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It had been quite a busy week for me this week after office hours and during my rest days. I was not busy at work so I would have the time to attend seminars after work.

I attended two seminars this week at AKLTG on Wednesday and Thursday. One of seminars was prepared for graduates of the Wealth Academy program and the topic was to teach us on how to invest in real estate. The business workshop was really an eye-opener for me as I always wanted to learn something about real estate. It was a knowledge-packed workshop.

Then, I also attended a semimar preview on personal developement on Thursday. The title of the preview was called “Patterns of Excellence“. Again, this was also a great and entertaining seminar. I learnt that you have to break away the habit or pattern of doing something that hinders you from moving forward in order to get a breakthrough in life.

Next, I joined my friend to go for a walk at the national park at Changi area on Friday. We walked almost everywhere to enjoy the nature, smell the sea and exchange our thoughts. We found a place for us to rest and chit chat when we were feeling tired. Then, we went to a nearby foodcourt to have our lunch. It was indeed a very fun and enjoyable outing.

My family and I went to a shark fin restaurant on Sunday. I think I will elaborate it further in my upcoming post as I have taken a few pictures during the meal. Stay Tuned. 

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My eldest nephew is having flu and has been granted 2 days of medical leaves so he doesn’t have to go to school until Friday. 

 It seems like I am having flu too because I started to have running nose since yesterday. I feel giddy and tired. I think this is due to the seasonal change in weather. Furthermore, I was sleeping quite late a few days ago and it made me feel very tired the next day

Friday is my off day and I am wondering whether I should report to work on Thursday as I need to settle something important but not really urgent at work. Hmm…let me see how thing goes.

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I was not working today and I also didn’t have any specific plan for myself on how I wanted to spend my rest day which is a Friday. It happened that my sister and sister-in-law were also not working today as they needed to pick up some document from the town area. So I sent them there after having my breakfast.

After parking my car, I brought my nephew to buy soft drinks while waiting for my sisters to settle their stuff with the agent at the Peace Centre. Suddenly, I heard someone was calling my name from behind when I was opening the canned drinks. I turned back and saw my ex-colleague whom I have not been seeing for 10 years.

He saw me passing by through the glass door after he had deposited a cheque at the bank counter. He told me that he is jobless now so he has the time to do some missionary work for the churches. It includes travelling to the less developed countries and linking up the missionary work with schools. 

My ex-colleague had also updated me about how some of our ex-colleagues were doing. He can keep on talking on and on until my 8 years old nephew was so impatient by pulling my hand to signal me to go. So, I told my ex-colleague that I got to make a move first to meet up with my sisters.

After that, we drove to the Park Mall to have our lunch at the Han’s restaurant. My nephew likes to eat crispy fried noodle with gravy so we ordered one set for him. My sister ordered a set of chicken chop and I ordered a set of cheese omelette.

Chicken Chop With Mushroom Sauce :

Cheese Omelette With French Fries :

Yuan Yang or Yuen Yong (A Mixture of Coffee and Tea) :

After having our lunch at the Han’s restaurant, we travelled to Orchard road for window shopping as well as bringing my nephew to his favourite arcade game outlet to play some games. We have had a very fun and enjoyable day. All these activities are unplanned and this is how I spent my rest day today.

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I notice that I have been dining my way to dinners for some special occasions recently. It seems to be a good time to eat and be lazy for a while. A moment to enjoy good food as well as to celebrate the joys of some special occasions.

I was invited to a luxurious buffet dinner at the Shangri-La hotel last Wednesday. One of my highly-respected friends has found a high-paying job after resting for a few months. My friend and I were feeling excited about it and were pestering our dear friend to give us a good treat for getting a new job.

Luckily, she was generous enough to let us choose wherever we wanted to go. So, we chose the high-class place to have our dinner and celebrate for her. This is the first time that I had been to the Shangri-La hotel. I enjoyed the cosy environment and the fine food over there. Besides enjoying the good food, we were chatting, laughing and throwing out our frustrations about our jobs. We stayed there past midnight without noticing that we were the last customers of the night. Then, we went our way home after a great buffet dinner.

Today I was invited to an eight-course Chinese dinner at the seafood restaurant. My peer has just got his promotion and become my immediate supervisor. Perhaps he is the best among the limited choices although he might not be the suitable person. I think he just got the luck. Frankly speaking, I’m not sure whether I should feel happy or sad about it to have my peer becoming my boss. I personally don’t like this kind of thing to happen but what to do. So, I attended the dinner with a mixed feeling. 

I will be attending the annual dinner and dance event of our company tomorrow. It starts at 7pm in the evening. It’s a Rocker’s night so the dress code is smart casual. I prepare to go there to have a relaxed and enjoyable evening. It might be a lucky night too.

One of my colleagues has just resigned and he will be leaving next week. I heard that there might be a dinner organised for him but I guess that I might not be able to make it due to I will be having an oversea call happening at the same time.

I have one more colleague resigning and I’m sure we will organise a farewell dinner for her next month. Time passes very fast each day. I think it’s time for me to plan where we wanted to have the dinner. 

Wow, I have so many dinners to attend lately. People found new jobs, people got promoted, people quit the old jobs and attend company’s AD&D event. Besides burning a hole in the pocket, I think I’ll be getting fatter and fatter real soon.

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