Idle mode

Was wasting time in office yesterday. Totally no mood to do any work. Maybe it's becos i was back in office the entire weekend. During lunch, i even walked all the way back to PwC, intending to get the south africa brochure from ananda, just to find out that they have just closed for renovation. Still, had coffee with elinn before going back to work.

Today's lunch was like an excursion to amoy st mkt. I gathered people from various departments (bonding is important) n we set off to eat penang food. The stall sells very nice n authentic penang laksa, char kway teow, etc. It had been validated by a couple of my penang colleagues n won many awards. Pity i still didn't dare to eat the spicy laksa n had char kway teow instead. It was good too, being not so oily. Bought onde onde again. It just melts in my mouth.

Going to catch final destination 3 later with my brother since i've got free tickets. Gotta send him a reminder to bathe before booking out from his camp..

Quick recap

Introduced geylang frog porridge n rochor beancurd to my colleagues on fri nite. Unbelievably, they dun really know these popular eating outlets although they are singaporeans. In fact, it was the FIRST time to geylang for 1 of them! They really have no lives. And sadly, they're all accounting-trained. Went to k-box with a couple of them at hougang plaza after dinner. Real dodgy place. N stinks. Still, we sang till 1am before going home.

Saturday morning was IVP weigh-in at NTU. After peiqi's weigh-in, we went to eat red star dim sum. They were still pushing trolleys. Although we ate so much, the bill was a modest amount. Started doing peiqi's accounts assignment in office. Peiqi was happily printing stuffs in my office too.... instead of doing her accounts. Had chinese desserts after that n went home to rest before tkd. After tkd was cheng tng at tampines st 81. Was too full to eat although peiqi kept saying that she wanted to eat wonton mee.. she's got an amazing appetite n it's unfair that i'm slightly heavier than her.

Anyway, woke up early this morning to go to the asian aerospace show. Got a free ticket as my company had some booths there for pratt & whitney, hamilton sunstrand, sikorsky n kidde. There were so many people (less than the IT show of cos) n the flying display was.. hmm.. alright. Security was super-tight, but i think the organiser could have done a better job. The place just felt so messy. Maybe i've got too high expectations.

After that, had vietnamese lunch n a little dessert before starting on peiqi's assignment again. I was so tired that i couldn't think that hard. Peiqi was apparently only thinking of food, so we went to maxwell mkt soon after. After eating, we went to suntec as i needed to collect movie tix then went home.

Play game, play game, play game. Somehow my fatigue's gone from playing game. So much so that i even have the energy to update my blog!

Pig

I'm literally pigging out. I had such a HUGE lunch yesterday as JC really ordered the food like nobody's business. The amount we ate was more than sufficient to feed 5 people and there were just 2 of us. And we finished everything. JC was still feeling full from lunch at 10.30pm last night. For me, I had a warm choc cake at savoir for tea with Elinn n peiqi. Then we went to eat jap buffet for dinner. I mean, BUFFET. Can u imagine??? Today is blown as well with all the appointments. I'm NOT eating tomorrow. I really need to sew my lips together. I'm not kidding.

Oh, n i bought horrible green shoes to replace my broken slippers. My desire to recycle the slipper with staples n scotchtape was not appreciated by fae. So I threw them away.. :( I know, this is so sad.

What a drag

I literally dragged my feet to work this morning when my shoe strap broke while i was walking to office. I was stranded in the middle of nowhere (along some back alley), and being stared by 100 other pairs of eyes (ok, slight exaggeration but the idea is there). Damn! Looks like i've gotta drag myself to some shopping centre later n look for a new pair of shoes. The expense claim lady said that they always have a shoes sale going on in amara hotel, but knowing myself, the sale would probably be held everyday except today.

The plan for today's lunch is balestier bak kut teh proposed by JC. It's supposed to be a de-brief lunch n JC suggested that we work from home after lunch. Not surprising since his house is next to the bak kut teh stall. I'm thinking of going to look at the Eten M600 after lunch (if i can get a pair of shoes by then). Hopefully it'll help me decide if i really want the eten after all.

