Friday, October 26, 2012

Reno Diary - Blessing the House

Our designers handed over the keys to us, a sign that renovation is finally completed! *yippee* A place to call our home :) We chose an auspicious day to bless the house, a ritual that we kept it simple and fuss free. I googled online to find out the essentials stuff required and omitted some items which are difficult to get. 


The essential stuff, all packed. 


Leecher - waiting for the auspicious timing to kick open the door. 


Small pineapple, courtesy of our parents. Pineapples to bring wealth and fortune into the house :)

After entering the house, firstly, open all the windows to let the fresh air flow into the house to clean the Qi (energies) in the house. Next, switch on all the lights to light up the area.

Not forgetting the rest of the items -  the 5 essential items for the kitchen: cooking oil, vinegar, salt, sugar and rice.


 
Leecher boiling a pot of water over our new stove and we both drank a bit of the water. No idea what that was supposed to mean, but mummy dearest set the rules, haha!


 
Then, it was over to IKEA for a quick lunch before furniture shopping. We were frequently IKEA so often that it became our fave hangout place for a few months.  

 
As the pieces were too heavy to carry on its own, we opened up each package and separated the pieces to carry them (piece by piece) up the house.

 
Loots from IKEA - cushions, dining table, 2 bar stools and some miscellaneous stuff.
 
Leecher taking charge of the dining table.  

While I fixed the bar stools .... felt as if we were playing lego, but this lego version required lots of hammering and drilling. Sense of satisfaction when you see the assembled pieces :)

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Swirl: Sassy Fiesta

    Another collection coming your way - with colourful tops, dresses and accessories :) 

Hop onto Swirl today!


Monday, October 22, 2012

Choupinette


Gosh, time literally flies for lil bro is coming back tomorrow! He's been away for almost 6 weeks, and I kinda missed him already, though we do speak on the phone whenever he has connection. Taking leave this week, so can pick him up at the naval base :) *wonders what presents he will buy for me, but I think better don't harbour too much hope, haha * Have consolidated quite a pile of pictures for the lil bro's NS journey, will share when I've sorted out the pictures. It felt like yesterday when I sent him into BMTC and now, he's about to have his commission parade in 3 months time from OCS. 

On a separate note, had a dinner date with Leecher  a visit to Choupinette! Have long heard raves about their brunches, but Leecher reserved a table for dinner instead. Well, better than nothing! 



All buckled up and ready to go :)

 
New clutch for our date today :)  

 
Took a lil walk around the neighbourhood.

 Choupinette, finally!

 
We were the first to arrive and they were still in the midst of preparing the restaurant. Bakery corner with bread displayed in baskets, sooooo french-ish. 

 
We were shown to our table, a cosy table at the corner of the restaurant. 

Outdoor dining is also available.

Leecher deciding what he wanna eat/drink, when there wasn't much of a choice given that the menu was already prefixed for us.

      
3 course meal, just need to decide on choice of starters, mains and desserts. With 2 dishes to choose for each course, it was easy for us to take 1 each and share. 

 
While we were left on our own to decide on the menu, they were busy preparing the restaurant for the other diners. Love the lil touches of flowers and candles on the table :) 
 
Our own table setting.

 Waiting for starters to be served!

 
Ready to tuck in! 
 
Bread was served warm, much to our delight :) I prefer my bread with butter. House pour were 1-for-1 at $14 each. 

 
Entrees consisted of Soup of the Day - Green Pea soup or Garden Salad. As much as I love Choupinette for their cosy and homely environment, I was extremely disappointed with their choices of entrees.

For mains, I had duck confit served with lentils and caramelized onions while Leecher had beef stew served with mash potato.

 The waiters were ever so ready to help us take pictures :) 

 Desserts - chocolate mousse and creme brulee. Creme brulee was slightly disappointing, for it wasn't sweet (more for the health conscious).

Would love to come back again for their brunch items *Leecher, another task for you!*

  
Wore a simple white/black dress, paired with heels & envelope clutch. I realised that I've been bringing clutches out for our dates recently, haha! 

 with the dearest! *muacks*
 Choupinette
607 Bukit Timah Road
Singapore 269708

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