Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Rush Rush

This morning, we were called for a meeting. Discussion took 2 hours and by the time it ended, it was already 1.45pm. My boss and few colleagues drove out for lunch. I chose to stay and had quick lunch at the food court downstairs as I had a lot of things to clear.

We had a super fast lunch within 30mins. Ate vegetarian bee hoon and it was tasty. Very satisfied.

Stayed in office till around 9pm. Due to the KL trip tomorrow, I had to prepare some slides for presentation. It had been a long time since I did presentation slides and I forgot how to plot graph for comparison. Luckily 小珠 helped me with the slides. Otherwise, die liao lah...

I have to learn how to prepare presentation slides. In future, it is a must for me to do by myself.

Monday, May 30, 2011

Unknown

Today, I did not go out for customer visit as I wanted to clear as much backlogs as possible. Wednesday will be going for a day trip to KL hence one day gone for this week. Moreover, it's month end again.

My overseas colleague is flying off tomorrow and she wished to have dinner with our team. As she is a very nice person and some how able to "mix" with our team girls, 8 of us proceeded to have dinner with her. Usually, I will try to be excused so that I can go home earlier.

We went to St James Food Republic Beer Garden. A place which is unknown to me until tonight. The place is decorated like the old days. With live band, it gives a very unusual atmosphere. The food was not too bad and we ate and chit chat. Although it was a bit noisy due to the live band but the songs played/sang were nice.

Left the place at about 10.15pm and my colleague sent me home. Reached home at about 11pm. Still have time for me to watch one or two episodes of J-drama. :)

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Hot Sunday.

What a hot Sunday. Think I need Sundae. Hee hee...

Today's weather was hot in the afternoon but turned better at around 4pm. There was thunder but no rain. Thought could have a nicer weather if it had rained. Too bad wor.

My niece came and as usual, had to do homework before playing. She was so careless as to not to check properly on her assignments and got canning after "talking back" to her mum. Cried and we dared not go near her. Let her mum "take care" of her.

After crying, she got back to do her homework and we brought her to White Sands Shopping Center for a walk. She enjoyed going out and that made her happier.

My mum cooked for dinner and my niece liked the few dishes and finished her whole plate of rice. Good for her lah. Otherwise, she usually choose to eat certain food that she likes only. Today, she ate all that we prepared for her. :)

Sad that tomorrow has to go back to work liao.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Day out

Today, I was supposed to go for my haircut but.... I forgot to book appointment hence could not go as planned. Have to postpone till next weekend.

My younger sister was out for church meeting and I went to bugis with my mum. First was to go to the temple for praying and followed by lunch at the Parklane wantan noodle at Sunshine Plaza. My mum liked the food there and we can go there again. The other store that sells dim sum was really packed. Initially I was still thinking which store to go but when I saw the place was so full, I just proceeded with the wantan noodle. It was over lunch hour hence the place was quite quiet and we could eat in peace.

Went to Le Cafe Confectionery & Pastry shop to buy their famous beancurd tarts. Bought 1 mixed and 1 plain box each. We were lucky, it left few boxes only. I've asked the lady boss (I think so lah) if I need to place deposit for any reservation of the tarts and she said no need. So next time if I want to buy for my customers, I can call and collect it by asking the taxi driver to wait for me.

Oh yah, we bought the golf size pineapple tarts too. The lady offered us one each to try. It was so nice to eat it while it was still warm. So satisfied...

Finally I made myself out of house today. Shopping made me feel a little bit more relax. Or should I said that spending money made me feel happier??? Hee hee...

We had dinner at OldTown White coffee cafe. Ordered their special nasi lemak. The chicken wing was not bad but I still prefer Qiji's nasi lemak...

Dinner:


Beancurd tarts:


Golf Balls pineapple tarts:

Friday, May 27, 2011

Panda watching Panda

Had a rather busy day after running out to visit customers. Hurried back to clear my work so that I could leave office on time to watch movie.

My colleague drove us to HarbourFront and this saved our travelling time. We decided to have MOS Burger as it had been a long time since we last ate there. Good part was there was no queue and plenty of seats available. We ordered the food and enjoyed it.

