I think I have officially been hit by the shopping bug. Almost every other day, I find myself thinking of getting new stuff for myself, new stuff for the house, new stuff for my wardrobe, my room. This sort of lifestyle is unhealthy, at least for the wallet. Time to put a stop to all that. But after I get that Raoul shirt. LOL.
Just got a call from R, whom I was supposed to meet tomorrow for a day of fun at the toy museum and my well thought-out after-museum plans, informing that she had unfortunately sprained her ankle and wouldn't be able to make it. I foresee another listless stare-at-the-wall day tomorrow.. I think I'd better head out and keep my mind from being idle. Time for that long overdue haircut and also to pick up that shirt..
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Race to the finish
Last night was sure one hell of an action-packed one! As we all know, Singapore was hosting its first ever Formula 1 event, and the sound of screaming engines and smell of scorched rubber was none other than exhilarating. To add on to that, we even saw Renault ING's Fernando Alonso perform the feat of taking first place, a long stretch from his starting position of 15 in the grid, after his teammate wiped out in the 15th lap by kissing the wall. On top of that, Ferrari's Massa had to rip out his fuel line at the pits after which he was given a penalty, and Raikkonen wiped out just 4 laps before the chequered flag coming out from a turn too quickly. Our roads are narrow enough, and those concrete barriers don't make things any easier for a car taking a turn at over 100 - 200km/h. Anyway, captured a miserable little video with the N95, not that you guys can really see anything, but at least it gives you an idea how fast those buggers are going. LOL.
On other notes, was at Wala Wala the other night with the little superhero girl, Elise, Min and Juanmei. I totally forgot that the UnXpected were not playing that night, leading to a rude shock when I stepped into the bar to find it only half filled. The music, UnXpectedly (pun intended), was quite good though, and more so reinforced the fact that I had moved on from all that metal and hard hitting music that I was so accustomed to. And so we had pizza, wings, and some drinks, and some pictures before we ended the night. Buggers said the 1-for-1 offer was only for draft beers. Somehow though, I ended up an extra Vodka Sprite cos apparently it applied to those as well. Well not that I am complaining about a free drink, but in the first place it was supposed to be a Vodka Lime.. LOL I guess they heard me wrongly over the music, and there I was wondering how come my Vodka Lime tasted more like Sprite.
Less than a week more to ABBA Mania! And then it's time to get things done, cos I can't take the suspense anymore.
On other notes, was at Wala Wala the other night with the little superhero girl, Elise, Min and Juanmei. I totally forgot that the UnXpected were not playing that night, leading to a rude shock when I stepped into the bar to find it only half filled. The music, UnXpectedly (pun intended), was quite good though, and more so reinforced the fact that I had moved on from all that metal and hard hitting music that I was so accustomed to. And so we had pizza, wings, and some drinks, and some pictures before we ended the night. Buggers said the 1-for-1 offer was only for draft beers. Somehow though, I ended up an extra Vodka Sprite cos apparently it applied to those as well. Well not that I am complaining about a free drink, but in the first place it was supposed to be a Vodka Lime.. LOL I guess they heard me wrongly over the music, and there I was wondering how come my Vodka Lime tasted more like Sprite.
Less than a week more to ABBA Mania! And then it's time to get things done, cos I can't take the suspense anymore.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
beep.
Whenever my phone alerts me to an incoming message, be it in the form of a little vibration, or a deafening alert tone, my heart would start to beat faster, my level of alertness shoots up, and the sense of anticipation while waiting for the name to appear is enough to kill.
lol damn it.
lol damn it.
Friday, September 26, 2008
1:29AM
For those who know me well enough, you can probably figure out from the title of this post that I'm just in that listless stare-at-the-wall mood again with the occasional thought fluttering through my mind, an untouched cup of cold coffee on the table, and the guitars tucked away in their cases and bags. There is no song in my head now, and my feet aren't tapping to that distant tune that constantly plays in my mind. Hell, I'm even typing this in slow motion.
Now let's try to remember out loud what might have happened.
