Day of Maintenance

I feel like going for a facial, hair cut, dye my hair and gym tmr.. dont know if i'll be too lazy to...

it'd be a day of maintenance and cleansing.. maybe.. just maybe i'll jus not eat anything and detox also.. oh, who am i kidding.. i'd like to just whack.. hahaha..

i jus realised that it's new year's eve tmr.. although im not dying to go out but also quite weird to not have plans.. oh well.. war craft 3 then..

Leave Sibo?

And so i'm on leave today...long time since i was on leave.. i prob took like 3 or 4 days of leave this year..so it was a nice feeling...

waking up at 9am is such a luxury.. i was actually awoken by the beep from my computer that i got an email. it's frm my boss..asked me to help vet something.. ok la.. quite easy.. help help him...

then he called me.. said a client wanted to discuss some numbers.. and he had to fly to msia (yes, we just touched down from jakarata the night before) i said ok lor.. since "Lifestyle of the Fat and Greedy" only starts at 12...i quickly settled that client then ANOTHER one called.. gosh.. also wana discuss numbers.. then i called my boss to discuss.. by the end of our discussion, he was semi-apologetic that im working my fat ass off on my leave day..

"so wat time's ur high tea?" he asked.

Damn, he was eavesdropping when i was discussing my tai tai lifestyle with Goddess..

"Cornball, if you're paying for high tea, just charge it to the company lor.. no problem"

i was like huh??? "erm, i said i was meeting a fren leh, not client"

He said ok la.. you've been working hard..jus charge it lor..

KIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DIOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

although i have no idea if he meant the entire high tea bill or just my share, heck la.. hahahahahaha...charge all first then at most i'll just pay for the other half lor.

seems like all my clients know im on leave n they decided to call me to discuss the numbers when i'm out.. so i jus had to do it from memory... i amaze myself at times.. muhahahaha...

We had high tea at Hilton and it was good.. seated together with all the tai tais and all, it was weird while nice.. im hardly out during the day time on a weekday. I had my first taste of scones.. it's apparently a mix between a cake and bread.. not bad la... scones.. they oughta combine the words "cake" and "bread" together and call it "cread" or "bake".. no wait.. these words are used already.. "scones" it is then...

i kinda had a heavy heart the entire day till like 6pm.. constantly scared that a client would call anytime n stump me with a question i cant answer...i got a few calls la.. but all manageable...*sweat*

i tried to go zara and get my first zara item but nothing leh.. nothing that my tailor cant make it for a cheaper price.. so nothing there..

Goddess bought these things..

zara red top


zara jacket..



Mango cardigan


Shoes..



i bought a coin pouch and shoes.. gosh.. Substance has 50% for men's shoes.. happy like bird.. im not so siao as to post my shoppings.. hahaha...

the day ended with a round of drinks at Grand Hyatt at Scotts Lounge.. it was nice really..

i think i enter a hotel an average of 1 every 2 days..

So Embarassing

For some of you who know, my msn display pic is sometimes this one..



I actually use this pic as my fone's desktop wallpaper too..

then in jakarta, my boss' fone's batt went flat n he used mine..

he stared at the pic for a long time.. but he didnt ask me what it meant..

i got sianz... i dont think he'd know it's the linux penguin and the devil is microsoft..oh well *shrug*

Boring Jakarta..

Gosh, it's like a week since i blogged... partly cos internet access is so limited in jakarata.. partly cos i've been really really busy there and also partly and mainly cos it's soooo boring..frankly, i have nothing much to talk abt jakarta cos most of the time i was in my rm doing work.. work work work.. and just ordering room service to the room..in prob 3 days i was there.. i prob jus ate in a restaurant for 3 meals in total.. bleah.. not very fun really.. but of cos on every trip, i'd have some pics to show..

those are the pics of the rooms.. boring la..





Till i saw this.. this entire christmas tree is made of lil donut thingies.. there's a contest in the hotel as to how many of these lil donuts were used to make the tree..for some reason, i got quite interested in the tree and starting to take pics of it.. i think my enthusiasm was quite apparent until my boss was amused...







i think one of the more interesting pics i took was this.. as usual, i was quite bored then i saw this statue on the road... so i took a pic of it.. my indonesian client came over and told me it was a controversial statue.. it shows a woman clinging onto or begging a farmer who has a rifle.signifying a communistic theme.. this statue quite new i think he said. and it kinda reminded the ple of the time when the communist political party was very powerful at that time..



amazing how so many countries in asia was communistic hor...

in the midst of my hectic work and shit clearing during my time in indo, i told my boss if he doesnt need me in the office on friday, i think i'll jus take one day leave.. he was agreeable, which means i'd have friday, sat, sunday and monday free.. so nice.. that's a pretty good way to start the new year..

in an amazing turn of coincidence, Goddess was on leave on friday too and we decided to do some shopping during the day time on friday and have some high tea.. it'd be nice to live like tai tais for a change...

