Mild Botanical Infusion

Going to Safra Mount Faber on saturday late noon was a very bad idea.
What with the kids, the aunties and the ahPeks. But been ''craving'' to go to the pool u see. Lucky Elroy said yes. Hah.

So we went into the pool, i was so interested to just play with the water since MY favourite spot at the pool was full. Bleargh. Elroy just couldn wait to start his laps which i brushed off with,
''Go swim first la. U expect me to swim side by side with u?!''

So i played with the water. And my fave spot was still full! Dang. So i started my laps. Slow and Steady.

After 6, my spot is cleared! Wahaha. Swam there and just sit, enjoying, remembered abt how i discovered my power is BUBBLES! I clapped, out came the bubbles! Heh.

Elroy completed his targeted laps and swam to me, after which he walked and said in a loud voice (wic is rare for him) ''SLACKER! U the one who jio me!''

Cant be bothered and enjoyed MY Jacuzzi. Haha. Chatted a fair bit and,
''Arent u going to complete ur laps to a nice number of 10?''

Ok fine. so i did. Haha

Spize, after we decided not to meet Anne. I thought i sweat like a pig eating hot stuffs. He is worse!
Went back to office for a BRIEF while and off we went for dessert.

Coffeeclub! Fondue! anddddd, Chamomile Tea.
Fondue was superb la! Do u know that if u finish ur choc before ur fruits, u can ask for a refill??? Woohoooo i din know! So excited about it and rang anne gushing to her about it. I think she was exasperated.
''YES I KNOW, I WENT THERE BEFORE''
Hwahaha

Ok chamomile. It was already 10. I did not want to drink any coffee or tea. So tempted to get Earl Grey, but decided on Chamomile since i got a faint recollection that its erh, soothing and helps u sleep?

Now i declare Chamomile Tea is my current favourite tea!
-sips Dilmah Chamomile Infusion Tea which he just bought from Liberty-

Parted ways at 11 cos i supposedly wanna sleep early for Teens aLive today.
''Ok see ya online later''
''WHATS THE POINT OF GOING BACK EARLY IF U NOT SLEEPING EARLY?''
stupid elroy.

So as it turned out, i slept at 3am. Haha. Duty called.

I am like rice. They are like desserts. Interesting analogy. But to me, rice is just a staple and there are a few types of staples. I for one can live without rice for a few days. I can eat noodles for my 3 meals (or more). I LOVE bread. So they are all my staples.

In any case, i think i have contravene what my trainers said, ''Underpromise but Overdeliver''
No matter, what i said, i will do and carry out. U should know that :)

Ah, teens aLive was a disaster.
But it ended ok.
I nearly delved into Lebanon-Israel conflict which i stopped abruptly when i saw the senior ustazah lookin at me. Haha. Chickened out. Not enough sleep = Not enough guts la dey.

What will two bored people do? They dream! And they dream big AND generously. Haha.
I am too lazy to find the pictures of what the other dreamer wanted but i managed to find 2 of my 5 items!

So here goes.

Omega Apnea! I have no idea how much this costs. $3-4k i think :)

Ah. Louis Vuitton Taiga Kasbek Something Bag. Its unisex La. but under Men's Collections. So nice. Taiga ok! Some sort of dear i think.

Oh well the other 3 are Mont Blanc Signature series pen. Cant find e damn picture. Hugo Boss 3-piece suit. The last one was a LV ipod casing i think.

Sweet dreams :)

Ah. Teens aLive was a breeze! In fact time passed so fast! And i hijacked for a full hour! LoL.

It was so cool to just be an assistant trainer. When i saw Hazni, i told him i wanna hijack for ten minutes. Haha.
Before the class was started, 3 ustazahs came and asked whether i can merge the classes. I turned them down since too big a class means harder to control, lesser intimacy u see! Haha.

So well the first half, i just help facilitate, pass around worksheets and explaining the instructions. During break time, i saw Berita Minggu and was so pleased to see that the newspaper did a story on premarital Sex again. Haha. So i used the paper as my material.

Halfway, besides the two regular ustazahs, two of my ustaz friends came in and sat. They were there for most of the time. But me being me, ignored them and ploughed on! WAHAHA! Oh well, the only thing i did was to watch my language, like u noe, blardy, shit, etc etc. So i watched my language! Hormat u know.

