Act 7, Scene 8: We're flying to Venus

End of the week. End of the month.

I had a fabulous week. Kinda dreading next week but I can't complain cos I had so much fun last week.

I went for my second group tuition last Wednesday and it was exactly like Monday. I really enjoyed myself even though I was utterly pooped. I guess the only disadvantage is that we have to dress as we would when we're in school; and that means no berms and slippers. Haha. If you knew me, you'd know that's all I ever wear. We even have to tuck in our shirts but I haven't been doing it since my first lesson and since no-one has told me off yet, I don't think I will. =P Anyway, it's still in Woodlands and it isn't so bad cos there's a straight bus from home.

Been cycling to work daily since Tuesday. Can't afford the debacle of Monday ever again but starting work at 10 is really turning out to be a blessing. Usually I'll leave home about 930 and it takes about 10 minutes of easy cycling to get to work. If I'm really in a rush, it'll take about 5-7 minutes. Haha. And from Thursday I was in a rush. I even managed to cycle to the mosque on Friday. I end my class at 12 so given that Zohor is a comfortable 1-plus, I usually cycle slowly, park and walk a bit to the restaurant near there. Have a bit of lunch then walk back to the mosque. But the cycle back is crazy. Haha. Like, last week, prayers ended at about 1.50pm so I had like 10 minutes to put on my shoes and all that other stuff. Ooh, I wear sneakers by the way. Haha. They're made of suede so they're not like normal sneakers and they're tan so, they go well with my tan pants. Haha.

Thursday was abit harder. Had tuition in Jurong. But I made the best of the trip by bringing along a book. Made the trip seem much shorter than it was. Kid was alright. Don't think I'll mention him much. House is pretty accessible too. Took a cab back after. Felt like I deserved that little bit of luxury. Haha. But it came out in the news today that taxi companies are mulling over a new fuel surcharge. Airline companies have been charging a fuel surcharge since 2004. In case you don't know what that is, it's the charge they impose on you that, in some cases, may be more than what you're paying for your ticket. Crappy yea? Anyway, the taxi companies are thinking of a 40 cent flat fee as the surcharge. But some cabbies are torn over it because they're already getting lesser fares due to the December hike. CASE has even mentioned that this recent decision might hold no water because taxi companies hiked prices in December due to 'rising fuel prices', so theoretically, this new increase is unjustified and will anull the previous reason. So we'll have to wait and see. One cabby put it very plainly by saying that this will further alienate people from the idea of taking a cab; forcing people to turn to buses and MRTs. Ooh, and did you know there are a total of 24,000 cabs on the roads? I sure didn't. Cos sometimes I don't see a single one or the taxi company cannot find me one even when I make an advance booking.

Moving on, Friday and Saturday were nice days - cos I got to spend them with Nur. We did our road-trekking thing again where I just drive and we talk about stuff. I think I wasted alot of time driving cos we didn't have a destination in mind but I didn't care. As long as she was there. Anyway, we had planned to check out where her brother was gonna start his IA but ended up getting her dinner. She had a craving for sotong you tiao so I drove to Tampines (we were in the East anyway) to Habibies but it was closed. So I drove to Simpang Bedok and Hawa's. They were super-busy and the place was jam=packed with people so had to wait for abit but it was worth it. =)

Yesterday we both had tuition so I picked her up too. Got to my own tuition late and got an earful from the mum (which is why I don't wanna talk about it). So anyway, after, I had to go down to Vivocity for some adidas event and she had to go back to work. Grabbed her lunch from Mac's along the way (and we had to wait for it cos SOMEONE wanted unsalted fries....), dropped her off then went off to Vivo. I got to the podium a mere TWO minutes late and they told me they had closed registration; which was eff-ing stupid cos they knew I was coming. They could have at least called when I hadn't turned up but did they? NOOOOooooo.... So I stormed off la. Couldn't deal with idiots that day. Grabbed my own lunch from banquet then went off to Labrador Park to have it. I'd hung around cos I wanted to fetch her home from her workplace too. Anyway Labrador park is damn nice now. Haha. It's really quiet cos there're not too many people there plus they're building a new resort thingy at the old Naval base. There's already a seafood restaurant there but I didn't see any customers yesterday.

So hung around for about an hour enjoying the sea breeze and sun. Then Princess messaged me saying it was getting hot in the office so I went to fetch her. Drove back to Yishun when she told me at the last moment that she wanted to see her old school. So we drove to Hougang and just drove around abit. Got her an ice-cream at Punggol cos it was warm. Haha. She discovered her first taste of attap chee ice cream. Next, we visited Seletar Airport, which was a first for me too and it was cool. Makes hanging out at Seletar Dam seem so lame. Haha. And then off to home we went. Was a really nice time and it made me miss those days when we used to do it on a weekly basis. =)

So here I am on a Sunday morning just lazing around. Gotta start on a couple of lesson plans soon. Taking over English classes on Monday and Tuesday and Math classes on the last 3 days of the week. Hmm, gotta step up the game I guess even though grading's just a pass or fail. But all the best to me and I do know I can do it when my head's in it so, yea. =)