Hong Kong Day 3 (25 Dec)
got up early as we were going shopping in a faraway place, Tung Chung. thanks to shirleen's sister for the information. took us about an hour to get to the Citygates Outlets by MTR. it was a great shopping experience. the mall has adidas, nike, new balance and various other factory outlets. we spent a good amount of time at armani exchange as it was having up to 60% sale! the offer items were really worth buying. most of the stuff were really pretty and it was juz so difficult to resist temptation. after around 2 hours of non-stop walking, we decided to take a short break at macdonalds. there wasn't much time left for us as we were on another tight schedule. headed back after browsing through 2 other shops.
stopped at hong kong station to visit City Super at the IFC Mall. both of us had to get chocolates for gift exchange at the christmas party for the night. courtesy of jess who had invited us to the party organised by the church. bought 2 boxes of royce and i was truly impressed by the staff who were doing the gift wrapping. they were juz amazing. took a brisk walk back to shirleen's apartment. got showered and changed in half an hour.
met up with jess nearby where we took a cab to CentreStage. i simply love the way the function room of the condo was done. it was simple and yet elegant. however, both shirleen and me were bored at the party, juz felt we shouldn't have agreed to go in the 1st place. decided to leave early and keep the chocolates for ourselves. *grins* arranged to meet joanne, edward, juliana and derrick for dinner. accompanied jess back to her place to get changed as she did not want to dirty her dress.
headed to causeway bay to meet up with the rest for steamboat dinner. food was ok but the company was great! it was my 1st meeting with derrick, a guy with a good sense of humour. but according to shirleen, they were not on very good terms before due to his personal life. anyway, it was a good christmas dinner, an out of ordinary christmas dinner in chinese style. though most of us were already pretty full after steamboat, we decided to get some dessert. derrick recommended this place at Jaffe Road, Lucky Dessert, which he thinks serves better stuff than 许留山 and hence we gotta try it. waited a good 20 minutes for our table. had my favourite mango with pomelo dessert and shared a mango crepe with the rest. the former was good and yes, better than all others i tried before, but could have given the latter a miss. we then parted our ways and headed home to rest for the next day's activities.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Hong Kong Day 2 (24 Dec)
it's the long awaited christmas eve. got out of bed pretty late, around 9ish. the weather in hong kong now is really conducive for sleeping in. *bleah* shirleen woke up early and headed to the supermarket to get the ingredients for her chicken stew for the house party we were attending for the night. tried to be of some help with her preparation (not much actually *laughs*) as we were looking at a packed schedule for the day. it was a little past 11 when she finished her last step of preparation.
changed and made our way to causeway bay by MTR. shirleen bought me the egg tart along the way. she has been going on about it since she stepped foot on the island. it was close to an adrenaline rush when i took the 1st bite. i've never tasted anything like that in singapore. the crust was baked to the right texture and the egg custard was as soft as tofu. simply yummy! it was a short ride from wan chai to causway bay. headed to ikea to do furniture shopping for shirleen's almost empty hall. our 1st mission was to get the right sofa. right design, measurement, colour, fabric and softness included. took her more than half an hour before making her final decision. it was a tough choice i would say. 2nd mission was to get a dining table. if you think sofa was not easy, dining table was much worse. when she finally made her choice, we found out to her dismay that the table she wanted wasn't available in the desired colour! so much for even picking the right chairs to go with the table. it irritated her so much that she decided to forsake the table for the time being. 3rd mission was to get miscellaneous stuff such as cutlery, laundry basket, dustbins for her apartment.
left ikea around 3 and we went on to find the 许留山 that is supposed to have 2 outlets in causeway bay. as shirleen tried to google it on her blackberry, i saw the familiar signboard right across the street. *happiness* had our then favourite mango dessert with different flavours.
