The Best Route

Had been trying to find the shortest & fastest route to office since I changed my job. Reason? It was hopelessly ridiculous to reach office in 45 mins for a 5.2km journey. Finally came out with 3 different combination/permutation:

(1) 045 -> 070/086 [20-30mins, $0.88($0.69+$0.69-$0.50)]
(2) 261 -> 086 [30-45mins, $1.10($0.69+$0.91-$0.50)]
(3) 261 -> MRT -> 070/86 [~30mins, $1.06($0.69+$0.68+$0.69-$1.00]

Each route has it's pros & cons in terms of travel cost & time. Route (1) is more for Home to Office. Would be challenging as the frequency of Bus No.45 is ard 20mins, even during peak. Hence, timing is important. If I miss it, that's it.

Had been taking Route (2) before discovering the wonders of Route (1). That almost drove me up the wall, with the amount of time being wasted on the journey & the waiting. Will still use it (in reverse direction) at times when I go home, depending on the timing I guess.

Route (3) in reverse will be more for the journey back home, since Bus No.45's timing & frequency is a little problematic during the PM-peak.

Unwell

Today is certainly not my day. Muscles were still aching from the 20 laps of swim the day before. The wonderful kopi from Lvl5 Aunty didn't make my day either. Had been feeling gassy whole day. Detoxing didn't help much either ...

Hope tmr will be a better day ...

Picnic @ Sentosa

It's the 2nd time we were doing this. There were additional members. YC's in-laws & Jo from Aviva. Val seems to dislike him alot and called him a liar. That I seemed to understand the reason after listening to him for a while. *LOL*

As usual, everyone brought food & drinks. We gals enjoyed Irene's Salad as usual. Val & Irene also made cookies & brownies this round. The chips I brought were gone before I know. Cancan is now much bigger and Val was really bz, trying to teach her how to swim. The irony was, Val herself doesn't know how -.-'''

Stephen turned up quite late. YC was rather disappointed that he didn't buy the nuggets as promised. Before we know it, night has fallen on us. Went to tabao food to eat at YC's place, but not before getting out of the 45mins jam at the Sentosa Bridge. Apparently, the cause was the numerous cars trying to find a parking lot in Vivo. Bad design of the road.

Immunity against Caffeine

Had been taking coffee every morning since I started my new job in August. Besides the fact that I start work at 8.30am, being seated beside my boss, I certainly didn't want to look sleepy EVERYDAY.

Was delighted to see Nescafe GOLD in the pantry, but making the drink every morning seems to be a chore. Found out that there's a coffee machine at Lvl 5 and began to change my caffeine sources. To my dismay, I began to gain immunity against the cappucino, coffee with milk & Expresso within a month!

Just as I was wondering if I should start taking 2 expressos a day, Edna gave me a wonderful suggestion. She told me that an Aunty @ Lvl makes coffee for the whole BU every morning. Tasted good and more effective than those from the machine.

Tried it, no regrets! ^_^

3KG in 3 mths

Saw a weighing machine in the pantry area. Couldn't resist the temptation, and took a step on it. To my horror, discovered that I was 3kg heavier than I was 3 mths ago!!! Double confirmed the figures with the machine at home, which too confirmed my nitemare.

Jeez! My diet & the intake didn't change much. The only change I guess was, instead of standing in the MRT to office, I now SIT on the bus to office. Does that really matter?

No wonder I had trouble fitting into my pants lately. Guess I'll need to do something about it. 50 sit-ups everyday from today onwards!!! >_<