Blame FB for my not updating my blog. Lets see now since the move to the new office...

Okay had a christmas party for the kids' friens which turned out to be a huge success. We had about 50 teens (some older) in & out of the the house that Saturday afternoon. The food they went through was amazing ! I had to rig up more food & thank goodness I had 4 pizzas in the freezer LOL. It was vert nice to see all the food go.

And then at the office, I moved again, to another section with a larger space. Better. But my assistant was transferred & I am now flying solo again. Its been manageable so far. Only the administrative stuff like filing & clippings I've left undone cos I have no time for that with other more important things to do. Ah well, if unmanageable I am able to get help.

We didn't go away this CNY but hubby went to Perth for a fishing trip & was back before CNY. It was a lousy trip

Mum spent CNY at our place cos Bro & Sis-in-law went away. It was a fairly quiet CNY day as other members of our extended family were also away. But the first weekend was busy & that was when we had friends & family over. I think we had about 50 in & out. Mini IR started that weekend LOL. One mahjong corner, blackjack at living room & another BJ at the dining table. Our old friends made time to come over & that was nice ! Sarah & Ryan's friends came by too. Party started from 3pm & didn't end till probably 1am. The menu was not very diff from Christmas; shepherd's pie (very popular, couldn't not do it), ordered satay which was pretty good, chicken curry with prata & french loaf, lasagne, apple crumble & my cousin's yummy walnut cake.

The next day, Sarah's church leaders had their gathering at our place so it was another round. But they brought food, lots of it !

Then the next weekend it was at my godparents place. Would have had another party at my uncle's but Sarah had her school charity fashion show of which she was handling publicity. I went with Anth & the best part of the day was meeting some schoolmates whom I have not seen since I left the school ! For some reason or other I don't bump into ex schoolmates when I attend any events at the school. Till now. And we are keeping in touch. That was truly a highlight. I brought my camera & in my excitement (and old age) forget to take pics. What the heck ???!!!! Nevermind, we are getting together again so there will be pics.

After the CNY hols had biz visitors from the Middle East to take care of. Visit to doc as a follow up from my op. It went fine & there are no more follow up visits unless something pops up & I need to see her again.

Took Sarah to the specialist cos of her arm. Its tendonitis. 3 tendons rubbing against her bone & are all inflammed. Physio is needed; heat treament & exercises. I'll go for the first with her to see what is being done so that it can be repeated at home. Doc says she needs to take care & do the exercises vigilantly & not do other exercises that would make it worse. Two months excuse from bowling & PE. The latter from exercises that involves the arm.

Busy at work because I am working on a branding exercise for our new projects in the middle east. May travel up there for presentations in late March. Other than that, some exciting projects coming up.

Well yippee for the nation playing host to the Youth Olympics. Its a great achievement. But a big boo with expletives for the increased number of gantries & increase in taxi fare. ERP gantries to go home ?? WTF is that ? I fully agree with the gantries heading towards town during morning peak hours but when heading home after work, why TF should we pay ? So what f I am stuck in traffic going home ? I don't give a shit...I am going home & it doesn't matter if I am late. Its all crap. The ones in the housing estates are the most ridiculous. So its really pay and pay...waaaah lau.

Moved to new office & settled down. Quite a small corner for both of us. Old office was more spacious but what to do, lack of space in the new place. Neighbours are a fitness centre & hair salon. And the music they play are annoying. They compete with each other on loudness & we suffer. Sigh...So I bring the ipod lor.

Have finally confirmed my Christmas menus. Christmas eve dinner just for us the family, Christmas day we will have visitors because mum-in-law is with us & then on 28th when kids friends come over.

Chicken pies, shepherd's pie, devils curry, sugee cake, apple crumble, roast chicken etc...I'm gonna be sick of this food & probably not want to see it till next Christmas.

Ryan is re-considering the drum set. He was wanting to buy a set but now thinks (and we agree) that the money he is saving for the drums would have other better uses.

He is happy with his sec 1 school posting, first choice anderson. We have heard many good things about the school & how it is very academically strong. Friend said alot of the students may speak mandarin there too although their english language is just as good. So this will be useful for ryan to boost his 2nd language.

Sarah is doing through train & she is thrilled. Doing her Eng O'levels next year & my friend who is an english tutor is teaching her to help her catch up for the lost 6 months. I still think the school screwed up big time on this one !!!!!

hah ! I have been neglecting this blog alot. LOL bladdy FB has me hooked. I like the interaction with friends laaaah. Blog no interaction. Its just me muttering rubbish LOL.

Well, back to work after the two weeks of hospitalisation leave. Was experiencing some discomfort for the first week at work but has settled down now. Don't even remember that I had an operation lol.

We are now packing at the office to move to new premises. Went to see my new office. My assistant & I have a very nice corner, with a view. At long last a proper office space. I have moved from one office spot to another 3 times in my 3 years plus at this workplace.

Unfortunately our joy was short lived. We were told some changes. There was a store for safes but we were told space not big enough & they will move two of us to the store area & build a store at what was our office. So they will knock down that storage space which is dammed freaking small to see if they can fit two of us in. If can, dunno where our cabinets are going. Very interesting. I dunno. I give up. No mood liao.

Christmas is a coming ! I am done with gifts for the family. Wrapped up too !

