it was a crazy day at work, with not enough time to complete the tasks at hand... made worse as I would be "out of touch" for the next 18 days. It has been quite a long while since I had more than a day beyond close proximity to my work laptop. Now, I would be thousands of miles from it... guess I should be happier than, you know, paranoid.
well, most of the plans are in place, and we will make the best use of our time there. for legs of the trip that we had not made ample plans on the itinerary, we will just make them up as we go along.
here we go...
Friday, June 20, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
back at last, for a while
after 27 nights, 17 flights, many road travels and hotel stays, i have finally reached home, and had the much needed rest... where 10 hours of sleep was truly 10 hours long. besides the aches in the body (punishing badminton session on sat), i must say that i feel rested at long last.
just came home from fetching my parents. it was just from a bus-stop distance away, but since they asked, and i was really free, why not... then only at the carpark at our place, i noticed that my parents were walking really slowly, and i only found out later that my mom had strained her back in the afternoon (and it was only cos my father offered that information). I felt a little ashamed that I did not ask earlier, but then, I was smiling within. Smiling becos there they were, chatting happily, arm-in-arm and walking very slowly. :-)
the essense of the upcoming vacation planning is complete, with only some to-do lists to be thought through! yeah! 2.5 weeks of break from work. hope i will not be too stressed before or after that at work.
just came home from fetching my parents. it was just from a bus-stop distance away, but since they asked, and i was really free, why not... then only at the carpark at our place, i noticed that my parents were walking really slowly, and i only found out later that my mom had strained her back in the afternoon (and it was only cos my father offered that information). I felt a little ashamed that I did not ask earlier, but then, I was smiling within. Smiling becos there they were, chatting happily, arm-in-arm and walking very slowly. :-)
the essense of the upcoming vacation planning is complete, with only some to-do lists to be thought through! yeah! 2.5 weeks of break from work. hope i will not be too stressed before or after that at work.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Beijing weekend
i was planning grand things for this trip: get the wedding suits tailored, meet up with the soon-to-be-weds, go to the Great Wall...
Tailoring was done last night, and I was supposed to check it out this morning, in case there are corrections to be done. My friend and her husband-to-be had a home BBQ and I joined them and their two friends at their appartment. After getting lost on the way there, and 6 flights of stairs in darkness, I found them, and had a great time with food, red wine, and whisky... and cigars for two of them. By the time I was back to the hotel, I was tipsy and a bit too happy for my usual self.
anyhow, i tried to do some work and drank my routine cuppa coffee before turning in at about 2 am. and I had set an ambitious 6.30 am to wake up. well, i woke up at 2pm, destroying all my plans... Rushed to get out of the room to check out the clothes, which fit okay. Perhaps it is cos I was easy. Now, the only thing left to do is to get a luggage (cos mine just died) and maybe do some sightseeing before 6pm. It is now 3.25 on at Saripon's Pizzeria at Xiu Shui Jie...
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the above was written while having breakfast/lunch/tea... I did get a luggage (not a great price, but hey, not as if I have much of a choice at this moment), and only got to go to the Beihai Garden. Dinner was pleasant, but the usual tourist stuff was not accomplished at all. Oh well, there will be other times in future. Meeting up with friends was entertaining, so I do not regret oversleeping this morning. Less than 20 days to their big day.
Tailoring was done last night, and I was supposed to check it out this morning, in case there are corrections to be done. My friend and her husband-to-be had a home BBQ and I joined them and their two friends at their appartment. After getting lost on the way there, and 6 flights of stairs in darkness, I found them, and had a great time with food, red wine, and whisky... and cigars for two of them. By the time I was back to the hotel, I was tipsy and a bit too happy for my usual self.
anyhow, i tried to do some work and drank my routine cuppa coffee before turning in at about 2 am. and I had set an ambitious 6.30 am to wake up. well, i woke up at 2pm, destroying all my plans... Rushed to get out of the room to check out the clothes, which fit okay. Perhaps it is cos I was easy. Now, the only thing left to do is to get a luggage (cos mine just died) and maybe do some sightseeing before 6pm. It is now 3.25 on at Saripon's Pizzeria at Xiu Shui Jie...
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the above was written while having breakfast/lunch/tea... I did get a luggage (not a great price, but hey, not as if I have much of a choice at this moment), and only got to go to the Beihai Garden. Dinner was pleasant, but the usual tourist stuff was not accomplished at all. Oh well, there will be other times in future. Meeting up with friends was entertaining, so I do not regret oversleeping this morning. Less than 20 days to their big day.
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