We all know the colours meant something!


We led. They followed.

Orange = M1

Green = S*****B

Red = S*****L

Well done, M1!

I think the new M1 iPhone plans are really damn good compared to SingTel's.

At least it got Luffs and I tempted to change our phones to an iPhone!

* HELP *

We need a Santa Claus this Christmas!


Cheapest & Costliest iPhone Plans

http://digital.asiaone.com/Digital/News/Story/A1Story20091208-184599.html

THE iPhone battle will enter a red-hot tripartite phase tomorrow.

Telcos StarHub and MobileOne (M1) announced yesterday that they would be selling the iPhone here from tomorrow, breaking SingTel's 15-month monopoly on the phone.

StarHub will sell the latest model of the device, the iPhone 3G S, at no cost or up to $668.

M1 will retail the same model for free or up to $658.

The cost of the iPhone drops with more expensive subscription plans. Also, the 32GB version of the iPhone 3G S will cost more than the 16GB version.

Both telcos will also sell an older model of the phone, the iPhone 3G.

SingTel, the first telco here to offer the iPhone, started selling the older iPhone 3G in August last year. It began offering the iPhone 3G S in July, at no cost or up to $678, depending on the subscription plan.

Both newcomers have thrown in features into their plans that could hot up competition for the Apple device.

M1 is offering a 'tariff rebate' of $350 to $1,000, to be paid over 12 months, to existing iPhone users who sign up for an M1 iPhone plan.

StarHub and M1 are capping Internet surfing charges on the iPhone, so users do not have to pay beyond a certain amount even if they exceed the amount of free data provided by the two telcos' iPhone subscription plans.

The StarHub cap is at $48 per month, and M1's cap is at $36.38 per month.

StarHub said it is offering the cap to give its consumers 'complete peace of mind' when surfing the Web.

Both StarHub and M1 also have iPhone plans that offer unlimited Web surfing.

In contrast, SingTel does not have such an option. Neither does it offer a cap on Internet surfing fees in its iPhone plans.

It said it will announce revised plans 'within the next few days', for new and existing iPhone customers.

SingTel subscribers can buy the iPhone only through its iFlexi mobile-phone plans.

Mr Marc Einstein, an industry manager with market research firm Frost & Sullivan, said that StarHub and M1's plans, with caps on Web-surfing fees, 'seem to be cheaper and more flexible' than SingTel's.

But it would be easier for both firms to get existing customers using other brands to switch to the iPhone than to draw from SingTel users, because of termination fees that SingTel will impose on its users as well as more competitive iPhone plans SingTel may offer later, he said.

Entrepreneur Darryl Kang, 29, does not plan to give up his SingTel iPhone subscription yet.

'But if there's a new iPhone next year, I'll see which telco offers a better price plan and quality of service, like a reliable Internet connection, as I spend most of the time on the iPhone surfing the Internet,' he said.

Uncle wanted to treat us to lunch since it is his actual birthday today, so Maggie Jie chose 鼎泰丰. Luffs and Harald did not join us because they were working, so it's only the 4 of us!

Din Tai Fung 鼎泰丰
9 Bishan Place #01-41
Junction 8
Tel: 6356 5228

The chicken soup + noodles is for Uncle. The soup was really good! No wonder it is one of their chef recommendations.

Mum, Maggie Jie and I shared the fried rice and 炸酱面 which were nice too.

It's the second time I am eating 小笼包 in 3 days!

The glutinous dumplings were yummi too.

The rest of the Sunday was spent resting at home before Luffs and I headed to Grand Hyatt to attend Valerie and Eugene's wedding banquet.

06 December is an auspicious day to get married so there were a total of 5 weddings in Hyatt itself! Luffs and I had a hard time finding the right ballroom because 3 out of the 5 weddings were on the same level. Haha...

Valerie was my Primary School friend.

I have not seen her for 13 years (since we graduated from Ai Tong), but I am glad the invention of MSN has managed to help us keep in contact.

Dishes served at the banquet!

Did anyone realise from the photos that it was a vegetarian wedding dinner? Yes, Valerie is a vegetarian and I guess that is how she maintains her figure.

