Finally my deserved break is here. Whole day stayed at home with a nap in the afternoon - too tired liao.
Went
out la kopi with Choo at 9.30 pm. What a surprise invitation from him
as I think we haven't meet each other for very long liao. He has just
finished his last exam yesterday so it's a good time to catch up with
his friends ba - afterall now is December, holiday mood leh. Also asked
PG if he will be staying up or not, to pass him the taobao stuff - they
have been idling around my house for almost 1 month liao. But as it was
close to 9 pm liao so I postponed PG one to after the la kopi session to
avoid being late for Choo's one.
Saw the red light camera
flashed when I was at Woodlands Avenue 12 - looked like the car did
dash across the road after the red light. But the red light was lit for
quite sometime liao leh, the driver should have sensed it and stopped
the car. Sway lor... 誰管……
He asked me for the salary I'm
getting now. I only told him it's above 3k - that's what almost all of
NTU EEE graduates are getting now what. No 3k for an university
engineering graduate a bit saggy leh.
Went to Casuarina
Curry. Choo said recently got a lot of speed cameras installed. We saw
one at Upp Thomson Road, speed limit only 70 km/h. He also mentioned
there was another one at SLE.
Then when he changed topic
to Casuarina Curry restaurant, I raised my eyebrows when he said he came
here 'sometimes' - so meaning he la kopi quite often la? He then
clarified that this sometimes refers to the occasions he brought his
parents there to jiak prata lor.
Luckily the carpark was
not full - managed to park into the lot in just one try with the car
aligned more to the kerb. 對於自己的停車技術感到欣慰，呵呵！Ordered a kosong and an iced
milo. Though I didn't frequent the outlet a lot but I noticed that the
restaurant seems to raise price now. Choo just said confirm got raise
one.
The kosong prata came shortly after. 好小喔！又貴又小的說！要不是跟朋友聚一聚，我才不要光顧了。其實跟朋友會面聊天，最重要是聯絡感情，其餘的都不是那麼重要，不是嗎？
Choo
thought Bay still work in a bank... Hello~~ That one is during Bay's
attachment in 2011 leh. So long ago liao leh. 我們都一致同意他真的好有錢啊！
He
was so amused by my colleagues. Ya I told him about Barry 'threatened'
me to drink the beverage he bought despite me replied him I don't want
any drink after he asked me want drink or not. Then also mentioned about
Joa's Fear mongering tactic on me. He totally spewed some vulgarities
coz too amused by it liao. Oh well, I rather have people like that than
those who play offlice politics one lo. Hehe!
Then when
talking about my job again, I thought he didn't know in depth of my job
scope. But when he was able to mention that I went to Spain for work
training, I was confused already. Did we meet up after I started working
and prior to this meet up? I can't remember liao. But anyway he got a
good memory wor, still able to remember that I went to Spain before.
He
saggy when he said he hasn't cleared any of the reservist. On the other
hand, he clocked 2.4 km with an unknown timing so he got 51 points,
just nice to pass the IPPT without incentive. I don't know how well I
will do in IPPT. Wait for April next year ba.
Talking
about the job that he's applying for, it's some event coordinator, so it
implies that Choo will not have many free weekends and it makes meeting
friends more difficult liao. T.T But in a way, it's similar to K9 days
lor.
Damage: $9.10 (total $9.10)
Quite expensive leh!
My kosong prata costs $1.20 and that iced milo costs $1.60. Total $2.80
only. Even if factor in the service charge and GST, still also quite
expensive for Choo leh. What he ordered har? Also a piece of prata (I
think is egg and cheese ba) and a kopi mah... 能貴到哪裡去.
I think he's using Samsung Galaxy S5 now. I thought he went back to iPhone kakaka.
Somehow
we mentioned his dog bite incident while on our way back ds. He got 1
month ATT C, then 2 weeks of ATT B so that he could go on leave after
ATT B period. Jin du lor...
He still got painting works tomorrow to do. Wakakaka...
Then went to find PG to pass him those Taobao stuff.
He
went Sync Korean to meet his sec sch friends. Ordered kid's meal mcs?!
But he said the jam quite nice which I don't agree. I think it looks and
tastes like our economical fried mee lor.
I wouldn't say I arrive at Lakeside MRT as early as usual, just a little bit late. But my heart went saggy when I see the next train coming in 5 mins! Peak hour and train arriving in 5 mins is not acceptable ds!
PG also took the same saggy train Lok. He totally saggy because he tapped in after 7.15 am so those trips weren't counted as decongesting trips lololol. Now then you know?! Keke..
Luckily still got free ride when coming out of Clarke Quay MRT ds! Phew~! Took 174 to Dhoby and then changed to 64.
Luckily morning nothing big happened. Meeting also went rather smoothly. Sadly can't join Angie for lunch.
Went lunch with Joa, JM and GD at the kopitiam behind for lunch. Ordered bar chor mee ($4), then Joa said she cancelled order for GD. But who so stupid to believe her when there were chopsticks and soup already served. JM found her duck rice with chilli too oily, so she took out the oil. Then GD looked at it and seemed like don't know what was that. I said 'minyak~ minyak~ you don't know what is minyak?' Then GD went exploded saying don't talk to me as if I don't know English like that. So fierce 看了都怕怕……
GD asked why Joa treat me so bad. Ya lor, she keeps 'bullying' me de. Now finally got someone who can understand my concern liao. GD jin du: say Joa not a female. Shrieking out loud. He said he knows how to cook, but JM said he bluff one. I asked what he knows - all kinds of egg and noodles. =.= This one I also know leh.
After the lunch, Joa wanted to go Wang's to buy tissue paper. But it started to drizzle.
Joa kept disturbing me, cannot let me have a quiet environment to work meh? And hor 車壞 yes it's repair. But Barry's car is not 壞, I would say is due to wear and tear and some parts needed to be replaced. Imagine really spoil, the car can't move anymore! Aia, I don't want argue so much with her...
