Things that make you go hmmmmm

I thought it was going to be just another work typical work day .

But it was not.
It started happily enough. Its not everyday that you get smiling webcam chat invite early morning. Yeah a big bright smile does add that extra energy booster to help start another day of battling in the office.

Encouraged by webcam cheer, i still had time before my first customer meeting( which will stretch out through lunch), so i went to grab a quick brunch with the team.

But when i got back to the office from brunch everything just went downhill at startling speeds with issues that stretch out across so many geographical locations it was just plain - nuts.

1. I found out that an over eager someone had been making enquiries about me. Which made me really uncomfortable. Was it pure boredom, curiousity or just plain membership agenda driven ? I simply have no patience with grown men who do not have the balls to be direct. You want to know something ? ask me directly. Do not discuss me with another. Most importantly such juvenile "girlie" behaviour is just plain hilarious and mind boggling!

2.One loooong drawn prep meeting later, I was advised we would have to do another pow wow at 745am tomorrow at the client's premises . so we can"synch up" with the other australian stakeholders in this project . sigh.

3. Taiwan customer wants a party delivered in their name but could not decide who from their camp will come to the party. pain.

4. Its month closing and boss is chasing for revenue and forecasts numbers which as usual my numbers do not tally with finance's numbers ... 1+1 not = 2! again! Naturally we are waaay behind in our numbers . also known as no cannot hit target . Pain

5. The VP that sits in the office close to me got her marching orders this afternoon. After years of service , her post was made redundant. and her division and resources now reports to my boss - who as of today effectivey becomes the Master of the Universe . Which means by default im getting dotted lines coming straight up my ass like the speed of light :P . so many changes . am I supposed to be worried that people are dropping like flies around me ? Hmmmm

6. Just as I thought this mad day was going to finally end. I got one last msn msg from someone i met less than 3 days ago . It was an innocent enough query - "when are you getting off work? can i get a lift to the Singapore Flyer ?" , "Im going there for dinner"

I think i did not handle it well at all and probably blew any opportunity to continue this acquaintence. It just pushed all the wrong buttons and reminded me so much of how an earlier friendship was abused. Yup really didnt handle it too well. Too blunt. But really, it all seems a little absurd that one could call me up to ask for a lift to his next dinner appointment ...that did not involve me. How flattering.

My frank and blunt feedback also earned me a density comparison to his vietnamese staff. Surprised.

Aww its ok Ashton...you look better than a taxi. I love you for you. no matter what everybody else thinks!

I think its time to give Ashton a new paint job , people are starting to mistake him for a free taxi ! Hmmmmmm

Not the same

Lunchbreak.

Same table we once sat in.
Same place that served cheap but convenient food.
With someone who also works 1 street away from me ( what are the odds)
Came with a friendly smile.
Came with interesting conversation.
Came with absolutely no agenda.
It was certainly enjoyable.

But it wasnt the same.
As i polished off my sandwich it dawned on me. It will never be the same ever again.

Badminton Champion Guppy ?

Guess what i did this Sunday evening ?

Hee I went to play badminton at Delta Sports Complex . Those who know me must be amazed I even moved my lazy bum ... and yes DELTA...where is Delta!?!?

Actually there were 3 very good reasons :
1. I was curious about the person behind the persona
2. I really thought badminton was easy...i was kinda good at it as a kid, so how hard can it be to pick it up again?
3. I threw out a challenge..loser has to massage the hairy legs and smelly feet of the winner...hah ofcourse I had to turn up :D

I couldve sworn we were supposed to meet up at 7pm. and so when Kulcha rang me at 430ish to remind me about the 5pm game... It was a mad dash to Delta stadium near Alexandra road.

I arrived slightly pass 5pm . As i strolled into the badminton hall, I was amazed that people recognised me . I must be very obvious all pink , round and lost lookin * hahahaha*

The verdict :

I definitely aint no champion badminton player ...HAHAHAH not even a good one. :P -- gosh i was already prepared to be defeated thoroughly. but it was all in good fun. just hope i didnt mess up too many expert players games :P

I am also absolutely amazed. (Perhaps I should not be) The bunch of people Kulcha plays with were all strangers who simply met online. through a badminton forum and decided one fine day to meet up at Delta stadium to play! Now they play and talk as if they are old friends. not a bad deal after all.