I was dressing myself up for work this morning, putting on my new favourite shirt from Raoul which I so dearly like. Heading on to the mirror, popped the contacts in, waxed up the hair, and there I was, ready to hit the road. It was then that I took a second look at myself in the mirror and realised something had changed. And no, it's not that I suspect that my reflection might be someone else in another dimension copying my every move, although it probably is. I realised that I had lost touch with myself, my objective, my goal. This wasn't the Jit that I had set out to be years ago. I wanted to make things move, I wanted to give life to inanimate objects, I wanted to amaze the people, I wanted to tell them a story. Looking at this image of myself, I wondered. Have I moved on to something else, or has the world moved on without me? Either way, I wasn't exactly where I really wanted to be. Sure the money's good, and would be getting better, but how long am I going to continue running? Is it about time I stopped to be still once more, and take a step in another seemingly greater direction?
I walked out of the house pondering, I got on the bus pondering, and walked into the office pondering. As I was putting on my tie, I pondered and pondered. As I went about my daily affairs in the office, I took my time and pondered even more, but I still don't have an answer. That wasn't the only thing that I was thinking about though. There was a more pressing issue at hand, one of which I shall not elaborate too much, but my best buddies would know anyway.
I remember some time ago, I threw out the burnt Cranberry bun in the oven and decided to start baking a new one, and this time it was Raspberry flavoured. In the process of doing up this new recipe, I learnt many things, got motivated to do the things I always wanted to do, got rid of some old and bad habits, changed some of my ways, and had myself humbled just marvelling at other things. The whole baking process was going extremely well in my eyes, and it didn't seem to be long before it would be done. In recent days though, I decided to check on it and realised that although I had turned up the heat, the bun was still frozen, and it looked like it might not even start cooking. It got me rethinking the whole recipe and where I had gone wrong, what I could do, and up till now, 1:29AM, I am still pondering the thought. How long more should I continue baking?
I could do with some answers right about now.
Now let's try to remember out loud what might have happened.
I was dressing myself up for work this morning, putting on my new favourite shirt from Raoul which I so dearly like. Heading on to the mirror, popped the contacts in, waxed up the hair, and there I was, ready to hit the road. It was then that I took a second look at myself in the mirror and realised something had changed. And no, it's not that I suspect that my reflection might be someone else in another dimension copying my every move, although it probably is. I realised that I had lost touch with myself, my objective, my goal. This wasn't the Jit that I had set out to be years ago. I wanted to make things move, I wanted to give life to inanimate objects, I wanted to amaze the people, I wanted to tell them a story. Looking at this image of myself, I wondered. Have I moved on to something else, or has the world moved on without me? Either way, I wasn't exactly where I really wanted to be. Sure the money's good, and would be getting better, but how long am I going to continue running? Is it about time I stopped to be still once more, and take a step in another seemingly greater direction?
I walked out of the house pondering, I got on the bus pondering, and walked into the office pondering. As I was putting on my tie, I pondered and pondered. As I went about my daily affairs in the office, I took my time and pondered even more, but I still don't have an answer. That wasn't the only thing that I was thinking about though. There was a more pressing issue at hand, one of which I shall not elaborate too much, but my best buddies would know anyway.
I remember some time ago, I threw out the burnt Cranberry bun in the oven and decided to start baking a new one, and this time it was Raspberry flavoured. In the process of doing up this new recipe, I learnt many things, got motivated to do the things I always wanted to do, got rid of some old and bad habits, changed some of my ways, and had myself humbled just marvelling at other things. The whole baking process was going extremely well in my eyes, and it didn't seem to be long before it would be done. In recent days though, I decided to check on it and realised that although I had turned up the heat, the bun was still frozen, and it looked like it might not even start cooking. It got me rethinking the whole recipe and where I had gone wrong, what I could do, and up till now, 1:29AM, I am still pondering the thought. How long more should I continue baking?
I could do with some answers right about now.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Mamma Mia!
Met up with R after work to catch a movie today, and as the title suggests, it was Mamma Mia! Had mixed feelings about watching it at first cos of some really bad reviews, but it turned out to be quite a show after all. The songs just really got to me. Brought back memories of poly life when we were all listening to the likes of Engelbert Humperdinck, Carpenters, and ABBA. Good times, good times.
Hmmm.
Hmmm.
Monday, September 22, 2008
new scents
Went out to Vivocity for some shopping today, and decided to put that staff discount to good use.. Heh picked up a Lemongrass & Lavender aromatic candle at Harnn and Thann, which I lit up almost immediately on getting home. Wasn't long before Mom entered the room asking what that nice scent was.. =D
Well the aromatic candle wasn't the only new scent. Decided to scrap the Hugo Boss that I had been using for so long and look for a new fragrance. After much mucking around in the men's parfeum section, decided to settle for the Davidoff Cool Water: Game fragrance. Refreshing change!
