each day i come home after 12 hrs of work, feeling utterly brain dead and drained. exhausted and numb.

and still bring home a pile of work to clear.

have to work overnight tonight. but all i want to do is sleep...

i've not had a day off since dec. just one day of leave, would be luxurious.....

any chance of a breather, a short, short rest? any chance at all??

thong's 26th

okie.. finally a picture post. this time, the annual thong's bday is up again!

first we had a celebration with the moo moos for thong and jin... ktv and shokudo dinner followed by some cafe in siglap which closes at 12.30am (long story) bleh.

we had 2 slices of cakes for the 2 boys! jin said the bananas are nicer than the cake though... :p

then i met thong on his bday eve (he was late for 1 hr!)... akashi dinner (fav cha soba there!) followed by cakes at canele patisserie @ paragon (delicious cakes... esp the macha green tea cake!!) and then drinks at liquid kitchen.

okiee.. then his actual bday on the 19th apr.

it's on a saturday! so lucky can. i think the last time i had mine on saturday was when i was 18. the next saturday i was supposed to have is this year.... but guess wat, it's a leap year so mine skipped saturday, and is falling on a sunday! eeeps. booo. and the next day following my bday is some big event we have to organise for all principals in singapore and i just have this bad feeling i'm gonna be roped in.... arghhh. and the next time i'll have my bday on a saturday is 2013... get this, i'll be 29 by then. wth.

okok.. supposed to blog 'bout thong's bday, not mine.. heh.

we did sooo many things on that day!! tried out everything we've nv done before.

first up, we went to sentosa...


apparently, peacocks in sentosa attack cars during mating season...

we went to take the sky ride and the Luge. 2 ang mohs were very kind and gave us free tix just before we went to buy ours. :)

nice scenary from up above. a tad scary if u're afraid of heights... the luge was quite fun.. nice to race ur friends i'd imagine. lotsa road turns to practise ur initial d's as well.. too bad i couldn't take photos.

and then, we went for fish reflexology!!!

been wanting to try it for the longest time... and it's a really scary but interesting experience!!

at first i didn't dare to dip my feet in, only dipping in my heels (second pic).. and the fishes attacked my heels like sharks!! scary can... only thong dared to dip in right from the start (first pic)

i was screaming like mad and laughing like crazy at the same time cos it's so so ticklish to have all these fishes nibbling at ur feet.. they really swarm to you... like meat eaters!! ravenous and hungry i swear... i took like 10 mins to finally dip my whole feet in. (3rd pic).. so i wasted half the money!!

the sensation was tingling and ticklish.. not painful at all but it's still really scary to have dozens of fishes nibbling ur feet.. afterall that's like the most ticklish part of our body!

it's followed by foot massage and head and shoulder massage... the foot massage was so painful.. the masseuse was practically scraping my shins... and i had blue black after that... :(

anyway i must admit, the fish reflexology really makes ur feet much more tender and soft! the fishes bit away all the dead skin. mine didn't look visibly different.. but i must say, it's worth every cent for thong!! thong has very dry skin on his feet... he's been wondering how to get rid of the skin... this is the obvious solution..

just take a look at his BEFORE (top 2) and AFTER (bottom 2) pics!

haha no kidding. so yeap... those of u with foot problems... this is where u can go!

next up... is jazz by the beach. yes it's back again for the month of april!

band wasn't very good though.. so we just had a little picnic there and went off at 7 odd to take the sky rider and luge again! night view this time.

after that.. we changed clothes and headed to the singapore flyer!

hmm.. personally i didn't feel it was too good. prolly not worth the whole $30. perhaps it's not such a good idea to take at night.. cos half of what u see is ur reflection inside the capsule. not good for pictures taking too.. and the hi-tech looking capsule makes everything feel so impersonalised. sharing capsule with other pple makes it feel weird too. perhaps if we shared it with more pple it's fine, but sharing it with just 2 other persons makes it a tad awkward for that half hour...

