Buffet and Ben & Jerry

Followed two of my friends S & K to a steamboat buffet place near Shaw Towers on Monday. When I got there at about 7.40pm, S & K were first in the queue. So I naturally figured that we should be able to get a seat real soon. But the pessimistic side of me jested with both of them that even though we might be the first in queue, we might not able to get a seat before 8pm. Suffice to say, I really ought to 'clean my mouth' more often. We only got our seats at 7.59pm. Somehow or other, 3 parties popped out of nowhere and planted themselves in all their glory on vacated tables. Taking the cue from the attire of the 3 parties, I told my friend to 'show some skin' to the waiter and perhaps we might get a seat before other people do so. Normally, I am not an overly fussy person when it comes to this kind of thing, but the lack of respect for the queue really put me off and you will never never never find me patronising that place again. Then again, who knows... don't recall cleaning my mouth recently :p

Following which, the 3 of us adjourned to Suntec for a spot of Ben and Jerry ice cream. As we approached the store, we noticed that the shutters were closing. Suddenly, out of the blue, 2 women dashed by us so fast that we almost missed them. Guess what? They were heading for Ben and Jerry too! Such fanatic devotion to the brand. We figured that needn't hurry as they would hold up the shop with their orders while we sauntered over :) Really must thank such devoted fans for the efforts *fist thumps on chest showing respect*

A ruined steamboat buffet dinner saved by 2 fanatic fans of Ben & Jerry. What an excellent way to end the day :)

Things I Want

This post is inspired by a post on 14 October on this blog: http://shups.ipadder.com/

Needless to say, what you read here would be contradictory at times and some, quite hard to accomplish. But like they all say, if you don't dream, what do you have? ;)

I WANT to...
- dive in Indonesia, the Philippines, the Carribbean and Maldives at least once
- take a spin in a F1 Ferrari
- climb the 7 summits
- complete a marathon and a triathlon
- reach out to a certain unreached group and share the Gospel to them
- be one of those producers of the nature documentaries that you see on Animal Planet, National Geographic or Discovery Channel
- take over the World (typical guy hehe :p)
- have the power to move financial markets
- get a skydiving licence
- backpack along the West Coast of USA, stopping by at all the nature parks whilst doing so
- be remembered not for the person I was, but for the lives that have been impacted by my testimony (of course in the positive sense lah!)
- see my kids grow up and make a positive contribution in where they are placed
- see my brother healed
- have my parents enjoying their golden years
- share any of these experience with a significant other
and lastly
- love Him as much as He loves me. :)

14 Day Break

WARNING: It's going to be a boring post. Just a reporting strength kind of entry. You have been WARNED! :)

SERVING THE NATION
Took a 2 week break from work from 4 Oct. Nope, I didn't go overseas. It's commonly known as Reservist. You know, a Singaporean Male's Obligation to the Nation, protecting it from threats etc. etc. etc. I was fortunate that I was posted back to my old branch, doing pretty much the same thing I did during my NS Days. Original boss was on maternity leave and life as a result was somewhat different. Lunch break seems longer and the mood in the office was more slack. Dang... if only she decided to have another kid earlier ;) Took advantage of the 'galnost' to study for CFA and covered quite a fair bit. Looks like passing my level 1 paper this Decemeber is a real possibility. The only major highlight of the 14 Days was that I missed $200 'incentive' for shooting by 1 point and 1 bullet did not fire. Honestly, that's the most expensive 1 point I ever came across and I still feel sore about it when I think about that bullet that didn't go off :(

INDISPENSIBLE?
On other fronts, life in the office went on without me. Had some phone calls (not surprising) and some scares in the emails. Almost everything was well except I wonder why must people wait for me to come back before they can start working? I look at the nature of that work and I realise that they don't need me there to get started! Sheesh, and they wonder why everyone is fighting fire all the time at my workplace. *grumble*

RED DONE IT AGAIN! RIGHT...
In England, Liverpool laboured to beat a 10-man Blackburn at Anfield by a goal to nothing. Apart from that, they contrived to miss a number of glit-edged chances that would have made the win more satisfying. Of course, win by 1 goal also 3 points, win by 4 goals (like what Chelsea) did also 3 points. But, interestingly, Pool only score 1 goal from open play (against Chelsea) this season and that actually came from a deflection from a corner kick. Masters of set pieces? I somewhat think that's not going to win them much this season. Oh yes, before I forget. Peter Crouch is just a !@#$% waste of time and money!!!

BASKETBALL
Swinging back to the work scene. Some of us at my place of work formed a team to compete in a basketball tournament and lost our first match with a close score of 65-20. You mean that's not close? Well, considering the quality of the opposition and if all our near misses went into the basket, we might have actually won the game! And pigs would fly as well :)

TIS THE SEASON
On Friday, met up with some secondary school friends for a game of pool and two of them brought their Empress Dowagers. (Read: Fiancee) Needless to say, there were a lot of good-natured teasing and usual lovey-dovey scenes going on. Towards the end, there was a remark made that struck a chord within me. All of us have moved on to another phase of our lives. It is kind of sobering and nostalgic at the same time. This was further reinforced by the joyous occasion today as we accompanied our *brudder* down to a quaint little church to recce the place for his wedding. On a related note, the place looks quite impressive with good ambience and facilities. For the amount of money he paid for the rental, I'd say that it's a steal. Haiz, how time flies when you look back and how time crawls when you look forward ;)