High Tea

Dental in the morning... Dentist said I have to wear braces for another 3-6 months.
Damn long leh!
Color for the month, orange and red. Chinese New Year mah. HAHAHAA... =D

Spent the afternoon with Yh. We had high tea at Swissotel's Lobby Court. Extracted from her blog. She describes it nicely.
we had a triple-tiered filled with little dainty eats & a pretty bowlful of really big & crunchy nuts. i think i ate too much; the last time i checked the nuts jar, it reduced by three quarts. but macadamia is happy food ! caught up with the very busy workaholic who’s actually a blonde trapped in a chinese body.

Right... I'm the busy blonde workaholic trapped in chinese body. Normally people would just deduce that I grew up eating potatoes. She went one step further to establish the link with my original roots of being blonde.
Thanks babe, for sorting out my identity crisis. =)

Anyway, pics taken from high tea...
First came the tea...


Then came the dainty eats...


After which we took our pictures.
At first we were feeling normal...


Then we tried to act cute...


Violence came after...


Aiyah... To sum it up, here's the equation...

Go figure. =P


Godma made popiah for dinner, was supposed to go up and eat. I kinda missed my stop, thus deriving the blonde identity crisis. Dinner was nice!

Received another belated bday present, which was the bag I ordered online.
Thanks for the pressie Gin. =)

Bday For 2

This entry is meant to be for yesterday.


Whats up with the world nowadays?
I thought it was humans who picked on flowers?
Since when was it the other way round?
Bullshit fertilizes the plant. In this case, it is a totally different thing. The plant is over fertilized that the flower looses it petals and drops its dirt all over the place. Tarnishing whatever nice image any human had about the flower.
Damn it...
I hate double standards.
Feel like trampling over it. But I'm afraid its lethal sap will squirt out leave a permanent stain on my feet, killing me slowly.


Anyway, rant aside...

Noriff is finally a mummy. Her baby boy is healthy and doing well. Ohh and I'm amazed that she managed to sms people after 13 hours of labor and 2 hours after giving birth. Still got energy lor... Power!
I always thought women will be damn tired after giving birth that they will just drift off to sleep shortly after that and wake up seeing the baby near them.
Ok... Too much tv scenes. =)

Went shopping with Jav for baby stuff then we headed over to the hospital to visit the mummy and newborn.
Awwwww.... Those innocent eyes, smooth skin, tiny fingers. Ohh man, so cute!

We stayed on an hour past visiting hours. I was hungry cause we went straight after I knocked off and had to eat something since there would be drinking at Bern's bday party.

Bern wanted to go to Clinic since its a relatively new club/pub. Bout 8 of us went, ordered a bottle of vodka, a blood bag to share and a syringe shot each. Everything there was like a hospital. We only sat outside where they had like the beds and the screens for privacy. Too bad the club part wasn't open so we couldn't check out their different room concepts. It seems quite interesting.
Maybe next time. =)

Shoppidoda

Last friday of the month, which means got late night shopping. Met Vid after work to go shop around. Fortunately, didn't get anything. Perhaps cause the main priority was to find shoe bag, since it was like urgent, must control and not stray too much, else no time.

Got craving for chicken wings at ICB since I wasn't able to satisfy craving the other day. Asked Jav to go as well. Vid didn't join cause tired.

Anyway! I had my chicken wings! =)
But was super duper full after that cause Jav said he was hungry and immediately ordered like one pizza, the wings and some dim sum. My goshhhh!!! Its a lot for 2 lah!

Have you ever have that experience when you see something say a phone, you find it quite nice and simple clean design. Then only when you interact with the phone, your jaw just drops and your eyes nearly drop out?
Well, I did...
Vish showed us his phone and at first glance, impression was like hmm... not too bad, quite nice.
Then Jav had to go press keypad to unlock it and hello yellow light. My jaw dropped. Leaned nearer to double check what I just saw. Eyeballs nearly popped out. Dot matrix words?!?!?!!!!
Gosh! Damn dinosaur can!
We cannot stop laughing...
Really, the combination of nice exterior but ancient display and functions just clashed!

Ok lah... Pity the poor fella lah. He was actually using a Razor phone but lost it. Not willing to spend too much on another phone, he had no choice but to buy the dinosaur cause its like the cheapest one around.
Right... Its still damn funny as I'm typing this out.



Wasn't exactly feeling happy at work this morning. A nice but fussy customer and the super impatient mum issue la. Irritated me enough till I lost my appetite to go for break. Let the later shift ppl go for the break first and when its my turn, I ended up shopping floor by floor instead of going to get something to eat. Needed some retail therapy, badly!!! A pair of sandals caught my eye, but only had sizes for small or large feet.

Ended up at other counter (usual gathering point) and talking cock with them. So full of crap. Ha! Which is good lah... Needed a good laugh anyway.