made our way to pacific place for the next round of shopping. a crazy sale is on at mango but i've stopped liking their not-so-appealing apparels since some time back. zara has got pretty nice stuff that interests me but the store is not offering any discount. went in to a number of boutiques, kate spade, coach, louis vuitton.. can't seem to find anything that i had a need to buy there and then. decided to head down to the supermarket, great food hall, to complete the rest of the grocery shopping for the chicken stew and the mojito that i'm supposed to concoct. shirleen said it's her favourite supermarket and i will know why when i get in. the 1st thing that hit me was, the queue at the cashier was amazingly long. i guess many people were doing last minute christmas shopping like us. the place provides a huge variety of food which impresses me and the food looks good for supermarket standards. as expected, we digressed and spent a good time at the cheese section. bought 100g of blue cheese and another 100g of soft cheese (which i cannot remember the name). decided that we should get on to serious business. quickly grabbed the mint leaves, limes, soda water, plain flour and bread and made our way to queue for payment. to our surprise, the waiting time was pretty short as many people had only a few items i suppose. juz as we stepped out of pacific place, shirleen suddenly exclaimed "we forgot the brown sugar!". as both of us were too lazy, we decided to give up mojito for the night.
took us about 15 minutes to walk back to her area. settled ourselves at the 茶餐厅, king food restaurant, right below her apartment. we had the most unsatisfying meal which was a waste of our calories. the fries and egg salad sandwich was not worth the price that we paid. nevertheless, shirleen enjoyed her iced water cress drink which everyone has in hong kong.
it was already 6 when we went up to shirleen's place to check if they had delivered the correct mattress as the previous one was too small for the frame. to her delight, they changed it for her and she finally gets a proper and comfortable mattress to rest on. spent some time trying to get her mattress protector and bedsheets on as the dimensions are now a little too big for the frame. she went on to complete her chicken stew task while i lazed around. *bleah* by 730, we were ready to get out of the house but not so ready. she had to get a sushi party set for her friend, jess who was still working at that hour on christmas eve. how unfortunate. however, the sushi place below her place does not offer party sets and it's not economical to order ala carte. hence, we decided to order pizzas from across the street. waited a good 20 minutes before the pizzas were ready and we set off to the mid levels.
we reached seymour road slightly past 8 and were greeted by the hosts, edward and joanne, and the rest of the guests. as everyone was hungry by then, we did not wait for jess to arrive to start on the big feast. there were loads of food and wine, good food and wine. it was a great pot-luck dinner. ed offered each of us a chocolate which had a message in it and mine says "to love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart". i knew almost immediately what is the song i have to learn. *bleah* spent the rest of the night chatting and watching dvd with everyone. the show that we caught (which i couldn't remember the title) was silly and lame, had a good laugh though, and everyone else did. left the place around 2am. it was indeed a christmas eve to remember, my 1st christmas eve out of town.
it's the long awaited christmas eve. got out of bed pretty late, around 9ish. the weather in hong kong now is really conducive for sleeping in. *bleah* shirleen woke up early and headed to the supermarket to get the ingredients for her chicken stew for the house party we were attending for the night. tried to be of some help with her preparation (not much actually *laughs*) as we were looking at a packed schedule for the day. it was a little past 11 when she finished her last step of preparation.
changed and made our way to causeway bay by MTR. shirleen bought me the egg tart along the way. she has been going on about it since she stepped foot on the island. it was close to an adrenaline rush when i took the 1st bite. i've never tasted anything like that in singapore. the crust was baked to the right texture and the egg custard was as soft as tofu. simply yummy! it was a short ride from wan chai to causway bay. headed to ikea to do furniture shopping for shirleen's almost empty hall. our 1st mission was to get the right sofa. right design, measurement, colour, fabric and softness included. took her more than half an hour before making her final decision. it was a tough choice i would say. 2nd mission was to get a dining table. if you think sofa was not easy, dining table was much worse. when she finally made her choice, we found out to her dismay that the table she wanted wasn't available in the desired colour! so much for even picking the right chairs to go with the table. it irritated her so much that she decided to forsake the table for the time being. 3rd mission was to get miscellaneous stuff such as cutlery, laundry basket, dustbins for her apartment.
left ikea around 3 and we went on to find the 许留山 that is supposed to have 2 outlets in causeway bay. as shirleen tried to google it on her blackberry, i saw the familiar signboard right across the street. *happiness* had our then favourite mango dessert with different flavours.