IT

I felt so accomplished yesterday. I did so much work in office in an efficient manner despite not having my specs. As i tick-off my completed items from the list, i feel happier. So i decided to reward myself on the way home with ... food. I started the day by finishing the cakes baked by my receptionist. That was for breakfast. Lunch was like rice with a huge bowl of soup. Then i had chocolate muffin for lunch-time desserts. The big n sinful one. Ate more kueh bangkits in the pantry for tea. While at white sands, i bought myself (reward, remember?) 3 magdelene portuguese egg tarts (standard is disappointing), a winter-melon biscuit (NOT nice), a box of 4 seasons durian puffs n of cos, a taiwanese sausage. And still had dinner at home after all these. So I made a resolution to eat very little today (although i've already eaten another 20 kueh bangkits from the pantry).

I was just checking my ez-link card yesterday at the machine and realised that they over-charged me! They basically charged me more than 3 times my bus fare. I lodged a report n have to wait a week for their investigations to complete before they can return me my money. It just makes me wonder how many times i've been overcharged without realising. The last time it happened was when ezlink card was 1st launched. Technology... can't exactly be trusted huh?

Growing pains

So my colleague from shanghai office came to singapore for a project. We brought her to no-signboard at kallang for dinner on fri nite, then i took her to ah chew's for desserts. Realised that she didn't have anyone to show her around singapore for the weekend, so i decided to meet her on saturday.

Had the noble intention of letting her try the sambal stingray at 85 market, but i can't really eat much of it. The natural thing to do was to invite peiqi to join us. She accepted without hesitation expectedly. After picking peiqi up, we met her for lunch. 1st stop was katong chicken rice. After that, we took a walk in orchard (cos no one wanted to go sim lim sq) and had ah kun for tea-break. Drove to sentosa after the orchard shopping. Nothing much to do there except driving along sentosa cove to see our future coral island n treasure island.. At the beach, we bumped into the gathering of husky dog owners. Both dogs n owners were sure making lots of noise.

Then it was time for 85 market (dinner). My colleague enjoyed the sambal sotong n stingray. She commented that even the bbq chicken wings were nicer than other places! Since she wanted to go with us for tkd, we rushed down to elias with her sitting with the parents. After class, peiqi still had the appetite for fong seng pratas n mutton soup. Oh, she even had maggi mee goreng. I never doubted her eating capabilities. My colleague was about to throw up after a couple of pratas. I was eating as little as i can. This day was definitely sinful n my colleague decided to be alone on sunday.

After sunday morning lesson, we went to parkway for lunch. As i lost my specs at elias cc the night before, i made another pair at parkway. Decided to try wearing contacts again since they were having some roadshow. As it turns out, after almost 3 hours, the verdict was the same. I almost got it in, but never succeeded. So back to good ol' glasses. Did peiqi's accounts question then went home.

The weekend is over, and i haven't done my own work. Shit.

Virus attack!

I finally visited the doctor last night cos both my knees were still oozing out pus after 5 days. The doc said it was infected. Apparently, it wasn't just my knees, but also my throat infected. Why? Is it the chocolates? No. Is it chilli? No. Is it conference calls? YES!!! I'm using my throat so much due to the never-ending freaking conference calls I have that my throat is infected! Of cos, this conclusion is self-deduced.

Bought the famous onde-onde from amoy st just now. It didn't take very long for the entire box to disappear when i left it in the pantry.. Oh, my colleague also gave me a huge lindt chocolate ball that looked so nice i had to try it. I mean, my throat isn't infected cos of chocolates u know. And it was SO nice. Now i've gotta think how to subtly ask her for more.. hee....

