Cafe Delmar

Went in to Sentosa with Serene today. Our main aim is to go explore Delmar. Heard that its quite a cool place to chill out. Its a beach pub unlike the rest. They have the usual beach chairs, but in additional to that, they have "beds" on the beach. When i say beds, i really mean beds. Its like a four poster bed with "curtains". They also have large cushion seats, swimming pool and jacuzzis.

What we didnt expect is that, its so packed even at 2pm on a sunday afternoon!! All their beach chairs and beds were fully booked. Cant believe that ppl actually called to reserve the beach chairs for sun tanning....tot only tables at resturants required bookings...duhz...so we ended up indoor.

The outside , The bar counter

The beds corner (inside). Those cushion seats on the outside required a min spending of $200 then u r allowed to seat there...Cant imagine how much it would cost to seat on these beds.

Since we were already in Sentosa, we settle inside the cafe and ordered some food. The food is quite expensive. Just a plate of nachos cost abt $8. Haa, even though we didnt get to sun tan, but we still manage to stay indoors and laze ard for abt 3hrs! Its a bliss too, to stay in the air con whereby its burning outside!!

Nachos and our drinks


Me and Serene

When to look for Law for dinner at ard 7pm. The last time i waited for him at TOS (Taste of Singapore), i sat outside and i was bitten by some super posionous mosquitos. The bite swell up and it itch like hell! Even after 2 weeks, the marks are still there! So this time round, i went inside and sat by the side. After half an hr of waiting, was starting to feel bored, thus started taking pics :P

The shop; Spice of Life, which is opposite TOS. Basically it sells local flavour paste such as satay sauces, curry paste, prawn crackers, "cha ye tan".



Me!



After an hr of waiting......



Can see Law in the background...


In the end, waited for like 1hr+. Haa Law seeing that i was so angry, brought me to Sky bar for a glass of Sky Cooler (on the house, ie. treated by Fendi lah...)

KDF

Guess what...today, i was "given" the honour of taking over a "very good" job from my colleague who would be leaving the company by end of Mar. Its a charity organisation called Kidney Dialysis Foundation. The company is a little like NKF but of a smaller scale. This arrow was shot so last min, i felt like telling my manager off! The APM (audit planning meeting) is tomorrow at 930am and the agenda for the meeting was not even drawn up yet. Furthermore i have to attend another meeting today so that leaves me with very little time to understand the company and to come up with the agenda...hai...really poor management skill....even if they wanna shoot arrow, should have done it earlier so that we have time to prepare for it.

Anyway, luckily my meeting didnt last as long as the previous one (which took us more than half a day!) , thus i still manage to work out the agenda by today. After going through last year's files, found that this could be quite an interesting job. The audit approach would be quite different from the audits that i have done before. Am looking forward to it :) However the timeline crashes with 3 of my other jobs which would be running concurrently. So i hope that i wont drown in another series of peak period in Apr~May....wish me luck!

My hobbies

One of my hobby, other than msning, blogging, shopping, gossiping etc, is reading. I like to read books and i am even suprise with myself for saying that...lol...cos when i was in school, my langauges sucks and my english for O'level is almost a gone case. Never would i ever think of or even admit to myself that i like to read. It has became a routine in my life to read before i sleep. Guess the need to read has intensified during my peak period. It simply gave me a little window to escape from the stressful real world and to be transported to where the author is going to bring me.

I like to read Reader Digest and non-fiction stories, such as the life of a real character. My love for non-fiction stories came about after i read the life story of this Japanese Evil Cult leader when i was in secondary school. He was very famous at that time whereby he created a huge stir in Japan. Cant remember his name, but it really left a very deep impression in me. Other titles which i have read and liked includes, Wild Swan, Memory of a Geishan, The Rape of Nanking and Father of Cambodia, which talked about the life of a youngl girl during war time in Cambodia and how she managed to pull through.

I used to only read horror stories when i was younger and they includes series from Fear Street, Goosebums and the Vampire series by Anne Rice. But as i grew older, i also begins to like to read fiction stories. My recent favourite authors include Leasly Pearse and Jodi Picoult, whereby i am also collecting their series.

The newest addition to my Leasly Pearse collection is Hope. Just got it over the weekend and cant wait to start on it. :)

Daphne gave me an interesting book called The Train Man recently. The story was being written in an online forum style, whereby storyline goes with the posting from the author. Its just like reading an internet forum. A very innovative way of writing and looks very interesting. Would let you guys know abt it after i have finished reading it.

A cosy gathering

Seems that from last year, me and my sec school fren would meet up during festive seasons like Christmas and CNY (of cos we would meet up as and when, but in a smaller group). This year's gathering was a little late (as we are aiming at CNY), but with the delay, there are more time to organise and coordinate and the turnout was much better! :)

We went to Thai Accent at Vivocity. As the store manager was Law's ex-colleague, we manage to get 20% discount. The food is quite ok and i particularly like their Curry Fried Rice.

Look at that long table of food!

After dinner, some of us went for second round at Villa Bali. Its a Balinese style chill out bar and has a very authentic atmosphere. Its being set in a laid back manner and is a good place for rest and relax. There are a few types of sitting area, from the normal tables and chairs to cosy couches and coffee tables. The one we chose was like a small hut whereby you need to take off your shoes and climb onto the platform. The platform is like a Ta-ta-mi, with large cushions and a small coffee table in the middle. However, the condition of sitting in a hut is that you need to spend at least $200. As there are 7 of us to split the bill, so its still quite affordable.

