Once Upon A Time @ MBS

I had my company Dinner & Dance last Fri & the theme was Once Upon A Time.  It's a night of fun & photo taking :)


Which character is this? ;)






A group pic

 


It's such a coincidence that my boss dressed up as Peter Pan haha!





Table hop! 
We're sitting far apart that night - my team's was right in front of the stage, the VIP table,
but I chose to sit with my friends which was right behind, near the entrance.


 

 

Posing with good friends






Busy night as I was moving from table to table.  Food wasn't the focus for most of us!





An inter-unit picture :)
The one with turban is our big boss.
See 朱葛亮 in the middle (he's actually my boss when I first joined in 2008)?
 When we're about to take picture, he started to look for something on the &
those around him helped in the search too.
Just when I wondered what was lost, he whipped up his feather fan (朱葛亮's signature)
out of no where.  Lost & found!  Ha!



Those in the leadership team dressed up as Indian royals.



Pretty witch

Some pics! (taken from friends as I was busy catching up with different friends and didn't get to take shots of some interesting characters)



When Genie met Moses :)



Prepped!

For this Fri's Dinner & Dance.  With matching gold shoes! :D

I-craze

My dear honey got his iPhone 5 in exactly half an hour - from queuing, buying to paying because hubby enjoys the priority queue privilege :)

We're shopping at Ngee Ann City & saw that the Q was not too long when we walked past Singtel shop.  Was told the normal waiting time was 2 hours but were glad we got it in 30 mins.

Tea Time

In the evening after a series of grooming appointments & dinner. And the schedule was so tight that we'd no time to catch lunch.

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Key Lime Soda

This a great thirst quencher & "burp-me-up" after spinning all the way up to Level 7C at OC.

Back Again

Last Sun morning hubby had to be at the Singapore Bay Run.  Our plan was to leave home early & have breakfast together at City Hall.. then hubby would go to the Bay Run & I'd stay on for another hour before walking to church.  However, the actual situation superseded our plan (which I thought was a near perfect one in terms of timing & location for the both of us).  We didn't anticipate crowds at such early hour.  When exiting CTE, we didn't feel quite right as we're already in a Q at 5.55am!  We originally wanted to park at Raffles City but it's full.  Went to Marina Square's instead & we made many rounds in the carpark before finally finding a lot.  It's a long walk from Marina Square.  By then, it's already 6.30am so we parted half way, he to the event venue and I, to McDonald's next to Bras Basah for breakfast before leaving for church at 8.

While I walked to church alone, some reminiscences returned... back to my college days when I went to church alone (parents rode their vespa & I took bus)...  Then during worship service, I was like back to those days when the whole family attended service together (except bro & family).  That time, there're 6 of us... Last Sun, only the 3 females in the family - mum, sis & me.  After so many years, I'm much much happier now... whereas for sis, I'm not sure.  And mum.. She's been such a strong old lady without daddy.  So much has changed.  Suddenly I missed hubby so much though it's only a short break from each other.

After church, I stayed around to wait for hubby.  But Raffles City was unbelievably crowded at 10 in the morning!  And all the cafés were full!  After walking around for half an hour, I managed to find a place to enjoy some tea & dessert in a quiet, relaxed ambience.

Swissotel's Lobby Court.

I had their tea set - a pot of TWG chamomile tea + a Chocolate truffle cake, from a good selection of tea & cakes/pastries.

After enjoying solitude for an hour, hubby's back! :D

C O U G H

I've been coughing for almost FOUR months!!!  I'd get well for 2 to 3 weeks & cough again... On & off, on & off.... again & again ..................

The last relapse was 2 weeks ago.  Last week I went to another GP.  He's concerned about my condition & referred me to lung specialist who sent me for x-ray.  Praise God that my lungs are clear.  His diagnosis of my persistent  phlegm in the throat - my sensitive nose which causes mucus backflow & gastric acid reflux and I was given 2 weeks medication.  Thanks to sweet hubby for taking leave last minute to bring me to the doctors :)

I must really cut down on desserts and tea intake ....

