Our BIRTHDAYS as ONE.....2013 !!

March and April are the months that our family is looking forward to, especially the little ones. There will be a line of events and birthday celebrations, with son's birthday in March and the rest of us in April.

This year, son celebrated his 7th birthday overseas. We drove in to Nusajaya, Johor Bahru, just across the Singapore border through Tuas checkpoint. Yup, it's none other than the newly opened attraction, Legoland, the brick city. Though our cheeks reddened from basking in the hot afternoon sun, it was nevertheless fun and my son had enjoyed himself. He begged us to return in the following year for his next birthday celebration again.

 Son with the 4D specs ready for the show. And our BIG winnings from playing basketball shooting game. (Hubby was once the uni basketball team player :) So it was not a big deal for him to aim!)

Both kids experienced a driving lesson in Legoland. They were taught on traffic rules and real life road circuit. At the end of the course, each of them earned a driving licence with printed photograph for RM20 per licence.

 Not forgetting to get himself a huge birthday pressie as promised, a box of Ninjago brick game, which costed RM700 over. He knew how to pick the best pressie, didn't he? You could see his entire face was lit up brighter than the sun rays.

 Early April, we celebrated hubby's birthday in Black Angus Steakhouse, located at Orchard Parade Hotel. The ambience was good, not so crowded compared to Morton's The Steakhouse. Both originated from America, but we prefer the later. Since we are red meat lover, I think I should blog about the best place for a divine steak meal in Singapore...hahaa

 Hubby ordered rib-eyed and lobster combo, which came with soup or salad and mashed potato or steamed veges. 

 Kids shared the chicken teriyaki platter, served with fries and steamed veges.

 For myself, I had Tenderfoot Filet Mignon...served with red wine sauce.

 We had a simple celebration for hubby on that night.... 

Towards the end of April, hubby gave us a surprise and had reserved a room in Marina Bay Sands Hotel. MBS Hotel is one of the Singapore's iconic 5-star hotels which offers expansive view of city skyline. When I traveled to Tokyo, last November, I had a short conversation with a local, a woman in her fifties, and she told me she wished to stay in MBS Hotel one day if she happened to visit Singapore. It shows that MBS is quite renowned to the outside world, where you can actually find a lot of tourists spending a night just to experience the excitement of swimming in the infinity pool of MBS, overlooking the best city view of Lion City.

Having be informed about the stay, we were all in high spirits the day before. I quickly got daughter a bunch of balloons for the celebration. We were gonna paint the town red!



Unluckily, daughter 'lost' her balloons when she accidentally let go her grip, and we watched the balloons rose to the top of MBS high ceiling in dismay. But doting hubby came to the rescue, he wandered around The Shoppes, and found the ArtBox where daughter selected a new bunch of balloons, this time with a bigger blown up Snow White...:D

 We checked in at 3p.m. only to find that our room was not yet ready! To our horror, we were quite disappointed with the service provided by the so-called 5-star hotel. The staff at the registration counter explained that MBS is always fully booked, and it is always busy and packed with tourists. We were allowed to check-out one hour later the next day. But I still think that they ought to improve their service, other than the slow registration procedures!

Finally we checked into our room with unobstructed view of Gardens by the Bay and Keppel Bay, on the 42nd floor, at 5 p.m.

Wasted no time, we changed into our swimming costumes, and scurried to the 57th floor where we jumped into the long awaited infinity pool. There was already a crowd in the pool....mostly with cameras and shooting devices in tow. Many were there not for a swim, but more on the view and photography.

The brilliant azure sky with postcard view of Singapore skyline was definitely a lure for everyone just to be there once, soaking and basking in the iconic infinity pool of MBS!

Had some light snacks of crispy fries and juicy satays which were grilled to perfection before dinner, beside the pool. Hubby reserved a table in CUT at 8 p.m. CUT is one of the celebrity chef restaurants in MBS. It is Chef Wolfgang Puck’s modern take on the American steakhouse. Boasts as one of the top steakhouse in the United States, its signature menu features a selection of the finest cuts of beef.

The fine dining steak dinner ended with birthday desserts for both daughter and myself.....with birthday wishes dribbled on with chocolate sauce as per instructed by hubby :) How sweet!

After which, we had another round of candle-blowing and cake-cutting session in the comfort of our hotel room. Though we were stuffed from the extravagant steak dinner, we still managed to savour a slice or two of the rich chocolate cake since it was a happy occassion for more stuffing!

 A family portrait with the help of camera timer...

At last, daughter fit into her princess dress which she never had a chance to wear since my purchase from Tokyo Disneyland end last year...of course she was more than happy to have her birthday celebration pictures being snapped, dressed in a gorgeous Cinderella's dress, completed with a tiara!

And on the actual day of my birthday, I have never expected hubby would give me another sweet delight or should I say, a SURPRISE.. I received a bouquet of sweet smelling white roses, 99 stalks in all. And the messages written on the birthday card deeply touched my heart too! Thank you hubby for your thoughtful and loving gifts, not only on special occassions but you have showered us with so much precious be it your loves or gestures. YOU are not only the best daddy to our two angels but also a doting hubby who always stands and provides for the family....

I adored white, as it is always my favourite colour....99 stalks of white roses simply denotes ones unconditional yet pure, innocent, worthy loves till the end of his days...awwww, how romantic..*feel so blissed and loved!*

There goes our birthday celebrations for year 2013....ironically, we neither can turn back nor slow down the ticking biological clock, but I am sure that with every birthdays, each year, will only make us a wiser person and age is not just a number anymore, it's all about the wisdom that counts!