Belated CNY dinner

Today we had a company CNY dinner at Imperial Herbal Restaurant at VivoCity, though it was already after CNY :S  Ms I drove us there after work and the dinner started shortly after we reached at around 7pm. The dinner was supposed to start at 6.30pm but think there were still quite a number of empty seats so they waited for a while more. 

There were also lucky draws conducted while we were eating. There was a coincidence where the person making the draw got his own number. Everyone thought he was joking when he read out the number and said that it was his number, but it turned out to be true. For our team, Ms I got $30 Mapletree vouchers while Ms M got a mouse worth $89. Lucky uh...

The dinner ended at around 9.30pm and we took a lift from Mr P to Buona Vista station before going on our separate ways home.

Sian...

Today we took a lift from Ms I and went to Bugis for lunch. Ms I was there to do manicure while the rest of us had a quick lunch at the nearby coffeeshop and then proceeded to the temple for praying. We then went to buy Toto and 4D before going back to office. Just nice Ms I had also finished her manicure so we got a lift back as well :)

Later in the afternoon, I heard Ms D said that our boss commented that we did not lunch with our new sales colleague. Even though she seems ok so far, now we can't even have lunch by ourselves to maybe just gossip/complain about things... so sian...

Stressful lunch

Today we had our weekly free lunch provided by the company and we were "forced" to lunch together as a team. They even opened a bottle of champagne to "celebrate" the start of our new team. So ridiculous... drinking alcohol during office hours :S I only had a sip for show and poured away the balance as I do not like to drink. Our boss commented that Ms M, Ms L and I were very quiet. I don't know what he expects us to say when their conversation topic was about nightclubs and KTVs... Think only Ms D could still put on a show and join in their conversation.

Hope we don't have to always lunch together as a team every Tuesday. Otherwise I will lose my appetite...

Black Monday

Last night I received a sms from Ms I that there would be a meeting at 9.30am today but she did not know who would be asked to attend so she asked us to be in the office before then. I reached at about 9.15am but there was hardly anyone in office yet. In the end, the meeting was changed to 10.30am instead. What a waste of my time to reach early :S

A few of us had planned to wear black today so our cluster was all black... Think will continue with our black theme this week.

Since I reached early today, I left office just past 6pm and managed to reach home before 7.15pm. I was lucky to reach home earlier as it started to rain quite heavily after a while. 

Feeling rather tired so will probably sleep earlier tonight...

ONIS

Today spent the day watching J-dramas and occasionally playing Candy Crush Saga. Just the thought of having to go to work tomorrow filled me with dread... super sian...

Shall see what kind of show those people put up tomorrow...

CNY gathering

Think I drank too much champagne last night and was so tired that I only woke up at about 11 am. Even then, I still felt a bit groggy and lethargic and spent a long time in the shower to wake myself up.

In the evening, I went to my 8th Uncle's house with my family for a CNY gathering. He had arranged for a caterer to set up a few stalls at his house and we could just order what we want to eat from the stalls. However, I think the staff was very inexperienced and one of them manning the Popiah stall did not really know how to wrap a Popiah. He either put too much sweet sauce or too much chilli and in the end, my uncle had to teach him instead. Overall, the food was just passable. We chatted with our relatives while eating and only left at almost 11pm.

Farewell

Yesterday we had a CNY cum farewell lunch at Singapore Seafood Republic. After lunch, we went back to work while the colleagues who have resigned went back to finish up the handover and exit process.

After work, Ms M and I met up with some colleagues who have left earlier. We had dinner at McDonald's before going to K Suites at Orchard Parade Hotel for a farewell gathering for Mr E who will be going back to Taiwan. The minimum spending for our room was $900 so they ordered a few bottles of champagne to drink while singing. I stayed till about 1 am before leaving with 小花 and Ms M.

Took a cab home and as I was very tired, I went to bed as soon as I reached home.

CNY dinner

Today our ex-CEO invited us to dinner at MBS. The dinner was at 8.30pm but really started only at about 9pm. The food was good but the portion was a bit too much. We ate and chatted and finished only at about 11pm. By then we were all so full and tired.

Think I was too bloated from all the food that I had to go toilet to "release" once I reached home. My stomach feels so much better now...

Garden leave

Today we had a meeting where a few colleagues who had tendered their resignations were allowed to go on garden leave from next Monday onwards after finishing their handover. So shiok uh... No need to go to work but can still get paid. Too bad I will never have such leave...

Shall continue to look for jobs... Hopefully can find one soon...

Another boring day...

There was nothing much to do again today... Was so bored that I even went to "analyze" the trends of numbers for the upcoming Toto draw. First time doing analysis for a lottery... haha. Anyway, everyone hopes to win so just use any means possible to improve the chances of winning ;)

Shall continue playing Candy Crush Saga...

Boring day...

Today was another boring day. Nothing much to do so had plenty of time to play Candy Crush Saga. Unfortunately I had already reached the maximum level on the mobile phone and have to wait for new levels to be released. So I just tried to improve my scores on previous levels instead, but it did not feel as satisfying as clearing new levels. Hopefully more levels will be released soon.

