VOLUNTEERING @ SPECIAL OLYMPICS DAY 20 July 2009 in Charity, Uncategorized

Volunteered at the Special Olympics over the weekend, organised by the Shanghai Patriotic School. It started at the (painful!) time of 8am on a Saturday morning.. so it took much effort to drag myself out of bed – even earlier than I normally get...

HONEYMOON IN THE MALDIVES 19 July 2009 in Honeymoon, Uncategorized, Wedding

Chris organised our whole honeymoon, but it wasn’t a surprise for me because I don’t like surprises 😛 At first, we were THISCLOSE to going to Seychelles, until he tried to book flights. Turns out, it takes 1 day to get there, and 1...

PRE-WEDDING PHOTOSHOOT 17 July 2009 in Uncategorized, Wedding

Typically in Singapore, a couple would get a pre-wedding photoshoot done. They’d wear their wedding gown/suit and the album would then be on display during the reception – presumably because: 1) guests that didn’t attend the ceremony will get to see photos of the...

RANDOM PICS I FOUND 16 July 2009 in Charity, Friends, Living in... Shanghai, Uncategorized

Yeah really backdated, but we went to the “That’s Shanghai” fair. Entertainment with really really bad singers *lol* But they were giving out free Coke! Bless! Otherwise, it was astoundingly boring with nothing to look at or do Out at night with friends (though...

FOUNTAIN 15 July 2009 in Food reviews - Shanghai, Uncategorized

Fountain 181 Taicang Lu Xin Tian Di Shanghai, China PRICE: ???? RATING: I insisted we check out Fountain when I heard good reviews of the place. That means I was wanting to find great things and eager to be able to write a good...