I Can't Be A Celebrity

I'm very surprised I survived this week and can live to tell the tale.

I spent my Monday night working on a Stress video... yes, the irony. But I am very proud of it. I hope the boys enjoy it! And I hope I get the recognition for it too.

Tuesday: I had dinner with Serena near Mustafa as she was craving for Indian food. Heh. I love her so much! She has so much life and warmth about her, that meeting her always perks me up. She's leaving the country soon... for a guy! I think that is both brave and romantic, something which I'm pretty sure I would never ever do. That's what I love most about her. She has this if I don't try, I will never know attitude. How cool is that? The days at IJTP were memorable because of her.

Wednesday: I had dinner with Ismadi at my usual 2 pit stops at Arab Street. It is always awesome to meet up with my NIE bff. Heh. We can't stop talking about Star Wars or his travels. He brings out the adventurous geek in me.

Thursday: I had dinner with David at Thai Express and then we proceeded onto my favourite dessert stall. Hey, any moment with The Best Friend is awesome. He's trying to convince me to a Scrubs addict but I'm like meh... It can't beat How I Met Your Mother and it definitely can't even be half as funny as The Big Bang Theory. We shall see...

Friday: I had basketball CCA till 4pm then I met Aqil for dinner at Ichiban Sushi. It was really good that I met him. We had such a fantastic talk and I'm so much saner after it. The next few days, thinking about could-have-been is going to kill me. I'm deeply bummed out by what happened. But oh well, we move on.

In a nutshell, I had Indian, Turkish, Thai & Japanese cuisine all in a week. God, I'm such a glutton!

Gah. I should get ready. I'm taking the P5 boys for the NE show. I'm only excited because this is my first NE show and I'm going with the Goodness boys!! *blush*

Oh Happy Day!

From the looks of it, I can safely say that today was a success! The Fashion Show was well-received and the boys really got involved in the voting much to the delight and amusement of the teachers. The food ran out and a number of boys came up to me to tell me that this was the best recess that they have ever had *beams*

Ahhh... I'm so glad RHD is over for us and I can finally breathe a little bit more. It's back to reality and to catching up with my back-logged marking.

It was madness, yet there is a sense of emptiness now that I have fewer things on my plate. Not that I'm complaining *wink-wink*

On a side note, I had to do 3 videos within this month! I SHOULD make a profession out of it.

Meats and Sweets

Today was spectacular. Well, after school was spectacular, not during. We didn't have Contact Time (Yippee!) but we were told to organise our own interest groups. A colleague and I needed to head down to the Concourse to get some traditional games for RHD and the rest of them wanted to eat. So I suggested for us to make our way to Arab Street since I had plans to go to the Concourse. We coined that, our "Learning More About Arab Culture" interest group. Yea. We are so full of it!!

I absolutely love this place, Amirah's Grill. They know how to prepare their meats. Every meat dish served has been absolutely delicious and the portions are sufficient to fill you up, but not too much. I love their lamb dishes the best but I would avoid the saffron rice. If you're a meat-lover like I am, you must go to this joint.

Not sure if you can see from the pic, but this place is also Egyptian-themed! And Nefertiti is on the entrance as well as on their business cards!! Mere coincidence that I absolutely love this place! True story.

For dessert, I took my colleagues 2 shops down the row for some good old-fashioned baklava and apple tea. I love the ambience and the decor at Alaturka. That was THE life that we were having right at that moment and I'm glad they enjoyed the places I recommended. It's totally an Indian thing to want to feed and satisfy the masses!

I never tried any of their main dishes as I solely reserved this spot for my desserts. Amanda was hungry so we shared a dish. This minced lamb and beef with Turkish bread was extremely delicious. It was like chomping into a really well-herbed hamburger. It made me recall the scene from HIMYM where Marshall was on the search for the Best Burger in New York. As I was savouring each bite, I felt as if everything about me was in slow motion. Another true story.

So there you have it. A very satisfied bunch of women who love their meats and sweets.

D-Day

The months of preparation have finally come to an end. Tomorrow is CHS Family cum Homecoming Day. My favourite-est event of the year and also by far, the most exhausting to organise. It is exhausting both mentally and physically. I love it for the most part because I get to see my current boys and ex-boys and well, that's basically why I love the event so much *grin*.

I will be shagged by the time I get home tomorrow which will be late LATE, way too late for an after school event. Oh well.

Ich Liebe Dich Paul!!

I'm so tickled by all these fluff news pieces about Paul the Octopus. Seriously, in this day and age, we are relying on a mussel-obsessed octopus to predict talent-based matches? I'm not bought over. Then again 100% accuracy... that is something...

I did say that I didn't have any upsets this year over the WC but Germany not getting into the finals is a major blow for me. Indeed they are young but they had so much promise. Well, I guess I have to wait for 2014 then. They should be in top form by then.

I wonder what plans there are for Paul... sashimi anyone?

World Cup Fever

This year's World Cup is bloody fantastic!

There have not been any major upsets for me. I mean it did bum me out when Brazil went out after losing to Netherlands but the Brazilian side was a terrible team. Yes, they had flair and amazing footwork on the field. But when it came to crunch time, they could not perform. It looked as though they did not have enough practice on their set pieces and they were fumbling around, unsure of who's where. The only plus-side to the Brazilian team is that they can always out-score you. You score 2, they'll score 4. Somehow they'll manage it. But the modal is "can" - meaning ability. Unfortunately for them, as much as they pushed forward, they could not make it through the Dutch defence.

It was good that France backed out in the group stages else they would have been slaughtered in the preliminaries. It was very evident that they threw especially the last game away. Their coach is a terrible coach and it is a wise decision from him to leave after their disappointing performance.

I've never supported England so I shan't say much here. I never really thought they were anything fantastic. Unless you're watching the older matches, then they are indeed a sight on the field.

My prediction is a Germany vs Netherlands finals. That would be a match to stay up for! Both teams have scored brilliant goals and they have made it through by sheer skill unlike some which was by sheer luck *cough-Argentina-cough*. Like seriously, Argentina had to beat Greece, Nigeria and Korea Republic? Woah. So tough. Pppfffttt. If they had some real competition, I'm positive they wouldn't have made it that far.

I'm not so familiar with the Netherlands' players but they do seem like a strong well-put together team and they have been getting stronger and stronger after each match. Then again, I can say the same for Germany. It is beautiful, watching the Germans play. They've a tight formation and they don't seem to lose on their set pieces. Plus, they have such precision in their shots and passing. I liken them to robots. Hahahah... I am SO excited! I can't wait!!

Starhub - First Bangla Channel In Singapore

You won't believe what I received in my inbox this morning. It infuriated me and further proved that the world is full of morons.

First Bangla Channel in Singapore. Seriously? This is how you want to advertise the channel? Are you out of your mind?! Bangla is the official language of Bangladesh and Bengali but do they not know that the word is more commonly used as a racial slur / insult. I can't wait till it blows up in the forums. Then we shall see how Starhub does damage control.