made our way to pacific place for the next round of shopping. a crazy sale is on at mango but i've stopped liking their not-so-appealing apparels since some time back. zara has got pretty nice stuff that interests me but the store is not offering any discount. went in to a number of boutiques, kate spade, coach, louis vuitton.. can't seem to find anything that i had a need to buy there and then. decided to head down to the supermarket, great food hall, to complete the rest of the grocery shopping for the chicken stew and the mojito that i'm supposed to concoct. shirleen said it's her favourite supermarket and i will know why when i get in. the 1st thing that hit me was, the queue at the cashier was amazingly long. i guess many people were doing last minute christmas shopping like us. the place provides a huge variety of food which impresses me and the food looks good for supermarket standards. as expected, we digressed and spent a good time at the cheese section. bought 100g of blue cheese and another 100g of soft cheese (which i cannot remember the name). decided that we should get on to serious business. quickly grabbed the mint leaves, limes, soda water, plain flour and bread and made our way to queue for payment. to our surprise, the waiting time was pretty short as many people had only a few items i suppose. juz as we stepped out of pacific place, shirleen suddenly exclaimed "we forgot the brown sugar!". as both of us were too lazy, we decided to give up mojito for the night.
took us about 15 minutes to walk back to her area. settled ourselves at the 茶餐厅, king food restaurant, right below her apartment. we had the most unsatisfying meal which was a waste of our calories. the fries and egg salad sandwich was not worth the price that we paid. nevertheless, shirleen enjoyed her iced water cress drink which everyone has in hong kong.
it was already 6 when we went up to shirleen's place to check if they had delivered the correct mattress as the previous one was too small for the frame. to her delight, they changed it for her and she finally gets a proper and comfortable mattress to rest on. spent some time trying to get her mattress protector and bedsheets on as the dimensions are now a little too big for the frame. she went on to complete her chicken stew task while i lazed around. *bleah* by 730, we were ready to get out of the house but not so ready. she had to get a sushi party set for her friend, jess who was still working at that hour on christmas eve. how unfortunate. however, the sushi place below her place does not offer party sets and it's not economical to order ala carte. hence, we decided to order pizzas from across the street. waited a good 20 minutes before the pizzas were ready and we set off to the mid levels.
we reached seymour road slightly past 8 and were greeted by the hosts, edward and joanne, and the rest of the guests. as everyone was hungry by then, we did not wait for jess to arrive to start on the big feast. there were loads of food and wine, good food and wine. it was a great pot-luck dinner. ed offered each of us a chocolate which had a message in it and mine says "to love a person is to learn the song that is in their heart". i knew almost immediately what is the song i have to learn. *bleah* spent the rest of the night chatting and watching dvd with everyone. the show that we caught (which i couldn't remember the title) was silly and lame, had a good laugh though, and everyone else did. left the place around 2am. it was indeed a christmas eve to remember, my 1st christmas eve out of town.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Hong Kong Day 1 (23 Dec)
touched down at the international airport a little past 8 in the evening. temperature is at 16 degree. managed to clear the customs within 10 minutes and i'm still wondering why the guy looked at my passport in such great detail, checking every single line with the system. i could have gotten out earlier if not for the delay. took another 10 minutes to collect my luggage and got myself a single journey ticket on the airport express. there was no crowd at all probably due to the late flight. most people would choose to arrive earlier. a 20 minutes ride to hong kong station where i met up with shirleen. really glad to see her again. took a cab to her new apartment at ship street (wan chai). it's a 2 bedder which is more well furnished than i thought and i've got a room to myself. how nice. unpacked the stuff which i brought along for her, including christmas gifts from gracie, jack and myself of coz. we decided to take a walk and head out for drinks around 10ish. being a nice host, she introduced me around her estate, tho she's pretty new to the place as well and most of the places were closed by then. had a glass of wine at neuvo, where we updated each other on our lives before heading back to the apartment to rest for the night.
touched down at the international airport a little past 8 in the evening. temperature is at 16 degree. managed to clear the customs within 10 minutes and i'm still wondering why the guy looked at my passport in such great detail, checking every single line with the system. i could have gotten out earlier if not for the delay. took another 10 minutes to collect my luggage and got myself a single journey ticket on the airport express. there was no crowd at all probably due to the late flight. most people would choose to arrive earlier. a 20 minutes ride to hong kong station where i met up with shirleen. really glad to see her again. took a cab to her new apartment at ship street (wan chai). it's a 2 bedder which is more well furnished than i thought and i've got a room to myself. how nice. unpacked the stuff which i brought along for her, including christmas gifts from gracie, jack and myself of coz. we decided to take a walk and head out for drinks around 10ish. being a nice host, she introduced me around her estate, tho she's pretty new to the place as well and most of the places were closed by then. had a glass of wine at neuvo, where we updated each other on our lives before heading back to the apartment to rest for the night.
