Sunday, March 09, 2003
I left work at 12 on Friday and went straight to SGH for my blood screening test. Something I should have done last week. It was an easy procedure, a nice guy at the haemo centre called Siva drew 2 bottles of blood from me and told me they'll give a call once the results are out. All done in just an hour and a half. By the time I reached BBDC for my bike lessons, it started to pour. The instructor told us to put on raincoats and continue with the lesson in the rain. Subject 2 - review of changing up and down gears, and low gear control. I passed it - :) and immediately booked for Subject 3 on Monday.
My socks were damp and stinky from riding in the rain and I couldnt wait to get to Amrita Spa. It was a really pleasant surprise, it was my first time there, Citibank had changed their RSVP benefit for Gold Cardmembers from St Greg to Amrita starting from Jan. Much much much better than St Greg, it had 4 small pools, a sauna and steamroom, and a really realllly cool gym. Especiall the threadmill area. It looks down on a matrix of tv sets and there are attached headphones to the threadmill. I didnt have time for a run and besides I already went to the gym in the morning, so I just relaxed in a whirlpool and almost fell asleep. Oh.. guess which MTV VJ took the locker besides mine? It was Utt, I didnt notice him at first until somebody started talking to him about the jam in Bangkok (Utt said the jam here in Singapore is just as bad) and that he'll only be here till the weekend. Its funny how TV really make you larger than life, he is actually a whole head shorter than me and not as .. err... i dont know, not as cool as he looked when he is hosting in front of the camera.
While driving out of Raffles City Dan gave me a call and I picked him up at Taka. We drove to Onan Road and had Ngoh Hiang for supper. I told him I was at the hospital earlier in the day for blood screening for his brother, and he looked appreciative. ;) We talked about a lot of things and left for home at almost midnight.
Saturday was a real hoot. Went to the gym for a run and class from 11-1pm then went all the way to Causeway Point for a celebration lunch with the IFVS team - Nor, Dilip, Ferdinand, Shekar, Beth and Gladys. Good food at Siam Kitchen and even better company, as usual Dilip kept making sexual jokes and Beth and Gladys were actually talking about Smallville so I chipped in and we actually discussed the episodes! Heh. Dropped Nor at Admiralty, Shekar at Yishun and Dilip at Bishan then proceeded to Suntec. I had about 2 hours to waste so I went to Harvey Norman and Millenia and signed up for Starhub MaxOnline1500. Enough with PacNet. Time for a change. After SingTel Magix and PacNet Broadband, its time to give cable modem a chance. Expect a comparison report from me after a week of use.
I then met Su Yian, CK, KC and Dan (Sofian's working till midnight, official opening of VideoEzy@River Valley) and we had dinner at Outback Steakhouse to celebrate KC's 30th birthday. The big 3-0. My turn will come in exactly 5 mths. I shall not talk about that tonight. We wanted to have desserts at Baker's Inn after dinner but there were no seats so we had tea at Conrad Hotel instead. I love this gang, Dan is always chatty, CK has mellowed somewhat after meeting Su Yian and KC's peaceful demeanour makes great company.
Nemesis was waaay cool. Go watch it! Although the middle part almost put me to sleep after a long day, the ending was really action-packed. We went to Fat Frog Cafe for supper after the movie and relaxed listening to the live music there. There was a guy and a girl on stage, the guy was strumming away on his guitar and the girl sang like a pro! She had excellent vocal control and great delivery. Songs meant for a cool Saturday evening outdoors with friends. Songs by Jewel, Sarah McLachlan, Bangles, Coors, I enjoyed her immensely. Her voice, that is. I think she's Malay. Nusri or something like that was her name. I'm going to go there again next week. I promise!
On Sunday I went to collect my free Palm Zire from signing up with Starhub MaxOnline at The Amara, then went to the gym for the usual workout. Picked Audrey and Mervin at Fullerton and then we had dinner at Raffles Hospital. End of a great weekend, time for work tomorrow. I am already looking forward to Saturday :)
My socks were damp and stinky from riding in the rain and I couldnt wait to get to Amrita Spa. It was a really pleasant surprise, it was my first time there, Citibank had changed their RSVP benefit for Gold Cardmembers from St Greg to Amrita starting from Jan. Much much much better than St Greg, it had 4 small pools, a sauna and steamroom, and a really realllly cool gym. Especiall the threadmill area. It looks down on a matrix of tv sets and there are attached headphones to the threadmill. I didnt have time for a run and besides I already went to the gym in the morning, so I just relaxed in a whirlpool and almost fell asleep. Oh.. guess which MTV VJ took the locker besides mine? It was Utt, I didnt notice him at first until somebody started talking to him about the jam in Bangkok (Utt said the jam here in Singapore is just as bad) and that he'll only be here till the weekend. Its funny how TV really make you larger than life, he is actually a whole head shorter than me and not as .. err... i dont know, not as cool as he looked when he is hosting in front of the camera.
While driving out of Raffles City Dan gave me a call and I picked him up at Taka. We drove to Onan Road and had Ngoh Hiang for supper. I told him I was at the hospital earlier in the day for blood screening for his brother, and he looked appreciative. ;) We talked about a lot of things and left for home at almost midnight.
Saturday was a real hoot. Went to the gym for a run and class from 11-1pm then went all the way to Causeway Point for a celebration lunch with the IFVS team - Nor, Dilip, Ferdinand, Shekar, Beth and Gladys. Good food at Siam Kitchen and even better company, as usual Dilip kept making sexual jokes and Beth and Gladys were actually talking about Smallville so I chipped in and we actually discussed the episodes! Heh. Dropped Nor at Admiralty, Shekar at Yishun and Dilip at Bishan then proceeded to Suntec. I had about 2 hours to waste so I went to Harvey Norman and Millenia and signed up for Starhub MaxOnline1500. Enough with PacNet. Time for a change. After SingTel Magix and PacNet Broadband, its time to give cable modem a chance. Expect a comparison report from me after a week of use.
I then met Su Yian, CK, KC and Dan (Sofian's working till midnight, official opening of VideoEzy@River Valley) and we had dinner at Outback Steakhouse to celebrate KC's 30th birthday. The big 3-0. My turn will come in exactly 5 mths. I shall not talk about that tonight. We wanted to have desserts at Baker's Inn after dinner but there were no seats so we had tea at Conrad Hotel instead. I love this gang, Dan is always chatty, CK has mellowed somewhat after meeting Su Yian and KC's peaceful demeanour makes great company.
Nemesis was waaay cool. Go watch it! Although the middle part almost put me to sleep after a long day, the ending was really action-packed. We went to Fat Frog Cafe for supper after the movie and relaxed listening to the live music there. There was a guy and a girl on stage, the guy was strumming away on his guitar and the girl sang like a pro! She had excellent vocal control and great delivery. Songs meant for a cool Saturday evening outdoors with friends. Songs by Jewel, Sarah McLachlan, Bangles, Coors, I enjoyed her immensely. Her voice, that is. I think she's Malay. Nusri or something like that was her name. I'm going to go there again next week. I promise!
On Sunday I went to collect my free Palm Zire from signing up with Starhub MaxOnline at The Amara, then went to the gym for the usual workout. Picked Audrey and Mervin at Fullerton and then we had dinner at Raffles Hospital. End of a great weekend, time for work tomorrow. I am already looking forward to Saturday :)
