SECRET is OUT!!

Dad's and Mom's birthdays are 5 days apart and so we carefully planned a day filled with pleasant surprises for them...It was quite difficult to keep the secret celebration in wraps, plus it requires the perfect coordination between us, the FOUR musketeers. First it was a nice bouquet from us to DAD. Nope nope!! It's not a typo. We gave the shocking pink hydrangeas with white roses and ammi maju to Dad so that he could present it to Mom. Kekeke! Kill 2 birds with 1 stone. *Wink*

Guys... these are what will melt your ladies' hearts..

The second pleasant surprise was a special home-made carrot cake from the Mad Baker. It's simply delicious though the price is rather steep. But for fresh and good ingredients with no preservatives, it is really worthwhile. The carrot cake contains cheese, walnuts and rasins. The MadBaker makes very unique and nice cakes but you will need to really book the cakes in advance as it's limited production.

From the MAD BAKER

But the biggest surprise was a special dinner date for Dad and Mom...so it was full of excuses and full of crap that all four of us got to tell mom that we couldn't make it for dinner today. So we could arrange for them to go for the surprise Thai Dinner at Beads Thai on the second level of Grand Mercure Roxy Hotel. Well...well...got Dad and Mom beaming with glee with such a surprise. And so the BRIGHT LIGHT-BULBS withdrew themselves to a quiet corner at HongKong Central at Parkway parade Shopping centre basement 1 for dinner...

In clockwise starting Top left corner : (1) Iced Milk Tea + Ice Coke boiled with ginger + Hot Almond milk tea (2) Hongkong Wanton Noodle (3) Seafood Crispy Noodle (4) Fried Tofu with Pork Floss (5) Spicy Korea Noodle (6) Fried Hongkong Nissin Noodle

So the SECRET is out... Heehee! And I am glad that Dad and Mom enjoyed. They really deserve it. When we were kids, they are so occupied taking care of us to enjoy time together. When we grow up, the grandchildren start coming and then they are busy baby-sitting and taking care of them to enjoy time together. Life is short.. it will be sad if until old when their bones are cracking and their bodies are weak, do only they have time for one another. I really feel they should spent more quality time, talk more, enjoy themselves, go holiday, etc. Maybe it's an Asian thing that our parents generation do not protray much expression of love and feeling for their spouses and always putting children and grandchildren in forth before their own needs. So for this ONE day, let me be selfish in lieu of Dad and Mom, please take a BREAK and enjoy.

Muack!! Love you and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Hugz.