WOW. This past week had been hell! Went to work, went for practice @ Canele, sleeping at 2, 3am and getting to work early…damn tired. After the 2nd day of practice(Wed), I really abhored it. Dreaded it. Nothing felt worse than what I was feeling that day. Not even the WGS scholarship competition made me feel as bad. Wed(supposed to be off but went to work anyways), left work early to go collect my uniform & came back in a cab. Stopped outside the bak kut teh coffeeshop & voila! There he was sitting havin a drink! The day seemed brighter, the birds seemed to be singing in my head!! Went over & sat down to say hi & chatted a while. Sat in the sun and he motioned me to sit in the shade. So considerate! *wink* Anyway, was telling him about my competition & how much I hated it. Made me feel so yucky. Anyway, boss came back from cold storage carrying abit of stuff so I told him I had to go & catch up soon. Said bye & left. So HAPPY to bump into him!

Anyway, practice went alot better that night…Chef P is a perfectionist! Geez! I spent quite a bit of time just to get the right shade for the strawberry tuiles(for the plated dessert)!! Furrene & Denise were busy doing the petit fours..wah…their chocolate work is amazing!! Thin, shiny, crisp & oh so pretty! Furrene even let me help her trace out the pattern on the chocolate!! Cool!!!

Today Huddath kept telling me how cute M was & I admitted that he really caught my eye. Eye candy!! Hmmm…..I’ve talked to almost everyone there except for him..anyways….brushed off those thoughts.

After everything, Furrene, Huddath, Edmund & me sat down to chat while watching Chef P assemble his chocolate showpiece…after which I couldn’t keep my eyes open anymore, said bye & left.

The next day(Thursday) was the 1st run of the rehearsal. We had to be there at 12 to start assembling everything. All the chefs were there at 3pm. I got to use isomalt!!!! So exciting!!! I wanna play too! I got to meet so many chefs & see so many things!!! It was the most eye-opening day of all the 3 sucky ones.

Went back to the shop & told Frances & Chee Leong about everything… Hmmmm…I have to start learning how to temper chocolate well & play with isomalt!

Friday evening, Frances  I went to Canele for ’snacks’. Said hi to everyone there & ordered a cake-Classique, with a quenelle of cream at the side. The cake was served warm. Niccee…Denise came out to talk to me, chatted abit & recommended me the Honey Lemongrass drink. Yummy!! Very refreshing & the lemongrass not too overbearing. Seemed they were having a demo inside. Halfway through eating, Denise came out with a plate of dessert for us!! So sweet….I wanted to show Frances who M was but he wasn’t around so… plus we wanted to try their ice-cream but it only starts at 7pm!! Humph…..Then….Joseph same out with passionfruit marshmallow for me…aww….so hospitable….. Furrene came out to talk to Frances.. Then Chef P came to talk to us..so wierd!

Sigh…so many things have happened at work. Eventful? Yeah, in a way I guess. Kinda exciting to hear about all the BULLLSHIT! There’s a new term in town - STRAWS. Ha…My dear Frances came up with it. Apparently a little too mild for my boss. Hee.

Anyway…..CONGRATS BOSS!!!!! About *ahem* that! You know what….

Anyways, Frances, Patrick & I went rollerblading on Saturday!!! Poor Patrick fell down thrice…But improving fast! We had loads of fun!!! My boss was at home preparing our mini BBQ! Looks like nothing much but DAMN POWDERFUL man!!!We had chcken wings, grilled fish, squid, oysters, prawns & toasted marshmallows!!!!  We had really yummy delicious food! Plus Ben & Jerry’s Chubby Hubby with sliced bananas!!!!! It was a feast! Thanks Patrick & boss for having us over!! It definitely can’t get any better than that!!

Such a tiring week…..don’t even have the strength to reply to some messages…eyes can’t keep open at all! Been procrastinating at typing this blog for a few days…finally came down to doing it today.