Fragments of July
Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 4:33 AM
Presenting the final post of JULY!
Yay, yay, yay!
Onward here, I go!~
New sections set up: "SCT articles" & "A Miscellany" :P
For all the random miscellaneous mini posts/picture (^o^)/
No "Feathered Friends" this month though :(
GV GRAND stuffs
I'll start with this section first... as it will be the last time it will appeared :(
After I started work at Subordinate Courts (subct), I had this period of two weeks to resign from GV. Yep, due to the new rules and regulations... those who didn't request work for two weeks would be sent a termination letter!
So during the two weeks, I went back to GV Grand regularly after my work at subct; to clear my stuffs in the locker, able to walk in and out of the theatres, office and staff room freely and also to use my last chance of free movie sign-ins!
Anyway, glad that before I left GV...
The conclusion of the "Incentive Program from 8th April to 30th June 2010" was out!! :D
I really had fun during twelve weeks. The teamwork we had together was awesome; the determination and motivation to earn as many points (and of course, deducting the least points :P) was a rush~ Of course, the cash rewards was really motivate us the most :P Only the 1st and 2nd were able to win the CASH. The rest... gets nothing!
The conclusion of the "Incentive Program from 8th April to 30th June 2010" was out!! :D
I really had fun during twelve weeks. The teamwork we had together was awesome; the determination and motivation to earn as many points (and of course, deducting the least points :P) was a rush~ Of course, the cash rewards was really motivate us the most :P Only the 1st and 2nd were able to win the CASH. The rest... gets nothing!
Total group points of all the weeks!
My team's points is 5490!! SECOND PLACE!! :D
Daily Individual Points and Weekly Individual Points.
I contributed 740 points to the team! :D
The results :)
First place, the team will get $1000 cash rewards that
will be divide to how much each team member have contributed.
Second place, will be $500 cash rewards - same as follows.
Too bad that I couldn't participate in the next round of the Incentive Progam :(
Anyway,
My parents drove over to Great World City
to help me bring my stuffs back home... (O.Q)
Here are all my stuffs that was transferred
from the locker and into the mineral water box.
Looks like I got sacked, right? xD
With also, this TOY STORY 3 wall standie :P
Awesome, eh?!
Anyway,
My parents drove over to Great World City
to help me bring my stuffs back home... (O.Q)
Here are all my stuffs that was transferred
from the locker and into the mineral water box.
Looks like I got sacked, right? xD
With also, this TOY STORY 3 wall standie :P
Awesome, eh?!
::12th July 10::
From this day on, I'm no longer a staff of GV Grand (Q.Q)
14/08/2008 - 12/07/2010
Almost two years...
Hur~~ (T.T)
After signing the resignation form, I went to the staff room for one last time to do a final check of my locker (to see if anything was left behind). And then, walked back to the office to return my GV uniforms, nametag and locker key. (btw, I didn't return my GoldClass nametag and also, the extra set of GoldClass uniform!! :X keepsake items for remembrance!)
It's as bare as Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard.
(Twin Terrors 4ever!!)
The act of removing of my name from the locker...
Lastly...
To claim my HSBC's Everyday Movie Privileges Card :P
(Thanks, WenJie!!~)
By the way,
Hope we do win the "Despicable Me" decorating competition!!!
'cos if we do... I still will get a share of the prize; even though I'm not of GV Grand no more! :D
~★★~
Hope we do win the "Despicable Me" decorating competition!!!
'cos if we do... I still will get a share of the prize; even though I'm not of GV Grand no more! :D
I WILL MISS MY WONDERFUL DAYS AND COLLEAGUES OF GV GRAND!!♥♥♥
(though I will definitely come visit from time to time... until there's no one I know there anymore...)~★★~
SCT articles
And this marks a beginning of a new section :)
I began work at Subordinate Courts @5th July 2010. Working as a Court Officer in the Small Claims Tribunal. Work was really hard as first. Much more stuffs to memorize and learn. But thanks to my fellow colleagues (XueNi, Yvonne, ParCun, HuiYing, Rita, Albert, Rita...), I managed to get a hang of it. I think without them, I would die a horrible death! Dx
Of Civil Servant ranking...