Brunch

1-for-1 breakfast after church @ Marché Bar & Bistro Raffles City.
Meant to be breakfast but by the time we're served, it's considered brunch.

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D Day

We took a day's leave last Wed & saw 3 doctors.  To be exact, I visited a dentist, met an aesthetic doctor & consulted a Chinese doctor.

As I suddenly had an extra sensitve tooth, hubby helped make a last minute appointment with his dentist friend.  After my dental appointment in Novena, I took the chance to fix my long overdue facial treatment appointment since it's in the same premise.  There, I bumped into my dermatologist & we chatted a bit, even exchanged some TCM info..

As we're very near Orchard, we went Ion & in 2 hours, we'd lunch, bought some skincare products/daily necessities & a dress before rushing back to see TCM physician near home.

Though rush rush from place to place & filled with kinda stressful activities (saw so many doctors in a day!!), I managed to buy 3 dresses & that's a consolation :)

I/C Treat

Buy 1 Free 1!
Enjoyed double dose of my fav - Pistachio Almond :-)

A Good 1 Month

The past month was quite an unusual one as I got to catch up with some individuals that I never got to meet for years.

Mid of July, hubby & I met up with Gina (my ex-JC mate) & her husband, Albert.  It's on a sad occasion though... at the wake of Gina's mum.  We've not met for at least 3 years... but there's some happy updates - we should be seeing more of Gina & family next year onwards as they'll be moving (from very West) to Sembawang.. to a Penthouse to be exact!

The following Thursday, I met Karyn for dinner @ Mandarin Gallery's Wild Honey as hubby attended a dinner event for work.  We hadn't met for.. 9 years!!!  Just about 2 years ago we managed to reconnect through FB.  This dear friend has been going through a lot, for the second time, so much to catch up on.. so we adjourned to Brotzeit at 313 for dessert & drinks after dinner.

The following Tue, had lunch with Jo.  She's our ex-neighbour whom we lost touch for about 4 years till we bumped into her couple of months ago.  Recently I bumped into her again near my office & we arranged to catch lunch.  She's like what we've guessed.. but it's her ex-hubby, the uglier of the 2, who'd affairs & we're surprised.  It's a good 1.5-hour lunch... as we'd never chatted anything personal when we're still neighbours.

The first Fri in Aug, I'd a gals' night out with colleagues while hubby had drinks with his colleagues.  After a simple dinner at Boat Quay, we'd drinks at a new pub at Circular Road - Cellarbration.  At the end of my session, hubby came & fetch me to rejoin his colleagues.  When we reached home past 1am, I was already a lil intoxicated after 2 sessions of drinks.

We'd had a tower! 

I was excited when I saw Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc while walking in so I "influenced" some of the gals to get it.  And it's cheap @ $50!

Enjoyed the draft beer from the iconic Eiffel Tower :)  Hubby would have been happier to have it as he loves 1664 Blanc.  Hope hubby & I would have the chance to drink from the Eiffel Tower soon, hee.

The following Mon, we'd a big group farewell lunch... first time so many of us from different departments could gather for lunch.

Dim sum lunch @ Yan Palace.

Besides meet-ups with friends/colleagues, we spent more time with our families too :)

Some snippets...

Our last singing session & steamboat dinner thereafter

Rachel's BD Party

We're supposed to eat some party bites but her lil friends gobbled up everything. So those who're late, like hubby & I & her own mom (half time from work), got no food :(

So I'm munching calbee & expired fishball crackers...

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Another Lazy Sat afternoon ...

@ PS Cafe at A.S.H Park.

Crushed mint lime soda, Lemon ginger beer, Truffle fries & M's carrot & ginger cake... :)

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Monday Treat!

The waffle is just as good as the banana walnut & macadamia nuts ice cream!

It managed to make up for the disappointing dinner we had :)

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Nite-out with Siblings

Last Fri we'd dinner at Toa Payoh Lor 8 hawker centre & then drinks at Relish @My Village.

The 3 anti-social boys.

While June & I were busy catching up :)