The stairway to our hut (plus part of Quentin's head..lol)

In order to spend that $200, we ordered a bottle of Midori. Its a melon flavour liquidur and it cost $150. The taste is sweet and its quite nice. At last i found a type of wine that is sweet! They also mentioned that dessert wine are sweet also...hmm..maybe next time can try that.

A group pic (clockwise) - Law, me, Jiahui, Xuehui, Koreen, Guoheng and Quentin

An unexpected day

Unexpected changes has been happening throughout the day. My original plan it to go to work to clear my Ascott Accounts and to meet JH and QY at cineleisure at night for movie; The Pursuit of Happiness. But then early in the morning, i received an email from my manager saying that another client of mine has brought forward their reporting deadline from 16 Mar to 9 Mar (this fri!), thus i need to arrange for a site visit and to clear off all the things. So, not doing of ascott today, but to clear off the other company first.

Then at abt 1150am, i suddenly felt the building shaking. A small tremble. But as my colleague was rubbing something, so i tot he was the one shaking the table. But a second or two later, i felt the building swaying! Its not trembling this time, but yes, its swaying. Soon, we were given orders to evacuate from the building. Its only when we reached the main lobby did we realise the seriousness of it. Its total chaos there! There are so many ppl and everyone seems so lost. The security guards started chasing ppl out of the building and we realised that the other buildings along Shenton Way has also did the same thing. The checking of building took a few hrs and we couldnt even get back to our office by 2pm. Thus my company declared half day off and we were to go back and get our things and to leave the office premises asap (yes, its that serious..lol). The shake was due to Earthquake at Sumatera in Indonesia measuring 6.3! No wonder we can feel the tremble. While i am happy that we got this unexpected half day off, but on the other hand, i felt sad for the victims.

As i am meeting JH and QY at night in Orchard and not wanting to go home and come out again. I went to TOS to look for Law. So second plan of the day : To stay at TOS to continue my work till 6pm and to meet JH at HF at 630pm. But alas, Law said he wanna go Bo Tian to deliever the food that we bought the other day. So again change of plan. This time : to leave TOS at 530pm and to make it back in Orchard by 7pm.

Bo Tian is located at Chim Bee Road and is a home for the aged whereby they housed approximately 20+ old folks (free of charge). They also collect donated food items, repack them and distribute them to old folks in the poorer neighbour. Packing is done every sat and sun and distribution is done every Wed and Fri night. They also have free vegetatrain food on every first and fifteen of the lunar calendar. All packing and distribution of food stuffs are done by volunteers. Thus if anyone is interested, can go there to help out. For more information, can click here.

We got them some rice, biscuits, bee hoon and canned food

When we reached Cineleisure, Law decided to have dinner before gg home. Since he is already at the cinema, i felt so bad to let him go home alone while we go for our movie. And as god had realised that, he helped me! There is one unoccupied seat beside the 3 that i have booked online. So its fate lah har...lol....thus in the end, he joined us for the movie. Sorry JH and QY that i did not inform u guys earlier tat Law would be joining. But as u guys has asked me to ask him along the night before, so i guess u all wont mind right :P Anyway, its a nice and touching movie. Espcecially the part whereby Will Smith slept in the "cave" (toilet) with his son and he used his leg to prevent the person from opening the toilet door! I can really felt how lost and desperate he was at that time. Also at another scene, whereby his son dropped his only toy and Will Smith keep dragging him away to catch the bus. I really felt like slapping him! Overall, its a must see movie!

What kind of cake are you?

You Are an Ice Cream Cake

Surprising, unique, and high maintenance. You're one of a kind, and you don't want anyone to forget it. You're fun in small doses, but it's easy for people to overdose on you!

What Kind of Cake Are You?

Kissy

You're a Shy Kisser

You *do* love to kiss, once your comfortable with it And that means knowing the person you're kissing pretty well You usually don't make the first move when it comes to making out But you've got plenty of intensity in return

What Kind of Kisser Are You?

What is your love type

Your Love Type: ENFP

The Inspirer In love, you are passionate and eager to develop a strong bond. For you, sex should be playful, creative, and affectionate. Overall, you are perceptive and bring out the best in your partner. However, you tend to hold on to bad relationships after they've turned bad. Best matches: INTJ and INFJ

What's Your Love Type?

Fishy Tale

Met up with Jovis last night. Went to Fish & Co for dinner and guess wat? We saw Huang Yiliang (that TCS actor). Seems a bit stuck up to me. Anyway, dinner was great! And we order a glass of freeze each, but its only when it came, then we realise how big it is!!

Mermaid Freeze (the size is almost like one pine of beer!!) But lucky its nice...

Fish n Chips!! Yummy!!!

Been a while since i last met up with Jovis. Haa..she is now Mrs Loh. We chatted, complained and discussed abt our goals in life. Thank gal for all the advices you have given me. I will heed them! My piece of advice for you too: Dont take it too hard about what ppl say. In the end, its still your choice. So, stick to your choice and be proud of it! :)