Night Crawlers

It's like 1:30 am now and i got an sms from my colleague.. apparently she did a phone check-in for me and my boss for our flight tmr night. good leh.. travel with boss got this kind of good treatment.. hee hee.. aisle seat.. it's seat no.43D..jus in case some of u wana leave a box of chocs for me there.. that'd be where im sitting..

Roxette Rawks..

im feeling sianz.. and when im feeling sianz, i do work and i on my roxette songs..

this song came on and golly the lyrics really express how im feeling right now..utterly amazing..

Fading Like a Flower

In a time where the sun descends alone
I ran a long long way from home
To find a heart that’s made of stone

I will try, I just need a little time
To get your face right out of my mind
To see the world through different eyes

Every time I see you oh I try to hide away
But when we meet it seems I can’t let go
Every time you leave the room I feel I’m fading like a flower

Tell me why
When I scream there’s no reply
When I reach out there’s nothing to find
When I sleep I break down and cry
Cry, yeah

Every time I see you oh I try to hide away
But when we meet it seems I can’t let go
Every time you leave the room I feel I’m fading like a flower

Fading like a rose
Fading like a rose
Beaten by the storm
Talking to myself
Getting washed by the rain
It’s such a cold cold town
Oh, it’s a such cold town

Every time I see you oh I try to hide away
But when we meet it seems I can’t let go
Every time you leave the room I feel I’m fading like a flower

Wat a Fako

Amidst the numerous numerous christmas sms greetings i got (read 7), i got some pretty weird ones.. haha.. i was lamenting to the two ladies i was out with last nite that it's 12 midnight liao but no one smsed me leh.. sianz 1/2. Goddess was kind enough to sms me there and then, sitting right in front of me, a christmas greeting. I thought she was kidding and when i got an sms a while later, i was quite disappointed to find out it was her.

then two of my collegues smsed me also.. pretty weird to have colleagues sms-ing u in the middle of the nite..

but the one that takes the cake is an sms i received at 5am.. it read
" Xmas is a time to give thanks. i wana thank you for making my life a better one jus by being my fren. Merry christmas and happy new year. Regards, Pearce."

i was like...WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? unfamiliar number.. signed off as "Pearce". what a dumbass name.. Pearce.. might as well called yourself "Pierced". after a while i thought he might have sent to the wrong person, so i thought i'd inform him since it's so mushy, it could be for a gal. i'd hate to spoil his chances jus cos i didnt wana waste 1 sms..

so i replied "Who are you?"

He promptly replied " Oh, this is XXX (his chinese name) from your secondary school"

realisation hit me and i realised ooooh ya.. Pearce.. YES! that insurance agent whom another of my sec sch fren gave my name to. but golly.. i only know this sec sch fren like by name nia.. i know his name n he knows my name.. THAT'S ALL!!!!! and i've nvr seen him in the last 10 years..10 WHOLE FREAKING YEARS!!!!!!! he called me once like this year to sell me some insurance but i said i dont want.

n now he comes up with this uber mushy sms.. gosh.. so disgusting.. "making my life better". kiss my fat ass man.. *puke*. wana por me also cannot like that por mah... the more i think of it the more i got disgusted.

so i replied " So i made your life better this year?"

he actually replied " Not yet my fren, but you still have time"

gosh.. so thick skinned and such audacity..i have half a mind to reply "kiss my ass, shithead. dream on" . muhahahahahahahahahah.. but im feeling nice.. i shall hold my fingers..

man, the lengths ple go to make a sale..

Movies Galore

Gosh, i cant believe i watched 3 shows today..utterly amazing..it was pretty tiring to come back at 3:30am but somehow it felt like i achieved a lot today. haha..

received a couple of christmas presents today...Goddess (she insisted on being addressed like this) sprang a surprise and gave me a present.. pretty weird one.. it's a "Suit Sachet".. supposed to hang on my suit hanger to make it nice smelling.. "it's for your tailored suits, " she said. pretty weird i thought.

