On 19 Dec 2009, me and my hubby met up with Ian and David who travel to Singapore. I brought them to eat the World-famous Xiao Long Bao at Din Tai Fung – 鼎泰豐.

I was not kidding, if you try to search “world famous xiao long bao” from google. You will find alot people recommend Din Tai Fung. Din Dai Fung originally from Taiwan. In Singapore has 6 branches, I brought them to Bishan Junction 8 due to near my place and their hotel.

Restaurant Din Tai Fung
Junction 8 Branch
9 Bishan Place #01-41 Junction 8 Shopping Centre
Singapore 579837
TEL:65-6356-5228
Officially website : http://www.dintaifung.com.tw/ch/index.asp
Mon – Fri : 11am – 10pm
Weekends & Public Holidays : 10am-10pm

When we reached there. Almost full house. Luckily still able to find the seat Then we started to place orders. Of course first thing will order Xiao Long Bao. Let’s see what we have ordered ya ~

Steamed Pork Dumplings (Xiao Long Bao) 6 pcs S$6.30


Shrimp and pork shao -mai 6 pcs S$9.30


Fried rice with eggs and pork chops – S$9.00


Noodle mixed with minced pork – S$7.00


Steamed Style Layer cake – S$3.00


The price of the food is reasonable. Worth to try!One more good thing in this restaurant is ~ Free Refillable Chinese Tea

Me and Hubby


Ian, David and Me


Really hope that they can enjoy the food here ^^ Sorry that cant bring you guy go seek for those hawker food especially geylang hokkien mee. David, I know you desparate want to try it, but paiseh la ^^ I sick on that weekend. So this is the best I can do for you and Ian

After our lunch, we continued our trip to Singapore Science Centre and Singapore Night Safari.

On 24 Dec, I thought I was able to join the christmas party ~ But too bad, I was late for the party. Sorry everyone .Luckily my brother in-law got capture all the sweet memories which I have missed out. From the photo 1-5, I can feel how fun the party was

Do you saw the presents under the christmas tree??? It was alot!


Christmas Dinner ~


So many kids They sure have alot fun that night.


Everyone also got present




Although I have missed out the party, I still got present from them


The Titus watch was from my sister hehe ^^ I love it. Thanks sister ~ Whereas the necklace was given by my hubby ~ muak muak ^^


How’s about that two red color present? Let’s open it:)


It was a Nike bag!



How about me? Yea ~ this is my presnt Nice right? Thanks bro n sister in-law for all the presents!


Almost 12 am now ~ But they still dont want sleep


The game was just started! Monkey game ^^. How to play this game? Everyone take turn to pull out the stick. Make sure no monkeys dropped. If dropped, mean the monkeys will belong to you. Who has the least monkeys will be the winner


Xuan Xuan’s turn


Becareful!


Amber’s turn~


Amber was thinking which one to take.


Bin Bin’s turn


The next day, we have our Dim Sum breakfast at Damansara Jaya.


“Siew Mai”


“Har Kao”


Others food in this restaurant can refer to my blog about Restaurant Jin Xuan Hong Kong


My parent n sister n nephews


My sister in-laws and nieces


Grandpa and Grandson~ Look alike?


My papa n mama n nephews


After breakfast, we went to The Curve shopping mall.




Everyone say cheers to camera ^^


Me n Jia Xuan~


Gong GOng and 3 cucus


Christmas in The Curve.


Mom and me Mom, love you so much. You really our great mom and great grandma ^^


My five little Do re mi fa so ! Love you all so much.


Outside The Curve








Hubby and Me










After that, we went to Ikano.


Hehe ^^ 1,2,3,4 Cheers.


Then, we brought the kids to balloon playground.


Amber was scared on playing this. So, her mom guided her once.


Amber was braved now. She can walked herself.


And slide herself






Back to home ^^






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At night, ps meet have a gathering with his brothers in Neway Karaoke ~


Buffet dinner in Neway


Ps, Kuan, CYong


Spagetti. The buffet in Neway was nice.






3 mans sing a song.


Kim and Me


My hubby!


James, Cyong, KKeat, Kuan, PS


Another shot for memory


Cu guy in Chinese New Year~


Another Christmas at Sunway Pyramid.














