*Yawn* I am feeling so damn sleepy, especially when I have slept for only a couple of hours for the past 2 nights ( - . - ) ZzZzZ... Had promised myself to sleep early last night, but what happened? Both Fat Boy and I were locked in the nerve-wrecking and brain-racking game of Literati until the ultimate winner (ME!) emerged at 2am : / The feeling of having to wake up to the tune of the alarm this morning was so damn sick >: ( (The temptation of getting an MC was so great. Awww...)
Holidays are so much fun and the feeling sucks when it's time to come home : ( I must say that I have had so much fun in Hong Kong! Eating, shopping and even walking and inhaling the cold air equates to pure fun : D I had a great time walking up and down the streets of North Point, Fortress Hill, Mong Kok and Central as well as tucking into the marbled roasted goose meat, fragrant claypot rice exquisite hand-made dim sum as well as thirst-quenching mango desserts
: D~ Besides the great delicacies and endless shopping, what could be more laughter-inducing than posing with the wax figurines of Aaron Kwok, Andy Lau and Twins and poking fun at their plastic features? : P In addition, I got to know Fat Boy, Yam and Isaac better : D (I must say that their problem solving and map reading skills are top notched!)
My Jetstar Asia plane touched down past midnight and after buying the much-discounted liquor and beer for our respective families, Fat Boy and I went to Killiney Kopitiam to have supper. Initially, I had wanted just ice cold soy beancurd as I was afraid of putting on the pounds, but after being seduced by the aroma of laksa, I dismissed all concerns and shared a few mouthfuls with Fat Boy (What do you expect? Finish the whole bowl? No way!) His mother fetched us home and with all the unpacking and washing up, my head only touched the pillow at 3am (Burn!)
Will be going for a road-cum-food trip to Malaysia tomorrow night...Whoa, I foresee I will not be sleeping much this time round...Awwww....Anyway, 2008 is coming to an end. I am really looking forward to 2009. Yeah, that will be the turning point in my life : D Wish me luck!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Wedding Package Hunt
I am feeling so damn sleepy right now, with the sluggish working environment as well as the sweet raspberry-orangey fragrance from the heated aromatheraphy oil (Oh yes, the aromatheraphy oil burner's my X'mas gift from my dearest bank client : ) ) Looking at the board makes me demoralized - I have yet to close a deal for the whole of December : P Not that I have not been doing nothing, but the resumes that I have deposited with my colleagues have yet to see the light (Who cares? I am going to Hong Kong next Thursday!)
Anyway, I was on MC last Monday. Not that I was super sick physically, I was just super sick mentally : ( Went to the doc's and described my ailment (I told her that I couldn't sleep in the night and that I felt very sleepy in the day), but apparently, she was more interested in my makeup excuse of tummy upset (What the hell!) : ( Left the clinic with a bad taste in my mouth despite having the important slip of MC : ( Worked from home until it was time to resolve some important issues outside : )
Met up with Fat Boy afterwards and we went to Tanjong Pagar where most of the bridal studios are. Walked into Di Gio and was met with a friendly consultant. Without saying anything about the package, she headed straight to my preference with regards to the bridal gowns and got me a few to wear and I was fascinated by how I looked in those beautiful dresses (Hey! I am a pretty bride alright!) It was rather tiring jumping in and out of those heavy gowns and can-can slips. By the time I wore the 5th gown, I was aching all over : ( Despite the beautiful designs and good customer service, our eyes popped out when she announced the price - 4000 bucks. Though she said that the price could be negotiated further, we were rather turned off. We left the studio and Fat Boy suggested that we continue to look at other bridal studios before coming to a decision.
We went to Tanjong Pagar again yesterday. After having dinner at a Taiwanese cafe near the MRT station, we continued with our wedding package hunting. We walked into French Studio and Bridal Boutique when the consultant persuaded us to have a look, but stepped out immediately when we realized that the indecent-looking guys in the shop were the wedding consultants : / We continued to walk down the lanes of Tanjong Pagar until we came to Thomson Wedding, which is located just next to Di Gio : P Initially, I was quite turned off by the interior of the shop because it did not look as posh as the latter. The wedding consultant who attended to us was a lady in her late 30's and to be frank, I felt like walking out then. However, after sharing with us her vast experiences and her patience when showing us the bridal gowns and helping me putting on the heavy dresses changed my earlier perception (Well, it might indeed be better if I have somebody experienced and patient than one who is just concerned about closing deals despite the difference in shop interior and age difference)
We spoke about the package details and as usual Fat Boy told her that we would go back and consider : ) However, during our pillow talk, he mentioned that since both of us are comfortable with the wedding consultant and the package, we should just go for it. He said he would call her to confirm our interest. Yay~Done deal!