After the game, we all went to Seng Poh ...i think its called Seng Poh street for a sumptuous Steamboat buffet dinner. But i was just too exhausted to eat , even though i really felt i wanted to eat something, the appetite just wasnt there.

A nice warm dinner with a big group of new friends after an exhausting evening of badminton. Im glad i took up your badminton invite.

What an interesting evening indeed. It was a pleasure meeting you - hah and technically since we didnt play a set formally, nobody lost to nobody so there is no forfeit for losing :P muahahhhaha *runs away!*

Its here ! Its here!

BYE BYE trusty old TEEVEE

You had been with me since i moved back from aussie land more than 8 years ago.... HELLO my new friend :D
I woke up at 930am and eagerly awaited the arrival of my new toy ! so excited today! The tv delivery guys mustve thought i was nuts...i wanted to take a pic of the old teveee..and of them setting up my new one :D heheheheh
Ahhhh Bliss!
I now have a spanking new 42 inch FULL HD, HDMI, LCD Sharp Aquos!

And now to get me some cool cable teevee :D

A Fishy Affair

Finally caught up with Fluffy Pearl today

I arrived too early at 211 Bukit Timah to pick her up .It was too warm to be sitting in the open air carpark , so i went for a stroll at the Courts superstore next to her workplace- hoping to soak up some free airconditioning.

Long story short, by the time Fluffy came and got me at the store was too late . I had plonked $1599* on a spanking cool SHARP 42inch Full HD1080 LCD TEEVEE! *inclusive GST, Delivery, installation etc ! what a good deal right?!

Ofcourse now that im $1599 poorer, I can look forward to more time spent at home vegetating in front of my new tv! no more money to spend!

New toy gets delivered this saturday ...but with a new tv..Its time! time to get CABLE! muahhahahAHAHAHAHhah! *insane look* - stay tuned true believers!

A fishie Affair

Now , back to when fluffy finally arrived to pick this newly broke guppy out of courts superstore...( she was too late to stop the tv splurge hee hee but she did agree it was a good deal ) off we went to our pre-planned dinner destination - ****GREENWOOD FISH BISTRO!*****

We chose to dine at the older, cosier wing of the establishment - directly behind the fish market area. Spent a few moments gawking at the fresh aray of oysters, mussels, and big fishies on sale at the fish market Once we got seated , ofcourse we spared no time to start cam whoring! :D The old wing of the restaurant had a warm cosy ambience warm red walls, decorated with many framed posters of various delectable fishies *drool One hungry fluffy studying the menu.One very very hungry guppy posing wit the menu.We were deighted to find that they had yum champs here ...ofcourse we had to pose with the nice bottles of booziesBut we ended up ordering Heineken to go with our seafood instead :P Boy did we eat ...we had fresh Oysters Soft shell crabs BLACK COD FISH AND CHIPS *best!* Foie Gras with scallop on Brioche Fried Calamari !

TIME TO EAT!!!! YEAH! What better way to round off a delightful din din of deepfried seafood washed down with beer...than with.....

Valhorna Warm Chocolate Fondant ?! The delicious sweet warm chocolate oozes out from the cake.. pure bliss !!! Yeap! It sure was an eventful evening of FUN fishy dining :D we couldnt help ourselves...yep you guessed it -- we took more pics outside the restaurant !

Hah camwhoring is fun! ok babes...we gotta do this again soon :)

Vietnamese, Durians, Ferrero and Badminton Tuesday

Oh my i ate so much today.

Vietnamese Yum Yums...Again!?!

I have a confession to make - I ATE VIETNAMESE PHO ...AGAIN today! mmmmmm delicious yummy Pho... but this time, it was over lunch with Celest @ Hue at the Amara Hotel.

We had crispy prawn and chicken spring rolls

Check out my beef and chicken Saigon Pho!

Celest had the seafood Pho!

The fresh lime , basil and mint leaves meant for us to add to our Pho

And we washed everything down with this super yum concoction from the hotel which they claimed was some authentic citrus+tea+lime combo "cooling" drink.

Hmmmm wonder if my vietnamese cravings will ever end?

20 year late.. Badminton training Session

It all began with a teensy lil challenge. Kulcha invited me to a badminton game this sunday at Delta stadium. Naturally , true to my egotistical form , I had to throw out the challenge - that I was a primary school badminton champion :P * muhahahha* and that i could beat him with my 7 dollar supar market bought racquet . ( only to learn that Kulcha trains at the Delta on a weekly basis *gulp* )

And so a wager was made : loser will massage the hairy legs and smell feet of the winner! will guppy emerge triumphant ? stay tuned true believers!~ Meanwhile it occured to me it has been over 20 years since i picked up the badminton racquet. Oh boy....