Met up with Ad so that she could pass me a present too.. she got me Eye Gel and Eye Cream from Boots... bleah... another weird gift. she also lent me a book "The Game" by Neil Strauss.. it's a book which describes how to pick up gals.. amazing what she thinks of me really..



then i bumped into aaron... gosh.. wat a small world...

Journey, not really Destination

i got quite a few comments on how lucky i am to go to such a nice resort.. even my colleagues envied me.. cos it's really like the 2nd most expensive resort in the maldives..

well, yes it's nice but it was kinda lonely there. imagine, staying in one of the most expensive villa resorts in the world but no one to share it with.. dining and eating such nice food on a table lit by a single candle, with the gentle waves lapping in the background, alone. not a nice feeling, that's why i ordered room service mostly.

well, i jus wanted to say that it's not abt the destination but it's the company you're with that matters. the last time i went on hol with keeve was more fun. though the room was quite nice too, but still not as nice as the maldives one.. but it was way way more fun.

now that im travelling alone more often, i can act get frens to join me.. but who in the world is as flexible to find out on friday morning that they're flying to the maldives at 8pm the same night.

Not easy.

I Guess You Can Call This a Bad Day

today was a bad day.. had to submit a portfolio of reports..i kinda thought it'd be able to finish by 6 cos that's when the reports are due.. so by 6, I was done.. basically i was running the whole show cos my boss was in and out of meetings and my stoopig senior's on leave..

anyway, i was done by 6 and then i thought can go home liaoz.. then my boss said since we're away the entire of next week, we shld do this this this in case the client wants this this this.. i immediately sianz 1/2. not that i had something on la.. i had a party invite but i wasnt going to that anyway.. but i was totally bushed having stayed in the office till 1:30am the previous night. so i jus did lor.. pulled a long face. and when i pull a long face, it's damn obvious. my colleague even told me that my boss told her that i was going to explode anytime. i didnt smile..

of cos aaron had to call right in the thick of my bad bad evening.. he started off by saying,"dont worry im not calling to ask u to go to the party".

i said "ok. so wat do u want?"

he said " so do u want to come to the party or not?"

i stopped for a while and wondered if i heard anything wrongly..anyway, he rattled on abt forgetting to bring presents to the party etc.. i didnt really care..

so i jus did the work lor..worked till 10pm.. gave to my boss.. then he said give me 5 more mins.. i was like oook.... he went to his room and took out a boomerang and a box... it was a christmas present for me he brought back from his trip to australia.

AAAAAAAAAAWWW SHIT.. impeccable timing right.. jus when i could think of so many reasons to hate him, he springs this.. he apologised for not wrapping cos we're simply too busy. He said " Merry Christmas.. lousy day today eh? thanks for staying back.. i hate to hold back on others' personal lives but it's one of those days. i have a party today too but well.. take a taxi home and claim it"

i'd have claimed the ride even if he hadnt told me but that wasnt the point.. i very nearly teared frankly...he's jus so nice..

of cos this sounds cliched but well, it's really easy to get angry but.. erm.. actually i dont know wat to say but i guess i shldnt get angry so often..

of cos i took a cab home.. i took a cab to Kim's Hokkien Mee at beach road to buy a packet of my fav seafood fried rice then went home. i actually called in advance to get them to fry it first before i came over so tt i can jus pick it up. it's my lil treat of the day.. on the eve of eve of christmas day.. a packet of seafood fried rice to cheer me up.

you might have caught it just now.. im travelling again.. gosh.. i travelled every week in the last 3 weeks.. this time to jakarta and some other city or rather a jungle i heard.. haha.. going to be switching hotels like siaoz.. and yup, i'll be travelling with my boss.. when i left the office, it felt weird, it'd be the last day of 2005 that i'd be in the office. i left a lil unwillingly, like as if there's something i need to do.. i tidied my desk.. cleared my voicemail.... ok.. im ready for 2006.

Cookie Monster

i decided to get Famous Anus Amos cookies for my colleagues...gosh.. such a looooong queue....audrey said she wanted to get them for her colleagues too.. so i bought for her..



i called to tell her that mission accomplished i bought for her then she said one packet was for me and coincidentally, one packet i bought was for her.. so in the end, we got one packet each.. muhahahaha.. so duh

Food...

