Senior's Orientation!

It was the time for the newly promoted audit seniors in Deloitte to come together for a full day of Orientation.

I still remembered how much I enjoyed being part of the committee to organise the Senior's Orientation for my seniors back then. It felt like yesterday...but just last Friday (31 July 2009), it was my turn to attend it, not as an organiser, but as a participant of the event!

This year's Senior Orientation was held at St Regis...I met up with Sarah and Wei Khim at Orchard MRT @ 8am and took a cabbie over to St Regis. I was feeling totally like a zombie~hahax...

(We reached early!! taken @ the ballroom=p)




(the ballroom for our orientation~nicely set up!)

The agenda for the day is pretty much like what we planned the previous year...talks from managers and then followed by team building games...And the morning passed by real slow and most of us were waiting for the morning break to come! hahax...

(Apricots and sweets for us on every table~it sure helped a little to prevent my stomach from growling!hahax...)

And morning break came and we had some light finger food with tea/coffee served as well. After the break were more talks again and then some mini games which somehow failed to perk us up very much! And within only a short span of say 2 hrs, our buffet lunch was ready for us! *seriously it's all about eating on that day!!*hahax...

(Food for our buffet lunch was superb!!!)



(Treasures in DT~)



(2009 and 2008 Senior Orientation GFSI reps)



(All busy eating! hahax~)




(My nice colleagues~)



(Yujia and me with our crappy manager~)



(Junne and me with Yogi~)



(Left: Me and my er-ah~)
(Right: Junney with me~)



(Stupid Yogi never smiles properly in pics~)

Lunch hour was quite long, and we had some walk-around in the hotel and of course, had some photo craze too~

(in the lift! Their lifts look like a room!with a seat there for us too!hahax~)

(and we went up to their swimming pool @ 2nd level~wish I can be the one lying there on weekdays!)



(Taken at the lobby area~all slacking!hahax)

After lunch, we went back for the 2nd half of our Orientation. The talks were somehow more interesting (maybe cos' by then we were more awake..hahax) and I guess we did enjoy it more! Needless to say..there was a afternoon tea break not very long after..but food was still good as usual! *yum*

We ended the day with a final "100seconds no NG" game which was really fun! hahax...and my team came in as 2nd place and our prize was movie passes (9 movie passes for table of 8)! My team members gave me 2 cos' they said I contributed to 3 out of the approx 8/9 stages!heex...how nice!! =p

(All behind the ballroom for the game!)



(My table mates!)



(The game team...2 tables combined!)



(Left: Me and Maggie, the main leader for the Senior Orientations of last year and this year!Very nice lady!)
(Right: Junney with Maggie~)

After the Senior's Orientation, a few of us went to Partyworld @ Orchard to sing for 4 straight hours!!! I was totally exhausted and worn out after around 2.5hrs!hahax...

(Left: Nicole finally sing!)
(Right: wanna sing with me?!?!hahax)



(Left: Winnie and Nicole!)
(Right: Khimmy's turn to sing!)

(Ladies of the night!!)

The day completed just like that! And somehow I wished there can be more Orientations!!hahax...so I can eat and slack more!! =p...but all in all...it's a pretty great day spent with my fellow colleagues! These people are the ones who make my workdays somehow easier! =)

My date with Dar @ The Wine Glass @ MarinaKeppelBay

(The Wine Glass @ MarinaKeppelbay~)

Last Thursday, Dar and me went on a date! Not the usual dinner and movie, but a chilling out session just for us. Dar's buddy, Joel, passed me some vouchers of The Wine Glass @ MarinaKeppelbay about 1-2months back...and we decided to put it to good use to spend an evening together!

Dar and me met up after my work and headed to Harbourfront for our favourite hawker centre there cos' it's got really nice oyster omelette, fried carrot cake and noodles!!! We had a little walk around Vivocity to digest our food before taking a stroll over to MarinaKeppelbay together!

(We lurrveee the food!!!)




(Yum Yum!)



(We stopped by the bridge and took a pic while enjoying the calm sight of cruise on one side and yachts on the other~)

Upon reaching the place, probably cos the place is only open to members and invited guests, and coupled with the fact that it was a weekday, we had the whole entire place to ourselves! Felt like we had booked the whole place and were in our own world in that comfortable space!

