Updates to the year 2011

There are quite a few happenings that are worthy to be blogged here for record in future!

1. 2011 General Election on 7 May, then comes the Presidential Election on 27 Aug...
2. Borders at wheelock is closed down ;(
3. H&M enters Singapore on 3 Sep 2011 (and there's people queuing to enter the store a day before because there are gift cards for the first 315 customers. Oh man, think this is the 'classic' queue ever since McDonald's Hello Kitty) Because this is H&M's first entrance into Singapore, there is still crowd at H&M. So, no H&M this weekend.. maybe shall check it out on next thur...

Colleagues? Friends? Both?

Unintentionally hurt someone's feelings today....

Jokingly commented that "We are not friends, we are just colleagues" when one of my colleague jokingly said to another colleague that they are "still not so familiar" with one another to accept her 'cutesy tone'...

I had said this because this was the classic sentence which Fann Wong had commented to the Caldecott Queen. I didn't think that she would misinterpret it and thought that it was meant for me and her.

She was so affected and sad, thinking that I treated her just as a colleague and not a friend... Silly of her to think that way. Of course I treated her more than just a colleague. She's like a baby sis to me, forever bringing laughter and sunshine.

Eventually managed to clear the air but still feel bad for causing her to misinterpret... Sorry baby :(

random...

it has been ages since i posted something on.

finally had a little bit of breather today. 

it was a relief for NDD to be finally over.... I was quite grouchy and drained lately because of all the logistics coordination and more specifically, because there was an unreasonable human obstacle at work.
totally unreasonable and unbearable. Pity those working with him in future.

Anw, a good friend of mine posted this on her FB wall and it totally speaks my feeling now: 

"Some people always throw stones in your path. It depends on you what you make with them. 

A Wall or a Bridge? Remember you are the architect of your life."

disappointment once more

On my way back home earlier on, my sis smsed me that Today Online reported that Subtle Senses had also closed the operations of its other two spa outlets till further notice. Was pissed off and disappointed to learn of this piece of news, though it doesnt surprise me that the fate of the spa chain turns out this way, especially when it first started to close its Ngee Ann city outlet just couple of weeks back. When i read in ST that subtle senses is closing it Ngee Ann city branch then, I was shocked... I mean I applaud Subtle Senses for taking over the operations of True Spa out of goodwill but it seems that the whole acquisition lacks strategy and plan.

As at today, I had only used up about $200++ of the $1070 that I had forked out through credit card instalments. Adding on to the free credits, I still have close to $1800 of the spa value. I feel so sayang to say goodbye to my money.

Now, as i think back on the hard selling and persuasion by the Spa Consultant during the trial session, it really makes my blood start to boil. I am pretty sure the consultants/top management would have make a killing on the commission from each completed sale. It is just so unethical for businesses to coax clients to sign up large amount of pre-paid credits and in return, unable to deliver a reasonable service. It is even more irresponsible for businesses to just end its operations without any announcement to its staff and clients.

No matter what, based on the recent spa closures, I am sure many, like me, would be more cautious when signing up for packages. I don't know if I can get any compensation but I am not going to just leave it as it is. I want my money back. Or at least some money back.

Spam Messages

shucks... just found out that a lot of spam comments were posted to my posts.
either the verifcation function is not working or that some irritating nothing-to-do fellow did it..

took some time for me to delete them all...

Rotten French Fry

A serious question here. how bad can a french fry ever be?

The answer is 'tastes and smells like dung'

You might feel puzzled why I would say this out of no where. This is because this afternoon, I tasted the most horrible, corrigible, terrble tasting french fry! right in a famous fast food chain. It's first letter is 'M' but I can tell you it is NOT McDonald.

I guess this is the worst food experience in my whole life. The french fry (*note: Only 1 french fry out the whole packet) looks normal, but one bite and it emits the smell of drainage water/ unprocessed pig innards...