Anyway, I was on MC last Monday. Not that I was super sick physically, I was just super sick mentally : ( Went to the doc's and described my ailment (I told her that I couldn't sleep in the night and that I felt very sleepy in the day), but apparently, she was more interested in my makeup excuse of tummy upset (What the hell!) : ( Left the clinic with a bad taste in my mouth despite having the important slip of MC : ( Worked from home until it was time to resolve some important issues outside : )
Met up with Fat Boy afterwards and we went to Tanjong Pagar where most of the bridal studios are. Walked into Di Gio and was met with a friendly consultant. Without saying anything about the package, she headed straight to my preference with regards to the bridal gowns and got me a few to wear and I was fascinated by how I looked in those beautiful dresses (Hey! I am a pretty bride alright!) It was rather tiring jumping in and out of those heavy gowns and can-can slips. By the time I wore the 5th gown, I was aching all over : ( Despite the beautiful designs and good customer service, our eyes popped out when she announced the price - 4000 bucks. Though she said that the price could be negotiated further, we were rather turned off. We left the studio and Fat Boy suggested that we continue to look at other bridal studios before coming to a decision.
We went to Tanjong Pagar again yesterday. After having dinner at a Taiwanese cafe near the MRT station, we continued with our wedding package hunting. We walked into French Studio and Bridal Boutique when the consultant persuaded us to have a look, but stepped out immediately when we realized that the indecent-looking guys in the shop were the wedding consultants : / We continued to walk down the lanes of Tanjong Pagar until we came to Thomson Wedding, which is located just next to Di Gio : P Initially, I was quite turned off by the interior of the shop because it did not look as posh as the latter. The wedding consultant who attended to us was a lady in her late 30's and to be frank, I felt like walking out then. However, after sharing with us her vast experiences and her patience when showing us the bridal gowns and helping me putting on the heavy dresses changed my earlier perception (Well, it might indeed be better if I have somebody experienced and patient than one who is just concerned about closing deals despite the difference in shop interior and age difference)
We spoke about the package details and as usual Fat Boy told her that we would go back and consider : ) However, during our pillow talk, he mentioned that since both of us are comfortable with the wedding consultant and the package, we should just go for it. He said he would call her to confirm our interest. Yay~Done deal!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Dinner with Rightie
Times are moving more slowly than ever and it is getting more and more irritating and stifling to be in the rotting office every passing day : ( Though it was Friday yesterday, it didn't feel like one and to make matters worse, my period came - My back was aching to the point of near-snap and I was feeling so damn cold because of the rainy weather. What a lousy day. Argh! >: (
However, the only thing that brought a smile to my long face yesterday was having dinner with Rightie : D (I must say that it was a pleasant surprise for her to ask me out for dinner on a Friday night as she usually has lotsa plans lined up!) We had dinner at Thai Express in Paragon and she had phat thai whereas I had beef with rice with tom yam soup : D~ Fat Boy was supposed to join us but he was ultra late from his facial treatment (Oh yes, he went to remove millia from his face as he wanted to look good on his big day) so he joined us at Swensons later on. Initially, he was hesistant to join us as he said he looked ugly with tiny black crusts scattered around his face, but after much persuasion, he came : P
It was great to ditch "Gee, how much calories did I have?" considerations at the back of my head (Who cares if I am having a great time?) I had Coit Tower - rum and raisin with sticky chewy chocolate with chopped pieces of banana, strawberry and chocolate sauce (Yummy!) whereas Rightie had Nutty O Mighty - ice cream with all kinds of nuts (Great for such a nutty girl!) She left after her ice cream as she wanted to go home and changed before meeting up with her colleagues and her beloved (Opps!) Both Fat Boy and I left after he finished his chocolatey ice cream with chocolate-covered Maltese (Yikes!) as I was feeling lethargic.
