Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Shopping...addiction...withdrawals



Being post call today I had the half day off. Strictly speaking it should be a full day off but unfortunate limited resources forces the few to stay on until midday. Had a decent night however so I had the energy to go round town to buy belated and upcoming birthday presents. I realised it is not that of an easy task to find reasonably-priced goodies. After circling Kiulap I managed to go to Vincci and found a pair of fancy sandals and a pretty bag. The former for yours truly, and the latter for a future family member. Next task was to get a birthday card. Went to Euroclassics in Centrepoint and had a wide range to choose from. Maybe it's just me, maybe because I havent got a paycheck yet, I thought the card prices were outrageously expensive. Mind though, I can be easily fooled by numerical price values. Being so used to buying cheap and pretty 1 quid cards from Tesco and Marks & Spencer I spent quite a while choosing one. I finally resorted to buying a sketchy paper bag with a card attached to it, which was a bargain.


Enroute my shoppings I bumped into a boutique which sold genuine Gucci, Dior and Coach bags. Reasonably priced. I miss London. I miss the New York shopping trip that Jus and I went not so long ago. I hope to go to Singapore for the exams and perhaps get to squeeze a few hours of shopping afterwards......can't wait.

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Round and round in circles


I had a tiring day. What was suppose to be a simple task became a complicated one. Simply I was paying a visit to the finance department to sort out my pay, but with the wonders of the excellent communication the government departments have with each other led to a waste time of energy. Why can't someone somewhere simply write a guideline on what and how to do things for this and that. It's a simple task and saves time and resources.

Enough said. It's only Wednesday and I'm already knackered. Working this weekend....hurray..NOT! However I had the delight of having lunch in town highly recommended by a dear friend. It's more of a cafe rather than a sit-down meal kind of restaurant. Simple, cosy and great food. When you have the chance do go to 'Deli-Bites'....

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Reunion





An almost-spontaneous BBQ-picnic led to a reunion of mates from school a decade ago. Reminiscing the silly old times we had with other ex-classmates and teachers almost left up with abdo pain and tears in our eyes. It's amazing how all of us turned up to be....I'm sure our teachers would have been so proud of us. Everyone brought their own food to share, and typically we ended up having food to feed a school. Exchanging with each other's story life whilst enjoying our barbequed chicken wings and sausages. Sunset ended the union yet we all left the beach feeling refreshed knowing how glad we still kept in touch over the last decade. May there be more reunions to come!