Let's go on more hikes!

Oh my... Looking back at the date of my last post, it'd been almost 4 months since anything happened in this space! Guess I should give a little update since I've some free time this weekend.

I've been working hard at my job, looking forward to July to see if I'll get any recognition from the company. I know, we shouldn't held expectations since it'll only lead to disappointment most of the times. 

Work aside, I've been very blessed to have met a wonderful girl. Yes, the one you saw in the previous post. There were ups and downs but I think it'd been mostly ups since our Bangkok trip. We've been going on hikes for a few weekends now and it was real fun! I feel that hiking through the woods with your significant other can be a great activity for couples. The long walks in the presence of fresh air and therapeutic views of nature proved to be a harmonious combination for spending quality time together. And of course, not forgetting the delicious brunch or lunch that we'll usually end our hike with :D 

I'm looking forward to go on many adventures with her in the future.

First hike at Tree Top Trail! 

Followed by awesome brunch at Five by five (Thomson V One)

Second hike at Bukit Timah's Summit Trail!
The slopes were quite challenging... But we made it :D
Rather short trail though

Lunch at The Missing Pan (Upper Bukit Timah).
Not impressed.

Awful smoked salmon.

MacRitchie Reservior Park! It is connected to Tree Top Trail.

Walked to Hendersons Wave from Hort Park! Pretty long trail.
We have to go back & continue from where we left off!

Awesome lunch at The Selfish Gene Cafe! (Craig Road)
Smoked salmon tasted nothing like the one from Missing Pan.

That's all for now! Stay tuned for more updates! Probaby from our upcoming Hanoi trip :D

Ciao!

Special Bangkok Trip

The older we gets, the hard it is to arrange for meet ups with friends, not to mention an overseas trip. I, however, had the privilege to make a short trip to Bangkok with not only some close friends, but together with the company of a very special woman of my life. 

It was the first time that my sweetheart and I did not stay at the Pratunam area when having a vacation at Bangkok. We stayed at Siam Novotel this time round. The area appeared to be much "developed" and somehow reminded me of 西门町 in 台北. 

We also had the luxury to experience a cooling Bangkok! The temperature fell to about 17 to 20 degrees celsius after a rain on Sunday Morning. Alright, it's time to let the photographs do the talking :D

Some snacks before take off!

"Don't stick your tongue out at me unless
you intend to use it on me!"

We got upgraded from Standard to Superior Room.
It's strange how they only have rain shower
but not bathtub in Superior Room.

We only managed to reach our hotel at around 9 pm. Had some simple street dishes for dinner and headed to Big C to buy snacks for our friends and relatives back home. We ended the night with a foot massage.

Random shot near our hotel

Day 2. Where else to go on a weekend in Bangkok? It'd got to be Chatuchak market! The sun wasn't as strong as compared to the previous times when I was there, but still hot. 

Waiting for my Frozen Choco Banana.

It's done! With rainbow!

A "must-eat" for tourist when visiting JJ Market.

The babes of the trip!

The hunks! 

Frozen Mochi - Milk, Green Tea, Cookies & Cream

After checking out the animals and roaming around aimlessly for awhile, we decided to "fall-back" to Union Mall. If only the cold wave had hit us on Saturday instead of Sunday, then we'd probably be able to "comb" the entire JJ Market, muahaha! 

MK Restaurant for lunch. Best roast duck!
"可以吃了吗?" 

Went back to hotel to freshen up and rest before heading to the popular Talad Rot Fai (directly translated as market train). 

Eat first! 

Pastries in night market

All lit up!
You can find retro automobiles in this building.

I like the blinking lights.

Don't you think we look great together?

Person told babe & me that there was a promotion:
5 bottles for 300 baht.
Got a shock when they came, turned out to be 500ml bottles.
Had to recall the team to help finish up.
XL & HP came over after touching down too.

That's all for day 2. 

Loot of the trip, limited edition
"KENDA" t-shirt :D
You jelly bro?

Babe and me went to Hello Kitty Cafe for brunch! 

The counter for ordering food and they will deliver to you.

Kitty shaped door frame

Kitty Winter decorations

The sitting area at level 2

Our orders are here!

This was when it started pouring and Bangkok turned as cold as Genting Highland. We waited for the rain to get lighter before heading to MBK to get some stuffs followed by True Love Cafe to play with the Huskies! We were only left with around 10 minutes to play with the dogs when we reached. Time slots were allocated so that the dogs can go back to chill in their air-conditioned home.

Don't we look like a happy family?
Ahahaha!

Fluffy fur!

I was like "hmmm" when the dog licked my face

An entry fee of 350 baht per person is applicable but this fee entitles you to a slice of ice cream cake/cake and a drink. Pretty reasonable I must say. 

