My day

Ed bought me to Au Petit Salut. He had wanted to go back to Au Jardin, just like last year but we tot we wanted to try something different.

He choose the alfresco dinning which occupied the first floor of the three-storey building at Harding Road. Red brick wall at the back of the interior dining area, adorned its mascots from Holland Village; portraits of two French maidens. The dark wood finish and white walls combination of the interior exudes a sophisticated yet homely, warm ambience.

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Amuse Bouche
1st Entrée
Cold lobster cannelloni with baby salad leaves, White balsamic dressing

2nd Entrée
Foie gras de canard poêlé au vinaigre de Xeres

Pan-seared duck foie gras served with baby spinachred onions and Xeres vinegaror Selle d'agneau aux parfums de Provence

Main
Filet de boeuf à l’echallotesPan-seared beef tenderloin served with shallots confit and mashed potatoor

and me... 

Filet de daurade royale de l’Atlantique au four Oven baked Atlantic Royal seabream served with “ratatouille” and tomato coulis

Desserts

Poire tiède rôtie et Fourme d’Ambert affinée

Warm roasted pears and melted Fourme d’Ambert cheese yellow frisée salad, raisin, figs and walnuts

Overall the celebration was good. Food is good except for the main course which was a little disappointing (I took the seabream). Ed was also very disappointed with the service. He had given specific instructions when making reservations, for them to bring me a piece of cake during dessert. But it was forgotten. :) haha…. :P

Anyway I had my birthday cake when I’m back home… my dear bro bought it for me… so sweet.

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May all my dreams come

Happy Birthday…. to me :)









Today I felt so love…. By many friends…. So happy and thanks everyone for their wishes…









My kaki drew this for me, so touched!! :)

Dinner @ Sage

So I finally went to Sage, and thanks to my princess pinkie. She celebrated my birthday for me and the dinner was simply goooooddd…. Like I say, picture paints a thousand words…

We had the 6 course degustation.

As usual my fav was the Foie Gras.

Pan-seared duck foie gras on pear and walnut chutney,Muscat poached fig with spiced port wine glaze

... and finally I get to have a taste of "black pig"... simply melt in your mouth!

packed away

Was digging thru my stuff just now, trying to help a colleague to find a cd for her wedding.... came upon some old stuff that i packed away for a long time.  some things tat i packed away wanting to just forget it all... these are the things i never want to see but each time i happened to see them, i cant helped but relook at it.  just like the dvd, i will so tempted to play and have a look at it again.  haha... woman, some men will say, are jus so contradicting.

Not that i missed those days or i haven't gotten over it.  I think i did pretty well to be wat i am today.  I think it is just that it was a part of me that i can never just pull away.  i can packed or throw away those pics or disc but it was already a part of me... that explains mayb somehow i never bear to discard.  Bad memories they may be, but maybe i am just the sort to hold on to all the beautiful ones as well. 

I am happy now, happy that i have done well and have managed to still find trust and be happy again.

Chef Ed

Ed's friend bought foie gras and so we were invited over to dr ang's hse for pot luck...

besides my fav foie gras, we had roast duck, home made baked buns, 6 types of cheese, champagne grapes, japanese udon and ofcos their fav white, red and dessert wine ...

there... the chef Ed at work... hehehe... oh the foie gras is yummy!!!

View from my desk

I see this every other day, but somehow the view always looks better on a weekend.  haha. non work day perhaps?  ... back at work on a Sat morning 9am!  I tot the clouds looks beautiful.

My ambition

Lately I suddenly have an ambition. I want to be a receptionist!

Ofcos besides being the most qualified (in paper and in experience) receptionist ard, I would also be the best “screener” . I’m sure I will successfully screened away all calls from headhunters! Besides being the most POWER recep, I would also be a free lance trainer for other companies.

Topic:
The importance of a receptionist in your organization (Part 1)
Knowing who is calling (Part 2)
Screening the caller (Part 3)

Best of all, I can happily log-out at 5pm sharp and transfer all calls to the voice box!

Email of the day

I was totally shocked to receive the email today after lunch.... it says...

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Dear all
Pls note the following award holders for Q2 08:

Top AC Award - Ivan Tan

Top PC Award - Tricia Chang

The Top 10 consultants ranking for Q2 08 is displayed on the notice board at the pantry
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I was shocked beyond words… ofcos happy that the efforts I had put in the past month have paid off…. Definitely a good encouragement. :)