mr and mrs yeo

this is going to be the longest blog post with the most photos and least words.. i have been editing the photos since 12am and is already 4am now..

i would like to give credits for the 1st 5 photos to my aunt.. she designed it specially for me created beautifully into an album.. special thanks to my aunt who rushed out the album and pass it to me 2 days after my rom, placing all her effort in decorating the album.. it is lovely.. i will bring around to show my friends and colleagues soon..

28 dec 07 marks the day we became husband and wife in the eyes of the singapore govt.. trying hard to convince dear dear not to have a customary wedding.. because i find the after marriage life is more important than anything else.. but till then, we will have one sometime later..

thanks dear dear for always taking such good care of me, loving me and willing to take a further step of our love into the next level.. i love you!

special thanks to our family members and friends who turned up despite it being a friday afternoon, having to apply for leave, some rushing down to jurong to attend our rom.. we appreciate your generous blessings and your presence to celebrate our special moment!

christmas eve party..

blessed christmas!! edited the photos till 2am yesterday night.. now at office blogging.. hee hee..

it was indeed a great christmas party this year.. my aunt prepared games.. a number of games and was fun! i had so much fun and laughter! grandma made alot of items this year.. a huge chicken pie that resembles the don pie! a great peach tart, xiang made some nice eggs with an american recipe with salmon roe! ooo!!! its nice!! Bastian brought a big hamper from carousel with lots of Christmas foodies which includes gingerbread, fruitcake, cookies some chocolates! dad bought a turkey. my uncle bought chicken wings! we had lots of other food! it was great! i was supposed to be on a diet for my rom this friday.. arghz.. i have to eat lesser these 3 days..

eesek is dear dear's fave! and o, did i tell u he love boys? hee..

but he is really smart and cute! aunt belinda was just telling us her little lighting specialist! at such a young age, he can enter the shopping mall and tell his mum which light is not working! and he even tell his mum to tell the auntie to change the light! ha.. it's no coincidence.. my uncle is an electric engineer. the genes must have passed on.. hee..

the 1st game was a japanese game.. we spilt into 2 teams and had to play scissors, paper, stone.. the winner have to grab the paper fan to hit the loser head.. the loser has to use the red basket to cover his head before the winner hit with the paper fan to score 1 point.. we had such fun! my uncle told us the secret or how to cheat the game, that is to grab the paper fan and the red basket so the opponent cant cover the head no matter what! haha..

the fun part was that i cant remember whether i won or lost.. so i didnt cover my head in time or did not grab fast enough the paper fan to hit my opponent, my dear aunt belinda! arghz!

game 2: i always love games that does not require to use much of my brains.. we had to sit in a round circle and throw the 2 dice to make it a double to get a chance to open the present till the next person throws a double.. the difficult part was that we had to wear 2 gloves to open the pressie! and my aunt wrapped many many layers!

xiang managed to throw a double but before she can tear open the present, alfred threw a double! haha.. i managed to open the present 2 times.. and finally, dear dear got it! haha..

then after some games, we sang some songs!

finally, we had the log cake which xiang bought from clarke quay.. it is nicely wrapped.. it taste great but i was too full to have a slice, i had a mouthful from dear dear's plate! great!

our trip to rom office..

yesterday, is our date of collection of our rom certificate to be used on the solemnisation day itself. its so exciting..

we woke up early in the morning to have breakfast at funan the it mall and then head up to rom office.. it was an early morning for us considering we do not have to work but still have to wake up early..

taking the surroundings as we walk up to the office..
haven been there before lah.. pardon for being a mountain tortoise.. hee

look at the crowd! we had to wait 45 mins for our turn..
we took the oath that the information we provided is correct..
the officer is so kind! she allowed us to take pictures while making the oath!

some random shots!

after collecting the certs, dear dear and i head home to for our own gift and card exchange before going to the christmas party at my aunt's place..

kendy's petite egg tarts..

yesterday night.. kendy made petite egg tarts.. she brought this morning to share.. how mini.. how small.. how cute! the taste is great too!!!

but i do not have petite baking tins.. and do not want to keep spending $$ on baking stuff.. sighz.. can i have petite baking tins for christmas? haha..

presenting her petite egg tarts for the small mouths.. like me! hee..

yummy!!

p.s: i made cinnamon rolls for dear dear family.. but no photos because sis took the camera to bkk.. hope she enjoy the shopping! hee..