I've decided to get my pda phone by the end of the IT show in March. Setting myself a deadline is good, otherwise i'll never get it although i really need it. I'm just indecisive of the model to get. Eten? Dopod? Maybe i should just get Eten since it has the same initial as my name, and is also similar to my dog's name (etom). It's a sign.

Level up

I think i dun have an affinity with public transport. I either miss them by split seconds, or simply made to wait half an hour for them. This is the time when having 2 phones helps cos it's easier to pass time when u start talking to yourself or messaging urself...

Met a couple of PwC colleagues for lunch at uncle sam's just now. Missed it the last time when wendy brought the gang there. Had some interesting discussions on the usual topics like market conditions and attrition rates. Oh yeah, i had thai curry for lunch yesterday n it was quite spicy. Still, i managed to eat it without drinking water! This means that my spice threshold may now be above level 4. :)

Seems like i've got a few eating appointments the last few days n the next few days. And i'm intending to go savoir some time soon to reminiscence on my warm choc cake. Despite all these, i'm still feather weight. According to MY digital weighing machine. Seriously, peiqi should get over the fact that i'm in the same weight cat as her.

All work n no play

I got home quite early yesterday evening despite walking home from the train station. My younger sis took my car as usual and couldn't pick me up as she had a dinner appointment with her friend so... Was hungry n got my maid to cook instant noodles for me as no one was around for dinner. Then she asked me "How come u're eating dinner at home? It's valentine's day!". And i was like "How u know leh?" And she giggled "Of course lah!". I finished watching my inuyasha discs last night but can't find the last episode. So irritating. Started downloading that final episode from the web instead. Anyway, by then it was time for my conference call that lasted till 11+pm. I was already asleep when it ended.. but still woke up to end the call.

Woke up late this morning n got to office at almost 10am. Still, i was the 1st to arrive, apart from the secretary. Seems like most people slept late last nite huh? ... Will probably have a quick lunch today as i've got tons of meetings from 2pm onwards. One's with saudi arabia. They seem to be hiding some information from me n it feels suspicious... Then another with australia. The problem with them is that the guy in charge was the ex-internal audit director. So he's like nitpicking EVERY single detail just to prove that he WAS the ex-director.

I'm hungry. What should i eat?

Murphy's law

This morning was a total screw-up. I had an important conference call at 8.30am, and intended to reach office by 8.15am. As in murphy's law, i had to miss a bus by 1 minute. The buses that came after were all too full to be boarded. I ended up waiting for more than half an hour for the bus! Then i missed the train at the station. I was so expecting it to happen anyway. Conclusion, i was late for my conference call. Fortunately, i got JC to start it first since people from all over the world were calling my mobile. I just hung them up since i was still in the train... :(

Anyway, the conference call went quite smoothly, with the main person praising my work n stuffs. It's so funny that he even mentioned how we changed his impression of IT auditors to a positive one. First time i see someone genuinely liking auditors! Usually other people who say that don't mean it and just want you to "overlook" certain things. JC and me just looked at each other n laugh (of cos we put him on mute).

Have another lunch appointment with 1 of my cell group friends. Haven't seen any of them since i quarrelled with gerrie. Wonder if she'd talk abt it during lunch later. I hope not.

It's valentine's day today n the silly US have scheduled for an important global web meeting tonight at 10pm - midnight. Important cos the top CEO n CIO are talking. But JC's going to miss the meeting since it's valentine's day. Or night. For me, i'd probably just watch inuyasha while the people yak away..

Toy or Soil?

Had a heavy dinner at CS last night to commemorate the last day of CNY. Felt so sleepy after that I almost slept as soon as i got home. The perfect formula for increasing tummy size without drinking beer.

This morning, i realised that i'm having a sore-throat. I suspect it's due to the chilli overdose on Sat nite at changi village. That particular chilli sauce for eating "gong gong" created an intense burning sensation on my tongue for more than 15 minutes! That's like the ultimate level 10. I'm now on level 4 (self-assessed). But despite my sore-throat, i still ate lindt chocolates in the pantry for tea-time special. Ahem.