Then came out again around 3 pm, this time round GD didn't come out, so only 3 of us went out to get some drinks. Joa bought lots of snacks, on top of her tissue packets ds. To me the tissue papers are the same, whether they are pocket-, packet- or box-sized. Unless talking about toilet paper.
Alberto used candy box to throw at me coz he tried to call me and I couldn't respond as I was listening to MP3. Aigoo...
Quickly zao from office after 7.15 pm. But let both 151 and 154 off le shuo. Then GD came and the bus didn't see him and zao off also. He scolded 'WTF' and then so fierce say bye to us and zao took MRT.
On board bus, Joa said GD very lazy one. He just want to live near to the workplace lol. We changed topic after this, she totally bx when I tried to rank those people according to their wealth. At first I said 1. Joa, 2. Barry, 3. GD. Then slowly it evolves into 1. Joa father, 2. Joa mother, 3. Joa ahlao. LOL~ She totally burst out LOL ds. Then talked about work stuff before I continued my journey home lakeside. Actually it took me slightly more than 1 hour. It's not that slow la. Just a little bit more expensive than the cheapest way back home and I could save some time lo.
HL sent in the itinerary for BKK trip. 全都是吃的！
PG went into total bx after what Nicholas sent him the whatsapp ss. I didn't know AH is actually G. G still nvm and he talks so openly that if I were Nicholas I probably would ignore him coz too scary le. MCS, just on first talk and they talked for almost 2 hours! He went into talking about age-restricted topics ds. 挑戰又或者說完全不顧尺度，大談限制級話題的說。最近Nicholas很多這種艷遇，真的很不行。
2014-11-25 Tuesday
Morning almost late that I almost couldn't get free ride ds. BX! PG 爆料 say andripedia asked Nic not lonely meh? Omo! Shrieking out!!!
Gon came into office in the morning. What a surprise because I expect him to be at site.
Meeting wasn't as smooth as yesterday one but at least not draggy so it's OK lo. Joa, Barry, JM, GD and Eric went near to meeting place for 板麵. I couldn't wait for a taxi, so walked there lor. What's so surprising, most importantly is reach the place fast. They already finished their food liao. Had their 招牌板麵 ($5) for lunch.
After which went to this gelato cafe nearby. Apparently it's touted as one of the best gelatos in SG. JM and Barry bought the cup one and GD bought the cone. Heard it was Raymond who brought them there the first time.
At first I thought there would be only one car carrying 5 pax. But luckily got 2, no need so squeezy. Phew~
Something not very pleasant happened to Joa and Barry. Ago can't use the 313 vouchers liao. who can I ask to go out with?! Should I go ask Angie next week, must be on Tuesday or Wednesday liao. Most probably Wednesday le shuo. Sag!
HL was at Arcade changing money. From $375 to $370 to $400 mcs, the exorbitant lifestyle the couple planned I beh tahan leh. Massage for 4 hours?! 完全沒有出過的興奮心情的說，被工作弄到很累了……
2014-11-26 Wednesday
Today office no air-con. A bit stuffy lo. Then suddenly got task from big boss. Have to do the summary report for him lo. Joa can't wait for Barry so we both first went opposite kopitiam. After that Joa said maybe should buy back to pantry. By then Barry would be back le and we can have lunch together. Dabao 豬肉粥 ($3.70) as lunch back. Joa had 皮蛋雞絲粥 and she bought some 五香 to share. Thanks Joa. Also helped Barry to 打包鴨飯. Barry told me the stuff I accidentally left at meeting venue cannot be found. How can?
After that continued to do my stuff. Towards the evening, it emerged into just one issue where we three sat down and discuss together. Aigoo, at last Barry threw me some homework to do. aigoo...
Left office about 7.30 pm. Went to Chinatown with Joa, Barry and WK. Me and Barry took CTE down while WK and Joa took the Boon Keng way. Xyy the moment we reached the elevated car park, already can spot a car exiting. No need to wait for so long! They reached much later than us lol.
Didn't know there are more than one stall selling claypot chicken rice. But me and Barry don't know which was the one and we roamed around the hawker centre looking for the most possible candidate. Then I spotted Joa and WK at blue area and asked Barry to tell Joa over the phoen to walk slower because we spotted them and wanted to catch up with them.
So dinner at 聯合本記堡飯 (#02-199). Joa ordered two $15 瓦煲雞飯 and she said she paid for this dinner. In the other hand, Barry paid for the drinks - I had sugarcane drink. 4 for $4.80 ds. So thanks Joa and Barry!!
去泰國之前
還能吃到蠻豐盛的一餐
讚讚讚！
We 4 ate one and left the other for JY and SG. Lol... Heard from Joa that they 非常能吃 baituo. It wasn't until we finished our big claypot rice then JY and SG reached. Aigoo, 看來他們還真的蠻會吃的！
Talked about work and also for JY and SG to update mainly about what's happening to MM bxds...
Can't leave too late as I need to pack and prepare for flight the next day! 超級興奮的！Wq xyy ds!
ecently downloaded Evernote app on all my portable devices so that I can jot down the notes for my blog as Evernote
supports sync across different platforms. I can even edit the notes on
my desktop too! That's the main platform to publish any blog posts.
Actually,
I already knew and downloaded the Mac version on my MacBook Pro. But
back then I didn't see a need for it so didn't use at all. As I have a
job now, the need to simplify the way I do things becomes more apparent.
Being rather tech savvy, I need to make use the convenience brought by
technology to improve them. So far things are doing okay. Slowly and
steady, more improvements are on the way.
Evernote
is pretty neat and easy to understand. At first I saw the data quota
allocated per month of 60 MB, wondered would I use more than the quota.
Let's wait and see...
