last few days of 2011

Managed to meet up with Valerie on Tuesday before the end of 2011. We two have been trying to meet up with one another after she ended her stint at CKPS. Tried Carl's Junior for the first time, sharing a chargrilled chicken burger set meal with her. Frolick 1-for-1 after that.

It's so wonderful to be able to keep in touch with her even after I left CKPS.
A great colleague, a great friend. That's what we need in the working life in order to balance things out.

X'mas present from Val

^^

couple towels in dog-shaped from Val!

Sidetracked for awhile, Geraldine baked X'mas cookies for me! Aren't they cute? (:

X'mas tree & star

Thursday was study session with YK at CCP. Found myself at Coffee Bean again. Double chocolate with breakfast set. All set to do my B/S and P&L till YK got rather upset with PBF. Dinner at Expo, steamed chicken rice set for 2 (:



Went to the gym alone on Friday after class. Sometimes I like going there alone to clear my thoughts while running on the treadmill. Though my stamina isn't very good to begin with, I thought I had improved a little ever since I started going to the gym. *beam*

Steamboat at YK house after that with 3 of his uni friends - Wilfred, Rebecca & Valerie. Warmed up to them after awhile, though it took me some time. I guessed, I am a slow warmer (: They are pretty fun to hang out with. Looking forward to hang out with them again.



As for today, I made cheese tarts while I helped a little with my sis's chocolate cookies. Meeting jc peeps later at 85 for supper & etc. Really happy that YK is joining us later (long story short). Looking forward to have some fun with them.

To be continued...

5 colours

Dinner at Sushi Tei, Tampines One with ex colleagues from CKPS yesterday.


Had fun although it was a short meet-up.
Unagi don with egg + long conversations. awesome (:

hello, august!

it has been quite awhile since my last update.

so yup, OG 20 finally met up for dinner at Manhattan Fish Market at Marina Square on 22 july. Managed to chat with a few others whom I didn't have much chances to interact during orientation day. overall, it was a rather pleasant outing.

taken during Freshman Orientation Day

30th july was my last day of work at CKPS. i left the school only at around 7pm because of the prelim oral examinations. though it was a long and hectic day, my colleagues and friends certainly made my last day memorable.


anyway, i had a great time yesterday with my cousin, huifang. we went to the NDP Preview together! boyfriend managed to get tickets for us to attend it, knowing that the last time i went to NDP was like 7 years ago. huifang and i spent 2+ hours huddling under the umbrella before the show started because the weather was really super hot.



the scorching sun plus today's wet weather made me fall sick again. oh no.

little little things

Went PSB Academy to attend a talk on Australian/UK FT degrees with mum at Tiong Bahru yesterday. I benefitted quite alot from it. But I haven't made up my mind yet, so everything is still pending.

Finally went to the Navy Open House with yk today! The sun is so unforgiving, extremely scorching hot. However, I enjoyed the exhibits and the displays. Too bad we didn't get a good spot for the naval divers' display though. Saw a couple of yk's friends who were helping out at the Open House.

Took the shuttle service back to Expo and headed to Mac for dinner. He bought a Happy Meal set for me because he knew I wanted the doraemon! (: slacked awhile at his house before he booked in.

This week is going to be a short one with department bonding session at Seoul Garden on Wednesday, Meet-the-Parents session on Thursday and Vesak day holiday on Friday. I want it to pass a.s.a.p! Can't wait to meet up with sr peeps again. (:

Made up my mind to take up a sport to be more healthy and not always fall sick. But I guessed I have to wait till my ankle has fully recovered before embarking on it. (:

i will be seeing you soon.

Mondays to Fridays :(

Had a really horrible week in school. Tons of last-minute stuff to do, things to print & etc. My meals were like bread & instant noodles on some days. I was wondering how did i manage to survive the whole day just by those. Water is my saviour indeed.

Weekends :)

Friday was a relief for me as i could have dinner with yk who managed to book out & reach Tampines by evening time. we had salad bar + main course for dinner at F.I.S.H. sadly many of their salad bar items were not ready. we played Monopoly Deal with my sister till around midnight. addictive, i guessed.

Saturday was steamboat day! woke up early to prepare the ingredients for the family dinner. yk came over for it too. it was fun having steamboat with him around (:

as for today, it was my turn to go over for his family steamboat dinner. my goodness, 2 steamboat dinners in a row. i NEED to slim down!

back to square one - Tomorrow is Monday.

pirates ahoy!

yesterday was our Staff Annual Dinner at Concorde Hotel! it was better than what i had expected. though the venue was a hotel, the theme was 'Pirates of the East'! so it was 'striped tops, skulls, bandannas, chunky chains, parrots' kind of things. so most teachers really dressed up to fit the theme. well, i just wore a striped top, blazer with jeans & heels. lol. the only remote item that was on me that fit the theme was my huge earrings. lol.

anyway, that's not the point. we had games, gifts exchange, duets, hilarious table-vs-table competitions. the food was not satisfying though i loved the mayo prawns from the cold dish! (: overall, everyone was relaxed & was enjoying the performances put up by some enthusiastic colleagues.

me, keren, chern hui, ann

me, keren, ann, mr ho

phoebe, regini, ann, iliyana, me

reality vs illusion

somehow i ended up having headaches every single day for this past one week.

weekdays have been quite relaxing, just for this week, i meant.
with the rest all out marking papers, there were only a few of us in the staffroom doing our work. yes. we were indeed busy trying to finish our work to meet deadlines.

anyway, saturday morning was spent jogging with boyfriend. I was not in my usual form. i nearly fainted before we left the stadium. it was quite a horrible feeling. imagined your eyes were open, but all you could see is darkness + there was a naggy gastric pain :(
partly because i didn't had something light before jogging. lesson learnt.

we went Bugis at late afternoon. Watched "The Blue Mansion" at Iluma. we didn't really like the ending because it was rather -.- so we went bugis street to check out those clothes. as usual the crowd was large, so we ended up not buying anything.

we had dinner at the former Jack's Place at Eastpoint after visiting his grandpa at the hospital. he liked the service, but i didn't really like the food. lol.

as for today, i met up with him, his brother & mum, to Uniqlo to do some shopping. i was having gastric problem so probably i looked as though i was sulking. but the pain was horrible. it didn't place me in a good mood either.

so the bad mood continues when i realized i couldn't submit the LDS claim online because the receipt was more than a month ago. i couldn't even access the 'make claim' page using my computers at home in the first place until i tried it out at boyfriend's computer & i didn't know who to inform about this problem. OMG. any remedy, people?

probably this was why i had headaches for the whole of this week.

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Happy Birthday to.... Jia Wen, Kai Lin & Yongxin! (:

friday was a long day in school. though it ended earlier at 1.30pm but i needed to stay back to help out with the Mid-Autumn Festival occasion. Went cdc at ubi with boyfriend to settle some admin stuff. sakae sushi buffet for my early dinner with him. the event ended late at 9+pm. boyfriend & i went simpang for supper. sorry if i was snappy during the supper. i was super tired by the time i reached home.

this weekend passed rather quickly. grandma was hospitalized so we went to visit her. hope that she will get well soon. accompanied boyfriend to buy his psp & i bought a dress that the both of us like (:

i went for a jog at stadium this morning. the feeling was quite good after the run. this is a good start of my exercise regime! meanwhile, driving lesson #1 is going to start this week. nervous.