Bali or rather Ayana Resort and Spa

Had the chance to go to Bali for a 2D1N site recee trip with the bosses. It's actually for the Marketing KOM in Oct but as THE BOSS is in charge of venue thus I got to tag along for the discussion and negotiation.

. AYANA Resort and Spa Bali .

. Club room .

We were urshered straight to the hotel upon arrvial and after an hour on the laptop checking and replying emails, I went around the resort for a quick recee on my own. Oh the weather was freaking hot, plus I was wearing jeans!! As we had to proceed to another hotel for a meeting later, we had to be dressed appropriately (no shorts or too casual). The other guests must be thinking "why is the gal wearing jeans on such a hot day AND in BALI??"

Despite the blazing sun, I was determined to explore the resort as much as I could as that was the only "free' time I had for this trip.

. Infinity pool .
. Wave hitting the rocks near the Rock Bar . Pool at 3BR Villa .

. 1 of the 2 wedding pavillion .

Sad to say, I gave up the chance to try to awesome looking Rock Bar as a proper restuanrat (serving mains and not snacks) would be more appropriate for dinner. Let's hope I'll get the chance in Oct!

. The only bar on the cliff - Rock Bar .

. View of resort's jetty .

Doubt I've ever been this sick...

Perhaps it started with the ulcer, but Mummy kept insisting that it's because of my late nights with the laptop. Nevertheless, the body protested and had me stayed in bed the whole of yesterday.

Sick to say, the pain medicine that the doc gave wasn’t easing my headache and body ache and I had to even pop my own painkillers to reduce my fever…

Ah damn the flu bug… Gotta remember my daily dose of Vit C.

On another note, it seems like I’ll be missing the Friday gym classes for the next 3 weeks due to sick (this week), work (2nd week) and Penang (3rd week). How “great”!!

Ulcer, ulcer go away...

A quick search on the net states that remedy/ cure for mouth ulcer : aviod spicy and hot food

Thai food = clear tom yum goong served in hot pot, deep fried stuffed wings etc for Thur's dinner...

Now...this explains why my ulcer is not healing since Mon! :(

p/s: should have stucked to our monthly Mac's brunch instead of falling into the temptation of hot & spicy shaker fries which resulted in the "birth" of the ulcer.

What's fair?

I’ve always believed that the world is unfair.

Circumstances at work have yet again reminded me about this awful fact.

Will I see the gain from the “no pain, no gain" saying?...

Shanghai, oh.. Shanghai...

If nothing goes wrong *fingers crossed*, I shall see myself in Shanghai from the 8th - 15th May for a work trip. With the Shanghai World Expo starting on the 5th, I will take this opportunity to visit the Expo too! However, 1 "big" problem which I'm currently facing is the hotel accomodation if I were to arrive there earlier / extension on personnel expense.

Hotels are raising their rates during that period - 1 of our affordable corporate hotel has doubled their rate! Well, to be fair to them, their usual rates are really attractive so I guess the Expo is a good time for them have the cash register ringing all the way too...

AHH.. how how?? I want an affordable + nice (aka boutique style) hotel!!!

Food blogs - no no

Reading food blogs in the night is a big no -no especially when you only had yougurt for dinner...

This resulted in 4 pineapples tarts and a couple of hae bee hiam rolls popped into my mouth :p

Plus many more "I want to try this.. this... and this..." restaurants being noted down.

A conference with mixed feelings

(initial) Relunctance - knowing that I'll be the only one doing all the logistical arrangements for the 110 pax and worried that should anything wrong happens, the blame will be pushed to me. However, the thought of gaining the experience of handling a conference from beginning to end made me moved on. It also helps that we get to fly buiness class to Beijing! :p

Fun - having dinner of Peking duck with the SG colleagues. It's really about the company you're hanging out with. I really enjoyed the dinner. It was so different from those wine drinking dinners we had 2 days back. Give me Qingdao beer anytime!


Cold & sick - it was so cold that my hands were numb and red and I didnt had the mood to take much pictures at the Great Wall and Forbidden City. During the last 2 days of our own extension, I fell sick (vomitted and fever) and didnt had the chance to explore more of Beijing and missed out on the snow!!

1 week before the event, I posted "that which does not kill us makes us stronger"... Should I be asked to be involved in next year's conference again, I'll say "Bring it On!"

Beijing Conference

Finally, after a month of preparation, the conference ended pretty well! Having to coordinate a meeting for 110 pax is no easy feat and I’m glad that my hard work paid off. Be in a toast/handshake or a simple thank you, it was really nice to feel the appreciation from those who saw the effort I've put in.

Of course, there were certainly more things which could be improved – starting everything early (sending out of items, arrangments for car pickup etc) and to declare shipment 100% correctly or risk having it stuck at customs (esp in China).

It was indeed a good learning experience!

Constantly reminding myself...

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Friedrich Nietzsche

2010 New Year Resolutions???

I've never written any New Year Resolutions before and nope, this post is not going to have me writing the list for 2010.

Last year, I specifically requested a particular Xmas gift from Sis. And now, with that present on hand, 2010 will be a year for me to learn and improve my dealings with the people in my life!

Reading 1-2 chapters before I head the sacks daily, I realised that I'm trying to apply those points to my life the next day. And seriously, there's so MUCH for me to improve on! *hides*

Be careful what you wish for...

2 yrs back - "Oh, I won’t hesitate to remove my 2 other wisdom tooth too when necessary ;p"

1 colleague had her wisdom tooth removed recently and I said over lunch that I feel like removing my other wisdom tooth too, esp when there was a slight swell around the gums these few days. Lo and behold, the gums started to swell on Mon and experienced pain when chewing on my right side. Went for an Xray on Tue and scheduled the extraction on Wed - 2 days before Xmas!

A minor surgery was done (cutting the gums which was partially covering the lower tooth and drilling was also involved *gasp*) and with that, I was on soft diet for 2 day. "Thankfully" I was able to go back to normal diet on the 3rd day which is Xmas day/Grandma's bday! Mummy cooked up a feast of chix rice, wasabi prawns etcand the greedy me still ate 2 bowls of rice, seating through till the 2nd round as I needed more time to chew. Haha

3 weeks since the extraction and my left tounge is still numb. Read online that the senses might be back to normal in days/weeks/months/years or even NEVER! *Fingers crossed*

2 years later - I didnt really like the experience this time as compared to NDC. There was no calls from the Doctor to check on my (numbness) situation ever since I told him about it when I went to remove my stiches 2 weeks back..*roll eyes*

Work is...

• scary when the people you work with are (too) smart in this 'game'
• funny when people let things happens the way it has become
• sad that I have to put on a plastic mask when dealing with certain people
• fun when I laugh and bond with my lunch khakis

p/s: 英雄難過美人關 - so true!! just that the men in our company are not 英雄 la...

