I declared my own off day and took my baby to Starbucks for a dose of Starbucks. I had hot choc. Hot choc is good. I surfed and sipped. And rushed back before 4pm - my staff's breaktime.

It reminds me of the lovely Hyde park stroll with Starbucks 'picnic' at the park with Emily, Lay In, and Jen. It was a lovely sunny winter morning.

We even found a lamp post and our shadows to get creative with:

Imagine: working 11 hours a day -- 7 days a week.

I was almost going to call it quits. Well, I sorta did...but what to do, I am committed to doing what I am doing now. I can't just quit because I feel like quitting. So I indulged to bring me back to sanity. The secret code is food. (I must take photos too. That's also part of the medication).

I sacrificed a bit of my bed-lazing time to get myself back to normal...and got myself a KFC Zinger burger + Wedges(!!) + Pepsi combo.

And this special treat. My special sweet treat to appreciate myself for working so hard ;) -- Oreo Cheesecake from Secret Recipe.




That sugar rush got me back to normal a bit. I still need a second dose back to sanity. It's called shopping.

We ushered the Christmas and New Year in almost the same manner...
This was Xmas '07:


The last few minutes of 2007 was spent toasting red wine (I wish it's champagne! This year it'll be champagne). And this was 2008's first few minutes spent waiting for the 15mins late fireworks. Everyone counted down, 10, 9, ..., 3, 2, 1!!! Happy New Year!

Silence. No fireworks.

Then some people made up (or hallucinated) that fireworks were at Ikano's side instead. Negative. We waited, thought maybe this year there isn't any fireworks... and boom. The most beautiful fireworks in front of us!

Happy belated-but-never-too-late-to-say New Year 2008!

I watched a movie on the first day of 2008 (which I do not remember the title) and then...had sushi with my babe.

One of the funny differences between men and women when purchasing clothes:

Women worry about the shirt getting loose after washing.
Men worry about the shirt shrinking after washing.

More next time.