no barrage of photos from this week/weekend.

had a pretty simple fri , sat and sunday. pretty good to chill considering the really crazy work week i had.

the coming week is only going to get worse. i know it. God help me.

i'm sick again! i haven't even recovered from the annoying dry cough yet, and i caught a cold yesterday. its been all cold and rainy here these few days. i wore 3 layers on sat, and my hands were still so icy. my friend reckons i was too vain to wear more, and my layers were too thin. erm. i wasn't prancing around in a bikini at sub zero temperatures?

i watched my first chinese movie since being back. hong kong action show called invisible target. SOOOO corny! haha. but the boys love it. anything with action, they'll go "woohooooo...yeah, that was awesome". every scene had glass shattering from a body thrown through it. hahaha.

i don't really have anything interesting on my mind now. * yawn* are you bored yet? I am! there are no photos!

Oh oh. i just remembered i have some....*fumbles through her computer's folders*

went to this place called "the french stall" on weds night with miki and joel. its this no frills french restaurant set in a coffee shop.


and went for drinks after at the singapore swimming club. sweet.

ok. good night.

Today is the worst day I've had at work since

the real world is.... tough

And i still haven't grown up enough to handle it.

What will make me smile again?

Hmmm... I think another weekend to live in denial will do the trick

Lynette's 21st @ One Rochester... Friday

Is this not a great photo?

Everyone in theme! RED & GLAM

Birthday girl looked so pretty. Great hair, nice makeup, hot dress... everything was nice and peachy.

Some of lyn's friends who gave speeches. All her friends are HOT. haha... but it was only the girls though. haha.

I only put this photo up because i thought it was funny that on the projector was mun and lyn going RWARRRR, while lyn was having a touching moment listening to the speeches. haha

Photo of the happy family. Notice the contrast of 3 sad faces at the back? lol

This is the prettiest cake/profiterole stack I have ever seen! It's SOOOOO PRETTY. All individually iced and decorated. Tastes not too shabby either!

Mel Fam. She's really fun. Had a good time dishing crap to each other the whole night. haha. In Godly love of course.

And then there was chao yang (keith) who just laughed at anything and everything. I chose this photo cos mel looks nekkid. haha. And chao yang really looks like he's from chao yang. Kidding guys! hehe.

Trying to be creative wuth our profiterole. But ended up looking real corny.

2/3 of the unit 3 boys.

Mun mun! Her dress is so pretty and lacey.

Beauty and the Beast 1

Beauty and the Beast 2

Lenny boy and her brand spanking new hairdryer. HEY! did i hear a "HUH"? Its a useful gift k!

Hey Lyn.... your party was fun fun fun. Although I did feel a million years older than most people there. haha. Yummy food, free flow drinks, and great company! Was the perfect friday night event to brighten my not so bright week. Turned my frown upside down.

Wesley YA retreat @ Mt Emily... Sat/Sun

The view from the roof top of our "hotel".

Just chilling and chatting all day long. Must have been the most relaxed retreat i've ever been to. Really good, cos i needed to unwind.

Supper was rochor's famous beancurd jelly, soy milk and dough fritters.

Andrea and I have an enemy. His name is Sun. Our best friend's name is Shade. And our sidekicks are Sunscreen and Sunnies. So stop making fun of us, or we might just use our super hero forces against you. muahahhaa.

After the retreat, met lyn to say bye. Dinner with Seki. See how bad I look at the end of the weekend? UGH.... i'm not ready for work on monday! i'm so wrecked.

Oh and see that funky bowl of green liquid thingy? Can you guess what that is? If you get it right, I'll buy you a gift....on facebook. ahaha

Work Trip @ Sentosa... backtrack to thurs

On thurs I was rather looking forward to attending cell so that I could unwind and be part of some social activity. Alas I had to work. but at least I wasn't stuck in the office. I had to go experience sentosa so that our firm could come up with some collaterals for them.

Here's my wacky colleague and I on my most hated fruit. Don't you think it smells too? yeah. I know i can see you nodding furiously into the screen.

I was so unprepared to be in sentosa. I wore a dress, 3 inch heels and 2 layers. -_-"

The crazy dude on the right's my boss. I guess it was pretty fun to do all the activities for free, courtesy of sentosa. The luge was heaps fun. Come on now, everyone say "LOOOOOGE" with me. Neither of them could pronounce it right. haha.

Like my blue helmet? I predict it to be the new IT item for next season.

We went into this 3d movie room. And when we saw the psychedelic lights, joyce and I went crazy with photos. hahahaha. Yes yes, I know, you must be thinking, "weren't we there to work?" Hey.... fun's all part of the process. We have to SUBMERGE ourselves in the product to market it right? hahaha

Killing boredom. Seriously. Only tourist would pay $16 for a 15 min 3d mini movie.

I need another weekend to recover from this one. I'm shacked to the max.
Night

Happy quarter of a century (again) mini

Thanks for the awesome food. Was stuffed. =)

WOO..... =)

Second day in indo was spent in bandung! Its this other town a couple hours away, where they're known for their factory shopping outlets.