Monday, December 15, 2008
combined some pictures from zoukout and the rest can be found in facebook as usual. it was a full day and night of fun, laughter, NO peace and joy! *grins* can't remember my last zoukout, years ago but not 2005 of coz. *bleah*met up with jasmine, nicole, steven and the boys at vivocity around 1pm to do "grocery" shopping. Definition of "grocery": mixers and tibits. *laughs* most of us were still drained by the previous night's dinner, mahjong and supper gathering. it was good fun at vivo mart. we spent most of time laughing at marcus's silly behaviour. i personally like his "ladles dance" best. honestly, we attracted loads of unwanted attention during our stay in the supermart. kinda embarassing. we managed to get out of the place a little past 3pm and headed in to sentosa island.
i was pretty pissed with the resort's staff stationed at the entrance of the carpark. shall not repeat my unhappy story again but yes, it was indeed worth being pissed. got our room key and settled ourselves and our stuff in the room at almost 5pm. had a little episode of plotting against the poor boy gerard before heading to the resort's pool. *sniggers* it was pure madness. marcus had to be the clown yet again. the "dolphin show" he put up sent all of us into non-stop laughing. it was good abdomen exercise tho. jasmine and kes recorded a series of videos of the pool action for rememberance sake.
night came and the party begins. we had a few rounds of drinks in the room for warm up before heading down to the zoukout venue itself - siloso beach. P.S. played a round tarot cards and i would say it's pretty accurate for me. please do not ask what was the question i was thinking of coz it's for me to know and for no one to find out. while the rest stayed at the mambo arena, we (the girls) decided to recee the place to get fake tattoos done. i've got this insane craze to get myself a tattoo but i know i'll never hear the end from my mum. *bleah* each of us ended up with a butterfly tattoo done. so pretty (i mean both the butterfly and the person). *laughs* headed back to the mambo arena to join the rest and started cam-whoring before the music starts.
it was pretty slow at the beginning but was still good to me. probably due to the fact that i've got great company! was pretty oblivious to the surroundings so please do not ask if there're any cute guys or pretty babes. much as i would want to deny, my only concern was for someone's absence. as the night wore on, the music got better and the party juz got crazier. met a few groups of friends and had a couple of drinks. was at B1 when my favourite song played and i literally ran all the way back to the centre platform where all my friends were. *sniggers* that was also when i finally saw the person i've been missing all night. he gave me a hug which probably meant nothing to him but took me by surprise. i have to admit that it made my night better for the moment. the rest of the mambo till 2am was all about dancing.
by then, i was soaked with my own perspiration, nicole was suffering from terrible backache and jasmine was tired too. went back to the room to catch a breather and for more drinks. while the 2 girls rested, bryan, sarah, steven and i decided to head back at around 3am for sasha! it was good but a little too crowded for my liking and when bryan suggested that we check out the hip hop arena, i had no issues at all. found a comfortable spot for ourselves and music was surprisingly good. it turned out to be much better when andrew chow took over. fantastic would be the best word to describe. unfortunately, jasmine sos-ed bryan around 4-ish as the boys were apparently getting out of hand in the room. the drunk boys have proven to be too much for the rest to handle. when we finally settled the boys in bed and walked sarah to catch a cab back onto the main island, it was already 5-ish.
tho i was pretty tired out, i could not resist the temptation of the awesome music and headed back to the party with bryan, kes and steven. may i repeat that andrew chow was really good, top 40s remix, hip hop, R&B.. we partied till almost daybreak at 7am when i knew my legs couldn't take it anymore. bryan was the only survivor who stayed on to join his other friends while the rest of us went back to the room. i was surprised to find the two boys, gerard and marcus awake and they went down to the party. chock had apparently drowned himself in his own puke (again).
tiredness finally set in on me on the way back home. thanks to steven who followed behind me juz to make sure i got home safely. i admit i was dozing off on the wheels and was driving dangerously. nevertheless, it was a great zoukout afterall.