ONIS again...

Today I just stayed at home and lazed around. Watched some J-dramas and TV shows, and played some Candy Crush Saga and Neopets. Didn't do anything much and the day passed so quickly just like that...

Sigh... tomorrow have to go back to work again... Just the thought of having to see some of those colleagues again makes me feel so sian...

CNY gathering

Today our boss invited us to his home for CNY gathering. 小花 went to her sister's house in the afternoon so I met up with her at Jurong East MRT at 6pm to go to our boss's house together. Luckily we had seats as the train kept braking suddenly and seemed very unstable. Throughout the journey, we played Candy Crush Saga and were so engrossed that we didn't realize that we had reached our station at Kembangan. So we went to Bedok and took the train back again :P Ms L was already waiting for us at Kembangan and we took a cab to our boss's house.

We were one of the first to reach and chatted while waiting for the others. We then had dinner and played with Mr K's baby. She was only 4 months old and was very chubby and cute :) However, I think too many people kept touching her until she seemed a bit irritated and looked like she wanted to cry whenever someone attempted to stroke her soft skin. We stayed till about 11 pm before going home.

Poor feet...

Today I decided to wear my pair of new shoes but it was a big mistake. Thought it was very soft when I tried on before buying, but my feet started to hurt after just walking to the MRT :( When I reached office, my feet had blisters and I asked 小花 if she had any plaster. Unfortunately she only had 1 so I pasted it on the back of my right foot as it seemed to hurt the most. Spent the whole day walking around in pain...

After work, 小花 and I went to Food Republic. We were not very hungry and there was not much time left before our show, so we decided to to buy 五香 into the cinema to eat :P We tried to finish most of the food, especially those crispy ones, before the show started so that we won't make too much noise while chewing the food.

The movie "Parker" was quite exciting and action-packed. The scene where the killer tried to kill Parker in his room gave me a fright as I was not really expecting it. It was also quite gruesome when the knife cut through Parker's palm and he was covered in blood. But overall we enjoyed the show.

Valentine's Day

Today we had lunch at Shin-Sapporo Ramen. Actually we wanted to dine at Ichiban Sushi but there was already a long queue when we reached so we switched to the neighbouring Shin-Sapporo Ramen instead. I didn't feel like having the set meal so I only ordered a bowl of ramen. The portion was just nice and it tasted good :) 

Felt rather sleepy today... Kept yawning non-stop the whole day. Spent almost the whole day trying to clear a level of Candy Crush Saga but unable to do so :(  Shall continue trying... 頑張ります!

Back to work

The auspicious hour to start work today was 11am so even though I had reached office at around 10am, I waited till 11am to switch on my computer ;) There was not much work to do today so I spent most of my time playing Candy Crush Saga.

In the afternoon, 小花 started planning for our April trip and I joined her. Have done up a list of places to visit and shall continue again tomorrow.

Shall cherish these few days as many people are still on Chinese New Year holidays so there shouldn't be much to do :D

大年初三

Today the weather was quite cool and it rained in the afternoon. Didn't have anything planned for today so I just stayed at home to catch up on my J-dramas. Have managed to be up-to-date for most of the shows that I have started watching and shall see if I have time to watch new ones.

Sad that tomorrow have to go back to work liao... Hopefully there won't be much to do and we can just relax and pass the day quickly.

大年初二

Slept only at about 4 am this morning as I stayed up to watch the match between Man U and Everton. With Man City losing their match the previous night, it was good that Man U won and extended the lead at the top of the table. Hope they will keep it up! :D

Had some New Year goodies for breakfast, then popiah for lunch. My sisters' boyfriends came over in the afternoon and we chatted and watched TV shows while eating snacks. They then watched part 1 of Ah Boys to Men. I had already watched it previously so I went to watch my J-dramas instead.

So fast... tomorrow is the last day of the Chinese New Year holiday before having to go back to work...

新年快乐!

Chinese New Year has finally arrived! We had 汤圆 for breakfast and popiah for lunch. It was raining throughout the day and we only left home at around 4pm :P We went to my 大舅's house and stayed for a while to eat and chat with some of our relatives who were there.

After that, we proceeded to my grandma's house. She had just moved to this new house recently and she had a hard time opening the gate as she was not familiar. After trying a few times, we found out that the key had to be turned twice to lock/unlock the gate. We chatted for a while and also helped to set up the television before leaving.

We decided to go to West Mall for dinner. My father actually wanted to have fast food but we saw that Swensen's was open so we went there instead. Had a very full meal as the portion was quite big. We went home after our dinner and the first day of Chinese New Year passed just like that.

团圆饭

Today is the eve of Chinese New Year. We would be having our reunion dinner at Ban Heng Pavilion Restaurant at HarbourFront Centre. We had to reach the restaurant by 5.30pm, so my parents left earlier to fetch my grandma and uncle to the restaurant, while my sisters and I waited for my youngest sis's boyfriend to drive us there. 