Somehow i always elicited debates and arguments in my class/sharing-session. In one of my question, even the younger ustazah was roped in and forced to take the girls' side!

Proceeded to link how Choices and Accountability are important in life with special attention to premarital sex.

In one of the question, i asked (read the newspaper abt 9yr old's losing virginity),
''Asal 9-yr old can get married already?''
All looked at me, thinking. One guy brave enough answered fluently in a BBC slang (no kidding!, and he is doing his Os in my alma mater!) that everyone needed companionship. Woah i thought.
But i replied,
''Because Nabi kahwin dengan siti Aisyah umur dia 9 tahun! Only a few yrs later baru Nabi consummate the marriage.''
And one of the guy turned around to look at the ustazah behind,
''USTAZAH TAK AJAR!''
Haha.

Then Hazni my trainer covered the difference between child and adult in matters of Choices and Accountability. What was the line separating both side.
Again, i butted in and asked,
''So apa kaitannya dengan ISlam? ada example?''
And they think before the one who looked at the ustazah previously said, ''Sembahyang!''
I smiled and said yes relating the 7-10 yr old concept and proceeded to say, even then it doesnt mean u can be an adult although u are accountable cos Nabi only admitted at least 15 yrs old guys to be soldiers.
Again he looked behind and said, ''NI PUN USTAZAH TAK AJAR!''
Haha.

Coolness. Aim achieved, so proud of myself. Haha. Cos i cowered not a lil in such a topic even with 2 ustaz and 2 ustazah inside. Maybe even the Mufti? Haha. What i cant handle is if the Horny Pair is inside the class. I think i still need some time! Haha.

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Woohoo. Was with Ritch yesterday.
He apparently planned the day while trying to keep all details away from me. Yet, in his excitement and intense effort to keep himself from blurting it out, i still managed to figure out the plans. Nonetheless job well done!

In a bid to alleviate some of his torture and excitement, he gave me some clues about the presents he assembled,
i) no surprise here.
ii) reminiscent. well almost everything
iii) a trip down memory lane.

Went to Nasi Padang for lunch since he liked the rendang chicken there alot. Saw my ex-colleague there too. After we ordered our food, he presented me with my first present. No-brainer since i tried it on myself. Read the D-I-Y card. While i was reading it,
''I spent quite long to figure out how to slot that in and the pictures u know!''
Haha. Regaled to him how interesting it was to receive Elroy's card on wednesday.

After lunch, we watched Click at GWC. Interesting show. Quite poignant. One thing though, i have no desire for a universal remote control at all! What a waste to speed through life.
Went to Riverside Indonesian Restaurant. Quite an interesting place. The food was ok. Not a must to go there but at least it didn disappoint. Got my 2nd present. Which was again a no-brainer since a few of his other close friends got it too. Spent sometime looking at all the photos trying to remember some of them. Smiled at some of the thoughts.


''Do u want dessert? U cant eat anymore right?''
''Aiyah! I know u planned to go Haagen Dazs''
''Ok Duwan. No. No Dessert.''
-smirks-''I saw the voucher in ur bag la. Next time plan properly! Its me u r scheming against. U failed in planning, ace in effort put in'' -him indignant expression-

So we walked around clarke quay trying to digest the food, even having the chance to look at the Italian Fireworks.
So we did go to the haagen there. What a disappointment. Cos the melon flavoured, seemingly new tub, had what seemed to be a strand of pubic hair on it albeit a very short one. Sigh
Ritchie : ''Failed''
Chose Vanilla Caramel Brownie and Summer Berries instead. A pint takeaway. He drove up to Mount Faber to show me the Altivo. Seemingly nice place wic i declined to go to. Parked at a carpark near that place, people watch and ate the pint worth. What gluttons we are.

Finally the last present. Same cheap wrapping! Can u believe it? A 20cent wrapping paper from Chinatown. Anyway, when i tore it away, i was puzzled. An A4 book? Then i flipped through and, OH MY GOD LA!
Its a binded and printed copy of my multiply entries, 112 pages in all, of Arial 10 font i think. The entries from 25th May 2005 till 25th July 2006.
Goodness! Was speechless while i gingerly flipped through the pages and came across some funny and memorable entries.



''Goodness, u actually did this??''
''YAH! I took all the entries which got me inside, or i think involved me even if only one sentence'' -he yakked abt how tedious it was etc etc etc.
''Woah!'' - Continued flipping-
No matter his failure in planning the day to be full of surprises, the last bit was the best la. even if it costed $3 bucks for the cover??

