Highlights - Entertainment on board

The best way to relax while on a trip is to let the trip do everything for you! With all the wedding, reno and house planning on hand, we decided to get by with a little help for the honeymoon, yet we didnt want to go on guided tours because those meant early mornings and hurried shoppings. Neh.  

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Colors on board Liberty of the Seas!

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Endless entertainment!

Movie screenings, plays, performances, adult entertainment, gym, basketball courts, rock climbing, arcade, casino, clubs, pubs, swimming pools, 24-hour food supply...N&I were spoilt for choice every day! The daily progam sheets were slipped under the door for us to see what's happening where for the next day. So we would pick which show/play that we wanted to go to and decide on the R&R activity for rest of the day! We could even choose to snooze whenever we wanted! And even if we missed the dining hours at the main restaurants, the pizza and pastry cafe is always an available alternative ;) They serve really good croissants topped with an olive!

There was even a bizarre "shopping talk" scheduled in one of the afternoons.

We were joking about it being some kind of rehab talk for shophalics but the turnout was even more bizarrely good, we decided to check out what it was all about ;p Turned out to be a talk on shopping tips for the next destination we were going to embark - JAMAICA! 

Apparently we were going to embark on a land of diamonds and watches! :D

So we took notes of where to go, what to say and what discounts to ask for in what shops. Like it was Uncle Henry's birthday month and we were supposed to say Happy Birthday Uncle Henry in his shop to get a free item that day!

Here's N, lootified from Uncle Henry's shop. The plastic bag is abeeeet Mustafa style though..lol! So you could guess the real heritage of the owner. The in-house bartender served a lethal mix of whisky cocktail - I suspect it's to make customers high! They offered us the "Chicken Patties" and "Beef Patties" which the ang mohs were soooooooooooo intrigued with!! We found out a while later that those patties from the brown paper bags that they were popping into their mouths were in fact.just.currypoks. :D We were too full from lunch but asian-tasting food was something we didnt want to miss after having Big American meals for the last coupla days!

 

Whisky-high, currypok-happy and loot-happy

Dragon Year!

Settling into a new schedule this year with the new title. The prelude to CNY started off with a mini gathering at our place followed by 5 rounds of reunion meals over the long weekend! No pics to show but all are home cooked by the fabulous head chefs in each household!!!! Our turn this Sat to feed 15!!!! Luckily the cuz stays a stone's throw away! She's in charge of making the chap chye! And Thank God for google for making cooking life SO.MUCH.EASIER! Yes! Confession #1 in 2012 - I cook with Google and cookbooks for the more difficult dishes!!! I google for differences between baking soda and baking powder (and I regret not paying Chemistry more attention in college). I google for images of "how does a stiff peak look like" when the recipe asked to whisk the egg whites into a stiff peak. And my friend thought I was a real kitchen goddess from looking at my Food Tributes album on facebook!!

Char's 27th Nutella pie cum cavers' warming at our place.

Nutella pie recipe from where else but google! :D 

Am making another round of this with Baileys this Sat!!!

Research is ongoing for this Sat's food menu, as it is for the upcoming trip and the Michelin options :):) Food makes GLEE!!! :D

Eve of the CNY, little Mur all dressed up to usher in the Dragon Year!!! Silly boy hates to be dressed up!! :p

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Royal Carribean, Liberty of the Seas. Marina View, cabin view, restaurant view. 

Captain's Night - the dilemma of playing dressed up vs saving luggage space for more shopping!!

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Haiti. Paranomic of Paradise Cove. A Haitian game. Lost a Haitian game. Exclusive access to the private beach. Sunset.