Wednesday, November 25, 2009
though i'm still stuck in office at this time and i'll have to be at e airport at 5.30am for my flight to bangkok, but i'm ok wif it as long as i can clear my work and leave tis island wif a peace of mind (i hope!).
i wonder if i can even sleep tonight..wld be too excited i guess..haha..kk i can pack up to go home now..yeah bangkok here i come!!!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
had simple plans for e weekend..coz was too busy during e week to make any proper planning..but simple plans r good for tired souls! haha.
fri after work, dear and i went to suntec's crystal jade for ramen and xiao long bao (my fav!). after e dinner, we went to carrefour to get some stuffs, then slacked a while at e suntec fountain area before heading home for a good rest.
on sat, i spent my morning doing my work..quite a few work stuffs to clear tis weekend to meet e deadlines next week. i'll be leaving for bangkok on thurs..and i need to get most of my work settled before i leave..stressed! anyway dear came over to my place ard 2 plus, had his lunch and we went for a jog..we were quite diligent..didnt really stop during e jog haha. then returned home, showered and headed down to serangoon gardens for dinner. tried a new cafe called Ministry of Steak there..i had grilled salmon and dear had steak..think their food is nt too bad for their price..and i like their mashed potatoes! after dat, dear had craving for macs' milkshake so we took a bus to AMK's macs (coz not all macs sell milkshakes) juz to satisfy his craving! haha. and then it was home sweet home for us.
woke up tis morning to continue wif my work stuffs..finally done wif most of e stuffs..so getting ready to go out wif my family for my cousin's little boy's bday celebration at Goodwood Park Hotel's Min Jiang Restaurant..dim sum buffet! it'll be my 3rd time eating their dim sum buffet tis year..haha. but i quite like it..so it's good =)
later when i get back, i'll have to pack my stuffs for my bangkok trip coz i doubt i'll haf e time to do so during e weekdays..it's a race against time for me every day of my life..even on weekends =( as much as i am sulking bout my hectic work life, i'm entitling myself to a break tis coming week - my bangkok trip =) though i foresee i'll be kept really busy too..shopping and eating wif e gals! sooo looking forward to it!!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
it's a stay-home sunday for me today..so decided to blog earlier as i'm kinda lazy to start on my work.
anyway fri and sat was dedicated to my dear to celebrate our 19 months together =) after work on fri, dear & i headed down to Sengkang, settled our dinner at Compasspoint's Long John Silver's, then went back to my place to put my laptop as i was going to his place for e night. we cabbed back to his place coz it was quite late..and dropped by Jurong Point's NTUC to buy some ingredients for our lunch e next day. we wanted to try out tis simple recipe we saw frm a magazine. after dat, it was back to his place to surf e net and sleep.
next morning, we woke up ard 10 plus and cooked our Apple Chicken Soup, based on e recipe we had. juz a few simple steps and we had an interesting soup to drink! yeah it really tasted quite interesting..sweet and salty at e same time..haha. anyway after our homecooked lunch, we slacked a while more at his place before heading out for our visit to e Botanic Gardens! we had a nice stroll along e park..breathing in e cool fresh air, snapping pictures of interesting stuffs and saw quite a few cute ang moh toddlers and doggies. we left e place ard 5pm and walked a pretty long way out to Tanglin Place where we made reservations at Dan Ryan's Chicago Grill for dinner. we ordered ribeye steak and crab & mushroom spaghetti. e steak was expensive but tasted nt too bad..and dear loves their crab & mushroom spaghetti =p
after e filling dinner (as their portions r quite big), we walked down orchard road to find a place to sit down and haf drinks. finally settled for TCC at International Building..we had strawberry parfait and chamomile & peppermint tea - juz e perfect tea to make us feel more relaxed! our last destination for e day was bukit merah to view a flat wif dear's family. and then it was back home for a good rest after such a great day =)
anyway here r some pics to add color to my blog!