Ended the day rather early (before midnight) since i had to wake up for teens alive.

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It was a nice series of celebrations. Nice company with the various people. The effort taken. The cards. The wishes. Marvellous. Absolutely awesome 2006 celebration.

Thanks Lyna for ur card too. Just got it actually. :)

All in all, thanks again everybody!

Slightly less than an hr left of 3rd of august, i was mulling about something i discovered while being in quite a positive mood. Then my phone rang.

''Eh I am at Jurong East St 21! U which street? Is it near? I just sent pj''

''St 42 la. Why? Quite near la.''

''Ok, how to go there?''

So i went to www.streetdirectory.com.sg and gave him precise directions. It was frustrating. I am always frustrated giving directions over the phone. Thus then, Vincent bore most of the brunt of it. Yesterday, it was him.

Finally after overshot, he waited for me at block 494. I hurried there and bought drinks. A few minutes later, ''Eh come, wanna see sth?''

So we proceeded to the car.
''Eh wait!'', he checked his hp.

I proceeded when he said okay, shaking my head.

Happy Birthday Streamer tied and blutacked at the back window of the car. Went in, amazed, camwhored. The clock stroke 12. He was happy to be the first person for the day.

Hafiz's wishes came in.
Followed by Ricky's.
Followed by Colin's.

Made a big round showing him how to exit to AYE before he sent me home.

Received a few more wishes via MSN with sophie asking me whether i am gay. Of cos! Its my birthday? And she actually jumped around. Haha.

Sent a msg to ben thanking him in advance for his birthday wishes and i got an earful reply by him sth to the line of ''lol u old bitch!......'' He told me then when he can meet me. As i discovered later on, he was on a date at holland v, thus forgetting to wish me! Some people!

Weixiong messaged me in the morning. Then came the best wish this year from my favourite bimbo.
''Happy 25th birthday! U r a yr nearer to death. keke. juz kidding. Enjoy ur day yeah :>''

I replied, ''! U wear heels today rite? U will break it k. Hehe. Thanks!''

Went office early cos i have CCP training. While bitching and jousting with Irene, Sean and Ryan, during coffee break, sean discovered that today was indeed my birthday. Irene gamely asked f0r my IC. I showed it. And she asked me then where do i wanna eat. Free lunch treat, again! Woohoo.

After training they bought me a card and a slice of oreo cheesecake from Starbucks. And funnily, in Irene's excitement to hurriedly give me, she forgot to remove the price tag! Haha. Classic blunder.

THEN, i received this sms,
''Guess what? one of my heels broke. Blardy hell u. Haha''
From Suriah.

Messages from Iyuan, Andy, Yanie came in :)

Irene and I then went to Ichiban Boshi after she insisted that i should make today special. Niceness.
After dinner went back to office to print comprop. Ricky, Agnes and the rest of the office bitches presented me with a nice 2-brownies-combined-with-2-scoops-of-rum-and-raisin-ice-cream. Damn rich brownies. One spoonful and i am full! Tsk.

Met Ben at 4. No. I waited for Ben at 4pm outside the UOB branch at somerset. The branch was already close. He claimed he was still inside. At 4.50, i wondered what on God's earth is he still doing inside. 2 minutes later, he came out. That bitch was actually flirting with the banker inside about the lady's children tuition! Standard ben, he never apologised!

Went to Coffee Club for Earl Grey! Weixiong then called and asked whether i want NUM briefs. I adamantly said no more to underwear and he joined us later with a nice adidas tee. His taste is really not bad!

Ben and Weixiong departed for some horny bimbotic shopping while i proceeded to meet the gang at Arab Street.

Waited for Hafiz for sometime before we ordered our food. Had a fun time as usual and this time round, Suriah induced most of the laughter. Haha. Adjourned to sheesha at Amirah's Grill before calling it a day at ard 11 AFTER some pillow fight and liza getting intoxicated.

Oh, we managed to hold an impromtu meeting to decide the agenda for September babies celebration! I will post it up later on.
And iyuan, though the full exco wasnt there, the exco decided by majority. Hafiz and I that is though hafiz was just sprawled on the sofa inhaling and blowing smoke. So u just stamp ur ''approval''.

