Keisuke Tonkatsu King Four Season - Bugis Village

Normally after my yoga class, we don't go anywhere to have dinner. But somehow, I really want to eat ramen. So we went to bugis village to give Keisuke Four Season a try.

I chose the Autumn one with bonito flavor and mushroom.

Niko chose the King with thin slices of pork instead of thicker slice.

Tosowoong Facial Brush

I accidentally found this product on Qoo10 website. I decided to buy it because I had been wanting Clarisonic. Clarisonic is $200 plus in sephora while this Tosowoong is only $38. It's still not so bad I think because it's made in Korea. I bought it online and got it delivered to office.





After trying, I think it's good enough for the price and I can feel my face skin is cleaner than just washing with hand and soap.

X'mas Gift from Niko

I got a x'mas gift from Niko. He gave me a high quality creme for my expanding tummy.

The best thing for that day was....I never prepared a thing for him. :(

Pico Studio X'mas Party 2013 - Toy Factory

How I decorated my elf hat :


What team I was in to :


What my team won (without me involved):


What my table mat looked like :


How I looked like on the party with my green elf shirt and 27 week pregnant :


What I got on gift exchange :

Artichoke alla Romano

Reminiscing our dinner in Rome last February. Niko decided to try on cooking artichoke. The result was good. Considered not a fail.

Tim Ho Wan, Plaza Singapura

I was wondering why people want to queue that long for Tim Ho Wan? After so long it was my turn to queue almost 1 hour (50 minutes to be precise). What is it so special about this restaurant? It's answered this time.

Reaching closer to the end of the queuing line, we were given a menu. I was so surprise they only have few selections. We don't even can select what tea we want. They only have chinese tea, that's it.

Finally, we ordered these as seen from the photos below.



Let me start with their signature dish, the BBQ pork bun. I must admit, they have unique bun. It's like a combination between rotiboy bun and the normal chasiu pao.

The chicken feet was nice. No smell and so tender.

The lo mai kai was ok. It's too big for alone. Sharing for 3 person would be nice.

The teowchew dumpling was no my taste. The skin was so thick.

The har gao was ok. The prawn was not so crunchy. I have eaten a much nicer version of har gao compared to THW's.

The siu may was a bit smelly. This was the worst dish we ordered this afternoon.

The bean curd prawn roll was good but where's the mayonnaise?

The osmanthus jelly was good and so refreshing after eating greasy food.

I think their special fermented bean chili sauce helps a lot in enhancing the taste of the food.

What I regret not to ordered is the carrot cake. How can I forget to order my favorite dish? :(

I ended up take away 2 set of buns and a egg steam cake for Niko.

Breast Pump

I wanted to buy Medela Swing breast pump after asking so many mummies. The price for Medela Swing is $299 (on sale already). We sourced from Amazon website it is US$150 but we need to buy plug converter and there's no warranty for US version. I am also not very sure on the voltage also.



This afternoon I went to Vivocity to see things. Even though I get easily tired but it has been so long since I really walk around shopping center. We then again went to Mothercare shop at Harbourfront. I saw Avent single breast pump promotion for $229. We actually get free gifts like the 10 cups of milk storage container and breast pad, nipple cream, pouch, 2 milk bottle (1 small and 1 medium), and a pair of nipple protector. It's really a good deal. So I bought it.

Pregnancy Week 27

I realized recently since week 26, my baby became more active. His kicks are more vigorous than few weeks back. My tummy sometimes has a bump in certain area because of his position. I recorded a video showing his movement inside my tummy.

Our last visit to the doctor, he said my baby is too big for his gestational age.


I need to cut down my sugar intake as I will have blood test on 6th Jan 2014.

I don't have back pain since I joined yoga and Niko massages me regulary. As I remember I had it on my 4th month as my tummy getting bigger. I feel yoga is very useful because they teach us how to do stretching. After yoga class I feel refresh and my spine and upper body are relax.

Another Dream Recently

I dream few weeks back about my baby. He was still born. He was so little and hard like plastic. I was so sad.

Then in my dream Niko took me to some clinic to take out my placenta and others left in my uterus.

It was totally a nightmare.

Niko's MBA Gathering

Last weekend we had gathering in our house. Niko prepared the beef braised in onion cooked for 3 hours, pork braised in milk, tomato pasta, and spinach soup. Teo Leng and fam ordered Pizza Hut to be delivered to our house. Dora and hubby brought home made brownies. Mol and Jeff brought ice cream and korean strawberry.

It was just a while because around 2.30pm they all left our house.

We took a rest a while and after that went to Vivo City to visit mothercare shop. End up Niko bought a set of 5 bodysuits for our baby.

Pregnancy Week 25

I forgot to write on my 24th week.

I actually had a dream about the baby again for the 3rd time. My dream was so vivid one. I bathed him on our master bathroom with my Myanmarnese maid.

Last week and this week I have not been waking up in the middle of the night to go toilet. I don't know why but I only wake up on 6am or 7am. But after that I still sleep for a while only.

The tummy is getting bigger but somehow few times taking bus, people just pretend to have the rights more than me on the priority seats.