Amber pose for photo before sliding ^^ So cute of her!




Waiting for Tu Tu Train






Lion of Sunway Pyramid


Christmas Decoration outside Sunway Pyramid




Amber dun like people took her photo without notice. When she found it, she will run away!


She will shout “Gu-gu!”




Happy moments always ends very fast. 3 days short holiday just finished like a rocket. And I still need to face the fact. Back to Singapore What to do, this is life ^^ Take it easy ~ Just appreciate every moment that you have.

This cake is exchanged with a voucher from Bengawan Solo. My hubby’s friend celebrated his daughter full month birthday. Thus, he sent a voucher for us to redeem fruit cake from Bengawan Solo


Yeah! is Year 2010!!! Wish everyone happy new year All the best in year 2010. Wish myself have a happy and peaceful life!


A gift from my hubby..Guess what? hehe..


Very busy on work n feel so tired… Thus, just countdown at home with my hubby . Nvm, still can see the Marina Bay fireworks from TV.

Merry Christmas to everyone ~

我预早祝福大家圣诞节快乐。。因为我明晚就回KL lo~ Yea ^^
我最爱这张照片。。因为它让我感觉到圣诞节的温馨 ~ ~
所以我用它来祝福你们，希望你们过个温馨的圣诞节 *—*

Continue from my previous blog, let’s start my year 090808 one day trip in Sydney, Australia!

Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, is Australia’s oldest and largest city with a population of around 4 million. Sydney is built around a huge harbour and hosts many tourist attractions as well as a number of beaches, bays and a couple of national parks.[Source from www.australianexplorer.com]

During my business trip, Jaynee and CY also came to Sydney, Australia. They met up with me a day before and stayed together with me . Then, tomorrow morning we will go to Paddy’s market together.

The next day, we wake up early and from Four Season Hotel, we walked to Circular Quay train station.




We reached Circular Quay station. We were going to Central Station.






Central Station


Central Railway Station (also known as Sydney Terminal) is the largest railway station in Sydney. It is located on the southern end of the Sydney CBD. It services almost all of the lines on the CityRail network, and is the major terminus for interurban and interstate rail services. Central Station houses the operations of New South Wales Railways. Central sits beside Railway Square and is officially located in Haymarket. Central is the station closest to the University of Technology Sydney at Broadway. [Source from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]

Walked from Central Station to Sydney’s Paddy Markets. We passed by this garden.






Sydney’s Paddy Markets




The Haymarket Paddy’s is located in the ‘Market City’ site, beside Chinatown and is more like a traditional flea market, specialising in cheap imported clothes, giftware and also has a small section for fruit, vegetables and seafood. Paddy’s Haymarket also sells souvenirs which makes it popular with tourists.You can get alot cheap souvenirs, cloth, food in the markets. [Source from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]



When I took photo at Darling Harbour, one guy suddenly jump out from behind. Then , we just cheers to camera ^^


After Paddy Markets, me and Jaynee say goodbye because I was going back to hotel check out and meet my buddy – Lynn . I passed by Chinatown. From there, I took bus back to Four Season Hotel.




So happy to see Lynn The first station she brought me to is The Rock.

Rock Markets


The rock


The Rocks are situated in Sydney’s city centre on the western side of Circular Quay, and was the area of the first European settlement in 1788. Before the 1820′s it was full of convicts and prostitutes, although this has changed from slums to three-story houses.[Source from www.circularquat.net]

Then, we walked to Circular Quay. Lynn n me


Luke and Me


View of Sydney Opera House So beautiful !


The Sydney Opera House was completed in 1973 and was designed by Joern Utzon. The first public performance being Prokofiev’s ‘War and Peace’, and the acoustics are fabulous. From outside the Sydney Opera House looks remarkable and if you get up close you will be able to see several of the million or so ceramic tiles which cover the Sydney Opera House shells. [Source from www.australianexplorer.com]

View of Sydney Harbour Bridge


The Sydney Harbour Bridge was finished on Saturday 19th March 1932 and opened by Jack Lang, costing $20 million.All types of people use the bridge with access to cyclists on the West side and pedestrians on the East side, as well as vehicles.

