A Great Career Chance

Met up with Jacky,SC and Mike on friday.
Actually Justin is the one whu asked us out on Friday night but in end ,due to some unexplained reasons,he nv turn up and he also nv replied a single sms that we smsed to him.
No one knows wat happen and we still keep on waiting for him to come.

He arranged to meet us at 8pm.
He sae he will turn up after his dinner with his colleagues.
We are meeting at The Central.
Dear and I meet 1st and we went for dinner at the basement of The Central.
SC went home n bath ..while Daphne is still in the ofc.

Mike meet us later part of the night at abt 10.
Jacky was late too,he reached at ard 8 plus.
We waited at the stage there for Justin until 9pm.
Keep calling him and no answers from him,smsed him,ni replies too…

We was kinda of pissed off by his hehaviour so we decided nt to wait for him and headed our way to Brewerkz…
Dunnoe is it the correct spelling..

It was fully packed and we gt to register our names and the waitress told us that we need to wait for half n hr to 45 mins.
Well…we leave our name and contact number with them.
In the meantime,Dear went opposite side to the Clarke Quay there and see whether is there any places that we can have some drinks.

He found a place : The Tapaz Trees..
A nice and cosy place..
Chilling out place…
At 1st we sit outside,with no aircon.
At that time,there is onli the 5 of us…
Jacky,Mike,Dear,Mi and Daphne.
I ordered the Pina Colada,Daphne ordered a mocktail for herself,SC ordered a Midori Sour,Dear jus ordered a 1/2 pint Heineken while Jacky ordered a drink that I dun like.
Cus it was too strong,and I dun like the smell….

Mike came at ard 10 plus.
After he came,he chit chatted with 1 of the waitress there and i tink he convinced that waitress to let sit inside.
So we moved to the inside 0f Tapas Trees.
Very cosy place and nice ambient….
Soft music….
The 3 of us chatted among ourselves…
We talked abt Ghost Stories…
Kinda of eerie….

Den we started to talk abt Mike.
He is given a chance to go Taiwan for work.
For  1 yr….
He sae that actually last yr he got this chance too but he give it up cus he is attached last yr.
But this yr,heis single and he sae thatabt 70% of chances that he will go.
It is a great career advancement for him.
He will get a increment and also a promotion…
SO why nt??
He may be different when he comes back to SG.
And he is onli gg there for one yr…but it may also extend to 3-4 yrs if everyting turns out well…

Really feel a bit sad when hearing that he is gg to leave us and go Taiwan for wrk.
Guess we will miss his laughter,his crappy jokes….His voice…
But he havent gif his boss an answer yet…But if everyting turns out well,he will leave after CNY.

We will throw a Farewell Party for him…
A great unforgettable Farewell Party.
 
Tink Weida attended a wedding dinner at the Furama.
And we waited for him ,….
Damn long….

Waited until like 11 plus??
But he sae he dun know where is Tapas Trees.
So we asked him to meet us at the former MOS,Zirca entrance cus Jacky is gg over there to meet his friend.
Weida was drunk liao loh…

Tink he drank too much at his friend wedding.
But he still able to walk….
So after meeting Weida,we went to Mac for some drinks.
At Mac,I suggested that we can go cycling at Pulau Ubin one day.
But I dun expect that they will agreed so fast leh..
And the date is fixed on the 22nd Nov 2009 which was next mth.

We are meeting the rest of the grp ytd last for a movie at Tampines.
Hmm…Really so surprised that the rest whu are staying in the north is willing to travel all the way to Tampines for a movie…
I suggested Tampines is becus last night was Auntie’s bdae.
And usually we will go for dinner and the dinner always will start late and end late.
Cus we will always wair for tables if nt wait for pple…

So we went Airport there for dinner at Swensens…
The bill costs ard $135.

Actually …..everytime when Dear hse got this kind of celebration eg like Mother’s Day,Father’s Day or Bdae…
We went for dinner is nt to celebrate…is jus for e sake of eating cus we still need to eat food…
Joanne also agreed with mi..

Recently,she and Auntie got some kind of arguements ……becus of Jaycier.
Cus Jaycier is simply too skinny for his age..
And heard from Joanne that he is actuallyu underweight by 1 KG.

