Time flies too fast

It's certainly been quite a number of days since my last posting. Been a rather busy, tiring, stressful and emotional period for me. Partings are never easy I guess.

To quote a phrase that was used by someone in my farewell card "Time flies too fast".

For those of you who are in constant contact with me, you may know that I've finished my 2 year stint at my current workplace. In the words of Princess M's mommy, kestrel will be going back to being the gatekeeper ;p The place where many people have said that they will fatten me up again, when they realised that I lost weight hehz.

Many thanks once again to my wonderful friends (yes. I've been told by Yogz that I should not be using cold words like "we worked together" ;p), who have continued to indulge me in my final food hunt in this final week :) *touched*

In a way, thank you for sending me off with a "big bang". Being observed and chased all across the ballroom of Novotel Clarke Quay for 6 times in a day, in front of a crowd of 300 people, including bosses, was definitely a rousing experience. I hope my CEP didn't drop though ;p Erm, if there ever were any pictures taken of the spectacle, do send them to me hehz ;p (For the uninitiated, CEP stands for Current Estimated Potential in civil service lingo. Yeah. it determines how far you will go in the public sector)

The subsequent hours spent at the pump room was swell too. I have this feeling that I must have been speaking in a louder volume and laughing even more loudly than the din that I create in the office on a daily basis ;p Nonetheless, it was fun. To my dear unit-mates, thank you for sparing me, on the sly, when I couldn't meet my KPI ;) Will work harder on it. Probably may try again for the October parties that we were planning last night ;p

Am glad to say that I get to take a 2 week break before starting work proper in my new place. 1 week will be spent overseas eating kimchi on a daily basis. The remaining week will be spent wrecking havoc on you guys' life hehz. Me having fun while you guys are working. I jest ;p

Just to digress a little. Just came up with a small project in mind ;p Yeah. I'm rather prone to doing small projects that pops up in my mind ;p I came across an interesting article about "Attraction" on the net. Yeah. Kestrel here likes reading about such stuff ;p

To summarise the article, it said that Attraction is not a choice.

For a relationship to work, there must be attraction on multiple levels: physical, emotional, and intellectual.

If you are attracted to someone’s mind, chances are you will make good friends.
If you are attracted to someone’s mind and heart (e.g., how they treat you and others), chances are you will make great friends.
But you cannot have a relationship unless there’s a strong element of physical passion.

Agree? Perhaps we could do a little poll here ;p It's been quite a while since I dabbled in polls on my blog :)

Thought I'll end off this posting with a picture of the latest gadget that I got :) Courtesy of the wonderful friends that I have made in my recently ended 2 year stint. Just spent the entire afternoon loading stuff into it. Am bringing it with me for the trip :)

Foodie unconfidential!

One of those days when I'm back early from lunch again ;p

Thought I'll do a short update on my food trail. Half of my lunch accomplices went AWOL on Monday. By Tuesday, I'm the only one left of the lunch gang. Need to thank Namsteroy and gang for helping me continue with the food trail. Despite the rain on Monday and the hot sun on Tuesday i.e. today ;)

Had my long awaited duck rice at Circular Rd. Just had the Nasi Padang on banana leaf at Circular Rd today. Complete with the sumptious Tahu Telok yum yum :) Am satisfied.

Had another surprise too. Was in the mood to wear a new top today. Basically, was running out of ideas of what to wear to office. Was pleasantly surprised when 3 of my colleagues actually noticed my new top hehz. Ok. I know I'm vain ;p But still, you know, it feels good to be noticed LOL ;) Really makes my day :)

Have posted a picture of my new top ;p Hehz. In line with my "no show face" policy, you guys get to see just the top :) minus the face. Trust me. You ain't missing much ;p If you're observant enough, you might just spot that small abrasion that I got from Sunday's 10km run ;p

Running in shape and yellow duckies

Completed my 10km shape run today :) am glad to say that I did a personal best! was quite a pleasant surprise cos I felt quite lousy and had a massive case of inconfidence before and during the run. Just didn't feel that strong doing the run....

Before I talk more about the run, just would like to thank a friend for making some references to my blog in his blog ;p Hehz. You know who you are. Not sure about you, but kestrel here always feels very touched and gets quite a kick out of getting all the comments and references to my blog in other blogs ;) Thanks for reading my blog!

Back to the run. Thought I'll share some really heartwarming scenes that I saw today :) The shape run is a women's only run. Men are not supposed to be taking part in the run. For my 10km run, there was this guy, who kept running along the pavements to alongside the run. He would sprint ahead. Stop. Take pictures of his wife/gf who's running. Sprint again ahead. Take further pictures again. So sweet ;) I'm definitely very impressed. ;p

Nearing the end of the run, I saw this guy, hand in hand with his wife/ gf, walking towards the finishing line. The lady looked rather tired but this guy kept cheering her on to complete the run. Hehz. Absolutely heartwarming :) Kudos to the guy :)

Went off for lunch at central mall. Was very lucky to get a table that has the perfect view of the Singapore river. Caught the ducky race - which unfortunately would be held for the last time. Some pics to share with all of you :) (at the top...hmmz. gotta figure out how to put pics at the end)

Very Important Lunches

I'm back by popular demand! ;p I jest ;p Received 2 feedback from my friends over lunch asking for updates to my blog (think they are just being kind;p) so impressionable me is back to blogging again. Just a short one though ;p Catch a few minutes after lunch ;) Must say that I've not eaten at this speed in a long time. Lunching with 7 guys is really quite a challenge!

As some of you may know, I'm moving from one phase of my life to another phase of my life soon (a bit of an exxageration..but somewhat true).

To mark the completion of my current posting, I have embarked on a culinary trail around my current workplace. Have pre-planned my lunch menu for 3 weeks. Gotten a bunch of 3 other "accomplices" ;p Just to ensure that I will get to finish eating all my favourite food around the area before I move off to my new/old place ;)

Monday marks the beginning of Kestrel's culinary trail :) We braved the heavy downpour to make our way to Chin Chin at Purvis st (hope I got it right) for hainanese porkchops ;) Yum yum. Picture attached ;)

Tuesday was lunch at Sushi Tei. A treat - courtesy of my lunch "accomplices" ;p So sweet of them :) Took a nice pic of them as well :)

The trail will continue come next Monday....probably around the Circular Road area. Readers, if you are interested to join, please let me know ;p