2D1N Batam !

It is our first wedding anniversary today!

So thought I shall do a quick post on how we celebrate it in advance! About a month ago, we decided to go on a short getaway since it is our first wedding anniversary! Dearie could not take any leave as he is still on probation so we thought probably we could go somewhere over the weekend. And batam was the choice! 

We left for Batam last Saturday! Booked the Batamfast ferry which departed Harbourfront Centre at 1150am. Tickets were reasonable at $50 per pax for 2 ways. Collected our boarding passes and off we went!

 Waiting at the gate.

Finally it was time to board the ferry!

 And we reached Batam in no time, it was just 45 minutes away!

 We booked our stay with Swiss-Belhotel which was a short walk from Harbour bay ferry terminal. Managed to get an early check in to put our belongings down before heading out for lunch.

The massage place opposite our hotel looks impressive! Sadly we did not have a chance to try.. maybe next time!

 Cabbed to Nagoya Mall from our hotel and it cost us 30k idr (~$2.70 sgd) and headed to the famous Warung Cobain for some authentic indonesian food.

 We ordered sambal kangkung, meegoreng, fried chicken and 2 glasses of ice-lemon tea. Total damage was only $9 sgd!

We forgot to tell them to reduce the spiciness so we were both teary eyed by the end of the meal haha.

 After lunch, we explored the mall and also went to the hypermart to do some random shopping! Necessities were really cheap there. We stocked up on toothbrushes, toothpastes, some indomie which cost 30cents per pack, and ABC chilli sauces which were only $1+ for a normal bottle. Really random indeed haha.

After the intensive shopping, we stopped by a coffeehouse for some tea to perk us up as we still had some time before our spa appointment!

We chose the Spa Secret as it was highly raved and we definitely were not disappointed! Furthermore, it was just a short 5 minute walk from Nagoya Mall.

 We were 30 minutes early but they were very polite to bring us to our treatment room almost immediately! We changed out of our own footwear into their crocs sandals at the lobby before heading to the second floor for our couple massage.

They left us to change out of our clothes into disposable undies and gave us a towel for us to wrap around.

We went for the 2hour quick spa massage which includes a quick salt bath for cleansing of the feet, full body massage, body scrub and lotion, before ending off with a 15 minutes Jacuzzi bath and a shower.

The entire treatment was very relaxing because the room smelled so good and they even play soothing music while they worked on our bodies. They were very skillful and experienced too! 3 words to sum it up: VERY SHIOK LAH! And we would definitely go back again. We were so satisfied after the treatment that both of us gave a 20k tip to our masseur. 

It was 6.30pm by the time our spa ended so we made a quick ride back to Harbourbay for some seafood dinner at Wey Wey Seafood Restaurant! Also another highly recommended place for cheap, fresh and good seafood!

 Our rejuvenated faces after the spa haha

 These were what we had

 Black pepper crab!

 Half eaten see hum, all for dearie's own consumption :o

 Dinner cost us approx $50 each but we find it super reasonable because all the dishes were so good and fresh! 

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The next day, we headed down for the hotel breakfast at 8am, which was 9am Sg time. I think we slept for close to 10 hours lol shiokk.

 Breakfast was decent but nothing to shout about, good enough to fill our tummies hehe

Then we went back to the room to pack our stuff and headed out to buy some kueh lapis back home before going to Bella Italia for lunch!

Pasta were good and they even gave us a complimentary slice of tiramisu!

 Another selfie before boarding the ferry back to Singapore!

It was a short but fulfilling getaway from Sg!

And I so wanna go back again! Just for the spa haha.

9th year Anniversary & 1 year Engagement ♥

This post is way overdue but I still want to pen it down cause we celebrated our 9th year anniversary and 1 year engagement about 2 month plus ago!  

I suggested going to Prego which is an Italian restaurant with an affordable pricing and off we went!

Complimentary bread. There were both soft and hard bread and I definitely prefer the softer ones. We had 2 rounds of this. Awesome hehe.

Appetizer was parma ham with melon! Absolutely yummy!

We had baked cod fish, pasta and pizza for mains! They were very generous with the serving!

Dearie managed to surprise me with handwritten message served together with our dessert! I was quite stunned at first cause I was thinking how did the restaurant know we were celebrating our 9th year anniversary! Turns out it was the boy who requested for the customised message hehe. This boy is getting better at surprises lol. But I guess also partly cause I had zero expectations about surprises haha.

 

We walked along the esplanade area before going into Supply & Demand to chill the night away. It was an awesome evening :)

To more joyous and adventurous years ahead B! ♥

8 years of LOVE // ♥ THE PROPOSAL ♥

Today is our 99th monthsary. We are also engaged for 3 months now. I can't believe it!

