Some Picture updates

Arghh... Blogger's back to normal again. I am still working on my translation assignment (FINAL ONE!) so here are some pictures about what I did the previous week...


As mentioned earlier, a friend is to fly off (next week) to London for training arranged by her new office. So we arranged to meet our group of friends out for dinner. Because we took into consideration of the parents in our midst, we chose to go Globetrotters at United Square. It was reviewed by Wine and Dine to be the most Family Friendly Restaurant (or something).

There were a variety of food listed on the menu, in line with the restaurant's theme. They have an assortment of foods from Italy, Mexico, France, German and Asian fare.

These were the food that I ate: the Nachos dish (Dunno the name :P), the Clam Chowder soup and the Grilled Fish (dish from France)... Rather saltish...

As mentioned earlier, it was to supposed to be an opportunity for all of us to meet up before this friend, an important organiser to our gatherings, depart for London. She will be there for a couple of months, hence, will miss celebrating Christmas and New Year here in Singapore. It was a surprise for those of us who were there, because given her important role as an "organiser" of our gatherings, the miserable attendance of 5 out of maybe 10-12 regulars was very unusual. But she brushed it aside, citing prior committments of the others.

As for me, I was the usual wallflower in a group like this. Everyone else was busy talking during dinner and no one noticed that my phone went "K-CHEK!" as I took pictures of the food. And there I was, sitting down there and hearing how a guy nearly work in the middle management of a local telco company, but was denied of the position (he even signed the appointment letter!) when there was restructuring in the company. How the other friend, who brought her daughter along for this gathering, decided to leave a principal post she is currently in, a school started by a friend of another of our friend. How the London-flying friend wishes to fly to Tokyo before her flight to London, but thought it was too rushed and cancel the trip. Of what another friend, who works in one of the "home team", does in his work.

I don't know how the others feel about not talking/chatting with me. I wonder if they feel uneasy with me present in occasions like these, and if they feel uneasy that I am there and not talking :) The Joyce in the 90s seem to have ingrained in their mind so much so that they still think I am the reserved girl that I was then :) I thought maybe the next time I should show more skin to let them know that I am no longer the same me more than 15 years ago :) I guess that is the only way for them to sit up and notice that "Hey, Joyce have changed!"

Is that all it takes? Is this the only way to let people know that they should start to pay attention to me? To change my outer appearance drastically? *big smile to myself* Probably...

It's during times like these that I used to hesitate going to outings such as this. I used to feel unwanted and unneeded in gatherings such as these. I go for them nowadays because 1) I've got the free time, 2) there's always an opportunity to explore new food places, and 3) I don't want to disappoint the organiser.

And it ALWAYS ENDS UP THE SAME WAY. I mean, they only ask the standard "So what are you doing now/where are you working?", the same liner they would used with someone they happened to bump on the street, and then our conversations stops there. They seemed to be very careful when talking to me, and I wonder why...

Oh well.

Oh yeah... By the way, after dinner, we went to this really KEWL place for red wine. At Devonshire Road, off Killiney Road. The name of the place is call Bar-Stop. Really, really, really cosy place for chill-outs. My friend said it belongs to the same owner of Wala Wala.

Er... So there.

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As promised...

Guess what I found in the supermarket last Friday?

COCA-COLA IN GOLD CANS!Okok.. Maybe I am a bit sua-ku...

They are supposedly less sugar or something.

BTW, this shot was taken secretly :D

L and I went to town to de-stress. She was in the midst of studying for her exams (All Theory-based! Mine's ALL practical! Heh!) and me, for reasons as featured previously.

--> This is the Fried Fish soup I must eat whenever I go to the Kopitiam outlet at Plaza Singapura. Name of the stall is Cheng Long (easy to remember, the Chinese name of Jacky Chan! Heh! :) The soup is SUPER tasty, and the texture of the Chor Bee Hoon is rather QQ. The fried fish sums up the taste. YUMMY! :D

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Alrighty. So those were the major happy things that happened the previous week. I am still waiting for the response from the Workforce Development Agency. I did what they want me to do, and they are not responding! :'(

Tomorrow I will write the "officer" and email and ask if she has receive my fax and is it being processed... This Saturday will be the end of my course and if it's not approved by then...

Five Thousand Dollars I will pay.