Thursday, August 9, 2012
Working up the muscles...
Hahas, I've been working out my body a little recently with some crunches and push ups. Each set consists of 25 of each workout and I do 4 sets each day. I've tried doing it daily and it seems to work in building up my muscles a little. So I'm going to continue with it hahas. Well, at least my abs and biceps feel worked out after the workout so I'm certainly hoping this works:)
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
No half day
Hahas heys! It's the 8th of August once again... Yupp!! It's National Day eve again!
Haizz.... However, I'm no longer a student and there's most certainly no half day off from work for me today:( Somehow, this makes me really miss the times while I was in school. Hahas, this is the first time lol, that I'm not getting a half day off on National Day eve.
Haizz.... However, I'm no longer a student and there's most certainly no half day off from work for me today:( Somehow, this makes me really miss the times while I was in school. Hahas, this is the first time lol, that I'm not getting a half day off on National Day eve.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Engulfed in the Arts!
It's Sunday night once again! Wow... and another awesome weekend has gone by once again, spent with my awesome buddy JL of course! So we met up as usual yesterday, on Saturday. However, we didn't go swimming this time. My buddy had said that he would be doing some dance practices today with a group of his friends and asked if I wanted to have a look. Hahas, how glad I was! It's been quite some time since I had seen anyone dancing, what more it's Kpop dance! Hahas, how I love watching these really hyped- up dances. It was going to be an interesting day!
So we met up at around 0930 at Bugis MRT station. Lol... I was late once again!! Well, JL waited well over thirty minutes for me mann! Anyways, we then walked to the recently re- vamped Bugis Plus mall for breakfast at Mac's. Hahas, it was only when I got there that I realised just how long it's been since I last had a breakfast at Mac's. It's been so long! I made my order of hotcakes with coffee as usual and sat down to eat with JL. Hahas, pictures of our breakfast were captured as well of course.
After breakfast, we then headed towards Laselle School Of The Arts. I then suggested that we made a booking for seats in Kuishinbo, a Japanese buffet restaurant that JL wanted to bring me to, so as to avoid disappointment. I made the call and we were then assured that there will be seats for us. I was so excited... hahas! Since we were headed towards Laselle, we made a detour to the "guan yin" temple for a little while. Little did we expect that the wonderful clear skies were going to darken suddenly and there would be a downpour! Omg! We were stuck in the temple and as time ticked by... we were also going to be late for the dance meet.We did our prayers and offered joss sticks. Then, there was nothing else we could do but wait. The dark clouds had brought along with it a huge downpour and we were sure to be drenc
hed even if we made a dash for it. Thankfully, this seemed to be just a passing downpour and the pouring soon diminished to a light rain. We then took the opportunity to make a dash out of the temple and headed for Laselle. I had a rough idea which building Laselle could be and we were thus able to find our way there. I had ever only seen the building from the outside but never been in there before. Once I stepped in though, it was starkly obvious that this is the place for arts!
It wasn't like there were rooms labelled ART, MUSIC or DANCE. However, the design of the place was so rich in creativity and originality that the arts part of me overwhelmed me suddenly. Soon, JL had met up with his friends and dance practice began. Watching them dancing, and hearing the upbeat Kpop songs booming out of the speakers, I felt myself being enveloped by the artistic side of me and I had to stand and bounce to the rythm. Soon, I even felt like having a pen in my hand so that I could doodle or scribble on something. My right brain was totally hyped up mann!!
It was really refreshing watching them dance lol. It really brought the beat back to my feet haha! They were all so natural doing those moves that it sure was quite a sight. I sure was glad I got to see this, it was all so wonderful haha! As I watched on, it was obvious there was one of them leading the others. Haha... that was JL of course! He was so well rehearsed in the dance moves that it all seemed to come so naturally to him. And boy, he was a natural in dancing haha! My awesome JL bro!
It soon came time for me and JL to leave for dinner though and we headed to Kuishinbo Suntec via MRT.
We soon got to Kuishinbo, got our seats and immediately made our way to attack the sumptuous buffet that awaited our empty stomachs. There was really such a great variety of Japanese food in Kuishinbo ranging from the raw to the cooked, sushi to servings of meat and vegetables, from the stewed to the boiled to the fried... everything was there. Hahas and most importantly, there were desserts too! I was so ready to tuck in to my food hahas! A must have food item there was apparently the snow crab which was served cold. It certainly was huge too! JL then showed me how it was to be eaten when we got back to our table. Hahas, this was probably the first time I'm eating crabs this way. It was kinda fun! We had cold prawns too which JL really loved haha! Those were juicy and big so it was yet again a wonderful start to an AWESOME dinner,
Not long after, a waitress came over and served us two halves of a mini lobster. We were puzzled and informed her that we didn't order that. We were then informed that this was a plate of complimentary lobster for us as we made an early booking for a table. Hahas, that was when I remembered seeing a notice on the Kuishinbo website saying that it is much appreciated if diners make a pre booking for table before going to the restaurant. Hahas, so we were being rewarded for being obedient:) Haha!
Hmm... there was something interesting about Kuishinbo too. Throughout our meal, there would be occasions when the over- head speakers would blare out the jingle "Dong, dong, dong... I love Kuishinbo, I love Kuishinbo, I love Kuishinbo..." During these occasions, JL would then stop me enjoying my dinner and rush me off to join the crowd rushing off for I dunno wad lol! It was later that I understood that the jingle being played out every now and then meant that something special was being served. But we had to be quick coz it was on a first come first serve basis and there being so many people around, I didn't get any. Well, it was some special desserts mostly. I felt it was quite interesting haha!