And so I left Vivocity relatively satisfied with my new buys, and took the train down to Plaza Singapura for some additional shopping, this time for new tops. Alas, the shop didn't exactly have the sizes for the designs I wanted. It wasn't long before I left the place in my bus home, and stupid bus door had to refuse to close when we were like a stone's throw (a very strong person's throw lol) from my bus stop. Had to get off the bus, wait for the next one. Blah.
Anyway, I finally found the inspiration to play my guitar again, which is a good thing, considering how much I have invested in them. But I realised my musical direction has changed.. I'm playing the Eagles now.. LOL.
Well the aromatic candle wasn't the only new scent. Decided to scrap the Hugo Boss that I had been using for so long and look for a new fragrance. After much mucking around in the men's parfeum section, decided to settle for the Davidoff Cool Water: Game fragrance. Refreshing change!
And so I left Vivocity relatively satisfied with my new buys, and took the train down to Plaza Singapura for some additional shopping, this time for new tops. Alas, the shop didn't exactly have the sizes for the designs I wanted. It wasn't long before I left the place in my bus home, and stupid bus door had to refuse to close when we were like a stone's throw (a very strong person's throw lol) from my bus stop. Had to get off the bus, wait for the next one. Blah.
Anyway, I finally found the inspiration to play my guitar again, which is a good thing, considering how much I have invested in them. But I realised my musical direction has changed.. I'm playing the Eagles now.. LOL.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Slow Sundays and Strawberry Shortcakes
Today has got to be the slowest day ever in the office. Slow, mainly because there was quite a lack of calls, (not that I'm complaining about that) and also cos I had nothing better to do other than sit there and stone. It's days like this that I wished I had brought my laptop or guitar to work.
On other notes, Elise bought Bakerzin Strawberry Shortcake for some of the colleagues in the office today, and I had the chance to have a bit of Renee's slice. Real good stuff I must say, heh seems a lot more presentable and tasty than the one at Cafe Beviamo too! Mmm time to visit Bakerzin more often and try the rest of their stuff.. Mmmm....
On other notes, Elise bought Bakerzin Strawberry Shortcake for some of the colleagues in the office today, and I had the chance to have a bit of Renee's slice. Real good stuff I must say, heh seems a lot more presentable and tasty than the one at Cafe Beviamo too! Mmm time to visit Bakerzin more often and try the rest of their stuff.. Mmmm....
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Listless
Lately, I realised I have been neglecting some of the things that used to be a little more important in my life. Little indulgences like my good old Xbox and my guitars seem to have taken 2nd and 3rd place in the long list of things that Jit can be bothered about. Sometimes it's simply because I'm a little too preoccupied with something else and am enjoying the moment so much that I forget about them, but sometimes it's because I just can't seem to find the drive to play them.
This morning, I decided to pick up the Edwards superstrat, hoping to make up for some lost time with it. Sitting it down in that ever so familiar place on my lap, and with my pick at the ready, I realised something. The notes just wouldn't come out. Not that I had forgotten how to play the guitar.. I could make notes come out if I wanted to, but they weren't coming out like they used to. There was no feeling in them, and my mind was elsewhere. Every hit of the pick gave me crap. It wasn't long before I set my guitar back on its stand and began staring listlessly into the wall, anticipating that little beep which never comes when I want it to.
I sure could do with a nice chillout session with a coffee and good company now. But work's in the way AGAIN.
This morning, I decided to pick up the Edwards superstrat, hoping to make up for some lost time with it. Sitting it down in that ever so familiar place on my lap, and with my pick at the ready, I realised something. The notes just wouldn't come out. Not that I had forgotten how to play the guitar.. I could make notes come out if I wanted to, but they weren't coming out like they used to. There was no feeling in them, and my mind was elsewhere. Every hit of the pick gave me crap. It wasn't long before I set my guitar back on its stand and began staring listlessly into the wall, anticipating that little beep which never comes when I want it to.
I sure could do with a nice chillout session with a coffee and good company now. But work's in the way AGAIN.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Time and Coded Paragraphs.
