Fireworks does the trick!

Last Friday, i went to Hilton hotel for half a day to attend a session on Business Practices organized by our department's controls advisors.. i was actually half dreading to attend this session, because it meant i had to see all the Sales folks after 10 days of avoiding them.. and i wasn't looking forward to the potential awkwardness.. The other half of me was actually looking forward to it, cause i loved attending out of office seminars / forums where there is good food during the tea breaks, and i can just sit there and daze.. no lah, actually some of the sessions can be pretty interesting.. the one on Friday was pretty interesting, mainly because there were a lot of videos to watch. And man! the food during the tea break was super yummy! they had egg tarts with some sort of spice powder sprinkled on top, hot dog bun with chicken floss.. and this yummy cheese cake. NICE!


When i first arrived at the hotel, i made myself occupied by making phone calls to my grandmother, my mother, and my sister in law.. so that nobody can come over to talk to me if they see me. = P but when i was in the ladies, one of my female colleagues saw me and just tried to make conversation.. she started by saying i looked very pale.. i didn't know how to respond, so i just say: "Is it?" Actually, she is quite a strange character in the sense that she often likes to make comments that i don't know how to respond to.. = )


During the tea break, i made phone calls again, but i wanted to check out the food, so i had to move out and linger in the crowd.. chit chatted a bit with those i wasn't pissed off at, but tried to avoid those i was still upset with.

About 3 hours later, the session ended.. my colleague's wife had gotten some free tickets to the fireworks display that night, so a group of us went to City Hall for some shopping and dinner before the fireworks.. I kinda asked them to accompany me to shop for K's birthday present (wanted to get a wallet for him).. so we shopped at Raffles City mall, and had dinner at Soup Spoon at the basement.. In the end, i didn't buy anything.. i did spotted a nice Mont Blanc wallet but thought it was too expensive..



Dinner was nice, i had clam chowder and ice lemon tea.. but we had a damn hard time trying to find seats.. i missed 2 opportunities to get seats, and there was this stupid waitress who kept misleading us with her advice to seats that were not available when we were already waiting for those with better potential!

At about 830pm, we proceeded to walk to Esplanade for the fireworks, the walk took longer than expected because of a human traffic jam in city link mall.. anyway, we finally arrived at the Marina Bay floating platform and took our VIP seats right in front of the stage.. = )


There were some fire eating performances, and kids from Tanjong Katong Secondary School band performed a few pieces for the audience.. the fireworks started at around 930pm.. it was a spectacular performance.. like the musical fountain in Sentosa, but with fireworks instead of water spraying out.. The fireworks was like exploding right in front of my face, it was so beautiful i couldn't help but smile to myself throughout the entire display! And the synchronization with the music was flawless.. How i wished K was there with me to watch the fireworks.. I think i don't want to watch any other fireworks after i've watch these so close up!


On the whole, Friday was a good day.. i think i kinda recovered from my depression after the day's events: Interesting seminar, good food, and beautiful fireworks for complete closure..


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2 Response to "Fireworks does the trick!"

  1. Hollywood Tai Tai Says:

    September 8, 2008 at 3:19 PM

    wow, did you take THAT picture?!

  2. Adeline Woo Says:

    September 8, 2008 at 11:40 PM

    Aiyoh, no lah.. the photos i took will not do the fireworks justice, so i decided to put in a photo that will make people go "WOW!" Apparently, it works. = )

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