Change of lifestyle

I haven't been to the gym for a long time... I did go once last week on Saturday but only for an hour of "casual" workout. My last RPM and Pump class was about 2 weeks ago. Won't be able to go to gym this week because I've got deliveries on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. I'll try to drop in at gym during the weekend. Next week will be another busy week, I've got Monday, Wednesday, Thursday (Chanel handbag!!) and Friday. I've got MC and BIL's birthday celebration cake on Saturday.

And that's end of July already. Geezz... time flies.

I remember a few weeks back, I planned to resign in July, open TeaRoom in October. Hmm... I'm still with my full time job and looks like I'll be here for a while - hopefully not TOO long. I really long for a full time cafe and baking job and switch my current baking time back to gym/ hangout/ rest time. I used to go to gym 5 to 6 times a week for average of 2 classes every time. Now I don't even go to gym 5 times in a month sometimes.

I feel like I've aged a lot lately.

How I wish I have a job with working hours I can decide myself. A job that allows me to go around more perhaps, and meet more people. I find my current job too desk-bound. Good and bad of course - best about this is I can attend to emails, instant chats straight away, and perhaps slot in some paper work for TeaRoom. Worst of all is I am too bored with desk-bound.

I need a change.

Blur

Have I not blogged for so long? LGM asking me why no updates a few days ago. Okay, here's the excuse, I mean reason... I have been having this problem with my right eye... there was this persist redness and I couldn't wear my lenses. I have been wearing glasses for about a week, did not go to gym since last week and had this headache due to prolonged wearing of my glasses. I had visited the doctor two times and the advice was take a lot of rest, I've even got myself an MC last Wednesday, but too bad I still had to go to work in the morning...

The second time I went to the clinic, Doc gave me stronger medication. The result was I was a bit blur at times. Besides being mentally blur, my vision was also blur most of the time. You see, I've been wearing contact lenses since I was form 3 so I've not had blur vision unless I'm at home. The passed one week I've been walking in the office without glasses and images were blur. I took off my glasses during lunch and further things around me have been blur too. I even tried driving short distance (it was really really congested and I had a headache I couldn't stand) without glasses. It was a different experience - unsecured because I couldn't see clearly but at the same time felt relieved because it wasn't so scary after all going around even though I don't have a perfect eye sight.

The other thing was about wearing glasses itself.

Since I've not been wearing glasses, only close family members have been seeing me with my glasses. The first day I wore glasses and went out to the "public", I was a bit conscious, like worried that people might laugh at me wearing glasses, or I might look weird. Then after a while, I realized that no one actually noticed me wearing glasses. Haha... Sometimes we are so conscious and worried about certain things that it seems really silly because it's simply just such small matter that doesn't concern anyone else but yourself. And most of the time, we assume how and what other people think of us but all those assumptions often are wrong.

So... I'm back to lenses now, but need to try shorten the time of wearing lens.

Still feel like talking about my birthday celebrations...

Had such great birthday celebration this year... my latest celebration was the pizza birthday cake surprise. Hee... It was really fun!!

Surprisingly to me, MFG had dinner with me on my birthday, the actual day. Though he was not the one who'd organized, he had sent my skype instant message to ask me to dinner, and also text me to confirm time and place although the other organizer had asked and confirmed everything... though he was not the only one at the dinner, it's surprising enough for me that I even had him at dinner.

You know what I mean?

I remembering asking the girls when I was wondering out loud after my birthday eve dinner, whether if MFG had realized that I was requesting for a birthday present, and whether he would be getting me a present.

He did! Both of us arrived first and I thought I might as well open the present and find out how "cool" the mouse is. Even MFG commented when I was opening the present wrapper that "should be something expected right?". Well, yeah, but I want to see the selected "model".

I think guys will always go for function when you ask for "cool" stuff. To some of us girls, cool will normally be associated with the looks. Haha... so here it is the superlaser mouse with very cool function. MFG said he would have gotten me something more funky if he could find. Ohh... he remembered my "specifications". So something funky would have suit my personality is it? Hehe...

I later found out that the lights on the mouse actually changes colour from light blue to dark blue, to red, purple, green.... MFG's response to my text message on this "discovery" was "it's cool after all". Hee... yeah. Super cool!

And yes, I did get my birthday kiss and hug too.

Must also thank my colleague for initiating the dinner. Or... I actually don't know who initiated the dinner.

Surprise surprise!

Friday 8.15pm

While I was eating my piece of delicious homemade chicken pie, I saw some candle light movements outside, not long after that, the signing of birthday song. Hehe... oh, there it was, my birthday "surprise". I had later made my birthday wishes, the same ones for the third time this year (the wishes would just HAVE to come true, wouldn't they after so many times of wishing??), and blow the candle - which was supplied by myself - on the pizza. Haha... Aunt said since I bake cakes all the time, she gave me a pizza instead. So creative right?