Met up with Vid cause I wanted to go make a new pair of specs. Went to my usual optical shop. The good thing about going to patronize a regular place is that you get honest opinions and a better deal. Told my optician that I wanted something stylo. I think I tried on at least 30 pairs of specs. Hahaa... With the opinions from a pro and a possible potential personal shopper (haha), plus my own judgement, I don't think I can go very wrong right?
=)

So I finally settled for one which isn't exactly THAT stylo lah.. The really stylo one was metal and cost bout 300bucks and that was just for the frame. The second stylo one was a plastic one, within my budget, but my eye lashes are not that short. The third stylo one was a metal one, colour combination is nice and design is more clean cut though. But never mind la, don't want it too stylo also. If not when I want to wear it to work, I need to put more effort in doing up my eyes.
Haha...

Retail Therapy

Besides spending time finding airlines and hotels to book. Went to the bank to open account so that I can get a debit card which can collect points to redeem for stuff.

Last night already did some shopping and actually intended to clear and clean my room today la. So in the end, wasted lots of time in the afternoon already, I decided to postpone cleaning to next off day. Then I went shopping again. Bought dinner and came home to eat.

Then dad asked me to go draw money to pay for the air tickets. I went back to the mall again. Along the route from one bank to the other, I was distracted. I went into the shoe shop. So many nice designs but I only liked a few pairs. Couldn't decide which pair to buy.

Proven theory: "Don't leave me to shop alone!"

I'm not afraid of the loneliness cause I'll be busy trying on stuff and deciding if its nice or not. Neither am I afraid that there isn't a friend to give me an honest opinion on the stuff cause I am able to depend on my own judgement.
I'm only afraid of... overspending. Hahahaa...
Friend(s) are there to either reaffirm or condemn the stuff. They are also there so that the shopping time is like reduced cause it won't be just the me-myself-and-I kinda shopping anymore.

Ok so anyway, I bought erm... erm... *cough* four *cough* pairs of shoes only la. But they're all for work.
So all black. =)


The new pairs to add to my collection are those on the second shelf from the bottom. They are very lovely.
I don't really have that much choices of footwear for use during my off days leh. But never mind la. I work more than I'm off anyway.
Heh heh... Now I can wear a different shoe everyday for the whole week and still have one spare to rotate.
=))

Which should I wear tomorrow?

How Budget Are Budget Airlines?

Budget flights ain't that budget after all. I don't see what's the big hype over it unless they have some super cheap promo.

Anyway, I'm going Hong Kong in March with dad. We're gonna visit Bro. Well not that he is based in HK. But we'll meet near there.

Dad's left me to do the bookings and researching and stuff. He only expects to go there eat, sightsee and visit Bro. If I wanna do any shopping or go anywhere else, I'll have to find out the places to go, what to visit blah blah blah.

So since its just a 3 over hour flight, we actually didn't mind flying budget. So I tried to do the bookings last night. Card declined. Tried again, still declined. Called card company, they said payment went through and I had to check back with merchant again.

Today, I called up the merchant which is the budget carrier. They said it was declined.
So I had to call up the card company again and they said that the amount which went through last night, became rejected after that.

Ok fine, I tried again but this time, I waited half hour and the stupid page was still processing the payment. I was getting rather frustrated already. Called the reservation hotline. They said I've a current booking and asked me for my card details.

Was quite surprised that my booking went through... They said that their credit card gateway was having some upgrading and stuff like that. So its not within my control that the card can't get through since last night.

Then... They quoted me a higher price. Claiming that that's the current online rate due to a surge in demand for that flight. But why should I be paying the higher rate? I did try to book last night ma. Its not the card which has problem and can't get through. Why should I be paying a higher rate just because the website isn't reliable enough to use a backup server or even have a message/page prompting the user that they may experience a bit of difficulty booking it and advised to book through phone instead. If they are too lazy to create the page to inform customers about the payment problem, and they have a record that I've tried to book 3 times already.
Then at least honor the lower amount la.. Cause its through no fault of the customer that they are unable to book earlier.
Did ask the person who answered the call about this but all she could say was sorry, we only charge you at current internet rate.
Hello, under normal circumstances its understandable. But when your website decline my booking?
Though I was pissed that I've gotta pay an additional $52. I still went ahead with the booking with this sucky airline which by the way, is Jet Star.

So the more I thought about it, the more I didn't feel like taking Jet Suck. The only reason why they were probably experiencing the surge in demand was because other passengers were also trying to book and had the same card decline response which will probably result in them trying two or three times each.

Anyway, I went to search around for other airlines and found a flight with normal full service and stuff like that. The price difference was about a hundred bucks only lor.
Might as well just top it up and enjoy more leg room and better service. =)

Gonna cancel the silly budget tickets. Too bad for the sucker.

