I had one of the nicest weekends in a long long time. I watched David Foster and friends in concert @ the Esplanade and it was really, really good. David Foster is a musical genius, a maestro in his own class. He had produced and written some of the best songs ever and he has got that midas touch. So when I found out he was coming to perform with some of the best singers, I jumped at the opportunity to watch the concert.
And God, it was really good, from the start to the end. I loved the way he banters with the audience, and he is a really funny and unpretentious guy. Love it. So the concert started with the Candian Tenor, 3 very hot looking men and they were belting out music from David Foster, including one of my favourite songs ever, Hallelujah. Their voices were amazing. Then Natalie Cole came on stage and for someone who is over 50, she is smoking. She sang 'Fever', 'Through the Fire', and she sounded silky smooth. And then there was also Ruben Studdard, and he sang 'I swear'. Another one of my favourites cos his voice is like velvet. Peter Cetera was on stage too and he sang his classics, Glory of Love, You'r my Inspiration and Hard to Say Im sorry....The crowd went wild. And they left the best for last. Charice. OMG. She was beyond awesome. For someone who is just 18, her voice is powerful. And she sang some of the hardest songs on Planet Earth; Whitney Houston's bodyguard soundtrack of 'I have Nothing' and 'I will always love you', Celine Dion's 'Power of Love' and 'All by Myself' and she hit every single one of those crazily high notes!
It was a really long concert. 3 hrs. Worth every single cent of my $150. I went back home a happy camper! :)
And the next morning, Sunday, I woke up at 530am, and went for my Great Eastern 10km Women's Run. I have been a little under the weather for the past 3 to 4 days and was hesitant about running. But I popped like vitamin C and multi vits and felt much better this morning, so went for the run. And it was a good run. I did a 1hr 15 mins on the Shape Run in July and I was hoping for a better time. And it was a really good route, with kind weather, aside from the occassional sun which filtered through the foliages and trees, steady pace and momentum, easy breathing, good long strides. And I managed to complete the run, with almost 10mins shaved off the Shapre Run timing. Fab! So I feel really good about it..Maybe half marathon next year...We'll see.
And then in the evening, I went to buy room accessories. Bought myself a room diffuser, scented candles, Home fragrance oil and the oil burner as well. All from Bodyshop. So now my room and toilet smells of pomegrenate and raspberry. Very very yum. :)
Going to be a short week cos of the Deepavali public hols, but for the rest of the week, it's crazy exam duties. Bleah.....
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Again, been a while since I blogged. A lot of work to be done in school. There was this big presentation I had to do with some of my colleagues, which saw me pulling late evenings for almost a week, preparing for the kids' graduation day, planning for the GCE O level exams, and all these amidst my teaching. Crazy.
But I've been able to be pretty disciplined when it comes to exercising despite my hectic schedule. I've been slacking ever since fasting month. Obviously, I dont exercise when I fast cos that's crazy, then there was Hari Raya and no one exercises during Hari Raya, then Jay came and it was just like crazy and non stop eating and partying then, and it was only in the last 3 weeks that I've been dragging my ass to the gym and running a little bit more consistently. I'm doing another 10km run next weekend, the Great Eastern Women Run and I know that I will die if I dont at least try to hit the tracks twice a week. So I've been doing 45 to 50mins run twice a week, and going for yoga classes to lessen the strain on my muscles. And this regular exercising this is making me feel so much better about myself. :) Oh, and indulging myself in massages for the apst 2 weekends too!!
And I guess I exercise so much now too cos my kids are all gone. It was kind of a bitter sweet thing for me. As everyone who knows me knows, I am really really really close to all my kids. I have been teaching them for 2 whole years, and it has been the best 2 teaching years of my life. I mean, I literally live in school and it's cos of them. Just being around my kids make me so happy. They make me laugh, cry, are so protective and caring of me, and really give their 110% for me, no matter how hard the work is. And with such undying love and loyalty towards me, it's just natural that I give back as much to them.
I was really depressed the week before their graduation day but I knew that they were all going off for greener pastures, to secure a better future for themselves. And I had to keep telling myself that. On their last day of school, no words could describe that feeling of sadness I had. All of them came to me, to express their thanks and gratitude and love for me, and I couldn't keep it together!! Started bawling...Urgh...horrible. I hugged each and everyone of my angels and thanked them for the love they have for me. Bitter sweet, like I said.
The school feels so much emptier without them. And I do get nostalgic at times, reminiscing about the good times and fun and laughter that we've had. But I know that I have impacted each and everyone of them in one way or another and they will always remember me. Just like I will always hold them close to my heart. My darling batch of 2010. :)
But I've been able to be pretty disciplined when it comes to exercising despite my hectic schedule. I've been slacking ever since fasting month. Obviously, I dont exercise when I fast cos that's crazy, then there was Hari Raya and no one exercises during Hari Raya, then Jay came and it was just like crazy and non stop eating and partying then, and it was only in the last 3 weeks that I've been dragging my ass to the gym and running a little bit more consistently. I'm doing another 10km run next weekend, the Great Eastern Women Run and I know that I will die if I dont at least try to hit the tracks twice a week. So I've been doing 45 to 50mins run twice a week, and going for yoga classes to lessen the strain on my muscles. And this regular exercising this is making me feel so much better about myself. :) Oh, and indulging myself in massages for the apst 2 weekends too!!
