30-Mar-2012

for the nutty, soft nougats just as I was thinking "hungry!"

29-Mar-2012

getting to try out Paradise Inn at Thomson Plaza with the guys from US. The food is quite consistent with the other branches. At least the self-professing say-it-as-is-american viet guys were satisfied enough to say they enjoyed the lunch (and they get to pay with their Amex, after being refused payment by Tiger Airways for not having other credit cards. haha!). 

29-Mar-2012

being able to get to work today.

I was running a high fever at 2am last night, and I was pretty worried how I am going to hand over the new i-Pads sitting in my drawer to the taiwanese visitor who will be in the office today to collect them. After a pill, and some ice-sponging, I was miraculously okay enough to be back in the office by morning.  

All the worrying about how to hand over my keys to who, and have the new iPads passed to the right persons, and (most importantly!) collect the right amount of money was unfounded. I later found out that the candidate whom I thought I might be able to hand the keys to so as to reach another colleague who knows the visitor was out-stationed today. (yes! It would have been that complicated.) That means my worrying and planning would and have been in vain. 

The money was eventually safely deposited, the items handed to the right parties, and things fell into place despite a night of discomfort being the worrywart. I have to be thankful, and learn to be cooler in the face of heat.  

** This is a back-dated entry **

24-Mar-2012

my sister's dinner treat. Food, food galore!

23-Mar-2012

being at the LTP today. No need to read emails, being fed a meal every few hours, talking and listening to the stories of different people, and being able to reach home by 6pm. All that, and minus the stress of having to be forced to say or do anything like in some other sessions we've had before, I would say it was quite an enjoyment.. Heh.

20-Mar-2012

lotsa laughter shared among the girls tonight. Have not had a session like this in a super long while. We hang out till we were the last customers in the chi chi cafe, sipping tea, and sharing cakes. It was fun. And I'm happy.

19-Mar-2012

Lunch was not at all great.  I was totally not satisfied after the meal.

Am I not glad that there are boxes of afternoon snacks from Taiwan in the cube today?



16-Mar-2012

finding a last minute dinner partner in my lunch partner. I am glad I did not have to eat dinner alone.

12-Mar-2012

the dinner session with Jeff. It has been a long time since we last caught up. Blink, and his son is turning one end of this month. Considering the preoccupations of any parent, I was happy that he would even agree to meet out! 

It was fun listening to the narration of his various encounters with absurd people, and we got to check out Big Bad Wolf in the east. The food was mediocre. It was not as fancy as I'd seen on TV, and the choices few. Maybe people go there more for the gourmet beer. But Jeff was driving, so no drinking. 

We almost met with an accident on the way back to the North East as an old man sprang out of nowhere into the road, and nonchalantly (!) sauntered into the path of the vehicle that was gaining speed towards the expressway. Were we not glad that there was no injuries, as our heart throbbed all the way into and out of KPE.

Thankful! Thankful!  


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Rubric >> Jeff: The self-proclaiming heartthob-turned-uncle whom I didn't think look very uncle. haha!
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10-Mar-2012

a peaceful session at the hair salon. I think the hairdresser has given up trying to sell me any hair products. And am I not glad. ;p

08-Mar-2012

the slug. He agreed to stand in for me as musician for CCF this month. I can go for Kong's wedding without having to pull my hair out looking for someone able and willing to help.

07-Mar-2012

Being able to hide behind Nono when Momo's Edward Hyde suddenly surfaced. Momo has been getting touchy lately. The once spontaneous landscape of wits pit has now to be threaded with much caution. One wrong statement, and I get the mine explode on me. The interesting thing is, I never know what I said (/keyed) wrong until I see the fireworks. The stress of it kinds of spoils the fun we used to share. I am certainly glad Nono is there to advert the stifling atmosphere before we boil each other's blood bad. 

Today, I am also glad for HP's company to Cooling Off Day. Janice Koh was quite a delight to watch - as a vivacious young lass or as a dialect speaking old woman, she pulled each characters off really naturally. I am not too sure I like the play as much as the reviewers who raved about it though, because I feel that too many issues were being covered within the two hours. I did not get to catch the jokes spoken in Malay, and some parts got a little too heavy for me. I guess I was never smart enough to make history and/or politics my thing. There were comic parts though, which to me, was how entertainment should be. I liked those scenes. They satisfied the shallow part of me. 

This is also the first time I am at SOTA's theatre. (just thought of registering this! J)   

Dinner was good today too. The service staff at Billy Bombers, Cathay were a cheer. Food was not the best, but it wasn't bad. The service guys looked like they really loved their job, and were a fun bantering with.

I have to be thankful for the people with me today.

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Rubric >> Momo: The poor student with rich aspirations >> Nono: The party boy with interesting life >> HP: The pretty ex-colleague
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01-Mar-2012

At Yum Cha Garden

Nice lunch out to start the month.