Came super early for a meeting, only to realise that it’s been cancelled! Arrrgh! I needed that extra sleep man. Yes I had earlier replied that I couldn’t attend the meeting, but that does not mean it’s ok not to let me know that it’s cancelled, because it’s NOT! Arrrghhh! I want my 1 hour of sleep back!!
spalugecarousel weekend
Treated spider to some pampering for his birthday. Been eyeing the place myself, and I needed an excuse to spend all that money. Heeee.
It was a weekend of decadence. Too much food, too much fun. We’re now obviously back on earth, our work commitments looming ahead of us.
To my dearest spider.....
Happy birthday sayang. May this next year be the best yet...
cny hols
Sprained my ankle playing captain’s ball. On an uneven grass field. In slippers. But it was great fun. My dearest cousin hilmy was practically mauled by us in our efforts to prevent him from catching the ball. Hahha.
As usual, east coast park was transformed into a malay village during the cny hols…and it’s amazing how ingenious we malays can be. We have tents of all shapes and sizes being erected here and there. And generators, GENERATORS mind you, for the lamps and the fans and the tvs that were brought along to the beach.
My aunt was the mastermind again for this year’s edition of the great charcoal fest. We had a total of 5 tents pitched (6-men tents at that), 1 gazebo-like tentage, 2 safari beds, god knows how many director chairs, and all these coming from the little storeroom of hers in pasir ris. Amazing how much stuff can be stuffed into that small hole.
And we had food galore. Satay, otak-otak, chicken wings, rojak char kway, roti john, mee hoon goreng, laksa, nasi lemak, pizza, cold potato salad, hot potato salad, epok-epok sayur, jemput-jemput pisang, jemput-jemput bawang, samosa, hot dogs. And there were oranges, oreos, chickadees, twisties, chocolate cake from polar, even sembuih hahha. Just thinking of the food is making me dizzy.
food galore
the laksa gravy..yummy yums!
We’ve started staying at cg more regularly now. We’re taking over the tenancy officially next week. Which leaves us with not much time. My folks n grandparents finally visited the place proper, and I have a feeling dad is grudgingly changing his opinion of the place. He had earlier said that the place look so kampong, and that he could easily get a better place for much lower at kembangan. But that’s precisely why we even got the place, cos we’ve fallen in love with the whole kampong environment that is cg. I cant believe it’s possible, but I’ve been waking up early in the morning to do the laundry and hang them out at the clothes line. Yes! The very idea of me missing sleep is unthinkable, but I wouldn’t want to miss the feel of wet grass on my feet early in the morning when i'm out hanging the clothes to dry. It’s just so…heavenly surreal. We were greeted by a small toad at our doorsteps the other day…yet another example of how kampong cg can be. Hv I said that I love the place? Heeee
Am finding it super difficult to come to work today. Thankfully, there’s a friend around to entertain me with her stories..hahha. and what do you know..the work day is over! Time to head home y’all!
i did not pass out this time round
warm blood..anyone?
all wrapped up in green. i realise that there's some effort by the nurses at colour-coordination going on here. had sthg pink to go along wif my reddish-pink top the last time round..hehhe
happy holidays y'all! am looking forward to 4 whole days of non-work. here's to charcoaled food, frolicking in the sun, a whole lot of hauling things around, and hopefully some zipping around on the bonneville :)
of soto and adams | mad jacks
Had soto ayam after my gym workout just now, and my stomach’s still rumbling from all that chilli. Hadn’t had soto for the longest time. We’ve kind of decided not to patronize the mee soto stall at adams anymore. The food made spider sick 2 days before the wedding…hmmph! And the makcik never ever smiles. Funny how there’s always a queue for her food even though her service sucks, then again we were guilty of patronising her too despite her sulks and her curt way of dealing with customers. Not anymore though, not after the diarrhea!
But that doesn’t leave us with much choice. There’s really not much halal food on offer. You have the nasi lemak stall, the mee soto stall (out!), the rojak stall, the nasi ayam stall, the nasi padang stall (which is always closed by evening), the claypot stall (which I’ve never ever frequented…hmm why is that?), and countless Indian stalls selling the same fare. Errrr okay when I list them down like that it does look like a lot, but seriously, the options are not appetizing. Why is there no hor fun or char kway teow or stuffs like that? How come theres no laksa, or gado2? Or even chicken wings? YES why are there no bbq chicken wings sold there?? Any hawker centre worth its salt would sell bbq chicken wings, but there’s none there! And there’s no stall selling things to munch on, like goreng pisang or epok2.