p.p.s: there was no one home yesterday night except bro, his friend and me.. mum went over to grandma house.. b sis went overseas, xiang at work.. pa went to work at night.. there was a small lizard at night when i was about to sleep.. bro offered to catch for me but it was on the ceiling and im concerned of him dropping the lizard onto my bed, thus went to b bed to sleep instead.. i dun like the bed! it is so hard!! i miss my bed.. this morning, i had to go to my room to get change etc to get to work and i saw the small lizzy again!! as bro is playing computer games overnight, he is awake at 7am! so i got him to kill the lizzy.. my brave bro! thanks!! ~~

babelicious egg tarts..

went to queenstown library with my colleagues last week and gotten some recipes book.. i printed some recipes that i liked.. and as i was on the train going to meet dear dear, i was reading those recipes that i printed.. then it made me so feel like doing the egg tarts..

as egg tarts require different types of flour.. i had to buy flour again.. yes, spend again.. on my savings plan.. i think i spent a substantial amount on baking needs.. the substantial in my context is about $100.. hee..

so went to buy cake flour which is more expensive than normal plain flour.. more = twice the amount!

anyway, was excited to get it done..

p.s something happened to the oven door when bro went to get his duck meat in the oven on sunday night.. which explains why i had to use some weight at the oven door..

anyway, brought some for my colleagues today and they love it! melanda-chan, do you have to keep reminding me about the chocolate cake? hee..

have reserved 2 at home for dear dear to try tonight.. hope he loves it too.. am thinking of getting petite baking tins to make mini egg tarts.. to look more babelicious.. should i? hah..

our new home..

over the weekend, went with dear dear to visit our new place.. though we haven gotten the keys but now finally after exams, settled rom stuff.. got some time to explore the new place.. went to find the nearest bbq pit.. went to check out our mail box.. though our unit is not the lower floor.. but the mailbox is below our eye level..

we went up to our unit.. usually the gate is closed and the door is unlocked so we can push it open too peep into the unit, however, that day, the main door is locked! I was quite surprised and then i asked dear dear if he finds the main door free of dust? i remember the last time i pushed open the door, there is this thick layer of dust on the doors! did someone come to clean our house?? hmm..

and then, our neighbours walked out and saw us standing outside our unit.. she is a nice kind old lady.. she asked if we bought the unit and we said yes.. i think she is just as excited that we will be neighbours soon and we are so so young! haha.. she is so kind.. she told us a month ago, hdb came to repaint the gate and the house.. that explains why the door is clean and free of dust and then i realise the gates are newly painted too!

hee.. which means that when we have the keys, we do not have to clean up a dusty home.. anyway, am prepared to buy a nice pink broom for the house.. have to get all the cleaning agents too..

whenever we see our house, we got the motivation to save more than we spend.. so we can have more $$ to get things for the house.. i do not need a grand affair but a comfortable home to come home to.. a nice sofa, a nice bed, happy dinnerset when we have meals, a good oven for my baking.. thanks xiang in advance for wanting to get me as a house warming gift! haha.. a good tv set, a nice balcony for relaxation, a comfortable bed with happy and welcoming bedsheets to sleep our stress away.. wow! im all getting excited!!

thanks ah yi, for wanting to design our house.. im sure will be a lovely one..

we look forward to our new home.. hmm.. what shall we name it?

all rightey, stephy, stop drifting away in dreamland.. am so excited.. i wonder how to wait patiently for bto.. no offense to my friends who bought bto but is just my little thoughts..

mre happenings from the kitchen..

over the weekend.. we hit the town! oh yes, we went to ps.. usually dear dear dun like to go orchard but we went there because got daiso and spotlight can take a look.. see mre packaging for my baking stuff.. but didnt get anything.. nothing that is nice..

then after we went to taka to look at the corelle plates.. there is a offer on the dinner sets but it is not the design that i want and it is quite "ang moh" style.. 2 soup bowls.. those very shallow for those cream soups, 4 butter plates, something like tea plates, and those squarish plates.. anyway, no harm window shopping on all these.. i love the plates.. it is truly unbreakable and very light.. very easy to handle!

these are the few designs that i like.. kendy added today that her aunt has used the plates for more than 10 years and it still looks like new! im sure its a worthy investment.. gucci aside.. i think we'll welcome corelle.. the gold premier series even had different designs on the plates with the same theme! dear dear is ok with any design which means i get to choose! haha.. i prefer something cheery so that when we eat at least we face happy things!

introducing country herbs..

here comes cool pansies..

and lush..