Tried this new Honey Chipotle Shaker Fries from McDonald's during my lunch break :)
(lunch break is of one hour; unlike gv's twenty minutes :X)
Sometimes there would be random treats of food from the Assistant Registars
or free buffet food from meetings/talks.
Well, this was one of those food :3
And introducing, XueNi's bunny-eared cactus that she brought to work!
~★★~
GOOD FOOD fragment
This time, I stamped the date at the top left corner of the picture :)
Neater this way!
(Damn it!! I have stamped the wrong year... It should be "2010".)
with WenJie~
My order:- Bentendo Special 'Any 2 Choices of Pasta!'
(Carbonara & Bolognaise)
Celebrating first month anniversary with WenJie♥
My order:- Black Pepper Crab Tung Hoon
(the food here only so-so... if you fancy expensive hawker centre food... in a restaurant...
yea, my order cost $14 w/o including GST and service charge yet!)
Macadamia Chocolate Chip Cookies, to be precise (@.@)
The results after three hours of pure hard work xD!
Yay, thanks XueNi for helping me and
letting me use her kitchen + baking equipments!
My order:- Bentendo Special 'Any 2 Choices of Pasta!'
(Carbonara & Bolognaise)
Celebrating first month anniversary with WenJie♥
My order:- Black Pepper Crab Tung Hoon
(the food here only so-so... if you fancy expensive hawker centre food... in a restaurant...
yea, my order cost $14 w/o including GST and service charge yet!)
Flashback~
The night before, I was at XueNi's house baking cookies as my first month anniversary gift xD
The night before, I was at XueNi's house baking cookies as my first month anniversary gift xD
Macadamia Chocolate Chip Cookies, to be precise (@.@)
The results after three hours of pure hard work xD!
Yay, thanks XueNi for helping me and
letting me use her kitchen + baking equipments!
with WenJie~
My order:- Penne Mama Mia
(just penne and chicken chunks baked with cheese sauce, topped with mozzarella cheese)
(yup! TCC promo~ Buy 1 main course/pasta and get 2nd main course/pasta + premium coffee/tea free!)
with WenJie again :X
My order:- Crispy Oyster and Shimeji Spaghetti
(don't like the oysters... very fishy D:)
(the final day of TCC Promo!! T.T)
Classy~♪
as you guessed it... with WenJie :X
My order:- Shrimp Supreme
(first time eating at Wendy's; the food... like that loh.)
~★★~
Random items bought:-
Ribbon earrings @90cents per pair! :P
Then I realized they are too gay for me to wear D:
Games played:-
Tried Animal Kaiser, due to WenJie's influence...
You spend $2 to play the game and you will get a random card at the end of it...
To sum up, it's $2 for a card. (didn't like it... waste of money D:)
Another of those arcade game craze, Toami-gyo.
Using tokens as nets to catch fishes. Bigger the fish, better the amount of tokens gain.
I used to think it's a waste of money and time too; but when the arcade at Plaza Singapura allowed the tokens to be used to exchange for the UFO catchers' plushies.
That's when I really got down to one of those machine and play! :P
With luck + $2, I'm able to change 20 tokens to over 100 tokens :D
Together with WenJie, we managed to get 350 tokens at our first attempt~
Sights:-
Was walking past the Parliament and I spotted some white spots
protruding from the nice clean lawn. So I took a closer look :D
They were like puffball mushrooms :D
This is my first time seeing such species of mushrooms!
Tried pressing down on one with my foot...
It BROKE! D:
And...
Seeing our National Flags out on the HDBs... reminds me that
August is just around the corner!!!
~★★~
And that's the end of July mini posts...
--xoxo,
Akira Star
Akira Star
DDD: Holland V Expedition!
