This weekend has been so jam-packed full of activities; it's 9.30pm on Sunday and I was actually contemplating going to bed at 9pm tonight, but decided it's high time I wrote another post.
After a hectic start to the week (which followed on from not much sleep last weekend due to Roland Garros finals and the start of the Euro 2008) which included working til midnight on Tuesday, work went alright for the rest of the week, thankfully. I did not catch up on sleep as I had intended, though, and as a result have consumed more coffee than I (and my bank account) would have liked this weekend.
The weekend started with Friday night at the movies. Mick and I wanted to see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull but by the time we got to the cinemas that night, there was a massive line and the session we wanted to see was sold out, except for 2 seats right in the front row. The thought of straining our necks to try and watch the movie from that angle just did not appeal, so we ditched the queue and went to a posher cinema on the other side of the mall and paid more money for roomier seats (kind of like the ones at Nova on Lygon St in Carolton, except this is a new cinema) and got back row centre seats for The Incredible Hulk. The movie was alright though not spectacular, and I'm not saying that because I'm a girl. Mick thought so too.
I had a coffee before the movie at 10pm, so I was not sleepy and ended up watching the first Euro match that night; went to bed at 4am! Had to be up by 9am to attend Adrian and Noelle's church ceremony at 11am. Instead, my silly body clock woke me up at 7.30! The church ceremony was beautiful, and I'm glad I went to a Catholic school and didn't feel too 'sesat' during the service. I was still 'sesat' to a certain extent, though - didn't know a single person there apart from the bride! However, I did recognise the groom and his twin younger sisters from uni.
After the service, I headed over to Robert's place for his son's full moon party. Mick, Kok Ming and formed the 'young and cool' kids club :) Ate too much there.
Then, headed to my aunt's coz my cousin was baking the chocolate chip cookies again. She made a double batch! I brought some home because I was too full from lunch, but discovered today that some genius(es) had decided to eat all but one, and when I opened the jar, ants were all over that single cookie. Not happy!
Had a quick nap at home before heading out for the wedding dinner at Equatorial Hotel. The ballroom was set up so beautifully. And Noelle, in the 3 dresses she co-designed, looked stunning. Adrian, of course, looked really good (and happy) as did the rest of the bridal party. Met some people last night, Adrian's colleagues and some people from another audit firm who looked a little familiar. Turned out, it was their group that I played futsal with when I first started working in KL! How random is that. Went out with some of Adrian's workmates from Melbourne and HK after dinner, but was too tired to stay out too long. Plus, I had to get up this morning for...
Musical Jamboree at KLCC. The performers are students of musicians who are part of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, and my cousin was one of them. This started at 10am, and I had to leave by 12pm to head to Shah Alam for SkyTrex (more on that later). I was pretty tired this morning, and some of the music was so soothing and relaxing, like the solo violin, I let the sounds wash over me, and caught myself dozing off a couple of times. I would have loved to fall asleep in my chair with the music being played, but that would have been rude. Shen's cello quartet was item #6 out of 7 in this first half, so I left during the interval to catch the train to meet some workmates...
SkyTrex is a pretty crazy concept. You climb up to 17 metres above the ground, and get from tree to tree in various ways that include walking planks, swinging on a rope (ala Tarzan or 'Tarzana' (note, not 'Jane')) , walking in U-shaped nets, and flying fox-ing. Of course, it is all done with a harness on, and everyone goes through an introductory talk and exercise (about 3 metres above ground) before they are allowed to tackle the full SkyTrex course.
It took our group of 10 about 3 hours to complete the course, coz we waited around a bit for each other, when it's estimated that it should take about 2 hours to do. Although a lot of fun, I didn't get the adrenaline kick I thought I would. Perhaps I was to busy concentrating on NOT falling. Nevertheless, I made sure I 'woot'-ed and shouted when I did the big swings and flying foxes.
The thing about SkyTrex is that as you go through the course, the sequence of people remains pretty much fixed. So if, for example I have a camera, the only people I will be able to photograph are the backs of the person before me, and the front of the person behind me. To have a shot of me, I'd have to get the person in front of me to do it, but given that she was feeling pretty queasy coz she doesn't like heights, it wasn't really an appropriate request to make. :) My neck's a little sore now from all the swinging!
And now, after cropping a couple of pictures, story-telling, and interruptions by my grandmother, it's midnight and I can finally click on 'publish' and haul my tired butt to bed. Nite!
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