And I'm finally penning down the proposal entry!


3 MONTHS EARLIER (23/09/15)

On our 8th Anniversary, both of us took leave to spend the day with each other. It started off like how our usual anniversaries are like, going for an awesome brunch, followed by movie then dinner. That's how our usual monthsaries are like too actually haha.

So that day was really nothing too out of the ordinary. Except we were going Rochester Park for dinner..

Brunch was at The Missing Pan! Not sure why we drove all the way to Bukit Timah but since it's on the way for us. There we went!

Brunch was absolutely yummy! It's been a long while since we had such good brunch food so totally no regrets for going all the way to the West of Singapore haha.

Thereafter, we went to catch a movie - The Everest! The movie was kinda upsetting by the way as it's based on a true story. And I really dont know why we chose to watch something sad on our anniversary. LOL. Maybe cause there wasnt too much of a choice.

So anyway, Dearie brought us to UNA at One Rochester for dinner that night.

Way before this, I had a teeny feel that he might pop the question as the restaurant was way too atas for our standard. We never even go Dempsey Hill together once! But part of me was telling myself it might be because he just started working and decided to spend abit more on our special day haha. Trying to manage my expectations so I dont end up being too disappointed if it did not happen lol. Also, he did not give me any flowers that morning when we met up for brunch so I brushed the thought aside haha.

We chose alfresco dining since the weather was pretty cooling that night. Here's me and a glass of white wine which the boy ordered. Still cannot appreciate wine for that matter but at least I had a few sips haha.

Dinner started off with complimentary bread with olive oil and vinaigrette aside. The bread was tough and hard man. But I quite like the bread sticks! Hehe. 

UNA is a Spanish Restaurant so of course we ordered seafood paella to share! The portion was just nice and we finished everything!

We ordered a side of potatoes to share as well but it was way too dim for a good picture so I could only make do with this.

So while we were in the midst of eating, Dearie kept pestering me for his handmade card so we exchanged! We agreed on no gifts so we din prepare any for each other hehe. This was what I got. My first thought was wah what a huge book effort max but really pretty!

And as I started looking through the contents of it, I grew more and more suspicious cause it speaks about our milestones together for the past 8 years. And I knew it was coming.

That's when he stood up and came over to my side and started talking about how we have spent our years together, how I was always with him through it all, how he will continue to love me, take good care of me in our remaining lives together. I couldn't really pay attention cause I was in shock myself haha so I just kept nodding lol.

And he popped the question and I say "Orh, Okay!" instead of Yes lol. Told you I was in shock I can't even answer the question properly haha.

Here's him putting a ring on it ;)

If you are wondering, the photos were taken by the staff using Dearie's phone but most of them were pretty blur. Maybe he's feeling equally excited for us haha. But thank god we have these few photos for memory sake!

And so.. I have my flowers too! It was sent to the restaurant so the staff presented when we were done haha. So smart of him!

The boy behind it, I would like to think it was quite successful! I ask him later on and he said he wasn't even nervous but then he did tremble abit when putting the ring la haha.

And after everything was over, we went back to our dessert and behave like nothing happen lol, but I was basically drilling him on how he planned all this, while gushing about the flowers and scrapbook in between haha.

Dinner definitely ended on a sweet note for us :D

Sooo..

WE ARE ENGAGED!!!

I like that the proposal was an intimate affair with just the both of us, but I was pretty surprised he decided to do it in a restaurant with an alfresco setting because we did not want it to be a public affair at all! Thank god everybody was minding their own business that day and not much attention was on us, except for the couple on our next next table where the guy said "eh eh proposal!" to the gf when it happened lol.

Happy me!

Went back home and started snapping photos! The ring was a good fit so there was no resizing needed! ♥ (Dearie must have noted down my ring size on our countless trips to the jewellers hehe)

The contents in the scrapbook! I would like to think it was pretty well done and am definitely impressed!

We were swarmed by lots of congratulations around us the day after the proposal. Friends around me wanted a piece of the story as well. Nothing has since changes after the proposal, or maybe I became more sweet for a few days cause of the euphoria rush, but back to my normal self after that haha.

Lots of people started asking about wedding date, choice of hotel venues etc! My first reaction was: Way too fast guys!! Plse let us soak in the engagement period and start planning when the time is right!

Anyway, we have discussed and decided that we want to hold our wedding in 2017, hopefully our house is ready by then so we can move in straight away. So for now let's chill ya. Haha.