This is really not a joke. It smells so bad that my sister can also smell it a few cms away. I immediately spit it out and rinsed my mouth. I showed it to a staff and when she smelled it, she was shocked by the pungent smell and threw it right back on the tray! - making this the 2nd ridiculous experience. I mean, when a customer complain to you about yr product, you dont give give a heck care look and throw the product back to the customer! Terrible customer service.
In the end, I informed another staff about it and she too agree that it smells bad. but again, no explanation, no recovery. They are really lucky that I wasnt any mystery diner, otherwise, I would FAIL them utterly. Zero!

Let me know if you want to know which fast food, which outlet. I will definitely let you know. Meanwhile, I am going to boycott them for the time being, I still cant forget that taste/smell right now.

Cinnamon Rollz

It has been months since I touched my oven again.

Decided to bake some cinnamon rolls since I finally managed to find ground cinnamon powder at cold storage in Tamp 1. It is really quite difficult to find those grounded type, i tell you. So I went to get the other main ingredients: baking yeast, butter, milk, and bread flour.

gosh, it was a good 10 years since i last made bread during my secondary food and nutrition class. So there was a bit of clumsiness during the kneading of the dough... Initially I thought the bread will turn out terrible as the dough was so sticky that my hands was almost glued together during kneading. So i just let it rise in a big bowl, covering it with a clean wet cloth.

I was so impressed with myself as the dough managed to rise to about 2.5 times its size after 1+ hours! ha

so ta da. here are the end products. Share with my friends and colleagues next time when it looks more presentable lar. keke

hello

hello to my friends who is reading this.. have not been updating this blog for very long time.

was looking for a revamp to my blog design. hence the delay in posting entries. and also, didnt have time and mood earlier on to blog...

maybe post another tmw.

Doing nothing...

Ok. I am going to add in 1 more new year resolution.

- Spend half hour a day doing and thinking nothing

I think this is really important, helps to remove stress and a day of tough work.

Had a long day today. Woke up at about 7am to help coordinate attendance taking for Chingay practice.. then went back home at 12noon, help out with some house work and went back office at 5+. Just managed to settle down after leaving office at 10.30pm. Did not manage to uncheck any pending work on hand. Rather, my time today was spent doing newly added tasks. Also received a phone call from a potentially problematic unemployed resident. What I have for the person is that 'If you dont help yourself first, nobody can'...

But a few happy things I managed to achieve today:
- borrowed 'Starbucked-A double tall tale of caffeine, commence and culture' today
- helped my mom clean up the windows
- celebrated my sister's BD today
- painted my toe nails just before heading for work (I know this last one is not really something sig. but it means that I managed to pamper myself today...so yeah, shd be on the list too)

ok, time for me to do nothing for half hour ...

New Year New 'Gear'

2nd day of 2010- My first post of the year.

It has been months since i wrote a post. Considering all the non-stop workload and birthday/christmas meet ups with frens, not surprising.

My mom have been complaining that she hasnt seen me much lately so for the past 3 days, I have been good, spent some time with my close ones. But I know my Jan and Feb will be burnt out as well and there will be complaints again.. but worry abt it later...

Ok, so new year new resolutions right. I never follow them but no harm coming up with a few... and 1 year later on the 1st day of 2011, I can see if I achieve them...

1. Shed some kilos.. (this is a tough one cos I just had 3 buffets within 2 weeks. Hai)
2. Sleep earlier (to get rid of dark eye circles and tackle my tired eyes)
3. Not to bring work home (quite easy to achieve but sometimes bringing work home is the best solution cos there are quite a bit of distractions at office at times)
4. Save more $ (spent quite a bit during the dec period.. need to start saving liao. Loan repayment starting soon!)
5. Start to learn driving
6. if possible.. find a boyfriend...not that I am desperate.. but i think sometimes love will really make a woman feel more radiant and younger. (not proven or tested but shd work)

That's about it i guess...