Lol, then there was the sashimi. While taking some sashimi, I had thought to share them with JL so I took a little of each type of different sashimi available. JL did inform me that he didn't take tuna so I didn't get too much of that. I did notice though that there were quite a few "different" types of sashimi that were of the same colour as the tuna. Still, I didn't bother asking what they were. It was when I got back to our table that I realised that I had taken many many slices of tuna which I had thought were other types of fish lol! There were different markings and lines on the slices that I had thought them to be different kinds of sashimi. Seeing as it was all tuna, I had to finish all of them on my own... lmao! I would definitely cower at the sight of tuna for quite some time after this.
We soon filled our stomachs with all the wonderfully delicious and interesting food. Thus, it was time for desserts. We had to hurry as well though as we needed to move on to our next destination which was to be Gardens By the Bay. Anyways, as I had told JL, a special empty area is always opened whenever I get to the desserts time in a buffet. Haha... so we picked quite a few of the more interesting desserts and set to fill our already filled stomachs lol. We then left after having desserts and headed for Gardens By the Bay. Hahas, it was fitting that we chose that destination. Our stomachs were so overloadeded with food we had to go for a long long walk to allow all that food to digest.
We had to walk back down CityLink to get back to City Hall MRT to get a train though. After which, we then took a train to Dhoby Ghaut MRT and then we were clueless how to get to Bayfront station which was the station nearest to Gardens By the Bay. We then walked from the North South Line area of Dhoby Ghaut MRT to the Circle Line area and asked the service counter staff there how we could get to Bayfront station.Lol, the counter staff seemed quite irritated and rambled off some instructions which I didn't really get. Seeing that I didn't quite comprehend his instructions, he then rummaged for a small little pocket sized folded up map of the MRT lines and passed it to me, telling me the instructions were inside. All the while, he wore a really irritable expression though. I was thinking that the staff was really unfriendly and not at all cut out to work in the service sector when I saw more and more people, coming one by one to ask for directions to Gardens By the Bay. Ohh... so that was why he wasn't too happy to help us. We were most certainly not the first visitors to ask for directions to get there. Moreover, this was a Saturday and I could only imagine the number of people making their way there lol! I flipped open the map thinking that even then, giving us yet another map when there were so many around the station was almost pointless. It was then that I saw clear instructions in the map on how to get to Bayfront station. Ohh... so that's why he gave us the map!
So we took a train from Dhoby Ghaut to Promenade station via the Circle Line and then changed a train to get to Bayfront station. Once we got to Bayfront station, getting to Gardens By the Bay was not a problem. There was signs around giving us clear directions to get there. As this was the first time that we were at the Gardens By the Bay, we thus decided to have a walk around just to get a feel of the place. It was late in the night by then and so it was of course dark. Even then, I could still make out many interesting things along the pathways that we walked with the dim moonlight overhead. Hahas, mostly there was just vegetation... lol plants lahh. Both artificial and live ones though. It was really quite fun just walking through the plants in the quiet of the night. We did, as expected, see many people too. Most were like us, having a late night stroll in the park, enjoying the cool and quiet night life in the park. Others were sitting on benches, perhaps taking a break from all the walking, while yet others were "wrestling" with each other on the benches thinking no one could see them in the dark.
As me and JL walked deeper and deeper into the park, we soon got to the heart of the park and even to the side of a huge lake. Well, at least it looked huge, though it was too dark to see how big it really was. That was also about the time that we got quite lost being so deep in the park and we were walking around mostly aimlessly. But we did have an aim though... that was to get back to Bayfront MRT station in time to catch the last train at least. Hahas, so we were walking around aimlessly but in the direction of Bayfront MRT station though. Still, we did get pretty lost along the side of the lake. Lol... that was really hilarious haha! It was like we were on an island in a city, and losing our way there lol! Super hilarious lmao!
After a very long walk, and a long time spent together, it came time to head back to Bayfront MRT station as the time neared 2330. We thus got back to Bayfront MRT station and trained back to Promenade station. Then, it was Promenade station to Dhobu Ghaut MRT station and then finally back to City Hall MRT station.
Once again, we parted ways at City Hall MRT station to go in the opposite directions. Both of us had a journey of 11 stops exactly ahead of us... the night was still young hahas! We would still be together through the journey via our smses and then back home to cam. Hahas, I was looking at the MRT system map some time later and realised that JL could have taken the Circle Line all the way to Paya Lebar station and then trained home from there which was faster for him. However, wanting to be in my company for a slightly longer period of time, he thus chose the longer route lol. Hahas, thanks JL!
Mann... we counted an realised that we spent more than 14 hours together today. Wow... this is most certainly the longest day we've spent together since our first outing uhh. Cheers... me and JL will try to break this limit for the subsequent meetings haha!
Wow... what a long post. So much happened yesterday lol!!
So we met up at around 0930 at Bugis MRT station. Lol... I was late once again!! Well, JL waited well over thirty minutes for me mann! Anyways, we then walked to the recently re- vamped Bugis Plus mall for breakfast at Mac's. Hahas, it was only when I got there that I realised just how long it's been since I last had a breakfast at Mac's. It's been so long! I made my order of hotcakes with coffee as usual and sat down to eat with JL. Hahas, pictures of our breakfast were captured as well of course.