And I guess I exercise so much now too cos my kids are all gone. It was kind of a bitter sweet thing for me. As everyone who knows me knows, I am really really really close to all my kids. I have been teaching them for 2 whole years, and it has been the best 2 teaching years of my life. I mean, I literally live in school and it's cos of them. Just being around my kids make me so happy. They make me laugh, cry, are so protective and caring of me, and really give their 110% for me, no matter how hard the work is. And with such undying love and loyalty towards me, it's just natural that I give back as much to them.
I was really depressed the week before their graduation day but I knew that they were all going off for greener pastures, to secure a better future for themselves. And I had to keep telling myself that. On their last day of school, no words could describe that feeling of sadness I had. All of them came to me, to express their thanks and gratitude and love for me, and I couldn't keep it together!! Started bawling...Urgh...horrible. I hugged each and everyone of my angels and thanked them for the love they have for me. Bitter sweet, like I said.
The school feels so much emptier without them. And I do get nostalgic at times, reminiscing about the good times and fun and laughter that we've had. But I know that I have impacted each and everyone of them in one way or another and they will always remember me. Just like I will always hold them close to my heart. My darling batch of 2010. :)
My best class of the 2010 batch, 4E3.
A snap shot me me teaching in class, in the final lesson
The Pure History class of just 10 students. My smartest and most hardworking group.
They were just crazily snapping random pictures of me...I felt like a celebrity stalked by the paparazzi!!lol!
Laura and Dayna
Germaine
Shuey. I looked like crap here. Just bawled for a whole half hr!
The final lesson with my 4E classes. They convinced me to not teach for the full period and instead, to take pics!! And I consented! lol!! Thats Grace.
Dawn and Zhi Yan
Hong San
Saturday, October 2, 2010
I have not blogged for over a month! Thats how crazy busy I've been. The fasting month passed, then Hari Raya flew past, and then the 1 week school term which was basically spent slaving away at home cleaning, baking, scrubbing, and then the week after Hari Raya saw my darling coming down to Singapore! Jay came down for almost 2 weeks this time. His 2nd trip to Singapore this year. And we had such a good time together. The last time he was here was in March, where he was in Singapore for about 8 days. That was a lot of fun.
This time round, he was here for a longer period of time. To see me, and at the same time, to try and get a job here. He is trying hard to settle here for a bit, just to try things out with me, and being in the same country, rather than doing this long distance thing. We have been doing long distance for over a year and a half already and even though we are 2 very independent people, long distance takes its toll on you. And financially, it's a real bitch cos it costs an arm and a leg for us to meet each other. I think since I've known him, I've flown to Melbourne 4 times! In a year and a bit more! Crazy. Let's not talk about the spending...
It was really nice to have him around. We did boring and normal couple-y things. Like watch a movie, have coffee, go for drinks and dinner...Things which most couples take for granted. But for us, we really cherished doing mundane things like that cos ...well, we are not exactly around each other 90% of the time. So mundane is good.
Cos he was in Singapore for a much longer period of time, I managed to bring him to many more different places. And I was impressed by Singapore! Which is a really strange thing to say cos Im Singaporean right? But seriously, there are quite a number of things to do here, provided you make the effort to actually go out and do things. I think for most of us, we don't bother venturing out of common areas in Singapore because we feel that 'Oh, we are in Singapore. Can do this some other time.' Which of course never happens. So it's always the same old places.
But cos Jay is a 'doing things' person, we went to so many different places! We had dinner at very nice places: Giraffe by the Istana (Best pasta, I swear), La Viva (Spanish tapas) & Pizza at Chijmes, nice fine dining buffet @ Fullerton, brunch @ Goodwood Park, lunch @ Ten on Purvis Street, crazy dessert eating @ Cannale (Rose petal ice cream with lychee bits and merengue. Total yumminess), One Caramel (5 course dessert platter. Kill me.) and 2am dessert bar @ Holland Village (Ultra indulgent), went to Chinatown to watch the lanterns during the Mid Autumn Festival, had seafood by the roadside stalls @ Chinatown, very Ghetto I must say. Then we went for drinks at the rooftop bar by the Esplanade, and Ann Siang Hill, plus Clarke Quay's Forbidden City Indo Chine. Of course, it was the F1 weekend, so we went for a lot of F1 related parties. We watched Chingy live @ Butter Factor on Fri night and partied till 3am (And Chingy was awesome). We also clubbed @ the Arena Clarke Quay, went to St James Powerhouse, Movida, and Boiler Room. Crazy night. And we both took the Singapore Flyer and went to the top of the Marina Sands SkyPark! I've been wanting to do that since both opened but never had the time and never bothered to. So I figured since he was here, I might as well do it with him!!
