Sunday, August 12, 2007

Happy 42nd National Day!

I fell sick on Wednesday and had to take a day off work to see the doctor. Went to see Dr Frank Lee at Admiralty Family Clinic, which is near where I live. Thought he was quite good and the price he charged was reasonable, so I decided to see him again. When I went into the consultation room, it was a different doctor on duty. What surprised me was, the MC was signed by Dr Frank Lee! The two doctors have the same name! That was not all. I was charged $46 for a 5 minutes consultation! That is twice what I was charged on the previous visit! I had the same symptoms, but I was given different medicine. I took the medicine and felt slightly better, so paying $46 was not so bad after all.

Went to SP to meet Mark for tea in the afternoon. It was very warm so I suggested that we go to an air-conditioned cafe. Mark told me there isn't an air-conditioned cafe in SP and suggested that we go to NUS. I was surprised and did not believe him, but decided to follow him since he knows the place better than I do. We went to Olive Cove at NUS administrative building and spent the rest of the afternoon chatting there.

After the chit-chat session, I went back to Woodlands for tuition. Bought a cup of honey green tea and a box of takoyaki from Bubblemix at Causeway Point B1 for dinner. They were having a promotion when I was there. A cup of bubble tea was selling at only $1 and a box of takoyaki was selling at only $2. The honey green tea was not too sweet and the green tea was not too strong. The takoyaki was a bit too hard, but it was still alright for me. For that price, I have no complaints. =)

I just threw away my only contact lens case together with my old pair of contact lens and I need to get a new contact lens case for the new pair of contact lens I was wearing. It was already 1015PM when I was back at Admiralty Place and all the optical shops were already closed for the day. I told Daniel about it and he offerred to help me get a contact lens case. He came at 1AM just to pass me the contact lens case. Wanted to treat him to a drink at Macs to thank him but I forgot to bring my wallet and he ended up giving me a treat instead. HaHa~! We stayed at Macs to talk till about 2AM before he sent me home.

Went to Marina Square to watch the fireworks with Weiqi on National Day. We thought the fireworks would start at 745PM so we started waiting under the stars at 730PM. We waited and waited, till it was about 815PM before we hear the first blast, which came from, not the stage, but the top of UOB tower! The whole fireworks show lasted about 15 minutes.

After fireworks show ended, we quickly made our way to Zara to hide away from the huge crowd out there. Finally managed to catch some breath in Zara, which was kinda empty. Found nothing we like in Zara, so we went up to Cavana where Wei Qi had a plate of sichuan chicken rice for dinner. I didn't wanna eat chicken rice, so we went to Killiney cafe where I had ice cream waffle and iced coffee.

Met up with Daniel again to pass him the very pretty contact lens case from Freshkon I bought in the day. We sat under my flat to chat till about 1AM. He showed me many funny photos he took while he was at JTC and I shared with him the photos I took of the beautiful fireworks I had seen earlier.

Woke up on Friday morning with 5 unread messsages on my mobile phone. Had overslept and forgot to inform Sarah that I will be on MC for the day. Rang Wei Qi up and asked her to go to the polyclinic with me. While I was waiting at the polyclinic, I received a SMS from Fabian asking me to go to the club with him as promised. I had no choice but to say yes. Asked Wei Qi to go with us and she agreed.

We went back to my place after spending more than 2 hours at the polyclinic. Washed up and had dinner before going out again.

Shopped at The Central at Clarke Quay before meeting Fabian. It was the first time I went to The Central after its opening.

Had a little snack at the Hong Kong style cafe at the B1. I love the iced milk tea they serve! There is still room for improvement for the french toast. I still prefer the french toast served at Xin Wang.

After the satisfying snack, we went up to the shops. Bought two dresses, two tops and a cropped cardigan from Celeste. Yes, clothes again. HeE~!

By the time we were done with the shopping, it was already 1030PM. We were tired from all that walking so we just found a place in the shopping mall and sat down to wait for Fabian. While waiting for him, we got bored and decided to take some photos. Only one was presentable, so I am only going to post that photo.

The first time Wei Qi goes clubbing.

We waited till 12AM before the boy came. Gave him a good scolding before we made our way to DblO. HaHa~! When we reached DblO, we were stopped from entering because Wei Qi was in slippers. No luck trying to sneak in. Went back to Crazy Elephant for a drink instead. Drank till I was a bit tipsy before we left.

Took NR2 home and was surprised it only took me about half an hour to reach home. Reached home at about 4AM. I was so tired that I went to bed without removing make-up! Woke up at 8AM to remove make-up and went back to sleep again.

The next time I woke up it was already 1PM. Took a bath and dressed up. No special occassion. I just felt like dressing up. By the time I was done, it was time for dinner. Went to Yishun 923 for dinner with my family. While we were savouring the famous chicken rice, the lights suddenly went off! There was a black out. Power supply was only restored 10 minutes later, but business was as usual. I could still hear the chicken rice seller chopping chicken! I wonder how he managed to chop the chicken in the dark without chopping his own fingers too.

It had been a fun week for me. Gotta go back to work again tomorrow. Wonder when can I have another break like this again. =(