My 4 day weekend
Took Monday and Tuesday off to clear some leave and to enjoy my birthday - woohoo!
My friend, Lis, invited out for lunch at the last minute on Saturday. Didn't mind though cos I really had nothing to do and was just going to relax at home, and seeing as the person was going to be treating me to lunch, why pass up on a free lunch lol. Went over to this little coffee shop called "The Book Club" over at Robertson Quay/Mohd Sultan. Never been there before but it was kind of nice. After lunch we walked over to Clarke Quay but then decided to head over to another little coffee shop over at Prinsep Street (near the old Cathay cinema). It took us I would say about 30 mins to get there on foot but we were both stuffed from lunch so it helped. We went there for cake and coffee. Another nice little cafe. It's amazing how time flies cos by the time we were done it was almost 5 pm and we had met up at 1 pm. After finishing our desserts we decided to head home, especially given that Lis' eyes were giving her some trouble - she thinks she may have gotten some of her hair mask in her eyes and just hadn't been able to flush it out properly. Started to have a sore throat later that night - wonder if it was because of the food I ate?
Sunday was a slightly typical Sunday for me even though it was my birthday. Yes, I have aged another year though for some unknown reason people don't believe I'm the age that I am, they always seem to think I'm like 5 years younger than I actually am. Guess that's a good thing lol. Went to church in the morning with my dad. Got my presents from him and Adam. My dad gave me an small ang pow and Adam got me a silver necklace with a dolphin on it. He knows how much I like dolphins (as does he) so he always gets me something with a dolphin on it. After church I could feel like I had a slight fever so decided to grab some lunch and then rest. When I got home my mom was up and she wished me happy birthday. I got a small ang pow from her too. Told her I wasn't feeling well so I was going to take a nap. She got a bit worried when I told her I had a fever because there are a lot of cases of dengue fever going round. I told her not to worry cos I knew I was having the fever because of my sore throat. Had my lunch, took some meds and then watched tv for a while before I fell asleep. Was hoping to have a few hours of rest but my mom kept on checking on me. Eventually gave up at about 5 pm but I did feel a bit better. My mom offered to cook some macaroni soup for me but I had to go down to get the ingredients lol. So much for being sick. Had a bowl of that and decided to go to bed early. Lucky for me my fever finally broke that night before I went to sleep so I woke up the next day feeling 10 times better.
Monday - lazed about in bed for a while then had some of the left over macaroni soup for lunch before heading over to my sister's place. Lynn's on leave because Adam was taking his PSLE exams (which determine whether he can take his O levels or go into ITE). Monday was his last paper so he was home by the time I got there. Chatted with my dad for a bit, played games with Adam for a while and helped Lynn with her curtain making. Also got a present from her, she gotten me what I asked for - a mini food processor. Wanted it cos my dad had told me that if you put in tuna and mayo in it, the food processor will mix it all up really good and also one can of tuna will come out with a whole load more cos the food processor will really mince it up. Haven't tried it out yet but might just do that this weekend. Maybe I'll try and make chicken mayo too. Watched "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" with Adam in the afternoon. After that I went on home, just to drop off my food processor cos I was meeting up with Beatrice for dinner. We went over to Sun Plaza in Sembawang for dinner and after that went for a walk over at our usual "destressing" ground. We stopped off at Nelson's Bar near where we walk for a couple of drinks, a few games of pool and a few hands of cards. We know the owner of the bar and well she doesn't mind if we stay there for a while but like only order a drink each. We like going there cos it's very relaxed and they don't mind what we wear, after all we were both in shorts and tees and flip flops lol. We left there just a little after 10 pm and took a nice long strong back to the MRT to head home.
Tuesday - spent the whole morning at the polyclinic with my mom. She was supposed to go for a check up on Friday but as usual didn't bother and seeing as I was on leave I thought I better make her go plus she needed to get her meds refilled. It was lunch time by the time we got back from there, and I spent the rest of the day watching vids I had borrowed from Lynn. I saw "THe Fantastic Four", "The Longest Yard" - that was hilarious!!! - "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Hitch" - another funny one. Went to bed early because it was back to the grind the next day.
All in all, apart from being sick, I think I had a pretty relaxing 4 day weekend.
