Back to Good Old Days

Woke up yesterday morning, feeling refreshed, and first thoughts to my mind was," I HAVE to meet my darling Sel and JC tonight!!" JC couldnt make it cos she has yoga class, and Darling Sel replied, short and sweet, "GOT!!" to my question of "Got time for dinner tonight?"

After some work, left office at close to 7pm. Did a 8pm reservation at Stewhouse Internation, along Siglap area. Hb sent me there, and i snacked with son at Mac, since i had skipped lunch and was feeling famished. Darling Sel called at 7.30pm in her usual bright and cheery pitch of "I'm here!!".

As i walked towards her, she gave a "whats up??" hand signal. I was amused! When standing right in front of her, she was squeezing my arms, lifting up my sleeves and asked why on earth did i slim down?? Oh, sweet!! Her alarming look gave away her concern for me!! hahaha.... me, being me, wasted no time, and started my "sai nai" to her...telling her gynae also said i lost weight etc etc...

The restaurant was quiet, with only 2 existing diners, as we walked in. Placed our orders. We shared an aglio fusili, half german pork knuckles and stewed mushroom. Well, throughout the dinner, we talked abt my pregnancy, her beau, our business and of cos, bitched about pple who pissed her off... Hours passed up, and we left the restaurant at abt 9plus, after footing a $52 bill. CHEAP and nice!!!!!

Woody Mushroom Stew (assorted mushrooms including golden needles mushrooms!!)

Seafood Aglio-alio Fusili (Yum yum yum, but i prefer the ones with streaky bacons!)

Half Pork Knuckles with Mashed Potatos and "Achar??"

Darling Sel absorbed in her photo-taking, to show Ah Pin

Posing for Sel to send pic to Ah Pin to see what a Hiao Mummy i am!!

As we walked along Siglap, to head to our good old coffee joint, Coffee Club, we were feeling so at ease! Reminiscing about our Good Old Days at poly. That was at least 10 yrs ago!!!! Gosh! She forbade me to use the word "ten yrs ago"...wahahaha.. Ya,she used to stay in siglap, and we had so many dinner and supper sessions at tis place. Oh, and she used to hang around with hb n me, on our dates. Not that we minded at all! Having her around was good fun, and still is, though she would always lament that she must be my biggest and brightest lighting bulb ard..

The feeling of us, strolling around, brought back lovely memories and we cant stop to exclaim how we love the serenity of the area. Lush of greeneries everywhere, and quiet coffee joints with pple of all ages, and slight saltiness in the wind (east coast is just ard lah). We love this neighbourhood!

And so, we stepped into Coffee Club, got ourselves a comfortable place. Then i gave a huge sigh!!! The renovation took away all familiarities of this place! In the past, there were couches every where in the cafe, and lightings were cosy and comfortable. Now, it seems like its so bright and made me felt stark naked. Still, who cares, when you have got the best companion in the world??? She had her Java Coffee and me, a Strawberry PassionFruit Freeze and we shared a fruit platter fondue. Thats a lot of food, considerin we had huge helpings at Stewhouse.

And so, it was more bitching and laughing. And we talked about our respective impending trips in oct. Left at almost 11plus, and shared a cab home. Well, it was certainly a good night, becos its been a long time since i felt so good, out with her, as a preggie. She kept stroking my tummy and apologised to the little one inside, to excuse her over sprouting of "uncleaned" language. Got me into laughters too...

I am hoping for more of such nights, especially with JC involved... Better have more fun in my 2nd trimester, since i will want myself to have ample rest during the final trimester.