Busy busy weekend

Woke up really early last saturday to go gym with Gabriel. He wanted to go to Fitness First at FusionPolis. We thought it was beside Buona Vista Mrt only to find out that thats Bio Polis not Fusion Polis. Fusion Polis is another 15 mins walk from there. Anyhow, we managed to find out way there quite easily ..but we were already covered in sweat ..lol

The twin towers look very beautiful on the outside. It would be nice to be able to work there. The view inside the gym is even better. You get a nice paranomic view of Singapore while jogging on the thread mill.

They have a swimming pool at the top floor, with a nice roof design that resembled the Bird Nest stadium in Beijing. Sadly, the pool was freaking cold that day it was hard to swim longer.

I got a good view of my secondary school and my jc from the gym. I didnt realise that so much have changed since I graduated. So many new extensions and new facilities. Brings back so much memories...gosh its been 10 years already!! Feel like going back one day...

The skybridge linking the two towers. Its a great place to take a photo!

View from the roof garden.

After gym, Gabriel brought me to this very nice Indonesian restaurant at Lucky Plaza - Ayam Penyet. First time there and I loved it already.

I ordered the fried chicken which is really good...not oily at all. I love the crumbs on top of the chicken.

Gado-gado. The crackers with the sauce...what a great combination.

Soto. Mee soto without the mee. Taste different from what I normally get from malay stalls. I would love to go back there to try more of the food...its really nice. Yummy!

Then we met Paul, Juztin Dawson and Colby to go to the Mint Museum of toys. I always wanted to go there. Entry fee is $15 per person but we got one for one deal with different credit cards and also our birthday month offer.

The museum is made up of four levels of gallery each with a different theme. The exhibit floor area is smaller than expected which is kinda disappointing cos I expected a larger collection of toys. Moreover the toys are very vintage, some are much older than I am.

Me posing with Popeye!

... and Tin Tin

A very old King Kong Movie poster...not the Peter Jackson Version.

The original matchbox cars...cool!

Snow white and the seven dwarf collection

Mickey mouse through the ages....I didnt noe Mickey looks so freaky in the past.

Very old Batman toys.

After that we went to esplanade to hang out...and I got a nice photo of Singapore River

Sunday. Met up with my colleagues for Kbox session. This ill fated gathering was postponed for so many times and in the end, only 6 turned up out of the original 10 over people. lol Nevertheless we had a great time.

Monday, another karaoke session to celebrate Paul's birthday.

Our birthday boy with his cake. 28 years old oreadi!

Had so much fun during the weekend. My throat still abit sore from all the singing.

Lunch at Raffles Marina

Last friday, we had a farewell lunch for Ying at Raffles Marina.

The marina is quite beautiful. Pity the sky was overcast that day..if it was a clear blue sky it would have been really nice.

Barry, Christiana, Jesse and me! Our CP team photo.

Ying, the only girl in the picture. Been a year since she joined the company and ever since things got so much livelier. She is always so chatty, funny and happy. We will miss her presence definitely. Hope she do well in her new company! Jia you!

My new sofa

I got my new sofa set and gosh its huge. Its totally filling up my living room. I think i can sleep on it..woohoo!!

Britney is back!

Britney is back and looking hotter and bitchier than ever! Her new single Womanizer and new mtv is smoking hot. Looks like she is coming back with a bang!

魔杰座

Time of the year for Jay chou new album. This year the album comes with so many freebies...even he needs to boost sales with freebies. Got rubik cube and poker cards...to compliment the theme of the album. But sadly, the cover was not what I expected, it looks like some final fantasy rip-off.

A funny thing I found is that the songs list on the CD is different from the song list displayed when I insert the disc into my computer. They really changed everything after the songs got leaked out.

Overall I think this album is not really that nice. Only a few good ones but those are not even his best...compared to the last one this is rather disappointing.

Happy Birthday to ME!

I had a fabulous 28th birthday! Had a gathering with a group of great frens. I totally enjoyed myself and felt so good to have this bunch of frens celebrating with me. We had dinner at Magma - a german restaurant at Bukit Pasoh Road recommended by Mike.