@ 3:03 AM
::30th July 10::
It's one of those polytechnic friends meet up but this time was very different! It's a drinking session; planned out by Shuhua and Moo. Actually, I was reluctant to go at first... b'cos I can't drink and the drinks are like super expensive!! But in the end, I still went for it D:
So there were six of us (Ariel, YuKi, Shuhua, Joshua, Audrey and me) in total; although Audrey arrived a little later (due to school) and Moo was unable to make it (due to other commitments). Anyway we were to reach Buona Vista MRT station @7.30pm. So I went there after my work (no longer GV work anymore but Subordinate Courts work) :D
@ Buona Vista MRT station
Waiting a little more for Ariel to arrive!
Anyway,
Once Ariel has reached, we made our way to Holland Village to have our dinner first at the hawker centre. Can't drink on an empty stomach, if I'm not wrong (@.@)
♥ western food the most!!~
Once Ariel has reached, we made our way to Holland Village to have our dinner first at the hawker centre. Can't drink on an empty stomach, if I'm not wrong (@.@)
♥ western food the most!!~
Munch, munch, chomp, chomp, slurp, slurp... Ahhh~
With that, we went to search for the drinking bar we had in mind since the beginning of this trip... Eski Bar!!! A sub zero degree bar! How exciting and interesting~
We explored the inner Holland Village where all the bars/pubs are located... but we couldn't find it. Joshua searched for the location of the bar through the world wide web and we combed the whole of Holland Village again. But it brought us to a dead end! Tried asking for directions; either they don't know where or they pointed out directions that led to nowhere (@.@)
So we went out to the outskirts of Holland Village to try our luck there. We walked until the end, we still found zilch! Asked someone at 3 Monkeys Cafe, just to find out that there's no Eski Bar at Holland Village anymore! We were so disappointed... instead of canceling the drinking session, we decided to go to one of those bars at the central of Holland Village.
Back we walked again...
With that, we went to search for the drinking bar we had in mind since the beginning of this trip... Eski Bar!!! A sub zero degree bar! How exciting and interesting~
We explored the inner Holland Village where all the bars/pubs are located... but we couldn't find it. Joshua searched for the location of the bar through the world wide web and we combed the whole of Holland Village again. But it brought us to a dead end! Tried asking for directions; either they don't know where or they pointed out directions that led to nowhere (@.@)
So we went out to the outskirts of Holland Village to try our luck there. We walked until the end, we still found zilch! Asked someone at 3 Monkeys Cafe, just to find out that there's no Eski Bar at Holland Village anymore! We were so disappointed... instead of canceling the drinking session, we decided to go to one of those bars at the central of Holland Village.
Back we walked again...
You know what? We took like forty minutes trying to find the nonexistent Eski Bar! xD Anyway, we decided to go for Tango's instead... but when we look through the menu, we weren't satisfied with the drinks selection there. So we left and proceed to Harry's @Holland V :P
Sat inside the bar. Dark.
YuKi and Ariel!~
+ Shuhua :)
& Joshua and me!^^
We took quite sometime looking through their wide range of alcoholic drinks. There were some very erotic drink names like Blow Job, Dirty Banana, Slippery Nipple, Orgasm. All of them belong to the shots catergory though xD When decided, the ordering began :)
Their first drinks selection!
Shuhua:- Kamikaze
Ariel:- Liquid XTC
YuKi:- Jager-Bomb
Audrey's here!!! :D
Shuhua and Ariel finished their shots and were in for another round :P
Selection starts again!
Audrey:- Planter's Punch
Joshua:- Moscow Mule
Mine:- Strawberry Colada
♥ my pink mocktail :P
Their first drinks selection!
Shuhua:- Kamikaze
Ariel:- Liquid XTC
YuKi:- Jager-Bomb
With that,
Audrey's here!!! :D
Shuhua and Ariel finished their shots and were in for another round :P
Selection starts again!
YuKi/Ariel:- Blue Hawaiian (shared)
Shuhua:- Brain HaemorrhageAudrey:- Planter's Punch
Joshua:- Moscow Mule
Mine:- Strawberry Colada
♥ my pink mocktail :P
Shuhua hated her Brain Haemorrhage shot.
It really gave her a brain haemorrhage after drinking it xD
Anyway,
Audrey and I went feeling a bit peckish. So we went out to look around for some finger food :) And we found them @EWF (Everything with Fries)!