Woke up and helped father to sell away the two old fans for just $1.70 only. Then took out the glass screen protector of my Redmi Note and repaste by realign the protector so that it's not senget to the device. 看了也心情好一點。我這個人在這一方面就是有一點 OCD 的說。At least I no need to buy a new one.
Saw HH posted the following pic on Instagram. He brought niece to Kallang Sports Hub and Leisure Mall. Aiyoyo, outsiders see liao thought the little girl is his daughter and not his niece hbh...
不說人家就以為她就是他女兒了
Reinstalled firmware version 37.0 on Redmi Note, see the sudden crash of web browser issue still happen or not. Aigoo.
Brother installed Need For Speed Underground 2 on his new computer. Of course smooth la, playing a 10-year old game on a current new machine with a reasonably good graphics card, mcs?! But the game hanged after about 3 mins, don't know why. Maybe the game isn't 100% compatible with Windows 7 ba.
It's only after lunch time then I knew that I have to settle dinner myself. 早知道就安排節目出門了啊，用掉 313 禮券也是可以的說。the_xw went instameet with zippyzipeng, 難道他們認識的？！
Lately YB also aggressive in going out with bf and posting pictures on FB and Instagram wor. At least for the past 2 days she has been like that.
After lunch, it's blogging time! PG also blog, but about food review over at the new blog set up by Nicholas a few days ago. I continued to blog at this one, keke.
PG reported that Nicholas went Artistry today (Heng never go out today ah! Rained so heavily ds) and then shrieked out when 17x_eh and holidaywoohoo were at the same cafe with Nicholas at Rabbit Owl Depot cafe.
17x_eh even mentioned that they came and looked over to Nicholas snapping pictures and went speechless coz of the DSLR! Omo, PG cannot accept and was shrieking out at his house qs mcs. 不行程度分分鐘都在破表的說！
It started to rain at 2 pm and lasted till about 6 pm. There goes PG's running plan. He wanted to run and come over to my house to collect the 淘寶 stuff ds. 順便 meet to go for dinner. But because of the rain, the plan was ruined.
As for today's dinner, had the basic tze char fried rice ($4) instead. Brother couldn't wait for me to go up and get the change so he came down to get the money for dinner with his friend ds. 在一個下雨過後的傍晚，打包炒飯坐在電腦前一邊看綜藝節目一邊吃晚餐——簡直一級棒！
HH suddenly WhatsApped over on 毒舌婦 saying he wanted to watch Mockingjay and Interstellar but nobody accompany him go watch. The irony is that he needs to mug for Maths and doing Chemistry assignment. Can understand the 'doing Chemistry assignment' part, but 'mugging for Maths'? What's there to mug for Maths? He's training to become a qualified teacher, not as a primary/secondary/JC/university student studying for Maths exam leh. Aiyo, 為什麼不行到這樣？
the_xw posted more photos on Instagram. It's because they got this Instameet with other Instagrammers and they went cafehopping in the east. So they didn't see each other face-to-face before de. Aigoo, when I would have one for myself?
Woke up quite early (8.40 am) despite I slept late last night, but I finalised woke up at 9 am.
Applied
the glass protector for my Redmi Note and sis's iPhone 5S. Perfect for
the iPhone - Sis immediately exclaimed that the screen now looks so much
clearer and commented that the film is a bit thick. That's the nature
of glass protector!
But
it's a bit saggy for the Redmi Note. At least I don't see any 'dirt' on
the display part of the screen anymore and now some tiny bubbles or
patches that outside of the display. Well being a 'perfectionist', I
don't want any imperfection when comes to the display part. And since
this is a spare phone, should I buy another screen protector?
About Ultimate Hawker Fest 2014.
It's an event where public could savour lots of delicious local food
under one roof in a comfortable air-con setting and yet is also for a
charitable cause.
Saw PG message on the hawker fest thingy, say 12.30 pm meet at Suntec City. Late by almost 1 hour as I was called up last minute to remove the strong adhesive remains on the wall. Brought the new bag out and overall verdict was good! Doesn't look like it will go spoilt soon lo. The moment I sat down with PG and Nicholas, this person called Matthias (very difficult to recall his name, have to dig it out from the Instagram posts of the 8 DAYS Eat event) came and sat beside Nicholas. Aigoo... 他是不是故意的？整個場地座位還蠻多的，偏要選擇坐我們旁邊，想認識我們？The whole period, he only talked to PG and he suspected that our main job is to blog about food! Crazy! We have a proper full time job leh! From the way he talked and asked questions, I really think he wanted to know about 3 of us. I'm guessing that he saw me before. Oh well... 不熟就靜靜就好啊～～
Anyway back to the main topic of food, before I found them, they already bought and finished Prata with Poached Egg and Indian Hollandaise Sauce – by The Prata Place ($10). Subsequently we had Madam Tan Nasi Lemak with Pork Chop – by Hiok Kitchen ($15), Elongated Glutinous Rice with Abalone – by Geng Shu Mei Shi Shi Jia (根叔美食世家) ($15) and Power Chendol - by Jin Jin Dessert ($10).
PG
requested me to use my luggage for BKK trip. Aigoo, I have to carry it
to take MRT ds! Going to take the first train 6 am ds. 7 am take will
bx.
They won the
contest of having the most number of likes on Instagram. $50 Taka
vouchers leh! This meal should be made free for me hbh! >.<
Matthias also won by going up the stage and answering the question on
premium ingredients correctly.
領了獎品
回來著
呵呵偷拍的！
It was past 3 pm when we decided to go Marine Parade for free stuff :) Chased after bus 36 made me looked so unglam aigoo! PG commented the LG USB cable super 給力, he was just convinced by its stellar performance despite it just cost $2. Even better than what Daiso sells lor! Keke, then Nicholas also shocked to find that cable jin power, not only it can charge devices faster but also looks and feels much more durable than other original or 3rd party cables. They both wanted to buy more to keep or give to friends/colleagues. Keke, I very yang coz I recommended them this one ds.