Sunday, November 08, 2009
luckily my friday wasn't ruined at work..and i managed to get out of e office earlier than usual..so went to meet dear and his group of friends at Central for dinner. we had ramen at tis restaurant introduced by dear..then went over to The Mind Cafe for 2 hours' of games and fun before it was home sweet home. and i caught a pretty good sleep dat night!
next day, i celebrate my dad's bday in advance wif my family by having ala carte dim sum lunch at Fortunate Restaurant at toa payoh. e variety and quality of e food is nt bad, and glad my parents had no complaints but anyway they were e ones who chose e place haha. after dat, i headed off to meet dear for our movie - Love Happens, then decided on dinner at Food For Thought..tried their desserts e other time, so now tried their mains. i kinda like e place coz it gives me a homely feel..and their food is quite good! anyway after dat, we walked over to The Coffee Nations, tis other cosy cafe where we slacked e rest of e night away..sipping on our ice-blended frappe, enjoying a warm lava cake and playing scrabble =)
as for today, instead of staying home e entire day..i headed out again..think i'm kinda used to spending my sundays out in e day..provided i dun haf dat much work to clear over e weekend. anyway coz i wanted to get my fringe straightened, so went over to e usual home salon at Jurong. dear accompanied me there and after lunch at JP, we went back to his house to do our work stuffs as i brought my laptop along.
i'm actually typing tis post at his house..so later when i get back home, i will haf dinner and probably catch some tv programme..and then head to bed! after being quite unlucky at work these few weeks, i seriously hope all tis bad luck will juz go away and leave me alone till e end of tis year!
Sunday, November 01, 2009
friday and the weekend was somehow affected by work..but nevertheless, i still enjoyed myself..thanks to e great company from dear and my friends!
on fri, my mood was already ruined at work in e day and was worsened by e late afternoon..such dat it affected my chill out session wif maxine and edison. first of all, we had to haf a rushed dinner at Vivo's Burger King coz i was stuck at work till bout 7.45pm and maxine made a reservation at Bellini Room @ St James at 8.30pm. anyway at Bellini Room, due to my ruined mood and wif an urgent work issue to settle dat night (even though i've already left office), i really cldnt relax and enjoy myself much. feel quite bad bout it..but at e later part, i tried to relax abit more, especially wif maxine trying her best to cheer me up. i'm really lucky to haf such nice friends =)
on sat, dear & i actually made plans to go to Botanic Gardens for a walk and have lunch there as well. but last min i had to go to a supplier's place and had to cancel dat plan..so met dear straight at aljunied and we had dim sum lunch at tis coffeeshop while waiting for e supplier to provide his exact address so i cld go over..ended up it was a wasted trip coz of some reasons which i'm too lazy to elaborate. so dear & i decided to make a trip to e temple at paya lebar since it's pretty nearby. after dat, we travelled down to great world city for our movie - My Sister's Keeper which was really touching. after e movie, i went home for dinner coz i wanted to haf an early rest to prep myself for e Great Eastern Women's 10K e next morning.
i had by far, one of e most programme-packed sunday this weekend since i started working. the GE run started at ard 7am..and cand, hui & i had our "supporters" who accompanied us there so early as well =) i cld really feel e sense of accomplishment after completing e 10km coz i didnt stop alot during e run! anyway after dat, all of us went for mac breakfast and sat there to chit chat for some time before we went our seperate ways. i then went wif dear and his friend to raffles city to slack at gloria jeans for bout an hour before going over to a vendor's place to collect something..then made my way back to compasspoint to meet ling and min to buy stuffs to cook at my place. we were having an early celebration for min's bday and decided on picnic and kite flying.
so after whipping up a few dishes, we went down to e open field opp my block, laid out e picnic mats and started flying our kites. and then when jinx arrived, it was time to pig out on our homecooked food..yummy! =p we sat there till it got pretty dark, then packed up and headed home. so now i'm home typing tis post after doing e cleaning up. really maxed out my day today..feeling tired and muscle aches all over..but still feel a great sense of fulfillment =)
happy weekends make me put aside my worries and unhappiness for e timebeing..but then it's back to e crashing reality when e weekend comes to an end. well it's ok i'll juz look ahead and anticipate more happy weekends!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
here's my weekly dose of updates!