We felt like we were attending a wedding dinner as it was held in a ballroom with many other tables of people. The food was served quite quickly as our time slot was until 7.30pm and there would be another set of diners from 8-10pm. The food tasted quite good and we were very full, partly because the meal was for 10 people but we only had 8.

There was a short lion dance performance in the middle of the dinner. The person operating the lion head was supposed to throw out oranges after he has peeled off the orange skin. However, someone carried a child towards the lion head and he gave the orange to the child, then suddenly many people started crowding around the lion head and tried to get the oranges too. It was quite funny to see the people putting their hands into the lion's mouth and attempting to get the oranges.

After dinner, my parents sent my grandma and uncle home while my sister's boyfriend sent us home. Shall stay up late tonight to 守岁.

A Good Day to Die Hard

Our company did not declare half day today but as we were not really in a mood to work and there was not much to do, we left office at about 5 pm. I went to Harbour Front Centre with 小花 to buy Toto, then went to have dinner at the nearby McDonald's before proceeding to the cinema.

We watched the movie "A Good Day to Die Hard". It was full of action scenes and we were entertained throughout. Just thought that the son was a bit useless even though he is a CIA agent, and needed his father to help/rescue him. Overall still a good show to just watch and relax.

MRT woes 3

This morning I couldn't board the MRT yet again :( I'm so fed up with having to face this problem every day. So I have decided to go to work later and hopefully the trains would not be so crowded during that time.

Feeling a bit tired today so think shall sleep earlier tonight. Wonder if our company will let us leave earlier tomorrow in celebration of Chinese New Year?

MRT woes 2

Having the same problem with the MRT again. However, today I couldn't even board at Buona Vista due to the long interval between trains, and had to resort to taking the train one stop back to Commonwealth :S It was also rather crowded at Jurong East but luckily the train interval today was not so long so I only had to miss a train and could board the next one.

Feel so tired everyday having to squeeze like sardines into the MRT. Why has taking a train become such a stressful chore?? So sian... I don't even think of having a place to sit, but I just want to be able to board the train without having to be packed to the door or having to wait for so many trains before I can board. Why is this simple wish so difficult to fulfill??!!

MRT woes

After work, a few of us got a lift from Ms S to Buona Vista. I then took the MRT to Jurong East to transfer to the North-South line to Bukit Gombak. To my horror, the platform at Jurong East was already crowded with people. However, the train that I intend to take did not come until 2 more trains on the East-West line arrived, which led to even more people waiting on the platform :S I had to wait for at least 3 trains before I could board as the interval was always more than 6 mins between trains :(

In the end, I took more than half an hour just to travel from Jurong East to Bukit Gombak because of this. What a waste of time! Can't understand how this can happen when it is supposed to be peak hours. *angry*

立春

Today is 立春. According to my colleagues, we should dress in red and bank in some money into our account so that our account balance would grow in this year. So this was what I did early in the morning before going to work. Huat ah! :)

This afternoon, I went with some of my colleagues to VivoCity for lunch. Actually we thought of just eating at the food court but then some suggested having a good meal to "celebrate" 立春. So we decided on Akashi. I ordered the Akashi bento set as usual and was very full.

ONIS

I stayed up to watch the match between Fulham and Man U so only went to bed at almost 4am. It was an exciting match and both teams hit the goal posts a few times. Luckily Man U won :)

Think I woke up once at about 10.30am but still felt tired so went back to sleep. In the end, only woke up at almost 1pm :P It was raining so the weather was very cool and nice to sleep. I continued with my packing and cleaning of my room for a while then went to watch some J-dramas and play Candy Crush Saga.

So fast... have to go back to work tomorrow :(

Spring cleaning

Last night, I was playing Candy Crush Saga on my bed. Think I was too tired and fell asleep halfway :P Woke up at about 2am to find that my room light was still on so quickly off the light and went to bed. Think I had a good long sleep and woke up at only 10am this morning.

As next week will be Chinese New Year, I did some packing and cleaning of my room today. Changed the bed sheets and curtains as well. It was very hot today and the curtains that my mum washed this morning were already dry in the afternoon.

After dinner, felt a bit lazy so decided to continue the spring cleaning tomorrow. So I went to catch up on the few Naruto episodes that I have missed, as well as continue playing Candy Crush Saga.

TGIF!

Today 小花 and I did not watch any movies as the timings were not very good. Ms L invited us to her home as we have not gone there after her renovations were completed. Ms H drove us there as she also wanted to have a look. It was very windy and cooling, probably as her unit was on a high floor.

After that, we decided to go to the nearby coffee shop for dinner. Ms L's sister had already prepared dinner for her but she still joined us to have a bite. We ordered XO fish soup bee hoon and 2 other dishes to share. After dinner, Ms L went home while Ms H, 小花 and I walked to The Star Vista and shopped around for a while before going home.