裡頭還蠻多手機、平板電腦及電腦的周邊產品擺放售賣
The
cafe we decided to visit (re-visit for Nicholas) was Geek Cafe, a very
very small cafe located at Marine Parade Central without any table and
chair, only bar top and bar-type chairs available. It was launched
yesterday and they gave out free cakes and coffee to those who liked
their FB page. While Nicholas was trying to get as much information from
the friendly male staff via chatting, PG already started his action of
getting free cake and iced mocha ds. Aigoo, fast hand fast leg hor?
After
which, at some point, where what the guy said and what we had observed
when we were in other cafes, Adeline, the assistant general manager, was
called in to help clarified. From there onwards, it was her who
entertained us lol. Quite nice lady who also explained that the
assortment cake slices would be up for sale online every Wednesday with a
limit of 50 orders. I jokingly told PG that only NTU peeps would win
coz last time we always got to fastest fingers to get the tutorial class
vacancies. Keke~
Tried out the following:
King Cat of the Mountain (Mao Shan Wang durian cake)
Sweet and Smokey Taffy (salted caramel)
The Russian Whiskers (mango + Vodka)
Have a Snowy Christmas (preview with brownie sitting on gingerbread crust base, to be launched on 8 Dec)
Iced Mocha (for PG)
Flat White (for Nicholas)
Hot Latte (for me)
In
a way, we took 4 cakes out of the 3 as I think Adeline was quite
heartwarming and welcoming to ask us to try out their new cakes!
這就是 Have a Snowy Christmas 巧克力蛋糕
裡頭包含了 brownie
底層則是 gingerbread 材料
好特別的蛋糕啊
是每個人都會喜歡 The Russian Whiskers
因為裡頭有摻了一點點的 Vodka
來陪襯酸酸甜甜的芒果
如果酸味不要那麼種
會更加受歡迎
我投它一票！
Sweet and Smokey Taffy
比隔鄰的 The Russian Whiskers 稍微失色了一點點
貓咪：誰敢吃我的蛋糕
我就砍斷他！
完美了
Damage: $0
As
PG wanted to leave to meet the JC mates at JP, I tried to ask Jordan if
he wanted to come down to East Coast Park. Oh ya, also joked on that
very bx person of the year - explodingbelly, to come out instameet us as
I believe she lives nearby ds. But saggy that Jordan just got home from
a buffet lunch and explodingbelly was at Pasir Ris. Aigoo... Nvm lor,
we continued our cafehopping adventure at East Coast without anybody. PG
went total bx and meltdown by this explodingbelly ds.
另外一間在東海岸公園設門市是星巴克
想遠離喧鬧的城市環境
可以到這裡來放空
天氣超好的
不騎腳車有一點點浪費
過後回家發現西部下雨了！
I
was quite puzzled to see new buildings appeared at East Coast Park -
for sure I don't see them the last time I was here. I remembered the
famous yellow lighthouse but I didn't see these buildings leh...
So we
walked further in and discovered that even Starbucks opened an outlet at
ECP! Aigoo, things have changed so much that it's not really that East
Coast Park I used to remember liao. Other than Starbucks, we also find
1-2 small eatery places and some bistro-themed restaurants that take on
the outdoor nature of ECP - they have no air-con and use the natural sea
breeze to cool down the environment.
Nicholas
was drawn by 3 places, namely Pick Me Up cafe, Atmosphere Bistro and
Sandbank. In fact, I was more interested in taking scenery pictures than
food (I have enough on my phone liao).
Everytime I go ECP, photo taking is a must. Enjoying the sea view makes one mood lighter, more relaxing and in turn, happier leh. Not far from the yellow lighthouse, there lies a small pier which I wanted to go and snap the sunset. But I was being cut by Nicholas who called and asked where was I. Aigoo, he said he wanted to try Sandbank (FB link) instead of Atmosphere Bistro because elainegirlgirl and siewnah03 had visited before liao, 所以沒有新鮮感了。拜託！這樣都可以給他想到，真的心機好重啊！
According to the server (yah, according to the restaurant, what an Inception-kind of description haha!), the restaurant just opened some 5 days ago and they're having a 10% off promotion. On top of that, there is no service charge and GST. It kind of attracting people to dine at the restaurant but upon presented the menu by the server, I was appalled to find the food is so expensive! A simple pizza or a plate of pasta cost more than $20 - $30-40 are very common prices on the menu. The only pasta and pizzas that cost < $20 are those fully vegetables one. Sag! 又要花大錢了～
On first thought of the food. I didn't feel very cola upon eating the chicken. Yes, it's very easy to separate the meat from the bone, but it felt more of the homecooked 醬油鹵雞 to me lor. The saving grace was that it was charcoal grilled, so it was a little bit too fragrant. However, I think it could be better than if the wings are grilled to perfect they take the way to grill, the heat and the time into account. A bit overrated and overpriced for me though.
The oyster sandwich was somewhat fresh to me. Though I don't really eat oysters but I must say the oysters were pretty good! The bread looks 'hard' but was soft when use a knife to cut through. Well, nothing more I could comment on the sandwich, it's just a basic sandwich which has oysters instead of egg and meat patty. Fries were normal, not cheesy fries nor truffle fries. No surprise here. But the surprise of the price tag - $22 was way overpriced IMO. Not to mention that there was no air-con but I didn't feel hot and stuffy. Lots of angmohs here. Rhyme leh~~
Nicholas 糊塗了。At first he took out his powerbank and put at one corner of the table. Then after that, he said his powerbank not around and asked me if I got extra. Luckily I brought two lor. But saggy, the Yoobao one was out of juice liao. After that he wanted me to send him the Taobao link on the iPad case and the LG USB cable. Aigoo, tio poisoned gao gao.
While we were almost finishing our dinner, the boss (as least I think he is) came over and inquired us how's the food. Well didn't give a super direct feedback, they weren't bad until inedible just that a more afforable price tag definitely would attract more patrons.
