What a day...

This is my first time celebrating bday in Spore, as far as I can remember. I had an unavoidable business trip.

I always try not to work on birthdays, if I can help it. Birthday is the perfect occassion to pamper myself & I believe everyone should do the same... hehe. Usually I would laze till I wake up naturally. Then enjoy facial and massage, then have a enjoyable shopping. To be nice to one-self.

This morning, I reluctantly drag myself out of bed at 7am, then prepare to go to work. Had a marathon meeting, but luckily things went well. My handsome guy was at the meeting too, and I couldnt help but catch a few more glimpse at the manager who have such a boyish look. His smile and looks is very captivating. Mind you, this is just pure innocent admiration, nothing more.... :P

Things wasnt so bad altogether. So happen hubby was on the same island, so we managed to meet up for dinner. Since childhood, I had this impression imprinted in my brain that Spore's taste bland and yucks and eeeks. Ever tasted chee cheong fun with watery ketchup sauce ? So I must have severely underrated Singapore's food, seems like there are good food hidden in this little island too. Tonight, tasted the most tasty braised duck, and salted egg crabs opposite Sim Lim Square. Real yummy....

At my age, simple sms wishes from friends & family meant a lot more than it used to. ( see.. i sound so old liao) Maybe I have learnt to cherish the simple things in life. May all my birthday wishes come true (hopefully that's not too much to ask for)

Catching my breath

Its only the 3rd day of the second round of requirement studies, and I am almost exhausted. So thankful that tommorow is a holiday. Not that tommorow I dont need to work, but at least get to catch my breath.

In my new job, the work culture is such that a 3-hour meeting is acceptable. This kind of marathon meeting would not have been entertained in my previous workplace. Waiting 20 minutes for the attendees to arrive is a norm. Then starts off with some small talk. Then start agenda proper. Then beat around the bush a bit when asked on a very straightforward questions. Oh god, i have tons of complains !

I am used to working in fast-pace environment. With everything in slow-mo, patience is wearing thin. Feels like working in a government department or living in a underwater world. To be fair, some govt dept such as KWSP, Income Tax are pretty efficient nowadays. There is so much to do, and so little time given. Sigh....

I secretly wished everyone would walk faster, talk faster, work faster, be nicer and less sarcastic. Guess I have to tune my pace down .....

Study room is finally up

I have waited for almost half a year for my slow-coach hubby to setup the study room. I hate the sight of boxes lying unpack around the house. I would have unpack all the boxes and put them onto the shelf within the hour. But hubby was adamant that the study room is his room, and he would be the one who is allowed to 'design the layout'.... as he describes it. I relented, coz i have had my 'final jurisdiction' over our master bedroom.



I almost turned myself into a nagging old frog waiting for him to take his own sweet time to this task. Luckily, the long wait was worthwhile, the study room turn out to be nicer than I expected. He just drilled a few holes and assemble the shelves unit together. Even got a special allocated shelf just for his toys, another shelf for his CD collections, another shelf for comics.... sounds more like a kid's room than a study room though.


A peek into the study room.