Joanne fed him Iron medicines…..calcium pills….
Hope it will work out for Jaycier and may he grow up healthy!!

Although I dun really like Jeremy but Jaycier is till innocent…

All right back to our meet up…
We are watching the movie  Haeundae – The Deadly Tsunami.

It was a nice movie…
Touching story…
Men sacrificed themselves for their loved ones…
Billions of pple died ….

At 1st before we watched the movie,the grp was protesting..saying why are we watching such a boring movie.
But after watching it,they give their thumbs up!!
Except for Mike.
He still feels that it is too artificial…

Hmm….
Weida was one of them whu protested but in the end he still give a 70% upon 100% to the movie!!!!
The movie was humorous too with all the funny funny “gua xhang” expressions of the Korean actors and actressess….

But when the Tsunami strike Korea,it was so horrible…
Although it nv happens to Korea before but it seems so real…

When I see the Tsunami strikes the sea and everyone is running for their lives,protecting their loved ones…
It makes mi feel like ….
I am in the movie itself…

And this movie teaches us someting,we mus cherish our loved ones….

After the movie,we went to Mac for some drinks again…Talk cock until ard 4am.
And we decided to book a chalet in Jan 2010….
The date shld be 22nd Jan 2010.
It is nt jus a gathering,it is also a farewell party for Mike.

Oh god..I am starting to miss Mike alreadi…

:S

Hmm….Last week,Lily emailed us a couple of emails for our BKK trip.
She is informing us that the hotel is booked.
She booked the Baiyoke Sky hotel which was sae to be famous for its scenery and facilities…
She sae it comes with nice breakfast too…
So fast…
We are going to BKK in 2 weeks time…
Kinda of excited too cus this is the 1st co trip.Nt jus with TnB.
When i was wrking in IMM,I also nv got the chance to go on a co trip too as last yr when CD went,I was still under probation period.

We are flying on the 6th Nov,1245pm flight.
And coming back to SG on the 8th Nov,745pm flight.

There is onli one thing that i feel nt that happy is that when we came back to SG on the 8th which is a Sunday.
We still need to come back to wrk the next day….
We are allowed to take a half day morning leave….But will be deducted from our AL.
Hmm…jus feel that why cant Lily jus let us off a day and let us rest at hme?

Maybe boss are all like that…

Another announcment by Lily…
We are going to have our annual co dinner on the 29th Nov which is a Thursday.
Lucky is nt a Friday…Cus I am going back to JB that week.

Sis smsed us saying that we get a discounted price for our HCM trip in Dec.
Initially is was $385 but nw she managed to get a discount price for us at $360.
Hurray!!!
Cheers to Sis!!

We are going to pay up end of this mth…

Hopefully I alreadi get my pay!!

Last friday,Lily told mi that she decided to transfer the Nominee Director for LIG to my name…Which means I will get another director fees…
Hmm…….
Simitri havent get back to us yet also…

Maybe I sounded like money face..
But whu is nt in this world?
Money is still the most impt thing in our life.

Dear was still sleeping and I was feeling sleepy too…
Timer to nap for awhile…

Nites….

Hiking @ Pulau Ubin – 10.10.2009

Been a while since I update my blog..

Nothing much happen nowadays but I am quite happy with one ting.
That is the misunderstanding between mi & Quennie is finally solved and we dun have the “xin bing” anymore.
Now we are jus like in the past…
Joking and fooling ard…

Last weekend,I went JB on Friday and came back to SG the next morning with Dongdong cus…
We are going to Pulau Ubin!!!!

Tink its like almost 10 yrs??20 yrs?? since we last stepped in Pulau Ubin.
Heard from the news that the island changed a lot and of cus upgraded a lot too…

Initially we intend to go Malacca as wat I mentioned in my previous post.
But due to some reasons,we decided to change the plan from Malacca to Pulau Ubin.
We went there for cycling and of cus enjoying the nature …

I woke up at abt 5am on Sat…
We are meeting at the Changi Ferry Terminal at 9am.
But we are meeting Dear at Tampines 1st….at abt 830am.