Rumours, vicious or not, are still rumours, and although the past few days have more or less been quite uneventful, more vicious gossips are popping out once again in the office from none other than the Abominations of Gossip and the little minions. Suddenly I'm hearing "Woaahh Jit, wearing contact lenses ahh..", "Eh Jit, wear so nice today for what?", "Eh Jit, who is it ah?" everyday, and it kind of gets annoying, but who cares anyway. People can gossip and rumour all they want as long as it doesn't get in my way.
Ego aside, been checking out some choices for my first watch as well. Okay it isn't really my first watch, but at least it's my first decent watch. IWC is one of the top in my list, and so are Omega, Oris, and Panerai. Well not that I will be getting it anytime soon thanks to their hefty price tags, but I guess researching and checking out the market first isn't going to do much harm.
Now, speaking of time, it surely is running out for some of us. Some have assignments due, some are leaving the country, and for some, it's just a matter of time before that make-or-break. I'm particularly worried about due assignments.
Essentially though, I think what's important is to make the most of the time we have, and spend it in a way that you wouldn't regret. At least you save yourself the tortures of having to look back one day and just sighing.
Ending it all off, I must say that while I'm trying to live life to the fullest, sometimes circumstances don't seem to allow it. If only the answers were so much clearer.
Ego aside, been checking out some choices for my first watch as well. Okay it isn't really my first watch, but at least it's my first decent watch. IWC is one of the top in my list, and so are Omega, Oris, and Panerai. Well not that I will be getting it anytime soon thanks to their hefty price tags, but I guess researching and checking out the market first isn't going to do much harm.
Now, speaking of time, it surely is running out for some of us. Some have assignments due, some are leaving the country, and for some, it's just a matter of time before that make-or-break. I'm particularly worried about due assignments.
Essentially though, I think what's important is to make the most of the time we have, and spend it in a way that you wouldn't regret. At least you save yourself the tortures of having to look back one day and just sighing.
Ending it all off, I must say that while I'm trying to live life to the fullest, sometimes circumstances don't seem to allow it. If only the answers were so much clearer.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Celine's farewell dinner at Nanjya Monjya, Grand Copthorne Waterfront
Met up with Celine, Alfred, Neil, and the Little Superhero Girl last night at Grand Copthorne Waterfront for a nice farewell dinner at Nanjya Monjya, a seemingly authentic Japanese restaurant where you get to cook your own Okonomiyaki, which would more or less be the Japanese equivalent of pizza. I must say the place isn't exactly in the most accessible of locations, but Celine's leaving for London soon, so I guess giving some way wouldn't hurt that much.
The Little Superhero Girl turned up in a stunning number for the night, and we made our way to the Grand Copthorne from Orchard. I, being the extremely terrible multi-tasker, forgot to count the number of stops cos I was busy talking to her and had to rely on looking out for the bus crossing the river before knowing where to alight, but we still got down at the right stop anyway.
Stepping into the place, I realised that the people working there were actually Japanese! Well either that or their English was really really atrocious for a Singaporean.. Haha but the service was excellent nonetheless. It was interesting trying to cook the pizzas cos all this while I've only had people do it for me while I stood in front of them waiting for them to get it done, and I think we had our fair share of screw ups, but it all turned out fine in the end. The pizzas were actually quite good stuff, especially the scallop Monjyayaki which we had as the finisher, but somehow I couldn't taste the green tea in the Cha Soba.
After that was the Pump Room at Great World City as we were initially looking for an ice cream place which I had suggested earlier, but stupid me did not plan for which one to go to, and didn't have a contingency either. I felt like slapping myself for that, but anyway we decided on Liquid Kitchen, but realised Pump Room, which I actually prefer, was still open! Had a nice drink, some wedges, and chat with Little Superhero Girl who sneakily changed her name in my mobile to something else, which almost caused some panic when I tried looking for the name later on in the night when I was sending a text message but couldn't find it.
Quite a pleasant night in the end, had some good laughs over dinner and the drink. And ZITTLE Superhero Girl, you looked quite the stunner as always.. =)
Anyway some pics for the night, courtesy of Celine's facebook..
Neil was the MasterChef of the night.
Celine trying her hand at flipping the pizzas.
The other side of the table. Quite nicely taken!
Me and the Little Superhero Girl
I think they were all hungry..