then we went home for dinner and i baked banana cake and sweet heart chocolate cookies.. the other time dear dear did not have a chance to try the cookies so made it on saturday night.. our only shot at ps.. hee

ta-da! my yummy banana cake is finally ready! this time, i used the electric mixer to mix all the ingredients, thereby no time to take pictures of my steps.. but a whole cake takes a longer time to bake and requires more eggs.. thereby i seldom bake a whole cakes.. packed three quarter of the cake for dear dear family to try.. coz my mum has been scolding me that i bake and bake and made them all fat by eating such sweet stuff..

dear dear family loves it! they finished half of the cake i brought! his mum said is not too sweet and taste natural.. dear dear ate i think more than 5 thick slices.. a few in the afternoon and some after dinner.. well, im glad they love it!

though there are some cracks but it taste great!

packing for his family..

the quarter that i left at home is left untouched whereas the cookies are gone! guess that's the difference.. his family prefers the cake where my family prefer the cookies.. but i find cookies are too dry..

throat has not been feeling good.. it's been a long time since we go k.. coz our voices are not totally back! it has been weeks!

this week will be baking more cinnamon rolls for his family to try since they didnt try it the last time..

p.s his mum asked me today.. you are so good in baking.. can you cook? cook chicken curry and told me to go and learn.. i was like.. i cant answer and said im a great cook.. but i can lah..
dear dun forget yr promise to tell your mum that i can cook.. not chicken curry though..

happening's from stephy's kitchen.

have not been baking.. been tired the whole week.. dun noe y.. anyway, on thursday night, finally got back my drive.. went to phoon huat to get the ingredients for cream cheese and gelatine.. i cant buy anymore ingredients!! want to save.. have been saving but 1 trip to phoon huat, there goes.. the temptation is too great! but the joy of seeing one enjoys eating my stuff makes me very very satisfied.. most of the time, i dont indulge myself in all these delightful stuff that i make.. maybe because im not a sweet tooth.. or i just enjoy doing these.. hmm..

feel like going to the courses but so expensive.. so just trial and error.. read from the internet on the more technical stuff.. the right type of butter to use, understanding what is curdling and how to prevent or troubleshoot when it happens, the temperature of the butter and eggs all does matters..

tried to make the cheesecake recipe that i found online.. quite easy to make as it does not involve baking.. it's like doing agar agar with different layers.. wait for it to harden before placing the next layer.. i did this on thursday and friday night. i left the cream cheese to harden overnight..

the different steps..

as i have just placed it in the fridge after putting the topping..
will let dear dear try tomorrow.. wonder if it's thumbs up??

mum has been nagging me that i made all these oily, sweet and unhealthy stuff to feed my family making them unhealthy too.. so wont dare ask ,]. fish to try.. hmm..

before i made the biscuit base, i tried to do the sweet hearts krispy treats.. thanks to kendy who found the recipe and recommended me.. thanks ah kendy, ingredients expensive! arghz!

did not manage to take a picture of how i stirred the rice krisps with the marshmellow as it was not easy to handle them.. too sticky!! so only managed to take the beginning and after photos.. haha..

,]. fish tasted it.. he said not bad.. brought 1 for kendy to try.. melanda and her gave a thumbs up for this! pass the rest of the 2 hearts to dear dear to try.. wonder what's his views..

all righty, it's late.. time to sleep.. am too tired to bake on a friday night..

my experience with fake eyelash..

gen was recommending me shu's eyelashes.. she said was 30 over bucks for a pair + glue etc.. was thinking of trying it but didnt hit town these few days..

have frequent jurong point on saturday night and sunday morning for mac breakfast.. went to sasa more than 2 times and keep looking at the fake eye lash.. so decided to buy after we had breakfast on sunday..

1 pair selling for 6 bucks.. 2 pairs for 8.90.. cheap.. anyway, only going to use it once so just bought to try loh..

bought 2 different pairs and tried the 2nd pair on sunday.. mum told me that the 1st pair looks very fake.. so decide to go back today to exchange same as the 2nd pair..

hee.. my beautiful eyes.. now rom can put liao loh..

it's not that difficult to put it on.. but needs abit of time.. feels abit uncomfortable though.. wonder why..

p.s: sista, i think i will forgo the hair part and the tiara.. looks too elaborate i guess..

my grandfather's birthday..

it is my grandfather's birthday celebration on sunday evening.. as usual, we went to a teochew restaurant for his birthday celebration.. may you be happy everyday and stay healthy! though he doesnt read my blog.. but i still want to wish him.. hee..

