Sunday, July 30, 2006
Dinner at Jack's Place
My godmother came over to my house today, and since my birthday is just two days away, she decided to give me a dinner treat. Initially, I suggested having Sakae Sushi but she wasn't really for the idea as she did not really like Japanese food. As such, we ended up having dinner at Jack's Place. All those talk about me deciding the place for dinner just came to nothing literally. Haha... Anyway, this wasn't the main thing. The food is. Well, its been a long long long time since I had a meal at Jack's Place. It just doesn't seem so tempting anymore. In any case, my food came and I was quite right. The food didn't taste as good as it was. The mushroom soup was thick and nice but the onion soup was too bland. As for my sirloin steak, the meat was too tough, I chewed for ages before I finally shoved it down my throat. As for desserts, there was a lack of variety. Hmm... The service was good though. Perhaps Jack's Place should consider revising their menu...
NDP Preview 2006
Yipee! I went for the NDP Preview yesterday. Although it was not the actual parade but who cares! As long as I enjoyed myself and its been ages since I last attended the NDP. I reached the stadium around 4 pm and the sun was really shining right at me. No doubt it was hot but the cap and the mini-fan provided in the goodie bag made the difference. Speaking about the goodie bag, it was really heavy. There was a Nokia 3250 handphone torchlight (the kid behind me exclaimed: Daddy, there's a handphone!), an Akira mini-fan, lots of vouchers, snacks and of course, Newater. Hehe...
Anyway, this year's NDP is a little different. Although as usual you have four items of performance but the visual impact was really impressive. The effective use of lights and colours really worked very well and it really awed me. And of course, the most impressive item was the fireworks! They were really fantastic! Can't describe them in words, you got to see it yourself!
Sadly to say, this is the last NDP in the National Stadium before it is demolished. So attending this preview (so what if it is not the actual day!) seemed significant. Probably, this would be the last time that we see the Kallang wave too. Thankfully, there were no ugly Singaporeans at work (at least I did not get to witness them). Everyone moved in an orderly manner although there was a little bit of pushing and shoving but it was still pretty alright except the humid weather didn't do any justice to the crowd.
On another note, if you are there for such a celebratory event, please be excited ok? All around me, people were cheering, clapping, whistling and enjoying themselves except this family behind me. They did not bring out any goodies from the goodie bag. No clappers, no torchlight (when night had fallen) and no cheering. The son had this glum face that looked as if someone had owe him a million bucks. Hey, you need to be loud and excited for this kind of event can?! If you are not doing anything, then why be there? Duh leh...
Anyway, this year's NDP is a little different. Although as usual you have four items of performance but the visual impact was really impressive. The effective use of lights and colours really worked very well and it really awed me. And of course, the most impressive item was the fireworks! They were really fantastic! Can't describe them in words, you got to see it yourself!
Sadly to say, this is the last NDP in the National Stadium before it is demolished. So attending this preview (so what if it is not the actual day!) seemed significant. Probably, this would be the last time that we see the Kallang wave too. Thankfully, there were no ugly Singaporeans at work (at least I did not get to witness them). Everyone moved in an orderly manner although there was a little bit of pushing and shoving but it was still pretty alright except the humid weather didn't do any justice to the crowd.
On another note, if you are there for such a celebratory event, please be excited ok? All around me, people were cheering, clapping, whistling and enjoying themselves except this family behind me. They did not bring out any goodies from the goodie bag. No clappers, no torchlight (when night had fallen) and no cheering. The son had this glum face that looked as if someone had owe him a million bucks. Hey, you need to be loud and excited for this kind of event can?! If you are not doing anything, then why be there? Duh leh...
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Nice ending to a crazy Friday...
Friday was a crazy day.
It all started in the morning. I was doing the usual in the office, I had my breakfast and I was reading the papers. Halfway through, the fire alarm rang. Nobody in my office reacted and I continued to read, thinking that it was a false alarm again. The fire alarm had gone off so many times that it no long mattered. It was only ten minutes later when my colleague next door pushed the door open and exclaimed: "Haven't you all locked up your stuff?!". Me being me, went shrieking and wondering what was happening. Well, it turned out that there was a short circuit and there was really a fire! A fire in the office! But it was small and was already put out by the time I had reacted. The entire corridor was filled with smoke and a burning smell. By then, we were told to switched off our PCs and we were effectively shut down for two hours. Early happy hour.
