RIP MOCHA DEAR. It was a horrible experience for me, and till now i still get flash back of that very scene every so often and it made me thinks of the what-ifs, and if onlys.. im so terribly sad, but i suppose time will heal the pain.

I kept myself busy over the weekend. Brought brownie to grooming coming out looking like a distorted alien again (more on this later), went shooting with friends and did a terrible job aiming at the plates, had szechuan ma la hotpot for dinner with the paste that Koi brought back upon request, it was soooo good... then decided to turn down all invitations to go out and stayed home to watch TVB series.

Mom n Sis went to HK for holiday without me (argh, im the one who is depress here ok??), dad decided to do his random calls by waking me up at 8am on SUNDAY- the only day i can truly sleep late, just so he can drag me to BAK KUT TEH, and thru out the meal claiming that I was the one craving for BKT since forever, which i must clarify it was not true!

Was suppose to head to sentul koi park with some friends for picnic, but in the end did not make it because the weather was looking gloomy, we decided to call it off, so to avoid dissapoint the kids, i brought them out to the park anyway...

Busy weekend indeed.

Last weekend was a bit better, at least i have some time for a breather. We head to Ritz Carlton Hotel for afternoon tea.

Fatty Jess growing sideways steadily..

Cute lil' jams

The afternoon tea set is actually pretty good, with selections of tarts, scones, and desserts, all looking pretty and dainty sitting on the chinaware.

There is over 40 selectioins of tea for us to choose from

Thanks mommy dear who gave us the best things in life

CY lookin all grown up

Gosh, need to get back to work mode now, been slacking for too long..

more updates soon i promise.

Thursday is never a good day for me. OK neither is monday, tuesday, wednesday, and friday.. but who's counting.

It's 9am in the morning. Frankly im not in the mood to work. I did consider doing a sickie and stay at home with my blankie over my head. JUST for one day pls?

I wish there is a balance in work, play, and family. Ever since helping out with my dad, i realise that my work life has been mix with family. The obligations to attend business dinners and cancelled original plans with friends, or careful words around parents otherwise being told off as being childish, just to list a few.

Naturally, i realize im having less and less of ME time. Aside from work, i have to take care of my three doggies which of course its not much of a trouble, but then theres sisters obligations, bringing them out and looking after them trying to strike some balance for them between their schools and plays too.

Sometimes its good to think im single, to be in a relationship i'll have one more thing to worry about and definitely even lesser of ME time.

So yea, as you probably detect by now, Jess is not a very happy person at the mo-

Is it mid life crisis already?

I know i should be grateful (which i am) it's just that theres thousands of things wheeling in my head right now, and with the limited capacity of the brain i have(or not) i feel like a rubberband being stretched and probably will snap one of the days.

SIGH, cheers to unhappy unhappy thoughts

So anyway, KOI is back from Melb, and whenever she's around, we'll definitely up to no good. So Rootz this saturday yea? Kel's is also back but being a "good" friend that i am, i still havent been able to meet up with him... Aside from that i know many other melb peoples are flocking back within this month or next, they should be keeping my weekends pretty damn busy. Most of all, im super excited about my HOKKAIDO trip next month! The thought of the food there is already making my tummy growl~

More updates soon. xoxo Jess

It's dissapointing how you have great expectations of a restaurant after reading ravishly good reviews from bloggers but the restaurant not quite meet your likings. Hakka Republic is one of those restaurant.

We went there to celebrate mom's bday this year. My first complain of the place is the music they played throughout the night. Often i tried to avoid places that places that plays chinese oldies as its rather disturbing and degrades the mood of the restaurant. But that is my personal opinion.

Aside from the slow service, the food was just ok. Definitely some hit and misses on the menus.

66 roses for mommy dear that wilted and died within a week. Grrr!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY DEAR... ! Uve been a brave brave mom raising us brats up. mwahs!

Cold Soba with Tuna tartar

Dad's beef carpacio 

Miso Foie Gras 

After dinner we proceeded to SKYBAR for drinks, it's a good chilling place overlooking the KL tower.

Sipping Champayne and listening to hard trance~ dom dom dom