I realized I get irritated by people easily recently. I don't know why may be it's hormones.

Pregnancy Week 23

We went to KKH for my 3rd visit on my 23rd week. My baby is now 16.2cm from crown to rump. But I don't know why they still measure it from crown to rump not to toe. His weight is 721 grams while I gained 7kg. :(



After that, we went to see baby clothes and breast pump at mother care. Then heading to Tiong Bahru Hainanese Curry rice to make Niko happy. On the way there, we collected the mini refridge I bought from groupon. I also bought a giant custard apple at Tiong Bahru Market.



Dinner time we had Japanese BBQ at home with our brand new induction cooker we got 4 years ago from MAYBANK.

Pregnancy Week 22

I guess my appetite is still normal. It has not increased like what the article said. I have been eating 3 times a day. Normal breakfast, normal portion of lunch, and lesser portion of dinner as I feel tight tummy on the evening so I can not take so much food in.

I realized my hair doesn't drop so much. After more than a week without cleaning the floor, Niko still keep quite. Last time he had to vacuum every 2-3 days because I dropped so much hair.

As my tummy getting bigger and noticeable, I still didn't get seat in the MRT. There was one time I purposely stood in front of the priority seat occupied by 40+ year old auntie. She purposely pretend to sleep after putting lipstick. And she suddenly woke up at Serangoon station.

The linea nigra is getting more obvious. Another thing I don't like about this pregnancy pigmentation is I have developed dark spots around my neck and my armpits.

Since few weeks back, Sometimes I sleep alone as Niko sleep in the study room. I feel I can sleep better even though I need to wake up at least once to go toilet. I guess the space on the bed is needed for my left and right cushions.

I noted that my baby's kicking times are on 4-5pm and 3-4am in the morning when I am in bed. Sadly until now Niko has not felt the baby kicking.

Sunday Lunch and Dinner 11 Oct 2013

It is obvious that his cooking skill has improved so much compare to few years back.

Today he cooks egg tomato, stir fried mix vege, and black bean chicken.

I think the black bean chicken turns to be the nicest, followed by egg tomato.

Dinner at L'Operetta at Tanjong Katong

Niko decided to go here while I didn't have any idea where to eat.



we ordered 1 appetizer which turned out to be the best dish that evening. Crab pasta for me because I didn't feel like eating pizza. Niko ordered margarita pizza. I couldn't finish my pasta so I passed to him and he couldn't finish the pizza so we packed home.

Total bill was around $80.00

The service was really good as they are very attentive seeing me with a big belly and they offer cushion or something for my seat.

Pregnancy Week 21

This week has nothing much happened.

It is just that I still can not get seat in MRT and bus.

We visited the hospital for detail scan on week 21. The Antenatal Diagnosis Clinic was very empty on Saturday. I think it's a good idea to go on weekend instead of weekdays even though they provide us with MC when we come on weekdays.

My baby is getting bigger and bigger. He is double the size since we visited the gynea last month. My tummy is also getting bigger.
The scan operator confirmed that the baby is a boy.





He looked ok overall. He had his arm near his head when we saw him. The operator had difficulty to scan his top head because of his position. So I needed to wait outside for an hour just because of 1 view that we couldn't get. I even walked and did stretching on the aisle to make sure he moved. He eventually moved to the opposite position.

Pregnancy Week 20

This week is easier to go through as I joined 3d max advance course for 2 days in Red Hill. Monday I had nothing to do because the sales was on leave. He supposed to brief me on a new project. He was only able to brief me Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday I was on training. Friday was the move in day to new studio. Pregnant lady got help easier.

The weekdays were easily gone like that. I am looking forward to go for my detail scan. I wanna see my baby.

Prenatal Yoga Class

I have decided to take my prenatal yoga class with Vandayoga. I tried one trial session for $35. It was a small class, consists of 4-5 mothers only. I think the price is reasonable enough compare to Trueyoga (membership based $1200/year) or the one in Hajilane ($600/8 sessions).

The trueyoga sales really irritated me. She kept calling me and asked me to go there and took the trial session while it doesn't have weekend class.

The Vandayoga so far is the most reasonable one. After joining the class, I feel my body is more flexible and more energize. It really helps me stretch my joins and relax my muscles.

Pregnancy Week 19

I remember on week 16th I was complaining on how small my tummy was compared to other people's photos on the internet. Now I feel I am short of breath because my tummy is getting bigger and it starts pressing my other organs. It is growing really fast since 2-3 weeks ago. on my 16th week, I still wore my normal skirt to work. Now I only can wear loose dress and the rubber skirt.

On week 16th and 17th I was so happy that my weight didn't increase so much. It was just around 2.5 kg. Now it's like I gained around 5 kg. In fact, my breakfast is the same thing, recently since the second trimester, I have not been eating a lot for breakfast compared to first trimester. In the first trimester, I needed to have breakfast because it helped a lot to reduce morning sickness.

My lunches have been always regular and same as before pregnancy. Evening time tea break also I have not been eating snacks compared to first trimester which I felt hungry always. I needed to bring extra bread for 4.30pm. So I don't know how I gained the extra 3kg in 2 weeks.