Some for all to share :)
I like taking pictures of receipts :P
It really gave her a brain haemorrhage after drinking it xD
Anyway,
Audrey and I went feeling a bit peckish. So we went out to look around for some finger food :) And we found them @EWF (Everything with Fries)!
Some for all to share :)
I like taking pictures of receipts :P
@11.30pm, we were all done with our drinks/food so we went straight home like a flock of homing pigeons :P Need to quickly take the public transport, before they all become "NOT OPERATING"!!! xD
Walk until like owners of the road xD
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Walk until like owners of the road xD
ONE DAY, WE WILL NOT FAIL TO FIND/TRY ESKI BAR!!!!
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On side note,
DDD stands for "drink, drank, drunk".
DDD stands for "drink, drank, drunk".
Labels: drinking, meet up, RP friends
--xoxo,
Akira Star
Akira Star
Malaysia - Tioman (Day 3)
Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 6:12 PM
::Malaysia - Tioman Trip; 17th July to 19th July::
Tabs to visit the other parts of the trip:
Malaysia - Tioman (Day 1)
Malaysia - Tioman (Day 2)
Day 3 (19/7):
@8am, we woke up to our the final day here at Tioman... (O.Q) Didn't bother to wake up earlier because breakfast is only served at eight. So we went out to the main foyer to have our breakfast - the selection of food was the same as the day before. Simple :)
Here's a praying mantis that greeted us so early in the morning :D
(`･ω･´)
After our breakfast, we went back to our rooms to pack all our things back into our baggage; wouldn't want to do it last minute, right? Well, I finished packing my baggage in a jiffy; and as for Puikwan, she had lots to pack!!! ∑(O_O；)！！
Look at her messy stuffs beside mine :X
Look at her messy stuffs beside mine :X
Completed: Packing of baggage mission...
Since we had lots of time to spare left , we decide to go out to the beach (right in front of our resort rooms!!) to relax and enjoy the island life for a wee more before heading back to the hectic life of the busy city, Singapore :(
It's beach time, dudettes! :P
Anyway, we discovered a hammock swinging between two trees! So we had a go with it :P
(^o^)/!!
Since we had lots of time to spare left , we decide to go out to the beach (right in front of our resort rooms!!) to relax and enjoy the island life for a wee more before heading back to the hectic life of the busy city, Singapore :(
It's beach time, dudettes! :P
Anyway, we discovered a hammock swinging between two trees! So we had a go with it :P
(^o^)/!!
And we also explored the low tide shores :)
Me with my pull up long pants that looks fishmonger-ish xD
Yay! :D
Cheese!~ ^^
Me with my pull up long pants that looks fishmonger-ish xD
Yay! :D
After which, we pretty much got bored and decided to explore the left side ← of Kampong Genting (we have already explored the right side on Day1). So we walked further down and crossed a bridge over to the other side. Timer. Tripod. Camera. Set!
Cheese!~ ^^
And we reached another part of the beach... Audrey, Daphne and Lisa stayed off the beach and sat at some benches which were placed by the beach. Shalee, Puikwan and I walked down to the beach shores and started spamming pictures :P
Fake selca shots :P
Looks like we were camwhoring by ourselves, huh? But nooo, we took turns holding the camera for the other party - helped to adjust and the pressing of the shutter button; while the other party just need to pose and lift one arm out for show :D Results: Perfect shots gain!
Side view shot :P
Spammage!! :D
Lisa, Daphne and Audrey had their share of shots as well :P
In the end, we still ended up together :)
(except for Shalee who was taking this picture :P)
Fake selca shots :P
Looks like we were camwhoring by ourselves, huh? But nooo, we took turns holding the camera for the other party - helped to adjust and the pressing of the shutter button; while the other party just need to pose and lift one arm out for show :D Results: Perfect shots gain!