If you feel like having western food, there’s an eatery across the road from adams. Our first taste of mad jack’s was there, a few months back. And we were far from impressed. There were many dirty dishes left on tables unattended, probably because the outlet was undermanned. Plus I just didn’t like the place, something about it that was missing, something I couldn’t place my finger on. We chanced upon another outlet at jalan kayu a few weeks back, and decided to give the eatery another try. Our verdict: the ambience here’s definitely better than the one at adams. I love the rustic, laid-back air that it exudes, probably cos its located in jalan kayu (in the middle of nowhere as some would have said) and not alongside the busy busy adam road. I love that the outlet’s occupying one corner of the row of shophouses, which means that it is able to have 2 open sides, instead of the usual 3 walls and 1 open side (for the entrance) that the other outlet and most other eateries have – makes it look more open, less claustrophobic. Food wise, it’s ok. Not great great, though they claim to serve the best fish & chips around. And the portion’s super small, was kinda expecting more for the money that I’m paying.
my fish & chips
his chicken burger
the jalan kayu outlet
we discovered a lovely little road very near the outlet, out of bounds to vehicles. decided to follow the road to walk off the oil-laden meal that we had, and what do you know, we came upon an lrt station that looks so out-of this-world i didnt even know it exists..hehhe! so now we know...if you ever want to go to the eateries at jalan kayu but have no transport of yr own to get there, just take the lrt to tanggam!
the lovely little road to.....
tanggam lrt station!
I left for work from cg this morning, and what do you know, I reached the office at 9! Of course this is something of a feat for me, being the 9.30 sorta girl that I am (hey I make it up by going back later. Come early leave early, come late leave late. D office is flexible like that)
Waking up in cg is like waking up in another country altogether. I love hearing the chirping of the birds, joined by the chorus of other early risers from the animal/insect kingdom that, I hear, puts up their full symphonic performance without fail every day of the year, even when it’s raining. I had doubts about the journey to work though. Needing a bus to take me to the train station to take me to town is not exactly very straightforward. Not as straightforward as walking to simei station n taking the train from there. But hey, i saw a lot more people (cute guys galore!), and apart from the annoying fact that it’s super hard trying to get onto a full train heading to town from newton, the journey to work’s pretty fine actually.
Am slowly assimilating myself to life in cg. We spent a good part of our weekend cleaning up the place. We’ve decided to just sleep there these few days, instead of going to cg after work, cleaning up, then going to simei to sleep. Mum was kinda sad that her girl’s moving away so soon, which was quite amusing actually, but I suppose I get where she’s coming from. I kinda miss having my brothers to disturb anytime I like too. But it’s impossible to really grow up until you’ve left the nest. Ah well.
Am going for my run now. tatas!
of girls & heroes & dramas galore
Yeyy for the girls! Spider finds one of them too much of a nyonya for his liking..and I kinda agree. BUT they’ve gone that far and they’ve put their brains to good use (like taking a short cut to the entrance of the park after finishing their task instead of going back the way they came from!). being the first all-female team to win this in the history of the amazing race franchise, is no mean feat. So…congrats girls!
I nearly screamed in frustration at 1.30am in the morning when the episode ended in a cliffhanger. I was that hooked. And now I just cant cant cant wait to see the rest of the episodes. And I suspect that this time round, reading the recaps off television without pity won’t do. How on earth do ppl download their fave shows from the net ah?? I must learn!!
And why was I watching heroes at 1.30 in the morning when I could have watched it at 9? Cos there was something of far greater ‘importance’ happening roundabouts then. Yes, am referring to THAT match, the infamous one with plenty of tackles, plenty of falls, a dubious decision, and best of all, 17 looong minutes of nothing. Very the drama one. Yes it was a dubious decision by the referee to award that penalty, BUT this doesn’t give the thais d license to walk off the pitch and not continue wif the match. it’s a soccer match for god’s sakes. Dubious decisions are made all the time, but we don’t see teams walking off in protest everytime a decision goes against them! Totally appalling, that behaviour. And I’m amazed d referee allowed them to go that far. All this drama means one thing….a SUPERBLY CHARGED match on Sunday…n you’ll bet you I’ll be in front of d telly catching it in all its sandiwara glory.
Am hitting the gym in a while. Didn’t do my run during lunch cos I didn’t wana miss out on all the office gossip..hahhha. exercise still important lah but must spend time with colleagues during lunch too otherwise how to know the latest news/scandals in the office right? All that running has done me some good. Have managed to lose a few kilos already. At the rate I’m going…you think it’s possible to go back to my right-after-nus-days’ weight of 45kg? muakakakaka yeah in my dreams!
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