Busy Bee

It was another activity-filled weekend. No more complaining about weekends going by pointlessly, boringly, and wondering how countless hours just whizz by while you were doing nothing - read: sleeping/vegging.

Friday night, met up with Eddy from ET Music. He owns one of the companies that manages bands for events. We're thinking of either a 3-piece piano/doublebass/drums or 4-piece (add sax) jazz band for our wedding. Also looking at Striiiings - a string quartet - which specialises in classical music and jazz. Then caught up with XL, Kay and BB at WineBar for a couple of drinks.

Saturday was a busy day! Woke up early to 扫墓 at Bishan. Then popped by RI with XJ for him to reminisce abit before rushing to Seletar Hills (?!?) to meet up with Naleeza. She used to be a lawyer, but has since left the profession to bake pretty wedding cakes! She also hosts interviews on CNA, the most recent being that feature on Asian millionaires. Just in one session, she has ingrained in us the dangers of trans-fat. That got XJ and I reading food labels like crazy since. Haha. Incidentally, Today had a write-up on Nestle and how their products have less than 1% trans fatty acids. Here's what it says:

"...Trans fat is formed when liquid vegetable oils go through a chemical process called hydrogenation. In it, hydrogen is used to add density to the oils. Hydrogenated vegetable fats are used by food processors because they allow longer shelf life and give food desirable taste, shape and texture. Evidence suggests that consumption of trans fat raises low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad" cholesterol levels and lowers high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or "good" cholesterol levels, causing the arteries to become clogged and increasing the risk of developing heart disease and stroke..."

*shudder*

Drove home from Seletar Hills to rest a bit before trekking right across the country to Hume Ave for Dons' and Iky's marriage blessing ceremony. Check out the pics:

Ok, sorry, the only shot we got was one with the exit sign.. =X

With Dons, Iky and XJ

Getting cuddly with baby Naomi

Naomi wonders where that big head popped out from. Heh.

Naomi demos her rubber-face

Naomi tries to get me rubber-faced too

Meet our flowergirls: Phoebe and Audrey - Ain't they sweet?

You thought we were done for the day? Not quite! After Dons' and Iky's do, we headed down to XL & Get's place at Robertson for drinks. Gee.. it was really 环岛追追追 for us today.

Sunday was 环岛追追追 round 2! Dragged myself out of bed after only 3-odd hours of sleep to go to church, did speed shopping and bought yummy Royce chocolate in Orchard, then hitting Serene Centre for Teh Tarik ice cream before heading to Choa Chu Kang for lunch at Uncle Ray's newly renovated apartment. *pant pant*

Maybe it's all that running around the whole weekend - but now I'm down with a bad throat infection. Doc gave me 2 days' MC. Felt awful this morning, all woozy and weak from the fever, but slept it all off. Other than the slight discomfort which is kept under control with all the meds, and the fact that I'll be missing out on all my exercise for the next week or so (nearly died doing weights last night!), these couple of days' rest are more than welcome. It's given me the opportunity to catch up on much needed sleep, I got to do some reading (legal docs and floozy magazinees don't count), sorted out some thoughts on wedding preps/admin, and I've updated my blog!

Looking forward to another day of rest and recuperation, and by the time I make it back to work, it's past the mid-week mark. And then it's the weekend again. Yippeee!!