Week 51

The past weeks have been work, work.. and a lot of work.

17.12.10 Friday

We did manage to visit Megatex at Singapore Expo, after my night shift, and we finally bought Poppy his Dyson vacuum. Had steamboat buffet for dinner at Sunset, just by ourselves the same evening, and visited Alex at his place to collect his early X'mas pressie for us - a set of Pioneer Home Theatre System. Yays.

18.12.10 Saturday

Went to fetch Loh Wei in the afternoon, and met up with Derrick and his wife at Ubi. Then we headed off to meet Foong for lunchie and their "fishy" business. Of coz, I took the opportunity to grab some cakes from Pine Garden! Yummo!

The boys moved all the equipment and tank to our place, set up, chit chat, snacked, finished up and another of his colleague, Stanley, came by to join for dinner. Much as anyone can guess, Poppy introduced them to his fave 咸蛋排骨 at Sunset.

Work, work over the next few days with random visits to the aquarium and our regular jogs.

22.12.10 Wednesday

Finally off!

Took my well-deserved sleep after work.

Since Poppy wasn't hungry when I woke up in the evening, we went for a jog together before washing up and having our dinner at Sakae sushi at City Vibes (at almost 9pm). Dropped by aquarium again, then went home to fix up my own feesh-tank. Took a short drive out to West Coast park afterwards and back home again to continue fixing feesh-tank. Sheesh.

PS: Poppy was a sweetie and bought me some more Pine Garden cakes when he was in the area a few days back!

23.12.10 Thursday

JB day.

Terrible traffic jam. Only managed to reach Jusco after an hour of being stuck in the traffic.

Can't remember if we had lunch or we headed straight for KTV. Only recall having noodles at Ah Biao's before engaging in another hour of jam or so. Blah.

Met Vincent for snackie and popped by his place to see his or-gui (tortoise) and new tank.

Poppy had to work the next day, so we headed home shortly after.

24.12.10 Friday

Off to Changi for some business in the morning. Then caught up with Shan over lunchie. It's been such a long long time since I last saw her! We always have endless to talk about! =)

Brief shopping at City Plaza after Mee-hoon Kuey meal. Then we headed home separately.

Poppy returned home after attending his colleague's funeral, then we slacked around at home for a bit. Before deciding to have a light dinner - our fave Teochew Porridge at Lim Joo Hin Eating H ouse off Beo Crescent. Turned out to be not-so-light for me after I devoured two bowls of porridge together with a plate of bak chor (minced meat); sweet and sour pork ribs; tow pok (dried beancurd); and half a salted egg. Poppy strictly adhered to just a bowl of porridge, but had to help me finish a few mouthfuls after I was thoroughly stuffed. Hehe.

Bored as we were. We agreed to go to Sea View aquarium in Jalan Kayu to take a look. Picked up Foong on the way too. Browsed and bought some miscellaneous items. Sent Foong home, then off to meet Khiam at Dempsey for ice cream at Ben & Jerry's (with compliments from my dear brother)!

Chitter-chatter for a bit, and off home again.

On the drive home, told Poppy that all I want for X'mas-es, New Years or Valentine's... is to have a simple meal, go watch feesh (although it's not really my kinda hobby, but it's nice to understand what Poppy enjoys doing and we can have a common topic) and have a peaceful day. =))

25.12.10 Saturday

So here it was, X'mas day - just like any other days. No special celebration and no church visit this time 'round since I'm working in the evening.

Got up around 10, prepared and drove over to Alex's. Poppy went for his swim with Khiam and I went for my jog in the gym. Off to West Coast for yummy duck rice after washing-up. Grabbed some groceries at Sheng Siong afterwards because Poppy was in the mood (again) for making Ngoh Hiang.

So while I was taking my pre-work nap, the fragrance from his cooking filled the whole house and Custard was making funny hungry sounds. Ok, maybe she's just pissed that she has to stay in the cage while Poppy mopped the floor and cleaned up the kitchen after cooking. Packed some of the yummo meat rolls together with my pasta, fruits and pastries, then Poppy sent me to work.

That marks the end of my monotonous festive.

Well, I was supposed to have prepared a pressie for Poppy but there was a little crop-up.

Anyway, I really racked my brains X 1000 to think of a suitable and practical gift since we already got the Dyson vacuum earlier last week.

Ruled out:

(1) adidas miCoach since I managed to find a pretty useful (but slightly cranky) Runkeeper App available for both iPhone and Android OS (for free!);

(2) Bicycle - As someone who doesn't cycle, I've got no clue what brand/type he would prefer

(3) iPhone 4. Apparently, he's not very tech-savvy and I have to jailbreak/restore/manage his current iPhone 3GS. Can't imagine what I have to do if he gets iPhone 4 in his hands. Brrr.

(4) iPad. Same as point 3. Plus it's redundant have 2 Apple OS gadgets.. might as well get Galaxy Tab, but he probably doesn't need either.

(5) Definitely, not a watch because he only wore the last cK watch I got for him less than twice! Bad Poppy!

Shit. What's left?

He's always been really thrifty and never indulged much in his hobbies, especially if they're expensive. So finally decided to get him...

A picture to make up it first (only if he reads this in time). Hee.

Nikon DSLR D300 with 17-55mm Lens (AF-S Zoom-Nikkor ED 17-55mm f/2.8G IF DX)

Did some comparison against the D90 also from Nikon & EOS50D / 40D from Canon. And still prefer Nikon. I'm just biased. Ha!

Hopefully, things iron out and I can get my hands on this baby during my sole off day next week.

S$6K poorer by then, but worth every cent =)