So yeah, it was 2 weeks of crazy fun. I was really sad to have him go. But I know he is trying really hard to get work here. When I went to school, he spent a lot of time job hunting, just going into fine dining restaurants and asking for job openings. He even got a job trial @ Guy Savoy, a French restaurant at Marina Bay Sands and prospects seem positive. So we'll see how that works out.
So am I still sad that he is gone? Of course. I would be lying if I said I wasn't. Im going to miss spending time with him, and having him around physically, and knowing that I can meet him whenever I want instead of having to wait months to meet up. But that's the thing about long distance. You have to be strong enough to be on your own, and must have a lot of faith in each other. And I guess, it's so much better when you meet up. There's a greater sense of appreciation towards each other. And the intensity is greater when you are with each other. And most importantly is it allows you to be in a relationship without losing yourself as you are basically left on your own most of the time. Having said that, it would be so great to have him in Singapore with me. So, let's pray really hard that he gets a job here, and in the meantime, I will keep my chin up, and look forward to many more visits from him and to him. :)
This time round, he was here for a longer period of time. To see me, and at the same time, to try and get a job here. He is trying hard to settle here for a bit, just to try things out with me, and being in the same country, rather than doing this long distance thing. We have been doing long distance for over a year and a half already and even though we are 2 very independent people, long distance takes its toll on you. And financially, it's a real bitch cos it costs an arm and a leg for us to meet each other. I think since I've known him, I've flown to Melbourne 4 times! In a year and a bit more! Crazy. Let's not talk about the spending...
It was really nice to have him around. We did boring and normal couple-y things. Like watch a movie, have coffee, go for drinks and dinner...Things which most couples take for granted. But for us, we really cherished doing mundane things like that cos ...well, we are not exactly around each other 90% of the time. So mundane is good.
Cos he was in Singapore for a much longer period of time, I managed to bring him to many more different places. And I was impressed by Singapore! Which is a really strange thing to say cos Im Singaporean right? But seriously, there are quite a number of things to do here, provided you make the effort to actually go out and do things. I think for most of us, we don't bother venturing out of common areas in Singapore because we feel that 'Oh, we are in Singapore. Can do this some other time.' Which of course never happens. So it's always the same old places.
But cos Jay is a 'doing things' person, we went to so many different places! We had dinner at very nice places: Giraffe by the Istana (Best pasta, I swear), La Viva (Spanish tapas) & Pizza at Chijmes, nice fine dining buffet @ Fullerton, brunch @ Goodwood Park, lunch @ Ten on Purvis Street, crazy dessert eating @ Cannale (Rose petal ice cream with lychee bits and merengue. Total yumminess), One Caramel (5 course dessert platter. Kill me.) and 2am dessert bar @ Holland Village (Ultra indulgent), went to Chinatown to watch the lanterns during the Mid Autumn Festival, had seafood by the roadside stalls @ Chinatown, very Ghetto I must say. Then we went for drinks at the rooftop bar by the Esplanade, and Ann Siang Hill, plus Clarke Quay's Forbidden City Indo Chine. Of course, it was the F1 weekend, so we went for a lot of F1 related parties. We watched Chingy live @ Butter Factor on Fri night and partied till 3am (And Chingy was awesome). We also clubbed @ the Arena Clarke Quay, went to St James Powerhouse, Movida, and Boiler Room. Crazy night. And we both took the Singapore Flyer and went to the top of the Marina Sands SkyPark! I've been wanting to do that since both opened but never had the time and never bothered to. So I figured since he was here, I might as well do it with him!!
So yeah, it was 2 weeks of crazy fun. I was really sad to have him go. But I know he is trying really hard to get work here. When I went to school, he spent a lot of time job hunting, just going into fine dining restaurants and asking for job openings. He even got a job trial @ Guy Savoy, a French restaurant at Marina Bay Sands and prospects seem positive. So we'll see how that works out.
So am I still sad that he is gone? Of course. I would be lying if I said I wasn't. Im going to miss spending time with him, and having him around physically, and knowing that I can meet him whenever I want instead of having to wait months to meet up. But that's the thing about long distance. You have to be strong enough to be on your own, and must have a lot of faith in each other. And I guess, it's so much better when you meet up. There's a greater sense of appreciation towards each other. And the intensity is greater when you are with each other. And most importantly is it allows you to be in a relationship without losing yourself as you are basically left on your own most of the time. Having said that, it would be so great to have him in Singapore with me. So, let's pray really hard that he gets a job here, and in the meantime, I will keep my chin up, and look forward to many more visits from him and to him. :)
Chinatown
Mid Autumn Festival
Outside the Butter Factory.
Chingy's live gig
The Botanical Gardens
Forbidden City, Indo Chine
Clarke Quay
F1 Party with Mariah Carey!
La Viva @ Chijmes
Up the Singapore Flyer
@ The Heliax Bridge towards Marina Bay Sands
The view from the top of the Sands Skypark
Our favourite dessert place, the 2am Dessert Bar. He loved it here.
My favourite boy in the world!!
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