Hi, Aug!

I completed the Chop Sushi iPhone game and get engrossed into another winning game: Plants vs Zombies. I saw this game in the Top 25 when I got my iPhone. It has been almost 8 months now, and I still see the game in the Top 10 list. Thanks to Winson, I got the chance to try the game in Windows… and I must say… it is really addictive! Ever since it got installed on Saturday, I guess I have spent almost 12 hours for the game! Urgh (not something to be proud of, actually) I would have finished it if only I don’t have to work tomorrow… Man life is tough with so much temptation T_T


Plants vs Zombies. The Plants are really cute!

Talking about work, I’m back from my 3-day busybody in Manila. Even though I stayed in hotel and office most of the time, it was still quite a nice experience. Right when I touched down in Manila, I was greeted by someone with the name of death ^^; The immigration officer lady’s name is “Mati”, which means "Die" in Malay. I was quite surprised to see her name, and I guess she realized it too, because in the end she said “yes, I know, that’s my name”. ^^;

It was around 9.30 when I reached hotel. I didn’t do much on Sunday... Spend sometime watching Animax and slept at around 12.


Makati Shangri-La, Manila

I woke up at around 6.30 the next day… had a quick shower and then headed for breakfast. I was really impressed with the buffet selection. I had 3 breakfast there, and I never repeat anything that I ate. The spread are just… amazing! I tried one new juice over there… it’s banana + orange + skippy peanut butter with ice blend. It was surprisingly refreshing.


The buffet that I love so much

After the amazing breakfast, I headed to the meeting location, which brought another surprise for me. The meeting room is a café! I was kind of expecting a more office location, but no, it’s a café! With spoon and knife and fork all around. With the waitress serving food all day long. I can’t ask for more for a business trip.

Not-so-formal Meeting Room

The meeting goes from 9am until 6pm… then continue with debrief until around 8pm. We planned to go for dinner at first, but I was unable to finish my MOM by that time.. in the end asking for dine-in service and continued with my work until around 12am.

The same things repeat for the next day, with the only difference that I went for dinner @ Hardrock café this time and finished my work only at around 3am.

Makati, Hard Rock

The very next day, I got a warning from my director for sending mails at weird hours T_T he was serious when he said that I should reduce my work and enjoy life more. He was not the first one saying this, but somehow his words impact me more. Now I’m trying to make it a rule for not sending email after 8pm. See how much it will reduce my workaholic life style. Whoever colleague taught me to send mail at wee hours to impress superior needs to get an upper kick from me.

On Thursday, I woke up at 4.30 and dragged myself to airport. I was really sleepy through out the journey back, so sleepy that I didn’t click a picture of my breakfast (which I never miss before). Once I reached back SG, I took a good 2 hours nap before heading to office at 4pm. Thanks that I continuously connected to office when I was in Manila, I don’t have a lot of backlog to clear. I chaired the weekly call until around 11pm, then headed back to home and dozed off.

Friday to Sunday are 3 weird days. It was so cozy on Friday, super hot on Saturday, and almost like typhoon on Sunday. The wind blew off my pillow case! :( Event hough i have double clipped it, but it's still gone. I tried to look for it downstairs but no avail...

I got confirmation from my tour agent that there is no way she can confirm my tour on Sept to Europe… so I executed plan B for that. Even for plan B, the travel agent said that they are still pending 1 more person to confirm the tour. Hope that I don’t have to plan for Plan C anymore. Time ticks to fast and it’s now only 1 month to Sept! Gosh.

Long weekend next week!
ED