Gabby had her first haircut 15.5 months after she's born... eerm... yes, she didn't have to cut or trim her hair at all for 15.5 months! :p

Gabby must be wondering where she is... what's that auntie holding in her hands...

"So, what are we doing here?"

"Why did they make Daddy put on this "robe"? And now I need to put it on too?"

"What is this auntie doing? Why is she combing my hair?"

"Hmmmm... interesting..."

"Oh no.. she's cutting my hair! I don't want..."

"Daddy... can you get this thing off me?"

Even the pacifier didn't quite pacify her...

Finally someone managed to distract her... can't remember how..

Done!

Gabby's school organised a Mother's Day celebration on Friday and invited all the mommies for moving. Even though the infant class had little participation, I still wanted to join in, I wanted to spend time with my precious little baby, and I wanted her to experience the celebration... so we went and we had fun!

The older kids performed an item for the mommies present. There were booths set up around the school for various activities. Gabby walked into a classroom and played with her "ex-classmates"... I wonder if she really remembers them... haha

A big "I love you Mommy" poster... Nice job teachers!!

Gabby's teachers traced her hand on paper, cut them out and made them into flowers for the mommies. Gabby handed it to me when we went into the infant class after the celebration. *melt....

I'm a happy Mommy!

Happy Mommy's Day!

A few of weeks ago, Calvin got a call when we were chilling out at home and he sheepishly walked away to take the call. I overheard him say something about making reservations on 6 May. He was making reservations for my birthday dinner a month ahead! I was like, what's this place man? Need to make reservations so early??? He refused to reveal much about his conversation and his plans... and I decided I shouldn't spoil my own surprise... He read about it almost 6 months ago and he knew he wanted to bring me there on my birthday, and he kept mum about it for that long.

So today, on my birthday, we went to "this place" that he thoughtfully planned to me bring for a beautiful romantic dinner. "This place" is Private Affairs, a modern European fine dining restaurant tucked away from the city at Joo Chiat Place.

Private Affairs has got an interesting concept. You decide if you'd like to have a 4-couse, 6-course, 8-course or any number of courses for dinner. We went for a 5-course one. After deciding on that, we went through its menu and picked what we wanted for the 5 courses. We had 3 starters, 1 main and 1 dessert. You would normally associate fine dining with small portions of food beautifully presented on a big classy plate. Well, Private Affairs sort of does that too... except that those seemingly small portions fill your stomach and pamper your tastebuds beyond your imagination.

Chef Paul takes great care of his guests and almost immediately made us feel at home when he personally served Calvin's first course when the staff got his order wrong. I thought that was nice.

An unexpected classy restaurant along Joo Chiat Place.

Classy touch to an already classy ambience.

A little common chandelier, but still very nice.

An interesting way to serve the balsamic vinegar.

Their mini bread is served warm very regularly, whenever you want it, you have it.

Don't know if it's just me, or is the butter really tastier than the usual.

My first course: Duck Carpaccio. Gosh, as I'm typing, I'm missing it already....

Calvin's first course: Ocean Trout. This is VERY good!! Calvin's favourite of the night.

Our 2nd course: Hokkaido Scallops served under a bed of corn and corn noodles. Nothing too unpredicatable, but very fresh and yummy. The corn noodle... melts in your mouth!!

Our 3rd course: White Lobster Bisque. The green-white-black roll, is wrapped with yummy salmon and lobster! They served it without the bisque and the bisque is drizzled onto your plate right before your eyes.

Calvin's 4th course (main course): Wagyu Beef Cheek. It's braised for 12 long hours! Marvelicious!!!

My 4th course (main course): Pomfret. Very beautifully presented and very fresh!

Calvin's 5th course (dessert): Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta. VERY YUMMY!!!!! The raspberry marshmallow is superb too! I love this dessert!

My 5th course (dessert): Pistachio Cheese Sandwich. Chef Paul specially arranged for my dessert to be served with all lights off in the restaurant and with everyone singing me a birthday song. Sweet! The other little surprise is found within the cheesecake. As you nibble the yummy cheesy cake, you would discover a very refreshing passion fruit coulis right in the middle.

6th course, or what they call "thank you" course. Complimentary to all guests, I believe they serve something different everyday. You have Apple Cake (from the concept of carrot cake) and Chocolate with Nutella, and this is so super yummy! Bitter chocolate sweetened with nostalgic Nutella! Calvin's eyes literally brightened up the second the Choc got into his mouth.

The best part of the evening... it still has to be the quality time spent with this man. Thank you for the nice surprise... I love it!

PS: I wanna go back to Private Affairs again for their Sunday Brunch! Yum yum!!