After breakfast, we then headed towards Laselle School Of The Arts. I then suggested that we made a booking for seats in Kuishinbo, a Japanese buffet restaurant that JL wanted to bring me to, so as to avoid disappointment. I made the call and we were then assured that there will be seats for us. I was so excited... hahas! Since we were headed towards Laselle, we made a detour to the "guan yin" temple for a little while. Little did we expect that the wonderful clear skies were going to darken suddenly and there would be a downpour! Omg! We were stuck in the temple and as time ticked by... we were also going to be late for the dance meet.We did our prayers and offered joss sticks. Then, there was nothing else we could do but wait. The dark clouds had brought along with it a huge downpour and we were sure to be drenc
hed even if we made a dash for it. Thankfully, this seemed to be just a passing downpour and the pouring soon diminished to a light rain. We then took the opportunity to make a dash out of the temple and headed for Laselle. I had a rough idea which building Laselle could be and we were thus able to find our way there. I had ever only seen the building from the outside but never been in there before. Once I stepped in though, it was starkly obvious that this is the place for arts!
It wasn't like there were rooms labelled ART, MUSIC or DANCE. However, the design of the place was so rich in creativity and originality that the arts part of me overwhelmed me suddenly. Soon, JL had met up with his friends and dance practice began. Watching them dancing, and hearing the upbeat Kpop songs booming out of the speakers, I felt myself being enveloped by the artistic side of me and I had to stand and bounce to the rythm. Soon, I even felt like having a pen in my hand so that I could doodle or scribble on something. My right brain was totally hyped up mann!!
It was really refreshing watching them dance lol. It really brought the beat back to my feet haha! They were all so natural doing those moves that it sure was quite a sight. I sure was glad I got to see this, it was all so wonderful haha! As I watched on, it was obvious there was one of them leading the others. Haha... that was JL of course! He was so well rehearsed in the dance moves that it all seemed to come so naturally to him. And boy, he was a natural in dancing haha! My awesome JL bro!
It soon came time for me and JL to leave for dinner though and we headed to Kuishinbo Suntec via MRT.
We soon got to Kuishinbo, got our seats and immediately made our way to attack the sumptuous buffet that awaited our empty stomachs. There was really such a great variety of Japanese food in Kuishinbo ranging from the raw to the cooked, sushi to servings of meat and vegetables, from the stewed to the boiled to the fried... everything was there. Hahas and most importantly, there were desserts too! I was so ready to tuck in to my food hahas! A must have food item there was apparently the snow crab which was served cold. It certainly was huge too! JL then showed me how it was to be eaten when we got back to our table. Hahas, this was probably the first time I'm eating crabs this way. It was kinda fun! We had cold prawns too which JL really loved haha! Those were juicy and big so it was yet again a wonderful start to an AWESOME dinner,
Not long after, a waitress came over and served us two halves of a mini lobster. We were puzzled and informed her that we didn't order that. We were then informed that this was a plate of complimentary lobster for us as we made an early booking for a table. Hahas, that was when I remembered seeing a notice on the Kuishinbo website saying that it is much appreciated if diners make a pre booking for table before going to the restaurant. Hahas, so we were being rewarded for being obedient:) Haha!
Hmm... there was something interesting about Kuishinbo too. Throughout our meal, there would be occasions when the over- head speakers would blare out the jingle "Dong, dong, dong... I love Kuishinbo, I love Kuishinbo, I love Kuishinbo..." During these occasions, JL would then stop me enjoying my dinner and rush me off to join the crowd rushing off for I dunno wad lol! It was later that I understood that the jingle being played out every now and then meant that something special was being served. But we had to be quick coz it was on a first come first serve basis and there being so many people around, I didn't get any. Well, it was some special desserts mostly. I felt it was quite interesting haha!
Lol, then there was the sashimi. While taking some sashimi, I had thought to share them with JL so I took a little of each type of different sashimi available. JL did inform me that he didn't take tuna so I didn't get too much of that. I did notice though that there were quite a few "different" types of sashimi that were of the same colour as the tuna. Still, I didn't bother asking what they were. It was when I got back to our table that I realised that I had taken many many slices of tuna which I had thought were other types of fish lol! There were different markings and lines on the slices that I had thought them to be different kinds of sashimi. Seeing as it was all tuna, I had to finish all of them on my own... lmao! I would definitely cower at the sight of tuna for quite some time after this.
We soon filled our stomachs with all the wonderfully delicious and interesting food. Thus, it was time for desserts. We had to hurry as well though as we needed to move on to our next destination which was to be Gardens By the Bay. Anyways, as I had told JL, a special empty area is always opened whenever I get to the desserts time in a buffet. Haha... so we picked quite a few of the more interesting desserts and set to fill our already filled stomachs lol. We then left after having desserts and headed for Gardens By the Bay. Hahas, it was fitting that we chose that destination. Our stomachs were so overloadeded with food we had to go for a long long walk to allow all that food to digest.