Side view shot :P
Spammage!! :D
Lisa, Daphne and Audrey had their share of shots as well :P
In the end, we still ended up together :)
(except for Shalee who was taking this picture :P)
We walked further down until we came across a shady area with three hammocks swinging from the trees beneath. Audrey, Daphne and Lisa took one hammock each and started lying down relaxing in such a peaceful atmosphere with the gentle breeze of sea~ They even ordered drinks from the mini shophouse behind. Shalee, Puikwan and I joined them as well - with ordering of drinks and all :P
They sure know how to relax on the hammocks!
Cheers! :D
Kopitam?!
Them...
+ me! :P
They sure know how to relax on the hammocks!
Cheers! :D
Kopitam?!
Them...
+ me! :P
Relaxation mission completed...
With that, we walked all the way back to our rooms to wash up before heading out to Golden Dish Cafe (again!) for our lunch :P Actually last night, we went to informed the boss that we will be having our lunch in his restaurant and we even picked our dishes already! So once we were there, most of our dishes were already prepared and displayed out on the table :) No waiting time at all! (^_^)b
Such a spread! :3
Individual dishes :)
And of course, drinks! :P
A picture before we start feasting :P
A rice scooper and a prawn eater :P
(Puikwan, holding the prawn I donated to her :P
She was actually not able to eat prawns for the time being, due to her knee injury/wound.
I guess one prawn would be quite harmless :P)
Seashell bracelets that we bought before going up for lunch :D
With that, we walked all the way back to our rooms to wash up before heading out to Golden Dish Cafe (again!) for our lunch :P Actually last night, we went to informed the boss that we will be having our lunch in his restaurant and we even picked our dishes already! So once we were there, most of our dishes were already prepared and displayed out on the table :) No waiting time at all! (^_^)b
Such a spread! :3
Individual dishes :)
And of course, drinks! :P
A picture before we start feasting :P
A rice scooper and a prawn eater :P
(Puikwan, holding the prawn I donated to her :P
She was actually not able to eat prawns for the time being, due to her knee injury/wound.
I guess one prawn would be quite harmless :P)
Our scrumptious lunch was amounted to RM120! Which only, Puikwan, Shalee and me had to chip in RM10 :P Audrey, Daphne and Lisa paid the rest. The reason was that we three shorties, are very picky eaters and since we ate little, they volunteered to cover the most of the price.
Seashell bracelets that we bought before going up for lunch :D
We quickly walked back to our resort rooms to do a final checking of belongings - packing, checking every nook and cranky of the room, in case we have left anything behind. B'cos once we are out of here, there's no turning back! After which, we went out to the beach again for some last shots of Tioman beach, with the very few minutes that was left to spare :P
Footprints left behind~
Finally I decided to roll up my pants and step into the cool seawater.
♪♪♪♪Happy (ﾉ^^)乂(^^ )ﾉHappy♪♪♪♪Footprints left behind~
Finally I decided to roll up my pants and step into the cool seawater.
And then,
we went back to our respective rooms and carried our already packed baggage out!
All READY!~
It's time to leave.
we went back to our respective rooms and carried our already packed baggage out!
All READY!~
It's time to leave.
Walked over to the main foyer to check out with the uncle - returning the keys. There's also a cart-looking-contraption that we can placed all our heavy baggage on and someone will help us to push/pull it all the way to the jetty :) Nice.
A grasshopper landed on my bag :)
Probably saying good bye to me? xD
Our baggage all stacked up!
Thanks for the wonderful time :P
We screamed for ice creammm!
Slurp :P
A grasshopper landed on my bag :)
Probably saying good bye to me? xD
Our baggage all stacked up!
With that,
we made our way to the jetty... to find out that the boat has not arrived! So with the spare time, we bought ice cream, ate under a small pavilion and experienced the simple enjoyment that comes with it :P
we made our way to the jetty... to find out that the boat has not arrived! So with the spare time, we bought ice cream, ate under a small pavilion and experienced the simple enjoyment that comes with it :P
Thanks for the wonderful time :P
We screamed for ice creammm!
Slurp :P
Finally after twenty minutes of waiting, the boat... (or should I say ferry?) has arrived! We walked down the bridge of the jetty to retrieve our baggage from the cart-looking-contraption before boarding the ferry at once!
