on foot in mouth disease...

Later as we were making our way to Morton's for an after-dinner drink, ran into one of my long-lost ex-colleague. Haha, caught up with her in the weirdest of places - along the sidewalk of a big road. Tried to make a joke, but failed completely. :D Think I wasn't thinking straight, as all the blood was in my tummy digesting the maguro and dulled from the Mojito. Haha, think I ruined her evening, can literally sense her warmth droped 20 degrees after the initial enthusiastic greeting. Sent her an sms later to apologise~

Moral of the Story: 讲话要经过大脑先！(literal from Mandarin, "say-word-must-go-through-big-brain-first")

on staying up late or staying up early...

depending on how your look at it. Was home from town around 2am in the wee hours this morning. Decided not to sleep because

1) Still having a bit of buzz from the Mojito and the Noble 2003 sweet desert wine of New Year's Eve night;

2) Wanted to complete some of my blog entries

3) Chatting to some of my contacts who just came back from their New Year's celebrations

4) If I had chose to fall asleep, probably wouldn't have woke up in time for the dawn prayer session at my church.

So was the first hours of 2008 productive and useful? You betcha!~

on eating out on New Year's Eve~

Went to celebrate a friend's birthday at Sun at Chjimes. Great food, great company; even though our feelings were being cheated over the 饭团 (tenmusu), because they didn't use the authentic Japanese rice.

on playing 3-person chess

Yellow is 吴国
Blue is 魏国
Red is 蜀国

My friend bought this really interesting chess set in china, that allows 3 person to play chinese chess simulatenously. Since yesterday was only half day in office, and we were all in holiday mood, decided to engage in a little bout of intellectual activities.

on encountering a cute "putty tat"...

haha, sure wun call this tiger Slyvester! :D

on fluffy clouds and meeting a playful cat on a lazy Sunday afternoon...

Yesterday, didn't stay out too long after church. Needed to send in my friend's coat for dry-cleaning before returning it to him. After that, decided to hide in the coldness of the library at Woodlands to escape the heat of the day (Free Aircon rox!) :D was nodding off to lalaland and reading my big book of church history for a bout 2 hours, before decided to have a "quick bite". Drank "ying yeong" (鸳鸯) and had toast with chicken-floss and special mayonnaise-condensed milk sauce - o iiii shhiii!~ :D

After the rich tea-snack, decided to walk to the new park connector besides Republic Polytechnic. Wanna check out what facilities they have at the fitness station, so that can go there and use. On the way there, was struck by the clouds in the sky. Absolutely gorgeous!

Just love the way the sun rays penetrate through the dark clouds and gave them the silver lining. An inspiration perhaps, to hang on in the darkest times?

The new park connector is halfway through its construction, so it is still relatively small in area. Thankfully the fitness stations are up, so I can go for a quick jog and do some stationary exercises like pull-ups and sit-ups.* Decided not to take the feeder bus back home since I already covered half the distance home. While walking past a block of flats, I encountered this photogenic stray tomcat~

Too bad I didn't have cat-treats on me. Hmm, must remember to go buy a packet~ :D

*If I am disciplined enough :P

(Written halfway on Dec 31 2007, 12 24pm :p)

 

on recovering from "brother"-ing on Saturday

Had the privilege to help out at a dear friend's wedding on Saturday. Thankfully, the "sisters" were merciful and didn't "tekan" the brothers too much in the morning. Still, it was tiring. think must be the age thing. Past my thirties liao, and it's my umpteenth time being a "brother" :p

Ok, still waiting for the photos from the photographer. Here are some more "artistic" shots I took with my humble mobile phone camera:

At the Luncheon Reception table - Balloons sculpture!

The guy

The Girl

At the Wedding Dinner