Mahjong frenzy~

Been playing mahjong late till the wee hours in the morning on Friday and Saturday. Managed to escape unscathed each time although there's always a big winner amongst us each night. Managed to make a couple of dollars~ Phew~

Mahjong's more than a social activity to me, I feel. Requires thinking, anticipation, keen observation and probability skills (yes, maths!) And the 1 thing I like about the game is how almost every game is different and you could change your playing style during each round to match your opponents'. =)

Going to chill out at home today and just GE all the way... Just managed to clear my credit card bills after sorting through the wad of receipts accumulated in my box all these while! Heh~

Peace~

日本へ行こう！

After a real busy day at work, I was fortunate to have something to look forward to!

1. Japan Trip!

Collected my air tickets confirmation slip from Pricebreakers at Marina Square just now. Will be leaving for Japan for a week in October! My first real long break from work since Dec 2006! *beams*

2. Dinner with Ash!

Had Carl's Junior with Ash at Marina Square. It's been a while since I tucked into sinful Carl's Junior and had one of my favourites~ Portobello Mushroom Burger!

It was pretty cold in there but at least we enjoyed our burgers and had a good chat! Then we had shopped around in MS, like G2000, Zara, Topshop, etc. I din get anything cos i spent a bomb at the recent sale at Isetan already.. But Ash got a skirt from G2000, and a pair of pants from Topshop! All prepared for her new job next Mon! Jiayou!

It's always nice to meet her for dinner and stuff~ *double beams*

And my first credit card bill is here~ *Gasp*

Expecto Patronum!

Had a pretty late dinner with Agnes at Sakae Sushi @ Wheelock Place last night. Supposed to go to Marina Square last night but i had to make another trip down to Isetan Scotts.. That's because I've bought a Levi's Tee on Thurs but they forgot to remove the security device!

The label said "WARNING, Tampering with the device could release ink and cause injury" It felt like a time-bomb so i placed it carefully back into the bag... So after getting the tag removed, shopped ard more while waiting for Agnes to arrive from her workplace. Delighted to find a G2000 shirt on sale when it wasn't on Thurs! Prompty bought it on the spot. =)

Rushed back to Yishun to catch Harry Potter, Order of the Phoenix with Law and GY, by now my usual movie buddies already~ Despite not-s0-good reviews from friends, I found it entertaining~ Had quite a number of laughs and enjoyed the epic battles at the end. But felt disappointed at how the ending was shown~

But do catch it cos there's that phenonmenonal, much-talked-about kiss between Harry Potter and Cho Chang during the movie. ;) Quite sweet and could see they weren't awkward for that scene. Heh~

Sin....

Met up with Clara for dinner today at town. Tucked into a nice dinner of Soft Shell Crab pasta at Spaggedies! Yummy~ She had Crayfish with Ink Pasta~ looked damn delicious sia...

Chatted quite a bit, mostly about YCK cos I kind of left YCK since Feb already. I didn't tell many about my exodus from YCK but ppl shld know it by now. But oh well...

After that, we had dessert at Bakerzin and enjoyed some nice dessert with my favourite sin, cheesecake. Hee... Didn't realised she was a foodie like I am. Going around, looking for good food to eat! *High Five!*

Cheers to good food! =)

More than meets the eye!

Finally managed to catch Transformers after half the world has caught it already... -_-

I find it not bad although there has been mixed reviews from everybody I've asked. As GY said after the show, it was kinda confusing who was fighting who during the epic battles.. Basically I got Ratchet and Bumblebee mixed up at first, cos they were both yellow. Could identify Optimus Prime by colour and Megatron by his ugly face (yes, ugly) But kudos to Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg for adding familiar stuff to the movie like how Megatron calls Optimus Prime "Prime". Very nostalgic indeed~ =) Another catch-it-if-you-can movie recommended by me!

On another note, kept seeing so MANY couples out at Marina Square today.. which made me think of one question.. "Would I be able to find my true love one day?" Sigh... =(

Weekend's almost over and another week at work looms ahead~ Hopefully there's something to look forward to mid-week else I'll go mad!