We had to walk back down CityLink to get back to City Hall MRT to get a train though. After which, we then took a train to Dhoby Ghaut MRT and then we were clueless how to get to Bayfront station which was the station nearest to Gardens By the Bay. We then walked from the North South Line area of Dhoby Ghaut MRT to the Circle Line area and asked the service counter staff there how we could get to Bayfront station.Lol, the counter staff seemed quite irritated and rambled off some instructions which I didn't really get. Seeing that I didn't quite comprehend his instructions, he then rummaged for a small little pocket sized folded up map of the MRT lines and passed it to me, telling me the instructions were inside. All the while, he wore a really irritable expression though. I was thinking that the staff was really unfriendly and not at all cut out to work in the service sector when I saw more and more people, coming one by one to ask for directions to Gardens By the Bay. Ohh... so that was why he wasn't too happy to help us. We were most certainly not the first visitors to ask for directions to get there. Moreover, this was a Saturday and I could only imagine the number of people making their way there lol! I flipped open the map thinking that even then, giving us yet another map when there were so many around the station was almost pointless. It was then that I saw clear instructions in the map on how to get to Bayfront station. Ohh... so that's why he gave us the map!
So we took a train from Dhoby Ghaut to Promenade station via the Circle Line and then changed a train to get to Bayfront station. Once we got to Bayfront station, getting to Gardens By the Bay was not a problem. There was signs around giving us clear directions to get there. As this was the first time that we were at the Gardens By the Bay, we thus decided to have a walk around just to get a feel of the place. It was late in the night by then and so it was of course dark. Even then, I could still make out many interesting things along the pathways that we walked with the dim moonlight overhead. Hahas, mostly there was just vegetation... lol plants lahh. Both artificial and live ones though. It was really quite fun just walking through the plants in the quiet of the night. We did, as expected, see many people too. Most were like us, having a late night stroll in the park, enjoying the cool and quiet night life in the park. Others were sitting on benches, perhaps taking a break from all the walking, while yet others were "wrestling" with each other on the benches thinking no one could see them in the dark.
As me and JL walked deeper and deeper into the park, we soon got to the heart of the park and even to the side of a huge lake. Well, at least it looked huge, though it was too dark to see how big it really was. That was also about the time that we got quite lost being so deep in the park and we were walking around mostly aimlessly. But we did have an aim though... that was to get back to Bayfront MRT station in time to catch the last train at least. Hahas, so we were walking around aimlessly but in the direction of Bayfront MRT station though. Still, we did get pretty lost along the side of the lake. Lol... that was really hilarious haha! It was like we were on an island in a city, and losing our way there lol! Super hilarious lmao!
After a very long walk, and a long time spent together, it came time to head back to Bayfront MRT station as the time neared 2330. We thus got back to Bayfront MRT station and trained back to Promenade station. Then, it was Promenade station to Dhobu Ghaut MRT station and then finally back to City Hall MRT station.
Once again, we parted ways at City Hall MRT station to go in the opposite directions. Both of us had a journey of 11 stops exactly ahead of us... the night was still young hahas! We would still be together through the journey via our smses and then back home to cam. Hahas, I was looking at the MRT system map some time later and realised that JL could have taken the Circle Line all the way to Paya Lebar station and then trained home from there which was faster for him. However, wanting to be in my company for a slightly longer period of time, he thus chose the longer route lol. Hahas, thanks JL!
Mann... we counted an realised that we spent more than 14 hours together today. Wow... this is most certainly the longest day we've spent together since our first outing uhh. Cheers... me and JL will try to break this limit for the subsequent meetings haha!
Wow... what a long post. So much happened yesterday lol!!
Friday, August 3, 2012
Indulgence in the sweetness of life
Hahas, it's late in the night and I'm up here blogging again. I had my dinner at home as usual so that's not what I'm here to blog about. What's special and really awesome today was what happened before dinner.
My buddy, JL, had transport to travel here to the west side today near where I was so I scheduled for a meet up of course. He had said that he wanted some ice cream from Mac's so we agreed to meet up at Jurong point. I rushed over to Boon Lay Mrt station to meet up with him the moment I was free. When I got there, I had a brain wave. I hadn't been keen on having Mac's ice cream as I didn't really enjoy it. But there was another dessert restaurant here with much more interesting ice cream and a wide variety of desserts! Seeing as it was just before dinner time in the evening, I doubted that it would be filled. I found JL already waiting for me at Boon Lay Mrt station when I arrived. Omg! He had already been waiting here for 45 minutes already! I was super late!!
Upon meeting up with JL, I thus suggested eating at the dessert eatery instead. We then headed for "ji de chi" dessert eatery in Jurong Point. Hahas, I had decided not to change out of my uniform so we were both in uniform. It wasn't long before we finally arrived at the eatery. Hahas, thankfully I was able to find my way there I might add.
Indeed, it was almost empty in the eatery when we got there. We got a table and started flipping through the menu for something to satisfy our cravings for something sweet. It has indeed been some time since I last had any dessert. What could be better an opportunity than to have dessert now with my good buddy JL?
We ordered three different desserts to be shared among us of course! Hahas, we took a long time to decide though as there was really such a great variety and we were spoilt for choice. We wanted to try out everything there was on the menu but knew that we had to save some space in our stomachs for the dinner waiting for us at home. Finally, we ordered two cold desserts and one hot desserts. While waiting for the food to arrive, JL passed me a shirt of his. Hahas, this was in exchange for one of my shirts that I had passes to him recently. Haha... we now each had each other's shirts. This is going to be one of my most treasured possessions. Such a precious gift!