Monday, December 08, 2008
it's been a crazy and tiring but fun weekend!
a quick update on godson matt. he's weighing 3.88kg as of wednesday's check up. drinking lots of milk and very frequently. he finishes his milk fast and takes about 2 hours to burp each time he has his milk. he's such a sweetie with his long eye lashes. visited gracie and him on thursday as i knew i wouldn't have time to do so over the weekend. seems like he's spending more hours awake now and gracie is starting to get the hang of being a mum tho she's really tired and busy from taking care of the baby. please do take good care of yourself too ger.
in preparation for the eventful weekend, i decided to knock off on the dot for once on friday. finished my last vist at 6pm and headed down to east coast to meet up with the rest for jasmine's birthday celebration. silly ger has been so excited over the chalet for the past 2 months that she's been going on and on about it (i'm sure nicole would agree with me). *bleah* realised that bryan aka yue-er can really cook and do housework. he's really the man. *laughs* i'm truly impressed. from starting fire to barbercuing food to making tau-suan and cleaning up the place, he can manage everything on his own. may i add that the tau-suan he makes is not the best but still good. we all know who to include in our bbq invite list the next time we have one. *grins* that aside, we had loads of fun eating (especially for those who tried the "spiked" tau-suan), playing mahjong and cards, chatting, making and drinking our own concoctions, and of coz, smearing cake on jasmine. opps! i'm sorry ger that you kinda injured your foot while chasing after us and that we dirtied you. but it was all in the name of fun! we still love you lots! played mahjong through the night and i was really exhausted at the end of it all. wonder how i managed to drop claudio off at his place and get home at 6am in the morning.
saturday was yet another packed day for me with 3 weddings to attend. everything seems to have been pre-planned as none of them clashed with each other - church wedding in the morning, lunch reception at noon and finally dinner in the evening. picked up susan at 9am to head down for keng kiang's matrimonial ceremony at renewal centre. there was a handful of ex-hall 13 people at the wedding who weren't the usual group that i used to hang out with, but seeing them again brought back happy memories of the past. everyone seems the same and yet different at the same time. left the place around 1pm and dropped susan off at gerard's place before meeting my parents at orchard hotel. it was the wedding of one of their friend's daughter whom i happen to know and hence was invited. realised the most frequently asked question (FAQ) is when will it be my turn? kinda sick of answering such questions. yes, i know i'm turing 30 really soon and its time. i'm juz waiting for the right one (if there is one in the 1st place) to appear. or maybe it's juz me, not ready to settle down at all. *bleah* reached back home at 5pm, took a quick shower and started preparing for the night - my nephew's wedding dinner at expo's bliss garden ballroom. all of my extended family was present including my cousin who's working in bombay, my other nephew who's based in london and my niece who's doing her degree in australia. great to be catching up with all of them. most of the night was spent entertaining my little niece who juz can't stop talking. *laughs* i still love her for what she is coz she's my favourite niece. as expected, i'm being thrown with the same question, in a different way tho. was playing with this cute little 5 months old baby boy when the aunties, including cousin jennifer, juz started to go on about how i should get married and have kids so that my parents can take care of them for me. i happily answered that "babies are only cute when they're not mine!". had a few rounds (at least 5) of red wine and stopped after my mum's not so gentle reminder that i'm driving. sent my parents home at 11 and met up with jay and jerald for 2nd round of drinks at clarke quay. fun people to hang out with as they would throw you with the most nonsensical stuff which would make you laugh. we discovered this new retro bar which could be a nice hangout for saturdays. the place is pretty empty probably due to the fact that it's new? or izzit juz that not many people appreciate retro music as much as we do? *sniggers*
note: if you're wondering, i juz couldn't resist the temptation to stop going out with him and yes, i'm lousy. it's juz so me to do this i guess. spent the night out with him till morning. i enjoy his company and i've really fallen for him this time. it's a bad sign.
back to my weekend. while on the way back to jay's place on sunday morning, xiao bai ran out of petrol and stopped moving! poor xiao bai and us were stranded along the exit to loyang ave on tpe. called simon, my workshop guy but he's overseas and i had no choice but to trouble best friend. lucky thing he stays at pasir ris, but i still feel bad for making him come down to rescue me. jay offered to walk to the nearest station to buy the petrol but i feel bad to make him do it. best friend arrived with a tin of petrol after around half an hour which in the meantime, jay was keeping himself entertained by disturbing me with silly ideas of what i can do when i'm stranded. the guys suggested that i should keep the tin as a souvenior. *pouts* i promise to pump petrol once the indicator starts blinking and i'll never let that happen to xiao bai and me ever again. nevertheless, thank you best friend for making the trip down and for rescuing me. many thanks and apologies to jay who was made to go through the "ordeal" with me.
