Jul & Aug highlights

I've been neglecting this space! Working life, once again, has robbed me of time and ability to daydream and blog. Not that I can't find time to write, it's just that I don't have time to do anything interesting that's blog-worthy! Perhaps I'm exaggerating a little here...haha! But I do think back on those bumming days in self-envy.

Anyway, a couple of interesting things happened over the past 2 months. The first was dear Ms To's wedding. Really happy for her and tyre. They have dated for as long as I have, and finally they have made the bold move to tie the knot. Us jie meis treated the lovely bride to a champagne sparty (spa+party) at Lush @ The Singapore Polo Club. It was a truly pampering experience and I would love to go back again someday.

Beautifully presented canapes and champagne to complete the sparty experience!

Love this dessert - hot espresso drenched over vanilla ice-cream and tongue biscuit. Shall endeavour to make this someday.

We rounded off the evening with drinking and partying at Overeasy and Zouk. The bride got herself pissed drunk, but one really can't blame as jiemeis as she was the cause of her own downfall! K even had to ask the waiters to disregard her orders as she was out of control, that girl!

Love the fireworks we sighted at Fullerton.

Some pictures of the actual day highlights. Suan-tian-ku-la challenge for the brothers!

Love the jiemeis' colourful dresses. Très chic!

Congrats Mr and Mrs Lim :)

The morning after the Lim's wedding banquet, the Vongs and us flew to HK, land of shopping and eating. Our trip coincided with the Great HK sale...needless to say, all of us bought and ate excessively. My friends also bought me a celebratory birthday dinner at Tai Woo cantonese restaurant at TST but it ended disastrously with 3 out of 4 of us having food poisoning. Bummer! Still, am thankful for friends who still put in the effort to celebrate my bday with me year after year :)

The Vongs waiting patiently while I made my selection at YSL, Harbour City.

My indulgent purchase. I vow to keep off bags for the rest of this year!

Shortly after HK, and just as I was settling in at work again, my annual BKK trip came up! We had the usual suspects, Mr J, G, Stef, Lu and me but this trip was even more special than the last as AHL, Dean, and SER who flew in from HK, joined us! 8 of us had an awesome time shopping and pigging out together. My favourites are Tawandang, T&K Seafood and Taling Pling. All yummy Thai food @ great prices. This time, we finally succeeded in going clubbing on one of the nights, at none other than the infamous DJ Station!

J and I have been talking about Hua Hin for the longest time, and so, after the rest had flown home, we hopped onto our hired taxi bound for Hua Hin. The trip was 2.5 hours away and we had to endure the B.O. of our driver throughout the entire journey! We did all we could think of - wet tissues and medicated oil to mask the odour!

The journey was worth it. Look at our pretty boutique hotel (Let's Sea Resort)! Every room has an attached patio that leads into this inviting pool. Very private and cool!

J & I couldn't resist getting these floats at the night market, after we saw our neighbour on one. Only S$10 but the enjoyment was worth 10 times more!

The breakfasts at Let's Sea were fab. There was a wide selection to choose from and everything was prepared with such care and precision. To me, this beats the buffets you can expect from chain hotels, even the luxury ones.

Hua Hin is still relatively undeveloped so there was hardly anything to do at the city centre. There's a huge Swensens ice-cream parlour there though, and this is us getting fat on ice-cream that costs double the price back home.

Would definitely love to return to Hua Hin again!

Write offs

Some people just do not deserve the goodwill you extend to them. I have done nothing except to treat you as a good friend - supported your career when I could, include you in gatherings so that we could continue to keep in touch. But at crunch time, all I asked for is the truth and you chose to deny me of it. If you are as innocent as you claim to be, why hide? No one is going to thank you for it and I absolutely deserve to know. And don't even for a second of your sodden life think you are helping me by keeping silent - I AM NOT GOING TO THANK YOU FOR IT.

Surely, one has to be guilt-stricken to have some qualms about coming out in the open? Aren't you one of the perpetrators of the gossips and rumours? Indeed, I am disappointed that you were not more upfront at the beginning. But by withholding the truth now, especially after I've asked you to come clean, has convinced me that you are just plain bloody selfish. By taking this path, you have essentially forfeited whatever chance you had to redeem yourself. You most certainly do not deserve a friend in me.

So to hell with you. May your little "secret" haunt you at night while I sleep comfortably in my bed. And may you feel guilty for betraying me for the rest of your life. From now on, you are OUT OUT OUT of my life you fucking bitch.

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To real friends whom I may have alarmed, do not worry. The unpleasant episode is behind me now but I just needed this space to vent my frustrations.