Such a wonderful view!! I will sure missed it :(
Singapore has awful seas :(
Watch as the colour changes as the water level gets deeper :P
AWESOME!
Searching for our baggage quickly so that we can board the ferry and find seats!
Oh ya, the FERRY!
Such a wonderful view!! I will sure missed it :(
Singapore has awful seas :(
Watch as the colour changes as the water level gets deeper :P
AWESOME!
Searching for our baggage quickly so that we can board the ferry and find seats!
Oh ya, the FERRY!
We managed to find seats that were located together; three by three :) Daphne, Lisa, Shalee one row; Audrey, Puikwan and me behind them :)
All the luggage and baggage thrown together in a corner (@.@)
Audrey made me take this; in case I get severe seasickness again :X
Good bye beautiful Tioman!~
All the luggage and baggage thrown together in a corner (@.@)
Audrey made me take this; in case I get severe seasickness again :X
Good bye beautiful Tioman!~
It was a very long boat ride... A whole one hour and a half to get back to the terminal in Malaysia. Sleep~ And @3.25pm, we alighted from the ferry and made our way out of the terminal to find a proper bus (no more of those mini van/bus vehicles) outside waiting to drive us back to Singapore!~
Are those... trees(?) submerged in the water?!
To board the bus!
Riding the bus!~
After the half an hour break, we boarded the bus and continued our journey back to our homeland, Singapore. There's a few more pit-stops along the way - for toilet breaks and local products shopping. And at around 6pm, it started to rain for a bit.
Water droplets on the windowpane.
The sun is setting but we are still not reaching :(
Are those... trees(?) submerged in the water?!
To board the bus!
Riding the bus!~
A ten minutes ride was made and we have reached a pit-stop!
Time to go for toilet break :P
Audrey, being a bag rack while we went to pee first :P
How about a handburger, a serving of fried fingers and a saucer of blood? :P
(Puikwan ordered the burger, while I ordered the fries)
Time to go for toilet break :P
Audrey, being a bag rack while we went to pee first :P
How about a handburger, a serving of fried fingers and a saucer of blood? :P
(Puikwan ordered the burger, while I ordered the fries)
Water droplets on the windowpane.
The sun is setting but we are still not reaching :(
With another two hours of bus riding, we reached the Singapore Checkpoint :D And by 8.15pm, we arrived at Newton Circus Hawker Centre. Just in time for dinner :)
All our baggage were neatly stacked at the side :)
Make SPACE for FOOD! xD
Satays to share!
Missed the delicious Singapore food! (^o^)b
All our baggage were neatly stacked at the side :)
Make SPACE for FOOD! xD
Satays to share!
Missed the delicious Singapore food! (^o^)b
After eating, we did our last bit (Day3) of photo transfers on the spot :P It will be hard to transfer and share so many photos through MSN or even worse, email! D: Next, it's time to retreat back to our own sweet home :) Took bus124 with Puikwan, which later I then transferred to bus195. The rest took either train or cab back home.
& finally, that's the end of Day 3 of the Tioman trip! (O.Q)
LASTLY,
The Appreciation List :)
Thanks to Audrey, Daphne, Lisa, Shalee & Puikwan for making this trip happen!
Thanks for all the fun, joy and laughter :)
Thanks for the great experience gained!
Thanks to Audrey for all the extra medic items that she brought.
Thanks to Puikwan for the blog referencing :P
Thanks to Shalee, Lisa and Daphne for all the wonderful pictures taken! :D
=Credits to Daphne, Lisa and Shalee
for the pictures that were used=
Thanks to Audrey, Daphne, Lisa, Shalee & Puikwan for making this trip happen!
Thanks for all the fun, joy and laughter :)
Thanks for the great experience gained!
Thanks to Audrey for all the extra medic items that she brought.
Thanks to Puikwan for the blog referencing :P
Thanks to Shalee, Lisa and Daphne for all the wonderful pictures taken! :D
=Credits to Daphne, Lisa and Shalee
for the pictures that were used=
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Labels: degreeians, overseas, trip
--xoxo,
Akira Star
Akira Star
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