom thinks it's a total waste of money :(

which is kinda true in a way, cos YEN$$ is super high now!!
Oh well, I'll get it when YEN$$ comes down..HEHEHE :)

Dinner was Kani kosen Bento (crab and ikura). It's another one of my favourite dish!
I did feel a lil tiny bit bad for eating all those Ikura i.e salmon roe... I mean all those baby salmon eggies.. eaten by MOI!!!! MONSTER!!!

Sorry for the lack of photos this time. I think I'm getting too lazy to take photos.
hope this lazy phase will pass soon
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