Damage: $16.20 (total $32.40)
Just now in the afternoon, Barry sent a WhatsApp message, asking 'What time ur going later?'. Was very puzzled why he sent that message coz we didn't say to go out what. After a long time, then I came to realise got Albert birthday celebration. Coz remembered they saying something like $20 pass to SG. After that, Joa said it would be better if not present at the scene coz the food not really suitable ds. Aigoo, what a relieve. Then Barry mentioned that Pra was there and asked why I wasn't around?! Seriously, he really got invited to go there ah. Seems like my exit of the chat group a mistake ds - I mean don't know what impression I gave to others ds. I just wanted to 'say' that I'm not interested in football game and then less disturbances to the phone mah. 應該沒有錯吧？
After the dinner, we walked to the last stop of the day: Pick Me Up cafe. I don't mind the outdoor seatings as the lighting was really good but Nicholas preferred indoor seating with air-con! Ordered The Manuka waffle with Greek yogurt scoop and fresh banana & strawberry slices as topping ($15.90+). Not cheap ds.
The ice-cream had a pleasant taste which I also don't know how to describe. It's not the typical yogurt-based ice-cream but somehow the cafe had added something to it. Is it honey?
Nicholas brought out the DSLR and stood up to snap the waffles was too attention grabbing. I felt so paiseh lor. 拿起單眼相機然後站起來拍也太誇張了吧？！
Nicholas narrated what happening on Friday. JX and Jordan were late for the cafehopping which started at Depot Road. So only Nicholas got the free drink on the house while JX and Jordan got to pay for it. Then they talked about my blog. JX seemed very concerned whether I got put his real name and say bad things about him. Aigoo, if you have nothing for me to comment, I wouldn't even want to comment lor. What for leh? But it's true that I will put his real name, but as initials so that those people who knows him and when they read my blog, will know. Keke.
Nicholas said he set up a blog just for him, PG and me, to write and publish food reviews. Honestly, I don't think I can accomplish the task because my workload is just too heavy and I don't have much time for myself, let alone this food-oriented blog. Then Jordan said if got invited for media food tasting event and if I can't go, he can replace me to go. 拜託，真夠毒好不好？！ 這就是 Jordan 的風範。
Left the place for home at 9.30 pm. Took 966 then 151 and lastly 157 home. Journey time: 1.5 hours. I think I need 2 hours if I had taken 197 and 198 instead. Saggy when Edwin last minute told me that the dinner on Monday was called off as he now recalled he got something on that day. Aigoo, 約一個人吃個飯有那麼難嗎？
2014-11-17 Monday
Yesterday helped father to sell off the new iPhone 6. It was with us for less than 3 hours lo. Very fast snapped up. Of course must be quick la, somemore this buyer came to downstairs for deal. I think 960 is not a bad deal le. Should have go snatch a piece when it was just out for sale mah. Fetch much higher price leh.
Today's traffic so much quieter coz school holiday starts this week. So I reached Dhoby Ghaut at 7.40 am. But still reach office at the usual timing due to the long wait for 64/65!
AJM said he woke up at 4+ am and start doing maths paper. At 5+ am, said already completed 2 E Maths and 1 A Maths papers.
What to get for my new mouse neh?! Wired or wireless???
At lunchtime, Raymond, JM, GD and Eric went on their own and never ask me lo. Outcasted liao ah? *emo mode* Well, continued my work don't care.
Then Barry came back around 1 pm. But because he needs to go out to collect something, lunch got to do with the canteen downstairs. Was surprised to see boss there. 其實還蠻怕的。Grilled chicken set ($7.50) but also paid for Barry's drink ($1.30). Total damage: $7.50. After the lunch, talked about iPhone. Boss don't understand why gold colour was so popular because he doesn't like gold, so he took silver instead. Previously he broke the iPhone glass and was told to pay $450 to do a 1-to-1 exchange. I'm so tempted to change back to iPhone after finding myself so comfortable at using iOS keyboard liao.
Finally see the parcel got updated with new information. Goodness...
Last minute got called to go do troubleshooting! Super saggy!!! What a way to start the week. WTH lo. Initially was informed to go down after revenue service. Then I thought I should go home earlier to get some rest. But then just as I was nearing the St Andrew bus stop, got informed it's 9 pm instead. Jitao sian diao. Very very very saggy. Walked back to office. Eric and Paul were surprised to see me back.
Totally no mood to buy mouse.
Was a bit late because I wanted to check out the steps and get my questions answered properly before I go site. Came out at 2315 faster take cab home lo. Don't care so much. I've worked for about 15 hours today liao! Don't care le shuo, tomorrow go home early! ^^
Another thing is that the maximum number of parcel that can be forwarded at one go by the so-called 'Taobao authorised 3rd party courier forwarder' is 20. I have 21! Means I don't have to wait till the pens to arrive then consolidate shipment lo. Should have shipped on Saturday or Friday night and should NOT have even bought it in first place. Now got to sag at the warehouse for about 1 week = RMB 7!
What a day to start the week... 做什麼事情都被炸到咯…
2014-11-18 Tuesday
Woke up saw PG reply on WhatsApp say export 20 first. So quickly faster complete the payment lo.
YANG! Still eligible for the RMB 2 promotion! PG mula on the 20-item rule lo.
Nothing is helping me today too. Boss came over saying I got night shift! OMG... Super sian leh. But maybe like that the day passes faster? I always need to tell myself to be optimistic about it.
Meeting was ok. Ended quite early, so went back office to have lunch. Barry drove us to Toa Payoh Central the basement food court for lunch. Saw Reena they all also. Had 水餃麵 $3.50 cheap and big serving heheh!
Went back office for a short while before left office for home to rest. Not that I want the night shift but it's rare that I can go home early lo.
Stopped by Clementi Mall (coz 154 came first before 52) to look for a mouse. Still settled back for the same mouse because I like it. Cheap and good mah but bad thing is it's wired lo.