(The Wine Glass~)

(Us!)



(Thanks to friendly bartender - Nora~)



(First drink of the night - Red wine for me! Both Merlot and Cabernet sauvignon for testing and I chose Merlot!)



(Left: Stella Artois for Dar!)
(Right: Me with the champagnes~)

And this was actually also kinda like a mini celebration for my recent promotion @ work to being a Audit Senior (not that I like the fact that I'm now a Senior but just over the mere reason of it being called a promotion..hahax!) Dar and I had quite a few drinks and we enjoyed ourselves very much with the drinks and each other's company @ that cozy place! To face the yachts, and to chit chat just anything or like when I probe him with "what he liked in me"...I wish I can have more of such evenings!

(I'm facing the yachts out there~)



(Switched place to the bar counter facing the yachts~)




(Pics of the bar counter...nicely taken by Dar~)

Then came loads of nice candid shots of me taken by Dar...hmm but not so much of his cos my candid shot skills suck big time and he just can't stop complaining!!hahax...*Sorry Dar...can't be helped!hahax!* =p

(Models of the evening?!?! =p)



(Love this shot by Dar~)



(And yes!! Our next drink...ice-cold Heineken for Dar and Long Island Tea for me!)

The staff there are really friendly too, and it didn't take long before we started chit-chatting away~I got to know that they do open for company functions and even mini private parties on yachts too! Additionally, they do organise wine tasting sessions as well! And now that I'm in their invite list, I sure am looking forward to their email on the next wine tasting session!! Heex...*slurp* I love the place!!! Oh and we're not done yet...not unless we have another last drink for the sweet and lovely night~

(Oohh some white wine on the house for me by May the bartender!*prost*)

(And we had Caiprinha for Dar...nice drink!)

And with that, we ended our relaxing drinking session...all satisfied as we left and strolled out along the bridge once again~

(Bella loves her Dar Dar!)



(Bella with the rows and rows of yachts...will one of them be mine someday?? heh heh~)



(And our final pic...going home with rosy cheeks and full of love!*smuacks*)

Seriously, if not for the fact that I had my Senior's Orientation the next day and had to wake up super early...I would have stayed all the way till they close! =p Will definitely be back for more cos I've finally found a quiet and lovely place for drinks with minimal rowdy crowds!!! (^^)
P.S Tank cute Dar Dar for the wonderful company and date! Love u!

Bella's Love #1 - Freebie day @ Fr3b Opening Bash!!!

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If you are a member of Fr3b, you probably would have joined in the fun today (1st Aug 2009) by grabbing loads of freebies home with u!! For those who are still not aware of the existence of Fr3b, it's actually a website whereby you can get samples free by just paying for the postage fees! And after using the products, review and get points replenished to your account!

Today marks Fr3b's first official opening of a physical Fr3b Concept Store located at the Stamford House! Members were invited via emails and by paying just SGD28, we get to become a member of the physical store filled with goodies, and you're be given 16 points, which will entitle you to any 8 items in their room of freebies!! This 16 points will be replenished once u review and you're ready for more freebies in future as well!!

(We're queuing up to get in!!So crowded!)



(All the Freebies waiting for us to grab!!hahax...)

Here's what Dar and me got today!! *heh heh as Dar's a member too, and he chose only a few stuff, the rest of the points goes to me!!haha*

(our door gifts combined! all goes to me of course!!hahax...)

(mixture of hair and face stuff for me! Gonna try out the the Caviar Wrinkles free Powertox which cost SGD50 for 2 small vials for retail!!and the sample kits will come to perfect use for travelling!!)

So if you haven't make your way down to Fr3b (esp if you're already a Fr3b member), head down tomorrow (2nd Aug) cos the Opening Bash will only be on for 1st and 2nd August 2009!! I'm sure you'll not be disappointed! Be sure to get your complimentary perfume vial from Perry Ellis, eye brow trimming + free vouchers from Subtle senses and make up from Cyber Colors too!

If you're not already a Fr3b member and want to be one, click here!

Hope you'll get to see this piece of sharing in time!!!

*Bella loves Fr3b!!*