Chicken Wings Pls

Heh heh... All of a sudden, I'm off like every few days. Tomorrow will be off too!
Ohh well, its a well deserve off since I worked quite a long stretch earlier this month.

Anyway, today morning shift so I ended early and was able to have dinner with the daddy, the friend and the bro. Had zhi cha for dinner and I wanted the chicken wings. Hmm... Used to think the food there was nice. But somehow the standard dropped. Fish hor fun seems bland. Chicken wings don't taste as good as before.

I miss the ones at ICB, those are SOLID!!!
I wanna go have that leh...

Was supposed to go yesterday night, could have had some yummy wings.
But... someone spoiled my mood. Made me super pissed cause this person did not do a self check, process information, then let it out of that gap.
Cause if the person did do a self check first, then process the information properly, they will realise that they are also guilty of not complying to the guideline.
So if a guilty person accuses another of doing the same thing, its like the pot calling the kettle black, obviously the other person will be damn dulan right?

My face was probably damn black. Easily irritated and didn't wish to talk or reply to questions.
Anyway... Either I was so pissed that I didn't really realised that I turned up the volume of my player damn loud, or the car's engine was damn quiet; I nearly got knocked by a car. But nahh... I think the driver was damn one kind la. Saw someone walking still drive so fast.
Ohh well... I'm still here posting so still alive la... =)

Kk... That aside, I miss the oreo kitty at the void deck. Haven't seen it for a few days already. Its damn cute la... It follows me when I'm walking back to the lift. As in right beside me.
I walk, it walks.
I stop, it stops.
Super adorable...

Right... I'm tired! Ending off now.

Off Again =)

Had another off day yesterday. Didn't actually plan to do anything. Thought of just staying at home and relax. Perhaps clear my shopping bagS, which have been lying around and I've yet to really clear them. Hahaha...

Instead, I went back to my previous workplace to trim four ex colleagues' eyebrows. Anyway they took out some pics and I was in one of them. Damn... I look really nerdy!

Anyway, met up with Clare & Co for light dinner and save space for chocolate fondue. But we ended up shopping till shops were closing. By the time we went to check if the chocolate place was open, they were about to close in around half hour.

Going out with these two babes can really give a tummy and jaw workout.
Nope... not that we eat a lot.
We laugh too much!

Clare wanted to satisfy her sweet tooth so we ended up buying Haagen Dazs and sat within Esplanade to entertain ourselves. There was a musical going on.. We could hear them from outside. We were wondering if they could hear us from inside. Hahaha...

We decided to share cab home... But stupid cabs (vacant ones) don't turn into Esplanade taxi stand at all. We waited for more than half hour also don't have. Even pressing the yellow button to light up some signs outside to get taxis in also didn't help. I don't even know why they bother to put a taxi stand there..
We did try to call for cab. The stupid system, accepted the booking, gave us the cab number and said 5-7 minutes. But after 15 minutes, the cab also never arrived. Called the system again and the weird thing was they immediately transferred the call to cab booking instead of asking for pick up location. Apparently the first cab dropped the booking and they didn't even call back to inform or anything. So unreliable!

Another Off Day

Yesterday was another off day for me. Apparently, I was supposed to go shopping with Ade. But I think she kena food poisoning? Or something like that and couldn't go.

So I was slacking in front of the com till Js smsed and we made some arrangements to meet up.
I was supposed to go collect my Esprit bag. Heh heh... Have to go down a particular outlet to pick it up cause it was actually under staff purchase through another person.

Anyway, I thought Js was meeting another friend so I could just meet her later and do my other stuff first. But actually, she was waiting for me all alone at Bugis! *Sorry gal!*

Since we were also gonna meet up with Gin who wanted to meet in Orchard instead of Bugis at 9plus, we settled at TCC for dinner while waiting.

Ohh... Then I went back counter supposed to let Jav try plucking my eyebrows. But due to a suddenly surge of customers, no chance to lor...

Then waited for Jav to do closing while Js went to meet Gin & Kurt for supper at Swensens first. The dessert menu isn't that tempting anymore. I'd prefer eating ice cream at B&J or HD.
Shared a Banana Crumble which was actually quite good... Except that I was already quite full from TCC earlier.

Js's friend came to pick her and gave us a lift home too. The car was way cool la.. The back seat's features were far better than a Boeing 747's lor. Lots of buttons to fiddle around with. Hahaha...

Shopping Spree

Whee... Off for 2 days after working for a straight 10 days!

Almost everyone is busy. Good thing Meanie is free to go shopping. I needed some retail therapy.

But the thing we've noticed when we go shopping, is that usually only one person will end up with a lot of new stuff and the other, maybe only one sometimes even none.

This round was my turn. Bought a new pair of shoes for work and loads of accessories which was a damn good deal lah... Was $23, now $9 and when you buy the 2nd piece, its an additional 20% off. Obviously, couldn't resist and I bought 4 of it lor... Hahaha... Ohh plus another one which wasn't on sale.

