Shopping + Good Food = Life is Good

Happy Birthday Charsiew! Had a simple lunch at El Sheikh, a Turkish restaurant at Arab Street. We had Hummus with Pita bread that was enjoyable; the Salta Salad was light and freshing; and we shared Beef Kebab which I found the meat on the tough side. Charsiew ordered the Islamic Dates Milk which was surprisingly nice. After we had our fill we embarked on our mission, fabric shopping. It was a sea of colours and more colours, but it was not difficult to spot the ideal buys as Charsiew already had in mind the colour theme for this year's Hari Raya... shhh... it's a surprise.

Dinner at Ma Maison with C was pleasant; the ambience of the restaurant remained the same and the food is still good. We had Camembert Fritter for starters that was accompanied with a syrupy dip and the first bite had a hint of Goreng Pisang taste that continues to linger until you sink your teeth into the melted cheese. We shared a portion of Paella, it was light and yet tasty. We were busy yaking and forgot to snap photos of the food.

Ended the evening with a bit of drama at Starbucks Paragon. Guy and Gal quarrelled... Guy slapped Gal... broke a cup... spilled coffee... Guy left in a huff with all belongings... Gal sat alone weeping her heart out... she was bleeding on her mouth, so it must have been a tight slap. Painful man... Personally I won't tolerate a guy hitting a lady and especially in public as it's simply disrespectful. Shame on him.

Finally, I managed to add blog links on my site. Stay tuned, more to come.

Confirmation Day

Boss passed me the confirmation letter just before end of the day and told me to take the afternoon off on Friday instead of annual leave, in recognition of my hardwork. Ha! ... should have applied for 1 day then...

Wong sifu adopted a chihuahua so we have a new family member onboard. Welcome JD! Finally... Mickey boy has a companion and never home alone again.

Am going to Arab street with Charsiew on Friday to shop for fabrics for Hari Raya. This reminds me. My dresses are ready for first fitting. It has been 4 months since I left it at the seamstress - told her no hurry but wasn't expecting her to take her own sweet time. I better hurry her while maxi dress is still in season. Would be nice if it's ready in time for Phuket, but I doubt it. The last time I tailored a dress was for my wedding so I'm a little excited, can't wait to see the finished product.

An Occassion to Celebrate

This week has been most hectic with candidate interviews, reports, etc., to prepare, and time passes so fast when you're bogged down with work. Wednesday afternoon was nerve wrecking for me when I received sms-es from classmates telling me exam result's out in the RMIT website. For a split second I forgot the password... there were butterflies in my stomach... I was oblivious to my surroundings, while waiting for the website to download my results... Thank goodness, I made it! Not the best of grades; 1 distinction and 2 credits. I'm a little disappointed with my core paper (HR) as I was 2 marks shy of distinction. IF ONLY I had put it more effort.

So, to mark the passing of my 1st semester, Hubby and I dined at Choubei Japanese restaurant at Changi Village hotel. The Tori Sashimi platter was good and Hubby had his first taste of chutoto and he likes it. We decided to go light so had an order of california maki and tempura - latter was a bit disappointing, although they did the yam pretty well.