An invitation to Hong Kong!!!

Received a phone call from an hotel representative today and at first I thought it was a sales call to arrange for a meeting. However, she said that she’ll like to invite me to HK as the HK Tourism Board is arranging a familiarization trip - Cathay Pacific will be sponsoring the air tickets and their hotel will do so for the accommodation!

However, I knew that this invitaion has to be approved by my direct supervisor, followed by our dept’s VP and also the legal dept. Our company has always been very strict about compliance issues and I know that this has only a 10% chance of approval.

Anyway to cut the story short, it was rejected from my direct supervisor even before she asked what the purpose of the trip is. She gave reasons of compliance issue etc etc...la la la

Why I am so not happy over it:

1. You didn’t even know the purpose for this trip and you rejected it! After I told her that it’s an initiative from the HK touisim board, she gave another reason which goes “Oh… anyway we’ve selected the country’s hotel already etc etc ”

Don’t give me the crap la!!! This is not a invitation for site visit to the hotel, it’s from the HK Tourism board to introduce their country lor!!

2. I received a call that night and got to know that someone asked our vendor for F1 tickets!! Oooic..... so....

Invitation from a tourism authority = not compliance
Asking vendor for F1 tickets = compliance?!?!!!?

Well, I guess the bottomline is, it's always the case of who's invited and how that person is going to make the “invitation” compliant...

com⋅pli⋅ance 
–noun
1. the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
2. conformity; accordance: in compliance with orders.
3. cooperation or obedience: Compliance with the law is expected of all.

**Definition of Compliance from Dictionary.com**

Day 4: Osaka

After having breakfast in the hotel, we proceeded to the Shinkansen (JR) station to make our way to Osaka.

Along the way on the high speed railway, we saw the Mt Fuji which was awesome and I had my camera clicking away. Unfortunately, Mt Fuji was not on our itinerary for this trip. Will definitely visit it someday! The train journey took about 3 hours and we upon reaching our Osaka hotel (Comfort hotel), our luggage which we sent over at Narita airport has safely arrived. We rested for a while before heading to Dontobori where all the Osaka’s food awaits us! We didn’t try the Kani Doraku and went for street food - 2 servings of takoyaki balls and yakisoba which we enjoyed by the Dotonbori canal. After filling our stomachs, we walked along the canal and realized that we've reach the end of the Shinsaibashi Shopping Arcade which is also very near our hotel! (we acutally we took a train from Shinsaibashi to Namba).

This is where the famous Glico Running Man sign and other neon lights shine up the night. Took some touristy pictures before walking down the shopping arcade and back to our hotel as Mummy was rather tired.

What I did @ Melaka

So what do you do when you visit Melaka again after 13yrs?

I ate ALOT...

Upon stepping into Doris auntie's house, we felt that the long journey of 8 hours was all worth while. We gorge on kutupat, habeehiam, asam fish, wine + ginger soup, chilli fish the moment we hit her dining table! And she's one of a cook!

We made reservations and even a trip down to select our dishes 1 day before our "group" dinner @ Aunty Lee. Jon-boy said that as compared to other Perenakan restautnts in Melaka, the food is pretty good. But be prepared of the unwritten "rules" - the cook will determine the size of the dishes; ayam bulaek is in the menu BUT even if you order in advance, and if they dont serve it to you on that day, it means that they do not have enough manpower to prepare the dish; the cook will fiinsh serving 1 table before preapring the next table order - this is pretty ok, as it means that all your dishes will be served out promptly; reservations is a MUST! Total bill - SGD 100 for 8 pax - super worth it as the food is fresh and sedap!

I visited the famous Jonker Walk ...

A weekend pasar malam which sells pretty much the same things stall after stalls. And they do have quite a number of cool chill out bars /cafes in the alley. Gonna check them out on my next trip.

I paid my respect to Uncle Johnny & got to know my cousins better...

I had a quick (cousin-ly) chat with Daphne and she shared with me that she's starting a new job the following week but has yet to tell Doris auntie *a small secret between us* Also, I cant wait to attend Jon-boy and Linah's wedding next year!! Linah is a very nice girl and I really feel the happiness for them.

All in all, I had a good time there and is looking forward to my next trip up!

What I ate in Malacca

Saturday
Late lunch - kutupat, habeehiam, asam fish, wine + ginger soup, chilli fish & prawn
Supper - delicious wanton mee, chicken wings, fried oyster ommelette

Sunday
Breakfast - fried beehoon/kuay teow, big paulunch -
Lunch - Bei Zhan
Dinner - Peranakan @ Aunty Lee - delicious! asam fish, sambal kangkong, chincalok ommelette, beef rendang, curry chicken, toufu, fish maw soup, chendol
Chinese dessert @ The Jetty

Monday
Breakfast - duck noodles, fried beehoon/kuay teow
Lunch - chicken rice
Dinner - porridge steamboat

Tuesday
Breakfast - big pau and char siew pau

Speed dating for me ; )

I once said that if I'm still single at the age of 25, I'll go for blind/speed dating. And I actually did so yesterday! This high tea cum board games is organised by SDU-SDS and it started with SK asking me if I wanted to join; sensing that she's kindda interested to go, I agreed to it since it's my "plan" to do so too when I hit 25.

Surprisingly, it's was quite a big event with 180 turnouts @ Holiday Inn. We were first assigned to 3 different clusters (by age grp) and 8 pax each table. The emcee warmed everyone up by playing some mingling games 1st followed by the high tea which you start to talk to the people at your table. After the high tea, we started playing the board games and had to move between 3 tables for 3 different games.

All in all, it was a eye opening experience especially so if you go with an open mind as it's not all about desperately searching for The One. In fact, I had a good time chatting with the ladies at my table + knowing people from the different working industry.

Passed a few contacts, won a voucher for 2 to Settlers cafe and that was all about it! Too shy to ask for numbers la... :p

Received 4 calls which came around the same time (9pm-ish) today and I think I'll not answer any unknown numbers for this week.

Day 3 (morning): Shin Yokohama

We had a night stay at Shin Yokohama before moving to our next desitnation - Osaka. Hiroko auntie booked us a room at 新横浜国際ホテル which was walking distance to the train station. The night stay cost SGD 238 and it was the best hotel among the 3 we stayed for this trip :p

Dinner was at Tenya which is apparently a fast food chain all over Japan. Haha... Mummy LOVE the tempura there so much that she cant stop raving about it whenever she view the picture. Now that we know its a chain, we fret not in having to go all the way to Shin Yokohama to have a 2nd taste!