Along the street is scattered a whole bunch of durian ice cream stalls. MMMMmmmmMmm.... soooo good. He layers the ice cream between real durian flesh, black glutinous rice and gula melaka. The cup size is GIANT.



That's Lid, her mom, and sister. They have this other rojak thingy all over too. I have no idea what its called really. Its like fried wonton skin with sauce to put it simply.

They sure had alot of heros all over bandung! I saw Rambo with a bazooka, tarzan and his long wavy locks, and a whole bunch of others hanging outside a store. haha. Don't ask me why. It just was!

Look at these awesome looking lollies! They look too good to be eaten.

Thanks to jon, i now have messenger Live plus! its freaking awesome. The best feature is ctrl + space. It makes all msn windows disappear and even the msn green man on the taskbar turns into an inconspicuous hardware logo. I love it how my conversations can be tabbed. Its soooo Mozilla. *flicks her hair*

Rarrr... i have to wake up at 6 tmr to send the folks to the airport. What am i going to do between sending them and work? I hope the office opens early, or i might just sleep in the car

Went to Maxim's party yesterday. It was so BLAH. Free booze and chicks in little clothes and yet, BORING.

These were my best photos till i was yelled at for taking pics. OOPPS. i didn't know i couldn't.



Sorry, they're pretty blurry. We couldn't be bothered going any closer.

Some colleagues...

OH OH... After the dismal + disappointing party, my chinesey colleague wanted to open my eyes to the cantopop club "dragon fly". I'd always been massively aversive to that place. The thought alone gave me a rash on my brain. Chinese pop with funny dancers backing up just was a no go.

BUT....

I must say.... they're really good showman! I felt like i was at a full scale concert. The band consisted of 5 funky hongky looking chicks! They we so tight!!!! Didn't spot a mistake. WAS SO GOOD.(even tho i didn't know what songs they were singing) I was just in total awe of their skill! they sing and play at the same time too!

the strobe lights, intelligent lights, smoke machine, spotlights, super sound effects (eg, the sound of a helicopter going ard the space) dancers, singers, band. SO PRO.

I have new perceptions of dragonfly now. haha. You really should go at least once to have a look. Showmanship and quality of performance is great!

More on jakarta t be continued.... next post

BACK BACK BACK from a great trip!

Went to jakarta for 4 days to see liddy! What more can i ask from a trip but great company with someone I love.

You know what, I was so silly. I thought that Lid forgot I was coming. I waited 1/2 hr at the airport aft i landed. Having too much ample idle time made me think too hard about what could happen if she didn't come. My auto roam didn't work. So no phone. That didn't help because it just made me feel so helpless. Neither did I have her address. So couldn't take a cab to hers either. I was thinking... "hmm... how? *pout* I'd better not look around too much. Or someone might realise that i'm all alone and kidnap me." Hahahhaa.... kind of dumb. Cos it doesn't mean they don't see you if you don't see them. Anyway, when she finally came, i was SOOOOOO glad i could have cried.... Errr.. wait. I think i did. hahahaa. I was so afraid of riot/murder/rape/kidnap/robbery la! Everyone kept scaring me before i left.

Anyhoo, first stop right off the morning plane was to the local roadside stall to have beef noodles. There were at least half a dozen beef balls in one bowl for the price of...$ 1+? cheap as huh? It came in this clear beef soup. Her family proceeded to add kecap manis, chilli sauce 1 , lime, chilli sauce 2....etc etc till it became a red and black soup. haha. I just had mine. erm. plain. yeah... call me unadventurous. Whatever!

Next stop! Off to the local mom and pop salon for a manicure and pedicure! Couldn't believe i was there when it was happening. The place is just so retro and local. Wouldn't have dared gone if a local didn't bring me. Cost $12 for both mani and pedi! Say WHAT!?! I felt like i was exploiting labour though. I had one chick working on my feet while another was on my hands.

To the mall to the mall we went.

They have so many donut joints in indo. krispy kreme, dunkin donuts, and j.co!

We wanted to try j.co to compare em to the rest. Got to the line to pick up 1 glazed donut. And the rest was history. We ended up with a dozen assorted ones. OOPPS

From left top to right bottom: Mango cream, Oreo, Almond, Original glazed, Tiramisu, Chocolate Ring, Tiramisu (accidentally did a double order), Hazelnut crown, Vanilla cream, Cheese, Green tea, Dark Belgian Choc.

MMMmmm.... look at em!

Actually.....

They look better than they taste. They're good, don't get me wrong. And yes, we'd know. Cos we sat down, got a couple of spoons and started our sampling there and then. haha... we were such lil piggies.

My only complain is that they don't serve them warm although they make them fresh. They just don't eat them warm like they do at krispy kreme.

What is a true taste test without sampling the competitors! *guilt* Dunkin Donuts was just beside j.co! I know. no excuse. but but.... lid said the triple choc donut is freakin awesome. And yes it was. I added a peanut butter choc too. hee. We only ate half, cos it was just too much sugar in a day.

Topped off the day with karaoke at lid's family restaurant after closing hours.

Pheew... that was a long day. next few days don't even have as many photos.

More coming up! Its so late. Night!