Paul, Me, Mike, Robin

Yospeh, Nelson, Gabriel and Juztin. Gabriel was holding a very one of a kind birthday card made by Robin. I thought it was really cute and nice. LOL. Love the card, its damn original.

Group photo time!

The restaurant serves authentic german food and have a wide selection of wine. For people who love meat and sausages, this is the best place for you. For starters, we had pretzel and potato salad...

saurkraut.. not really a big fan of this.

Here comes the meat! There were meat loaves, fish and the meter long sausage. Doesnt really look like a meter long to me...

Then there is the roast chicken, beef and pork knuckles. The pork knuckles or "sio bak" is very delicious ...crispy skin taste damn good.
We had so much meat.. everyone felt so bloated after the dinner. After dinner, we retreat to a room at Gallery hotel to play cards.

Gallery Hotel at robertson quay.

The room is rather small but over its clean and comfortable.

The breakfast area...breakfast was okay...nothing special. Just the usual bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs stuff...

The swimming pool. I love the pool. Did a little swimming there. Its quite cool to swim there. You can swim to the edge and look over to the roads below.

Having fun at the hotel..with a game of Dai Di..
What a great birthday I had...thank you guys for making my birthday a memorable one and also the fantastic gifts. I feel like I am taken care of from head to toe with all these gifts.

Mike gave me a bag...really nice one. Always wanted one of these big bag where I can put a lot of stuff..can use it for short overseas trip too.

Nelson got me a Massimo Dutti leather bracelet. He always say I need to wear more accessories and I thought its a great gift! Shall wear it next time I am out...

This soft toy is also from Nelson...so cute. lol.

Robin and Yoseph got me Ferragamo F. Robin cheated by asking me what I wanted and I told him my cologne is finishing! Haha. I like this cologne, everyone says it smells nice. Now I got a big bottle! Yeah!!

Juztin and Paul got me a Dockers wallet. The unique part is the inside of the wallet, but I didnt take a nice picture of it...

They also got me this T shirt...lol. A little loud. I nvr had a loud printed T. Not sure if I dare to wear something that say "Is it me you re looking for?" out.

Garbriel got me a guide to Taipei which is really thoughtful. I told him I want to go Taiwan and he gave me this. Now I can start to do my planning. hehe

Lastly, Robin also gave me a bottle of hair clay for me to style my hair after I complained that my hair cant stand..

Thanks alot for all the meaningful presents!

A very big surprise!

What was supposed to be a gathering turned out to be a surprise birthday celebration for me. I am so happy and touched. Really didnt expect it ...Thank you Ying, Myo, Barry, Ivan and Sharon for this...its really memorable and a real good early birthday gift for me. Really appreciate it. Love u guys!

Barry, Sharon, Ying and me...Myo was taking the photo.

We had our dinner at a indonesian restaurant at Clarke Quay - Bayang Balinese Cuisine.

I kinda like the place...the decor and the ambience..its really nice.

We ordered so much food and we kept forcing the waiter to take photos for us. lol..

I love this. I forgot whats the name but it taste like fish cracker just a little bitter. But once you start you cant stop...

Pandan chicken or maybe its called something else in Indonesia. Really good.

But this is my fav. Beef rendang. Sedap!!

This was quite normal. LOL..I picked it..lousy choice

This plate with sotong, fish and prawn...what a treat! A must try

After eating the food I am already like super full ..then all of a sudden..the waiter brought out a cake!! So surprised! I am 28 already

Yeah...we force the waiter to take photo for us again.

Me and my birthday card and birthday present. Ying made the card herself! So sweet...and the watch...

Thank you so much! The watch is very nice...

We were so full after the food and the cake...we went around Clarke Quay. Its the first time I was there at night and I realised that its a pretty nice place to be.

The night scene was great...with the lights and all..Beautiful place.

Had fun and enjoyed myself that night. 2 more days to go to my actual birthday but I already had a great celebration.