Reached home at about 11pm and after washing up and as I was about to hop onto the bed to sleep, I felt a dull pain in my back and after turning and tossing for a couple of times, I felt impossible to sleep. Fat Boy gave me 2 Panadols to pop and massage the affected area. Though it did not make the pain go away immediately, it did help and I went to sleep (Duh!)
Hehe, there is a BBQ organized by the SPI this evening. I am so excited about it! I must remember to bring along my camera! Yay~
However, the only thing that brought a smile to my long face yesterday was having dinner with Rightie : D (I must say that it was a pleasant surprise for her to ask me out for dinner on a Friday night as she usually has lotsa plans lined up!) We had dinner at Thai Express in Paragon and she had phat thai whereas I had beef with rice with tom yam soup : D~ Fat Boy was supposed to join us but he was ultra late from his facial treatment (Oh yes, he went to remove millia from his face as he wanted to look good on his big day) so he joined us at Swensons later on. Initially, he was hesistant to join us as he said he looked ugly with tiny black crusts scattered around his face, but after much persuasion, he came : P
It was great to ditch "Gee, how much calories did I have?" considerations at the back of my head (Who cares if I am having a great time?) I had Coit Tower - rum and raisin with sticky chewy chocolate with chopped pieces of banana, strawberry and chocolate sauce (Yummy!) whereas Rightie had Nutty O Mighty - ice cream with all kinds of nuts (Great for such a nutty girl!) She left after her ice cream as she wanted to go home and changed before meeting up with her colleagues and her beloved (Opps!) Both Fat Boy and I left after he finished his chocolatey ice cream with chocolate-covered Maltese (Yikes!) as I was feeling lethargic.
Reached home at about 11pm and after washing up and as I was about to hop onto the bed to sleep, I felt a dull pain in my back and after turning and tossing for a couple of times, I felt impossible to sleep. Fat Boy gave me 2 Panadols to pop and massage the affected area. Though it did not make the pain go away immediately, it did help and I went to sleep (Duh!)
Hehe, there is a BBQ organized by the SPI this evening. I am so excited about it! I must remember to bring along my camera! Yay~
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Angry Zit
Yesterday afternoon, Gramps, Daddy, Bro, Fat Boy and I went to Crystal Jade in Takashimaya to have lunch and boy, it was a good lunch. We had deep fried garlic pork ribs, steamed cod fish, bamboo clams topped with lotsa fried garlic, Hokkien seafood pot, roast duck drizzled with curry sauce, steamed scallops topped with garlic and vermicelli, stir-fried kale, seafood vermicelli and egg tarts : D~ After that, we went to visit Mummy at her workplace in Tiong Bahru before going home to nap ( - . - ) ZzZzZ
Woke up at 7pm (I felt so damn recharged), watched some TV before heading to the famous porridge stall in Henderson Road to have dinner (Time to have something light so as not to overload my tummy!) We went home after that and continued to sit in front of the tube (Oh yes, did I tell you we are absolute couch potatoes?) before deciding to turn in. It was not the usual 12:30am, but 2am : o I must say we tried very hard to sleep by turning and tossing millions of times in bed, but the more we turned and tossed, the harder it was to sleep...: ( I became more stressed when I heard steady breathing rhythms - It meant that he had successfully slipped into slumberland : ( My attempts to sleep failed miserably as my mind was fully aware of the surroundings despite tightly shut eyes. Awwww....
