Never experienced this before. It all started with a headache. Which eventually developed into a fever, that led me spend two-thirds of my day sleeping.
The next day, took aspirin so that actually made me feel better. Body ache, lethargy so naturally thought that more rest should do. Went to bed early, only to awake at 130am by bouts of coughing. Went to the toilet and instead of coughing phlegm, ended up emptying the content of my stomach. Ugh. That sure sucked since it is a working day. Napped for a few hours then went to the office as usual.
Monday started with meeting. Talked abit. Then, with submission deadline looming on Wednesday, decided to check on the project to see if PM has returned with information. Turned out he says it wasn't his job. So had to call another person. Then the other person says he can't do it since he doesn't have all the info. Ugh. So had to write emails, call, message and do what ever it is to persuade two of them to return me with something!
By lunch time, voice was getting hoarse. After lunch, had some talk with team members that lasted for another hour or two.
Within the next half hour after that, can't even clear throat properly because the sound that came out sounded very much like croaks. Hmm.
By dinner time, I was handicapped. Wanted to order fish soup but had to point repeatedly and tried to whisper to the uncle before he finally got what I wanted.
Day 2, can only whisper. Still can't take MC 'coz there were two scheduled meetings. So had to ask my colleagues to help to present. And still needed to get the information back from the external parties, so more emails and sms exchanges. At night, wanted to order the 3-in-1 from Mr Bean. Stood at the counter and realised there wasn't a picture that I could point to. So had to try whispering it out. Hard but still managed to purchase the right item at the end.
Laryngitis is a humbling experience. It's pretty frustrating when there's some misconception/views that you'd like to correct but can't since people needed double the effort to understand what you're trying to say in the first place. Things that one does easily, for example ordering food in public, has now becomes a not so easy task.
Today is Day 3, and still haven't gotten back my voice. Learning how to deal with it. But yet, still can't take MC because submission deadline was today. Haha, why did I leave my 'retired' life...
25 September, 2013
21 September, 2013
Esplanade 2013
Went around the Esplanade with my Samsung NX1000 the other day. Did the touristy thingy. Went to see the Merlion.
Of course, customary shot of MBS.
Loads of tourists at the Merlion site.
Found a fountain, but strangely, couldn't find it the next day.
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| gearing up for F1 |
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| SG skyline |
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| to see Merlion |
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| MBS |
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| seems like spewing waters onto the minions, i mean people |
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| up close |
Found a fountain, but strangely, couldn't find it the next day.
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| blue fountain |
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| interesting |
11 September, 2013
read at your own risk
Woke up this morning to find someone commented on the food blog. It was saying how much he/she hated one of the places that I've been, and as quoted from he/she "It's articles like yours that hurt people's experience and wallets and destroy their chance to spend their time elsewhere better".
Whoa. Didn't realise the blog held such influence.
Whoa. Didn't realise the blog held such influence.
01 September, 2013
Singapore Night Festival
31st August marked the last day of the Singapore Night Festival 2013. Am always appreciative of the arts, and hence, was agreeable when friend suggested to take a look at this. Meeting point was at Plaza Singapura, so went to the nearby Singapore National Museum to have a look.
Ooh, since we were at Plaza Sing, home of SG Tim Ho Wan first outlet, naturally, I'd like to see if the queue is still as long. And the answer is, YES. Still long queues, be it 5pm or 7pm. What about Tsukada Nojo (Bijin Nabe). Well, no queue but there was a sign that stated that their queue list is FULL, at 6pm. Hmm. Anyway, Plaza Sing was practically swarming with people looking for dinner. Good business! Hahaa.
Passed by The Cathay.
From afar, there was a snaking queue to enter The Cathay. Thought the Night Festival so happening, at first. Then found out that the queue was likely for 1D aka One Direction. Uh huh. And if not wrong, it wasn't that they were here (were they?). It was 1D movie premiere if not wrong. Power of youth.
