Precious Moments
Got a missed call from Mr Yang, the Taiwan cabbie on my old cell. Luckily I have not terminated the line yet, my dad will be using it. So I called him this morning on my way to work at the bus stop.
He started off by asking if we're alright, or affected by the earthquake as he heard the news from over there. So touched!! I have a foreigner friend who actually cares about me! I reassured him that I'm ok, and that the earthquake was very mild.
Then he went on to asked if any of my friends is going to Taiwan, so that he could pass some mooncakes to me!! He said they are celebrating Mid Autumn Festival there. I was touched again..he's so nice.
Later on, he said that he's very thankful to me, as he got a lot of Singaporean customers booking his cab after reading my post about him on a travel website. Heehee...well, he deserves the good comments ( I didn't comment much on him anyway and focused more on the itinerary). What a sweet Taiwanese friend, truly made my day! =)
But the day before, it wasnt so sweet. Got backstabbed by a colleague, who jumped to conclusions and accused me of doing things which I didnt do, and he put it in such a subtle way, he didnt say it was me, but just that "sorry...I didnt know that your (bigger boss) schedule wasnt checked. I had asked for your schedule to be checked before arranging for this meeting."
And I was supposed to be the person doing the check, and I did check, just that it has to be postponed last min due to unforeseen circumstances. Luckily my other colleagues who understood the situation jumped in and saved me. Later, I got a mere "Apologies" from him. Typical zhi sang ma hui. Dangerous.
But before all this, my Hong Kong friend, Michelle, came to Singapore. I took 2 days off work to accompany her around. Here's what we did:
Sunday
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- Meet Michelle and ZX at Vivo for dinner. The 2 chaps just went to Sentosa, and I had declined going as I didnt wanna be tanned. Then we ventured on to Nite Safari - myy 2nd time there in this year. The show was of no surprise (similar to the first), tram ride was ok - the commentator was too "DJ" we almost wanna fall asleep, but it's good to be in touch with nature. We saw a lot of animals, and lotsa stars in the sky that nite! Michelle even claimed that she saw a shooting star! =)
Monday
-------
- Ate at Maxwell food centre. Our Tian Tian Chicken Rice decided not to open its stall today. We had meesiam, and fish sliced-noodles, sugarcaned jucie.
- Crappy Red Dot Muesum, even my nokia E65 got displayed there, and we pay $3 each to get in. Better to go to Best Denki or Takashimaya and see more eletronic stuff there, and free!
- Went to the Buddha Tooth Relic temple, my first time there. Looks more like a museum rather than a temple. Got air-con and plasma TVs one. Looks veryy grand like a palace than a temple.
- Walked on the streets of Chinatown. Nothing much.
- Indian Temple. Michelle told us the story of how the elephant-head deity came about.
- Little India. First time walking on the streets there! Gosh..we bought indian bangles which are quite cheap - 12 for 2 bucks.
- Mustafa. They have cheap perfume! =)
- Bugis Village. Messy and crowded place.
- Clarke Quay. Ate at Sun with Moon, which ZX's colleague said was supposed to be 20-30 bucks per pax. But we ended up paying much more, and with unfilled tummies. Portions too small, and X.
- River Taxi. This is nice..i like it. You can see the skyline appearing super close to you, and it's really really nice view.. =)
- Walked to Esplanade and the Merlion. Ate ice-cream there. Took 106 back. Actually wanted them to come visit my house, but it was too late about 11+ already, so they decided not to, which I tot was good too, coz not very nice as family gotta work the next day.
Tue
----
- work.
- went to marina square to meet ZX, M and MY.
- took the shuttle bus to city hall, went to Timbre. Had beer (been ages since I drink!!)
- went back on cab.
Wed
----
- went to science centre, and watched an omi-max show. Science centre really for kids.
- ate at JEC, met W who joined us for lunch at foodcourt.
- went to orchard, had mua chee and tuk tuk cakes at the McCafe outside isetan.
- walked around wisma and taka.
- rushed to class, while M and ZX continued with Arab st.
