Ellenborough Market Cafe

Pat and her cards  - one of these days she will design her own cards :) Specially chose this card for PC who has been a wonderful friend. Happy Birthday Peichin. 

 Pat's gift to Peichin

Pat's Plate of food

 On 19 May, KC and Pat met Peichin for dinner at Merchant Court -Market Cafe. There was a promotion whereby for 3 pax - the 3rd dined for free. So here's the buffet dinner spread of selection. They have a wide selection of seafood ranging from crabs, oysters, prawns, crayfish and mussels. I love the fresh Sashimi.

 Peichin's Plate of food

 KC plate of seafood

 Local delights

2nd round for Pat - the seafood spread

 All set to attack the crabs

 Desserts Time

 The birthday Gal

 The playful babe :)

 Durian the highlight of the evening

 The cakes on KC's plate.

 The babe and her present

 Peichin, Pat & Kok Choong ( thanks for over a decade of friendship)

Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe

 After our nature walk, we headed to Xin Wang Hong Kong Cafe located in Singlap in the East Coast for dinner on 6 May 2012. A cosy place with reasonable priced selection of food.

 Vibrant Settings

  Beancurb skin

 Tim Sum Dishes

 Mango Roll

 Diluted Century Egg Porridge - Not too Tasty - can give a miss

 Fried Rice

 Pat delighted with her dessert

 Mango Sago

 Check out the huge tower 

Desserts Time

Baby Matthew

On 18 April 2012, I visited Serene at her place in the afternoon. She is the mother of 3 boys and her youngest Matthew is 5 months old.

 So adorable

 Pat with baby Matthew - such a joy carrying him

 So cheeky

 Attempting to whistle - happy baby

 Hmm, I am not sleepy yet, I want to play 

 Serene and her son

Pat, Matthew and Serene

It was an enjoyable afternoon catching up with Serene, my university classmate and spending time playing with baby Matthew. Pat sure loves children and being in their company - singing and playing with them.

ASSAP 2012

 The fabulous speakers of ASSAP 2012

On 17 April, I attended ASSAP 2012, the Asian Summit for Secretaries and Admin Professionals. It was an inspirational session with wonderful speakers like Shirely Taylor, Tim Wade, Eric Feng, Sarah Schubert, Nick French, Granville D'Souza and Thaddeus Lawrence. The theme was Connecting the Dots to Success.

 Shirley, Pat & Granville

 Building the highest Tower

 The engaging Emcee - Tim who sings and welcomes all of us

 Shirley with her talk - Connecting the Dots for S.U.C.C.E.S.S

Shirley shared with us her significant turning points and her key learning points

" You can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future." Steve Jobs

 Sarah Schubert - Talk your way to the top

Sarah coaches and trains professionals to use their voice and communication skills to empower and excite people.

 Nick French -Connecting the Dots to Cross-Cultural Competence

Nick shared with us the challenges of the changing global landscape and how cross-culture competence can work for you.

 Thaddeus & Granville

Thaddeus shared on the Runaway Success Learning Practice. Truly an inspiring talk.

 Talk by Granville

 Shirley & Pat

 Eric Feng & Pat

We met 2 years ago on a writing project for Point Magazine. Eric spoke on how to cultivate your charisma to build your connections

 Granville & Pat

 Nick & Pat 

We knew each other from SIM events. 

 All Smiles

 Speaking on How does one apply Emotional Intelligence for Success & Peak Performance

Open Forum and Q&A Session with Shirley Taylor and all ASSAP 2012 presenters