Dar³ came back from Seoul on Christmas! I wanted to go to the airport to welcome him back. But as usual, I'm always late. And this time, I left house too late because I spent too much time doing the bento for dar³, and thus exceeded my stipulated time to leave the house. Furthermore, I carried too much things with me, all the xmas pressies for dar³ and his family, the boxes of snacks i bought from japan for them and the bento. In the end, daddy dropped me at adam road so that it'll be easier to get a cab to Bishan. While waiting for dar³ to reach home, I took the chance to hide all the pressies for dar³.
Xmas pressies for my dearest boy-
Burberry black label wallet which I bought in Japan,
The musical waterball from Precious Moments,
and a handphone accessory from Japan.
lol. dar³'s mummy asked why i wrapped dar's pressie so much nicer than hers.
I hid this in the closet. It's an easy one cus I wanted dar³ to find this before the wallet. It was meant to be a "teaser" pressie because dar³ ever joked about wanting a water glass ball when we were shopping at J8 when I asked him to pick one pressie. This was the thing I was referring to when I said I went shops after shops looking high and low for it. Totally love it because the see-saw moves up and down when you turn the knob. So sweettt! Dar³ say it's like sweetest gift among the others because it makes him feel and melt like a girl for the first time. lol.
The other pressie was hidden at a “最危险的地方是最安全的地方”。I hid it among the silver Biotherm gift boxes in the open right next to his bed. It wasn't even covered up. But the Burberry silver paper bag "camouflaged" itself among the Biotherm bags. Too brilliant choice because dar³ took a very very long time to discover the pressie, so much so that I had to hint him that there's another pressie. And still he took a long time find it despite all the hints I gave.
Bento!
Onigiris with tuna and salmon fillings
Dar³ said this is his favourite surprise among all the xmas surprises because he felt very delightful when he opened up the box. He thought he could only see this in anime :) I love it too! Mummy as usual was nagging at me in the kitchen, but when I asked her to look at what I did, she tried to maintain her composure because she was in her 'stern' mode, but still she couldn't helped but to laugh.
Japanese Beef Curry, onigiris, brocolli
The wallet. If you're wondering why it's a long wallet,
that's because mr khoo wants a long wallet. And I like it too!
See what dar³ got for me from seoul...
Hello Kitty Fleece Hat and Collagen Masks from The Face Shop. lol.
Dar³ thinks I'm a little girl and asked me to wear the fleece hat.
It's so cute. Thanks dar³.
Went to Loof in the night to chill, just the both of us :)
At the mattress
I ordered Gummiberry, and I totally love the top of the drink, melted marshmallow. Dar³ had "The Loof Orginal", very refreshing.
Left Loof and was heading to cineleisure to meet sam and gab to catch 葉問。
Had a bit of food at Shokudo before movie starts in 10 minutes.
The movie was fabulous! It was totally unexpected for such action flick show to have such a moving storyline. Headed home straight after movie because we had to send his parents off at the aiport at 6am.
(p.s. The best xmas pressie i've received is when dar³ said, "I want to do something for my dardar...".
It's a lovely promise :) It made me so happy. )
The next day, we had a mini feast at home. Dar's sis and Ron decided to prepare dinner, while dar³ and I decided to contribute too! We had to follow in the line of "western" food. Dar³ and I went to the supermarket in the noon. And we decided to do bacon wrapped platter and I insisted on doing my homemade potato chips.
Our mini-feast with sparkling wine
White wine mussels cooked by Ron. Yummilicious!
Potato Chips! 100% potato, no preservatives.
Not buy off the shelves potato chips k!
Our bacon wrapped platter -
scallops, baked fish, golden mushrooms
Convenience grilled salmon prepared by dar's sis
On sunday late noon, dar³ brought me to East Coast Park 师奶茶餐厅 for carrot cake, without telling me he was going to bring me there.
After dinner, dar intended to bring me to parkway parade but suddenly changed he mind to head to Suntec instead. When we reached there, dar³ said he want to get me a present. I had no idea what present he had in mind. So I just followed him as he held my hands. He brought me to the Build-A-Bear shop and said "Here it is!". Dar³ asked me to pick one of the soft toys I like. We were contemplating between the male teddy bear and the female bunny. After some time, we decided to pick the bunny! We spent about two hours in shop, making the bunny together. From choosing the animal, insertion of cotton, getting heartbeat, making a wish, bathe her, choosing clothes, giving her a name to making of the birth certificate. So cute right.
The flat bunny. Had to pump cotton into bunny.
Bunny's heart. Had to rub the heart in the palms to give it warmth. Shake 3 times and say your wish to it. Then, blow a kiss to the heart.
We chose to give the bunny a heartbeat device (you can feel the heartbeat of bunny when you press it). After filling it up with cotton, deciding how soft or hard i want the bunny to be, inserting the heartbeat device and heart, bunny was then sewed up.
Had to give bunny a clean shower.
And I seriously did give it a good brush under the shower blower.
So many clothes to choose from!
Dressing Room
We selected a few and tried on bunny...
Bikini swimwear with bag and towel
Nope. No doubt, bunny look very cute in it but she looks too fat in it.
Casual babydoll spaghetti top with hot shorts.
Nope. Nothing special.
Pink, silver, white striped blouse with baby pink mini skirt.
Yes. It's in one of our top choices.
Hot pink flurry hood sweater with hot pink pants
We liked the top but not the pants
Hot pink flurry hood sweater with denim mini skirt.
Hmm. Bunny doesn't seem comfortable wearing it.
Pink bathrobe with rabbit shoes
Hmm... looks comfy and sweet too.
So guess our final choice?
Our choice: Bathrobe with white/pink shades.
And I have pink undie too!
It has the feel of bunny going on a resort holiday.
We named our bunny "Buffie". Why "Buffie"? Because when Buffie was born, the first set of clothes she owns is a "Bathrobe". Both "Buff" and "Bath" have an almost similar pronunciation. At the same time, we wanted to give her a name that signifies the both of us. "Buffie" has two syllabus and is pronounce as "BUF"-"FIE", so it represents both of our names "Ben" and "Fran". Coincidentally, Buffie's bathrobe has a letter "B" logo.
Daddy, Mummy and Buffie!
Buffie and her birth certificate
I heart Buffie!
Buffie is the most expensive soft toy I've ever gotten. And it's also the sweetest thing among all because of the lovely and unforgettable process of making it together with my loved one. Thank you dar³ for such a fun-filled and sweet experience. Buffie means so much more than just a mere soft toy for me to hug in the night. It reminds me of all the the love and effort we put into making Buffie together, just like how we put in so much love into our relationship.
Dar³ did this for me when he was in Vancouver...
I ♥ U TOO!I ♥ U TOO!I ♥ U TOO!