due to the unforeseen circumstance, it was a mad rush for me. reached back home past 11am and had to shower and get dressed up within half an hour to attend joyce's wedding lunch. arrived at grand shanghai a little past noon and was glad that i'm not the latest. *grins* da jie's gown is really beautiful and special. guess it's probably the prettiest i've seen so far. it might have been the person wearing it, to be able to carry it off so well. glad to see and to be able to catch up with janice da jie, ying ying and rachel at the lunch. it was good time spent at the table coz of francis's, eric's and keegan's presence. *laughs*
it's been a long update for the weekend and i believe next week's update will be as interesting (i hope). i'll be attending zoukout for a change. was and never am a zoukout person as i dun happen to like beach parties. getting messy, sandy, wet and all. going this year coz of steven and he better appreciate it. *sniggers* he's gonna pay back by drinking with me.
a quick update on godson matt. he's weighing 3.88kg as of wednesday's check up. drinking lots of milk and very frequently. he finishes his milk fast and takes about 2 hours to burp each time he has his milk. he's such a sweetie with his long eye lashes. visited gracie and him on thursday as i knew i wouldn't have time to do so over the weekend. seems like he's spending more hours awake now and gracie is starting to get the hang of being a mum tho she's really tired and busy from taking care of the baby. please do take good care of yourself too ger.
in preparation for the eventful weekend, i decided to knock off on the dot for once on friday. finished my last vist at 6pm and headed down to east coast to meet up with the rest for jasmine's birthday celebration. silly ger has been so excited over the chalet for the past 2 months that she's been going on and on about it (i'm sure nicole would agree with me). *bleah* realised that bryan aka yue-er can really cook and do housework. he's really the man. *laughs* i'm truly impressed. from starting fire to barbercuing food to making tau-suan and cleaning up the place, he can manage everything on his own. may i add that the tau-suan he makes is not the best but still good. we all know who to include in our bbq invite list the next time we have one. *grins* that aside, we had loads of fun eating (especially for those who tried the "spiked" tau-suan), playing mahjong and cards, chatting, making and drinking our own concoctions, and of coz, smearing cake on jasmine. opps! i'm sorry ger that you kinda injured your foot while chasing after us and that we dirtied you. but it was all in the name of fun! we still love you lots! played mahjong through the night and i was really exhausted at the end of it all. wonder how i managed to drop claudio off at his place and get home at 6am in the morning.
saturday was yet another packed day for me with 3 weddings to attend. everything seems to have been pre-planned as none of them clashed with each other - church wedding in the morning, lunch reception at noon and finally dinner in the evening. picked up susan at 9am to head down for keng kiang's matrimonial ceremony at renewal centre. there was a handful of ex-hall 13 people at the wedding who weren't the usual group that i used to hang out with, but seeing them again brought back happy memories of the past. everyone seems the same and yet different at the same time. left the place around 1pm and dropped susan off at gerard's place before meeting my parents at orchard hotel. it was the wedding of one of their friend's daughter whom i happen to know and hence was invited. realised the most frequently asked question (FAQ) is when will it be my turn? kinda sick of answering such questions. yes, i know i'm turing 30 really soon and its time. i'm juz waiting for the right one (if there is one in the 1st place) to appear. or maybe it's juz me, not ready to settle down at all. *bleah* reached back home at 5pm, took a quick shower and started preparing for the night - my nephew's wedding dinner at expo's bliss garden ballroom. all of my extended family was present including my cousin who's working in bombay, my other nephew who's based in london and my niece who's doing her degree in australia. great to be catching up with all of them. most of the night was spent entertaining my little niece who juz can't stop talking. *laughs* i still love her for what she is coz she's my favourite niece. as expected, i'm being thrown with the same question, in a different way tho. was playing with this cute little 5 months old baby boy when the aunties, including cousin jennifer, juz started to go on about how i should get married and have kids so that my parents can take care of them for me. i happily answered that "babies are only cute when they're not mine!". had a few rounds (at least 5) of red wine and stopped after my mum's not so gentle reminder that i'm driving. sent my parents home at 11 and met up with jay and jerald for 2nd round of drinks at clarke quay. fun people to hang out with as they would throw you with the most nonsensical stuff which would make you laugh. we discovered this new retro bar which could be a nice hangout for saturdays. the place is pretty empty probably due to the fact that it's new? or izzit juz that not many people appreciate retro music as much as we do? *sniggers*
note: if you're wondering, i juz couldn't resist the temptation to stop going out with him and yes, i'm lousy. it's juz so me to do this i guess. spent the night out with him till morning. i enjoy his company and i've really fallen for him this time. it's a bad sign.
