Grayden's Walking! :)



Grayden Takes His First Step!

He tries...


He does it!
Grayden takes his first few steps! With a little incentive from Daddy of course.
And then stops to applaud himself :p
Well done Graydie! Mummy and Daddy are so proud of you.

Grayden and His Funny Antics

He's actually laughing, gleaming over with esctasy.. Can you tell?! Ha Ha

Grayden Goes "Moo!"

Does this count as his first word? :P

GoTo Japanese - My Birthday treat from Q

My experience with GoTo was good. Somehow Q and I can't seem to top the experience we shared at Tomo. Maybe it was the over-indulgence of sushi till the point of convulsion, maybe it was her virgin omakase, but some how, Aoki and Tetsuya left us both wanting and yearning for such an experience again.

So for my big 3-0 this year, "I must find something to top TOMO!" Q exclaims with determination. :) With Ryugin in my culinary history, it must have been pretty challenging to find.. well my dear sweetie did me proud with this. :)


GoTo is neatly tucked away in the secluded Ann Siang hill, just a stone throw away from the hustle and bustle of the business life. It seems that all Japanese Omakase restaurants like to be fronted by a simple entrance, hiding their ability to blow that hole in your wallet behind it's deceptive like simple and humble entrance.


Once passed the single doors, it's like you've entered into another dimension and you just know, you are in for an extraordinary journey.


I won't even attempt to recreate in words what we were served for the main course. But the monk fish liver was excellent.

The crab meat dumpling in a clear broth had clearly non-subtle recollections of Ryugin for me.

The sashimi course was excellent. Each slice of fish was expectantly fresh and the Ika was delightfully crunchy.

The grilled river fish was well executed too. But Q didn't really like this course. Too many bones probably.. right Q? :p

The chawamushi was different. Quite yummy.

The tempura was a unique highlight. By this course, it was clear that the Chef of GoTo was going to ensure that his customers experienced every aspect of Japanese cuisine - steamed, soup, raw, grilled, and now fried - to it's possibly imaginable perfection. Savoring tempura with salt, is a first for me, and I must say, is rather ingenious. The simplicity of flavors marries the complexity of each petite tempura so harmoniously. And to make crisp tempura out of a lettuce leaf?! Amazing.

By the last course, we were both absolutely stuffed. But I still had room to be impressed. The eel on glutinous rice was delicious. My only gripe - too many bones! But nothing a good warm bowl of home-made miso soup can't fix.

Finally, dessert. The pudding was yummy.

The fruits were sweet but I so didn't enjoy the grapefruit jelly.

But we shared an immediate consensus on the black sugar mo-chi. Ooo, I could have this any day. Superb!
Thank you again Q for my lovely birthday treat. I think we will remember this one together with Tomo up there in our books. :)

Till next year's chart-toppers!

Grayden's Cake is on the Blog! :)

http://cherylshuen.com/blog/blog4.php/2010/04/21/cupcake-cake-4

Grayden's Baptism - Easter Sunday 2010


Grayden's baptized!


Pastor Q wasn't around during the Christmas Baptism so we made little Graydie wait till Easter to get baptized. For sentimental reasons, we wanted Pastor Q to baptize him. Pastor Q had gave me my unique name when I was born, baptized me and Hubby G, married and solemnized our holy matrimony. He has played such a big role in our family unit so he was the natural and sentimental choice of course.



You can't see from this angle, but Grayden's actually placing his hand on top of Pastor's hand. So cute the little boy. :)

And so, this Easter Sunday, HG and I dedicate our little sunbeam to the Lord, we promise to instruct him in the principles of our holy faith as found in the Scriptures of the Old and New testaments and as summarized in the Confession of Faith and the Catechisms of our Church.
We solemnly promise to pray with and for him, to set an example of piety and godliness before him and to endeavour by all means to bring him up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

And thank you Auntie B and Uncle B, for organizing his wonderful Baptism party to commemorate his special day! :)


Cupcakes ordered from Cheryl Shuen in a lovely Blue Baptism theme. Thank you Uncle Justin for picking them up.

A separate set of cupcakes ordered from Janiviy of Delectable Delights. Wanted to try both sets of cakes to see which garnered more votes for his 1st Birthday Cake.







"Thank you all my lovely Family and Friends for making my Baptism a special Day. I know I am superbly Loved." :)

9 Month Old Grayden - A Whole New Ball of Expressions and Responses


"Boo!"

"Ooh?"


Look Ma! No Hands! I'm going to walk soon. :p







I got my hands on forbidden fruit! And it tastes good! Ha ha






The things Kong Kong gives to get a pose.

Grayden Goes Swimming Again.. Alone This Time..


And so it seems, he prefers to have time to himself.