Then saw one guy a bit familiar but can't confirm if he's from NTU. Was playing with the iPad Air 2 for a short while when YJ sddenly appeared out of nowhere I quickly made payment and faster zao. They also zao so I had to take another route to avoid ds.
Zzzz.... It was 4 pm liao, still only at Clementi MRT. I need to go home badly!
Reached home about 4.30 pm. Almost sag when my earphones fell out at very near to the gap between lift and the lobby. Heng ahhh~ Then tried my mouse at sis's desktop, also developed the same symptoms. But after changing the paper (as mousepad) to drawing board, the thing is gone... for now. Have to monitoring until next occurrence.
The 20 parcels still not yet sent out by the forwarder. Can’t wait to get it! Meanwhile, the pens have arrived at warehouse.
Updated iPad to 8.1.1, good update! At least now my iPad is more usable compared to 8.1 - Safari was horrible! Also asked sis to update her iPhone 5S too.
Didn’t get much sleep. So tried to nap from 10.30 pm till 12 midnight. Aigoo, at least Wed morning can wake up during noon time. Yes, I declare myself that I should deserve it hbh.
2014-11-19 Wednesday
Night shift in the very morning. Left house at 12.30 am, even if I went to draw money, I still reached the place at 1 am. That's so early lo. Then waiting for Ra until almost fell asleep coz he said he would be late.
Ra reached about 1.35 am. Baituo. Work started almost 2 am and ended at 3 am. Left the place at 3.15 am. Came out and I thought the opposite side would have cab and is cheaper. There was one when I reached the bus stop and apparently the cab was coming to a stop and alighting passengers. But the moment I saw one man and one woman I don't want to board liao.
Continued walking along the main road hoping got one kind cab willing to take me to the west. But saggy when I saw cabs whizzing past on the opposite side! Then walked the overhead bridge one more time and luckily got one without me waiting! Yang yang yang!
Omo, for the first time I encountered road block at Canal there. Taxi uncle saw and quickly asked me to fasten seat belt. Wow! This is totally unexpected lor.
Reached home 4 am liao. A little bit tired ds. Used computer till 5 am then slept. But regretted ds.
Because I woke up at 11 am and felt super tired! Omo... Luckily not much disturbance from work.
Shan't talk too much on work. Only know Joa coming back tomorrow.
Then was about to leave office at 7.10 pm, saw GD, WK and Barry looking for GD staff card. In the end, it was found inside a drawer. Don't know is it really a genuine missing card case or 惡作劇.
Sis said her earphone spoilt. Yay! Means more chance to buy at taobao and ship my pens over to SG, no need to wait till double 12 event! Luckily lor.
PG and Nicholas went the 4 Seasons Hotel event. It’s a event strictly by invitation only. Honestly was a bit jelly but then come to think of it, would I be available to attend it? Just now talked on the phone over this event review - PG said the people there 非常熱情, food was pretty good too! Then he also 八起來 at the event lol. But without this event, each patron has to pay $48++ lor. Aigoo…
Then PG 爆料 saying Nicholas was refused entry to the condo at Depot Road where a new cafe is located. Aigoo… Think the only way to contact the cafe is through Facebook. No telephone number! So much for the effort put in and hope put up ds.
Still not much update on Taobao parcel. Still in China, on flight or reaching Singapore liao?
2014-11-20 Thursday
I've been noticing that the shop now replacing Seow Choon seems vacant for the past 2 to 3 weeks. And it could be vacant for more than a month or 2. So fast wind up business?!
Morning PG told me Nicholas very bx, wanting to visit the new cafe just behind Tai Seng MRT. I very saggy coz it's a long day for me - by the time I could sit down and do my work, probably bit would be 8 pm onwards liao which I don't really want to work when I'm home by then.
Left house a little bit late. As usual I always set myself against that NSF as a benchmark to see how early or late I am. Today that guy so 毒, green man was lit and he dashed across the road. So it meant that I was later than usual. But nonetheless I still managed to exit Dhoby Ghaut before 7.47 am! 65 also came with me having to run for the bus.
After meeting went back office to find Joana and Barry. Went Orchard (instead of City Hall) to jiak lunch at The Imperial Treasure @ TripleOne. Then Joa said she is looking into more options for her career. 我覺得我也會步她塵的說…… 老闆還有多半年這樣也是要離開了說。接下來我不敢想像會有什麼樣的變化了。She said she don't mind staying because of boss and big boss.
After which also heard from Joa that boss also leaving next year around June. Aigoo mula later how.
As for lunch, ordered 雞扒雙腸飯配洋蔥汁 ($8.50). Both of them were surprised by the amount of food and the price. I think it's quite worth the money leh. 飽到鬼醬！
這是第二次吃了
覺得超划算
味道還不錯
就是一個字——飽！
After lunch, went over to Krispy Kreme. No queue! Both of them got ice-cream from there. I didn't get and don't think I would get in future. Got eat once is enough le.
Afternoon meeting also chop chop very fast! Ended at 4 pm. Then went back office to continue with my routine work. Then went sampat with Ree. 三八起來全部原形畢露的說。Oh ya, didn't know Hen and Dary were born in 87. But they don't look like totally leh!Left around 9.10 pm. Joa complained about Dary, said he too aggressive the moment he saw Joa came back office from Taiwan trip, he asked Joa got buy food or anything for him. Or he went to Joa drawer to see got food or not. It's not very nice to ask people like that, he should be more reserved mah.
Saw Paul downstairs - he has been waiting for a on-call taxi for 10 mins liao, whereas Joa's cab already there waiting liao. Jin fast. After drawing money, I also left in a cab ds. Keke!
Saw those IA colleague photo on FB. A bit pity that I couldn't get in but that girl got in! DAMN!
2014-11-21 Friday
Again, stomachache caused me to left house late. Aigoo, but luckily I was able to get off at Dhoby Ghaut for free ride! Phew!
