Action-packed Holidays!

And so, today marks the final day of my 2 weeks of vacation leave from the office. It definitely feels like a bitch to have to drag myself to work again, after such a long break. While I may not have moved around much during the break, at least I managed to catch up with friends that I've been meaning to see for some time, and also got round to doing some of the things that I've been meaning to do. The last 4 days have really been the main highlight though - 4 days worth of non-stop indulgence, headbanging, and paintball!

The Shift Team had lunch at Mandarin Oriental's Melt Cafe on the 21st of August, along with the Unit Managers. The lunchtime buffet spread wasn't exactly the most spectacular of buffets, but it was time well spent with friends and some good desserts. It had been some time since I last saw them, as I had been away from the office for so long. After the lunch was a little speech by some of the bosses, some prize giveaways, and also a bowling session at Marina Square. After everyone had either left for work or gone off to their own programmes, Me, Tony and Elise headed off to Mezza9 at the Hyatt for some cakes and martinis. Elise refused to admit that the strawberry shortcakes there were better than Bakerzin's though! LOL


Tiffany was real drained from night shift, but she managed to pull this pose off anyway.. LOL


Pretty Moon with her little concoction of ice cream and strawberries


Almost the entire team, all smiles!


John, Tiffany, Michelle, Sylvia, Angela and Hwee Boon


The little girl I always tease about her height.. LOL



The same night that I got home, I managed to catch R online and we were talking about how we had not met for some time, so we made some flash arrangements the next day to meet for a movie and a little shopping. She had to go shopping for a present for a 2 year old boy's birthday party that she would be attending in the evening. And so, we caught the insanely silly Bruno, which kind of left some scars in my eyes I think... Never have I seen male genitals being flashed right in my eyes before on the big screen.. ROFL. After that was shopping at Takashimaya, where we settled for a Mega Bloks toy for the little kid, after aimlessly walking the floor countless times..


Taking some time off the kid's shopping to get herself some hair clips


Shopping for kids' toys too much can sometimes bring out the kid in you!


Some of the things that we considered getting..


Done with the kid's shopping, we decided to pick up a sunflower for Penny!

So yeah, it was a movie and some shopping, and I made my way to Wala Wala early for what was to be one of the most epic, insane, headbanging Wala Saturdays ever. Penny was going to celebrate her birthday there that night, so the turn out was going to be bigger than usual, and big it was! Somehow, there were lots of big groups there that night also, and this usually always meant more energy, and more headbanging!


Penny with R, with the sunflower she bought.


R & J.. LOL


"Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses.."


The usual suspects, always with something to say, always with a head to bang.


Dancing in the moonlight, R calls it. LOL.


The Wala gang!

And so after a long and crazy night of headbanging, I dragged myself home to prepare for my next day's programme, paintball! Met up with Robert for some skirmishes with the guys from Ares, and did some snapshooting drills with Robert after that, where I promptly had my ass handed to me on a silver platter. LOL gotta start working on those snapshooting drills.. Gregory from Ares was cool enough to bring his DSLR, which he caught some awesome shots with!


Whooo love this shot!


After a few rounds, I have paint on my mask. LOL


thePwnagerator.

And finally, we come back to today.. Apparently R & J didn't get enough the previous time, and so arranged to meet for a nice quiet lunch at Ichiban Boshi at Suntec City. Now this was where I really screwed up.. LOL Elise had initially made arrangements for a buffet at Ritz Carlton and had reminded everyone about a week before, but stupid me totally forgot about it and went for lunch with R instead. I decided to check with Roy if he would be in the office later on, only to find out that they were at the Greenhouse at Ritz Carlton having their lunch. Major bummer.. But I did go down after lunch anyway to have a short chat with them and also see my former supervisor! The day before, R was kicking up a racket about how nice the sunflower that she had bought for Penny was, and even had thoughts about keeping it herself.. LOL so Mr Ninja decided to get one for her, but had to travel to all 3 florists in the area just to get it.. Haha was well worth it though!


R, always happy to see Sunny.


Little Sunny, always a pleasure to look at.


It may look like all the food is on my side of the table, but it's not! We were sharing this! And Ichiban Boshi has the best Cha Soba ever!


A photo with Sunny to wrap our little meeting up.. =)


My former supervisor, Pearl!

All in all, I think that although it was shortlived, these 2 weeks have been really fulfilling and have really allowed me to catch up with my life, and the people around me. It has thrown me a little deeper into some other thoughts though, and sometimes you just wonder whether those thoughts are worth thinking about, and whether some things are worth going through all over again. But that's for some other day to think about! TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL!! yah right.