some shots of my siblings and my cousin, crystal..

random shots of me and dear dear
while waiting for the food to be served..

my happy family..
b sis, how come alfred and u sit on each sides??

some dishes that were served.. my sis wanting to be the model for the accomanying dish..
note that not all dishes are taken because my hands and mouth were busy.. hehe

the ice cream cake kindly ordered by gugu..
cookies and cream with chocolate! yummy!

my cinnamon rollies..

wanted to do somethng cinnamon because i bought a bottle of cinnmon the other day for my banana cake but only used 2 shakes.. find it quite a waste.. so wanted to use it..

i remember my parents used to buy cinnamon rolls from this cinnamon shop.. i cant remember the name of the shop but is quite expensive.. so search online for this recipe.. but hor.. have to buy yeast so as to make the dough.. but decide to experiment around loh..

so went to buy yeast which cost me only a dollar plus.. and am satisfied with the results.. unlike cookies.. the amount of butter used is lesser and for this recipe, i used brown sugar instead of the normal castor sugar thus i think is healthier than my other recipes.. so i ate one immediately after i bake it!.. hee.

dad mixed the dough for me.. because we do not have the electric mixer.. it is too heavy for me.. my arm muscles not so strong yet..

the dough rising!! i was so excited.. i waited for about 45 mins and it rose and rose! hee..
mixing the cinnamon powder with the brown sugar and butter.. cutting the cinnamon out and waiting for it to rise again..

though the looks is not there but it taste great! i had one immediately after i took out the 1st batch.. ,]. fish had 3!!!!

other than the shortbread recipe that dear dear gave me, i will bake this cinnamon roll again.. because i love it!!

p.s just sms kendy to tell her about my cinnamon rolls.. she is making banana muffins now! hee..

p.p.s my dad and dear dear think too highly of me.. they tell me to do more so that i can sell it!! haha.. i told them im happy to bake and they eat.. dont need to sell them.. hee..

my butter cookies

tried to bake butter cookies today.. everyone's home today.. so i had 'free' help from my dad and b sis.. hee.. my dad helped me cream the butter and sugar.. hee..

dad creaming the butter and sugar..

dad creaming the butter with my sister.. hee..

the batter..

squeezing the butter out to form a nice shape..

my nice nice butter cookies..
stored in cookie jar.. hee.. in nescafe jars hee..
1 jar for home.. another jar for dear dear..

wonder if my colleagues after their choco cake bad experience?? pass some to gen also.. wonder if she likes the cookies and the cake..

time for bed after another day of work and baking.. tired!!

nitey nites nites!!

my chocolate cake!

baked choco cake on sunday nite.. ,]. fish ate it on sunday nite.. he said the choco chips part is very nice.. because he loves chocolate!

brought to office today but i guess the fridge made the top part quite hard.. my colleague said it is quite rubbery from the top part.. unsuccessful afterall.. sighz.. but nevertheless, is my 1st attempt..

my choco cake!

cutting a slice for ,]. fish to sample..

packing the cake neatly..

my log cake..

oh yes.. from my previous entry.. today i did a sample of my make up.. not bad lah.. though i didnt take a photo.. b sis and dear dear both said was ok.. hee.. sista, saw yr entry.. need so much advance meh??

anyways, was supposed to go marina bay to play arcade had lunch then to get my fake eyelashes.. however, when we reached marina bay, we realised the whole place has been closed down! the intergrated resort is making entry.. very disappointed.. we headed to maxwell to have lunch instead..

after lunch, we went bugis to go shu to try hunt for eyelashes.. but when i reached bhg, wow! i was overwhelmed by the crowd.. had a headache immediately! got so sick that we did not spend more than a minute there! dear dear suggested to take a bus back to je then head home.. good suggestion!! je is where poon huat is located and is one of the bigger outlet! hee.. so instead of my eyelashes, i bought more more baking stuff!

realised the plain flour is the cheapest there and got 1 more packet.. dear dear insisted that i buy the oven mitten.. finally bought the emulsifier for the cake.. bought coco powder.. whipping cream.. more choco chips because i realise it is so cheap compared to my carrefour buy..

see my spongy log cake?? hee.. taste good also!

this time, i really trained my arm muscles man.. i whip and whip!
not too bad lah for 1st timer.. hee..

after making log cakes, i went on to make shortbread
so i can put in my new choco chips! hee..

all ritey.. its twelve now.. have to go to bed.. so tired after a nite of baking.. hee..

nitey nites nites!