Received a SMS showing my parcel already arrived and was out for delivery! So FAST?! I really can't believe this but to give credit to 4PX ds. Quickly called mum to stay out at home as far as possible. The problem is between 10 to 11.30 where mum would go market ds. Reached office with a relatively light mood coz WEEKEND IS COMING! At least I don't have to go meeting so that I could REALLY focus and concentrate on my task more.
Was talking to Joa and my phone received SMS from the delivery guy. Of course I missed it. Ten he called me but I didn't pick up. Aigoo I SHOULDN'T TALK TO JOA so much!
Tried to ask Angie out for dinner as I wanted to utilise the 313 $50 vouchers, as a gratitude that she has taught me a lot of work matters on my first job, though more on 人生道理 and admin, not so much on technical side. But she wasn't available as she needs to go look for bathroom accessories. 這時候我就覺得訝異了，她不是租房子還是什麼嗎？幾時她要看浴室配件？I mean I can understand that she just gotten married not too long ago, but as far as I know, her husband is in Malaysia and she's in Singapore. So it doesn't make sense to me lo - unless either one of them joins the other at the other side. Upon questioning further, she said she bought a new home at Sembawang - she doesn't like Jurong. Actually Jurong not bad mah, Jurong East up till Lakeside is ok. Further in I also don't like ds. The price she paid for the house was not the cheapest, now is $30k cheaper le. 我是房地產市場白痴來的，身邊同事在聊什麼BTO那些東東我一知半解。
Coming back to the topic of wedding, she was surprised how I know she got married. 不要講她，我自己都嚇到！怎麼突然間就結婚了，而且請帖也沒有發給我。呵呵，就算有發給我的話，我也要認真考慮到底要不要去咯。What's even more surprising is that her honeymoon is in Europe - 意大利、瑞士、法國等等…… （可能還有我不知道的歐洲國家）! I don't want to sound as if I think she can't afford, if she can save up a lot, she can afford to go Europe but again my memory tells me that she's also a bit cash tight. So this made me wonder what she has been doing lo. 已經一年多沒有聚一聚吃個飯聊天的說。
After failed attempt of getting someone out for dinner, I asked Edwin. He said would it be possible to have dinner on Monday at Jem. Then suddenly he asked should I invite the whole K9! 我完全給他炸到去！Aigoo, it's not I don't want to treat but the thing is 原則. On 23 Oct 2013 he actually put in effort to ask only me out for dinner (actually is his house no cook lol), so in return I should do the same mah... But anyway, later he somehow got the idea and said the K9 group gathering could be organised another time. Ok~ XYY...
Conclusion: I can't use the $50 313 vouchers. I wanted to try out the ramen at Chabuton! 就想到這兩位都蠻喜歡吃拉麵的，想不到現在約人真的很難很難。
At lunchtime, Pra asked me to go lunch with Koko. Aigoo, what a sudden twist to my plan - having lunch with Joa. But then I also don't want to turn him down because I don't dine with him very often. So sorry to Joa lo. Then Joa say from today onwards no more friends. =.= 要玩這麼大嗎？
I was quite surprised to see that Pra has about 2 weeks of off. Wah! Means he worked weekends amounting to more than 3 months! But he deserves that. 自己不敢想像週末也做，真的完全沒有自己的休息消磨時間。
Then 3 plus, mum called and she said that the parcel was re-delivered! XYY!!! No more saggy liao! ^^
Come 4 pm went down with Eric, Joa and Barry to la kopi. Didn't buy anything, then Joa said to buy that star shaped Rocher for me. Siao, I don't want can?
Went home at 6.30 pm, almost scared myself that I lost my Ez-link card. Just as I almost entered the office building to go up to my seat to search high and low for the card, it was placed inside my wallet. =.= Phew! 嚇死我了。
The bus journey was a little bit long - blame on the jam. But the MRT journey was also equally long - took so long for the train to arrive at Clementi! Sis already asking me 2 times if she and brother can open up the big bag to get the taobao stuff. 她超興奮緊張的！
Reached home almost 8 pm liao! Without doing anything, the first thing was to see that dua leng kong bag put beside my table! LOL~ Quickly unpack the stuff and opened up everything and then consolidate the ones PG bought. Mum also a bit surprised to see the amount of things we bought from Taobao! Cheap and good lo!
I want to highlight the iPad case and Note 3 case - the difference is
heaven and earth lor. The iPad case is of a very high quality and looks
good. On the other hand, the Note 3 S view cover looked fake. The
engraving on the wording 'SAMSUNG' was not in balance in depth and the
wordings 'Galaxy Note 3‘ was off-aligned from the centre towards the
right. =.= What's more, this S view cover cost more than the iPad case
leh! One thing to note is that after more than 3 years of usage, my iPad
is still spanking new! Hehe!
Came across this video on Japanese subway railway tracks shifted from
above ground to underground in just 3-4 hours (i.e. after last train at 1
am and before first train at 5 am). Impressive engineering,
coordination and teamwork indeed! Was totally cheering for them!
Morning woke up with a bit of tiredness but yet at the same time - I'm not really that tired. Saw on FB that Hwee Fen was dressed up in wedding gown! Eh, I thought her wedding is on 16 November? After a few moments then I suddenly realised that today is the today that Hwee Fen 今天出嫁！
Father bought a new KDK fan to replace that 'PowerPac' fan which can get moody sometimes. This is the 3rd KDK one after recommendation by uncle and was quite well received by us after we bought one. 一分錢一分貨嘛！ One thing I like about the old fan is that it has a timer which I can set (for e.g. to cool down a room faster after air-con is switched on). However, the bad points about it really can get on my nerves is that the fan would switch off by itself or simply won't start - for the latter I always got to use comb to 'giau' to 'jump-start' it. LOL~
時好時壞的舊風扇
拆開清洗也很麻煩
新風扇！
現在家裡有三架風扇
全都不同顏色的！V.V
Ok,
now my troubles with the old fan have eliminated! Enjoy the convenience
and the big air flow this new fan brings! Speed 1 is enough for most of
the time loh!