the experience.. u can't feel urself moving at all.. and then suddenly, u're right at the top! nice scenary but you get bored after awhile cos for 15 mins u're looking at exactly the same things and the next 15 mins (when the capsule turns the other way) u're looking at the same things again. a bit too slow.. hmm prefer the traditional ferris wheel, open air and all.

then we went to walk around the shopping complex below the flyer... saw another fish reflexology with lotsa pple. went in to take a look, and the fishes were so lethargic... unlike ours in sentosa which were attacking us like hungry ghosts. maybe too many pple went to this one and the fishes are no longer hungry.. tsk. there's also a build-a-bear factory.. the bears are really ugly looking leh.. and not cuddly too.. it's purely the concept that pple are buying.. wat with the voice recorder, heart beat thingy and accessories... but wat's the point of having a bear u wont feel like huggin cos it's not soft..

okie.. next up and last on the list is drinks at cityspace @ equinox..

nice ambience and city sights from there..

service wasn't so good that night though.. waited an hour plus for window seats and they gave away window seats to this gay couple who came later than us just cos they're "regulars" and speak cantonese to the waitresses. wateva..

anyway, nice place to go only for the window seats.. anywhere else in the bar is not really worth going for.. but window seats are really really good..

nice piano and songs..

and we still went for supper after that... haha

alrighty... off to zzz. can't believe we did so many things just in 1 day. can't believe i blogged for 2 hours! arghh my work is shelved till tmr again!

more picture posts soon.. i hope. :)

good news!

okie just a quick post before i head back to work!

i'm excited because......

i'm going to remove my braces soooon!!!!

dun ask me when... u'll see it when you see it :)

i can only think of all the food in the world i can eat..... and all the smiles i can start giving!! hahaha

okies.. back to work :(

the coming week is gonna be crazy! outta office everyday.. conducting an autism workshop in who else but my cousin's school.. testing hearing impaired children.. more school visits.. and the blardy streetdirectory is down! can't check out how to go to the schools :(

so much work to prepare over this weekend.. i'm gg crazy! and i can still find time to go out.. i spent at least $500 this weekend just on food, clothes and entertainment! i'm crazy. gonna rush my work now.... sianzz..

of work woes, a ds lite, and wii

things are not going too well in the work scene.

i feel utterly swamped, engulfed, lost. been really blur at work lately, making blur comments, forgetting things, getting stressed easily.. arghhh. how embarrassing in front of superiors and fellow colleagues. i think i can't live up to the standards of my division.. and it makes me feel so lousy about myself.... i almost cried at work today, it's the first time and the feeling is still so surreal.

and i worry about how my supervision is going. i dun have a good feeling about it. my supervisor seems to place much less importance on my supervision, while i have such high hopes for it. i admit that deep in my heart i know that my supervision ranks lowly in her portfolio. but it's almost everything to me... it's where i can learn from for a start. she's such a good psychologist to learn from, but if she has no time for me, i can't learn much honestly.

and then the new post grad dip thing that they're making compulsory for us... either do it or quit. ultimatum. i'm pretty much stuck. i'd never imagine that half a year into my job i'd be forced to make a decision - to stay in the field for several more years, or quit now. gawd. it's all or nothing. my colleagues in my position are pretty low-spirited now, faced with this dilemma...

i can't wait to buy a ds lite to play!!!

i think i'd be hooked on it... been playing nintendo since small n i miss going back to games! only thing is, i'm afraid it wont sustain my interest for long (as is usually the case) or that i'd be too lazy to download new games (as is usually the case too)...so i'm not sure if it's worth the investment.

it's unlikely that i'd still be using it 3 mths later.

and another issue: which colour??

i've narrowed to metallic pink and white. hee hee. gorgeous. but which one??

oooh... and wii is fun!!

the best part is you can have up till 4 players and compete with your friends!

just look at their happy faces...

scream until i got bad sore throat this week leh...

ok la.. blog again next time.... so tired