However we were a bit late and when we got into the theater, we had missed a little bit of the beginning. But it should be ok lah. Don't think we missed a lot.

The movie "Panda Kungfu 2" was great. The digital graphics was good and the story was full of laughter for the audiences. Everyone was laughing and enjoying the movie from beginning till the end. Good one to relax our mind after 5 days working so hard. :)

Just a bit funny when I think of it. A panda (me) was watching another panda (po). My eyes are with dark rings and really makes me look like a panda. Must clear the dark rings uh!!!

Our dinner at MOS Burger:

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Why my work keeps piling up???

It has been few weeks after I was back from holiday. From the day I went back to office, everyday was a busy day and none of the days I could go home early. Everyday have to work till 9 - 10pm. Why leh???

Am so tired with unfinished stuff and so disappointed that after staying late to clear work and hoping next day will be more relaxing, the work still forever no ending one...

I really need to work out a good plan to go back early....

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Slightly better

Today, my toothache has improved a little bit. Did not take painkillers last night before I slept but need to take one before I left for work. Did not want the ache to affect my work.

Luckily, the pain was not as bad as yesterday. I could still eat and drink. Just that I have to take not so hot stuff. Hot here means spicy and hot (热).

Basically it was a normal working day for me and as usual, worked till quite late. Will try to improve timing.... :)

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Still in pain

My toothache still haunting me. Went for dental appointment this morning and was told that I need to do root canal for one of my molar tooth. As it will be complicating and without the necessary equipment, I was referred to a specialist. The appointment fixed was 2 Jun noon time.

The cost of the treatment can be up to $1000. Plus crowning, it will be min $2000. This cannot be covered by co insurance. Oh dear.... $2000 uh! Do not know if this can be paid by medisave or not. Anyway, I will try to call other dental clinic to check their rate.

I could not stand the pain and is now taking stronger painkillers and antibiotics. Hope this can allow me to wait until next week.

So sad... why this had happened???

Monday, May 23, 2011

Toothache again

I had very bad sleep yesterday. Had toothache which initially I thought it will go away in the morning. However, it was so painful that I could not sleep in the night.

Not sure how it happened but the pain suddenly came up before I slept yesterday. It got worsen when I was in office. Had to take pain killer in order to allow me to concentrate on my work. In total, I had taken 4 tablets.

The pain was so great that I almost cried just now. Taken the pain killer but it was so painful that the medicine did not help.

Why must my tooth give me problem every year. I had similar pain almost 1 year ago. Date is 4 June 2010. To celebrate anniversary is it???

Managed to book an appointment with the dental clinic which my sister recommended. The usual one I went last year was fully book. The one near my house also fully booked till next week. No choice but to try this new one. Hope it will be good.

I better sleep before the pain comes one more round...

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Photo Book

Finally I have the motivation to start doing the photo book for my 2010 trip to Tokyo with my sister. I am so lazy to start doing it and was just reminded by my sister that it's going to be the one year anniversary liao.

She is doing her Hong Kong trip photo book. This motivated me and I decided to start doing it this afternoon. There are about 400+ photos and now it is 70% completed. Just need full 2 hours and I can complete them.

Need to stop now for a while as I yet to clear my office work. Will continue later if I have spare time.

Ai yah... so fast tomorrow needs to go back to work liao... :(

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Hot n Spicy

This evening, went to Thai Express Bistro for dinner with my mum and sister. We were lucky to get a table within 10 mins. Ordered a few dishes for sharing. There was one dish that was voted the most spicy dish. When we ordered it, the staff asked us if we could take the spiciness and we said should be ok. In the end, we took her suggestion to request for less spicy.

When that dish was ready, the manager who served to us asked which one of us was taking that dish. We said it was for sharing. He asked if we were ok with the spiciness and we said ok. At that moment, we were so glad that we asked for less spicy.

That dish was real hot and spicy. The sauce was full of chilli padi. Eating with other dishes which were also spicy, I was perspiring and felt my face was hot. My mum told me that my face had turned red! My sister also could not stand and kept telling me it was so hot and spicy. My mum was ok as she did not eat too much of it.

