long overdue updates

Updates 1st,pics wil be loaded as soon as I download them :)

20/10/08 Monday

Was planning to get my Oakleys for such a long time and finally decided and made up my mind that I am getting them today. Wendt to Queensway Shopping centre with hubby and Max for dinner and shades shopping. After checking out several shops and trying few pairs in other brands as well, we decided on our Oakleys at last. So at last, hubby and me each got our pair of Oakleys. Not v ex too, $500 for both :)

21/10/08 Tuesday

Cousins day outing! Well supposed to be cousins day but end up 5 of us only. Nevertheless, we went to have steamboat on a cold night at AMK central. Yumyum. Variety wasn't a lot but the price was quite cheap. $12.90 nett. Oh, and there's only 3 soup base to choose from-chicken, tom yum and porridge.

24/10/08 Friday

Going to Bali today for company trip from 24-27th Nov. My flight is at 7.20pm so I have to check-in at 5.20pm. My boss is very "atas", will only take SIA, so we get to enjoy as well. But the amenities onboard wasn't so good. The inflight entertainment kept having problems and my show kept stopping and I can't even play games. Zzzz. Touched down in Bali at around 9.20pm and after gathering, went straight to our humble stay for the rest of the trip-Conrad Hotel.

25/10/08 Saturday

Today's 1st program is river rafting. After a full breakfast, we took a 2-hr ride to our rafting destination. 9 Suzuki SUVs were waiting for us at the hotel's entrance to take us there. After the briefing and collection of life jackets and paddles,off we go to start rafting! But in order to reach our rafts, we have to take a 15mins walk down a never-ending flight of uneven, stone steps. Whew! By the time we reach our rafts at the bottom, most of us are experiencing muscle aches and shivery, jelly-legs even before we start rafting. I did not buy a water-proof camera and so fail to capture all the scenes. A pity if u ask me. It was of cos my 1st time rafting and due to my in experience, I earned myself a big bruise on my knee. The water was cold, i'm not used to cold waters. But other then the cold water, the bruise, the bumpy ride, it was a wonderful experience. Oh, I need to mention that I had muscle ache in my legs for the days to come. I can't walk down steps and getting on and off the coach was a gigantic task for me. I literally had to pull myself up and drag myself down the steps.

Dinner was at this fine dining restaurant by the sea. We had alfresco dining which I think was a bad idea as it might rain any moment. By company's "policy", every newbie who enters the company will not escape from their drinking party. So we had a "newbie" table specially catered for us and they ordered ALL the wine and liquor at the restaurant. And I mean ALL. There was red and white wine, vodka, chivas, whiskey etc. You can't escape at all. If you don't drink up then you can't sit down. Their eyes will follow your glass till it's empty. So in order to escape from being drunk, you have to drink smart :) I had vodka and once they walked away to fill other glasses, I poured water into my vodka to dilute it. Ok, vodka + water taste horrible but no choice. I have only water on the table at that time. Next up, wine for all. This time you have to really drain your glass as boss was there to make you finish before you sit down. Wine has to be savoured slowly and not at one shot, it taste horrible that way. So a few gulps of wine, a mouthful of water, few gulps of wine, plain water, until I feel that wine is really so yucky. But after like so many gulps, I still have 1/2 glass left! What to do?? Luckily boss got called to another table and we escaped in the nick of time. Whew! But it's not the end, chivas next. As usual I dilute my chivas with water, at least it does not taste as bad as vodka with water. Mind you that you have to do it fast and discreetly. Anyone who sees you diluting your drink, you are made to drink double shot. Keke! 3 colleagues puked after that. Yucky! Oh, and it really did rain, right after we finished eating and we all had to run back to the coaches. All soaking wet.

26/10/08

Can't rem much from this day. Except that our "Volcano tour" was a complete disappointment. Had a vvv rushed lunch, at the most 1/2 hour, thanks to our head organiser. Had our D&D today as well, in the hotel's ballroom. The company is really crazy about drinking!! They have Q&A and those who answer right gets a prize and wrong, you have to drink up again. Duhhh... I won a 32 inch LCD TV from Samsung in the lucky draw :))) Thank you boss!!

27/10/08

Flight back to Singapore at 2005. Did some last min shopping for those who want and free & easy for those who do not want to follow and meet up at the airport.

01/11/08

Langkawi trip! This time it's hubby's company trip and it's so different from mine. Too lazy to update so many things. Just want to say that it was a relaxing trip and the weather is terribly hot.

07/11/08

Hubby's birthday dinner at HK Cafe at ECP. I decorated the car when he was in the washroom. :)

08/11/08

Hubby's birthday! Woke up early as the plan was to go to K-lunch. Well as usual, there was a change of plans and we headed to Amoy Street for breakfast instead. Proceeded to Cineleisure to take neo-prints! Ok, we're a bit old for that but who says there's an age limit to it :p

Pasir Panjang village dinner

Went to Pasir Panjang village for dinner after facial. Hubby brought me to this fish market place. A very fun place to eat in. It's like a jap restaurant cum mini supermarket. You order your food from the menu and in the meantime, you can also walk around the supermart and see what else you want. Let's say that you want some snack from the shelf, you just grab it and eat, they will charge accordingly to your table. It's a very fun concept. What you want from the supermart,you can just grab and they will charge to your table. Resonably priced too. I love their Uni sushi (sea urchin) :p~ But do take note that parking is horrible.

