It seems like the year just started and its going to be Christmas so fast!

Well, am looking forward for Christmas. I was intending of getting a 5-foot White Christmas Tree for my home but am contemplating thinking of the storage. I hope that it doesn't turn brown or black when I keep it aside after the celebrations. Haha!

Yea, I heard that there are many shops at 'The Concourse' - (Situated at Beach Road) selling Christmas items at wholesale prices. You can also get your Christmas Trees there at a very reasonable price, so check it out. Am planning to head there to get my Christmas stuff too.

This had been a very busy week for me. Rushing stuff at work and attending courses. I was attending this HR Admin Writing course from Thursday to Friday and boy, I was bored to death. My office and myself had this impression that this course might help me brush up on my writing skills, like letter writing, memo drafting..etc.

But the course was more on

- How to form simple sentences.
- How we should replace 'She wants to eat apples today.' instead of 'She want to eat apple.'

They did brush up on letter writing formats and all, but it was all just too brief. They were focusing more on the English Language by itself. I really felt that I was traveling back to Primary School.

The plus point was that the course was held at 'Riverview Hotel' so our refreshments & lunch were sponsored by the hotel. Although the hotel was ageing, the place looked alright. I thought that they can improve on their customer service though.

On the first day (Thursday), I was very late for the course. I had trouble getting up la. As usual, my nocturnal habits have started acting up. So instead of alighting at City Hall or Dhoby Ghaut, (the two nearest MRT Stations; the Hotel was walkable from these stations) I alighted at Toa Payoh in the hope of hopping into a taxi and flying to the hotel. Instead, I was greeting by this very long queue for the taxi. No taxi boards could be found so I wonder who was the inventor of this. Anyhow, I managed to get a cab in lesser then 10 mins but ended up reaching my course 25minutes late, at 9.25am. The taxi cost me $9.90. Whoaa, Heart pain la.

On Friday, I woke up slightly earlier and rushed off as I didn't want to waste my money on the cab fare again. I reached Dhoby Ghaut at 8.55 am. Sheesh. Only had 5mins and I really don't know Dhoby Ghaut too well. Decided to take a cab from there again. So I was practically running up the escalator finding for a taxi stand. Then I was walking and walking when I finally decided to ask a lady on where the nearest taxi stand was. She pointed at a direction which needed atleast another 10 mins of walking. Gosh! And then she added, 'You might get a cab from here; you can try your luck la.' GRRR.

Now it was already 9am. Sheeeesh. Late again. I don't know which direction I was walking but I was just stomping away trying to find for a taxi stand. And suddenly when I looked up, I saw the hotel. Haha. Saved on my taxi fare. Flew up to the course venue and managed to reach there at 9.05am. Foo. Accomplishment. Was grinning to myself as drops of perspiration trickled down my forehead. I think I looked like I just ran my 2.4 under the hot sun, but who cares! I was only 5 mins late!

I think I need to do something about my punctuality now. Maybe that can be my new year resolution? Lol.

The course was like a break from work, so I really really appreciated this chance. And I have another course to attend this Thursday and Friday. Hopefully it's more interesting.