Sharon's birthday!

Friday was Sharon's birthday..so we had a mini celebration for her. Had our dinner at Maggie Thai Restaurant at Liang Seah Street. Juztin introduced me to this place and it seems like I have been eating there ever since. Think its the fifth time I was there. But the food is really good and affordable. I was afraid that they wouldnt like it cos its not a very posh place but luckily they did. Its been a while since I met Sharon, Ying and Patrick...all my ex colleagues. All went on to greener pastures...lol. Listening to their stories about their new jobs and new endeavours makes me kinda envious. haha. After dinner, we walked a few shops down to Ah Chew Desserts to have part 2 of our celebration.

The birthday girl with her teenie weenie birthday cake. So sorry couldnt get you a bigger one...We thought only 4 of us...plus after our dinner...a bigger cake would kill us.

Ying, Sharon and me.

The three of us plus Patrick. We kept switching position and took so many photos, those people queuing were staring at us...seriously the desserts are not that nice lor...duno why there are so many people queuing. lol. Nevertheless it was nice catching up and we had fun.

Meet up again soon!

New Clothes....again!

I cant believe I actually went window shopping after work today and end up spending 200 bucks on clothes. argh..what is happening to me...Anyway since I bought it, went back home and took a few photos to see how i look in them..hehe.

Peizhen's wedding

Its Peizhen's big day last saturday...Her wedding dinner was held at Sheraton Towers...quite a classy place. How time flies, during the wedding I found out most of our secondary school frens are either married or getting married...some even got kids already! We knew each other when we were 15 - 16 and now its like 12 years already. It was great catching up with Geraldyn, Mengtat, Weihan, Shweeyee, Daching and Xiao Juan ...going to have an official class reunion soon..yeah!

Class photo with bride and groom.

Marina Barrage

Went with Nelson to the Marina Barrage on saturday. Its a great place to relax and enjoy the scenery and the sea breeze. Its quite easy to get there - there is a free shuttle bus service from Marina Bay MRT every 30 mins..really convenient.

The Marina Barrage main building. It has a cafe, a huge pump room and a really beautiful exhibition gallery.

The fountain area. The place has lots of water features, complimenting its theme of converting the Singapore River into a reservoir.

Its amazing what MM Lee said in 1987 has become a reality and its nearly exactly 20 years like he said.
The exhibition gallery is unexpectedly beautiful and thought provoking. The art pieces and the setups are so nicely done.

A sculpture made of thousands of mineral water bottles. Cool!

Fragmented reflections.

The theme of the gallery - Sustainable. Singapore.

From the walkway/dam, you get a perfect view of the esplanade.

The rooftop garden...where you can sit down relax...picnic...fly kites...and probably catch the fireworks next national day.
Really like the place, will definitely go there again.

Christmas

Its the time of the year again. Although its not going to be a merry christmas for some due to the looming recession, i have a feeling it will be a special one for me. Seeing the lightings on orchard road cheers me up. It looked especially pretty this year. Countdown to christmas begins...38 days to go!

Club21 Bazaar

Met up with Juztin for some furniture shopping for his new cafe last sunday and also popped by the F1 pitstop to see if there were any good bargains at the Club21 Bazaar.

This is the second time I went to the Singapore Flyer but this time I didnt get on it. They still have their Halloween decorations at the garden beneath the flyer. .. so its time for some camera whoring..

Gosh, I really look old...Damn juztin is one year older than me and yet I look older beside him...life is sooo unfair!

This is my first time at the F1 pitstop. I think its brillant to convert the place to hold such events instead of leaving it empty. Sadly, the early bird catches the early worm and we are very late birds...there were nothing left to buy...We went through the racks and we couldnt find a single piece that is worth buying. Oh well...at least can save money. Those people there were grabbing stuff like they were free...totally no sign of an upcoming recession. Seriously, those pieces were not even nice but they were so happy buying them...lol.

We got a sneak peek at the Marina Barrage from the pitstop. I am going there this saturday...woohoo!

Batman

Had a busy week and I stumbled on a piece of news that totally cracked me up

"The mayor of an oil-producing city in southeastern Turkey, which has the same name as the Caped Crusader, is suing helmer Christopher Nolan and Warner Bros. for royalties from mega-grosser "The Dark Knight."

Huseyin Kalkan, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party mayor of Batman, has accused "The Dark Knight" producers of using the city's name without permission.

"There is only one Batman in the world," Kalkan said. "The American producers used the name of our city without informing us."

Come on, how stupid is this? The mayor doesnt realise how ridiculous his claims are. LOL