As it was only a night stay, we shopped around the shopping centre which is located beside the station and didnt had the chance to visit the famous ramen museum. Anyway that wasn't really my concern as my pirority was to get my hands on Ramen Jiro in Tokyo!! kekeke

What the....

In March, I was tasked by J to work on an invitation design for a conference which was to be held in HCMC. Well, I wouldn’t say that I’m a designer or expert in doing such things but having done some doolings prev, i certainly was interested in this task.

So, I started doing a HCMC city theme with the famous City Hall picture in the invitation. Next, was asked to do an Amazing Race theme. Sure, that sounds fun! I surfed online to check out the amazing race clue card picture and did one out. Then there was some ding dong-ing going on the text etc. Therefore I sent the working file to J to amend the text.

2 days later, he sent the file back and I opened it - other than the size of the card, and the picture of the City Hall, it was with a whole new design and text!!What happened next was damn ironic: Couple of days after the invitation was emailed out, J came to me and said something like "Hey, good job on the invitation, heard some good feedbacks on it"

HUH?? I beg your pardon!!!! Perhaps he was telling me that to show his appreciation of me working on it but seriously, I don’t need that when 90% of what I’ve done has been changed.

When working on such "projects" I can’t help envy the marketing folks whose ideas are always so cool, so apt, so appreciated.

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Was roped in to help out for a company’s event sometime in July and did whole lots of stuffs prior to the event and on the actual day itself. As part of the committee, we got to get a jacket each. Therefore I did a size fit from the vendor and made sure I placed the right size order for myself – XS.

So after the event, the event organizer passed me the jacket and I told him I ordered 2 XS - one for myself and other colleague. However, he passed the XS to his participant which left him with only 1 XS now. He then passed me the S and passed the XS to the other colleague! I did so much shit and you cant give me the correct size for the jacket which I placed the order?!!?!

Felt so unappreciated that I dumped the jacket into the cupboard which stores all my samples. I don’t need something which fits too big for me OK….

Hello Uncle Johnny

15th Feb 08 - I didn't got the chance to say "Hello, Uncle Johnny" after my last trip in when I was 12 yrs old, whatsmore a "Goodbye Uncle Johnny" when he left us.

10th Aug 09 - I paid my respects and brought him his favourite chicken rice, bananas and nescafe. Together with Daphne , we stayed for about 20 mins before I threw 2 coins "asking" if he has finished his meal.

I hope he enjoyed it :)

Day 1 & 2: Home stay

We took the 11pm SQ flight and arrived at Tokyo Narita airport the next morning. When Hiroko auntie arrived at the airport, we arranged for our luggage to be couriered over to our hotel at Osaka.

This kind of courier service is really good especially so if you do not wish to lug your luggage all the way to the hotel when travelling by public transport. For a fee of around SGD 30, you get to travel light and do not have to worry about carrying the suitcases up the stairs and walking around looking for your hotel. There’re a few of such companies at the arrival area so pop by to any booth for enquiry. Just remember to have your hotel details on hand to fill up the form.

. cakes . store @ Uneo .
. hot soba with deep fried shungiku . Uneo station
. mentaiko . Kimura Takuya .

I can’t really recall where we went on the 1st day beside Uneo (Ameyokocho) and to Hiroko auntie’s house area but there’s no way i will forget dinner! We had fresh sashimi and sushi and after which I never see these 2 dishes in Sg the same way again unless I pay the price for it.

Though it was only a night stay, I truly enjoyed the experience of soaking in a hot bath, sleeping tatami style, waking up to Jap breakfast, helping to do some housework, having the cute neighbour twin boys over to visit us and also to meet up with Hiroko auntie’s mum!

Coming soon...

Why seat belts are so damn impt!

Were these signs to tell us that we shouldn’t be on the road:

- Told Mummy that I didn't feel like accompanying K to collect the cake as she had to be back by 11.30am and it doesnt really "flow" with my gym class and facial appt timing.
- She mounted the curb when she was driving into my car park.
- She almost mounted the parking curb again when we were @ Adam market

We just passed Coronation Plaza when the accident happened. I think she was trying to filter to the right lane but didn't notice that the car in front of her was not moving. I said “got car, got car” and the next moment, she swerved to the left lane and hit the back of the ice lorry (which was doing a delivery and illegal parked) !

“Shit!, sure bang!” was what went though my mind during that split second.

Out came the 2 airbags and some smoke. K was still in kindda shock and she said that she did applied the brakes immediately. I went out of the car (fearing too that there’ll be an explosion) and check on the damages. Boy, it was BAD!

An ang moh came from a nearby restaurant and asked we were ok. Later a very sweet couple passed by and also asked the same thing. They next moment, they lent us their red triangle (which got crashed by another stupid car) and accompanied us till the tow car and the lorry driver and supervisor came.

Thankfully, no one was hurt in this accident. (answer to the title of this post)

And I'm so gonna belt up even if I'm seated behind in future.

Will my Nov "plan" trip come true?

* Marks & Spencer
* Harrods
* Bond Street
* Wicked / Les Miserables
* Roasted Duck
* English high tea
* My Dearest SIS!!!

London London London

All set for a healthy lifestyle!

. Adidas LFC top (love the stripes behind) . Nike waterbottle .

. FBT shorts . Gym welcome pack . Nike Air Strong Sister .

Maybe not...

Because I can't seem to have any (common topics) conversations with her,
Because I don’t agree of her doings,
Because I feel happier when I hang out with others.

Friend?

Perhaps she was merely helping out
Perhaps she thought I didn’t mind
Perhaps she’s not really a friend…

Arrogant

Just because you’re not a local doesn’t mean that you’re in any way of a higher status than us.

Do not use that questioning tone as if we’re too stupid to understand what you’re saying

Hmph!

What I ate in HCMC - Part 2

During this trip, I’m really thankful to HS and his staffs for bringing us around to try authentic local food.

Row 1:
We had the superb mixed beef pho @ Pho Hoa (this is the only branch and they do not have any franchise, not even the one in Sg is).

The seafood dinner was delicioussssss! For $50, the 5 of us finished off 1 kg of prawns (stir fried with assam and artery clogging pork lard) 3 plates of shellfish dishes and seafood porridge. We even requested for baguettes so that we can dipped it into the sauce from 1 of the shellfish dishes. That’s Singaporean style for you!

Row 2:
Wrapped with lotus leaf, the Ban Giao is filled with flavorful minced pork and black fungus, and the outer portion tastes like our chwee kuay. It’s so good that I bought a dozen back home. This resulted in my bag being checked at the Viet airport when it went through the scanner. Well, they let me “off” as they know that it’s merely their local food and this crazy lady likes it so much that she had buy them back home :p

HS said that Viet is not just of Pho or rice roll therefore he brought us to try this yellow noodles with a soup base which tasted slightly like tom yum with slices of fatty pork, prawns and fish cakes. Yet another delicious meal I had in HCMC!

