Monday, October 26, 2009

Day 15

♥♥♥ Going gaga over macaroons ♥♥♥


Thursday, October 22, 2009

Day 14

My mood was at an all-low on Tues. Had to return to work looking so ugly! Fell flat on my face on Monday while rollerblading and scrabbed my nose and lips. I remember the first thing on my mind after I fell was "oh no...i think i broke my nose *&%$". Was super irritated cos it wasn't even my fault that I fell. I was only trying to avoid the person who fell in front of me and also cos the person beside me didn't help. But it was alright, I cld still live with that cos after I got home, everyone was so concerned and encouraging that my mood was lifted. And when I got to the office, everyone was also super nice, showering words of concerns and sharing remedies for wounds to heal faster. wc recommended aloe vera, mn recommended bbq cream (typo cos she was sick and actually meant bb cream), and xc recommended a plaster to make it look like a soccer injury and make me look 'meaner'. But.........

The most heartbreaking thing came just before lunch. I dropped my phone while getting out of a cab and the screen got smashed. My new nokia!!!! only 2 mths old!!! *&$#!%&#)*@!#. Just went to enquire last evening- the warranty doesn't cover screen cracks cos it's considered a "fatal damage" and it costs $45 to repair. How can it be a "fatal damage" when it only fell off from my lap? Felt super sick that day.

Ode was trying to recall a chinese idiom to describe my predicament. We supplied “祸不单行”,“因祸得福”,“塞翁失马,焉知非福”,but in the end she remembered it was “大难不死必有后福”... That sounded ominous and wrong then but after the nokia customer svc lady apolegetically insisted that it was a "fatal" damage, I kinda think Ode's right.

Hmm but whatever, things can only get better since the worst is over. This time i “赔钱又赔色”, but I'll earn it back and heal in no time!

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Day 13

Stuck this whole week at Shangri-la for apec. But it's a good job- Non-stop supply of food, some pretty exquisite meals, cab to-and-fro everyday, manageable workload, nice bosses. All in all it's a pretty good week! Initally I thought I had to spend even the weekends here, but my boss gave me a day off on my birthday, which makes it the biggest gift I've received this year! =)

Hence on Sunday when the whole team was slogging here, I was off for piano lessons, jap lessons, then dinner with my family back home. Sweet.

Some pics from the apec meetings...

Birthday pics... the cake Meng baked...my phone cam's lousy but it was a success.

At some korean restaurant with served yucky soba....