I drank the whole glass of water and finally managed to subside the spiciness. Overall, we were satisfied with the dishes and it was so shiok. The dinner was at a reasonable price too. The prawn paste toast was a complimentary dish when we paid by Citibank credit card.

Too bad that my dad was unable to join us as he worked till quite late. :)










Friday, May 20, 2011

Onion Rings vs Onion Ring

Today we did not go for our Friday movie as there was no suitable ones for us to watch. Therefore, we went to Watami Japanese restaurant after work. Reached there at around 9pm and was so shocked to see there was still a queue. Luckily it did not take too long for us to get a table.

There were so many choices and we decided on 5 of them. They were so delicious and one of the dish was Deep Fried Onion Rings. Ha ha ha.... Onion Rings vs the real Onion Ring.

The Onion Rings were so unique. It was with big rings and the fresh was so thick. This was the first time I ate this type. :)

There was a promotion where quite a number of Japanese restaurants participated. If you purchase a $5 Friends of Japan card before 31 May, there is a 50% cash back vouchers. The $5 is for donation to Japan on the unfortunate disasters 2 months ago. We purchased and received $25 vouchers.

So fast that a week had passed. Shall enjoy the weekend.






Thursday, May 19, 2011

2molo

After an eventful day, I am now looking forward to 2molo. One more day and I can rest for the weekend.

This week, I only worked for 3 days. This excludes my day trip to KL yesterday. How I wish every week only work for 3 days. Hee hee.

Rather tired today as I was being wake up by phone call at 5.30am. Did not really have a good sleep last night hence I was feeling tired during day time. However, work made me forgot about the tiredness. Only felt it again when I was on my way home. Really 劳碌命 uh (hope I got the correct chinese characters)!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Long wait

I had lunch with my customer and went to their office. Stayed for a while and headed back to airport.

My original flight was 5.30pm but I had changed it to 7.30pm as I was worried that it would be too rush. In the end, my meeting ended early and I decided to go to the airport early to try my luck instead of shopping at Pavilion Mall ~ too big and lazy to walk!

Reached airport but was told that my ticket was a promotional fare and if I were to change the flight, there was a penalty of RM110. This could not be claimed from company hence I just checked in for the 7.30pm flight. Sat at Old Town's cafe and did my work. Fully utilised my time there and boarded plane at 7.20pm (the plane arrived a little bit late).

Reached home and now clearing my emails. So tired now...

Waiting

Left home at 7.30am for airport. Flight is 9.50am but I decided to go earlier to do my "shopping". Not for myself but for customer. I preferred do the shopping in a relax mood than rushing...

Just finished buying things I need to buy. Now waiting for gate to open in 20mins time.

My customer's office is near a big shopping mall but too bad, time is too tight for me to do any shopping there. Anyway... I have nothing in mind to buy. :P

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

So good to stay at home

Today is holiday and I was so happy that I could wake up at 11am, sat on the sofa to read newspaper and watched TV, watched J-dramas and snacking. Ha ha ha... So relaxing...

Although there were some phone calls regarding office work but still manageable. Did not plan to go out at all hence tomorrow, I really need to wake up earlier and go to the airport. I yet to change ringgit and buy farewell gift for my customer. One hour should be enough for me to do all these tasks. :)

Cannot sleep too late tonight. My sister is coming back from Hong Kong tonight. See any goodies for me. :P

Monday, May 16, 2011

Real busy

Monday and its another busy day. A real real busy day.

Reached office and was tied down by a lot of things. My plan could not be proceeded due to some sudden things to handle. Afternoon went out for customer visits and made me left with no time to clear my backlogs.

Had to stay till 10.30pm before I could go home. 小珠 was as busy as I was. We were always the last to go home. So bad....

Luckily tomorrow is holiday and I can have rest again. That's why we did not mind staying late to clear our work. At least we can enjoy the holiday tomorrow.

I will be making a day trip to KL on Wednesday. This will be my very first time travelling alone. Hope all goes well. :)

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Not enough!!

Sunday ~ Another day where I like it's morning and hate it's night.