I got my mini dachshund :))

My younger sis is so sweet. She knows that I want a mini dachshund so badly and she got me one for my birthday!!! Though my bday is not till end of the year, she got me one in advance. So happy. It's a female, brown in color with large watery-like eyes. I got her a red leash and named her "Nika".That's me with Nika :) Ok, she's not real but you wait, Im going to get one once I have my own house.

Going for ramen with Karen and Sharon after work at The Central. Hope Winnie can make it. Saturday will be dinner with dar and I'm going to Hay dayries on Sunday!! Yayyy

dark clouds hover around me

Not much to be said about the F1 last night. The whole world is already talking about it. Maybe just a few views of my own.

1) It's totally stupid to hold a night race.

2) Boo to Massa's penalty.

3) Sorry for Kimi's crash in the last 4 laps.

4) Congrats to Alonso, it was not sheer luck that he won. He was good to start off with in the first place.

5) Do not despair The Prancing Horse team. I'm still behind you all the way~

-Period- Sky Suite

I saw Jean Todt,Felipe Massa & Kimi Raikkonen!

Ok, I've been too tired and lazy to update this blog.

24/9/08
We had our Gala dinner today. It was such a long day and night. We reached The Ritz at 1pm for some dim sum and then went to have our hair donw. You can choose to have your make-up done by the artists as well but I prefer to do my own. More fun mah. My hair wasn't done up much, not dramatic enough for a gala but I have short hair and just did rebonding the day before so *shrugs* Supposed to have a briefing at 4.30pm but I guess that everyone is too busy to remember that so we have to act on our own instincts. We have 2 rooms at The Ritz so I did my make up and relax there before the chaos start at 6pm.

Hair and make up done.

No time for a bubble bath :(

The ladies in Black relaxing and hanging around before we officially start work. At around 4.30-5pm, we went down to prepare ourselves as well as stand by for the dinner to start.

It was quite crowded at the recep table that night. Guests arrive at the same time, standing around the recep area to chit chat, lucky draw coupons to give out, photographs to be taken etc. But all of us were quite excited about the guests appearance of Jean Todt, Kimi and Felipe :)

I'm so disappointed that I did not get a picture of Kimi. But as all of you out there know, his nickname is "Iceman" so it's not easy to get a shot of him :( The California was unveiled at quite a late timing and I use my handphone to take a few pictures but not very clear. The whole area was dark to highlight the car's unveiling.

By 9pm, most of our stomaches are rumbling. Luckily, the desert counter was placed near us so at least we get to eat a bit.

Event ends at around 11.30pm. Was so tired that slept right after shower.

scare in China;s products

Recently there has been yet another case of food scare from China's products. They really are scary lor, makes me think again if the food is produced in China. Anyway, here is a list of food that is on the recall list. Do not consume if you have it at home.

M&Ms SNICKERS
MENTO’S YOUGHURT BOTTLE
DOVE CHOC
OREO WAFER STICKS
MONMILK
DUTCH LADY STERILIZED MILK
WALL’S ALL NATURAL MANGO
MINI POPPERS ICE CREAM
MAGNUM ICE CREAM
MOOSANDWICH ICE CREAM
MINI CORNETTO
YOUCAN ICE CREAM
WHITE RABBIT MILK SWEETS

updates

Had buffet dinner @ The Ritz last night. It was yum yum *droolz* Had a lot of crab meat salad and the salad is really choc-full of crab meat. Crab salad,s ashimi, soft shell crab,l obster, scallop, mussel, sushi blah blah...will go back there again. A pity did not take any pictures. Price was around $72+++ for weekends and $53+++ for weekdays. So if you want more value then go on weekdays, should be about the same spread.
After the dinner,some of us went off 1st and I stayed behind as hubby is still on the way to pick me up. And boss brought us all who have stayed behind to.....THE F1 TRACK!!
It's not open to public at all, only to authorised personnel only :) So here are a few pictures for your preview. Do note that the pics are all at the pit grandstand only as our tickets are only for there, The best or nothing at all :p

We're here!

The Start & Finish + pit grandstand 1st turn

*Slept with a full tummy* 20/09/08
Woke up @ 10.30am. Wanted to sleep more but promised hubby that I'll bring him to Changi V for Bak Ku Teh. Was feeling a bit hungry as well so proceed with our plan with mum, da-jie and my nephew,Jalen. The soup was good, herbal type of Bak Ku Teh that I like. But they changed the name from "Hands Food Garden" to "The Village Chef". Wonder if it's still the same concept. Well you see, the last time that I went, under the old name, it was managed by ex-convicts. The food is good and we should give them another chance :) Anyway, we ordered 3 bowls of Bak Ku soup, 1 bowl of kidney soup, 1 bowl of pig tail soup, you tiao, salted vergetables, egg omlette. Total cost was $45. Quite resonable as we ordered drinks as well. All cleared!
After that we walked to the old jetty to have a look at the bum boats. Made up my mind to go Ubin one day again. Ages since I've been there.

After our CV tour, we went to Orchard for our walk and foot reflex. As we passed by Heeren, there is a booth giving out FREE coke light!! YES, FREE!! In the 500ml bottles :)) So since it's free for all, we took 2. One each mah. The foot reflex is good. Felt so sleepy after that. Dinner was at Toa Payoh, family dinner. Service was bad, food was lousy. We had butter prawn (v oily), cereal prawn, sweet and sour pork, shrimp paste chicken x2, stir fry vegetables x2, san lao hor fun x2, hot plate venison, fish meat bee hoon (diluted soup,tasteless). Think the best was the chicken. The others all fail lah. But nevertheless, it was great company :)