And so, to train for this badminton match, I made tracie and moomoo practice with me at moomoo's home after work today . Heh I think i trashed them...and managed to hit every serve..except for those that landed far away from where i stood.. (OFCOURSE i do not run after the shuttlecock. duh. i stand where i am if the shuttecock comes towards me . i hit it. thats all there is to it )

Ferrero Garden chocolates.

On a happier note, Tracie brought along these delightful looking Ferrero Chocolates . They are not available at supermarkets yet .only at The Cocoa Tree specialty chocolate shops. Check out the beautiful packaging ! AND YES THEY WERE Delicious. a mixture of Almond, Pistachio , Hazelnut and Coconut flavours.

My favourite : The Almond flavoured one. At 18 bucks per box. Its a little pricey but i think i will go get some more !

Mountain Cat Durian Adventures

After a hard lousy stamina guppy game of badminton, a heavy claypot chicken dinner cooked by moomoo and those delightful ferrero garden chocolates. Ofcourse we had to go off in search for some nice desserts to round off our day.

Moo's mom had durian craving ..hah really this was all her fault for putting the idea in our heads. And so off we all went to Four Seasons Durian in search for the famed CAT MOUNTAIN DURIANS! from Mapoh!

Bloody $18 per kilo cat mountain durians!

Other durians that are selling for 3 pc at $20 bucks

moo posing with big durian

We bought one 2.8 kilo Cat Mountain durian and 6 pcs of the $20 per 3 pc durian . broke it all open, and ate both to compare.

The verdict - No difference lah! but still awfully delicious! Guppies Love Durians! feed more durians!

Can't get enough of Vietnamese Love

I did Vietnamese Again.

Went for vietnamese food at Pho Hoa @ Suntec City AGAIN! Oh my goodness me. I think i need help. But check out my colourful delicious healthy nutricious lunch?

Grilled chicken, vermicilli with calamari rings !
Joyes had grilled chicken vermicilli with spring rolls ...I think i will try that the next time ..mmmm ..Lets do it AGAIN!

Pimped My Lion Keychain

I got a new keychain in the shape of a stuffed little lion over the weekend Yes I get it, Lion = Leo = Guppy. But there was just still that little something missing ..hmmmm

.Take one Lion Key chain from Nicci..cut off the nicci tag , break out the sewing kit ... add some charms (meant for adding to charm bracelets which chookie helped choose for me at Mu-ee): the key essentials for any cute little guppy , Shades, princess crown, mobile phone, handbag ...sew everything together ..

Voila! Now thats better! Now you look like Guppy! ( we just hide our crowns at home when we are outdoors thats all so we dont have to wear em all the time) Definitely one good looking lion to hang off the keys to my good lookin ride !

yeehar!

Yes i have no life. bite me :P

Happy Father's Day !

Too bad daddy was nursing a toothache :P

We all went out to Aston's steakhouse at Sembwang Shopping Centre , The grand plan was to give dad a nice yummy steak treat! (his favourite) ..Alas he couldnt eat steak as he had an inflamed gum /toothache and none of us knew about it ! aaargh!

mom and dad waiting for food at Astons!

In the end poor dad only had salmon steak and veggies and rice...Chookie ordered the striploin steak medium rare.. and ate it right in front of dad. Yup, dad being dad, declared chookie to be incapable to finishing her steak, so he had to have a bite. ...which he did. MuHAHAHAH

This was chookie's striploin steak. with potato salad and baked beans, she was pissed with the staff coz she ordered pasta salad, not potato salad. yeah just one of those wierdos who dont like creamy foods

This was my hickery sauce chicken chop ,Didnt manage to take a pic of all the foods...The grilled fish in herb sauce was yummy too

My bottle of ICB root bear...i think i love rootbear starting from today !

After our delicious lunch, I pestered dad to teach me how to drive his car. yes I can drive a stick shift but for the life of me I DONT KNOW HOW TO DRIVE AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CAR! duh

Im glad to report . It was like driving a toy bumper car. easy peasy. Oh my gawd they let people who have auto transmission licenses drive cars. I feel fear.

So what did you do for your dad this father's day ?