Anyway, things were restored and I did a mad dash for my work. I had something urgent to handle. So from 10.30am onwards, I was working and typing like crazy and I ended my work at 7pm. Shucks. I hate to work so late on a Friday. Didn't feel like going out though but I badly needed some fresh air and I wanted to chill out - desperately. So, I met Justin. We finally had dinner at Raffles Hotel after a long walk from Marina Square to Raffles City Shopping Centre then Purvis Street before making a detour to Raffles Hotel. Every place we went to was crowded and we wanted to avoid the crowd. We had a super filling dinner and talked and talked and talked. Well, we had not met for a long long time. That's why. Chatting during dinner wasn't enough and we continued on and on till 11pm before we gave up. Too tired. Justin said he felt better after talking to me. I really hoped so. It was nice talking to him too. What a better way to end my Friday.
It all started in the morning. I was doing the usual in the office, I had my breakfast and I was reading the papers. Halfway through, the fire alarm rang. Nobody in my office reacted and I continued to read, thinking that it was a false alarm again. The fire alarm had gone off so many times that it no long mattered. It was only ten minutes later when my colleague next door pushed the door open and exclaimed: "Haven't you all locked up your stuff?!". Me being me, went shrieking and wondering what was happening. Well, it turned out that there was a short circuit and there was really a fire! A fire in the office! But it was small and was already put out by the time I had reacted. The entire corridor was filled with smoke and a burning smell. By then, we were told to switched off our PCs and we were effectively shut down for two hours. Early happy hour.
Anyway, things were restored and I did a mad dash for my work. I had something urgent to handle. So from 10.30am onwards, I was working and typing like crazy and I ended my work at 7pm. Shucks. I hate to work so late on a Friday. Didn't feel like going out though but I badly needed some fresh air and I wanted to chill out - desperately. So, I met Justin. We finally had dinner at Raffles Hotel after a long walk from Marina Square to Raffles City Shopping Centre then Purvis Street before making a detour to Raffles Hotel. Every place we went to was crowded and we wanted to avoid the crowd. We had a super filling dinner and talked and talked and talked. Well, we had not met for a long long time. That's why. Chatting during dinner wasn't enough and we continued on and on till 11pm before we gave up. Too tired. Justin said he felt better after talking to me. I really hoped so. It was nice talking to him too. What a better way to end my Friday.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Get behind me!
To all the negative people out there: Get behind me! I do not need someone to put me down nor do I need someone to refute me in whatever I say. No doubt, we live in a brokendown world but that doesn't mean we have to be negative. The world doesn't revolve around negativity and it is not as bad as you think. Stop saying "it's impossible", "it's too difficult" or "it cannot be done" because I do not believe in that. I believe that everything is possible and the one living within me is greater than the world. So if you are a negative person, get behind me! You won't put my will down but you will just be an annoying pest!
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Work and World Cup
Ooh... It has been a month since I blogged... Anyway, here are some updates on my life... The past three weeks has been a breeze and trying in some ways. I've been watching some World Cup matches and it's really tiring especially when I need to go to work the next day. Most of the time, I behave like a zombie. Haha! And I haven't met Hui Juan for the past 3 weeks also! And this is a long time! Let's hope that we can meet next week!
On work, well, Mr B has been extremely nice to me. In fact, too nice. It's so nice that it is too good to be true and I can't help but feel like a storm is brewing. You can call me paranoid but after 6 months of "torture", you can't blame me for feeling this way. One bad thing though, I have to continue to work with Mr B, actually not only me, but everyone has to work with Mr B although we can't wait for Mr B to be transferred somewhere else. On another note, Mr B's recent efforts to be nice has made work more bearable. Hee...
On World Cup, there were a few matches that made me mourn... When both England and Germany lost, my heart sank. But one thing that made my heart leap was when Portugal lost to France! Haha! Serves them right! Portugal is a good team but their antics lost them my vote. In particular, Cristiano Ronaldo. What's wrong with him?! He's really a good player and Man U is good to have him, but after the match with England, I hope Ronaldo doesn't go back to the EPL! He is so irritating and such a good actor! If there was a best actor award in the World Cup, he will be the winner! Argh! Irritant!
On work, well, Mr B has been extremely nice to me. In fact, too nice. It's so nice that it is too good to be true and I can't help but feel like a storm is brewing. You can call me paranoid but after 6 months of "torture", you can't blame me for feeling this way. One bad thing though, I have to continue to work with Mr B, actually not only me, but everyone has to work with Mr B although we can't wait for Mr B to be transferred somewhere else. On another note, Mr B's recent efforts to be nice has made work more bearable. Hee...
On World Cup, there were a few matches that made me mourn... When both England and Germany lost, my heart sank. But one thing that made my heart leap was when Portugal lost to France! Haha! Serves them right! Portugal is a good team but their antics lost them my vote. In particular, Cristiano Ronaldo. What's wrong with him?! He's really a good player and Man U is good to have him, but after the match with England, I hope Ronaldo doesn't go back to the EPL! He is so irritating and such a good actor! If there was a best actor award in the World Cup, he will be the winner! Argh! Irritant!
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