Cos our dearest andrian and xiong sheng are going back to singapore to work their asses off, we had a going-away dinner for them at J Alexander Steakhouse. It was a good dinner, I marvelled at how the americans managed to dominate the conversations with their eloquence and witty dialog. feel really inadequate in such social situations where i can't come up with anything at all and start drifting off.
I wonder if it's difficult for them and if they have to keep generating jokes and conversation topics on purpose to keep us entertained, or whether it comes naturally to them? hehe. throughout the whole dinner, george quizzed us on american history/geography, himself, and asked andrian+xs for their speech to which they shyly avoided.. I wonder if they found it irritating that we were so quiet?
I ordered a prime rib [i had no idea what that is, i thot rib is like pai2 gu3 haha turned out it's just, steak.] and when the waitress Cindy asked me how i wanted it done, i went 'what do you recommend?' it's not like i don't know what i want/how to order, but i just felt like asking for an opinion.. but lynette looked very worried that i didn't know how to order the steak haha.
Later on when the steak looked really rare despite me ordering my medium, lynette felt responsible for helping me ask the waitress about it.. I didn't really care and when i tried it it tasted ok, so I said it was ok, but i have a feeling that the people at the table thought that i just said it was ok to avoid having to confront the waitress to get it cooked more. haha i dunno why i was thinking so much..
The steak wasn't as fantastic as i imagined it to be.. maybe we are supposed to eat it without sauce and all so as to taste the meat properly but i'd very much prefer it to have some sauce on it. The serving was humongous as usual.. I ate about half of it, packed it, and today (friday night) when I tried to finish it, i still couldn't finish all of it. Come to think of it, nxt time maybe I can divide into 3 portions.. haha then it'll be only $7 for each meal of quality steak. hurhur.
my very raw looking prime rib
haha messy hair. no time in the mornings to style lah. i wasn't even wearing my contacts.
Lets hope george never sees this.
After the meal, george wanted to get drinks at the bar. I had been eyeing the chocolate martini, and kev didn't mind staying for a beer as well so the 3 of us stayed back to have a drink.. i drank real slowly and got really red, as usual. luckily it was way too dark there to tell.. if not really very no image. luckily kev had handed his keys to sebast cos sebastian's stuff were in his car, and so kev drove me home..
with da boss! kevin thinks his hair doesn't look toot in this pic. haha.
chocolate martini =)
Thursday, December 14, 2006
In the morning before going to work, i couldn't find my wallet. So I kinda hoped that it would be in my car from the prev night. As I approached my car.. i noticed that my wallet was on the floor, right next to the door of the passenger seat. My my.. i had actually dropped it the night before.. thank god that no one saw/took it.. Argh i am so careless!
Speaking of careless, i actually sent weijie a check to pay him for seattle trip expenses.. and i took a lot of care to write out the amount correctly. Haha, first time writing check ok. So i was pretty surprised when he called me on my mobile a few days later.
'eh, i received your check'
'uh huh...' *realises something is wrong* 'oh shit i didn't sign did i'
my god i really suck. i wrote a check and didn't sign on it. so much for writing my first check. waste my postage summore. must be bad karma for always teasing liling. hehe. In the end i just paypaled it over.. that worked pretty smoothly.
Well.. cos my car contract was expiring soon, i went down to the airport to change my car with erwin and jingyang. I didn't wanna go alone cos i'm an idiot at choosing cars.. need some help! the lady at the counter was called jackie and she was really cute, kept playing with us haha. we tried to get ford mustang but well, no such luck haha. don't wanna get fired anyway. The cars she had were mostly sonatas, toyota corolla, well they have tonnes of ford tauruses [she called them granny car haha]. We even went out to walk around in the carpark to choose our cars.
to cut the long story short, she had a toyota solara [which i didnt know what it was at that point] and she went 'i have a toyota solara for the lady, and it's a very nice car. *looks at erwin and jy* you've been making the girl drive the taurus!'. Whee! Went over to look at it and woot! It was damn chio! Red 2 door toyota camry solara. Muahaha.. I didn't even ask for it.. really lucky lah.
erwin got a white pontiac g6 which has this really retro metal rimmed meters, complete with buttwarmers and some remote startup functions.. and jy after much research got a white pontiac grand prix.
There had to be some problem with the corporate credit card details for my reservation.. and we spent a loooong time standing there waiting for them to solve it.. wah meanwhile so kanchiong dunno whether can get the pretty car haha. luckily they managed to solve it after some phone calls.
when we got back to our apartment carpark, erwin and jy jumped at the chance to test drive my car.. haha.. we went for a spin while i happily sat in the backseat. I think 2 door is kinda stupid cos it's just so inconvenient. i think it's merely a marketing gimmick for silly pple like us to fall for. worst part is that it actually works.
presenting the awesome stuff which all my colleagues are drooling at..
I wonder if it's difficult for them and if they have to keep generating jokes and conversation topics on purpose to keep us entertained, or whether it comes naturally to them? hehe. throughout the whole dinner, george quizzed us on american history/geography, himself, and asked andrian+xs for their speech to which they shyly avoided.. I wonder if they found it irritating that we were so quiet?
I ordered a prime rib [i had no idea what that is, i thot rib is like pai2 gu3 haha turned out it's just, steak.] and when the waitress Cindy asked me how i wanted it done, i went 'what do you recommend?' it's not like i don't know what i want/how to order, but i just felt like asking for an opinion.. but lynette looked very worried that i didn't know how to order the steak haha.