During morning, it appears to me that I have another long day to relax and enjoy. At night, it reminds me that it is end of holiday and tomorrow has to go back to work. So contradicting uh.

My niece came today and we went out for dinner. I guessed that my mum craved for Japanese food hence suggested to go to Sushi Tei if we had no other preference. When my niece heard it, she was very happy. She loves to go there.

We reached the restaurant at 5.45pm. It was still early hence easy to get a table. My niece really enjoyed her meal. She ordered peach juice, fish roes, maki roll and ramen. Completed her meal with her favourite ice-cream.

My sister no need to urge her to finish her food. Her plates were all sparkling clean. Ha ha ha...

I enjoyed the food too. Had not been there for about 2 months. Kind of crave for Japanese food. :)

Ai yah... need to work tomorrow. But the good news is... Tuesday is a holiday. How I wish every week has a holiday. Hee hee...

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Greenhouse

Well... today I woke up at 8am to answer phone calls and got back to sleep at around 10am. In the end, I woke up next at 1pm. Such a long sleep... Think I was really tired.

So lazy to do anything hence just laid on sofa to play my NDS. Recently I am hooked to Puzzle Quest. Nice game lah.

Met up with Tulip and 小珠 for dinner at Greenhouse @ Ritz Carlton. I ate quite a few pieces of lobster and they were good. We had a very strategic table where I could monitor the readiness of the lobsters. Haha....

Ate mostly the seafood and desserts. Not really a lot on the main course dishes. The seafood were enough to make me so full.

Very satisfied with the dinner. Quality was good and worth to spend $78 per pax. Nice place for gathering too. :)

Friday, May 13, 2011

Fast & Furious

Another super busy day again. Glad that it ended now. Brought home some work to do and will need to spend some hours to do. No time to clear them in office.

Had dinner at Subway as we only had less than 30mins to have our dinner. I was so blurred that I forgot to take my laptop bag and left the seat. Luckily we walked towards the table after getting a plastic bag from the counter. Otherwise, I will be in BIG BIG trouble.

We were just in time to be seated for the movie "Fast & Furious 5". We never watch the earlier 4 movies but it was still ok for us to follow the story. It was very good story and effects. There were so many scenes that made us so tense while watching them. Good movie and worth the money. Shall try to search PPS for the earlier movies.

I was interrupted with some issues during the movie. No choice but to ask my colleague to help me to contact my customer. I kind of sensed that this order will have problem and indeed it has. Need to follow up again with customer tomorrow. Hope I won't be woke up by phone calls too early in the morning. Saturday morning is a good time to sleep longer.

Friday night... looking forward to the yummy dinner buffet tomorrow.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

GoodLife ~ Rebound

A day passed in a flash... Why can't we control time????

Morning was raining when I left home for work. No free transport today as my colleague need to run an errand. Luckily the rain was not too heavy when I was waiting at the bus stop. Hate to take an umbrella up the bus because.... I always get drenched as I do not know how to handle the umbrella when getting up the bus. :P

Back home late again. To make myself happy, I had watched the new epi for GoodLife and Rebound. Cried so much when watching GoodLife as the little boy who had cancer died. When I watched Rebound, I laughed so much on the funny scenes. How could I cry and laugh within 90mins??? Cold blooded??? I do not think so lah. :)

Tomorrow is Friday... Our usual movie time. Tulip contacted us and we decided to have dinner at Ritz Carlton on this Saturday. Chose from a few locations, we finally fixed on this one. Shall 大开吃戒 to distress. Ha ha...

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Xian uh

Ai Yoh.... Forever cannot meet my target.

Today, I was still sank in tonnes of work to do in office. No time to "breathe" uh!

Thought I could finally leave office before 8pm but it was still a NO...

Was feeling hungry before I left office and could not resist but to buy spicy mcnuggets from McDonald. Sinful uh.... but delicious uh.... :P

Hope tomorrow will really be a day for me to leave office earlier. Look forward to it.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Ramen

Ramen Ramen!!! I miss you!!!

It had been so long that I did not eat Ramen. Finally... today I ate it.