Guess Dongdong is too tired and sleepy as when I wake him up at 5am.he requested to slp awhile more.
So I wake him up at 530am.
Bathed and we are ready to go!!
To my surprise,when we are abt to leave the hse,we heard the room door opened and saw Haoyu walking down the stairs…
I was worried that he might cry or wat…
But he nv…
He even kissed us goodbye and went up to the bedroom again…

So we left home at 545am..
Uncle drove us to the bus stop as it was really dark at that kind of timing…
The sky is still covered with black clouds..

We are still considered lucky.
When we reach the bus stop,jus nice a bus came..And we boarded the bus.

I cant really rmb the time we reach Custom.
Tink its ard 6??
Really unable to recall…

The Custom wasnt really jam..
Quite smooth…

Reached Tampines at 9am and we took a cab to Changi Ferry Terminal.
We reached there at abt 915am and Sis smsed saying maybe we can go Changi Village for breakfast 1st before we set off for Pulau Ubin.
I had the Mee Siam.
Dear and Dongdong wanted to eat the famous Nasi Lemak but it was nt open at that time.
But they ended up eating Nasi Lemak too but it was from another stall…
And it was so damn expensive!!
$7 for 2 plates of Nasi Lemak???
Siao…

Sis and SY came while we have alreadi eating halfway…

We headed our way to the Jetty after we finished our breakfast at abt 10am.
Actually theres a lot of pple going to Pulau Ubin loh!!

The tickets for the ferry is $2.50 per pax,pay when onboard…

Dongdong was enjoying the scenery while we are on the ferry…
But….
Suddenly,a waves splashed water onto him…
He was drenched..but still wan to sit close to the sea…
Kids……….

It started to rain…
Rain really heavily when we are abt to reach Pulau Ubin.
When the ferry is abt to stopped by the jetty,it was alreadi raining cats and dogs…
And the wind was really strong too…

I was so scared that Dongdong might jus fall into the water…
But he seems like “too brave”??
He walked infront of us and he still sae “dun worry lah,follow mi!!”

Duh!!!!

Kids…..

We waited at the jetty for the rain to become smaller…
The wind was so strong that all of us are trembling…shivering…

While we are waiting for the rain to stop..

Finally heavy rain becomes drizzling…
So we make our move..

We stopped at the 1st Bicycle Rental shop…
And “shopped” for our bicycles…
 
At 1st,we decided to let Dongdong ride on a 4 wheels.
But..
It seems like the 4 wheels is a bit too small for his size.
And the 1st bicycle shop saes that he cant ride on it cus the bicycle will spoil…
So SY bring him to a few more shops infront…And finally he came back with a 4 wheels…

The rest of us had also decided on wic bike we are going to rent.
Sis and I took a Mountain Bike.
Dear took a normal Bike while SY took another normal bike

Lucky we onli cycled nt that far yet.
Sis noticed that Dongdong was quite tiring cycling the 4 wheels.
And he will be even more tring when we cycle further..As it was raining and some roads will be slippery plus the tracks will also have lots of slopes..

So sis suggested to “tumpang” Dongdong on her bike.
But it seems like a rather bad idea as Dongdong is holding on to her waist,to her shoulders…

So in the end,sis suggested SY rent a Double and “tumpang” Dongdong.
They went to return the 4 wheels…
At 1st I tot SY wont be able to “tumpang” Dongdong as Dongdong was quite plump and he doesnt know hw to balance himself.
But to my surprise…
They came back riding on the doubles!!!!

Cheers!!!

Here is begins!!!!
Our 1st Hiking since 20 yrs!!

Stopping by to apply “Shang Biao You”

Dear’s leg full of Mossies Bites…

Dongdong and SY with their Double!!