I felt crap this morning. It felt as if my soul was slowly drained through a bloody pinhole, bit by bit. The temptation to apply for an MC was great, but I decided not to as I knew it would incur the evil Boss's wrath : / Fortunately, there was Fat Boy who drove me to work, else I would just bang my head against the wall. Anyway, there was not much activity in the workplace. I mean, what to expect in such bad times? Regardless how positive one's mind is, what can one do without good orders and candidates? It did not help that there was internal underhand competition and the bloody management could not be bothered to lift a finger to differentiate between black and white as long as profits could be seen. I felt so damn shitty rotting in that place (I can feel my patience wearing thinner and thinner every passing day)
After work, I went to visit Aunt Helen because I felt the need to eradicate the big sickening zit sitting proudly above my lips >: ( As much as I wanted to save up the 80 bucks on something more useful, the moment my fingers attempted to purge the toxic pus from the angry zit, it hurt like hell! Hence, to prevent unnecessary moles from forming on my face, a facial session was an absolute must. After the 1 hour half session, I went to Cold Storage to buy a can of tuna before going home to watch TV while munching my tuna sandwich and washing it down with a mug of hot Milo ; )
Woke up at 7pm (I felt so damn recharged), watched some TV before heading to the famous porridge stall in Henderson Road to have dinner (Time to have something light so as not to overload my tummy!) We went home after that and continued to sit in front of the tube (Oh yes, did I tell you we are absolute couch potatoes?) before deciding to turn in. It was not the usual 12:30am, but 2am : o I must say we tried very hard to sleep by turning and tossing millions of times in bed, but the more we turned and tossed, the harder it was to sleep...: ( I became more stressed when I heard steady breathing rhythms - It meant that he had successfully slipped into slumberland : ( My attempts to sleep failed miserably as my mind was fully aware of the surroundings despite tightly shut eyes. Awwww....
I felt crap this morning. It felt as if my soul was slowly drained through a bloody pinhole, bit by bit. The temptation to apply for an MC was great, but I decided not to as I knew it would incur the evil Boss's wrath : / Fortunately, there was Fat Boy who drove me to work, else I would just bang my head against the wall. Anyway, there was not much activity in the workplace. I mean, what to expect in such bad times? Regardless how positive one's mind is, what can one do without good orders and candidates? It did not help that there was internal underhand competition and the bloody management could not be bothered to lift a finger to differentiate between black and white as long as profits could be seen. I felt so damn shitty rotting in that place (I can feel my patience wearing thinner and thinner every passing day)
After work, I went to visit Aunt Helen because I felt the need to eradicate the big sickening zit sitting proudly above my lips >: ( As much as I wanted to save up the 80 bucks on something more useful, the moment my fingers attempted to purge the toxic pus from the angry zit, it hurt like hell! Hence, to prevent unnecessary moles from forming on my face, a facial session was an absolute must. After the 1 hour half session, I went to Cold Storage to buy a can of tuna before going home to watch TV while munching my tuna sandwich and washing it down with a mug of hot Milo ; )
Monday, December 8, 2008
Lazy Weekends
The time now is 1:07am and I am still very much wide awake and racking my brains in Literati (Yes, I slept too much in the day) How nice if we are on a 4-day work week and we definitely have alot of time to do the things we like and that doesn't include working >: ( I know of colleagues who work till late hours on weekdays and even on weekends and public holidays (Hey! Get a life, dammit!)
Last Friday, I was so mad that I knocked off at 7pm due to some meaningless meeting - The agenda was all about some work processes when Boss is away in Hong Kong next year (Hey, what has that got to do with me?! I am going to be out of that hellhole after Chinese New Year!) The only thing to be happy about for that day was to meet up with Fat Boy and the rest for frog-leg porridge at Geylang : ) However, Sunshine Boy was ultra late in coming back to the office after a meeting with his big-time client - I was so unhappy about it as I was so desperate to depart Raffles Place >: (
We were fortunate to find a parking lot after reaching Geylang and it was quite a wait for Yam Gal and Isaac before we got to sip soul-soothing porridge with fiery gung-po sauce, not to mention ripping off the thick and succulent flesh from chopped frog legs? (I was amazed that both Fat Boy and I could consume 7 pairs of frog legs with porridge at one go!) Not feeling satisfied enough, we proceeded to have soya beancurd for dessert and true enough, what can be more soothing than slurping hot silky beancurd while doing good catching-up on a rainy night? If not for fatigue, we could have stayed past midnight : )
It was a lazy Saturday for me. After oily massage and cold wrap, Fat Boy and I went to Action City to buy presents for next week's SPI BBQ at Labrador Park - I bought a Funshine Carebear whereas he bought a ducky vaccum cleaner. We headed for a simple dinner at Han's before strolling around Suntec City. We went home to slack after that : )
It was also a lazy Sunday for me : P After waking up at 11am, we shared a plate of fishball noodles that Aunt had bought and we continued to laze in bed by reading Sunday Times. After that, we went to Magaret Drive Food Centre to doggybag a whole chicken and a few packets of rice home (It's nice to have chicken rice at home as I can use my hands to tear the chicken flesh. Nobody cares ; P) Watched some TV before heading straight to bed (Good opportunity to pay back the sleep debt!) Woke up at 7pm before accompanying Fat Boy and Aunt to Alexandra Village for dinner. Initially, I did not want to have dinner as I was not hungry, but the aroma from their bak kut teh made me salivate; I succumbed to temptation and ordered a bowl of bak kut teh without the rice (Atkin's Diet? : P ) We strolled to Ikea to burn the excess calories and I was astonished to see Fat Boy buy an ice cream cone because he was "thirsty" (I told you, he's getting fatter and fatter every passing day) Went home to watch "Infernal Affairs", played few rounds of cards with Gramps until now...