Our boss joined us for lunch and it was decided to go to Millenia Walk, Parco 3rd level Japanese restaurant. Restaurant name is Nantsuttei.I've been there once and tried the spicy ramen today.

Although it tasted good, I still prefer their original flavour soup base ramen. The spicy ramen is with miso soup base. The original flavour ramen is with pork soup base. My favourite is pork soup base. Egg wise, the best is still from Marutama.

Had a very good lunch and some more.... it's a treat from our boss. Hee hee...

Unable to go back early as planned due to the need to complete a report. Tomorrow... Tomorrow will definitely be earlier than today and yesterday. :)



Monday, May 9, 2011

Still so hot

Do not understand why it is so hot these few days. I cannot tahan liao. Fan blew directly on me during sleeping time is a MUST now.

Walked to the bus stop from home takes about 7 mins. By the time I reached the bus stop this morning, I was "raining". The "rain" liked non stop ones.... Hahaha (actually I exaggerated lah)...

These evening was so busy and my plan to leave office was spoiled. Managed to leave at 9.15pm. Hope tomorrow onwards will be better.

Keep my fingers crossed..

Sunday, May 8, 2011

GE 2011 is over

Slept at almost 4am and woke up at 8.45am by phone call. Took an hour to settle and gone back to sleep till almost 1pm. Results were all out and finally its over. No more talks on GE in office. Ha ha...

My niece is having exam next week hence will not be coming over today. Therefore, I had time to watch J-dramas. I have cleared most of them till the most up-to-date episodes. Some of them are so good that I am now waiting eagerly for the new episodes.

So fast that weekend is coming to an end. Tomorrow back to work uh.

I have not been reading Takeru's blog regularly as he seems to be busy and not updating daily. Went to have a look today and saw this picture. 小珠 will definitely be glad to see this one. :)

Saturday, May 7, 2011

GE 2011

Today is the day. An important day for Singapore. It's our GE 2011!!!

Woke up rather late today as I slept quite late last night. Went to polling centre at around 1pm. It was rather near to our house and we walked there. Under the super super big and hot sun, we were all perspiring when we were on our way back. I could not stand the heat and had shower again. Otherwise, I would have melted...

We went for dinner at Pu Tien @ Parkway. It was a last minute decision and glad that we managed to get a table at 5.30pm. We did not mind taking early dinner as all of us skipped lunch and were so hungry. It is Mother's Day tomorrow and we had a little gift from the restaurant (had to spend min $200 so we were actually "paying" for it). The food were good so no complain lah. My mum was very happy. Especially she has the gift as a remembrance for this day.

Walked passed Garrett Popcorn shop and could not resist the popcorn smell. Bought a packet that cost $15! What an expensive junk food....

Tonight I will be staying late to watch the results of the GE. Believe it will end at around 2 - 3pm. At this moment, counting of votes are still undergoing.

My polling card:


Dinner at Pu Tien












The mother's day gift



The expensive popcorn

Friday, May 6, 2011

Thor - Great movie!

This afternoon, we went to Middle Road for praying at Guanyin miao. After that, had lunch at Sunshine Plaza. Nice wantan mee uh.

On our way back, we saw a traditional confectionery shop (Le Cafe Confectionery & Pastry) and my colleague told us that their beancurd tarts are very popular. In the end, we zoomed in to buy. I decided not to buy the tarts as afraid it would not be fresh after my movie session tonight. However, did try one tart in office and it was really good. Shall buy next time. Yummy yummy...

Watched movie "Thor" and it was really a very very nice movie. We watched the digital version and the effect was super the good. The story was good and kept me stick on the screen for the whole show. We were talking about the casts that they are familiar. Just checked and confirmed that the main actress had acted in Black swan. No wonder so familiar lah.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Big Hot Sun

This afternoon, I had fish noodles again. Kind of addicted to this stall in the food court near my office. Never get sick of it. :)

Finally had some time to visit 2 customers today. Not for lunch or coffee break, just bought some snacks to them. Under the hot hot sun, I was rather tired after the "tour".