Me and the Little Superhero Girl again with that seemingly tasteless Cha Soba.. LOL
And of course a group shot to end off the camwhoring while waiting for that Scallop Monjyayaki to cook.
The Little Superhero Girl turned up in a stunning number for the night, and we made our way to the Grand Copthorne from Orchard. I, being the extremely terrible multi-tasker, forgot to count the number of stops cos I was busy talking to her and had to rely on looking out for the bus crossing the river before knowing where to alight, but we still got down at the right stop anyway.
Stepping into the place, I realised that the people working there were actually Japanese! Well either that or their English was really really atrocious for a Singaporean.. Haha but the service was excellent nonetheless. It was interesting trying to cook the pizzas cos all this while I've only had people do it for me while I stood in front of them waiting for them to get it done, and I think we had our fair share of screw ups, but it all turned out fine in the end. The pizzas were actually quite good stuff, especially the scallop Monjyayaki which we had as the finisher, but somehow I couldn't taste the green tea in the Cha Soba.
After that was the Pump Room at Great World City as we were initially looking for an ice cream place which I had suggested earlier, but stupid me did not plan for which one to go to, and didn't have a contingency either. I felt like slapping myself for that, but anyway we decided on Liquid Kitchen, but realised Pump Room, which I actually prefer, was still open! Had a nice drink, some wedges, and chat with Little Superhero Girl who sneakily changed her name in my mobile to something else, which almost caused some panic when I tried looking for the name later on in the night when I was sending a text message but couldn't find it.
Quite a pleasant night in the end, had some good laughs over dinner and the drink. And ZITTLE Superhero Girl, you looked quite the stunner as always.. =)
Anyway some pics for the night, courtesy of Celine's facebook..
Neil was the MasterChef of the night.
Celine trying her hand at flipping the pizzas.
The other side of the table. Quite nicely taken!
Me and the Little Superhero Girl
I think they were all hungry..
Me and the Little Superhero Girl again with that seemingly tasteless Cha Soba.. LOL
And of course a group shot to end off the camwhoring while waiting for that Scallop Monjyayaki to cook.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
why?
Some time ago, a good pal told me about how he had come across problems in his relationship because of a conflict between the beliefs of those of his significant other's family, and his own. Yesterday, yet another close friend told me about how a blossoming relationship was faltering because of the very same issue. Now I may not be the best one to consult on this, and my opinion might not be the most correct, mainly because of the reason that I myself am not devoted to a single belief, but I always felt it wrong to let something so wonderful go to waste simply because I call my God by a different name from yours. Sure, in the end, one has to make way for the other, unless both parties decide to leave everything behind and move on to a more beautiful beginning, but sometimes I feel that looking too far ahead might not be the best thing to do in situations like this. And yes, you love someone, you naturally would not want to hurt his/her feelings in future when problems arise, but is making him/her feel miserable before anything has even started worth it?
Why can't everyone just get along?
Why can't everyone just get along?
Friday, September 12, 2008
rainy friday morning ramblings
Hmm just got back from the driving centre about an hour ago.. Was there to do my Basic Theory Evaluation, which I passed, which means I am now cleared to take my Basic Theory Test on the 15th of October. Shouldn't be much of a problem, considering how easy Basic Theory is. After that, I'll be able to start booking my Final Theory Evaluation and Test, and at the same time start on those practicals. Can't wait to finally start driving!
The day before, secret santa was telling me about what a lousy day she had cos of school. and she was obviously very affected by it, no longer the usual, chirpy person that I was so familiar with. We chatted for awhile and at least had a few laughs, after which msn decided to screw up on everyone and I noticed the people on my list dropping like flies. So I decided to just check with secret santa yesterday to see if she was better, but found that she had finally fallen sick. And those assignments that are going to be due next week aren't exactly making things a whole lot better either.
I hope you get well soon.. We'll get those muffins when you're feeling better. =)
The day before, secret santa was telling me about what a lousy day she had cos of school. and she was obviously very affected by it, no longer the usual, chirpy person that I was so familiar with. We chatted for awhile and at least had a few laughs, after which msn decided to screw up on everyone and I noticed the people on my list dropping like flies. So I decided to just check with secret santa yesterday to see if she was better, but found that she had finally fallen sick. And those assignments that are going to be due next week aren't exactly making things a whole lot better either.
