Wine Party - 11 July 2009

Last minute co-ordination and the party was as scheduled.

venue was at Albert's place. Derrick was kind enough to give me a ride and after a little difficulty we managed to locate the place. Most of them were late but soon after 7pm, many started to arrive.

We had fried bee hoon (my maid cooked), bbq pork, crackers with cream cheese and tuna, grilled chicken wings, chips, dessert, kuehs and big strawberries! Of course, many bottles of wine to go along with the food!

Good wine, delicious snacks and great Company! When is the next gathering?

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Seventh Heaven

Had steamboat at our usual place for dinner and then decided to proceed somewhere for desserts. Derrick suggested an ice-cream place and we all agreed. This shop is located at really ulu place..in town! Just behind the railway station, where the old Gan Eng Seng School was.

Seventh Heaven is a small 'cafe', not many tables. As it is mainly in wholesale business, the cafe serves as a place to try the products. There were many types of ice creams.....a lot with liqueur. We even had interesting flavour such as Bandung! We ordered about 7 different flavours and even a warm chocolate 'cake' with vanilla ice cream. The ambiance was cosy and the taste was delicious! We even got to try a special ice cream----with Mexican chili!

Interesting place... can go again...


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Deployment

H1N1 virus is getting our of hand.....more and more people around the world.. In fact, heard that someone in Satellite division is infected...

Had a meeting earlier about deployment. Some of us would be moving to POC once activated. Our boss will activate us via sms and we are supposed to report to the new workplace the following work day. Not sure about working at new environment without the my stuff.......

Certainly hope the colour stay YELLOW..


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Eating Weekend

The traffic on Saturday morning was terrible! Having checked the woodlands checkpoint, I was not sure if we should venture in....

Finally decided that we should go ahead and arranged to meet George and Raymond at Kranji MRT at 12 noon. Surprisingly the traffic was a lot better than expected. Immigration clearance from Singapore was swift... as usual, the traffic to the Johore checkpoint was crawling.... only 2 lanes! After clearing the immigration in Johore, off to lunch! Went to the usual Bak Kut Teh place. Bak Kut Teh, Braised pig trotter and special chicken dish.....yum, yum!

Then, off to Tebrau Jusco for some shopping. Walked around the mall, they bought some name stickers, had green tea ice cream, kueh bahulu. iced coffee and then to Pelangi....for our foot reflex / massage. George and I had foot while Raymond had body. After a 60's hair cut for Raymond, we went to Taman Gardens for a seafood feast! George and I had 2 huge glasses of Dragon Fruit juice to wash down the BBQ squids, stingray, fish, vege and prawns! So much food!

The traffic back to Singapore was very smooth. Amazing!

Sunday afternoon was spent travelling around East side of Singapore with Raymond. We went to Katong and had Katong Laksa, Teochew Soon Kueh, mini Durian rolls.. and then to Parkway Parade before ending up at Geylang and had fishhead steamboat for dinner. It was a pretty hot afternoon.....


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Darkness

Got a call from my maid when out having dinner. Power failure at home. Panic!

Had to rush home asap.... could not figure out where the power was. Called the usual electrician and he came pretty quickly. Checked through and confirmed that the main power switch has failed. Managed to get it changed and back into lights again!

Glad that I was around....what if I were overseas.......


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爱琴海 － 民歌餐厅

Met up with a new friend, Woofie, for dinner at basement of Plaza Singapura. Went to the food court earlier but could not get a seat. Settled for a sausage joint instead.....

Friends always complain that I walk very fast. They should meet Woofie! I could hardly catch up with him! He had to slow down many times to wait for me to catch up! Must be old age......

Went to a Chinese folk song establishment - Music Dreamer Live! Cafe. The singers tonight were quite entertaining. I have not been to one for a very long time! The singers looked at us and mentioned that they welcomed us to submit songs for them to sing. They may not know the songs of the 50's to 70's, but they would try! Do we really look so old??????!!!!!! Well, we submitted a songs of the 90's and they were surprised! Never trust a book by its cover!


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This Weekend...

Went for move with a friend on Friday. The movie was BLOOD, THE LAST VAMPIRE. When we were about to go into the theatre, the attendant looked worried and concerned. He reminded me that there was a age restriction for the movie, and requested to check my friend's age. My friend was 26! He was upset! This was the 1st time he got checked! It was so amusing! Not for my friend........

Met some 'old friends' on Saturday. It was a pleasant surprise. Someone I met 2 years' ago and I have been hoping to meet him again and I did! Then, someone I came across many years ago and I briefly passed him by few months back and I actually meet him face to to face! In the evening, I had dinner with a old friend who came from China to Singapore to work. A friend of his came to meet up and to my surprise, it was someone I knew but was never introduced! "Fruitful Saturday'!

A very close friend moving back to JB this weekend to start his new job. Have been meeting up for dinner when he was here. Will really miss him..... wishing him all the best for the new job!


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