Diary of a Singaporean now living in Rome, Italy
Somewhere in Singapore, the full moon shines and gazes down peacefully at the view beneath her.
But the peace and quiet is soon broken …
What will our heroine do?
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I do so love my shoes.
I may not be the most gentlest person with shoes Being a rather rough person, regular shoes typically dont last more than a month with me. In the end, I’d usually encounter footwear calamities like this that I can only laugh at days after.
But that doesnt stop me loving beautiful shoes.
I was walking around the Jurong Point Shopping Center when I found these very pretty and colourful pair of wedges at Charles and Keith. It was love at first sight. I just had to try them on. It looked as good as it was comfortable to wear.
It was so comfortable that I had no problem wearing when riding my scooter.
Another pair of lovely that I found was from Bata. Even though Bata has a reputation here in Singapore, as being ‘Buy And Throw Away’ for not lasting very long, undeniably, there are some very lovely designs there, such as this green and pink cork wedges that I found.
It was extremely sexy. And I loved how it immediately made any outfit feminine. It was a timeless design. The only minus point was that it can get uncomfortable after a while because of its gradient. A day at work with these shoes wont be practical.
The funny thing is, I dont usually wear these shoes and my other pretty shoes to work anymore. Instead, I wear a pair of mocassins thats almost disintegrating already but I just dont have the heart to replace.
Do you have any objects that you absolutely adore like I adore shoes?
Ah! Its so nice to meet up with old friends again!
Sheedah invited me to her wedding. Sheedah was a friend and an ex colleague from the previous school that I was attached with. I spent about two years there and had very fond memories of the school.
I messaged Narima if she wanted to go with me. She affirmed, so I fetched her on my scooter, and together we went to the ceremony.
A dance for the bride and groom
It still tickles me when I think about us wearing baju kurong (traditional Malay wear) on two wheelers. Me in my orange gold dress and my wedges and Narima in her Kebaya must have attracted quite a few shocked motorists on the road. I imagined that they were thinking, “Crazy Women! Why on earth are they wearing fancy clothes like that on a scooter?”
When we reached there, I saw so many of my ex-colleagues. We looked at each other and started to talk animatedly, excited to see each other again. I missed them so!
We entered the grand hall and waited for the bride and groom. It was so lovely, the sound of the Malay drum beating in chorus, and adorable little girls strewing flower petals on the floor. Sheedah looked radiant and her husband, Suhaimi looked equally dashing.
The chandelier almost covered my face
One could see the love in their eyes as they smiled and glanced at each other. It was so lovey dovey. It made me feel like wanting to get married too.
While watching the emcee talk, I updated my friends on whats new in my life while they updated theirs. It seemed that there are quite a few changes in the school – quite a few staff has left or thinking of leaving. Some going for new pastures, like teaching in Hong Kong.
Peiyi : Hey! You look so nice!
Me : Not as nice as you 🙂 You look beautiful in that outfit and that hairstyle.
Peiyi : I thought you were coming with your boyboy?
Me : No, he’s coming in December, thats why I sms’ed you about Tea Chapter.
Sherry : It’s popular with tourists.
Xiaofang : Boyfriend?
Peiyi : Where is he from?
Sherry : What is he working as?
Peiyi : How did you guys met?
Me : Erm .. erm ..
I was really happy to be around these wonderful people.
Mr Loo, Me, Hasnah, Waheeda, Linda and Narima.
But the night ended too quickly and we had to say our goodbyes too soon. But what a lovely night. Being among good friends is one of the most priceless things one could have.
By the way, the post to be Marina’s husband is now open. You may apply here.
I’m liking the new Blogger. I’ve finally have what I’ve always wanted to have – labels! Now I can categorize my posts and choose to read which category I want at one click.
There’s also the ‘widget’ feature which I like, once I’ve adjusted it, it will stay the same, no matter what template I change to. But now that Blogger has upgraded from CSS to XML, I believe alot of blog-skins will cease to work. Fortunately for this blog, it has a very simple design. 🙂
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I had a lovely day on Thursday which was the eve of Teachers’s day. I still went to work even though I had another day to rest – I was concerned as there wasnt anyone manning the pictures and the video for the school. I was feeling better anyways.
I watched the school concert put up by the school students – some were dancing, some formed a band, there was even one who did beat-boxing.
I felt well enough to attend the teacher’s day lunch. I asked Sophia, the admin manager, where the place was
Sophia : Its at River View Hotel
Me : Err .. Where’s that?
SOphia : Do you know where Havelock Road is?
Me : No … Where’s that?
Sophia : Its near Zouk (a night club)
Me : I dont go clubbing
In the end we consulted streetdirectory and read the directions from there but just to be double sure, I asked some of the staff who were driving if I could follow their car.
V : I’m not sure if that’s a good idea
Me : Why not?
V : I’ll be driving quite fast
Me : Just say that you dont want me to follow you
V : Its not that, I’m not sure if you can keep up
In the end, I said nevermind. It was obvious that he did not want me to follow his car so I proceeded to go to the journey by myself. Should be easy. Ayer Rajah Expressway leading to the Central Expressway, turn right and then ride along Havelock road.
I rode along Ayer Rajah Expressway, and then exited the Central Expressway as I was supposed to but I couldnt recognize any landmarks. What made it worse was that it started to rain heavily. Raindrops started to fall on me like tiny spikes. I never realised how painful it was to ride in the rain.
The Tanjong Pagar Railway
I stopped by the Tanjong Pagar Railway to consult my streetdirectory book and after getting the directions proceeded on my journey again.
Cold, soaking wet and miserable, I finally found the right road but I still couldnt find the hotel. It was so annoying.
Only when I left that I finally found the building. Printed on the high rise hotel in red words, River View Hotel. I could almost hear the angels sing.
The beautiful Kat
So stressed out I was, I signed up for the karaoke competition on a whim. And guess what? Me and my partner won first in the duet category!
Hee Hee hee!