The dessert soon arrived and we tucked into them hungrily. Hahas we shared the desserts out with each other and they certainly tasted really good. We chatted while we had our desserts and it was just so much fun. I guess all the sharing of desserts, chatting while we ate and simply just being in each other's company made our time having the dessert extremely enjoyable and relaxing. Even the dessert tasted much sweeter and better. Hahas, this was just the right way to end off the week!
We soon finished up our desserts and parted ways for home. But.... WE'RE GONNA MEET UP TMRRRR!!!!! Isn't that simply AWESOME?!! Hahaha...
My buddy, JL, had transport to travel here to the west side today near where I was so I scheduled for a meet up of course. He had said that he wanted some ice cream from Mac's so we agreed to meet up at Jurong point. I rushed over to Boon Lay Mrt station to meet up with him the moment I was free. When I got there, I had a brain wave. I hadn't been keen on having Mac's ice cream as I didn't really enjoy it. But there was another dessert restaurant here with much more interesting ice cream and a wide variety of desserts! Seeing as it was just before dinner time in the evening, I doubted that it would be filled. I found JL already waiting for me at Boon Lay Mrt station when I arrived. Omg! He had already been waiting here for 45 minutes already! I was super late!!
Upon meeting up with JL, I thus suggested eating at the dessert eatery instead. We then headed for "ji de chi" dessert eatery in Jurong Point. Hahas, I had decided not to change out of my uniform so we were both in uniform. It wasn't long before we finally arrived at the eatery. Hahas, thankfully I was able to find my way there I might add.
Indeed, it was almost empty in the eatery when we got there. We got a table and started flipping through the menu for something to satisfy our cravings for something sweet. It has indeed been some time since I last had any dessert. What could be better an opportunity than to have dessert now with my good buddy JL?
We ordered three different desserts to be shared among us of course! Hahas, we took a long time to decide though as there was really such a great variety and we were spoilt for choice. We wanted to try out everything there was on the menu but knew that we had to save some space in our stomachs for the dinner waiting for us at home. Finally, we ordered two cold desserts and one hot desserts. While waiting for the food to arrive, JL passed me a shirt of his. Hahas, this was in exchange for one of my shirts that I had passes to him recently. Haha... we now each had each other's shirts. This is going to be one of my most treasured possessions. Such a precious gift!
The dessert soon arrived and we tucked into them hungrily. Hahas we shared the desserts out with each other and they certainly tasted really good. We chatted while we had our desserts and it was just so much fun. I guess all the sharing of desserts, chatting while we ate and simply just being in each other's company made our time having the dessert extremely enjoyable and relaxing. Even the dessert tasted much sweeter and better. Hahas, this was just the right way to end off the week!
We soon finished up our desserts and parted ways for home. But.... WE'RE GONNA MEET UP TMRRRR!!!!! Isn't that simply AWESOME?!! Hahaha...
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Wow... I'm Hot!!
Heys! I'm blogging once again. This time, it's about an unexpected break from work. Hahas, cause I got sick.
So yesterday was the start of August. And how did I start August of year 2012?
I slept early the night before on the 31st of July thinking I could get more rest. However, I was awaken at around 2.00am yesterday morning on the 1st of August with an aching in my legs. I chose to ignore it though as I really needed my sleep. After much rolling and flipping around, I finally managed to fall asleep. It was about an hour later that I woke up again due to the aching. It was really uncomfortable. Again, I tried really hard to go back to sleep and then I woke up again at 5.00am. This time, I had a splitting headache too. I was then contemplating calling off sick for the day and going to see a doctor as it was soon time to wake up and there was no point in trying to go back to sleep.
Moments later after 6.00am, I took my temperature and was shocked to see that the readings on the thermometer went shooting up way past 37, then 38... finally stopping at 39.4°C!! I've never gotten such a high fever mann!! At least, not that I remember.
I definitely needed to visit the doctor. I sent an sms to my spec telling him I won't be calling in for duties today and then left for the Polyclinic with my Mum who had taken the day off due to my sudden fever. I only left after taking some medication for fever though. After a long wait and a blood test at the Polyclinic, I was confirmed to be having fever, but it was not dengue. Hahas, I had been fearing the worst, that this was the dengue fever that I had been waiting for. I had been bitten by a mosquito with white stripes recently about a few weeks back. Thankfully, this wasn't it. I guess it may never come then.
So I was then given some medication and TWO DAYS MC!!! Hahas, I immediately informed my Spec about it once again. I then left the clinic soon after collecting my medicine which were free of charge as well. I was given medicine for my sore throat, fever and some antibiotics. My fever had subsided to around 36.9°C by then so I was almost cured of fever.
This is day two of my MC and I'm feeling much better now as I blog. My fever is non- existent and my throat is healing really quickly. There is almost no phelgm left already and I feel more comfotable speaking already. Yupp... I'll be heading back for duties tomorrow hahas!
So yesterday was the start of August. And how did I start August of year 2012?
I slept early the night before on the 31st of July thinking I could get more rest. However, I was awaken at around 2.00am yesterday morning on the 1st of August with an aching in my legs. I chose to ignore it though as I really needed my sleep. After much rolling and flipping around, I finally managed to fall asleep. It was about an hour later that I woke up again due to the aching. It was really uncomfortable. Again, I tried really hard to go back to sleep and then I woke up again at 5.00am. This time, I had a splitting headache too. I was then contemplating calling off sick for the day and going to see a doctor as it was soon time to wake up and there was no point in trying to go back to sleep.