Met fae for lunch this afternoon n she invited me to join her in abu dhabi later this month. The cost of the air ticket is about the price of my PDA phone. So now my decision's basically between wrapping my face up and visiting the desert in abu dhabi, vs getting a new toy/gadget with the PIM that i sorely need.

More haste, less speed

The past few days had been busy working days for me as i rushed to meet the deadline. It's like cramping 3 weeks worth of work into 3 days. Yesterday, i found an interesting case for potential fraud. Got the controllers n CFO worried for a while. :)

Went JB last nite to pump petrol as my light was on, and had supper. Traffic was unbelievably smooth. No jam whatsoever both going in and coming out. And fortunately, they didn't check my car petrol indicator either. Hee..

Was teaching peiqi accounts this afternoon n ended up slightly late for elias class. While on my way to the CC, i started running n stupidly tripped over this drain cover, causing me to become badly injured (bleeding non-stop). The injury on my right knee was on the same spot as my old injury where i had a serious deep cut. The kind that you can see the bone. Damn. My legs are still stinging with pain n i refuse to put disinfectants on them. So painful!! N i still have to train those kids tomorrow morning. :( Had supper at changi village with the usual gang, as well as small sir's family, joyce lim's family, n tapioca (i really can't remember her name). Her joining us was definitely a shock. Still, i believe she wants to stick around us n be part of the gang. Hmm...

Ok, i'm down to the last 2 discs for inuyasha (around 22 more episodes). Should i try to finish another disc tonite?

Chew on it

Removed my stitches today. The gum still feels raw though the pain's pretty much gone. As long as i dun chew on that side. Went back to office after that. So many things to settle since JC just came back from his holidays.

By the time i got out of office, it was almost 7pm. Went over to tammy's place for dinner with her family, but forgot the oranges. So i had to borrow from tammy n return them to her after her dad "returned" them to me.. if u know wat i mean. Anyway, stayed at her place till quite late cos my younger sis was hogging my car n i had to wait for her to pick me up. Watched a couple of HK drama serials while waiting. Now i feel like getting those HK drama serials, especially since there is "gao jie" and "duan yu"!

Very tired now. Nitez...

Refreshed

Woke up at noon today. Forgot to set my alarm. I know i had a few dreams last nite, but dun remember them anymore. Despite being on official MC, i still had to clear office emails n reports. Went to watch I not stupid too finally with dehua, then had dinner at bedok interchange. Didn't have much appetite so drank only turtle soup (since peiqi wasn't around to nag..).

Got home, played more san guo n conquered china again. Won't be touching that game for a while i guess. Going to focus on inuyasha, then call of duty n age of empires 3. So many things to do...

Where do i begin

I don't know where to start. I just had a big fight with my dad. And i told him i'll move out. How it all began is really of little importance. It's always the way things turn out that wake you up. Then you start thinking about how it began.

Today was a busy day. Got up real early this morning to teach the elias kids. After a quick breakfast with dehua at elias mall, i went out with my family to chinatown n had lunch. By the time we got home, it was afternoon. Time to prepare for the many people arriving.

Relatives n friends started streaming in from 4pm. We had all kinds of chickens for dinner. White chicken, samsui chicken, chicken soup, sesame oil chicken, japanese chicken, etc. And guess what? The chicken cooked by my maid was untouched while everything else was wiped out. Now what does that say?

My house turned into some gambling den with mahjong tables set up. Kids were playing sparklers in the garden. I was running everywhere in n out of the house. Then came the moment when i had to send my older sis home. Dropped by peiqi's house to collect my DVDs i left at her house the previous nite, then went home. Became a chauffeur by sending everyone home (including my mum's friends' relatives) since it was raining.

Got home, fought with my dad. And so the story goes...

All in a day's work

Yesterday (fri), i had a dept lunch. It was my 1st proper meal in 3 days since i extracted my wisdom tooth. Still, i couldn't eat that much although there was my fav lo-hei. The bits of nuts just somehow sneak over to the painful side no matter how i tilt my head.

