After another uncertain week at work, it’s nice to face the weekend again – the weather is glorious. Autumn is definitely here – the maple trees that line my street have started to blush now in the face of the cooling days. Ahh, Autumn, glorious Autumn! It’s certainly my kind of weather — I was recently contacted by a headhunter and I told her that if there were one country or one city that has 365 days of Autumn weather, I would move rightaway. 🙂
It’s been a busy, activity-filled weekend so far – I went home from work lugging the new bedsheet that I bought from Harris Scarfe on Thursday. I didn’t bring it home on Thursday because I had a French movie to see. I was also very happy to finally receive the two Taiwanese Green Maple trees that I ordered from eBay. I had one in my sideyard and it was growing so well — unfortunately when I had my 2.5 weeks’ holiday in Indonesia and Singapore, it was crisped by the heat … 🙁 I tried to revive it with plenty of water, but I think the tree had given up by then. I also thought of returning to the city to get a coffee machine, thanks to a discussion that I had at Singapore Forum (a bulletin board for Singaporean Expats, ex-Singaporean Expats, and Expat Admirers … haha). In one of the threads, I mentioned that I liked my coffee strong and full-bodied, but when I mentioned that I drank Moccona (a brand of premium instant coffee), one of the board-members mentioned something like, “From now on, I’m going to disregard anything that you say about coffee, as a real coffee lover will never drink instant coffee.” Pah! Hehehe. I do like good coffee, but I’m too lazy to use a coffee machine in the morning. So, when Harris Scarfe had a major sale this week, I had been going there just to do a recce. Paula, my workmate, also tried to convince me that I needed one. At the end, I didn’t buy any because I thought I didn’t really need one … well, we’ll see … 🙂
I was also very happy yesterday to know that the Hammock and the Hammock Stand that I ordered through Citibank Rewards was finally delivered. It’s great when you can redeem your points with something that you really want! Yay! I have been eyeing a hammock stand at eBay, but they cost around $100 – $120, so when I found out that the Rewards Catalogue had a hammock stand, and that I had enough point for it, it was sweet! B-eau-tee!
Erecting the stand, well, that’s another story – I couldn’t wait any longer to build the stand, so I put my bags down and tried to build it. Literally, I had to wrestle the two ends of the stand, as it was really hard to put the bolt through the bar! It took me 45 minutes to build the stand, I think – through sweat and exasperation. It even rained a bit when I was building the stand – talking about dramatic circumstances! Haha. I did have a lie-down in the hammock at the end, looking at the stars and taking a rest – I also lit a tea-candle inside the Ikea lantern that I put on the table outside. Nice and relaxing …
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