The day before tomorrow
Everybody looked forward to weekends. I ain't exception. Like many, I anticipate a break after a hectic week of work and rainy days. Completed a breath-taking assignment during the week. For that, I think I deserved a good weekend and pretty well, it turned out fair this week.
The prelude to a weekend begun with an evening jog on Friday. The majority in office left on time. Was waiting for my dinner buddy. Considering that person wouldn't arrive till 8+pm, I proceeded with my initial training for the forthcoming countdown. I have not been eating dinner well. But cared nontheless. Recently I discovered Mr Bean's soya milk with chendol's tasty and filling to the stomach. This discovery was realised on the night before after rushing down to Fairprice Xtra under the impression that it was near closing. Arrived at around 9+pm after I came back from a jog also, and surprisingly, it's still operating. Wuao.
Dinner buddy came (so much so for turning up with a filled-stomach). So dinner wasn't much except filled with a cup of Soya milk with chendol, Sundae hot fudge and a few bites of Ribena blackcurrent pastilles. And you know what?! 7-Eleven doesn't sell Mr Softee ice-cream anymore.. Sigh.. the old nostalgic childhood of going to the Blk 300+ estates when my ah-ma never fails to buy me Mr Softee. Those were the days and long bidden goodbyes now the product line is cut.
Was feeling lazy on Saturday.. considering I slept at 5am. (Man, speaking of this, just realise I ought to adjust my sleeping time earlier. Where's that lubricating and hypnosis brainwave hiding at the corner of my brain when I need it badly?). Didn't head out of house until 4+pm. Met Crayon's friends for a little less-fetched coffee chat. Wasn't a little bit bored, rather I was faced with some language communication barrier - I thought everyone at the black starbucks table was more comfortable with conversation in mandarin. Knowing my weakness and limitations in mandarin, I decided to take a back-seat to observe than make a fool out of myself in speech. Besides, I kinda misjudged the beverage needed. Should have ordered a grande instead of a tall ice shaken lemon passion tea. I needed the drink badly to sustain conversation. Else my voice will end up straining itself before it starts to crack into hoarse. Haha. At the same time, I didn't want my presence to cause much awkwardness than expected. So yup, I tried my best to be engaged as much whenever the opportunity presents itself.
We departed from the nice pair and did shopping as intended. Embarked on my quest for the forthcoming new year, thank Crayon's accompany I managed to find this "buy-me" retro-Tee at FcUK and replacement for Kenzo cologne. Oh, by the way, my feets couldn't help resist but stepped into Swarovski outlet for its long-distant organ, my eyes, to glimpse if there were any new Kris bears on sale. Turns out more than meets the eye, prices per quantity have rose by almost 16% (Price comment as casual remark without prejudice) Thank goodness I bought my "babies" way before "effects from inflation" (as Crayon had said).
Had a sinful but satisfying dinner at Shokudo. I guess this restaurant retained my different meal experience although the same dishes sat on the table. Recalled there were birthday parties with colleagues where I pushed my colleagues' heads (a guy and a gal) together while taking photos; laughter-to-tears sessions over playing games (to finish the leftover dishes) with Reb, YW and Alice after work once; welcome-Jielong-back to Singapore dinner with himself, Loo and me; making Clara mad and crying while celebrating her birthday over lunch because Loo and I went overboard with our joke; after work meet-up and investment chats with Zhen Ze and GH. This evening, it was just Crayon and I, ordering less dishes, desserts and ironing issues for sustainability consensus. No idea when it would be sabotaged again, but well, a truly fresh experience to the collection for Shokudo I guess!
What's good didn't end until today. My friend Francis drove me to Vivo. That was where my NY quest was revisited. Bought 2 Tees from F.Perry, 1 from Zara and a lovely blue shirt from my most frequent R.I. Francis shown me this touch-screen PC screen which was fascinating. Ooh, he never fails to excite me with new gadgets informatives. What's more eye-popping is the price which is still within budget! Which I perceived to be high. Gurrrh, pardon me! I ain't any IT guru. Wuao! Looks like it's getting competitively price-affordable as technology progress rapidly and new products coming out with intriguing sophisticated yet desirable interfaces.
We ate sumptuously and bloated meal at Shin Kushiya before heading to the cinemas for a dull but interesting "logic-packed" Sherlock Holmes movie. Scores pretty well with all those detective and evaluation plot, not so much with the pace.. so much so Francis fell asleep twice amid the film. Omg. Furthermore, was in GV max theater, the aircondition was strong, freezy fuzzy therein.
Good times sure end in a blink of the eye. Except SMU (my empathy with Loowan), uni reopens tomorrow. As much as it dreads, please Ganbante!
Work wasn't in fact good. Someone was right.. I didn't have a prancing day today. Early morning a client called to report the lost of mail of important reports. I explained to him the course of action which will follow under all possibilities. He's still not satisfied, called my boss. Sigh, I felt bad not due to the fact that my boss might be angry with me or feeling mad I've been backstabbed/complained, just feel disappointment primarily because I seemed to have caused disappointment to others. It's like not having good results when a child shows his/her report card to the parents for signature. There were other matters to attend to. All swammed toward me like a blast.
