Christmas and the New Year was spent nursing one hell of a cough and a marathon-savy nose. Of course, I was at St James Power Station (PowerHouse) to cover an OhGenki annual party on Saturday night as well. The event was a tad bit quiet and that left me worrying about what to write for my article.
Hey, but at least I'm churning out articles successfully on top of my food reviews. Its nice to have a job I love doing (yes Astri, I sense your envy haha - but thank you for that encouragement!) and at the same time, get to improve my (not so fantastic) writing skills. I get to taste cuisines of all sorts, I get to go places, I get to know people - who could complain, really?
I got to visit St James Power Station (free), and that place was, well, spectacular. Peppermint Place (did I get that right?) looked like my kind of chill-out place, with hammocks, wooden swings in the open-air area. Strewen with pebbles and wooden planks as the flooring..it was so tempting to drop my assignment that night and jump onto the hammock. PowerHouse was not a bad place, stage-like setting with suspended spotlights and speakers, with huge spans of wire-mesh as a ceiling, plenty of high-chairs to perch on, ample sitting area at bar counters. I quite liked the power-station concept..everything there was "raw" and unpolished, like strips of metal and wooden poles as part of the deco. The DJs played House and Trance for the night, hrm. House music was good but damn, not the trance..I would have preferred a better sort, but then again, good trance in Singapore is hard to find.
The latter part of 2006 has left me raw and bruised, but here's a toast to 2007 being a better year. It might just be a busy one to start with, but I will want it to be one without regrets, since it will be last few months of official schooling before I enter the corporate world. It is hard to believe that 15 years of formal education in Singapore will have flown by just like that. No more flexible timings, no more sleeping in, no more time to pursue sports as how I do now.
New Year resolutions?
Rediscover music. Rekindle my love for music. I've dwelt too long in the sports scene, it is time to equalize both worlds, because I know I will never be as good as those who have started from young.
Find reasons to love wakeboarding with a vengeance. 'nuff said, aint' it? You guys think its too expensive to pick up, but wait till you all start jumping. That, is an addiction despite stiff knees. Ha-ha.
Let my mum feel what she has done for me the past 21 (going on 22) years was really worth it.
That should be about it. Happy 2007, everyone. :)
Hey, but at least I'm churning out articles successfully on top of my food reviews. Its nice to have a job I love doing (yes Astri, I sense your envy haha - but thank you for that encouragement!) and at the same time, get to improve my (not so fantastic) writing skills. I get to taste cuisines of all sorts, I get to go places, I get to know people - who could complain, really?
I got to visit St James Power Station (free), and that place was, well, spectacular. Peppermint Place (did I get that right?) looked like my kind of chill-out place, with hammocks, wooden swings in the open-air area. Strewen with pebbles and wooden planks as the flooring..it was so tempting to drop my assignment that night and jump onto the hammock. PowerHouse was not a bad place, stage-like setting with suspended spotlights and speakers, with huge spans of wire-mesh as a ceiling, plenty of high-chairs to perch on, ample sitting area at bar counters. I quite liked the power-station concept..everything there was "raw" and unpolished, like strips of metal and wooden poles as part of the deco. The DJs played House and Trance for the night, hrm. House music was good but damn, not the trance..I would have preferred a better sort, but then again, good trance in Singapore is hard to find.
The latter part of 2006 has left me raw and bruised, but here's a toast to 2007 being a better year. It might just be a busy one to start with, but I will want it to be one without regrets, since it will be last few months of official schooling before I enter the corporate world. It is hard to believe that 15 years of formal education in Singapore will have flown by just like that. No more flexible timings, no more sleeping in, no more time to pursue sports as how I do now.
New Year resolutions?
Rediscover music. Rekindle my love for music. I've dwelt too long in the sports scene, it is time to equalize both worlds, because I know I will never be as good as those who have started from young.
Find reasons to love wakeboarding with a vengeance. 'nuff said, aint' it? You guys think its too expensive to pick up, but wait till you all start jumping. That, is an addiction despite stiff knees. Ha-ha.
Let my mum feel what she has done for me the past 21 (going on 22) years was really worth it.
That should be about it. Happy 2007, everyone. :)