Moments later after 6.00am, I took my temperature and was shocked to see that the readings on the thermometer went shooting up way past 37, then 38... finally stopping at 39.4°C!! I've never gotten such a high fever mann!! At least, not that I remember.
I definitely needed to visit the doctor. I sent an sms to my spec telling him I won't be calling in for duties today and then left for the Polyclinic with my Mum who had taken the day off due to my sudden fever. I only left after taking some medication for fever though. After a long wait and a blood test at the Polyclinic, I was confirmed to be having fever, but it was not dengue. Hahas, I had been fearing the worst, that this was the dengue fever that I had been waiting for. I had been bitten by a mosquito with white stripes recently about a few weeks back. Thankfully, this wasn't it. I guess it may never come then.
So I was then given some medication and TWO DAYS MC!!! Hahas, I immediately informed my Spec about it once again. I then left the clinic soon after collecting my medicine which were free of charge as well. I was given medicine for my sore throat, fever and some antibiotics. My fever had subsided to around 36.9°C by then so I was almost cured of fever.
This is day two of my MC and I'm feeling much better now as I blog. My fever is non- existent and my throat is healing really quickly. There is almost no phelgm left already and I feel more comfotable speaking already. Yupp... I'll be heading back for duties tomorrow hahas!
Sunday, July 29, 2012
An everlasting bond forged...
Heys all, it's Sunday once again and that means it's been yet another day out with my AWESOME bro JL! Hahas, we went swimming at SAFRA again yesterday. Jurong SAFRA!
This time though, we decided to get one other guy to come along,T. So the three of us met at Jurong Point(JP) at around 1300 and we then proceeded to Carl's Junior for some lunch. Hahas, seeing as I wasn't really too hungry and that we were planning to go swimming right after lunch, I didn't eat much though. I just had some fries haha!
After we had lunch, I decided to make a quick drop- by Guardian to get some sun block for use for our future swimming meet ups. However, I really had to hurry as it was getting kind of late and the sun will not stay strong for too long. Hahas, I certainly wanted good sun for my swim so that I get a nice tan too. On the other hand, T needed to leave soon so we had to get to the pool asap if he were to do any swimming. I got to Guardian and after some looking around, paid for my first sun block lotion which cost around $12 and we left for Jurong SAFRA.
By then, it was almost 1400 already and the sun was indeed much weaker than I had hoped. It was also much too late for T to do much swimming and so he left. Hahas, now it was just JL and me, much easier for us to manage our time seeing as it was only the two of us. We decided to begin with a target of how many laps to swim. Hahas, we then decided on 20 for starters. It was really just OTOT for the 20 laps and we did take our time at it haha! Mann.... this was probably the most number of laps I had swam in quite a while. I usually just give up even before I had reached 10 lol! Now, with JL swimming with me, we encouraged each other and soon completed the 20 laps. Well.... soon in the eyes of the tortoise I guess because we only ended at around 1800! HAHA!! We then went for a quick shower.
After that, we needed to decided on a good place for our dinner. We decided to head to town lol... and ended up taking an MRT to Suntec haha! Then, we threw ard some suggestions for dinner and finally decided on Aston's. Haha, I have been wanting to try their Double Down Chicken since the last time I had a meal at Aston's. We got to Aston's and was greeted with a super long queue right from the entrance of Aston's, stretching all the way along the side of the restaurant and up some steps. Hahas, taking a look at my watch, I took note of the time and mentally started to time how long our wait for dinner was. It was about 2000 which was dinner time so the queue was somewhat expected. Thankfully, the queue was moving kind of fast too and we were soon cleared of the steps and headed towards the entrance. When it soon got to our turn, getting a table for us wasn't difficult as there were only two of us. A small table in the middle of the restaurant sufficed! We made our orders pretty quickly and got our dinner quite quickly too. Hahas, that was probably coz we were chatting away and time thus seemed to fly by. Wow... I sure do have loads to talk about with this buddy of mine hahas!
Ohh yahh, the Double Down chicken meal comes with a choice of two kinds of chicken on their menu. I picked Lemon Lime and Hickory's BBQ Chicken for that sweet and sour taste which I so craved then. Indeed, the long- craved Double Down Chicken didn't disappoint at all. It was superbly delicious and I literally cleaned out every single drip and drop on my plate haha. JL cleaned off his dinner too and we left after paying for our meal. Hahas, two pieces of chicken for the price of one. How is that not money well spent? I'm certainly coming to Aston's for a meal again soon. I'm sure hoping it's with JL again hahas!
Our stomach bulging with food, we had to have a walk around the mall before we did anything else. Anyways, there was still much time left. Thus, we did some shopping and poked into some shops for a whle. Our legs soon grew tired and we looked for a cafe to lepak. We picked the Starbuck's Cafe in CityLink and headed back into the underground. Hahas, it was not too long after that we were laying in comfy armchairs in Starbuck's with piping hot mugs of drinks haha! We had even gotten ourselves a cheesecake to share. Lepak lol! Haha... what was even better was that there were magazines there which we could help ourselves to. I picked a few and sat there reading while sipping through my Caffe Mocha(I think that's what it was) and taking small pieces out of the cheesecake. It was just wonderfully relaxing and peaceful. After another two hours or so passed, our drinks were finished and there were only crumbs left of our cheesecake. We got up to leave and headed back along CityLink back to City Hall MRT station where we parted for home. Hahas, we were both going in opposite directions. 11 stops separated both of us from home... exactly 11 stops! Hahas... how very coincidental uhh? We sure are destined to be best buddies!! Well, be meeting up soon again of course. Next Saturday to be exact... Hahahha!!