Then Meanie, being mean insisted on going into another shop and kept on searching for a nice necklace and tempted me to get. Though its a bit pricey, its a rather unique piece. But then, I've just got so many new accessories already, don't wish to spend further in case trend changes and I might not find it nice.

We waited to have sushi for dinner. The queue wasn't that long but there wasn't that much seating space. Or rather, the thing about Japanese food places are that the tables are meant for 4-6 people and can't be split. So when 2 people have their dinner, its like quite a waste of empty space. We nearly didn't have to go in for our meal cause we could have just died there.

Family Gathering

Organized a family dinner. Well... I actually wanted to treat grandma to Indochine. But after checking it out yesterday that the live band only starts playing at 9pm, I decided to find somewhere else.

Since Bro is back from China, then leaving soon for the next 1 year. So asked him to name where he felt like eating at. He suggested Rice Table which was kinda over my budget since so many people were going. So we agreed to split the bill.

Very filling lor. The best dish there would definitely be the satay and the super thick peanut sauce. The rest were alright la.


Apparently, after I left the counter, there was some irritating customer who came. Bahh.. Big fuss lah. So while waiting for Jav, I went to try some expensive products. Hahaa.. Adrian who was super bored was entertaining me. Actually I didn't mind heading home bare face after tying those products. But since he wanted to try applying makeup for me, I just let him play on my face lor.
He was still super pissed and wanted to go usual hangout. But I was working am shift so we didn't go just in case I can't wake up in time for work.

Classic Blurness

Yesterday was back to driving after a hiatus of nearly 3 months. Clever me lor... Forgot to check if my PDL was still valid or not. It was only when I reached the driving centre then I realised it had expired already.

My instructor asked if I wanted to go to the nearest post office to renew. But I guessed there would probably be a long queue. So I just stayed in the circuit.
=(

Headed home cause it was too early to go to work due to the dumb extended hours.

Went for supper despite having such a long and tiring day with Kelly. Thought it would just be a quick supper over at Lau Pa Sat. But I was so wrong! We stayed there till around 2am yakking away. Amazing cause we never really talked that much when we were back in SJ.

Food was alright... We had quite a lot to eat. Hahaha... Crayfish, stingray, vege, satay.
But I miss JB's seafood!!!


Extended hours are redundant. I don't know why the management has this thinking that the more hours they extend, the higher the sales will get. But it doesn't justify having to pay the staff to just hang around and entertain each other. There are seriously NO customers at those weird hours!

Anyway, yest Jav stayed back to entertain me & Adrian. Today, after meeting up with Vid to go shopping + check some stuff out, spotted Jet and went for dinner. So today was my turn to go back and entertain Jav & Adrian. They were willing to share 1 cab so that the other cab I can take then pass them the receipt to claim. Hee hee...

Full Shift Is Draining

Had training-cum-meeting today. Bahh... Nothing much also la. Only look forward to go meetings cause got products to bring home. Hahaha... Then worked full shift cause Viv & Jav are both sick and not able to work full. Aiyo..

Soon it will be my turn to be sick lor.
Full shift is seriously tiring and very draining. Imagine working from 8.30am - 11pm!
MY GOSH!

Happy New Year

Well... Resolution for 2007?

(1) Not to be so blur.
(2) Try to accomplish (1) so that I won't have to bring it forward to 2008's resolution.

I'll just keep it to 2 la... Short and simple. =)

Ahh... Yes!
(3) Keep things short and sweet, simple and direct. Chop chop straight to the point.

Whoops... I just increased my resolutions to 3. Haha..
Ok. STOP!

The countdown party last night? It was supposed to be 5 people counting down. Me, Cf, Jet, Vid & Ym.
We went to buy stuff to fill my fridge.

Heh... Seems a lot?
Well there are actually one more pint of Haagen Dazs, one more tub of Wall's Ice cream, another box of Arctic Roll all hidden behind.

Ohh thats just the cold stuff... Still got the snacks???

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HAHAHAHAA!!!
A lot leh!!! As if we're feeding a whole big party crowd.

Anyway, when it was time to countdown, it was only me, cf & vid. The other 2? Stuck don't know where.

Guess we're all getting old. Feeling old. All no party mood. We were like just busy baking some of the stuff to eat.

By the time they came, we've already counted down. =(

But still, at least they came, can help eat the food.
We had a semi movie marathon. Watched "Connie & Carla" & "Freaky Friday".
Both of which I don't really get the entire storyline. I'm not dumb la... Just that I was busy walking around, helping to bake stuff and catch lizard. Haha... Ya.. bro called me from my room to tell me that a lizard had intruded my territory.

They left before dawn.

But we didn't finish all the food we bought.

Didn't exactly take much photos though.


Happy new year Peeps!