Moving along, and passed by SOTA (School of the Arts). The Night Fest installation is named "Paperplanes".
Passed by Rendezvous Hotel. Darn. Should've gone to Balzac Brasserie and get their $10 snack deal for the Night Festival.
National Museum of Singapore (NMS) is a beauty.
Plenty of peeps, some at the back with tripods and huge ass cameras or videocam and mostly armed with ipad or galaxy tab, smartphones etc. Quite a bit of family with prams and strollers, young children. All littered around the grounds of NMS.
But not that night. Didn't see any stunts where performers were hoisted up in the air. But we did see projections onto the facade of the museum. Here's a video of it:
Some stills:
Think the scheduled performaces didn't really follow the schedule. The only performance that we saw at 830pm was the OIC Singapore where the artist(s) manipulated the digital canvas in real-time, and with life musician providing the music. Jamming session between multimedia artist and musicians. Hmm. Thought it was a little dark and disturbing because of the graphics and the music chosen for this performance. Too cheems for me.
The night was hot and humid, so dropped by Raffles City for coffee at Tiong Bahru Bakery. First time trying their coffee (provided from 40 Hands?). No problem finding a table at around 830pm. Seems like youngsters nowadays can really eat. The table next to us was just two dainty looking ladies and they each have a coffee, one item for themself (like a soup with bread, or a pastry) and another plate of something to share. And that something looked like a huge square of meatloaf.
Liked the mocha and almond croissant. Too bad no flan was available for that night.
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| programme booklet |
Ooh, since we were at Plaza Sing, home of SG Tim Ho Wan first outlet, naturally, I'd like to see if the queue is still as long. And the answer is, YES. Still long queues, be it 5pm or 7pm. What about Tsukada Nojo (Bijin Nabe). Well, no queue but there was a sign that stated that their queue list is FULL, at 6pm. Hmm. Anyway, Plaza Sing was practically swarming with people looking for dinner. Good business! Hahaa.
Passed by The Cathay.
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| "Blank Canvas" event |
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| battle of the freshest? |
From afar, there was a snaking queue to enter The Cathay. Thought the Night Festival so happening, at first. Then found out that the queue was likely for 1D aka One Direction. Uh huh. And if not wrong, it wasn't that they were here (were they?). It was 1D movie premiere if not wrong. Power of youth.
Moving along, and passed by SOTA (School of the Arts). The Night Fest installation is named "Paperplanes".
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| Light Sculpture |
Passed by Rendezvous Hotel. Darn. Should've gone to Balzac Brasserie and get their $10 snack deal for the Night Festival.
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| 713pm |
National Museum of Singapore (NMS) is a beauty.
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| looking across |
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| litted facade |
Plenty of peeps, some at the back with tripods and huge ass cameras or videocam and mostly armed with ipad or galaxy tab, smartphones etc. Quite a bit of family with prams and strollers, young children. All littered around the grounds of NMS.
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| my friend said that's where the performers shall be performing, being held by the crane |
But not that night. Didn't see any stunts where performers were hoisted up in the air. But we did see projections onto the facade of the museum. Here's a video of it:
Some stills:
Think the scheduled performaces didn't really follow the schedule. The only performance that we saw at 830pm was the OIC Singapore where the artist(s) manipulated the digital canvas in real-time, and with life musician providing the music. Jamming session between multimedia artist and musicians. Hmm. Thought it was a little dark and disturbing because of the graphics and the music chosen for this performance. Too cheems for me.
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| leaving |
The night was hot and humid, so dropped by Raffles City for coffee at Tiong Bahru Bakery. First time trying their coffee (provided from 40 Hands?). No problem finding a table at around 830pm. Seems like youngsters nowadays can really eat. The table next to us was just two dainty looking ladies and they each have a coffee, one item for themself (like a soup with bread, or a pastry) and another plate of something to share. And that something looked like a huge square of meatloaf.
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| almond croissant and mocha |
Liked the mocha and almond croissant. Too bad no flan was available for that night.
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