Headed back to the hotel to change and met up with the rest at The Dome. It is a sky bar at the Lebua State Tower. 

At level 64! 

Told you the view was quite awesome!
美景配美人
My favorite photo of the trip

Last venue of the night was the Asiatique Water Front. Had dinner and roamed around a little. Nothing much except for some counterfeit watches, bars and a Ferris wheel! 

View from the Ferris Wheel

In our "private" cabin

And so, we have reached the last day of our trip. We saved that 1 place where everyone goes to when they visit Bangkok. The legendary Platinum Mall! And the final destination for the trip was After You Cafe.

Is this supposed to be famous?
Shibuya Toast.

That's about it for our first overseas trip together! Looking forward to more (:

Don't want to miss a thing

I recently went on a trip with a very special individual of my life. The experience was supposed to bring us closer together, but it somehow backfired. Everything was fine during the trip and all, just some external factors.

Never expected that falling in love with someone could be so complicated. I mean, who would expect themselves to fall in love with someone from the same company? It's not exactly a taboo and it's rather easy to solve, someone just have to leave, right?

I wonder if things would be better if we hadn't gone on the trip. Nobody knows, and I have no regret about it because those are definitely some of the finest moments of my life.

A true regret is letting someone who matters come into our lives and let them slip away because of people who don't. And I'm not about to let that happen.

Might blog about my BKK trip when I'm feeling better...

Automobile accident

Today is a bad day. It's the first time I need to compensate others due to an automobile accident. This was what happened: I was on my way to the wedding lunch of a friend and my jacket slipped off the passenger seat while I braked at the junction. So I reached over to pick it up without knowing that the vehicle was free rolling forward and it hit the bumper of the car in front. Nobody was injured but the "screw" on my car plate (off-peak cars have a "screw" on the car plate to prevent drivers from tampering with it) punctured a tiny hole on the rear bumper of the car in front. 

Sometimes I feel that it is predestined. You see, I was contemplating whether to drive or not and decided to do so since the venue was quite inaccessible. I then noticed that the traffic of the expressway, which I'd usually take, was rather heavy, and decided to use an alternative route. And this resulted in the ridiculous story that you'd just read above, hahaha! I'm just waiting for the other party to contact me regarding the compensation from my side now... Just want to get this issue over and done with!!! Please cost lesser than S$400! Hahaha...

要花冤枉钱了！我榦！

Rage, disappointment & anguish

Have you ever gone on a journey and through out the journey, there is this one person who you look forward to return to at the end of it? I do. But every time when I come back, this person who means the world to me has to drift further away because of some irrelevant bullshit. 

The hatred in me is growing... I'm going to snap if this piece of bullshit dares cross my path again. I won't forgive it. 

I don't want to quit (give up).

Very disappointing result and dividend distribution from Far East Hospitality Trust. Oh well, probably going to hold on to this counter for years anyway...

Work has been tedious. It's not easy running a team; all the decisions to make, guiding the newer staffs, managing expectations... It's taking a toll on my mental health. I can't help but to question if I am really up for the job. Guess this is a growing process that I'll have to go through. Tough time don't last, tough men do! 

My love life... Has been a tremor. But I have no intention of giving up because one does not simply give up on something precious to them. It's not easy to find someone who can take all the shit that you say and the nonsense that you do. It's even harder to find someone who can make you smile with just their presence alone.

Getting out of shape. Haven't worked out at a gym for 3 months now. Maybe someday... That's all for now.  Let's hope things get better... 

Sick of being an option.

The Martian is a great movie

Caught The Martian recently and trust me, it's awesome. As compared to movies of similar setting, such as Gravity, it is much lighthearted with plenty of interesting dialogues. And it is rather motivating. Teaches you to stay optimistic and to never give up even in the most dreadful times. I strongly recommend everyone to watch it. 

Maybe I should talk a little about my life. Everything has been good, more challenges and responsibilities at work, but no adjustment to salary, yet. Hahaha! And time sure flies, 4 more months to bonus again. Hoo-ray! Stock market hasn't been doing too well. Been sitting on a paper loss for the longest time. Fortunately most of my positions pay decent dividends. So I guess it's not too bad...

What else...? Love life? Hmm... I've to admit... I do feel a little insecure sometimes... Because when you have something so wonderful, it's only natural that you're afraid to lose it. Oh well... Life is just unpredictable like that.

"At some point, everything's going to to go south on you. You can either accept that, or you can get to work"

I wish yesterday never happened.

The day which I have been anticipating has finally arrived. It is time for me to step up and take on a bigger role and added responsibilities at work. Feeling so uncertain about myself. Well... I guess sometimes we have to put ourselves in that situation and learn along the way, maybe make some mistakes here and there, but this is how we grow, right?

