I went back to school on Fri for Speech Day and had such a great time. For the first time in a long, long while, I felt comfortable and more like my usual confident self. I saw all my students, current and ex ones, my closer colleagues; Derek, Ee Kia, Kathy, Kelwin, Noor, Mrs Ong, Mrs Yau, Ms Tan, BJ, and of course, the usual suspects; Wendy, Vidhu and Angela. Oh, and Mr Touchy-Feely, Edmund. I was contemplating if I should wear my new Phuture London dress, which was extremely fitted, short and low (I wore a tube inside of course) as it might look a tad unprofessional, but I figured, what the hell.

It was great! Many commented I have lost weight and look slimmer even though I don't think so (The power of sucking in your stomach) but it made my day anyway. Who doesn't enjoy people telling you you are thin? :) I got a certificate of appreciation from my top History student, who dedicated her award to me. I was estactic, obviously.

Wendy, Vidhu, Angela and myself then went down to One Rochester for dinner and drinks after Speech Day and it was fabulous. I've always wanted to go there cos it's so hyped and it's in the papers and mag so since no one has any idea where to go, I proposed One Rochester. And it was a good choice. The place is situated in some ulu corner of Buona Bista. Parking cost a bomb. There are about 6 restaurants there and we checked out all of the and decided on this particular one which had a really nice ambience and a larger variety of food. It's situated against lush greenery and you feel as if you are in a resort as the roads are all blocked by the foliage. It's al-fresco dining and there were fans blowing at us everywhere, and surprisingly, there were no mosquitoes.

We had so much food, crab cakes, chicken wings, chicken, rice, pasta, some awful tasting crepe like thing, chocolate cake, carrot cake, the works. And we talked, and made fun of Wendy (Wendy, you know we love you. ), forced information out from her, fed her information (The girl is seriously gullible) had serious conversations now and then, Vidhu telling us (Man, that's hot. Man, that's hot. Hilarious). And...Vidhu paid for it with his credit card and as we were fumbling in out wallets for money to pay him, Vidhu said,

Vidhu: Khai, you don't have to pay.

Khai: Huh? Why? I'm only short of 8 bucks. I'll pay you when I see you next. Now, I give you 32 bucks first.

Vidhu: No need, no need.

Khai: How come?

Vidhu: For looking so hot today.

Wendy: Eh? Then me? I' m hot too. I unbutton my shirt?

Khai: Rolling on the floor dying of laughter.

We finally went off at midnight after all the bickering and laughing.

Here are some pics of us at One Rochester. I love my dress. :) It cost me a bomb but it was free cos my sis bought it for me for my b-day!

That's Wendy, me in the centre and Angela.

Vidhu, Wendy and me. (I should have let my hair down, I look round.)

There, much better. :) I'm so vain. I know.

On Sat, I met Maya and Fa for tea. Maya just came back from Spain, Paris and London and she was showing us her photos and she bought me a necklace from Sevilla. The places she went to looked fantastic. I was so jealous cos I've wanted to go to Spain like forever. But it was nice meeting up and just talking nonsense. We hope to go to Greece when I come back from my studies but Maya's worried that I would be too busy saving money to get married. But I told her I'll still be travelling even though I'll be saving up for my marriage.

The rest of the Sat was spent with Dev. We caught a show (Wild Hogs, pretty funny) at night and had coffee. And on Sun, I went for my Islam class and then went for facial in the evening.

What's there to look forward to this week? I'm taking half day this Wed to do nothing, Sat's my 4 years annivesary with Dev so we're going out for a nice dinner and Sun I'm going shopping with my mom and sis. :)

You guys have a good week. I think this week will be rather short cos I'll be out of office on Tues and Thurs (Symposiums to attend. Yahoo!) And Wed I'm on half day. So hopefully the week will fly. Ciao!