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All In A Week's

The week went by not without a fruitful day. It was either time well-spent with family, friends or myself. Realised that it is really up to the individual to make the best of each day that comes. You either be nua-ing the whole day and wasting 24hrs or purposefully making each second count. I chose the latter.

Brief Recount

1. 1st All-Girls Outing (with Liling & Yixin)

Location : Little India
Highlight(s):

- 1st time doing manicure/pedicure/threading

- Sporty gals getting in touch with their feminine side. We're not just all brawns (& brains) but beauty too!


Jothi's Traditional Charm
- had a very Balinese touch to the layout of the shop


Liling's finished product!

2. Class Outing

Location : Brewerks (Kallang) & Kallang Leisure Bowl

Highlight(s):

- A few met up earlier to makan at Brewerks and we had feast, courtesy of Mr Renhan who always makes sure that there's more than enough to go around!

- bowling session didn't start till 3pm and we were all tired out by 4 plus :) Still it was a fun time of throwing the balls into the gutter (not all were that lousy!)

- a greater turn out as compared to previous outings. NICE!





3. NAPFA Test Help Out

Location : Ju Ying Sec

- A kind of class outing where majority turned up for once :)


4. Lunch with YeYe & Mama

Location : Suntec City's Porridge Buffet

Highlight(s) :

- My gramp's favourite place; esp YeYe who loves the duck

-Good to see them being able to eat heartily and enjoying their time with grand-kids.


5. Ministry Leaders' Retreat (the Easter Hol)

Location : Kum Yan

Highlight(s) :

- A siginificant time of closing ranks and seeking God for His blue-print for the next decade

- Celebrating His faithfulness & goodness that will always be our covering

- Witnessing of the baptism & confirmation of individuals. Always a special and significant moment as it marks a milestone in their lives


6. Date with Jo

Location : Oomphatico's @ Tanglin Mall

Highlight(s) :

- Outing before Jo leaves for the Philippines again; getting harder to meet up since she's perpetually working! So much for work-life balance!!!!

- Wanted to check Spruce out but could not locate the place at all!!!

- Not sure if it was a blessing in disguise but we chanced upon Oomphatico

- Turned out to be a memorable dining experience with pretty ambience and delicious food and dessert.



The unforgettable 'The rich chocolate dish' for dessert.

- Was still disappointed about not finding Spruce but contended with the Oomp!

7. Overnight Cycling

Location : Whole of Eastern Singapore (almost)

Highlight(s) :

- A total distance of 50km was covered by the Garang 5

- The entire route was supposed to be 42km but due to human errors, extra was made during our detours and crossing of sickening traffic junctions that were still under construction!

The entire route covered


- We were left with sore butts & legs but we're still 'gian' for more of such adventures!



8. Japanese Buffet Dinner

Location : Irodori @ River View Hotel

Highlight(s) :

- Ala carte buffet style; portion of dishes was small, enticing customers to just keep ordering. Smart tactic esp with Singaporeans! it costs $33++ per pax but we paid $40 each inclusive of the drinks we ordered

- A time of bonding with the gals (Lynn, Jo Chan, Jas Sia & Queen)

- Good food & fabulous company for the night. Perfect reward after the gruelling 50km cycling feat!

- The stars of the night was of course the food that came one after another...who said gals can't eat!

Check out the Top 9 contestants!

No.1 : Appetizer of salmon sashimi with green tofu.

Marinated with some kind of sauce that really worked the appetite!


No. 2 Mix Sashimi Platter

- fresh serving of salmon, tuna, swordfish, octopus, cuttlefish, yellow-tail


No. 3 King's Prawns with a special dressing over it. Succulent.


No. 4 Pregnant Fish coated with a crispy batter.

1 bite and the roe just burst inside your mouth!



No. 5 Beef roll with enoki mushroom. Good quality cut of the beef.


No. 6 Ebi & Shitake Tempura. The mushroom was huge and juicy!



No.7 Grilled mackeral

- didn't eat it but feedback was that it had alot of bones


No. 8 Teapot soup. The lime added a zesty feel to it.


No. 9 Grilled salmon steak. Didn't eat it again but looks tender.

Ordered it twice so there's something about this


The overall report for the week is EXCELLENT! Definitely looking forward to the rest of the holiday that I'll be enjoying while my other peers will be working their butts away! The next highlight would be the sailing and windsurfing courses I'll be attending. Can't wait!

Till then, its preparation for the exams on the 22nd & 27th April. And nope, I haven't started revision 1 bit. Coming Soonnnnnnnn.........





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