This is the 2nd spot where I fell!!
The 1st spot was at the Jetty.
SYPS,Dear & Dongdong was happily chatting among themselves at the shop.
Den suddenly they heard a loud “Pong”!!
It was mi…
Fell into the sand and gt my 1st blue black of the day…
I was actually jus trying out Dear’s bike cus the seat seems lower and my legs can touch the ground,I dun have to tip toe……
But when I wanna turn….
I jus lose control and fell…

The 2nd spot..
Actually I jus wanna get off the bike loh..
Cus I see Sis and SY stopped their bike so I also stopped ad wanted to get off the bike….
But I jus dunnoe why…
Jus slip and fall…
That is the worst fall of the day..
I gt blue blacks on my legs..
And I tink its more to purple colour den blue black…
 

Cleaned up myself with the water in the villager’s hse…
He is also selling cold drinks too…
In fact,we dun have to bring our own water.
Stalls selling cold drinks are all over Pulau Ubin.
You can easily find one if you missed a stall…

See my legs??
It was covered with Blue Blacks…
And not to forget the Mossie Bites..

Some beautiful sceneries taken …

Taking a rest..
There is a villager whu is rearing a wild boar..
Well…
We nv see a live wild boar before so we cycle into a small road wic will lead us the to the villager hse.

Saw the wild boar there and …
It was really smelly…
Dunnoe why…
It got the “shitty” smell.
MIL sae wild boar is very smelly esp Male Wild Boar..
Guess we saw the Male one that day as we saw the……

Taken some pics at the villager hse..

All right…
Continue our hiking after a 15 mins of break..

Actually we are trying to find the “Tian Hu” where those “Gu Zhuang Xi” is filmed..
But it seems like we cant find the way to it so we decided to have our lunch 1st.
Eat liao den sae!!

We went to a Seafood Restaurant jus nearby the Bicycle shop.
We ordered individually and some dishes..
“GongGong”
Thai Fried Chicken
&
Cereal Prawns

The food was quite nice but a bit salty.
SY was joking ard saying that maybe they used the sea water to cook the food!!

After our full lunch,we continued our hiking again.
But seriously,after a heavy lunch.
Tink we are jus simply full and was actually lazy to move our bums alreadi.
But we are determined to find the “Tian Hu”!!
Dongdong was also very anxious in finding it cus I told him that the lake can catch fishes…
Hehe…

While we are cycling,we saw a map of Pulau Ubin.
Stopped ..
And trying to find the lake on the map.
Den there is an uncle whu is also cycling…passed by us.
We asked him for directions..
He is quite a nice guy,he volunteered to lead us the way and bring us to the newly build resort in Pulau Ubin.
He sae that the resort had facilities that we can catch fishes too…even prawning.

So we followed him…
Taken some grp photos with his help..

We continue hiking again after 10 mins of break at this temple.
Cycled for abt 15 mins and we reached the resort..
Celestial Resort.
Heard from the uncle it was newly build.
$128 per night…
The scenery was nice,the environment was quiet…
But one thing is ..
Nt that convenient…
Theres no provision shops nearby or in the island…

There are a couple of “fishing” there.
Prawning,Fishing…
And you can even catch Flower Crabs there.

Dongdong choosen prawning.
$18 per hr….

And SYPS went to the Fish Therapy for $10 = 10 mins.
Guess Dongdong was quite boring with the prawning as he seems like couldnt catch any single prawns..
He sae Sis doing the fish therapy and guess he wanna try it out.
So sis gave him $10…

Later part,I was also getting tired of catching the prawn.
So i also paid $10 for the fish therapy…

It was a strange feelings…
The feeling was like something …millions of tings nibbling on my legs …

Our 1st grp photo of the day…

After the grp photo,the uncle lead us the way to the Tian Hu.
 No wonder we cant find the place.
It is alreadi been sealed up.The uncle told us that they are going to do some upgrading wrks to the “Tian Hu”.
Dongdong wasnt too disappointed as we alreadi brought him for prawning.

We left Ubin at abt 5 plus…
All of us are simply tired and shag plus dirty..
Our legs are c0vered with mud,blue blacks and mossie bites….

Despite of all that,we still enjoyed ourselves at Ubin.
Dong dong enjoyed it too…

We went to the Changi Village and bought some Goreng Pisang,some fried Tapioca Cakes….
And we took a cab back hme.

Tired….
Reached home,bathed and went to rest..
Went for dinner at 505 with bro.
Actually we wasnt really hungry but bro is hungry so we accompany him to 505 for dinner.
Thats the end of my Ubin post !!