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It is customary for us to take a family photo and a photo of all the presents before we open our presents together on Christmas day. This year, we included General in the photo, because he just kept barking away, which reminded us of his existence as part of the family (not that any reminder is needed, really). So we put him on a leash and got him in! Before that, I changed out of my dress and tied up my hair, in preparation for war with a hyperactive dog. We leashed him up, brought in the food. And I pinned him down with my legs. Everyone quickly gathered around General and myself, and the shot was taken beautifully by Miming. Note how General is just STARING intently at the food on the table though. Such a greedy pig, I mean dog. What a pity Edmund is not in Singapore to take this photo with us.

YAY THERE IS A SPECIAL COMING UP FOR THE JAPANESE DRAMA "RICH MAN POOR WOMAN"! See link here .

For my entire life, I have never done anything to my hair that involves major chemicals. For example, I have never dyed my hair, neither have a permed it. It has always been left in its black (slightly brown), straight manner. The most I did was to chop it off to above my shoulders in early 2011, from a length that was past my shoulders. On the fateful day of Friday, 23rd November 2012, I had taken the day off to settle youth camp administration stuff, and decided to take the plunge and try a perm because my hair was getting quite long and it was to chop or to perm because I felt it was too boring to just trim it. So I went to the Kimage at Kovan with Shu-En after we had lunch at Yoshinoya. And this is me in a last shot with my "virgin hair": My appointment with my usual stylist (She chopped off my hair in 2011) was at 1:30pm. I left the salon at about 5:30pm. 4 hours - I got hair treatment, a digital perm and highlights - $350:/ But I am happy with my perm and I...

Yesterday was our first full day in Bangkok. We had breakfast at 8am BKK time (1 hour behind SG time), and it wasn't that bad! Maybe the person at the egg station didn't do our eggs very well so we were a little disappointed, but I thought the spread was alright!  We have always been very pleased with the breakfast selection on offer at Novotel Siam, so we were a little bit worried that the breakfast at this new hotel would be disappointing. However, I wasn't disappointed! The coffee was good. The pastry selection was good. The cereal was good because they had my favourite coco pops, cornflakes, and offered a whole bowl of almond flakes to make a bowl of cereal complete for me. Also, there was alot of more space in this cafe as compared to the seating area at Novotel Siam!  It was a nice time having breakfast as a family:) We ended breakfast at 9ish and all returned to our rooms. We were just waiting around for each other and finally left the hotel at 10a...

GREETINGS FROM BANGKOK! I am now writing from Novotel Platinum, which is a new-ish hotel JUST NEXT TO Platinum Mall. Can't wait to start shopping later!! We took the 6:15pm Thai Airways flight from Singapore to Bangkok yesterday. There was a bit of a delay as the plane arrived late in Singapore so everything was pushed back. But it was a relatively smooth flight. Except for the fact that an air stewardess got a few drops of tobasco sauce on my jeans:/ For our past few trips as a family to Bangkok, we would stay at Novotel Siam Square. However, this time round, we decided to try this Novotel right next to Platinum Mall, since we tend to say we never have enough time at Platinum Mall and it's a bit out of the way from Novotel Siam Square. The hotel has a zen concept, with its lobby on the 6th floor. As Christmas season is here, they have nicely-decorated Christmas trees all over their ground level lift lobby and at the 6th floor main lobby where their main reception ...