Reminiscience~

Dropped by IRAS after my appointment at the National Skin Centre to visit my ex-colleagues. Just happened so that the temporary place that was set-up on the first floor to handle the hordes of taxpayers was still in use during this period, I stepped in even after they were closed and was delighted to see them there!

Looking ard the place, it reminded me of the short but enjoyable 3 months I worked there with my great colleagues. Thus the title of my post~ (Means remind of or something in that manner)

Then met up with Angie for a while, who was my instructor and mentor in IRAS back then and we had a short chat before she had to go back and finish her reports (which was way after office hours) Nice to meet up with you, Angie!

By the way, this weekend is Live Earth day! Do wear green if you're heading out today to support the event for awareness of global warming!

Peace~

Can't he just die right?

Just caught Die Hard 4 at AMK Hub with Law and GY.. First time catching a show there. Seats are nice and comfy and not too large! Just nice for small sized ppl like me~

The show's not bad... There's Maggie Q, explosions, computer geeky hacker stuff, more explosions, corny one-liners, government agencies being screwed left right centre and all the top brass can only say "there's nothing we can do" Haha!

Bruce Willis is so cool in the show that suddenly you wished you had a dad like him, but when the lights come on after the show, you're plunked back to reality in an instant~

Catch if you can! =)

The thing about taxis...

The day went pretty well as planned~ Met Irene for shopping and dinner at Bugis Junction and she bought quite a bit of stuff! But there was the GSS around and I think she scored quite a few discounts~ I din get anything though cos the stuff I was looking for wasn't on sale...

Had dinner at V8 Movie Cafe and ended up watching part of Seoul Raiders while eating! Haha~ More shopping and we parted cos she was meeting her sister for (more) shopping and I to my buddies at Pitstop~

The games we played were not too bad. Here are my reviews~

Jurassic Jumble: A cross between PIT, Heart attack and Dog and Bone (literally) Provided loads of fun for everybody~

Gift Trap: A supposedly simple game with too many rules to remember. Didn't even finish the game. Changed to a new one in 5 minutes flat.

Imaginiff: Quite a fun game I played before. Lets you get to know more about the ppl you're playing with, plus loads of laughter. Always a good ice breaker and easy rules to pick up.

SWAP!: A card game something like Uno with 1-2 extra special cards with the oh-so-gd-touse SLAP! where everybody pools their hands together at the centre of the table a.k.a Heart Attack and the person who played the card chooses his weapon (inflatable mace, toy hammer, hand, fist, karate chop...) to strike down on others. Definitely evil~ but fun!

Took lotsa of photos and will try to upload them soon... Hee

Left at abt 1030 and proceeded to Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf down the street for coffee and chillin out~ and chatted and chatted till about 1.

Here comes the frustrating part. Tried to get a cab home and empty taxis refusing to stop, making a beeline for the nightspots or waiting for booking calls instead, leaving poor us stranded somewhere along North Bridge Road.. One Maxicab stopped and we were delighted initially cos the 6 of us could fit in and we all stayed ard the same area.. but he wanted to get us to quote a price instead of using the meter. It's common sense for him cos he'll be ferrying 6 ppl and if he went by the meter, he could earn a bit more from each person instead. We deliberated and he drove off saying he'll find a better deal somewhere..

His licence plate number is etched in my mind already and I'm considering whether to report him or not, cos ALL taxis in Singapore should run by the meter no matter maxicab or not. You already pay extra for using a maxi cab and you still want to extort us???

We were running out of ideas when I tot of calling my sis for phone numbers of other not-so-popular cab companies. Thanks to my sis who gave me quite few numbers from Smartcab, Transcab and Silvercab. We managed to get 2 cabs from Smartcab at abt 2 in the morning!

Ride home: 25 mins
Waiting time for the cab in all: 1 hour+

Well, this is just Singapore for you.....

Fortunately the rest of the day was great! Thanks to all yeah? =)

Here's a pic of my current family in GE in my favourite V of Victory pose~