Row 3:
I vividly remembered that duck fetal eggs are sold in Vietnam. And when HS suggested the different kind of exotic food (rabbit meat) we can try there, I said yes immediately to try the eggs! It doesn’t taste that bizarre: slightly like hard boiled egg with hard crunches in between bites. However, I did had trouble getting the last few mouths down my throat. :p

What I ate in HCMC - Part 1

Being in HCMC, I decided to forgo the air-conditioned cafe and opted to have our drink from a street side vendor. It’s just something I had to try – sitting in those plastic chairs; experiencing what the locals do. Those thirst quenching lime juice and sugarcane juice were so damn good that I finished them in less than 5 mins! Just ignore the scene whereby the vendor handled the ice cubes and money with the same hand :p

We were to full to try the delicious looking fried carrot cake and Bánh mì (Vietnamese baguette with bbq pork and eggs). Salivating while writing this.

Lx and I woke up @ 6.30am on the last day in order to do some last minute shopping before our flight home. Breakast was at Nhu Lan as we wanted to buy the delicious Ban Giao back to Sg. Oh... how I miss the ice coffee in Viet and I’m not even a coffee person, that’s how good it is!

Cao Dai Temple and Cu Chi Tunnel - day tour

. Breakfast @ Kim Café . Boarding the tour coach .

The tour started from 8.30am to around 6pm. Majority of the time was spent on the coach as the temple and cu chi tunnel is located quite far from HCMC. It’s interesting to see how devotees of the Caodaism come together everyday at noon for a prayer session. You’re not allowed to pose for a picture along with the statues as it will mean that you’re on the same status as the God.

. Temple . Prayer session .
. Cu chi tunnel . Tapioca with peanut dip .

Lx and I went into the tunnel and before I know it, we’re out from it. If I’ve known, I would have chosen the right side route which is longer and slightly smaller. Perhaps due to our Asian frame, I didn’t really felt claustrophobic or nervous inside the tunnel.

Lx, Shree-ann (new friend from SG who was travelling alone) and I went to have the famous Pho @ Pho 2000 (Pho for the President > as per signboard as Bill Clinton patronized them before). It’s pretty good but you’ll spot mostly tourist inside the shop. After dinne, we shopped around the night market and I had difficulty shopping as I did not bring out much cash. Shopping with limited cash in your pocket is quite a toture! Therefore, the next day I made sure I had enough Viet dong and Sing dollar :p

Back from Saigon!

It started with a work trip of 5 days followed by “Graduation” trip of 4 days with the girls.

Work for me was generally assisting in the logistics aspect – room booking, airport transfers, group activity and other misc stuffs to ensure that the conference will run smoothly. Though the breakfast in Sheraton is 1 of the well known place with a good variety of breakfast spread, I hardly had time and mood to enjoy the food. In fact, I hardly had any appetite during the 5 days.

While, things took a turn when the conference ended on Friday and we were in HCMC on our own!

As we were quite tired, we spent the Friday afternoon in Kim’s café stoning and drinking cheap beers before Lx and I headed for dinner @ Ban Xeo. Anthony Bourdain raved about it in his show, but like what HS said to me over the phone “Not nice one la”….I guess he's right. It wasn’t that bad but it's not worth the effort for us to travel all the way there (quite far from our hotel).

. Sheraton . baguettes . Ban Xeo .
. t-shirts . street vendor . lacquer ware .
. traffic . cone hats . mix fruit with yogurt .

After dinner, HS and his staff met up with us and brought us for drinks – a shop which sells tropical fruit shake (the jackfruit + mango juice, topped with ice cream was delicious!). That night, I had my 1st pillion ride on a motorbike and was holding to the back for my dear life as the traffic in HCMC is known to be quite 'scary'. However, I had 2 more rides on our last night in HCMC and it wasn’t that scary anymore, in fact I had a pretty good time and kindda enjoyed the ride.

to be cont'

After 7 years of friendship...

We had our 1st “trip” together in June 2006. A boat ride away from SG to Pengerang Kelong… well we had our passports chopped after all… keke

Come 17th Apr 2009, we’ll be exploring Mr Ho's city together!!



Hr & I will be there for our company’s conference 1st. Lx will then fly in and meet us on our last day of meeting. No detailed itinerary is out yet but since we’ll be there for 4 days, we’ll take it “nice and slow” amongst the buzzling city filled with motorbikes and noise :p

Back soon!

It’s just so ironic that when I’m back to my blogging feel, my dear PC had to show me the blue screen with a “Fatal Error shutdown message!

Well, it’s been 7 freaking long years since it has served me – through my poly to part-time degree days. It has finally decided enough is enough and had to shut me off without me saving all my pictures!!! Yup, that’s all I need to retrieve from my PC…

Anyway, I’ll be “turning” back time (from Oct 08) and jotting in my thoughts and memories back to this blog soon.

KOM in Langkawi

It was an event which I’ve been looking forward to since the day I started work in this present company (1 yr ago).

The annual marketing kick-off meeting is a big event which I certainly need to be involved in my work position. Though I was not able to join them for the reece trip in Apr due to budget constraints, I was glad that I still had the chance to follow them on the actual trip.

I had a great time during:

- Dinner at Sunday bistro & restaurant. Beautiful restaurant that serves excellent food. A must go @ Langkawi!
- Packing the gift pack with the RMT.
- Lunch at a rice padi restarant
- Team building activity of Tree planting (Corporate Social Responsibility.
- Did my 1st full body massage there but didn’t really enjoy it that much. Give me foot massage instead anytime! haha
- Gala Dinner which Pirates of the Sea was the theme. Everyone was on their feet dancing away!

I almost can’t make it to the Gala dinner as my big boss wanted me to be back in office 1 2 days earlier as to what was planned, for god knows what since I was not handling anything urgent which requires my immediate attention in office. Nevertheless S told them that I was already assigned with tasks and that I can’t be back earlier.

Though we were there for a week, we were always in the hotel and didn’t get to visit any of their tourist spot. However, this whole trip was definitely an experience for me as I got to see how the marketing people work as a team and how “work hard, play hard” applies to them. Though there were times which I felt a tad left out as I’m not in team, they made me felt that what I did was appreciated by them – a bouquet of flowers and teddy bear was delivered to the office for me when we went back to Sg. :)

Oops :p

5 months since I last blogged....

Back soon with updates :p

Advice from the Sis

I teared in confusion as I was afraid to make a decision; afraid that I was taking a “risk” for my group project. I was contemplating whether to call you that night seeking for your advice. But I thought that I should be independent and be firm on my decision.

My mobile rang when I was in the midst of a project discussion and was super super glad to hear your voice. I told you I missed you and I think it was the 1st time I told you since you left in Aug.

