Another Fruitful Long Weekend...

the long weekend has come to an end... and it's back to the office after four days of break... here's an account of what happened...

Friday 28 October 2005

left the office at around 6:45pm... headed to Club Street to meet Kerry for dinner... we were at Windows... a very nice cosy place... great food and nice ambience...

however, the road to Club Street was plagued with loss of directions... first, i alighted at the wrong bus stop, one earlier than i should have... walked a longer route to finally reach Far East Square... thinking that Club Street was away from Ann Siang, i walked towards Amoy Street... after another street, i realised that something wasn't right... stopped a lady to ask her for directions... and to my horror, Club Street was on the other side, next to Ann Siang... of course, the weather didn't help a bit at all... by the time i reached Windows, i was already perspiring like mad...

sat under the air-condition while waiting for Kerry...

during dinner, a couple of friends called to find out if i'm doing anything that evening... told them not... haha...

after dinner, we wanted to adjourn to some coffee place for a drink... walked to Far East Square Spinelli... quite deserted... and the place closing at 10:30pm... it was already 10pm when we were there... decided to give it a miss... headed to Chinatown Point for Swensens, also to realise that last order at 10:15pm... how come all the places closed so early?!?! probably it's not in orchard area... no night life...

i saw the North-East Line (NEL) and decided that we should head to Harbourfront to take a look... to our horror, besides McDonald's, the rest of the places in Harbourfront were closed... GNNB...

eventually, no coffee... it was home sweet home...

Saturday 29 October 2005

went to the office for our annual spring cleaning... someone was asking why is it called "spring cleaning"? if you know, please post it the comments?

before that, it was breakfast at Ya Kun Raffles City... nice toast with half-boiled eggs... chatted for a while with my colleagues before going up to the office...

spring cleaning was fun... i considered it as part of team building... must be positive lor...

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left the office at 1pm... headed to meet LK and gang for mahjong at LK's place (The Waterina @ Geylang)...

once we were at his place, we saw the mahjong table in the living room... we had our lunch, chatting away with LT (who came back from Shanghai) for the weekend... after lunch, it was time to start our Battle of the Square Table... to our horror, there was no mahjong tiles... after searching the store room, LK found it... BUT... there was no playing chips, no dice and no "hong tao"... after spending about 45 minutes searching the whole unit and after calling his parents for help, we decided to use paper and pen to record our winnings... thank goodness we found some dice from his board games or something... hahahaha...

as usual, LT lost big... total of $130 to the three of us... luckily it was in S$ and not renminbi... hahahaha...

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VC had to leave for dinner at home... LK, LT and i went to meet SL at some makan place by the longkang, next to The Waterina...

dinner was alright... but the drinks and finger food at the Peppery place was superb... i couldn't believe i was watching soccer with the three of them... with LK and SL discussing about World of Warcraft now and then... two subjects way beyond my vocabulary and general knowledge... but their company was great... we hardly had the chance to do things like this... especially with LT coming back all the way from Shanghai... so, no complaints...

final score: Liverpool 2; West Ham United 0

LK and i lost our mahjong winnings to LT... squared off eventually...

SL gave LT and i a lift home... it was 1am by the time i hit the sack... *yawn yawn*

Sunday 30 October 2005

woke up at 9am... had breakfast...

met Kerry at 2pm, Orchard... needed to get our food and drinks before meeting Ken and Elsie for the Dick Lee concert at the Botanic Gardens... i always remembered it to be "Botanical Gardens"... don't know why...

Ken came to pick us up... he actually went to recce the day before... so responsible... hahahaha... on our way, we picked up ice and of course my favourite drink at the moment: Coke with Lime...

we found a nice spot under the shades and started to lay out our food... there were only five of us... but we have food enough to feed, like say, 20... hahahaha... here's what we have:
1. pastries from delifrance (15);
2. curry puffs (8);
3. cold cuts, bread, tomatoes, lettuces;
4. packet of small snickers;
5. a packet of Hershey's kisses;
6. a bottle of red wine;
7. a packet of digestive biscuits;
8. a big bottle of Coke with Lime;
9. 6-pack Heaven and Earth White Tea drink;
10. 6-pack Jus Tea;
11. a big bottle of Ice Mountain (for washing);
12. apples (6)

not sure if i've missed out anything... hahahaha... i had a good time playing with the kids next to us... the parents were fun too...

dick's performance was good, except for one of the "broken" speakers... his guest performers were all so young... incidentally, they were two boys... one 16yo and one 14yo... curiosity killed the cat...

after the show, ken gave us a life to Far East Plaza... long time never come here... changed so much... Metro was gone... and replaced by some shopping area like Bugis Village or Heeren...

after Far East Plaza, we were trying to find a place for dinner... i was still quite stuffed with all the food i had at botanic gardens... even the mum next to us commented that she saw me eating and drinking non-stop from the moment we sat down... duh?!?!

on our way to Takashimaya, we stopped by Lucky Plaza, another place i've not visited in years... saw the new Nokia 6060... probably not buying cos no camera feature... (incidentally Patrick SMSed me to tell me that it was selling at $260 without line... thanx dear)

it was eventually dinner at Coffee Club @ Kikokuniya... i had a soup... and a mango freeze... ordered a chocolate mint cake that was eventually cancelled cos we were too full... after dinner, it was home sweet home...

Monday 31 October 2005

it's Halloween... and i'm on leave... my colleagues have been bugging me to go Zouk... told them i'm not into Halloween... not ready to dress up for an event like that... though i must say that i do look "Halloween" enough without any makeup... hahahaha...

spent the day at home doing NOTHING... busy listening to Sun Yan Zi's latest album "Wan Mei De Yi Tian"... very unimpressive... sigh...

went out in the afternoon... walking aimlessly... and that's how i spent my leave!!!!! ultra DUH?!?!

Tuesday 01 November 2005

it's Deepavali... happy holidays, everyone...

woke up at 2pm... had brunch... went out with family to buy furniture for my elder brother's new flat next door as well as for my bedroom...

got this bedroom set at $2,100... phew! time for a change... will post pics once the furniture is delivered on 19 Nov... two weeks before my birthday... just nice... what a gift for myself... pamper pamper...


looking forward to Zouk later tonight... long time no club liao... will bring earplugs in case the music's too loud for my ear... anyone going?