old time's sake

haven't attempted to blog or download pictures to post on my blog/facebook since my laptop was rescued from its death... didn't want to risk crashing it again till today... seems a bit stable after 1 week...

so this past week has been spent catching up on the good old days with the kfc family... yup... met up with different groups of kfc friends all within the week.

started with my usual dining kakis - lil'c and AH for dinner at m hotel's cafe 2000 before proceeding to drinks at j bar... yes... martinis on a tues night... plus its 1-for-1. LY was supposed to join us, but had to work late so looking forward to another gathering with her and SY soon...

attended LSC's wedding last sunday and was glad to have the chance to catch up with good old friends. it was like a mini D&D rehearsal for them - lots of photo-taking!!!

my fav girlsits like a d&d table photo

me & the bride

had dinner with the ex-marketing gals from kfc/ph (the non-mothers) at brewerkz... haven't seen some of them for a long time... but it was also some what awkward that its seems like 2 separate groups at times... maybe it was just me :)


today, caught up with RL and CH for an english hi-tea at intercontinental... nice environment if you want to sit, relax and chit chat. great time to update each other on our lives, especially since all 3 of us are working in diff companies now. more of such sessions should be planned :)

our 4-tier english hi-tea

look at her happy face!

all ready for the ham & melon bruschetta

looking towards to the next gathering... SC's baby shower... can't wait to see her princess :)

died and resurrected

my faithful laptop that was keeping me company for almost everyday for more than 4 years died on me yesterday! a blue screen greeted me last night when i turned on my laptop... it couldn't reboot as well... how will i describe my reaction... i was devastated...

when i brought it to the office to seek my IT dept for help, the first reaction that my IT exec gave me was a shake to his head and a sigh... my heart sank... apparently my hard disk is the problem. which is sxxx news! i don't back-up my stuff! all i told him was PLEAAASSSSSEEEE save my files... my pictures... my life in summary for 4 years...

in the afternoon, i was given a good news! he managed to retrieve my data.... now i just need to buy an external hard disk to save all my data (now sitting in his computer). he detected some virus... cleared it... and my laptop is resurrected and able to boot up again!!! yipee! now, here's the bad news... i will need to shop for a new laptop soon. more money to be spent.

coincidence?

had my company retreat today... the 1st of four sessions. its different from my previous company... no overseas trip (yup... not even in jb)... i am not going as a participant, but as part of the organising committee...

so headed to sembawang early in the morning. it was starting to rain and i kept praying for it to stop as the 2nd half of the team building games are done outdoor. it was really quite a miracle that it was really pouring from 9am to 1pm... we were almost prepared to activate plan b - the indoor games if the rain doesn't stop by the time the teams are scheduled to head outside. but just 5 mins before that, the rain stopped!

it was a pretty successful retreat... got to see a different side of the store managers.

so... you must be thinking what has that got to do with the title of my posting? hehe... half way through the event... one of the facilitators that walked into the room looks familiar... in half a second (yes... no kidding!), i remembered who that was! blondie from club med cherating!!! i was like OMG!!! then it was confirmed when the lead facilitator introduced his team and i remembered the name and where he came from. i texted lil'c immediately! sigh... it brings back great memories... not just him lah... but the fun time the ex-kfc marketing team had club med. haha... will wait till i get the pictures from my colleagues to post them :)

the 3 other sessions of the retreat doesn't seem that bad afterall...

ballsy for more meat

its finally here in asia...

singapore is the first in asia to bring in the BK Quad Stacker! yes! it has 4 flame-grilled beef patties, 4 slices of cheese, loads of turkey bacon! i personally have not taken the challenge of the quad first, but i finished the triple! :) btw, it is not that expensive, especially if you compared to my competitors! haha!

the nose starts running...

was feeling under the weather yesterday afternoon and for the first time, i did not need any push to take a panadol last night. too much stuff to do these weeks, plus my ops retreats (4 sessions) in the next 2 weeks. however, it didn't get better. instead it got worse this morning. my bosses were so scared of me! haha... scared that i pass the virus to them! finally decided to see the company doctor after lunch! but the doctor never give any mc! shucks! so i continued working even though everyone asked me to go home... plus i can't take mc tomorrow as my staff will not be around (1 on training, 1 on leave)... sigh...

but 1 good news came from an sms... SC welcomes the arrival of her baby princess today at 1220hrs! really wanted to go visit her, but decided against it as i have the terrible flu! guess i will just have to visit her when she is discharged. congratulations once again!

should go to bed early today... sniff sniff

catching up

what was supposingly a kiddo's party ended up as a real good catch-up session with my poly mates.

it was baby danielle's first birthday celebration at york hotel, with hi-tea. besides my usual gang of 5, there were also other poly mates that i have not met since our last poly gathering last year? anyway, the hi-tea was from 3pm to 5pm... then we decided to hang around at the cafe to continue chatting, catching up on the latest happenings and what girls are good at - gossips! haha! yes... a couple of us continued on even after the host left! i must say it was a pretty good session. maybe age is catching up, so like to talk about the good old days... lol! hehe!

that's the happy family with the adorable 3D carebear birthday cake! so cute!