Bon Jovi Concert

Last Monday, my friend Delina called me up and invited me to go to a Bon Jovi concert with her. After spending some time looking for tickets, we were on.

I didn't really want to go as I've already seen him in concert but she wanted somebody to go with her and was willing to pay for my tickets, so i went! hehehehe...

Delina and I at the concert

Anyways, despite my initial reluctance, i had quite a nice time. His older songs like Blaze of Glory, Bad Medicine, I'll Be There For You etc. brought back sentimental feelings of my youthful years.

Picture of stage setup

Alan who volunteered for baby-sitting duty ended doing a double duty when Delina told me that her mom was going to be at the mall while we were at the concert. I said to her, "But the mall closes at 9 pm and we won't be back till at least 11 pm". So we arranged for Alan to go pick her up so that she doesn't freeze to death. However, some lines must have crossed and Delina's mom ended up leaving multiple messages that says "Delina's mom" on some random person's phone, froze for 1/2 hr and was harrassed 3 times by the police before finally getting a hold of us. I called Alan and he went to her rescue and got her to our house and provided her with water and some risque Spanish soaps(this sentence sounds wrong, but you know what I mean, on tv).

Delina and his mom doting on Tyler

Introducing David Chua

Our newest little addition to the Chua clan.. check out the hair!

I called my Dad last week and was told that my sister-in-law had delivered and we have a new member in our family - David!

This was one of the few pictures from my sister's blog. I stole it because she was supposed to send me some pictures but hasn't.. ahemm...

Congratulations Kor and Chin Chin!!

Hanging out with Daddy

I saw this scene and couldn't resist taking a picture of the father and son chilling out in front of the computer watching some British program...



Alan introducing British humor to Tyler..

The rest of the weekend

Well, Alan came home on Friday. Tyler and I thought it would be funny to surprise him in pink pants. We had a good laugh about it. But i screwed up. Didn't get home in time!!!

Anyways, we had a badminton tournament on Saturday. Alan played in Men's Doubles while I played in Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles. It was a nice tournament with good turnout. But neither Alan nor I managed to snag any medals. This is what happens when you have no say in the tournament draws!!!

Tyler was with us the whole day. He was very popular at the tournament and I was relieved from baby sitting duty all day. Quite a good deal. After the tournament, we attended a little banquet to honor a few people who made it to the Badminton Hall of Fame..




Rare occasionm - Alan and I get our pictures taken together.. without Tyler!!!

Then on Sunday, a bunch of us met up at Super Star for some dim sum. Some of us may have overdosed and was semi-comatose for the rest of the day(me)..


Dim sum ....




Steffen and Tyler(in the mirror) passed out after the meal...

Mommy and Me

Alan was away in Shanghai the whole of last week and Tyler and I had a relatively good week. I managed to waltz in to work at past 10 am every morning.

The thing is, I thought as the days go by, i would get more efficient at getting out of the door but alas, each day i was 5-10 mins later than the day before!!! I blame it on Tyler of course because he kept waking me up at odd hours and he tells me it's my fault coz i left the light on.

Anyways, it had been a good week while Alan was away. We were both NOT sick, I managed to cook a few times, read Tyler some books(never actually made it to the end of the book, very long book) and even went to badminton!!

Tyler and I having a goofy picture taken of ourselves.. couldn't find our party hats though...

Pink - the new black

This actually happened last week but I didn't have time to update the blog. I walked into Tyler's daycare and thought that the caregiver carrying a little girl. But at a closer look, i realized it was Tyler - in a pair of pink pants!!!

I immediately burst out laughing and asked why my son was wearing pink ruffled pants. She explained that he had a big "blow out" and ran out of pants to wear. So, they looked in their stock of leftover clothes and found a pair of pink pants. They thought it was better pink than cold, i guess.

Anyways, here's my son in pink!


Tyler all smiley in his pink ruffly pants.. i'm pretty sure this is going to haunt him for the rest of his life!

Gert's Visit

This weekend, my friend Gert drove up from Alburquerque to spend the weekend with us. It was nice to see him again after nearly a year.


Gert checking Tyler out..

I met Gert about 7 yrs ago in a beginner Salsa class. So, I thought it'd be a good reunion if we went for a dance when he was here. After some investigation(I texted Steffen), I found out that Quemando was playing at St Julien's on Friday. So, that's where we(Gert, Steffen, Halden and I) went. But alas, Gert didn't feel quite up to it and so, we left before the dance ended and went to get some dinner. We had a nice meal at the Boulder Chop House which was not as good as i remembered.

On Saturday, after a lazy morning, we headed into Boulder for a spot of lunch at the Dushanbe Tea house and then followed by a brisk walk along Boulder Creek. We finished our walk, went for a quick drink at Trident coffee house before it was time to meet up with Delina and her parents at Jax Fish House.


Gert at Dushanbe Tea House - check out intricate designs on ceiling...

They screwed up our reservation and Delina was late but it worked out in the end. Jax Fish House had AWESOME seafood. I had a boat load of fresh oysters and jumbo sea scallops.. yummy! Ooh.. and crispy ahi rolls!! And their fried calamari was sooo good! Anyways, we had a great time with her parents despite our bad Spanish and their poor English.


Delina and her parent - while my camera was alive for a few seconds

On Sunday, we went to Los Cabos II which is our favorite Peruvian restaurant for their lunch buffet.. very good.. i'll have to write another blog on that. After lunch, Gert left for Alburquerque and I may see him again in May for Bolder Boulder..

I don't have many pictures of the weekend because i was an idiot and forgot to charge my camera!!!