Weekend with Tey and Monday night with NN...

Always happy to have good friends visit Singapore...

Productive non-productive Monday...

After a looong day yesterday and the fact that Friday and Saturday were also tiring days, it was no surprise to me that I ended up staying at home most of today.

Initially, I thought of going to the gym but eventually scrapped the plan thinking I had enough of a workout yesterday from all the walking.

Instead, I found myself sleeping until 8 in the morning (gasp, I know!), having an afternoon siesta and just spending time in bed watching a few episodes of Agents of SHIELD. Yup, I started watching the series while waiting for the return of Flash and Arrow and also because, I already finished Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Haha! So far, I've been enjoying Shield very much.

Aside from these, the only other productive thing I did at home was to finalise my tour paper and upload it to the shared drive so that my other group members could assess it. I hope it will not be murdered. Haha!

Knowing myself, I eventually got restless and decided to do something productive with the remaining hours of the long weekend.

So, by 4PM, I was out of the house armed with two books I need to read, my pencil case and my small Moleskine. Destination: Woodlands Library. Prior to going to the library, I passed by Toastbox and Breadtalk for my kopi si and bun, respectively.

Upon reaching the library, it was thankfully not that difficult to find some study space at my usual study area. For the next four hours, I just read the two books I brought with me. I spent two and a half hours on the first book, taking notes after finishing each chapter. I spent the remaining time on the other book.

Now that I'm done with one of my two museum papers, I should have more time to read the two books and also get back to reading my leisure books. Hehe!

By 9PM, the library staff were already going around reminding people that the libray was closing. I sometimes wish libraries were open til 11. I guess that's not a good idea since I suspect a lot of students will be staying in the library to study and study some more. Let's not forget they need eight hours of sleep. Hehe!

From the library, I dropped by the Apple store to see if they were selling earpods. I spoiled the pair I have after dropping one of the pods in a burning candle. Don't ask how it happened. It was stupid. Lol!

Now, I think I'll just finish the last two episodes of SHIELD's season 1 before hitting the sack. I should get enough sleep though because tomorrow will most probably be a dreadful work day. Four days away from work = who knows how many emails. Haha!

I-van is in town...

Monday started out on a very good note.

I worked from the office. The reasons for this were the following: morning meeting with manager and team mate, and in the afternoon I signed up to help with prepping for a company volunteer activity.

From the office, I headed to Mon and Richie's place to hang out first while we wait for I-van to land in Singapore.

He'll be here for a week; Moi will also be flying in this Friday night. So, this week will be for I-van and the coming weekend will be for Moi and I-van. Hehe!

When I-van finally messaged that he was on his way to his hotel, Mon, Richie and I also made our way to Clarke Quay to meet up with I-van. Jon was also free to join us, so yay!

After checking in, we just walked to the nearby Robertson Quay and had dinner at The Wine Connection. I swear, the place never fails. Food is good, wine and other drinks are not that ex, the environment is nice for gathering with friends.

Our party of five parted ways just before 11. By the time I reached home, it was almost 12. It was good because CD Guy also gets home from work around that time. I managed to wait for him to get home and chat for a bit before saying good night.

Good Monday!

Uneventful Monday, or so I thought....

Today was quite an uneventful Monday.

It did start on a very good note though. I have two very efficient colleagues to thank for this. Long story short, some people screwed up the order of a very important client. How these people managed to screw up such very simple instructions just baffles me. Technically, I should not be involved in the situation because the issue is outside of my department. However, the client copied me in the email since we worked together previously.

So, last Friday, I reached out to these colleagues desperately asking them to move mountains just to meet the request of the client. Our biggest hurdle was time. The client needed some copies of his work delivered to a specific location by today. My two colleagues told me they could not guarantee anything. We just hope for the best.

This morning, when I checked my email, I was extremely, extremely happy to see that the materials reached the client on time. Yahoooo!

I told my manager about the whole incident. I also told her that technically, this was outside of my job scope. It wasn't because I was complaining. I understood how serious the errors were. I understood that the mistake can have implications on our company's relationship with the client's organisation. I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't to be blamed for anything because I was the one the client emailed. My manager just said, "Well, it's because we always solve things!"

In a way, it's true. I'm just really glad that the crisis was resolved! Phew! This morning, I made sure that I thanked my two colleagues over and over! Hehe!

Hmm, what else happened during the day? I started the day by going to the grocery to buy items for the week. There is something therapeutic about doing the grocery on an early morning. I find it relaxing because the supermarket is not crowded at all. I also enjoy doing the self-checkout. I like scanning my items and bagging them. Hehe!

I also had to pass by an AXS machine to pay for SG-KL-SG flight I booked for my holiday with Mama this end of June. I'm sooooo looking forward to it.

Noontime, I spent an hour talking with a new Japanese teacher on italki. I stopped my italki sessions with my previous teacher because work got extremely busy. I decided to try a new teacher just to see if he's any better. I really like my previous language teacher but I also like this current one. First, he uses the book that I have so we can work on exercise together. Second, he uses a headset so conversation is clearer. Third, he can adjust his speech pace to a pace I can understand. Since the session today went well, I decided to book another session with him for next week. Let's see how it'll go.

In the evening, I just went to the gym for Pump. I did Pump yesterday, but I thought I'll do it again today. Hehe! Before going to the gym, I passed by the bookstore because I wanted to buy some nice pens and a mechanical pencil. I saw the Kuru Toga pencils I've been looking for. My mistake was I didn't check the "Made in..." section of the packaging because I was too excited. On my way home, I was inspecting the pencil and to my disappointment, it wasn't the pencil I was looking for. Sigh. Need to continue looking. Haha!

Now, I'm updating the iOS on my phone while I blog. My phone keeps getting the No SIM installed error message. I read some articles on this error and one recommendation was to do an iOS update. Let's hope it solves the issue. Haha!

Oh, lastly, the Kindle is back to life. After a two-month break from reading, I finally found the time and the title to read again. A fellow museum guide reco'd Sarah Thornton's Seven Days in the Art World. It's very fitting since I'm going through the training for an art museum. Lol! Last night, I found the time to top up my Amazon card balance so I can purchase the ebook. This evening, I started to read while waiting for Pump registration. I'm enjoying it so far.

Whew! Reading this post now, it seems like a lot happened during today. Haha!