iScream

i scream for ice-cream.

i vantt mah iScream nao!!!

Back at Work

finally back at work after a week's rest from throat inflammation and fever.

Kenny says it's probably tonsils inflammation, but the doctor didn't mention anything about it.

he was more afraid that i'll infect him and my colleagues. bla.

i've abstained from "heaty" food and talking/shouting for a week, but cough and phlegm still persists. boo.

mr ma has been on course for about 2 weeks, and we haven't met since the trip on Sunday.

being too engrossed in my farming on Facebook's Farm Town and re-starting my Harvest Moon game on PSP, had he not call just now, i would've almost completely forgotten about him!

he offered to bring food to office for me, but it wasn't necessary coz mommy already prepared a lot of snacks for me to bring to work. i've got finger-sized salad sandwich rolls, fried bee hoon, cut apple slices... and snack-size cereals and milk, which i bought some time back.

he says that in any case, i can still call 1900-Call-MaMa if i need urgent delivery. LOL.

first night shift after a month. and suddenly, i can't get used to night shifts.

so schneepy now...

Day trip to Kota Tinggi

since the prawning session was off, mr ma and i had a wee bit of free time by ourselves.

as mr ma is currently on course, 

he will be offsite for 3 weeks.

but because of this, he hasn't had time to do the monthly paperwork. thus, he took the opportunity to return to office to clear up his stuff while i waited outside in the car.

by the time he finished, it was approximately 11am and we decided to have a quick breakfast in JB before embarking on a short drive to Kota Tinggi. 

the drive took about an hour whilst the traffic jam got us stuck for almost 2 hours. dang, we should've remembered it's the start of school holidays already!

in any case, the vicinity was crowded with both locals and Singaporeans.

we figured we'll just drive by again during off-peak periods the next time.

took a dip in the water for a bit then headed back to Jusco for a light dinner.

since i'm still sick, i had porridge AGAIN.

to see more pictures, check out this link

Weakend Weekend

i've been sick since last week, starting off with sore throat.

thinking it's just another case of sinus-related throat problem, i still went off to work on Wednesday.

i could feel my energy draining off thus turned in at 9 o'clock without dinner.

the throat felt worse that very night (perhaps after too much of phone calls during the day), 

and i woke up fever around 1am.

called in sick the next few days. continuously spotted blots of blood in my sputum 

and it's been 6 days since the series of sorethroat-fever-cough, but my voice has yet to recover. 

ho hum.

mr ma accompanied me to another doctor yesterday night, but there was no antibiotics prescribed. hmm..

in any case, on a different note, first blood was drawn for the GSS.

we were out on a "bed & bedlinen" hunt in Courts Tampines and Centrepoint Robinsons. 

after testing out no less than a dozen of mattresses, we finally settled for a Serta "Perfect Day" mattress.

upon placing the deposit of $1400 for our Queen bed (mattress + frame), the SA advised that we qualify for Centrepoint's GSS giveaway promotion.

we lined up for the redemption and waited for at least half an hour till our turn.

yes, the queue was THAT long!

luckily i didn't buy any cookware at Courts in the morning because...

we managed to got ourselves a $10 Centrepoint voucher and one of the last two sets of WMF 3-piece cookware. hee haw!

read more about it here

happy that we have one load taken off our minds, we had an impromptu day trip to Kota Tinggi. 

will blog about it shortly after my afternoon "recuperation nap".

till then!

Lazy off days

had a department dinner treat from Beng yesterday.

food was pretty ok, but we got to spend a good amount of time chatting and crapping.

Benson sent me back to mr ma's place afterwards.

mr ma has had a long, tiring day at the 2nd day of some course his workplace sent him.

i was told he went through a refresher on unarmed combat techniques during the day.

since he was too tired to even lift a finger, i decided not to prob him too much on it. and here i am, in the office still curious (and kaypo) about it.

impressive huh?

anyways, mr ma and i were at the Chinese sinseh (Siah Ah Cheok at Upper Paya Lebar Road) on Sunday with Boon.

so far, the backache hasn't recurred, let's hang on a few days and see if it's for good.

after having our lunch of chicken rice balls, we went over to Toa Payoh for the annual Philip's Carnival Sale, and got ourselves a hair dryer, steam iron and an electric shaver for him!

caught up with Angie and Zen in Orchard later on.

went by to Cartier to pick up our rings, but apparently my ring still doesn't fit properly, so we re-ordered a smaller size to be collected another 1 - 2 months later. ho hum.

dinner was settled at Crystal Jade, then followed by dessert at Heeren's Dessert Story. 

yummo.

stopped by Tampines interchange, after dropping my bro off, to jalan a bit at the pasar malam then headed home.

Post-trip update

Back.

Got the photos up before i return to work and other crap.

Check them out here.

Our car smells like dried seafood from the trip back.

Picked up my VS stuff from Sel and Shan before we getting the car serviced and washed.

Sel bought me a pair of Mickey & Minnie bride and groom pens from Hong Kong. 

Schweet!

Out of Town

Away from 17 - 19 April 2009

Sungai Tiang, Perak, Malaysia

A brief before our departure..

have been tied up with matters at HDB and CPF.

we're both physically and mentally stretched.

almost had to forgo the road trip to Perak, but we've decided to go ahead with it and take a break for a bit anyway.

so we're heading off early tomorrow at 5 in the morning.

Alex, Leong and their families will be with us (since it's their first drive-trip to KL) and we'll drive in a convoy then part ways before Nilai, where we take a different route and drive further up to Perak.

hopefully we'll return feeling refreshed and recharged for the resolution of the problems.

a word of thanks to Adrian and the girls, especially Mary, for the support and assistance.

love u girls.

*muack*

Random Updates

random almost-forgotten updates...

2009.04.30

mr ma's mom was hospitalized.

paid her a visit before he went off to work.

and we popped by Ikea sometime in between.

2009.05.01

Baby Ning En's full month celebration!

(as shown in picture on the right)

2009.05.04

met mr ma after his course in Brani, 

had a quick bite at Marche's in Vivocity. 

rosti, of course!

2009.05.08

Jocelyn came back for OT,

and we took the chance to lunch at Fusionopolis's Koryo Korean Restaurant. 

yummo.

2009.05.09

went over to Safra Jurong to recce the Joy Garden Restaurant.

brightly-lit, spacious with high ceiling. 

only thing i dislike... the red and gold tablecloth.

(as shown in pictures below)

Now u see me, now u don't..

frequent short disappearances on my part coz i've been working on a new blog for the new-home-and-wedding...

and when i'm just about to blog today,

the postman knocked on my door with my OPI package!

excited.

i shall go sort out the purchases first.

meanwhile, a glimpse of my new bloggie...

http://williamcatherine.blogspot.com/