My Birthday :>

Had great breakfast with hubby at Gelare and enjoyed member birthday promo 1 for 1 sundae. Super sinful! Collected my ice cream cake.

Dinner at Beaulieu House Restaurant at Sembawang Park with my family

Fried Fish Dory with fries and salad


Chicken wrapped with ham and chesse with mushroom sauce




Mushroom Soup


Chicken Yakitori and Mushroom

My favourite Soft Shell Crab With Curry Mayonnaise




















My Simply Cookies Ice Cream Cake from Gelare. A big thank you to my family for celebrating my birthday with me! Also thanks to my family and friends for all the wonderful gifts and wishes. Really appreciate them alot!

Silje Nergaard-Be Still My Heart

Heard of this jazz singer from Norway while reading CLEO Magazine last month. Did a search on Youtube and managed to find this nice MV. If you are a fan of Norah Jone (which i'm :>) or Rachael Yamagata, you are sure to be entranced by her as i did. Really like all her songs that i found on Youtube. Am going to look for her cd at the cd shop.

Teabreak at The Coffee Club in Kinokuniya

My favourite Iced Passion Tea with Vanilla Ice Cream and Chicken Pie

My Favourite Soundtrack from Movie "Enchanted"

Lunch at People's Park Market

I went swimming early in the morning before going Chinatown with my mum to make deposit payment for my Korea tour package. We had a yummy lunch at the People's Park Market. It has been a long time since i ate my favourite fried dumpling at the Tian Jin Fong Kee stall at the market. The Zha Jiang Mian from the stall was quite normal and the food court at Ang Mo Kio Hub serves much nicer Zha Jiang Mian. I also managed to buy a Japanese Drama VCD set at only $5/- starring my favourite Japanese Actor Fujiki Naohito at the Video Store above CK.

Carrie Underwood-So Small

Korean Drama - Jumong

The first thing hubby and i did on the first day of 2008 is to finish watching the final episode of this popular 2006 Korean historical drama "Jumong". Jumong was the founder of Goguryeo in 37 BC. He was the son of General Hae Mo Su and Lady Yoo Hwa, and was raised by King Geum Wa who took him and his mother in when Hae Mo Su was believed to have been killed in an ambush by the Han Dynasty. So Seo No was a merchant's daughter who helped Jumong in realizing his dream to build a new country, and later became his second wife. You can read more about its plot at (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumong_%28TV_series%29).

Hubby and i have been following this fast paced drama for the past few months and it is really the best korean drama i have watched in 2007. The plot was really exciting and there was a total of 81 episodes (originally set for 60 episodes and MBC extended it due to its popularity) and we really enjoyed and looked forward to watching each and every episode. It was so interesting and exciting following Jumong's slow transformation from a spoilt and naive young prince to someone who feels for the suffering of his people and went through a lot of hardship to fulfil the goal of his late father Xie Mu Shu to deliver his people from the hardship of the Han dynasty. Watching the drama also makes me more interested in the history of Korea in that era.

(SPOILER ALERT!!)

My favourite character initially was the main character of the drama Jumong (Song Il Gook) but towards the end of the story my favourite character changed to Jumong's love interest So Seo-no (Han Hye Jin). I was really touched by her deep love for Jumong and she really went through alot for Jumong so that he could fulfil his goal of establishing his own country. She had a chance of ruling the country but gave it up for Jumong. It was very sad that she had to end up leaving Jumong out of love for him and her own 2 sons. She was afraid that Jumong would be caught in a difficult position (power struggle) between his own natural son and So Seo-no's 2 sons with her first husband. Luckily for her, she and her 2 sons also found a country of their own in the end.

The drama is still showing on Starhub Channel 55 every mon-fri 6.40pm. For those who have missed the drama, Blue Max is selling the complete DVD set for only $39.90 and the image is very clear. Do watch it if you are feeling bored as it is guaranteed to be a super entertaining drama :>

So Seo-No with Jumong

(Source: http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/jumong/)

(Source: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Jumong)

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumong_%28TV_series%29)