I explained to you the dilemma I was facing and you gave your feedback and advice on how I should handle the situation. Just to let you know that I felt so relieved and reassured that my decision was right after the call with you.

Thank u Sis!

Outing with the colleagues

1st stop of the day was Qian Hu fish farm for fish therapy. We paid $10 for a half hour session and had our dead skin cells on our feet eaten by the fishes. Keke I kindda had many fished feeding on me unlike Jess as she does body scrub weekly, thus the fishes can't find any “food” on her. I actually prefered he bigger fishes as it was more of a sucking feeling as compared to the slight electrifying feeling from the small fishes. (Bigger fish, more sensation - as written on the board)

Farm mart was the 2nd stop where we rested and had snacks and drinks. Seriously, there isn’t anything there that interests us there so we headed for Vivocity to window shop and for the aircon! Keke

Dinner was settled @ Superdog which was yumz yumz before heading to the last stop of the day – Dempsey Hill. Ok, call me sua ku but it was my 1st time there :p We waited for seats at the super crowded Bens & Jerry and had 6 scoops of ice cream for $21!! Sucker us.

What caught my interest in Demspey was Jones the Grocer – it was as Australian as it can get. It reminded me so much of Sydney (I think we did visited the store when we were there?) I checked out the menu and confirmed that this is a place I definitely have to go with Sis for brekkie when she’s back.

P/s: Don’t forget our date when you're back ya :p

Last Leg of the Trimester!

updates 29/5: IMC passed!

It’s a brand new trimester and hopefully the last! Results are out with Credit for both SHRM and International Marketing. IMC is not out yet though *fingers crossed* for I’m most worried for IMC. On another note, it’s sad to see the selfishness of human kind in the 1st lesson of this trimester. But well... for each of his own aint it?

All the same, this trimester would be hectic with projects due one after another. We’ve been through it the past 1 year and I believe we’ll make it through this last one.

Chiong ah!!!!!

It’s a love and hate thing...

I hate the projects, the cramped datelines and exams.
I hate the school system and support staffs
I hate the fact that this trimester’s unit coordinators are stingy in giving exam focus areas.
I hate it when plans to attend convocation @ Perth are scrapped*

BUT I love the times I spend with my classmates.
I love how Kareen and I get excited discussing about food.
I love how our project working styles complement each other.
I love how we end the stressful week of work and school by happily gorging ourselves silly with unhealthy supper! :)

*Apparently, students for bachelor programs do not graduate with the mortarboard there, merely donning the gown. Oh well, at least the convocation is SG would be in full force (with si4 fang1 mao4).

It's not about the food

The dim sum supper @ Geylang He Ji Pau wasn’t anything much to blog about. But the mediocre dim sum did leave us very full. Perhaps the deep fried dishes overwhelmed us.

Anyway, since we were at the famous red light district of Singapore, we decided to have a “tour” around the lorongs. We locked the doors and look through the windows like tourists on a sightseeing trip. We checked out the similar looking rows of numbered houses, the pimps, the men, the women, the legal/illegal transactions, and Hotel 81s.

It was indeed an eye opening sight and that made up for the unsatisfying supper :p

He said she's brave cos...

People are afraid of being lonely and many don’t have the
courage to wait for the correct person to appear in their life.
~ The Leap Years ~

Supper? Yes!

3 supper trips to Chomp Chomp in 2 weeks is definitely not a good thing to our waistline.

But who could resist the sinful dishes of satays, sugar cane drink, chicken wings, fried hokkien mee, fried carrot cake, pork porridge and prawn mee. Not the 4 of us for sure. *burp*

It’s time to think of other supper haunts as we’re almost done with the selections @ Chomp Chomp ;p

Busy busy

Life’s been busy these few weeks.. @ work and with sch project.

I’ve been skipping a couple of lesson this trimester; as I see no point in attending Sats’ class since the lecture is pretty boring. Fancy going all the way to town for a 3 hour “lecture” and then back home... On another note, I GOT TO (better) start preparing for my exams that is set around end Apr!

Workload in office is starting to increase but I’m still pretty fine with it at this moment. With a new system coming up and a colleague leaving soon, lets just hope that everything will be manageable for me. After all this is the 1st job which made me say “I enjoy what I’m doing now” when my classmate asked if I wanna join them visiting the Career fair to start looking for a job related to the tourism industry.

Goodbye Uncle Johnny

I can’t even remember when was the last time I saw him. Yup, that was how long it ago it was…more than 10 years back perhaps. There’s has been discussions for me to pop in Malacca - to visit them, tour around, gorge on street food etc.

“Next time” people (I) often say...School has always been the reason for me to put many off plans. Now, I no longer have the chance to see him again as he departed on 15th Feb from heart attack.

I spoke to Daphne over the phone on Sat and I think I heard her choking back on her words and that made me started crying again. I quickly said goodbye and ended the conversation before my tears flow non stop.

. Live the moment .

. Cherish your love ones as life’s really unpredictable .

Reunion Dinner - Let's Tuck In!

. fortune cat . mickey & minnie sticked on main door . festive flowers .
. seafood spring roll (by Hiroko auntie) . mushroom with broccoli . ngo hiang .

. wasabi prawns (Mummy's new dish!) .

. stir fried chicken . pork spring roll . hainanese mixed vege . prawns .

. salmon onigiri (by Hiroko auntie) . pic taken specially for Sis . my new bedsheet (check out the matching soft toys!) . mousey in my room .

Happy Lunar New Year!

Let's have a blasting Rat Year ahead!!!

Trimester 2 results

Law – Dist
Service Marketing – Pass
Sustainable Tourism – Pass

Kindda shock that I got D for law, but well, I aint complaining :p

During the 2 weeks after exams, I was praying to let me at least pass my SM. Upon seeing the P; I heaved a sigh of relief. But still, human are greedy species - my after thoughts were - a credit would look nicer on my transcript…

Stupid ST, took freaking long to came back on the results. The suspense was intense when we checked for the results everyday. Managed to scrapped though but Kareen plus some classmates didn't manage to pass. Wonder if their appeal would be successful…

I seriously hope that our class would be able to graduate the same time as I truly appreciate this group of classmates, some turned good friends :)

Krispy Kreme from London!

Having read countless post on how much people love their KK. Here I am joining in the “I’ve received KK” posting, here goes…

Haha, half dozen hand carried by Mummy. Guess dearest Sis selected the flavors – 3 glazed, 1 choc filled, 1 raspberry filled and 1 custard filled. The glazed ones were kinnda sweet for my liking. But overall it was pretty yummy, especially after toasting it for 5 mins.