:)

Anyway, the ballroom had pillars so the couple had kindly provided live feed.

Sorry for the lousy photos below - They were taken from the TV screen!

Everyone at the dinner would agree with me that Valerie has a very lovely smile. Eugene is one lucky man to have marry her! She is smiling so sweely throughout the whole dinner that I cannot stop looking at her.

Haha!

Maggie Jie with Dawn!

Somehow, I think they look alike.

We had a 8-course dinner.

Noodles / Chicken

This chicken dish is really popular, so reserve this dish when you make reservation for your table.

Cai Po Toufu / Spinach with Century Egg / Sweet & Sour Pork / Omelette

The adults table had curry fish head while we had sliced fish.

Maggie Jie can't eat prawns for now, so we had frog legs while the rest had prawns!

Overall, the dinner was yummi!

I was glad that everyone had the chance to catch up because we do not see one another very often.

Soup / Pork Ribs / Fish / Scallop

Not forgetting the yummilious 小笼包!


Enjoy your holiday, Mummy!

It's the season of getting hitched!

I have attended 3 wedding dinners over the last 2 months and another two coming up this month. Haha! I ♥ attending wedding banquets but the 'hong bao' money is making me feel bankrupt.

Anyway, I came across these rings on Love & Co - Aren't they pretty?

Don't you simply love them?

This would be a very nice pair of wedding bands to own.

However, I am equally satisified with the one I am wearing now.

:)

I am sooooooooo looking forward to 2010.

- - - 妈 妈 不 在 家 ( 第 八 天 ) - - -

Luffs and I woke up early to bring Maggie Jie to AMK Polyclinic for her follow-up.

Look at my crazy sister!

She can still smile at the camera even though she is injured and bandaged up?!!

Anyway, I am glad that her injuries are better now but of course it will be good if she can give up riding totally.

I did some ironing in the afternoon while Maggie Jie was taking her nap and Luffs playing the PSP. It has been many years since I last ironed something and I guess I really need to brush up on that. HELP! I need 15 minutes to iron a simple t-shirt! Haha...

I felt like a total housewife today!

Luffs suggested cooking our own dinner, so I became his assistant. I was in charge of chopping up the garlic and cutting the hotdogs and crab sticks while Luffs cooked the fried rice and fried the fish fillets.

I was the one who prepared the teriyaki chicken but I think I failed. HAHAHA~ Compare the photo on the packaging and my finished product.

My chicken looks chao-tar!!!

We played Monopoly after dinner and Harald emerged as winner!

I'm feeling all excited!

Luffs, Maggie Jie and I will be heading to the airport at about 11.30 pm to pick mum and Uncle up. Their 8-day China trip has come to end and I am happy that they are coming back.

Ciao!

- - - 妈 妈 不 在 家 ( 第 七 天 ) - - -

SITEX is back! Luffs and I will always go for such events even though we have nothing in mind that we want to get.

Mahesh, Stanley and his girlfriend joined us this time round! We left Expo at 9 pm and headed to Pasir Ris for a late dinner.

Stanley & Mahesh

Stanley, Mahesh & Luffs

Luffs doesn't drink, he was merely posing with the beer bottle. Haha!

Here's a group photo which the 'zi char' aunty took for us!

Oh ya!

We did not leave SITEX empty-handed because Luffs bought this for me! This universal power pack actually come in different sizes / voltages etc for different devices.

We chose the XP2000 Power Pack because of the portable size and it can help me charge my Blackberry! It can also charge my Nokia N97, PSP, bluetooth etc. This little thing is only 3.3" (L) x 2.3" (W) x 0.5" (H), so it will definitely come in handy when I go on my business trips!

This power pack comes with the different tips for mobile phones of different brands (and a travel bag). The sales lady also gave me a APPLE tip for free. Haha, I took it although I do not own any APPLE products.

What's more! Energizer gives two FREE tips a year for the life of my product after I have registered my purchase. (",)

It has to be charged the first time for a full 8 hours before regular use.

After initial charging, normal charging will only take 3 - 4 hours.

I have not started using this, but hope it is good.