So, updates!
Last day with current co will be on 15th! Well, about time I leave and try on something else. So after 8 years, this will be my greatest achievement so far. :)
I can't say my past 8 years have been in vain for I'd been with the company through thick and thin. Weathered through all highs and lows, learned a lot and I guess it is getting kind of stagnant for me. In the past, I was not very receptive to start all over again but I guess now that I've finally grow up, I am game to learn new things, expand my network (hopefully).
My 2015 birthday was pretty good. Celebrated with my family and friends. Booked a room at Ritz Carlton which was superb. My day was spoilt by a dim sum brunch at Paradise and that was a bad start of my day however RC turned it around and ended the rest of the day memorably.
I was given a normal view initially however Kimberly at the front desk found out I was celebrating my birthday there (at Ritz Carlton), she gave me a free upgrade to the MBS view. (Yay!)
The view taken from my room.
The first word that came out from our mouths were "WOW!".
The room, it's the normal suite I think was big! There's a sitting area and sleeping area so the room was quite spacious and not small.
The toilet was the size of my room. That's kinda pathetic right? I got a little depress when I went back to my room and realized that fact and I could just visualize where the tub, basins, shower and toilet are located at.
The wardrobe wasn't spared as well. It was like a mini walk-in wardrobe with plenty of drawers. I wished I was a tourist who was staying in this hotel for at least a week! I most probably won't step out of the room at all!
After all the shopping with my sisters and nephews, we called it a day. B and I returned to the room. From the walkway all the way back to the hotel, there were some hotel employees who would greet you regardless you are a guest of the hotel or not which I think was very... Nice? Man, this word doesn't do any justice to that I want to convey. There's no discrimination you know? You felt welcome by them. :)
Next time I know, there was a ring in my room and I wondered what could it be for we didn't order any room service. Upon opening the door, I was greeted with another surprise. Apparently Kimberly went to the extra mile and had a mini birthday cake sent up to my room along with some refreshers. No words could describe what I was feeling then. I was pleasantly surprised, I felt like crying with tears of joy. There was even a hand written card by Kimberly which I felt had a personal touch as it wasn't printed on electronically - that kind of generic template you know?
We enjoyed the cake, only a pity that it arrived a little too late otherwise I could share it with my sisters and nephews - that can't be helped too for they can't keep an eye on my in/out of the room. Soaking in the tub with a view just beside me was heavenly. I was reluctant to get out of the tub and I was unwilling to sleep early. I don't want the magical night to end. I don't want my night stay at Ritz Carlton to end.
The view that greeted me the next morning. Sigh. It was time to leave the place and I was practically dragging my legs out of the bed, I was literally hugging the door tight, not wanting to let go.
Thanks Ritz Carlton and Kimberly for making my birthday celebration 2015 such a memorable one. This is one memory I would never ever erase. This is one feeling that will stay in my heart.
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Updates:
Just heard a piece of news that my ah ma had a critical brain artery burst, doing operation on her head was not advisable due to her age - she's 82 now and it may not be successful while will result in death. If opting out of operation, she may leave anytime as well hence her situation is quite bleak. We can only pray that it will stop bleeding and she will recover from it. Seeing her on the hospital bed was quite heartbreaking for me as she's my ah ma, the one who always give us money to buy candies when we were little kids, shield us from my mother when she's scolding her, let us play with the leftover flour in her factory (she and my ah gong used to make those noodles / wanton skins).
She can't talk to us nor open her eyes however she could move her leg and hand. I held her hand and her grip was tight. How long since I last held her hand?
I pray with all my heart that she will recover quickly.
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