Events over the week

Wow...it's been about 10 days ever since I last updated my blog...Will be a little more conscientious in updating it since some people are actually reading it. ;)

It's been a long day for me...running between the cage wash area and the sterile prep...a little short of manpower...did some weaning and topping up of food and water for my mice. Was supposed to give tuition to my students but they had something on so cancelled it, leaving my Friday free yet boring.

Had been slightly eventful for the past week....Lets see...

15/04 (thur): Went to Derrick's hs to celebrate Thong Eng's birthday...wierd? No it's not...Derrick's house is the place where the people always gather...His wife, Janet was pregnant and would be due in a week or so. We had sumptous dinner followed by a DVD movie session- School of Rock. Hey this show really rox man! I wasn't keen on catching it at the theatre simply because I don't like ROCK music....but it turned out to be good! For those who have not caught the movie, go grab the VCD or DVD...trust me, it worth watching.

16/04 (fri): HJ, Yu and I went to little India to shop for indian costumes to wear for our Annual DnD taking place the following Wed. I had a bet with SV that I'd wear saree on that day with a stake of 3 meals. HJ was looking more on Punjabi. When we got there, we were kind of lost..... There were thousands of different sarees ranging from $7- $200...I didn't know what to get. I wanted to try on one but we found out that we've gotta pay for the saree before trying out. This made me hestitant. What happens if I don't look good in one? I wouldn't want to spend too much on something that I'd only wear once in a lifetime.

As I was unsure, we ended up buying nothing and settled dinner at one of those Indian eateries. I do have a Punjabi as a backup which I had borrowed from Carol but it was a little loose. I told the gals that I'd probably end up wearing that prepared to lose the bet.

17/04 (sat): Met poly friends for tea then went down to Clarke Quay to have Indonesian food. Choon was driving so it was easier for us to move around. Sent Cat home and ended up playing mahjong at her house till 1am...As a novice, i had an excuse to lose..lost $4.90. Choon was the big winner, but it's fair cos' he's gotta send us home too. We treated it as payment for fuel and transport.

18/04 (sun): usual boring sunday where I gave tuition for the whole day..met ZZ for dinner at the newly renovated food court at Marina Square. Chilled out at pacific coffee, one of my favourite hangouts. It was one of the rare times where it wasn't crowded... Chatted a lot... felt melancholic after that...

19/04 (mon): SV agreed to meet us gals at little India after work..he gets to leave early because he starts work early. He claims that his friend has a shop and would be able to get a discount for me. So after work, Ai, Yu and I went down again. But we did not managed to meet SV cos his phone was off. I was frustrated that i couldn't get him and decided to kick that saree idea outta my head. The gals refused to let me give up because they wanted to see me in it. I got one in the end for only $15, but that stupid shopkeeper refused to teach me the steps on dressing. He gave me an instruction sheet and asked me to read it instead.

In order to keep me accompany, HY went on to buy a yakata at Bugis so that I don't feel as if I'd overdressed on that day. I went home and tried figuring out how the Indians find their way to tranform a normal piece of cloth to a wonderful dress..took me quite a while, but got it almost there~~~

20/04 (tue): Met my soulmate after work and chilled out throughout the evening.

21/04 (wed): Found out that my phone got hanged and died in the morning...terribly annoying..
We were granted early knock-off to prepare for the DnD. Went to Ai's house to dress up. I was so afraid that I'd overdressed and was very self-conscious....
To my surprised, there were many others who were more flambouyantly-dressed, an I wasn't the only Chinese who wore a saree..In fact, Cheong Sams were rarely seen that night and Indian costumes have shown to be in trend. As usual, my jinxed luck got its way of preventing me from winning anything in the lucky draw when the numbers before and after mine have already been drawn. Though I left the ballroom empty-handed, it was satisfying to see colleagues and bosses get their brains off work and show their less restrictive side.

22/04 (thur): My saree and I intruded into the topics of my colleagues at work today...Kinda found out that there's still room for improvement in tying the saree...It's ok, i still won the bet with SV...haha..and i got my first pack of wanton me for FREE!...2 more meals to go...It's all worth it;P.