My mouse is giving me headaches! I want to replace it with a new one! :(
Evening
father bought the new iPhone 6 gold 16 GB to sell it away. What came as
a surprise was that he told us the internet connection would also be
upgraded - SingTel would come down and change the router! The first
thing I could foresee is the increased download and upload speeds over
WiFi. Basically there wouldn't be an issue with the wired connection,
it's always the wireless one that's causing the problem. At the same
time tell myself shouldn't have high expectations for the router lor.
Should I go for the Asus RT-AC56U router? A bit expensive leh! Wait for
the bonus le...
Then
PG was shrieking out at the new LG cable. Actually the quality of the
cable was so good that I don't know is it really a genuine LG cable or
imitation. But nonetheless it works flawlessly. RMB 2 is cheap cheap
cheap!
他真的很不行
Talking about BX, I think I have to give the 本年度最不行的人 award to this Instagrammer explodingbelly. 她對於我們幾個 Instagram 照片完完全全不行去。說話都很誇張的。
As of evening, out of all 21 Taobao items, 20 have arrived at the warehouse successfully (got 3 didn't send out SMS to me but I take website's information as accurate). NOW LEFT MY PENS!
Didn't go out today because I REALLY wanted to have a rest for myself and also for my wallet ds. Need to be on budget for 12.12 Taobao sale again.
Woke up at 9 am after mum spoke to me and asked me if I eating lunch or dinner.
Then she also asked if I want to go Jurong Point jiak Malaysian Boleh.
But I told her today cannot and tomorrow would like to stay at home
rather than to go out in the evening lo. As for the phone, just get any
iPhone in gold colour can liao. *Should have snatched a set when it
started selling mah don't wait liao*
Went out at 1 pm!! Totally bx. PG asked where I am. Replied him I was at
house bus stop when in actual fact I was still walking to the bus stop
LMAO! Luckily 198 came fast so I don't need to wait. But 176 just went
off right in front of me!
Took 51 and reached the place at 1.45 pm ds. They already helped me to order food le. Aigoo~~
Pizza was average but I liked the seafood linguine and the chicken wings! The soft shell crab sandwich was unique but I don't think it would be anyone's favourite.
After that it rained heavily but quickly. So we went for cakes. The cheesecake was nicee but the molten cake wasn't that molten - PG duk the fork in and the chocolate didn't flow out.
Damage: $20 (total $60)
WX said birds are friends to him and he went to say hello to those birds jinja mcs?!
Then PG went micheor and said 'yeah, you can go kiss all parts of the bird' and putting some very bitchy emphasis on the word 'bird' and he himself exploded and burst into laugher. Qs ssf...
2. Went to West Coast cafe at Blk 612 A bit pity that the Iced Cold Brew ($4.50) wasn't available, so PG shared the Iced White Brew ($5) with me. On the other hand, WX had their featured Panama Hatmann Estate ($6), which consisted of spiced apples and maple syrup.
店家以開放式的概念 讓顧客可以近距離看其飲料被調配 尤其是泡咖啡那一刻 還有電子鐘計時喔！
寂寞……
相反的，我不是一個超愛咖啡的一個人 原因是不要讓自己對咖啡因上癮
White brew was ok but I didn't really quite appreciate WX's Panama Hatmann Estate.
Damage: $5 (total $11)
After all other patrons have left the place, we took up the sofa seat and then PG ordered The West Street (black brew) ($4).
Took out iPad and let WX play SGS to help me up level. Keke. ... But he anyhow play one! 不要害我好不好？！
一個玩三國殺 一個玩 Instagram
三國殺玩到不行的時候 就來出手挽救局面
Left the place at 7 pm. WX complained the guy took all of the pillows from his back! He was so mad ds!
Suddenly PG went crazy... He threw the used tissue paper macam like
throwing a basketball and went into hysterical laugh. Both me and WX
were shocked and stunned lor. Mcs?!
Walked to West Coast Plaza through shelter. They were so surprised that I
was able to spot the mall. Baituo, it's been beside the HDB that we
walked along all the time hbh. Dinner at The French Table.
Escargot ($8.80++)
Crab Linguine ($10.80++)
Baked Macaroni with Chicken, Mushroom Topped with Mozzarella ($5.80++)
Damage: $0 (total $51.65 but with $50 discount voucher) Gomawo PG!
They commented its not expensive lo. Aigoo... I quite budget one leh. We do agree that we can't get this price if it's in town.
I was so shocked by their rate of eating, macam elainegirlgirl and
siewnah03!!! Mcs. Only 15 mins and we almost finished all the dishes.
Considering that we had a heavy lunch just now and they said that they
weren't too full nor hungry. Zzz... Aigoo.
WX said that his mum commented the pic below very sampat and looked like 80's:
三八到一個極點對不對？！
PG went into total sag upon hearing that. Lol! What a funny sight.
The ice-cream was different! One is vanilla flavoured another is honey yogurt flavoured.
WX said he saggy at work and he now looking over to government sector. And he said to let 錢生錢 rather than to put in extra effort at work and still does not guarantee that the returns is equivalent to the amount of work.
And the rest of the conversation revolved around job and career. Lastly, they talked about Taiwan. WX said his contract will end on 19 April 2015, so he can go Taiwan with PG. Mula how they want to settle this.
Left the place at 9.30 pm. XYY I reached home faster than WX who left earlier on 188! 198 很給力！
Father didn't get iPhone. Have to go back again tomorrow! Aigoo, why never bring all accessories for trade-in leh?
After that PG said Nicholas asked him again if free next day~ Omo, thought PG already answered that he still persist to ask ds? We is need to give our wallets a break leh!