I won't crave for it, but I sure wouldn’t mind having another half dozen come July :p

Past 1 month updates

11th – 15th Dec
Trimester 2 exams:
Law – ok
SM – ALL focus area was not in any of the questions! Keeping fingers crossed + praying real hard
ST – okie…

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15th Dec - Mummy went to London to visit Sis and will be there for 3 weeks! Keke, Nevertheless I survived through 2 weeks already. Dinner were mostly settled with packed food, tuna with macaroni, rice with minced pork (mummy cooked and freeze 4 packets if it) Haha. Anyway, I’ve been a good girl - cleaning the house aka “exercising” every 2 days.

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We had company Xmas buffet lunch @ Marina Mandarin on the 19th Dec and was allowed to go home after that. I quickly made my way to the temple to pray, followed by to Grandma’s place as it was her Bday. Her grand children held a mini celebration for her :p. stayed for dinner and accompanied her to watch TV. Before I left, she told me to pop by when I’m free and at that moment, I felt real bad as I realized that it’s been a while since I last visited her. Hmm.. maybe I should have dinner there one day after work next week…

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J’s wedding on this Sat and I have not decided what to wear! Worse case, I’ll not stick to the pink theme and just wear my red dress in the morning

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I need to satisfy my craving for Japanese food and Pizzas!!

Because I'll be Home Alone...

1. Queen’s bread – check
2. Lim Chee Guan’s Ba Kwa – check
3. Variety of instant noodles – check
4. Cabbage & Lettuce - check
5. Pasta – check
6. Biscuits/snacks – check
7. Bird’s nest – check
8. Choc milk - check
   

To buy:
- Ham
- Canned tuna
- Meatballs
- any other stuffs that’ll catch my eye/stomach later

No Jazz Bar for this night out...

. some chicken wrap. lime magarita .

. mud pie @ Coffee Club . drinks .

Met up with the classmates for dinner @ Café Iguana (17th Nov) to discuss about Jolene’s wedding. It doesn’t seem like a right choice as the service was quite bad and the food is pretty normal. Only the margarita is worth the trip there. Like my last visit there, I drank as if I was drinking limejuice; only till I felt the sudden heat then I realize I was half way through my drink while the rest drank only like ¼. Quickly drank lots of water in between my sips to “drown off” any further effect.

After the unsatisfying dinner, Cat suggested going to a Jazz bar @ Boat Quay. I like~ put 2 hands up to agree with the idea. Alas, Jolene wasn’t too keen so we proceeded to Coffee Club to have desserts and drinks…It’s okayyy, Cat and I will go there someday after exams!

Mummy's Bday @ Asia Grand Restaurant

. chandelier . peking duck . bamboo clam .
. spinach tofu . egg tart . duck meat .

. shark’s fin dumpling soup . heart earring (should I get it?? ) .

Date: 18th Nov 07

Thoughts from office...

Colleagues with British accent + talks about their business trip to London in Dec, makes me miss her…Its not helping that Mummy is visiting + touring Europe for a month! (luckily it’s after my exams)

Hmmm…so gonna fill my calendar with outings right after exams…. Jazz bar…Food... Xmas gathering…Jolene’s wedding… New Year…

Telecom Analysis!!!

Aalysis = Figures = Sweat!!!

Most prob she’ll see that it's true, when I told her during the interview that I’m not comfortable with numbers.

Me no like numbers la... rof

A New Environment... again

Yup. I’ve resigned (last day - 9th Nov) even before my probation period is up. All I could say is the work environment and job scope is seriously not something I enjoy doing. And in short, there’s simply no motivation plus I don’t think I share their mission and vision.

It’s my 2nd day @ work today and all I could say is the environment of an MNC is definitely different (better). Anyway, I didn’t really gota chance to have on the job training yet as they’re quite busy with meetings to have a proper handover. Lets see how it goes in the afternoon~

My 1st bouquet of flowers!!

okie, this post was under draft till I just spotted it - supposed to be posted after my Bday!

It was delivered to my office and I had to go to the counter and collect it. NEVER would I imagine it to be sent from Sis and was “trembling” in shock and delight when I saw her name on the card. Haha, she said she wanted it to be special for me therefore she got Zr to arrange it to be sent to my office instead of home. I called Mummy to tell her about it but she sounded cool, Chey… cos Sis called her in the morning already which explains the “Oh is it” attitude. Keke.

Love love love the flowers and surprise! Thank you babe!

p/s: Took about 100 over narcissism photos the next day ...

23rd Birthday!

The day itself was spent @ sch doing our group project BUT I got a surprise cake from Cathleen and Kareen. It was so thoughtful of them to throw in a mini celebration amidst our stressful discussion. Cat insisted on lighting up the candles and even ran up to the 3rd level to borrow!

Again, after reaching home, I continue with my Law assignment and can you believe that I broke my 2am (latest time to hit the bed) rule and slept @ 3.30 am, 12th Nov morning when I’ll be reporting my 1st day of work! Thank god, there was nothing much to do on the 1st day as I was feeling super lethargic and sick (sorethroat)… Too much good food I think ;p .

12th Nov - Jolene bought 2 slices of belated Bdaycake for me today! Haha, sweet classmates I’ve got :)

Birthday Lunch @ Lei Garden

Invited Lx and Hr to join us for lunch @ Lei Garden and we ordered the set lunch plus some ala carte dim sum. The gals were so sweet to get me a “surprise” cake. I kind of suspected them getting one as Hr said she’ll be late and will call Lx for the directions to reach the restaurant.

. crystal vege pau . xiao long pau . prawns . har kau .
. lotus & peanut soup . pork . spinach . eefu noodles . pumkin & yam dim sum . complimentary rice balls . sesame filling (i like~) . choc cake .

Lei Garden was also nice to provide complimentary dessert of tang yuan and a Bday card. They even helped to pack the remaining cake in separate boxes for us to bring home. Their service never fails to amaze me and Mummy is planning to celebrate Grandma’s Bday there in Dec as Grandma hinted to have it in a restaurant this year.. keke so cute of her. Anyway, we’re always ready to bring her out for celebration just that sometimes she isn’t too keen to dine out. After lunch, we headed to Thos B at Raffles City to hang out and gossip before heading home in the evening to rush out my Law assignment…

“她有小动作的”

It’s kind of scary when someone sees through you. Little actions made by me are being noticed - such as my eyes turning to look down whenever someone whom I’m not very close to talks to me and I disagree etc.

And the thing is I’m not very close to her…(though I see her 5/7 days a week)

Waking up to a familiar smell and sight

Gai xi mee & nasi lemak are our 2 fav meals from AMK market since 10 yrs back. A decade later, we still crave to have them for brekkie and it was really sweet of Mummy to went down to get it during the weekend.

. Still lovin it! .

New post soon...