Having slight headache and may be due to the constant late nights in office. Shall try to sleep earlier tonight. Hope I can make it instead of playing Puzzle Quest again.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Short short lunch

Reached office today with anxiety to start work immediately. There was no time to spare as I had tonnes of work to do. I had wrote down in a list on the most important things to handle in the morning. Too forgetful nowadays hence little notes are sticking everywhere to remind me. :P

As I knew that I need more time to do my work, we had a very very quick lunch today. Within 30mins, we finished and back in office to continue my work. Due to month end closing, our Finance dept is chasing us to close April sales figures which we yet to complete due to lacking of some docs from our contractors. I even missed their calls just to avoid them. Bad right? But no choice lah.

My colleague pointed out that my eyes were swollen. I did not realise it until she told me. They were still alright this afternoon but got swollen in the evening. Must be too stressed on my eyes when I kept looking at the monitors (we had 4 but am using 3 only). Told myself no more J-drama tonight.

As promised, I am not going to watch any episode tonight. My eyes are looking better now. Believe should be ok tomorrow. :)

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Super woman today

Back in office today after long weekend. Did not foresee a big big news... My colleague was on MC uh... Today is first work day hence there were a lot of things to do in order to complete the report for Finance to do their monthend closing. I had limited time to help to do my colleague's work hence decided to do those urgent ones and left the rest to her tomorrow.

We have a new colleague joining our team. Hope we can get along with her and she can also stay for long. Really do not wish colleague to leave company after we spent time to teach her everything.

Had fish soup for lunch at the food court. Was so satisfied with it. Hope the stall maintains the standard so that can let me continue to patronize. Oh no no... I will not forget the Vegetarian stall. Will be right back soon. :)

Done quite a few deals today and also cleared a lot of paperwork for my colleague. Managed to left office at 9.10 pm. Initial plan was to leave at 8.30pm but I had problem with my excel spreadsheet and hence delayed. Quickly wrapped up and left office. Heading home to watch J-dramas. I kind of impressed that I could do so many things at the same time. Must reward myself. Ha ha ha....

Another great blow to me while I was on my way home. My colleague was on 2 days MC uh!!! Die liao.... Try my best tomorrow lah.

Will try to watch one or two episodes today. Going to watch new one... Inu o Kau ti Iu Koto.

Inu o Kau ti Iu Koto official website

Monday, May 2, 2011

More new J-dramas

Stayed at home whole day today. Doing nothing but laze around. Simply did not want to move around... Ha ha ha...

Wanted to clear some emails but seem there was something wrong that made the downloading very slow. In the end, continue with my J-dramas craze.

My sister was studying for her coming exam hence we did not go out for shopping. My mum cooked for dinner tonight. My dad bought crabs for us as additional dish. Yummy yummy uh. Oops... forgot to take a photo of it.

Had watched 3 new J-dramas, Rebound, アスコーマーチ! (Asuko March! ) and Madonna Verde. Rebound is quite a funny story drama and I loved..... the cakes uh!!! So tempting and delicious. I craving for Strawberry shortcake now!!!

For Asuko March!, it is about story in school. My favourite type of dramas. I am sure the main actress will be a future star. :)

For Madonna Verde, the story is something different from what I used to watch. It is about a woman asking her mother to be her surrogate mother after she could not give birth anymore. Very short drama with only 6 episodes.

This season really terrible. Makes me cannot resist and keeps chasing for the new episodes of the dramas.

Rebound official website



アスコーマーチ!Asuko March! official website



Madonna Verde official website

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Continuation

My niece came to our house today and did her homework as usual. However, we encountered a problem. Her Maths questions were so tricky and due to "generation gap", we could not find a solution for her. My elder sister asking us to check if we could get help from anyone.

Saw 小珠 online and asked for help. She managed to get the answers for us but we had to do the model out for my niece. So chim uh... During our time, no need such models leh... I told my niece that too bad she is born at this generation. So tough ones. Ours easier. She kind of blur blur when I told her that. Ha ha ...

Watched Jin 2 this afternoon. Had spent time with my niece hence did not have manage to watch more dramas. This season is good too. The story is still fresh and meaningful. Thumbs up.

Jin 2 official website



It's May day today and tomorrow is holiday. Yippy! Can have another day for rest. :)