Anyhow, 3 nights of biscuits & grapes for dinner with the impact of some bouts of diarrhoea combination has caused me to lose some weight. :) Plus the jogging - woohoo!! Agnes bought an abs roller and she says it's quite good so she's gonna lend it to me on 1 of the weekends when I'll be more free to use it. Hopefully that will be next weekend! If it's really good, I'm gonna buy 1 for my own keeping and usage!

Craving for some tennis, some jogging, some swimming. Craving for more exercise. Hoping to clear my mind. Hoping to lose the fats on my tummy. Wishing to be me again. 6 more months to go. What will become of me then? Will I get what I want or will it be something different?

Only time will tell.. Til then, it's 6 more months to go. I'm seriously dying for a holiday. My 5 holidays a year target is far from being fulfilled. It's only been Jakarta in Jan, HK in Feb. Not sure if I wanna count the Malacca, KL or upcoming Penang trip. Somehow Malaysia is not much of a holiday venue for me. I need a break, very desperately.. Coz I can feel the energy draining away from me slowly but surely. I can feel myself getting a breakdown, going bonkers and out of my mind.

I need a break....

Was out at Pump Room for Adeline's farewell and drinks. It was nice seeing all the ex-colleagues once again. And I discovered something about myself.. I miss clubbing not coz of the drinking, but coz I miss dancing! I haven't danced in a long long time prior to last nite and my craving for dancing is getting bigger and bigger. There's this incurable itch for dancing - be it any kind of dancing. :(

So I had my iPhone in my jeans pocket the whole time I was dancing. Ok, the jeans was kinda tight so obviously the phone will be pressing against my thighs. But it shouldn't cause the phone to die on me right?? Imagine my horror when the phone won't turn on, resetting it doesn't work and worse of all, even plugging the phone to the laptop into iTunes to restore it won't even work!

Spent the whole nite til almost 3am trying to resolve the issue to no avail! Slept and all the dreams I had was that my phone could work again. Woke up excitedly expecting my dreams to come true but I was just let down. Called M1, went down to Plaza Singapura to get it fixed.

Ate at Nandos, was served by this absolutely handsome trainee called Tony Liu at M1. Hehe. Made the nasty feeling of being without a phone much better. Guess I can't live without my hp now and most importantly, without my iPhone - apps and all. So this Mr Cute Tony gave me a new iPhone as replacement within 10 mins. Wooohoooo!!

And so, home I came to reinstall and backup the phone once again. Some new contact numbers were wiped out as I didn't sync my hp this week. :( I never did much to my phone ever before.. Normally I'll just download the apps on my phone but never sync-ed with my Mac, so... Oh well.. Certain things have to be learnt the hard way and I'm really learning it the hard way now.

But at least, I always feel that that's the way to learn. :) I'm sooooo glad that I've got a phone back to use now and best of all, a new one! PS: I've dropped my phone a few times now.. So I must treasure it now! :p

07 June 2011 (Tues) - Dinner at Hotel 1921, Restaurant Ember. Located at Chinatown, I have never imagined myself eating in the restaurant of this boutique hotel. It was a client meeting (not my client of coz). I was nervy and unsure when I went as I've never met this guy before and I had no idea what to expect. But having been to so many broker dinners now, I knew I had to open up and chat so I went with an open mind. Verdict: food was excellent, service was great, but what really swept me off my feet were the 3 bottles of vintage wines that the client brought along. 1982 Chateau Lynch Bages (1 of the best years for wine, not to mention.. my year of birth!) & the 1990 burgundy - magnificent!

08 June 2011 (Wed) - Broker dinner at Orchard Parade Hotel, Akanoya after a lunch of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall at a food court. Stepping into Akanoya, I thought I had reached Japan. Everything about it just had this Japanese flavor to it! An eye-opener for me! Most memorable event of the nite: when I took on the challenge from my broker to down half a pint of Sake in 1 shot. Everyone in the restaurant was shocked and there was a 3 second silence as I did it. My brokers and traders were dying to see if I would puke or get high but all went home disappointed. Disappointment struck them again when I appeared at work on time and was perfectly fine for the whole day. But the story spread like wildfire - even my boss who came back from leave the following week heard about it. :p

09 June 2011 (Thurs) - Dinner at Orchard Mandarin, Triple 3 with Ky, Jac & Peg. Buffet dinner that was very expensive and definitely not worth it. Plus the lousy service, thanks but no thanks. I'm definitely not going back there again. Nothing matters more than the companionship of my family. :)

Weekend was spent in KL with some tennis and a massage. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's client dinner again. I suggested the place this time - Hachi! The place where KW brought Kelv and I to have our bday dinner. :D My mouth is watering at the thought of the dessert wine that the client will be bringing this time!! Can't wait!!

Neither can I wait to down the 24 bottles of Apple Cider Beer that I ordered and was delivered to my house yesterday!!! Wooott!! But before that, I shall hang up my laundry now, pack my room a little (trying to make my entire house really nice to suit the new furniture - dining & living room area looks really nice now!!) and to have some of the yummy chocolate coated orange biscuits from London!!! :D It's all food, food and more food!!!!

I've been rather healthy recently I must say. Finally playing my beloved tennis once again and it's been 2 weeks since I last played. Itching and craving for it!!! Been jogging as well and building up the stamina. I enjoy the time alone when jogging. I try not to think about anything other than the route I'm gonna jog and the journey home. Hopefully by sweating out the toxins, my skin can get better too! :)

Hmm.. What else have I been up to? Can't really remember other than spending quite a bit of time with my besties. :p My bunch of fun and crazy girlfriends whom I love and treasure dearly!

Other than that, I've been meeting up with some old friends too. Met up with Abel last Thurs. Carissa, Christine & Agnes last Mon. Bee on last Tues. Prior to that, it was a lot of packing of the house and of coz, changing the furniture!!

New sofa and dining table arrived. I'm pleased to see them and have them at home now! Feels more like a home sometimes. I actually do spend time on my sofa and dining table now, rather than them being jus part of the house which I barely use or touch. Hoping to renovate soon but $$ is an issue sometimes. Oh well, will do bit by bit I guess. For now it'll be more towards maintaining the house. :)