Friday Geylang "Excursion" Trip

Was supposed to post earlier to make the post stay within Friday, but fall into a slumber instead after watching the 10pm news on tv. Only remember a PRC woman was stabbed in Toa Payoh bus interchange and the alleged perpetrator had turned himself in to the police shortly.

Anyway, work today is pretty mundane. Had a long meeting early in the morning, and was supposed to do a presentation and demo then but was subsequently adjourned due to time constraints. Our "Singaporean-ized" ang moh (Caucasian) director is pretty funny, and I find it hilarious when he seems and attempts to mimic the Singlish lingo with his heavily American-accented English. Had an expensive lunch at Raffles Place subsequently.

Work ended promptly at 17 30 and we headed to Geylang after work. Took 2 cabs to the famous Hor Fun (rice noodles) stall at Lorong 9. Ordered some side dishes and of course the hor fun itself. We topped it up with frog porridge from another stall across the road. Some pictures:

Sneak Pics of Aqua J... See how she finished all the dishes in front, haha...

Zac and ZY - photo unknowingly taken

EB and KS... Got ghost behind ah?

The 3 NTU IA guys in W.A.

We went for another round of desserts at another stall. Ordered "tau hua" (beancurd) and "you tiao" (no idea what it is in English!). The "you tiao" was so oily and by the time we finished eating, our hands were literally full of oil!!

Trapped in between 2 aquarius... Oh no!

"You tiao" fight... Why nv ask us get ready for picture taking?

Went for an "excursion" around the back alleys of Lorong 10 and 12. Saw some police patrol cars in the area, probably raiding the place for illegal hookers. One of the ladies "offered" herself to my colleague who looked like a rich boss, to which he politely declined. Tired and full, we went home thereafter. Shared a cab with another colleague to Toa Payoh and took a north-bound train from there.

Found an interesting quote from Zac's blog: The old saying, “When God closes a door, he opens a window”, has a counterpart. “In order for windows of opportunity to open for you, you must close some doors”. The extra “load” carried around by unfinished business, weighs so much that you compromise your ability to even see, and then open, those windows of opportunity. Nicely phrased indeed.

Met a friend T for lunch on Wednesday and Thurs! Just realized that she works in the same building as me at the higher floors. Thanks for her lunch treat. Ghost, when will u appear in Tanjong Pagar again? Haha...

By the grace of god, I finally feel motivated to work again. Work was much more enjoyable these days. J was getting paranoid over horoscope bashing. I remembered few days ago I sent a colleague an article on Aquarius, and she unexpectedly read some parts of it audibly. Immediately the deafening silence was broken by J's voice of defiance, ensued by soft outbursts of laughters all around.

I guessed we all over-spent this October, and, and pay day is still far far away!! Aargs! Hmm, the next outing is probably at Chomp Chomp or we'll go for a steamboat, haha... Gotta sleep, a long long day ahead!