Friday 7.00pm

I reached home early yesterday because I wanted to go to the clinic first. Besides, I really need to get on with my 2 deliveries for the next day. I arrived home and found that no one was having dinner, and amusingly, MC was making a chicken pie. Hmm... She hasn't really had the mood to cook lately (the lasagne sheets and tomato purees are still in the store cupboard by the way MC). And mum wasn't having dinner then, strangely, she said "you eat this vege first lah" - "first lah"... what's second? The chicken pie maybe. The pie was delicious by the way, just slight modifications to be done and it will be up the TeaRoom menu already.

I asked MC in the middle of my "first" dinner, "Is Alex coming over later?". And MC said "dunno wo"... Eh? So strange one? Hmm...

So I texted Alex "I think it's still on. DON'T tell them you told me"


Friday 6.30pm

Dr. Hooi said the redness of my eye was due to sensitivity. It must have been the late nights and lack of sleep... My blood pressure was a bit low too.


Friday 6.15pm

I was almost reaching home until I remember to return Alex's missed call. Told him I don't need him to get me the butter because I will be able to get them myself. Alex told me he's still at Jaya Jusco and if I couldn't get the butter at the grocery shop, I can still call him. He said he will be coming over later to have dinner at my house. We were going to have pizza. I was so hungry then and told him to come earlier since he said he was getting the pizza for me too.

Alex told me that I was going to get a birthday surprise, and the pizza was meant to be my "birthday cake" because I'm already good in baking, they wouldn't want to get me cakes from the shops outside. Oohh? Okay, and you guys were planning to stick a candle on the pizza? Alex said yes but they were still looking for candles. So I told him I do have a lot of candles and mei mei will know where the candles were.

But he said since the surprise is not on anymore, it doesn't matter that he told me.

See? See why it was strange for me when MC said she doesn't know whether Alex was coming over? Hahaha... No, MC doesn't know I know until this very minute, until she reads this. Surprise!! Hee...


Friday about 5pm or so

Skype message from TTB to MC "I'm coming back early, need to go see Dr Hooi to get something for my eye"


Thursday 9.30pm

Text message from MC to TTB "R u going to the gym tomorrow"

TTB said "no, tomorrow yoga at office"

Received MC's message saying "she will be back about 8pm lo"

Eh? Who, me?

Then another message from MC asking me to ignore that earlier message.

Oooookay.

White Lilies

White lilies from Tony. My favorite flower. Aren't they beautiful?



The flowers arrived at my office the day before my birthday.

My room smells really good now with the flowers around. :)

Thanks darling!

My birthday eve celebration

This is the first time I receive a homemade birthday cake from a friend. Looks like The Baker has gotten her a personal baker too.

Tiramisu cake with sponge finder, coffee liqueur and deliciously mascarpone cheese filling. I've self declared to be the agent for this cake if you want to order from my baker. ^_^

Thanks Swee for baking this lovely and delicous cake! love it so much and it really made my birthday very very special.

Also thanks to LGM and LP for their company during dinner. Here's what we had at Frames, TTDI Plaza on my birthday eve...



Starters for the girls.



Mine, some sandwich with mushroom and melted cheese. A bit sour I thought.


LGM's house chicken, my original plan, a bit less tasty I'd to say.



LP's pasta, carbonara... not that great? I didn't try since there was beef bacon in it.

Swee's salad which was practically drenched in dressing. Too sweet for her too... (I think it as quite sour also)

Ended dinner with this delicious birthday indulgence. Don't know how the girls did it, but this was brought out by surprise to the birthday gal! The people in that restaurant just couldn't wait for us to leave, could they? Haha...

Still Alive!

Yes! I Survived!!

No, Swee I didn't stick my face onto the cake, I was really falling asleep on Friday night, but deliveries are promises I can never break! Blog Ed aka LGM also text to check if I was still breathing. I was in bed ready to recharge when I got your message, luckily I get to reply that before I went unconscious. Haha...

Yeah, it was rather hectic last week. Baked all in all about 8 cakes although these only turned into 3 deliveries. Slept at 1 o'clock in the morning on Tuesday and Wednesday. 3 o'clock on Thursday and 4 o'clock in the morning after Friday night.

Delivered the wedding present cake on Friday, and wedding cake at 11am on Saturday and the birthday cake 4.30pm the same day. Went to Gardens for my Transformers show - IT WAS AWESOME!!! I kept having this jaw dropped expression on my face if you could see me then. Simply amazing! Love the transforming... I can watch this over and over again.

After the show, dropped by an opening of new shop invitation. But we were rather late, so no more food. Have "sold" the idea of a live size camera cake. I can't wait for that project to take place!

Though I've slept for more than 10 hours, I still need to recharge a bit more. So off I go...



TTB told MFG last Wednesday: If you want to get me something, I want a mouse.

MFG was speechless until TTB said: something that suits my image. A cool mouse!

MFG: ohh... not the hamster, guinea pig - mouse ya?

Of course not lah, the one you use for computers :)