Isn't it ironic that I actually update more often when I was obliged to stay in at the workplace for the whole work week?

Anyways, Mondays are off-days for we people involved in the parade rehearsals all the way til the 9th of August. And thus I can safely say that my 5 day work week starts on Tuesday and ends on Saturday, one day later than the typical employee.

Today I just had lunch with an example of a typical employee over at the business and financial hub of our city. We tried out Sam's at OneRafflesPlace which, simply put it, is a bistro offering hawker fare at twice the price and half the quantity (typical of similar establishments in that area).

Following which, we sauntered over to Eskimo Cafe & Dessert Bar, a tiny outlet specialising in bubble tea which was still jam-packed with customers despite it being a quarter past two, the typical cut-off timing for lunch. I had a Super Bubble Milk Tea while she had a Mini Bubble Milk Tea.

The difference? The size of the pearls.

The verdict? Like what I was told, one cup of bubble tea from Eskimo's will "turn one away from Sweettalk and other neighbourhood dessert shops forever". She has a point there. Little wonder why the working professionals in that area all flock to it to satisfy their cravings.

And the best thing was, it did not rain at all even though the sky was undeniably overcast for pretty much the whole day. An inaudible sigh of relief could almost be heard from the temp. worker when we finally arrived back at the office.

Near Chevron House, a team from Coca-Cola was giving out free cans of 'Heaven & Earth's Iced Passionfruit Tea', a personal favourite for quite some time since it was launched earlier in the year. (Besides, the Coca-Cola webpage is quite entertaining and refreshing..) Free things being the particular favourite of Singaporeans, the cans (which were chilled to boot) were snapped up at an alarming rate. Eager as well when it comes to freebies (Note - my collection McDonald's Coke glasses is still not complete) I myself took two cans home.

Walked past the scene of Saturday's rehearsal on my way to Raffles City where I explored the new extension over to Esplanade MRT Station. The finds there include Paper Market, a gift shop selling rather exotic art and crafts as well as stationeries. I bought a small pocket book with a French cover for use in the course of my work. It'll be a log of sorts.

The new Esplanade Xchange is now open and links Raffles City with Marina Square. Looking for a new magazine to while my Saturdays away while on reserve I headed over to Times to browse through their collection. Eventually one hour plus later (after reading the last parts of Alex Rutherford's 'Empire of the Moghul - Brothers at War') I settled on FORTUNE magazine's Top 500 bumper edition which set me back by about twenty bucks. I'm going to discover in the coming week whether it was money well spent.

It can also be seen that I'm not a sucker for shopping trips that deal with fashion apparels and the like. The only thing I know was that there was a flash flood over at Orchard Road yet again.

Adverse weather we Singaporeans have been subjected to recently - Heavy rainfall concentrating in a few areas instead of blanketing the whole island evenly. The Public Utilities Board once boasted of floods as a 'once in fifty years' rarity. Now 'thrice in seven weeks' should be the more accurate descriptor.

Anyway, there's a new Red Mango store at the Xchange.. I had a taste of their yoghurt over at *scape the other week, and boy was it great. This concept of over-the-counter yoghurt was even documented by Forbes in 2008. So it has finally come to Singapore after all the hoo-hah in the States and in Korea.


The buy-one-get-one-free promotion at Red Mango *scape (ended end June I think). Just the right thing for a hot hot day and a weight-conscious dude (:

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