~*angie's lil reverie*~

A walk along the railway track

After a happy lunch at McDonald's, Jianhui and I made our way to Bukit Timah for our little trek from Bukit Timah to Commonwealth. I was excited about this as I have been wanting to walk along the railway track since it was shut down 2 weeks ago. And I am happy that I can finally go there for a walk before everything would become history. No more train to KL, no more railway track, and no more beautiful trees and flowers along the track. All these will go into our history books once the government start to develop the area.

Thanks to Jianhui's advice, I had brought sports shoes. If not, it would be quite a challenge to walk on the railway track in slippers. Along the way, we took many photos and it was really nice to see the other side of Singapore. I nearly thought that I was just a tourist at some foreign country. Surprisingly, there were many people walking along the railway track on a Friday afternoon. After about one and half hour walk, we had reached Commonwealth.

Then we took a bus to Queensway to shop for running shoes and running shorts. I managed to buy 2 pairs of running shorts before we went over to IKEA. We were excited to buy the IKEA ice-cream. However, to our disappointment, it wasn't that nice. I am sure that they had probably changed the recipe of the ice-cream. It used to be so nice, but now, it's just didn't taste that nice. :(

It is always nice to walk around IKEA, looking at the furniture. I would say it was quite a fulfilling trip to IKEA. :) And then, it's time for meatballs and chicken wings! It was a happy and satisfying dinner for sure.

Thereafter, we went to Marina Square to look at the TV and to relax at Xin Wang HK cafe before we went home to rest.

All in all, it was a happy and relaxing day with Jianhui! :) Life is GREAT!

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Angeline winks
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Last Friday, Jianhui and I decided to have a happy dinner at Jack's place to brighten up our life. It was a good dinner at our favourite place! I simply love Jack's Place steak. :) After dinner, we went for a walk to Esplanade. It was breezy and it was so nice to enjoy the beautiful scenery, especially with the NDP rehearsal going on.

Thereafter, I went to Kronaxis Cafe to meet up with the ex Compass Point team. Jolene had organized this gathering as a welcome dinner for Wendy. Meeting up with them reminds me of my PFC days. It was fun working with this Compass Point team and I must say there are times when I miss those days as a PFC. We party hard and we work hard together. Those were the days. We stayed up until 12+ before Del sent Ailing and me home. It was a good catch up session with them. Thanks to Jolene for organizing this gathering!

And yes, I finally got to meet up with Ailing for her birthday lunch on Monday. We had lunch at Si Chuan Dou Hua Restaurant with brother Jason. We ate dim sum and the Ee Mee was really nice. It was indeed a happy lunch!

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Thursday, July 07, 2011

Precious Family Time

Last Saturday, I finally get to spend time with my family. We went to Jalan Kayu for breakfast cum lunch together! =p After a happy lunch, we went to look at the showflat for River Parc in Punggol. The walk-in wardrobe is really cool. It's nice to go for showflat to get ideas to renovate my house. Haha.

After that, Papa Alan gave me a ride to Vivocity since they were going there for movie. I went to branch to do some work.

Then, I went to Clarke Quay to meet Jianhui. It had been such a busy week for us that we did not meet up for the whole week. We went Brewerks for happy dinner and beer! It's always good to have happy food after a hectic working week. =p Then, we went to Cineleisure Cathay to watch Transformers! It's a nice movie though I think I prefer Transformer 1! hehe.

After movie, we went home as I need to sleep early for GE run the next day.

It was challenging to wake up early on Sunday morning as I was feeling very tired. Nevertheless, I dragged my tired body up from the bed and went for GE run with my sis. Jianhui was there early to help me to take my bag. :)

Slowing down to take a photo. :)

My sis and I with our Special Medals!

As usual, we went to McDonald's for happy breakfast after the race. It's definitely a SOP for me to eat McDonald's after race. Haha.

Papa Alan drove us to Jianhui's house. I was feeling so sleepy and tired after the race that I feel like taking a nap. :)

After resting for a while after lunch, we went to our house! Jianhui passed me the house key to me officially!

I am so excited to renovate our house and make it a cosy home for us! =p

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Angeline winks
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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

As busy as a bee!

I have been very busy preparing for audit since mid June until now. I would work from 8 plus to 11 almost everyday and I would only spend 10 minutes eating lunch. I don't get to see my family, boyfriend and friends as I am basically spending all my time in branch. I was feeling so tired and stressed everyday. This is totally a nightmare.

If not for my dear sista, Kristie who had agreed to cover me on Saturday during this critical period, I would not be able to make it for my first overseas race at KL. It was definitely a good break from work to relax. Jianhui and I took a flight via AirAsia to KL on Saturday morning, then we took at SkyBus to KL Sentral. From there, we took the LRT to our hotel. It was a good experience, making our way to the hotel on our own. Thanks to my resourceful boyfriend, we were able to reach the hotel without getting lost.

While waiting for my sis and friends to reach the hotel, we rested in the hotel for a while before we went to Chinatown for FOOD! We ate the wanton mee, muay chee and drank coconut. :)

Finally, my sis they all arrived and then we rushed to the stadium to collect our race pack! We were so late that they were starting to remove the queue poles! Ops! The good thing was, there wasn't any queue and so we could collect our race packs quickly!

We took the LRT back to our hotel and it was almost dinner time. We decided to eat claypot rice! We had to wait a long time but it was yummy! After dinner, we walked around Chinatown before Jianhui and I went back to hotel to rest as Jianhui got to wake up early for his full marathon the next day.

When I woke up the next morning, Jianhui had already gone for his race. I got ready quickly and went over to my sis' room to go for our race together. Papa Alan and Alan Chua came over to my sis' room then we walked to the starting point. For the 10km race, it was an up slope to the starting point. It was a good warming up exercise for sure. Haha.

For this 10km route, there was a lot up and down slope. It's a nice experience to run in a foreign place as I get to see interesting and new things along the way. Though the timing wasn't fantastic, we were happy to complete our first overseas race together!

We went back to the hotel to bathe and thereafter, we went back to the ending point. Papa Alan accompanied me to wait for Jianhui. I was really happy to see Jianhui at the finishing line. In fact, he was waiting for me for quite some time at the fountain while I was waiting at another place. haha.

We went back to the hotel together. After that, we packed our stuff and went for happy lunch at A&W! I miss the rootbeer float! Hehe. The corney hotdog was okay only. Somehow, it tasted quite different.

After our lunch, Jianhui and I relaxed at the sofa at the hotel lobby while the others went for more food... haha. We were feeling so tired that it was so nice to relax at the sofa. We nearly fell asleep a few times. haha.

Around 5+, we made our way back to Singapore. It was a long journey back home. Special thanks to the drivers - Papa Alan, Alan Chua, Kenneth and Shawn for driving us back home! We finally reached da ma hua yuan for dinner at around 9. We had a sumptuous dinner before we drove back to Singapore.

All in all, it was a short but fun trip. Thanks to my sis who had organized this trip for all of us! =p

I would definitely love to go for more overseas race! My next target would be a 21km race!

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Angeline winks
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