REDS fever

dun worry... its not another strain of influenza... but LIVERPOOL FC (the mighty REDS) came to singapore as part of its asia tour!

obviously caught the REDS fever and went through a frenzy for 3 days!!! those with my facebook account would have "witnessed" my crazy weekend. so i decided to summarised the 3 days here!

fri - 24 Jul

took half day off from work to kick start my fan crazed moments. rushed down to collect my new cammie (yes... i bought a new camera for this event, my current cammie is only 1.5yr old) at chinatown, then speed to novena just minutes before 2pm (time of event). just when i was feeling down about not being able to get a good spot, the commotion started as the mpv that torres and carragher arrives and right in front of me! too bad for the tinted glass, but i definitely saw the 2 players!!! after much zooming of camera on stage, it was quite impossible to take clear pictures due to the crowd and my distance. the only chance was when they went into harry's bar for a closed door interview, but only through the glass with their back facing us... then they got back to the stage to sign autograph for the lucky fans. that was when i spotted a spot at the barricade at harry's, it has a clear view of the mpv, so i stood there, patiently waited and finally got rewarded! they decided to walk the longer route and walked right past me!!! OMG! lucky me got the close-up on video!

after that excitement and a quick late lunch at BK before proceeding to national stadium. waited from 4pm till they let us in at about 5.30pm. then patiently waited for the arrival of the players for the training session! although it was a short hour of training, i was already excited for the game on sun

sat - 25 jul

just a short 2 hours, i literally got red from the sun tan at UOB Plaza, the stairs facing the singapore river. sat under the hot sun waiting for the bum boats ferrying the team. was so excited when they appeared! this time, i was armed with my new camera fully charged! thanks to the 12x optical zoom, i was able to get real clear pictures of torres and gang.... (HJ, photos to make you drool again)

sun - 26 jul

being kiasu singaporeans, my sis and i went to the stadium as early as 2.30pm to attempt to get good seats for the 7pm match. unfortunately, there are more kiasu ones (earliest at 10.30am), especially since it was free seating at kallang. so i managed to get 6th row, had another tan ( my colleagues called me a red lobster), almost dehydrate just to catch my fav team in action. but i thank rafa benitez for giving the fans their money worth... torres played for abt 30mins (3 times more than the bangkok match), got to see almost the whole team and maybe the last of alonso. though i am praying he will not go to madrid, but it is almost certain that he wants to leave. thank you for all the good memories for the past seasons... we have the best midfield in the world!

now i have REDS withdrawal syndrome... all the way till the new season starts next month!

busy july

haven't been updating my blog for a while... usually its because i got nothing to update! this time round... i got so much activities in july that i got no time to update! haha!

july is like my pre-tv football season. got invited to watch the man u vs malaysia match in kl last week. will be catching my fav liverpool in action first on friday at training (thanks grace for the ticket!), then followed by the match vs singapore on sunday. :)

last week was the busiest! had a company chalet cum bbq session to reward the SRC committee members after our 1 year reign! so checked in after work on wed, played mahjong overnight till 8am, freshen up and went to tiong bahru market for our seafood and meat shopping and of course yummy breakfast! went back to marinate the items we bought and continued with mahjong since we were afraid that we will not wake up in time for the bbq! played till 6pm and we went to start the fire for the bbq! thanks to brenda, we had fried bee hoon, popiah, curry veg while waiting for the bbq food! we chit-chatted and waited for the last manager to turn up after work. by the time we packed up and washed all the utensils, it was 11ish. after we all bathed, we couldn't decide if we want to sleep or not! we played another round of mahjong but decided that our eyelids were too heavy to continue that we slept at abt 2am. woke up at 8am as i had to rush back home to wash up, change and attend to a pre-launch party by BK ION. yes.. back to office while i was on leave. finally went back and slept at 3pm finally.

thot i would rest over the weekend? wrong! woke up at 7.30am to start my journey to KL. what was supposed to be a football trip turned out to be a major makan trip! from bak kut teh, fried hokkien mee, bak chor mee, A&W, bak kwa burger, muah chee, krispy kreme... phew! i get full reading the list of food! all these in a 2D1N trip!

so this week, besides the match, i got a pair of twins' first year party to attend to before rushing to kallang.

i also had many supplier's luncheon to attend. a total of 3 in this week! had to push another to next month, coz i cannot eat anymore! haha!

the following week will have another launch party at BK ION, a play on thurs and a musical on sat!

phew... that's all for my busy july!

reality strikes

there is a chinese saying that goes "针不刺到肉, 不会痛"... loosely translated as you will not feel the pain till the needle pricks you.

never really felt how H1N1 affects you mentally until it really hits you! a colleague of mine got confirmed of H1N1 today. so a frenzy started within the office with temperature taking everytime you step into the office, disinfecting the office, checking out what are the next steps and of course everyone turning paranoid!!!

most of us were not in the mood to work today. on one hand we are worried about our colleague, on the other, we are worried about ourselves.

well, life goes on... so now i am definitely more concern about hygiene...went straight to the bathroom when i return home, wash the clothes i wore today immediately and ensure ample use of hand sanitizer and of course keeping track of my temperature. keeping my fingers crossed that that will be the one and only case happening near me!

celebration of friendship

these 2 weeks reminds me of 2 significant dates to celebrate some great friendships of mine!

27 Jun 2002: the day i joined kfc, the day i begin a wonderful journey with many great ppl... happy 7th anniversary to lil'c, sharkie, dowager, lusty mama (xiao beng joined a couple of weeks later, but can still count you in! haha!). actually forgot abt the date until today... lil'c - we must have post-celebration dinner ya? :)

4 Jul 1994: this is definitely a milestone! 4 great women walked through the good, the bad, the happy and sad moments of the past 15 years with me... from young school girls starting our polytechnic studies to "young" (haha) working professionals! shared many happy moments shopping, eating, bitching, clubbing etc. although we all have different priorities in life now, we definitely make it a point to meet up, celebrate birthdays, festivals etc! although we didn't get the chance to make a big celebration as we wanted to, but will still look forward to the dinner!

here's to more years of friendship pals!