Anyway, we will be having lunch with Daddy and Mummy as Fat Boy will be officially announcing the good news to them. Wonder how it will go...: D
Last Friday, I was so mad that I knocked off at 7pm due to some meaningless meeting - The agenda was all about some work processes when Boss is away in Hong Kong next year (Hey, what has that got to do with me?! I am going to be out of that hellhole after Chinese New Year!) The only thing to be happy about for that day was to meet up with Fat Boy and the rest for frog-leg porridge at Geylang : ) However, Sunshine Boy was ultra late in coming back to the office after a meeting with his big-time client - I was so unhappy about it as I was so desperate to depart Raffles Place >: (
We were fortunate to find a parking lot after reaching Geylang and it was quite a wait for Yam Gal and Isaac before we got to sip soul-soothing porridge with fiery gung-po sauce, not to mention ripping off the thick and succulent flesh from chopped frog legs? (I was amazed that both Fat Boy and I could consume 7 pairs of frog legs with porridge at one go!) Not feeling satisfied enough, we proceeded to have soya beancurd for dessert and true enough, what can be more soothing than slurping hot silky beancurd while doing good catching-up on a rainy night? If not for fatigue, we could have stayed past midnight : )
It was a lazy Saturday for me. After oily massage and cold wrap, Fat Boy and I went to Action City to buy presents for next week's SPI BBQ at Labrador Park - I bought a Funshine Carebear whereas he bought a ducky vaccum cleaner. We headed for a simple dinner at Han's before strolling around Suntec City. We went home to slack after that : )
It was also a lazy Sunday for me : P After waking up at 11am, we shared a plate of fishball noodles that Aunt had bought and we continued to laze in bed by reading Sunday Times. After that, we went to Magaret Drive Food Centre to doggybag a whole chicken and a few packets of rice home (It's nice to have chicken rice at home as I can use my hands to tear the chicken flesh. Nobody cares ; P) Watched some TV before heading straight to bed (Good opportunity to pay back the sleep debt!) Woke up at 7pm before accompanying Fat Boy and Aunt to Alexandra Village for dinner. Initially, I did not want to have dinner as I was not hungry, but the aroma from their bak kut teh made me salivate; I succumbed to temptation and ordered a bowl of bak kut teh without the rice (Atkin's Diet? : P ) We strolled to Ikea to burn the excess calories and I was astonished to see Fat Boy buy an ice cream cone because he was "thirsty" (I told you, he's getting fatter and fatter every passing day) Went home to watch "Infernal Affairs", played few rounds of cards with Gramps until now...
Anyway, we will be having lunch with Daddy and Mummy as Fat Boy will be officially announcing the good news to them. Wonder how it will go...: D
Monday, December 1, 2008
Happy Weekends!
