Came back from Dick Lee's 30th Anniversary Concert at the Kallang Theatre.
Went there because of Amelia Samuel's invitation; she's one of the 3 backup singers.
Kallang Theatre has the WORST location for a theatre; went there to discover that Leisure Park (and Burger King) has completely closed, so had to proceed to KFC for dinner instead.
I enjoyed the concert. Dick Lee opened with the poignant Life Story, and ended on an upbeat note with Rasa Sayang. Discovered that Dick actually composed the Leslie Cheung canto hit Zui, and National Day songs We'll Get There and Home, which were all sung in this concert. Amelia performed Say You Be There with Dick.
Joke of the concert from Dick: Living in Singapore is like heaven because the Holy Trinity is watching over us - The Father, The Son, and The Holy Goh. Isn't that hilarious!

Came back from the cycling trip to Desaru with NUS ODAC. Trip was 2D 1N. Weather was merciful.
Route: Changi Village Jetty -> teleport to Penggarang -> teleport to Desaru. Back to Singapore the same way.
Pics are up here.

Of mention:
1) The huge waves at the beach by our chalets buffeted me again and again. It was almost impossible to make headway into the sea. I was knocked off my feet several times. Fun!
2) Had a strange dream during the night. If you refer to the December 3 post below, I mentioned my 'bad-hair' experience at my reservist in-camp training. In my dream, an RSM also found fault with my hair. But this time, the RSM is FEMALE. And not only my hair was cut, this one went further by shaving off my nicely-shaped EYEBROWS. I was furious, and complained bitterly to LS (I have no idea why LS appeared), and then I woke up.

Next (or rather, this) morning is the cycling trip to Desaru, so I couldn't sleep early, which is usually the case whenever I know I'll be going overseas the following day. That's why I usually sleep in planes. But I can't fall asleep on my bike, so I hope I'll get some proper shut-eye.

But in the meanwhile, might as well blog...

Returned home from the special preview and reception of Jaeger LeCoultre's 'The Manufacture Comes To You', apparently the largest ever exhibition organized in $ingapore by a single watch-brand.
Entire exhibition is housed in this gigantic white tent on the square outside Ngee Ann City. Didn't really mull over the exhibits and booths in detail; rather, more time was spent chatting with fellow-PuristS (the community of watch-lovers) AND April, marketing-coordinator for The HourGlass.

Wine and martinis were served. As usual, I had white wine. Reception food consisted of bread, turkey, ham, baked mini-potato, sushi (untouched by me), and an assortment of interesting desserts. The exhibition area:


On stage was a harpist who provided background music. Classy! :


The Sincere Ltd Edition of F.P. Journe tourbillon with dead seconds in black mother-of-pearl dial; what an outstanding watch. Shot was shaky, cos I had to shoot with one hand (wine-glass in the other):


The dishy JLC watchmaker who appeared on Channel Newsasia earlier this morn. When I quizzed him about it, he told me he was rather nervous during the interview, and the hosts asked their own questions instead of sticking to the scripted questions which he rehearsed for, tsk tsk.


A snapshot with Sharon Mei, marketing manager for JLC! For this event, she had watches on both wrists - the new 'Ideale' with diamonds and a Reverso with diamonds (forgot which model):


Group-shot courtesy of Zach:

Hopped out of bed at 6.40am this morning, and realised I have not showered for 2 days, cold weather you see.
I will need to take a morning shower, so might as well sweat it out beforehand; decided to get on my bike and experience Coastal Rd on a weekday morning.
I felt almost guilty as I rode past scores of $ingaporeans walking to/ waiting at the bus-stops; these people are rushing to work while I'm on a leisure ride in the cool morning air.
There were more than the usual number of vehicles along Xilin Avenue on the way to Coastal Rd, quite a few heavy ones too, not fun. Not a single roadie in sight.
Changi Beach Park was nice and peaceful, with graceful trees providing shade all the way. Rode past the SAF jetty and saw a long queue of soldiers and civilians waiting to be seaborne for Tekong.
I didn't even dismount at Changi Village hawker centre. Instead, I continued on towards Loyang, and made a stopover at school to make 3 photocopies of my passport for my cycling trip to Desaru.

Reached home, turned on the telly to Channel Newsasia, and what d'ya know, I see Melissa Hyak holding a huge watch in her hands, and it's the Jaeger LeCoultre Gyro-tourbillon. Yes, that masterpiece of a watch that is worth half a million $ing dollars. Turns out it is an interview with a JLC watchmaker (Frank Martin) who looks like Matt LeBlanc (Joey in 'Friends'). Of course, it all made sense, the special preview of the JLC exhibition is at Ngee Ann City tonight, and JLC has brought its team here. Will probably get to see that watchmaker when I'm there.

Will be joining NUS ODAC for a cycling trip to Desaru over the next 2 days. Yesterday, Mr Ee signed my 'permission to go overseas' form promptly and wrote beside his signature: 'Have a nice trip'.

Monday to Thursday was my yearly reservist in-camp at the School of Military Intelligence, Pasir Laba Camp.
Day 1: Caught by the overzealous Pasir Laba Camp RSM for longish hair; had to go camp barber for haircut before he would let me in. Quite a few NS-men were subject to the same treatment too. What a bummer >:-( I hate RSMs.
Day 2-3: Long hours spent in the lecture theatre.
Day 4: Exam which we have to pass.
Of mention: The lunch on Day 4 consisted of rice, a bun, a piece of fried fish, a piece of chicken with black pepper gravy, AND WEDGES. Of course, I asked the lunch-lady for more wedges, which she obliged.

December 9-12 is a major Jaeger LeCoultre event - (The Manufacture Comes To You), to be held at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza. It's gonna be a huge JLC exhibition.
I am lucky enough to be invited for the special reception and exhibition preview for VVIPs, media, and invited guests on December 8. Will put up photos if I can.