April was a month to smile about.

I saw plenty of my baby, and she has learnt so much things that… it is so amazing.

Though I was laughing at how my mum was comparing the 2 of us as babies. My mum was telling me how lazy she is, and that by the time I was her age, I was already writing!!

Man, I was born a genius! Whatever happened along the way?

And she said I was more reserved and sweet and quiet as a child. And man, honestly, what happened along the way? Laughs.

But she still is an amazing learner.

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Chapter 1 - View from the top

It was an afternoon when a colleague casually mentioned how she had attended the official opening of the Singapore Flyer just a day before.

Someone else then asked if she had tried Popeye’s, before I was fast to catch the magical word.

“What? Popeye’s? They have it there?”

It wasn’t long before all I could think of for the rest of the afternoon, is Popeye’s…. and the previous time I had it, was early April last year, when Minibean was with us too.

You see, the only available one used to be at the airport, and I don’t exactly stay near there. Singapore Flyer is much more of a centralised area for me to fulfil my cravings.

So much so that, I was determined to head down to Popeye’s for dinner, with or without company.

Just as I was leaving office for some errands, a call came in to ask what I was doing for the day, and I casually mentioned that I was heading to Popeye’s for dinner. Then, I had company from a friend who was going to be nearby who didn’t know getting a fix from Popeye’s is going to be much more convenient!

I headed to Anchorpoint and then deliver some stuff down to Orchard, before I left for Singapore Flyer feeling famished.

The wait was a long one (Grr…) but was well worth it when I had 3 biscuits(YUMMY!), one piece of chicken, the unbeatable fries, and oh oh! The mashed potato!

I was feeling fat by the end of dinner. Burp.

It was quiet there. And we were chilling, and wondering if we should go for chocolate next or gelato next, a sudden moment of spontaneity brought us….

… onto the Singapore Flyer!

We were opportunists.. and we rushed for it at the right moment so that we could have the entire capsule to ourselves.

Honestly, the ride was overpriced and was overhyped. I still don’t quite understand why there are express boarding and whatnots, and of course, I die die also wouldn’t pay for the express boarding cos even the normal pricing was not quite justifiable. The view you see if pretty much the same from start till the end.

The most annoying thing of most, is the horrible tourists-ish music in the capsule. It was driving my crazy and I was seriously tempted to buzz the intercom to ask if they could like, put on class 95, or even the BBC news would be much more pleasant.

Nonetheless, it was a nice wrapping up to a chilled, relaxing evening.

Dazzling, dazzling, lights.

I was able to run from one side of the capsule to the other side, and just camwhore myself everywhere uninhabited, since there wasn’t anybody else in the capsule.

I love this view.

I was trying to pretend I was going to jump out of the capsule, but the picture didn’t turn out well, so I guess a proper posing will do.

Yeah… after a well, the same, old view bore me a little, and I was resting on the bench. Of course, that’s the freedom of not having anyone in the capsule with us.

Nonetheless, the background was nice, despite me being totally unglam.

As it was descending from the top, we saw the golf course, and its sea of green.

Peace is always beautiful if we appreciate its beauty

Picture of the construction going on near the bay. Though many people said how it is ugly, and a sore sight, but somehow I totally dig it. I don’t know, it just looks amazing to me, however raw, maybe that’s the only reminder of the hardwork behind each and everyone of those immaculate looking buildings out there.

The bridges.

Nearer to the ground.

The lights that gave life to the sky.

It wasn’t all that good, but I think it was better cos there wasn’t a crowd to taint the momentary escapade from reality.

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Last weekend, was fabulous.

It was lotsa shopping, and pampering.

AND!

I have a belated birthday gift, like, duh, almost 1 and half months late.

Better late than never, right?!

The little blue box!

And my belated birthday present! Tiffany & Co bracelet! Love it!

The last time I received a T & C present was on my 21st birthday from my MDIS classmates. Sometimes I wonder how they are doing, and it is a shame I could hardly remember the name of the classmate who bought the gift and asked everyone to chip in.

I remember the feeling she left me with, and I remember how she looks like, just not her name.

I hope she is well.

A gift.

Saturday was spent shopping around, collecting my bracelet after it was sent in for shortening, and then meeting up with JD, whom I haven’t seen in a long, long while.

“So, which high-end shop are you at?” she asked.

“Bulgari, but I am heading to Prada.” I would like to explain I was shopping for a gift that wasn’t meant for me.

“WHAT’S WITH THE HAIR?!?!” was her reaction when she saw me.

She is an evil person to be shopping with.

Everything is “nice! Buy!” in her opinion, and it is amazing that at the end of the evening, we both emerged unscathed from each other’s eggings.

We had Tori Q!

We headed to Plaza Singapura Spotlight.

I headed home to change, to prepare for the late night show on Saturday. Coincidentally, I was going to mention about this duo who sings amazingly at Roomful, and just as I started my sentence, I was met with, “Hey, you know I was at a wedding, and there was this duo who sang oldies and they are damn cool. I think they are Phillippinos.”

I wonder if they were the same people I was about to mention.

We went down to Mr Bean and had more food, and walked over to Roomful, and the duo were indeed not there, which means, they could be really at the wedding singing.

Caught the movie Awake, and despite its poor reviews, I personally find it pretty interesting show to watch.

That wrapped up a late Saturday, as I prepared for Minibean’s arrival on Sunday!

Brought her out shopping and “matchmaking” on Sunday(babies’ day out!) and here’s the loot!

Presents for Minibean!

A pink baby polo-tee from Polo Ralph, and a matching bag. It is actually an adult’s bag, but the size and colour went so well with her that it was bought off the shelves pretty quickly.

The sales assistant must be thinking how spoilt the sleeping princess is(she was sleeping as shopping went on).

The week ended with a feel-good factor, and I am looking forward to this weekend… and hopefully I will have more feel-good factor. Heh. *Twiddles fingers*

Oh. And the change that took place on Thursday…

Hi, my name is Ting. And I have rebonded hair like most Singaporean girls (man! The last time I had it was when I was 20!), and now, I have bangs, which my colleagues say make me look like chao ah lian, and Charlotte(I bumped into the cool chick on Saturday!) says it makes me look cute.

Good thing is, my daughter still recognises me.