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finally made my final clean up of my work desk for the year. sorted out all the papers, putting up the shelves in the metal cupboard, minor spring cleaning one might put it. still got some work to be done tho n i've brought them home. got two days to do it before i "disappear".

there has been something that i've been wanting to do since feb but neva got ard to it. opportunities had presented themselves but somehow i manage to chicken myself out of it. due to a particular big reason tho.

been speculating abt this for months n i've taken the easy way out. contenting myself wif current situations not giving much thot to wat lies ahead. unsure whether this strategy of taking each day at a time is goin to be worth it as time passes but wat else can i do. been looking for signs to make me decide either way but none haf been forthcoming so far. all i know is that i've been torn by it for some time now. well, maybe this break that i've lined myself up for can provide me wif some answers if not take away my mind of things.

the dilemma: one is full of comfort. nice feelings all around. makes me feel important. but it doesnt invoke the passion i noe i m capable of. the other spells out exactly wat i am. it seems so wrong but right at the same time. exudes a sense of calm yet butterflies still flutter so vehemently. so sure yet unsure.

Four to go

Well, this is it. the final stretch. some more work to be done, 4 days to go. then it's off to 'no-think-bout-work' period for 20 days. hopefully i dun forget to settle anything before i 'disappear'. hmm..tt reminds me, gotta clear my desk today.

a great nyt for scrabblin

tampines street 22 was the venue
a little change of fengshui
beat ahmados 2 games to 1
but quote unquote "Whews"
i beat Amy 5-2....neva b4 had i beaten amy 3 games in a row

Fear Factor Invasion

Went to Sakura International Buffet at Clementi Woods 2 nights ago. 2 levels of food featuring some local and as u guessed it, international cuisine wh includes rendang, sushi, pizza, lamb chop, etc. the above pics is one one the dishes i ordered. would you eat it?

This dish is actually "Bamboo Clam Black Pepper". I've neva heard of bamboo clam b4 so i tot i might give it a try. the taste is a little out of the ordinary but it didn't suit my palate. it was however a good dinner overall.

Personal Best

It's been a long time since i played scrabble. need to train up for the upcoming Causeway Challenge, an international Scrabble competition wh is going to b held in Johor on the 30 nov - 02 dec. anyways...this happened some 2 weeks back. i usually get trashed by Amy when i play against him since he is among Singapore's top 20 players. heck, he is ranked in the top 100 in the world. so when i haf a good run and manage to chalk up a win or two against him, it muz be worth bloggin abt it, ain't it.

pardon the poor camera-skill. but looking at the board, my rack is at the top with these letters 'FISHE?S'. what's the best possible move? take some time to try and play this move. for those not familiar with the scrab board lemme summarise it up for u. the light blue boxes are 'double letter score', the dark blue boxes 'triple letter score', beige boxes 'double word score' and the red boxes 'triple word score'. the 'F' and 'H' is worth 4 pts and the 'I,S,E' are worth a point each and the blank wh can be used to rep any letter has no points allocated. STOP here, dun scroll down yet till u tried making ur own move.

so wat's ur score? well, dis is wat i did for tt particular move. i used the 'R' in HEARER to form the word 'FRESHIeS'. The 'F' and last 'S' occupied both red "triple word scores" and the middle 'S' is on the "double letter score", so for this move i raked up 4+1+1+(1x2)+4+1+0+1=14, then 14x3x3=126 and an additional 50 points for the bingo wh gives me a total of 176 points for this move. wowee...a new personal record:highest points gained in one move.

Mr Axio

Yesterday, we did somethin different. it's been some time tt we had blank ideas as where to go. so when Amy wanted to go car window shopping, i thot it wld be a gd idea to tag along. at least it is somethin different.

we only surveyed one level at AML n tt took more than two hours. after we finished surveying n gettin quotations from two dealers, we went bak to TM for lunch coz they were meeting Amy's Citot's parents. me n b on the other hand went to sakae sushi. shared 14 plates of sushi n we felt damn full. aft tt, met up wif amy n citot again n u noe wat, they decided to buy the car becoz it was a gd deal. 61k for a toyota corolla axio. well, sent them there and waited for amy to sign all the necessary papers. aft tt he kept referrin himself as Mr Axio. wow. amy bought a car! n to think we only started the day only wanting to look see look see.

aft tt we went to bowl at Marina South and then made out way bak east. at PR, we did our so famous getaway dropoff. amy n C wanted to go white sands so we drove them there but they alighted at the traffic light as it was red. previously this happened when they alighted at a red light also juz to go to long john @ handy road.

well after they alighted, me n b did not where to go, drove forward a bit n then decided to go white sands oso becoz i wanted the dessert there. haha, we eventually met them at WS, haha they cld haf actually remained in the car till we parked.

anyways, i wanted to haf the Walnut Rocky Road fm swensens but as we were queueing we felt a little hungry so decided to haf a meal as well. b ordered the mac n cheese n i ordered the salmon pesto. then jeng jeng jeng, i ordered the walnut rocky road. to my dismay it was unavailable. damn. so i had to order another dessert. we decided with the white chocolate blondie. as we finished ordering the waitress turned bak to us n sed, "sir, u can have another dessert as it is one-for-one". our reaction took the waitress by surprise. both of us, put our hands to ur heads n exclaimed "Oh no". she muz haf been prturbed as to y these 2 ppl sighed when they were offered somethin free. the fact was tt there was too much food oredi. but i gez it was funny when both of us simultaneously had the same reaction. so we ended up ordering the apple crumble n askin amy n C to join us. had some difficulty finishin the dessert still.

nothing new

Nothing much to say really but someone has persisted in me updating my page here. anyways, no new pictures to upload coz havent touched my camera for some time.



basically, school is out n the kids are away on holidays and we are here doing our best in strategising for nx yr. my table's in a mess with many different avenues for me to cover in diff depts. but all's gd. i haf abt three wks to finish everythin here before i switch off n enjoy my break. really looking forward to it



life in general is generally okay. nothing new to complain or fuss about. still the same ol same ol. i miss my kids tho. skl is quite empty without them ard. yeah true it's more peaceful now but the excitement has died down a little. goin abt admin stuff everyday can really make one go crazy. with all the thinkin i need to do, no wonder, the hair's gettin thinner.

anyways, can start countin down to make the days betta n more 'meaningful'. 23 more days to go!