Turning 28....

I turned 28 two days ago.... :) Old? Nah.... A growing pimple right between my eyes reminded me of my youth... haha!! If you can still sprout pimples, it means you are still young!!!

My birthday celebrations started on Saturday when my sister decided to make sugar figurines using fondant... She was making me cupcakes for my bday... awww... she's sweet... after my many naggings that I wanted something special... hehe!! Results of the project? Tadaa....
Aren't they cute...? Adorable huh? Some were made by me and some my sis... I like the Dino/Tortoise... hehe!! He's cute....

So then Monday came about and I had a dinner date for Pasta Zanmai... Had my staple Unagi No Spicy Pasta... it was good... and my onsen tamago... yum... Company was good as well... All in all a good kick start for what's to come....

Then Tuesday came and pressies arrived..... there were awwws... and eh? haha!! the eh? I shall explain later.... After work I had a date to Cafe Cafe.... First time there and the ambience was good... Warmly lit with crystals hanging off the ceiling giving it a classic romantic feel... Dinner was good.. the Company was great.... poor you for getting wet in the rain and falling sick... sowee.... :)

Now the actual day has arrived.... :D and I am on leave!!! Yaay!!! Yearly tradition to not work in my birthday.... But unfortunately still had to come in for a meeting but it was just for an hour so it wasnt so bad... :) Then off for some self pampering... went for a facial spa with Biotherm... it was a 2 hour session of facial and massages... nice!!! but unfortunately hence the aggravated pimple between my eyes.... UUrrghhh!!

Dinner with my family at Nero Teca was good... as usual we over ordered and stuffed ourselves silly... hehe!! Was initially planning to go Seven Ate Nine but unfortunately they were fully booked... Can you imagine that? Fully book in a Wednesday? Ah well just my luck, will just have to wait another time to try the place out....

Now for the cupcake reveal... My cutest ever birthday cake all made by my dear sister Ai Li!!! *big hugs*

Aint it just simply adorable? :D Cute leh? hehe!!

Now for the pressies... this year was a kinda good year... not as many pressies but real nice ones... The ultimate pressie us defintely from my sisters... I got a Burberry wallet from them... something I was eyeing during the HK trip and they bought it for me... Isnt it great to have sisters? haha!!!

I got a lightblok from Renee.... It is gorgeous!! Look at the glow!! Nice hor?

Then I got a October Jewellery box from precious thots from Elaine... thanks budak!!! It came with a separate bangle coz based on Elaine's estimation it would fit but jeng jeng jeng!!! It didnt!! hehe!! The card was damn cute too!!

Now for the eh? pressie... well it wasnt so much the pressie but the card... my fren Kenn was nice enough to post a card and pressie from Bintulu but the eh? part was the card was in Malay... haha!! Interesting huh? and the pressie I have not assembled yet but I am assuming it's a cat running along a track... I suppose it's too keep me entertained at work when I am stressed?I got another pressie from Ai Li after much pestering... hehe!! Now I just need to find a rope.... I saw in the display window of the shop 4 friends forever bears hanging off a rope which looked so cute so I told Ai Li I wanted it... obviously the rope was a prop and not for sale.. The initial deal was for me to find the rope and she would buy me the bears but then I got one for my birthday first eventhough I have not found the rope... hehe!! Rope oh Rope where art thou?

Last but not least... my ang pao from my mummy... It's a standard birthday gift for me to 'fai kou cheong tai'... hehe!! Thank you mummy!!

Well this is almost the end of it... still got one more dinner to go... Went to a place called Schokolart in Solaris which I didnt know of... Food was not too bad except that the signature dish was kinda weird... Chocolate Chicken Satay is just weird... haha!! But once again the company was great... couldnt stop chatting until the poor waiters were restless coz we were the only ones left.... haha!!

So that ends my birthday...I got many wishes on Facebook... Calls from Ching Yee (*big hugs*) and Vivien (*big hugs*) and smses through the day from frens and colleagues... It's nice to know that I am remembered... :D

Love you all guys!!! Thank you for all the wonderful wishes.... :) I had a great birthday.... Muacksies!!

Consultants (*roll eyes*)

There is a saying out there that goes...

"Those who cant do, teach and those who cant teach, consults"

I so concur with this saying.... I have encountered such an individual in my MBA class... Oh God... He just loves the sound of his own voice and goes on and on and on... He thinks he is great when he actually isnt... Just because he is a consultant doesnt mean he is better, just means he cant work in a normal environment.

He thinks himself as a very 'in' person.. updated and technologically savvy... Highlights the point that he is an engineer... Condemns the OHP which is in the class questioning why in this day and age does colleges still use OHP but then he himself cant get his laptop to sync with the projector and requires the help of a mere sale manager (non engineer) to do the job for him... and he condemns the OHP? *roll eyes*

He can just drone on and on about the same topic when it is clear no one is responding... Insist that we ask him questions on our research paper and when no one does, he continues to talk and sprinkle his talk with the question "So anyone wants to ask anything about their research?". I was so tempted to just say "Cant you see the answer is no, so can be get on with it?".

The comes to our presentations... When we first started our MBA, our presentations were the old school method... Bullet points with what we want to say and nothing visual.... But as we went along, we were told that presentations now need to be more dynamic, more visual, less wordy... We were told that if everything we want to say was on the slide, why present? Everyone could read. So we adapted to make our presentation more interesting and more visual. Elaborated more during our presentation with less being written on the slide...

However, the modern man he is questioned our methods saying management wants to see the words on the slide.. If we plan to elaborate an important point, we should bullet point it on the slides.. Dont forget the slide numbers coz people might want to refer to a specific slide at the end of the presentation. We all questioned why were we asked to take a step back in our methods of presentation? Has he been out of the real world for way too long? For every 20 mins presentation, he proceeds to take 40 mins to scrutinize every single slide about what we should have done and what we shouldnt have done. I truly worry about the choice made by the college to appoint him as a lecturer. Were his credentials really that outstanding? Hmmm.. I wonder...

Anyway, that was how I wasted 6 hours of my Sunday... listening to his scrutiny and wondering why me?!!!! hehe!!

Consultants? Bleh!! Give me a normal lecturer anytime...