Had a kinda horrid time while liza tried to figure out hafiz's auto vehicle. Siti had to assure me that i have enough insurance. Tsk. Anyway alls well!

After sending off Liza and Siti at Bugis, Ritchie called asking where I was and asked to meet up. Hafiz had to u-turn and dropped me at outram.
He was already waiting for me at Outram.
''Happy birthday again! Ok now i am the last one to wish u, off ur hp''
I din of cos with a faint hope some bugger will actually wish me still! haha.

Proceeded to bukit timah, al-azhar eating apple prata and milo dinosaur. Nice la apple prata. Went home after that with heavy eyelids.

This post should have been punctuated with many more pictures. But since i cant wait for fear of forgetting most of the details, i will post up the pics from Suriah later on.

Many thanks again to,
Hafiz and Iyuan for the crepe-k outing on Monday
Dillon for organising the JB trip
Anne, Elroy, Ben, GQ for going to JB
To those who wished me in advance
To Vincent who sent me a nice card complete with relevant comic strips and the overseas calls
To those who sent emails, sms-es and MSN wishes
To Ben and Weixiong again for the tea session
To Irene for the lunch
Sean and Ryan for being bitches
For the fabulous fabulous presents thus far
To Ritchie for being so enthusiastic to be the first and last person for the day and excitement in assembling somethings wic i will get in a few hours.
To those who i actually forget to mention due to e fact i am now an old bitch!

Lastly thanks for being who u are :)

Dillon floated the idea of going JB last week and soon enough he rounded up 6 people including him. Original idea being to do his shopping and eat and do whatever there is to do since its cheap cheap.

Then he gave me a budget and said it will be expense paid trip since he wont be buying my anything. So nice rite. Sugar Daddy for a day! So of course i jumped at the idea in spite of Ben's repeated jibe, ''cheapskate''.

So time set 11. Time set for Anne, Dillon and I, 1130, Since we expected Elroy and GQ to be late. True enough, GQ was late for at least 20 mins. Elroy was punctual at 11am and ended up waiting for everybody!

So we made our way to MALAYSIA, what a breeze it was. Went to City Square and decided on Kenny Rogers. Dillon paid for me :)


So after quite a so-so lunch, walked around and window shopped before we went to see for nice movie timings. Excited to see Lake House on a nice slot. Dillon was in a fluster. Apparently he was being tasked by someone to deter me from watching it. After repeated questionin, which he admirably let forth no morsel of who asked him to do it, i still manage to form an idea who subjected Dillon to such agony. Haha. Thought a bit and went ahead with the movie choice. Like i had a choice with Anne there! They bought the tickets and i informed my suspected person thru sms i am watchin it. Haha. Again, Dillon paid for my ticket.

Anne is pregnant. I think she is.

Went to Secret Recipe. RM5.50 per slice. Can u actually resist it!? So we each ordered a slice and was angry that the slice was put in such a manner rather than upright! All the sponge ones suck. Only Dillon's cheesecake made the mark!

Again, Dillon paid for me :)

Time for movie, i got Strawberry Mirinda and Popcorn, which again, Dillon paid for me. I passed the popcorn to Elroy since he is STILL growing. Ravenous appetite.

I slept halfway thru the movie. Sigh. But well, erh, nice show la ah.

Adjourned to Coffee Bean. Salmon Salad, latte and Ben finally showed up. After awhile and a bit of discussion, we proceeded to ''tengah bay'', on Anne's recommendation.

Splitted into two cabs. As it turned out, its actually Danga Bay. After Pantai Lido. A new development i tink. Anyway the cab which had Dillon, Elroy and GQ stopped way too early than the other cab. And starhub or maxis or digi sth failed its users then. So the 3 buggers had to do a route march to the exact destination.

We ordered.
Some Apple soup with fried catfish.
Chilli Crab
Butter Crab
Oat Cereal Prawns
Sambal Kangkong
GongGong
Rice
Some toufu dish
Honeydew sago
Chilled longan with sea coconuts
Mango Spread

Damn nice dinner. Served by a mix of chinese and malay waitresses i think.
And again, Dillon paid for my share. Nice rite! haha

Took sometime before we manage to get a cab back to customs. By then, everyone was kinda exhausted.

Lets do it again!

And separately, for my exco members and e madus and co, we shld do this also!

Lastly, Thanks Dillon for being my sugar daddy for 10 hrs! Haha :)