The Nitty-Gritties

Last week, Hubby had a haircut. Not a normal one, cos I was his hairdresser for the first time! Not that I am an aspiring hairdresser nor did I ever imagine myself managing one's hair, but Hubby was adamant that no way could he get a decent hair cut from any of the salons here. It beats me why he is so insistent that I can definitely do a better job that the professionals here. It does not really cost alot more to get a decent trim, so I guess it may be because he is probably just in for the fun! Haha...
The set-up at our balcony, and Hubby getting ready for the fun. Hubby bought the pair of scissors from Amazon and can't wait for me to execute the experiment. LOL!













Me shivering while chopping his bangs off. Hahaa... Shivering partly because I was scared and nervous, and because of the chilly weather on a Sunday morning. I accidently snipped a tiny bit of his ear and had quite abit of blood gushing out half-way through the ordeal. Heh... I was too engrossed in ensuring the cut was leveled, so forgot all about his ears. *Opps*

The before/after photos. From left-right: when we first came, just before the hair cut and after the cut. So nice right?! Maybe I should consider a switch of career if I can't get a decent job in SIN a year later given the current financial turmoil. =P

Last month, we visited quite a number of wineries over 2 weekends. The trips were in time for me to unwind just after the rigorous preparations for the exams.
3 weeks ago, we went to 3 wineries, Sugar Creek, Montelle and Stone Hill. The entire journey took us about 2 hours, by car of course.

At Montelle. It was the most crowded winery amongst the 3, probably because it is sort of perched on a litle hilltop and has the freshest air with a nice view of the Autumn trees below. Pleasant wines we had there and I just love the breathtaking scenery.



The 2 regulars of the 12525G club, and the "owner" of the club. Haha... These are the 2 guys who drop by our apartment very often, at least once a week, mostly to down a bottle of hard liquor together, and sometimes for dinner. I guess Hubby is very glad that he has them here in STL, since they spend aplenty of time together drinking, smoking (YES! they got my Hubby back to e bad habit! Damn.) and talking cock.

Queuing to taste the wines at Stone Hill. All the wineries provide free wine-tasting for their popular wines, before we decide what wines to get if we wanted to purchase any. I love Stone Hill's wine the most, cos they have this sweet red wine that's just simply... sweet! We bought 2 bottles and I was pretty relunctant to open them initially, till I realised Dierberg's (the supermart just outside WH) sells them too, and at a lower price! Duh... Just a 2-min drive to get the lip-smacking wine, instead of a 2-hr drive to the winery.

Couldn't resist taking a picture with the colourful Halloween Deco near the Stone Hill Entrance.









After Stone Hill, we drove to Hermann, for a taste of their Oktoberfest celebrations. Hermann's a very small town (probably the size of AMK; I guess) with a German Brewery cum pub. Here we see some folks dancing infront of a live band.



The next weekend, some Boeing folks were kind enough to bring us to 2 more wineries.

Chaumette is our first stop. Each of us brought home a Chaumette wine glass as a souvenir, all thanks to the wife of a Boeing guy, who knows the owner of the winery.






Chilling, as usual, in the good weather with our gift.












Start of a 10-minute trail to the next winery.











The horrendous up-slope trail. I never like trails, but since everyone chose to walk instead of taking the car, I had no choice but to follow suit. Lucky Melvin's parents were here, and I had company trailing behind the rest of the crew. Heh...



The Charleville vineyard. Another place with very nice landscape and an extremely relaxing nook. I was too engrossed in basking in the tranquil terrain that I totally forgot to take pictures of the surroundings.




Us, including the pioneer batch and Melvin's parents, who are here for a long visit. Picture courtesy of Kinyoong. Too bad the group is too big, and we covered the beautiful backdrop behind.




That's all for now. Had a splendid Korean dinner with the SG team just now, as Hubby's boss is here for a visit. Korean BBQ, Hotpot, Bibimbap and the works. Really yummy, but a tad too expensive. We're blessed to have a sumptuous free meal! I got to go shower and read some notes bfore I call it a day.

P.S. Due to daylight saving, we are now 14 hours behind SIN time, instead of 13.