Yeah, 'tomorrow' didn't happen...hehe...
Well, it's been a pretty eventful week...busy at work, lotsa things happening at the side...but I'm glad to say that most things did end up on a relatively good note. Phew.
We shifted office on Monday, packing in the final stuff in the old office and moving over to the new office with all our stuff (with the help of movers of course). We began unpacking and tidying the new place, fixing up DIY add-on pieces of furniture (yeah IKEA), sorting out stuff and deciding what goes where, that I left office at 3 in the morning. And we were probably only 60% through then only. My boss sent me home. I was dogged tired, bleary eyed, and my knees, shins, thighs, calves etc, were like a battered warzone - I spotted bruises and wounds everywhere. Super ugly. Sigh. I jabbed myself with the screwdriver, I knocked and bumped against shelves...stuff like that. No choice...I guess that's how things are with shifting.
Thank God we didn't have to cover any event on May Day this year. Traditionally that's one of the more important event days in our calendar. I went bowling with my siblings and their spouses! Been yeons since I had last bowled..and to begin with, I can't bowl for nuts. Shameful to say, I've never bowled beyond 50 points. Seriously! Until that day that is...hehe...I bowled a total of 105 points in the first game! Nothing to be proud of, I'm sure, but for someone who used to average 30s, this is an achievement! Someone give me a trophy! Haha...
Well, I guess what's nice is that my eldest sis and bro-in-law could come along this time. My eldest sis usually can't bear to leave her daughter my niece at home with the maid, so very often, it's usually me, bro and second sis & bro-in-law who go on ktv and movie trips, etc. We bowled, went for dinner, then went to look at fishes and the works.
You see, my dear bro went to buy a small fish tank with 4 tiger barbs on Sat. My eldest niece loves to look at fishes, so my bro thought to get a simple aquarium for her. Thing is, he forgot to leave some water overnight for the tank, so when he came bck on Sat morning with the fishes, he plonked them into the tank directly and added some table salt to 'de-chlorinate' the water. However, the fishes began to turn belly-up barely three minutes in the water. We panicked, and my heart seriously ached when I saw them turn belly-up one by one. I almost had to scream at my bro to get going bck to the shop to get the medicine or watever to 'de-chlorinate' the water. THankfully, however, we decided to go to one of my aunts' place, which was about 5min drive away, to get some 'fish water' from her first. My uncle is an avid fish lover and they have 3 big tanks and 1 medium-sized tank at home. We got half a pail of water from them, and my aunt also passed us a bottle of 'coarse salt' (think it's sea-salt or something..I'm not exactly an expert in this). She told us to add a spatula of this salt into the overnight water each time we change the tank's water...and reminded us not to use normal salt. -.- Yeah...my dear bro so smart right. To think he reared fishes back in his Aussie days. Well apparently, I think the water in my area is super 'chlorinated' loh...Imagine, even after boiling, we could still taste a distinct taste of chlorine. So think about how toxic this would be for the fishes. I guess the water in Aust isn't as 'chlorinated' as the water in Spore. My bro said all he had to do was to leave overnight water is all. He had no need for anything to 'de-chlorinate' the water. Anyways, we rushed back, and the fishes were still alive! Thankfully! Some hardy fishes they are...heh
Well, of course, not everything is nice and rosy. For one, I had a super headache time chasing both Singtel and PacNet to fix the internet problem at my new office. No such luck. Sigh. Had some unpleasant episodes with regards to other matters and issues, but I'm glad that those are ironed out...more or less at least.
Weekend is finally here, though there's still work to be done. I've been deprived of shopping for too long. The itch is coming back soon. Hehe..I'm tempted to do some shopping first in the afternoon before going over to my second sis' place. Last Sat I travelled some 1.5hrs from my home to my second sis' place to go jogging with her. I'll be doing just that again tomr. Otherwise there wouldn't be anyone running with her. She was telling me how upset she was to have different ppl telling her she's put on weight, etc. Her own mother even asked if she were pregnant again. Duh. Such a nice lil' sis I am. Ahem. Hehehe...
It's 330 in the morning, and I'm craving for food...and sinful stuff at that. Chicken wings...ice-cream...French fries...Hmmmmm....
But I think my beauty sleep is more important. I only had 3 hrs of sleep last night. Yawn.
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