Sing Me A Lullaby

Colourful Notes

have been a bit lazy to blog recently. mind just seems to go blank and i'd just turn to surfing the net or msn-ing frenz. past few weeks have been caught up with meeting frenz, planning bdays and also with training for the upcoming trip. the most anticipated trip ever in my life: climbing up Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. At a height of 5895m above sea level, the highest peak in South Africa, it sure freaks the hell outta me. undoubtedly, i'm damn excited to go on this holiday / expedition, but also having jitters on what dangeres might possibly lurk ahead. these dangers largely involves my personal health. thinking of the altitude sickness, of my lung capacity, of the cold up there, is all so foreign to me.. *shivers*

the least i can do is to train up , buy the necessary equipment and get vaccinations. so there, my money is not only disappearing due to e gatherings, but also a whole big chunk in preparation for this trip. but very fortunately, i've got a few very lovely ppl who eases this burden for me *smiles widely* whew! in any case, even if i am unsuccessful in reaching the summit, i know this will be a whole new experience for me and just hope to be able to enjoy exploring the Safari thereafter, and come home safely.

so in between the trainings, there's always time to eat good food and have a good time!

chalet with colleagues as we played Wii, MJ ( excluding me), talked a lot and night cycled. has been a really long time since i stayed over in a chalet! and though i dont like to eat BBQ-ed food, kudos to Huimin for preparing an amazing assortment of food! she personally created skewers with golden mushroom wrapped in bacon, pineapple with pork, tiger prawns; bought chicken wings & drumlets, satay, sausages, beef and fish slices. Ren was in charge of entertainment while i brought more food. oh, and i'm so proud of myself for starting the fire! as in, last time i'd assist to start, but this time i built it from scratch and kept it going! haha.. just a small feat =]

then there was a dinner with my dept peeps @ Clarke Quay. a whole lot of spicy Indonesian food which was pretty affordable. damnit.. couldn't count it on the company's tab. haha..

and then the cooler ppl hung out after for drinks since we weren't working the next day =p, which was Labour Day. so weird, my 2nd time drinking in the middle of the week, the 1st of which was just the previous day with Rach @ Timbre. oops.. been drinking a bit more recently. but i left more than half the glass unfinished, so i was pretty ok. initially wanted to drink tea and eat desserts, but Jin was craving for a drink so off we went to Cuba Libre. finally a chill out session after work! we should do this more often!