Weekend Retreat

My weekend has been tiring, not from work but from making use of the weekend off I have, and it feels so good not working on a SUNDAY! On Friday night, after work, a long 6 days in a row, I met up with my friends at Wagamama for dinner in QV. I would not say the food is awesome, but acceptable, just that my dish came out 30 minutes late and I knew I was very hungry, and everyone was eating while I just stared at their food. We met up with Sophia, a new friend in the group, hope to see you more :) After dinner, we went to the Atrium at Sofitel for some cocktails, a lounge with non smoking people, it's cosy and comfortable, I probably will go back for more!

The night ended early, about 11.30 pm, some of us have to work the very next Sat morning, and the fact that we are all ageing, we were very tired and off we went home to sleep on a Friday night. On Sat arvo, we had yum cha at the new Burwood Shark Finn restaurant, food was average but I liked the newly renovated place, right after that, we went to Chadstone to shop, but as usual I am the shopaholic, managed to get a winter hat and jacket in less than an hour :P I could not afford to wait for the Wednesday night VIP sale, given the fact I am a size 6, and these small sizes run out quickly.

At about 4.30 pm, I went to Boxhill to look at some townhouses/units, I had the worst experience, the Asian agent farted while walking up the stairs, and my friends and I had the hardest time to breathe. He pretend nothing happened and started asking questions, but I swear I could not answer anything, and had to leave as soon as possible for his fart was going to suffocate me. I am serious! It stinks a 100x's. You all can laugh, a good laughing medicine for you :)

We went back to Billy's home to watch ''The Ghost'', a Korean horror movie, had TGIF for dinner, because we had 2 free vouchers to use, and only paid 2 mains for 4 people, worth the 30 minutes wait for our table. Later, we went to Stokers at Kew to have pancakes dessert and used a voucher and only paid $7 each! This is one of the most fulfilling weekend I ever experienced, most of all, creating the closer bond together.

Today, I am off to watch Pirates of the Caribbeans 3 and we are using the Village vouchers! All these vouchers expire next Friday, and I only realised it now, so we might as well make use of it before it expires.

Till then, Happy Weekend everyone!

Determination to be a star

Everyday I see stars on TV, news, and magazines, but then when you have friends that pursue to be a singer or to start a band themselves, you give your full support. At the moment, I have a primary school friend who sings really well, and he is pursuing this career and I have listen to his first single, and I can say, he will make it big! I am always curious to know how they feel, how much they need to go through to become who they are, basically, it's different when all these stories are told from a friend you know. All the best Eric! Although one day you will be famous, I guess we can still talk like friends, and I will not treat you differently, when you are one, being a friend to a friend is different from being a friend to a star.

Novel, who is trying to set up a band in Indonesia is having the same paths, and he is very talented in his guitar skills, and I have heard him play and sing, he is very talented. I admire talented people who have the determinations to work towards their goals, and would take the risk to achieve it. I have listened to his demo, although he might not be a singer, but he is contributing his talent to the group. Good luck to you too!

People out there, if you do one day listen to their names in, they are the talented ones out there!

Winter is finally here

Every morning, I find waking up for work rather difficult, the fact it's so cold, and you just want to snuggle under the quilt and sleep in. Winter is finally here. I am not excited about it, I am more of a summer girl, I don't mind the heat but not the cold, and for the past few days it has been severely cold, with chilling wind, I am running out of winter clothing to wear. Mission number 1, shop for winter tops and hats. I will be having my weekend off, for the very first time since I got back from my holidays, and I am using it to the fullest, fortunately a sunny day on Sat :) I would like to try one of those winter hats, saw one from Kookai, looks stylish and something different!

I am addicted to cosmetic items, such as lip gloss, eye shadow and nail polishes. My mission number 2, is to check out the latest Gorgio Armani Black palette, limited edition. I know, I am supposed to save for a house and a car, but no harm in rewarding myself after a long week at work, working six days in a row again! I had a great weekend, on Saturday, I bumped around, slept in, and stayed home watching some movies and on Sunday night, Billy and I caught up with his old uni mate and his wife. They are married, and so mature, I feel like a kid around them :P Billy and I are still in the honeymoon period, but then again, different people have different perceptions in settling down.

Here are some pictures at Red Emperor, my second time in a week, I have to say the food is great!

Yen, Billy, Livia and Kenneth

Just want to be in bed

One of those nights, after work, you just want to snuggle under the blanket, rest your feet and watch some movies, and then fall to sleep like a baby. I think these are the signs of getting old, the quarter life crisis is hitting you really hard, and when life is work and work is life. However, today I am in a good mood, I don't know why but I guess it's good in a way, after a week of going through depression and had on and off mood swings.

Yesterday night, I went to the movies and watched 28 weeks later, and it's a disgusting movie, but yet I have to say the effects were good, and I was so into the movie, that I cried because it was too violent. It feels like it scared the shit out of me, and this is worst than watching a ghost movie, which does not make me cry at all. I think I have phobia towards violent movies, I did not manage to close my eyes in time to see the man used his fingers to dig his wife's eyes out, and yes, I am already puking, and now it's running in my head, wtf!

Anyway, back to something happy, tomorrow my day off, finally! I am going for a haircut and dye, a whole new fresh look, my hair colour is fading and I look like some ''ah lian''. I might just get a trim, but leaving my fringe long, because of work, how stupid, that I can't try new hairstyles. If my fringe are half long/short, I have to pin it up or use a hair spray, which I do not have that amount of time to style it, so I will go for the normal classic look. I wanted to wave perm my hair but it's not long enough to do so, and yet do not have the patience to keep that long :p

At the moment, I am listening to Babyface-Everytime I close my Eyes, in my sleep wear, hair half dry, and I feel so comfortable, this is call home sweet home :)

People come and go

Firstly, I would like to say thank you my friends for all your msgs of supports and word of wisdom, and most of all encouraging me and telling me I am not useless! I really appreciate each and one of you, and I am grateful to have you all as my friends. I am touched, and I have to tell you all these, I cried a little knowing that there are so many people out there who cared for me. It's one of those days I feel shit, but when life goes on, I am just back to my normal mode. It's weird, but it's true, when we all grow older, we tend to be very sensitive and more attentive towards life, we feel every pain, happiness and sadness as we go through. I forgot how it feels to be a little kid, where worries were far away, money were not a problem, or life never seem that difficult.

Another day has passed, and I am looking forward to my days off! Tonight the Red Emperor dinner was superb, when you expect nothing, it turned out perfectly good. We had banana fritters and fried ice creams for free, and I am happy everyone are satisfied with the service and food. You don't know how much time and effort put into planning this dinner and after a month, we finally had it. When all staffs get together on a dinner table, we whinge about work, managers, pay, stupid lunch break hours, basically about anything from manager to Gucci. Thank god, our manager and assistant manager weren't there :P We need to stand up for each other as a team in anything we do. And I am going to do more for my team as a supervisor! For starters, the lunch break hours need to be extended! Every now and then new people come in, old ones leave, and Loc is leaving tomorrow, his last day in Gucci. I just recently got to know him, a very nice and caring guy, unfortunately he is leaving, but he has found something better, and I wish him all the best :)

I accidentally posted the pictures before the post, I am lazy to edit it. Yen is off to bed now!