Yi Lian's scribbling and musing

It was a simple but enjoyable weekend. But a big part of me suspects the wonderful weather has a big part to play. Anyhow, on Friday evening, all my outstanding work for ’08 were done and submitted and I went to bed, satisfied and happy.

I woke up at noon on Saturday to Matt’s sms, got up and went for my usual (it’s becoming a regular weekend thing!) all-day breakie at Cafe-O with my work laptop. I sent out a few emails for work and researched on pilates studios in Central. I found 3, wrote down the addresses and made a mental note to check out all 3 places.

I then walked down the road to Japan Home, grabbed some more stuff for the flat, lugged the bulky stuff home without attempting to hail a cab. I then cleared the flat some more, hoping to make it as presentable as possible by the time Matt arrives next week.

By the time I was done, I was wondering what else to do. I suddenly felt lost that my flat was as done up as it could possibly be and all my work assignments were completed. I didn’t know what to do. I was free and I actually didn’t quite the feeling. I mean, I like how I wasn’t burdened by anything in my mind but it just felt so aimless. If only I have all my jewellery material with me, at least I could churn out a few pieces for myself. :/

My boredom made me sleepy and I took a 90-min nap before meeting Polly for a Thai dinner in the neighbourhood. We then met one of her friends for drinks and called an early night at midnight.

Woke up today to meet Ray and Esther for lunch in the neighbourhood. I really love how convenient it is to stay at the Mid-Levels! And I still haven’t gotten sick of coming down the steep slope and having all the sights and people to take in every day.

We had lunch at a cha chan ting that was apparently quite famous but Ray and I were not too impressed. But well, at least it was cheap. We then went to On Lan Street cos Ray needed to find a gift at Commes des Garcon. Nothing interesting so we popped into the Martin Margiela store next door. Loving the decor. Ray and I stepped out into the balcony on the top floor and imagined we were king and queen, greeting our ‘people’.

I also managed to check out a pilates studio called Iso Fit at D’Aguilar Street with them in tow. The studio was closed due to the festive period but we managed to look into the interior and I’m loving the way it looks! Gonna come back in the new year.

I’m not sure why but I found myself constantly in laughter with Ray and Esther together. They are such great fun. We did spastic stuff and said spastic things and were just very tickled by everything we saw.

We also spied two TVB vans along Wellington Street and I spotted this dude who always act as the villain in drama series! I squeaked excitedly to Ray and Esther and they both got really enthusiastic about it as well. At one point, famous ‘villain’ was walking next to me and I told Esther how I should pretend to take a self-portrait but would conveniently include him in my pic as well.

Seriously. TVB stars are running rampant in HK. I see them everywhere! This is only my 5th month in HK and I’ve already had four sightings of them. But as I agreed with Esther and Ray, all of them don’t matter when none of them is Tony (Leung lah. Who else.). Sigh. Carina, stop keeping him to yourself already!

Noticed how Ray had a different hairstyle and I had a different outfit from earlier on. hahahaa

We then took the tram to Causeway Bay for further gifts hunting. Shortly after, Char gave me a call. The ‘sum part’ girl is in town with Alwyin and I honoured my promise of bringing her for a tasting of ‘my’ condensed milk toast. So to Tsui Wah we went. And both her and Alwyin had the reactions which I so love from converting first-timers to my beloved condensed milk toast.

Char was going on about how she was doubtful of my rave but I brushed her off, saying I was so confident of my beloved I didn’t have to defend it. She would know when she tasted it and she had to eat her words after. hahahaah

We then went to G.O.D. where she and Alwyin went gaga like how I did. She so sweetly bought me the doormat I’ve been hankering after as a Christmas gift. I went home and immediately put it down next to my new Christmas plant and took pics:

I told Char how cool my plant was. That the leaves are red when the weather’s cold and turn yellow when it’s warm and that girl, in all her directness, said, “Huh, it just means that it’s dying right!” And I was “oh.” -_- 

My poor cheapo Ikea doormat was brushed aside to be placed outside the elevator instead. So now my neighbour gets to enjoy the use of it too. How considerate of me. It’s nice though cos each level only has two flats so it does kinda feel like it’s a lift to apartment feeling.

I also managed to get myself a HK mobile contract. I was good and didn’t sign up for a new phone, just a new plan. So for as little as S$46, I get to call back to SG for 500 minutes and still get another 500 minutes of local calls every month. Woot!

Tomorrow, I’m gonna deactivate my SG number and only activate it again when I’m back in SG. Hopefully, that will save me from my exorbitant bills from my SG number since I arrived in HK.

I got home to Skype with Matt and Matt was trying to ask my mum to help with something and it always amuse me endlessly seeing them trying to communicate with each other. Funny!

I also had a quick chat with Mum and she told me how Sue called her so she could bring over the Xmas pressies the girls have for me so Matt could bring to HK for me. Mum was saying how Sue told her, “Hello auntie! I’m Yi Lian’s friend. The one who looks like a Malay but is Chinese, remember?” HAHAHAHAHA

Damn spastic but a good one cos that’s exactly how my mum managed to remember her. hahahahahahahah

Am looking forward to the coming week! But not the week after. :( Darn Sue and Karen. Liars! Now I’ll be spending NY alone. :(