I hope you get well soon.. We'll get those muffins when you're feeling better. =)
Thursday, September 11, 2008
the stunner
Yesterday was quite an eventful one.. Got up at like 7am to head out to the driving centre for the first of my basic theory practices.. which turned out to be quite easy. The evaluation's coming up on Friday, so I better make sure I'm prepared. Coming home, I thought that maybe I should catch some shuteye before getting up again to head to work, but I found myself sitting online just waiting for something to happen, so I decided to leave the house earlier than usual, drop by the optician and get those contact lenses that I had been procrastinating about.
Now the problem is that I had forgotten it was a wednesday, so I decided to suit myself up in one of my new bright white shirts to head off to work, fully decked out in office wear. It was only when I stepped into the office that I realised most of the people were in polo t-shirts. LOL damn it. But everyone was commenting on how the new short haired look without the glasses was quite the stunner, all except the jealous ones of course.
MUAAHAHAAA. You know who you are fools!
Now the problem is that I had forgotten it was a wednesday, so I decided to suit myself up in one of my new bright white shirts to head off to work, fully decked out in office wear. It was only when I stepped into the office that I realised most of the people were in polo t-shirts. LOL damn it. But everyone was commenting on how the new short haired look without the glasses was quite the stunner, all except the jealous ones of course.
MUAAHAHAAA. You know who you are fools!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Some kind of magic
And so I woke up to a dreadful day knowing that I had to return to the office for that session with the CEO, knowing that I was doomed to waste away a substantial part of my day doing nothing but sit on a chair and listen to stuff. It then crossed my mind that it might be a good idea to ask secret santa out to dinner as I would most likely have been done with the meeting by about 6-ish.
So the messages went out, the calls went out, the reservations went out, and the night turned out to be an unforgettable one.
Arrived at the place just in time to see secret santa reaching the main gate, and we proceeded to look for Halia at the Botanical Gardens. It turned out to be a gem of a place, a nice little restaurant amongst the trees and little lights, with tealights providing the perfect ambience for an outdoor dinner. The food was great, the place was perfect, and the company was magical. Had a great Teh Tarik Halia dessert and a nice little chat after that, but sadly secret santa already had other plans for the night.
The night was short, but it's something that I don't mind doing again. Glad you liked the dinner.. =)
PS: and Haz, really, thanks for being such a great help.. hehe
So the messages went out, the calls went out, the reservations went out, and the night turned out to be an unforgettable one.
Arrived at the place just in time to see secret santa reaching the main gate, and we proceeded to look for Halia at the Botanical Gardens. It turned out to be a gem of a place, a nice little restaurant amongst the trees and little lights, with tealights providing the perfect ambience for an outdoor dinner. The food was great, the place was perfect, and the company was magical. Had a great Teh Tarik Halia dessert and a nice little chat after that, but sadly secret santa already had other plans for the night.
The night was short, but it's something that I don't mind doing again. Glad you liked the dinner.. =)
PS: and Haz, really, thanks for being such a great help.. hehe
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
a night to remember
The initial plan was to head down to City Hall to meet up with Neil for dinner while waiting for Celine and Alfred to be done with their own before we headed to the usual chillout spot at Clarke Quay's TCC, but somehow I just decided to beep someone else to come along. The replies came back informing of the slim chance of that ever happening, and so that was that.
Neil was as FOS as usual when I met him at Millenia Walk, but aren't we all.. LOL and so we decided to have dinner at the Funan IT Mall coffeeshop. Just as we sat down, none other than theHaz entered with the bun.. Haha surprise surprise! Turned out that the gang was meeting up after all, and that the coffeeshop was the meeting place. While Neil and me were supposed to head off to our own coffee gathering, I thought heck, why not just get the whole gang along since everyone knows each other. And so there it was, a nice big TCC gathering that turned out better than expected cos it wasn't just the 4 of us. I think most of us had a great time with the whole Batman and Joker interrogation crap.
Then just as I was brooding over the fact that my multiple attempts to call on my Secret Santa were appearing to fail big time, Secret Santa decided to grant a wish and appear out of nowhere!