This time though, we decided to get one other guy to come along,T. So the three of us met at Jurong Point(JP) at around 1300 and we then proceeded to Carl's Junior for some lunch. Hahas, seeing as I wasn't really too hungry and that we were planning to go swimming right after lunch, I didn't eat much though. I just had some fries haha!
After we had lunch, I decided to make a quick drop- by Guardian to get some sun block for use for our future swimming meet ups. However, I really had to hurry as it was getting kind of late and the sun will not stay strong for too long. Hahas, I certainly wanted good sun for my swim so that I get a nice tan too. On the other hand, T needed to leave soon so we had to get to the pool asap if he were to do any swimming. I got to Guardian and after some looking around, paid for my first sun block lotion which cost around $12 and we left for Jurong SAFRA.
By then, it was almost 1400 already and the sun was indeed much weaker than I had hoped. It was also much too late for T to do much swimming and so he left. Hahas, now it was just JL and me, much easier for us to manage our time seeing as it was only the two of us. We decided to begin with a target of how many laps to swim. Hahas, we then decided on 20 for starters. It was really just OTOT for the 20 laps and we did take our time at it haha! Mann.... this was probably the most number of laps I had swam in quite a while. I usually just give up even before I had reached 10 lol! Now, with JL swimming with me, we encouraged each other and soon completed the 20 laps. Well.... soon in the eyes of the tortoise I guess because we only ended at around 1800! HAHA!! We then went for a quick shower.
After that, we needed to decided on a good place for our dinner. We decided to head to town lol... and ended up taking an MRT to Suntec haha! Then, we threw ard some suggestions for dinner and finally decided on Aston's. Haha, I have been wanting to try their Double Down Chicken since the last time I had a meal at Aston's. We got to Aston's and was greeted with a super long queue right from the entrance of Aston's, stretching all the way along the side of the restaurant and up some steps. Hahas, taking a look at my watch, I took note of the time and mentally started to time how long our wait for dinner was. It was about 2000 which was dinner time so the queue was somewhat expected. Thankfully, the queue was moving kind of fast too and we were soon cleared of the steps and headed towards the entrance. When it soon got to our turn, getting a table for us wasn't difficult as there were only two of us. A small table in the middle of the restaurant sufficed! We made our orders pretty quickly and got our dinner quite quickly too. Hahas, that was probably coz we were chatting away and time thus seemed to fly by. Wow... I sure do have loads to talk about with this buddy of mine hahas!
Ohh yahh, the Double Down chicken meal comes with a choice of two kinds of chicken on their menu. I picked Lemon Lime and Hickory's BBQ Chicken for that sweet and sour taste which I so craved then. Indeed, the long- craved Double Down Chicken didn't disappoint at all. It was superbly delicious and I literally cleaned out every single drip and drop on my plate haha. JL cleaned off his dinner too and we left after paying for our meal. Hahas, two pieces of chicken for the price of one. How is that not money well spent? I'm certainly coming to Aston's for a meal again soon. I'm sure hoping it's with JL again hahas!
Our stomach bulging with food, we had to have a walk around the mall before we did anything else. Anyways, there was still much time left. Thus, we did some shopping and poked into some shops for a whle. Our legs soon grew tired and we looked for a cafe to lepak. We picked the Starbuck's Cafe in CityLink and headed back into the underground. Hahas, it was not too long after that we were laying in comfy armchairs in Starbuck's with piping hot mugs of drinks haha! We had even gotten ourselves a cheesecake to share. Lepak lol! Haha... what was even better was that there were magazines there which we could help ourselves to. I picked a few and sat there reading while sipping through my Caffe Mocha(I think that's what it was) and taking small pieces out of the cheesecake. It was just wonderfully relaxing and peaceful. After another two hours or so passed, our drinks were finished and there were only crumbs left of our cheesecake. We got up to leave and headed back along CityLink back to City Hall MRT station where we parted for home. Hahas, we were both going in opposite directions. 11 stops separated both of us from home... exactly 11 stops! Hahas... how very coincidental uhh? We sure are destined to be best buddies!! Well, be meeting up soon again of course. Next Saturday to be exact... Hahahha!!
Saturday, July 21, 2012
New found buddy!!
I'm here today to blog about a great day I had with a new found buddy, JL.
Well, it all started out with a simple chat with JL on a forum and then on to skype. Then, we planned today's meet up which was a swim at a pool in the east. In Tampanies actually. Hahas, that's far from where I live but we've set a goal to visit every SAFRA pool there is so one day, he's gonna have to travel too. Hahas....
After some googling and searching, I finally located Tampanies SAFRA. Once again, I enlisted the help of gothere.sg and was given pretty good directions which helped me get there with no problems at all.
When I got to my destination, locating the pool wasn't too much of a problem too as many people were headed in that direction. I took a look at the sky and confirmed that the weather report I read on the newspaper for today was quite reliable. It had said clear on the newspaper and clearly, there was not a single cloud in the sky. I was really happy! I was going to be able to spend some quality time with this new buddy of mine. I was even going to get a good tan with this new buddy of mine. I was early though and removed my shirt to do some tanning first while waiting for JL to arrive.