Gee, Monday is finally coming to an end and I must say I am so exhausted from the back-to-back activities lined up last weekend : P At this present moment, Fat Boy is sweating out in the kitchen; wonder what is for dinner? : P (I heard cackling deepfrying sounds)
Last Saturday afternoon, after having our brunch of fishball noodles, Fat Boy and I went to Zhou's Kitchen to make a reservation for our special day : ) Well, I must say that the staff at Zhou's Kitchen are very warm and friendly and they tried their best to answer our questions : ) Later in the noon, I went to Marina Square to have my cold wrap before meeting up with my SPI friends for steamboat buffet dinner at Fortune Cuisine in Sunset Way. Initialluy, I was quite doubtful about the quality of the food, but to my astonishment, it was fantastic! Where can you find a great variety of seafood like flower crabs, prawns, crayfish and scallops and 4 types of soup bases like ma la, seafood, tom yam and chicken at 28 bucks? No wonder reservation has to to made - We saw quite a number of diners being turned away : /
After a hearty-diet-crashing dinner, we proceeded to Mount Faber for bowling (Yes, we, or rather I, really need to burn off those calories! God knows how many kilos of prawns in my tummy!) It was really fun and exciting to pit our ball-throwing skills against one another and I was so amazed that Fat Boy was able to squeeze into the Top 3 list for 3 rounds! : P Though we were physically tired, our minds and spirits were not! We headed for pool after that (Gee...I am not so keen though) and the best thing was Fat Boy thrashed them one by one (Uh oh, what ball games is he not good at?) The pool game ended at 2:45am and we still refused to part ways - Our last stop was at Mr Bean where we had some drinks before going home. By the time our heads touched the pillow, it was 5am : P
We woke up at 10:10am on Sunday (I woke up at 9am to give Rightie a morning call before going back to snooze), washed up and quickly took a bus to Vivocity (I had wanted to have a different experience of taking public transport that day : ) ) Met up with Sunshine Boy, had lunch of chicken rice before Yam, Isaac and Rightie caught up with us. We shopped in Daiso for a while before Rightie drove us into Sentosa! Woohoo!
Despite occasional drizzle, it was a wonderful day as we went for swimming, volleyball and soccer : ) It was great to meet up with Amy and Mark as well as Daniel! We had dinner at a Japanese restaurant in Vivocity before saying goodbye and though we had an early night (We slept at 10:30am), it really felt sucky when we woke up the following morning.
P/S: I guess he has finished cooking, it's time to sign off right now!
Last Saturday afternoon, after having our brunch of fishball noodles, Fat Boy and I went to Zhou's Kitchen to make a reservation for our special day : ) Well, I must say that the staff at Zhou's Kitchen are very warm and friendly and they tried their best to answer our questions : ) Later in the noon, I went to Marina Square to have my cold wrap before meeting up with my SPI friends for steamboat buffet dinner at Fortune Cuisine in Sunset Way. Initialluy, I was quite doubtful about the quality of the food, but to my astonishment, it was fantastic! Where can you find a great variety of seafood like flower crabs, prawns, crayfish and scallops and 4 types of soup bases like ma la, seafood, tom yam and chicken at 28 bucks? No wonder reservation has to to made - We saw quite a number of diners being turned away : /
After a hearty-diet-crashing dinner, we proceeded to Mount Faber for bowling (Yes, we, or rather I, really need to burn off those calories! God knows how many kilos of prawns in my tummy!) It was really fun and exciting to pit our ball-throwing skills against one another and I was so amazed that Fat Boy was able to squeeze into the Top 3 list for 3 rounds! : P Though we were physically tired, our minds and spirits were not! We headed for pool after that (Gee...I am not so keen though) and the best thing was Fat Boy thrashed them one by one (Uh oh, what ball games is he not good at?) The pool game ended at 2:45am and we still refused to part ways - Our last stop was at Mr Bean where we had some drinks before going home. By the time our heads touched the pillow, it was 5am : P
We woke up at 10:10am on Sunday (I woke up at 9am to give Rightie a morning call before going back to snooze), washed up and quickly took a bus to Vivocity (I had wanted to have a different experience of taking public transport that day : ) ) Met up with Sunshine Boy, had lunch of chicken rice before Yam, Isaac and Rightie caught up with us. We shopped in Daiso for a while before Rightie drove us into Sentosa! Woohoo!
Despite occasional drizzle, it was a wonderful day as we went for swimming, volleyball and soccer : ) It was great to meet up with Amy and Mark as well as Daniel! We had dinner at a Japanese restaurant in Vivocity before saying goodbye and though we had an early night (We slept at 10:30am), it really felt sucky when we woke up the following morning.
P/S: I guess he has finished cooking, it's time to sign off right now!
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