We let people into our lives, make them part of it and when they choose to leave, we lose part of us together with them. It's an unbearable feeling. I won't deny, I feel broken. I feel like staying at home until I feel better. But we all know that is not possible.

:'(

A tree which may never bear fruits

What am I really hoping for? What am I chasing after?

我深深的脑海里

人与人之间的感情真的不是说放下就能放下的。当你尝试告诉或提醒自己不要再想某个人的时候，在那一刻，你心与脑海里想着的不就是她吗? 哈哈，还真可笑呢...

Foolish Games

Where do I stand? Why do I feel like I'm just there to fill in the gaps?

July Summary

Hi guys, a quick and simple update cause I'm bored as hell right now. Took my first MC since I started working. Company's clinic is just 2 minutes walk from my place :D and I might have rolled on the bed for too long, feeling a little "giddy", haha... Oh well, I should be fine by tomorrow.

Market hasn't been doing well, at least my counters aren't. Finally increased my holdings of FEHT to 10,000 shares after the sharp plunge in its price this week. I guess it's fine since I plan to hold them for a very, very long time.

I'm quite pleased with my salary "adjustment" this month. It was more than what I was expecting due to a salary review for fresh graduates in the company. 

With some of my friends and a very important person of my life overseas this weekend, I'm already starting to ponder about the things that I can do. Aiya, think so much for what! Ahahaha!

And I received a little surprise yesterday evening. Somebody bought me a cup of warm Milo and I thought that it was real sweet. I was referring to the gesture, not the Milo :D

Gosh, can't seems to keep you out of my mind. Please come back safely.

Burnout. Destroyed maybe.

Been feeling so tired this entire week. I might be suffering from a burnout, both mentally and emotionally. And it shouldn't be the case since I just came back from a short cruise getaway. I wonder why...

Don't you wish you can look into someone's heart and see how much you mean to them? Haha, maybe not, because so many chaps are going to be disappointed. I'll probably be one of them.

Thoughts before bed are always so deep that I feel like it's consuming me from inside.

Goodnight world. It's Friday once more. Cheers.

"You lose yourself trying to hold on to someone who doesn't care about losing you".

Bear in mind

"Never get too attached to anyone else unless they also feel the same towards you, because one sided expectations can mentally destroy you"

Welcome July.

: ' (

A drained heart on SuperStar Gemini

"If people don't make an effort to be in your life, don't try so hard to be in theirs; it's not worth it."

Back from my virgin cruise trip. It was awesome! I guess travelling with buddies of at least 21 years will never go wrong. Not many photos were taken because there really isn't much that's worth a shot. 

Beautiful Keppel Bay bidding us goodbye

The boundless sea from our little window.

Dusk.
Check out the 2 bright stars/satellite below the moon! 

So much green on Tioman Island!

The shades of blue aren't that bad too!

That's about it. Back to reality tomorrow! Let's go! 

Even the sweetest dream has to end

"Who is the first person who comes into your mind when you wake up?"

"You."

Company's Dinner & Dance was pretty fun. We had a very entertaining MC. I even got the chance to step onto the stage to perform my very own version of the classic Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars (the Monotonous version). And lastly, I'd like to congratulate my beloved colleague whose team won the first prize in the talent show, I'm so proud of you.

I'll be going to my virgin cruise trip in less than 24 hours. A little excited, finally get to embrace the island life again. Wish I'm travelling with my "girlfriend" though (not that I actually have one. And no, my right hand is not my girlfriend). Looking forward to winning some kopi money too :D 

Jurassic World was not bad. Very nostalgia movie. Some parts of the show totally reminded me of the 1993 Jurassic Park. Maybe for a start, it's time they open up enclosures in zoos and let us interact with the herbivores, ahahaha!

I really have 0 motivation to workout these days. The only part that is growing is the tummy. Sigh... No time to train is definitely a bad excuses. Because I don't even train when I have time, hahaha! Oh well... Life's all about priorities.

We don't know which way to go

"When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be."

Cutting a birthday cake in my homely office for the second time made me realised how fast time had flew by. I've already been with the company for approximately 1.5 years. 

Seeing friends come and go really set me pondering how long more will I be here. Bonus was alright, wasn't as much as what I was expecting at first, but still acceptable after some "expectation management". Seems like the salary "adjustment" next month will be another key indicator. Not holding high hopes though.

Relationships between people can be so complicated. I can be here wondering if someone I fancy misses me, and there they are, wondering if someone else is missing them... Wouldn't it be nice if we can just meet someone who will always misses us as much as we miss them?