The "Ring"

Did u ever try waking up to an alarm which rang for 1 continuous hour?

I just did tat this morning :P

Have a serious problem waking up in the mornings and I tend not to hear the ringing from my alarm clock. Normally its the mobile phone alarm which wakes me up coz the mobile alarm has a snooze function whereby after pressing it, the alarm will go off again 5 minutes later and repeatedly until I set the alarm to "off" or if I press the red button on my mobile phone.

So my mobile phone was ringing and snoozing for the whole of 1 hour this morning while trying to wake up the pig (Me). LOL.

Anyone has better ways/methods to wake up in the morning?

Cozy Cafes

Had a great and fulfilling Sunday yesterday. Not the usual Sunday Family Lunch coz my parents went to Kusu Island (pray....) and every other family members had our own plans.

So, I had a date with my friends to go cycling!.....ya lah, I dunno how to cycle....they decided to like make it a mission ("impossible") to teach me cycling yesterday. Failed lah...failed so badly....keke....luckily we rented like 2 single cyclist bicycles and 1 duo cyclist bicycle. So A and AK had to take turns to ride the duo bicycle with me...hehe....but tiring wo. See pple cycle like very easy and relaxing leh, how come I felt so tired cycling?

We also stopped a while at an area in East Coast Park where they had water skiing activity. People on surfboards hold on to a bar connected to a wired mechnism tat brings them round and round a pond/lake like place. Most of the participants are caucasians...think Ang Mos are more open to outdoor activities as such. Think Asians are generally more kia si...or maybe its Singaporeans who are less participative in outdoor sports. Anyway, it was good fun watching guys and girls splashing smack into the water! Must hurt.

Sudden rain cut short our fun at the coast...but it was time to return the bicycles anyway and we headed to Parkway Parade for some cooling off and lunch. The workout on the bicycle actually killed off my appetite for the afternoon...was only thirsty and wanted to replenish water content in my body.

It was regular window shopping then and the next highlight came after AK and K went off. Not wanting to head home though we were sticky and dirty from the morning exercise, I explored the Tanjong Katong area with A. Remembered passing the area once and there was a lot of eating places (cafes and restaurants) and a particular cafe left an impression on me coz the shop-front look soooo kawaiii...and its name is also special "with a pinch of salt...."

Our first step into the cafe. It is no doubt a family eating place. Lots of kids on other tables but not those young noisy kind of kids...older primary and above. The place was decorated with much care and warmth, creating a very cozy ambience.

A look through the menu...they serve an array of western food, pizzas, pasta, salads, desserts, etc. Good variety if u like western.

Here's the link for the cafe/restaurant: http://www.withapinchofsalt.com.sg/

I have mentally listed this as one of my new haunt with friends. Eating there was such a joy....u have to try to know.

Bring my thoughts back to another cafe I went to with K and M previously...serving cakes and drinks. Memories of the place in Victorian decoration (wondered if I remembered wrongly) but its unique...its "The Cheesecake Cafe" near Siglap Centre. I totally cannot recall how to get there but would love to revisit the place....must find time. Thanks to M, here's the link to the cafe:
http://www.thecheesecakecafe.sg/

Now pple...go enjoy the cafes....see! I share...

Back To The Mountains

2 days MC is over.

2 days of sleeping, eating, k-drama and gaming...the type of anti-social lifestyle tat I missed quite a bit. Not tat I was in solitude the whole 2 days, I still do intereact with my parents and other gamers online. Its just tat to "nua" at home seems like a luxury sometimes.

Anyways, back to the mountains of files surrounding my work desk and the endless work awaiting my return. Felt a rush of helplessness in the morning while trying to grasp wat happened during my 2 days of absence but things flowed into the usual momentum and bit by bit I did my work. Had wanted to do OT and finish more work but I gave in to the urge to leave and left the rest of the work till tomorrow. There is only SO much a person with 1 brain and 2 hands can do.

2 things caught my attention at my office today.

1 - The stupid idiot cum public enemy cum the most hated person in the office is SO free at work (with probably nothing to do at work) tat I could hear him talk and laugh loudly on his personal calls. Then he walked to another colleague's table a number of times to eat tidbits, then he went back to his seat and continuously make the "clucking" sound of clearing his teeth....ARGHHHH!!!! ASSHOLE!!!

2 - There is a rumoured couple in our office currently (a woman known to be married with kid and her rumoured adultor who is also years younger than her...this same woman is rumoured to have a different adultor before this one who is also working in our office) and they would take leaves/medical leaves coincidentally and try to be discreet abt their affairs which is already widespread and known among all colleagues. So the 2 of them supposedly went on leave together last weekend and came back to work this week.

Shock! when I saw the woman this late afternoon...she was not just sunburnt like wat I heard from other colleagues...she was like charred! And her face was also burnt...think she couldnt put on makeup and her usual cake-like face (she usually put on loads of makeup tat they form thick layers of disguise) looked like HELL. I wonder if I saw wrong but I thought I saw hints of brown strokes marking under each of her eyes....looks like those war paints tat pple draw on themselves. No idea wat tat was abt so I will try to check it out tomorrow when I see her in the office.

Work is bearable today except for the irritating sounds coming from tat idiot but am glad its wednesday and I only have to hear those sounds for 2 more days before my ears get a break.

2 Days MC

Woke up this morning...Day 3 since my sudden loss of voice...regained abt half my voice by now but I cant speak a proper full sentence without either my voice breaking up or suddenly stopping coz no sound came out...unless the sentence is short. :P

Topping it up, got phelgm in my throat and my nose felt wet when I woke up...so suspect the flu and cough are emerging too...well, come join the party flu and cough! Why wait?

Remembered tat my boss told me she got something for me to do today at work...so, deliberating between being a good worker and go to work OR taking care of myself and my health and go see a doc and rest. The latter won, I love myself more than my work. Yay! I think its a rather smart choice. Not as if the office or my boss will give me a "Most Hardworking Employee" award for turning up at work sick.

U must all learn to take good care of urself before anything else k! Nothing can compensate u for ur health. And no one other than urself should be worth it.

Anyway, called office to report tat I am on 2 days MC (the doc decided to give me flu and cough medicine too...so I took all the medicine he gave me) and of all the people, had to hear an idiot answer my call....yeah, idiot = public enemy = most hated person I EVER met at work.

Why is he an idiot? Among other things, a simple conversation and he couldnt make out wat I said...(though my voice was breaking up, but look at the sentence structure! how could he have heard wrongly?! I think probably its coz his english really jialat...so he couldnt understand me):

I: "I am on 2 days MC"

Idiot: "You are on MC today?"

I: "2 days MC"

Idiot: "Today or 2 days?"

I: "2 days lah, today and tomorrow."

Wah lau, if I meant to say I am on 1 day MC, I would tell him "I am on MC today". The word MC will come before today mah....stupid idiot he is!

Ok, no point getting upset over this kind of people. Going to rest now. Till next time.