After lunch, i joined the loyal JB petrol gang n filled up my empty tank. By the time i got thru all the customs n back, it was late afternoon oredi. So i went straight to ntu n met up with peiqi. The plan was to check out the standard of ntu tkd as they were having selections, then rush down to changkat with peiqi for the gathering. Not unexpectedly, the standard was below par n we ended up spending some time to correct a couple of people. So we were late for the gathering (ok, peiqi assured me that the others were late too ...).

Nevertheless, we rushed down at night n chatted at the good ol' coffeeshop till past midnight. Slept till noon today. Watched kungfu mahjong in the afternoon, continued my game (i conquered china again) n went for the big dinner. It's a custom for us to hold this dinner every 7th day of CNY since it's everyone's birthday (ren ri).

As usual, i can't eat much but i seem to have put back the weight i lost over the last few days. Maybe i had too much red bean soup with glutinous rice balls. Everyone gave them to me as they were all too full while i was still partially hungry. Damn!

After dinner, i picked elinn up n went over to peiqi's house. Dehua n ivan dropped by too. Guess most of us were too tired to have a proper party so we just watched DVD (should hv brought triple X instead), ate peiqi's culinary, drank wine n played some card games. I probably killed the mood for gambling...

Just got home n am very tired. Yet, i can't seem to sleep. The wine's not working. And tomorrow, i've gotta teach the super-enthu big kids n small kids... :(

Counting down

Now even i dun believe this. I've lost 1.5kg just like that. I'm serious! Although it's at the expense of my gastrics, it now seems like some miracle slimming experience.

I thought season 3 of L word just came out. Before i know it, i've oredi finished 6 episodes of L word, which is almost half the entire season. Is the show really SO nice that they had to play it all out so fast? Or maybe it's just me being slow.

Skip the talks

Took a heavier dosage of painkiller last nite that completely knocked me out. Could hardly get out of my bed this morning (ok, partially becos i was playing san guo on my bed..). And i forgot i had a conference call this morning. I really need a pda phone. I'm supposed to have another one rite now too, but i just told my colleagues that i can't talk properly so i'll skip them all for today. And maybe the one tonite as well.

Had another cup of nestum this afternoon (i woke up after noon) so that i can take my medicine. I can just feel myself getting skinnier by the hour. Latest weight check reveals that i've lost a total of 1kg! I hope it's not fluid loss...

Nothing but pain!

Went to the dentist n faced the dreadful truth. I've gotta extract my wisdom tooth. After mustering my courage, i underwent the surgery procedures. Before I know it, they've extracted the tooth n all there is left is PAIN! And i mean, PAIN.

I came home n tried to sleep after taking the painkillers but it's not working. The pain woke me up at the same instance i was falling asleep. It's damn bloody painful n i just coiled on my bed. I've also got a bad sore-throat as a result, though i half suspect that elinn aggravated it when she strangled me last nite..

Can hardly eat at all of cos. Couldn't focus on my games, can't concentrate on inuyasha n felt totally weak from lack of food. I only had a yogurt this morning, a hot chocolate when i came home to take medicine, and a cup of cereals to take more medicine just now. According to my weighing machine, i've lost 800 grams oredi. Probably by the end of the ordeal, i might lose 5kg!!! :)

Painful wisdom

The heavier schedules of CNY is finally over. Out visiting relatives and friends, caught a movie (fearless) n even went back to office! Ok, i went back only to grab my laptop so that i can work from home today. I really want to go back to work in office, but i've gotta see a dentist so... Yup, i think my wisdom tooth is giving me some problems. The pain is causing me to lose sleep n forgo the CNY cookies so the dental visit becomes a priority.

Yay! My conference call for today is postponed to tomorrow, which means i'm free today. :) Now let me think what i should do apart from playing my san guo...