=D =D =D
Sadly the gang was already preparing to leave cos most of them had to get up for work the next day, so it wasn't long before we got out of there. And since the night was still young and Secret Santa still had not gotten her dose of some TCC-lovin' yet, it was none other than the 24 hour one at Shaw House. Heh God bless the person who thought of a 24hr outlet. Had a nice drink and salad, chatted quite a bit, and I had my crash course in cursive handwriting as well. All in all a very pleasant night full of laughs, flying insults, pointless growling, and lots of fun.
And to my Secret Santa, thank you for the unexpected surprise, it really made my day! =)
Neil was as FOS as usual when I met him at Millenia Walk, but aren't we all.. LOL and so we decided to have dinner at the Funan IT Mall coffeeshop. Just as we sat down, none other than theHaz entered with the bun.. Haha surprise surprise! Turned out that the gang was meeting up after all, and that the coffeeshop was the meeting place. While Neil and me were supposed to head off to our own coffee gathering, I thought heck, why not just get the whole gang along since everyone knows each other. And so there it was, a nice big TCC gathering that turned out better than expected cos it wasn't just the 4 of us. I think most of us had a great time with the whole Batman and Joker interrogation crap.
Then just as I was brooding over the fact that my multiple attempts to call on my Secret Santa were appearing to fail big time, Secret Santa decided to grant a wish and appear out of nowhere!
=D =D =D
Sadly the gang was already preparing to leave cos most of them had to get up for work the next day, so it wasn't long before we got out of there. And since the night was still young and Secret Santa still had not gotten her dose of some TCC-lovin' yet, it was none other than the 24 hour one at Shaw House. Heh God bless the person who thought of a 24hr outlet. Had a nice drink and salad, chatted quite a bit, and I had my crash course in cursive handwriting as well. All in all a very pleasant night full of laughs, flying insults, pointless growling, and lots of fun.
And to my Secret Santa, thank you for the unexpected surprise, it really made my day! =)
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Mr Secret Santa
And so this morning I was woken up by a beep on my phone at 11.14am, with a very welcome message from a very welcome person. Apparently my efforts to be the secret silent ninja in my latest "leave-the-gift-and-disappear" operation had been in vain - instead I turned out to be the secret santa - as the gift I had planted could only have come from me thanks to the choice of artist for the CD. HAHAHA call me silly, but for some time it didn't strike me how obvious it would have been. In any case, I'm glad you liked the album, silver ribbons and all.. Knowing that alone makes my day. Hope you like what you hear! =)
Saturday, September 06, 2008
technical difficulties
Today I attempted to write a simple note in the best of my handwriting, but realised how much of a failure I am at it. HAHAHAHA I filled up at least 4 pages of A4 paper which used to be my DBS bank statement practising again and again till I got it right, and just when I decided to pen it down for good, all that practice just kind of escaped again. I decided to just heck it and write anyway, and I think it came out quite nice. LOL maybe I should have used a table instead of my laptop. I should seriously consider writing in cursive at work..
Anyway I hope you'll like it. =)
Anyway I hope you'll like it. =)
Thursday, September 04, 2008
pwning the procrastination
Today is officially a new historic day! I decided to get off my lazy procrastinating ass and finally enrol at the driving centre after years and years of dragging it along.. Haha what was it, 5 years?! So I've got my test date down.. BTT on the 15th of October, and I'm done with the 2 compulsory Basic Theory lessons. Next week will be one of the practices followed by evaluation 2 days later.. Gotta make sure I pass my evaluation or I can forget about taking that Basic Theory Test..
On other notes, we've decided to catch ABBA Mania at the Esplanade on 5th October! Now I just gotta go back to work to drop a P or leave on that date, after which I'll secure the tickets. Just hope that the tickets aren't sold out by tomorrow! Speaking of which, why the hell am I on the A2 shift tomorrow? Been awhile since I did A2 on a weekday. Well the good thing is that I'll have the chance to head out and buy those tix at the SISTIC counter downstairs.. Or I could just make a run down to Esplanade and get that Banyan Tree vaporiser at The Naturalist. About time I started doing up my room with at least some sincerity.. LOL
On other notes, we've decided to catch ABBA Mania at the Esplanade on 5th October! Now I just gotta go back to work to drop a P or leave on that date, after which I'll secure the tickets. Just hope that the tickets aren't sold out by tomorrow! Speaking of which, why the hell am I on the A2 shift tomorrow? Been awhile since I did A2 on a weekday. Well the good thing is that I'll have the chance to head out and buy those tix at the SISTIC counter downstairs.. Or I could just make a run down to Esplanade and get that Banyan Tree vaporiser at The Naturalist. About time I started doing up my room with at least some sincerity.. LOL
TCC - Tea, Curry, Cakes.
