Luke's & Nigel's Birthdays

My nephews, Luke & Nigel, share the same birthdate - 9 June. Being a Monday, Carol decided to to have a makan-makan at her place on Saturday, 7 June instead.

So, when I had to go gift buying, I decided to bring Jade (their sister) along.. not that she was all that much help! Haha..

We left for town at about 10.30am and our first stop was at a pet shop. Jade loves animals and was quite happy, especially since there was an adorable Siamese cat there. Then, at about noon we headed off for lunch at Nam Heong Chicken Rice shop. Ah.. this place never fails me - it's ALWAYS good!

After makan, we headed off to a couple of toy shops looking for a particular toy that Nigel wanted - no luck! Then, it was off to Peter Hoe's for tea and to buy some stuff. I was quite disappointed - the quality of the cakes had taken a plunge.. Jade's brownie was crumbly and mysteriously indented (it looked fine on the tray!), her orange juice super sour, my apple whatchamacallit was super sweet and my coffee (flavour?) was not in the least to my liking.. but at least got to buy what I came to buy.

Then, we hit Popular Bookstore downstairs and finally picked out gifts for the boys - Indiana Jones Books 1, 2 & 3 for Luke and a whole set of Ratatouille stationery for Nigel. And, of course, I got some books for myself.. at a bargain too!!
My book buys.

The makan-makan the next day was great.. lotsa food! There was Spaghetti & meatballs, claypot chicken rice, roast duck (YUM!!) a nice salad with meatloaf..

(Below) The cake with candles all lit up.. The boys making their wishes before blowing out the candles and contaminating the cake! Haha..

Group pix.. a must!