JL arrived soon after and we got changed and went down into the pool for a some laps. Between the laps and even during intervals, we did stop to chat. As we chatted more and more, I got to know more and more about him and I had the feeling that I wanted to have spend more time with him to get to know him better. This wasn't just a friend or another acquaintance before me. He was something more... a good pal, a buddy! Someone who I wanted to spend time with.
As our time in the pool grew longer and longer, the merciless sun just continued to blaze overhead, offering us no reprieve. It was really a clear day and there were literally no clouds at all in the sky. Thus, it wasn't long before I started to find it a little too hot to be comfortable and I guess JL thought so too. We then agreed to go get some shade in the shower room.
After a quick shower, we got back outside and decided to head for lunch. We continued chatting and conversation just flowed between us like we had known each other for decades before today meet up. In fact, we had only just met today. Surprisingly, there was no awkwardness between us. We decided on having KFC at a mall near Tampanies MRT station and soon set off.
Hahas, just a moment! I'd like to add that most other guys I had gone swimming with, our time together only lasted as long as we were in the pool. After that, we separated and headed on our way. Somehow. being with JL was different. I had a really good feeling about being with him and I wanted to spend as much of today with him as I could. It didn't matter that I hadn't eaten much the night before and I had skipped breakfast this morning. Hunger just didn't seem to register in my mind.
We trained to Tampanies MRT station and arrived there shortly. The KFC restaurant was just a short walk from the station. We ordered our food and sat down to eat. I had hoped that the Double Down burger was still available. However, it was not. Thus, I settled for a Zinger burger meal with some Spicy drumlets as I had really wanted to try those out. We then chatted while we ate. Hahas, the spicy drumlets tasted not bad. Well, at least it was not all just spicy but there was some saltiness too... much too salty rather. Haha... too much MSG!
We had time on our hands after that so we decided to go shopping. I wanted to get myself some boxer briefs so JL took me to a departmental store, BHG, at Century Square. After some looking around, I decided on a box with two pairs of boxer briefs inside. It was on a 20% discount due to the GSS so I saved almost $5.00! Hahas, I was so glad to have bought it. It's all thanks to my buddy JL sia! Hahaha...
We left soon after that but we're definitely going to meet up again really soon. Haha!
Well, it all started out with a simple chat with JL on a forum and then on to skype. Then, we planned today's meet up which was a swim at a pool in the east. In Tampanies actually. Hahas, that's far from where I live but we've set a goal to visit every SAFRA pool there is so one day, he's gonna have to travel too. Hahas....
After some googling and searching, I finally located Tampanies SAFRA. Once again, I enlisted the help of gothere.sg and was given pretty good directions which helped me get there with no problems at all.
When I got to my destination, locating the pool wasn't too much of a problem too as many people were headed in that direction. I took a look at the sky and confirmed that the weather report I read on the newspaper for today was quite reliable. It had said clear on the newspaper and clearly, there was not a single cloud in the sky. I was really happy! I was going to be able to spend some quality time with this new buddy of mine. I was even going to get a good tan with this new buddy of mine. I was early though and removed my shirt to do some tanning first while waiting for JL to arrive.
JL arrived soon after and we got changed and went down into the pool for a some laps. Between the laps and even during intervals, we did stop to chat. As we chatted more and more, I got to know more and more about him and I had the feeling that I wanted to have spend more time with him to get to know him better. This wasn't just a friend or another acquaintance before me. He was something more... a good pal, a buddy! Someone who I wanted to spend time with.
As our time in the pool grew longer and longer, the merciless sun just continued to blaze overhead, offering us no reprieve. It was really a clear day and there were literally no clouds at all in the sky. Thus, it wasn't long before I started to find it a little too hot to be comfortable and I guess JL thought so too. We then agreed to go get some shade in the shower room.
After a quick shower, we got back outside and decided to head for lunch. We continued chatting and conversation just flowed between us like we had known each other for decades before today meet up. In fact, we had only just met today. Surprisingly, there was no awkwardness between us. We decided on having KFC at a mall near Tampanies MRT station and soon set off.
Hahas, just a moment! I'd like to add that most other guys I had gone swimming with, our time together only lasted as long as we were in the pool. After that, we separated and headed on our way. Somehow. being with JL was different. I had a really good feeling about being with him and I wanted to spend as much of today with him as I could. It didn't matter that I hadn't eaten much the night before and I had skipped breakfast this morning. Hunger just didn't seem to register in my mind.
We trained to Tampanies MRT station and arrived there shortly. The KFC restaurant was just a short walk from the station. We ordered our food and sat down to eat. I had hoped that the Double Down burger was still available. However, it was not. Thus, I settled for a Zinger burger meal with some Spicy drumlets as I had really wanted to try those out. We then chatted while we ate. Hahas, the spicy drumlets tasted not bad. Well, at least it was not all just spicy but there was some saltiness too... much too salty rather. Haha... too much MSG!
We had time on our hands after that so we decided to go shopping. I wanted to get myself some boxer briefs so JL took me to a departmental store, BHG, at Century Square. After some looking around, I decided on a box with two pairs of boxer briefs inside. It was on a 20% discount due to the GSS so I saved almost $5.00! Hahas, I was so glad to have bought it. It's all thanks to my buddy JL sia! Hahaha...
We left soon after that but we're definitely going to meet up again really soon. Haha!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)