Quite nice to explore Singapore as a whole. Hope Michelle enjoyed herself in Singapore. =)
He started off by asking if we're alright, or affected by the earthquake as he heard the news from over there. So touched!! I have a foreigner friend who actually cares about me! I reassured him that I'm ok, and that the earthquake was very mild.
Then he went on to asked if any of my friends is going to Taiwan, so that he could pass some mooncakes to me!! He said they are celebrating Mid Autumn Festival there. I was touched again..he's so nice.
Later on, he said that he's very thankful to me, as he got a lot of Singaporean customers booking his cab after reading my post about him on a travel website. Heehee...well, he deserves the good comments ( I didn't comment much on him anyway and focused more on the itinerary). What a sweet Taiwanese friend, truly made my day! =)
But the day before, it wasnt so sweet. Got backstabbed by a colleague, who jumped to conclusions and accused me of doing things which I didnt do, and he put it in such a subtle way, he didnt say it was me, but just that "sorry...I didnt know that your (bigger boss) schedule wasnt checked. I had asked for your schedule to be checked before arranging for this meeting."
And I was supposed to be the person doing the check, and I did check, just that it has to be postponed last min due to unforeseen circumstances. Luckily my other colleagues who understood the situation jumped in and saved me. Later, I got a mere "Apologies" from him. Typical zhi sang ma hui. Dangerous.
But before all this, my Hong Kong friend, Michelle, came to Singapore. I took 2 days off work to accompany her around. Here's what we did:
Sunday
-------
- Meet Michelle and ZX at Vivo for dinner. The 2 chaps just went to Sentosa, and I had declined going as I didnt wanna be tanned. Then we ventured on to Nite Safari - myy 2nd time there in this year. The show was of no surprise (similar to the first), tram ride was ok - the commentator was too "DJ" we almost wanna fall asleep, but it's good to be in touch with nature. We saw a lot of animals, and lotsa stars in the sky that nite! Michelle even claimed that she saw a shooting star! =)
Monday
-------
- Ate at Maxwell food centre. Our Tian Tian Chicken Rice decided not to open its stall today. We had meesiam, and fish sliced-noodles, sugarcaned jucie.
- Crappy Red Dot Muesum, even my nokia E65 got displayed there, and we pay $3 each to get in. Better to go to Best Denki or Takashimaya and see more eletronic stuff there, and free!
- Went to the Buddha Tooth Relic temple, my first time there. Looks more like a museum rather than a temple. Got air-con and plasma TVs one. Looks veryy grand like a palace than a temple.
- Walked on the streets of Chinatown. Nothing much.
- Indian Temple. Michelle told us the story of how the elephant-head deity came about.
- Little India. First time walking on the streets there! Gosh..we bought indian bangles which are quite cheap - 12 for 2 bucks.
- Mustafa. They have cheap perfume! =)
- Bugis Village. Messy and crowded place.
- Clarke Quay. Ate at Sun with Moon, which ZX's colleague said was supposed to be 20-30 bucks per pax. But we ended up paying much more, and with unfilled tummies. Portions too small, and X.
- River Taxi. This is nice..i like it. You can see the skyline appearing super close to you, and it's really really nice view.. =)
- Walked to Esplanade and the Merlion. Ate ice-cream there. Took 106 back. Actually wanted them to come visit my house, but it was too late about 11+ already, so they decided not to, which I tot was good too, coz not very nice as family gotta work the next day.
Tue
----
- work.
- went to marina square to meet ZX, M and MY.
- took the shuttle bus to city hall, went to Timbre. Had beer (been ages since I drink!!)
- went back on cab.
Wed
----
- went to science centre, and watched an omi-max show. Science centre really for kids.
- ate at JEC, met W who joined us for lunch at foodcourt.
- went to orchard, had mua chee and tuk tuk cakes at the McCafe outside isetan.
- walked around wisma and taka.
- rushed to class, while M and ZX continued with Arab st.
Quite nice to explore Singapore as a whole. Hope Michelle enjoyed herself in Singapore. =)
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posted by Shu at
11:53 PM
1 Comments:
ya~ I enjoyed my days in SG very much~!
thanks for your host :D !!
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