A rather uneventful weekend. Well, actually last week wasn’t tttoooo bad. On Thursday night I went to watch a concert at the Victoria Concert Hall. It was a performance by the students at the Yong Siew Toh Music Conversatory. The highlight was a Hadyn cello concerto. Can’t remember which one it was now but the whole concert was pretty good. A friend had free tickets and knowing that I like the cello, very kindly asked me along.
Friday night, had dinner with an old friend. We were at Olio Dome at Wheelock Place. But after the meal there, we’ve since decided that we’ll only go there for sandwiches in future ‘cos the rest of the food has just gone down in standards. My friends spaghetti was not properly blanched and she had such a hard time chewing it. I convinced her to have it sent back to the kitchen. I’ve no faith in the kitchen there after seeing how most of the cooks are below the age of 20!
But we were accorded a view of the Chingay floats (which were for the most part ugly) and performers as we sat by the window of the restaurant. That’s probably the only thing I like about Olio Dome at Wheelock–sitting by the window and watching the cars and people go by below. Nice to just sit down, have a sandwich and read.
And after that we watched Million Dollar Baby which was good, but sad. Powerful performances by Hilary Swank and Clint Eastwood.
On Saturday I was like a sick cat. Because of an excessive amount of my collie’s fur in my room, I started having a sneezing fit which knocked me out for most part of the day. Thankfully I felt well enough by the evening to go to a friend’s housewarming party. She has just moved into an apartment with her boyfriend so the doors were opened for a booze-filled night. But I’m not a good drinker, so I only downed a bottle of Corona Beer.
Sunday, as usual, was a lazy one. I usually like to chill out at home with my books, go for a swim/jog/play tennis. Yesterday, after not having done so in a long while, I took my book with me to MacRitchie Reservoir Park and just sat there and read. Lovely. I should do that more often. It’s just absolutely relaxing with the greenery around and the cool breeze blowing. That’s one of the things I love about where I live–being within walking distance to MacRitchie.
Anyway, time to leave the remaining weekend sentiments behind and start on another week!