Celebration with the colleagues. They were hiding out in the meeting room and they weren't exactly ready when I burst in, hahhaa! They got the best-selling cake from Rive Gauche and it was really yummy. =D I made them sing me my birthday song so loud that the other end of the office can hear us and in 3 different languages hahaha!
Group picture!
My present was vouchers from Club21! Awesomenesss x)
28/11/08
I took the later half of the day off! We had fire-drill in the morning ahaha! So it's a pretty relaxed Friday for me. I went around giving colleagues slices of my birthday cake that my mum baked and received many many compliments from colleagues, telling me that the cake looked really professional and my mum should open her own bakery! =D
Then met Kelda after work, checked out the Benefit cosmetics sale which was pretty disappointing. We made our way back to Plaza Singapura for Lao Beijing high-tea buffet, stopping at several shops along the way and we ended up too late to get a number for the buffet. They only take reservations for tables of 6 pax and above, if not you gotta queue up starting at 2pm. So.. there weren't any tables left for us when we appeared at 2:25pm =~(
So... we decided on Manhattan Fish Market for lunch. =( Waited so long for mummy and the younger 2 sisters x( It was a good lunch, and I was sooo full by the end of it.
One of the several shots we took while waiting for mummy and sisters. We dropped by the office to keep the dumplings in the freezeer and the steamboat machine at my workstation and headed out for more shopping! We walked around quite a bit before we made our way over to Swensens for desserts! After that, they continued shopping whereas I headed back to office to meet Ariel and Reme before we head off to the chalet.
They came by 7:30pm, before that we went to Carrefour to get some sambal chilli + belachan sauce and my bottle of Choya! =D We made our way to the chalet and on our way there, Adrian was telling us to lower our expectations of the chalet.. Hahaha, nothing fazes me after that Redang trip! =P It wasn't that bad in my opinion, but the insects really bugged me. =\ Hahaha! After putting our stuff down, we headed out to Changi Village for dinner. x)
Me, Ariel and Ade
Ariel & Ade with their dinner!
They had nasi lemak from the stall with a never-ending queue, while I indulged in my ayam penyet. =D After that, we took a short walk at the park nearby before going back to the chalet. When we got back, it's mahjong time! =D
I'm a newbie at the mahjong and I'm thankful that Reme was a really good mentor and guided me through the game =D
*teehee!* our choice of poison!
Well.. I think we were all just hanging out in Ariel + Ade's room when Ariel burst into the room yelling that there's a rat/mouse on the window sill at the sink. Ade has a fear of rats/mice, so she was pretty hysterical. It was really quite a sight hahaha, then she got Adrian to help move her toothbrush away and to close the windows downstairs so they can't get in... Was really tired out and winded up sleeping at 3ish. Had a weird dream where I dreamt that Juleen was climbing up a tree trying to get to a colleague in order to switch flights or something (I know, I told you it's weird already) and I just followed them and climbed up the tree as well. While climbing, I noticed that there were those hugeass red ants. They proceeded to climb onto my feet and bit me really hard, and I jerked and woke up. When I went to the bathroom to freshen up, I noticed bites on my face and neck =~(
29/11/08
Woke up (from the dream) around 9ish, and after I freshened up, both Adrian and I were trying our darnest best to rouse Ariel from her sleep but to no avail. We talked, I tickled her soles, I nudged her, I wriggled towards her but nothing worked. So in the end Adrian and I headed out for dim sum breakfast at Changi Village.
It was already 11ish but the place was a ghost town still. Time seemed to have stopped for a while, and despite being 11 in the morning, it looked and felt like only 9ish in the morning...
We had egg tarts, char siew sou, chee cheong fun with prawn filling, har gao, siew mais, gluttinous rice, char siew baos, pan-fried dumplings, and some prawn rolls. =D Adrian thought that we might have over-ordered but I said that it would be okay because I love my dimsum! Approximately 45 mins after consuming my brunch, I felt... bloated. I guess I did it again, I overate. =x We also ta-baoed some back for Ariel.
Oh oh oh! I received a call from Yi-Long on his Aussie line! so happy lahhh hahaha, thanks for calling, ah long! =D
We headed back to the chalet, where we were just watching some re-run episode of mediacorp's drama. We were wondering what time will Ariel wake up and I said 1pm after some calculation and she woke up abt 15 - 20 mins before that =D
We were bored, so we ended up chatting at the dining room area where we set up our mahjong table. Here's a shot of Ariel knitting! =) After she finished what she set out to do, we had a mahjong revision session for me while waiting for Ade to get back before we head out for a short joy ride =D
Soo..... We went to Pasir Ris Farmway area to check out the animals! The whole place was selling pets, from dogs to aquarium fishes. We dropped by several pet farms and had our hearts stolen so many times...
We also dropped by Mutts N Kittens and got to know Yellow and this other active lil puppy scampering around, enjoying a game of ball-fetching. It's disheartening to know that people treat pets like a piece of furniture, discarding them whenever the occasion calls for it. =( Much as I would like to keep a pet, I can't do so now because it's a lifetime commitment and my whole lifestyle would hafta revolve around my pet. So people if you can't commit, don't get a pet!
After checking out a couple more farms (and many many mosquito bites =~[), we headed back home to start on the preparations for the steamboat!
Well... no pictures of me helping out but it doesn't mean I didn't lift a finger... Okay lah, I didn't help much cuz too many cooks spoil the broth. =P And I was feeling a lil under the weather with insufficient consumption of fluids and my palms felt like burning up too.
After we finished the work in the kitchen, we chilled in the living room area and watched TV...
Ariel made me eat a slice of watermelon to help cool myself down, didn't manage to finish it (i don't like watermelons!) and she helped me to finish it in the end.
While waiting for the rest to come, we played mahjong! But our game ended up getting interrupted with calls hahaha..
Oooh, there's our spread!
Once everyone turned up, it's time to get started! While waiting for the food to boil, we took pictures! =D
tancy and dong
Joyce and I
Josh & I. Gosh, I need sleep!
Hahaha, picture of Ariel! You know what to do to make me take thi$ down... =P
After dinner, we played mahjong + taboo. funfunfun! =D The losers were supposed to finish the food in the pot but the punishment wasn't carried out. After tancy, dong and joyce left, we continued to mahjong.... Before we knew it, it was 3ish in the morning and I couldn't stay awake any longer and went off to bed.
30/11/08
Next morning, woke up at around 8ish and prepared to pack up cuz we were leaving. We sat around, waiting for the person to come by our unit to check it out before we could leave. But it turns out that we were supposed to check out on 1 Dec instead... So we just left the place and dropped off the keys at the office instead. And yes... Thanks to Adrian for sending us home! =D
As said, I had a package waiting for me at home... I immediately recognised the return address and it was from Velda! =D
It's a journal and a necklace... Thanks alot babe! ♥
And Josh gave me a Holga + 135mm film adaptor + black & white film =D His mummy made me a bracelet too =D I can't tell you how happy I am hahaha!
Every year I make the same wish, I wish for happiness. People ask if my wish came true, well.. that's pretty subjective. But I would say, I'm in a happier place than I was in last year and that's good enough by my standards haha. This year.. I wish for peace; to be at peace with the decisions I've made, and the decisions I make and will make. :)
