Raeyen's mishap at Ikea Tampines

It was supposed to be a fun-filled one-hour for the kiddos at Ikea's play facility but only into 45 minutes of play, hubby received a call from Ikea that Raeyen suffered a bump and cut on his left temple.

When he got there to pick him, there were 3 Ikea staff surrounding Raeyen but none offered comforting words nor a hug to our poor boy. Hubby was shocked that the abrasive cut was quite bad and could not believe that the staff kept asking Raeyen what happened. Apparently another boy was involved in a collision with Raeyen but he has left with his parents.

Hubby asked if any of the staff saw what happened but none could help. Truth is, there was no staff stationed at main sections of the play facility to mind the large amount of kids. We were shocked and disappointed with how the kids were treated there.

Ion - the new Icon for all things Fashionable

Ion is a beautiful mall that housed many fashionable labels and refreshingly new food joints (most from Japan).

With my sis and 2 kid in tow, we hit the mall on Saturday morning to avoid the crowd. The kids went "WOW" to the ceiling where silhouette of sea creatures swam past. It was a visual treat.

We had brekkie at Food Opera, another classy brainchild of the Breadtalk chain (in fact I met the owner on Friday, he seems very down to earth). We were pleasantly surprised to see the National Geographic wooden horse installed infront of Fatty Weng's stall. There are many art pieces in the foodcourt to feast one's eyes.

Other food joint operators on Basement 4 are interesting too... especially those hailed from The Rising Sun. While I had tried the tako balls with macha on Friday, we bought some fish pancakes with witty fillings; the kids like chocolate with banana and bacon with egg.

Ion is already my fav haunt, next to Vivocity.

New book release

My fav author of the Shopaholic series, Sophie Kinsella has just launched her new book - Twenties Girl.

Storyline:

Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal professional twenty-something young women don’t get visited by ghosts. Or do they?

When the spirit of Lara’s great-aunt Sadie–a feisty, demanding girl with firm ideas about fashion, love, and the right way to dance–mysteriously appears, she has one last request: Lara must find a missing necklace that had been in Sadie’s possession for more than seventy-five years, and Sadie cannot rest without it. Lara, on the other hand, has a number of ongoing distractions. Her best friend and business partner has run off to Goa, her start-up company is floundering, and she’s just been dumped by the “perfect” man.

Sadie, however, could care less.

Lara and Sadie make a hilarious sparring duo, and at first it seems as though they have nothing in common. But as the mission to find Sadie’s necklace leads to intrigue and a new romance for Lara, these very different “twenties” girls learn some surprising truths from each other along the way. Written with all the irrepressible charm and humor that have made Sophie Kinsella’s books beloved by millions, Twenties Girl is also a deeply moving testament to the transcendent bonds of friendship and family.

There's even an iTune playlist for the book (crikey!) and a videoclip of the same.

Gotta get the book!

A cozy dinner

As part of farewell to Connie & Jamus before they return to Perth, we went to tcc at Marina @ Keppel Bay on Friday evening. We were glad that May & Megan could also join us as we have not been seeing them for quite some time.

The evening was warm with little wind. It was a nice drive along Keppel Bay Drive and we were greeted with calm waters and nice yachts at the marina. tcc is located on the second floor. Dinner was as usual great with unusual coffee concoctions. The company was even better.

After dinner, we walked along the marina and chit-chatted. The place was serene with carpet grass on a small greenfield where the kids roamed and played together.

Another celebration with the family

Celebrated at my mom's place the next evening, as we visit my mom every Saturday. Everyone enjoyed the cakes very much and the food was compliments from my brother, Joo who had so generously footed the bill.

In the afternoon that day, Kieran had his usual swimming lesson with Rachel. I took the opportunity to take some shots of Raeyen's many faces.

Raeyen turned 4 today!

As usual, Raeyen celebrated his birthday at school in the morning.

Hubby and I towed along 20 goodie bags, cakes, plates and forks. However, due to H1N1flu, we were not allowed into the school compound. Thank God his teacher took the photos for us.

We picked him up after school and I took him to Vivocity to spend quality alone time with him (hubby couldn't be excused from work). Boy, we had a blast!

First stop, we dropped by National Geographic store and bought a shark soft toy (which I previously promised to get him one). He was elated and named it "Dibo"... yeah same name as Dibo the Gift Dragon.

A movie out of Jodi Picoult’s book

I have always like books by Jodi Picoult.

One of her books, My Sister’s Keeper has been made into a movie starring Cameron Diaz (frankly, there are better actresses). It was screened in the US and UK on 26 June, wonder when it will hit our box office.

Check out the move trailer here:


I wish they will produce a movie out of another of my favourite titles “Plain Truth”.

Yummy cakes at yummier prices

Bakerzin does it again for its monthly promotion.

For the month of July, it has a slew of promotions on 3 cakes and the yummilicious macarons, all at 50 + 10% discount!!!

This is really value for money amidst the economic downturn! I just ordered it's Cookies & Cream Cheesecake for Raeyen's 4th birthday celebration in school. Go get it!