fri - i was rushing a proposal till bout 9pm and dear was also held up at work..so after we left our offices, we went straight to meet dear's parents and their property agent to settle some issues for their new house..and dinner was settled at e coffee shop nearby. we headed home after dat since it was already quite late.
sat - i went for volunteering at Touch, as they were having a late mid-autumn festival celebration for e elderly. even though i was unfamiliar wif most of e volunteers (newbies frm uni), i'm still glad i went..coz it brightened me up to see e spontaneity of the elderly and hear their words of thanks and appreciation after e activities. having been so embroiled in my hectic work, i've realised dat i've almost forgotten how seeing the happy faces of the less fortunate whom i've helped in some way or another, can really make me smile with my heart.
anyway after e celebration, i went to meet dear at boon keng mrt and we headed down to sengkang..had lunch at MOS Burger before going over to my house to slack for a while, then went for our jog. it's been quite some time since i went for my weekend jogs *guilty*. after e jog, we went back up to rest for a while before going back downstairs to fly our kite. unfortunately e strong wind did nt last for long so we only stayed out for a while..then had our shower and took a straight bus to changi airport. dinner was at Sakae Teppanyaki at T3..we tried tis 2-person set meal which had quite a variety of items and best of all, my fav salmon sashimi! after dat, we walked ard e place for an hour plus and it was home sweet home. i love random visits to e airport..makes me feel like juz jetting off to somewhere! nvm my bangkok trip is coming up soon =)
sun - i went to tiong bahru's coffee bean to do my work instead of doing it at home. sitting there, typing at my laptop, makes me think of e times i used to spend having project discussions there..come to think of it, i actually miss doing school projects! at least it's a team effort, and everyone can help rack their brains together.
alright, now i need to relax abit by going to watch some tv..and start thinking bout wat to do for e weekend..though sun is more or less set already..i'll be going for e Great Eastern Women's 10k Run wif cand & hui and possibly be flying kite wif my JC pals in e evening. so weekend, pls come quick again!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
i had a pretty bad week at work..met up wif some issue and it made me troubled e entire week. so ended up dat my fav day of e week was a black one. cldnt wait for e day to end so i cld go unwind. i left e office only at 8 plus, and went wif dear to meet his friend (e bday girl) for dinner first before walking down to e Wisma IndoChine to chillout, together wif dear's good friends. at least e company, drinks and live music helped ease away some of e lousy feelings in me. i left after midnight and cabbed home..e only thing i wanted to do then was to knock out on bed and sleep away e blackness of e day.
sat morning, i woke up feeling better..and went wif my family to my cousin's place for her baby girl's full month celebration. i now have another adorable niece =) after i left my cousin's hse, i went to Vivo to meet dear..we actually had plans to attend e opening party of tis new place called Wavehouse Sentosa coz some person i knew thru work sent me an invitation..but after slacking at Vivo for an hr or so, we decided to change our plans of going into Sentosa as i was feeling quite tired..and dear wasnt as keen as well..so we headed back to his house to rest before fulfilling our dinner plans at Founder's Ba Ku Teh..his parents came along wif us as they've nv tried e ba ku teh there before. went home after e dinner and again, went straight to bed coz i was feeling really sleepy..i guess e week has really drained me out mentally and emotionally.
today, i had almost 12 hours of sleep..though it still cant compensate for e lack of sleep during weekdays..but anyway at e last min, i decided to go to e temple to pray so asked dear along and we met in e afternoon to go to e temple at Si Ma Lu and after dat walked over to Iluma for ice-cream before i headed home and dear went to meet his ex-colleagues for his farewell celebration. yup my dear has moved on to a new job..happy for him..hope everything will go smoothly for him! dat's y i felt it'll be good for him to pay a visit to e temple today as well.
well..after last week's issue..though it's more or less resolved..i'm still feeling quite down bout e whole thing..but i will not let it get to me..and will emerge tougher!