back to my weekend. while on the way back to jay's place on sunday morning, xiao bai ran out of petrol and stopped moving! poor xiao bai and us were stranded along the exit to loyang ave on tpe. called simon, my workshop guy but he's overseas and i had no choice but to trouble best friend. lucky thing he stays at pasir ris, but i still feel bad for making him come down to rescue me. jay offered to walk to the nearest station to buy the petrol but i feel bad to make him do it. best friend arrived with a tin of petrol after around half an hour which in the meantime, jay was keeping himself entertained by disturbing me with silly ideas of what i can do when i'm stranded. the guys suggested that i should keep the tin as a souvenior. *pouts* i promise to pump petrol once the indicator starts blinking and i'll never let that happen to xiao bai and me ever again. nevertheless, thank you best friend for making the trip down and for rescuing me. many thanks and apologies to jay who was made to go through the "ordeal" with me.
due to the unforeseen circumstance, it was a mad rush for me. reached back home past 11am and had to shower and get dressed up within half an hour to attend joyce's wedding lunch. arrived at grand shanghai a little past noon and was glad that i'm not the latest. *grins* da jie's gown is really beautiful and special. guess it's probably the prettiest i've seen so far. it might have been the person wearing it, to be able to carry it off so well. glad to see and to be able to catch up with janice da jie, ying ying and rachel at the lunch. it was good time spent at the table coz of francis's, eric's and keegan's presence. *laughs*
it's been a long update for the weekend and i believe next week's update will be as interesting (i hope). i'll be attending zoukout for a change. was and never am a zoukout person as i dun happen to like beach parties. getting messy, sandy, wet and all. going this year coz of steven and he better appreciate it. *sniggers* he's gonna pay back by drinking with me.
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
a song by stefanie that i thought would best describe how i feel right now. sorry for the decision. i juz do not wish to go through the whole process again and of coz i do not wish to lose you. its my fault. you've stated everything clearly right from the start and i juz did not control my emotions well enough. i guess putting a stop to this would be the best solution as of now. give me some time (i have no idea how much i need), but i promise i'll be fine and we'll be talking by then. trust me, the long conversation on sunday and the efforts that you have put in for this friendship over the past 8 months have not gone to waste and it will not. i treasure this friendship as much as you do if not more. that's the reason why i do need to take a step back and get myself sorted out. guess i've been deluding myself all these while and i've got everything mixed up. it's gonna be difficult but i'll try to separate one thing from another.
<星期一天气晴我离开你>
离开爱情我没有行李
找不到表情可是不恨你
离去因为我不爱推理的游戏
不想绕路只为了避开你
我有一点伤心
伤心让人不想爱自己
那么也只好暂时不爱你
拉开距离等着有一天忽然想起你
离开的原因再也想不起
再翻出旧的日记从新写起
星期一天气晴我离开你
突然就下了决心
我在日历上面画下星星
星期一天气晴我离开你
不带任何行李
除了一本陪我放逐的日记
今天天晴心情很低
突然决定离开你
<星期一天气晴我离开你>
离开爱情我没有行李
找不到表情可是不恨你
离去因为我不爱推理的游戏
不想绕路只为了避开你
我有一点伤心
伤心让人不想爱自己
那么也只好暂时不爱你
拉开距离等着有一天忽然想起你
离开的原因再也想不起
再翻出旧的日记从新写起
星期一天气晴我离开你
突然就下了决心
我在日历上面画下星星
星期一天气晴我离开你
不带任何行李
除了一本陪我放逐的日记
今天天晴心情很低
突然决定离开你
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