This week I feel fatigue as always, not energized. My back pain is getting stronger. My tummy skin is really tight. I experienced swollen feet because of too much walking. My nights starts getting hard as I have difficulty finding comfortable sleeping position. Poor Niko has to sleep on the study room floor. My sleep always gets interrupted because I need to go to toilet at least once.

I had not felt the movement of my baby clearly at the beginning of the week. At the end of the week, I felt it clearer. Sometimes it is like popcorn popping in your lower tummy. When I am walking normally the baby does not move.

Another thing we have been thinking this week is the name for the baby. Since it is a boy (90% chance based on the 16th week scanning) we only think about boy names.

Niko actually had chosen a name but his mother doesn't agree. He choose Philippo (I don't know how he intent to spell it but it is a Italian name). His mother has a point that he will be born in horse year while Philippo means horse lover. She thinks too much "horse" element. So I can not be more agreed with her point. Some more our friends' comments are Philippo sounds funny and out of the Asian region.

While Niko has no idea to choose other names. I remember I actually had chosen a name long long time ago (around 3 years ago) for our son. MARCO. It's inspired by MARtha & niKO with a little bit change on the letter K. How does it sound? MARCO GUNADI. For me it sounds pleasant to hear and doesn't sound funny also.

Second plan is we name him NIKO GUNADI Jr. There's another problem with this name, if we have more than 1 son. Then what name should we give for our 2nd one? He will feel hurt as he is not the junior of his father. But anyway, this is just a rubbish talk.

Pregnancy Week 18

This week I just feel very tired. I think the fatigue kicked in since week 17.

Other symptoms I feel is constipation...my shit is like stone, solid, and very dry texture.

I started experiencing difficulty in sleeping and I always wake up at least once a night on 3am or 5am to pee. One day I tried to ignore the feeling to pee, I just forced my self to fall asleep again. But it didn't work. I had to wake up and pee.

I went to Somerset to have dinner at J-town and karaoke on Friday night at Orchard Plaza. During the karaoke time, I felt my lower tummy was cooking popcorn in it.

I went home near midnight, I still managed to catch the MRT but no bus service at bus interchange. I walked home. I felt that I was super tired.

Pregnancy Week 17

This week was peaceful week. There was no emotional occasion. Niko also behaved quite good.

I could feel something moving in my tummy but it was very soft not so strong. It was like a popcorn popping in side your lower tummy.

Hari Raya Haji Holiday

Finally this month got public holiday. I finally can rest a day.

Morning to afternoon I helped him to prepare the ingredients for cooking.

These were the menu for this public holiday : Pasta aglio olio, braised pork in milk, and spinach soup.



The spinach soup was the best as always. :)

Agedashi Tofu

He had an idea to make agedashi tofu. I was pessimistic on the idea because it needed to be fried and it was troublesome just for two serving of tofu.

He finally did it. This was the first trial but it was successful. I really like it. Outside was crispy but inside was soft. The soup was very good also. :)

Niko's 31st Bday

I ordered cheese cake for him from Coffee Bean. But the cake I wanted couldn't be ordered less than 3 working days. So I need to take the cake of the month, which is also strawberry cheesecake done in different manner.



He didn't wanna take my present. I gave him holiday 3 days to Bangkok for 2. :(

Nong Khai Golden Mile Complex

My friend told me that this place is better than Diandin Leluk. Infact, this place is more expensive and they don't serve some of our favorite menu like garlic pork.

Nonk Khai has nice Tom Yum soup and Green Curry. They also have coconut pudding which is very refreshing.

Weekend Lunch and Dinner 13 Oct 2013

My expert chef cooked garlic pork, minced pork long bean with basil, and Foo Yong Hai for Sunday meal.



The garlic pork was very successful for first time trial.

Dog Tick

I remember as a young girl staying in a house with 4 to 5 dogs, I liked to spend my time with my dogs. I used to drag them near me and started to find tick in between their furs. Before I started with finding the tick, there was a bowl of kerosene (minyak tanah) beside me to dump the tick in it. Another way doing it was to prepare tissue to pop the tick to dead.

The ticks could be small, medium, and engorged one. The engorged ones were easy to find because they were seen in between furs. The small ones (babies) normally were found in one area form a group with the mother. The babies were difficult to remove as they were just a small dot size. The common locations for the tick are dog's armpit, space in between toes, below tail (near anus), and ears.



My dogs when I was primary school were the lazy type. They didn't like to go out from the house to sunbath. That's why they had so many tick. But since I had my dog Pinkan (the half chow chow breed), she liked to sunbath outside on 12pm to 1pm when the sun was super hot and bright. That's why she had lesser smell because the sun washed the stinky smell away even though her fur was thick. She was very smart, she knew how to take care her self. She has lesser tick than my previous dogs. And at the end of her life, I guesses she had no tick at all.

The dog after her, Carrie, was also smart. She was caring and friendly. As a young dog, she saw Pinkan always went out to sunbath in the afternoon. She also did the same. She sunbath almost everyday. She didn't like to bath and she knew when I prepared the shower gel and her towel. She quickly ran and hide below the table. She also didn't have tick.

I really miss my dogs... :(