Oh great! Finally, I can view write a new post on my PC! Anyway, more updates soon. Life's busy with sch proj with datelines due one after another... But Mummy thinks otherwise though- busy sleeping :x

p/s: I yearn for a holiday!!! But no $$ and annual leave :(

Day of New Food…. But not of my taste :(

Went to Amoy Market for lunch and tried the Hakka Thunder Tea Rice aka Lei Cha Fan as I’ve heard Sis raved about it previously. Tried a little portion of the tea and I knew it was not my taste of liking. In the end, I ate the rice filled with veges only while looking at those nicely steamed white chicken hanging @ the stall beside my seat.

I was lucky in a way that I had “vegetarian” lunch as my dinner was pork and more pork! The couple picked us up @ Tanjong Pagar and we headed to Bugis for Xiao Long Baos @ Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant. It’s a Shanghainese restaurant - similar to Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao. What we ordered could put me off xiao long baos for a few months. Can you imagine all we had was different kind of xiao long baos (2 kindsof mushrooms, shrimp, vege, normal pork, crab meat, crab roe) and the famous Big Xiao Long Bao which requires you to use a straw to suck up the “soup”. Unfortunately, this big one is with crab roe and the taste was not of my liking again. It tasted too “seafoody” which was weird as I’ve always liked seafood (crabs, prawns). Perhaps the thought of me being allergic to shrimps has put me off. Anyway, this dinner of steamed dumplings cost me $25. That’s a total of $125 worth of dumplings we had!

Next stop, next month: HooHa! (Westend) Yeah! At least I know I’ll like the food there (think Fish & Chips!!) Wonder how they’ll split the bill though if they order the steak :x

How Suay…

Is it because my eight character clashes with my current company? I’ve been ill since the 2nd week I joined. Headache, wisdom tooth removal, and now rashes?!

Red spots surfaced on my feet, hands and scattered in some parts of my body since Saturday evening. At 1st, Mum scared me saying that it might be measles. After visiting the doc, he said prima facie, it might be food (shrimp) allergy. Was it the small shrimps in the fried rice that causes the outbreak? I was never allergic to prawns but the doc say that our body changes and allergies will occur anytime in our life. Hopefully, with the medicine he gave, the rash will disappear by Wednesday :(

I lost my Wisdom...

tooth I mean.. 2 of it. It all started with a toothache around my wisdom tooth and after a dental checkup, the dentist, whose attitude puts me off warned me sternly that I’ve to remove it. I understand that I’ll need to remove it else the pain will still come back. But can’t he sound friendly instead of lecturing me…

Anyway, went to the TPY polyclinic yesterday morning to get a referral letter.. Ah… the doctor is so much nicer. Sadly, NDC could only slot me in for a consultation next Tuesday. Afraid that the swelling would worsen, I decided to walk-in for registration and was prepared to wait for 2-3 hours before my turn.

Had a super quick lunch @ the cafeteria before rushing back to make sure that I don’t miss my number as they’ll call me in whenever the doctor has an empty slot. Was so lucky to have waited around only 45 mins for my turn. The doctor even apologized for letting me wait (though mine was a walk-in registration). He asked several questions before getting my X-ray done. After seeing the X ray, he asked if I wanted to do the extraction today ?! I was like “You mean now? Here?!

Through a friend’s recommendation, I actually had a doctor in mind to do my extraction; therefore I was hesitating whether I should let him do my extraction. Several thoughts filled my mind “Is he new? He looks young? What if he’s using me as a practicing patient?

After some consideration, I gave a firm reply “Ok, I’ll do it today”

He proceeded to ask the nurse to get the necessary tools and while waiting, a female beside my cubicle was practically “moaning” away as she was in pain. I asked the doc what’s she’s doing and he said scaling. She scared the hell out of me as I wonder if she’s doing extraction!

There was no drilling involved for me as it was a simple extraction. The injection of anesthesia was slightly painful (perhaps my pain threshold has increased due to the weekly facial extraction) Haha! Lots of pressure could be felt when he was pulling the tooth out but I didn’t even realized that it was out until he told me. Within 30 mins, both tooth (upper and lower left) was out, area cleaned and stitched.

It was a pretty good experience after all especially when the doctor and nurse are friendly and nice. He even called last night to make sure that everything was fine and answered my queries. Thumbs up for NDC! Oh, I won’t hesitate to remove my 2 other wisdom tooth too when necessary ;p

Quick updates

- Sis left for London on Wednesday. Surprisingly, she didn’t cry! Haha neither did I. Perhaps there were too many people around that kept her busy talking too. Anyway hope that she’ll get used to living there. Can’t wait to visit her there soon!

- Got back my results! Kindda disappointed with it though as I’ve spent 2 weeks studying for it. 2 Distinctions and 1 Credit. Was hoping to get high distinction for CB… but well… will try harder for the coming semester!

The End is a Start of a New Beginning!

Finally, the 1st semester exams are over! Headed over to Grandma’s place after the last paper for Sister’s farewell dinner as she is heading to London for study + work for 3 whole years!!! What will I do without my bitching partner/ wardrobe/makeup sharer?! :(

New work, new office, new colleagues…

2 weeks before I start my new job, I spoke to Ann and learnt that she was really unhappy with the new job. She even said that she regretted the decision to quit. Seriously, I was affected by what she said and kept having negative thoughts. However, I told myself that working in a new environment is never easy, therefore I shouldn’t make any verdict before experiencing it myself.

Being a new team all together, there were a lot of stuffs that we do not know and there were many backlogs to clear. Let’s see how it goes after my 3 months probation…

What I did during my 2 weeks “break”

• Sleep
• Eat
• Mugging for exams
• Watch TV
• Cut/rebond/color hair
• Quick shopping @ J8

How times flies.. 2 weeks of the above and its time to hit the exam hall...

*Yawnz*

I've been like getting 5 hours of sleep per day since Monday and though the weekend is here, I’ll be so tied with our marketing project to have a good rest.

Sunday will be a long day @ the CC to finish up the project…

I know I’m loved when:

- She (Sis) went down to Chinatown to buy Lim Chee Guan’s ba kwa

- She (Mummy) cooked chicken slices with ginger

- He (Daddy) waited till 8.30pm to buy my favourite char siew pau from Crystal Jade.

All these when I mentioned that I FEEL like eating it… keke

*blush* I heart my Family!

Yes!!! I’ve finally resigned!

Handed the letter to “white shark” together with Ann and she asked if it’s really “unworkable’” there. How I feel like saying a straight YES to her face. Anyway, colleagues said their congrats and well wishes to us. A couple of my auditors mentioned that it’s a pity as I was beginning to build a rapport with them and they think that I’m a good scheduler. At that moment I felt really appreciated unlike the management who thinks otherwise as they showed no signs of intention to retain us. Nevertheless, I continued to clear my on handwork, as I did not want to give the impression that I’m doing slipshod jobs right after handing in the letter.