Later on when the steak looked really rare despite me ordering my medium, lynette felt responsible for helping me ask the waitress about it.. I didn't really care and when i tried it it tasted ok, so I said it was ok, but i have a feeling that the people at the table thought that i just said it was ok to avoid having to confront the waitress to get it cooked more. haha i dunno why i was thinking so much..
The steak wasn't as fantastic as i imagined it to be.. maybe we are supposed to eat it without sauce and all so as to taste the meat properly but i'd very much prefer it to have some sauce on it. The serving was humongous as usual.. I ate about half of it, packed it, and today (friday night) when I tried to finish it, i still couldn't finish all of it. Come to think of it, nxt time maybe I can divide into 3 portions.. haha then it'll be only $7 for each meal of quality steak. hurhur.
my very raw looking prime rib
haha messy hair. no time in the mornings to style lah. i wasn't even wearing my contacts.
Lets hope george never sees this.
After the meal, george wanted to get drinks at the bar. I had been eyeing the chocolate martini, and kev didn't mind staying for a beer as well so the 3 of us stayed back to have a drink.. i drank real slowly and got really red, as usual. luckily it was way too dark there to tell.. if not really very no image. luckily kev had handed his keys to sebast cos sebastian's stuff were in his car, and so kev drove me home..
with da boss! kevin thinks his hair doesn't look toot in this pic. haha.
chocolate martini =)
Thursday, December 14, 2006
In the morning before going to work, i couldn't find my wallet. So I kinda hoped that it would be in my car from the prev night. As I approached my car.. i noticed that my wallet was on the floor, right next to the door of the passenger seat. My my.. i had actually dropped it the night before.. thank god that no one saw/took it.. Argh i am so careless!
Speaking of careless, i actually sent weijie a check to pay him for seattle trip expenses.. and i took a lot of care to write out the amount correctly. Haha, first time writing check ok. So i was pretty surprised when he called me on my mobile a few days later.
'eh, i received your check'
'uh huh...' *realises something is wrong* 'oh shit i didn't sign did i'
my god i really suck. i wrote a check and didn't sign on it. so much for writing my first check. waste my postage summore. must be bad karma for always teasing liling. hehe. In the end i just paypaled it over.. that worked pretty smoothly.
Well.. cos my car contract was expiring soon, i went down to the airport to change my car with erwin and jingyang. I didn't wanna go alone cos i'm an idiot at choosing cars.. need some help! the lady at the counter was called jackie and she was really cute, kept playing with us haha. we tried to get ford mustang but well, no such luck haha. don't wanna get fired anyway. The cars she had were mostly sonatas, toyota corolla, well they have tonnes of ford tauruses [she called them granny car haha]. We even went out to walk around in the carpark to choose our cars.
to cut the long story short, she had a toyota solara [which i didnt know what it was at that point] and she went 'i have a toyota solara for the lady, and it's a very nice car. *looks at erwin and jy* you've been making the girl drive the taurus!'. Whee! Went over to look at it and woot! It was damn chio! Red 2 door toyota camry solara. Muahaha.. I didn't even ask for it.. really lucky lah.
erwin got a white pontiac g6 which has this really retro metal rimmed meters, complete with buttwarmers and some remote startup functions.. and jy after much research got a white pontiac grand prix.
There had to be some problem with the corporate credit card details for my reservation.. and we spent a loooong time standing there waiting for them to solve it.. wah meanwhile so kanchiong dunno whether can get the pretty car haha. luckily they managed to solve it after some phone calls.
when we got back to our apartment carpark, erwin and jy jumped at the chance to test drive my car.. haha.. we went for a spin while i happily sat in the backseat. I think 2 door is kinda stupid cos it's just so inconvenient. i think it's merely a marketing gimmick for silly pple like us to fall for. worst part is that it actually works.
presenting the awesome stuff which all my colleagues are drooling at..
Yeah, I don't know why i'm so lucky.. Loving it so much, and I actually feel excited to drive it. The dashboard very pretty right? the front actually looks like the camry 07 model. The steering wheel is oh so light and easy to maneuver, the brakes are actually responsive and the sound of the engine being revved is just damn cool. It's kinda scary how it can go so fast and yet you don't feel it inside. Too bad it's kinda wasted on me cos i drive like an old lady heehee.
oh, and it also has sirius satellite radio, meaning i have like ~100 channels to choose from! hiphop rnb 60s 70s 80s jazz classical news sports and much more! i never have to burn cds again. it is damn shiok to turn on the jazz music, and just cruise along. i rike. =) this morning, it occurred to me that this is probably the nicest car ill ever drive. unless i become a chauffeur or something, haha. i mean i don't foresee myself buying any luxurious car unless i get insanely rich by some unknown stroke of luck.. hee. that's pretty depressing but, i'll enjoy it while i can. hee!
oh, and it also has sirius satellite radio, meaning i have like ~100 channels to choose from! hiphop rnb 60s 70s 80s jazz classical news sports and much more! i never have to burn cds again. it is damn shiok to turn on the jazz music, and just cruise along. i rike. =) this morning, it occurred to me that this is probably the nicest car ill ever drive. unless i become a chauffeur or something, haha. i mean i don't foresee myself buying any luxurious car unless i get insanely rich by some unknown stroke of luck.. hee. that's pretty depressing but, i'll enjoy it while i can. hee!
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