As usual, a review of a destination cant be without a review of the food..i was quite conservative with my orders as they're freaking ex and i'd had to blow the budget..i ordered room service mostly cos it was rather depressing to be sitting in one of the most romantic restaurants i'll be in..alone





this is fruit sushi.. strawberry and orange on top coconut thingy... not that nice la.. but the chef was beside me n he intro to me so i got to take... "too lil fruit man.. too thinly sliced fruit and too huge coconut la...bleah"



these jokers dont jus bring the food.. they will set the table and the cutlery.. on both occassions, they were surprised that the orders were for one person..

*mutter* lil pricks...

Facilities

I was given a tour of the facilities.. here're some pics..

firstly, the pride of the resort.. 1,400 sqm over-water villa.. 1,400sqm is HUGE!! as big as some terrace houses in singapore.. i heard it's the largest over-water villa in the world..u need a boat to get u there..







there're erm.. i cant rem the number of rooms.. huge huge place.. there's a mini gym, an indoor AND outdoor spa and numerous lounging areas..









and get this. there's a water slide!!!! so cool... they offered to let me slide down. but in the name of being professional and all, i didnt.





THE PRICE OF THIS MONSTER.. US$10,000 PER NITE!!!

there's an over-water wedding chapel too... of cos u have to take a boat there.. not too bad la.. quite lomantic la..





this circular ceiling truss is supposedly a traditional african method of construction.. and they flew 8 "real big and black african tribesman to do it". i kid u not..



there's a spa too... quite nice but nothing special by everything else's standards....i actually had a long interview with the general manager..he was talking abt his spa and i was telling him i wanted to try (cos of my backache and all) but so ex, i told him.. he immediately called the spa up and arranged a complimentary one!!!! kio diooooooooooooooo.. i later went to check how much it cost.. US$100!

there's this mini island in the lagoon.. with a single palm tree there. you can arrange to have ur dinner there.. they'd set up a table for u and ur date.. with a butler standing there waiting on u..i think it's very romantic.. but i scared scully halfway lau sai.. then really sianz.. u know those urgent kind that u HAVE to go now!!! i guess a hole in the middle of the island here isnt sucha bad idea...





the price of an opulent and decadent meal... US$280 for 2.

the main restaurant also quite cool.. nice and comfy chairs PLUS a circular lounging area in the middle with a view of the sea underneath.. that's uber cool really but i didnt really lounge there.. it'd be kinda weird to be lounging alone..



the huge log was washed ashore from the tsunami...they jus left it there.. i thought it was quite a nicely shaped log...

Villa

Huge huge room...technically not a room.. it's a house! here's a pic of it from the outside..



here're more of them..






huge living room with nice lounging areas.. frankly, the colors dont really match the earthen, rustic look of the entire place but well, they're very comfy.






there's even a clear acrylic flooring for me to see the water underneath..



medium sized bedroom with bed that's very soft.. i dont really like soft beds.. makes me sink in.. there's a lounging area here too.. nearer to the TV.. i like..




the bathroom is enormous!! with 2 sinks and a huge wardrobe..



there was a hole in the middle of the bathroom.. i tot how come the whole place so glam but u gotta squat right in the middle of the bathroom to shit!!!



alas.. it's the clear acrylic thing again.. phew.. all is not lost..



the bathtub is real cool.. the window beside it can be opened so that u can hear the waves lapping as u bath.. im not a bathtub kinda person but i bathed in there twice.. quite a novel experience.. bathing and looking at the ocean.. very au natural..



one cool feature of the villa is that i have my own private wading area! so cool.. jus walk down the stairs and can jus play with water.. cant swim one.. the water is only knee high on a low tide..





there's an upstairs too!! gosh.. sunroof and a little pavilion.. amazing!! two days aint enuff here man!





by this time, i wasnt too surprised there's a lower level where there's a sundeck and 2 deck chairs.. i eventually had a tan there.. i wont tell u what i wore or what i didnt wear.. muaahahaha...i wrote some christmas cards there too.. first time so near the sea and yet im dry..



i eventually went down after i finished writing the cards and took these pictures.. i thought they're pretty unique.. im standing in the sea, technically it's still the sea though it's knee high and took this picture.. from this picture u can see the open window on the left where my bathrub is... and on the right window (closed) with the orange and red pillows in the lounging area in the bedroom.. i was very scared that some huge wave would knock me over and my cam would be a goner... sigh.. so dangerous.. all in the name of art..