Now its the parties...on Chrstmas day when the family comes over to see MIL who is staying with us till end Dec. POssibly a party for the kids' friends on 28 Dec. Dunno if we will have friends over.

Problematic...have not figured out the menu for all the parties.

Geez...its been a while ! Been hooked on FB & pogo lol.

Got me new laptop. A nice Dell, but good enough cos I never get to use the ones at home. Hubby is on one & kids are on the other. I bring my office laptop home but think its better to do my personal stuff on my own notebook.

Now let me see...what have I missed on blogging....

Work sux...

Live the Dream sux...

The operation sux....

The pain from the op sux...

BUT being home on MC till 7 Nov is awesome !

My first experience at surgery...

First of all, my op was scheduled for 4pm but I had to check in at 2pm for the post op prep which took less than 10 mins. Then I had to wait. The nice thing was I had my own room, TV & toilet.

And so the time comes & the nurse walks me to the operating theatre waiting area. The doctor administering the GA comes to see me. An ang mo & he asks the list of questions & explains the procedure. I tell him I am nervous. We chat for a bit.

Then he goes into the operating theatre. I am sitting at the reception area waiting for my surgeon. Then the head nurse walks me into the theatre & the anaesthecian asks if my surgeon is coming. Head nurse says yes...he says from where...Jurong ?? hurhurhur

I am asked to hop onto the bed...they give me a stool & I jest that I need a higher one. They laugh. I talk alot...bladdy nervous lah. Ang Mo anaesthecian & his assistant chat with me while they are trying to find the spot in my vein on my left hand. Two nurses stick monitors on me, whole lot happening left, right & even at my feet. I am freezing & I tell them. So there is a heater under the bed & they even blow hot air under my sheet. Nice. Then an oxygen mask is placed over me & I breathe. Oh ya, they poke twice before they got my vein :p POOF I am gone.

When I awake I am in the room...cannot remember what happened in the recovery area. Hubby comes with Sarah & we wait till I am less woozy, change & go home. I get this whole bag of painkillers & now that the local anaesthesia on the operated area has worn off, I know why I need so much painkillers LOL.

Its the third day after the op & I still feel pain & discomfort. Puked big time just now & I still have this slight numbness at the tip of my tongue. Appetite is bad too.

MIL's birthday tea party today st sis-in-law's place. I've just finished baking chicken pies. And we are picking up some donuts to bring as well. Made extra pies for hubby & kids to try. Passed. Lol.

My diva at the office tried to tell me what to do...sigh...like I dun know what I am doing. Deep breathes, be patient. I was told that one afternoon, someone popped in to get something & she was sleeping lol. No wonder she hates it when I drop into the room to physically search for things myself. Break her afternoon nap lolol.

hahahaha just saw sarah's christmas wishlist.

Hey sarah & ryan...my wishlist...a new laptop so that I don't need to use my office one at home...how ? hahahahah

I'm on leave for two whole days. But one day has already flown by too quickly...that sux ! lol be nice if I could turn back time & start the weekend all over again lol.

Family dinner last night at tambuah mas for godpa's birthday. Before that, made a trip to donut factory to buy each family a box of donuts lol. The queue was about 20 mins...not too bad. Anything longer & I would have bought bak kwa...no queue maaah.

hmmmm sarah has a christmas wish list....maybe I should have one too !

Lament for the day...if only I could time travel back :p

Yes the results for the soloists are ABSURD as Ken said. WTF !!!!!!!!!!!!! Robert was sooooo sooooo good. I was hoping he or Fendi would make it to the last two for a really good fight. Now I hope Fendi will win cos the other two, sorry nothing personal, really cannot cannot make it ! This show now is a farce where the soloists are concerned.

hahaha here I go criticizing Live The Dream contestants. Robert & Fendi are good. The other two should have gone home long time ago...both boring & out of tune. There were a couple of soloists who were more deserving. I think rani was pretty good. For the groups, Cats In The Cradle are good. After the Rain is wah liao...quite jialat. By Definition & Revelina pretty ok too. Leave it to audience votes sure haywire. Same like singapore idol...sigh. I may not be able to sing but think I am discerning enough to know who can sing & who cannot. Shona is there cos she is cute...marketable. Unfortunately voice nothing to rave about.

Lament for the day...oh here we go again !

Dinner last night was at Lau Par Sat. Wanted to have satay & heard that stall no 1, fatman satay was there & good.

It was nice but I was a little disappointed, not as good as I'd expected. Infact, I think the one which used to be outside Sembawang Shopping Centre (until the centre closed) was the best I'd had. Oh well...

Finally watched ratatouille & it was a nice fun movie. Enjoyed it. Have been a little sceptical of animations since Madagascar which was lousy. My fave new animated movies would be Lion King 1, Shrek 1 & Finding Nemo. This is excluding the original disney animations like snow white, cinderella, pinnochio etc etc.

Dinner tonite was at Lavendar street food court....the wanton mee. Shiok ! Today's queue was long as usual but service was really really slow cos there were only two of them today. Usually there are 3 of them. Wonder why they don't get help.

Oh, donut factory & munchy's taste not much different, just diff flavours. I like different flavours from the two...chocolate mint from df & oreo's from munchy's.

Lament for the day...think I will get sick of donuts soon.