The bridge is the largest steel arch bridge in the world being 134 metres high, 49 metres wide with a curve of 503 metres. The bridge has six million rivets in total, and weighs 52,800 tonnes. It stretches from Dawes Point on one side of the Sydney Harbour to Milsons Point on the other.[Source from www.australianexplorer.com]









After Circular Quay, we went to Featherdale Wildlife Park


Featherdale Wildlife Park
Want to see Australia’s unique wildlife in a natural bush setting? At Featherdale, we’ve gone out of our way to create a unique wildlife experience?within the Sydney metropolitan area!
You can hand feed a kangaroo, wallaby or emu – or enjoy a face-to-face encounter with one of our friendly koalas – amongst one of Australia’s largest private collections of Australian native animals and bird life.
For more information, visit to http://www.featherdale.com.au/index.htm

Every visitor will have one “Passport”. You will see a few animal’s picture inside the passport. You will need to go and look for them.


Once you found the animal in the passport, you will get a chop and stamp it! Means that you have visited this animal I am sure the kids enjoy this


First time I saw Kangaroo with this short distance!


The kangaroo so scared me




Southern Cassowary


Australian Shelduck


Feeding Kangaroo!


Not sure what this bird called ??


Let’s me show you the most cuttest animal in Sydney ~ Lovely Koala Bear


Koala Bear was crawling


Koala Bear was looking around

Koala Bear was sleeping ZZZzZ



Sleep so tightly oh


Cute lor ^^


Hehe ^^ I got the koala bear stamp!


The peacock was so freedom to walk around.




So beautiful ~


White Peacock! Like a King standing there…


White Kangaroo


I scared to feed this big bird … Thus, Luke feed them


Yo~ First time saw black pigeon! like Men in Black ^^



I like this pigeon’s color… like a pink lady


Colorful Pigeon


Featherdale Wildlife Park is really a nice place to visit Thanks Lynn and Luke for bringing me here ^^ and also thanks Gim for giving us the discount voucher

We went to DFO (Direct Factory Outlet) shopping mall to have our lunch.


Inside the shopping mall


Inside the car..


Stopped by a stadium ~


Unable to catch the sunset view at Bondi beach, thus we stopped by here to see the sunset… But the sun went down so fast Miss it~


Reached Bondi.


Bondi Beach!


Nice?


Bondi Beach is about one kilometre long and receives many visitors throughout the year. Surf Life Saving Australia has given different hazard ratings to Bondi Beach in 2004. While the northern end has been rated a gentle 4 (with 10 as the most hazardous), the southern side is rated as a 7 due to a famous rip current known as the “Backpackers’ Express” because of its proximity to the bus stop, and the unwillingness of tourists to walk the length of the beach to safer swimming. The south end of the beach is generally reserved for surfboard riding. Yellow and red flags define safe swimming areas, and visitors are advised to swim between them. [source from http://en.wikipedia.org]

So cool here ^^ . For more information about Bondi beach, you can visit to http://www.bondibeach.com/


Have dinner with Gim, Gim’s sister and friends Do you see the big plate of food infron us! It was not a decoration but is Real food Got oyster, lobster, prawn, squid and etc. Thanks for the dinner ^^ I enjoyed so much .


We went for a drink after dinner…


Try hot chocalate again… This time came with heart shape


The next day…


View from Lynn’s house


I slept till dont know Lynn already woke up -> went to market -> finished cook breakfast ^^ So touch that she cooked for me ^^. Although just a simple breakfast but feel yummy


Lynn n Me She was my ex-neighbour, we always played together since we was young Really miss those days… can the time went back?


Lynn brought me for Dim Sum..Sunny Harbour Seafood Restaurant…


The Dim Sum was nice!


Thanks Connie for the meet up! Just a short while but we talked alot because long time no see


Sad…need to take flight back to Singapore lar~


Taking Singapore Airlines A380 (The biggest double decker aeroplane of SIA). This aeroplane was really huge!


Bye Bye Sydney! Really wish that I can stay more days Hope I can come Sydney look for Lynn again!

Lynn, appreciate so much that you n Luke spent the whole weekend for me. I really feel so happy that I have a buddy like you ^^ Although we separate with each other for quite a long time… But when met you, the feeling never changed…always my ‘Xiao Lynn’. Miss You and take k always