7 resignations letters in a month… do they realize what’s wrong and why is this happening… As of date, I think they’re still unaware, as no replacement of schedulers has been gotten yet...

Will my time frame of 1 month come true?

The time has come to when enough is enough!

We now pray and hope that we’ll receive positive replies asap.

Nice People

I’m glad that I’m surrounded by some nice and sweet classmates.

The gal who:
- printed chapters of notes for me upon knowing that I can’t do so in the office.
- bought Chewy Junior for me when I casually asked if the stall is near her office.

The couple who:
- assisted in our group project.
- drove us to their home so that we can finish our project with the internet connection.
- cooked dinner while we rushed on our project.
- offered to have a class gathering BBQ at their condo.

: )

How time flies...half a year is gone

Things hasn’t been going too well for me this month.

Projects deadline plus addtional job scope in the office is adding to the stress level.

Hope everything turns for the better soon...

( - ) Negative Updates...

There’s not much positive stuffs happening around me therefore the lack of update. Rants below:

-Work SUCKS BIG time! Can’t wait for the day to come when I’ll throw the resignation letter in their face ;p
- School will soon be packed with projects and tests . It certainly doesn’t help to have a super kiasu/straight As/negative thinking classmate in my group. But, maybe her kiasuism will be a good influence to me?!?
- GSS is here but my bank accounts forbids me to drought it further.

Meeting the gals this Wed!! Cant wait to gorge and rant!

K-razy

I can't wait to go home and watch The Foxy Lady!!!

The lead, Chun Jeong-Myung is so cute...

With Be Strong, Geum-Soon! And Smile Again on the my watch list, I’ll be having Korean dramas marathons soon these few weeks...

I can live without chilli!!

Wow, it has been 2 weeks since I last touched those red hot stuff. My beautician told me to keep them away from my plate to “test” if chillies are affecting my bad complexion. Though I’m not very sure if it's helping, it seems like my complexion are “seeing some light at the end of the tunnel” keke. Fingers crossed!!!

School has officially started last week - 3 modules for this term. For the 1st time in my entire life, I enjoyed my lesson, 1 particular module that is – Consumer Behaviour. The lecturer rocks!!! He’s so interesting and despite ending the lessons slightly later after10pm, I don’t have the “stop talking and end the lesson” feeling. Respect. Unfortunately, we do have 1 uninteresting lecturer for organisational development :(

Class of 29 pax and lets hope that they’ll be a fun bunch of people to have fun + mugging our books together ;p

The Phantom is Back!

Despite watching it in London back in 2004, I knew I had to get the tickets when adverts splashed across the newspaper in around Oct last year. Using Mummy’s DBS card, we got the supposedly last show - 15th Apr during the priority booking period. I was so excited with the fact that we got Cat 1, middle seats + “last show” tickets. Who knows.... Due to GOOD response, the show was extended to 20th May!!! Anyway, when we bought the tickets last year, Apr seemed like a long time from then. However, time passed by fairly quickly and soon I found myself reminding my always the busy Sis on our “date”.

As her Bday was the next day, the plan was to treat her something nice. Her choice – Areins @ City Hall. Well...she claims that the food did not taste as nice as before, but luckily the apple pie dessert saved the day.

After dinner, we walked to the Esplanade for the much anticipated sold out show. Anyway I suck in writing, therefore, here’s how I’ll describe the show = good seats (smack in the middle column, row P), grand setting, great voice, live band, the Phanthom = definitely worth $135.00!

What’s missing was the courage to stand up to give them a standing ovation. Blame the barang barang on my hand (shawl & clutch)

How are you?

Have you ever had a time when a friend, ex-classmate, ex- teacher etc comes into you mind suddenly and you wonder how’s he/she doing now? Are they married? How’s their working life? Or simply, if they’re doing fine....

Well, I do have a few in mind and perhaps someday, somewhere, I’ll bump into them in this small city. And when the time comes, I’ll give a sincere smile and acknowledge their presence because they’re those who have crossed my mind.

Pic from Che Che New York

Cupcakes gifts

Ordered 3 boxes cupcakes for a friend who has been real nice to help buy some apparels with huge discount! So far, Sis and I have saved about $250 in all.

However, I was quite disappointed on how small the cupcakes were in real. Anyway, the measurements were stated on the price list, just that I did not really bother about it when ordered. Hope they like these pretty cupcakes!!

Korean Food - craving satisfied

Mummy decided that since I was the one who has craving for (Crystal Jade) Korean food, I should be the one who foot the bill. Okieee…. What more can I say…

We ordered ala carte dishes this time and I think it was too much for us 3 ladies to finish it. Nevertheless I still went ahead to order one bowl of white rice to “go” with the kimchi (to Mummy’s dismay)!! Hahaha

I’ll let the pics to the talking...

. my fav kimchi . seafood pancake . beef .

. bibimbap . saba fish . free side dishes .

Metamorphosis Dinner & Dance - 23 March

It's lucky that I've got a new dress at home, which fits the theme for this year D&D - Metamorphosis.

Mummy did some stitching to the front which made feel more comfortable wearing it coz without it, it was way too revealing even with the help of Hollywood secret’s tape.

We were given time off at 3.30pm to prepare for the dinner. Though there were many discussions on whether I should head to the professionals to do my hair and makeup, I ended up doing it on my own (with Mummy's turquoise/gold clip & Sis's loose powder + eyeshadow).

Journey there was silly - I ended walking from Lucky Plaza to Meritus Mandarin. Upon reaching, the photographer got me, Ghaya and her cousin to take a group photo (with my shawl on)... I thought to myself "aiyah wasted lah... my dress so nice, covered by the shawl leh". Haha, after which we went to to have our Metamorphoto taken (smth like a professional photo-shoot with backdrop) and a butterfly crystal tattoo! While mingling around, the photographer came and requested to take a solo picture of me as he thinks the dress fits the theme and it’s colorful *blush*

The food served was not very nice and even though the special guest was really PCK, it's not that entertaining as they incorporate the "story" of us being bought over by the new company in their skit. Oh and there's this best dressed award - there were 3 couples who wore really costume (think Victorian dress, green costume which looks like a broccoli and a butterfly like dress) and 4 other individuals who participated... But I was not called up leh.... Haha, not that I'm thicked skin but I think my dress is really nicer + fits the theme more :p (even my colleagues said so).



Won a $100 Tangs voucher which was considered really lucky as there were about 500 plus people around that night ; ) One regret for the night was that I did not stay on for photo taking with the man - Pua Chu Kang aka Gurmit Singh : (