In the latest of my food adventures, we decided to visit Curry Favor at Stamford House today, a place that I had seen quite a long time ago, but never bothered to step into till now. On first glance, one may think that the prices there would be a little steep, but I thought they were ok, with dishes not exceeding $15 for the lunch special. Serving size was just nice as well, but somehow I felt the dish I ordered was a little plain. Haha it was basically rice with my meat, and of course the curry, which I thought could have been placed on a heater to prevent it from caking up so fast. The curry was alright, less spicy than I thought (which started me thinking that maybe I should have chosen spicy instead of regular), but the lemon tea was next to tasteless.. LOL.
Next up was the hunt for the "tea house with Victorian furniture and cutlery" at Esplanade, but not before having quite the lesson on aromatherapy and plant effects from this very respectable dude selling essential oils at one of the stores there. Really interesting stuff I must say, and it's even got me considering getting a little burner just for my room.
After a bit of walking though, we realised that the "tea house" was none under than The Cookie Museum, where I had a taste of the 5 continents with my "Treasure of the 5 Continents" tea, and some really good Bailey's Irish Cream Liquer Cake. She had what they called the lady's favourite, which she thought it wasn't anyway, but I think it still had a unique taste to it.
She had to leave after that, so I thought some retail therapy might be good, and ended up really going out to search for those shirts I had been wanting to get for some time. I was in dire need of long sleeved shirts that I could wear without tucking them in, and of course they had to have that slim cutting or else I'd just look goofy walking around in a fat looking shirt. Finally found what I needed at both Zara and Topman, and ended up buying from both. Urgh.. talk about retail therapy.
And of course, what better way to end off the day than with a nice warm tea at TCC with theFamily.. Been some time since we met up, and there we were going through the usual motions again, sitting at the table talking about life, about growing up, how old we were getting, and our never-ending plans for a get-away. One day we should all just make up our minds and settle for something.. Hahaha but that would not make us theFamily would it?
Next up was the hunt for the "tea house with Victorian furniture and cutlery" at Esplanade, but not before having quite the lesson on aromatherapy and plant effects from this very respectable dude selling essential oils at one of the stores there. Really interesting stuff I must say, and it's even got me considering getting a little burner just for my room.
After a bit of walking though, we realised that the "tea house" was none under than The Cookie Museum, where I had a taste of the 5 continents with my "Treasure of the 5 Continents" tea, and some really good Bailey's Irish Cream Liquer Cake. She had what they called the lady's favourite, which she thought it wasn't anyway, but I think it still had a unique taste to it.
She had to leave after that, so I thought some retail therapy might be good, and ended up really going out to search for those shirts I had been wanting to get for some time. I was in dire need of long sleeved shirts that I could wear without tucking them in, and of course they had to have that slim cutting or else I'd just look goofy walking around in a fat looking shirt. Finally found what I needed at both Zara and Topman, and ended up buying from both. Urgh.. talk about retail therapy.
And of course, what better way to end off the day than with a nice warm tea at TCC with theFamily.. Been some time since we met up, and there we were going through the usual motions again, sitting at the table talking about life, about growing up, how old we were getting, and our never-ending plans for a get-away. One day we should all just make up our minds and settle for something.. Hahaha but that would not make us theFamily would it?
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
quiet nights
3:54am, and i'm still here just chilling in front of my trusty laptop, doing nothing but gazing into the night sky. i could do with a TCC Frosty Bailey right about now, but that would probably prevent me from going to sleep for at least the next few hours.
work was a real drag today. it always is, but somehow today just lasted a whole lot longer than the rest of the days.. well at least there weren't any major problems. some days it's like all hell just broke loose with customers and then they come calling up into the hotline to whine about stuff.
right now i'm just waiting for that little beep on the phone before i go to bed. a little sign is all i need..
work was a real drag today. it always is, but somehow today just lasted a whole lot longer than the rest of the days.. well at least there weren't any major problems. some days it's like all hell just broke loose with customers and then they come calling up into the hotline to whine about stuff.
right now i'm just waiting for that little beep on the phone before i go to bed. a little sign is all i need..
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