And then after that came some pre-biz trip prep work, the biz trip travel itself, and the post trip mess-clean-ups. Work just piled. But, I managed to survive. So then came a point where I was chased around to clear my annual leaves etc etc. Well, not that I don't wanna clear them earlier, but situation & time & people don't permit. When everyone was able to happily plan to go on vacations during long weekends and peak holiday periods, which happened to be busiest for me, all I could do was just sulk, shut-up and finish my work. Then I had to also consider work hand overs, rotation of staff/boss, and if anyone would drop dead if something went wrong and I wasn't there to try and fix the problem. And by the time it was off peak and I had all the time in the world to go on a vacation, no one else was free to go with me anywhere. Sigh... So last month, I got chased around to clear my leave, finally. They didn't wanna pay me the accumulation, neither was I allowed to bring that many days forward to the next year (cos it might never end!) So I just looked in the chart and started filling out all the dates that were not taken. Initially, I just didn't want to care and know who was in or not in. I just wanted to write everything I wanted and force to go on leave. But, the saint in me (kns) made me re-look at everything all over again (sigh) and plan whatever I could (which still didn't quite please certain people, but then how to please everyone when some snatches the 1st opportunities to go on leave, the other goes away from when to when but won't say until almost the last minute, and the other sulks & grumbles half the time when not permitted to go on leave). But having said that, I'm also sulking & nagging, hahahahaha!!!
In the end, I got my leaves approved. And I was just happily "not working" during that period. 2 solid weeks. but my mobile phone didn't stop ringing. And I still answered most of the calls. Not all, but most. I did lots during my 2 week break. A lot to catch up on. Family, friends, house, car, cooking, baking etc etc etc. Yes people, I cook, and bake. Earlier posts already proved it, and many have already tasted my culinary skills (may not be very very good, but good enough to make you ask for more), so don't doubt.
I'm now back at work, final Christmas week rush. And down with a flu, bad throat, body aches and mild fever at this point. Won't die, but just very grouchy. And I'm trying to respond a lot of emails and PMs on FB asking me what happened to my blog. Well, nothing happened to it. I was first very busy, then quite lazy. Then busy again. Now, I have a little bit of spare time on hand, so I'm gonna re-start my blogging. I have a lot of pics to post here, so I'll have to try and find the time to do that. How about a new post every day? Too much? Every 2 days? or 3? Hahaha... OK, BT will say "Talking many" if I just say and don't do. Hehehe...
Picture time. A week after we said our goodbyes to Roly, Peter came by to Singapore to say his goodbye to us. Well, in his case, the grass was greener on the other side of the river. So it wasn't exactly that bad after all. Any how, we went thru the same ritual of fantastic food, wine, and party. These were taken on 8th October.
Lei Garden @ Chjimes had to be it. The quality of food they served had never once failed me. Always delicious and erm, very expensive. But then again, I didn't pay for it, so I'm not complaining, hehehehe.....
Let me show you guys what we had that night, and what we all did that night!
Me & Michelle
Yummy Roast Pork
All time fav - Lobster Sashimi!
Double-boiled Sea Treasures Soup
Deep Fried Sea Cucumber stuffed with abalone & Shrimp paste
Steamed Red Garoupa - Very nice
Peking Duck - Very very very yummy
Charlie & the duck!
Charlie, Michelle & the duck!
Braised Veg with Silver Mushrooms & Tomatoes
Fried Duck meat in fresh lettuce leaves
Peter & Michelle loved lots of condiments in their Lobster Porridge
Michelle peeling the shell off the lobster legs for the very spoilt me!
Peter showing off his Mont Blanc fountain pen gift
Deep Fried Glutinous Rice Balls with black sesame filling - Shiok!
Some blah-tasting Chinese Pastry
Bird's Nest in Pumpkin Puree!!!
After that beautiful dinner, Charlie was very determined to drown Peter. So we adjourned to Charlie's all time fav watering hole. Cyclone, AGAIN!
My attempt to stick the Macallen bottle into Vincent's nose!
Some dice game that I never quite understand...
A bunch of half-drunk animals singing & cam-whoring
Vincent, Peter & Charlie hogging the pool table the whole night
Look at Vincent & Michelle! My goodness...
Charlie & Peter trying to negotiate on something special I think. See Charlie's hand-sign???!!!
2 men posing ala-Titanic, not impressive, hahaha
Michelle can sing very well!
Why fight over 1 bottle of Macallen? Can't these boys just open another one?
Peter just had to have the last drop
We all run when Charlie sings. Hehehe...
It's empty Michelle. No need to act cute!
Now we know who finished it that night!
See the ghost behind the 3 of us?
Charlie's gotten into serious negotiations it seems!
OK, that's it for now. I'm gonna have to sort thru the tons of pics I have in my camera & mobile phone and attempt to write another post soon. Come back tmr! Till then, Happy Hump Day!
