obee and laduree
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obee is in town for some work, and she just actually just came from london, and guess what she got us as a present/pasalubong. laduree!!! i have heard of laduree, as it is this famous dessert/macaroons from paris. they are also available in london in harvey nichols (i think, thats what she said). it costs around 2pounds each, or around Php 180 for that small sinful circle.


laduree macaroons in a beautiful packaging, i swear this is love.


if i go to paris, i promise to buy boxes of this so i can bring home and share with my family.


i tried the rose macaroon, which taste so good, and smells, well like a rose. it taste really good.

franco was in town as well, and we had our picture taken in novena mrt after eating at wee nam kee, the famous chicken rice place here in singapore.


4 out of 12 with franco.

anyway, back to the hell-hole called work.

AP.
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i am so not in the mood to work lately, no, let me correct that, i am in the mood to work, and am working like a crazy madman lately. but, i just want to be left alone. i think am giving everyone major attitude problem or maybe am just exaggerating.

cheryl msn-ed me, telling me that lately, i am not my usual self, and very moody. she is not the only one who said that, a lot of my colleagues as well. in my defense, everyone that knows me, know that when am not in the mood, it is better to leave me alone and not talk to me at all. or else.

anyway, now is the time to separate myself from all this.

catching up.
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a lot of things happened this week, that left me really tired, thinking or maybe even wandering. it is just really tiring, and i will try to block it off the next week, but i have to get used to that, since i am in that environment. next week will definitely be better, even though its busier.

this weekend passed by so fast, it was so weird. all i remember was having drinks last friday night with helen, chiro, satya and sid at indochine in club street. yesterday, was dinner and some drinks at holland village with che and jac (she is visiting from HK). i was actually planning to stay in the whole weekend, but i couldn't, i'll try that one next week. i'd have to do errands, and some major cleaning next week. i have to take note.

went home earlier (around 11pm) than che and jac yesterday, they still went to clark quay, while i watched slumdog millionaire and dirty, sexy, money season 1, slept 6am, woke up at 2pm and continued watching until this afternoon. so am done with the whole season basically.

i left sids' dvds in the office, the reader (kate winslet) and one singaporean indi film that he swear is good. so maybe i'll watch that next week. i had a good rest this weekend, i was just super tired from last weeks trip and work, this weekend definitely helped me recuperate.

well, well, i am looking forward to tomorrow, and just try to make it thru this. but am definitely looking forward to the coming weekend.

jakarta, march 2009
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so i was in jakarta last week for the java jazz fest 2009. one thing i can say is that i am not a big fan of jazz, although i did enjoy jason mraz' performance. he was good, the voice quality is consistent, from the record to live performance, and because of that, i bought a CD of his latest album for me and sarah.

plus now, i want to buy his first 2 albums, i am a semi fan now. HAHA! i like GRAND INDONESIA which is a new mall in JKT, its big and you can do everything there, so i enjoyed it a lot. i went to ALUN-ALUN to buy souvenirs for my mom and some friends.


jason mraz performing on stage.

after a few days in jakarta, we went to bandung, which is 2 hours away, where all the outlet malls are. fortunately, i didn't like anything at all, so i saved up money instead of buying a whole lot of stuff.


brownie kukus store in bandung. you know how brownies are usually baked, but kukus i think means that it is steamed, and it tastes good as well. i bought one and brought to the office. it cost me around IDR 50,000 for 2, or S$6.50. damn cheap!


brownie kukus enjoyed at home.


view from the top of our hotel room in bandung. we got 2 floors, yay! i love this boutique hotel too, and the fact that it is so damn cheap, S$100 for 4 people, and the bed is real comfy. i vowed not to come back to bandung, but i changed my mind and i will just to stay in this hotel.


i like this toilet a lot, this was one of the outlet stores, i like the naturey feel of it, nakakatanggal ng stress.

eileen's farewell weekend.
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last week, we celebrated eileen's farewell weekend. her last day is this thursday, but since most of the people in the office will be flying to jakarta, we had to celebrate it earlier. last fridays farewell was for everyone actually, meaning we invited everyone in the office. we had a separate one in cheryl's apartment last sunday (we had wii night). all of those events are fun and crazy.

we also played badminton with her one last time last saturday, and it sure was great too. anyway, here are some pictures from last friday.


i think this was around 4am already. i was not there anymore, i went home early, around 1.30am, i had to finish season 1 of samantha who. HAHA!


this was our 2nd stop at china one n clark quay. all the media assistants partied with us, as they will really miss eileen badly.


starting the night early, having dinner @ kaz bar in far east. paulo, this is where we get the best blueberry mojito in the island, and i promise to buy you one when you are here to visit. we'll get dinner na din there, they serve middle eastern, persian food, etc.


helen, eileen, pat and me.


this is at china one. from left to right, pat, sid, eileen, cheryl, me and satya.

we will miss eileen definitely, but i will sure attend her wedding in KL come december.

i can't wait for the weekend to come, i have to really rest my body from going out, and rest my wallet from spending. i'll try to catch some rest in jakarta, though i kinda feel its impossible. i pray we have a good hotel. HAH!!!