A long weekend and a SUPERB chillout!

It's been almost 2 and a half months since I had any Saturdays off from work. Thank goodness this Saturday there isn't heavy events going on. I went back to office for a short while to tie up loose ends and managed to 'knock off' at 11.20am to catch a shuttle bus from Great World City to Chinatown. I had a makan outing with friends from a forum at Chinatown's Hong Lim Market and Cooked Food Centre. We met up at Chinatown MRT before proceeding to Hong Lim Market & Cooked Food Centre. Guess what we had? Cha Kway Teow! Yummy! Here's what we had... don't salivate, go try it! I had the Chat Kway Teow without chilli and hum because I don't like the raw fishy rubbery after-taste.

After we had the wonderful Cha Kway Teow for lunch, we went over to a cafe. It's newly opened by a friend's ex-camp mate, who set it up with 2 other partners. It's called Global Sounds. It's a cafe with World Music theme. Not a bad theme for a cafe, since there isn't any in Singapore with such a theme. Moreover, I've been trying to search for a suitable place to chill and hang out after my tiring working days for my weekends.

It's at the corner of Smith Street and it's pretty easy to find.

Entrance

We climbed up a flight of stairs to the 2nd floor and we had a pleasant suprise. The interior was quite well furnished and gave a homely warm cosy feeling.

Global Sounds Cafe's Entrance & Interior

We eased ourselves into a comfortable sofa corner and settled down for long chats, with several rounds of drinks and deserts. The Chef Tiramisu, Cafe Latte, Cafe Vienne, Ice Blended Mocha were ordered by my friends. All enjoyed the F&B. I had my 1st round of drinks with Ice Honey Osmanthus. It gave a fruity and slightly floral taste with a fragrant tinge of sweet honey. I liked it and ordered a 2nd round of Ice Honey Rosebud. This drink gave a more floral and fragrant taste, cuz of the young rosebuds.

Food & Beverages

We stayed and chatted for hours, settling and immersing ourselves into long conversations, thoroughly enjoying each others company. Some left early due to other appointments, and some of us stayed till 7pm. The rest of us then had a short dinner together before going home, to have the remaining evening to ourselves.

Long absence.... MIA and now back!

It's been a really long time since I last posted. Much things have been happening again. Moved on to another stage in life and started working full-time in a company to learn about running a business. Oh yes, my company's located in Great World City, pretty near to Orchard. It's really convenient for me to pop over to major bookstores like Borders, Kinokuniya and Times (at Plaza Singapura) with a direct bus.

Of course the boss won't just happily and gladly let me take high positions and giving instructions to staff. At my current experience and skills level, I'm starting at the bottom and back to basics. YES, all that quotes and advises from old kungfu masters and Yoda from Star Wars on "Back to basics, basics & more basics then mastering them over the years before advancing" ARE THE REAL STUFF! NO KIDDING HERE!

I'm real glad and lucky that the boss is a real nice guy and is willing to mentor me. What's more, he's willing to be flexible with the staff's working hours and letting him know when I need time off to relax or to balance work-life issues.

At this current stage, the company is undergoing transition. Lots of movement and changes are under way, so I've to work longer hours and cover some duties. There's also changes of staff during these 2 months (you know the job market now, people come & go....). Hope this stage will pass fairly soon with more staff (long-term stay I hope) coming on board and get the business on track. It's a real challenge and a superb learning opportunity to go through this stage with the company. It's been going for 2 months now.... and I believe it'll get better for the next 1 year and looking forward to see the fruits by end of next year.

As for my own time for relaxation, it's alternate Saturdays and Sundays with my current schedule. Guess I'll be chilling at cafes and hanging out at major bookstores to get my fill of people-watching and filling my neurons with new knowledge.

See you guys around soon!