Happy Halloween!

I had planned to visit Punggol Beach and Chinese Garden today. It was a day filled with unplanned and unorganised activities and to top it up, I was late this morning. I was supposed to organise the activities today but I was very busy with deadlines at work and had forgotten to check the directions to Punggol Beach. Hence, KC and I ended up with ad-hoc plans and follow-our-instincts routes.

Instead of Punggol Beach, we arrived at Punggol Jetty. The place was so deserted. We were surprised that we could still catch a bus there. There were a couple of families and some hobbyists fishing when we arrived at the jetty. We spent less than half an hour at the jetty.

HDBs in Punggol

HDBs in Punggol

After Punggol Jetty, we decided to head to Holland Village. The village presents suburban living of Singapore. We are supposed to be able to find many handicraft shops and lifestyle boutiques, but all we saw was some well-known international eateries such as Coffee Bean, Sushi Tei, Coffee Club and Crystal Jade Restaurant.

At Orchard, on our way to Orchard Boulevard to catch a bus to Holland Village

At Orchard

Mr. Mc Donalds at Orchard

The Crocs store at Holland Village

The Crocs store at Holland Village

Fascinated with this lady with her parrot at Holland Village

She offered to pose!

By the time we finished touring Holland Village, our legs could not take it anymore. We decided go back to Orchard Road to look for a place to rest because in less than 2 hours, we would need to head back to Holland Village for dinner with Hiew Ming. She was in Singapore with her friend today!

Spotted this Coffee Bean guy at Orchard Central while we were searching for free sofas to sit and rest

No sofas *sob* Ended up at TCC (The Coffee Connoisseur) for coffee and free sofas

Dinner with Hiew Ming and her friend was at Holland Drive Blk 46. She recommended that we settle at the Big D’s Grill located at the basement of the flat. The food was not bad. We ordered Kurabuta Pork Loin (Hiew Ming’s and friend’s) and Boneless Chicken Leg (KC’s and mine). We also ordered a single person’s XO Fish Head Noodle from another stall there. We ate, chat, laughed and waited for the rain to stop.

Hiew Ming and Ping

That’s the end of a 12-hour outing on Halloween Day. So so so tired.
Also, Happy 21st Birthday to my sister, Pei Ling, who is busy entertaining her friends now :p

Ahh.. I need to go on diet! I need to jog 10 rounds! I need to go to the gym! I need to remove those fats!

First, I had a 3-hour Japanese buffet lunch at Umai-ya. The buffet lunch at Umai-ya is highly recommended. It started as early as 11AM and you will be served by the crews there. All you need to do is to select the food and drinks, ring the bell, and someone will be there to entertain you. The next feast was a wedding dinner at Bukit Jalil Golf Club.

I can feel the fats. Diet! Diet! Diet!

We managed to meet up for breakfast this morning and had a short chat. The last time we met was more than 2 months ago. She is none other than Hiew Ming, my ex-colleague, ex-supervisor, good friend cum big sister!
Well, maybe it’s not really a short chat because when I reached home after the breakfast, Mom asked: You ladies just sat at the Mamak for 2 hours?

Yeah. And I really enjoyed the conversation. It was great to listen to many of the news update from her and me, sharing my stories since I departed to Singapore 2 months back. I was very delighted to receive this gift from her..

The synopsis: This is the magical story of Santiago, a shepherd boy who dreams of travelling the world to seek the most wonderful treasures known to a man. From his home in Spain, he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and, from there, into the Egyptian desert, where a fateful encounter with the alchemist awaits him…

Reading ain’t my hobby since forever and she knows it :-) Actually.. there is always an exception, as long as the title catches my interest. It is a travelogue book of some sort. And the destination in the story is.. EGYPT!! The place that I have always been dreaming to visit someday. Why Egypt, some of you may ask. I love visiting relaxing and quiet places, like seaside and resorts but I am a big fan of architecture. I enjoy visiting places with mysterious stories to tell. If I was to choose between resorts and deserts, I would pick the latter :-) Besides Egypt, I wish I would have the opportunity to visit South Africa someday. Other than the big big attraction which is their safari, I have the urge to visit the less fortunate Africans and lend a helping hand. Well, ummm, maybe for a week or so? :D

End of story!
Lastly,.. this is to fulfill my promise to Miss Tan. Haha.

I travelled home for the second week this month. It was another three-day weekend. I got Monday as an off-day because Deepavali happened to fall on a Saturday. Yay!
I spent half of the time sleeping – so, so satisfying! I told Ling-cha that there will be no more spending spree but still, we went to Alamanda, Putrajaya on Sunday :-) It was supposed to be a window-shopping outing. The attendees were Ma-cha, Bit-cha, Ling-cha, Myself and D-zai.

Talking while eating is what she’s good at!

Downloading more games to her mobile phone..

Munching her all-time favorite crispy popiah

I wandered off while they were having lunch.

Outside the food court

This is a 100% crop of one of the corner of the previous image

After lunch, it was shopping time. Bit-cha got a pair of sandals, Ling-cha bought her facial cleanser and I got myself a pair of shoes. Ah.. this reminds me that I had forgotten to take a picture of my dress for Miss Tan’s viewing pleasure! Next, we took a break at Starbucks before shopping continued. While the Cha’s were having their drink, I took the opportunity to shoot more pictures outside Starbucks. This place brought back lots of memories. Time flies..