Woah... Did January just fly by...?
Shoot... guess i kinda neglected the blog for a couple of months.
Cleared my 6th ICT shortly after New Year. Who would've thought that going back to reservist will be such an enjoyable experience... It was great to be able to take a 2 weeks paid leave from work. Won't say my it was a happening one, but i particularly enjoyed the slower pace. There were even some rare moments when I was bored >.<
It was a good opportunity to catch up with peers that're undergoing / underwent the same phase in life that I'm going through now... 1st HDB, and marriage. Learnt what to look out for when tackling these two hurdles. One thing common: subjects were more than glad with the completion of renovation / banquet. I'm looking forward to mine too... Come May I'm going to enjoy more free time... I hope... These days weekends are mostly occupied with home-related errands. It's getting Nippon & Dulux catalogues and choosing the colours one week, and then settling the solid surface and lamintes the other. Not to mention furniture hunting, tiles hunting, sanitary wares hunting, light fittings hunting, etc etc etc...
International Furniture Centre (IFC) is overrated. And so is Lush. The two salesperson at the latter were truely the epitome of slackdom. When we reached the showroom in the evening, it was locked with an "we're open" sign. After wondering for 15min what could the salesperson(s) possibly be doing in private by himself (or to each other), the elevator bell rang and the salesmen emerged. Alas, They've went to get dinner. Upon seeing that there customers were kept waiting, it opened the door, and went in itself. No apologies offered. It was his god-given right to go out and buy dinner. While inside, 100% self-service. Truly, why employ this kind of people? Their purpose is to sit, stare, consume air, and occassionally glance at the customer to make sure they aren't doing anything funny. The most unsohpisticated machine can replace its role IMO. Pui! More on the house later...
Made a wkend trip down to KL to attend Guobao and Sihai's ROM reception. Was happy to be invited, to see how things were done in Malaysia. The similarities reminded me of what we went through a little less than a year ago...
It's great to have a friend who lives in KL. We bunked over at Guoli's place for the wkend, and he was a great host. Made us feel bad for the times when he was in Singapore and we were too busy with our own lives :P Anyway, Chet demanded that we made a stop at her primary school, so we went visiting. It was a Saturday so there weren't any people there, minus the guard and a couple of kids running around. The school compound was way retro... So, this was where my wife got her education before Singapore.
